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NEW SERIES.
EBEKSBUItG,- DEOEMB.EB f-IS56
TOIi. 4. KO. 8.
.-jCKii&k. lfS III IN. 1FS - Il u in
THE DEMOCItAT & SENTINEL, is publish
d every Wednesday morning, in Ebensburg
Cambria Co., Ta:, at $1 50 per annum, if paid
i advance, if nt $2 will be charged
ADVEIITISEMENT3 will be conspicuously in
aorted at the following rates, viz
I 1 square 3 insertions,
Every subsequent insertion,
1 squire 3 months,
1 " .. "
1 year,
$1 00
. 25
3 00
6 00
12 00
SO 00
15 00
5 00
oBn 1 year,
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Business Cards,
OcTwelve lines constitute a sqiiare.
TI1B subscriber takes pleasure in annoanemg
to his numerous customers,-and the public
franerallv. that he is now opening ouo of the
iarrest and most deniable stocks of
FALL AND WNTEll GOOD j !
ver nresentcd to this community. His stock
consist chiefly of the following viz :
LADIES D11ES8 GOODS!
such as Talmas, Vizettcs. Si.awls, Silks, Meri
nos, Cashmeres, Woolen l'laids, De Laines, De
Bagea, Alapacas, Ginghams, Calico ; BONNETS
Ribbons, Collars, Trimmings, ivc.
GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING !
itch as Over Coats, Dress Coats, Pants, Vests,
Shirts, Drawers, Arc. Also a large stock of
DOMESTIC GOODS !
such as Brown and Bleached Muslins, Drills,
Denims, Skirtinjs, Checks, Kntitn:kj Jeans, Sati
nets, Cassimeres, Flannels Littcheys, Tiding,
Blankets, 8,-c. Also
Riots, Shoes, Mats, Caps. Trunks, Hardware,
Queenswarc, Glassware, Tinware, and a large
stock of
GROCERIES!
ILj would solicit Farmers" who arc in want of
GOOD CORN SIIELLERS & STRAW CUTTERS
to call and examine his stock ; he would wish
lo to inform them that he has made arrange
ments to supply them with all kinds of FEU
TILIZEIiS, such as lVruvian and Mexican Gu
anos, &c. He invites one and all to come and
examine his large and well selected Stock, before
purchasing elsewhere, as he is determined to sell
t smaller profits than ever bi fare known in this
vicinity. The ONE miCE SYSTEM will be
continued as heretofore, s i tb:;i parents may send
their children to make purchases with as much
advantage as if thev went theH:.s.:lves,
DANLEL M'LAUGHLIN.
Tunnel Hill, Oa&rr 8, 1S50.
GREAT EXciTE31EST ! !
D0LL4RS- if 41 ! ! !
riHE subcriber would respectfully inform tae
A. good citizens of Ebensburg and tl.rt ailji lin
ing vicinity that he has returned from Philadel
phia, with the largest and most varied nssoit
mentof GUOt-'EitlCS ovcrcC'ered. The stock
consists as follows :
Groceries: M dosses. Sugars. Teas, Rice,
Candles,Soaps, Pish, Salt, Bac-n & Hams, Flour.
Oat Meal, C-.rn Meal, Tobacco, Peaches, Dried
Apples, Saleratus, Baking Soda, Dried Ikrsings,
Durkee's Baking IWder. Sardines. Mustard, Sji
oes, Uolloways Worm Confection. Vinegar.
Confeclfouarics :
Candiei,
Hatpins.
Oranges,
Lemons,
Citrons,
Prunes.
Segars,
Fruits,
Fig
Nnis of all kinds,
HquorS I Cherry Brandy, Chokberry Bran
dy, liaspberry Brandy, iYci.c'u Brandy, Port
Wine. Old Rye Whiskey.
Brushes, &C.? &C :!I.rsf .Sweeping. Da
ting, Scrub and White Wash ?:rus-be,IV'.i ' .'.. Is,
Twine, Gtu brooms, Baskets of rl! I in Tubs
and Buckets of all kinds, W:ish P :u-ds. I'utt r
Bowls, Nails, Lamp (JIoIm-s. Curry Combs, C.rj t
Hammers and Tacks, Window Glass .f ad kind..',
Arnold's luk, Hover's Ink, Sttt.1 Pens, Station
ary of all kinds.
Together wilh a largi assort rr.ev.t ot l.ci arti
cles not enumerated, which will ht solu as tln-.ip
If not cheaper than j-.oy cstablishmei.t ir. tlie
county. RICHARD TUDOIU
. Ebensbarg, July SO, 1850 4 0.
131iOKTAXT SOTICi:.
ALL prwns indebted to the-estate of Milton
Roberts, dee'd, for cosies as Prothenotary and
Clerk of the Quarter Sessions are hereby notified
to make payment without delay, as it will be ve
ry unpleasant for me to have to resort to compul
sory measures and thereby add costs, which will
ie imperative unless paid shortly.
Howard J. Huberts, of this borough is duly au
thorized by me to receive said foes and rece pt fcr
the same. He will attend for that purpose, a
the Prothonotarj''soflicc,in Ebcnsburg, at the en
auing Court in December next.
JOHN WILLIAMS, Es.'r.
Ebensbvrrg.Oct.25. 1856. -tf.
Valuable Ileal Estate
FOR SALE.
I will sell at private sale that large and com
modious BRICK HOUSE, situate on High street,
in the Borough of Ebcnf-burg, being the property
occupied by Milton Robert;, dee'd., at the time
of his death. Also, a valual Je O Tof OR 0 VXD
situate on the Clay Tike, about one half mile from
.-said Borough, containing 2J acres enclosed and
an a good state of cultivation.
For terms apply to the subscriber residing on
the premises, or to John Williams, in Ebensburg.
MRS. MALVINA ROBERTS.
Sept. 17, 185G.-tf.
NEW ARRIVAL !
micnns wmt mimiw
HART & BR0. would respectfully inform
their old customers as well as many new ores
that thev have received a large quantity of Gro
ceries, which for quality and cheapness cannot be
ei celled by any similar establishment west ot the
Allegheny mountains. We are determined to
t i lower than the lowest, We have also, on
"hand
20,000 CIGARS
which we will dispose of wholesale or retail.
HART & BRO.
July 9, 1856.
SONS OF TEMPRASCE.
Highland Division, No. 84, Sons of Tem
yjgffi perance meet at their Hall every SATUR
"DAY evening, in the upper story cf K
Davia' buildiag.
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(Cjjoire odri:
CRAISJDFATHSR'S VATCH.
Grandfather's watch is battered and old,
Innocent quite of jewels or gold ;
Toor, and common, and worn, and crackM
Much like Grandfather's self, in fact.
Yet its wheezy voice has a cheerful sound,
And the child, as she listens, in wonder bound,
To its mystic talcs of departed time,
Is smiling as though at a plcssant rhyme..
Whnt are tjjctclpid watch tills? "
"""Of seventy years it counts the knella;
Years, whose every setting sun
Was mark'd by labor faithfully done.
With primitive form and clumsy skill.
And clumsier help when the works went ill;
Yet serving their time as best they can
This is the story of the watch end man !
Many a fall has the old watch hushM,
Many a blow hns the old man crush'd,
Meddled with, tinker'd, and sorely tried,
At last rejected and thrown aside
Tor modern rivals, all science and gold,
Useless, crippled, dispised, and old,
Under a clouc1 and under a ban
This is the story of the watch and man !
But there's a reverse to the picture sad ;
Human hearts they can still make glad.
The watch in its dinted tilver case
Can bring a smile to the fair child's face.
The man all battcr'd, and silvery too,
Witli a moral can cheer both me and jou
" Mark our time as well as we can "
This is the lesson of watch and man !
J&isrfllmtrons.
From the Flag of our Union.
THE BANDIT CHIEF,
BY KAUniET A. DAVIDSOX.
In the little town of Clieti, cu the eastern
coast cf Italy, dwelt Carlos Dandcttini and
his wife and daughter Dianca. Iiianca was
a handsome, high spirited girl, the favorite
of all the village. Especially was she belov
ed by An toi.io Drindisi and Stej Iiano Fos
eari, the two LaLdsciucst youths ia all the
town At the time v.iy story opens, Dianca
had declared her preference-for Antonio, and
they were publicly betrothed. Stephano was
of a fierce, jealous disposition, and threaten
ing vengeance, he suddenly left the village
All endeavors to discover his whereabouts
proved of no avail ; but that he hal not eone
i'ar wjs evident from his occasionally appear
ing at iu3 home, where bis mother dwelt alone,
with many comforts for her. for with all his
faults, he had been a dutiful son. Dianca
troubled hergelf very little about his place of
retirement. anJ allow his threats to
alarm Lor.
One d ly, sometime aficr the disappearance
af Sfcr-hano, a3 Dianea was walking in the
I garden, she was startled Ly a rustling among
the vines, and upon turning to the spot she
saw h'tfphano standing before her. She salu
ted him very col Uy and haughtily, ind tam
ed to enter the cottage, whoa S'tepLnnoFpracg
Itf-rc her and prevented her from moving.
' Biar.ca, I have come to make you one
! more appeal, to give you one tnoro chance to
avert tbc mi lortuncs v. nuh shall purely over
whelm yen, if you continue tc resist all my
entreaties "
"Go, you arc tiresome," calmly and coldly
fpoke Dianca,
" Dianea, hear me! I lovo yon far better
than the coward to "
" You only are the coward, trying to win
a leve with threats," angrily retortod Bianca.
Beware ! I tell you E love you, and you
only spuru me I have pleaded enough.
Know then, proud girl, that I have joined
the bandits, and your father's property shall
be destroyed, himself taken captive, and only
your consent to become my wife, thall free
him from a lingering, painful death. What
do you say now, Dianca?" he asked, mock
ingly. "Nothing. T will never marry you; I
will sooner," and maintaining the simecalm,
cold exterior, though her heart throbbed wild
ly, Bianci brushed hastily past he tormentor,
and entered the cottage, and upon reaching
her chamber, 6ho threw herself upon her
knees before her crucifix, praying with white
and trembling lips the Virgin Mary to save
her family from the impending trouble, Hi
eing, she by a violent effort controlled her
feelings, and returned to the Bitting room
where her mother was spinning. All the rest
of the day a shadow hung over Bianca ; every
noise made her start painfully, and when the
hour for her father to return home came and
past, and still he lingered, sho snatched up
her hat and set out to meet him across the
fields. She had not gone far, when she met
a body of peasants bearing a litter. s Antonio
Brindisi was in front, and immediately upon
seeing Bianca, he sprang forward, and seizing
her hand endeavored tenderly to lead her
back ; but Bianca resisted steadily, and sud
denly by a little impetuous motion, drew her
hand from Antonio, and stepping to the' side
of the litter, she raised the cloth which cov
ered Ihe body and saw tho features of her
father. One dreadful shriek, and 6he sank
senseless in her lovers arms. Slowly she re
covered, and the peasants bore their sad load
into the . little cottage. Bianca' s father had
fallen from a high rock, struck upon his head
and died instantly, without a groan. So said
the kind peasants ; but upon going to her
room Bianca saw a folded paper upon the
window-sill, which die opened, and read as
follows : . . . v ....
" A rush for Bianca, I said, and the old
man fell headlong over the rocks.'? - Do you
not falter now ?" .', -, A :
. A week later, and Bianca again felt , the
vengeance of her; tormentor, for Antonia
Brindisi her betrothed was missing, and no
clue could be obtained as to his place of con
cealment, although every search was made.
Another note lay upon the window-sill in Bi
anca s little room. .
"Two gone, dear to Bianca's heart., . Will
she repent V"
This note was shown to all in the village
together with the other, but so close did the
robbers keep themselves, that though searer
was continued night and day, no trace of their
bidim? places couli be discovered. Biased
for a time seemed prostrated by her trouble,
uut ner youta ana health enabled her to re
cover, and a few months after the death of
her father, her mother aud herself left the
village and went to Rome, where through the
influence of her friends, she was enabled to
study, and become an actress, and in short
a very successful one. At the end of four
years, when she was about twenty-three, she
was seized with a loDging to return " to her
native village, and the did so. When Bian
ca arrived at Chieti, &he found there had
been established a small theatie, at which she
agreed to act for a few nights. The villagers
were in ecstacies
The clay before her in ten
aea appearance, to her inhnite horror. Ste-
phano, grown older, and more wicked-looking
intruded himself upon her. Bianca was
alone ia the house, and, her heart sank with
in her when he besran to nlead his suit.
O L
" lou have come back to the village a
lonely, sad woman, and may, perhaps, be wil
ling to look with more favor upon the suit of
one wno has worn your image m his heart for
years I am powerful and rich. What will
be your answer now. when I again ask you
to be mine Y'
"My answer," said Bianca. slowly, "is
that I despise you, and it is wi th greater loath
ing and hate than ever, that I look upon you.
You are powerless now to do me any more
harm."
" Fair lady," said Stepharno, with a sneer,
I am not as powerless as you think for ; I
caa again make your proud heart quiver, and
perhaps falter. Listeu : Antonio Brindisi is
not dea 1 as you suppose him to be, but is im
prisoned in a cave, which I alone can enter
and though kept from starving, he is ill-trsa-
d, and hardworked. bay that you will be
mine, and he shall be set free, given gold e
nough to last him his whole life.',
"Villain! robber!" exelsimed Bianca.
" Life and freedom to Antonia, purchased at
such a price would be only a curse, no boon,
lie cau only die and I follow him. No. I
will I've to bring your head to its proper piece,
the block. Bowaie! for no matter how cloe
you keep yourself, my eyes shall find out your
hidiug-plac?, acd my voice seal voar iust
doom."
With a low, mocking laugh, Stephano
sprang trom the room, and Bianca sank al
most senseless upon the floor-
Ihe eventful evening arrived, and the thea
tre was crowed to overflowing; many anxious
to soe their playmate and friend in her new
life, and all eager to see the popular Bandet
tii;i. The play was fr.r below any one of Bi
anca s accustomed pieces, being a simple enra
ciy. suited to the capr.oity of the actors. The
Srsi scene was of fcarcelv any note, beinr
merely an interview between Bianca and her
lover. In eccne second, the heroine ia procee
ding to the church to be marnV J, accompani
ed by the girls of the village-, as a train of
honor, when they are surprised and seized by
a band of robbers, the chief of whom is ena
mored of the young peasant girl. The cur
tain rose, and Bianca in bridal dres3, followed
by a dozen young girls in holiday attire, en
tered at the back of the stage' singing the
bridal Reliant Suddedly a shriek is heard,
and the bandits rush upon them. The bride
rushes wildly across the stage, pale and shriek
ing the bandit chief seizes her, and she
swoons. The applausa was tremendous, so
well had Bianca acted her part, and many sil
ly girls drew closer to each other and whis
pered ' only think, if it was true?" A mo
ment, and the bride slowly opens her eyes,
and partly raises herself, and the house comes
down in another round of applause. Slowly
raifcing herself, and looking wildly around,
she makes sudden bound forward, and reach
es the foot-lights, where sinking on her kuess,
and stretching out her hands to the audience,
she exclaims in low, thrilling tones
" Dear friends, this is no acting, the ban
dits are upon U3 ! Look around, they are in
your very midst "
The people turn, and behold I every door
and window is guarded by a couple of ferocious-looking
fellows, armed to the teeth.
Black horror filled the minds of the simple
villagers, who always held the robbers in ab
ject fear, and now the horrible strangeness of
their situation keeps them sitting motionless
with pale lips and cheeks As Bianca gave
the people the dreadful information, Stphano,
the leader of the band, came forward from the
back of the stage, and seizing Bianca rudely
by the shoulder, dragged her upon her feet,
exclaiming :
" By Jove I you 6tiall go on 1 Myself and
companiena are interested in the "phiy and
wish to see the end. It is none of your busi
ness whether you play to real or actual rob
bers. Go on "
With a proud gesture, Bianca shook off the
robber's hand and resumed her part, which
was a pleading for the release of herself and
companions. The spectators sat in dumb,
helpless silence, watching with fascinated eyes
the progress of the play now rendered too real
by tho presence oi th6 bandits. Clear, calm
and thrilling, rose Bianca's voice as she plea
ded earnestly - to have her companions if not
herself spared Not the most eager, atten
tive listener could perceive - the slightest fal
tering of voice or eye. .While she was still
pleading, the bridegroom and his train cwe
to the rescue, and ranging themselves ia or
der, presenting arms they fired, and twelve
robbers fell dead. With an . oath and shout
of dismay, Stephano sprang ; forward, but
quick as thought Bianca seized a carbine be
longing to a dead robber, and retreating to
the back of the stage, exclaimed ; I
. " Blank cartridges for stage rebbcrs, bul
lets for real ones. Advance one ttm. Stenh-
ano, and I will fire."
Then turning to the people, she called up
on them to seize the robber, and he was soon
bound, for the people needed only some fear
less voico to arouse them trom their stupor,
aud mke them act.
Stephano was tried and convicted, and his
head chopped off : but not before he had dis
closed the.place of Antonio's confinement and
tho place for the bandits rendezvous, which
was in a large cave but a short distance from
the village, the existence of which was never
suspected, and which was found filled with
booty. Antonio was released, and with un
diminished affection was received by Bianca,
and but few days elapsed before their nuptials
were celebrated with crcat rejoicing. The
little village of CLieti still ia ia existence ;
though it has increased in size and population
and changed many of its customs, still the
name of Bianca Bandettini and the Bandit
Chief, is unforgotten.
. A 'Blower."
There is no den ving that there is a class of
individuals who seem to think tnat, there is
nothing in life so desirable as being intimate
ly acquainted with prominent public charac
ters. We have read of many such, but Maior
Luekey as described in the following, is most
decidedly just "whortleberry above the per
simmon" of any of them:
Few men have ever gone to Congress with
more tun and popularity than Hon. Leslie
Coombs, of Kentucky In the way of anec
dote he is unequalled, while his mode of tell
ing stories imparts a tone to them that no
one can appreciate who has not heard them.
Among the "characters" that Mr. Coombs
knows like a book, is old Major Luckey,
whose tastes for bragging amounts at times to
the sublime. Whenever the Major has a
stranger in the neighborhood, he opens wide
and spreads himself," and with a success
that leaves ua nothiDcc to desire.
The following scene took place between the
Major and Colonel Fcters, a " late arrival"
from Illinois :
Major, I understand from Gen. Coombs,
that shortly after the revolution you visited
England. How did yoa like the iaunt ?"
" Capitally ! I hadn't been in London five
hours belore Ilex sent tor me to piay whist,
and a devil of a time we had of it I"
"Ilex! what Rex?"
"Why. Bex the King George the Third.
Tha game came off at Windsor Castle ; Ilex
and I played against Bill Fitt and Ned Burke,
and it resulted rather comically."
"How SOT
" As we were playing the last rame. Rex
said, in rather a familiar manner: 'Major, I
suppose you are acquainted with Charles
V ashington, aro yon uot
No, f-tr-ee, said I, " I am not out I II
teil you who I am acquainted with George
ashington, the Father of his Country.
Father be d d," said he, " he was a
c-:rsed rebel, and had I served him right, I
would have hung him long ago."
" This, of course, riled me to that degr?o
thnt I just drew back and gave hini a blow
batwecn tho eyes that f.lled him like a bul-.
lock. The next moment Burko and Pitt
mouated me, and ia less than ten minutes my
blurt and breeches were so torn and tattered
that I looked ilka Lazarus. This givo
rather a distaste for English society, so
me
the
next morning I set sail for America. Six
weeks after I landed at Washington. The
first person I met after entering the city was
Q."
"Why. that d d old Federalist Quincy
Adams. lie wonted me to pl3y nine pins
with him, and I did S9. Won two hundred
dollars at two shillings a game, and then had
a row." &
"About what?"
"He wanted to pay me off in Continental
money, worth a shilling a peek. I got augry
and knocked him into a spittoon. While I
still had him down Jim came and dragged
me off to the White House. '
" What Jim?"
" Why, Jim Madison. I wentplayed eu
chre for two hours, when Tom came in. and
insisted that I should go home with him."
"What Tom?" .
"Why, Tom Jefferson. Jim, however,
would not listen to it, and the consequence
was that they went in to fight. In the midst
of it they fell over the bdn:ster and dropped
about fifty feet. When I left, they were giv
ing each other h 11 ia the coal cellar. How
it terminated I never could learn, as just then
Martha ran in and said I must accompany her
to Mount Vernon to see George."
" What Martha do you meau ?"
" Martha Washington, wife to George
Washington, the old boy that gave Jessy to
the Hessians."
About here Coombs said tho stranger be
gins to discover that he waa " swallowing
things." The next stage that came along he
took passage for an adjacent town. The Ma
jor, we believe, is still living, and still believes
that the walloping ho gave George Rex is
"thod dst best thing on record "
Sikoclar Abithmeticai. Fact Any num
ber of figures you wish to multiply by five will
give the same result if divided by two a
much quicker operation but you must remem
ber to annex a cipher to the answer when
there is no remainder, and when there is a re
mainder, whatever it may be, annex a 5 to
tho answer. Multiply 404 by 5, and the an
swer will be 2320 ; divide the same number
by 2, and you have 232 ; and as' there is cb
remainder, you add a cipher. Now take &7
and multiply by 5, the answer is 1785. ..Oa
dividing this by 2, there is 178 and a remain
der, you therefore placo a 5 at the cud of tho
line, and the result is aain 1785.
From the Petersburg Gazette. '
Revolutionary Kea and Events In
terestiaj. Ac:L;iCcncc3.
Leetowjj, Jefferson Co., Va.
.Ix the immediate vicinity of the Vpcifrcun
which I address you these lines, are tho ue
lapidatd and antique residences of three dis
tinguished Major Generals of the American
Devolution. Within a radius of one mile and
a half lived long and weary years, Charles
Lee,, the sinister hero of Monmouth; Hora
tio Gates, tho looser of Camden andtheSouih
ern campaign ; and Adam Stephen, the early
friend of Washington. In this little village
on whose golden forests I am crazinc remci"
i from camr3 "and flashing wnrtd fiipsa
warriors rusted out the remainder of their
lives in inglorious repose, their swords ia moth
eaten Fcahbards, no more to be drawn. Here,
if I mistake not, two of them died, and soon
even these lingering memorials of them will
crumble and disappear, as their figures are
fading from the general mind.
Lee's house is a hundred paces from the
assemblage of houses called by his name and
is an oblong building of stone, with chimneys
at each end and midway low, with a rude
porch, depending as it were above the rough
door, and a few outhouses. Gates lived some
what further from the town, in a plain, un
derrated buildiug ; and Stephen lived in a
Log House such as at that time wa3 occupied
by the earliest pioneers of the valley, in which
everything is small and confined but the fire
place. But thatis neither small or confined ;
it is grand, enormous. Around it, how many
good companions must have gathered in the
olden day, and what sounds of revelry shook
the rafters overhead! You may read of
Adam Stephen in Spark's edition of the wri
tings of Wasnington, and there you will find
that amoug the hardy gentlemen who stood
shoulder to shoulder with the young chief at
Winchester, when the Indians ravaged the
valley a hundred years ago, was Lieut Ste
phen. A landed proprietor hereabouts, he
doubtless resented tne trespass of the Iadians
upon his grounds, stretching towards the foot
of the great North Mountain at least we
know that he did good service He was af
terwards an effective cSeer of the revolution
ary struggle ; but left the armv about the tine
of the battle of Frinceton, disgusted at some
thing or oiher and so came hither and lived
and died.
Of Gates and Lee more is known. The
story of the woeful quarrel cf the latter with
iashington at Monmouth, you mav real ia
the recently published third voluui of Irvkg's
great work. It i3 probable that history will
show that Lee was cot so much in the wrong
as tee world supposes. That Le made a blun
der in ordering his forces to retreat and that
this rcrcat nearly ruined all the plans of
Washington, and lost us the battle that is
certain, but it was piobably an error of judg
ment not a want of courage. Ia Lc-utz's
great picture, ho tit3 his horse sullenly before
the chief, whose hot anger fiacicd out. Ail
that lie did and said afterwards was ullcn, un
fortunately. High words, indignant corres
pondence Washington cold and haughty,
Lec raging, then a court-martial suspension
for a year and Lee, in utter disgust, threw
up his commission, and came hither " to hoe
tobacco the best school for a general !" he
said, with a sneer at Washington. And
here, in this poor and obscure dwelling, as I
have said, rusted out the sharp spirit of Lee,
and it fell into dust and oblivion. With but
few neighbors no friends surrounded by
hounds and horses and making the chase near
ly his only occupation thu3 lives the Gener
al, and died. One day, long afterwards,
says a tradition cf the neighborhood, Wash
ington sent his old adveary a note, saying
that he hoped all past contention had been for
gctton he was coming to sec him a3 an old
comrade in arms as a friend.
On the day fixed for the visit, Lee sent a
way all his servants, placed upon the locked
door a papr with " no maat cooked here to
day," written thereon, and then followed his
servants, leaving Washington to knock in
vain. lie never returned ; and with the pas
sing year, the eccentric soldier grew more mo
rose and repelling. The ground floor of his
house was divided by challr lines merely, for
ming thus four compartments. In the first
he kept his books; in the second was his be J;
his saddle and hunting gear in the third; the
fourth was used for a kitchen He could thus
sit in one spct,Jiie said with grim humor, and
overlook his entire household. Tired of his
dogs and silent misaathrophy at last, Le com
menced his Queries, Political ani Jtlilitary ,
an attack on Washington ; but tho world de
clined listening to him and then, tired of
life, the - cynical spirit cf Charles Lee fled to
other realms. Ilia last words were, " Stand
by me, ray brave grenadiers I" and so he en
ded. A word now of the third of my triad of
warriors. Horatio Gates came to the old
house yonder after Camden. Jt a? the Gat?s
who had taken Burgoyue, aud whose popular
ity at one time overshadowed Washington's.
But now, alas ! how fallen ! Tho breath of
an indignant public opinion had blasted him,
and his laurels were all seared and withered.
He had lost the battle of Camden had been
deposed from the command of the army of the
South, to make way for Greene ; over his
head lowered a heavy cloud of public execra
tion almost, and Congress, it was said, had
prepared its thunderbolt to strike him. But
the bolt never fell. The Bad soldier's sorrow
was respected. They left him to die in peace
here- enough punishment that the magnifi
cent drama of tho Revolution was played out,
independent of one who had enacted so splea
ded a part in the earlier acts.
, Th?so three old houses are the visible re
mains of three vigorous lives in them, to
the muiing eye, the spirits of Gates, Lee and
Stephen hover around them stillj speaking iu
every whisper r.f tho pine tree aud oaks
those ancient oaks of tho noble, English look
ing "chase," which murmur yonder beneath
the window through, whoee lengthened vlsU
appears the Ijho mansion of General Adam
St.-rhcTi Here, within a gusdiot almost cf
each oiher, theso men of history reposed '
though uot hapj i!y we-must conclude after
all their struggles. The cvtrrect of the Ope
quon, resonant in old days with savage shouts
and dyed with blood, murmured by them, and
perhaps spoke to their minds of other days -tj-pifying
bumau things, which ever bud and
flow, and change like the skies of autumn
yeoier the geotgeous leaves whose colors
vary with each day.
Going Ashore ia an Iron Pot.
Some seventy or eighty years since on board
a small brig bak-ngiog to the East India com
pany. among a number of impressed men,
were a brace of as untamed wild sons of the
" Emerald Isle as ever you saw," from the
same town, and " av coorse," sworn friends.
They were the butt of the whole crew, from
the peculiar abtuseness of their intellects, and
because they either could not or would not
leara anything, and literally were "not
worth their salt.'" '
The brig was short of hands, and put into
a small bay on the coast of Africa. Being
anchored off some . distance from shore, the
officers and crew went ashore to collect wood
and water, leaving our two heroes to watch
ou the upper deck, with orders to fire one of
the guns in case of an attack by the natives. .
The captain had no sooner landed, thaa
Fat sang out to his comrade. " Arrah, Tim,
acushla, and did ye iver see them big can
non tails below ?"
"Ochlsure an I did But sure what
would ye be after doing with thera same can
non balls Y'
" Be jabcrs, wouldn't it be fino foon if we
could fire off one of them ? What a devil of
a racket it would be after making !"
"Bedad, but so it would. But; Pat,
would the captain be missing it?
This waa a regular clincher to poor Pat,
and he stood scratching the wiry furze that
covered his bullet shaped head for some'time.
All of a sudden a thought 6eemed to strike
him cf a way to surmount the difficulty. On
board of all vessces, as almost every one ig'
aware, i3 a large iron pot or kettle for melting
tar, fcc. A plan was very shortly adopted
which would obviate tho loss of the ball. It
was this . Giio of thera was to place himself
astraddle cf the gun, holding the pot over the
mutiU by the hundle, and catch the ball as it
ii-ued from the gun ; and as our hero Tim was
thA; etou-.t.-t cf the two, the duty of holding
iuu poi vrai assigned to umi. JLRer some
trouble they managed to get the gun loaded.
Tim mounted, holding the pot. ' Just as Pat
was about to touch off the cannon. Tim turn
ed around and sang out, "Arrah, Pat, dar
lint, be after firing very aby, will ye ?" . Pat
applied the match, and" off went Tim, pot and
all " into the middle of next week."
The captain hearing the report, and think
ing it announced some attack, came on board
in great haste. The first thing that greeted
his eye3 upon stepping on deck, was Pat, hb
face all begrimed with smoke and dirt.
" Well, Pat," said he "what's the matter
with yoa ? Where's.Tim ?" .
"Tim, sir? And didn't ye see him on
shore?"
" No. How the devil could be get there ?
The boats are all here."
" Oeh! by my sowl, sir, he went ashore in
the iron pot "
In one of our courts lately, a man who
was called on to appear as a witness could not
be found. On the judge asking where be
was. a grave elderly gentleman rose up, and
with much emphasis said :
" Your honor, he's gone."
"Gone! gone!" said the Judge, "where
is he gone?" "
That I cannot inform you," replied the
communicative geutk-man, but he is dead."
Th is is considered the most guarded an
swer on record.
A wag io New Yerk, seeing a man drive a
tack into a card, through the letter tof thj
word "Boston." printed on it. seized the Ut
ter and exclaimed, "Why what arcyou about?
Don't you know that laying taxo7i ft a i Bos
ton once raised a thundering muss there?
The Louisville Journal thus speaks of a
gentleman of that city : " He is a notorious
co-vard- He talks as as if his diet wer lioa
steak, seasoned with gunpowder and broiled
on burning lava ; whereas his actual diet ia
rabbits' liver, sheeps plucks, and pigeons' giz
zards." Loxa Praters. Speaking against long
prayers, Elder Knapp says :
" When Peter was endeavoring to walk on
the water to meet his 3iastcr, and was about
sinking, had his suf plicatiou been as Icn" as
the intrcduction to some of our modern pray
er, before he got half through, would had
iccn fifty J tct under trater," - .
33T ' Wiggins, what era in the world's
history do you regard with the deepest hor
ror ?" " The cioZ-era 1" gasped Wicrins.
with a spasmadic shudder.
82a, " W by,' said a country clergyman lo
one cf his flock, " do you always sleep ia
your pew when I ara io the pulpit, while you
aro all attention to .every stranger I invite."'
"Because. 6ir. when you preach, I'm sure
all's right ; but I can't trust a stranger with,
out keeping a good lookout."
S3T
A felon generally appears on the nd
of the thumb
end of a rope.
or finger sometimes on the
Z-u Happiness is a pig with a greasy ta",
which every one runs after, but nnbrwU .
hold.
Never, perhaps, are children dearer to the-r
parrot's then when, mm at Present. ih ri. -
S of tread and meat is erosive