VOL. XXIV. KIRKS WHITE IHN Tbe onlv brand of Laundry Soap jnvax Jed a first class medal at the New Orleans Exposition. Guaran teed absolutely pare, and for general household purposes is the very best SOAR ni tiiiPisi GMCim BTORE in Betler, three doors west of West Penn Depot Hart or opr-ed a fresh stock of GROCERIES Icons :stin« of Coffee. Teas. Suiesr. Syrup, Spices, Caiuued Goods of all kinds. Hams, Bacon. I.ard, &c., & c„ Tobacco and Cigai*s, FLOUR o' be*t brands and iow prices ; also, (all line of kittißler's popular brands of fanui) Bunr cnnsiantlv on hands. , HAY. OATS. CORN and FE£l» of all kinds at lowest IJeures. l.Nalt.l owrr any ether Iloawe !■ Butler. Count rv Produce wanted for which the highest urice will Le paid. Call aud examine our stock in*! Goods delivered free to all parts of town. J.J. KSARNS& CO., 7G East JeffersoD St., - - Butler Pa WaST PSKNHOUSI. ThU hotel, just across the street from the de put. has been refitted in tbe new. and I an ajgaiu prepared to accommodate the travelling iiuDiiG 11 iii mi, DAY OR WEEK. Good Booms, good attention, good stablint rates moderate. Tot further information enquire on U premises of R. B. GILCHRIST, Proprietor The G-reat EXPOSITION! 4 GREAT SHOWS IN ORE. 4, We annouuee to tlie people tar and wide that we wUI exhibit our collossal aggregation of elarUlng v. anders. to secure which all parts of tbe earth—Europe, Asia, and portions or tbe U s. bare been searched, and such an aggregation as has never been seen since the day Noah enter ed tbe Ark. Tbe mighty Elephant.the great Rhi noceros. the Hlppopottomas.the Chlmpanzle.the 00-rang-outang or run-out-and-stlck-ont-your tongne-out. the greatest living wonders of the age will excite no wonder wnen compared with tbe multitude of monster attractions on exhibi tion at our £raat moral Circus and Menagerie. Tbe roars and uowls ol the would-be competi tor who Apw the methods, but cries down the attractions ol our own and ouly Greatest Show on earth will be drowned in the Joyful acclam ations- of a delighted populace. Remember this great show possesses no objectionable features aad la the diilght of the cultured and retlned. We show under one canopy four great shows, tbe Largest stork—Greatest variety—Ue3t Goods and styles—Lowest Prices. We have se cured a magnificent brass Band which will be a prominent feature of our great show. 3 rings with a &>-perate and continuous performance being enacted in each ring. NEW AND NOVEL attraction!-.. 3 Jolly Clowns. The greatest liv ing. walkli. •. breathing, talking curiosities of the ate. Tiiunny Phellows—sure to sell you and ail the people laugh when they see the bar gains, they atier. other and greater attractions greet the delimited eye on every side—the Pro prietor st:d Managers swinging iu the flving trapeze att u-hed to the highest pinacle of suc eem, give s.ich exhibitions of nerve and daring In sweeping reductions gorgeous displays and troodrriul iiait-ains as to call forth the plaudits ol tbe most pr.i'!>-ut ana economical. The man agement h»*K leave to annoence that in their un nrtnc zeal in tbe w-attli for the rare and curious. astotUshiiig results have alwap followed and we open for your inspection a collos sal collection of bright and new Kali Styles in Mens" I toys' and Cblldrens' Clothing. Hats, Caps I'nderwear. Shirt*, Collars. « nils. Ties, Hosiery. Ilandker ehirf*.Mufflers. Uloves. Mittens, Umbrel la*. Trtinks. Valises, Satchels, straps. Brushes, Combs. Jewelry. Corsets. Jer atys. Stockings with a fiiil line of Notions, &c, Kmc bargains all thiough the show, . fkmgUy the Clowu : - Men aud youth and boys and;all. Short aad So'id. ieati anrt tall. Who need a suit of clothes this fall, We do invite you now to call For we are rolling on Hie ball. And you are sure to make a haul. Whatever you purchase, great or small. Song2 :— '-What are the wild waves saving." Buy your Clothing and I-'urnishing goods of 11. A. HECK. Sonet I—-"Her bright smile haunts me still," Tbe tomli of Hattsfuction that beamed from the facet* Hie lft«iv who dressed her little boy In one ot Heck s irresistable suits. If yon wa:,t to save money and increase your pile dropptn and C HECK, aud be'U make you all smile. He powtaies tbe power to spread happiness around. And bis store is the place where bargains are found. Door* open at • A. M. Close at * v. M. Ad mittance. BO-ly] h EITENMULLEIt. Prop'r. FARM FOR SALE In Sugarcreek township, Armstrong county, near Adams P. 0., one and one-fourth mile east of the new oil development In Sugarcreek t\\ p. Farm contains 100 ACRES, with bank barn, itixGO feet; BRICK HOUSE. 18x30 feet, 2 stories, with ceflflr, frame kitchen. 14x16 feet; good spring of water, fin rn well wa tered, good orchard of grafted fruit. Farm in a gool state of cultivation. About 75 ACRES CLEARED, balance In good timber. Will sell extremely low lor cash. For particulars inquire of J. K. WICK, lilmersburg, Clarion Co., I'a, ULLEIIMt WAMR Why it is Superior to ai! Others. i D i ITS being enclosed it retains the high : 101. temperature so necessary In removing the dirt from the goods, o nr | THERE being no Friction on the £IIU. clothing to wear It. Q r if THE peculiar action of the water In the oru. Machine (which cannot be understood unless one sees It) forcing a strong current of water through the clothing at every vlrbratlon of the Agitator, (which is caused by the peculiar construction of the top or the Machine. A it. AN D best of all Is that a child of four years till, can do the work it being so light that the operator sits down while doing It. Machines and County and Tow nship ltlghis throughout the State of Pennsylvania. Sold by SHIRAS & HAYS, • Eutler, Pa 8-19-iy SMILL FiBI FOR SUE. In Franklin twp., half wav between Prospect and Whltestown, 011 the Pittsburg and Franklin road, contains fourteen-and a quarter acres, has good buildings— A New Frame House, Good barn and all other necessary outbuildings. Laud all level, and iu good state of cultivation, good well water, both hard and soft, and good orchard of all kinds of fruit. For price and terms apply to me at iny furniture store in Pros pect. O. M. EDMUNDSON. 9--'-3m Wanted. Wo want a few live men i to take orders for a lull line 1 of choice nursery stock. Our 9tock is all selected and guar an teed first class. We f'ur ■ nish a handsome Outfit FREE, also fruit SAMPLES in SEASON. A WORKER never fails with us. Don't delay but write at once for terms, &c. to Edw. O. GRAHAM, NURSERYMAN, Rochester, N. Y. r ' ; CHOICE FRUIT Having taken the agency for the Choice Fruit .Trees, t Beautiful Shrubbery, , Ornamental Trees, « Ane eveiything else in the Nursery Hue, of the New England Nurseries. Chase llros. & Co., N. V.. I will call upon you in the near future and solicit your orders for Spring delivery. - A. H, FALLER, Agent, Bntler, - - - Pa. J. H.DOUGLABS, —DEALER IN STATIONERY 1 OF ALL KINDS, Books and Periodicals, CHEAP TABLETS, —AND— Wall Paper, f Eagle Building, Main St», BUTLER, - - 1 2-t-87-ly M.F.&M. Marks - Invite your inspection ot their .stock of FALL and WINTER Millinery Goods. » Receiving goods every week [ I their stock is always t j FRESH AND COMPLETE. F, ' , ' S CATARRH Cream Sa ' rTT BO^£TLY Cleanses the Nasal Passag '«] e S ,A.,ayf H^M pain and In flammati on fig* , Heals th t sores,restore' the Senses ol 1 T a sle an Smell. HAY-FEVER Try Itie cure Ely's Ceam Balm, K particle is applied into each nostril and is agreeable, Price SO cents at Druggists :by matj. registered, Ct) cts. Circulars free, El.\ I'KOS, 2S Greenwich St. New York. BUTLER COUiNTY Mutual Fire insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts, a. c. ROESSING, PRESIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL, Treasurer H. C. HEINEMAM, Secretary. DIRECTORS: .T I Purvis Samuel Anderson, Wiiliam Campbell .1. W- Bnrkliart. A. Ttontman, Henderson Oliver, G C Roe«ing, James Stephenson, I)r. W. Irvin, X- Weitzel, .1 F Taylor. 11. C. Hememan, LOTAL M'JUNKIN, Gee, A*' • JBTTTIL-EJIR, Planing Mill —AND— ard J. L. FUKVI3. - 1.. O. PURVIS, S.G.Pums&Co. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IX Rough and Planed Lumber OF KYEHY DJiSCKIiTION, FRAMES, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOOR:* FLv-OiIINQ, SIDING, BATTENS, Grackeis,Guagsd Cornice Boards. SHINGLES & LATH PLANING MILL AND YARD CJ«s {,'hnrcf |W"™™W Country Gentleman THE BEST OF THE AGRICULTURAL WEEKLIES. DEVOTED TO FARM CHOPS AND PROCESSES. HORTICULTURE & FRUIT UIIOIVISO. LIVE STOCK aad DAIRYING. While if also Includes all minor departments of Rural Interest, such as the Poultry Yard, Knto inrlogy, Bee-Keeping Greenhouse and Grapery, Velvriiary Replies, Farm (Questions and An swers, Fireside Heading, Domestic Economy, and a summary of tlie News of the Week. Its Maukkt kk ports art' unusually complete, aud much attention Is paid to the Prospects of the Crops, as throwing light upon one of the most important, of ail questions—When to Buy ami When to Sell. It Is liberally illustrated, and by RECENT ENLARGEMENT, contains more reading matter than ever before. 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Send a postal card to the Weekly Chronicle Telegraph, Pittsburg, Pa., for a sam pie copy. We will send the CITIZEN and the Weekly Chronicle Telegraph, to any address in the United States or Canada, tor one year for s2'oo Jury List for November. List of Jurors drawn to serve In a special term of C ourt commencing the second Monday of Nov. 1887, being tlie Htli day, Drawn Aug. 3d ISBT. Allison, John N. Center tp, farmer. lirovfn II J, ( lay tp. carpenter. Barnes G J. Falrvlew tp, laborer. Barr Joseph. Jefferson tp, farmer. Bortmass Win, Butler boro Ist precinct, gar- dener. llraiulou W S, Connoq' tp, fanner. Burtner Wm, Penn tp farmer, C rite blow T J. Prospect, merchant. Croft A I* Lancaster tp, farmer. Oonway Clinton, Washington tp. farmer, Carson W 11. Buffalo tp. farmer. Dlckcy J W, SUpperyroclf tp. farmer. Daubeuspeck thi Ist Washington tp. farmer, Elliott Thos W. Buffalo tp, farmer, Kieeger W B, Concord tp, farmer. Flinner Charles, Connoq* s. farmer. Gordon James. Brady tp, farmer. Graham wm, Cranberry tp, farmer. Graham J G, Censre tp. farmer. Gibba Samuel. Karns City, laborer. Glona N G, Washington tp, farmer, Grossman AW, SUpperyrock tp. farmer, Glenn John A, Worth tp, farmer. Gilmore Uug'a. Marrion tp, farmer. Grant n S, Allegheny tp. farmer. lloiinnd Wm. sr Washington tp. farmer. Harmon Frank, Falrvlew tp, tarnier. Iman Tlies, Concord tp, pumper. jsruau Samuel, Jackson W tp, miller. Irvin .Join). Cherry N, farmer. Jameson W E. Allien}' tp, f.u'iper. Moore W it. Worth tp, farmer. Maliou Alex, Middlesex tp, farmer. Miller C 00'ge. C lay tp. farmer. McGowan David, Connoq' tp, farmer. McLaughliu J B. Fall-view w. urmer. Porter Kerr, Cherry S, farmer. Pearce Horace. Butler tp, farmer. Patterson A J. Allegheny tp. farmer. lteed 11 R. Sllpperyrock tp, tarnier. Rivers John, sr \\ tiifleld tp. farmer. Rosenberry Wm I>. Venango tp. farmer. Shaffer Henry, JaeUson tp. farmer. Shaffner George, Butler boro Ist precinct, con- tractor. Smith G W Allegheny tp, farmer. Snath V U. Falrvlew tp, producer. smith ThoS. Parker tp. farmer, Shelver G W, Butler boro lsf precinct, printer, Thompson D A. Parker tp, farmer. Thompson Robert, Clearfield tp, tarmer. Walters w I). Clinton tp, farmer. Wttzel Nicholas. Bradj tp, blacksmith. Wasson W 11. Marlon tp, turner, • West David. Franklin tp, tarmer. The Serpent of the Still. I Hy Will C'irlrtOii in ILtrpcr's HVf.'/y. • The tewipier, as God'; legem!-* (eli — | Allowed on > a-tii to roan— | Crush-d that which Woioan loves so well. Iltr sweat and sacred home. From Eden, lost through his black att. She wandered out forlorn. She c irsed him in her gentle heart With meek but deadly scorn. And sin -e, in varied guise of .-in, tie works his hatet'ai will. And r-a;-p'ars *o-;!ay withia The serpent of lite still. He conies not now in subtle inood— With smiles, as long ago— Enticing her by honeyed food, An 1 mysteries she may know; He makes insulting; swii'i advance luto her bright home-nest, Admitted and embraced, perchance, By these she loves the bast. He brings the world where lie must dwell. Her clays and nights to fill, Transmuting Paradise to Hell— This serpent of the stiil! He twines about her trembling life, And soils it with his s.'ime; lie fills the hours with foolish strife, He sows the seeds of crime. And Poverty anJ fierce Disease. And Death t>y death-en panged degrees, Are in his cold embrace. To grieve, to hurt, to rend, to saiite, To hurt, and to kill. Are leaden links of his delight— The serpcut of the stiil! ROUSP, Woman, in yoar quiet power, Your heart's man-withering frown, Your hand that rules the festal hour, And crush the monster down! You shape the humm form aad soul, You mark the infant's way, Youth's fancy you can oft control, Man's acti on you cansway: Bend every blessing of your life To fight its deadliest ill! Strike— daughter, maiden, widow, wife This serpent of the still! The Messenger's Ordeal, When the Peninsular war was at its height, Genera! Murat, who was in command of tho French troops at Madrid, desired to seod a dispatch of the gravest importatce to General Junot at Lisbon. The distance was uot great, but the country through which the messeuger would be oblig ed to travel was infested by a band of guerillas who carried on an irregu lar warfare on their own account, much to the annoyance and detri ment of the French army. These lawless volunteers fought from their ambusAdes in the forests and moun tain passes with unparalleled ferocity, frequently surprising detachments of the regular army aud capturing their stores and ammunition. The heroic deeds of Gen. Castanos, the guerilla commauder-iu chief, wero echoed throughout Europe, and it was well known that be gave no quarter to French prisoners. Therefore Gener al Murat could find no soldier desir ous of undertaking an errand so fraught with danger. In his dilemma he sought the ad vice of Baron StrogauolT, the Russ ian Ambassador, who was friendly with tho French cause. The Baron, being well aware of the gravity of the siruation, deliberated for severul minutes; the result was the following suggestion: "Send one of your most reliable Polish lancers in Russian uniform," he said, with a verbal message to our Admiral, now in Lisbon harbor, lie, iu turn, will communicate with Junot without arousing the slightest suspicion on the part ot the English. Nu doubt your courier will be arrested a score of times en route, but as my country has maintained neutral ground thus far, it is not probable that tha result will b3 fatal. Castanos is too much of a diplomat to risk the displeasure of Russia, an i by observing tha pro per caution, it will not be difficult to deceive him " General Murat was charmed with this clever proposition, and at once ordered the Captain of the Warsaw Laacers to select from his company a brave, reliable fellow who could be trusted to undertake the important mission. Early on the following day. Lieu tenant Lackiusky, a young Pole, eighteen years of age, sought audi ence of the French General, who ex plained the nature of the service he required of the youth, without con cealing the perils it would entail. Lackinsky, nothiug daunted, declar ed with a contemptuous smile that he eagerly awaited an opportunity to prove how little he feared the guer illas, and he was prepared to set out at once on his journey. Pleased with the young Pole's en thusiasm, as well as with his evident desire to distinguish himself, the General repeated with precision the message to be carried to Junot. Baron Stroganoff's Russian dis patches having been duly secured, the courier started for the coast, com pletely armed aud disguised in the uniform ot an officer of the Czar's guard. Nothing of importance occured un til the afternoon of the second day, when our hero entered a defile iu the mountains near Talavera, lie had not advanced more than a quarter of a mile when he was met by a half a dozen guerillas, who, without wait ing to parley, roughly dragged him from his horse, seized his weapons, and led him to a chapel in a cave hard by, where he found himself face to face with the tenible Castanos. "Who are you?" asked the guerril la chief, in French, while he angrily scrutinized the prisoner. Alive to the danger of his position, Lackinsky's heart failed him for an instant, but quickly recovering his preseuce of mind, he fixed his eyes on his interlocutor's face with a meaningless stare. Presently he an swered in German. "I do not under stand." Castinos called one of his officers, aud requested him to continue tho examination in the prisoner's tongue Observing the utmost caution lest by an inadvertant expression he might betray his knowledge of French, the Pole replied to all the officer's ques tions either in Russian or German During the examination the chap el had become crowded with gueril las, attracted there by curiosity and a desire for excitement. Each hung upon the prisoner's words, eager to detect the slightest evidence of de ception on bis part. Suddenl} there was an interrupt ion caused by the appearance of Cas tanos leading by the arm a peasant whom he placed before the Polo, say ing: "Look carefully at this man, and tell us whether b-* he Russian, German, or, as I strongly suspect, a cursed French spy." BUTL'-'R. PA.. FRIDAY, NOVUMH IM. IM The peasant obeyed, and present- 1 Ily replied, in a loud decided tone: j "He is a disguised Frenchmen. A ; ; few weeks ajo, whpn I took a load of hay to Madrid, this was the very of ! ficer, who signed my receipt." Lackiusky betrayed no sgn of f< ar, and the expression of his coun tenace did not vary, as he looked Irom one to tbe other of the excited ' soldiers who surrounded him. They w ;uld haye t< rn him to pieces had not their general, discouraged by : the failure of h:s t»'St, inteifered. "My friends," he loudly exclaim | ed, "nothing is yet proved against j our prisoner, and he has certaiuly i shown beyond a doubt that he does not understand French, This peas ! ant might easily make a mistake, for it would be difficult to recognize a j man whom he saw only once and ' then in a different uniform from the ! one he now wears. Tho prisoner looks like a Russian, his papers are addressed to the Czar's Admiral and I think we had better allow him to I proceed " "No, no," was the cry that arose 1 from a hundred voices at once, "we j tire not \et satisfied, and he shall not ! go until we are." "But are we to take the risk of of fending the Russians by interfering with one of their dispatch-bearers?" The guerrillas agreed that they did not dare to act in opposition to the Czar, at the same time they were not yet convinced of the nationality of the man; thsy suspected be might be a French spy, in spite of appear ances. Accordingly he was conduct to a vault beneath tbe cnapel and rocked in. A bard ride of many hours over rough roads, added to the agony of mind which he had endured during his examination, had so exhausted poor Lackinsky, that he sank upjn a heap of straw in one corner of his prison, aud was soon asleep. Two hours elapsed, when the door was softly opened, and some one en tered A gentle tap on the shoulder aroused the young lieutenant;, and a woman's gentle voice whispered: " Voulez vous souper, MonsieurV' Heavy with sleep, the prisoner fancied himself, for a moment, with his mess at Madrid. Tbe fearful or deal lasted ouly a single moment, for, looking up and rubbing his eyes, Lackiusky's position was recalled to bitu by the darkness of bis cell, which served the double purpose of concealing his doubt and surprise. His presence of mind did not desert him even then, and he inquired, in German, what was wanted of him. Without another word, the woman disappeared. When reporting this test to bis comrades, Castanos added, with a coarse laugh; "You see I was right in believing him to be a Russian, for were he French he would surely have betrayed himself to a woman Give him something to eat, saddle his horse and send him ou his way," Unfortunately for the prisoner, the general's autnority over his yol unteer corps was not absolute; his order was therefore obeyed only in part Supper was served, but Lack insky remained in his cell. Tin following morning Castanos, who had his own reasons for wishing to be favorably reported to tbe Rus sian Government, visited his prisoner and told him uot to be discouraged, adding an assurance that his deten tion would soon end. At the same time, takiug the youth by the hand, he assured him, wth a smile, that there was nothing further to fear Though inwardly rejoicing, as he listened to the encouraging words, Lackinsky appeared to comprehend nothing but the gentle tone and friendly pressure of the baud. Liter, be was led to a spot where ten French prisoners had ju»t been shot. There, in the presence of the ghastly, bleeding corpses, he was for ced to remain until night. Prison was a relief compared with such a cruel spectacle, yet, in spite of the General's re-assuring remarks, ho could not obtain the repose of which he was by this time sorely iu need. The fate ot his companions in arms, which he fully expected to share, haunted him continually, uutil sleep overcame him after several hours of weary watching and tossing on his hard bed of straw. As before, a woman gently aroused him, and spoke in the tone in French: "Come quickly; I will save you; your , horse is saddled; everything i 3 ready; follow me softly, softlj'." The young lieutenant's senses were immediately on the alert; bis suspic ion was fully aroused, and be was not to be tak«n unawares. "What was it yon said V he quietly asked in German. "I did not understand; cau you not speak to me in my native tongue?" Tho women immediately vanished. On hearing of this incident, Casta nos again spoke in behalf of his pris : oner; but the assertion made so con ; fideutly by the peasant had worked upon the minds of the guerrillas to such a degree that they refused to be conviuced until they bad made one more trial. It was therefore agreed that Lackinsky should remain iu cap tivity another night. Five guerillas entered the vault on the following morning, uttering furi ous threats against the French, ac companied by maledictions on the head of Napoleon. They spoke in Spanish, of which Lackinsky under stood quite enough to know what they were saying, but he assumed an . air of unconcern and looked from one to another as though wondering what could be the cause of their excitement. After being informed that he was to have another trial, he was led i to the chapel where, ranged along ; the ste; sof the altar, he beheld a doz en guerilla chiefs who had constitut ed themselves a council of war With a show of suddenly understand ing that he was to undergo an exam ination, the young lieutenaut demand ed an interpreter. A soldier who spoke German was sent for and the trial proceeded "What is the object of your jour ney rota Madrid to Lisbon ?" was tbe lirst question. "Being an c fficer of the Czir's gu 'rd," answered Lackinsky, 'I have been entrusted with important dis patches from Baron Stcogauoff to Ad miral Siuiaiin " "Ask him if he is a friend to Spaiu?" said one of the judges to the interpre ter. "Indeed I am!" replied the Pole, when the question was put to him in German; "I he-ior and esteem the Spanish nation, and would be delight ed if they would consent to form an alliance with my country." J Turning towird tbe council the iu i ttrpreter said in French. •' J' je prie- oner decl-»re!« that he is a Rus.-u!d so suddenly hive aroused the council, who watch ed h in narrowly while vent to augry thr; ats. They well lmew that nothing would be so likely to put the prisoner off bis guard as the apparent treachery of the interpreter. "Comrades," said Castanos, who entered the chapel at the conclusion of the interpreter's remarks, "are you convinced at last and will you now permit this dispatch bearer to pro ceed?" The guerillas answered with one voice, and socager were they to make amends for what they considered their error, that within one hour Lackin sky's horse, papers, aud weapons were restored, and he was far on the road to Lisbon, rejoicing at bis escape. The Muhlenberg Family Dr. Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg was married to Auna Mary Weiser, daughter of Conrad Weiser, and had a large family. The most distin guished of his sons were the follow ing: John Peter Gabriel, tbe eldest, Frederick Augustus Conrad, the sec ond, and Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muh lenberg, the third sou, were ali sent to lLlle, iu Germany, at the ages respectively of IG, 14 and 10 years, where two were prepared for the ministry, aud returned to America, The eldest served in a drug store for two years at Luebeck, then became a private secretary to a British Colo nel, by whom he was restored to his father, and studied for the ministry under Provost Wrangle in America. While pastor of tbe Lutheran church at Woodstock, Ya , Peter Muhlen berg, actuated by patriotic motives, accepted a Colonel's commission in the Eight Virginia Regiment, aud entered the army of tbe Revolution, became a Major General, and served from tbe beginning to the close of the war lie was elected Vice-President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, of which Benjamin Franklin was President, Vice-Presi deut of tbe Society of Cincinnati, Uuited States Senator under the new constitution, and was finally appoint ed Collector of the Port of Philadel phia by President Jefferson Frederick Augustus Courad Muh lenberg, after assisting his father iu Philadelphia, and serving as pastor of Christ's church. New York, under the pressure of the times, and the po litical exigencies of the Revolution, yielded to the solicitations of his fel low citizens to represent them in the legislature of Pennsylvania, over which he presided, w T as president of the Board of Censors, chosen a dele gate aud president of the convention that ratified the Constitution ot the United States, and subsequently el ected to the House of Representati ves, and presided of the First and Third Congresses under the Consti tution. Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlen berg after assisting his father and serving congregations in Philadel phia and New Jersey, was called to Lancaster, and labored as pastor of Trinity Lutheran church for thirty five years, having also been the first president of Franklin College. He had a taste for tho natural sciences, and became distinguished as a bota nist, being called the Linnieas of America. He had two sons, F. A. Muhlenberg, D. I) , LL. I)., of the University of Pennsylvania, and the ilon. Henry A. Muhlecberg, mem ber of Congress, and Minister to Aus tria, and the father of Dr. H. II Muhlenberg, and the 11. A. Muhlen berg, Jr. Two of tbe most prominent chil dren of Gen. Peter Muhlenberg were Major Peter Muhlenberg, who was a Lieutenant in the U S. Navy and as such participated in the fight on L:»ke Erie, subsequently entered the U. S. Army, was aid to Gen. Pike in the Canada campaign, blown up there iuto tbe air by the explosion of a powder magazine, served under Gen Jackson at New Orleans and the Florida war, aud ended his days, iu 184-1, as Paymaster in the Uuited States Army; aud Francis Swaine Muhlenberg, Etq, who represented one of the Congressional Districts of Ohio in tbe national Congress. Dr. William Augustus Muhlen berg. the author of "I would not live A 1 way," founder of St. Luke's Hospi tal, St Johuland, and Grace Episco pal church, New York, was a graud son of the Patriarch, his father hay ing been Henry William. The only liviug grandson of Gen oral Peter Muhlenberg, is Major Frank P. Muhlenberg, ot Galesburg, Michigan, who served with distinc tion in tbe late war with Gens Grant and Sherman in the army of the Ten nessee; a member of the Society of Cinciunat, aud tbe Loyal Legion.— Observer. A Brave Yankee Soldier' "The bravest Y'ankee soldier I ever SAW," says Hon Henry W Flourney, secretary of the commonwealth of Va "participated in one of the fights in the valley of Virginia It was dur ing Sheridan's raid in the valley. Our company of cavalry was going across a road aud level field at a sweeping gallop In tbe woods I saw a solitary Yankee soldier sitting upon a horse, and I noticed tha' everv now and then (just as fast as he could load) he would fire down our line Pop, pop, pop, would go his rifle, and 1 determined to capture him. I en tered the woods without bi3 seeing me and came up in the rear of him. I bad a fine seven shooter in my hand and iutunded to useitiu case of emer gency. I rode up toward him as qui etly as I could, and had my pistol cocked ready for use if he attempted to fight. Suddenly hd turned arid saw me, and in aa instant raised his rifle. I leveled my pistol, but he was quicker than 1, and the ball from his rifle passed through my neck. A few moments afterward there was a general skirmish, but I was badly wounded, and did not know what be come of the fellow who shot me and stood solitary aud alone in tho very face of a whole company of Confeder ate cavalry aud resisted them.—Chic ago Times, —Thanksgiving is our next legd t holiday. Anarchists Before the Supreme Court.—Case Closed. e.f.N Bli'TLElt PLEADS FOB TtlE WRIT. Gen. Butler said that he would state the points of contention, and if he stated them wrongly be wanted t > be corrected "by any wh » did not advocate the right to steal men and to steal t uppers." Af ter describing what happened pre vious to the Haymariet meeting he said : "At that meeting a bomb was thrown by somebody for some pur pose, and there is not one word in these 8.000 pages of evidence to show that any one of these men bad any thing to do with throwing that bomb There were but two of these men within miles of that meeting, and one had his wife and two little children in the very place almost where tho bomb was lighted. Its explosion kided a single policeman and within a few days all of these men were ar rested without a warrant, committed to jail and held there without exam ination and without process until they were indicted by a grand jury. And to describe a simple crime, if crime it was, the State's Attorney had to draw an indictment of sixty-nine counts During the trial the Judge allowed questions to be asked with regard to a conspiracy, although in all the sixty-nine counts of the indict ment there was no conspiracy alleged. He said that he was ready to pledge himself that there was not a single man of the jury selected who had not said that he had a firm—and some of them an enthusiastic—conviction, opinion and prejudice against the de fendants. Alter a great deal of rambling talk about the composition of tbe jury, dis satisfaction with the record,lack of time for preparation, the sentencing Of the prisoners iu their preseuce and that of tLeir counsel, the injustice done them by "uureasouablo search and seizure," etc, Gen Butler said that if all these things could be done, "tbe question was to be debated whether that Government would not be a little better il it were over-turned into anarchy than if it were to be car rit d on in this fashion." "I have no fear," he said, "of being misunderstood upon tYils question. I haye the individuality of being tbe only man in the United States that condemned and executed men for un dertaking to overturn thd law There were thousands of them Aud for that set, please your Honors, a price was set upon my head as though I were a wolf, and $25,000 was offered to any man that could capture me, to murder me, by Jefferson Davis and his associates, and who, if they were here at your bar, trying to ascertain whether they should have an honest and fair trial for their great crimeß, aud they called upon me—their lives in danger —I should hold it to be mv duty to stand here and do all that I might to defend them. That is tbe chivalry of the law, if I understand it, and if I don't it is not of much conse quence, for I am quite easily and quickly passing away." After some further taik, Gen. But ler said he agreed fally that the first ten amendments of the Constitution were limitations of Federal power and not restrictions of tbe rights of the States. The "privileges and im munities," however, claimed by these prisoners, were privileges inherent in each cjie of the citizens of the several States of the United States, because in vast majority we wero British sub jects and had certain privileges and immunities inherited under the com mon law aad Magna Charta, and among them, and tho most thorough ly known and defined, were tbe trial by jury for all high crimes, exemp tion for search and seizure without warrant of law, protection from self accusation when a witness, and not to be deprived ot life, liberty or prop erty without due process of law. We claim that all the rights, privileges and immunities that belong to a British subject under Magna Charta belong to each citizen of the United State, and that as new citizens of the United States were made, not citizens of States, by naturalization, these rights, privileges and immunities came to them as citizens of the Uuited States. The effect of the Fourteenth amendir >t was to guar antee these rights, privileges and im mucities to the citizens of all tbe States, The words "due process of law" as contained 'n the Fourteenth ameud rneet, aud as used to define one of these guaranteed rights, mean "by the law of the land," uot tbe law of a county, a province, or a State, but the law of the country—the whole country. That is tbe law of the laud and was so understood by our forefath ers as due process of law. Any other meaning given to "due process" ot law as it is used in the Fourteenth amendment would make it simply ridiculous and frivolous, because any State may enact a "due process of law"according to that State by which a man's life may be taken, and from which not a single right or immun ity of citizenship can protect him. Any law a State may make after the passage of this amendment for deal ing with the rights of a citigen of tbe United States becomes wholly inop erative, because the "law ofthe laud" must forever remain fixed as at that moment, not to be changed in regard to its citizens without a change of organic law, and for some purposes not to be even so changed. AS TO FIELDEN AND SPIES. Gen. Butler then proceeded to a consideration of the special and pecu liar questions raised by the cases of and Spies who are foreigners He contended that treaties w«re the supreme law of the land and that these prisoners were entitled by vir tue of treaties with Germany and Great Britain to all the rights and privileges of American citizens at the time such treaties were made. A State had no power to try these men by one of their own laws which was not the law of the land at the time the treaties were ratified. He did not mean, he seid, that a foreigner could come into a State and break its laws with impunity, and that the State could uot touch him; but he did mean that the State could only try him in accordance with the laws of the land —the whole land—at the time the treaty with his Government was made. This, he said, was an important question to every American citizen, biciuse iu return for tha concessions made by this Government in the treaty with Great Britaiu the Gov ernment of that country had made similar concessions to us. Suppose that a citizen of the United States should go to Ireland and should muk> rome remarks about the advantage* f h republicau form of government, and should be arrested aud tried by the Crimes act iu violation of tliv treaty, would we not stand up and pav that this man mast b* tried by a fair and impartial jury—he must be tried as an Euglish.n tu w>u d have been tried at the time the treatv was mide, and that he caunot be d ■ »lt wi b in a more suiuiu.ry way U'ider a Inter law. If this should happen, Gen Butler said, he hoped that the Euglish authorities would not be able to bold up to h;m a decision of the United Sta'.es Supreme Court «us tain : ing the right to try an Englishman by the local law of a Slate which \v Supreme Court, an impartial juror, he said, is one who is "standing iu freedom of mind without bias of prejudice, and is indifferent " The petitioners were noc tried by such n jury and are enti tled to protection under the Federal Constitution. "If," he said, "the Court is 10 -iive tue jurors as prejudi ced as some of those iu this case, I had better go to a laud of Hottentots, for they would not allow me to be stolen and taken back into Illinois " [Gen. Butler's allusion is to the kiunapping of Ker referred to by counsel on the other side in defend ing their search and seizure ] Iu reply to Mr. Grinnell's state ment that the record would show that the defense were more ready to take the last juror, Sanford, than the State was, Gen. Butler said that they were compelled to accept the last juror Their peremptory challenges were ex hausted and they could do nothing else. Uuder these circumstauces they talked to him and coaxed him into a slate of mind as favourable to their side as they could. That was what the record refered to by Mr. Grimeil would show, and nothing more. Gen. Butler then referred to the assertion of counsel on the other side that the petitioners had waived some of their rights through not insisting upon them bv exception or objection at the proper time, and that therefore they were estopped from asseiting those rights now in this court. He contended, however, that when a man was on trial lor bis life there was no such thing as a waiver or an estop pel. In capital offenses a prisoner cannot waive wittingly or unwitting ly auytbing that will affect the issue Iu support of this contention he cited the ophiion of Chief Justice Shaw in the case of Dr. Webster. The pris oners, he maintained, could not be barred out because they had not rais ed sufficient forma! objections." Gen. Butler theu returned again to the "unreasonable searches and seiz ures" complained of by the petition ers, and said his associate, Mr. Tucker, had characterized the proceeding as a "subperna duces tecum " executed by a locksmith. "Why, your honors," he exclaimed, "they searched uuder a burglary headed by the State's At torney on his own admission—no mis erable policeman or half-witted Con stable, but the State's Prosecution Attorney does the burglary, steals the papers, and says you can't help that. He puts it with a sort of tri umph, and yet we are told that our immunities and privileges are not in vaded, aud our remedy is to sue for trespass What a beautiful remedy. Sue the State's Attorney and be tried by such a jury as the laws ot Illinois would give, . Better be in a place not to be named for comfort." As a final reason why the writ should be granted, Gen. Butler urged that the prisoners had been sentenced to death in their absence and without be>ng asked whether they had any reason to give why the sentence of death should not be pronounced upon them. The record, he said, did not show that they were atisent wheu sentenced, but they could prove it, They record showed that they were present, but they could prove by halt of Chicago that this was a mistake. In conclusion Gen. Butler said: "May 1, in closing, m-ike one obser yation? If mens' lives can be taken in this way, as you have seen exhib ited here to-day, better anarchy better be without law than with any such law " Gen Butler then thank ed the Court for its indulgence and took his seat. Das Baechlein. The pretty poem "Du Baeihlein," by Kletke, erroneously attributed in some of the books to Geo: he, has been paraphrased bv "Otto War burg " It will be noticed that the exact metre of the German version has been preserved and the transla tor has as closely as possible, (too closely, perhaps, for poetic beauty) to the German author's words. We append the German stanxas aud the English paraphrase: DAS B.ECIILEIN Du Baxhlein, silberhell uad k'ar, Du eilst vorueber immerd*r, Am Ufersteh' ich, sinn' uud sinii'; Wo komrnst du her? wo gehst du bin? "Ich komm' aus dunkler Felsea Sohoos, \lein Lanf geht neber Blum' und Moos; Auf memem Spiegel schewbt so mild Des blauen Himuieis freundlioh Bild D'ruui hab, ioh frohen Kindersian, r.-i treibt uiich fort, weiss nicht vrohin: Der mieh gnrufen aus deru Stein, Der, deak'ich, wird mein Feuhrer sein." THE LITTLE BKOOK. Thou brooklet, clear aud silver bright, Forever onward is thy flight. I hear thy song and faiu would know Whence do you come ami wither go, "I come from out a glodmy cave, My course the flowers and lave. My mirrored face reSecteth, to.), __ The image of the heavenly blue. And thm I have a child like sen-ie Wbirth drives me forth, I know not whence. From oi is the roja. it sendeth me I ku'dw it Vkill ray leader be." How Adam Fell. One of the inimitable stories told by Prof, l'riee, the celebrated colored orator of North Carolina, is some what as follows: The gr-atest danger to the negro ;i- the ope 1 silooa. A certain negro ! f mily lived in a little cabin in the countjy. two miles from a small vil lage, where there wa« one store and one 8 loon. Like all their race, they were yery respectful to their minister and glad to provide h m an eatertain ment ot the best in their reach. The "sister" received word that the preacher would ca 1 that day and wished to ask her some questions ous of the Catechism. It was nearly noon and they had no chickens. Adam, the husband, was in the back yard. He was instantly summoned and that the preacher would be there soon and they must get him some dinner. He could give no advice in the matter. At last the good housewife be thought herself that she had a quar ter oi a dollar. She at once dispatch ed Adam to town to get a jug of mo lasses so that, at least, they could make a molasses cake for the minis ter. Adam got his molasses and start ed for home, but as he passed the sa loon he met an old companion and the following colloquy took place: "Why, how'dv, how'dy ? I hain't seen you in a long time. Come in here, old fellow, and take a little." Adam went iu and took a dram, and was starting for home when he met another comrade. "Why, how'dy, how'dy? You don't get to town often. You'r well?" "Yes; first-rate." "Well come take a little." And Adam took a second drink. He then essayed to go home, but he met another old crony, and took a third drink By this time Adam was drunk but be managed to get on very well with bis jag of molasses until he reached the foot log across the creek. Some how the foot-log wouldn't lie still but flew up and hit the jug and broke it. The broken jug cut Adam's face, and the blood and molasses ran over his clothes.- He got home and fell into the door. The good wife took in the situation at once and said: "Adam, what ails ye?" "Nothiu'." "How come this blood and molas ses on ye?" "Don't know." "Adam, you're drunk and the preacher is going to be here in a few minutes You go under the bed and stay there till he goes away." Adam went under the bed. Pres ently the preacher came and said: "How'dy, sister, how'dy?" With forced serenity she said "How'dy?" ' Sister, I have come to ask ye some questions outen the Catechism, and I will just ask them now. Sis ter, just tell me, if you can, how Adam fell?" "No, sah, I can't tell you nothio'; I don't know how Adam fell." "I'm astonished" said the preacher, "that you cannot answer so easy a question; I will ask you only one more. After Adam fell where did he hide himself?" The good wife was thoroughly as tonished. She turned her face to ward the bed and cried out: "Adam! Adam! Come out of there. The preacher knows all about it, somebody has been telling him," And so, because of that one saloon, that pastoral visit was spoiled.—H. D. IJinman in The American. Is This Sectionalism. Hon. James G. Blaine in his speech at Augusta, socu after his de feat for the Presidency, gave an ex hibit of Southern usurpation, which appeals to every white and colored voter, and which shows that we are under a Democratic administration. In speaking of intimidation he said: "If the outrage stopped there it would be bad enough; but it does not stop there, for not only is the negro population diafranchised, but the power which rightfully and constitu tionally belongs to them is trans ferred to the whito population, ena bling the white population of the South to exert an electoral influence far beyond that exerted by the same uum'oer of white people of the North. To illustrate just how it works to the destruction of all fair elections, let me present to you five States in the late Confederacy and five loyal States of the North, possessing in each section the same number of e'ectorial votes. "In the South the States of Louisi ana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia itud South Carolina have in the ag gie/at-j forty-2igbt electoral votes. They have 2,800 000 white people and over 3,000,000 colored people. Iu the North the States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, Kansas and Cali fornia have likewise in the aggregate forty-eight electoral votes, and they have a white population of 5.600,000, or just double the five Southeran States I have named. The Northern States have practically no colored population It is therefore, evident mat the white men in these Southern States, by usurping and absorbing the rights of the colored men, are ex erting just double the political power of the white men in the Northern States" How long this will continue will depend on how loug.tbe people will consent to have a Democratic Admin istration. The party which gave the negro the ballot is the one to protect him in his franchise. None other will. —The stereotyped report of Jacob Sharp's condition is that "he remains about the same." And. thanks to his money, he remains in juat the same place, instead of going to the prison to which he was sentenced. —Mrs. Dinah Maria Craik, better known as Miss Mulock, the author of "John Halifax," is dead. Mrs. Craik was born in 1826 at Stoke-upon-Kent aud has been a novelist since 1849, when her first novel was published. —A Camden, N. J., minister has been assaulted for not paying particu lar attention to the wife of one of his parishoners. It seem 3 pretty hard on the ministers if they are going to be punished whether they .do or whether they don't. —Everywhere you go, you are cer tain to hear of the wonderful virtues of Dr. Bull's B-by. Syrup. All'drug gists sell it at 25 cents a bottle. Oftentimes crabbedness of temper is induced by an unhealthy liver. Laxador will bring sunshine by promptly acuon .n thi> gtea, organ. NO. 50