jobING-TEPAIttEIT , PiT tbdroprietprshaVestocked tbeostablAmeiit witiii oirgeassottmen;of inuderiletyles JOB AND CARD TYPE • AND FAST PRESSES, i.dir e propsred to execute neatly, and promptly .... , 0509, HAN Dralltii, cutettians, cpin . k tsiLL " LISADS.,L ETTER I.I.E.A.I:3,I3TATEMENTB. TOWNBIIIP PRDERS,&c.,acf.. " ' • ' . . Mortgage, Leases, and a full assorttnent of es • 0 esbles' and Jnetices'lllanka,eonntanfly on band. : . • I - . topleilving at a distancecandlpend onhavlngt beir , • anwprotontly,and aentbacklnretorn %fatly- jr urncr.—Roy'eblockßeco,dF;oor BUSINESS DIRECTORY, W. D. TERRELL . & gOLESALE DRUGGISTS, and dealtira in Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass, •Forfumerp, Paints and Oils, tco.,lc. - Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1.,' , r. .k,:%iCiPLS NICHOLS Ot. OTITC/lIIELL, ITTORNEYS AND 00IINSLEDI1S TLAW, !deo formerly occupied by James Lowrey, Esq. Wm. A. Nichols. JOriN I. miTcHELT... Welleboro, Jan. - 1, 1866—1 Y. ArILLIAIII S. SltUrrit,' ITTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Insurance, Boo* and Pension Agency, Main inst. ifellaboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1866. ' c F. WILSON WILSON & ;MIMICS, • ITIORNEYS lc COUNSELORS 44, LAW, i Fuat doortrdta Bigoney's, on the Avenuo)—: Will attend to business entrusted to their care I n the countios of Tioga and Potter.• Weltsboro, Jan. 1,.1888.' • • D. ANGELL CO., • lANUFACTURERS of, andlWholeanlo and Ite oil Dealer in Doom Saah, and )3linds. Also Plsning and Turning dono to order.' ' Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa., Jan. 16. 1887-Iy.* GEORGE WAGNER, L i . altbit. _Shop first door - north tic L. ;a. Sears l 4 Shoe shop. /23• - Outting, Pitting, and Repolr illg dm promptly and well. , . ' l o Well hero, Pa, Jan. 1; 1864.-ly. , ... ~ , ~ - . UN B. SRAIESPEA.RE; :RPER AND TAILOR. -Shop ever John R. Boiren'S Store. „AD'. Cutting, Pitting, and ittpairing done promptly and in beet style. Ifdlhhoro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1868—Iy \ 6- JOHN I. MITCHELL. GENT fbr the colleetton of bounty, back pay. and pensions duo soldiers fronal. the Govern :V. Office with Niohols and Mitchell, Wells 'ln, Pa. m3O, '66 WAR. GARRPTSON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Salary Public! and Insurance Agent, Bless iurg, Pa,, over Caldwell's Store. 'WALTON - - - - . GainwTiatta - Caunty,•Pa. EIIMILYEA & 11.EXF041Y, Paetit's. This is . new hotel located within easy aeeess of the cot tithing and .hunting grounds in Nerth -1 eta Panneylvani . Nd pains will be spared kr the apoommod tion•Of pleasure seekers and :he tradking pub ib, ;"..' - ' Van:l,lBB6.] . . PETRO!..EI3III 11013 SE, t UPHELD, P ~ GEORGE CLOSE, Propri.: : etor. A new II tel conducted on the principle 4 lire and let ive, for the accommodation of the paldio.—Nov. 14, 1868.-Iy. • J. C. STRANG. . STTORNEI AT LAW. Any business entrnst rd to his caro will receive prompt attention. Knoxville, Pa., N0v.14, 1866.—tf tg-s, GEO._ W. wrom, irTuRNEY & COI.II4BELOR AT LAW, Law renceville, Tioga Co., Pa. Bounty, Peneion, and Incurance . AgOnt. Collections promptly attended to. Office 2d door below Ford H 01.140. Doc. 12,1388-1 y C. F. SWAN, GENT for the Lycoming Connty Insurance Company, at Tioge, Pa. • June 5, 1866.74m0 FARR'S. H 0 TtiL, IOGA, TIOGA COUNTY, P'4., • 4oi stabling, attached, and an attentive hos. tr always in attendance, E. S. FARR, ' . Proprietor Hairdressing & Slitiving. Stloon over Willcox chi Barker's Store, Wells m. Ps. Particular attention paid to Ladies' tr.cuttiug, Shampooing; Dyeing, etc. Braids, coils, and swishes on band and mode to or / IL W. DORSft J:U0111,1801si.'. G . \., OLD rena l ived on depos'te. for - which certifies Wes will be issued, be ring interest in field. - E. W. CLARK .t. CO, Bunkers, No 35 south Third street, Phila. BACON, M. IL, lut2 of Um '2.<l Pa. Cavalry, after 11, nearly fear years of army service, with a large lenence in tidal and hospital practice, has opened an •!., Mr the practice of medicine and surgery, iu all •Isches: Parsons from a distanCe can find good n - Siz at the Pennsylvama Hotel when desired.— i;reit any parttif, the State in consultation, or to snrefeal opervon. No 4, Union Block, up •Wellsboro. Pall" 2,1866.—1 y. •- PICTURE GA,LLERY.- FRANK SPENCER. vthepleasvo to inform the citizens of •Tiogo! that he hue completed his NEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, :111'n - 1i:ld to take all kinds of Sun Pietures, Y =aeAtubrotype , s, Ferrotypes, Vignettes, Cartes I Visite, tiro-8114r* and Eureka Pictures; also ir;cular attention paid to copying and•onlarg— I;Pictures. Inetructiona given in the Art on aliable terms. Elmira St., Mansfield, Oct. 1, %TTENTION .SOLDIERS: It. B. SMITH, Knoxville, Tioga County, Pa., (U. S. licensed (Agent, and Attorl i my tqlliers and their • friends throughout all the 71 States,) will prosecute and collect with un -4J1t,1 success, SOLDIERS' CLAIMS AND DUES •tll kinds. Also, any other kind of chitin ttiust the Government before any of the tie ',heats or in Congress. Terme moderato, All - naunteatioas gent toll() above address r ive prompt attention. Jan. 17,18136, - • DENTISTRY. • - 411 - ii C. N. .1) AR TT . , WOULD say to the public that She is perma nently located in W ellsbore, (Mee at his v.ience, •near the Land \ Office and Episcopal ).:reh) whore he will continuos to do all kinds of 14k e9nfided -to his care, guaranteeing complete v•hotion whet° the skill of the Dentist can - !,1 in the management of oases peouliar to the lie will furnish ARTIFICIAL TEETH,' set,on any material‘desired. TILLING & EXTRACTING TEETH, .zv..‘ittl to on shortest notice, and done in, the best and moo approved style. !EilTll. EXTRACTED IN anouT ,PAIN F t cethe use of Anrelthetics which are per '4 harmless, and wili be administered in ever, vhea desired. Vtllsboro, Jun. 1 .0 8615-1 Y • Bounty and Pension Agency. AYINO received definite inattuctiOUP In regard to \ the extra bounty allowed by the net approved 'AISfS, and having on band a large anpply of all 4 "v"ut/,y,,lb:olal3g,k!ys , C w la e i m ar s e p r l e op al lr m atyo p b o plaucteed ai in l p o n rkA, - verso& living a t a distance can eema i n t de e t, r, and their comninnientions v , lll Le 4t - 4=llAll'. 24,1806. E. SMITH, M. D. • ig UR GEO.N. • ()PERAT ES successfully for Catara,et,Stra bismus. (cross 'eye) Itemhval of Tumors, VitP, Varicose VoinP, Clnh Feet, &e. 7licular attention paid to diseases of the Eye ``2l3eeral Surgery. ttsltation at office free. tttlerences given to operations recently per - rii,fite bouts from 12 M. M. , 6et st his residence, Mans6eld, Tioga County, March 27, 1867.-Iy.* PA RENTS.—Nothing is Co- often manted II a good Medicine for the colds or children. Path You have itCompound Balsam of c ottaci is just the , ding for children; for it tii s am Merely tho cough but the cold also. a t liars Drug &ore at 25 cents per bottle. _ {f A e I li. 1 ar VOL: XIV. FARAI C:- G; VAN .70 . H M. I. MITCHELL. HAVING purchnsecl. the Storq lately occur, pied by William !ToFirsoa4, are 'ready'; to supply customers • PORK, HAMS, SHOULDFRS, WHITE mA.pli.Extga„, CODFITI„ ; • SUOIFE9 ilo.\/4111Trt FLOUR, CORN MEAL, BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, FEA 15 ,4 1413 i : 14W I erkasee J. B. NILES EEA El FARMERS Will find it to their adva our Stock beforefimichm lIIM =W=MM Feb. 27, 18674 f DRUGS, MEDICINES, PATENT MEDICINES, Porfunlory,, Musical Instrywents and MAsical Merchandise of all lands>. Fanqy God(ls of all kinds, ,k,c. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded October 31, 18136.-6 tn. SAVE Y,QUW Nast & A Where you can tawny stock of . DOMESTIC & FA OLOT II S, NOT Manufactured, under the Ateo•Gence' furniehin Itk their merchant Wiwi.' competition; having theki and an experienced cutter,) John W. ATTORNEY AND Co Mein returned to 0 . making i 4 his Parmari share of ublic patr. l trusted t his care promptness and fldeli of H. S. Farea hotel. I , : Sept. 26.'.66.—tf. E R GROCERY AN 1, • Ono door above , WELLSBO' RESP ECTF ALI?' public that be ha: conies, comprising, Tr Molasses, Syrups, end. class stock. Oysters sortable hours. Wellsboro, , WOULD, annOline . re and surroun i opened a shop on the ton streets, fur the pure kinds of REPAIRING A to order. COFFINS short notice. All wor ranted, 1- - I HAND O P, A LL poritons intor fik_ practical machi requostod. to invostigh lIENDIMSO.II7'S"' • This loom trill do It reiU tvaaye jettns, net, korsey, flannel. sc blankets, or any • kin t treads The lets off the Web, and t the ripper shod Its the beitts op the filling king better cloth and made in any other wa, Looms mado to ord at, the shop on W Factory." Wellsbcro, March E LIFE ASSU • THE 'UN Insure your Lifeu Wellsboro, April I IiOOT .AN UT : 6 i 13 VAN ‘. V tolhe botildir Kai] avet,. rear .1 preparol li, fill nit:c Boots on short Mince, and none. Repairing d Apr. 24. 1867. MU.SIC! in goo i to turil k ilth good ELI 1 eonable coiniensati All colninuoicatil 1 the Leader%nd Sec T. A. WICKIIA April 3,1367-6 i . RICH Bohemia doel9 riALENDER, iteranch, Marine and Church ki Clocks. at [deol9) • FOLBY'S, : . T AMPS.-Lid no _LA no breakage o 11.........-..-. a 1 ' g I yr: f, V „4,1 ;•?,,;,,,,,, lil-. ,„ --;, 1 . 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'.' -, ''''' '-','•••••","- "- •••, , _......., ~$ ~, ~,$. ..-$ : , , ,• ' , . ,`, ,-, 'l. , ,;r.; • • , . • ' , C , , : .t, .. , ..., , . . . ti , tfi t'w• liiiii f ; , ; ; ?:{.151 - Fat 11 U be .1130 WHOLESALE' and roar : 4044048 2: o _I. .-^ i tags to call and look at ng 11 01) 1 009i • Remember frOWNSEND'S, OLD ~STAND, Agy 00,..P45:0;4, W. D. LANG, 4." BOORS AND STATIONERY, MANSFpLD; PA .I% c T,I3ACK! AND CALL OFTEN AT erbach's CHEAP C STORE. _ PA., BLOSSB find the best as CY DRY 000DS, Oi.'''S, READY- 6i'nil(); ➢FADE C r own supervision goods, &c., do g establishment ;limy, defy I Eit tailors of New York City, P.. Erwin. [fob2l6Bly ' ' Guernsey,, P o UNSELOR AT LAW. is county with a view of nt residence, solicits a ;nage.' 'An business en -9.i1l be attended to with • Otriceld_door south Tioga, Tioga Co,, Pa. BALL, - RESTAURANT, the Moat Market, 0, .PENN'A, nominees to tho trailing a desirable . stock of Coffees, Spites, Sagan!, 11 that constitutes a firet , every style at .all sea- fl7- s tf. SUILR, JOHN to the citizens ofWel!ski ing/country, that ho haze ornor of Water and,Craf -900, of inttriurifOrN; CABINET i'UItNITURE, D TUALNING DONE f all kinds furnished on , done promptly : and war ellshoro, Juno 27, TBB6. ER. LOOM. tad 1865. i » [Pate !Red in Oho introduction of ery into- out ,coniitry, are o'the merits of AND ,PO W.gle LOOM. , . 1 . 1 kinds . 4 ha LUI ,tV CaV in g. hlankldOillaiat elOkti i sad, amless sock, double width 1 of cotton, wont or flax t f readies, throws the shuttle, kes up the cloth. It makes I batten collies forward, and 1 , (ter the cross is made, ma etter selvage than can ho i . or and warranted. Apply ntor Street, sign " Loom LEWIS WETMORE. ' ;0, 1867—tf. HUGH A go YOUNG, it for tho TaAtIECLIE ,LAINTCE' - SOCIETY TEl)'' a Home Agency. , 7, 1867-tf. SHOE STIOP. i RN hay moved his Shoe Shop g nn the comer nil Wald nuns I noy•B ilh miliere .he ie des in 'Oa ine. of & Shoes, in a manner surpassed by no promptly and' cheap. re.—The Tioga Cornet Nita blowing. order and, prepared is on all ticcasibnelor a reit- us should be addressed to etary at Tiogp, Pa. P. 11. ADAMS, Loader: f, Soc'y. Glass Vases, at , kind e lamp for Kerosene— f abhor! oye—at -. FOLEY'S,: H-ANGE:i , : . •.;,44 7 CV NIXQY Y: - •••••• ~ • . • • ' - ':1) i aRG & BRO., 1 , = ';.0..*X4 11 X 141 , e , a T . WifOLEBALt AND 1 ATY IVEALtR : in,all- 4indo of f, iv • 2 • ;•"-1 . 'v.,. • g . • !. T ., . • '• 'l4 /- .• •v • • •,‘„-; I:ifv, 141.tiors'...and - Cigars, . . i . •• • I :v• i; V: AMEION . '1)014E811C GREEN ,&" •••••7_ e'•;• • • • , 110011111 • CANNED.FRUITS . A 1 1 11) ‘VEGETABLES, • OTHERS i • t •jI WOOD & NiriLLQ)y wAR.F. 3 GLASS, I . 1 CROCKERY WARE, • - CARItrAI3I3, 'p4Bs, A fall and complete assortment of the above mentioned goods of the best quality always on bend.i Particular atten i ttn paid to Fino Groceries. Dealers und ticopen tind.,it• to the . it , in tercet, to etarniheh , e atoeit 'beta& 'buying.; ,"-,` , Marob 2711807;'' ' ' 1.1.1 41.'1 • ' • WE'LL AND .; 1 • AlACltligt SHOP. To fflubccrinera huvi t ns, procured additional on'ehlriery, Ure now 'teady to furtileir th"ordct all ecru of ' , I • A •'• max_ I.) :s • s • • L CAtTiNGS,.• -1 •••• COLTIVATGR S, FIELD ROLLERS, MILL GEARING, SLEIGH•SHOE,S, W 0 a p., SAWING 'MACHINES, • &c &c. , &c. WOODWORTH PLANER; C . 7..$ I z• Or custom and job work, We are also prepared to do, , •. • . B.4.ITTING & ,SCROLL SAWING guying a fingt-class barear-cutting Lathe, we ado ptopared.to make , :CHEESE PRESS 'SCREWS, • to order; Builders of Cheese Factories are re quested to examine our work. We tnanufaeture the • hampion' Plow, • one of the finest implementsin thetuarkot. daih paid for OLD FROM. CHARLES WILLIAMS, - P. L. SEARS. Weßebqro, May 10, 1969-ti. Buffalo Scales, jp.LATFORM S COUNTgli t SCALES; con stano on hand at InanufaptureT'ir prices, at STEAD'S STOVE' WARE- ROOMS:' MI which I selected with. care and am selling as I'm toy eash as can be bought in any market. COMMON AND CHOICE TABLE AND "4 • % S f ' .i TV ,S; .02 rinds,)' i AXES, ADZ, HATCHETS. HAMMERS, LOCKS, KNOBS, LATCHES, HINGES,' BUTTS,. BITTS, SCREWS, 'AUGURS; • CHISELS, ;; ROUGES, PICKS, SPADES, •SIiOVELS,' SCOOPS, FORKS, RAKE.S,.SOYTEES, ,"NAILS,COMM_ON' FINISH•tr SING AND ClifNCH;' DQLTS; ALL eizEi; .- Ruom 1.4 X 1 1.2 TO 1.24 8 , - • SOMETHING N.RW. • 11,tC 0 MING contrinced that,tho, wants of :the AJl.,People of this and adjoining counties war ranttne in so doing, - I have constructed at' much expense, two. finely arranged Hot Houses for propetgating Grape Vines, Flowers, and all kinds of Viten House Plants:' I devote my whole time to Alati business and now offeefor stile. the follow ing varieties : Gita6s. VINES—Iona, Alien's Hybrid,' Israelis, Delaare, Hartford Prolific, and all of theisetter knotn varieties, which I offer if *priee's that defy competition. Rows--Geant des Battailles, Gen. Jacquirni not, Gen. Washington, La Heine, Victor Verdier, liermora, Souvenir:do Alalmilisoti, and many oth er monthlies. Also Moss and Climbing Roses. Among the liiiiicellaneoue Plants 'will be found Heliotropes Pansies, Tuberoses, Cineraria,Cal escilarin, heliotropes, Salvias, Fuchias f all kinds ) Veronica, Myrtles; Ogruniumer,of all vari eties, Verbenas of all colottrs, Tulips, Gladiolas, Dahlias, Ac., tbs., in endless variety'. Vac/cream PLarirs—Early and late CanMow era. Cabbages :—Early Winningstadt, Ox _Heart, she York and Sugar Loaf, Dreor's Late Drum- Jied.,..._Late - Red Drumhead and Plat Dutch.-=- 'Sweet &l-shaped Peppers, Dreer's improved Celery, Round and Long Egg Plants. Among many other varieties of Tomatnea, I would aspe cially call attentionlb fit " T ilden"' TOrnato, a new and choice variety, very early and highly recommended by all experienced gardners and seeilmen. 'Bouquet/ of, c hoice ifiVWOll3 for stile. All plants nicely packed in moss and can be car ried any distance with safety. 1 extend a cordial' invitation to all'te' call and ie4 the garden. Towanda. Pa.,3larch 13, 18137-41n.1i B. VAN BORN POVEY'S it New : Spring Goodp just received C. April 1, 1867. Gide' ....xl;Lcrii.giat " =V IBM =a arpaery. and. Piovisioii`!Stire, 1; PORAMBULATORS, TOYS, &c, &c Eii,,i 44,,,, - .. ....iz,d MEM We have alao a to order Arpo, just received, a lorgeletoek of. ARDWARE, :ROCKET CUTLERY, ll= 14 ICra.D.i, r,or further partiCulati call and see. "1" ' ; Tinga, May ift, 1887—tf. • /E. A. SNEAD. • : • ..• • ' ti i;,„ -• .1 1:, WELLSJ3 ORO t . /3.A.puBD,A,r WIGHT. 0 DIATTIE TORPEY • : I eaf Tfio;caifes of the *deli ard'all'Onded, ••• Its toils' arc'o'Pr; Be joys that w 4 sorrows are blended'' • .. I ' , Bhall 'does or oppress us go more. Vir',th hands idly folded rio're sitting / ; 1- • Within the red flit-light's glowpk • . • ~";:WhildelowlY. t he daylight • lAnd'ilenserihe World shadOws - gid4r. ' al'•' a • " • •1•1 • I • . i •.1 Oh, well if out loads havelbeen lightened) • i • By Ards oenffeetionind And well if tho ways havo,been brightened' "IlY•light:frora,the radiance 4aye. ,-, _ ''l`heres runny an teye,that is weeping i ~1! • oi,er the , treasates ungartiered'akid fled ; • • mitoy n hetirt , thatils keeping Gls ti'~si that IV 'death : Wk 2, 'think 'of them'iieW; in onr gladness, • - And pr t f inigood father - td bless , - > ;:240:h es rt e that are heavy with sadnes, I, ; „With.tronhle or sorrow . opikessed . .,, • now darkieems the may and how dreary ; , When friendship and fortune are fled, p r b,Clife sia#t.be lonelY and weary. r When hope and ausbitiOnare dead.' =EI • J u h i ME PM 1111EI ;~'' v"_ iL J`+ 1M EMI ME , ;: e aelty: 14.basiest handts may Well rest them 1 , In peace throdgh ihose twilight shades: The (1'010)14 Otires , vikieh,ONssed them Palls Off , tia'da'y's . brightiles9 The t}re.)ight fiupce!, s Tha i shadows grow ruddy and )right, ' And we, o'er the oldest •01,':fhtieles; - • , ' s., ~1 Tit:in - mg TRAVEL G'BAG S.. Tired Werethree of theta; all of shin ing 411Ak leather; one on top ofthe pile oftrunits ; one on the ground, and one ,in the OWner's hated 'all going to Phil -adelph—all waiting 'to •be checked. The last bell rang. The bliggagetnan bustled,luraing from one 'pile of bag gage to another, dispensing chalictethe _ trunk 6; cheeks ' the passengers, and cursed to the porter , in the most 'ap: iroved'rAilWay style. •, • pro._ _ "Mine t s cried ii stout milititry' looking man, with' enormous whisker rand a, red face,' croWding• for- ward, as the baggagewan. laid his hand onithe first bag. "Won't you please give, me' a l ,,check for tbr, now?" entreated, a pale, slen der, e refuLly-dressed young man, for, the n nth time, holding out bag . No. 2 "I have .a lady to look after.", "isay,ibe you., agoin!, to give me a check for thataxe, or not ?" growled the proprietor of bag No. 0, a short ,pocked marked fellow, in shabby over-coat. "All. right, gen7l',meu. Here You are," says the functionary, rapidly clis tri,butang the three checks. ,"Phila deify, this? Yes sir,-1092-11 , 10, 11- 1020. A.ll right:" I "All aboard !" shouted the conductor. " Whot-w hew I " responded the locow tive ; and the long train moved slowly out of the station;house., The baggagem a a me atati vely wtActitea as it sped in the.distance t , and then, as if a thought suddenly struck slapping his thigh,heexclaimed,."Blest 111 don't believe-7" • • "What?" said the switchman. "That I've gone and guy them three last fellers_ the wrung ,checks! The, cussed little black things was all alike, and they bothered me," ",Telegraph}' .suggested the switch man. ', ; . Never -you min., Jag gageman,• "they was all agoin' to Phila deify. .:They'll find out When ,they .git there." . • They did. The scene shifts to the Continental Hotel, -Philadelphia. Front parlor up stairs. Occupants,theyounggentleman alluded,to in chapter 1 And a young lady. In accordance with the fast usages of the times, the lin had been made one in holy matrimo y, and 7.30 a. m., duly kissed. aud.c ngratulated till 8.15; ,pat abroad the express train at 8.45; an•l'depesited at' -the Continen tal; bag and baggage, at 12.58. Phey were seated on the sofa, the blaack broadcloth coat'sleeve encircling the slender waist of the traveling dress, and jetty 'moustache in affectionate proximity td the glossy curls. :`.'Are you tired, dearest?" "No, love, not much. But you are, arn't you?" "No, darling," • . Kiss;•and a pause. it seeni funny?" said the younewif , - "What, love :" "That we shoul • • arried." . "Yes, darling." • -"Won't they be' gla to se-• George's?"• v.i 4. - • ~;•\ .• I . •• "Of course they , "I'm sure I shall it so much. Shall we get there to-night?". . "Yes,-love, nap rap, rap; at the door. .• A hasty separation took - placebetween man and wife : —to opposite ends of the solh'; and then— • • "Come in."• • ,rt• . . • ye Maze, Sur, it's an -X. P. is welting to bee yez.' • • ' • a POliceniart!" sur." "There must be Some mistake." . "No ' sur, it's yourself; and he'swait ing in the hall beyant.'' go to—no,' tell liiinto come • p hire." - . . ''_,"Sorry to disturb you, sir," said the M. P., with a huge brass star on his breast, appearing . with.greatalacrity at the , waiter's elbow. `B'lieve this is your black valise?" I _, "Yes, that is ours, , certainly. It ,hris Julia's—the lady!e things are init." "Suspicious circumstances'about that 'ere valise, sir. Telegraph mane this .?horning-that a burglar started'- on the 8.45 Philadelphia train with a lot of stolen spoons in a black valise. ' Spoons marked T. B. •Watched at the ferry. k -Saw the blikk - valise—followed it 'up here. Took a: peep inside, and sure enough there were the spoons, .marked- T. B. too. Said it was yours: Shall have to fake'you in charge. • "Take me in charge!' echoed-the mayed bridegroom, "But I assure you, i my dear sir, there s some strange mis take. It's all a mistake." "S'pOse you'll be able to account for the spoOns being in your valise, then?" "Why,'l—l—it isn't mine. It must be sornebody else's. Somebody's put them in. It is some villainous conspi racy." "Hope you'll be able to tell a straight er story : before the magistrate, young man ; !cause if ydu don't you • stand a smart chance of being sent up for six monthg:" "0, Charles, this is horrid! Do send him away. Oh, dear, I wish I was at home!" sobbed the little bride. "I tell you, sir," said the bridegrbom, bristling up with indignation,. "this is Fall a vile plot: What would Ibe doing with your paltry spoons? I Was mar ried this morning, in Fifth Avenue and I amen my - wedding tour; I have high relations 41 New York. You 'will 're pent it, Sir, if you dare arrest me." "Qh, eoine now," said the ineredu. H,•;;.1 •. ".'• so ,"the3. 3 : 3o Eitlatlkarthialk,6-., colt" i• If • • J', , • long official„ "I've been stories like that, before: ' ,I II* ain't 'the 'firat time swindleie haVe,traveled; in Couples.' .Do' ,You 87 ,1Aise, 1- 2, (193e,t knpw, nothing? ,Tain't w, use ; yon'ye just got to come 'aft:tug to ,the 541pqa+ i house?.', IVllght, de' well COLO@ alOg peaceably. ',00,03e yoU'll 'have tp.” , - :_•. , • . "Charles, this is pierfeetlYl, l 'd'edA'ul; Out weddi n g night in the station house I. Do Send - for somebody. , Bend, for ' . the landloid `to explain. it. "' ,: '. . : 11 The,landlord, was sent for, and'eam l e . ;' the' porters were sent for iino.. mune ; the, Waiters, Rharnbermaids, and har-rocim . loungers came Without ,being sent': for, 'and filled the rooM and adjoming hall, Eloble to laugh; Berne to Say they woUldri't halm believed, but nearly all,, to . exult that the Unitary Our had been., "found• put." . 110 Ict:_no Patton eptld 4 - . evqn ; ' and the upSno waa,„ lhat; ; ;111 o,pits" bf tears, threats, entreaties, ragt a l' ii z:l ei= l po4tulattOnp, .; the 'unfpFtun neWly married palr, ;were teken -in, eha ge hy the relentless policeman 'aiad marched, ;'down stairs, en route for.police ,offide; And here let the Curtaiii.droP'en ',the melancholy scene, while we folloW, the fortunes of, the black valise No: . ' ; ;When te train stopped • at' C Alden , ,' (, four gentlemen got off and . walk'ii arra in7arni, rapidly and silently, up one '6 l. the bvstreets, and, ,stri4ek off int "a foelt path leading to a'Secluded grove outside the,town. . Of the•first two, one was bur military friend iu,:,a blue coat, - appair putty the leader of `the patty., Of the second two, one, Wai3 carrying a black valise. Their,. respectivecompanioo walked with hastY irregular strideS,Were, abstracted, ,and app4rent/T.' . 1 4 4,9,:5e.: - ',.. 1 `. 'The party atopped:„ • ', ~_ :' . . "Tins is, the P l eilc e,"' ! 3 ' al l , . c k i , f l Jones,.. , '. ' - , .• • ~ I ..\l , -.:1. : „ • , :"Yes,"Ad bectOr SMith, , ~. '. . The Captain and tike,DopOccinferied'. Idgetlicr. _The - O f fice - ,tWO . sto4#9 ll sTY . . , kept apart, i ,:, . "Very, well. ' 1 '1).1 Jneasuro ,t h e 'ground, and do you 'place . yout nian." • It was clone: . , ; , "`• • "Now for the piatels,". whispered . the Captain to his fellew, second.' • "They are all ready iit the valise," re= plied the Doctor, :, ' ; The principals Were placed ten paces apart; and wore that decidedly ,uncom fortable air 4 `man '. hes who is in 'the Momentary e*pectation of being shot ~ . • dead. . i , "You will Are gentlemen; simultane ously, when I give the word;" said t'he Captain.. Then in an undertone, to the Doctor— • •••• • --• : ,•. J. , .:.;. i:,... ME 11l 1 •' " ' • "Quick, the pistols." The Doctor stoopirig over; and funi; bling at' he valise, , appeared to discover, something which surprised him. , ; •• "Why what the devil—" , "What' the matter ?' asked, the C'ap-; thin, striding up. "Can't you find the, Caps - ?" • • "Llett4 a pistol or cap, but this." He held up4a lady's night cap. "Look' here—and here—and here!'! holding rip t successively, a • hair brush, a long' white night gown, a cologne bottle,: and a comb.; They were greeted with long whis tle by, the Captain, and a blank stare by the two prinoipals• • - "bonfound the luck," ejaculated the Captain : "If we haven't made . a mis take, and brought the wrong valise."' • The principals looked at the seconds. The seconesieolted , at the :Nobody u uticerrq 4:1; suggeStion. , • At last the Doctor inquired, "Well; what is to be done?" - "D—d - uninckif" , again ejaculated the Captain—"the duel can't go on." "Evidently not," responded the Doo tor, "unless they brain each other with the hair brush, or takes apop at each othdr with the cologi4e bottle." "You are quite sure there are no pis tols in the valise?" said one of the principals, with suppressed eagerness, and drawing a long breath of evident relief. • lied the h "We must go over to the city and get the pistols," proposed the Captain. "And by that time it will bd dark," said the Doctor "D= ----d unlucky I " "We shall be the laughing stock of the town," consolingly remarked the Doetbr i "if this gets wind," "One word with you,- Doctor," bore interposed his principal. • ' They conferred. , At the end of his conference with his principal, the Doctor, advancing to ,the Captain, conferred with MM. Then the Captain conferred with his princi.; pal. Then the seconds held a confer ence with each other. Finally, it was formally agreed be tween the contending parties that a statement would be drawn up in writing, whereby principal No. 1 tendered the assurance that theoffensivewords; "You, are a liar," were not used by him in any personal sense, but solely as an abstract proposition, in a general , way, in regard to the matter Of fact under dis pute. To which principal No. 2 ap:- pended his statement of his high grati fication at thiscandid and honorable ex ilanation and unqualifiedly withdrew nsive words, "You are a' seoun &dux been used by him ,sion of the intent which had kill under a misappi and purpose of the Fe, preceded theta. There being no longer a caus — e' quarrel, the duel was of course ended. The principals shook hands, first • with each other next with the seconds, 'and were evidently very glad to getout of it. '"And now that it is' happily set tled, said the Doctor' chhckillig, 'and' rubbing his hands, " It, proves to have been a lucky mistake, atter all, that we brought the wrong valise. Wonder what the lady who owns it will say, when she opens ours and' finds the pistols." "Very well for you to laugh about," growled the Captain," but it is no joke for me to lose my pistols. Hair trig, gers—best English make, and gold mounted. There ain't, a finer, pair of shouters in America." "Oh ? - we will find them. ,'We All go on a pilgrimage from house tohouse, asking if any lady there has lost a night cap and found a pair OfdlieliUgnistols." In very good spirits the party crossed the river, and inquired at the baggage room in reference to each mid all black leather traveling bags arrived that day - - took notes of Where they were sent, and - Sint out to follow them up. In due lime they reached the Continental, and as luck would have it, met the unhappy bridal pair just coming down stairs in charge of the policeman. ' "What's the •ineaning of .all this?" inquired the Captain. 'Oh, a couple,of burglars, caught with a valise of stlen property." "A valise !—what kind of a valise'?" "A black leather valise. That's it, there." ME MI a = g 1 i - • • Nil "Here !—Stop I—Hallo !—policeman ! —Landlord! It's all right! You're all vbfrong ! That's my valise. It's all a mistake! They got changed at the depot. This lady and gentleman are innocent. Here's their valise, with her night cap in it." Great was the• laughter, multifarious the comments, and deep the interest of the crowd in all this dialogue, which they appeared to regard as a delightful entertainnoentgbt up,expressly,for,their amusement. "Then yousay this'ere thing's yon t rs?' said the policeman, relaxing his 'hold upon the bridegroom, and confronting te Captain. I"Yes, it's mine." MMMM =I . . "And . how . did yon „some by the spoons?" • - , *bond; yon Jackanapes!" :aid the Captain, '"dueling pistols!" 'Wo you ealrthese pistols?" said the; policeman, holding up to view one of .the ilvere spoons, marked T. B. ' ' * .The - Captain, astonished, gasped, "It's the,wrong valise again, after all." • "stop, not so. fast!" said the police finiptionary, now invested with great dignity by'the Importance of the affair tp,found himself engaged in. "If so be ow you've got this lady's valise, she's all. right, and can go. But in that' case this is 7ouin, and it comes on you to ac- Count tot theta are stolen Spoons. Haye twtake you inWtargo, all four of ye." , "wtisr, you .impudt scoundrel!" ,Taved the Captain. "Pll see you in 44 "wish I had my pistol here ; I'd tetra' you to insult a :gentlemani" shaking ,his flsty,i • 1 .. 'T,he dispute• Waxed fast and furious. :the outsiders began to take part in it, and there is no telling how it would 'hate ended, had not an, explosion, fol lowed by a heavy fall and a amain of pain been heard in an adjoining 'room The crowd rushed to the scene of the ,neap attraction. , . . . - The door was fast. lt was soon burst Open and the mystery explained. The this to had carried `of the Captain's Valise b mistake for his own, had ,tit ken it u to his room and opened it ,to gloat over the boOty he supposed it to . contain; thrusting his hand in after the spoons.. /In 50...-doing he had touched one °ilia.) hair triggers, and the pistol litid gone'off, the bullet making a round hole7thiough the side of the valise, and a coArespondinglround hole in tho : calf of hiSjeg. • •• , i ; -....r; , -,, .' .The _wounded rascal .va's taken in :chaitxige first py. the policeman; and then ,by - the Doctor t'• and the duelists and the Wedding pair struck up a friendship on• the' score of their mutual mishap, which :culminated in a supper, where the fun Was abundant, and where it would be hard to say whichwas in the best spir its; the Captain for recovering his pis &As' the bride for getting her nightcap, ,the bridegroom for escaping the station "house; or the duelists for escaping each other. ,All resolved to "mark that day with a : Nvhite stone," and henceforth to mark their names on their black' trav eling bags in white letters. • • 131 ;. JAMES PARTON. 'One of the happiest men, and on of the most interesting characters we gave bad in America, was John Jaitries AVdubep, the celebrated painter Old 'biographer of American birds. He Was due of the few men whosepursuits were in accordance with his tastes and his talents'; 'and, besides this, he enjoyed almost•every/ other facility which falls to the 'lot of a mortal. , • His father was a French admiral, who, about the middle of 'the last century, emigrated to Louisiana, whertl he pros pered and reared a family. His distin guished son was born in 1780. While he was still a little boy, he Showed a re markable interest in the beautiful birds that flew about This father's stigar plan tation, particularly the mocking-bird, Which attains its greatest perfection in that part of Louisiana. He soon had a conaiderable collection of living birds ;• wind ho tolls us that his first attempts to draw and paint were inspirea desire - to preserVe a memento of 'the beautiful plumage of some of his birds that die. In delineating his feathered friends he displayed so much talent that, at the age of fourteen, his father took him to Paris, and placed him in the studio of the famous painter, David„, where he neglected every other branch. of art except the one in which he was destined to excel. David's forte' was in painting battle-pieces ; but his pupil was never attracted to pictures of that kind, and he occupied himself almost exclusively in painting birds. At sev enteen, he returned to Louisiana and resumed, with all his former ardor; his favorite study. "My father," he says, iri one of his prefaces, " then made me a present of a magnificent farm - in Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Schuylkill, where I married. The cares of a household, the love which I bore my wife, and the birth of two children, did not diminish my passion for Ornithology. An invincible attraction drew me toward the ancient tofests of the American continent, and many years rolled away while I was far front my family." To facilitate his design of studying birds in their native woods, he removed his faniily to the village of ,Henderson, upon,' the banks of the Ohio, whence, for fifteen years, he made excursions into the forest with his portfolio, rifle and gaining-hag. From the great lakes to the extremest points of 'Florida—from the Alleghe nies to the_ prairies beyond the Missis sippithrough impenetrable forests, in canebrakes, almost impassable, and on the boundless prairies, he sought foi new varieties a birds, copying- . them of the size of life, and measuring every pert with the I, utmost nicety of mathe- Males. Up with the dawn and ram bling about all day, he was the happiest men if he returned to his camp in the - carrying in his game-bag a :new specime • li which to enrich his Collection. He had no thought What ever of publishing his pictures. !: It. was no desire of glory," ,he as sures' us t "Which led me into this ex ile—l Wished only to enjoy nature." After fifteen years of such a life as this, he paid a visit to his relations in , Philadelphia, carrying with him two hundred of his designs, the result of his laborious and perilous wanderings: Be ing obliged to-leave Philadelphia for some weeks, he left these.in a box at the house of one of his relations. On his return what was his horror and despair to discover that they were totally de strayed by fi re. , • " A . poignant flame,'' . he remarks, " pierced my brain like an arrow of fire, and for several weeks I was prostrate with fever. At length, physical and moral strength awoke within me.— Again I took my gun, my *game-bag, and portfolio, and my, pencils, and plunged once more into the depths of my forests. • Three years passed before I had repaired the damage, and they were three years of happiness. To com plete my work, I went every day ftir ther from the abodes of men. Eighteen months rolled away, and my object was accomplished." During his stay in Philadelphiasin -1824, Audubon became acquainted with Prince Lucien Bonaparte, who strongly urged the naturalist to publish his de signs., This, however, was a work far too expensive to be undertaken hi Amer ica alone.' He proposed to issue several volumes of engravings colored and of life-size, with other volumes of printed descriptions. The price of the work was fixed at , a thousand dollars. Before he had obtained a single subscriber, he set his engravers to work and proceeded to enlist the co-operation of the wealthy Men of England and France. He was received in Europe with great distinc tion, and obtained in all one hundred and seventy subscribers, of whom about 'eighty were Europeans: While the first volume was in course of prepara tion, he returned to America, and spent another year in ranging the forests to add to his store. In 1830, the first voi nme'of his wonderful work apPeaied, I= ~~ ~~• , ,~11,, AUDUBON F ; i <l. N consistin ' of a 'hundred colored plates and repr suiting .ninetly-nine varieties of birds., The volume excited enthusi asm wherever it was received. The king of France and king of England inscribed their names at the head' of his fist of subscribers. The principal learn ed societies of London and Paris 'added. Audubon to the number of their mem bers, and the great naturalists envier, Humboldt, Wilson and others, joined in a chorus of praise. The work, which consists of four }vol umes of engravings and five of letter press, was completed in 1839. For the latter, volumes, he again passed' three years in exploration, and, at one time, was enabled to study the birds on the coast of Florida, in a vessel 'which the goverziment of the United States had placed at his disposal. Returning tb Now York, 'he purchased a beautiful ,residence on the shores of tho Hudson, near the city, where he preparedifor the press an edition of his great work upon smaller paper in seven volumes, which was completed in 1844. Many New Yorkers, remember that nbout that time he exhibited in that city a wonderful collection of his origin _al drawings, which contained several 'thousands of animals and birds, all • of which he had studied in their native homes, all drawn of the size of life by his own hand; and 4;01 represented with their natural foliage around them. • Ho was now sixty-five years of age, but his natural vigor appeared to be in no degree abated. Parke Godwin, who ,knew him well at that time, described him as possessing all the sprightliness arid vigor of a young , man. He was tall and remarkably . well formed, and x there was in his uritenance a singular blending ~of inn 'i ence and ambition. His head was c eclingly remarkable. • ".The forehead high," -says Mi!.'God- Win, " arched and unclouded ; thehairs of the brow prominent, particulg g, ly at the root of the nose., which' iv long and acquiline ; chin prominen ~ and moutheharacterized by energy and de termination. .The eyes were dark grey, set deeply in the • head, and as restless as' the glance of an eagle." His' man ners 'were exceedingly gentle, and shis -conversation full of point and spirit.. Still unsatisfied, he undertook ii his old age a new work On the quadrupeds • • America, for which he had gathered Much material in his various journeys. Again he took to the woods-7-accoMpan-• led however, now by his two sons, Victor and John, who had inherited Much of his talent and zeal. Returning to his home on the banks of the Hudson, he proceeded leiturely to prepare his gatherings for the press, assisted always ,by his sons, and other friends. " Surrounded," he wrote z " by all the members 'of my dear family, en joying the affection of-numerous frieiids, who had never abandoned me, and, pos sessing a sufficient share of all that con tributes to make life agreeable, I lift my grateful eyes tO'svard the Supreme Being, and feel that I am happy." He did not live to complete his work upon the quadrupeds. -Attacked •by disease in his seventy-first ygar, which was the year 1851, he died so peacefully that it was more like going to siqep than death. His; remains 3vere burled in Trinity Cemetery, which adjoins his residence. His sons, it is said, have continued the labors of their father, and, design one day to publish' the work on the quacfrupade .N 7f Mr. A udu -1?.on also left an autobiography, which, perhaps, may see the, light. Besides his eminent talents as in artist, Audu bon was a vigorous and picturesque writer. Some paOsagesof his descriptions or the habits a birds, are among the finest pieces of writing yet produced iii America, and , have been made famil iar to the public through the medium of the school-reading books. We learn from thecareer of this es i mable man that he Who wnixid Itteons 1 - Hsi - I -much in the short life-time oft a uman being, must concentrate I is powers upon one object, and that cb j act congenialwith his tastes and talon s. ..Nudulion did in his life one thing; to madeknown to mankind the birds of its native land ; but he did this so w bat hi's name will be held in hono ong as the materials last of which volumes are composed MARK MAIN IN TROUBLE.—M k Twain has his-troubles in common with the rest of humanity. His last a.nn•y ance,,was caused by a railroad peddler. "And then, there were the 'peddlers on the cars. I bought out the pop-corn boy to get rid of, ' him, because I was trying to compose a poem for a young lady's album, and did not want to ;be disturbed., But he came right la ck with a stock of peanuts. I took a f w and hurried away, and he retain ed with some ice-cream candy. I d. i't like ice-cream candy and peanuts to gethccr, but I invested at once, beta Ise an inspired rhyme had been born to i e, and I wanted to set it down before it slipped by me.. Then the scout' rel came back with tobacco and cigars, : nd .afterward with oranges, imitation iv )ry baby, whistles, fig-paste and appl-s ; and then he went away and was g ire some time, and was encouraged to h pe the train had run over him. Such 'as not the cave: , 'He *as only keeping his , most malignant outrage for the las . He was getting his literature ready. "And from that time forward tha ~.tenernte yofith did inithing but ma from one ear to another, and afflict pass tigers with s pecimen copies of viles . blood-and-thunder romances eartl . " Lionel Warburton, or the II jure s Doom ;" "Godfrey de Lan ,! or tie Desperado's Revenge"—til were some of his mildest works, an c their backs were pictUres of stab affrays and duels, and people sho other people down- , precipices, wretched woodcuts of women being cued from terrific_ perils of all poss, kinds—and they were so crimin homely that any rightminded i would'takl a placid satisfaction in 1 ing them suffer a sudden and viol death. But that peddler boy pech, these atrocious books- right along hours together, and I gave up my p. at last, and devoted all my energie: l drive hitnaway, and trying to say 1 thing that would make him unhap 81 MISSOURI IRON MOUNTAIN.-T ere you see over live hundred acres f,a single mass of solid iron—hardly an ore. A piece of it is like , lcast-iro i to look at, and apparently as' heavy., rhe road over which we rode was iron ; the loose pebbles with which the surfau thelnotintain is plentifully covere all iron. A light soil, bearing s trees and bushes, covers the hill. In many places are enormous moss ered blocks of ore just above the face. In one of the mines' in w the mien were working, we saw a , and almost perpendicular face o sixty feet high. Pilot Knob, too, i. iron • niountain, but covered strange broken crags and wild r. crusted together like towers, castles antique tombs, Min:all:id been tl quarters melted at doomsday and suddenly cooled. It is a grand strange bill, ' rising steeply for n six hundred feet • alone in a• beau country, a quiet, fertile valley swee around. In this tranquil lowlan two villages, and far beyond rises S herd mountain, which is a still I pH/ of iron ore.—Philadelphia Pr, NO. 28. de reh he the er- 'e ol 1 is l one 113ut 004 a g itator :y Wednesday Morning; at $2,001 k . advenco, , by & VAN G4DER. • Ep,o.v4ttozon. , l v 0.., :Tissravet xt *erms. Inflow, es use, mare . ON 134uAlls• 1 Bquare, sl,oo $2.00 $2,60 $6,00 •$7,00 $12,00 2 Squares 2 , 00 3 , 00 : 4 , 00 0 , 00 /2,00 18,00 10,00 15,00 33,00 22,00, 30 , 80 60,00 One Csti f ...l t .l 18,00 26,00 80,00 40,00L10,00_ 20,00 1103delness Cards inserted qt the eat of (hie Dol• tar a linh per year; bnt none for less sum than $6,00. IM-Bpecitil nnticos, Fifteen Cents pei lino rEditorist or Local Notices, Twenty Cente per line. HEROD IN TILE FAMILY. MATT. 24, 16. • , • BY RORACE .QBEELEY. I PRESUME half the good sermons ever yet preached might have had for their text, The fool bath said in life heart there is no Giod." In that foolish, blind presumption lurks the impulse to every wrong, every transgression. -Men gener ally admit, in •a listless, soulless way, that the universe, this world, and all who live in it, are the subjects of Omnis cient moral sway ; but scarcely one in a dozen "in his heart" believes it: If all did believe it, how could there, be hypo c in the church, libertines by the fanntily-hearth, or 'villains anywhere? Plow, could there ever be robbtirsi in the mountain-pass, wreckers on the peril ous coast, or slaves on the stormy main, c if men 'really and heartily believed in the existence and rule of an all-seeing, omnipotent God? Every' age l every nation develcro. some vast wickedness. Intemperance, LeWdness, Gambling, and a hundred' i other m nifestations of man's proneness to evil appear and disappear like physica nidemics ; hardly is one erupt-, ion of evil crushed when another tip plers and begins to run its measured raknid. If I were called to say. what crime is' to-day most fearfully prevalent among us, I should indicate the de struction of unborn children. I speak not here of.the murder of in nocents, the children of lust and sin, . and whose destroyers have the wieich ed excuse of seeking to preclude dis grace and shame. Guilty as these mi.; questionably hre, they are not so crim inal in the sight of Heaven as are the married pair who conspire to . blast the germs of offspring in the mother's womb, and thwart the beneficent command , to increase and-multiply given 'to the pro gen itorirof our race. If there be a crime more dastardly and unnatural than all others, surely It is this. Of course, excuses Or apologies have been. invented for this, as l for other va rieties of murder. ' The parents are'too poor to rear more children on their scan ty means; the mother's constitution is too feeble to endure the trials of child bearing and nursing, etc., etc. The first of these, if valid at all, will justify the killing of the child born last March as well as that of the child to be born , next Novernber ; ..the second is. a direct .1 impeachment of the Divine economy, and a proclamation of disbelief in the Divine assurance, " As thy day só shall thy strength be:" In, short, there is no palliation for any sort of child-murder which is not. eSsentially Atheistic—a • repetition of what " the fool bath said in his heart:" Itlias for:years been noted that our old New England element is ,less pro lific than formerly—that families of six to eight children are as infrequent as those of ten to twelve were two or three generations back. It is further noted that wir immigrant population de not share in this sterility—that' our Irish born neighbors have more children to ,the family than their Yankee neighbors. I learn that'the Roman Catholic priests are to a considerable exteti t, to be credited with this disparity—that; having had their attention called to the diminution Of births among -us, they have discussed its reasons, and systeinatically applied , themselves to guarding their flocks from the contagion. I believe it- is generally, through the confessional and' otherwise, enjoined on married Cathoz lies that they, under no circumstances and onno pretext whatever, conspire againstithe lives of their unborn chil dren. Shalk not Protestant pastors be = in!.• spired...by tunities_mll7l;e less direct and phipa ble-, yet they are sufficient. Why should not every settled clergyman preach pointedly against the crime in question ? Is any in doubt as to its existence? Let him.confer .with two or three popular physicians, and he will doubt no longer. Nay.: he will be.astounded brtheir tes timony as to the,extent, the magnitude of this, offense against God •land Hu manity, Country and Family., Prepare a. eminent physician will Prepare a. tract of 16, or 24 or 3.4 large, fait{ pages, setting forth in convincing array the moral, physiological, and religious con siderations which should secure a gen eral avoidance' and abhokrence of this spkies of Infanticide? REMARKS It is auspicious that some of the prsss are using their influence to stop this spreading abomination - alluded to, the destruction of the fruit of the womb. • We arp sorry to think that .invitations to this unnaturalcrime are constantly presented in the advertisements of pat ent medicines, under the name of Fe male Pills; some of which'. lwe cannot • but suspect, disclose their seal purpose, in the caution, "not to be used during pregnancy."pregnapcy. We think •it is.time the f press refused to become a party to thej circulation of these things ,by, advertis ing them ,• and some of our druggists by' selling what We fear are so often tiled for such unholy purposes. See 1 Timothy 5 : 14 with chapter 2: 15 of the same. This is hot a question merely of ier ligion. True, child-murder is violation of God's law, " thou shalt not kill; and he will, one day, " make inquisition for blood." - It is a matter of public morality, and if our land is thus defiled with blood We, may expect temporal , . judgments asia people. But 'for those who care for (none of these pings, it may be, well to say that, happily for the! country there is a law of the land which metes out some penalties to this crime of abortion. ,It behooves persons to be- - ware how they become accessary to the crime, legally or morally', by aiding, advising or even concealingpit. The tract, called for by Mr. Greeley has been published by the American Medi cal AssociatiOn, called, " Why not" Setting forth tire fearful results of this unnatural crime on the mind and body ; and it deserves an extensive circula tion. • B. CLERICAL ANECDOTE.—The Rev. Samel Clawson, a Methodist preacher of eccentric manners, sometimes called the " ild man, " was- very popular in West ri Virginia some twenty years ago. e was cross-eyed and wiry made, than. At.ry dark skinned for a white an. l i At. ti les he was suprlsi 4 . ,elequent, 11 , al Ways excitable, and ofecllgoually ex travagant.. He once accompanied •a brother minister, Rev. Mr. .R., a prom inent pastor, in a visit to a colored church. Xer. R. gave - the .colored preacher the hint, and, of course, Claw son was invited to preach. He did so, and during the sermon set the impul sive Africans to shouting, all over the house. ,This, is turn,set Clawson to ex travakaUt words and ' actions, and he leaped Qa t of the pulpit like a deer, and began to take the hands of the colored„' brethrkn and mix in quite happily. lic , wept for joy. Then, passing through'; the crowd, he found brother R. and; sittingdown beside him, he threw his arm around his neck, and, with tears streaming, down his cheeks; he said : "Brother R., I almost wish I had been born a nigger. These folks have more religion than we haye." "Well, well, "said Brother R., "you come so near that you needn't cry about it." •
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