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EBENSBURG. PA;,- THURSDAY, APRIL U, 1807.
- - e3
n UVM KITTELL, Attorney at
A ijt, Ebensburg, Pa.
. TSiT.
l ' t-it i n .
rL-e rmosite te Bank.- rj&Ti2-i
IQZIE M. READE, Attorney at
T Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
jjC'i"e in Colonnade Et'F. ris.rA4
v TIERNEY, Attorney -at--T
Er ensburg, Cambria county, P - -J-V
ce in Colonnade P.ov. " -
f3E"S TON" I" SCANLAN. Attor
j Ofr.ce opposite
the Court Hcuse.- -
f iVVEL SINGLETON, Notary
I.e. Lreusnurg. i a.
,. ... r- .jL street, west cf Poster'
LAti. Jit - ?v
Cambria r
rural Prav: '
A1XRS, Jastic
and Scrlver
e F -ce
EIXKEAI), Justice
and Claim Ag
CZ-.e removed .o the i .
. r M. Eas5on, Esq.,
the I'c-ce
ce
J.nCl-
SHOEMAKEIl, Attorney at
Latr, Ebeiiburg, Pa.
r tf.ettioa paid to collections.
e coor east o: i-ioc s l c a
i.i: to-5
iauT4
fA.MrEL' SINGLETON, Aucrner
j Istr. I;,fs-; urg, Ta. OfLce on Ilig
t ;. vts: uf Foster's Hotel.
T .:; r-j:..e ia the Courts of Cambria an
J counties.
js? r. ::tnis also to the collect'cn o
I;j-:.t:r- against tbe Government.
tE-jiiGE V. OA131AN, Attoriy
t coarty, Pa-
ifte '
aaiaclw. ana payment c: .taxes r.t
:o. Ioik Accounts, Notes, Due mis,
et:, &C-, collected. Deeds, ITortga-
ana iertt t-us:nec
,.j aitc-w-i to. i ensions :nt
Ec -allied Eouutv collected.
C, VILSOA". M.JD cers his r- j
a Tites. as P'hyalciau and Surgeon, to
citiici r-z iJetiSurg ana aarrounuiiig .
r . i :s pr"partd to txaci e all IVnsion-
ai''nicanti for Pen-..na
j- l: services.
3b? C'SiCe &a High St.. ti r:e doors
lurct. in cm-ce to xc -y occup.
ae. Efcaidence imm-.d.attly v.-
ZLi J. LLOYI.
1
.SucrejiroT cf 12. 5. x.
Deirr ic
ti 1,1.7 gs and j:edui:ce5. pal, .
AM1 L-VE-iTUrF.. TEKFTME
X l.Y AN! FaNCT APTiCLLi. i'URE "".
VNLr BRANDIES FOU ilF.I.I-i-
: 1 i.I Jrl.S, PATENT iLEDICINL?. 1l
A lo :
f-T- - f - Nwte Papers,
J eis. Ftu.i'.. Scperict.daK
ether artici 1 1
by.Frugi ?
Etensburg, Fu.
U.VIISTEY. . .
f -unaersigEtc, Grdur
Cu.gr-of DenCil Scrgtr , rtiSpecf-l"j
' prc't3siouai servict to the cliiisn-s
t--surj. He Las spiired rm mtans .tw
P ' tcqutiat himself with 7erv ia
t: :n his art. To manv re.rs of rt-r-
. -
r - rimce, ie has sougut tc add tie
--t- trper.eace &i tiit hlgLfcstauthcriiies
? " .-.nee. Fie slas;iv -.sLs that aA
I u.av he
gitt-U twl 5 worii to
-waprise-1
SAilUEL L
ro;-D
n 3 c
"-'- t rci. v. i- Harris
I.E. 3cn
.aady A. A. El
Lituiare Cci
ifcgfc-
' --. :e at fciiirurir cn tn-
"rtich incnthto ctay cne w
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i -.. i.ri i.ox-s Eiiut
TEI, I EPOSITGIiT OF THE ENI
i
i - - ir
t - , - . itui;
?nelnr: KfLrlc ?T f V, n r.rjurTT. LEG t ! . -
rginiaand Annie 6is..N'urui ic ut
4 .
'aa, j'. j my
Ik
, (
-"ie terra
I t". LeTI1Iie Stamps o:Il denemdna- !
2 D aiiowe
:eo.
p-rards, 4 -per cm.
ers La 77if K-rasniffa.
- l w i Jin fif i r -
iood-Mght!
Gooa rig-nt i I htvv& tc e&y grod right
To such a Lost of peerless thing's !
Good right unto that fragile hand,
All queenly -with it? veight of rings ;
Good night to fond uplifted eyes,
Good nltht to chestnut braids of hair,
Good night unto the perfect mouth,
And 1 the sweetaess nestled fhere -The
snewr Land detains me, thefc.
hare to Ear good night again I
there will come a time, my love,
n, if I read our stars aright,
.all not linger by the porch
th my adieus. Till then, good night I
a wleh the trmc, were new ? And I.
ju do net blush to wish it so ?
w ould hare llusheiy ourself to death
a so much a year ago
.it ! both these ehovt hands ! ai . then,
' v
have to sa- good night raiu
T. B. Aldrizl
It 'vtes in rua?cacei:?e .rsf & letter re-
cdved frcn d eld c boo1 sat vl-ose res!
; Lace, as I rrcceed, :he reaaer viil per-
: ceive tne nece::j or Cigtttsinsr, that 1
j laid aside n:y books ted pat'ers In the
mids: of tern., and nzie a hurried jour-
tej to a distant tovrr.
Hccrv t. Claire, T tLill veu lure to
cali the rrie e d wLose urgent Eumnaoiis I
had not felt at liberty to disregard, bad
been among the most cherished of nay
early associates ; and though I tad seen
but little of him since the days cf our
bcynood, and our correspondence, like
most others, tad been irregular, and tad
, long piece erded, I had, nevertheless,
j from time io Xisl. j-eceired Each intelli
; recce ol him as rne riiirtLllv pair.? in
t answer to inquiries maae. as occasion of-
J fers, in reference to the welfare of absent
j friends. I kr.ew, for instance, that he
Ebensbur-, I had married ; that at the death of his
father-in-law his wife had inherit!
a
state : that she had died not manv
i.tarr Cia.ms coi.ei.tea. wtu rr, nir v-, v, :j
ew"tbat he tad subsetjuently conTac
ted r nr.-Ler marriage, and was now the
fath. r of three children.
F-
Se melancholy tone cf his letter,
in wL;u e besought my attendance both
and legal advi
ser, I ral
nru
e was in declining hea
3Q
v assistance in relation
the
v?
n 01 lis t-rot'crtv.
mice intf the presence
cf
m
whom 1 had not seen for several
. I ras startled, not to say shocked,
arpearance. His age could not
exceeded forty ; but he seemed a
en-down man. iiis countenance was
rari and careworn, his eves sunken
. justreless, whilst his grey hairs and
c-ping form t-re Eadder impress ihan
-t cf years. ""-
. He expressed himself grateful at my
dy coupliance with his request, and,
tiie conclusion of our creetincs, tlui
. his desire to proceed at once i: Lusi
c:. I T;jei scarcely sa was prepared
10 receive instruciious f.r an equitable
division of the testator's fortune anioi;:
1 is
. i
children two j sens and a daughter,
of tender years--making, at the"same
time, suitatie provision for his wife, the
r urtoer of his joys and sorrows.
Juirre
Mr. St.
- - i ct mv Fumtise, tnere
ere. whet
C;a:re named as the sole suoctasors to his
f Lt Lal- i proT-erry, two individuals unknown to me,
atd cf whose connection with himself I
was wholly jgnxar-U .-
1;Mr. Si. Citrt-,' Iviniurf i ty rem
strsfe, vcu havi "a-wif e" ah 1 -Cliidres
on-
"I hare,'' e replied, "but heaven pre
serve them frcm the curse of wealth that
dcs net belong io them !''
-But. mv friitd' I rcrsi-te
''there
is suL a thirg as being
I ju aware that vour
cver-scrupu!ous.
lare possessions
it, P. H. A - ' t-s by jour fir&rtrwiJe; I-utie property
we hers to co withras shit wruld. She
urti ! became the sole heliess
ct her lather
r
when hi three sons were
'Iloldl" he cried, in a
wcu'd hve startled me had I not, at
f E-rct ben Icckirg m his face, from youngest, I would have done my utmost 1 ! nor lir i.. W3eu , . "V" " '
r- c,.., . , rijjicsiuJii u nuu.i t perceive" mere
. ;Tf r Unr-r i,.i.r tnin. . A i .1- " V : I T : " t 1
was fi0ine to be closed. W e wr.re vr-tm twenty yards ci the bank, take my leave, "let this subject now drop ' still ccnticu-s the ex-cie uu-stio-.'-'
tat-i a., - j "-"-- 6liU ........w.. i wucvc x co;u liM-evtx. j. aere are remeaici lor the : power. ' -omraraivf v -"ki-:- sVe : k-t
Vrrf, i--- truated. ! EJ huad &nUs shculcer, "wether denes haa he ealled for -help. I stings of conscience; apply - yourself to : little knovo aBd vet the reciives virs !
At'"' J ere 3Ce companions and fri.ndi. As a saw n:m but far a moment; and I tl.ink, ; them, ai.d you may yet pass years of hap- . irem men In hi-h Ifflclal po-itior at d is ;
' X. LLOYD L Co 1)7- 1 inCDdj " a Iaw-Ter' J0& LiT: sett I f 1 Btr3ck &,it to swim, T kicked him piuess in the society of your family' i reputed to ei.joy a sinecm .rpointtaetit
I "t- j ;Gr ae- TLere iS fei y st err cf which beneath tne water but at ws undeslgn- "I know there are remedies," "he an- j In one of the Departments. Hir hash-nd i
I m the rrinci? cities, a'ndSi'lvc- f 1,&a EUrs u wa Jcn7 ?ose to disbur- d, - Eat I did not turn to help him. swered, "and I will not fail to seek their i lives with her, and i said to be a reat I
y --f .rsaie. Cuect.cas u.ade. :un- I tl Jour "'ad. ' W. lever may ue tbe I mad--- for the ia. --- : and aid." j admirer of hr stra-eica: ta"f'- 1 " ' "
1'' r.'0- .P!-t ca deraand, secret, rest assured ii will be safe with j h then too late. I savt;-;;- 4 '-t many days afterward, I received a i istrative abibty. HerVeculiar Jone'was
f:ra:;r"" cr cI'ot,utEt' w "ttre.t me ; put I can never become the icstru- j e water, and the boa4 floating awafV,.; ; T l' -'z the death of my enhap- ! pardons but relentless Eadicils havin-
: 1 il! rV?C) Tctr a-Bcoeni wife a'mTi uothisg lsc I am his murderer.7:, ! rl" "He was found lyinc lifeless on : dercyed the power tc grant meh lavorL :
t--?r v't'- T-cil'vIi. Cci. i ctiai.- - " sas ri sufney -of j St. Claire paused, overcome to j-v- . ? icif of his chamber, with" an empty -; &he he's f-een obliged to rert io the offi-e-
i NATIONAL BANK , nich I am clearly conviaca. VTt r,1 to phia! clutched-in his stiffened fingers. i brokere lirr,, in which" she succeeded i
i Cmw ,0 :Tff tJYl? ;?r v- doubt was left cf the the I well ugh to enable her to bu te j
t v..w-,. . auu i,eu is is CiSCiOSea. WU1CU. - , , f . tt ULT2 Ttmed V i,v whirh he Yt - aiB-it 1FZ . ! ermntrir rr rlPr.A nr,r.f; ;,
i neithe:
I friend
o.uj uiaa can can me
v -il not be long that I shall
- .r friendship. First hear
I. 1 . .
id, then, decide , upon their
vaitdiry.
j i I I
c placmsr himself
y cLair, an
-aptrtiunifigtoXajikiaraoieon ; i.C & ?ocitirrj partially to conceal his face
he pr
"I-
of ten years, as you
tnow, tince i i.:.iq my first wife, the
,-ir w , i r ; uui.tii ii .ii. oenson, me weaitny car-
yct are aware, was the
TjaaS "U1 laiaraiase , auu tne 1m-
A mense fortune f nW father-in-law be-
, : J .v- r
j longed
to hie? rr rather, ta Jiis thr-ee
sons in right cf -his .secDud wife, wiio
was dead at thi time cf my marriage
lI had not the mc?t "distant hope that
this immense fortune 'srauld ever reach
me; for, though I knew that in the event
c' a. the death of znj wife's half-'brothers
- vcut issue, the estate would be entirely
at her father's disposal, what reasonable
ground of expectation was there that three
healthy boye would die, and ' thus mate
way for Agnes ? I hai not married for
money, and the thought of succeeding to
the wealth which afterwards became mine,
tad never, at that time, entered try rxrind,
"I will tell you the first "time, the
thought dawned upon me. , There was an
epidemicraing in the"Beighborhood,"and
my father-in-law's three sons were a.11
attacked by, it at the same time- One
evening, when my wife received a mes
sage that it was doubtful if any of them
would Eurvive the night, the thought
flashed upon ine, if they should not, how
great wou.d be the
I lav awake the vhc-le niirht. and found
myseu pxaccicg ine ciiposal oi au inner-j
itance which, in my distempered imagin- i
ation, I fancied already within my jrrasp,
r T i
- -i r .
forgetting that another life hat c: my i
charge had taken place, and all three
eventually recovered-; boto rm was Jhe
hold taken cn my mind by the hopes thus
suddenly engendered, that I regarded the
event that dissipated them not only with
feelings cf the keenest disappointment,
but as an untoward accident which had
deprived me of something to which I was
rightfully entitled. You must understand
that these were thoughts, feelings, fancies.
Had I stood bv the bedside of the bos
t;You Lauw Ecmtthing of the river
here, and cf the passion for boating which
prevails among the inhabitants. The
three beys often indulged in this exercise
and it sometimes happened that I accom
panied them.. One day. we had rowed
several mTis uown the river, ana it was
nearly sunset when we thought cf retum
iir. The sky was suddenly overcast, and
heran to rain heavily. In the scramble
rfor cloaks' a-d umbrellas which ensued,
fl i-r-'-v tiea ; but it
i-sircum stance
v-d for merri-
merely served : -mcnt.
In me the
effect
'r-roduc
el was
very cierenr. iuore tttan a year . l.ad
e.apsea since tne epiaermc haa civen n-e i
to ieellnss which I have already confessed, j
nuu. i.a i'ja rrearty rut not cruite i
- . -I. L I 1 T l - i
tor-rotten. - At that moment, the-.- recurr- i
ed with tenfold force. lf it a'd upset f j
I said within mvsLf 'If it iaJuDstt i
and the prospect of wealth again opened
before me. The boys were shouting and
laughing, while I sat moodilv apart, in
dulging in my reawakened reflections.
"As we continued to row, darkness set
in. The bote were ln the-height of their
glee, and I wa3 absorbed by fancies I was
no .? powerless to rrrurrl actlnii-, r-'
we, pase3 some objtct fioatinc in the
pasei some object floating in the
waer 1 know not what. Half in boyish
curiosity, half in sport, the three brothers
-
sprang to the side with arms and
oarj
extended to sntercopt it, and in an instant
the boai was capsized !' . - .
. St Claire pronrruacea the last words
rapidly, ana. apparently under creat . ex
citement, though hrs had yet said nothing
tending to erimikate himself, and the
oceurrenr? related -appetred, as I had
always -UEderstood it to be, purely a cci
uentai. I ?ad. f;the bovs were unhap
pily drowned ; "brt it was in -consequence
of thetr trwn imprudence, and through no
fault of yours-" '
"irtay, he continued : vou are here
re
to
to. hear a couftoaion, and I am here
o wrought on hi
n: T as to coa-
umb joruiiiena my wue became, prospeo- j
trretyjan heiress. Brighter prospects ied ;
L. - X 3 - r i I
fo increased expeaditure. and embarrass
ments tUckehed around me, ' In my fiifS
cultiesl ippealed to my .Father In-law.
Not penny till I die,' was4h ussweir
he gave xne with TiByielding obduxaeyj-
He was, a you krnow.un IcTcferate miser,
who could tot thinl of nartin'with the
cnange in my pros- do ume m funaania? me in case Ench an ; politicians 6eldon: do anvthiD"- for mere 1
tects. I repelled the idea as heartless event should ocrur.' (friendship sake, but generailv io . ; -
and cruel ; but it possessed a strange fas- - "Mine was a singular situation. I, who ; wd . stlSsh recifrocity, and therefore
cinatioc, and was eoiiSiantlv rcturnitr. ; for years had had my hones fixed on a ; it is that hundreds of meritonou men are- !
father-in-iiW t03 bttw?sn re and its i near me. with sprprsl rVKInls r-r.nn t T either fripT-inbiT-. r.r c i-r,. r. J
i . I . ' t "t" , : 1 --t'--'.t a i .-i.il v , ,
present erijoyment Itoot up cne of them. It was labeled ; and a threat is worth a dozen letters cf i
"Next mornicr, however, a favorable ! 'laudanum. All the demon was roused 1 recommendation. So it is tha the female I
wneu iue name 01 iiie was iremt-iing lu i-i'g uepenaea cn tne prompt use ct
the socket, I would not have extinguished ; lancet. My heartbeat quickly. I
i .l. a r i it- 11.:
it. 1 was no murderer then! hesitated re-seated myself rose arai
"" "-c mu iutani, x j'ieiauta uu me .itLea dsn , "J.nEre IS Etlii i?n'h-, t niar. who is i
tone which youngest as Heaven is mv iudire. I i fo swrr? a mndrate mmwrp-oT tn hie ! entitled n t-,--:: - '"- - ' i. 1 i
- - 1 - j - -"t ui.',, v. . fjiie i.'iy-
the never ?aw. I believe, had I seen the ; wife and children. ' lists axe. under cidti cu ' '
tosavehlm.. The eldest rose -oluse to me. i -Hecrv St. Clairer said I. risinar Vasant . cau:-v L'.1:.a
No, latmed;-!. am ttt-; Mr. Theophilus Cisney died at his Horace Gxeely, lT
fancier, BuTif you -siill cntrrtam doubts, j rwidence, in HU1 Yallery, Shirley town- j sation, was asked his opinion ."'' V
le. them be dispelled by what I have yet ! ship,.. Huntingdon, courrty, oa the lidih 1 Johnson. "He is a pinchbeck Dou
torelate. . My iather-in-law succeeded to.! nhimn t-,rnflO to.. H xraB -.v :. . s ; '
Btnailest portion of his wealth sare with
n;s aie.
"It was ai this time that "Mr. Benson
wis seized by a complaint to hieh he had
lcEg been subject, and which required
prompt medical aid. With the assistance
ol Dr. Neale, he had come B2fely thronch
several similar attacks ; and, on the pres
ent occasion, il doctor's skill bade fair
to prove equally successful. My wife
a-. b kLtL: Li i v ii l. .il rt- Pii:a r r w
but in tne nsornlnir. the natint heinff
pronounced out of immediate danger, she
jielded to my entreaties, backed by those
of the physician, and went to peek an
hour's repose. The doctor, who was also
-rjt ortrhh watching, embraced the
opportunity of temporary reparation thus
offered.
'I her? some Er"prehensicn of another
attach
saul be, as he ieft me alone with
his patient j 'but there is no cause (or
alarm it jthI only be necessary to lee
crcat inheritance, and tad sen the most
' I
f .
lormiaac.e obstacles removed, was dot
aiane watching the sick-bed cf the last in-
dividual who stood between me and the
goal of my wishes. There was a table
within me. Mv pecuuiary difSculties
seemed to augment, and the value of the ! is ooeved. She demands a share of tho
old man's life seemed to diminish. He piofit in the General Order business, for
called for drink. The key to wealth and ! instance, and the poor victim, who is in
enjoymect was in my hand ! The temp- j finential vrith the President, must needs
tation was fearful, but I resisted it. j fe'O to that dignitary and obtain the requi-
I had replaced the phial on the table, j red boon, or suffer worse than a thonsand
when certain unmistakable indications deaths by failing cr refusing to comply
assured me that the physician's iears were j "with the demand. In short, blackmailing
about to be realized. I knew from the j i this woman's lioji. Somewhere in the
doctor's previous treatment that everv- ' Tat historv of a certain civil r-F,rpr nf tb?
iistenea again sat down--pressed my ! treat, a fair maiden. The affair was
fingers on my ears that I might hear noth-- hushed up and the episode buried. Until
in g, and leaned my head on the table. I recently, it merely rankled in the memo
continued in this posture for a time, and i riea of the few who were personally ac
th en started up and listened. Ail wa J quainted with it; but now it has'beu
silent. I rang the bell violently, opened ; unearthed, and its ghost is made effective
the door, and cried out, 'Call the doctor, iu frighlening a poor mortal int cbedi
instartly I' I returned to the . chamber 1 erje to the commands of its grandmother,
and seated myself feeling that the last j To speak plainly, the Government is
obstacle to fortune had been removed, and
He arTroachci th Lonr nm? it ar.A
sais, i lear it is too late
4 '1'ernaps not' 1 answered: t all
erhaps not,' I answered; at all
; events, make every passible effort
of coarse, eveythin in his
1 . r
povrer, nut m a lew
inutes desir-red, say-
mr. as he shock his beau. 1 A .. "
have reason to be!iev, onl? Tiltle toe
late.'
Since that time
t. Claire restrmed.
"i Lave ne-cr known a
momi.t"s reaee.
My vrife'e vrs Icr her father fell on
heart like drops cf fre. Each lock she
gave me seemed to read ej inmost
thoughts She never spoke that I did
not imagine she was about to accuse me
f my crimes. Her presence became op-
! r-ressivo. I withdrew from her ara fmai
J society. 1 fancied men looked suspicious-
j ly upon me. I had no companionship
1 x
! bat with conscience.
"At length Agnrs sickened and died.
She left me the whole nf her fortune.aind
I-iaarned again. rBut thr curse of, a
double, murder was upon inc. The even-
xzg &u the -Ivtr and the old man's death
citambor are eternally prcssat to my fan-
cy, ar d leave me C2,rcf . , j .r : ,
Yca have now heard all ; i.-V-ncsr.
may I ask, .are you ready to frame. my "wlii
as I have directed? I am possessed of a
I could not but admit the Ju'.i". 'of the
proposed restitution : bnt, with some dif-
an accusing eoncjet--2
C V ;
bora in Shippensburg, i'a., in 1763, and i
removed to Huntingdoo county . in 1793,'
wher be has resided ever since. He was
able aucctsfci?y to xcaEags thea.ffairs of
hi farxu-Ull he had reached his i-tih y ear.
Gov. Geary. -has .signed the . deaV .
warrant of Ivobert Folger, the Washitrgtr.
county murderer, He w'-tf be han'gee . ,
the.15tb.May. t .1'. . " .
eatnrrw tuat-i "wtr-a "rrorra tiaf ure j- . "l ucc ti-ere is anotber iwcas, whose j
derer I -j power is in her bewitching ankles, pretty j
In a few moments the doctor entered. ' black yes, and curlv hair. She has i
j quarter or a ni4;ioc, aca it rigtuuUy te- : py tne ncnest brusquene of Gen. SInrjer. '
longs to the heirs cf these originafly .Vnti- ! This woman bar become historical, as her
Women at TTathioton.
. A W ashington corresponaent gives the i
following chapter on .;t chaiaeter tod!
inf aence cf worsen -t the National zz- !
ital: r f
"It is a strcnr fvet ,u- r3 s.t
the boru- i- r . Bnd J
wire-pnllinc which disgraces our nauoLal
capital N hile some of thein
aie clam
i wi.uf i-ti t f- r ; t" r : : k g n. f r. i y
orlntr fr
! of exertion. Tt V.er srA cI!or.l-
j ouiy at wort, accompli?bin? x-MV the
j shrewd diplomacy i.nd insancuve trick-j
j try their sex, greater and more astoun- ?
cling feat nf icf cence than the proudest j
j statesman of the ci ?an br;it of. For I
; instance, I have in mind ore rhosecsmela 1
! appeared auifce TroTniitri!lT in th.- rmk '
! trints cf late, whose psrer is iiinitio"
ic spea. m the -ni'uiar cf the 1'bbr
j she his got a hoi on some one, and u?es
j it ucppanngly. .New, be i: known
Ui.t
' cast aside, and hnn5rf-il rf nV.P
i -
J ...
nh-
i a scintilla cf ioundation for their 5
j claims, if true merit is a criterion, are !
! advanced and petted by the 'powers that '
; be.' Fear is a more potent aent than
i referred to succeeds. She threatens and !
tne j vrovemment, ttere is a record of a rcman
rose . tic, or rather a 'Lothtrioic,' enisoae. He
n wooed and won. but did not tonorablv
mutcted for the 'hush moncv.'
trrr.wTi r.rt i ;r!ner.t;.l
tain directions. Fcrmeriv she asr-ired to
Is-.rge came, and rarelv failed to accom-
! piish her object ; but for a rear past, she
has been" obliged to content herself with
: smaller jobs, and wcrks through subaltern?
c. jnweegree. Her refutation wasffrm'v '
estabiisheti long sint-e, and for a time she
was courte-i acd
tattere.
bv
applicants
- - . utf ,
uuo wcCkce too com-
nor, or rather used her power toe openly.
a i' tvc-Z& r:: r-. - y? WrA 6 J
her dipiom...- . ...
using it promiscuously, she wcaiu
i retained Ltr icfuence. It is too late for j
her to rectifv her error : lut she manages I
! vet to r.iek cn a fevr n-r.Fr
i r w -. - v.
j and in short is now a second class office
! brokeress. She is unscrupulous and does
j not hesitate to stoop to informalities in thp
way of obtaining notes from cne officer to
: another, sskicg for favnrs, and has beers
: known to inveigle ceitain private s-creta- i
; ries "into writ-ng them with an spjarect
air'cf cfncial character. For instance a"!
! note of -this kind was effective in procu-
! ring an .appointment fcr one of her own i
! sex in the Treascry Department, -fter j
which she utidertook to levy blackmail -on
I htr victi. but was foiled in th a--,t
the most important features of g
mental policv.
5 :i tentedly resting in peace and ociet,'
f
The ; United t States hare the tnest
beautifiiUy designed bank notes and tbe
wc-!t ioekinz coinage in the world.
j ' . ilie TGrtland schoolboys hide bottles '
j of whisky in theii sea Lb and get hopeless-
ly drank ir. acho:3 - - t . -
- Tim. 3 T - bstitut-fiopawo-4J
, dried artky
Ripe .le
rricE it San r:accico.
T
Sale t a. Wife.
f'e cotrplaiti of the Mormons for iheif
plurality vi wives, and ol the Indians for
their readiress to dispoe cf their wives
at any time fo a consideration, but the
Chambershurg J2rpo.tyry iSvs that Fultcn
county can beat both in diposicr of a
wife and children by regular srtiele of
agreement and t ill of sale. Mr. I'aui M.
lishotg, cf the claisicai township cf
BeiiasL. in Fulton eourry, and his loreiy
Mary Ann, certainly a "fruitful and for
antr'nt tp can see a faith Pel wife, mutualry
agreed that the said loreiy Mr- - Ann
should be sold to Mr. James ilsoc,
''which is the churn pedier," for the sum
wi tevf "..ten dollars in cash or approved
cjuctry produce, and the '-hum redlar
an
d his Dewiy purchased wife were to -,
aTay or. or before the lt of April
an- 'to get away the best way they can,"
and SLid . diar is furtaer emjKJvrered I?
wallop the chiidreD and exercise cencral'r
the rights and prerogatives cf the frf'r
husband. We phe herewith the ariicl
of agreement made and solemnlv execnud
between the parties, and assure our readers
that it is a true opy of the original coc
ment, made in good faith , and e j resume
carried out ty the parties. Here it is ?
Helltai Towxsnir, Feb. 14th, A
D., ItCT. ArticLie ol aerecmeDt made
an
2 fu:ly czree&d upon. thi year and date
above written, between pul M. PIshocg'
& Wife and James Wilson, the condi
tions cf this agreement are such : Pu
M. Dishong doth agree to bind and obii
rate himself that he Will Not disturb hi
Wife and family, Vt,r Wilson (the churn
pedler) and is Willing that" 3Iary An
Binhong, his Wife, and "childrin, go with
James Wilson: and Paul W. ljshong is
willing to gixe her fcat Property ah
claim es in the house, and also arree far
them to get away on or before the first
dsy of April, ISO", and also to get awsr
the best way they eas. Paul M. Dishon
is to have his oldest Daughter in the
spricg of ISCC, when calling for her,
Mary Cathaiine, and his. wife Dotth agree
to let him have her, & the afore said Wil
son, is not to go far away but what
Paul 31. DL-hocg can cum and see them
and will be treated with itzpcct. I'aui Ml
Dishong is to have seventeen dollars in
money for a fore said Wife an Childrin,
or the amount of a bill cf accounts, or to
have the Coir, and also to have his Bed,
& Plate, & Backet. & Lamp. Andifthi
afore said Wilson Can manage the Chil
dren without abusing them, he las Priv
ilege to come and get them at any time
end is welcome to ail cf them. Paul M.
Di'hoDjr doth arree that Marv Ann, bis
Wife, can sell the Cw to Ennv one she
pleases, only not to make sale to Enny of
the Hcsscs, in Presence of William Fohx
cer. "'Paul M. Iihcng.
"MiEi Ann 1ist?cnc?.
"Jamtjs Wilson, wtieh
is the Churn Peiier xue-iioned in the a
i
fore said Artickk of Agrc-emsn:, tod
now projwitt'ir at Mary A a Dishonsr.
"Attested William Tuhe-sesT
rvef Oeeeiac Mrncrr."
.berojau A-.7i. fe Iairs of rai
The Selma, Alabama, Tinas y ublLbe
the iollowing letter from Genenl Sher
man in reply to a Confederate clergyman,
asking to hare his horse restored to him.
The Times say s it ia "a very good speci
men of the erratic huuer of that eminent
1 3r, and wLl doubtless. ptoveke a smile
from" many a Confederate - who was him
self occasionally .rel?fs in areb for
title where horses, bee Uses or vegetable -vrcre
concerned r .
4 Atlanta'G a., Sept 10, 1564. ,
"Her. , CouftZera: Anxi; :
"Pe as Sis Your letter of September
14th i3 received. I approach a question
Involving the title of h horse widi great
diffidence ; for the laws cf war, that mys
: . hich we talk so much but
Lu." E ij-i-c... Terr,arts!jr silent on
the horsiv-i5 6 beast so tcmptine to
the soldier, tCoi of the wild cavairr,
the fancy artillery, cr the patient kfantry, ,
that I find more difScuity in recovering a
worthies, spavined beast than In paving
a minion cf greenbacks, so I fear I must '
reduce your claim to one of finance, and"
refer yon io the sre&t Bori c Claims in
T asi.irgton. Thai may reach your casa
"v che time your gTBcdchild becomes a",
gre-tgrardfather. Private'y, I think it
was a shabby thing in the scamp rf the v
-;.-first Missouri who took your horse. -and
tiie colonel or his brigadier should
aave returned him; but 1 cannot affjrd
to undertake to make good the sins ct
omission cf my ovn colonels and brlira
dier. tJ":h less of tbo?e of 2 former gen
eration. 'When this cruel war is over.'
and peace once more gives ycu a parish,
I wili promise, if near you. to. procure out
ct one cf Cede Sam't corrals a beast that
-nil replace the one taken from" yon ed
cfBiy. But now 'tis impossible.
y.7; ive big journey before us, and will -;
,ofAU we have, and, 1 fear, more loo;,
so sfSk cut when the Yanks "are about,
and hide your beasts, for my experience '
is that ai:' soldiers are very careless in a
search for title. I know General Hardee
will confirm this xnj advice. With great
respect, 5 ours, truly, -
.YmT. SatRMAX, Maj.-u'en " '
Lie
"the lat v years
1