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VOLUME 8.
7JLLIAM KITTJ,L, Attorney at
Law, Loensburg, Pa.
jtj 24, 18G7.
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Ebensburg, Pa.
ttff" Uiuce opposite lue uaun. Lj;iu--
&EOKGE M. READE, Attorney at
Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
(jmce in Uolonnaae kow. jan-i
FT. IIKU.NKI, Attorney at Jaw,
a Ebensburg, Cambria county, Pa.
pay-Ollice in uoionnaae now. Jan.
WINSTON & SCANLAN, Attorneys
at Law. Ebensburg, Pa.
tF" Office opposite the Court House.
t- JOHSSTOS. jjiiu-tj ox"'""1'"
tMES C. EASLY, Attorney at Law,
1.1 CarroIItown, Cambria county, fa.
rohitectural Drawiners and Specifi-
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SHOEMAKER, Attorney at
Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
Pirticular attention paid to collections.
y' office one door east of Lloyd & Co.'s
i,kin- House. jan24
MMIIKL SINGLETON. Attorney at
Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Office on High
-ec-t. west of Foster's Hotel.
Will practice in the Courts of Cambria and
iioiiiir.g counties.
Attends also to tlie collection of claims
ioldiers ncainst the Government. jan'24
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T Law and Claim Agent, Ebensburg,
j'u'ia county, Pa.
!." Pensions, Dark Pny and Bounty, ami
.ltiiry Claims collected. Item estate
Mid cld, aud pavmcnt of Taxes at
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: &c, collected. Deeds, Mortga-
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' PEVEilEAUX M. i7 Physician
and Surgeon, Summit, Pa.
OlVice east of Mansion House, on Eail-ftrc-et.
Nibt culls nruasntly atteiiuel
his cllicf. ' may23
U
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j Having permanently located in E'oens
.;iV:i his professional services to the
.-.-us of town aul vicirity.
I . -1 L extruded, without pain, with Xitrous
.'., cr J.auyhlntf Gas.
UociHb over ii. 1.. luouuib store, Hifrh
sopl'J
IV:.TJi?TJli".
i J The undersigned, Graduate of tbe Bal
- i ;it-re ol" Dental Surgery, respectfully
:.l j.rofejsional services to tbe citizens
' ;.: : i iiiv- He hs spart-d no means to
- --;v::ly ncqnaint himself with every im-,;t!;n-iit
in his art. To many years of per-.-nl
ii (.rier.ee, he has sought to add the
-ixiiri j fipi-rieiK-e of the highest authorities
i'ui!;.! .Science. He simply asks that an
;;v:tuiiity may be given lor his work to
its own prnie.
fc AMU EL BELFORD, D. D. S.
tl -rthcts: Prof. C. A. Urri8 ; T . E. Xoud,
:.;"Y. J. Handy; A. A. Kinney, P. U. Aus-
of the Baltimore College.
tc"-Viil beat Ebensburg on tbe fourth
iou ity t-.icli month, to stay one w;ek.
T WYD A: CO., Ban for
lj ElJKNSBCRO, Ta.
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"' St-cnritie3 bought and sold. Interest
;" accessible points in the United States,
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."r.uary 24, 1B07.
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M Altoona, Pa.
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i Cold for sale. Collections made. Mon-
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'.'iir rates. jan'2-l
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AND
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iayion band.
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anips, win be allowed, as follows : $30 to
v j'W. ? per cent. ; $10C to $200, 3 per cent.
mJ auJ upwards, 4 per cent. jan24
US J. LLOYD,
Dealer in
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OILS, AND DYE-STUFFS, PEUFUME-
UY AND FANCY ARTICLES, PURE
IXES.AND- BRANDIES FtJll MEDI- -L
PURPOSES, PATENT 11EDICINES, &c.f
. ,' Also :
e-'er, Cap," and Note Papers,
Pens, Pencils, Superior Ink,
And other articles kept
, . . hy Druggists generally.
;';Vc,or,s rreWrdont carrfuUy compounded.
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in House, Ebensburg, p
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'ion guaranteed. Shop iu basement of
'n Hall, Ebensburg, Pa. my9-6m
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M. TIIE ALT.F.firTANTA V -'
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EBENSBURG, PA,, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1867.
Summer and Autumn.
Gorgeous leaves arc blowing down,
Homeward comes the scented bay;
O'er the. stubble, sere and brown,.
Flaunt the autumn flowers gay ;
Ah, alas I
Summers pass
Like our joys tbey pass awy I
Fanned by many a balmy breeze.
In the spring I love to lie
'Neath the newly-budded trees,
Gazing upward to the sky
But, alas 1
.Time will pass,
And the flowers of spring mcit die.
Oft ray maiden sat with me,
Listening to the thrush's tone,
"Warbled forth from every tree,
Ere the meadow hay was mown ;
But, alas !
Summers pass
Now I wander all alone.
Love, like summer-time, u fair,
Decked with Lads and blossoms gay ;
But upon this autumn air
Floats a voice which seems to say,
"Loves, alas 1
Also pass,
As the summers pass away 1"
THE PEDLER'S STORY
A cold winter night,
?ince found a stage-load
several years
of passengers
gathered together around the warm fare ol
a tavern bar-room in a New Eugland vil
lage. A pedler drove up and joined the
party, ordering hi horse to be stabled for
the night.
After sapper had been eaten, all hands
repaired again to the bar-room, where
the conversation flowed frce'y. Several
anecdotes had been related, when fLally
the pedler was a:ked to tell a story, as
members of his profess-ion were generally
full of adventures and anecdotes.
"Well, gentlemen," he . commenced,
knocking the ahes from his pipe, "sup
pose I tell you of the last thing of conse
quence that happened to me. You see, 1
utu novv riht from the West, and oa my
way home for winter quarters. It wad
during the early part or last spring, one
Lp'.eaaut evening, tfut 1 pulled up at the
door of a btnall Milage tavern in lluncock
couuty, Indiana. I said it, whs pleaant
I meaut warm. I went in and called for
supper, aud had my horse taken care of.
Alter I had eaten, I Fat down in the bar
room. It began to rain about tight
o'clock, and was very dark out-doors.
Now, I wanted to bo iu Jackson the next
morning, for I expected a loud of goods
t'ficre for me, which I intended to dispose
of on my way home.
"The moos would rise about midnight,
and I knew if it did not rain that I Cvuld
get along through the mud very well after
thit. So I asked the landlord it he
would Fe that my hone was fed about
midnight, a 1 wished to bo off at two.
He expressed some surprise, and asked
me why I did not stop for brcaklast. I
told him that I had sold iny last load
about out, and that a new lot of goods
was waiting for me at Jackson, ai.d I
wanted to be thtre before the express
agent left in the morning.
"There were a number of persons Eit
ling around while I told this, but I took
littie notice of them ; only one arrested
my attention. I had teeu that week no
tices for the detection of a notorious rob
ber. The bills gave a description of hw
person, and the man before me answered
very well to it. He was a tall, well built
man, rather slight in frame, and had the
appearance of a gentleman, save that hi
face bore those hard, cruel marks which
an observing man caucot mistake for any
thing but the index of a villainous dispo
sition. "When I went to my chamber, I asked
the landlord who the man was that had
attracted my atteution. He said he did
not know him ; he had come that after
noon, and intended leaving the next day.
The host asked me why I wished to know,
but I ?imply told him that the man's
countenance was familiar and I wanted to
find out if I had ever been acquainted
with him.
"I was resolved not to let the landlord
into the 6ecret, but myself to give infor
mation to the sheriff concerning my sus
picious. "I had an alarm watch, and having set
it at one o'clock, I went to sleep. I was
aroused at the proper time, and immedi
ately rose and dressed myself. When I
reached the bar-room, I found the clouds
all passed away aud the moon shining
brightly. The hostler was aroused, and
by two o'clock I was on the road. The
mud was deep, and I could not travel very
fast. However, on we went, and in the
course of half an hour I was clear of the
village. At a short distance ahead lay a
large tract of forest, mostly of pine. The
road lay directly through this wood, and
as near as 1 can remember the dUtancb
was twelve miles. Yet the moon was in
the east and the road ran nearly west, so
I thought I should have light enough.
"1 had entered this wood, and gone
about half a mile, when my wagon, wheels
settled with a jerk iu a deep holo. I ut
tered an exclamation of astonishment
bat that was not all. X beard another
exclamation, from human lungs, close be
side me ! What could it mean ? I looked
quietly around, but could, see nothing,
though the sound that I had heard must
have come from within a few feet of me.
As the hind wheels came up, I felt some
thing besidesthe jerk of the wagon. I
heard a heavy body tumble from one side
to the other of my wagon, and could also
feel the jar occasioned by the movement.
It was simply a man in my cart ! I knew
this oo the instant. Of course I felt puz
zled. At first I imagiued . that some per
son had taken this method to obtain a
ride. My next idea was that somebody
had got in there to sleep j but this passed
away as soon as it came, for no man would
have broken into my cart for that pur
pose. And ihat thought,, gentlemen,
opened my eyes. Whoever was there had
broken in. Ny next thought was of the
suspicious individual I had seen at the
tavern. He had heard me say that my
load was sold out, and . of course would
suppose that I had money with me. In
this he was right, for I had over two
thousand dollars in my pocket. I thought
he meant to leave the cart when he sup
posed I bad reached a safe place, and then
creep around and 6hoot me or knock me
down. All this passed through my riiind
befor I had got a rod from the hole.
liln a few moments, my horse waskneo
deep in the mud, and 1 knew I could slip
off the wagon without noise. So I drew
my pistol, and having twined the reins
about the whip-stock, carefully slipped
down in the mud, and as the cart went on
I dropped behind and examined the hasp.
The door of the cart lets down, and is
fattened by a hasp, which slips over the
staple and is then secured by a padlock.
Tlie padlock was gone, and the hasp was
secured in its place by a bit of piue, so
that a slight lorce from within would
break it. My wheel wrench stood in a
leathern bucket ou the sida of the cart,
and I quickly to:k it out and slipped it
into the staple, the iroa handle just sli
ding down.
"Now I had him. My cart was almost
new, with a stout frame of white oak, aod
made on purpose for hard usage. I did
not belicV2 any ordinary mortal could
break out. I gut on my cart us noiseless
les?ly as I had got off, and then urged my
horse on, still keeping my pistol handy.
I knew that at The distance of half a mile
fur'her on I would come to a hard ruad,
and t-o I allowed my horse to pick his own
way through the mud.
"About ten minutes after this, I heard
a motion in the curt, loliowed by a grind
ing noise, s though some heavy force was
being applied to the door. I said noth
ing, but the idea struck me that the vil
lain might judge where 1 sat and phcot up
through the tup of the cart at me; so I
sat down on the footboard.
'Of course I knew that my unexpected
passenger was a villain, for he mu-t have
been awake ever since I started, aud noth
ing in the world but absolute villainy
would have caused him to remain quiet so
long and theu start up iu this particular
ptiicc. The thumping-aud pushing grew
louder, aud ptetty soon I heard a human
voice.
" 'Let me out of this!' it said.
"I lifted my head fo as to make him
think I was in -my usual ple, aud then
asked him what he was doit) there.
" 'Let me out, and I will tell you be
replied.
"Tell me what you are w Ihere for V
" 'I got in here t-o sleep on the rags.'
"'How did you get in V
" 'Let me out, or I'll shoot jo through
the head !' he yolled.
"Just at that moment my horse's feet
etrack the hard road, and I knew that the
re3t of the way to Jacksou would be
good going the whole distance. I slipped
back on the footboard and took the whip.
In fifteen minutes we cleared the wood,
and away we went at a keen jump.
"The chap inside kept yelling to be let
out. Finally he stopped, and in a lew
momnti came the report of a pistol one
two three four one right after the
other. I heard the balls whiz over my
head. If I had been ou my seat, one of
thec balls, if not two, would have gone
through me. I popped up my head and
gave a ycil. crying out,
0, God, save me I'm a dead man !'
"Then I made a shufHing noise, as
though I was falling off, aud finally set
tled down on the footboard again. I now
urged up the horse by giving him an oc
casional poke with the whip-stock, and
he peeled it faster than ever.
"The fellow ealled out to me twice more
after this, and as he got co reply, he made
some tremendous efforts to break the door
open, and failing ia this, then tried the
top. But I had no fear of his accom
plishing anything there, for the top of the
cart was framed with dovetails, and each
sleeper was bolted to the post with iron
bolts. I had made it so I could carry
loads there. By and by, after all else
had failed, the scamp commeuced to hal
loo 'whoa !' to the horse, and kept it up
uutil he became hoarse. All this time I
kept perfectly quiet, holding tlie reins
firmly, and once in a while poking the
beast with the whip-stock. We were not
an hour going a dozen of miles not a bit
of it. I hadn't much fearj perhaps I
might tell the truth and say I had none,
for I had a good pistol, and more than
that, my passenger was safe, yet I was
glad when I came to the old flour-barrel
factory that tTauds at the ede of Jackon
village. Ia, teu minute wort, I hauled
up in front of the tavern, and found a
couple of mtn in the barn cleaning down
some stage horss.
T 'Well, old fellow Mid I, as I got
dawn and went lo the back of the wagon,
you have had a good ride, oh V
4 Who are you V he cried, and he
swore as he askd the question.
J " 'I am ths man you tried to shoot I
replied.
V " 'Where am I ? Let me out V
" 'Look here I said, 'we've come to a
safe stopping-place, and, mind yoa, aiy
pistol is ready for yo the moment you
sbrw yourself. Now, lay quiet
"By this time tbe two hostlers had
come to see what was the matter, and I
explained the case. After this, I got one
to go and find tbe sheriff and tell him
what I believed I'd got for him. The
first etreaks of daylight were jut coming
up, and in half an hour it would be broad
daylight. In lees than that time the eber
ifl came, aud two men with him. 1 told
him the whole affair in few words, and
wo all repaired to the-cart. The sheriff
told the chap inside who he was, and in
formed him that if he made the least re
sistance he would be a dead man. I then
slipped the wrench out, and as I letdown
the door, tbe fellow made a spring. But
I caught him by the leg, aud he came
down on his face. The moment I saw
him, I recognized him. lie was the villainous-looking
man I had seen at the
tavern the night before ! He was taken
to the lock-up, and I told the sheriff that
I should remain in town all day.
"After breakfast, the sheriff came to
the tavern and told me that I had caught
the very bird, and that if I would remain
until the next morning I should have tbe
reward of two hundred dollars which had
been offered for his apprehension.
"I found my goods all safe, paid the
express agent, and then went to work to
stow them away in the cart. The bullet
holes were'found iu the top of tbe vehicle
just as I expected. They were in a line,
about five inches apart, and had I been
sitting where I usually sat, two of them
must have hit me somewhere about the
small of the back and passed upward, for
they were ent with heavy charges vof
po'wder, and his pistols were heavy ones.
"The next, morning, the sheriff called
upon me and paid me two hundred dol
lars, for he had made himself sure that ho
had got the man he wanted.
"I afterward got a letter from the sher
iff, informing mo that the fellow who had
tried to kill and rob me was iu State's
prison for life."
Romance iu ESeul SL.lTe.
The New York Iudepnulent editorially
says : "Mr. Frederick Douglass resides
at Rochester, in a Republican district,
which we hope to see him representing in
Congress. Lately, he lias been perform
ing an act of brotherly afTcc;ion, which
we cannot resist the temptation of chron
icling, even at the risk of making pubiic
a portion of what was meant to be wholly
a private letter :
"I have been," writes Mr. Douglass,
"keeping a kiud of hotel all summer.
My poor brother Perry, after a bondage of
fifty-six years, deeply marked by hard
ship! and sorrows of that hateful condi
tion, aud alter a separation from me during
forty years, as complete as it he had lived
on another planet, came to me two months J
ago, with his family of six, and took up
his abode with me. To him dear old
fellow ! one who has carried me on his j
shoulders many a time, for he is older
than I, though my head seems to contra
dict it one who defended me from he
assaults of bigger boys when I needed
defense I have been mainly devoting
myself, and gladly so. I have now com
pleted for him a snug little cottage on my
own grounds, where my dear old, scarred,
and long-lost brother may spend in peace,
with his family, the remainder of his
days. Though no longer young, he is no
sluggard. Slavery got the best of his
life, but he is still strong and hopeful. I
wish his old master could see him now,
cheerful, hopeful, and taking care of him
self. If slavery were not dead, and I did
not in pome sort wish to forget his terri
ble hardships, blighting curses, and shock
ing horrors, 1 would try and write a
narrative of my brother Perry's bondage.
But let the old system go! I would uot
call its guilty ghost from the depth into
which its crimes have cast it. I turn
gladly from the darkness of the past to
the new and better dispensation now
dawning."
We know not how others may be touch
ed by this narrative, but to us it is decp'y
affecting. It is another proof that truth
is stranger than fiction. It is poetic jus
tice rewarding hope deferred. Frederick
Douglass is a true, great and noble man,
with a mind fit for a Senate, aud with a
heart fit for a child.' When hundreds of
the prominent men of the country are dead
and forgot, his name will be remembered.
And when his life cames to bo written, it
will hardly contain a more beautiful and
romantic chapter than tho pleasing story
which we have just borrowed from his
graphic pen.
Dickens is coming to America.
Jtffekkai
Davln uis Last War
Council.
In' a newspaper called the Sourftern
Home Jlumul, Mr. K. A. Pollard de
scribe the last council of war held by
Jeffersoa Davis. This eonforeuce was
held iu- South Caroliaa, while Davis was
in retreat, and only a few days after the
Uaue of his proclamation of April 5, in
which he urged the South to an unending
conflict. Tha proclamation was issued
before the surrender of Loe, "an event,"
aayg Mr. Pollard, "which appeared to de
termine the last hopes of the Southern
people, to conviuoe them that further
prosecution of tha war was useless, and
even criminal iu a fruitless consumption
of human life."
Mr. Pollard adds : "Not to with Mr.
Davis. He was remarkable for a sanguine
temperament ; he hd that disposition at
once imperious aud weak, which, deman
ding that all thiugs uiui be as it wishes,
believes them so; and what tha world
thought the swollen boasts of a desperate
auoJfaiiiug leader, were really the sincere
illusions of a proud man, who never, in
deed, fully realized the extremity of his
cause until 'the iron entered his soul' in
the casemates of Fortress Monroe. In
his strangely deliberate aud leisurely re
treat through the Carolina, ho had not
appeared for a moment to realize that he
wua a fugitive, and be looked with com
placency upon the disordered fragmeut
of the army that had gathered on the line
of his flight, and that pursued it with a
vague aud uncertain design.
"An officer who was constantly in his
company in what might be thought davs
of auguiA and despair to the fallen chief,
testifies: 'Mr. Davis was apparently un
touched by any of the demoralization
which prevailed he was affable, digni
fied, and looked tho very personification
of high and undaunted courage.' He yet
persisted that the cause was not lost, al
though Johnston had furled his banners
without a battle, and although all that
was visible of the great armies that had
stood from Richmond to Augusta, on the
dominant linos of the war, were the less
than one thousand soldiers, fragments of
brigades, that assembled around him at
Abbeville, South Carolina, when he pau-od
there for a final council with his Gen
erals. - "
"In the little town of Abbeville, Mr.
Davis summoned his officers to couocil ;
he was determined, to try their resolution,
aud auxious to ascertain the spirit of their
men. The only full Generals who yet
attended him were Bragg, his 'military
adviser and Breckinridge, lately Secre
tary of War. There were five brigade
commanders present at the conference.
To this small but important audience, Mr.
Davis addressed himself witli ail the pow
ers of his wonderlul and subtile intellect.
The eld, imperious look was yet in his
worn face; the eye, transfixed with neu
ralgic paiu, with its deep recess of light,
shone steady and defiant; the thiu visage
was illuminated by tho active mind, and
honu with auimated discourse. He spoke
iu the even, silvery tones of his accustomed
eloquence.
"He declared that the country was only
suffering from violeut surprises and an ex
aggerated alarm; its re.-olution would soon
be erect agaiu ; the present condition was
that of panic, and patriotism would soon
be aroused when it heard the commanding
and reassuring tones of authority. He
insisted that the war was not hopeless.
The armies could be reassembled, and
there would be new calls for enlistments
and new incentives to the country's ser
vice, lie said that even the few hundred
men he yet counted around him were
enough to prolong the war until the panic
had passed away, and they would then be
a nucleus for thousands more. He urged
his officers to accept his views and ani
mate their men to stand to the good oause,
whose honor they had ao long maintained
and whose last hopci they now carried on
their bayonets.
"His auditors were silent. At length,
they spoke, one by one, each brigade
commander stating the condition and tem
per of his men, and declaring his views
of the situation. It was a plaia, unani
mous judgment; the war could not suc
ceed and should not be prolonged ; they
could not ask their men to struggle against
a fate which was inevitable, and forfeit all
hopes of restoration to their homes and
friends; but thoy would insist that their
honor was involved in securing the escape
of Mr. Davis, and for tho accomplishment
of this object they would risk battle, and
put off 8ubmisoion to the last moment.
"No, no I' exclaimed the uuhappy
chief, in passionate accents. "I will hear
of no plan which has for its object only
my safety." Then speaking slowly and
bitterly, with a deep and fearful change
settling on hi countenance, he said : "All
hope i gone ! Alas, that T should sec
the day when all the friends of the South
are prepared to consent to her degrada
tion." He faltered, and sat down in si
lence; every one in the room respected him
too much to reply.
"Presently, without even a
gesture of
courteous retirement; without any ac
knowledgment of the company whatever,
a n-wfl to leave the room; and it was
observed that he had lost his erect car
riage and defiant port. A weight of years
appeared to have audently fallen cn tbe
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sufferer. The eyes were uneasy io tha,
pale, pinched face ; and so uncertain and
tottering was hi step that General Breck
inridge moved to his side, and giving him
his arm, supported him from the room.
Not a single word was spoken."
Tlc Brcutl iUorTiDfTuclimoiid."
A Southern author gives the following
account of the celebrated bread riot which,
occurred in Richmond in the spring of
18G1, during the war. The event waa
hinted at in the letters and dispatches of
the time, but the particulars were meas
urably suppressed by the rsbel authori
ties :
"The rioters were represented in a
heterogeneous crowd of Dutch, Irish and
free negroes of men, women and chil
drenarmed with pistols, knives, ham
mers, hatchets, axes and every other wea- ,
pon whiob could be made useful in their
defense, or might subserve their designs
iu breaking into stores for the purpose of '
thieving. More impudent and defiant
robberies were never committed than dis
graced, in the open light of day, on
that bright morning in spring, the city
of Richmond. The cry for bread with
which this violence commenced was 60oa
subdued, and instead of articles of food,
the rioters directed their efforts to stores
containing dry goods, shoes, &c. AYomea
were seeu bending under loads of sola
leather or dragging after them heavy
cavalry boots, brandishing their hugo
knive-, and swearing, though apparently
well fed, that they were dying from star
vation yet it wai difficult to imagine hovr
they could masticate or digest the ediblea
under the weight of which they wero
bending. Men carried immense load of
cotton cloth, woolen goods and other
articles, and but few were seen to attack
the stores where flour, groceries and
other provisions were kept.
"Thu disgraceful mob was put to flight
by the military. Cannon were planted in
the street, and the order to disperse or ba
fired upon drove the rioters from the com
mercial portion of the city to the Capitol
Square, where they menaced the Gover
nor, until, by the continued threatcninga
of the Sfatc Guards and the efforts of tho
police in arresting the ringleaders, a stop
was put to these lawless and violent pro
ceedings. "It cannot be denied that want of
bread was at this time too fatally true,
but the sufferers for food were not to b
found in this mob of vicious men and
lawless viragoes, who, inhabiting quarters
ot the city where reigned riot and deprav
ity, when followed to their homes after
this demonstration, were discovered to ba
well supplied with articles of food. Soma
of them were the keepers of stores, to
which they proposod adding the stock
stolen ia their raid on tho wholesale
houses.
"The real sufferers were not of the class
who would engage in acts of violence to
obtain bread, but included the most wor
thy and highly cultivated citizens, who,
by the suspension of the ordinary branches
of business and the extreme inflation in
the prices of provisions, were refugees,
who, driven from comfortable homes, wcra
compelled to seek relief in the crowded
city, at the time insufficiently furnished
with the means of living for the resident
population, and altogether inadequate to"
the increased numbers thrown daily into
it by the progress of events. How great
their necessities must have been can ba
imagined from the fact that many of tho
women, reared in the utmost ease, deli
cacy, and refinement, were compelled to
dispose of all articles of taste and former
luxury, and frequently necessary articles
of clothing, to meet the demand of ev
eryday life."
A Great Natural Curiositt. A
Jacksonville, Oregon, paper says: "Sev
eral of our citizens returned last week
from a visit to tbe great sunken lake sit
uated in the Cascade mountains, about
seventy-five miles northeast of Jackson
ville. This lake rivals the famous valley
of Sinbad the Sailor. It is thought to
average two thousand feet down to tha
water all around. These walls are almost
perpendicular, running down into the wa
ter, and leaving no beach. The depth of
the water is unknown, and its iurlaca ia
smooth and unruffled, as it lies so far be
neath the surface of the mountain that
the air currents do not aflect it. Ita
length is estimated at twelve mile3, and
its breadth at ten.
"No living mac has ever, probably nev
er will be able to reach tho water's edgo.
It lies silent, still, and mysterious, in thd
bosom of the 'everlasting hills' like a
huge well, scooped out by the hands of
the great genii of the mountains, in un
known ages gone by, and around it tha
primeval forests watch and ward are keep
ing. Tho visiting party fired a rifia
several times into the water, at an anglo
of forty-five degrees, and were'able.to note
several seconds of time from the report of
the gun until tho ball struck the water.
Such seems incredible, but it is vouched
for by some of our mofet reliable citizen.
The lake is certainly a most remarkabla
curiosity."
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