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narr -JJ
WvfENLON, Attorney at Law,
r.oeusuurg, rn.
Office opposite the Bank. jan24
J5gE M. READE, Attorney at
Law; Ebensburg, Pa.
y Office in Colonnade Row. fjan24
p. TIERNEY, Attorney. at Law,
Ebensburg, Cambria county, Pa.
fc-OEce in Colonnade Row. Jjan24
tfSTON & SCANLAN, Attorneys
at Law. Ebensburg, Pa.
WOSce opposite the Court House.
-nvsTOJi. f anZ4 . j. i. bcaim.
J "WATERS, Justice of the Peace
Office adjoining dwelling, on High St.,
;burg,T. neoi-oo
KiyKEADt Justice of the Peace
. 3 . - i u or r 1 .
i-Office removea '.o iue umcc iuiuchj
d br M. Hasson, Esq., on High street,
wg, P- fjan3l-6m
SHOEMAKER, Attorney at
Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
ticnlar attention paid to collections.
fi-ofice one door east ot Lloyd & to. s
3jilou9e. uou'"
Mt'EL SINGLETON, Attorney at
Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Office on High
.nest of Foster s liotei. m
; practice in the Courts 01 Lamwmuuu
$- Attends also to the collection of claims
filets agaiast me uoveruuieni.
IOMYV. OAT3IAN, Attorney at J
Law and Claim Agent, Ebensburg,
ia countr, Pa.
Pensions, Cack Fay and iiounty, ana
... ' " It . - 1 T-kl l.'ntntfl
t and cM, and payment of Taxes at-
j to. Dook Accounts, Notes, Due Uills,
z..riik, v. v- I n
ifreements, Letters of Attorney, Bonds,
eatly written, and all legal ousiness
'Ay "attended to. Pensions increased,
.ualized Bounty collected. jan24
C. W iLiOU-iN, xj., oners nia aer-
Tices, as Physician and Surgeon, to
ieas of Ebensburg and surrounding
Jr.
no- bee appointed Examining Sw-
ae is rrenared to examine all Pension
ed applicants for Pensions who may
r Ofllce on High St., three doors east of
barcb. in office lormeriy occupieu uy
:aes. liesiaenca icimeaiaieiy aujom-
Jice. LjanZ4-m
L5 J. LLOYD,
I c,.i..n- nf J?. S. Eunn.
Dealer in
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS,
AND DVE-STCFFS. PEUFUME-
A' AND FAXCV ARTICLES, PURE
NES AND BRANDIES FOIL MEDI
?L'RrOSES, PATENT MEDICINES, &c.
AUo :
Cr.p, and Note Papers,
Tens, Pencils, Superior Ink,
And other articles kept
hv DrutTcista trenerallr.
i-rn yrtferipliont curefully compounded.
e on Main street, opposite tne iioun
ouse, Ebensburg, Pa. jan24
.NTISTUV.
Da. D. P. Zeigler, having opened an
in the rooms over 11. II. Thomas' store,
his professional services to the citizens
nsburg and vicinity. apl8-4m
NTLSTJiY.
The undersigned, Graduate of the Bal
CoIIcge of Dental Surgery, respectfully
213 profe3sional services to the citizens
nsburg. He has spared no means to
ghlj acquaint himself with evry im
ent in his art. To many years of per
'Jpericnce, he has sought to add the
experience of the highest authorities
-il Science. He simply asks that an
inity may be given for hi3 work to
ts own praise.
SAMUEL BELFORD, D. D. S.
fncet: Prof. C. A. Harris ; T. E. 3ond,
'.R. Handy; A. A. BIandy,P. H. Aus-
iae Uditimore College.
riM be at Ebensburg on the fourth
fT of each month, to stay one wjek.
Uflrj 24, 1SG7.
UYl) & CO., Bankers
LBESSUrRG, Pa.
"Gold, Silver, Government Loans and
Securities bought and 6old. Interest
1 on Time Deposits. Collections made
accessible points in the United States,
General Banking Business transacted.
aaxy 14, 18G7.
M. LLOYD & Co., Bankers
A T TAftv T
vts on tbe principal cities, and Silver
.U4 Bttie. v-oiiections made. Mon
5Ted on deposit, payable on demand,
uierebW or upon time, with interest
pT NATIONAL BANK '
OF ALTOONA.
CO VERXMENT A GENCY
p-UTED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI-
corner Virginia and Annie sts.. North
A 1 trmn T '
-.xwua, i a.
sized Capital .$300,000 00
- ijo ijj 150,000, 0U
tijje ter o - ianning aone on
J"1 Revenae Stamps of all denomiaa-
'XmT"u f StamPp Percentage, in
J t.- flowed, as follows : $50 to
md nti $,0C t0 $200 3 P cent.
Bpwardi, 4 per cent' . - fian2
FTEL SINGLETON, Notary Pub
I.. ' c, Ebenebnrt. Pa! " -
on Hfjh etet, wevt of Foster! 116-
"DRtYATE SALE!
JL The subscriber will Bell the following
property at private sale :
One'IIeuse at Portage Station, on the P.
R. R., w'ith 2 acres land. Suitable for a
store room or a dwelling.
One House and 90 acres land, on P. R. R.,
one-half mile west of Tortage, opposite tbe
Biding of the Union Mills of tbe subscriber,
and at the terminus of the railroad of White
& Co.
One House and 2 acres land at Portage,
now occupied by Louisa Keepers. A. good
site for a store.
One Water Power Saw mill, within 10 rods
of the P. Ii. R., one-half mile west of Por
tage, together with timber land, 100, 200, or
30C acres, to suit purchasers. Tbe barns
and bouses on the same cost $1,500 when
lumber was cheap.
Or, I will sell tbe whole tract of 480 acres,
with timbc-r enough on the same to run the
water mtll for seven years; The property
has 1,500 to 2,00 feet of side tracks connect
ing with the P. R. R.
A general Warrantee Deed will be given
on ten days notice for all the foregoing prop
erty, and possession of all houses, &c, given
on the 1st April next.
The improvements cost the subscriber
$6,000.
150 acres of the land is timbered with good
Sugar, and the land itself is warranted to be
as good as any in Cambria county. '
Three creeks pass- through the land, viz
Trout Run, M'Intosh Run, and Wright's Run.
There is Coal on the land, and any amount
of Cord Wood.
The location is the only outlet to the coal
lands of Burke and the Wm. M. Lloyd & Co.
lauds.
Two pieces of the land adjoin the land
formerly owned by Hon. Thomas A. Scott,
known as the M'Coy Farm.
One-third the purchase money will be re
quired down ; the balance in iix and twelve
months.
Ten per cent, will be deducted for ca3h
payments.
The property will be told in preference to
rented, as the subscriber has not time to col
lect rents.
The house and lot, say 1 acre of land, at
Portage, now occupied by Louisa Keepers,
will be sold low if sold soon. Also, the store
room at the same place, with 2 acres land,
formerlv occupied bv Victor Voeghtly eold
to him at oue time for $725 will now be
sold for $600. The former will be sold for
$350, cash, or its equivalent.
Call Sook !
WM. R. HUGHES.
Wilmore, January 31, 1867.
S
HOE STORE! SHOE STORE!!
The subscriber bees leave to inform the
people of Ebensburg that he has just received
from tbe East and has now opened out, at
his store-room, the
LARGEST and BEST ASSORTMENT
OF WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S
BOOTS and SHOES OF ALL KINDS!
ever brought to town. The stock was made
expressly to order by the
BEST SHOE MANUFACTORY IN PniLA.,
the subscriber having gone to the trouble
anu expense of visitiog that city especially
to order it. The work is warranted not to
rip if it rips, it will be
REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE!
A visit to his establishment will satisfy any
one that he can not only sell a bkttkr abti-
cle than all competitors, but that he can
also Bell
CHEAPER THAN TnE CHEAPEST !
He also coutinues to manufacture Boots
and Shoes to order, on short notice and in
the most workmanhlte style.
A VERY SUPERIOR LOT or REAL
FRENCH CALF SKINS ON HAND!
PvStf" Stand one door east of Crawford's
Hotel, High street, and immediately oppo
site V. S. Barker's store.
feb21
JOHN D. TnOMAS.
QADDLERY AND HARNESS !
k3 The undersigned keeps constantly on
hand and is still manufacturing all articles
in his line, such ts
SADDLES,
FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS,
DRAFT HARNESS,
BLIND BRIDLES, RIDING BRIDLES,
CHECK LINES,
nALTERS, WHIPS, BRICHBANDS, &c, &c.
All which he will dispose of at low prices
for cash.
His work is all warranted, and being expe
rienced in the business, he uses only the best
of leather. Thankful for past favors, he
hopes by attention to ousiness to merit a
continuance of the patronage heretofore so
liberally extended to him. jan24
Shop above the store of E. Hughes A Co.
Persons wishing good and substantia! Harness
can be accommodated. HUGH A. M'COY.
It
YALUA13LE REAL ESTATE FOR
. SALE !
The subscriber offers at private sale the
Farm on which he now resides, situate in
Cambria Township, Cambria county, con
taining about 60 acres, nearly all of which
are cleared, and having thereon erected a
Two-story Frame Dwelling House, a new
Frame Barn, and all the necessary Outbuild
ings. There is a good Orchard on the Farm,
and an excellent Well of Water at the kitch
en door. Only five minutes' walk from the
Railroad Depot. Terni3 moderate, and title
indisputable. Apply to the undersigned on
the premises, or address
SAMUEL TIBBOTT,
apll-tf Ebensburg, Pa.
PI3ENSBURCr LITERARY DEPOT.
James Mcbray, dealer in
BOOKS, STATIONERY, CIGARS, TOBAC
CO, PERFUMERY, FANCY SOAPS, Ac.
JtSjf In the room formerly occupied by Dr.
Lemon as a Drug Store,
High tt., Ebessbceo.
Keeps
Blank Books. Magazines,
Envelopes, Paper, Newspapers,. .r
Pens, Ink, Novels, Histories, t ,
Pocket Books, Prayer Books,
pass Books, "Toy Bocks, &c. ,
' ftgy Stationery and dfart ' soid either
wholesalt or retail. . mar7.Sm
was a
when
might
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thftliff
bitter Digh't in January a
homeless wanderers on the
moor migot nave sunt aown irozen to
death, and the rery marrow seemed to
congeal in one's bones.
"There's some advantage in steam,"
growled an old gentleman in the corner
seat; "wind ahd weather don't affect it.
No flesh and blood horse could stand a
night like thi?, but the iron horse keeps
straight ahead, whether the thermometer
is at zero or at boiling water beat." "
Just then, the conductor entered.
iTiftl8 contlpmsn. if von nlease."
"Tt'a a dreadful nieht. conductor," "
said, feeling'with stiffened fingers, for my
ticket, in my vest pocket.
"Dreadful, sir, responded the conduc
tor. "Why the brakesmen can t live
outside, and so I look the other way when
they creep in, poor fellows, to get a breath
of warm air at the stove. We haven't
had such a night since a year ago, when
Tom Blakeslee, the baggage master, froze
both his feet, and a woman who was
coming on from Chicago got off at Blinn's
Four Corners with her baby in her arms
a corpse !" "
"Frozen to death I"
Aye, frozen to 'death, and she never
ht, poor thing, but what it was
asleep. Oly baby's cold says she, 'but
we 11 soon warm it when we get home.
It was just such a night as this."
And the conductor opened the door,
and plunged across the coupling into the
next car, crying out:
"Hardwick !"
It was quite a considerable city with
a handsome iron depot, flaring gas lamps,
and the usual crowd around the platform,
with its hands in its pockets and its cigar
ends flaming through the night.
Our car was nearly the last of the long
train, and but one passenger entered it
a slender young girl, wrapped in a gray
blanket shawl, and wearing a neat little
traveling hat of gray straw, trimmed with
stone-colored velvet flowers. She seemed
to hesitate, like one unused to traveling,
and finally sat down near tbe door.
"Pardon me, young ?ady," said I, "but
you had better come nearer the stove."
She started, hesitated an instant, and
then obeyed.
"Does the train go to Bayswater?"
she asked, in a voice so delicious! v soft
and sweet that it seemed to thrill through
me.
"Yes. Can I be of any service to you 7"
"No; at least not until we reach Bays-
water. I would like a carriage, then.
"We shall not be there yet, theso three
hours."
"Do we stop again ?"
"Only at Exmouth."
She drew a deep sigh, reemingly of
reuet, and settled back in a corner, iij
the light of the lamp that hung in its
brass fixtures opposite, I could seeher
face, that of a iovely'child. Apparently
she was not more than sixteen, with large
blue eyes, golden hair drawn straight
away from her face, and a little rosy
mouth like that ot a- baby.
. rv . r a .
"xjo you expecc.inenas to meet you
at JJayswater, my child : 1 asked.
"No sir I am going to school there;
"It will be an awkward hour lor you to
arrive by youraelt one in the morning.
"Oh, I am not afraid," she said, with
an artless little laugh ; "I shall go straight
to the seminary.
So the express train thundered on
with steady, ceaseless pulsations of its
iron heart and a constant roar.
Suddenly the signal whistle sounded
and the train began to slacken its peed.
"Surely we are not at Exmouth, yet,"
I thought, "unless I have fallen uncon
sciously asleep, and allowed the progress
of time to escape me."
I glanced at my watch ; it was nearly
half past eleven, and I knew we were not
due at Exmouth until a few minutes alter
twelve. I rubbed the frost from the
window pane and looked out.
We had 6topped at a lonely little way
station in the midst of denso pine woods.
"Is this Exmouth ?"
"No I don't know what place this is;
some way station."
"Does this train stop at way stations 7"
"Never, generally ; they must havo been
especially signalled here. You are cold,
my child, your voice trembles."
"It is cold' she said in a scarcely
audible voice, drawiug her shawl around
her. "Oh, I wish they would hurry on
on on I"
"We are moving once more," I 6aid.
"Conductor" for the man with the tick
ets was passing through the car, "why
did we stop at that backwoods place ?"
"Out of water," - was the reply, as he
hurriedly passed by.
Now I knew perfectly well that this
answer was not the true solution of the
matter. . Our delay had. not exceeded half
a minute, altogether too short a time for
replenishing the boilers j and where on
earth was the water to come from in that
desolate stretch ot barren pine woods 1
Fire minutes after the conductor en
tered the car ; I made room for him at my
side.
"Sit down, conductor you've nothing
to do this minute." ,
lie obeyed. r .. '.. :
"What did you, roea.n by tolling xne
sueb a story just now " "
I spoke under my breath : he replied i
in the same tone. . . -..
"About what?" " . :. . , ..
"About the reason you stopped just
now." .
He smiled. . . -
p "To tell you the truth, I stopped , to
tak on a single passenger a gentleman
who has come down from Bayswcter."
"For the pleasure of traveling once
more' over the same route V
."Exactly so for the pleasure of trav
eling it in certain society. Do not be
alarmed for your own safety it's a detec
tive policeman 1"
is 'about 'to' repeat the words in as
tonishment when he motioned me to keep
silence. '
"Who is the offender ?" I asked.
"I don't know myself yet. He doesn't
want a scene until the moment of arrest;
therefore we ere safe - enough until we
reach Bayswater." . .
"Where is he 7"
. "The detective 7 He sits by the door
yonder, with a ragged fur cap pulled over
his eyes. Did you ever see a more per
fect specimen ot the dilapidated country
man !
I smiled at the figure pointed out to
me ; I could not help it.
"What is the case ?" 1 inquired.
"A murder a man and his wife and
their two little children their throats cut
last night, and the house burned down
afterwards."
"Great heavens I"
We had continued the conversation
throughout in a whisper, scarcely above
our breath, and now the conductor rose
and left me to study the faces of my fel
low passengers with a curious feeling of
dread and horror.
Somehow, often as I revolved the mat
ter in my mind, my fancy would settle on
a coarse, gross-looking man opposite me,
with a bushy beard and a shaggy wool
coat, the latter with the collar turned up
around his ears. I felt conviuced that
this man of brutal eye and heavy, hang
ing jaw was the Cain, and as 1 looked
furtively . across, I caught the wide-open
eyes of the fair little girl fixed on me.
Obeying the instantaneous impulse of
my heart, I rose and went to her.
"You heard what we were paying, my
child r -
"Yes a murder how horrible I"
' "Do riot be-rightened : no one shall
hurt you.
.She' smiled up io my face with sweet,
confiding innocence.
Our stop at Exmouth was brief ; but
during tho delay, I could see that the
watchful detective had changed his seat
for one nearer the brutish man in the
shaggy coat.
"See," faltered the young girl, "they
locked the doors at Exmouth ; they are
unlocking them now.
"Probably they were fearful that the
criminal would escape," I remarked in an
undertone.
"Will you may I trouble you to bring
me a glass of water?" asked the girl.
I rose and made my way towards the
cooler by the door, but with difficulty, for
the train was in rapid motion. To my
disappointment, I found the tin goblet
chained to the shelf.
"No matter, said she, with a
.smile; "I will come myself."
I drew the water and held up the cup;
but instead of taking it aa she approach
ed, she brushed suddenly past me, opened
the door, and rushed iut on the platform.
"Stop her ! stop her !" shouted the de
tective, springing to his feet; "she will
be killed. Conductor brake Jien hold
up!"
There was a rush, a tumult, a bustle.
I was the first upon the platform, but it
was empty and deserted, save by a half
frozen looking brakeman, who seemed
horror-stricken.
"She went past me like a shadow, and
jumped off as we crossed the Cairn turn
pike," he stammered. - -
"Jumped off the express train !" ex
claimed the conductor. "She must have
been killed instantly." j
"It's five hundred dollars out of my
pocket," said the detective, ruefully. "I
didn't want a row before we got to Bays
water, but I was a confounded fool. A
woman cornered will do anything, I be
lieve !" .
"What !" I ejaculated ; "you surely do
not mean that that child "
"I mean," said tho detective, calmly,
"that that child, as you call her, i: Attiia
Burton, a married woman of twenty-six
years of age, who last night murdered
four persons in cold blood," and was now
trying to escape to Canada. That's what
I mean!"
The train was stopped, and a party of
us, headed by the conductor and detec
tive, went back to search for the young
oreature whose loveliness and apparent
innocence had appealed to my sympathies
so strongly. Nor was it long till we found
her, lying by the 6ide of the track, quite
dead, and mutilated by the force ot the
fall almost beyond recognition, v .
.Well, she's escaped justice in this
world, if not in the next," said 'the detec-
tive, gloomily, as he etood looking down
upon her' remains.
"Do yon. suppose she expected to" be
apie to spring on tne train wunoui inju
U JL .
"Without much injury yes; women
are unreasoning CTeatures. Rut I never
dreamed of such inaane folly, or I should
have taken prompt measures to have pre
vented it." .
They lifted up the fair, dead body, and
carried it to the nearest place of refuge
a lonely farm house among the frozen
hills, and we returned to the train, reach
ing Bayswater only a few miuutea behind
our regular time.
And when I read the account of the
murderess in the next morning's papers,
JL thought ot the slender creature a blue
eyes and rose bud mouth, with a 6traoge,
pitying thrill at my heart.
The Official Report Relative to
tho Capture of Jeff. Davis.
1
winning
ry7" I tike.
Letter from Kansas.
Leavenworth!, Kansas,
April 2G, 1867
To the Editor of The Alleahanian :
On Wednesday, 24th instant, at about
fifteen minutes before 3 o'clock, there
happened an event which startled our
people from the quiet of their ways, and
Oiled the streets with crowds of wonder
ing, fearing mortals an earthquake. It
was first noticeable from a steady vibra
tion of tho earth lasting some twenty-five
6cconds ; then came a Ehort pause, fol
lowed by a terrible rumbling as of thunder
and tempest combined, accompanied by a
terrific jar, as if the earth itself rebelled
against man and man's work. The motion
of the earth during the initial stage of the
event seemed like that apparent to one
who lic3 upou the ground near by while
a ponderous train of cars is passing. The
duration of the first shock was hardly long
enough to permit one to realize what was
happening, and the pause or intermission
io the vibration naturally left the impres
sion that it nad been caused by some su
perterrene incident. Rut the second
shock came with such vehemence and
power that all rushed instantly to the
open air. The streets were filled with
crowds of terror-stricken people, all more
or less pallid or flashed, as fear or excite
ment held the mastery. All were unu
sually talkative, and it was soon settled
that we had had an earthquake a genu
ine earthquake, aud a violent one at that.
Its effects were only apparent during its
continuance Huge three and four storv
brick buildings seemed toppling from roof
to loundatiou; windows were violently
shaken; a terrible rumbling, accompanied
byjajsort of hissing sound as of iuipalpa-
me wma, was neara ; ana an electric cur-
rent passea violently tnrough toe air,
every living thing being sensible of its
effect, though too much alarmed to com
prehend it. Business houses were dam
aged to a small extent, dry goods being
piled promiscuously on the floor, earthen
ware displaced, and in many instances
plastering torn from the aeiling. Alto
gether, it was an event long to be remem
bered, and I doubt not the panic-stricken
crowd? that filled tbe streets on that day
will remember it with feelings of awe and
trembling.
The Indian war is fast assuming some
definite shape. Gen. Hancock is now at
Fort Zarah with his command, numbering
some 4,000 men. Gen. Custar had quite
a skirmish with a body of red-kins on
the 19th, and succeeded in sending six or
eight to their "happy hunting ground."
Tbe latest news from "the frout" is that
a large body of Cheyennes, Brule Sioux,
and Kiowa, estimated at from 400 to 500
lodges, which would give a fighting force
ot from 2,000 to 2,500 warriors, is en
camped about thirty miles west of Fort
Zarah, on or near what is called "Cima
rone crossing," and it is expected that
Gen. H. will move forward soon and at
tack them, should they possess enough
courage to make a stand. Gen. Hancock
is an able soldier, but ho lacks the men to
prosecute a successful campaign against
these prairie hordes. All signs will fail
if we do not this summer see an onslaught
made by the painted savages on the fron
tier settlements and the lines of travel
across the plains, more formidable and
carried on with greater persistence than
any Indian war since the death of Tecum
seh. Their fancied wrongs, magnified
and aggravated by the timid, hesitating
policy of the Government, have filled
their hearts with feelings of bitterest re
venge against the whites. Had Gen. H.
enough men to "corral" the dusky war
riors, instead of being obliged to submit
to their insults he could avenge the mur
der of white men in the blood of ten times
the number of their murderers. Say
what we will, the false humanitarian pol
icy of dealing gently with the Indians
cill not do. The bleaching bones of
thousands of whites along the great roads
offer "their grim, silent protest against it;
the interests of progress and civilization
forbid its further continuance, and the
.safety of the frontier settlements and the
prevention of a repetition of scenes like
those of Minnesota and Fort Phil Kear
ney cry out against it. - Kaw.
In a violent quarrel in' San Francis
co, between a Chinaman and a Jew, tbe
former exclaimed in wrath and scort:-
"Oh, yepsee my savvy you you kilhe
Mellican man's Josh !"
A bachelor's epitaph : "At three
score winters' end , Jl died, a cheerless
being,- sole and sad ; tbe nuptial knot I
never tied, and wish my father never had.
'Bankruptcy : the buds are bursting
Last January, the House Comraitte, on
claims was instructed to investigate and
report all the facts connected with the
capture of Jeff. Davis. The evidenca
taken pursuant to that authority has just
been published, aud contains a few inter
esting details. The main facts are the
same as appeared immediately after Jeff.
Davis' capture, but there are some points
cleared up which have been enveloped
until now in some little doubt aud uncer
tainty. . ,
The evidence comprises a deposition of
General J. H.' Wilson, made before tho
committee on the 27th of January last;
a lengthy report by the same officer to
General Grant, bearing date January 17,
1867, and report by Generals E. F,
Winslow and A. J. Alexander,. Colonel
Henry Harnden, Lieutenant O. P.Clinton'
and private J. J. Alpin ot the First Wis
consin cavalry. The report of General
Wilson gives a full account of the capture,
the unfortunate mistake between Colonels
Pritchard and Harnden, and the condition
of the arch traitor at the moment of hia
apprehension- The General sticks to the
old version, that Jeff. Davis was disguised
partially in tbe attire of a female, alluding
to the subject in the following language ;
"During the firing of the skirmish just
referred to, the adjutant of the Fourth
Michigan, Lieutenant J. G. Dickinson;
after having looked to the security of the
rebel camp, and.sent forward a number of
the men who had straggled, was about to
go to the front himself, when his attention
was called by one of the men to threo
persons in female attire, who -had appa
rently just left one of the large tents near
by, and were moving towards the thick
woods. He started at once towards them,
and called out, "Halt." But not hearing
him, or not caring to obey, they continued
to move off. Just then they were con
fronted by three men, under direction of
Corporal Muoger, coming from an oppo-'
site direction. The corporal recognized
ona of the persons as Davis, advanced
carbine, and demanded his surrender.,
Tbe three persons halted, and, by the
actions of the two who afterwards turned
out to be women," all doubt as to the'iden-'
tity of the third person was removed.'
The individuals thus arrested were found
to be Miss Howell, Mrs. Davis and Jeffer
son Davis. As they walked, back to .the
fent from whiclr ;theyTTa"3 "trieiTto" escaped
Lieutenant Dickinson observed that Davis'
high top boots were not covered by his
disguise, which fact, probably, led to
his recognition by Corporal Munger."
As the friends of Davis have strenuously
denied that he was disguised as a woman,
it may not be improper to specify tho
exact articles of woman's apparel which
he had upon him when first seen by Lieu
tenant; Dickinson and Corporal Munger.
The former states that he "was one ot the
three persons dressed in woman's attire,
and had a black mantle wrapped about
his head, through the top of which could
be seen locks of his hair."- Captain G.
W, Lawfpn, of the Fourth Michigan cav
alry, states explicitly, upon the testimony
of the officers present, that Davis, in addi
tion to his lull suit of Confederate gray,
had on "a lady's waterproof cloak, gath
ered at the waist, with a shawl drawn
over his head, and carrying a tin pail."
Colonel Pritchard says, in his official
report, that he received from Mrs. Davis,
on board the steamer Clyde, off Fortress
Monroe, a waterproof cloak, or robe, which
was worn by Davis as a disguise, and
which was identified by the men who saw.
it on him at the time of his capture. Ho
secured the balance of the disguise the
next day. It consisted of a shawl, which
was identified in a similar manner by both
Mrs. Davis and the men. From theso
circumstances, there seems to be no doubt
whatever that Davis sought to avoid cap
ture by assuming the dress of a woman,
or that the ladies of the party endeavored
to pass him off upon his captors a one of
themselves.
IIifalutin. Albert Pike, of the Mem
phis Appeal, has an unusual command of
language. Here is one of his impressive
sentences : "Bankruptcy, foreign war,
internal hatreds, a hell of fire thinly .
cruted over, new dissensions, separations,
strifes, new rivers of blood, repeated dec
imations, new lightnings of the red de
served wrath of God, the corroding stains
of innocent blood upon the soul, the
insensible horrid lapse into the most hid
eous despotisms, all the Danteque horrors
of the infernal regions that the shade of
dead nations, tortured, inhabit all tbtsa
stare upon them out of the grim, silent
darkness of the future days."
A lady wrote to Boston for a book
entitled "Trust in God." The bookseller
had none and could procure none, and
replied "There is no trust in God to be
found in Bo3ton."
An Irish attorney decidas that no
printer should publish a death notice un
less, apprised of the fact of the death by
the party deceased. -
A bashful musician, upon being re-,
quested to play & tune on bis cornet,
turned red and white and blew.
There' is nothing in a name, but
tbero is a great deal in an aim. ' Aim
high t ' : - -
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