The Potter journal. (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, February 19, 1867, Image 1
VOL -kuraitElt 34 Tuaic ; PO lER JOUNAL ' ..: - . . Tunitstinn Hi . —" "m w. eALAESEIt; PrOprittot. %—rDevote to the cause of Republicaniami, the In. tsr .sts of Ag oeiture;the advancement of Education, 4 ill the best nod of Potter county. Owning no guide 'lncept that o Principle, It will endeavor to aid in the 'work of attn. tufty Nreedomizing our Country. , 7 - ear &dyer tornente Inserted at the following ratan ,1031 e pt kvher special bargains are rondo, A "square, is 10 lines of revier or Bof Nonpareil types; • • r 1 square. 1 insertion.... ........ ----Z....31 50 1 square, 2 r 3 Insertions 200 4tsch subs quent insertion leas than43 4 o X wpare, year . 4 - , -- - ---- 1 ° ® , 1111.Iness rda,ll. year " • - _-.b 00 Admlntst tor's or ExecodoVotices 300 Special an Editorial Notim per 1ine...... 20 war All tr, , 'tient advertisements must be paid in a avanee,snd o notice wilVbe taken of advertl , en3ents from a dicta ea, nitiess,they are accompanied by the money or sat sfackory'reference. ra-Job tr• rk, urea kinds, executed with neatness and despatch A - . 'BUST ESS . NOTICES. / "Free a nd Accepted Anetent 'York ;Masons tIi,ULALIA'LODGE. No. 342, F. A, if. Stated jUI Efeetingt on the 2d and 4th 'vednesoays °teach' - •• ontb. Hal ,In the 3d,Story of the Olmsted Block. D.C.Lsunsa e,Sec. -W5l. SUEAR, WAL o. T. ELLISON H. D, IDRACTICING PUYSICIAN, Condersport, Pat, ...11. respectfully informs the citizens of the village anti Vicinity that he will promptly respond to all calls for profession it services. Office on First strdet, first door west of his rc eidetic% 1740 ! JOHN S. ,MANN, -/A7TOUNtr AND COUNSELLOR .AT LAW. • Coudersport, Ph., will attend the several Court.; n Vetter au '1 Cameron counties. All business en trusted to h s care will receive prompt attention. tiface on Maio street, in residence. OLMSTED, and LAUDABLE, . . . ATT Will AT. LAW, Coudersport, Penn's. ill aftend to all business entrusted to their entre with promptness and fidelity. Will aka attend Ate several courts In the adjoining counties.' -°thee in the secone storey of the Olmsted Block. ' 1 - II ISAAC DENSON, ATTORN Y-AT-LAW, Condor-port, Pa., will attend kkto all badness entrusted to him witL care an 4 promptness. At Ateds Cum ts of adjoining coun ties. 0 nice on Second street,tmar the A i legmiy bridge . r. W. KNOX., ATTORNIY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Cuttlisport, Pa., sell attend the uout ts in Pot .t. -. and .the dp,nou; eon awe. . D. HITTER, M.. D., paYSICI S and Surgeon would respectfully in form 1 e citizens of Coudersport and Vicinity that he has ovned an Oillee in the Coudersport 54.0te1, and 111 be reedy tt all times to make pro , "'visional calls. lie-Isis regular graduate of. Buffalo Medical Co lege of 1363. Jan 1 ea. lECLISON A TawirsoN. (YALE In Druge, Paints, OIIF, Varnfehoe, Lamps and l'ancy ankh:l , , floolz,of all kinds—School and allasellain.tou",Starit , nery,llike, &e. In tlndninge old Jewelry z-ture. Jan- 1,'67. MILLERS ITIcALARNEY, . . . VOR S 4YS•AT LAW, ii ARRISI3I.7kG, Penn'a.— : Agentjt for the Collection Of Clain:id agitth.at the need Stated and State Gov° rnmentA.;such ns Venal ntis, Bounty, A.rrOard of Peyote-Ad:treed MO: 95, • i arr e, h erg W WwiLi.oo, 1. 0. .51'.11LARNMY DI. 'W. ;tIc,tI4RNEY, EAL ESTATE and lISISIjRANCE AGENT.— R Land lU:right and Sold, 'Taxes paid and Titles f nvestlgatedj Insures property againetlii ein the best companies Iti , the Unitary, and Person a;mlit.t Ace( dents In the Travelers Insurance tlompany of Ilart ford.. Business transacted promytly 17.29 - 111 H. AIOLSTRONG,,, . . , • HAIMW, A.RE Mereonnt, and nehler in'Stores, Tin mild Sheet Iron-Ware, Main ioreet,Couder •port, Pent,ht. Tin and. Sheet Iron Ware made to •rdar, in good atyl6, on short once. • P 1,.. A. STEBBINS d Co!, MERCLIANTS—DeaIers Dry Goods, Fancy ~-GoodS, Groceries.Provision.,Flour,Feed,Pork, and everything ustislly kept to a good country store. Produce tonight and sold I 17. Z) C. 11. simmioNs, mEncrIANT—wELLevALLN le:, 'Whole sale and 'Retail Dealer In Dry Goods, Fancy and ample GoodS.Clothing, Ladies pressGeods,G roceries, Flour, Feed, 6-..0; Retailers supplied on liberal terms • , itcLEARLES 5.. 1 JONES, MEROFIA ' r —Dealers la Drugs. Medlelnes, Paints, OH ' S Fancy Articles, Stationery, _Dry ,Goods, .or.certes,&c., !slate Stiret, Coudersportf,Ds• D. E. OLMSTED, . MERCHANT—DeaIer in Dry Goods, 'Ready-made Cl.rtliing, Crrickery, Groceries, Finur, Perth out, Provdsions, ar.c., Main street Coudersport, Pa I COLLINS S3IITH, ArEKCJEtANT—DeaIer , In Dry i Goode, Groceries, aln Provisions, Efardurare, Queenswari4 . thltlery, nd all quoits usually (Cowl In a country Store. n'6l CiIUDERSPOUT HOTEL. -TTXi c.vgamlLYßAL,Pnornivron, Corner of 'Main' . and S e cond streets.Oondersport,rotter Co-Pa. A Livery Stableis also kept iz4 coo,,eciton with this Sated.ly 8ta205 to and from the Railroads. POtter Journal Job-Office ITAVING lately added a fine new assortthent, of AIL JOI3 , ,TYPE te out already largo aseortntent. Wa.are now / prepared to do all 1.3 tide of worki'eheaply and with taste and pi:miens. Opie , a solletted. LYMAN.. HOUSE- - Lewisville, Potter county, : Pennsylvania. BETON -LEWIS. • Proprltor.. 11:teing taken Ole excellent Hotel, the proprietor whales o make the acquaintance of the traveling - Public and eeleeonadent of giving :satisfaction to all who may all on him,'--Teb. 12,66 . cf. : _ ----__ .. ' ‘ .4. MARBLE . WORK '-')A . . ~ Monuments and tonib-.Stones . ~..„- er alVkinda, will be furnished on r easons ‘.. 1 . bY ßreanile. 'W ble, terms and short notice c , 1 1111.. 'llCeide:nea r t TAlnlia, Im. miks south of ••••-- -- 7'.Couderaporti Pa., on , the Sinnemahoolrig Road, on 1.,"9a.100r orders at the Poet Office. teen EN - SION, BOUNTY and WAR M CLAIM AGCV Pensions procnrnd.for Soldiers of.the present War who ere disabled by reason of wounds received or dinesoo contracted while in the service of the United States ; and pensions, bounty, and arrears of pay ob tained for widows or heirs of those who have died or been killed while in service. All letters inquiry promptly anetworeil, and on receipt by mall as state ment of the casis of claimant, I will forward the new sesliary piOere for their signature. Fees in Pension cases as fixed by law. Refers to lions. Isaac Benson, d. G. Olmided, John S. Kann, and F. W. Knox, Esq DAN BARER, Claim Agent, Coudersport, Pa. no! 64 Itch Itahl Itch ! SCRATCH!' SCRATCH! SCRATCH! Wl= AVTONIg 'OirIiTIMENV - 1101:1111Car.ct . the Itch in 48 linnet! Also cures SALT RHEUM, ULrERS, WAIL; BLAINR, end all ERUPTIONS OP TIIE SKIN. Price 50 cents. For sale by all dm:mist s.- By sendine 60 C - e.its to ;wgzirs Is PO [TER, Solo.'Agents, 170 Mrashlneron street; 'Vision, it will be forwarded by free 0f postage,to any part of the United States. June 1,1800, sp.notlee wky lyr. • • . . 1 , . . I . .. . • 1 . . . . , . • 1.. • • 1 1 'f . , ~. ..,.. .._ ---...„,_ ':_,..., - ......, ,, -- c ii). ~.. • • •!•J. , ...- • _,. ~... •.. •-: itiofts 6 ,•, .:.. • •, -. • IF . .. . , . - -....__. • • .6 . , • ~.. • ..: , ... .; : , ,_ •• , 6 4 z..f., ••, -,- , , , • . _...._ .. ...,i I. • _, . . . . • . Ili vv. ~,.,! , :., •.1i . ~ -, . . • •• . . 4 0- ~.., ~..,, ~. • ....----,.. . , •.. ~/. . .1) , . . ...., _ P al - ' .'".!' ''. - ' . ...- • . 1 • • .• z , 1 - • - ' • • . 1 , . . i-• I 1 , ; ,:;• - . -,,,, i . .... ...,. . - • • ___________ .- . ... _ . . . . The Demoeratte,Party and the lat e , . . Rebelßoa. I•The iirmins6ned that a member of Con •, . ~ press is,•hrsnded a liar for stating in his place that very many Democratsl were svmpath isera*th and virtnal.aliies of, the late Re, b,ellioncompels nil° ask, attention;to cer -1 Min hi torical facts.i ' lf any one can con triadicti them or break their furce, we beg hirU 4,14 hide,liscaedle uE,ider.a , bushel. = li:SeCessiok. was „ first inaeguiiteo: in Schith paMlina, (Erectly after the popUlar choice of Presidential--Electors,, early in November, 1860, whereby the accession of Mr...Lificolri to the Presidency was assured. men n Who inaugurated it were all Demo crats---Ithat is, they had supported for Presi dent Man Buren in 1846, Polk in 1844, Cass i 1848, Pierce l in 1852, buobanan Buchanan 185 ; and . L- J. C.;Breckenridge',,in• 18 1 60.. There , ay . have been one . , or two . oxpep 'tions, we kilos! none, ' There!wns :cer tainly o ( Republican among than, wheth er in that or any other State. And what ever did impulse to Secession, their pre text foi is was Idle triumphs of the Repub licans in ke'elioiee of Mr. Lineidu afore said. '1 11. ot4er States- 7 at, least ten of diem --folloirell„south Catoliniain her so-41Ied Secessioni Iwo or three more pretended or were claithed to have done so.. .In every ingot/6, this so-called . BeceSsiori 'was sub stintially Ithe act of the Democratic party ofll l those IStates respectively: "That - is to sat: the'great'body of those who bail Pre viously 'run' the Democratic 'machine were ealy and ardent SecestsiO t nists, while the ru4ss of the uppoSite party are either ad verse or ; lukewarm. ThuN every Demo cratic GOvernor of a State,t, those .of Dela ware and' Kentucky cxcePted, was at 'the head of the hunt for disuton; and of the exception each ,4 j ?penly eoitemned all forc ible resistance to 'the eMent. 111. The Federal GoVernment was then wholly in the. handt) of the Democratic party, same that the House of Representa tives` w as i tied—W m. .Pene i eg ton (moderate Reptiblican) having-at Ilength, been choSen is Speaker by arse Majority. But in' no single department did that Government oppose any earnest resistance• to Secession. President Buchan 'd in'his message of Dec. 3,1860,, squarely proclaimed that Congress hai no Iright to u`sey`fciree 'to prevent the wit idrnwaLof a State front the Union, nor to eamPel her to yield obedience to its laws. To do this, he argued, would be Co make. woe' ;on' a' State, which Congress had• no constitutional ;power to do. (See Ameri can, igo)i 4 flie, Vol: 1.,:p.`370 ).This procla matinn Of national anarchy was backed by a fortual 1` opinion • from . his. Democratic AttOrpey General, Jere, S. Black, who was itfreriards his • `SeCretary.. 0,1 State, who idfirMed ,that_ the use of armed men to .en force the!laws, in the existing.state of thing, would be "wholly illegal"—He further , , urged tnat an attempt to make a seceded 1 I State fulfill her Federal obligations "would be ipso facto, lan expulsion- of such States to tile Union.! (The very sophistries which we hear eVeryi day from the Democrats of 1867.) ly. During that memorable winter Democratic Conventions were held MI sev en:4'r Staithat in this ,Statlit (held lin. Tweedle Ilan, Albany, Jan. 21, 1861) be. - 1 ing one of the ablest and the strongest that was ever Conviipe e d, But from none of these Oonyentinne;7tie-froni, the Democrats in Congress, nor trom the thousand to fifteen . hundred Democratic journals peblished . in the Country was a voice raised in deprere tigniof, cpdiseent, from; these disorganizing doctrines. lOn - the' contrary;- -they were generally, re-echoed and` almost, universally acquiesced in. I ' •' • : V. Seven States having secceded before Mr. Buchanan's term expired, their DemO cratic members vacated their Seats in :COn gress, with very rare exceptions. Of thew few• anti Democratic members, newly or quite every one reniaiee& to the close. VI. Mr,"Lincoln was inaugurated on the 4th of March,;lB6l; and his Inaugural Ad dress was Mainly 'devoted to the inculcation of doctrines, regarding Secession and Co ercion, the exact opposites of Messrs. Buch satin and black's. 1 Mr. Lincoln was well known •to hold (as' we did and ` do) the right of the people to modify .or change their form of government as Coneerning 11 written ,oliaistitutions or charters; but he, with 'great clearness and,cogency l , yet .in perfcgt4t4idness, demonstrated that !V Presi dent; " list.; to the utmost, limit of his abil-:: ity, c:ati sthe laws of the Union to . he r 6, rt spected a d obeyed in every State rind Ter ritory--that,. should a..polliston of re sult, Ins position would ~..be.. criotly, .defen ' sive and conseriiiiieL4liai the cons4l4nt war would be made upon him, not; by hire. Neve ` was a manifesto. More firm and ln cidi ever w i ss one less irritating. Either its d etrines were sound, or any State !nigh .at,lnny, .time _dissolve , Ole Union. Yet i f tin) five jour nalshundred'iitemogratici:l ithin our -reach, we believe. no single one approved encl. sustained : the positions of Mk:Lincoln. ` ` -• •- , - - • ~ . . • VII. Throughout- that winter and the ensuing Spring, Ml the organs of Demo cratiOopinion within our Observation `rep robated Mr.fLindoln and the Repub4caas .. : i, vob o lo, to si r e vir l oipio3 of ir go Dawetvg, 40 the issethipitioo of YOhiii9, I.iteilftthe agii Aetna. vim COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1867 . . as distiirbera - and disitmomsts, because- of their, intent oppose bY . force, 'if • that shOuld become iiecessary to the integrity and nuthority.of the ,Unioo; . We can recall no iustance of Democratic rehilke to those,who.were openly, anstentatiously &map:ring - and arming to resist the Union, which they proclaimed already dissolved. A',C6iifederasir of 'the - i;eeeded States having been. formed, leading, North ern and Western Democrats openly ad wielded :the secession' of their several Statea from the Union and their,accession to tbe Southern Confederaef.--"If the • Union is to be dissolved," said George W. Wood- , ward, Democratic candidate for Governor in 1863,) "I want the line to run North of Pennsylvania." Ex Governor Rodman M. Price of New Jersey wr .1P and printed a letter elaborateli urgin g that New Jersey should fortnwittil unite her fortunes iwith' those of the slaveholdingpe , ll.bderacy 7 .lS it in 4ntgrican.'cOri:ilici, - Yol,. !1.; I)," 439) And -ex-Governor -Horatio Seymour of this State privately argued that New York should likely: unite -with that, Cotiftideracy whose head- was Jefferson -Davis,,• It was held by - leading Democrats that the Union mightmight.thusbe reconstructed without uiuod- shed or convulsion—only New England, and perhaps two or three of the - more fana tical States of the • Northwest, • being ex cluded, therefroin, as unacceptable to out Southern brethren. • ! - IX. Actual hostilities were commenced by the rebels—not:by firing on Fort Sum-, ter; as is often asserted, and as Pollard,nowl pretends, -hilt months before, while Mr. Buchanan u!,as yet. President. "They seized and appropriated the forts, arsenals; armor ies, ordinance, arms, munitions, custom houses, ,pixi,t,,.offices;. sub-treasuries; throughout . learly half the Union, without a shadow of resistante--hia Democratic Secretaries Of War and the Treasury being conspicuous,) active dif:unionislf; and ha himself, with most of his councellors, play things in their hhnda. Before Texes was out of the Gmori,..according to rebel com putation, the bulk of our little army had been betrayed by its commander, General Twigo, and , urrendered to three Rebel 'donilnissiouers—Feb. 18, `lB 6l—a It'ort nighl, before Mr. Buchanan went out i of office. If ever a Gaverument forbore till smitten' on both cheeks and till tobacco juice had been spit iu its eyes, that did tie- Federal Government bef,re grappling! with the Slaveholder's Rebellion. And! yet, from fin-t to last, the Dirocratic j(inrnals and canvassers re p resente the war frit! the Union as waged by Mr. l i Lincoln ar d the Republicans, and assume that the jebels were assailed and standing on the lefdn sive X. Democratic protests and D moll strances, public and rrivate. wraith t. the war las cruel, fratricidal, wicked, rev king, abhorent, &c., &c., were abundant th ough out the struggle; not one of them s far as we can'recollect, addressed to the rei'el chiefs, but all assuming that 'Mr. incoln and the Republicans were lwaming hos ilities .r. / needlessly if not wantonly, and migh have an honorabe peace when6ver they 'mild. Thomas H. Beymour of Connectici. t was the author 'of one of these paralvisin . 1 mis sives,; and, be was notnioitted by ac imita tion ,by - the Democrats of - ConneCti;ul„ as their candidate for' overnor iii-186 ','-and his election enthusiastica/ly supportd by the party. • 1 ,I I f XI. In this city, otie fi'cur De &rile journals, T4e Daily Ne 4,;-‘ias an l open,' , unqualified contemner of the war 4, n our side and champion of the rebellion, from first to last. It did its utmost to prevent enlistments in the Union armies, eulogized the rebel chiefs and proclaimed that" they never could be subdued; systereatic,ally magnified their successes and denied er.be haled their reverses; and was well tinder stood to be their stipendiary and t 1". In toll vie* of the , ,e 'facts, its editor : riles in 1882 Wade ihe - regular Democratic candi date for Congress in oneof our strong erne-. , craw districts, tuniiinon the cam ticket with Govertiot Svytniittand receivitt near ly the full vote of his party; and ; F. has since been chosen by that party , to a seat' in our &ate Senate. XII. As to the prepositions, - s `cites acts, and votes, of -Vallaudigharn, iyard, Bright, May, Josh. Allen, - Jack 'rem ; i and other Deniocrats in - :Congress; nclu.l ing Bettj. V Harris's vaunt that the rebell ion never could nor ought 'to be pu 'down, we leave them toM4; Ashley or. w ?ever Agit f.ee fit to auswer:Messit.-Wita d and Hunter not according:totheir folly Just a word, however, to the former' o these ,gentteMerh .One of; the tap, f remost Democrats in his district is (or * ) Gen. Archibald C. ,Nivea t robo t very earl lin the watvwrote n letter 'td a nephew *lt tried , hated enlistment , fight for the Union, iirerirnr liiin.tiet io do' so, and reps tnting the war on, our. side pas ""cruelly op ressive and unjust. That letterwas public ed: and thereupon Gen.. Nive I was made tli. Dem bcratic candidate for, enactor. l (in M Win ; field's precise * dstrict) and received he full Demecrtic 'vete, by which he was r tinned . elected; but the - Senate, on a cont t r gave the seat to his Repirblica . con; etitor t , Judge Low. 1 We might. multiply such facts to inn ity; bet need we i Suffice it that, as tie result of a most anxious, intent contempla tion: of our great struggle, we do Most un doubtingly believe that the Democrats, a, a party, were not at heart for the Union in its terrible . , struggle with secession—that they lid not. rejoice at its triumphs nor de, plorer3ts defeats. We do not say that. a majority of them wished the Union perma -1 nentl dissolved: we know, and have often stated that they did not: but they beliaved that t eljnion defeats and disasters would discre it and destroy the Republican ascen dency and that they would ' thereupon come nto power and coax the rebels bask into t e Union by all manner lof conces sions and prostrations to the Slave Power. They had no notion that the, Union 'could (or shbuld) be saved* otherwise than by let ting the slaveholders hays their way lin it; and the road to this they realized, lay not turough Union victories but the con trary. 1 " Firmly grounded in this conviction , are !' we lat liberty to' I; rocl aim it Do. We de sett% to' knocked 1 down ;an( • stampcd on whCnever we say what we b iieve / oi• only to be bi-anded as liars? What say yoU, m em% !Winfield and Wi I nter ?---Z r . Y. Tribune. . , AV- r as . ht. Mr.'Parton, the' biographer, has furnish ed to the last number of the ;.Nbrth . Ameri ca 4 Review a pitillant article on Daniel Webster, : which. tells some . .wholesome truths and . islikely to attract a good deal of attention. :Webster'sleading trait,' Mr. Parton asserts, was his enormous physieal magnetism. His presence, overwhelmed criticism. His intimacy faseinated it. Fid gety men were quieted; by his majestic calm: Women . ware Spell-bound by it. It gave the public_ a sense of repole. . When he passed up or down State stires-t, with an aria behind . his back, buisness was brOught to a standstill, WebSter was nev er a Student. -. He absorded knowledge, but did not work for it In !Atilt, be was excelled by some of his own Greek he never enjoyed.: For mathematics, he had not the slightest taste. At College, he Was only an omniverous readt,r. He bare ly passed muster in the recitation, ioom as a• student. : Ills whole college lire' shows that he was formed to use the product. of • other men's toil, not to add to the Common • fund. At the same time he - was an inno cent young man. His wild oats were . not sown in the days of his youth. He was always under the influence of others, Na ture made him not to lead, but to' follow. In the early flush and vigor of his lire, he gave a thousand evidences of a good ;heart and of virtuous .habits, but not one: of a superior understanding. The total absence of the skeptical. spirstizsetrayed his ‘vnnt of boldness and Osiginality. In a period of transition, no young man of a truly emi nent intellect accepts his father's creeds with out first calling them in question. But, no new light ever illumines! the mind of Dan iel Webster. As soon as he came of age he joined the Congregational Church; ;The candor of his Ilidgment was impaired by religious prejudice In this respect he' nev er lost his - narrowness and 4W/railed,. In the.time of his celebrity he prefnrted the Episcopal, as the most genteel religion. HI: pollticall prejudices were equally strong He was Id slow full His powers did not reach their full development till he' es dearly qety years of age. He had no prac tical WiSdom. From the year 1832 to the end of his life, lie was suffering the Process of moral . and mental detericration„i His material part gained upon his sPrritual. He had!an enormous Capacity for physical enjoyment, and ['Name a great hunter, fishe.rinan and farmer, a lover ofgoed wine and good dinners, a most jovial companion. But his mind fed chiefly ,upon past aqui titions, There is nothing .. in his litter efforts which 'slioers an intellectual advaneet,: He never' liroe'sieti in forests -berme untr4den, . or fed in pastures new.:lvor the last ten years of Isis life, thou t rlt he spent many thousand dollars on his library. he had al most ceased to be an intellectual ibeing. His pecuniarvhabits - desnoralitedi him. "He was not one of those who find In the I la ppipeSs and prosperity' of - oeit *On airy, andirt the esteem .of their fellow Citizens; tlieii. own snilleienfr foi. Set.* hen' He' pined for . something lowers' sitialler-=something personal and vulgar.; He had noreiligionrs.-=not the least tincture of it; and he seemed at last; in his dealings-withiudiv le have rip con science.-! What he aled his religiOn 'had no effect whatever upon the conduc4 of his life; it made' him go ts.rehurch, talkipions ly, buff 'the clergy, ;and 'patronize IProvir , tiettCe'-=nd more. Ile Was one of those who fellt before the seductions of hillade."- "He would' accept retaining feeson Bever look into. the bundles of Papers 'which ac companied . them, i wine., were -inclosed the 'hopes -tied ' the fortunes Of anxious households He would receive .gifts of money, 'and toss. into his, waste-paper ;bas ket the list of the givers, without having. srlanced at its conts3ntst- thus defrauding them • them of the only recompense in Iniqpoiver to grant, and the only one 'they wished," Scene in a Menagerie--Fighi Between a Man and a Lion. , . . . Wombell i s rnenarverie is now in Leeds, England, and the Yorkshire Post," in giv ing an account of it says: , "A strange and dangerous accident hap pened last - week, w h en : Messrs Cross v ille-- uralistk of L'‘' . «..ryn.A. iludertnid: to f.-rwa.d is huge black-maned Sahara Lion to Scar borough: On its arrival there the animal was at once taken to the. menagerieJ All went well until it Was .attempted to ; -shit't this untamed king of the . forest .frotiA th • cage in, which he had been forwarded into the den built to he'd him at the exhibition. After many unsuccessfUl attempts had hi ,,, n made to move him out of one cap ipt , the other, it was atiast deter Mined to tol egraph•theirdifficulty and r•ria , -st the ~ sistanee of Mr. IVllliar4 .Cros:=, who at once on receipt of the telegram, took train for SCarborough; Upon his arrival there an other trial was mole, and after a sev. re struggle that lasted some hours, the n';',l)le brute was at length 'suCces-fully and eafeli denned.. But strana . a.tn my, whilst Mr Cross iwas receivino. "the -congratulations of the people aboakrnm, he , inadvyrtently laid hold of one of theibars:Of the den. "In a monaent • the-bhge animal sprang from,. hid crouching position, and, to tb, Consternation of all behC , ltlers seized th hand of Mr., Cross id ais Mouth. It is possible ..to accurately deseribe the 'scei: of thitt juncture—fear seemed to poss.-- every one prefent: -.Several strangers iv had been, specially invited to witness ti, shifting, nnignitied the :Ocidelit to Ur Clow, into an escape of till li•ei lo •,f I , is cag,e I thus fit lod with r out of the Menagerie in great tr l epidation. The lion held Mr. Cross .f •t by the hand, nor could he be eitticed.to! let go 1.1,, hold. although tempting junk of beef and cow', hearts were'thrown into hts cage; but the most surprising gait of tlitivas that dUring the whole of the time each was tryiag to attract the attention of the lion' from him,' Mr. Crms appeared . the 'least disturbed, as, with eyes Axed upon his captOr, he seemed to - be watching Aid *siting some expected opportunity. , • Finding - the lion determined to retain his hold, and the Rain becoming T very se were, Mr. Cross asked . tit' the keepers to hand him a small bar of iron he Was hold ing ready for use:- With this Mr. Cross succeeded' in striking the 'brute a Whiffle blow between the eyes: , The enraged ani mal sprang bask With a snort tearing.away the flesh from the i hand i. and mutilating cue finger so seriously that at gist it was thought that amputation was an absolute necessity, and was ,recommended; but Mr. Gros.% with coolness! in him charaeteri-tic i . refusiid all surgical akt— , he thought he was suffid,iently cut up already, and wrapping his Mutilated limb 'in Wet cloths, walked ~ out of toe menagerie as if no accident! had happened to him, and' returned as soon as possible to Lkierpool." A Big Bear Story. The other day a party of four hunters went out sporting from Crescent, a station on the Northern Central ; between here and ViTilliamsport After reaching the moun tain they decided ° to Bepa s tate in Search of game=• , - - the discharge of a gun being the rallying signal; should one need the assist ance of the rest. One of the four; William Goodcharles; in his peregrinations ; came ncross.the opening. of -what seemed a!dEn, amid some rocloi He boldly entered in, and about the same time was rather rudely thrust back and out by an enormous black bear, which resented intrusion by at:once showing fight; Having his gun loaded and pointed in front ; he at once discharged its contents, which took effect in the bead of the bear and killed it instantly--4ortun: ately for 'his future comfort and safety, about which he began to have serious doubt. The noise of 'toe firing brought his companions quickly to the spot. They at once went to work and skinned and dressed the animal and started home with what meat they could carry. When .well on their Way ; they bethought themselves that likely the den might be a wintering pinen for bears, and possibly' there Were mOre to .be'fovud., So they trudged back and put their guns in order, entered and suCceeded in stampeding three more bears, which showed good plucky but tit length were compelled to yield, to the superior press of the bunter's; They secured the trophies of their day's sport—plloCeed ed kome without -further hindranck and shorVed the eVidences of the hot work they bad etiolutitern(i with four black:bears.--= Elmira Advertieer.. • lies °NUT --Freen3asonry is called datho• lie because it is throughout - the world from one end of the earth. to the other: and be: cause ‘ it teaches universally end completely the fraternity, equality, and liberty a(the, human race, and subjuptes in order to these ends every class of men"; governofs and gov erned, learned arid unlearned t Mild beemise it.teaches all doctrines of Natural Reii,t ion; and because it inculcates in deeds and words,- universal charity, and 'hniveys4l ldre of the truth and or all truth. Well tiiay Freemasonry be Called Catholic. TERIIIS.-41.50 PER ANNUM, - Against all cliamberriaids'i - ayslietscre ier* age. or .nationalityr I I nth the curse ce Bachelorchim I Because i - • . They always put the pillows at the pp= - posite end of the bed from the gas-burners so that while you read and smoke before sleeping (as is the ancient tied I honoied custom of bachelors) yeti have toe hold your book aloft, in an uncomfortable pOsi= lion, to keep the VII front dazzlini•yotif eyes. ' _ - When they find the' head ' reniovat the other end oil the be.i in the Frotlitigo they receive not the suggestion inn friendly I spirit, but glorying in `their absolute 'sove reignty, and unpitying your helpleinness, they make the bed jast,ns it was originally, and gloat in secret over the pang the tyranny will cause you. Always after that, when they flndloil have transposed the pillow, they undo yowl work, and thus defy you and seek to epi• bitter the life God hath given yr‘u. - If they cannot get the light in an in convenient position any other way,' - they move the he'd. If you pull yotir -trunk out six hiPties from the wall, so that the lid will step-up when yoU open it, they always - shove quip trunk back agairi. They do it on purpose. If you l want the spittoon in a certain spot, whe.re it will be bandy, they 6E41 and so they move it. They always•pui your other bills Rad i inacceblible places. They chiefly eq'og depositirg them as far under the beci:al the wall will permit. It is because this compels you to get dOwe hi an undignifiel attitude and make wild tivreepd fur tham s in the dark with the bootjack and swear. r. They always put the match-box in some ether plaen: They Mint up a new place for it every i day, and put a brittle, or come other perishable glass thing, where thebny. stood before... This is .to ,cerise; yento break that glass thing, groping in the dark, - and get yourself into trouble. They are forever and ever rooviiii" . The furniture. When rut tome in the night,yod can calculate on finding the bureau where the wardrobe was in the morning. Ati.,l when you go out in the morning, it*yent— leave the,slop-bucket by the door and the rocking-chair by the window, when' - you come in at midnight, or thereabouts, you will fall over that rocking chait, and you will proceed toward the window and sit down in that sloptub• This will disgust you. They like that. No matter where you put anything, they will take it and move it the first chance they get. It is their nature. And, be sides, it gives them pleasure, to be mean and contrary this way... They would die if they couldn't be villain& They always save up the old sera* of printedrubbish_ you throe' on the goer stack them carefully oft the table ; and then start the tire with your, valuable triantt scripts. If there i$ any one particaliti old scrap that, you are . more down on thathiny other, and which you are gradually Wear ' ing you? lire out trying to get rid o 4 you may take all the pains yon po sibly dad in that direction; but 'it went be of any Use * because they will always fetch that , old scrap back and putlit in the sank old j utted again every time: It does them goal; And they use up more hair-oil than titty six men. - If charged with purloitiing the same,• they: lie about IL What. do they care about a hereafter I Absolutely nothings if you leave your key in the door Lit' convenience sake, they will carry: it d. it to the office and give it to the clerk. Thely do this under the vile pretence or tryit%f, 1;-t protect your property from thkves-= - -be76 -- -. actually they do it because they *ank to make you tramp back down stairs after it when you coins home tired, or put ynit to the trouble of sending a *alto far it, whiclr waiter will expect yntt .to pay 111'1[1,st:wit-- 1 thing. In Which case I suyp ose the; pouf degraded creatures ' They keep always trying to make yogi' bed before you ga up, thus destroying your rest; and'initieting agony upon hoc 1 but idler you get lip they don't e(inie any more day: 1 - 'They do all the mean things , Cali - think'n4 add :they , dti them just tittt of pure cusseaness, and nothing els*. Chambermaids pre'cleall to every human. instinct: - 6ve 'en rseti 'theiliiu beh:dr bache)ordonit:.ileY deserve it. If 10r6 get_ a bill through the Legislature *WIWI , indebenabermaids, I mean to do it: IdAes 04-16 - 11 K tiand'eof „ t perpetrated . an titifti , tentional joke—:-about "Flashing women aerose the Wites"--nt thAlenteii try' Club hatiquet hi Cyrus W. Pieid. Tine It e brought out several little t•tOrias atknlt Lk , biatoriair, which halm-, on acdoant of di& charming simplicity-, befit called ilanciblr anal AMong-Others, iris =aid that, a Morning tic e at Newport, last season togs , tetea-tote With* lij,'lh® historian :Whitiperea• in , the int.fri l •Cre of al trot., "don't call me Mr. B.; eau %Fgt.." The Yothigr woman said not, it tr+33.l,lntsome time ::after; in a Idle Ompr4n-f at dinner across the table, she, Edid i "Ge u rge, limkl me the salt!'