I THE ELK ADVOCATE, A LOCAL AXD GENERAL NEWSPAPER, Is Published Mlvery Thursday. BY JOHN F. MOORK. er Tear in advance $1 50 m m m JMA11 subscriptions lo lie paid in ad unco. Orders for Job Work respectfully olicifed. ?,Ofllce on Main Street, in the second story of Honk & Gillis Store. Address JOHNO. HALL, EDITOR & TROrRlETOn . JOU.N O. HALL, Attorney nt law, Hid way. Elk county l'a. lnar.'CO ly. LAURIE J. ULAKELY, Attorney and Couneellor at law, and U. S. t'omniis. iosncr. Kidgway or Bcnzingcr V. )., Elk county, l'a. mar.2iro0.ly. SOUTHER AND WILLIS Attorneys at Law, Ridgway, Elk county Ta., will attend to all professional business prompt, ly. mnr-22'OG-ly. R. J. S. BOR DWELL Elcctio Thysi cian. Late of Warren county Ta., will promptly answer all professional calls by night or d:iy. Residence one door east of the late residence of Hon. J. L. Gillis. Mir.'J-rGO-ly. DR. W. H. HARTMAN, St. Mary's, Elk county, l'a. Late of tlio Army of the I'otomac. Particular attention given to all cases of surgical nature. mar-122'66-ly. D l'a. R. W. JAMES BLAICELY 1'hysician and Surgeon, St. Mary's, Elk couuty mar-22'CG ly. D R. W. W. SHAW I'raetioes Medicine and Surgery, Centreville, Elk county mar-22'66 ly. l'a. DR. A. S. HILL Kersey, Elk county l'a. Will promptly answer all professional calls by night or day. mar-22'00-ly. II YDE HOUSE, M. V. MOORE Tropri. "ictor, Mdgway, Elk county l'a. Mar-2200-ly. ST..'MARY'S HOTEL, U. E. Wcllendorf Proprietor, St. Mary's, Elk county Pa. This house is new and fitted up with cspc. cial care for the convenience and comfort of guests, at moderate rates. Free Hack, to and from the Depot. Good stabling at. tached. mar-22'liU.ly. 17XCHANGE HOTEL, Ridgway, Elk 12i county Pa., David Thnycr Proprietor. This house is pleasantly situated on tho bank of the Clarion, in the lower end of the town, is well provided with house room and etabling, and tho proprietor will spare no pains to render the stay of his guests pleas ant and agreeable. mar-22'OO-ly. ASIUNGTON HOUSE, St. Mary's, Elk couuty Pa., Edward Babel Pro. prietor. This house is new and fitted up with especial caro for the convenience of guests. Good stabling attached. Mar-29'001y. BORDWELL AND MESSENGER Drug gists, Dealers in Drugs and Chemicals Paints. Oils and Yaruish. Perfumery Toil, ct articles and Stationary, Ridgway, Elk county Pa. mar-22'00-ly. ("1 II. VOLK, Manufacturer and Dealer J m in Lagtr Beer, opposite the Railroad Depot, St. Mary's, Elk county l'a. Mar-22'0G-ly. I-kUACTICAL CLOCK AND WATCH 1 MAKER. ST. MAilY'S, Elk county v Edward MclSridc. keeps constantly on nnd l or sale. Watches, Clocks, Silver Vlnin.t Ware and Jewelry ol all descriptions m ltonniriiiir neatlv executed, and done on short notice and reasonablo terms . Mar 2'J'GO-ly. TOB PRINTING, such as Cards, Posters J Hand Bills, Bill Heads &c., done at ilm ADYOCATE OFFICE on short notice and at reasonable prices. 18CG 1866 TiIlILADELPIIIA & ERIE RAIL I ROAD. This great lino traverses tho Northern and Northwest counties of Pennsylvania to the citv of Erie, on Lake Eric. It has been leased by the Fennsylva nia Rail Road company, and is opera cdbvthem. t It entire length was opened for pas sensrer and freight business, October 17th. 18C4. TIME OF PASSENGER TRAINS AT RIDGWAY. Leave Eastward. Erie Mail Train 2 IS p. in. Erie Express Train 7 56 p.m. Leave Westward. hno Mail Train 1 3U p. m hno Express 1 rain o oU a. m Passenger cars run through without change both ways between Philadelphia and ftrie. NEW YORK CONNECTION. Leave New York at 9.00 a. m., Arrive bA Erie 9.15 a. in. Leave Eric at 1.55 p. in., arrive at New York 3.40 p. m. Elegknt Sleeping Cars on Express Trains both ways between Williani.-.port and Baltimore, and Williamsport and Philadelphia. For intormation respecting Passenger business apply at tho S. E. corner oOth and Market Sts. And for Fraight business of the Com pany's Agents: S.B.Kingston, Jr. Cor. 13th and Market Sts. Philadelphia. J. tV. Reynolds Erie. W. Brown, Agent N. C. R. R. Bal tiinoy. II. II. IIOUSTON, Gen'l. Freight Aft. Plata. II. W. G WINNER, Gen'l. Ticket Agt. PhiTa. Alfred. L. Tyler, General Svpt Wmt't. JOHN Q. II A EE, Editor. IOtrTfE 6 JTUMllEH 1. HE EECT POETRY. A PUNGENT CONSIDERATION OF TUB l'ariotis Trades a net Callings. Of all the trades that men may call Unpleasant and offensive, The Editor's Is the worst of all, For he is ever pen sivc ; Ilia leaders lead to nothing high, His columns are unstable, And though tho printers make him pie, It does not suit his table. Tho Carpenter his course Is plane, His bit is nlwajs near him He augurs every hour of ga'n, He chisels and nonojecr him He shavce, yet is not close, they say, Tho public pay his board, sir Full of wise saws he bores away, And so he swells his hoard, sir. St Crispin's son ths man of shoes, Has awl things at control, sir He waxes wealthy in his views, But ne'er neglects his sole, sir His is indeed a heeling trade, And when we come to casting The toe-lal profits he has made, IV e find his ends are lasting. The Tail.ir, too, gives fits to all, Yet never gets a basting His cabbages, however small, Arc most delicious to sting Ilia goose is heated happy prig ! Unstinted in his measure He always plays a thimble-rig, And seams a man of pleasure. Tho Farmer reaps a fortune plump, Though harrowed, far from woe, sir His spade forever proves a trump, His book is I've-an-hor, sir Ilowcvor corned he does not slip, Though husky, never hoarse, sir Aud in a plough-share partnership, He get's his share of course, sir. The Sailor on tho giddy mast- Compavativcly master Has many a bulwark round him cast. To wavo away disaster Even shrouds to him are full of life, His mainstay still is o'ci him, A gallant and top-gallant crew Of beaux ojirils before him. Tie steady Irish Laborer picks And climbs to fame 'tis funny, He deals with none but regular bricks, And so he pockets mouey Ono friend sticks to him (mortar 'tis), In hodden gray unbatlled, He leaves below an honest name When he ascends the scaffold. The Printer, though his case be hard, Yet sticks not at his nap, sir 'Tis his to canonize the bard, And trim a Roman cap, sir Some go two-forty what of that ! Ho goes it by the thousand ! A roan of form, and fond of fat, He loves the song I now send. The Engine. driver, if we track His outward semblance deeper, Has got some very tender traits He ne'er desturbs the sleeper And when you switch him as he goes, He whistles all the louder And should you brake him on the wheel, It only makes him prouder. I launched this skiff of rhyme upon The trade-winds of the muses Through pungent scus they've borne it on The boat no rudder uses . So masticate its meaning once, And judge not sternly of it You'll find a freight of little puns, And very little profit. Miles O'Reillt. Epitaph on an old maid A-las too late. A cockney's epitaph upon bis cook " Peace to her ashes. Levity is often less foolish, an gravity less wise than each of the in ap pear. When is a billiard.uiai ker like prompter ? When he gives the player his cue. What stono should have be placed at the gate of Eden after the cx pulsiou '( Ans. Adamantino (Adam uiu t 1U.) A coleuiporary suggests that a lady. on putting ou her corsets, is like a man who drinks to drown his grief, because in i).hirin,j herself bhc is getting ti'ht ! Moore must have had tho petrole um fever, when ho sung : " Oh, had I some sweet little isle of my own !" but perhaps, ho only meant (as ho said) " swcetile." A learned young lady, the other evening, astouished the company by ask ing tho loan of a dimiuutivo argenteous, truncated cone, convex on ita summit, and semi-perforated with symmetrical indentations. She wantod a thimble. JSE LE CTS TORY ANAD VENT (THE IN ALGIERS Algiers is the Paris of Afaica. oi rather not a portion of Africa, but a part of Franco, that has been created j the armies m times of peace as it has een conquered in war by the 1 reach arms. Algiers is like Paris, of course, but u becoming French it lias not lost all ts oriental peculiarities, and in this it as much more attractive than Paris as romance is than real life. When I was ordered to remain in Al giers with my regiment coming from Marseilles, I came with most delightful anticipations. 1 was a young lieutenant then, and my success with the fair sex in various urnson towns where I had been, gave me most brilliaut idc&s in regard to the adventures that would befall mo in Al tera. Houris, with eyes like stars, en veloped in cachemire, covered with dia. monds, living in palaces with fountains of rosewatcr rnd bowers of orange flow, era rose before me. Indeed, the officers talked so much and so eagerly about the charms of the eastern women, their pas. sion and their devotion, that I felt ready to risk my life to obtain a sight ot one of these lovely creatures who haunted my dreams. Now this was to be the romance of my life. The reality was al ready arranged and settled in Europe and to tell the truth, though my imagi- ation was in Algiers, my heart was in rauce with tho girl to whom I had been betrothed since my infancy. Like all Frenchmen, I knew that I could marry only the young lady who would be thought by my parents to be suited to mo in station and lortuuc. I knew that only such a wife could suit me, aud had not the slightest idea that my eastern roiuaueo would interfere with any of my engagements, not even with my love. l'orl loved my betrothed, though I ad not seen her sidco she was a child. 'ho daughter of an old friend of my fa ther's, she had been brought up in tho strictest sec,uoion, aud in my waudeiiug, soldier s lilo I had not seen her for 6ix years. But this was my last year's pro- autumn 1 was to return to Marseilles ; Cecile was to come with her mother beneath my father's roof aud we were to be married. Dear little Cecile : I had always treasured her memory as sho appeared to me when last 1 had seen her a sweet little girl with a short white dress and the tinies little feet imaginable, iu red satin slippers. It ho happened that at one of the cafes I mado the acquaintance of an in, tclhgent and rich old Jew mcrcliant who, from the first, appeared to take ex traordinary interest in mo. lie amused me with details of oriental life and man ners; told nic the legends of the coun try, and, in fact, seemed to be a living page from the Arabian Nights. In return I told him all the circum. stances of my life, all my military ad ventures, and even in a moment of ex traordinary confidence went so far as to tell him all about (Jecilo and our future marriage. This was done rather to give him an idea of our European customs than with any idea of confiding in him. I scarcely felt the indelicacy of talking about Ceeilo, because he was so utterly a stranger to hoi. I had been some weeks in Algiers watching anxiously for an adventure, when one day a note was put into my hand. It was highly perfumed, and tied instead of beiug sealed, with a gold thread. It was written in a most ele gaut hand and was in the purest French, and it bade me repair at nine o'clock to ouo of the mosques, where a most impor tant revelation would be made to me. Here was au adventure at last. In the excitement of the moment I rushed to the Jew. " What am 1 to do ? What does this mean ? " " It means that you are a handsome dog, and thatsomoof our lovely women have fallen in love with you." " What am I to do? " Oo to the rendezvous, of course." " Will there be danger ? Must I go armed I" , " It would be more prudent." At nine o'clock as the clock struck, some one touched nio on the shoulder " Yiu are exact that is well " aud a3 I turned 1 beheld an old woman dressed iu the costume of tho eouutry, standing near me. " Aro you Lieutenaut llaoul Du. cheuc ? " said she, speaking in French, and with only a Blight accent. " Yes." " You aro lately from Marseilles?" " Yes." " You remember Cecile ? " " Cccilo," I cried, " Ceeilo Valazo? " " 'Tis she who has written to you ! " " Ceoile, my betrothed ; she is iu Bordeaux with her mother." " Sho was, but sho is now here a slave in Algiors." " But the letter is not in Ler writ, ing?" " Not as you knew her writing for merly." " True, a hlave Cecile a slave I How did she know I was here ?" " She saw you from behind the grat ing of her wiudow." " Take me to her cncloistcr ! " " Not until you have given mc your word that you will save her." " At the risk of my life ; but how in heaven's name did she get here ? " " She will tell you all to.morrow when you meet " " Let me see her to-night 1 " ' Impossible 1 " " To-morrow, then. I shall not rest till then." " To-morrow ; but remember, si lence an indiscretion might ruin all !" I was obliged to be ratified, but my excitement was so great that I could not restrain it. I confided all to my friend, the Jew. " Be very prudent," said tho Jew, "and remember that tho French Gov ernment allows the natives the exercise of their religion, and the freedom of their own special trades. To interfere between a merchant and his slave would bo dangerous." 1 listened, of course, to no arguments ; and at nine o'clock the next night was at the pl:ice the Arab woman had indi cated. Cecile, my Cecile, tho pure and gentle young girl in the power ot a Me homcdan, it was horrible. " Follow mo," fanl the old woman, and we entered a low gate, and after va rious windings found ourselves in a white marble hall most brilliantly illu minated. I Ileie is the danger. Once wo can get through hero into Cecile's apart ment, we are safe." We crossed the hall without impedi. ment. TVe entered the apartment, which seemed dim to me after tho hall, but bright, indeed, all appeared, when from an inner room a lady advanced. She wore the costume of the country, and the heavy silver veils with which the women are coucealed in Algiers, fell over her. lil another llistiint lio rntepil her Veil, and I beheld the lovlicst creature I had cverscen in my life her largo, brilliant, yet melting eyes, fixed on inc. I threw myself at her feet. Do I then see you again." " Raoul," she replied, in a low, soft voice, " have you not forgotten mc '! lo you not love mc still '! " " Love you still ! Never have you been out of my thoughts, but how are you here ? Here and a slave ! How did you leave your happy home ? How did you come iu this man's power ? " " listen to me, Kaoul, and you will see how naturally I fell into the toils three years ago. A young Arab was sent to Bordeaux to complete his educa tion. lie came to our house. lie fell in love with inc. A marriage between us was, of course, impossible, even had I not been betrothed to you. Hassan understood this, and seemed to have abandoned all the feelings of love he had entertained for me. A mouth since he announced to us bis departure for his native country, and as a last proof of friendship, asked my mother to honor him with a visit on board the ves sel that was to take him from us a condescension he called it. My mother conicuted. We went, accompanied only by Hassau, who came to fetoh us. It was easy to separate us, both curious as wo were to see the various parts of ' the ship. W hen at last 1 tried to re join my mother, she was pone. What become ot her 1 cannot tell you. AU 1 kuow is that the vessel sailed, whilst I fell in a swoon at the feet of Hassan. When I recovered ho told mc he was determined that I should be his ; ho had sacrificed everything to obtain me. So I am hero, and Providence has sent you to my assistance." " This very night we will fly ! " " That con not be. I should be miss, cd, traced, ar.d again captured. No Ra oul, you must take mo hence to a French vessel, ready to sail that very night." " But I cannot go with you. I dare not quit Algiers without leave of ab sence." " I can reach Marseilles in safety. There I can await you. Only get mo beyond the power of these horrible peo ple." I swore to free her to obey her ; she was so beautiful, so tender, so sad, that I would have dared anything for her deliverance. Each ni-'ht, introduc ed by the Arab woman, 1 came to her Sho was moro lovely even than I had ever dreamed. Sho bud grown into t different being from the one I had cher. iihed iu my heart ; ofteu, iu our short interviews, did I refer to our early days, but tho remcmbrauco seemed too sad for her hear tho names of tho3 wo lov ed, her family miue. all brought tears to her eyes. There was an iuellablo joy to mo in these interviews, btolcu aud danger ous as they were, and but of a few uiin utca duration ; still I burned to free her from the power of this llasyan, oven at .T. P. MOOltE, Publisher. TEIMlS1 OO Per lYar lit vttlvancc. the pain of not seeing her. I would have tried the French authorities, but what had I to prove the truth of my sto ry or the identity of Cecile ? Then the French authorities are chary of interl fcring with the native customs ; in fact, as Cecile said, our only Eafety lay in her secret flight. Hassan was away. Once Ceeilo had been in his power he had made no efforts to force her love ; he trusted to time, to absenco from all oth er ties, and to his devotion to ultimately obtain her love. At the thought of this my heart beat with rage and terror. I resolved to do lay no longer Vessels were sailing ev ery day to France, but I did not want a vessel full of passengers, but some small merchant vessel, where none would know even of Cecile's presence. At last it was found and all was arranged for Ce cile's departure. A Europoan dress was conveyed to her, in which, one night, without interruption, she passed out of llassan s palace the way l entered u. We wore in tho street, 1 dared bring 1 no conveyance ; we had to walk with I rapid steps down to the nuay. Un we I rushed, when suddenly a man darted I from one of tho dark potricos and stood before us. It was my friend the Jew. " You are pursued," said he ; " her flight is discovered. Irust her to mo here in my house. lean shield her no one will suspect mo. You can savo her only thus, aud only thus savo your, self from disgrace, which as an oificer will fall ou you." " Disgrace ! " cried Cecile, starting from me ; " take mo, lead mo anywhere. Raoul, fly." With me sho is safe ; como to-morrow, she will be ready." " But she will miss the vessel, it sails to.night." " There will be another, then ; but I hear steps approaching : fly," Tho Jew and Cccilo disappeared in one oi (he houses, and I, bewildered and deeply mortified, went slowly to uiy quarters. The next day there was a great rumor in tho town tho French authorities had been appealed to a most daring robbery had been committed ; one of the favorite slaves of the dethroned Dey had escaped from his palaoe with jewels of enormous value, oho was a Europe an, too ; some dancing girl ho had pick, ed up in the French theatre in Algiers; she had sailed lor rrancc, it was sup. posed, but where and how, and who was her accomplice it was impossible to dis. cover. I heard this with indifference; and as soon as I deemed it safe, proceeded, racked with terrible anxiety, to tho Jew s house. I reached it, and on the threshold stood the Arab woman. " Cecile," said I. Sho presented mc with a note without spcating a word 1 tore it open " I am sale, you will not betray me, for if you do I will swear you are my accomplice. I have long been waiting this opportunity, and 1 thank you for helping me and the JJey s jewels off to - gether. I was merely the Dey 'a slave a Parisian, with only her beauty and her wits ; now 1 am neb, and will pray for you, my gallant and credulous cava. lier. You should not have confided your secrets and your love to the Jew ; he is in with me, and we will not forget you. Carmen. i bioou us u lurnau 10 uioue ; i coma not collect my thoughts. Uecilo an im postor ! no, not Cecile at all, and I the dupe and accomplice of this bold, bad weman. My first impulso was at all risks to denounce her to tell the truth. But the tear of ridicule, the dread of dis grace restrained mc, aud made me con sent to endure the terrible complicity. As for Cecile, six mouths later 1 found her by her mother, pure, fresh and in- we had been married two years did I relate my ad venture in A Igicrs. FBOPOsmONS aohjeed upon by the EI. CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE. The Joint Committeo on Reconstruo. tion. at which all the members of tho ...... committee were present, agreed to re. port on Monday next the iollowi propositions : A Joint iiesolution proposing Amend incut to the Constitution of the Uni. ted States. lie it Resulted (by the Senate and IIouso of Representatives of tho United States of America iu Congress assem bled, twotuirda ot both nouses cou. curiiug), That the following articles be proposed to tho Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to tho Constitution, which, when ratified bv three.fourths of the Stato Legislatures, snan no vauu as a part ot tne Uonstitu tion, namely : Article Section 1. No State shall niaku or euforco any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive auy persons of life. liberty or property without the duo pro- - i' 1 t . cess oi iaw, nor ucny to any person Hates of Advertising. Adm'rs and Executor' a Notices, coeh 6 times $ 2 f0 Auditor'b Notices, each 2 60 Tiansicnb advertising, per squaro of 10 lines or less, 3 times or lees 2 OO For each subsequent insertion. (,( Professional cards, 1 year , 6 OOi Special notices, per line !" Obituary and Mairiago Notices, each 1 Of Yearly Advertising, ono square 10 0) Yearly Advertising, two squares 16 W Ycai'y Advcr'ing three squares 20 00 Yearly Advertising, column 26 0O Yearly Advertising, column 8fi OO Yearly Advertising, 1 column 70 OO Advertisements displayed moro than ordinarily will be charged for at the rate (per column) of 00 OO within its jurisdiction the equal pro tections of tho laws. Sec. 2. Representatives shall bo ap. portioned among tho several Slates which may bo iucludcd within this Un ion, according to their respective num. bers, counting the whole number of persons in each Stato, excluding Indiana not taxed. But whenever in any State the elective franchise skall be denied to any portion of its male citizens not lesp than twenty-one years of age, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation in each Stato shall be reduced in tho proportion which the) number of male citizens shall bear to tho whole number of malo citizens not less than twenty ouo years of age. Sec. 3. Until tho 4th day of July, 1870, aill persons who voluntarily ad. hcred to the Iato insurrection, giving it aid and comfort, shall be excluded from the right to vote for members of Con- gress and foe electors for Presidont and Vieo President of tho United States. Sec. 4. Neither the United States nor any State Bhall assume or pay any debt or obligation already incurred or which may ncrcaiicr do lnourreu in am of insurrection or war against the UnU ted fctatcs, or any claim for compensa tion for loss of involuntary scrvico or labor. Sec. 5. Tho Congress shall- bavo power to enforce by appropriate legisla tion the provisions of this article. A bill to provide for tho restoration of the States lately in insurrection to their full political rights. Whereas, it is expedcut that the States lately in insurrection should, at the earliest day consistent with tho fu ture pcaco and safety of the Union, be restored to full participation in all po. litical rights; and y hercas, Tho Congress eid by joint resolution propose for ratification to tho Legislatures of the several States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, articlo in the following words, to wit : Tho constitutional artL clo iecited abovo is here inserted. NoW. therefore, Jjc it cnactsd, That whenever the above recited amendment shall have bo. come a part of the Constitution, and any State lately in insurrection shall have ratifi td the same, and shall have modi fied its constitution and laws in con. formity therewith, tho Senators and Representatives from such Stato, if found duly elected and qualified, may, after having taken the required oaths of office, bo admitted' into Congress as such. And he it further enacted, Thatwhcn any Stato lately in insurrection shall have ratiticd tho lorcgoing proposed amendment to the Constitution, any part ot tho direct tax uudcr tho act ol August 5th, 1861, which may remain duo and unpaid in su:h State, may be assumed and paid bv such State, and the payment thereof, upon proper assu- ranees from such Stato to be given to the "Secretary of tho Treasury of tho United States, may bo postponed for & 1 period not exceeding ten Years from and I after the passage of this act. A bill declaring certain persons'ineligi- ble to office under the government of the United States, Be it enacted, etc., That no person shall be eligiblo to any office under the government of the United States who ia included in any of the following classes i namely : First. The President and Vice-Presi. dent of the Confederate States of Ameri ca (so called) and the beads of depart ments tuereoi. Second. Those who in other countries acted as agents of the Confederate States of America, so called. Third. Heads ol Departments of the- United States, officers of the army and navy oi the L) nited btates, and all per sons educated at tho military or naval academy oi too United States, judges of ttie courts ot tne united States and members of either House of the Thirty. 8'lta Congress of the United States, whogavc aid or cotntort to the late re. bellion. fl 1 M I I'ourtu. inoso wno actea as omcera f tue Confederate States of America, so called, above the grade of colonel in the army or master in the navy, and any one who, as Governor of cither of tho so.callcd Confederate States, gave aid or comfort to tho late rebellion. Fifth. Those who have treated offi cers or soldiers or sailors of tho army or navy oJ the United btates, captured dur. ing the warj ers of war. otherwise than as prison- Prcsidcut Johnson is a Free Ma son. Hod. Gcorgo B. Wright, of Cinoi- natti, Ohio, has been confirmed in the Scnato as Indiau Agcut to Montana. General Grant and wifo havo cona to Richmond to visit Lis sister, the wife ol tuo postmaster ot that city. Thero aro in tho Treasury Depart ment 1555 malo and 461 female, clerks.
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