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VOLUIYIE XVIII.--NUMBER 26. .•
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JOURNAL,
'POTTER
Pt :tIStBD BY
M. W. 'Neill.. P.NEY, Proprietor.
~,Trt.)evoted to the 4ause of Republicanism, them
ts
, restsof Agrivlture, he advancement of Education,
, nd the hest good el P tter county. (muting no guide
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dept,that of Principi •,.it will endeavor to aid ill the
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or of.moro fatly ,F , edemizing our Country. r
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..: . 10.1lnes of Brevier or sof Nonpareil types :
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• li iqqare, 1 insertion—. $1 50
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Each subsequent Insertion less than 13. _ 40
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• )Speoial and Editorial Notices per line.:....__ 20
1-113iirAll transient advertisements must be paid in
tti dvance,and no notice will betaken of ad vert l.ement s
ft
rdm distance, unlese they are accompanied 14 the
1 coney . or satisfactory reference.
'„-. ii&Vdb.Work, of all kinds, executed with neatness
*and cheep:ltch. -
:VSINES.S NOTICES
"'Free and Aceep!pteilAnicientjirorlE 31p.30ns
UL A.14.A. LODGE, No. 342, F. A.. 11.. Stated
LLteeringi on thu 2d awl 4th 't'ednes.taysot each
onth. Story l f li h ;l ( l )l lT ' ,llt L i l ;ic.k.
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.O. JELLISON, M., D.,
pLI YSIC Li N*, Coudersport, Pa.,
, respectfully is urns the cplzurii ot the villaue and
'vicinity that he wi I promptly respond to all calls for
.I Prufession set vie... r e. Office on First atreet, first door
West of hie residenee.
S. 1L& N, .
ATTORNET AND COUNSELLOII AT LAW.
Cuuderiqiort, Vh., will attend the seventi Courts
im Potter and Cameron counties. Al! business en
:trusted to his care will receive prinnpi, attention.
,office,on Main street, in te,ideuee.
OLMSTED and LADEABEE,
TTORNEYS AT, LAW, Coudersport, Penn's.
' Will attend to all business. entrusted to their
`care with pt.:mildness and fid,lity. Will al.o attend
theltrecieral courts in , the enjoining counties. °Mae
In tlic second storey of the Olmsted Block.
ISAAC! BENSON,
ATTORNMY-AT-LA.W, Conder4port, Pa., will
attend to all business entrusted to hint %vitt care
and promptness. Anond, is of adjoining coon.
tles. ..0 slice on Second iitreet,near the Allegany bridge
I'.W. .KNOXik.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
, CodZerspert, Pa., w,ll attend the Uoutte iu Put
'er and the adjoinulg eouuVes.
21111.i.E1C & IIcALARNEY,
.. .TTOR i YS-AT LAW, tiAnatenca.G, Petite:l.H
. ' . Agent; for 016 Collection of (Mahn, agah.st. the
iJ uitea States and State uoverninea.:,4u.th as Poneioas,
Solt [lty,Arrearis a Payeko-Ad Tress iUox 5, ,:,rl.l,borg
WM. MILLER, . 1 J. C..II'ALAIINEY
,PII. 13 7 . . 11cALAENEY,
BAL' ESTATE and INSURANCE AGENT.—
_Do Land Bojigikt and Sold, Taxes paid and Titles
IniTstigated. Insurea property:44:llllA fault' th•best
companies in toe liQutitry, and I orsous againNt..Acci
&Main the Trkvelers Insuranm • Cori:Tans of Hart
ford. ;Business transacted promy 17..2"3
P. A STEBBINS d 0.,
MEltellArCSLiiieulera in Dry Goods, tancy
.GOods, Grocerlei.i.Provitilon , ..ploCr,Feed , Pork ,
and overithing,wituilly kept id algid(' country stole
rroditco boUght and sold 17 29
C. H. SIMMONS,
ERCRA.NT—WELLSVH.LE N. 'F., Whole-
ALI hale and Retail Dtialer in Dry Goods, Fancy and
StarilA Godda.Olothims, Ladies Dre , sUaoris Groceries.
pour, Ireed, Ste, R„aailers supplied on liberal terms
• CHARLES. S. JONES,
AirEncriANT—ljualers Drugs.
.LVEaitcy Metes, Stationery, Dry Goods,
Groan4es, tr..c..,tMain Street, Coudersport, Pa
• b. i. OL73.STE'D,
fr.F.l2DNT—Deale'r in Dry Goods, iteatipm
• .Cl 7EA. tliini, Crockery, Groceries. Fl.,ur, Feed,
Pork, ProVlAoils, &e., tiain street; Con.lerspot t,
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OLLINS,.
AftitCUANT--"Denler In Dry' Goods; Grocerles,
_U. ProvislOns; Hardware, Queenswnre, Cutlery,
aq d.on G'o is usually rend iu n country store. n'6l
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111. J. OLMSTED,
HARDWARE' Ifercnant, and DPaley in Stoves,
-. Tin and Sheet Iron.Wnre, Mainstreet, Couder
apoyt, Tin and ellect Iron Wure made to
order, In goodlalyle, qn enprt notice. _,
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ti. :- - )11.10UDERSPORT. HOTEL.
D,.. R. OIASSNIIRE, Pitornitidn, Correr cf.7llnin
11nd Second El tree CS. CO udvi sport ,Pot ter Co. Pa.
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A Litrery Stl.blq Is also' kept in connection :with this
Hotel: , 'Daily Stages to and from the lint treads..
' Potter Jourpal Job-Office.
U, of
VING- I4tely added alit' new assortmentA '
jalt(tYPE to our already large a.sortment.
Wb it n 3 .no %v. lira{pi red qu do all hinds of work; cheaply
and wjth.ta.t:e.cind neatnee.t. Orde , s solicited.
ILYIIAN HOUSE.
Lewisvllje,Otter" county, Pennsylvania.
LEWIS. PropriCtOr.
B. tikes thi . excellent Hotel, the proprietor wished
o nittket.hottthilmlntance of the traveling public and
eels confident'. of giving satlefaitton to all who may
all on 12.66 tf .
-SA:l)43' LE •WORIii
.:OO • • : •
.kal..•gMgnuments and Tomb,Siones
k s tif o ::.01'a1.!.kinda, T,e relsh ed reasons
L W ; terms end short notice by
C. Breanle.
: Entails, 1M nth •s south' of
.ConOrsport,•Pa., on the Sinnetnahoning
Roaa,-or.leavv your orde rs at the Po.4Ollice..tfecril
- . . BAKER,
ptismox, miusTr and WART:I.:AIM AGENCY
....,yeneilpir procured for Sold' of the present
Vat whi;?.are disabled by 'reason of wounds r eceived
Ar diiieii,e - aortrarited while in the service of the United
:States—, nrid:pensiOns,: bounty, and arrears of pay ob
laineti for:widoWs or noire of those who have died or
lieeci . Into •wlige in service. All letters if inquiry
,promptly I, and on receipt by mall of a state
ment of the east of claimant,. I will forward the ne
.eessary fdr their sii.mattire. Fees in Pension
emelt es fixed bylaw. Refers to. Isaac Benson,
.A.V.'ClMsted; John g. Mann, and P. W. Knox, Eeq
CIT II••; • .t_ DAN BAKER,
J 41368134 .; • Claim. Agent, Coudersport, Va.
$( ) . 500:
Per
We • want .gents
everewt e .e ar reto Sell our IMPROVED
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$.. owlog Meohinea': three new kinds. Under and
up6irlied, ;Mir:Totted live years. .. Above salary
or large'Oorairt!sjlonsimict. , The ONLY machines sold
In thelErstiti.d:Stltes.ter less $4l, which are 14,1111 ,
licenspd,lw gow j e,..lllhootor Sc r Wilson i Grover
ssßtChelder. ALL other cheap ma:
shinitit are'lrifrink - emdrits and the seller or user tire
mito , tolgrrest;ltlne.lartd imprisonment. Circulars
res,t, L Addrnir,breall: , upon Shaw 6r. Clark,
.Biode.
fard;Martte or, 1)100,141,Do , % 26,1865.
iltdhl 'ltch! 'ltch !
SCRtkreit! SCRATCH! 1 SCRATO
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WEI pilroN , s' - :OIN T ME v,..
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Will t 4 illt i t..e latin 48 lIonrs!
- Alto eit4.3..8 7 ..r.:l` . . iiiiiinkf; TIICERS,- OHM
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PLA.I.VF.t, enil,n Eng PTIPSTS QF , TIT e, s KRT.
en e'n , 69 cents. or sale h 4 all anisr.oo3. Bysencllng
e'l e 6 rita TOME 8 6e3 Purrr.M, Sole -.Agents, 1;0
Ni'miblngton stre i,BOston, it will lio forwarded by
Inall, freo of post qe,to any part or the UditedStat.ca.
412 " /, /100, inn natioe wiry lyr. .
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MEE
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' 1 I , !OCTOBER.
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1 olentn; yet beantiful td view, . •
M i rth of my heart! thou dawnest here,_
- Wit sad and faded leaves to strew- , •
Pdle Sum:eer',l melancholy pieta -
The ! '
moaning of thy winds I hear
Athe red sunget dies afar, 1.„ ' i• -
And bars-ofmurPle clouilitppear; •
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Sinring,every western star.
ii. • .
hear
solemn '
Th t month! I thy.voice;
I t 'tells My soul of other,days, •
Whet) biii to liveiwtis to rejpice.
, When earth was lovely to my gaze!.
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Oh, visions bright4oh; blessed hours, •
Whey are their living raptures now 2
I ask •naspirit's wearied powers- 7 - •
I ashy pale and fevered brow I
i ,1
,1 I look , t
.Nature and behold
I n
I My li p's dim emblems, rustling round,
In lines
,11:pf crimion and of gold— .
The yoir'sidead hohors on the ground:
' Ana sighi4with -the-winds, I feel,
I While' their low pinions Murmur bv,'
- How much their sweeping tones reveal
' Of life and human destiny.
When SPringis delightsome moments shone,
The ,came inzephyr's from the West ;
They ore the wbodlark's melting tone,
They stirred the blii lakes glassy breast ;
Through summer, fainting in the heat,
They lingered in th forest shade ;
But changed an d stren tllened now, they beat
In storm, o'er, mou tain, glen and glade:
Howl j kethose transp its of the breast I
Wh n life is fresh a id joy is new;
Soft _ : •
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. the halcyon's ilowny nest,
And transient hll MS
in
are true !
They- stir the•leaves in that bright 'wreath:
V hien Hope about her forth ad twines,
Till Grief's liot sighs dronnd it reathe,
' Then A'leasure's liplits smile esigns.
Alas ! for Time, and Death, and Care,
• What gltm about our way they fling !
Like clondsq in autumn's gusty air,
The burial pageant of the spring. ,
• The dreams: that each successive yeari
At
[lathed-in hues of brighter pride,.
' At last like withered 'leaves appear, '•
And sleep in dafkitess side by side.
TWP STORY i 4 OF A HERO. •
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And h dont think I. ever shall get to
take ibis a matter 'of course, sir—taking it
coollysfout Ode questioin. Here we are
living abeit as an dxcited t , a life as men ca
lead—alwVs ion duty, atr l i ready at a mo
ment to 11 - ive'a, set-to with the worst fire
that ever broke out.l i No, I shall never get
to take lit as a Matter, of course,.,for it'iv all
(lark, rash and exciteltnent, and ..I love it,
sir. FSash comes thq i
news to us by. tele{
graph, nctst likely; chit comes the horses;
tiler ' s I n tight put tO the ready-trimmed
fire, and then, wit al train of sparki flying
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1 out behind up, as the ,fire roars, and the 1
; steam's getting up, away gollop the horses.
1 Aye, it's "Hi!, ho! hullo!" arid they clear
the road for us; and away we goon a full
gallop down the streets, with the horse's
oet's striking fil,e,l the cro , d shouting, and,
the rutining mob lacreasin,g at every step.l
There'lsoniethnig in itas warms one blood',;
and as to the i danger—well of course, it's
dangerous; but whu we feel that we're
doing our duty, and know . whats before us,
why, somehow: we dont remember the dan-
crer but go, atlit in earnest.
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Now, there N I vas
t (inly last weeksitting `as'
I was waiting 'or a eall—there it was at
last; lute on' id I the iiiglit, when the streets
,
were clear; , and itwiy we tore at something
like a pace. Oxford street; Holborn,down
the Hill,. up Skinner street, Newgate street
•--whoop T and away full gallop with the
horses enjoying it, :;bless you, and.lashing
omit till it's hard to hay.whether they did'nt
'make mOre,sparks than the fire under the
healer. ~ We wanted no more instructions,
for there was the red glow oti ahead; and
as we got nearelr, we could almost, see the
sparks; and at pastwe t did see them come
pouring and rolling along -With the sinokei
and; being a heavy, hot night hanging like'
a thickl stai r spingled cloud just over our
heads. 1 i 1 \• 1
1 Two enginal were there, and as it hap
pened so late, thel•O were not so many peo
ple as might bavel been expected; but as
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soon as. I get there I saw something par
ticular was the matter, and' this• is what it
wa4:---The 'fire was in quite a narrow court
whbre they couldn't get, the escapes; and
Lheie Was people. , burning to death4.lwhile
aboye the shouting of they mob and .thee,
clanking of 'the engines hard at work, 'you'
could hear their awful cries for help.
Now, don't you, suppose; that I'm proud
of all this I'm going to Tell 'yeti -because
I'm not. Npw, if you were to dash in and
save any on,e's Biel why, no doubt it would
be brave and gallant;
. because you Ivould,
have done it out - pf true compassion for 'A;
suffering fellow creature; but then With ing
it's quite different. , I'm paid so much a
iveek to save life and, preperly froni fire
ConSequentlY, I only do what's my duty to
do. ' i - '
I runs up the court axe in hand, and
soon sees the , state of affairs. One house;
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Was in a blaze from top .to. bottom, and;',
the flames, had worked through-into-the'
next, and were attap - mg the one opposite,
while with the s is; eicape regularly cut off;
there Werel`pliOnt i ti'l half a dozen people at
, the;upper nlindows Of the second house and
no way of gottFrig ,tii them:, 'There was no
hack &Or,r, t o the :place, •-beink 'in one of
those criowdeeCity places; while the door
in i frent andistaircase were now fast getting
into l a state of glow,' log ,which
,the Water
s lin ttered and steadied Without king.igl,Y.
impression. 1 i , 7
There waS no, time for ladders or aloy-
Debate') fo tip 'Prilicitiks of Iriie Qailiochqc,9, 3JoNlitti, gifei- A t i he 41D ifetus.
; COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, TA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1466.
thing but he sheets, and thena, were got
stretched- Ont for the people' to jump into,
but, poor things! they dared not,and - what
to do Leadld not tell. - There was the fire
blazing up higher and higher, lighting pp
two of them Ohl ci'.y churches that you sea
lost down these old courts, and looking] as
if - they'd been,put there out o' the way be
cause people didn't have any„use for them
now. There they were lit up and - glowing
and the pigeons - that lived up there:scared
and:flying round anlround the fire; there
was the rush and the roar of the wind along
*the :court as it set toward the 'floe; and
there were the flarnesleaping .up,tlie clouds
of:sparks rising, the clouds of smoke rolling
awav,and the crackling sputter of the slates
as they flew with the . heat, and. then, slid
rattling Off into the-court beneath, .smash
upon the pavement. Every now and then
came a loud - roar and crash as a rafter
fell in, and sent the sparks up in, the whirl- .
wind: Arid there all that time were those
poor creatures Uttering the wildest piercing
shrieks for help you ever heard. Now I
have heard so mach of that sort of thing
that you'd expect I Shbuldn't mind it; but
I do though, and'as I . said aboutfires, 1
don't think I slitll ever get t 6 take it as a
matter of course; fur there
. is something]
yery -awful in seeing fellow .creatures,strong
and hearty, and yet lying before your eyes
and you not able to save them. -
But I wasn't this time—not a
bit of it—for every Minitte's worth some
thing at a fire, and if you give it too much
time it .will beat you. Under"the cirCurri
stances, the first thing was to save life, and
whilst them that had branches did their
best to keep thefirb hack fronitheiu at the
third flloor'wifidoW,..T. got a rope, and - in at
the house opposite, and made my:•way up
stairs to the third floor, which like the rest
of the place was used as a warehouse; and
crammed full ofpnekages. •
Being a stransr,elmuse, it wasn't easy to
find yorir way, but I got up at. last, and
bpposite to the room where the poor things
were all now huddled togethei. atone win
dow, for the fire
. was gaining be. them; so
that unless they were sootii heiped• :they
wouldn't want' it. ,
"Crash!. truth 1" didn't.' I let inylittle
at play round'lhe sashes ,of titnt witidow
and soon have a clearance, for it was nailed .
up,' and then when the poor things :heard
me, and, saw \ the light shining on my hel'
metyhow they did shr l i d ek for help.
Just then I looked it at the. depth,
and .T.caught, sight of one follow standing
below with a short ladddr in Lis hand,
which might have been of use irtho poor
things had been on the firalloor; and then
1 made ready to throw my rope ; across,
when just - as I was going to let .go - nnd
then going to try, and catcht it, a thought
struck me, and I let the coil of rope' fall
down into the court, all but the one-end
that r had hold - of, and then when the poor
things saw it let down theystneked again,
and one of them fell hack from the window.
"Tie -on that ladder," I shouted "an•t
Some of you come up;" and . one of any
mates soon tied the ropes to, one of the
rounds, and then with tWo:or three more
run into the house; while .I hauled away
till I got hold of the bottom- of 'the ladder,
for they sent the heaviest end. up first, And
then dragged it-in at the window, and..bal
'aneing'tfe other end. up continued to push
it -mon and into- the window of the other
henie across the court, andso . make a sort
I of! bridge, 'only it was till- askew for, the
houses were•not
,quite opposite to one
' another. .• • • - . •
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Just as I'd.doue this,. in comes my mate
.
with two more men, and I sett them.,
work to hold the ladder while I. took hold
of the rope, and .then made ready ,to - eraw I
aeros,q on the thin bridge
. I'd riggcul up.. - It
was 41 life and .. dex,h, or ldn
- .wou't have
ventured on the slight bending oo d ; for
though a ladder set nearly upright Ulay be
strong enough, it makes - , at deal: Weaker
to lay it down level and then °
(To and crawl
along it: ..I .how it wouid.lio though,
tied the . rope round - my : body, and
miide my niate Intch - thC . bther rc.und'a big
hook in the wait Used for a pulley, 4o that
in the event a fal 1, if the.topel held good;
I shouldn't have gene.all the way:- They
tied on& endpf the ladder,- too, to keep it
steady,' and :then there I was scrambling
across, with; theladder' bending and 'quiv
ering; end !the crowd underneath hurrahing
and:, clapping th,iir ,h nude,* just as if I was
:doing..a. bit of 13Iondin to ; ple`astithem.
tlow the ilPdder did ',bend; so.stbat
thoi:gl:t it give - Way, and me
crash into the court; but if didn'f., 'Mid the',
tle Et Moidetiti.fwaS. in thh. windoW;of the
burping house,, with the .iremliliag
: women
clinging to Me: •
,I says,, to one man,. Von
.e,n-r creep ; across,- and I, - pointed - to the
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4 I cah i; leave my wife," he says,- hold
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big a. half *tang,. womap_against the
window,, where the smoke 'wasn't , cfnite. so
dense.
"You're a.trnmp;.y7an nre,' I think, and
then I luiuls more of the rope over,- and,
makes-:it - ,last ronpd,...the, poor. woman's
waist and then- her on ihe
and the three on ~.the- other .side. hauled i
and we held
.On to the rive at - thiS enci,•lve
got her half across, when she slipped off
thelladder, and bung-right•over the courti
while .there, , ; arose a regultif Shriek of lior 7 "
ror.
._Butlhere.wasTeople, you see, at the
other end of - th'e rope, and we loosened a. 4
the others' hauled, and so they §bon had
her in at the other 'window, though the
rope WAS' ao tight tliati it must have hurt
the poor thing terribly.
'Tea. they- loosened the rope again, and
we scut another woman over, and she was
insensible With fear, and we got her, over
all right, though slier too; slipped off the
- ladder. Then there - were two little- girls,
one after the other; and it was Sad to see
how they trembled and -shook—t i ) l o - much
frightened to cry, as - well they - ight be,
fur the heap, was awful; and I knew that
another qtuirter of an hour would find the
room we were in red. hot
. .
• We got'-over another—a youn& man
and he _was .d ragged over, too, for 1;1. dare
not try to crawl across,- and I suppse to
a man who ain't used to t such things,
as creeping' over a place like that, ail
those feet -over the pavement,' and when
you've been frightened to death nearly by
waking out of your sleep to find the next
place on fire, is rather trying; and now
there was only .that chap whose wife VillS
sent over first, and who had worked all he
could to help we, and another
chap, whom I'd had quite a set to With to
keep bad:, so as to save the womein and
children first.
And now. this chap as I've just spoke
about made a rush Ito get to the ladder,
Mid ho was in - such a horrid fright that I
'doe% believe he'd got over Safe, and be
sides I kneW there was time eriough-for us
all to get, away if things were done quietly;
so, considering as it wasn't his turn, I held
him back for the married man to go first
to his wife, when the othr one almost
shrieked out with rage and fear;
"Let him go first," nays the niaticd
than "I'll wait." I
t'rain's ilk turn," I says, rather obsti
nate like: "Over you go!" and at such a
time one can't be interfered with, a
having .male my plans so far I didn't wart
them altered. So, "Over you ger l'eays.
"Ithink I can crawl;" he says, abd he
got out on tip.r, ladder; but instead of crawl-
ing, he sat astride of it and' worked him
self.along, with the crowd hurrahing and
cheering him tremendous.
And then came the flame and-smOke,
and the roar and crackle and falling.in of
timbers was getting terrible. Every place
was light as day, while -)is to the, I declare
it seemed to scorch you fearfully.
,"The sooner you'relacross and me with
you the better -I shall like it," I sayx, and
then I took a look round to see how mat-I
Ito's were, when there came a erase. and a
puff, and in a moment the flames wreath
; Mg and twirling up,from underneath where
II stood, and just as the last chap had his
I leg on the window-sill,and I was gping to
I tie the tope round him, be gave a Yell and
fell back) or rather r pulled him biick into
the sint+y room, .and: he fainted dead
away.
He must have gone down crash into the
court it' I I hadn't ;dragged at him; but,
there was no time to lose. I made the
rope fast and goti himon to the.ladder,
with !.the flames darting up through the
rounds and burning his hair; and then I
shouted to them to haul, And haul they
did, with me trying to steady him With
my-end of the rope; but before he was
Quite across something went snap i and I
staggered back' into the room, holding on
by the piece Hof Lunt-through- rope; and
with my hear sinking, as I felt that my
oWn l salvation was partly - g0n0.. ; .
Just then the flames were wafted sin dne.
side, ,and I saw that they were dragging
iii the last of the seven,. and I felt now as
if I'd dora3 c 4:l good night's work, and, it was
tine to save myself: , _ I'm not ashamed to
own it; I did feel frightened as I threw down
that piece of rope, and, it must have,. : been
seMething like a cry . of horror I gave when,
I got; hold of the ladder and fel,t' it : burn
my hands, and then I. tried to bear up on,
it and felt it crumble away, and that I .was
without a way to escape.
F4r above the noise of the fire and wa
ter came the shrieks of - the UroWd as the
burnt ladder fell away
_and Irung Irlazing
by one, end against the . qposito house,
while there came up such a rush of flame
past, the window that I could not look,out,
but diredtly after I heard the fierce ruh
of tlie water and could see that four branches
.Were, deluging the
knew what
MI beneath,
for my 'mates knew What 4 danger I was
. .
I ran to the •wincloW, and was bedten
back by- the water' while the smoke that
crime: up was quite blinding. :Then riiied
through the hot ; xapor in the - room see
-if I could get otft of the door a,n4 teach
the roof; but just', at that *mernent, there
Came a dull flash. thrcidgb...the.-,smoke and
T could see thift the bade of the house was
all on' fire, whife from 'the way the ftarnes
rushed up agaiti':anT . 'filled the ciiurf, I
knew 'there was no help to be had from the
opposite, for they must be beaten &Oen the
:window.
'I had been in softie mangers, in - 44-thie f
vikt iiil now tlie%lfiii;l: kikyliya 'see rneu
wity but; and as I tern fail:Yu:3lf al.:hitt:A
the place with the swat dripping off me,
kind the borri,,le fear.cif death so close at
hand, I
,seemed to be 'regularly unnerved,
and:fell to shrieking and crying out 'that
my mates had !deserted rne, .when they
were on the roof and had ' let down a rope'
to me, but I could tot see :it; mid then at
last othkof,them was let down and tried to
get in-AC the window, bid the flames' beat
him back; and,a groan carne from the lied=
pie as they sow All that. had been - done..
, As I told, lyon, I seemed gild° to lose
my nerve, and ran abont shrieking for a
few minutes, and t fen fell down .on my,
face upon the licit floor.; but directly after
my mind seemed.to come again, and I felt
thht if I must 'die I should . have done my
duty, rind I had saved i seven poor creatures;
and as I thought that, I rose to my knees,
and some words came to my lips,--words
that came to my heart as 'I thought of
those who were once saved from the heat 1
of the burnihg, fierifurnace, midi prayed
that I too might ue salved.)
And all! it was hard to pray there— to
keep your thcnighti in, ,the midst of that
fierce, suffocating heat cirsmoke 'and, steam
from the water , pouriag
.into the room.
And how everything else hut the words of
prayer came into - one's, Mind; and it was
as if devils-,--despiiiiing,l i blasphemous dev
ils—were hissing in my' ears to curse and
shriek oaths. ' Then, too, carneJdielliought
of those at home, and 'the little. golden
i lcurls that I should play with no more; and
'bow . .1; could now understand the dread
l i my wife alWays had of what 'she balled my
frightful business. Yes,•l had saved seven,
that night; but it was hard to die—hard to
give up life 'at eight And-twenty, and to
suffer the death from which I Thad saved so
many. .. .. , .
I couldn't help it just then, for a grim
,smile came over my- fate.'as I thought it
was my old enemy, the fire, being revenged
upon me; but directly after I tried to pray
once more, and then in the. midst of .the
smoke I gave a Wild - Cry; &Shed off
. my
helmet, dragged illy 'belt undone, and
kicked off my heavy bbots, half suffocated,
and had off my thic • Icoati, too; and then,
with my heart be...iti g . l with.. epe, I thank
ed God for .the, thought, and the next rho
i
rnent I was over th4gratd bars and in the
big chimney of the oldhouse.. , , .
1 It was full of ,snicike, and, I could hardly
breathe; hut it was 4 sure way.tiescape to
1 .
the roof; and though I could fel that. I
was tearing the skin, from my' elbows and
knees,' I ' managed to climb higher and
higher, slowly arid' painfully,' but &on I
could feel a carrent of sweet, refreshirig air
setting down to me, and every breath gave
me fresh. Strength. till I reached the top,
when my heart sank, and I . found it would
be impossible to get any further on account
of the chimney-lpoti
. ' To shout was useleSs, and for a while I
,Was in despair; but at last I
i got my hands
well ati,)ve me, and tried to move the pot.
I tried again and agaib; and then to force
myself threngh z . till T. was. SO ii , cdpr . , - od in
that I could not get back, but I found that
'
, I had loosened the ' pot; and at . lasi Com
pletely forced it off, .and, raised ' thyself
panting to a siding 'position On the chini
ney stack, but afraid to . m,ove, for-my head
was wedged in lthe pot,. Which was fixed
down upon my shoulders. 1
was
forknew that I could hot stay -where I was
for long, and tried once More to get rid of
my awkward helmet; "and now, having
both handsl at liberty, I loOsened it; and it,
fell. with a rash into the Court:beneath'.
Just theta there rose_ a cheer, for same'
one had rn'ade Me . out from below; and
sick And faint . aS I Was 4 managed to wave
my liaiild and try to cliehr; but it stuck in
'my throat, and I could not get down with
out 11610.. 'And I suppose English People
must be fond of cheering, for how they did
shout when I got down through another
house and was Oaks . amongst them; and
after all it was only one's duty; '
The Grants—Father and San.
' -
The Republicans I , of Cincinnati held a
great meeting on Monday night, at Mozari
Hill, prelitninary, to the elections. Mr.
Grant, father Of the General, was present,
and lacing beeri recognized, was called,
upon for a spec i h. He responded as
follows: i•
"I am not in the habit of public Oealz.
Mg. I never learn:d the art; and it is a
family failing i [Ch.ers.] • -
i j
"The Chairmaiyhas said Governo Mor
ton will be here id a few moment, and
possibly I may I say something tha will
keep you from going to sleep. We I; we
have, you know, been,engagedl in p t,ting
down aost gigitntic rebellion, the great
est that /has ever. disgraced It civilized na
-
Lion We have fought Alrouuli it, and
crushed it out ,by aid, power of the sword.
[Cheers.] 1 ' ' ; , •
"There is yet a work t,4 be dove; there
is another fixed 'battle Ito' be fought, and
that battle - is to bii refight to-morrow,
,
[Applause.] The gaud i ce' ntending armies
arrayed againd, each, other must be nar
rowedi dowel to the Republican, and the
Democratic „parties,: ,41411.ut, ,s4ys some
ones The Johuson paqyi l Sure enough,
but where is if? " [Laughter and eheers:]
The truth is, a was ordy a trick played ;3'
TERMS.- -$1.50 PER ANNUM
upon the people in the P,hiladelphii,con
vention, nine-tenthi of whom were difb*O
crats, and whose,objett wa4'sitiaply to-trans:-
fer Mr. Johnkon I and bra friettdii %Bid titcr
emocratic party. - „* • • . • . ' 7 .
"The plan was laid, and wluit,bas been
the result? I, bel ieve , that, the dektlOC:iiiile
party hiss atisoldiely gained 16 , ii , *(i! AR
told. [Cheers.] Raymond, of New york';
is one; Doolittle, of Michigan, 'is another`;
Senator Cowen, of .lietinsy tv anis, iaanotheq
and in a little village on the Ohio tiVeigiey
call—l am not goo 4 at recollecting riaitieg
—ah yes, Cincirmath i there are two mere.
They got right up6d the plank firzed.Tor
them, greased ilieiid leather bieech *= and
don they went: [Greta laughter. ,
r
"There were three o; four more t at hid
. , ~.
a (Treat. notion of getting on the titan -.
They went so far as to take the bounty,
.-e one foot on the plabk,l and then' thZY
e. themselves down gradually; until
r could see '
.the yawning gulf bene4tli
their—the mi ry slime of COppeillead 4e
'inoCracy—a gulf filled with deed. men's
boii';'es-- r and they shrewdly concluded Act
take the back track. [Great cheeiSl.]:.
'ilAlthough these men have taken .ttieit:
bonnty, and enlisted in that ni•ean_pally,•, - -z - -
which for short, they call the National
Union - Democratic JohtiSeri party.:-.. - zthey
now come out and say they think the 'al
stitational amendment is pretty tiear illy;
andl we had better sustain Coitgre..sk qii
niyelF, I d'on't think those men whose
hadds are reeking with the bloOd . of their
fellow citizens ought to be intru sted 'nn
ftlher with the affairs of the goveVullfgiat
[C eers.] • . : 1
!‘i k srow, my fellow-citizens, Lhate ,never
claimed any
.distinction for any services I
have ever rendered. AcCideril,. fo4ne
good luak, somethibg or othe'r, lie - tiiturg
me ' to raise up a son who has rtnideVe
some service to his country. ' [Great Alla
continued cheers.] Btit 1 ,may. OY tllilt
the services thus rendered by that 14.4
mine have not only been fully appreciated]
but they have bee put ticitil,
.feilla'tcailt
more thitri they were worth. ' [Crrthi of ''i'
no, never.'] At any ,rate he : has receive ,
,
as much credit, as muchpromotion Ana ii,
many substantial testimonials, Or more tliiill
m a ny other men-1 ,who, have done r. 48;;"
[Voices'n), no.']" - -
A despatch from WaShington Lite
Cincinnati Gazelle states that Geiteo
Grant on Monday in a conversation witli
Colonel R. S. McAllister, respeetine
election in Pennqlvatiia, reiterated • i:14.4
published statement that any Seddiei 014
votes for Clymer disgraces hinitiet 11111
declared himself opposed to placing lib:
portant political trtirta in the hands _Of -
those who opposed the Wei; and riindeFa.
aid and comfOrt to the enemy - . _ *hire'
expiesS.ed his deteiniindtionnOt to tie draikti f
into political contests; the gener.il 42ki
frank and tinieseivecl in etpieasing flat-
Gerieral Geary should be elected Golfe - A.6f
of Pennsylvania: -
. ,
ler The Cniiarailikis in autau ,
.
e, , •
.
papera are busy selling each other atid,:,
.
ing sold. The Randolphandßandolph ßegister iiitg -
a hoop thusly
One day last weelt some children of tild ,
village, first discovered; in thel-sWIMili in
rear of CamPe, barn; a skeleton; p,i1,1211y
embedded hi ilie niud. The loWei. ,ex=
trernities only were exposed:' 'lt wiiii tiikeii
out and placed in the liatida df tlieinedical .
men of our place; tfid agree that it ie the
remains of a young girl about , tvi,;ti.g . or
fourteen years of age. It, is thought to
have been concealed there . . W bthereby,!t.i•gpe.arr :
ance, about six. Months. ho in our.qiiiet
village could have beeii engaged hi busi ,
ness or such a character is a mystery ik.in.i
all. As none. in dureonimunity hgv4 bee :I,i
missed; it is Suppos - ed she was zi atililger. !
Whereupon the i Jamestown 4%; at nal
solemnly remarks:
The Itandalph Register says Ole par
tiallv decorn s piNed remains•ofa iiri, of 12`'
or 14 years Were diicoi'ered iparti:i:o; burie',l ,
in a swamp in the rear of amurii hotel,
barn. It seema.to have been birrie'd iibnat ,
six monthi. ,No clue to . its I.ientity is -
found. It was a 1 strancrer:
zt , .
Over this 1 the Jamestown ' Democrat. .
chuckles v" "miiEhl and declares:
. . .
Now we think that is carrying. thez`goale!
Stile too fir. TO 9utWit.rilßentinet is
11 fair enotigh, td slip intd iliii,i Unioniis a'
e ver political dOdge, :bpi 14 humbligi lihe •-
rerence the
. lirnor himself in tliatiiity
is parfeetly scandalous! . I .-
VioSpEttous.—AS evidence of the rii:os="
perity of the Pennsylvania railroad
state that fifty-eight freight and sei'dtiCeeii
passenger trains pass Harrisburtifithtibri; , .
east and west, daily.
"Ma I" . .
"Well, darling?"
"Don't little boys have thb lieetiPsr• •
"Yes,-pet.' l ,
"Then don't little g:r!s bavd the
sheettpst"
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