fflttw 4J & THK BLESSISG3 OF GOVEBKMEKT, LIKE THE PEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ALIKE UPON THB HIGH AND THE LOW, THE BlCn AND THH POOR: EBENSBURO, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 18-59. VOL. 6 NO. 50. SEW TERMS: JfyrtlOCRAT & SENTINEL' IS TttC j Ushjil every Wednesday Horning at 0g Doliar and Fifty Cents per annum, iy,uYi ia ;i!vance; Oxe Dollar and Seventy Fivi: Ckts it" not paid within six months, and rvo I)-Li.vii3 if nst paid until the termination jf the year. .) siihs oriptiou will be taken for a shorter peri.) ! th.iu six months, and no subscriber will be at ii'"-'ty t discontinue his paper until-all ar ""iM4? arc paid, except at the option of the o.iitir. A!!'por.v-n subscribing: for six months will be r-iargoii one dollak. unless the money is paid Advertising- Rates. One iasert'n. Tico do. Three do f 12 lines I $ . 50 1 00 1 50 months. SI 50 2 50 $ 75 1 00 2 00 G do. J 3 00 $1 00 2 00 3 00 12 do S5 00 9 00 J2 00 14 00 20 00 35 00 'J jii-ircs, square.-, 21 lines J 30 lines I t Wwci (ir less, T?,:;.ir 12 lines 4 0 12 50 00 00 00 00 2 save, i -4 lines z , i "0 lines 4 10 15 00 00 no 00 .J' - All a!" rfiscmovts must be marked with of insertions desired, or they will be j mtiiiiK'! :mtil forbid, and charged accordingly. $EW GOODS. iyv;;: undersigned ha just received and w opening, a full supply of Goods suit- f, r the season, consisting ol IflADE UP CLOTHING, SHOES. CAPS, JjJUlti. KlV4fJ- UillMl II.4KIW.iKE, CLTLUIIY, GUOCL- nuis s.c. &c. W!.;,-'; will 1 e s. d. 1 Wholesale or Rrtail at t V.i:V LOWEST M.iikot pii.es f.i Cash or C ir.i.-v Produce. E. HUGHES. .?;::, 23, ISoO. tf. TIE SAIL MS IS CSMIIS. 'MIS Subscriber has just rwctived at his New rr ; ,4 v v siJJ.; --.. One door East .f Thompsons Mountain House A newljt of ALL KINDS of SPRING AND SUMMER HATS, rk -li h r.ffers very low for CASH. CLINTON li. WA. n.-is.-o.-oi-rtm. JONES. NEW AP&MYAL. rfins n NDEHSIGNED, has added to hi f li.M.U and Shoes Ac. A very iAr-aai w'.l selected assortment of MENS Hi-AlA' mude SHIFTS, MENS MARSEILLES id Linen Gulars, LiUICS WHITE AX Cl:U I30SK Men do do do Cr.i! Irons do do do L!: Gloves, and Ln Los Mitts, and Gents, do. a:i 1 B vs Suspender, Hls.ck Neck Ties, Ttirj Neck Tie, Lvlics and Gent. Linen Hand :chinfs. White and Gilore 1 Li ten Floss. Stationary, Carpet Soks, Trunks and every i;i.,r rticJ n"rcss7V kept in bis lino. him a c.l anil examine fr vourselvrs. VV.WMSCASIL CLINTON 11. JONES. .lv, 1859 tf. MUI18MUG8 DilUSSH JEST OPENED AND FOIi SALE BY R. S BUNN, M. D-, A general assortment of DEUGS, MEDICINES, Spices, Cils,Paint3. Dye-Stuffs, in Pocfcet Cutlery. Razors. Brushes. Cumbs. Station try. Blank Books, Perfumery, Soaps, Tobacco, ar, Snuffs aud other articles usually kept in "-I Stores. P.. S.BUNN, M. D. JbensYurg,?Jay, 4, JSoO.-24-ly. JACKSOX & CLAItli, SURGEON DENTISTS, JOHNSTOWN, FA. (NE of the firm will be in Ebensburg during f tliciir.-tteinfelit, each month, igZ durin- whi. h tiriand t persons ici- (jTffi:- pro; fossi services can i t i find l.im at the otiice of Dr. Lewis, nearly oppo site IJLurV II Jtcl. may25,1850tf. EMUYAL! PAUL GRAFF, MAN UFA C t ircr and Wholesale Dealer in Boots, Shoes, Stra-ff Goods, Hats aud Caps, No. G8J North 'rJ. Street, between Arch and Cherry, Phila- March C. 1856-1 JOIIX SlI AIIIIAl XJII, Justice of the Peace, Sum m 1 1 1 v I lie, Pa. LL V.USINESS INTRUSTED TO HIS --A. caro wU be promptly attended to. He will also act .-is Auctioneer at Public Sales whenever La services in that capacity are required. .April '2S , 1658:21 D. FOSTER. P.S.KOON, Greensburg. Ebensburg. FOSTER &. XOOX Tl AYING associated themselves for the prac t;ce of the Law in Cam ria county, willat teud to aU business intrustoc ;o them. Office on Oct. THIS WAY. JCST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE A large , r.a" 'ind'ul Assortment of American Pock ' Waives. (Every knife warranfted.) by GEORGE HUNTLEY. ?st, 10. 1859. St. 'X. REED. T. L. HETEB tnenshurg, Johnstown EED & IinYCR,Altorncyat Luir C'UnFel given in the English and German OiJ a on HighStreetEbensburg, Penn'a. fc i ii c ' - Feb 6,1856. ly n r . 'LA rtr fSTTMrnra a rr rrrin FOR SALE A T THIS OFFICE- Select tjtactrg. WHAT I LITE FOR. I live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true; For the Heaven that smiles above mo, And awaits my spirit too For all human ties that bind me For the task by God assigned me For the bright hopea left behind me, And the good that I cau do. I live to learn their story, Who've suffered for my sake Tu emulate their glory, And follow in their wake. Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages, The noble of all ages, Whose deeds crowd history's pages. And Time' great volume make. I live to hold communion With ill that is divine To feel there is a union 'Twist Nature's heart and mine To profit by affliction, Heap truths from fields of fiction, Grow wiser from conviction. And fulfill each g-eat design. I lire to hail that season By gifted minds foretold; When men shall live by reason Anil not alone by gold When man to mxn united, And every wrong thing righted, The whole world shall be lighted A a Eilen was of ol 1. I live for thoe who love me, For those who know me true For the Heaven that smiles above me, And awaits my kpirit too: For the cause that locks assistance, For the wrong that jtteds resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do. TOM UOCIiET. The English Highwayman. Tom Rocket was highwayman. No one ! ever christened him Tom, and his father's I name wir not Rocket. When he was tried j for his life at Warwick assiaes, he was ar i raigued as Charles Jackson, and they were particular abiut names then. Ifjou indict ed a man a? Jim, and his true name was Joe. he got off; and when the law was altered so that they could pet such errors right it the trial people, leastwise lawyers, arid that the Dritish constitution was being pulled up, root and branch. Jut that's neither here nor there. I cannot tell you how it was that he came to be known as Tom Rocket, and if I could, it would not have anjthing to do with my etory. For six years he was the most fa mous thief in the Midland counties, an! for six jears no one knew what he was like. He i was a lasy tellow. was iom; he never came out except when there was a good prias to be picked up, and he had his scouts and his spies all over the place to give him informa tion about booty, and warn him of danger. Uut to judge by what people Paid, he was "on the road" at half-a-dozen different places at once, everyday of his life; for you Eee whei : .any one was robbed of his property, or found it convenient so to account lor it, wny ne laid it upon Tom Rocket as a sort of excuse for giving it up easily, because, you see. no one thought of arresting Tom. So it was, that all sorta of conflicting descriptions of hia person got abroad. One said that he was awfully tall man and had a toico like thun der; another, that he was a mild little man, with black eyes and light hair. He was a fiery fat man, with blue eyes and black hair with some; he had a jolly red face he was pale as death his noso wa3 Ro man one day, Grecian, or a snub in the next. His dress was all the colors of the rainbow, and as for his horse; that was of every shade and breed that was ever heard of, and of a good many more beside, that Lave yet to be fouiid. He wore a black half-mask, but some how or other it was always obliging enough to slip off, so as to give each of bis victims a full view of his face, only no two of them could ever agreec as to what it was like. My father was a Gloucestershire man. He stood six feet three in his stockings, and measured thirty-iix inches across the cheast. lie could double up a half crown between his firjger and thumb, and wag as bravo as a lion. So, many a time and oft, when any one talk ed of the dancrers of the road, he would set his great teeth together, shake bis head, and gay that he should like to see the man that could rob him on the highway; aud as I said before, ho atasee him, and it was Tom Rock et. My father was a lawyer, and wtis, at the time I have mentioned, engaged in a great tithe cause that was to be tried at the W ar wick Sorincr assizes.' So. shortly before Christmas, he had to go over to look up evi dence. There was no cross-country coach. so he rode; and being, as I have said, ablate man. he rode alone. lie transacted his bus iness; and my poor mother being ill, and not liking to leave her alone longer than he could help, he set out to ride home again, about half past nine o'clock that same evening. It was as beautiful a winters night as ever you were out in. Ilia nag waa a first-rate cunter, as docile as a dog, ana nt to carry even his weight over, or past, anything. n held a brace of excellent pistols in his hoi 6ters; and he jogged along, humming a merry tune, neither thinking nor earing for any rob ber under the sun. All of a sadden it struck " I him that the pretty barmaid of an inn just out " I of Warwick town, where he had stopped to ittisccUaucons." have a girth that he had broken patched to gether, had been very busy with those self same pistols; and suspecting that she might have been tampering with them, he drew the charges and re-loaded them carefully. This done, he jogged on again as before He had ridden about ten miles, when he came to a wooden bridge that there was in those days over Avon. Just beyond it rose a stolfish bill, at the top of which was a sud den bend in the road. Just as my father reached this turn, a masked horseman sud denly wheeled upon him. and bade him 'stand and deliver? It was Tom Rocket! In a second my father's pistols were out, cocked and snapped within a yard . of the highway man's chest; but, one after the other, they missed fire! The pretty barmaid a special favorite of Tom's was too sharp to rely upon the old dodge of drawing the balls, or damp ing the charge; she thursts a pin into each tuch-hole, and broke it short off "Any more?'' Tom inquired, as coolly as you please, when my father's eecond pistol flashed in the pan. "Yes!" shouted my father, in a fury, 'one on your nob! And seizing the weapon last used by the muzzle, he hurled it with all his might and main at Rocket's head., Tom dueked, the pistol flew over the hedge, and my father, thrown out of ballance by his ex ertion, lofet his seat, and fell heavily on the grass by the roadside. In less time than it takes to say so. Tom dismounted, seized my father by the collar, and presenting a pistol within an inch of Lis face as he lay, bade him be quiet, or it would be worse for him "Youv'e given me a deal of trouble, said Tom. "So just hand over your purse with out any more ado, or by G d I'll send a bullet through your skull just there;" and laid the cold muzzle of his pistol on my fa ther s forehead just betweeu his eyes. It is bad enoagh to have to look down the barrel of loded firearms upon full cock, with a high-way-man's fiDger upon the trigger; "out to have the cold ruuzale pressed, slowly upon your head ugh! it makes me creep to think of it. My father made a virtue of necessity, and quietly gave up his purse. "Much good may it do you," he said; "for there's only three and six pence in it." "Now for your pocket-book," said Tom, not hearing him. "Pocket-book!" inquired my father, tur ning a little pale. "Aye, pocket-book!" Tom repeated; "a thick black one; it is in the left haud pocket of your riding coat." "Here it is," said my father, "'you know so much Fbout it that perhaps you can tell pwhat its contents are worth?" "I'll eee," Tom replied, quietly taking out and unfolding half a dozen legal looking doc uments. "They are law papers not worth a cent to you or any one else," said my father. "Then," Tom replied, "I can tear them up," and he made as though he would do so '"Hold! on your life!" my father shouted, struggling hard, but in vain, to rise. "Oh! they are worth something then," said Tom, with a grin. "It would take a deal of trouble to make them out again, my father replied sulkily "that's all." "How much trouble?" Tom inquired, with a meaning look. "Well." my father answered, "I suppose I know what you are driving at. Hand me them back and let mo go, aud I piomise to nend you a hundred pounds when and where you please." iou know very well that tuese papers are woith more than a hundred," said Tom. "A hundred and fifty, then," eaid hij fa ther. 'Go on," said Torn. "I tell you what it is, you scoundrel," cried my father, "1 II stake five hundred a gainst them, if you 1 lose your hold and fight me fairly for it." Tom only chuckled. "Why what a ninny you must take me for." he said; "why should I bother myself fighting for what 1 even get without. 'You re a cur, that s what you are, my father shouted in a fury. "Don t be cross," said Tom, "it don't be come you to look red in the face. Now at tend to me, he continued in an altered tone, "do you see that bridge? Well! there's a heap of stones in the centre is'nt there? Very good! ,If you will place five hundred guineas in gold, in a bag, amongst shose stones at twelve o clock at night this day week, you shall find your pocket-book and all its con tents in the same place two hours afterwards. "How am I to know that you will keep your word?" my father enquired, a little soft ened by the aope of regaining, even at so heavy a price, the papers that were so valua ble to him. "I'm Tom Rocket," replied the robber, securing the pocket-book upon his person, "and what I mean I say; and what I say, I stick to. Now, get up, and mind," he added as my father sprang to his feet, "my pistols dont miss fire." "I shall live to see you hanged," my fa ther muttered, adjusting hia disordered dress. 'Shall I help you to catch your horse?" Tom asked politely. "I'll never rest till I lodge you in jail," said my father, savagely. "Give my compliments to your wife," said Tom, mounting his horse. "Confound your impudence," howled my father. "Goodnight" said Tom, with a wave of his band, and turning sharp arouad, he jump ed his horse over tho fence and was out of sight in a moment. It was not quite fair of my father, I must own, but he was determined to set a trap for Tom Rocket, baited with the five hundred cruineas. at tha bridge. He posted up to London, saw Bradsbaw, a famous Bow street tanner, and arranged that he and his men should come down, and help to catch Tom ; but just at the last moment Bradsbaw was detained upon some important government trial, and so another runner, Frazer, a no less celebrated officer, took his place. It was settled that the runners should come by different roads, and all meet at a way side inn about five miles from the bridge, at eight o'clock p. m.. oa the day my father's pocket-book was to be returned. An hour afterwards they were to join him on the road three miles further on. Their object, you see, in taking this roundabout course was to baffle Tom's spies and accomplices, and to get J securely hid about the appointed place long before thCappointed time. , . My fathor was a little late at the place of meeting; but when he arrived there he could see no one about, except a loutish-looking countryman in a smock-frock, who was swinging on a gate hard by. "Goodnoight, maister," said the Yokel. 4 Good night to you," replied my fath er. "Can ye tell me who this yer letter's for," said the yokel, producing a folded paper. My father saw in a moment that it was his own letter to Bradshaw. "Where did you get that?" he asked quickly. "Ah !" replied the yokel, replacing it in his pocket, "that ud be telling. Be yer ex pecting anybody?" "What's that to you?" replied my fath er. "Oh' nough." said yokel, "only a gentle man from London " "H4" cried my father; "what gentle man !" "Will a name beginning with F: suit you?" asked the yokel. "Frazer?" The word fell involuntarily from my father's lips. "That's the name," replied the yokel, jumping down from his seat, and changing his tone and manner in a moment. "I'm Fraser, sir; and you're Mr. Sandiger, as has been robbed of a pocket-book containing val uable papers; and we're going to catch Tom Rocket as has got it that's our game, sir. All right, si; and now to business. "But where are your men?" my father asked, when Fraser had explained the reason for his disguise. ; "All right again, sir. said the runcer, ; "they will join us. We have not much time to lose, so please to lead the way." So my father led the way, followed by Fraser; and by the. time that they came in sight of the bridge, they had been joined by tour Lonuon omcers- in ainerent aisguises, and from different directions. One appeared as a tramp, one as a peJler another as a gen tleman s servant leading a horse, and the fourth as, a soldier. No onecoull have gues sed that they had met before, much less that they were engaged together in a pre-concert-x ed scheme. My father gave Fraser great credit for the dexterous way in which he had collected hia forces The bridge upon which the money was to bo placed, consisted of two arches across the river, and was joined on either side by a long sort of causeway, built upon piles over mead ows, that in the winter time were generally covered with water. It so happened, that the very next morning after the robbery, a heavy rain set in, and soon the floods were out, so that there was no way of getting on the bridge but by going along tho causeway, which .extended a distance of a hundred yards, sloping down gradually to the river. This causeway was built of wood. At some places the timbers were covered with earth and stones, but at others the roadway had wornout and they were bare, so that any one looking up from underneath, could see who was passing overhead. Mr. Fraser's sharp eye took in the position in a moment. He got two hurdles out of a field close by, and with some rope, that he had brought for an other purpose, fastened them to the piles, so that they hung like shelves between the road way and the flood, one at ach side of the bridge, and about 20 yards from it. This was bis plan; two of his men were to be hid den on each hurdle, whilst he and my fath er, in a boat that was concealed beneath the main arch of the bridge, unseen themselves, could watch the heap of stones where the money was to be placed, and the stolen poc- et-book Iett in exchange tor it. As soon as Tom Rocket, or any of his friends, removed the bag iu which the gold was placed, Fra ser was to whistle, and his men were to climb from their hiding ppices, and secure whoever it might be. If he leaped over the railing of the csuseway, and took to the water, there was the boat in which to follow and capture him. Mr. Fraser was very particular to practice his allies iu springing quickly from their places of concealment, aud impressed upon them and my father the necessity of all act ing together, keeping careful watch and strict silence. "And now, sir," he eaid to my father as a distant clock chimed a quarter of twelve, 'so, come to get to our places and to bait the trap; please to hand me the bag that I may mark it, and some of the coins so as be able to identify them at the trial.' He had made up his mind you see to nail Mr. Tom Rocket this time. My father gave him the bag. saw him write uyon it, and mak some scratches on a bout a dozen of the guineas, and then my father let himself dowu in the boat, in which he was immediately joined by the runner. "It's all right," said Fraser, in low tone. 'Do you think ho will come? whispered my father. 'Certain,' replied Fraser, 'but hush, we must not talk, sir, times up. For tbree mortal hours did my father it in that boat, and the runners lay stretched out on the broad'of their backs upon those hurdles .. . !! watching lor Tom ltocKet to come ior nis money; and for th rte mortal hours not a soul approached the hridge, not a sound but the wash of the swollen river was heard. By the time that the clock struck threo, my father, who had been nodding for the last twenty minutes, fell fast asleep aa he eat covered up in his cloak, for it was a bitter cold night; but was very speedily aroused by hearing Fraser cry out that they were adrift. Adrift they were, sure enough. The rope that held them had been chafed against the sharp corner of a pil;, (so Mr. Fraser ex plained,) till it broke, and away went the boat, whirling round and round in the eddies of the river, fit to make any one giddy. So strong was the stream, that they were carried a mile and a half down it, before they could get(ashore. My father was for returning di rectly to the bridge, and so was Fraser; but, somehow or other, they lost each other in the dark; and when my father arrived there, having run nearly all the way, he found, to his great surprise, that the officers had left. He rushed to the heap of stones, and there the first thing that caught his eye was his pocket-book the money was gone ! Lord how did he swear ! Determining to have it out with the run ners for deserting their posts, he hurried on to the inn where they had met, and were to pass the night. He knocked at the door.: No answer. He knocked again, louder No answer. He was not iu the very best of tem pers, as you may guess ; so he gave the door a heavy kick. In it flew; and a sight met his view that fairly took away ",his breath. lied into five chairs, hand and foot; trussed up like so many Christmas turkeys, with five gags in their mouths, and their five pair of eyes glaring at him owlishly, sat the real Mr. Fraser and his four Bow street runners Tom Rocket had managed the business at the bridge himself! How he managed to get scent of the plot, and to seize the officers all togethcr, just at the Dick of time, my father never could find out, and no one knows yet. Upon examining his pocket-book, my fath er found all his documents, and paper on which were written these few words : "By destroying these writings I coull have ruined you In doing so I should have injured your olient, whom I respect For his sake I keep my word, though you have played me false. Ton Rocket." Here, Mr. Josh paused, and smocked for some time in silence. And what becaoie of Tom? asked one of the company. ew, replied llr. Josu, 'alter navmg been tried three times, and Jgetting off upon some law quibble on eaeh occasion, he who had robbed the worth of thousands of pounds and escaped, was executed at Nottingham for stealing an old bridle !' The ivife'tt Commandments. A Sunday paper published in Cincinnati, gives the following as a correct version for the use of all doubting husbands: 1. Thou shalt have no other wife but me 2. Thou shalt not take into thy house any beautiful brazen image of a servant girl, to bow to her, for I am jealous, c6c. 3 Thou shalt not take the name of thy wife in vaic. 4. Remember thy wife to keep her ros pectable. 5. Honor thy wife's father andraother. 6 Thou shalt not fret. 7. Thou shalt find no fault with thy wife. 8. Thou shalt not chew tobacco. 9. Thou shali not be behind thy neigh bor. 10. Thou shalt not visit the rum tavern; thou shalt not covet the tavern keeper's rum, nor his brandy, nor his gin; nor her hia wife. nor anything that ia behind the bar of the rumseller. 11. Thou shalt not visit billiard saloons, neither for worshipping in tha dance, nor in the heaps of money that lie scattered on the table. And the twelfth commandment is that thou stay not out later than nine o'clock at night. XST bomebody has 6aid, "Courage is more than cash, and an up head more than a host of friends," I believe in that doctrine. Show me a man or a woman with courage, energy, and ambition, and I will show you one who will succeed in life With courage and energy implanted firmly within us, disas ter never can overwhelm, though it may for a time deter our progress. Energy leveld the mountain and raises the plain; courage quails not before the greatest difficulties. If you have not succeeded as you hoped, never be disheartened. The true estimate of an in dividual is not determined by accidental or occasional achievements or failures, but by his every day conduct; and he who makes a firm resolution to conquer ia life, will do it. I have strong faith that every one can ba what he or she resolves to be. Adventurous During the recent celebra tion in Iowa, of the completion of the Bur lington and Missouri Railroad at Ottumwa, (75 miles) the "local" of the Chicago Times took a ride on the new cow-catcher. While enjoying himself, the train ran into a drove of cattle, and. when it emerged from it an other calf, beside the Reporter, was found on the cow-catcher. Fortunately; the reporter toj nnt yerv badlv hurt. The intruding calf was. 7? tnumsnt Those who are not easv at home, will not find enjoyment anywhere else The man that yawns at his own fireside, will onlv lacerate his juglar if ue goes to barato- ca. Happiness is an enternal arrangement nn l if it don't bloom at home, it won't flower anywhere. To undertake to rua away from enuui. is as futile to undertake to run away death. About the ouly person we ever heard of that was not yet spoiled Dy Demg iiomu was a Jew namd Danitl. My Uncles Love Story. "Many years ago I enjoyed a week full of North Carolina hospitality, which was then as now. a cordial generous, and, better than all, altogether sincere. By the way, Arthur, I never understood why hospitality is so gen erally indeed, almost universally marked as southern characteristic, so distinguished to imply that the virtue hardly exists elswhere. Now I have found warm hearts in the dev liah cold States down towards the gulf and a Pennsylvania Dutchman has entertained me so royally, in his way, to be sure, as ever did an F. F. Virginian. The American peo ple are everywhere hospitable; and in being so they are rather obedient to an every-day frehcz than to au impulse; a feeling too, which has nothing to do with Northern or Southern caloric D n this geography in America." "Uncle, tell me your story." "Well, I fell in love, as we used to say. with a girl; she was only seventeen, and the sweetest, loveliest ." "Yes, I know," said I, "I have seen such." "But, Ellen, I tell you was a nonpareil . modest, retireing dont interrupt- me and she loved me; and I loved her with a love so true thati ts no wonder the course don t run smooth Soon after our engagement it was early in August Ellen and I went to visit Colonel L , a friend of her father in the coun try. We found there half a dozen yes, more young ladies; and real devita they were so different from my Ellen. 1 he old Colonel was delighted with the noise we made the gaity and fun, and as gay as any of us. VV e had a glorious dance. Here my uncle stopped. H waa buisy with nicuioires too sacred to be scattered by any thoughtless speech of mine. Au old man s recollections but he resum ed. "Arthur I hate flees." My host show ed me my room; I was fatigued riding and dancing, aud 1 was soon asleep and dream- . ing. The Iadie3 left the drawing room be fore I did; a half dozen "huddled together," iD one large chamber, as I discovered after wards; I suppose there were plenty of beds in it but. as for that I neither know or care. Colonel L. came to my room and awakened mo "Jump up, quick; I'll show you some fun." Come with me; no one's here. "And so I followed the old scoundrel in the dark to a door at the extremety of the hall. I had neither pantaloons nor slippers; but it was a warm night; and the floor was smooth and cool! "Now look," as he placed my eye to tha key hole. "I had notioed that the door was ajar, but I peeped. By the Lord, tho girls were sear ching for fleas in their sacred linen! and El len was among them six of them, by the Lord! I had no sooner seen this and digest ed a thought that Ellen might have beeu in better business, than that same Colonel gave me a push with both his hands and in atwink Hug I was in the room on my hands and bare knees to all those girls. I think I went and dressed myself. Col. L., did not sleep in the house that night. I had letters which re quired me to leave very early before break fast. I received a letter from Ellen two day afterwards and I have never seen her since." y. Y. Spirit of the Times. An avaricious fellow in Brussels gav a large dinner recently. Just as the guests sat down a piercing shrieK, was heard in the court yard. The host hurried out and re turned pale, affrighted, and his hand.3 cover ed with blood. "What is it?" was the inqui ry "Alas!" he said, "a poor workman, father of a large family, has met with a ter rible accident. lie was knocked dowc by a cart and greviously wounded. Let us aid him A collection was taken up and the guests contributed 1,200 francs. Generous eoula! It was the miser's ruse to make them pay for the dinner Queer Epitaph. The following funeral sermon, says the Wheeling Intelligencer, ij said to have been preached over in Ohio. We won't publish who told us, but we are assured that it is genuine: "I have been begged, importuned, and en treated to preach this sermon, but I don't want to do it. I never did like the man; I knew nothing good of him. He had horses and he run them, cocks, and he fit them; I have heard that he was occasionally good at fires. The hearers will please remove tuo boCy and sing the following hymn: "Jieueve we rejoice To soo the cuss removed." S3T An Irish advertisment says: 'A ro- ward of $5 is offered for the apprehension of Patrick O'Flaherty, who last week stole tbt jackass, which same had on a pair of cordu roy breeches, with blue eyes, and smokes a short pipe; much given to squinting, and like wise his shoes let down at the heel.' Painful instance of Youthful Hodesty. Affable Professor I am sorry to hear your son is so bashful, Mr. Doctor, but I think that will wear off in time. Do you take hua much into society? Promising Eg (slapping the old man fa miliarly on tho back) Take me into society. Old Puddinhead? Of course he does! Tho Guvcnor's a brick! He and I travel around together on our shape. If he diden't tako me with him I'd break his eye! It is a Chinese maxim, that for every man who does not work, and every woman who is idle, somebody must suffer cold or hun ger. Loafers take notice. At a christening while the minister was making the certificate, he happened to say "Let me see. this is the SOth. "The thirtieth!" exclaimed the indignant mot.ier; iadetd. it u only th eleventh.' I 3 O a c a o
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