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VOL. 3.
411',..ficnit...410iiii . tp:: . /,l3:ti,ilicrii.t .
PUBLISItED EVEAY: TIIMISDAY.I4I . OIINING, *
S3IFIyjiPORT, AVICEAN•f COUN'TY,. PA
9 . .*g - ..o9rtNElt O . F PifBLIO.,§ciIIAttIR
.1'21018: 7 7 01 50 in Advance
Bates .44,vertising
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~ . ..IColunin one •
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SIX ...
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• '.opO aautire o'l2 line's On. lees; l ineirtions,
, Eaoh aulienquent . inn°
BuidneelOdOe, {with paper,. .... ..
hula or aided work will be — double the abdefrirates.
Brevier type; ' -or eight: 'lees nonperallOe
rated.a equate: .' . • .
-Thesegernis willlio . strletly adhered to: _at • .
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15tt0i0i . ...nit.citOtp....
blsioN; Proprietor
—opposite the%CoUrt,HOuse: A noir, large, complodi
- oue an 4 7oll . :furntebed hone!.
lidaler in StnveS,lin Ware, Jappaned Ward, .&c:,•west
•• side - of Om Public 'pOu.tre,'Smetliport, Pa. Custom
'work dOne'to order ou•the slicirtosi notice, and tbO
4 .most'aubstantial • • :
DENTISiItY
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tin : . Bt. 'A. SiliAutot would respectfully announce to the
• citiaerr 2 of Smothnortauid vicinity, that he has . - fitted
up an office, and is prepared to atteudto all. buaines's
in his profeseien.. Artificial teeth •inserted upon,' Reif.
entitle principles; and to as to Preserve the natural ex , -
presgion 44:the face All operations in Dental Surgery
;done in a akillinl , lnenner, , '. •.:.' . • • - .10tr
..A._l3 . T.;Ai;
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DNTIS,T, would respectfullylnform . the inhabitanti
or Olean and aurrotindiag' countey ; that helm 10-
'-cate_d himmolf permanently htglean,',for the 'practice .of
hie profession, whore be will , be prepared to wait on all
who,chriOse to give him a Call. • Office over .0 II; Thine
'Dry Onode , 9tore.
Olean; May 12.1860. • • .• . •
A.l. NOUR.SE.
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Dealer
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in Stores , 'Pin Ware, Jappiined Ware,, t 0.,, west
• eed 'at the Public Square, • Sinethpart, Pa.: Custom
:work done to' order nuthe shorte'st notice.,' apd in the
.meet substantial manner,.. ' '',". ' . •
OLE.A,N HOUSE,
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A.,,F. BARI), Proprietor, Olean,. N.. Y Ohnibus rum
• ,to arid froni the Neri York and Brio Rail Roza.; Stages
' - for..B.ni . ettipeirtfand Ceres
• ' : HYDE,ROUSE, .' • .
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13..7' °soon!) Priaprietor.; Itlikrway, Pa. This: Hotel
; new and luinished i niodorn style, lma temple acconi
, 'mad:Woos, and is, in all respects, n.Pirst,Class notch
Ridgway, Elk Co, Pa. 111ay,2.1, 1,930 • •
ELDRED • HOTELf
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Jpll7i WEIR, Proprietor. Thia, liOuaeje .situated. hair
way, between St etbpori and Olean.. 'A ' convenient
en corninailiona bona ',attentive. and obliging attend;
• ante, and law prices.. . - - . •: ••:
-, . Eldred; May 17, 1660. • - .'• .. • .. • :.-
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al3 riPrilr., • bnl.ft.mr..ti' .ifln'nroincer _ .nd ..Ii 41 .'..Est4,to
.: Akotit. - &net!sport, ,Sl'lienn cujiao, ra. . ,
:A: N. 'TAYLOR,
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Doilar in ni..ir, Goods,Gtoceilesl• Pork, Flonr; Salt, Fish
.fleatiy , -hale (nothing, BOots In! Shoes. Senethßorts
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• .:WILLIAM .WILKTN •
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q'racticat Mechanic, (fridge-buit.ler,..
Pfirt.A.ll6l:heny, WHeaii cnunty,.Pa. .
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J.)l,;:B4olArki,:
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SURV.EVOR, DRAFTSMAN. CONS'RYANCE . Wand Real
Estate:Agp94 Elk Co., • Perin'w
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• . tt . tu rEitgsCEs
Chapin x..llnrl'e, ~
!lon Tilmnag.Struthu'ri,
W; ...S. Dfoirnell,°. • EiS•.'
llon. A. 1. -Wilcui
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• . ; • ...'.. ;CARVER ' HOUSE,
'Jour. TI. Hcr,r, l'rnprietor..cOrOci or Writcr cnil Hickory
3treetd, Witrren, •Gcnera.l.Stalpflire'
• •• FOBES 'HOUSE • "
*fronting tli4 Public Srpfare;, Olean,. N:. Y: JAMES M.
-31itaak. Prof:rioter... The Fribeu Ifousets entirely
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amt built of brick. , arid. in'furnin'bed in modernstyle.
The' propriet o r flatters himself that bin .Cepnlnindk
:tintiS are not 'surpassed by an rhotel in Weaterit Naw
Carriagee run to and mint the New York :and
Erie Rail lioad.• • s ' '
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: - . ' ' • • • BYRON B; NAMLIN, . ' .
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p ft at:TTORNNY Ay LAW; Smetliport, -fill Kean ' County. • Ps,
. . :Agent (or, llfessksolceatfn 4. A!. On's Lands Attends
4 , Apectally,to the Collection. of Clain's; Examination of
. 1 1 - And:Pities. 'Payrnint of . Taxes, .and all hesierse reld
. , ..- 'ling to-Ileil ' Estate. ofllee.in Uamlittlflock , .• , '
t. BOVGRTON ELDIiED,
Attorney arid Counsellor at taw,, P.metbsort.
• County, Pa. 'llus'ness entrusted to his•cn:ro for the
porinties'orld!Kenn„Potter:find - Elk.will' bb prorisptly
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• attended to Office in the Court House ; second hoor.
.IjE Vlt. WISNER,
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Thysfelan ant Surgeon,: Smotliport, attend,. to
all protessiotialealls with promptness. ,• Office in dart.
well Block, second floor.: • •
TBINQ &
.MILLER,
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Wholesale andlVetal fleaei's- in Staple and Raney., Dry
Goods, terpeting;'ll.olldy Nada Clothing, and • General
.. Furnishing Goods,' linota and Shona,' Wall and Window
. ..Papar,.Lookitig Glaßaea &a.' AV,Oleatt. N. T. . ...,,
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JOHN C.BACkUS,
Attorney and'COutunillor at taw i• Sniethport; Co
, Pa. Will attend to all business in .hie pro resslon in the
• , eountles of 51 , Rean; Potter andrAlit. ;Witco over
• Sartwell 'BrotherV.Store. .. • •••
HACKNEY HOUSE,
(Corner OT Second and Liberky atreets,.Warran
• Ilsaana,P . fonriotor., Travelers will. llod good ac
' , ,noinmndittons and reioenablcreharges,
LARABWS HOTEL,
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lit.•.Lut visit. r i(iiirle,tor,—Alleglieny '13610, 'Bl , Kaaa
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Oo , PO.. This liou.oe, is si tuated about nino . miles frani
Sinathpart . on!the - road' tp Olean, and will be found a
cotiveniontAtelpilingllace •• • - '• , • . '., •.
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FARMERS' VALLEY Rozu.,,
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,S3y..T. ilooosrti. - This hpuse is S4uattiti, shoat live'mile
frein'llinethparfou tke road to Olean. Plonstire pa rtio '
anitotbet it Gan be aocomptedated en th eShortest Notice
W.'B, BROWNELL;
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Monier In Dry:Geode, Groceries, Ginekery, Hardware,
gets, Gaps', Glasg, Mills. Oils &c.,
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'En Aide,.ol.the.Patala sqnnre, Stnetbpore,; Pa: •:
EBTPOILIIIN narsE,
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eihippen,. .
Proprietor
A oonlmndlonicsond well-fon:11811M Strarnte , ii
and tisvelern will nod good accommodations. ,
tORT -ALLEGANY
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Pinprieter, ,at 'Roil All egany, ye.
icear A , oniinty. Pa. - This Hetet lesituate‘let.the June.
' Ceti - o r the Stnethport - and Allegany Itiver U.:ids, nine
'wdleaeaet.of Smetpitor•, '
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..*-ASTOWITOUSE.
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WM:: HASKELL : -. Pkopriet6r.
This Rouse is wall' Osicuhited for. the.accoinulodation'
nr. the• • Treielllng.Public; having recently been repaired
'and remodeled:- Goad liarns•and•Stahles, Charges Iw
-sun:Me% Steges'for, Olean, Shiplien ant ithigway;' •
• limettspOit i, July '2, ISOti. . . • . • ,
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'Tile proud and vveal.thiAtues Agmoor, silk
and velvet' merchant,of Broadway, New
was last entering his superb bazaars tte one. of
his'clerka . reepectful!y',t3aluted hint, and started
iodr Presenee in
mfoffiCe ere' lone' said tie' Mereliant..“,•Do
not leave the stoie until-LhaVe spdken with
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TheritWai'an• omino us sternneie:ln-his tone.
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thatlittracted.the quick . earrof 4 Thornton Clair,
and as he,gazed after: his
,pompeus :chief, who
strode on vvith ! tinisual haste; his eye caught
that of Hirattillauld,the Cashier, peering. with
Unconcealed'Malice through themahogeny bars'
of hie desk. Thornton Cla'ir 'hod , . arrived In
New York foiii Months 'befors from some city
in .theweiti, and applying 'to Jetties . .A . l'moin;
hisMenly and intelligent fece'had so-pleased
that gentlemen that
.his services were.immedi
ately accepted, and he was given the responsi
ble position Of Collecter. •I' .
Thii'WesltY no means agreeable to the envi
ons'Mould,• nor.didhis 'vexation dirninish'as he
saw that 'James Agmaor dailk..grnw more and
more attached:to the youth. While •.. : •
Clair - stood awaiting the : expeeted
suMmone,4nd..as 'Agmoor entered 'his Irri
yate office, the cashier moved';from'
and following hie ptincipel, earefull)/closedthe'
green baizeiloor efter • .
.t: ,
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• Was strange to see the print' &and •pompous
airif - thelordly merchant-ebenge'to one °fill,
concealed, fear . and 'disgust,' as the : cashier. bid
himgocid.diy . and.eeeted himself .Pettihitn, • and
having.the office . table between therm,: • .
"You have •considered my prepositions; ;Tea.
Agrnoor," said'he'fp astriooth,'soft volc'e,sleek'
Mid silky, as..the precious fabrics that. 'were
James...A gmoor: buried his face in his handi
• for a moment, then sweeping back his
.enow
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I have I" , and his
fare.. pale and red , by ti.irtiS, again sought 'the
Cover of hia'trernblinghands... <rl have told My
danghter that . ..ynit'demanded het, for a .wife.— .
She•told Me to tell 'you. that - she, would rather
be-a•heggar intie streets than the wife of
rani.Mould. ••' • • ' - • • ,
told .her all," burst from thc.quivering lips '
of the merchant: •.‘ , I tnld'her that HirainMould
'.was the.Mester of her father.; that ere she Wail
born r . committed a crifite=a*crirne whnie ever
present' guilt -has blanched my heir before I
have numhered'mY,forty-fifth year," .-
...And:then. ehe'relented ?".' •• • • •
..• ,, Slie'nsked me to tell 'her elthatorime," re
'plied he rpeiChaat, and'es he spoke his evee
grew; bright, and he lookediliram Mould full in
theface. e‘l told her.. She. sirid the'deed was
riot•a Crimethat" the' blow Was dean in self-'
defencethat. killed Charles Harper. ' ; •Anti SO, f;
was. Hiram Mould., you' know it w 35.?. . ,.
“Were we- in.CoUrt, I. the only vvitni•.ss nf.
Ilerf ;Fa r - uuulu. ;oily it
ivh.t . ,..=premeditated . tinfider.." .• '• •
„James Agmonr's nres•closed with/a Shudder,
and again his trembling hands'bid his pallid face,.
Would : swear," resumed Hiram Mould, as
his, sharp,' White teeth bristled from; his sneer= .
ing lips, .stand the jury Would•
.helieve . :every
Word, that one summer evening. sorne•rwenty
years. ago. 'I saw. James' A.g.Monr,.who .had re
fdsect.to • fight
,irtioir. and 'open combat with
Charles Harper, crouching . 81'11iii the bushes-that
bordered the highway thrOaglf JerseV.W . oods ;
and as Charles 'Harper was unsuspectipOy.by.
LI saw dames . Agmoor 'spring. from his 'covert
and strike:ll4n to .the earth with: a •club,--I
Would - Swear 't hat JaMes. gmnor. - then and
there murdered ,Charles Harper, iimrburied the
. body catild '.find 'the bones;
the Watch• that should identify't he hody." :•
- All falSe !" cried the merchant, arOusing hint
:self a morrient:- cc , Tivas*J'am'es AgnmOr ;hot'
was drag,ged Trom his hor4e by Charles Harrier! .
'TwaS Hiram,Monld whO.prompted the . assault
fOrpurposes.orldi nwn- 7 -becutise'he hated each .
with a 'deadly , Yon; Hirdm M6uld,' first
Made use 'who were,until then 'bosom . friends,
bitter enemies. He 'struck. me, I returned th'e.
'blow;" he drew his knife'and. stabbed 'me, hut
before I felrsertseiesz, I Wreeted 'thC• weanen
from him' and dealt him a fatal thrust that pres',..
trated him .also..
crinseioutX---I. in a swoon; .he dead. When sense
and•feeling-returherl to. me f' was in, yoUr house.
Yon, :Hiram Mould, hid the body ,where you
can , find the bones to convict me.. All.thought
that Charles.Harper'. was' murdered'; you cren
red• that belief but. to use Me all
,my you
took Successful Care that' the finer of sliericion .
should not point at Me, lestthe. law might kill
'the goose that lays the geldert,'eggs." •
While the tortured man was saying all this,'
far more iocoherently than we , h ivritten
anmoved conspirator . ha d rapidly, sketched'
a 'picturo of irgibbeted • felon, and as the•nier
Cb
• • $0.5 00
-- 20 00
•.- 12 00
... 20 00
.., 12 00
•• • 150
Bidzway; Pti
Wliren, ha
nnyt.. Pa
,Iluenti:Viatd. Pu
lant concluded, Hiram 'Mould placed the sig
nificant sketch heroic
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- 'i.tStch shall be.your.fate, if Raehnel'Agmoor
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refU'os to hecome myNs'ife,” siiid hO,.pointine
to.the hideous . pietitre with his long, lfai,.fOre
fitiger ; •
Again the. merahant yiiq . ded beroiethn.teiri
bla threat; and'hia'hearl. sank !'ilowli-vinin
"Now call in Thorntrin Clair and dismiss him
atone," Said Hirarri; sternly. * , ‘lle loves your
Aringhter—jhe
. perhaps loves him. 'You 'have
foolishly allowed . .hini to visit your house.. It
shall he my care that he'Shall not 'And , other
employment.in this :city;"" •• . • :.•
crl am. in your power," groaned the tinhanny
man, rising andopenlng the but as he
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'sit his daughter' Raehael. stepp'ed Quickly
'ram 'the side of Th'roton Clair, with whom
she, was elitterlk OnVersimz,:and saiil :
;wi.sh.to.See:Piram. Mould' immediately,
dearlather;?' and aaided . liy : horfastonished pa,.
rent, she .entereJ the private mfliee. `•
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:The merchant closed the door and, turned to
.
.and'queenly in person, a lovely brunntte .
of eighteen slimmers, •with hirge black eyes,
usually full of sOftness;'ni beramn . her Omiable
and. offeetiOnate.natUre,,lnt then flnshog scorn
ful:.fires. as . 1161: red lips . curled . with , 'seething'
contempt; Michael Agmnot motioned her father
to i pa nee a moment and bent her. gnie On. Hiram
Mou lei
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He seOrnril ill at.!ase with thos6 , superkiyes
nlou'ly"srannino: .bini from 'heed (O. coot.. • He
roso:to. his feet,.. 40- recov.ering.his natural.
calmnoss.:mard : ' " • * .2 . *:
• ict am hnppy to see tbaCiilos Rachacl....Ag•
ONVITTIPO.IIT, M'KEAN COUNTY, THURSDAY, NOirEMBERIS, 1860.
THE bETEdT.ED TRAITOR
CO UNTY
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moor considers so ;humble a person as' Hiram
Mould worthy 0,1'90 continiced a'stari.".
i.This is tke thing that dares to hope , to'Call
me , wife, said Rachel tint] thongh the' words
were cptting,, the. tone and. manner penetrated
to the marrow of.the taseitl'ti'bories., ti,tuttiash'-
ed hitter words his White 'lips:
"The thing is honored in heineso called, my'
haughty damsel... You are proud, now, RaClutel
Agmoor„.but the time shall: come !,vheri - ;you'
shult be as humbled before me as the trembling
Man
_beside . . •
• ~ < lf I reject and defy your you ''*ill attack the,
life and reputationof my frillier," said Rachael
roust.lie,'very confident of youipovVer,
to.send.a MesSage'to the .wpmen. you wish : la
make.your wife." . • . • !
4 4.arn conscious of my strength... Do yen
Wish to:see a , proof of it?": Sneeringly eked
Richael bent her head c.cintemptuOinly-,,,
Hiram Mould wus at h lOsi to comprehend
this unexpreted.ii , fiance ; bitt stir's Of his ground
where is O young' Men in your father's sm
'ploy whom he loves aS.his. - Own son.. Rather
rhan harm a hair Of that young man's head,
Tames . Agmonr would gladly lop:off his tight
band, I i;erily.believe,,if,the•sacritlce could avail either.', eithe .'Mr. Agritocir call in' Thornton:Clair.
looked to.ses Rachael.pale and•trembling:
But ,She Waicalmand collected: . • ' I-. .
The timid fstheitimid befOre the cashier
alpoe,...iiheyed, and Thornton Clair stood in the
party ;;;'but his blue eyes were Witting with a
menace • so'profound and 'deadly that Rachael
laid. her-soft hand upon the strong arni that 'was
swellirk as if fora sudden 'blow tobe dealt . a
the serpent • like. - eyes cif. the sneeriing:cashier
sand whispered: l• :• . • • • .
r— for lily .
gujoor," . said Hiram , . but• recoitink
somewhat from the reach of that arm; tthas
this young. roan :..dared to make iotte to, one so
itomPrisely; abOve him as your (latiahter, a.rl
praposed'rnyipllas her husband . ; lislpresi , .nce
in:our establishment, is- an insult.. Discharge.
m . .at Onc.e."
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. The•wretchea m arit
ereb' pause() in tartitrinEr.
Onspense, and, the cashier pointcd of the.slcetch.
that lay tipon the table.
. 4 . , 111r. Thoi;nton;Clgir".
true; flame is •not Glair,". - began the
youngunwilling' to seethe rnther 'or his
Rnehnel 'so . humiliated. ittin:lhe soh ' of
CharlOs Harper, who lives in Oregon, and who .
asporreci - the narne:of Clair because he lielfewod
he had 'slain James Agrboar.. My naini: t
fnet,""fhoi.ntnn 1 . • .
o , ,Young mfinr crie,l Jarnei.A.gmrior:,:plmost
;;Diinot.deLeive'a'wrefeht7d
. . .
Does Charles Har
. per, - who' married my . Cousin
Helen A'gmod' r, lit;e7,-wes he not IcAle11"
'" , Onr my 'honor, Mr. • 4gmoer,", said .Thorn
"ton; "Charles, Harper is"alive; and still thinks'
Agmeor.. - Hold this mor
ning r wasmf The' same belief; for My father,
who, otnee that 'emu'
cealed himseff under:an assumed' name. in' the
wild& of :the West," whild.my,triother fidlowed .
him, . has ofterl . teld me. sorrowfully' of. all *that
traost Itut. he' nee er told
. me the name of
She man whom lie deemed hhad slakti,nor that
of the man :who;• when he 'rose lifter a, MrTrrrent
of urivodytiousness i ;yen!. bleeding
body,said I: , ,6ti.were. dead .and Prevailed upon
kite !o.gef k:gafe.ty loin:slant (ilea,: open th e .
y'ery l orfe y ti . hail. rid,On.._l7oM'ilatit.th ter re,
, . . . .
111`..e I to . me yOu',tohl her Lisf:night•ii.fe•vr
•
minutesminutesazoi ..
ntyr,ive irottiecliately.cOnchOed
op - 311111e -trilt • • .
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i3Out or my Hiram cried the
pnrar , e .. .t . metehant.
.“1 - hcohle..trzii . to s r,
..beltnno !
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Ta.hall If.yvhat..yMi hare ra'reetl
me for y'enrs tp•think.
Thoriifim' waS spanking,
.-The'apilty
nashier hail slink .into a•chazr nod rested •his.
hen() upon' the_tohle, hiding his.j'ar . , as he for
tr . n his':v . ictim. to
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(!0 Agmbo,r,,no..lcing9r
Ifounil serf, thus n , ltlre4seti him , lie•s : tagaercl to
hisleet, geoping•blitully :for I he' ttUur, jattered
feebly thrOugh•thebazonr. to his disk
!ie;
. 11.a . (1, =o lot r ig ill Itd t t .rcul of ~nl
'and pi'essina l ' his : hilnds to his h~7il,(~ionnri
liiinsf;ll erect, opened his•privatn
liall=l
dead ere he, could press the trigger; srnji.ten
Snicl the • Coroner' that .day— by' the...almiiht
hand of God.• .
Vieful Medical Hints
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We find the follewing rernarks thei . edit
or)
or) in' the CfneinNatyr, a scientific and agricnl
tural..Tournal;pnblished at . Cincinnati,,
If.a . ..pernon swallows any poison whatever.
'or. has fallen into denvidsions frbm bovine. over',
loaded the itemich, anninstantonentis' remedy
is retea•Apoonfal of common spit and. as nvic,h
groundrriustardotirred.rapidly tic a -teri : enp,of
water, Warm.Or• gold; and swallowed instantly:
'lt is scarcely down berme it begins to come up,
and 'twinging with it the.contentn-of the. stom
ach; and•lest there be.iiity:reMnant of poison,
howeyer smllll', let'thr4 white of an egg or a
tea.cupful ng
etroeolfee heswallowed as Soon
as the stomach, is quiet; because 'these •nnlify
Many virulent poisons.
~In ense' of. scalding or
burning the body, immersing thepnrt in cold ,
water eives.entire relief . .its instantaneously as
the lightning.. Meanwhile, get some . common
dry flour, and. apply it nn - inch - or two, thiek:on
the injured part the momeht.it :emerges . from
the water, and. keep sprinkling on -the-flour
through].anything like a peper.bex cover, so as
to put it on 'evenly. rinthing.•elttel • drink.
nothing but 'water; 'eat nothing until Irnprove
mentyeriminences, except some-dry bread soft ,
ened in very .wealc•telof some kind.' Cures of
frightful burnings have been performed in t his
wny, as wonderful 'ns 'they- .we
onee'sa'ved thelile'nf-an infant which . had:been
inadvertently &Mtge!! with-- landanurn, and
which Was.fast sinking' TOO . the sleep which .
has giving. .it strong 'coffee;
cleared With the' white:or an . e.kz--a tea-apoon
ful.every'five minutes=until.it,ceased to seem•
, .” .
The.rittfrdrol?xpro snys there is afield man
tittoni the inmates of ihe poor.hanse in 'that
city who read: the ,story Of t he . ri , voleticm be
fore it waspubliihed—rea4 it' from menuserint
BR fast i ns ,it was written. He was 'a. vcinth
glen, not aid enough to enlist in the netttil ~s4ry
iee of his•eettiitey; but.'he hid 'n father :who'
was, and many .Weie the eartrigmOte Made for
thnt father's hie. It the iioor 7 hOtise the
, ! .plece•
for stieh ;.than? '
The follciwing : aecount of the, dis"ecinery.df
'retriarkable cave in Florida; is, from a cerrea;
pondent'of the New , Yotk. Ltaurna/ of Cron.nferce~
and ..comes with'stieh.atijiparance of circuthstew
tielity that we Copy it
Thasiri ttfure of the
,underetraititirof
and earth. in Florida caVernons to a great
tent. ..Indeed;na-far e.icpleratione have been
made, the ground presents the appearance:of e
honey-comb ) on accoutiCof the littinerous eavi-
WhiCh:arefound Those indents
tient( in the surface of:the etirtkcalied 4' .CtriniCS "
'almina here-,sorine or thCtii :dryland other's Par:
tia'yl.filled.with wafer ; Whi'e rivets disaPpear
in thei. groantinnd ere seen no' intire,
.' Florida
is not only Ihn land 'of finwere,.. but
.also the
land of wonders. -A feW 'days . age, Mr. heniy.
Wooten, of New York city; and myself, started
on , aAtunting expedition, with.. the'inteatioa 'nf
eainping °tit Several days:. On , Saturday,' the
29:th tiny of September,' We pursued a deer, into
a hammock and etternilting to 'ride through it,
Mr. Wenten's horse stumbled into'a smolt sink:,
While Mr Wooten:vvas entleavorineto extri.
.cats his horse; dismounted and wtis engaged
in eiatnining a'cerions pile - of . !mine.
bhd'Otrected fry attention. On one of thm
„.. . . .
foupd u„s if- graven with
,some
instrument;.'but neiirly obliterited by the
a‘tiges' nf time
. . .
Mr. Wontenhy this time had ied'.his hofse
prifely'otri of 'the sink, end,' on rejoining toe;
said he had discovered a cave. After Valor)/
.endeavoring to decipher.O.e.,Strange.inneription
'which I had found,'lve••each 'colleeted'an arm
ful of pine wood.to . ..ierve for torches.
ving.at the entrance;. we saw hy, the .light of
our torches;.that the bottoM of the eariern'wlii
several feet . belorr us. liandiqg •my torah', to
my frientt,'S prepared to descend,. which ke:
comblished, with . e . ase, therucks serving. as
steps. Wooten their hi - rled me down - an arm,
wood and a and pieparnd to desc_
. . . .
rei - iher. • We noti. found .iiiiriervaa in a silbter
ranerias.passaza len feat hir2.ll.rind sixteen wide
purstu;ffthis passage (dr nearly holt a mile . ,
it growing larger at every: step,:ond appertring
to descend into the entth by no' easy incline- 7
Lion, when we unexpectedly fonntl ourselves in
a cave of imme'rise elttent.', We eiiitlored it in
every sometimes e'n'tering small car-,
erns which led off Irani the main cove. •:.We ff
nally-entered.a sort of .rittare: Iloorway, and
found ourselVes 'in a cavetn.of most" beautifui
'.-:bezan the father
. .
appearance, the reflection of eit ir ligh,ts.against
the sides produeing. a •mtignifie;nt..erfect,. For
the firSt flap 'May
. life I felt lh re. frill'foree of
.
that: beautiful tieseriptien..which..Goldsmitil
. •
has g ii•Pn .
'of the grotto or A ntiparos, • •
Ba:the most wonderful thing
,that 'met onr.
view in thii eareAvas'a inSeription -.sta
ting theta party of 'Danes had this•ciive
in the year . 1050, and tlik n priest who hail An: ,
ComPatiied them,l6l Jett ,this memorial of their
visit: The name Of this Priest we's Marcus Po
r.t
had embarked on a".vbyrige of csPloratinn, anti
had.been. driven south,r.alSo tha t. they' had.
.visited many large islands, finally
land
ed in a thiCliir populated 'Canary , where' . the.
thickly . populated canittrY, Where the people
reeeivfd them kinilly„ . thitigiiig them superiOr
beingil tint t..severar theienurnber,togetile;r .
with some Greek' . artisans nnd tWo,priests,..had
been. left •thrrc as Ft , col ori y.. This. is the
: stance of the inicriptitin as fa rns could be'ile-
Ciphered. •Now does . not.this sugiy,esf.no im
portant, inquiry. thn. ntimiaftin 1 Is it not
probable that
~the islands inentinned Were 'ail.
West. Indies; and may not'the conntiy where
they. •faridedbe Afmcirn . 7 . -; We: till know that .
that.the ancient .7Afe::leans•Vail that
althut
,fddr
,h II nil r , .ir years before ,t ,danding.of
'Corto, in .that count ry,'"Children of the
them
white faces, came to them and taught them !he
arts ofcivizatign: Is it' not.probahle that this .
.colony of Danes and Greeks, with their two,
Latin . priests . , were . .the persons referred to.hy
traititToft Per haps - many •buried.acereta con-
cernin, 111 P: ea rly history of Kmeriea.may .
revealect.hy that strange device,. This -won- .
derhd:caeft ia easy of_ neCess, .und: situated a
•fe Vt ; • iniles..-frnm • the .Railroad: and alioat ten
mites from Waldo. . •'•• • • '
How 1%11.7cm Pon!: WILL A.-,BrAusr. 'OF CORN
ATAKOL-.The following valuable fiicf :are frcim
Farmer; tiger) the mies!ion of .<11:0*
. . .
much pork will bdshel of corn make?"•
Richard Thatcher, df Pennsylvartin, gives 'the
result of •his feeding - „scalded cooked corn
meal in several instances,...to:fattening ..
The result one'lrial gave sixteen and • one
'all potinds of Pork for eacil bushel of tilly-aix.
cis of meal fed out: fn another -initance
merry and nehrly . onethelf potinds...were,the
Ans Worn a bushel.. The breed of hogs exper
imented we's • the_c•Chester''' white, Which , we
regard:” among the beat 'breeds , nossi.in . the'
cbuntry. : We have fecently; seen accounts of
several Other 'eXperiments of feeding togs in
the same way, with': similar r..sults, while the
same, breed of: hogs fed' in the ordinery
upon dry- corn in 'Abe ear, gavee
_return of
about one'-third - of, the weight com pared. . with
thos , fed on.the•Conited .
Thi experiments or Mr. Clay 'of KentOeky,
ac detailed , in the December number the
Valley Farmer, for 18:56i. afford eOnclusive evi,
dence ot•the s edvantagesot feeding cooked over
raw food.. fn;the experiments on the'same an
imals; it was proved that • dry corn - would al:
ford a gain Of -about live nird three-quarters- to
six and-three;quarters pounds of pork . to each
'bushel, consumed, butwhen . changed to food
prepared by erinding and cooking,-gave n 're
turn of ‘trcirn'fifteen to 'nen rly Righteen pounds
of flesh to ea h bushel of corn fed Out. These'
various experiments demonstrate 'facts wr . irthk
the ciMiideration of farmers; 'and .=especially
when'the price Of corn aliCpork is constantly
advancing. . " . ' . •
.With.care in breeding from
.a-good . .stOck -of
.hogs ; and .with their ,proper • •manimein*nt
throughout, keeping the hogs roriqtaritly
vin , r,nt least art average of fifteen pounds
"flesh may be received from .every; bushel of.
corn 'consumed. 4,leiv ty'ell conducted, exper-,
inients with . appropriate apparatus
for proparing the food, oriiparedvith with-facts de
termining the ['Mount
~of from the'ordi=
nary method of ..feeding,..wolild:forever . settle
'the question an d lerint valuableiinprovements
in thisimportant inteiest tOlir ners. =
'• Few (hinge art) imkactienble in , theimelvfls,
and it id frorn.wato of. application 'rather than
Means that 'ffien fail of sticeeb.s: .-•
• rk4
• to-51# (s,t;
••••••, ,
.; .
•
Discovery eta Cave in Florida.
ERE
Talleirand,
*. There. was' a • day 'when, Talliyi artived
in lijarue on' foot froM At, waif dark,
est bailie thi„lievolut ion. Pestied ' the
bloodhounds of th 4 Reign of Tertii;',lo'4lpped
ovriy.wreck'.' OrpropertyoTalleyrand Secured a .
prissagctivAmerica in a Ship about
I-r e was a.beggar and!a'' wanderer to.' a strange;
elfin his daily bread: by labor,
't4ls there .any Amerlcan stopping: at your
house?'" he*ked Oa landlord of th 4. :
am we
ter; cross the wer;and :would like
a Pifer. to a person of influence. in America."„
. The 'landlord .hesitated a. moment and then
. ,
..44Therels a anntlernan up stairs; but wheth- .
er be came from Amerleaor Englantl,.is 'Tore
than eon tell." •
Re pointed the way, andl.Taileyrend-,4dio,
in. hie . life wee bishop s prince,: and minister
eisebn,l6l t . hfi . .tairAl.a . misprablisuppiiant stood.
befri:e theNitzanger's• deor, krocked;: and. wee
admitted: !• -
a far corner.. of a diisily lighted roniii, gat a
men.of Some ffty : years, :hia acme ' , folded, end
his head howed upon hit hrenif, From a Win
dpw directly opposite, it PO of light. poured
upon' his forehead. Hie eyes loOked from
nee th the..doWecest I :brOws,. and. UpOn
rend's face. - With a peculiar And laughing, es-.
presSion.. 'His face. was striking in outline, the..
mouth'end chin indicatiee Of an iron will; His
ferin,.v.isorous.eyen With—the :snows
. 'of ftrO,
was clad , in a daiir,but• 'rich' end diatinguishe
' •'Cramd advanced, stated that'
. .ho'•.tvas. a
ltigitivr , . and the irnpreSshia 'that the gsni letratl'
before him lii•as an Atiierican, .:soticited his
kind faelings•and °Mee's. • He poured forth • litit
history in eloquent French and •braken Fag-
. .
am.a:wandererind an exile, tarn . fdreed
tofly to . thelieW world, 't , iiihont friend' or shel- .
•ter:• You are an.Antericati? Give then;
Llnneech ynit, a letter of yours, en that .I..Mav
he 'able to'earn My. bread: lam to toil
in any. manner; it life el labor.winnltT te pain-.
dine ton career nt luxiiry in France.: Yon: will
.giye•rne to your friends? A 'gentieman
like .yau AliaditteiWhis many•friends..
The strange gentleman 'arose. loOlt:
.that Talleyrand 'never forgot, he: retreated to..
wards ithe 41pOr . of„ the next' chamber; his'eves
still lael:ina"frorrihimenth his darkened
om the only man' in the -New .World who
rnise his hp nd to God end any : i - havivna
a friend—not one-,in nil America:".
"I allryrand never: forgot the overwhelming
sednesi orlooh.W I, ieh ec'eoionn flied these words !
fit; i,Te i j rri 1" . strange
man ret rented:to the nazi `room o , .Yotirmn me."
h.e replied with' smile, 'that
Ted 'more of . Mockery than' joy iri the.eonvul sive
xpressien; . ,4t,my name iiilenedii , t Arnold !":
Fie,Wen gone. Talreyrfiptl: sank in tp ••,,tin
chair, ;,,.vatpint.4 the.. worilq ,
===
Thui:. he , wiindCred. over •,,tfits. It second
Cniri, with 'the •Wandirer'sirititk upnOis.brow. ,
.__ •
Stay tisni:,,,':,
! , Don't stay long,. husband," young
wife tpruterly,•ipmy preseupe, oPe
her
~ h usband husband,. was preParing:to goner' :111e
w9rds themgolve's vvVre Miigniflearlt t but,the.
look . of'meltingi..fondnesm %Fig) yri're
orenrordnied, spoke,
whole Vest depths . of witimaOilloire,OCher.
10pPioeq.% whPmwith her husbnuittother grief
liefit of- his the "soinee Of .011
her joy. beamed'ncit brightly' upon
.
, . . ,
.
.
. 6 Dne't stny lone'.hushtitufsnil . f.-raintly
.fancied r slip.' the 16iiipe, een(le ;idle; 'sitting
niene,.iinxinuslir entititlee. the moperitl.of •fie . r.
htohnnft's nbsc4tee;'eyery few triitintes .) , :tinhini .
to'the..citior . to see ifildwere in nrghtarni:linth:
.
. .
init that he was not, , i . thoaght:l could'hear her
exciaimine , in disappointed..tonta,'“notlet—
. stay .
.lons hiiihand;",,and again
t hnaght •
.rould pee. the..young:*ife i • racking
herrell run vnn'ajq in, a great arm .chair,. and .
weeping as , if her heart:weal& break; as'hei
thought I f;sq.,lrii:fl n d spit.' Riorpriged - tiis stay
toton wie . nrisorne 'frngt h
_ .
'Of you that heye,wives thtit say=tl.llan't
stay lopg," WherrYou. go . forth • think of 'titem•
*kindly when yon'are.nainelitie, in 'the husy, hive
of life, end try just S little tolnake their hearts
and home happy,',, or they are tams
,too 'seldom'
found. and'W seldom trot tno serdo repleeed, - ...
• 'Yon cannot fine, amid 'the ~plealures of:the
wnr,l , l. 'the peace• and joy that quiet horni.,
blee.ed With such'Women'e pre<enee Will affortl,•
. . . . „
grnon't Stay. In 02; thq ynnng
wipos look Isremrd siy—nfor herein your
iwret.hurrir, st,loving'hs.Ur.f whose musk is
hushed when you'lire• alfssonthere:is a Soft:
Im : east 'few you to lay. your•head upon,end, herd
are. pure lips,..onooiled:•by sin . ; that will you
with kisses for coming backl'amsnnti. - !•' .. •
. • Think of it, men, . whn'have vei to say : to
veni'don't stay long.: Or diMit . 'lot :the kind :
wmd class unheeded nit Orlittle veltie; forlhonch
they may be to you, the disappoiritroent ‘ pr: the.
fillitilmentel their simpl , 4 l ovingg ..wish„ • bring
grief Orjoy to thorn s :. If you' have 'an . •hatir to
Arturo; bestowilt:upni them,' and the. pure , Rive
'gushing: from: their grintlo; tt`iateful.bearts, will'
be a sweet reward. • • •
. OLD BATTLE Sams,-‘-The commission „ap-
Painted under Senator Mallory's • reSolution for
an examination of 'the sailing vessels ol.war
forming, to the United Sates" navy have' eom
pleted thtir suryey , of the 'ships "at "the'mav,y
yards, and are now s tleliberatine on - the - subject. '
The, conninisis'on 'consists ; . of Cmitains String=
horn and tover, and:constrnetorsLinthol,,De
lan'o and 'of hers . : "They ready in .repo'rt..
in n. few.days . ., - 'o,or old linc.:oPiatilushiris,are
nil found , see'irisAo'bd sound, and eapable
of ,conyer.ion into war steamers; that is, ..they
have...stall dent breadth of bearnfa ihdpurriose.
The cost of einvetsion'aitl.of machinory,:&e..
willi•rif course, be reported l'he ,t went yne w!
s nin a ic h have been built Under• this d.•
ministration dialielreeir feint, smieently
nodmote .of. t same ekes ire much minted for
'the.ii•otee.tiot Ileifpur to tiMeree...... The..Seeretti...
.ry of the ivory Will; as . heretofore,' reeninmend
lo'oongress'a pibvision lor 4,:f . fidilitional
her of war Steamers .Thel't's!renty vreVsjespi:
:ere jest iteijt. et:l=J but $5,000;000 in aggre;
rh eyerY mah's hriattlhere is ah ihpirior eic
plored-as ihaiAfrieh, , Oil over "that -region
what beasts roam!
N,,,,,i,v,,,,; tA-p4.,..:„,..P,::-,,-,.,,i4,4.,V,t,'44fA',V4
"'":4i-... Ve..,;:.",',,y4 0
P..fq.,
l ---
~_ , ,
~FRArteE UNDER:%itAPOttQWIII4-•
t4ii, a ;•tii•lF,.thilathiVii#C.olW/Mti .
Frerieknoiteer
af.Fren'ch talliiiieP influence; utuderstfeTinPot ! ,,
rep.; .„piip er
loOks mitside of ,hie Owti
the. ,allairti of the, :rest,.
'France continually throat lieforib r;,!Illor.111g-
Oh!' II in'ev:, , ery important, political, i 'Aisilltett end
commnteial movemenef- heidllllllo_oo4'll°4loht
by pi7ery•pnvrecd n • Eurcipef:
and directs , European ? polio ~ so :'_ hi. iiNtitr
and navy ere ; the Ogled ,of cl .:the othet itetidne.
When 'tie reieembered:.thatiic.li...liiitighl'titen
years sknce
OripanildinilY ) and not 'citittii - elighi Yetirkitiiee!
the corT treto which :relied wati004'36 . 1.0.'
pyeme rawer, 'it • e enerini te,lll6l r i : . t it? , :A l e
grandeur to utile!) he hneibirught. Pleriegqind
the aplendnr and power, AO ''vftriFlE,bi:lkiiik:alial:
The &et few yeani of am. -Napateotes
government were devoted to domestic etilFalror. '
to the conetrucfing of Ortlei ont'of thirehitatli
materials left by Louis Phlllippe arid-Worm- ,
visional Government of 1848: , ' At 'ithy'ittep
1 he took t in this important but • difiltilt''wollti:h•
showed profound wisdom and thefulleit knowl.
edge, not only of the reitouritof of Fringe, hut
of the temper of the Fretich'prpre. ''.`ctin
m -
ei-en, manufacyuree. internal' injoefiretilCula
and IntillartYstf,all kindi Avre ., 4est!ert (,feir:—'
When any brenell of labor lacked'eniplityment,
the government • presided ii. and'lmthi mode of
providink it the wisdom of tht , ssiverelgd, trial'
shown; for when there wig nothing etiser.Silo,
lie ordered imProvetnents in'Parls,',..-Whieh at
once gave work to:the peartle, , odOrdadltherelty
and made it less, in danger of•poptillt4 itialterec ! • ,
tion. By his demolition 'OW httildinge,'-hiwn
ing of 'new and spacious streets, 'reataristlerridof '
old edifices drill mann ents i manakin bf the
magnifieent additions to' the Loutrei. yearn
moot of tlie,Parks of Mel"lo:ice and VineetiriOn;"
afiti. by numerous ;Sate wOrks, he liai 'den".
more for Paris in. en years than :could hive
been done in a century underthe.ol4 order 'of
thingt. At the same time , e has' titittlt the
money, of the government, t ins 'freely 'Spent.
circulate among the. le boring closers, and Ana
removed the chief source of paliticil irouble
in the Capital; the want of work ' ' amenity the'
ignorant and turbulent people of the Fatibcreig
St. Antoine, the Quertier St. Denjs and' °thin'
old Intents of revolution. Other eitir hate
..hared, :to a certain s degree, the attention of.the
Emperor, and he , has made
b is personal, Ingo
'once directly felt in every pared Pruitt , "
The peoPlo' soon learned that they Iliad OW a
Sovereign a min of the , People, ,,, i.wh,kept
watch over . France, and who...whatever'ltrisly
have been the, eteps by which he reached' the
throne, still' made it • his hoist that he shrived
his power (ram the peOpler, .s,, . ,•le t '., ~i
Having consolideted Fraficis at hinne s lients.
1.--- --....,-,....4..-sot-rnn.relote;'oncv:ittottollce
hint and ackonwledge - hip.title-tw, , hte Ithrerte,
but actually feel , h N 01 tilieNtie , linfi catifiltbits
friendship. The rientein Jiiiiiition, under a
envereien like Louis Philippe inight have been
bent for yen to in the obscure troglorAii;or led.
tape:and diplomacy. ,But Napoleon'ilefggie it
to the light, and he eat' the GctrdittninsitorWith
the sword,t But hith,;the 'war Witlviluitsii'
would not yet have. taken , place.' - Thati`trift
gave him an'opportunity to Show the resaniCes
of his empire the strength '.; of his arrityi:"lnd "1 1
the vigor ' of his admitlistrition. It , • broil:the '
him`also iiito alliance -with . twO of•thee Intiliti •
liberal-posters orWestein blunt., Englind Sind
Sardinia. Prom the•alliance thus Made; sprout
up, under the wise neeCttiiition of Crimson., Me
closer relations between Fkacce''ind Sardinia,
ani'of which coca the (illation td" , ltallinlinien
and liberty, which is even yet in proposs'of ins
lotion. In executing his policy cohcerninett. •
aly,,Napoleon has been obliged, to chettiserind .
despoil Austtia, to assist in- abolistiritiettoe
flourbon . dynasty iii Naples; and the'dOkediiiirts
ihat were dependencies of Austria.',. Lilehili
connived' at the Spoilation of the Stites; of 'the'
Church; end is at this moment'countenancing ,
the very destrfiction of the Pope's tempirat
The list European .papers are filletr•siittif
France and Napoleon. The prelatee'or , ' , the
church in every one of her bishop:lo. l o.i
threatening him.with the very plungers, ern * •
Vatican, if he does notletervene to miv*pittri
Ninth. in Syria, a.French army is lij*ttrie-, • '
staling order and perhapi•establishill'entAiisr
hold that will never be abandoned. •liir`Chilmal
a French fleet is cooperating , - ,witktkin li*tt
lieh. ,; Id Africa French • colonitation'*goillig
on, and if , there be but' a fraction., cid,tuutif:lia
common rePorts, the French poinidistlitarstirkAtid .
rica comprise, gottWields that, will , inikklliflit"' *
government the Hellen in the world..7rbittight;l
out the centinent of Europe, 4oyeteigrie , end
rpople are watching end admiring,thWthe Mail'
perch. NdprO.ehot and even • in• the United Stateg,''
a few,disuffecied bxtrentiits, who arc eortsehow
of their own weakness, are courting hie, ItsistV - '
(once, in the event of their attempting tO ' , tow
eels' e the;i ti eisoliaLle , design!:--gritting hair._
ever, little encottragemenv from this' man-whit , '
has the work of years yet beforol him hi' Ett 4 /
rot,.'. , , , , .'• t--,,,.,;-; 1
There is in the rise and establlahment , 'o4llo•T
second French Empire something that *oil' ,
republicih peoPle can ,•Ladmiiii. - q , ,tillisf4str a ,
French republics having. foiledi .ati4-,, histins
provpd t h at a republican gotr,ernntentlAct4ll4t .
suit the Prench people, it iisatilstie!c4,ll(firiii!,.
that great nation'thriytng'and firoilititj#,WittP
under a despot. And how thet'OeV•ileyiriliifir' •
appears a's the champion of- eisoli -",gisiptAooo - , 1
liberty iii Italy, we,can - ,OtitillittlegOfilt - liViii4
wrbnis 6i which'he rose Ko'hieMietWfOitite
position ,as the chief man itatni*OitiffaithA.. . '
urchin Europe. , •• , - - •,''`iit'?l",' , f/?4s 4 et`,4f P 4 ", n'',%" :i '''''
, ~ 4. _ .i, , .'• ~ .. ..' , L.,;(,-1 , ..:i., `,.. , „14. 04,. , ,!.,^. wool:- -.
_The shivehcOli;plaital
canto; but the 11 )ak*Ittimmiciiiiiiiieliker `_
cr. The tter
fifteen' buicdred diqie
`." 1 4P0 tati! •
9 - Id
kY° destroy !Pr
• "trief9l,
c‘Juliisn, :tier t '"ub` , AitinAiNkiiiiitt4 l ll4' * ilkj';
I a (11, , s imist ddrliie7:ivhartidp"'Lia'
Wal4l , ,nycceN,l,anin4l4l'ittjtfr
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