XXX
I .
'WEBS OF COLUMBIA co.
dent Judge—lion. William Elwell.
Inn Derr,
plate Jtyleea—• •• •
Peter E.. Ilerlecn.
h'y kof Courts—J..; Colenian
after 4nd Reec,r‘ler— Joint G. !rect....
Allen Mann.
mi .±iot,crs John P. Fowler,
Montgomery
`ff—Sitmuel Snyder.
uret John
( Patna Snyder,
itors— L. 13 Rupert,
hiolin P. Ilanto.n.
missioner's Clerk--W tu. Krickha um,
missioner's Attorney—E. IL Li t th‘.
4.• mile A pprai,er---Capt. en. W. Utt,
nly Surveyor—km A. Dewitt.
net Among—Milton M. Trangh.
uner—William Ikeler.
nay Superimeteleta—Cita-t.
eziort4 Internal Ittvenne—ll. P. lark.
(John Thqma=,
8 .
J. C.
J. S. IV, /
'lector—D.l%lllmin
F. Hai
EW STOVE AND TIN :.!I(it'.
ON Mmv writ hv °pro- 'Tr.
kit6LL »TofE.) 01.1.1UN:::;,t:';. PA,
TTIF. !At finted up, and apcm , cl
Ile VI
ST4)VE AND TIN Slier,
I thie Pheß. 41,1pir. he is pro pn coot to make up ;Inv
tV ARE of .111 kinds in Hs slid da rcpain•
4 pith neatness and disivAtelt, upon thr loom
statile Carats. lir also ic,011,4 h:cod sToV
at mu* pnltsrits and stylso, Vl/110 :IC will sell upon
moss to suit untstitis•Js.
Give tH. Ile is 1 ton 4 mechanic, and uc
wrving paitutidge.
J AOOll
illootottmtrg, Sept 9, t 4 3n.—ty,
pLASTE 1t FOR SALE
The ktititorFipica i 4 about Stung utti 11
;LAST t;ii ,3,10
.;? t/,
At OP PENN FURVACT v. 01 uTer to
pubile ONE Is iiNt.u.l:l)
i oust Scotia While r."latolet.*
, re;uttr, , f tcaAs 1.,.“! in ISSS33I . ` to o , 3l{xurch s
'
r#, Id Any LIM: 11 , ;13 tbo that of
J. 3 :34...51NC11.
C 4taw I:m.11, 1 , kl
BOOT AND SHOE SHOP.
0 STA I? P. WI? TO Y,
Letviartity inforatt thit pahlia that lit it bi1'i ,7 1. , ••
pared ta inal:utiettre , all :wit Of
Ai BOOTS AND SHOE",
watt: LOWEST
At Short tort and in th N'Pry tiept 1 , 1.1 •••• • •
Mr. thrt , 4l.(ns W. 114.1 1 ,411 111
bad many y,hr - 4 ••
:nation 1 0 f 6{44 , 1 mteg:it!' t:;d
Jig •
un.urpni.o.ll.
111* 1 , 11.11.," r, r
Nato and Iron I.qm !4. nv* r 2. K. Girt,“
Illoositaborg. •, In,
0701? tlf
GEO. W. IJAZGER, Proprietor.
Ttift nhnte Wyll.llll.OlVll fizkt.,l 114 n rec..titty lrr
gone ra,lhai 01:11.r. , 4 111 it , i 110.11541
and its pioprietor 1111110115117 , A !It his former ro:hour
and the trs“.thair pltl,llC that /10 , twioaito.laitoti•
for the eolutert,,,f his guests are
;„he eountry. Nia tatite wilt alwayi ke fooh,l nop
plied. not Mill with substantial food, but with 31
the delleaties or the mea.oo. tiia wine Mad thplor ,
;"except that popular lieverano known as
purchased direr!' from Cie initoot ins; touts , ,, ;,ire i‘u
ttralt , WWI, AIM free frctn all piiit.opoo
;x thankful for a liberal patronage ti the p,tdi, 0111
will Continue to deserve it in the fatale,
GCUUGt, W. MArualt!
Juno 18n5.—tf.
MACHINE AND 1U IoP
THE iitildmiirmeil would reaper:fa:Tr
runtime to the penile generally:, that he le pr. pare 4
Fn aatreatra aU groat* of MAUD !NEL: V. at J(1. I.l'i:
NiIARFLU FOUNDRY, in I.:eoneonurg, wh,re
iaaa alaefili he fon oody I,i xt,, , 1 11
in}{. intioding Thr,, , okiwz hin , s, and ❑t short, rail
of earn:Dig i'1.1..114. ALSO. 11: ItNiN.. ANO
Ivriltitt UP Or CASVIND AND Ai
none on *hart notice. Ina fo o d vv,',Lgia-nr o on",
net, upon the moat renannatile
HP, long ellierienen in the teirinaae ne foreman in
thornily n( I...wit 11. Math* of Ole place, for 00 , r
ritrur yaare, warrants him In saying 'nut lit) v3ll g,
uutira aatlaratAtan to all who Way' favor JAW, aWI
Choir work.
Ploarn4urg. Nnv.9.l.
caortaz EIASAERT
FALLON HOUSE.
suheeriber haring pi:703;41J the
Llouse,"
C II A V IF: P
MY'
property of E. W. Riganty. Erg., would Pay to the
tends of the Weise, hie aelisaliitanciia, and the nab
lie generally, that tic twin:l.e to —kern ti 11 , .t1
frith the acrominoilations anti comf"rtg id a
snit humbly eaticits their patronage.
J. o rT KIRK.
Late or the 3litili.too lleas.t,
Lock haven, nee, tat, 1.-aat.
fT Iss LIZALE
4 ,,imune, to the 134it,ratflfooln , Lut4 114
publir g,norally, that jUn rs^„ch~ad Irani
:he eastern Woes der
Sj►ris*g and Sunseller
- 0 eC
MILLINERY GOODS,
consisting of all articles usently found in first class
Millinery Notes. Iler goods ore of the bust quality`
and among the newt honelomin and t hennert !tithe
nihrket. Call a n d exsiniiin them for yontielw.4.
Nobody should pureltas6 to bot , nd exa'nin.
Mis , Peterotan's stock 01 smote , nondeig wade
itrtiet on the etiortqo, notice, or repaired.
Stort on Main suet', 3d d..or Wow tho bwro of
Mendenhall fi lionert„
Bloomsburg, May 1, WO —tr.
NEW TOBACCO STORE.
H. 11, JIUNSUEROER,
Nan .Street, below. the "Amer/twit llmw,"
utmost sauna s yA.,.4
,'here ho keepo no bumf, end furnigh , irto the home
and counoi trade, at rat:tatetpitia tioveat) prime,
FINE CUT AND PLUG TOBACCO,
DOMDATI +7 AND t.MCOATDD rif: Ait all halo n 4
SMOili LAG WOIVICCO,
Pflug's, rvirtorlebann , and Heine Wuol and nil
Ltarll , 44 Imam ing to hi* trade. '
south retail neolore in eigarq and chow.
yng tobuccon. would do wee to hese btor n cull. in
stood of seitilint to this cities for hioqy prtkluthry
~,odor Pantta sing of Horde country podiers.
Noveineur
• DRUGS, MUGS; PI:LUGS.
Pure Medicines, at John R, Moyeele pray tAtot
corner of Mail 4 and Market e'drecie. A good ueir
went of
PURE DREGS,
Medicines, Paints, Cilu and Rartilehi , i„ always on
hard, and will be said cheaper thou at airy Other
Dreg Stahl in limn.
uALITi QUA ANTEE.P.
Prescriptions carefully at Mayer'*
Drag sftve
Ayers and Jaynes Medicines enld at ',Slayer's Drug
Mum,
Wt.hart's Tar Cordial. tlaker's rud Liver Oil,
wi n .low., l scowls Syrup, said at ampere Drug
Store.
Far any reliable patent nenlicittes, call at Meyer's
Drug tat.r,),
Leal brit Id nti kinds, aihnfmtale and flttail, at J. R.
Mover's Drug St ,, re, Motmintiorf,
May U. lent.—a.
OOMSBI R 6
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FloonvAurg pcmocrat.
EVI.III' AVH)NESDAY IN
111.0101K1511141, l'A.. BY
WILLIAMSON
40.1 VP in ndr•ancn. It nat paid within
NIK Mt/NV(O4. to, rrltt.soblition:ll Will 64 cixaraad.
wwer di.entginUcti all arrearara
aru vald uxcepc at the opqqa a Ow odttor,
vrrT, try' ADV EilTtS 4 NO,
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Coltiltittt3 Goun~y, Pa
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:;-•,•:,i"en lent, td tine
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iay 1 mil to pay idantedia
ti- •t! :.ny mom. ; in th- com i ty trv3
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and in tho 111.z:tate, and in Ili:,
11' aratil4, and
....II:. ;1.-. on its wo:k :
'V the antotmt which drawn
1 1 ". t••• 11 , 'y irv:pwry shall in ti.w ea u be
0t•.,-e than two In:mired but may in
all c•F' • be I.lFt,', dollars, if it shill appear
the voneb , -.3 presented by the County ,
~zup,riteendet,t to the county re'w
,Ftircd by the feurth sect ten of this act, that
this .nta has Leen ttetnally •l ',„eor the
purposes herein specified :
that all hoards of directors may a li u w the
teachers in their '•3 of'
tending uch tn , t . r te,e without ntaktmg, any
deduction from their and that any
t"aoher who lif ol litS hit' Mi . Cron the I ii
stitute of hi- county without a good reasmi,
may havo his scant of professional spirit and
zeal hallo:awl by a lower mark on Its certifi
cate in tilt! Prat-lice o f Tettehin.l4 than he
would othcrwim , have roteiv,
St.r. 4. That each County uperintendent
who may draw money from the county tree
ory for the purl uses named in this act, shall
We hi! aecouto expenditures under
t h e ac t, i n the oink , " of the county treasury,
with vouchers for the same, which shall be
examined by the auditors or the county iu
Ult.?, manner as other county expenditures,
and any misapplication of funds shall be
pouishe 1 ita the same manner as collectors
of State and eounty taxes fur like offences
are now . pttni,hed.
SEC. J. That all County Suprrinterolent
ttpdi the adiouruntept 3f the Teachers' JD.
ititUteS helcheldin thVir respcetive co u n ti e s me
bercby re.-uired to report tv Ettperin
tcffilent of ' Common Schools, the i.uniber of
teachers ,in etteurknee, the names of the
lecturers or instructors who officiated, the
subjects upon which the instruction was
given, add the th gren of popular interest
awakened 1, • the prucetikars.
DV" "is we two are one," void a witty
brain to his wife, - whoa I beat you I boat
half 6f my:4lf" - Weil," st,:.l Ow wife,
awn teat your own halt',"
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DEATH 1 7 1' .1.1\11:3 1:11.101
MEM
ISBIT11(34 10 00T
CAPTAIN TOM'S FJ IG
"1 tell yon I mts never so frighten(' in
my life," said Captain Toni Kest e, tilling
his brier-wood and ramming home the to
bueo with a bit of a stick, "excepting
once,'' he added retleetively.
'How wars that Captain?" said I, &feet.
:ng imlieations of a yarn, let's have it tr tes
worthtellin
The captain lit a cedar splint at the tira,
and prneeelel to light hh, pipe, the flame
of the dry Mick bringing out Ids strong. (pd
et features and grayish hair and beard in re
tier :Against the I+6l uo.,.b.behind biro.
..e1 on
!IA the co.ileit, way of talk
ing allow hi:, pctonal fright 4, a way which
we all awicr.avud perfivtly, Eta
tou ofkat teen 10111 to be
licve iteenwai of his
eowardke. at:Cal Ora to this
day, many it casual yarns
th.it eaptain 1%.a.1 tut the coward he
paint , l hita, , if, for oft..” would a htraligor
;titer hearing hint liarrato :smite of hip
how such a diaio• 1 .. • Awak ct:uld
with
h,•, "I feel sort of
.•..r.ttt:o. , f,:elint. for me.
0 .; • t• 1 thin!: t..one• ! .I , lieri
Int...A 1,, tot Cti: • teeine. , n• e l l! owe.
liott e.• I
:t . !Cm•tmit I never toil it t, :-tml he
tie, %, !it t .iihLt it now
n.l Om 'am", of my I.lek,
:I •;•,!::. 11 - 111 I /4.;!hid;
ti.: •h. Limy,
Cm:. in :no 1:••• r I I I
ill lily I • :•.:il! , r ;' i:1114!;
l: , ! • t 151' . •:t CA. -
tmt t r ffteen
,Itel tit:: 1
thirty ter 6 ty the Iri•imien you
tin , .••• 1
t•lt • 1 the work on the A
1,1, for ti-•,:t. w., • • :tr.••••
v,ith le.t.ort•
.•tiate fer any lets 1. .
• riutp-t that Mitt, to"nine te.f.ott, my
w ratio r diatatit 'tot' te , er-ed
with the men it.t.re from a fear or ,eemin.:
.ntrude, tr from the opplAte Intr..cr of
aeeiuing to veart F,,putarity, theft f r om
other rea.-m, , cation 'tras at the end of
lom :trtri;;lit ost tehOf road.
1 ,mppm ,, .: inn twe
of NNifl.•;Ut a • or any
which the surf, of the
c•:;•:lt. the line neared the ri%er, an y
era•ie rai•etl it a It's feet, so ai to, eat ri the
..11..5-tre of the bridge elt.tt;
r t than half op this
a cat , iffor eitle traek, erot.„.ittz: the riv
et on a temporary trestle work and intendri
to ;.,tvain on!:: while the 'lupin bridge titan
. •fil.srcpairs. cut-off was —I. a , a
au - ;le sr, that tl:t. sl it r,. p a •.,..,•
i! • whiie
in. the tine. Ot , t.ltul,l ata-i lo
th• marl • am! 'Pc t
t a mt.:. n is M.., when the air as •
.1 , ar, z'. they I :one tt:atio: :tr. s the pr ti
on 1 no tit-
I.:! - ! the world
t, i it A . he
•,..••••..: 1,.•.er •!t ;..ml,l ttau,bte us off a
Lat.:col* mo.ertt. That wait a!' we knew
• , f •: i iite, I r note,' ‘ 4 4.9%tvd trains '
ht stop at our little station.—
oer von.l.ted of a vltu.ter of board
with of more luxurious built
for tu , `, ail hanted fare of get
a quartt.r of a mile 'above the
he. - ;. , 1:. av. h , ,rt: the haul. of the river It-;.le
ref ru who havt , ItiAnwn iu
nom ,rompanics kno,v tildt uhi7.l,:cy natur
ally tend-, to thch• cit inity, and almost a1wa.:‘,401,a.-lattallay
wa.:‘ , 401,a.-lattallay niAt, a valtrkly WAS on
:13ii , ! in ( - ,ur little co,o,atot;ty, (al which the
week a pretty certainly exponac I,
h i m bt ~.00at, o leal by a !oaring
e, AM. , . invariably to ht a free
ti ht, but :is the combatants were usually
dent kto do very much harm to ono an
other when the fighting time came around,
110 material damage was ever done. There
tga- one among the , o follows with whom.
Beta the fret, I had tin•seen trouble. A
thick set, surely dog he was, P e te 311;e4. !
is name. and a "Par,drosnor - by birth.
lie had always sonic fault to find about his
pay, was always grumbling, was continually
hirkina his work, and was withal a great
drinker and when drunk, a mighty man to
lead the crop!. Our antipathy to one an
other s , him e l to be brought to a climax by
fertuno, and f. had good reason to b.lieve
that twice already had Pate jualgated un at
ack on me in my lAn..,t, said attacks having
been easily repelled by sundry discharges of
my revolver at high elevation.
- Ono day I was watching the labors of a
gang who were shoveling dirt out of a drain
which had been tilled by a recent storm. I
notiewl then fete was shirking frightfully by
taking a mighty small quantity of earth on
hisspado, and throwing it us Aert a dis
tance as possible. IL saw Y that I noticed
him and muttered a remark to his compan
ions to let them know that he did. In a
few minutes I saw the whole gang had
word aef the shirking of Path and of my oh
servanee of the Viet made Op my mind
to have it out with him for the sake of
I had with me a three and altalf
foot stick which always carried with me for
measuring purposes, a good, stout, hard cane
of hiekory, of whieh, thanks to a long resi
dence with'an old English backwoodsman, I
knew also the sae in sari'-defe n se.
"Pote," said I, If you don't do your full
share of mst from this time on, your name
goVP off the roll tomorrow night, and you
leave by the next train Pete stopped work
and looked at me a moment 11'041 under 1,1j4
filA CO., PA., W
uhaggy brows, then leaned his spade against
the ditch-side, hitched up his trousers, re
moved his deacon from his mouth and f untek
it in his hat, and 'then climbed slowly out
of the ditch. Pete's; shall:doh and brown
jug were never far from him, and ho walko
toward them remarking : "Yo dirty spal
peuti ! bark the Loa lot' ye, shore a- m e
1111111t1'11 Pete 3411te, he' ye may tat.' my 1
name off the roll an' b d--91 to ye." In
an instant he had bit of black thorn !
his hand, and knocking off hi- hzit, pip" ;
and all, he tightened his bolt awl canto ter
war t 4 „ s au u g ly a loobina luteimeit as y •ct
wou ld meet, I Itcara a man re ;
mark "Loy., here's a Wi•eu- i•tu with
sticks, bare enough," anti saw the hands
stop work and watch the progress of events
with the tinthuslat;ie Wt. rest of ;
when tile). Wooten tyks.lf.` that a light is app
pr. :white!. My authority was at an nil it
backed out, whereas, if I matte a gout!!
ticht, I might retain it even if whipped.
S•f I glanced around to that there were
no rolling stones or the like to stop on, and
ma le up my mind to fight it out, "Pete ,
Mit fse sail I, "you had Lett r think twice '
d'ore you d o it;* r tongue, will
I your tyranny long enough, ,,
was ; 11. e 1 received, and is It
mu
tnralt 1 , truck and I had parried,;
ael at it. If any e,f y,au have hsltfteu
el to -..• -,•etrn•it -I;.ir play ott lioaol a man-;
ww. ea w Ili at• u„ L o., the game. Some
1.1 n'al take the stinks at a time
•i lair of. in two lone. lines on the main
d .;.• ; n"p cry Ito o we N , h o h a y, a
. t a are' .• .te oppe one
ait
..:h. rno I p:h..l,in: :n. lnt% . ' stela
I'.. 1.0 was
nth ; an old hand at the stick's, an 1 had
•a'• • ; :1, 'ere lin former days at many a
in the ell .a.niftry. ho I stood
on We ilef-usiNe catching blows like flail
. k• . 1. la g atel silo with as- ;
t o,i . rapiolity. P. VV! , ,,1 , 111/yl9lll*-
:: t 1 iltt!1;11Z 1! !!!):!..t the sticks,
:,:t ! 1.a.:11 Ih .1 all 1 21/
G , !!! was, Gu
.:i id; !. ;fhb r,
awl htly elio•where one.- or twit...,
1. I. hit,, know that I could strike.
At et ih• !len -1 at my eentinue '
suit t; •, le, at te,eptod to break
Illy iii lies lat tiffs lute tituis by a
.I,e„ v . i •co --po,lin ti , to tine
e th ,•to ..1 1•0 , 14-,• , ) I ex. erciae. It;
; , wryal: , lstraek
••t,L a iv I .•t a slight de
ion of ti e .• alai: your Lou tk
i.s 0.1.1 ti • t.ot up to the doaee.
y• it ••• -to .. •.• driven on you, ,
own h-ad, which will probably c tcl the t:.
I it _ired. it tin my ita 'lit Lela over my L.... I,
a:-.1 41,111,1,.. just clear of ley left
shiteth•r—it. Ihet, :no t idea it. lb. tri- I
e.l to cheek his blow, f li.i heart
t• r much in it t 1.: : a. esa trim ;
1•••-ly past my h. o •1, r. I Po.. turn
of the wrist btal the
e•:aghtof my blow ;Iv or hi. ,
head, aril Pvti. 31 (Zvi iv.% !.;
thevrolmil. ninvalur "Inroty"
r• .• at the balance of tha
in their entlia to fbr the Frio
that ti ir own chantti ia c, ilefeided.
"1"••••-•. wot'ked like a Trojan after that ,
even grew mow popular with the
halals, except when they were in liquor, It
is a ..;1"-at Ileac ainong such follows t o know
that in 1 , 11: I It , 3:2,1 1 , 11:4,A. the .1,0 s; in not
inforior to :he 1... A of them. Two weeks
pa ,1•a riiT my battle royal with Pete, and
awra nialit ran?." Ti.tho l , wore paid
llbe t, cal tuti,l , tiva f:1. the "era di-
Isccom 1 exat.nincul my 'evolver, all
Fix barrels were properly warp 1. tun •I the
points of the six hulk ts slue, •
ctztl tho eylenat r, standitte;
catch the last light fern tit v., •:. !
of the hands stroll. 1 he ; ; •
window. I rCtUri.;• I II; ;r • '14;;;;.1
and heard the wurd ''revolt. . r'' pass.al
:m em • them as they went on. shwwiter that
they mitd my rtnployment. 1 laid my pis- ,
tol tat the centre-table tool leaned en the
winaow•sill, watching the fading in the west,
smoking my pipe, and scarcely noticing tint
entrance of a woman who did my hence
1 .4.!':!i1y fur me. She went iu and out us
metal, clearing up the room for the night,
and filially. took her departure. I presently
math. all fast, and seated myself' for a quiet
evening with my pipe and books. By-and
by I hiepoi to hear the mirth at Pete'sbikall
iy, away at the other end of the street, wax
ing fast and furious. I heard the noise un
til nearly ten o'clock, when 1 turned in and
was HAM asleep.
"The next sound 1 heard was astutubling
blow + , ll Ply door and a confused murmur of
voices outside. To seize my revolver and
jump into my trousers, tots the work of an
instant, and on the repetition of the blow, 1
tattled out. "stand dear there! I'm going w
fire through the door "" The second blow
had nearly dashca in the frail pine boards,
and as I spoke the third spattered the door
and f geoid Fee by the dint starlight, a doz
en heads and sticks pressing through the
doorway. ...Aiming at the leader I pulled
trigger, and heard the click of the hammer
on the caplets cone. Quick as thought I
tried two more barrels, hurled the useless
revolver at the r—arest head, and seizing a
chair, smashed it on the head of the next.
Then canto a sharp crack or two over my
head, and the stars faded away, the dim
room ,vanished into great darkness and I
senseless. How long I remained lumen
ions 1 cannot tell, but it could not have
been long, fur when I felt the damp cool air
blowing over my face, I could hear the re-
Itreating steps and drunken laughter or a par
ty of men whom I concluded were nay late
DEMOCRA T.
I DNI4 I 4SI)AY, efU
assailants. Gradually my senses became
clearer. I found, first, I was bound hand
and foot. Presently 1 opened my eyes. 1
lay on my right side, my head touching, A
mid rubstance. Then 1 distinguished the
rush a water afar off, acitiost the piers of
the At toy Cyes bt ame steadier,
I saw that the cold substance on whielt toy
cite, I. VIA,U(I, was a railroad track. I could
Ref, to f=qtr yarali p or it, with its companion
rail, on %% Lich my feet rested. Beyond awl
a round wars the dark prairie, anti a quarter
t* a w a y, twi n kled a solitary light in
t r , Lf cabins. All this 1 stupidly
tellixed u> my stunned faculties returned,
when mud nly the 6.h:haul question flash
ed upon my mini. Has the night express
Pv'vd? In an instant every sti:e was
acutely awake. I Was lying bound to a
eri):";. tit * ; my head slightly raised, rested
on a rail. I was not very near thehead of
the LE . ..hire, but far enough up to the grade
is out over the prairie.
"Ertl-lot/ Nita had planned a vengeance
terrible Vet how did I know but
the train bail passed ? 1 twisted my aced.
till 80. vyids eraiil,l, or a l ter& out to see
the "all right" t inkling:it the laid, 0.
sh .1 and 4 for help, but the more
earns t r the more every onewith
in lii.aring Wuul<l think my toily the
maudlin e:ries of some drittilian rib man.
Th the bridge could not leave
his station fir any orditia.y canoe, ;tad tar
taialy the erie of hrittiken itian on a :"..at.
131. not Ail
thi. pit l thy.' toy what while I
iar a_ di was gone. Then I
and 111,•.i. ht. servant int Lit have
run. the cavil front toy 1.:
htrnlel z ipi? whi t s e a nsti fir Holt t.tia
hail lair? \VII:, Lied I locate=d
rrsy cabin flr away l*rom the r a ilr o ad t ru e! : ?
Think as 1 would, the stuntlto ono.)
font remained, and I had only to hope that
one o'clock, atttl frith it the train had
passed.
Tilt HOW lOW boon 8n the very ed,,,e
lb. !owl., tn. my +le v:111, ht a tltiet red , ant
Too often hz.d I watehetl the to„:.t; to doubt
ir a Pl...taunt. I kW a' the very tot at
winch that thyatled Mut would ftr,t appear.
, then, twenty utinutcs the very long
provided no accident happened, tras t iro
lifetime remaining for me. I :trained every
filne to break my bonds or twi s t m y fle et ;
eleAr of tho track, but the rope was too
Arrme, :owl a etople to* stakes driven, out
on t si le of my heck, fubado any motion
except a alight lateral one. Lithe int( n itY
of my straining. 1 shut my cytel. ore
th, ut, Isv he , itre tan, no tt, , r, brighter,
!Atea rah:M.4.ll'lof the advanc
tog train. .A gain I showed, a,.;.in I strain-
L.l, 1, ,c t p url , I Inge I lay and
WAL, lo:+I ti,. ItZt.t, a. 1 Lad often d o ne in
Matitior tie. •. it Hit Ito Die tle.t
my brain must give trey. I closed toy eyes
awl tried to pray, bqt that fearful fight
:dente though my tyelids and hani.l , l
every other thought, And now a faint, yet
terribly distinet runtid, began to till the air;
it seemed as it' my imito,t soul felt that
mend, Vet I rattle •1,, m t ttivi tl
thin; —ti cricket snr,, near by, ato as .t
climbed on the rail, a prowling eat that came
suddenly upon me and ran frightened away
for even in that fearful moment a reuse
of the ludicrous was ~t4't alive for I was eon
ions of a feeling of Ithiu q.nicitt as the
creature hurried off But. meanwhile, tits:
faint rind& had grown louder, and I even
fanged I r porevive a slight virl,ration
of th r which my brad resat and of
the ...00ml tet which I lay, I think ithout
this time I mmt have become insane, for I
only ttanember of hearing my voice in int
potent titrieks, and feeling my limbs, as if
it were thee of another man, straining
thetnsehoi to he flee. All the dreadful
let pollen:a... of my apprt,aching death
whirled thr.m.ll my brain during these few
moment Once 1 "funded 1 could hear
footstep, canting towards me from the bridge
anal hoped wildly that they would reach me
in time. But LAW 1 could see th e re d re ,
tleetiett rot the long, straight track, and the
tint.olt r of the train was drowning all other
sounds. Once more I strained every muscle
till the very flesh wow d to ''teat', Baal
cry I gave fm help fr nt Clod or men. Then
I opened my eyes -closed in my aolly —and
looked silently at my de,truction. For one
dreadful natant, I saw the mirror of
th e reflector, and felt the crag ir tremble un
der the roaring train, and then, as the mighty
engine ru,betl upon me, nature gave out and
amid a crash of sound and a hot red glare
of lamp and fire, I swooned.
"The wheels of the night express had
passed within a foot of my head ! I had
bet >n bound co the straight track over the
bridge, aid the 7 rain had passed me on the
"cutoff."
Captain Tom ecawd. Mn? ;,em
tnent,, on the story were made by the group
of officers ; for after a itIOUICIA of breath.
less stillness, the td.:..rp crack of two or three
rifles, which secined to have been waiting
for the end or the story rang out over the
ridge. In a moment the (deers were run
ning toward their respective commends.—
With a quiet, though eager haste, the in.
fautry were manning the ride pits, and the
gunners stood with the lanyards pulled taut,
ready to tire at the word.
Fifteen minutes later, I was tearing dowo
the stony, road, my horse's hoof; striking
tire to the acc , :mpanituout of a rattle of
rifles from over the mountain side behind
me, 11;:fore I left, I had looked un instant
on the dead face of Captain Tom, who had
fait :it his Most like * the hero that he was.
I had bar* time to mount and run for it
as the grav-elad J6lllnnica swanned over
E 5, 1807.
the parapet und ea ptured our little command.
IVe had been overpowered by the advanee
or a division of Stonewall's army, and 1
thought myself lucky, fly a dint of hard
riding, reach tho advanee dour division
hall un hour heron! Stonewall 's cavalry drove
in our pickets 5611410°411,
.4 Mad llbdory.
A day (,r two since a cerroner's jury held
au inque4 in the city of Louisville upon the
body of an abandoned woman nalurn Kate
Carrigan, who was strangled to death Icy
falling from a fence, upon wi,ielt a por
tion oilier wearing apparel had caught. The
wretched woman was in a mato of beastly
in!oxielti ion at the line, (Oho; clu!d
have di,enpgcd I r gannents and suffered
no rn i wilao von
41 few toonth l art,o the w 110111 was a rip
ddinquent at the bar of the it c4rder's
court in this city, hying arres.ell almost week
ly in some of the low dens of "Stook:, Row"
whore, under the lonto.o,c of liquor, s he
had become reckless at d aproarirms. She
had o nce been a beautiful girl and tic
of a most fascinating lovliness wore
never effaced from her a,tuttenance. although
Ater t-ank repeatedly into depths of drunken
ness and disiriation seldwn seconded by fel
low sisters, and among whom she ranked
I. , we:t of the low. Amidst all the exce. , os
h . :which the poor girl was addicted, her soft
Lion eye. , never kart their loveliness, and we
roon.t.thor mere than °t .' to have seen un
-11101, leek '.l) 1 1 ,• r w:th saddened
wimt 1,10 1, 110 , itas, as
:11 , ;.1 her pa al. 1 wrchlte I at the
bar of dm ;• , di t.
Kate 'arri !to rya ,, nor an neeozn ph :deal
and re-pe•!,• a reum.. , , lady. We rt eall a
, 1,11,1 et. two of the hi-try of thi= poor fe
male; ultich t: ;t • a • •ol t he wax
wealthy p trentt, a
V tri.alaa by birth, and at the a ; .e of four
teen was left robe:3has. Two y ass later
het was solaced by ••ronte fiend in human
hope. awl in a •iv tve-k after, a tit of rO
- which could not have been far from
:equal insanity alonelot el a luxurious home
and plutmed into the wldetd vortex of
vipatifen. She n Ambled front city to city,
sinking lower and lower, and about a year
alter the dose of the war eante to NaJtville.
From this point her Iwatt-broken, mother
heard the tir t news of her erring daughter,
am! at an nu,tle ter bring home the lest
child. Ile w.s IIaqICCCSSraI, is all that we
know. The poor girl afterwards went to
Lotti • nod the end we have already
seen.
cur•ed an broken ad and inex-
Idioahle 4)h MaeLened andfilth I , gr i m .
no-. 1 a wail of bitd , r aluptish runs
thrnztJ). the annall of thy short earthly his
tory. A bit of charnal house clay in a
run b pine coffin, above which is heav,d
tb rude t <.rth of a 'any% r's grave, is all
that retedins 6.1 thy career in this
dark, cruel world.
A year and a half two the mother, heart
broken and dospaisint, lived i - 4nlatc , l and
~t-rrt4wittg with an uneolvolald
tOr
row or er the anrel which One; blessed
the d “ 1 4.1 v, 11.,.....11 , 41. We kte,w not if
turviNc; the daughter.—No , f.rittc Press
Itt..Pxu.trc.--The following tom hind(?)
tin •. 'so n!.rl ttp on the rtreet in from of
the I'l mo . u.tr office, the other day. They
au,a addre•-e4l to one of our Bloomsburg
la s, who ran have the py by calling
upon us. In tho muantime, our advice to
the "IV A" is to have the kiss or perish
in the attentm
Lot n un o kiss you for your mother—
My bewitching 1 1 4 , 1ty Aro--
Jar me kiss
,you fbr your brother—
Or any other man.
Let me kiss you for Sornebrday—
Anybody ill the world,
!Vitt* your hair so sweetly auburn,
And so gloriously curled.
Lot me kiss you for your "feller,"
I do not care a red.
lf he tads nu on the smaller
BVith nis "billy made of lead."
Let me kiss you for your daddy—
You pretty, 'touting elf—
Or, if that don t suit the family,
Let me kiss you for yourself.
tri. ANECDOTE or Na. WESLEY.—At
one time Mr. Wesley eras travelling in be
hind, his carriage became, fired in to mire,
and his harness broke. While be and his
comp:allow were laboring to extricate it, a
poor man passed by in great distress. Mr.
Wesley called to him and inquired the cause
of it. lie said 1w had been unable, through
nil: fin time, to parhiS rent of twouti
and his family wore just turned out of
doors. - Is that all you nevi?" said Mr.
We-ley, banding him the amount; "here,
go and he h a ppy, "Then turning to hi*
companion, he said, pleasantly, "You sae
now why our carriage toped hero is the
mud."
2.47- It i d ;H id d in t Governor Hawley, of
Connecticut, for se - veral days after the °lce
tion had vrt pe upon his door kmb, touhich
was attached this fine stanza, not from By.
run :
o all my friends I bid adieu ;
A F widener (bath you never knew;
While Icadiug the Radical mule to drink
He kicked and killed me quiekern a wink."
ti ' Ammo fellow to a last resort for
more drink fetched his Bible to pawn for
liquor, bat the landlady refused to take it.
'Veil," said be, "if she will not take my
word nor Ood's word, it's time to giro up.
And ho went and signed the pledge, and
kept it faithfully.
Liqrost,
lyuciusitro BY
timigracso ittit furrows it plows M■ it eoe%
And death rasps the Angirmat that in ghoul It' son g,
mig giog sigh of the widow and l b . orphan 'I loon
wail.
While ltia check of the inlitur with dogpair 111171$
pala
Then tippler* railed Groceries emir fate well beware,
Par the fats that await. you is grief and derigair,
And Itmst of you young them in youtl,'s b4ilthful day
That is throwing your pleasure en 4 fortune ohs),
Then beware of theWON) rat held tea in fast
trnr be holies of you, youth it most tartly will brat
Trion if you will take Wilteiee (rein that hateful *mu
for tau ken of a prophiit I consider it tame.
Then if you'll ju.t lonli in the wine , noip with non.
t'N tell you all the yoNata h t there can eca ;
The aroaay to there in Ma tinteNg folttio.
u , l h 4 00 1. 1111aPPI and •11.1,raC.1. I Witotd.
And rov.qty there ten, do ynti
That Owl/rave "Ctn., dr ',Owed, 1 Utrre plaint) , SOL
ka yau avail to take waro.rlg and knot, tram tha plucc,
1 , 1 born ninon g...dd, 1,11 Vie yowl* to diagnine.
for the nld who /me formed better habitg T LIMW
You otlinnt dee.Aivs w,*th the wnn.'.4, hat.lte
t f the tate that awaits 'limn they ar , , wel; ovate.
A hti the serpent t ty sae that to eni;ad mitt& Chars.
for like the t•Itl tmemo r, me.p. . 4 04,
it titters 43druetnin ()smite* that 1,1,4
And t h e lift, of tho traveler it enunts as but PIRA
Men tinnier and riders it idayeth them all.
MO on it is ith liqnar. that moot Wald thing,
l'ltt io east WC? the had diogran, (no to Wu*
Atot poverty, 01 , k won and death owns will e O MO.
If Ytn . 1 0 1,01, q+tit oltt , l , llat num. hat.W rti.r.
Bill uil tlatt i 344 of you now 4. 4 ffi.tii
Ia yo love.r4 of broody your Itithittt to mond,
had to 1,01“ MO IpAre all liquor* RP! 4414
And liv e p:4/ Itlu LChwirelonto from noW 'till yoXi
S-14 t E T!'".:to:n Am% Q
wish it diqinetly understood that we are tho
fri ntl of Temperance mid would wi s h to sec
the en le prosper throughout the whole
country, na long ss it is collar (re,' in tie
prop-,r way. Bet w..; have ..;emtlyohbetv
, d some things eontlected with the temper
ance movement which we cannot and will
not en lore, but on the contrary the Cow
mar expect this paper to oppol-e it
while it is e , mditete.l as it now is. The oth
er day we picked up a paper printed at
Selinsgrove call-4 the 7#ltoplor Loan.",
which is publi-hed ly Abolitionists, and the
~ Jtaplex' a m aid paper is as dinlc
as a tnCk of black cats. In its el... Numb we
rind the l'elhlainp,
cf.i, t , /, That we hail with delight the
unequivocal espr, asionr of Gov. Geary in
this important interest, and that we recog
nize in him a temperance man tried and
EMI
The above resolution in connection with
others, was adopted at a recent ewe:anion
of good Te,m migra be at St liasgrove.
It is generally s i; iscd that Geary became
a mender of the t toter of Good Templ.trs'
six months ago, but this is :I
was he a member v hea the vs:solution was
passed. He was initiated about ten drys
ago, and dm ilanisburg Iliourop/t, the
central organ of the Radicals of Penn
vania, devoted about a column of its editori
al space to a description of the initiation of
his Excellency. The ceremonials of the or
der were made especially imposing for the
occasion, and the whole-world was congrat
ulated upon the auspicim sts event. ;f there
is any simple soul in the State so soft al
not to suppose there was a design in all that,
we pity the credulous creature. Ildgaii-r
General OAP rtcr teary is a ibolititioo of
very small cslilmrs, but of vast conceit ..mi.
most pretentious ambition. Ho is a tem-..
44
polithmal humbug of the very first water.
Hi: abilities are just sufficient to adapt hint
to the task of playing the part of a pclitical
temperance reformer in the midst of a4,-g
exeitentent on that question. In many ways,
short as has been the time since he was in
augurated, he has evidenced an inordinate
ambition to be re-elected. He thinks he
he sees an clement of strength 11 the tem
perance agitation nowgeing on, and straight
way he turns his back upon she Germans
whom Le addressed with lager glass in hand
at Erie, and take solemn pledge in a secret
society te smash every beer mug in Penn
Sylvania. Ite has just the propper prop o r
tions of knave and fool in his composition to
make him a leader the Maine liquorlaw cru
sade. He is already fishing liar re-election
when his present term expires, and in the
meantime the different lodges throughout
the State will be instructed to pass reaelu
dons et mpellling time members of the Order
to vote for a Good Templag whether he be
a Democrat or a Republican, and Geary
will be the "Good Templars' Candidate"
the same as Curtin was "The Soldiers'
Friend."—North monta dole! PebtoeTat
r Luna'. —An old
preacher in Westeon New York, who was
being persued by some of bid churchmen,
during the political excitement in that State
last fall, to join the Radical tinny, raid:
"No, my brethren, I can't join that par•
ty, by cruse all the Abolitionists in diets:tun
try arc in it; and Abolitionism, my loath•
ren. has done a wonderlllll sight of harm
among the people. It has hurt many shep
herds, and feat tered many Gooks. It got
into the Methodist church and broke that
up. IL got in among the Presbyterians and
split them in two ; broke the old Union to
pieces. And, my brethren, I don't know
of anything it is good fyr but to break down
and break up. And if you have any enmity
against the Old Boy, I advise you to tend
Abolitionism into his dominions, nod it will
break hell itself up in less than six weeks."
* Two neg,roes lliyhtnend were ra)
delighted at the idea of being able to ride
in the street ears that they carried their
breakfast and dinner with them and remain
ed in one yf the earl until night. Ois ol'
them propental that thry Ithotild go rift. 4
their beds.
mir A Beaks! PAW Now . York says
that party has bet:outu 'dwarf/xi and dabs"•
ed iu mind,"
NO• J;
I. D.C.