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I WOULD TMYHn BE I?TOH7 THAN PRESIDENT. Hfkrt Ciay.
II. E IIl?TCIl3SOiT, IBulillslor.
?.00 IX ADVAA'CI.
;0LUME 8.
Er!:NS7.UHG, PA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 18G7.
NUMBER
88.
. , T I M
Kl'ITFLL, Aforney at
Lbcciburg, Pu.
luS I'l'LN IjC X, Attorney at Law,
F.bensburg, Pa.
vt Office opposite the Bank. j:n24
E0nGK"M. BEAPE, Attorney at
Law, F.benssburc, Pa.
Office in Colonnade Row. jan24
"Y. T I E R X K T, A t forney nt Law,
, F.lenbnrg. Cambria county, Pa.
Office in Colonnade I!ow. jn24
Uclobor.
1INSTON & SIWNLAN. Attorneys
nt Law. F.bensburg, Pa.
,-? Office opposite the Court House.
JOHNSTON. j;u24J J. K . SC-NLAJf.
Y'.S C. EASLY, Attorney at Law,
Tirrolltown, Cambria county, Pa.
Xnliitectural Drawings and f-'pectn-
jan24
',1
, .1. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at
Lhw, Ebcnsbnrg, Pa.
r 'rnl;r attention pid to collection.
a (illice one door vast of Llovd k Co.'s
I tlou.-e. , jan24
iJM'KL f-'JNGLETON, Attorney at
J.iw, Ebensburg, Va. Oirice on High
!. west of Foster's llo'tl.
I practice in the Com -- of Cambria aud
:iing counties.
r A ttends aiso to the collection of rli ns
iliera njjainst be Government. j:w.-4
OliGE W. O ATM AN, Attony vi
Law and Claim .Agent, tbc:aci"-g.
ounty. Pa.
sioi:s, Hack Pay- end Bounty. Pin.
urv Claims collected. i:.-ai r.swie
My soul lias grow i too great lo-day
To utter all it would.
Oh I these preventing bonds of clay I
When will my spirit learn to say,
Unlettered, all it should !
I'm out in the free old wood once more,
With whispering boughs o'tiaead ;
Strange influences arou.id me bte..l,
And yet, what depliest I feel
Must ever be unsaid.
These glowing, glowing autumn hours !
These wildenng, gorgeous days !
This daiuty show of gorgeous flowers,
As though with dusty, goldeu showers
The air were all a-blaze !
This living, shining, burnished wood,
Tricked with a thousand dyes !
Its strong ribs laced with crimson sheen,
And decked with gold and glittering green,
Like kingly tapestries !
This tangled roof of braided light
Above me richly flung!
These glimpses of the sky's soft blue I
This quivering sunshine melting through I
The wide earth, glory-hung I
How pli all I utter all I would ?
AIas ! my struggling soul
It strives to grpsp these glorious things,
As strives a bird on broken wings
To struggle to its goal.
rei'uy loveJ each other devotedly, and j to him thin tu-r;Miir, and asked him for
a doiljr to spend for some triflin thin"
wer at heart kind and forbeariug. When
A her? came to hid supper, Kate greeted
him v'i'.h a k'ss, and in a moment the
su iV-ice cjuitj
and had the Jesxon
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tl I v.:.'
1 . .....I c'lil Mnri nr.viiii-n nl I n V d '
a 1 I U-lVi. l:ok Accounts, Note, Due Bills,
e I . !ir.';. '-' collected. Deeds, Morlga-
1 i h'ji'rttixMtS, Letters of Attorney, Uomls,
. .if,r written, and nil lejrl business
. s I ''u.'iV intruded to. Pensions increase",
ill ;;,..;; d Bounty collected. j:iir.4
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and Surgeon, u rr. n i t. Pa.
-"f.,te- eas o!' Mans'on i'ou-c, on
itrctt. Niht calls promptly utteinif t j
t his i ti.i e. iii-y-2:.
:; i :T witt zkigTe i i
Having permanent'y located in Eben3
i:!ns his professional 6er"ices lo the
i- nt town and viciri'y.
Olio OJL T& d2L3T.
"Albert, I wth j-oa would let me have
seventy -live eelitB."
Kate Ljudmaii spoke very carefully,
for s!is knew that her husband hud not
muc'i money to spare; yet he spoke ear
nestly, and there wai a vor!d ot entreaty
ib her ;t..xs.
"Wlu t iln Ton want scveDty-five cents
Iir V nski'd Aiocrt.
"I wau: to ft some braid for uiy ucw
i dress.
4,I thought you b ad the material j a'l on
hand hr th.it."
"So I thought 1 had ; but Mrs. Smith
and Mr. Thompson holl have a trimming
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try
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li extr.icteU, wttitoui vmn, wnu urou i " 1 " v .vr.i.
vrLuuuhhitjCii. I j-retty. l is Very fashionable, and it
"Kooms over 11. R. Thomas' store. High I certainly adds UiUcli to the looks ot the
r i Ck !
LacV ' J I r'ress "
"I'lajme take these women's fashions!
Your ends irimmins uud thing ma-is
cot niiro than the ditss ss worth, lt'a
nothing tut shell out ui-aney wheu ouce a
woman thinks of a 'new dress."
"Purely I don': have eo many new
dre-scs. I Jo certainly try to he as cco
mmiieal as I can."
It's a tunny kind of economy, at all
events.
" h- undersigned. Graduate of the T.al
mtuWtfce of iental Surgery, respect !ul v
.j ),; Tofejiional services to the citizens
v;?Inrg. He lias spared no means to
J-.W i'.c,v.aiut hittiself with every im--iicht
iii h i3 art. To many years of per
: ( .vperience, lie has sought to add the
'i -i experience ot the highest authorities
-n lid Scie nce. lit? s-impiy asks that an
r!imity may be giveu for his work to
i Hi own praise.
SAMI KL r.ELFOUD. D. D. S.
re: Viv:. O. A. Harris ; T. K. 'Joiid,
V,. II. Handy; A. A. Ilhuidy, P. II. Aus
!!n" I'.iitimore CcIIege.
r'Vill beat libensburg on the fourth
:y oi c-:n li nuiiith, to stay one wek.
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irly.
jre ;
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i.urz'A- co., Ban:.-
i liiitx.'nrnr. Pa .
'':'. Silver, Covernnient Loans ar.d
ritio l.oujilit and sold. Interest
i i :ine Lh-ih) sit s. CoFcctions made
'-oil.ie points in the United States,
'iMr-1 'I'ai.U'iig Lusiness transacted.
'i iv 24, IH.7.
M. LLOYD & Co , i:n,.L,7-
A l.TOOXA, P..
i or. the princioal cities, cUid Silver
il'l lor sale. Collcctiors made. Mou
fivej on deposit, payable on demand,
t interest, or upon iiuie, with iuteiest
rules. jati 21
ii.ovn, Prrit. joiin i.ioyo, Cita'.ier.
ioT NA'IION'AL AMv
OF ALTOOXA.
co vrnx.vrxr a gexci
AMI
VATLD M.iHnor.Y OF THE UNT-
TKD STATUS.
rorncr Virgiuia, and Annie sts., North
Vitoona. Pa.
' -KO C.MMTAL $.100,000 00
' Ml. At. I'jtllt IS 150,v00 tO
:"Mnct5 pertaining to Banking done on
l U'nns.
!r""l Uevnne Stamp3 of all denomina-
on hand
lvfiV;;,.rs ()f ynmpCj percentage, in
Xvul v, "Uowed, as follows : $r,o to
hi Jed ther, the hu"aid miht have
la -cied t!.at lie bad d sfe jjthiii wrong,
aod that the ei uJ had beta nivhiug but
the cxl.al it ion ot a liomestic ferment for
which uo one was partieul-iriy responsible, j
though he might h.ive baui'tied the con-
viction that wouueu's fa?hi is were a nui
sance and a humbug, us well m a frightful
draft upon husbands pocket".
After tea, Albert did a few chores
around the house, and theu he lighted a
n-uar and walked out. lie had gone but
a short distance when he met Lizzie. In
her right hat;d .he dragged an oM hoop,
which the had taken from a dilapidated :
fliur barrel, while with her lett fhe vfz j
LV'I .l II OL i
ruoving ner reo, swoneu eyes. o;ie was
in deep p;rief, and was sobbing painfully. ,
He stopped his child, and asked what was
the matter.
She answered, as well as her sob? would :
le; her, that the other girls had laughea
at her and made fun of her old hoop.
They had nice new huopj, while hers was
old and ugly.
."Never mind," aid Albert, patting the
little one upon the head, for the child's
gtief touched him, "perhapp we'll ha7e a
new hoop sometime."
u Ma n't I have one now? Mr. Grant's
got one left O, such a pretty ono !'
The sobbing had ceased as the child
caught her father's hand, eagerly.
"Not now, Lizzie not now. I'll think
of it."
Sobhiiig again, the cbild moved on
towards home, dragging the hoop after
her.
A one of the stores Albert Landman
met come of hi friend.
" Halloa, Albert ! Whit's up V
"lohnig in particular.
What do ytiu say to a
Hard, Albert ?"
'Gooa I'm in for that."
And away went A.'bert to the billiard
hull, wl-ere he had a rlonous time with
iiis friend, lie I ke i billiards : it wai a
heaithv, pretty game, and the keeper of
the hall allowed uo ruUgh-S'uiTs upon hi
premises.
They had played four games. Albert
had won two, and his opponent had won
two.
That's two and two," cried Tom Piper.
What do ou say to playiujr them off,
Albert?"
"AH right j go in," said Albert, full of
! animation.
So they played the fifth game, and he
It
pome household orua nent, or some bit of
jewelry to adorn her person and suppose
his little child h:id put in a p!ea tor forty
cent? to buy a paper and picture book
with, wha: 6i ynu think ne would have
answered ?' Of fifty men inst like him.
would not forty and five have declared
TIi 3 Assassin's licaltx.
A correspondent writes an interesting '
description of a recent trip over the route
of Booth's flight after the assaasiuation
and a visit to the f-cene of his death. We '
make the following extract j
I thought, on that spot, and at that I
time, hovr forsaken of home and of God
that they had not ujoney to SDare for any i Bjoth mut have fnlt, limping uion his i
such purpose? And. moreover, thev crutch, clinging to his carbine, full of his !
ueaaiy secret, yet with the fmnan claim
that he deserved the last crun of the
Sjuth for the revenue he had achieved for
them. This gae, Wilkes Booth, as I did,
passed in at, limping. Wheu he weut
out again, his feet were sore no more.
A dog barked as I went down the lan,
through a second gate, and turning ud
toward the dwelling, I climbed the wood-
would have aid so feelin; that thev were
telling the truth. An I not right V
"Upon my soul," responded the man ;
wno understood billiard., "you speak to
the point. I know that young man who
"ha-; just paid his bill, aud you have not
mi-judged him in a single particular.
And, what is more, I happen to have a
fact at hand to illustrate vour charire. We
have a club for an excellent literary paper ! eo steps and asked the old man if I could
in our village, aud last Year that man wa I u" snie supper. He said that he .did
one of our subscribers. ThU year he felt j not efP a hotel, but that it did not be
obiiged to discs mtinue it. His wife wai j him to dismiss people hungry on the
very anxious to take it, for it had become road. Coma in and share. I went thro
a genial companion in leisure moments ;
bul he could not afford it. The club rate
wa one dollar aud fifty centa a year.1
game of bil-
fflia lost was to p iy for the five g.mes
But it you must have it, 1 up- , vva an excitinr contest. 5 th made c-ipi-
I tal run, hut in the end Albert was boa-
ten by three points; and with a light
lauiih he went up to settle the hill. Five
panics twenty cents a game ; in all
just one dollar. Not much for such sport ;
and lie paid out the money with grace,
!
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lie I
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,111
ol
?H-on-
Iic.
tor
4 per cent.
jan24
Hi
Ac.
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TV
ttS J. LLOYD,
Sucrrssor of R. S. Dunn,
Pealer in
DRCGS AND MKIHCINES, PAINTS
" AND DYK-STUTFS, PKUFUME- '
'A FANCY ARTICLKS.l'UltB
and iu:.v.i)ii:s FOIl MtiDI
LT.PoES, PATENT MEDICINES, kc
A ho:
iCnn. and "ntR Punn.
Atus, Pencils, Superior Tnk,
And ovher articles kept
hy Drusrcrists ctnernllv.
prtKtrmlinn, .-..I.. r
e on Main Street. ,..,,.:'. .i t
oue, Ebensburg, pa.
jan24
SIIAIIHKTTS UYSKKT, W,
-'y(, ami Orr,a,,r,tal Painting. Cram
zhj and rover
r "u, none cm stu.i t notice, and tatU.
V,,1ll,r:,1Etttd- bop iu baMmet.t of
1, Lbetibburg, Pa. lliy9 0m
SL'KL SINCLE'ION. Notary lub-
lie, Ebensburg, Pa.
:on High street, west of Foster's IIo-
AVR YOU SUBSCRIBED Toil
pose v-x must.
And Albert Landman took out his wal
let ai.d counted out the feventy-tive sont,
but I e gve it grudgiii!ly, and wheu he
pur the walhrt hack into Ids pocket, he
Jid it ith an emphasis which secerned to
.-ay that he wouldn't take it out again fur
a week.
Wlun Albert reached the outer door,
on his way to his work, he lound the
weather u threatening that ho concluded
to go ha':k and yet li i umbrella and upon
re-entering the pi:tiii..'-ro.m, he lound his
il'e in tear. Shj iii.I to hid. the fact
that tdie had been weeping, but he ha.i
ctuiil.t her in the act, md asked what it
meant.
'(j4Mid gracious!" aid the hu-b:nd, I
hould like to know il you are c.'yiug at
what I .said about the dre-s i"
! wasn't crying at wtat you pfcid, Al
bert," replied Kate, tremulously ; -bur
you were so re'netant to grant tue the la
vor I was tliinkiiiLT how hard I have to
work how 1 am tied to the house how
many little things I have to perplex tne
and then to think "
"l'shaw ! What do you want to be so
foolish lor ?"
And away s'arted Albert Landman a
econd time, but he was not to escape 8o
easily. In the hall, he was met by his
daughter L'zzie, a bright-eyed, rosy
checked giil often years.
"0, papa, give mc fifteen ceuts !" she
cried.
"What !"
40, I want fifteen cents. Do please
give them to me."
"What in the world do you want with
the money ? Are they changing school
books agaiu ?"
"No j I want to buy a hoop. Ellen
Smith has got one, nnd s ha? Mary Buck
and Sarah Allen. Mr. Grant has got
some really pretty ones ta sell. Can't I
have ouc ?" '
"Nonsense! If you want a hoop, go and
Set one off some old barrel. I cau't afford
to be buying hoops lor you to trundle
about the ttre.etf."
"Please, paoa !"
'No, I ted you."
The bright ble eyes were filled with
tears, aud the child's sobbim: broke upon
his ear. A Ibert Landman hurried from
the house with some very impatient words
upon his lip.
Thi was in the morning. At noon,
when he cane home tn his dinner, there
was a cloud over the household. His
wile was m.ber, and even liilU Lizzie,
i.smlly so gay and blithesome, was sad
and silent.
Bet these things could not last long in
that household! for the husband and wife
and never oic seeming to feel tuat lie
cool 1 not ffford it.
"Have, a segar ?" ta'd Toin.
" Yes'
They lighted their jors, and then
sauntered down the hall to watch the
play.
Albert unrni found himself seated over
naimit a table a which s-mo nf l i friends
j were plavii'ir. and cbwe by stood two gen-
! iloni'M. fOrHnrrs to luiri. one whom was
explaining to the other the mysteries of
the "nine.
"It's a heiUhy retime." fad he who
'iad be n making th explanation ; "and
ei tamly ;t is one whtoh can have no evil
tender.cy."
Albert heard the remark' vpry plainly,
and he had a curiosity to hear whnt thf
other, who eemed jequaiuted with bill:
iard, would say.
"I p;innf, of cour a'ert thnt any
inne which call for .kll and judgment,
and wh'ch is freo from the nttenda't- curse
of jT'-iniinir. i of itelf an evil." remarked
tit second gentlem-in. "Such things are
only C"il so far as thev excite and stimu
late men beyond the bounds of healthful
rccre:M'n."
" Thar result can liardly follow suclt a
" said the firt speaker.
IJut the other shook his head.
"You ar-j wrong there. The result can
follow in two ways. First It can lead
men away from their business ; ami second
it ctn lead men to spend money who have
not that money to ppend. You will under
stand me. I wou'd nnt cry down the
same of billiards, for if I understood it,
I should certainly try you a came now ;
but whenever I visit a place of this kind
I am led to reflect upon n most strange
and ptnminent weaknes nf humanity as
developed in our sex. Fr instance, ob
serve that younjr man who is jut settling
his bi!I at "the desk. He. looks like a me
chanic, and I shonfd say, from hi man
ner, and from the fact that he feels it his
duty to g home at this hour, that he has
a wita and children. I Fee by hi face
that ho is kind-hearted and generous, nnd
J I should jud:e that he means to do about.
an near riht as he can. He ha ber.
beaten, and he pays ore dollar and forty
cents for the reereation of some two
hours duration. If yon observe, you will
see that he pay it freely, and pockets the
los with a smile. Happy faculty ! But
how do you suppose it is iu that young
man's home ! Suppose his Yfife had como
game.
"Aye, and so it goes," said the other
gentleman. "Well, that man's wife may
be wishing at this very moment that she
the 3ame portal and my horso to the site
of the same barn made memorable by the
as-assin. A table was already spread, and
I sat down to a Virginia supper. I knew
all the people around me. The son, who
had crept into the barn and demanded the
had her paper to read, while ha is payiog surrender oi the fugitives, sat at my side,
t I C II t I .'I n nmnt tt.n nl.iR..! 1.. -J 'P U .
ijuii.ii kuuiiiiiucu au. j. tie fcisicrs, wuu
had sponged Booth's mouth when he was
dying, aud heard alone, of all women, his
last words, were passing in and out with
relays of warm bread. Thaold man, who
had been stricken dumb by a pistol pre
sented at his head, ere he was well awake.
almost its full price for a year for what ?
And yet how smilingly he does it. Ah !
those poor sympathizing wives! How
many clouds ofteu darken upon them from
the brows of their husbands when they
ask for trifling sum of money, and how
grudgingly the mite is handed over when
"iven
What perfect floods of iov mijrht j was wheezily munching at the food. Here
that doliar and forty cents have poured wei"0 the fame prints on tho wall, and
upon tho children of the unsuccessful among them au illustrated paper's depic
biliiard player. Ah ! it is well for such : ' the shooting of Booth iu the barn,
wives aud children that they do not know aVfa ma opportunity to say : "Times
where the money goes." j ore 'es troublous, and guests, I hope, of
They had finished at tho nearest table. ' a sure character."
Tlie two gentlemen moved on, and Albert i 'Wc can't eay the last, altogether, sir,"
Luidmai arose lrotu his seat, and left the WJ9 l',e reply. "There's been eo ni-iuy
ht.ll. Never before had he euch tho'iuhts ! summons to go to c mrr. and eo many in-
I - . . .
he had never dwelt q'nes about u, that we don t feel quite
or a nail apioc?, to keep as a relic. I
could not find even sj much as a charred
ember to carry away. The ground is
burnt dry, a if by lightning.
A dog and a negro followed me out of
the house, the latter to get my horee.
-Did you ever see Booth's gho.-t, Tom ?"
I asked. "No, sah !" was the reply ; "no
ghoso neba visit me but de ghose of hard
cash. But de folks in de neighborhood
b'iieve iu Booth's coming back. Some
ob dem see him, but guess dcy look for
him." . .
I got in the saddle, and stood a moment
taking a last winkful of the scene. Dull
enough for the birthplace of Richard
Baxter it seemed a strange place for a
wild actor to die in. There never was a
high crime, committed for fame, so disap
pointing as Booth's. He died like a poor
homeless gipsy, and his funeral pyre was
the mean shelter he sought, blasted for
his sake.
as now possessed him
upon the ame grouping idea. That very
morning his own true, faithful, loving
wife had been sad and heart-sick bec;iue
he had harshly and unkindly met her re
quest lor a small sum of money. And his
sweet Lizzie had crept away to her home
almost broken hearted for the want ol a
simple toy, such as her mates possessed,
Aud yet the sum of both their wauts
amounted to not a much as ho had paid
away that evening for billiard playing.
Albert Landman wanted to be an hon-e-t
husband and father, and the lesson
was not lost upon him. On his way home,
he s'opped at Sir. Grant's and purchased
the best and prettiest hoop to be found,
with driving stick painted red, white and
blue, and in the iinrtiinir, when hebehtld
his child's deiight, and had received her
grateful, happy kiss, the question came to
his mind: Which wis the best and hap
piest result, this, or five games of bil
liards? Tho hoop had c .t thirty cents.
He could play two games of billiards less,
and be the absolute trainer often cents by
tho pleasant operation.
A few mornings after this, as Albert
rse from the breakfast ta'jle, he detected
a u uneasy, wistful look upon his wife's
tace.
"Ka'e, what i it ?" he asked.
"Albert, could you spare me a half
dollar this morning ?
"Oerainly, my love. Anything in
ress ot to make you happy."
And out came the wallet, nnd the
money was handed over with a warm, ge
nial smile.
What! tears at tha ! Was it possible
that she had been so little used to such
scenes on his part that s simple an act
of loving kindness thus affeotci her?
How many games ot billiards would be
required to uive such satisfaction as Al
bert - Landmau carried with him
morning to the shop !
A very simple lesson, is it not ?
how many may gai.ii lastiug profit by
ini heed to the Iesor. !
that
But
giv-
A Gentle Hint. The Bev. Mr.
Blank bad . traveled far to preach lo a
congregation at Smithville. After the
sermon, he waited in patient expectation
for an invitation from omo one of the
brethren to dine with him. But he
waited in vain. Oue after another de
parted, until the church was almost as
empty a the minister's epigastric region.
Summoning up re-olutiou, tho huugry
I clergyman walked up to an elderly gen-
tlcuian, who was just going out or tne
door, and accosted him with,
"Will you go home to dinner with me
to-dav, brother ?"
"Where do you live?"
"About twenty miles from this."
"No," said the mau, coloring, "but you
must ro with mo."
"Thank you I will, cheerfully.1
Aud he went.
i
A Breiucu journal contains the fol
lowing curious advertisement : "A youag
gentleman on the point of getting married
is dc-irous of meeting a man of experi
ence who will dissuade him from the
step." .
An old lady announced in Court in
Georgia that she had no counsel in her
case excepting God. "My dear madam,"
said the judge, "He docs not practice at
this bar I
secure yet. In fact, we got a bad visitor
once, aud tht ghost of him dou't seem to
quit u. Our birn was a good one, and
we felt tho los of it when it was burned.
Nobody ever paid u? for it. The officers
tore up our bed linen, and got one of our
horses. We never received a cent iu pay.
For a good while, people roamed around
our house without permission. They did
say we were a party to the assassination
for a while. It was just au accident, as
I may say, that raddled u with B.otk.
Why, ble-s you, he was desperate enough
to compel us to give him bed and food."
I further gleaned some impressions of
the final hours of Booth's life. He was
iu a sort of wild state afrer he entered the
house. His iimb pained him very much,
aud he slept on a settee, brokenly and
mutteringly. He was po'ire, however,
but very nervuu, nnd greatly desirous ot
having Harold come to him. His man
tier alternated between the darkest de
spondency and a sort of ecstasy. He
sp ke ot his mother once, iu a sort ot
childish dependence. He was feverish,
aud drank much water. He lo iked well
to the road, aud kept his carbine close by
him. Some of the family suspected him
to he oue ot the conspirators, but had
little idea that he was the head and front
of the tragedy. Ones or twiee hi- man
ner changed from the couversatiou-il to
the threatening, aud lie succeeded iu
keeping the whole household tolerably
well a firmed. Tne younger lolks believ
ed him merely a discharged soldier, woun
ded aud flightv.
Onco he said: "Men are all selfish,
North and South. You mihtas well die
br a nation of Yankees as of Virginians."
Another time he cried out: "Go d God !
to be dying, ar.d going away from home
all the time!" He asked questions with
regard to the murder of Mr. Lincoln, and
said that he was the worst tyrant that
ever lived. 11 i pain of body was his
chief theme. A'.l were kind to him, but
when Harold came back, they conlerred
together and resolved to hide in the batu,
to the relief of all in tho houe.
Booth had not slept a wink when the
place was surrounded. Although it was
then nearly morning, he had been heard
groaning and grumbling in the straw all
night so much so that it was said in the ;
house he was as great a uuisauce as a
howling dog.
Alter he was shot, his hour or two of
life was a pitiable paralysis. He could
neither say nor motion anything eloquent.
His face got to be expressivele-s of any
sort of intelligence, aud, though once very
handsome, it looked almost like a negro's
when he died.
The sentiment of the Garrett houe is
of pity for his personal sufferitrg, without
regard to the question of his deserts. One
ot the women said to me : "If he had
been' Judas, and talked so about his home,
I wou d have pitied him."
I wont out in the night and stood by
the site ot the old barn. They have built
a second shelter for th?ir hogs aud teams,
but here the ground is bare aud blackened
yet. It is a scorched place. Alter the
tire went out, aud incendiaiies and assas
sins had all gone, the old folks grumbled
much at the loss ot the structure, for it
barn, though an old one.
1'blladelpiiia. Manufactures.
We are somewhat astonihed to notica
that the Quaker city of Philadelphia puts
forth a claim to being, not only the great
est manufacturing city on this continent,
but, with the exception of London, tha
greatest in the world. We are all famil
iar with its advantages as a quiet and
pleasant place of residence; but that it
should claim to be a great industrial cen
tre, will he news to many. As the matter
is one, however, in which our merchants
are directly interested, and the consumer
of goods indirectly, we will give a biief
synopsis of its claims.
Iu 1SG0, accordine to the Census re
turns, there were ic Philadelphia, C.293
manufactories having a capital of $73,
318,885, which employed 98,000 hands,
and produced an annual value of S136 -000,000.
llecently, Mr. Edwin T. Freed
Icy, a well known author, has prepared a
volume of 700 pages, on the Manufactures
of Philadelphia, and demonstrated that,
iu I860, the factories produced over two
huudred millions of dollars ot staple goods.
This is an astounding exhibit j no other
city on tho American continent approxi
mates this amoun. In 1S55, the State
of Massachusetts, including Boston, Lo
well, and all her famous manufacturing
towns, did not produce more than two
hundred and forty millions. In 18G0,
New Y'ork had only seven small Cotton
Goods Manufactories, and no Woolen
mills ; Philadelphia is now the commer
cial centre of two hundred and sixty Cot
tjn and Woolen factories, a id has besides,
several thousand hand loom, of which
the annual product is equal to that of
seveuty additional mills of average size.
The c'ass of Dry Goods manufactured
in Philadelphia is of those low priced
staple goods which are especially adapted
to the wants of the people in the Middle,
Western, and Southern States. Millions
ot yards of pautaloonery, cottonades,
checks and stripes, ticking, osnaburgs,
Kentucky jeans, and narrow textile fab
ric, are made there every year. Of
carpeting, the product amounts to Dearly
ten millions of dollar.; of ready made
ciothing, to eighteen millions; of refined
sugar, over twenty millions ; of b-ots and
shoes, over five millions; of stove, nearly
three millions. Philadelphia claim to
have the lirgest military goods manufac
tory, tho largest chemical faitorie, the
largest cordage factory, the largest book
selling house, and the largest locomotive
wrks and machine shop in the United
S'ate. It is quite evident that her prox
imity to the cjal mines and iron bed, her
low rent and facilities afforded mechanics
for comfortable aud economical living,
have given Philadelphia a start in manu
facturing which nothing but her want of
enterprise can retard. It i moreover
evident that with the progress already
made in manufacturing, the Philadelphia
market is worthy the attention of those
who wish to purchase goods at first haod.
What an Industrious Man can do
IN TUE West. The Daveoport Gazette
speaks of a Mr. James Thompson, who
came from Pennsylvania to Scott county,
Iowa, a dozen years ago, worth a few hun
dred dollars. He now owns forty-four
farms, averaging 1C0 acres, or in all about
seven thousand acres of land, at least half
of which is under cultivation ; the whole
will be next year. The land lies in Scott
and Cedar counties. The past year ho
put under cultivation 2,200 acres of now
land. He is now having twenty farm
dwellings, of six rooms each, framed and
gotten ready in Davenport, fo they can
be hauled to his farms, and set right up
for his tenants. The tenants get one
third the crop and two dollars an acre for
farming new land, and the same share of
the crops with feeventy-five cents to one
dollar an acre for cultivated laud.
was
a good
Then one of the detectives came back and
found in the ashes some relics of Booth,
and the neighbors came in and got a bolt'
The fastest time in American rail
roading was that of a directors train on
the New York Central llailroad, the other
l day, from Hamburg to Bullalj ten mile
j in eight minutes, or at the rate of soveaty
! eight miles an hour.
j "Sam, are you one of the Southern
; chivalry?" "No, musa, I's one of the
' Southern shovelry. I shoveled dirt at
the Dutch Gap Canal."
Allrei ilart, tho heaviest man in
Minnesota, died of pneumonia last week.
He weighed 400 pounds.