Tim EZ.ESSIIG3 OF OOVEa5lMt:;T, tlKB THS I.FWS OP TXEATEX, SHOCI-D BE DISTEIBUTED ALIKE CPOS .THH HIGH AICD THS LOW, THE BICH ASH TIIB oOi. EBEMBURO, Pi. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1869. YOL. 7 NO. 21. I' E R II S: -r;,iaCaATA SENTINEL IS PUB f lijha-l every Wednesday Morning at Jjiixz ax- Fiftt 'Ce:ts per art:mrri, "iaia alan; Oxs Dollar asd Sf.vextt Jiyri if no: paM withia aix. racnths, and 5;LT-i&5 if not p.v.d until the termination Tear. s-iliJrlpttoa will ba taken for a shorter : tu i s-i r.iJniLs. aau no subscriber will La i iU-oti.ic:3 his pspor until ail ar-j ".,?", .,'a:a o:J, except at tbo optima cd the ! 5?'"' iL.v 3 CO 4 C.3 7 CO 9 09 12 CD 1 5 CO ! 9 CO ; 12 00 ! 14 00 I 20 o 1 C5 00 ; CO C3 CO 10 CO 15 00 ::s must be 22 CO niai ked 3 i 9" v 1 V. :t; i f I:.:..: v.-i desired, or they will bj U f r" i!. an.1 eharjifd accordingly. ; f.::t tbr.i. tt f? " crlod, evory mcTa- :: the human :'n:ilr i3 sarject to disease itaibine ot tbo boi:ly luacnocs; but, tlic til a good tonic P.i the exercise coaxca ECii-se, tliy ; iy be cble so to :. tia true coursa to T-orsue is ceriaiiily I wLica rill froluce a natural ftate of l. ibo I-ist bdzr.nl of vital strsEgth and Pt I.'.:- yurose, Dr Ilostctter ha3 i:: tj ct-uatry a preparation fcearics I:.'.-;, Tblcli is not a new medicine, but one L:sl::a tried f;r yca.-s. giving Eatisfac- fc :j aa vao uava csou iu me ii.'.iers -v? 'jr.cilT upca tli3 sturaacb, bowels, e hver, restoring tlicza to a bealthy tn J : ' ici riJ, and taus, bj- the sincpe Jro ji" itra-'heaaig nature, enable the sya :j :rianjh ever disease. :rt!. cure of Iyspef r-iaj lndlgrstion, "au nruloncf . l.o..a c t Arrctite, or any lUIioua $ -.pldTj-.s, ir.sinT from a mort;id iiiaction" lie Simac'a or itowe'.i, producing Cramps, vc:ct-, Cue, Cholera jlcrbus, i;c, theso ers Lire ed equtl. -rris, 'lysentery or Sitx, fo gfnerally con :rl tv new settlers, and caused principally f ?hingc of ater and diet, Trill be speedily bj a brief lijo of this preparation. !ia. a disc.-.se vhieh is probably more E.U its Taaous forcis, than any j , - r . i I ! r, sni tba cs.un of which est always ui. -ran be cured wiiuout fail by using -TETTEP.-S C-TOMACII LITTERS, as per -:rhas on ia? bottle. For this disease every ir.zr. FiH recommend Fitters of some kind ; :jy not iLa an article known to be infal ' A'.l nations LaTe Ibeir Bitters, .is a prc :e of (Liease aad etrengtbencr of the sys ia g?eral: nnl among iheji til H ere is t be fuiird a more healthy feopie tLaa Jc7Xin, f'om whora this preparation tnia Lb;sl :,-xa scientific csperiDicnts which : tcav.d to provj th vrl. e cf ibis great irvioa in the tCl? of iaelicai fceience. 12 a.-o Agce. This tryir.g and provok-"x-i-j, i!r?Jch xes its rclciitless grc?p cn "ij cf Kan. replacing bbn to a were eha "saiaori time, and rentiering him phy i".J i.ientally vj;ele;s, can be driven b:yby tl:s u"3 of IIOSTETTER'S ' j'-'.vLD lilTTiir.S. Farther, none of the -1 diseases cm be contracted, even ! Eltuation.a, if the Eltters are used -ryctioas. AnI us they neither create cff-jTil the fibite, and render un-cv- any chaae of J.'el cr interruption W.ry pi:rsu,"f-t, l,ut protnoie sound sleep bali'v digestion, tbe coiaDlaiat is re- m t: liiy as is consistent with the pro- o. t Uiorough aad permanent cure. r fir;-. in Advanced Years, who are rjjj froti an enfeebled constitution and aioh', tiicse Bitters are invaluable as a r;vc of strength and vigor, and need tried to be eppreciatcd. And to a ---'.iil2 nursing these Bitters are india-e-v-:;-iiljr where the mother's nour- -i :La'..?0!i.i!i the demands of the '; 3?.p;ntly her strength r;ust yield, z a xthere a good tonic, such as :r ' ' icraaeh Litters, is needed to impart 7 t;.o'jgia and vigor to the system. L -' -'I by t.U 1.1 cans try this reraedy t.iof ucbillty. and, before fo doiiijr, tht Ir i hys-icir-.n, who, if he is -'- I'. iili the vi:;u-i cf the I'-itters, will tacir use in all cases of weabness. i - rutlja the r.ubllo cgiast using er.iry ;.-E:.l;Ion3 cr counterfeit, but ask :r:?.3 Ca.:. skated f-TOUAcn Eitters, 1 ti. bv-c'.o has tho words "Dr. J. --u.b Littcrj" I'.ovra oa tho side ur.i ff-iEj-oi oa the metallic cap --o t rort ohstrve that our autograph .eptred ari.vi sold by HOSTETTZLS & --f-sbur-,,, Pi, and cold by ell giOwCis, end clcatcri generally -t the United States, Canada, South "" Davis .V .Tr.np'; P.bfns.l.nrf? .T. A V.-.-aiviik-; Wm. Litzinger, Loretto; Hunter. - ICiiJ. iy drugs mum i UGS, MEDICINES, -Pices, Cils, Paints, Dye-Stuffij. 8 i ... mii 6i. .am ?iw 7', T' Brushes. Cwnbs. Station j " 0.jks lVrfnr.!... C rpl R- s- buxx; II. D. J 9 , lOo'j.-Ji-jy, THIS WAY. tn.. J-l . tV7 i3ALj A I; iarOT i -ia A?rtmtnt r.f r.-. r V'ery kuife warranted.) bv t.1ft ,c- GEOIIGC HUNTLEY. SUilMOXS AND EXECU il '-ALE Ar THIS ornnr. w I ! at cn3 o'clock P. M., All ths iu titij, c: i rarest ot LiU-i:J Li Cuir-3 i".rni omCS - " Marshall's Sale. BY virtue of a Writ of Venditioni Exponas issued out of the Circuit Ccurt of the United Sia'es. for the Western DUtiiet of Pennslvan:a, and to me directed. I will expose to TutTis Sale at the United States Building, corner cf Fifth end KmithCcIJ Streets, in ike City of Pittsburg, Penna., on . 1 . , . . . V. A u 1 U Ut.l.AFiJ . ...... . -r- ... - . , , H ..-..iH., V, ... . w. . - - , T . . . ...... v.- in r;t.-.-..M --ntV-. r :v,-,riA r.si'r.t'. ersriro t.i.es us way wacc tua wrucr :T 5u:v;bia? fi'x months bo ; , ' cf V::rrv Uran. Jr.. kt.Jcfi TLott.aa in Shskocee. Miunesoto. in tbo f j:o WLLvruun.sss t..o money i pa.u ! . and Hoiiicuv. Vnl ethers coataing ! of 1S5-1. ha had never seen a railroad car i Trpri ":J,' l'rT?a. i i i . i.. ' . . . . . . ... r 7, 1t ; -"-'I liunarea ac ve ty iiaus, bjokit i. , a tclr-rrapa ffiro m ais me. lie nas sinca -,rv,.,i t rf t i ri " tn..y-u- a.. ; 'i w---1 -e --rtu' 1 p-ail a vi-it tj Cu'va., a city wh'.ch ha Ud :-' 1 co 1 on On . ? '7' 1 -f-e,i.o...- rac ..vr t j pr2.caI) cj y-ij there tras nobody , -. h: lines I - co C' i f. ,-.. v : rt,...tT,. m Gliieas'J cscept lorn Iloljnei and the fe- R n . f. 1: ?. .- x-u . t i -t-,...,.i,.i i rcr ana am", and he uescriucs his trst nao S-.niuc! Wilt. Tabcn ia Es-eui;o?i and to he , ia a :a;.roaa car, trosi i is'issippi acros3 sold r.3 the property of Lv.ke llJJi:re anl James ! nox., two years ao, as being a fearful cs 2rDtr:n".t. " i rorieaco. " Tom says that the "tarnall thicir ALSO Ad the ii.2,ht. t'..io and interest c. ' -i'ju:re, oi, ia ana t., a tract ot lanu. i re, :.r, ia and t.j a tract of bind, s-ic- j adjoiaia-j !a::ds wa;r.!ttl ia the name of John i Faunae, Jacoo r'auuee and l!uriitijui 1 r.jjj,.,'!" t or j bavin" coixtr!nii)r throe hundred aires, more about hYry acres of which are cleared, having j tiiereoa erected a two story fiamo bouse and a r frariio lam, n. w ia the occupancy-of LuLe ) II uuir.i. teizwl iiiid t;j.ken in r.xecttiioa an;: to i l-es-M as t::c jroperty o. LuKe Uu:re, at u.c ; suit of Murray ltoffoi.ta. or., and wi:l besa.d by i n:3 JAMES G. CAMl'BZI tall. Lla.sha'i'a 0."tice. PittsV.trj, March 14, lSG0.-Io-3t ieila fjJtca as to secure remanent : TTfl'TST A T A rT A TTfYH' a. fa crier to F.:r;v:r?i;bh. tLis der-ired I E.U j ZLXslJ .SiJyilillJLUJL? PHILADELPHIA. d '.an at. 1-r 1 he hrrVj' Dix- I IresjcJ, c'HcUJ uil.h Vtrvhnt on-i Epidcmi-r j Iji-cases, cad especially for ihe Cia -z of'L'is- f J -j JUDICAL ADVICE pven ! JSjL Acting S'ir-c- a, to oil v.h eic. j uiz oc.-i-it urjLz.ir. by t;;e ! v.t.i a .escnptio'i oi t.itir C"hu;tivn, (.e, .Krcn j p .tioii, habits of life, oc.) and ia case of extreme j povertv. Jle.lecines fnriti.- hed free of charge. ! VALUABLE KIZrOKTS on Spermatorrhoea, and ot!T Diseases of the .Soxu il Organs, aad cn ! the XbiV HEjIEnilii tniploye! in the Dispen , siry, sc-.:t V th ? afflicted ia sealed letters envel 1 ; rs, f.ee .f charge. Two or thrc Stamps Cr , Palate will be acceptable. ! Address. DR. J. SKILL1X HOUGHTON", Acting Sursreon. Howard Association. Xo. 2 . Si uh Xiath Street, Philrxltlphia, Pa- By order KZIIA D. HEART WELL, President. GLO. FAIUCHILD, Secretary. Ftb. R, Iv. " " j VALUABLE TANNERY j FOR SALE. j TlIK undet signed offer Tor sale the QUITMAN ! I TAXXEBY, situate about three miles West i of r7oca3:j'jrg, p.r.d about 9 miles by Plank Koad j aa I Turnpike from the Pennsylvania Hail Bond, i A B-:neh Bail Boad will !n,rtiy be corstrnctcd ! to Bbeuaburg. The establishment is one of the j largest in the State, and is now in successful op j cratioa. The main building is 140 by 40 and j wing by "0 and the whole two stories i.ib. j A new EXGIXE and BOILEBS erected last summer and uo:v in o,r! order. There are all the nece. sriry outbuildings on the premises, aad ; dwelling lb. uses fm the Proprietor, Foreman and j haadd. -Alio a Blacksmith Shop. There is also au excellent Saw Mill in connecUon with the : Factory. There are about 700 acres of land well ' timbered, which wi.l 12 sold in connection with J the Tannery. About 100 c rh of Bark now ou j bands, Hem'ockcan b purchased at $2,50 and ! Oik at 4.o0 per cord, delivered The property will le rfold low and ou easy ter&s. For further ( particulars addrwss C. P. MURRAY, ' Kbeabtirg, Cambria Co., Pa. j Sept. 21, 1S50. 14-tf. ! WAR IN MEXICO. ! 2). J. EYAS'S & SOU? j HAVE this day received from the East, aad ara now oHbrin to the citizous of Ebeusburg and i vicinity a well selected assortment .f j Mtl.VS' and BOW CI.OTZ12XC!, i Also, a lare lot of DRY GOODS, consisting in j part of the following art icie.-:, viz: i SAII.NS, LLYKTS, CLOTHS, CASSIMERES DOE SKIXS. SATIXETTS, TWEEDS, ' j JEANS, FLANNELS, MUSLINS, Itilh.-jSUiHJi oi every style, NOTIONS. a large lot of BOOTS & SHOES, HATS AND CAPS. BONNETS, TilUNKS, CARPET ! SACKS, STATIONARY. HARDWARE, j GROCERIES, FlSII, SALT, &c, fie, together with such other articles as are usually i ke;t in a country store, which thev will tlb-nose cf very low for cash or country produce. J- Tho Tailoring business will be carried on in all its branches, a'd work will be done in short notice and on the most reasonable terms. Ebeusburg, Feb. 1, 1860.-10-tf. Estate of James Conner Deceased. LETTEPtS of Administration having been granted oa the estats cf Jamej Conner, late of Susquehanna township, Cambria Count-; dee'd, sTfipt-vyrv vn r,p . , r j by the Register of said County, to the underiigncc Ll'XXVr 1 YJ" SALE BY B. S.- j (reading in the twnship aforesaid.) all persons - , -u. ij.r a general assortment of having claims againft said estate are hereby no- t sons tified to rre.-:ent them properly authenticated for settlement, and those indebted are requested to make payment without d lav. FRANCIS BEARER. Slisquchanna tp., March 14, 18o0.-16-6t. JAC11SOX &. CJLARX&, "d other artkks ulua DENTISTS, JOHNSTOWN, PA. I a NE of the firm will be in Lbcnsburg during ! J the first ten days of each month, f--'-' during which time all persons dei- frix ring his professional . services can -t---XJr find him at the oSics cf Dr. Lewis, nearlv oppo site Blair's Hotel. maySojlSoStf. JOIIX Ml AltH Al CII, Justice of the Peace, Smuinlltvllle, Pa. A LL BUSINESS INTRUSTED TO niS care will be promptly attended to. He will also act as .uctionerx at Public SaleB whenever his services In that capacity are required. April 23, 1858:24 - iEisfcllancoiia. One of the Pioneers. Tom Holmes, of the far West no town or St ate ia particular is one cf the pioneers. Decidsdlv he is ona of them. Tom has faced more wild lauds, fover and cgue, and Indians, than almost any ctacr man now on tbo borders of civilization towards tha retting I .-m -.Tt-l cfi!1 rjflcirar,l lb ro?rQ fi? b.l-a 1. kilt " V. ...w E1W all cr tkittered along eo fast that be vr.s skecred." at.j jje jjt cnrc to deny it lie Bat with and his trepiuatiou was so apparent that Ii3 attracted &c attention ox all the passengers ia thj car. Tom savs he had rather met three hun- ci drcd Indians lull of whiskey , than "ride in oas of them svrlft sliding coccernc." Tom was the critical settler cf Chicnrro v.bsreIiS t.ro.ea,ptcil a tract of land and laid cat ., ' . , f. An fn thA u- ct irA ! then laid out Jancsvide, Wisconsin, and he, with t-ATOor three others, laid out the city cf Milwaukie. The rapid roTrth and present i size and importance of these places, attest tho judgment of tula pioneer in locating towns. After all these towns had been ttartsd. ! Torn went up into the country of the Win- neuao Iudiaas on a trading tour, for he has been a veteran Indian trader. lie had not ser-o Lis property in Chicago for six years, wbea one day a gentleman arrived at the tra- uicg pott wnere ne was stopping, and cn- tered iato conversation with him. The stran ger was well dressed, weiring broadcloth and a "bilcd bhirt,' as Tom is want to call tbat garment, when it is composed of white cotton or l'.nen matctial. The gentleman asked Tom if he was not the owner of some land at Chi cago, and what he would take for it? Tom didn't exactly know. What would the gen tleman give? The gentleman was about to build some mills at that point, and as it happened that Tom's land lay right on the spot where be would lice to build, he was dis posed to offer him more than the real value of the property he would give him fix thou sand dollars. Tom pricked up Lis ears'in-I s?5 ap"a vio'- lent thinking. If the stranger had offered three thousand dollars ha would Lave snapped at it immediately. But so large an offer led him to suspect that there had been some thing going cn down there in Chicago that bo was not aware of to raise the piice cf mud. Tom therefore hesitated and told the stranger he hadn't seen the property for rix years guessed he'd go down and take a look at it. Stranger faid he had but little time to wait must start lor Lome that same afternoon, and would give Tom ono hour to make up his mind. The pioneer "chawed tobacker," for an hour, and told the sttanger who wore a l iled'shirt' that he might have the land flr ten thousand dollar's. Straugerdrewhis pockcthook with amazing alacrity and paid the amount. Tom afterwards ascertained that the land even at that time was worth one hundred thousand dollars, aad he Lai been picked up as a "flat." Tom Holmes assisted ia laying out and developing the flourishing town cf rihakopee, on the Minnesota river, about thirty miles from St. Paul, but civilization begins to bore him, and be is now purchasing cattle and an outSt for a great stock farm at llulTato city, three hundred miles northwest of St. Paul. Such pioneers as Holmes are the men who open up new repioas to the productive indus try of the world. Btstan Herald TTlexican AO'airs. Protest hy the French. The commander of the French brig-cf-war Olivier, in the pres ence of the Commander of the American na val forces, protested against the capture of the two steamers by tha'Saratoga, Waive and Indianola. Capt. Jarvis replied that his gov ernment was at Washington, and that, if there was any occasion at all fur a protest, it was there it would have to be made. Oa the 11th inst., the commander of the French lirig of war, Capt. Boyner, now ly ing at Sacriascios, sent a most insolent letter to Capt. Jarvis, of the Savannah, with re gard to the affair cfex-Com. Marin, reclaim ing French subjects, which were oa board of Marian's vessels Captaia Jarvis, verv prop erly, Las treated the said letter with' silent contempt, as Lsing unworthy of an answer, and wiil doubtless send it to tha Department of State. It is thought here, that Capt. Doy cr has acted in a manner beneath the dignity of the great French Ration he represents. It is rumored currently in town that Mexico has pronounced, but I cannot learn tho particu lars. In discribing the appearance of the United States prize steamer General Miramoa, the Picayune says: The gun deck, upper works, rigging and all, give evidence of the hot engagement she has been in. Tho marks of cannon balls Minie balls, musket balls and shell explosion are everywhere to be seen. Among the most noticeable is the mark of a cannon shot on a large mounted iron piece in the centre of the vessel It is particularly curious in this that the iron has the appearance of being melted rather than indented. The smoke stack also, carious enough, has a clean can non shot through it. The wheel and wheel house, compass, ventilator. Sec, are com pletely smashed up, while the sides of the steamer are riddled ia every direction, and the rigging rery badly cat. Read thia line. Ancient Ruins In the United States. Dim. and mysterious ia the early history of man oa this continent. It U enveloped in tbick darkness, ctver, it may be presumed, to be penetrated by human research; and yet the ruins cf ancient cities are frequently dis covered lhat tell of a race that has long since ! passed .away" probably exterminated by the ancestors of oar present Indians, vrho are al- eo isfci uepuriuig irom me numan imnv fairly thiag out before the ever advanciarr in- Ilacnc3 cf the pale face. But thes? monu mental chios indicate great populations, and prove ihe existence of mighty tacu cf old. A new; sliajulu U likely to ba given to Amer ican i.f-jj:a?!)l.yy, by a fliscovery recently a:3i:-t ije nip. j nu!i, nor'.h e:;t of Fort Stanton, a lonj accvunt of which hasjutt ap peared ia the Fort Smith (Arkansas) Times. We condense. The plan upon which lie tho massive relics of gorgeous temples aad mag nificient bails slopes gradually eastward tow ards the river iVcos, and is verv fertile cros sed by a gurgling stream of the purest water that not onlv sustains a rich vegetation, but ' perhaps furnished with this necessary element j couldo't see even your hand before you, how the thousands who once inhabited this present j are you able to swear that the prisoner is the wilderness. j raan? How could you see hita?" The city was probably bath by a warlike j "Why, your hoaor, whea the spalpeen race, as it is quadrangular and arranged with j struck xa, the fire flew out ir m? eyes so skill to afford the highest protection against j bright you mijihthave seed to pick up & pin, an exterior foe, many of the buildings on the ; you cou'.u." outer line being pierced with loopholes, as j The court, jury, counsel and spectators ex though calculated for the use of weapons, j ploded with bhouts at this quaint idea, and b'ewrpl of the buildings are of vast size and i the prisoner was directly after declared not built cf inassivs blocks of a dark granite rock, ' guilty. wuicu coaio oniy nave Decn wrought to tae:r present condition by a vast amount of labor. There are the ruins of three noble cdiCce., each presenting ITTront of three hundred feet, made of ponderous blocks of stone, and the j dilapidated walls are eren now thirty-five feet high, idicre are uo partitions m the area of the middle (supposed temple, so that the room must have been va?t; and there are car vings in the bas-relief and fresco work. Ap pearances justify tho conclusion that these si lent ruins could once boast of balls as gor geously decorated by the artist's hand as those of Thebes and Palmj-ra. Toe build ings are all loopholcd in each side, much re sembling that found in the old feudal castles of Eurooe deigned for the use of archers' a O The blockfe of which these edifices are com posed are cciiicl ted, together by a species of mortar of a bituminous character, which has such tenacity that vast masses of wall Lave fallen down without the blocks being detach- ed by the shock. Wc Lope, ere long, to be favored with full and descriptive particulars, a, it ii pr cjjabhxjhaljciriifs and, exautiuatiojis. will be made amongst such interesting relics of the unknown past by some of the United States officers attached to the nearest fort. Scene with sx Xewlj Slurried Pair. Day before 3-esterday, says a late Cincicati paper, a trio of newly-wedded couplets from the interior of Kentucky arrivjd at the Bur net House, and took apartments for thenijht ia that well ordered hotel. The roomy cor riders, marble floors, gorgeous drawing-rootns and well spread table of the hotel, drew from them the most ingenious remarks of surprise. In the evening they visited the Opera-iiouse, and were so astonished by its niagniScence, that eveu Mrs. Waller's wonderful imperson ation of "Meg Meiiilics" almost failed to in terest them. XotLing more was thought cf the verdant trio till about one o'clock yester day moruins, at which hoar the boot-black of the Uurnet Hone, in making his customary round, observed one of the bucolic Benedicks seated in hall, near the door of his room He naively asked tho polher of understand ing, if he was the clerk. Ileceiving a nega tive answer, he informed the boot-black that he would like to see that individual. In a few moments one of the attsntive ofiice-uicn was at his side, and politely asked bin: what was needed. "Couldn't yo'i make oao a be l ia thb rar lt?r?" said the disconsolate Iookiog individual In the parlor?" echoed the clerk. "I am afraid net " Well I'd like to have one spread down soraewheres." "Why don't voa co into vour own room?" asked the clerk. "1 don't like to," said the bashful young man j "Why. what's ihe luattvr?" continued the clerk, "hasyoar wife turned yon out?" "No. said he," drawitigly, "but, yr-usca. I've nev er been married before, and I dou't much like to go ia, particular ia a strange place " "Oh, go right iu," said the clerk, smiling audibly, "she won't think it wrong." Here the door of his room opened about an inch, and through tho aperture came a coax ing voice, saying: "Do come in John. 1 won't hurt yer, 1 know'd they'd think strange of your standia' out there. Come in, won't yer? I've Jcne blow'd cut the gas, and it's all dark." Tho oder from the room assured the clerk that she had indeed "blow'd" out the gas. so pushing open the door, be stop ped the flow, raised a wiudow, and retired to the ball, to persuade the verdant husband to retire with his wife. AH argument was fruit less, however, and he was compelled to as sign the sinip'.e individual a seperate roctn for the night. Old Mrs. Jones is much given to dream ing. On being informed of the drowning of Mr. Brown, she exclaimed, '4La, I knowed the old man wa3 deal, 'cause I seed his ap paratus ia a dream t'other night. 5J-Anybody who supposes that lo-ckiog a gal in a room will prevent her from knowing what love means, might as well undertake to keep strawberries from blushing in Juno, by whispering in their ears' about the snows we Lad last winter. Sammy, yon little whelp, didn't I tell you to let that cat's tail alone' sail n an gry father to his son, who was endeavoring to elongate a cat's narrative. "Well, old hoss, what if you did? It's old Brown's eat, and I'll yank thunder out of it if I pleafo. An Amusing Larf Case, Some ycar9 in Newr?t!o county, Del cware, an Irishman was knocked down and robbed. lie accused a man of having com mitted the robbery; rnd in dua time the case came to triul. Tb? Irishman being upon the stand. W33 cross-exaniioed. after bavin j sworn positively to the guilt of the prisoner, ; by one of cur keenest lawyers, and something like the foliowinsr was tho resul "You say that the prisoner at the bar was the man who assaulted and robbed voul" "Yes." "Was it troonlight whea tho occurrence took place?'' "Divil a bit iv it." VWas K sarligbt?" "Not a whit; it was so dark that you could not Lave seen yoar hand before you " "Was there any light bhiuing from Bay house nearby?" "Divil a bit iv a house was there anywhere about." "Well then, if there was no moon, star light from any bouse, and so dark that vou. The Father cj Tlufcrs. A writer, refer ring to the vastoess of the Mississippi river says; -It extends 2 100 miles from the fro zen region of the North to the Sunny South, and with the Missouri river is 4,500 miles in length. It would reach from New York across the Atlantic ocean, or from Frauce to Turkey and the Caspian sea Its average depth is 50 feet and its wedth half a mile. The floods are more than a month travelling from its source to its delta. The trappers can exuhauge the fors of animals caught by them on the Upper Mississippi for tha tropi cal fiuits gathered oa the banks below The total value of the steamers afloat on the river and its tributaries i more than $00,000,000 numbering 1,000 boats, with more thin twice the steamboat tonnage of England. It drains n area of 1,200,000 square miles, and wash i es the shores of 12 powerful Stages. In one J single reservoir at Lake Pepin, between Wis coseiu and Minesoto, 2,500 mi!cs from the sea. the navies of the world might safely ride at.ajicb.or.il The Courteous Report. lion. Alexander II. Stevens, of Georgia, ws once running for Congress with an opponent of unusually large statue, and on the stu.cp one day the discussion became exceedingly warm. Where upoa the large man said to Stephens, who was small and delicate. "Why, I could button your cars tick and swallow you whole." To which rale remark Stephens retorted: "And if you did, you would have more brains in your stomach than you ever had in your head." The laughter which followed effectually dissipated the i!l-buiaor which was fast gain ing ground. One of the most amusing scenes in the Legislature cf Pennsylvania occurred oa a motion to remove the capitol of the State from Ilarrisburg to Philadelphia. A matter- of-fact member from the rural districts who 1 had heard of the great facilities- with which brick houses are removed from one part of the j j ctj to another ; id..a that anv and who had not t:.e least ! ii'.-i iauj at:yu.inz "ti toou" .i i ... : .u ! j House was in contemplation, rose and sitd: j "Mr. Speaker, I have no ocjact:on to toe motion, but I don't see how oa airth you are rr.Tirr 1 r r'r.t !f nr.ir tKo rivpr " A XM? &n:i,ncnt. Daniel V.'tbster pen ned the sentiment: If wo work upon marble it will perish; if we work upon brass time will efface it; if we rear temples, they will crum ble into dust; but if we work ou moral minds if we eub'ja them with principles, with the fear of God and our fellow men, we engrave on tho2 tablets something that wil brighten through eternity. A rw JerNyrnin who hal been gazing at a garden in Richmond, in which were several marble statutes, exclaimed: - "Just see what a waste! Here's no less than six scarecrows iu this little tn-fo t patch, and any one of 'em would keep the crows froai a live acre lot " Old Tom Bates had a great sto'-y about feet. "Talk about feet." he used to say, "why, I knew a nigar down in Arkansaw. that had mud smashers like yoaug steamboats That feller3 feet wa3 a fortune to him, though at last for when they started a railroad in his parts, the locomotive feilers gin him fifteen hundred dollars for his oil moccosics. Thy made a depot out of ra, and an ice-cream saloon out of 'toiher." Erlas Sjmlol the Shamroclc. It is in 6ld tradition that St. Patrick, preaching one day on a grassy mound, and explaining the doc trine of the Trinity, one of ho bystanders asked, "how there could be. three in one." St. Patrick stoopped down, plucked a sham rock from the turf, pointiog t3 the thre leaves uniting in ono tern, told them that it was an illustration of what he was trying to explain. From that day the shamiock became the em blem of Ireland. Turned Lecturers. John Drown Jr.. sen of old Brown, lectured at Gustavus. Trum bull county. Ohio, on the night of the 15th. inst.. on "The influence of Slavery." Hi9 brother Owen Brown, who was at Harper's Ferry, made some remarks after the lectare was over. M.Humrni,! PCJarM "Bat said I. "do you really break these pillars p Ur pseJ?', "Why, that all depend, you see. air. Y"Lea the father of a family is called away cn a sudden, we break the column short iff wiia a rough fracturr; if it has been a licperiag case ro chisel it down a little dampy. ILst. for instance," sail he, pointing to a rery thick pillar, fractured 3 sLarp and ragged es a piscc of granite, "Is for n awful sudden af fliction a cose of poplexy a wife aad sev en small children." "But." I observed, "there are soma tall and f-hort column?. "Well, you see." said he. "that's all accor ding to age. We break 'em off short for old 'uns. and it stands to reason, when it's a youngish one. we give Lia more ehaft. "The esd!e cf lif? ia tbwri out early in soca cases; ia others it is burnt to the socket, I suggested. "Exactly, tlr." said he, "now you have hit it." Once a Week. Ycu O'l'jns Sitorts. W hava obtained a brief outliue cf soaoo of the re fined and Christian Sabbath exercises which are to take place to-day: First, lucre arc to L- two prizi flghta be tween two pairs of third rata bnff-M, cn uLt rih: after the other this morning early, somevrhre oa ths Metaire llidg. Two uogs. are to cliew rats for 10J, al Harvey Hoarding's, in Jefferson Ciiy. There will be numerous cock light at tha pi: co St. Charles Street, and the pitoa His tory street. There will te much baJJwLiskey killed on Gallitia and Girod and oiher street;; and nu merous roughs will eet tight and offer figtl to wbocvtr may want it. All the above pious arrangements will be perfectly free, and whoever desires to "go in lemons and come out squeezed," in either Lead or pocket; can do so to his hearts content. .A" O. Delta, Sunday. CtAossal Eloquence. One of tho greatest speeches on record is the fallowing, descri bing the destruction cf a mcatiog-hou;o by flood: "A few short weeks ago, and you saw the stately Louse towering up in your midst lik a a grannydear in a corn field! Now none so poor as to do it reverence! It has gone tho way of all flesh. The mighty torrents de scended from the eternal cloudr; the air was titled with cries of despair; the river swelled and ran over; the mighty Lull ding creaked, shook, rose fronj the surface of water, moved like a world ia a ruictaiure down ths Tast expstse, carrying with itaa eld pair cf boots that I left ia one corner cf our pew. popular preacher tell a good story as a hit at those kinl of christians who are too iudoleut to pursu-o the duties re quired cf them by their faith. He says that oiic pious gentleman composed a very fervent prajer to tho Almighty, wrote it out legibly and fixed the manuscript to his bed post. Then on cold nights ho merely pointed to tbo document, and with tho word? "Oa, Lord! those ate my stntiajeatt! blew out the light, and nestled amcog the blankets. "Out West." in Dixon, III., Peter Brandt, rged eighteen years, is husband to Marry dit to, aged sixteen years, and the two are joint proprietors of twenty-two pounds of boy aged six months so that if Peter is not one of the Apostics, he can at least claim to bo cno cf the early fathers. A Hint to Editors. "When I go iato my cCc to stop uty piiper, raid a good natuied gent'eaian, "and the editor happens to looh glum, I can do the bosiac-ss wiia seme liai of boldness; but when the aforesaid gentle man is dreadful glad to see ra, polite and smiling, the words stick in my throat, and by soiue kind of iatercal process, change into. T tlink I'll subscribe for another car, sir. Isn't it cuiious. Osr cf the neattst replies w tver heard in a legislative body, or anywhere else was lately made by Mr. Tilscn, of Iocklcr.d, Maine. A member bad replied to something Mr. Tilion hs.d said. and. pausing a moment, he inqu'rei if be saw the line cf argument, "Mr. Speaker," said he, "'in cswer to the gentleman, I would ssy. I hear the Lumcicg of the wheel, but cannot see any thread." "You'll have to bear the respocsibilllty." sail a mother to a bright eyed daagbter, of cur acquaintance, vrho thought cf marrying without the maternal approbation. I expect to bear severe!, ma," siid Ftnuf. Let youth chtrl h f'cep, lie happiest c? earthly boons, while yet it is at their ccin-mar-.l; for their con.eth a time t3 all, when, neither the voice of tho lute ncr the bird" shvl bring back the tweet slumbers that fell on their young eyes as unbidden as the dews. Unltcer. Nona Elba. N. Y , the Mecca where lie the remains of the "martyr," Joha Urown, was carried by the D.-mccrats, at the town meeting, last week, by an arerage majority of twenty-two. Some of Browns relatives raa oa the beaten ticket. A Ecautiful Incident. When tb.3 ship Suth Seamen struck on the French Frigats Shosl, two little canaries which the Capt in had hanging in the cabin, were awakened by the noUe, and regardless of the confusion ar ound them, commenced singing some of their inimitable songs, though it was hardly day break. The little songsters continued tosior with untiring zeal. "The sweetest scngs ear ever beard," during all the time that the sailors were get ting ready to leave tho vessel, a if to cheer tbetu ip ia their d!sbritcni3g pituatiop. The officers were forsod to leave the birds ou the wreck, s they were noable to ave t vca' their own clothing, and these cheerful little songbters remained, singing to riuuieclvt the requiuao of the gallant ship. II ri "37T
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