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.ItICRS OF COLL MBIA CO.
P, 'ent Jtidgu—Hot Wallow Elwell.
Judges- !Inn Derr
Peter K. 'llerbein.
y anfl kof Courts—Jesse Colem an.
• er and Reeurder—John U. Freeae.
( Men Mann,
is,ioners— • Julia F. Fowler,
Montgomery Cole.
—Sathuel Snyder.y
ter—John J. Stiles.
Paniel Snyder,
L. B Rupert,
John P. - Hannon,
.Ipioner's Clerk—Wm. Kriekbount.
Attorner—E. H. 'Auk.
mile Appraiser-6mt, lieu. W. CU.
.y Surveyor—lsaao A. Dewitt.
wt Attorney-31ilton M. Traugh.
,ner—William J. Ikeler.
y Sitperintendent--Chas. G. Barkley,
Internal Revenue—R. F. Clark.
j John Thomas,
k S. R. Muter,
IJ. Asweseor— r. IF 1,
I J. S. Woods.
lactor—Benjamin P. Hartman.
2,1 V STOVE AND TIN SHOP.
••iN trrn (NK A R OPPOSIT
all4l.laCti'STOßE,) ULUOMdblt'i ,
undersigned has put fitted up, and opened.
`OVE AND TES SHOP,
plate, where he 10 proper,' to make up new
Ant: or 111 kind* in hip line, and do runner.
th neatness and dirt) tteh, upon the rood
'` Ili` Mow keep* on hand rernV Ed of
pattern* s u %vier, tallith he wilt suit upon
to %nit unrclutiels.
• 11. Ile le a Row! mechanic, and de
17 or .I'n wit Ole patronage.
JACUII
• vun burg. Sept. 9. 1,199,—1y
%%' HAIR DRE•'SSING SALOON
w Mir Coifing, ilhavint. itnit Hyatt: *goon.
opened in the rear of it oneba r;re rb Imr.
oro. Hinotn.ttortt, whsle of 1 kinds of work in
01i - berme line, will he nently and promptly at.
iird to Wing on the swim rids of ti» street with
he Wool.. there 1* no ii , ed of merlin: the *trout,
tint the m id, to Ito, to the rhop.
hir WWI( 111311UrilCitiMi ti)Orti,r. Ladies wiehine
r triir dre.oied in Miter Mt • orotherwiee, with
-1111401 moil% will he attended to by a lady, in
aphltihritt,
Itoottothor theletter. Moot Street, roar o f
on .Iwrves uhhcho Moth
N0%.:4e,
ESPV HOTEL,
Eppy l Columbia Co. Pa.
onderrigned Laving bei time sole proprictor of
,11 11,11 rrcli ktoto n anti eiinven levity 104:41411
r,peettilly informs ht* friend., and the public Mt
i zca , ral, that has put his hou-o in complete order
4 ,,,,,,,,0watimi of tommters. and I.r the I'VeCti•
!M and entertainment of Iruv.lters who may tee!
4t.pode,l to rivor it with thole cu.poit, N.. expen.e
has hem, opar , ti to preparing this 11 , 4 , 1 for tie - ent , r
i,;,,,,0rit of gio—tt, ano nothing ohall be naming, on
, r 1 mtoistsr to their personal emufnrt. 'the
loro!lon. wt `ki it at , ill, 600.1111 C, I. a good uue, titl4
utt tqtr-th-t is amply :wank .1 to plot..' the ponlit,
IthaALL
L.PY. April 11. teo4.- tr.
pLASTEI; 1)11 SALE
Tiw under,igilc:l
r t4!),..11. fitting HP a
Ytz'Atiga
at Ihe I'ENN FURNACE MIL( SI, al.l t% ~111"er lu
the public UNE lIUNIIREU TONS 14;11
Nolea Scotia While Plaftter,
pre=pared teatly rmf uxr iu 4511{0iiii”..1t$ f•Viit putchn*
e+s.ut uny tuna (toot the firot of Mot,
J. S. AIeNINCII.
Cutax loon, lan. O s Isll7
BOOT AND SHOE SI !OR
OSCAR P GIP TO.I - ,
r„...." 01 - u ny 00.0,m t tttn potic that he to HOW pre
rated 10 matioNcttire nil k in& or
miIBOOTS AND SHOES,
theLOWE ST Pixotide friers ;
at o.hort notice and In the VrtV held and Idlest nIVIet
Girton, (as is Well-known in Innonpdrurno bit
had innitY p.urs or nne , !o , ,, , rnel'elp..rn not with a rep•
million rut good work, integrity and honciratile deni•
tog unilorponged.
Pinfa bo4itiven tin Smith Comet of
:Slant and trnn ?greets, over J. K.Girtun's Rote.
Hi.witistoiro o R.I. Is 4 —ltui
FORKS 'HOTEL,
GEO. IV. MAUER, Proprietor.
Tke above well known hotel lies recently ender.
gone radinat Changes in its internal arrangetnetits,
and its proprietor 401104111Ca1l to his former custom
and the travelling patine that his accommodations
for the comfort of his guests are second to note in
the countrt Hie table will always be found sup
net only with substantial food, but with al
the delicacies of the veason. His wine and Hutton
(except that popular beverage known as 'Afelleary,',
purchased direct front the Helmeted houses:, are en ,
Welt , pure, and free frs to all poisonous drugs. He
is thankful for u liberal patronage, in the past, and
will continue to deserve it in the future.
=
June 13, 1866.—tt.
MACHINE AND REPAIR SHOP
THE undersigned would most respectfully an•
naunce to the public generally, that he is prepared
to execute all Mods of MACH Mtn% at JOSEPH
StiAttPLESW FOUNDRY in Bloomsburg, when he
ran always be found ready to do all kinds of repair
mg. Otttildollt Threshing Ma•binee, and in Aiwa, all
ands 01 Farming Utenslis, ALSO, TIJQNINit ANO
CITING tn. OP OWING AND M ACIIINEttY.
done on short notice, in a good workmanlike man
tier, upon the most molsonable terms.
His long experience in the linslinnia, XS foreman la
the shop of Lewis IL Nous of Otis ninon, for aver
nine years, warrants him in saying that he can give
entire satisfaction to all who may favor him with
thins work.
Bloomsburg. Nov. fl, letilL
INVENTORS' OFFICES.
D'EPINEUIL & EVANS,
Vlvil Engineer* Bad Talent dollcitorm
ra.455 WALNUT WVIREET., ADELPUts.
PATENTe snlicited—Consultatinue on Engineering
.11 Mau /Oiling and dlretchno,Models and Machinery
of kinds mum and akllfully attended to. Specie'
attention liven to REJECTED CARER and INTER.
IrNRISNUErs. Antlicaric Owl of all lineaments
from Patent Office procured.
N. 11.--davo yourstives useless trouble and trot ,
*ling expinges.as there is nu actual - 'red for peroon•
al Interview with um. All Wiriness with these URI.
cos can Inc ttaitetactud In writing. For farther in for.
mutton direct as above, with stamp enclosed for Cif •
puha With reference,.
April IL lerlo.--ly.—J W.
FALLON HOUSE.
THE anlorctitkar having purchased the -Fallon
House," In
LOCK ILIIVE7II, Pa.,
pr operty of C. W. Illtitiny. req., would say to ths
wen/sof the How, his acquaintunces, and tit. pub
tic pantrally, that Its Intends In okrep s INTEL,
with the accommodations and comforts of g nom,
hid humbly soltoitu their patrone rre.
J. OTT PIK IBC
Wm of ilia Maiheno House, Ph Iledelphia.
Led naves, lko.loll,
DMINISTRATOWS NOTICE
A
of Leah Ibhr, late qf Centre Town
deceased.
I of administration on the estate of Loeb
of Centre Township, Columbia Canty,
s et bees irritated by the Register of said
Joimpli room. resielesi In the township
sforeseld. All person, booing o we s on
• eteassted le remiss% themeslvss hr
and these todoblisd t the Male Will
t tonawn4 tetra adiShilletsvor t . •
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EVERY WEDNESDAY IN
noonsorno, BY
WILLIAMSON IL JACOBY.
TRIIINK—E On In lidynnee. If nil mild within
SIX MONTIIII, .70 eels. addilloonl will he cheviot.
CY' NO Pap, diecootiotted wail all weares.
are paid except at tho oteion of the editor.
RATES 1W ADVERTISINfI.
agli 6iMae CONSITIVIE 4 White.
011 f: Wore ono or three Ineerthine el 30
Every I , übsequunt insertion lere then 13
OPACIt. Sn. Iv.
(tee square. e.lin 300 1 400 0,00 10.00
Two women. 3.00 3.00 0,00 0,041 14,00
Three •' 3,00 700 0,30 I',l l o 10 4 ,00
Peer squares, 11.00 14,00 10,1 1 0 14,00 gn,oo
nor enlist/tit, 10,00 10.00 14.00 10.00 30.00
One column, 13.00 I Inoo thl,oo 30,00 30,00
Kzerntorle and Adminietrator's. Notice. 100
And nor'. Notice 1,30
Other advertieciiients inserted according to apectal
centre'''.
hutnteei waiter, wtthout advertitetnent, twenty.
Wit , per tine.
Tram.lila advertisements payable In ad t .nee all
Other* due nnet the OA Inirertion.
Ca. OFFICE—in elliOre's Muck, Cor.of Main and
Iruft Otrreto.
Thirty thousand girls in New York, it is
said, work for from one dollar to three dol
lars a week each, and their Ward alone
averages within twenty-five cents of as much.
They have combined in a movement for
higher wages.]
God of the free! Whose judgments rest
to awful justice on us now,
From North to South. from East to West,
While Slavery dies beneath the blow ;
Oh, stay not here ; list to the cry
Of piteous thousands in our land,
Frail, trembling ones, who cannot
And scarcely live with laboring hand.
God of the feeble, human frame,
And woman's patient, suffering soul,
Oh, let not moo's heroic fame,
Ilis power to guard, do kid, control,
Sink to a sell-lines, so deep.
There is a deep and is't not here?))
At which not only women weep,
But angels shed their pitying tear.
She asks Cm bread, for clothes, for more!
For comlint culture. Nirtne, peace,
She asks ! and, by the heavens so pure,
By Gods great ann. by man's increase,
By all the powers above, below.
I ler righteous power so long &Awed,
Shall soon be answered ; earth shall know
The judgments which its crimes have stirr'd.
Ves. patient ones. 'tis not alone
Ooe term of bondage that now fails;
Jehovah In:oe.. thy cause His own.
‘n , l man auall tmohle when lle (ans.
)11. Lent aecouni of labor eroslo.d !
Of honest, anui4hed. starving toil!
And who art thou, oh into, so flushed
At suds sa price, with such a spoil?
ire rising tousands. hear them tramp,
From scuts of Wearlllo, 6 l+ and pain,
From gloomy garrets, cellars damp.
And crowded streets—a numerous train,
Who do not threaten, cannot take
The bolder measures man em ploys.
Hut simply ask of him to make
Liti.t's burden lighter, inure its joys.
And will it be despised. refused?
Better that heaven's high, arching roof
He hung with black ; all trade accused ;
While guilty cities, with the proof'
Of civilized corruption. stand
Babylon and 'I yre stool,
The curse of (;0,1 on all the hind
Where avarice and Ler children brood.
Oh, Clod of Justice! haste the hour
When Freedom's self at last shall move;
When ►can's superior gift of power,
Null woman's traiveting s o u l a l o v e ,
And hearts anti hands, all joyous things,
And myriad voices. turned anew.
Combine to bless tl.e l'ower that brings
Freedo►u to Souls and bodies too.
( Boston Vio're
The Congress of the clergy and laity com
posed of the propos:d new Dioeese of the
Episcopal Church assembled in Christ Church
on the afternoon of Tuesday, and adjourned
on the evening el yesterday. There was a
full attendance of both clergy and laity, and
the proceedings have been full of interest.—
The conclusion reached, was in favor of our
immediate division, and the line adopted,
leaves Philadelphia ; Bucks, Montgomery,
Chester and Delaware counties in one diocese,
and the rest of Pennsylvania, cast of the
Allegheny Mountains in the other. These
questions were adopted unanimously, as was
also a resolution pledging liberally to sup
port the new diocese.
GEORGE 11 ASSERT
The serviaes on Tuesday and yesterday
were rendered very impressive, not only by
the unusual array of clergy, but also by'the
carefully prepared and elaborate music of
the celebrated choir of the Church. Lu
ther's grand choral "Bin &ate burg" was
especially effective.
The sermons were by the Rev. Mr. Lea
cock, of Harrisburg, and the Rev. 1)r. Mom
bert of I+n►aster, and were able and elo
quent discourser.—Reading 7!n►ea.
How OIINIDENS LOOK UPON IT.—The
Zanesville (Ohio) Courier says : Set a
rogue to catch a rogue," is an old adage,
which the Pennsylvania Legislature appear
to have acted upon, when they heard that
the people suspected them of having been
bought by Cameron's money to place Cum
erots in the Senate. They set a committee
of their own members to work to ascertain
if the charges were true, and it is barely
probable Cameron bought them up, for they
report that in the matter of fraud they
"couldn't see it."
-_ Wisdom is the olive which @primp
from the heart, blooms on the tongue, and
bears fruit in the notions.
MP No man era did an Wary Wiped
lyto another, who did not iajiro timid?
GS MA
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA. CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1867.
IJIIDI
W. 11. JACOIIIr.
Illnomoborg, Columbia County, is
CUES
THE 'WORKING GIRLS.
ISP WvoMBUItY M. FERNALD
The Church Congress.
THE SOLDIER'S MOTHER,
OE TILE MYSTIC
A Tale of the Mexican War.
During the Mexican war, a lad of sixteen,
a daring young Virginian, leaped a &rte
and climbed a parapet some yards ahead of
his company, and was taken prisoner; but
not before he bud killed three Mexicans and
mortally wounded a 'Amid. His mother,
a poor widow lady, heard of his fate, and as
he was her only son, her heart yearned for
his release. She wept at the thought, but
while the tears were streaming down her
chucks, she suddenly recollected that she
was a Masons widow. Hope lighted.up in
her bottom at the thought—she dried her
tears and exclaimed
"I will go vntl lost the talismanic power
of the order my husband loved and rover
ed so mueh."
She mold some articles of her furniture,
and with the money reached the.eity of
Washington on bit.
In her dusty attire, she entered the Pc
pertinent of the Secretary of War, and with
some difficulty, obtained an interview. As
she entered the apartment in which he was
seated and he saw how dusty she appeared,
" Wall, madam," was the salutation ho
gave her; but when she removed her veil,
and he saw the visage of the lady, he half
raised himself in his chair, and pointed her
to a seat. She told him of her sun's cap.
tore and her wish to go to him.
I can't help you, madam," he replied,
"it is a very expensive journey to the city
of Mexico. Your son will be released by and
by on an exchange of prisoners."
"Sir,'' said the widow, as the tears of
woe rolled down her checks, can you help
me to a passport?"
(if course, he replied, that will be
furnished you at the Secretary of State's
ethic.; but you are poor—how do you ex
spec'. to pay the expense of such a journey ?
It is a visionary ceheme. 13ouol morning,
madam"
Sir," said the holy, will you be so
kind as to recommend me to the officer in
emotional of the regiment that will sail from
Baltimore in a few days?"
" linpossiole, madam, impossible," he
replied. Then turning to the page, said :
Who did you say was awaiting an audi
ence? Tell them lam at leisure now."
Sir," said the lady, 1 have one more
question to ask you before I leave your
oflio , , and I pray you answer it—are you a
Mason ?"
Ye, madam, - he replied.
"Th.m, sir, permit, R. to say I am a Ma
son's widow, and my our son in prison is a
Mason's son—with this declaration I leave
your office.
That moment the Secretary's manner was
ehanged to that of the most courteous inter
est.
lle entre:o%A her to ho seated until lie
could write a line to the Secretary of State,
In a 1% , w moments he presented her with a
note to the Secretary, recommending her
to his sympathy and friendship, The Secre
tary of State received her most kindly, and
gave her a letter to the commandant at New
Orleans, directing hint to procure her a pas
sage to Vera Cruz by the first steamer.—
Through the agentcy of the two Secretaries.
Lodges placed in her hands three hundred
dollars with a talismanic card from the
Grand Master at Washington, and the wid
ow left the city.
When she reached Pittsburg, the stage
agent, seeing the letter she bore from the
Grand Master, would receive nothing for
her passage—the captain of the steamer on
which she embarked for New Orleans, no
sooner deciphered it, than he gave her the
best state room he had, and when she reach
ed the Crescent City, she had two hundred
and ninety dollars left of her three hundred.
She there waited on the General in com
mand of the station, with the letter of the
Secretary of State, who immediately in
structed the colonel in command of the for
warding of troops to see that she had a free
passage to Vera Cruz by the first steamer.
By all the officers she was treated with the
utmost politeness and delicacy, for they were
all Masons, and felt bound to her by ties as
strong and delicate as those which bind a
brother to a sister, and rejoiced in the op
portunity afforded them of evincing the be
nign and noble principles of the craft.
After a passage of five days, she reached
Vera Cruz, and having a letter from the
commandant at New Orleans, to the Ameri
can Governor, she sent to him, enclosing
the talismanic card she received from the
Grand Master at Washington. The Gov
ernor immediately waited on her at the 110-
tel, offering transport to the city of Mexico
by a train that would start the next morn
ing. The colonel who commanded the train
kindly took her in charge, and offered her
every facility and comfort on her journey,
provided her with a carriage where the
country was level, and with mules and pa
lanquins over the mountains.
Within ninety miles of the city they were
overtaken by a detachment of dragoons es
corting a government official to the com
mand. Anxious to go on faster, she asked
mission of the colonel to join the detach
ment, and although infbrmed of the danger
and fatigue of riding all day on horseback,
she was willing to brave all, that she might
sooner see her son. The colonel provided
her with a Beet and gentle gaited Mexican
pony, and she assumed her place with the
troops, escorted by the officers, and never
fatigued until the fewer, of Mexico were in
sight.
Eihe reached the city on the mond day's
battle, and attempted to enter the gates.—
An officer instantly seized her bridle and
told her she must wait until the city was
taken.
Oh ! vir," she exclaimed, I cannot wait
one hour in sight of tho city that holds Ty
son a prisoner—l must see him, sir!" IF
"The city must first be taken, madam,"
he again replied, with much emphasis, be
coming excited.
" I cannot wait, sir," she replied, my son,
my only ism, may he chains
—in a dungeon—one hour's delay may re
move him from me. Oh, 1 must go to him
-1 will enter the city."
;Madam, you camwt reach it but by
crossing the battle field—you will surely be
killed."
Sir," said the lady, " I hare not tray
eled from Virginia to the gates of the
city to fear to enter them—thanks for your
kindness—a thousand heartfelt thanks for
you and the officers who have been so kind
to me. 1 shall always remember those off.
corn with the most grateful feelings of my
heart—hut don't detain me longer. Yon-
der is a gate that leads to the city ; I will
enter it in search of my dear boy."
And on she sped, but ere she reached the
gate, another officer rode up by her side
and admonished her of her danger and im
prudence.
"Sir. - she replied, this is no time to
talk of imprudence and fear; my son, my
only son, is a pritimer in chains. lam told
that Santa Anna is in the midst of that
glittering group. I will seek him, and in
band place the talismanic card which I bear
—he is a Mason and will certainly heed
Inc.,,
War destroy,: all 'motherhood," said the
officer, who was not a mason. She made
him no answer, but watching her a moment,
struck her pony, and darted aerosl the field
of death. At that moment the inked
battery that mowed down one-half of the
Palmetto regiment, opened--yet right across
the gory field she was FOCI' galloping on her
white peney, avoiding the retreating pla
toons by a semi circle tunnel their flank—
the next moment she wai seen voursing, over
the ground to the rear, the battery i 9 full
play. Hundreds seeing her, stopped, for
getful of the storm of iron balls that howled
around them, to follow with their eyes what
seemed to be an apparition. All expected
her to fall every moment, but on she went
with a fearless
That woman's love for her son has made
her wild," said the arks: who had attempt
ed to arrest her flight. +
She will surely= b.: killed, — exclaimed
another.
A mother's love is stronger than pains
or death," exelaimed a soldier.
•• The Gel of battle, Will protect her,
said a Tennessean, "sho. will reach Santa
Anna as sound as a o 111:'
The soldier was right—she went over the
field of dead► unhurt. Ile received her po
litely, and when she told him lwr errand
and presented her talismanic card
- Madam," Baud he, 1 a Mason, and
know the obligations of the order in pcet
and in war. When your son was taken
prisoner he mortally w.mtided my nephew
who is now dead ; hut he shall be released.
fir'. I will not refuse yo ir request in the face
of the letter you bear."
Ile immediately Pave her an escort to the
city, with an order to restore her son to her
arms. The order was promptly obeyed, awl
that very day, as he promised she embraced
her son.
So much for a wither's love ; and so
much fir the protecting ar►n and noble sym-
pathetic heart which Masonry ever extends
to lovely, helpless women.
Gossip with Contributors.
No notis will be took—from this date
heieafterwnrds—ov letters that hain't got a
postage•stan►p onto them,
Don't write only on one side of manu•
Arlin, and don't write much into that.
Don't pend a innauskript unless you can
read it yourPelves, er it gets dry.
We 'sty, all the way up the hill, from ten
cents to one dollar fur eontribushitine, ac
kording tew keft.
Aul settlements made promptly at the
end of the next ensueing year.
Poetry and prose pieces respectively ser
!hilted.
The highest market price paid for awful.
railroad smashes, and elopements with on•
other man's wife.
No awearite allowed in our paTer.
Isaac— Yure article on 'Aga" is re
ceived.
It made me Taff like lightning.
Yure idea "that frogs might be increased
by propagation" is bully.
Yore Wee "that frogs were diskovered by
Christopher Columbus in the year 1492"
had slipped my memory.
You also say "that frogs grow more bob
tailed us they grow older." This is too
cussed good to be entire iost.
Nooh—We very humbly decline your es
ma on the flow].
Yure remarks might possibly lead one
more man to think as you do, and we don't
want our columns to be held responsibel for
the inensuing number of phoola
then there is any need of.
There ain't no doubt in ad mind but what
the good was a perfeekt success, and I have
thought that another just sioh an one would
pay wall now in sum seittioto ov the eoun
try, —Josh Billings.
sor Unsocial old Snarl says that lose is a
oombination of discuss—an alfaction of the
blot, and an illammation of the kern.
What"' a Zuave
Many readers during the rebellion have
tried to form an idea of a &nave, which I
will try to describe as I go, fur I sa►w lots of
then► very animals. So what is a Zeuave?
I say ho is a !Wow with a rod bag having
sleeves to it for a coat; with two red legs,
without sleeves to them for trowsers; with
an embroidered and braided bag for a vest ;
with a asp like a red woolen sauce pan ; with
yellow hoots like the fourth robber in a
bumblebee nest; with a mustache like two
half•pound paint brushes, and with a sort of
sword•gun or gun•sword with a weapon that
looks like the result of a love affair, between
an enormous broadsword and a lonely mus
ket, indiscreet and tender—that is a Zou
ave.
A fellow who can pull up a hundred and
ten pounds dumb-bell; who can climb an
eighty foot rope with a barrel; of flour
hanging to his heels hand over hand, and
who can do the giant swing on a horizontal
bar with a fifty-six hanging to each allele;
who can walk up four flights of stairs hold•
ing a hoary man in each hand at arms
length, and who can climb a greased pole
feet foremost carrying a barrel of pork and
a barrel of beef in his teeth—that is a &m
-are.
A fellow who jumps seventeen feet and
fear inches high without a springboard ;
whq can eat bamboos and missionaries; who
con tie his legs in a double how•knot round
his neck without pretiouttly softening him
shinbones in a steam bath ; who can walk
tightrope with his stomach out•
aide of nine brandy cocktails, a suit of chain
armour outmide his stomach, and a stiff
northeast gale outside of that ; who can tako
a livt*-shooting revolver in each hand and
knock the spots off the tun of diamonds at
eighty paces, turning somersets ail the time,
and tiring every shot in the air—that is a
&nave.
A fellow who can squeeze two girls at a
time willvoit getting hurt by one getting
jealous of the othor, awl who can creep Om;
a brush fence a mile long without getting
his hair out of place—that 1.4 a Zonavo.
A filew who can eat a madierel and six
teen raw pitatom without pairing them and
two loaves of bread at one meal and jump
up and kick Fi-ber'e hornpipe with his heels
before touching the ground—that is a Zou
ave.
A fellow who can bump hi, heal through
a stone wall four feet thick at two bumps
befara breakfa4—that is a Zouave.
A fellow who can walk up a pole emu
mewing at the top to walk; who can run
so swift as to leave behind blue streaks and
his shadow ; who can cat John Bull awl
the Rocky mountains and drink the Amazon
river dry in a half-minute, and who can dig
gold where there is ivme—that is a Zottave.
A fellow who can swim up the rapid. of
Niagara Fulls and walk on the water and
put a little box in his pocket not less than a
yard square ; who can creep through seven
holes at once and kill two dead Rebels with.
ont getting wounded himself; a man who
looks like a skeleton pulled through a gim
let. hole for to make him Ion:: enough tbr
service, and can sweat enough to soak hard
tack under his arm over night—that's a
Zouave.
lle must tax) be a strimg Democrat.
Stloliy
The Gray Mare Is the Better
Horse.
The application of this proverb is well
known, but not so well the story upon which
it is founded. A gentleman, who had seen
the world, one day gave his eldest son a
span of horses, a chariot, and a basket of
eggs. "no you, - said he to the boy, "trav
el upon the high road until you come to the
first house in which is a married couple. If
you find that the husband is the master
there, give him one of the horses. If, on
the contrary, the wife is the ruler, give her
an egg. Return at once if you part with
a horse, but do not come back so long as
you keep both horses and there is an egg
remaining."
Away went the boy full of his mission,
and just beyond the borders of his father's
estate, lo! a modest cottage. Ile alighted
from his chariot and knocked at the door.
The good wife opened it fur him and court
csied.
"Is your husband at home 7"
"No ;" but she would call him from the
hayfield,
In he came, wiping his brows. The young
man told them his errand.
"Why," says the wife, bridling and roll
ing the corner of her apro►r. "1 always do
as John wants 1110 to do; he is my master ;
ain't you John ?"
"Then," said the boy, "I am to give you
a horse; which will you take ?"
"I think," said John, "as how that bay
gelding seems to be the ono as would suit
me the best?"
"If we have a ehk.: ,, • husband, said the
wife, "I think that the gray mare will suit
us hest?"
"Nu," replied John; "the bay for me;
he is the more square in front, and his
legs are better."
"Now," faid the wife, "I don't think so;
the gray mare is the better horse, and I
shall never be contented unless I get that
one."
"Well," said John, "if your mind is set
on it; I'll give up ; well take the gray
mare."
"Thank yon," saidthoboy, "allow me to
giviyouaneggfrmnthisbasket;itis a aloe
fredione,audyouewaboilit hard or soft,
asyourtriftrwillallow."
The rest of the story you may I'o4llo ;
the young man came home with both the
hostash but sot ita su remained in the
basket
Adventure with a Gristly Bear.
In the Fall of 1860, a settlement in one
of the mountain counties of California was
alarmed and annoyed by the proximity and
predatory excursions of a grizzly bear. Two
hunters determined to rid the neighborhood
of this dangerous pest. Finding one day
on the side of the mountain a heifer that
had just died, they constructed over it a
rude scaffolding, carelessly erected, with tbo
customary recklessness of those mountain.
tors, and, worse still, just over, instead of a
short distance from the bait as it should
have been.
With blankets to guard against the cold
nights, enough cooked provisions to last
two or three days, and their guns and am•
munition, they took up their position on
the structure.
At dark the full moon rose with a soft
clear brilliancy of light peculiar to those re
gions. No frog, no bird, no animal cry
interrupts the awful stillness of those rug.
ged solitudes after nightfall.
A feeling of uneasiness began to creep
into Hiram Johnson's mind, which degen
erated into something like timidity, as upon
walking across the floor of the scaffold, he
felt it shake beneath him, and for the first
time, observed its rickety character.
"Gray," said he, "this thing ain't safe.
Let's prop it up some more."
"Ah I" exclaimed the other: "Listen !"
They could hear the rustling in the brush
some distance up the mountain, and were
soon ene1, , ,1 to perceive a huge grizzly bear
making his way down to their hut.
When he had arrived within about twen
ty feet he observed the hunters, and raising
on his hind feet, advanced as if determined
upon an attack, to the dismay of Johnson,
who felt satisfied that a slight pressure of
the beast's enormous body would overthrow
their frail structure, and place them at the
mercy of this savage enemy.
The bear, however. utter a tear steps
abandoned this threatening movement, and
dripping on nil fours, walked under the
scaffold, and commeneed his repast, rub
bing against one of the posts in passing,
and thereby rocking the whole concern.
Johnson's uneasiness lit w become
fear, and his whole desire
a lliik
cep per
fectly still, in the hope that tle ear would
gorge itself on the dead animal, and then
go away and leave them uninterrutped. This
fear deepened into terror, as he saw the big
whiskers, shaggy hair and burly form of
Gray, gun in hand, creeping to the edge of
the plattbrm.
G ra y, - he whispered. "don't shoot--
This thing, ain't built right. It ought to
have been e little distance off, SO that we
(with' shoot without leaning over the edge.
New we can't Let no fair shot, and if Jou
don't ki'l it, it'll kill us.
U ray's answer was only an impatient mo
tion with his left hand, meant for a signal
to keep quiet, and crawling with his hotly
fle over the edge, so he could see well un
der, he began to bring his gun forward, and
turn the muzzle under the scaffold, prepara
tory to firing on the bear, which was too
much engaged in eating to notice what was
going on above. But that shot was never
tired, for the added weight of the gun in its
position and that of the owner was all that
was needed to cause the scaffold to emu
mence slowly settling towards the side over
which Gray was leaning.
"Back, Gray ; back 1 The scaffold's fall
ing?" almost shrieked Johnson with pallid
Ike, striving to pull his companion toward
the centre.
But it was too Into. o thing suddenly
fell, and the wreck, and grizzly, Were
mixed in confusion.
Johnson, conceiving he had no time to
waste in rising to his feet, immediately pro
ceeded to flounce out of the wreck, and roll
down hill with a celerity no hoop-snake
could surpass.
Gray, now nearly as much terrified as
Johnson, passed him. with two leaps of
amazing stride, and had nearly reached the
bottom of the hill, when it (warred to him
to have a hasty survey over his shoulder.—
Johnson was still rolling, but no bear was to
be seen. Astonished at this, the fugitive
stopped and faced the situation, when high
er up the mountain, he discovered the mon
ster, evidently as much terrified as them
selves, hastily entering the bush from which
he had just emerged.
Gray then enlightened Johnson on the
state of affairs and undeeinively proposed
going up after the guns and blankets, but
the last-named gentleman very decisively
•aid he would prefer going home, and they
went without any unnecessary waste of time.
Their information in regard to scaffold
architecture in connection with grizzly-bear
hunting, had received the light of some
valuable experience.
fir Some one says to young men, don't
rely upon the name of your anceestors.—
Thousands have spent the prime of life in
the vain hope of receiving help from those
whom they call friends; and thousands
have starved to death because they had
rich father, Rely upon the good name
which is made by your own exertions ; and
know that better than the best friend you
have, is an unquestionable reputation united
with decision of Character.
or The golden rule for a young lady is
to converse with your female friends is if a
gentleman were present ; and with young
men u if your Mule companions were
present. We'll warrant it to be chute and
becoming.
-_ Prec4pts an like cold buckwheat
dap-jack--nobody feels like being my to
then, sod nobody wanes to adopt %bee.
lllow the Tariff Werke.
From ens of our exchanges we clip the
following interesting article :
Say the cost of making a yard of cotton
cloth is eight cents, the tariff is six cents per
yard. An English vessel arrives in Boston,
freighted with cotton cloth. The owner
steps on shore and inquires what the duty
is. He is told that it is six cts. per yard,
this added to the origirel cost of the cloth,
makes it cost him fourteen cents, and the
expense of bringing it. across the Atlantic
once more, so that when he goes to market
with his cloth, he is obliged to charge fifteen
cents per yard to get his money back, and to
wake any profit be will have to charge seven
teen cents for his cargo. A Lowell MUM
facturer steps up and offers goods, 'just as
good, for fifteen cents, two cents less than
the importer can sell at, the resultis the im
porter withdraws from the custom house and
departs with his cargo. He pays no duty
to the government, and yet the man who
buys the Lowell man's cloth pays seven cents
more per yard than it would have cost him
had there not been a duty on it. And the
Lowell man pockets the amount, He gets
the tariff and not the government. This is
no fiction ; it is exactly the ease. Hence
we de& ve no revenue frJm this class of goods,
the duty being proihbitory, and yet, the con
sumers—the farmer and laborer—pay seven
cents tax on every yard of cotton cloth they
buy, and it all goes to the manufacturer.—
Hence the high price of cotton goods, and
not a cent of this additional price goes to
pay the public debt This will hold good on
nearly everything the fanner uses, on all his
impliments of wood, iron steel and bras,
Their prices are enhanced and yet no revenue
acente 4 to the government from them because
the high duties exclude foreign competition.
Thus it will be seen, fled in addition to the
590,000,000 paid to the government fully
as much more is paid to the Eastern menu
titet u re rm.
Such is the tariff as to the manufacturer.
There are some among us who think the
system a good one. But if a good system
for manufacturers, why is it not equally RI
good for agriculturists ? Suppose an English
vessel arrives in Boston freighted with for•
eign wool, and tics up to the wharf side by
side with the vessel freighted with cotton
cloth ; why is the owner of one cargo per.
milted to sell his load without paying duty
while the owner of the other cargo is taxed
a hundred per cent for the privilege? Those
farmers and workmen who have just voted
to retain the high tariff party in power elks
have the use of our columns to answer.
..A.Fr AIRS t> Vvitt.—General Hazen has
addressed a letter from Jenerson Larracks
to Representative Bidwell, who had request
ed a report of his observations upon affairs
iu Utah while there in October last. He
says: I think it important that the Gov
ernment should in sonic way strengthen its
authority in that Territory, and at the same
time increase, by whatever means possible,
our friendly relations with those people, and
elevate their intelligence until they come to
teel that they are a part of us, and that we
are their friends. Harsh measures will only
the more strongly consolidate them—it can
not much more deeply embitter them—but
of all things he awake to the real state of
things growing up in the centre of our Ter
ritory. The lands of the Territoiy are still
held by the Government. If it is the in
tention to give actual title to :Mormon occu
pant. on the same ground as to other etui
grants—and I do not see how we can do
less—a land (Ace should he opened there
and a commission appointed to settle conflict
ing claims. As a general thing there will
be little trouble, as they have a very correct
land system of their own, to mike it con
f win to the tiovernm•mi s) -tem. The long
er this is neglected the more trrtble can be
expected in reconciling claims,"
ANEeDon WORTH PRE:•aII.RINo. —A
Paris correspondent guarantees ilia folow•
lay
A Frenchman, a prisoner iu Edingburg,
having managed to escape, took refuge in
the powder magazine. When the authori
ties wished to seize him, they found hid sit
ting on a barrel with a lighted match, and
threatenity , to blow up the town. Thb au
thorities reflected prudently, and the result
of their deliberations was that it would be
better to starve the Frenchman out. But
they reckoned without their prisoner, who
loved good cheer, and was determined to
live well. In consequence he called out
that he would blow the towu to pieces if he
not get. three meals a day ; lie would write
out the hill of fare. Swaney succumbed,
and the demands of the prisoner went on
increasing. Sometimes he had a serenade
under the window ; then a review of the gar
risen, tet rwardm a sham Eight, in which the
troops representing the French army beat the
Highlanders. At last he exacted that every
Sabbath morning, before breakfast, the
Lord Provost, in uniform, should make
his appearance and read an address, This
lasted until the allies entered Nis.
tie" A newly married lady in Pittsburg
has been surprised by the receipt of a let
ter from a former husband in California,
whom she had supposed dead, stating that
he is coming home with a lot of money.
sir Tenn said that an avaricious man wag
like a barren, sandy soil, which suck in all
the rain and dew% with greediness and
thirst—but yields no fruitful herbs or plant.
to the inhabitants.
le• A certain Mr. CoMin otubbeing bl*.
ed by the birth of a son, a Mood ANA('
hundred dollars for the privalep of Imo*
him. The offer was, however, deellud
was prop/sod to erietan the el dil Mama.
NO, 2.