The Elk advocate. (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, March 07, 1867, Image 1

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THY I1T.
They Ah ! well, suppose they d,
But can they prove tho story true?
8'i'picioo may arise from naught
But m slice, envy, want of thought.
Why count yourself among the they"
Who whisper what they dare not say.
Tiicy fj hut why the talc rehearse,
And help to mike Hie muter worse ?
No good can posih'y accrue
From lellii g wlnt maybe untrue ; , . '
And is it not a nnhlor plan
To speak of a J the best you can !
They ny Well, if it hIiouIiI he no, '"
Why need you tell ihe tale of woe !
Will it the bitter wrong redi-efs. -.: .'
Or make one pang of sorrow less ?
Will it the erring out; restore, r
Henceforth to "go and sin no more ? '
They tny Oh! pause nwl look within'
See how tbine heart inclines to sin ;
Watch, lest in dark temptation's hour.
Thou, too, should! sink beneath its power.
Pity the frail, weep O'er the fall,
But speak of good or not at all.
1EIT LIGHTLY.
Trip 1 ghtly, over trouble " ' . '
Tr:p lightly over -.wrong, '" - j
We only tnnke gtief douhte '
By dwel'ing on it long.
'"' ' Why clasp woe's band so tightly J.
Why sigh o'er blossoms dead ? ,
Why cling to forms unsightly !
Why not seek joy instead ?
Trip lightly over sorrow,
Though all I lie day bt dark.
The sun may shine to morrow,.
And gaily sing the lark :
Fair hopes have not departed, '.
Though roses may have fled ;
Then never be down hearted,
But look for joy Instead.
Trip lightly over sadness,
Stand not to rail at doom ;
W e ve pearls to gtriug of g'adness,
On this side of the tomb, .
Whilst stars are uigiitly-sliinlng,
And the Heaven is overhead,
F.nciimine lint repining.
ut look for joy instead.
JOHN MORGAN.
Hose 7 r Escaped from the Ohio
feHileul.ary.
Front the advance sheets of tlie forth
coming lite of Johu Morgan, the rebel
'raider," written, we believe, by Kasil
Duke. wj eitract the following account
ot the cstipe ot Morgan n I Lis con
federates trotu the Ouio Penitentiary.
They had succeeded in breaking through
the stooe fl wr a hole Itnjo enough to
a 'Itiut the body of a uiuu, ami hail reach
ed the air chamber. The narrative
ptocetds :
Ttie method adopted, then was for
two r three to descend mid go to work,
wnile the otheis kept watch. la an
Lour or two liesli relief would be put
on, Mud the work would be kept - up in
tb is way throughout, the day, until time
of locking up arrived except at dinner
time, when every man who was away
iVotu the table had to jive a reason for
his absence. The woils, conducted un
derground, was tedious an 1 difficult,
but all labored with will. The candles
which Lad been purchased and hoarded
way, now did service. Without,
them it wouid lave been til.n -st itnpos
sible to finish tlie ta-.k. A code ot sig
nals was invented to meet eve.y con
tiuL'eiiey. Hy niu-di-i. it'tiar of w tot
upoti the etone fiou.-. ill ' alsjvo ci-tu
tuUUtCHlfd U thwe. in e tiejtil ii.'or
.luatiun o! every danger witicli Mmal
ened, and eaih-d on M .n t einiiu l.ntli.
il neceftkity. ihr.wj i.-n, il.i- a;i ehaui
ber were two or three lee.t th'i.k, mid
built ol hujreHt-Hies. Two nr tjnee of
thee Ktones were removed. n I a tun
nel was run Btruiht to the outer wall
ol the bill.. Fortune livored the work
at this juncture, and Jirew in their way
an adequate tool with whioh to aeeoiu
plinh this part of thoir work, ffotue
ne had discovered lyiu in the jnro
through which we paused vi our . way
to break last, au oM ru-tty spado with a
broken handle. It was ut. once dete.r
iniued thut the said t-p-.de must be se
cured. Aceoidingly tueu were detailed
and inntructcd iu their respective paru,
and at the first opportunity'' the spade
wan transferred to the air chamber, and
iiiit to work iu dir;it)x up the tunnel,
'nis is the uiunncr iu which that valu
able, the priceless, old, rusty, broken
spade was gotten,
One man was. selected to secrete the
spade about his person him 1 will call
No. 1. he wore, for the occasion, a loujr.
I Ioomj sack coat. Six or sevn otl.er ineo
were hi accomplices. It was a usual
I eccurenre or those who were awaiting
f their turn at the wahiu) troughs to
I romp and ruffle aith each other in the
I yard. Tbe e.ospiiatm were, this 11101 n
I injj, eiceedinly lrolicue. At leiigtu
No. 1. fell, apparently bj an aecidenl,
upori the spade. hisaccomplieM tumbled
gn a beap upon him. No. I dexterously
lipped the spade under his CiMit. 'aiid
buttoned it up. He went into break lust
Kith it, aud sat Mouqeriully straight.
iu! earned it safely into tho hull, and
jwa into the air chamber.
the nuiu wall ot tie hall was
(tatfhfd, the bcvy stoaea H its lounda
,u)u were removed iu sufficitiu uutuher
p adtplt of the pansage of a niau lint
' ji wl diifoMNd that u tuuuel
led right tinder an immense- coal pile.
It wis necessary that this difficulty
should be remedied ; hut how ? With
out a view ot tbe ground just outside of
the wall, no one could calculate how
far, or in what direction to run a tunnel,
so that when it was conducted to the
surface all obstrlueions iiieht be avoid
ed. 'In this emergency, General Mor
gan ena:ed Scott iu conversation about
the rt niarkabte escape of some convicts,
hicl) had occured a year or two pre
viously, and wh.ch Soott vas very fond
of describing. These convicts had
climbed by the bnlcouies. iu tront of the
ratiges ot cells, to the ceiling, and had
passed out through the ekylinht to the
rof ul tho prison. Scott .declared his
belief that there were no two other, men
on the continent who could perform, the
font of aseendihi by the bn loonies. .
'Why," says General Monran, -'Captain
Paul. Ta) lor, small as hi id, can
do it-"
'1 hereupon a discussion ensued, end.
ing by ircott'a giving Taylof preiuission
to attempt it. Taylor, who, although
very small, was as active ns u sqairrul,
immediately commenced the ascent, and
sprung from one to the other ot the bal
conies', until he reached the top one.
He was one ot the men who bad been
selected to escape with General Morgan,
and comprehended immediately the hit
ter's object in having him attempt 'this
feat. It would afJurd him a ch mee to
L'latiee out of the widows ut the ground
just beyond the wall. As be leisurely
swutij; himsell down, be studied "thb
position' carefully, and his observa
tions enabled them to dire t the runnel,
aright. Once)-- during the tunneling,
while Captain llockerstiiith (another of
"the projectors of the plan) was at work
underground, i;eott culled fur hi in and
seemed anxious to fin 1 him at once.
General -Morgan's presence of miud pre.
vented a discovery, or, at least, a strong
suspicion of the plot from at once re
sulting Irom Hoekerstuith's a Use nee.
The General said to Scott, "lloeker
smith is lyin dowu iu my cell ; he is
sick," and he re quested Scott to examine
uud give his opinion upon a memorial
which he proposed forwarding to Wash
ington. It was sotuothiug regal ding our
removal to a military prison. Scott
highly fl ittered by this tribute to his
jud.uient) took the memorial, looked
at it attentively lor some minutes, and
ri turned it, saving, think it will do
first rite." It did do In the acan.
time. Hockersmiih had been signaled,
and hud "come op," uud he m ide his
appearance complaining of a aetious in
disposition. While the work was goinjon, General
Morgan and those who were to iscupe
with bitn hahi'.ually slept with their
lases covered and therp hands concealed.
Tb'is was done to accustome the night
guard to take their presence in the' cells'
lor giunted, by the appearance -of the
bulk upon the bed, without actually
seeing them. This unard went the
rounds tit : the expiration ol every two
hours during the rijlit and he would
place his liiu.tei ii c'ose to each cell door,
iu order that the light should fill the
eeli si'd show the occupant. General
Morgan U8i'd t say that u peculi ir shod
d-r'iig and creeping of the flesh wotiht
nsui! lii'ii whetieve- this nmn approach
ed. He would lioiiMitly cieej about
with list slippers on. his ' teet,' rulid he
moved them without the slightest noise. ;
Ho used lo remind me of a sly, cruel,
bloated, suspicinu, tiigntprowiin
spiiler.
When the tunneling uppionulied its
eompletioti, all the other necessary pre
purations were made. The prison-yard
into which they would emerge from the
untie, was surrounded by a wlM twen
ty five toet high, and means for fCaling
that had ti be provided. There was
an inner wall running irom the comer
of the ''Kust Hall" to a smaller build
ing, in which some of t!ie lemale con
vicls were imprisoned, but it was com
paratively low, and they anticipated lit
tie difficulty iu getting over it. 'Ihe
coverlets of several beds were torn into
strips, und tho strips were platted into
a strong rope -nearly thirty teet in
length. A strong iron rod. Used tor
stirring the fiies in the stoves, was
converted into a hook, and the rope
was attached to it I. ope an I hook
were takeu down into the air cham
ber, wheie all the 'valuibht' were stor
ed.
General Morgan had manaied to get
a suit of citizen's clothing, and the six
men who were going to escape with him
were similarly provided.- Th Warden
had prohibited the introduction into the
prison ot uniform clothing,, but occas
ionally allowed plain suits to be reeeiv
ed. The General had also gotten a curd
of the schedule time ot tint little Mia
mi llailroad.'at.d knew when the tram
loft Columbus, and when it arrived at
Cincinnati tor this lie paid (litem dol
lars, all the uiuney used Iu effectiug bis
scape.
. Despite the strict search i.ustitiifcd
when we first entered th. Fuiiientiry,
several of the party had managed to m.
crU tuooey to that it ws not jouud,
; l i.t i:, :
-1k''-' V? ' --- ' '
This was. now divided anion a tlie neved
who weio to eseap?. ' Those wer, be
sides Morgan; Captain Thomas H. (lines
llalph Sheldon, Satn Taylor, Jacob Hen,
nhtt. James Hockers.inith and Gostavus
McGc. It is plain that, as each roan
was locked in a separate cell, and eould
not get ont of it by the door, without au
interview with the night guard, it whs
necessary to cut on opening into thir.
chamber.' through the floor of each eel',
from which each one of the: seven would
escape. If ' these apertures -were cut
from the top of the fl to'n of the cells,
the' risk of detection : would he .prnnnr.
tionitely increased : so an ttccurste ineaa
hrment of tho --distance between the
cells wore taken, ani wit.1t Hine's cell
was a pomt of departure, it wns easy to
calculate wherf to commence iiting
from itt-r;7te'EfA,''ln order that the fl tirs
of all these particular cells should be
perforated A thin cYust. only of the
cement was left, but to' all outward ap
pearance the fl mr was as sound as vnr.
.' By means of an arranirpment whinh
had been perfected for 'obtaining nil ab
solutely" necessary article'. aeh' one of
the party about to eseane hd procured
a stout, sharp knife--verv effective wea
pons in rae of surprise and an attempt
to stop the:r escape. When everything
was ready. th.'V waited several ni'.'hta
f-irrain trustinsr to elnde'lhi visrilnne.a
or thS guards m we easilv in t hi obsouri
ty ( such a n'ht and ' taking the
chance, also. tTint'lhe doj which were
turned loose eyprv niuht in the yard,
would be driven by the rain 'into their
kennels, which wer Mtni'ted on the ih.
er side of the yard from' that, where they
woahi euierse. Two or threo dsvs 'e
fore lx.ie eff-rt was made. General Mor
gan received a letter from Bn Trihwo.
man iu Kentiieky. wirnins hij not to
attempt to make his escape, from which,
she predicted, rreat evils to him would
result. She alluded to -his kindness to
the poor in Lexington.' and claimed that
she was informed of the future in some
supernatural manner.
On the 2fith of November, General
Morgan learned that there- had been a
change of military commands at Coliim
bus. Well knowing that this would be
followed by au inspection of the prison
und a discovery of the plot, lie determine
ed that the effort should be made- that
very niglit. His owu'ccll was in tho
secoud range, from which it was Impos
sible! to reach the air chamber and tun
nel, but the cell of .'his brother, Colonel
Ki-hard Morgan', had been prepared for
him, and when Scott tapped, as usual,
on the stove, as a signal for each man to
retire to his cell, the exchange was ef.
tected. ' There was a sufficient resctn
b la nee between "thera to deceive a man
who would not look closely, especially
when they were seated -with their laces
turned away from the door. .
, ..At any ra'te7 Scott and the night
guard were both deceived, and efforts
were made byhe occupants ot the cells
near to both ot those, where close in
spcetum would have been dangerous, to
attract to the the attention ot the guard
when he weut the rounds. As it was
especially necessary, on this occasion to
know ccrta'uly wheu the night guard
approached, small bits of coal had been
spiiukled. jut before the hour for luck
ing tip, ou tlie fliKjr of the first range; so
tout (Head as lightly as he would) tbe
slinking cur couid uot bc'p making a
loud noise.
I t had been arranged that just after
the twelve o'clock visit from the guard,
('aptuio, Taylor should decend into the
uir eli am ber and give the signal under,
neath the fl ar of each cell. Fortunate
ly, tlie only tna.i. who was vile enough
to have betrayed the plan, was ubsetit
iu the hospital.. Six hours elapsed after
the loekitiii in ; regnlaHy ' the night
guird during that time weut his rounds,
making'au awlul crackling as he passed
ulomr the lower ruiiuc. Sixty odd men
lay liwuke, silent and excited witii
hearts beating louder and blood rushing
taster through their veins that the ap
pioach of battl') bad ever occasioned.
I'i rhaps the coolest of all that number
were the seven who were about to incur
the li 1
Twelve o'clock struck, and the clang
ot the bell seemed to be in tho hull ii
selt the jiuard passed with bis lantern
a few minutes elapsed, while the ad.
venturers lay still lest he should slip
l aik. and then at the signal they spraug
from their bedsj hastily - stuffed flannel
shirts with material prepared before
huuJ. and mado up bundles to lie in
their places and repreeut them Then
stamping upon the fl air above the ex
cavulions the thin crust of eurth gave
way und they "descended i -to the air
ehuuiber. They passed one by one along
'he tunnel until the ioroino-t oian
leached the terminus, and with: his
knile cut away the s-4, which had of
course been It ft untouched. Then they
emerged into the open air. '
Mr. tlraver, a rr.'ncb savan, says the
greatest mtorio -skower will coaie off
next November.
-i wag says he prevented a ease of by
dfupliuWa by getting on a fourteen rail
fence aad staying till tut dog left.
JOHN QUINN ADVERTIS
ETH FOR, HIS DOG.
, The dog is a very useful aniiiinl.
That is, when he j active in the pur.
sail of rodent vermin, aud don't bite.
' As the bigh school coinpositioMS si
ways sav, J- he is the friend of mau,"
and ol wotti'in too, for thit matter, and
boys and uirlg and children in nrtns, on J
ever variety of the human race - am
partial t digs.' Alw.iyi like to have
theiu Mbout the h.iii-o. Tney have such
in Intelligent wiy ol running right into
the entry, aud letting you know when
anybody is lurking urmud,. and tneii
they : ' tiny a deep inou-.hed welcome
hoioe," when vot've m-en out,. which is
very relre.shinir. To be sure, thy-y some,
times bowl a little to i much ut uiglu.
when you elriin 'e:u up in the buck yard,
but this is easily .remedied by u proper
application - of bts.t jinks sue) paper
Weights. is 1 uwo a dog. black und ton
terrier. lias his ears clipped to a sharp
point and hi rail , amputated. Tail
points straight upwards ti vw. when it
was first out it was luolitied to curl. Ten
deucy was so stiong i that it threw the
W into a Iriubttul series ol back sum
ersaults, that must l.avo ended his exis
tence it ( livl'nt tied him down . Alter
that I put 'tie Iraguieiirnry c.il'n! in
splints, an I he g-ts alonif now with only
a slight hitch iu his hm I l-o. that
gives hiai the a'pe-?ii;cv' ' I lr,ivil:n in
a continuous Motor -
He was a nice dog. used to look very
terticiousj ' and fly around the r,x)in when
any body w.id " rats," although I uevr
knew him to ctch any. But. he was
great at raw beef. In that respect I
never saw his equal.
llii auswers to the nam of " .J'ick." I
suppose there must bo several million
dogs who rejoice iu the sumo corrupted
cognomen. Jack strayed awav a wee
ot two ago, loft ihe nimua of my house
lor the flesh pots of some beguiliug
alranger, ( t-uppose. Missed him when
t caiue home. House seeuied empty
without him. His ' bark" wusn,t on
the sea " or In the second story front,
or any where else. Cbilureu cried tor
him, while onr Thonnsc.it no loupes
mounted hurriedly on tho chair and ta
b!es as he approached.- I was distress
ed. I consulted my wife, I advertised
for him, offered five dollars reward. Ad
vertisement appeared iu the morning
papers.
11 ing at the door hell about 6 A. M
Whole llnii'y iu bed. I lose and put
my head out. of the window. Man with
two spotted dog, that looked as if they
bad just reeovored from a severe attack
ot the measles. Fellow looked up and
wanted to know " if either one of idem
was him." Don't use proline language,
so simply said no' and shut the wiudow
Door bell rang eighteen minu'es with,
in the next hour. Got up at last and
dressed. Jlegau to 'eat my breakfast.
Another ring at the bell. Short man
with shiny hat. Wore what my oldest
irirl called 'spit cutis.' Had a bull dog,
with a head like a cast irou water spout,
and crooked legs. Said he'd found tnv
dog. Told him that wasn't him. Said
he kucw it was, tathei savage. I'og de
gau to growl aud look bard at me. As
sumed a mild, persuasive tone, and do
scribed my lost cunine. Fellow said,
anyhow be was a better dog than luino,
aud he guessed that he Would leave him.
I said I would'ut have him under any
circumstances. Fellow pushed the dog,
and suid-'S-s kerch eni." Dojj tuudo
a dash at me. Sprang inside and shut
the door in his face. Weut into the
purlor, and watched him 'cave through
the font gate. Saw another man com
ing in. Had a redi sulous poodie with
a brass collar around the neck. Threw
up the window, and told iiitu that wasn't,
my doi:, so he needu't bring him. lie
eyed me with a sarcastic siuile, and said
I could'nt afford to own a d"g like that
Told him 1 did'ut want to, either. Suid
that dog had killed his nineteen rati iu
four minutes, he bad Suid I would'ut
believe him it he crossed his breast to
it. Fellow theu dated me to come out.
Said he would poke lue iu the nose, or
something of that sort.
' I didn't go out.
Another ring at tho bell. This lime
a fcllo in a fur cp, and a yellow mmi
giel that had but one eye. Asked nu
ll I had lont a dog. - Said yes. t'uresp
said be hud found him, and wan'e.d the
lewurd. Told liim thut wa-n't my d ig
Fur cap wanted to know if my dog was'nt
named Jack. Suid he w. He then
culled bis billions little c nine bv that
name. Dog flapped his attenuated tail
against the p-ivement three or four
times, and flung his undamaged optic,
around in a wild sort of style. Was'ut
oouviuced. however, and the fur cap lelt
after breaking the third eoiumuudmeut
iu a most horrid manner.
llad'nt got fail lv ii the house before
there was another call. This time a
e'i:p in tat e I raiment, nothing purple
a'.out him but bis nose, and no fiu lin.
eu oo him. or coarse either, as tar as I
could see. ' Had a big black and tan ter.
rier with him. Dog looked a good deal
cared. Had a way of putting but tail
between his legs. My iuinreidon is
that the teliow went out an I bunted up
a doi to get the reward. Didu't seem
to tuk" kindly to his education. Syn
tax was de'ective. Suid he had "fetch
ed hack that d ig of yourn." Told him
that he wis not the one I had lost. Fcl
low insisted that it Has. Seemed vitn.
er down hearted because I 'wouldn't
take liim. Asked mo it L didu't ohscrve
ho jjnd tha dii'iib hoist was to see me.
Sii l I hain't vbaerVed it. Fellow sail
I'd resrrct it it let such a ch itioe slip
to ifrt a valuable tiea-t. Said I euessed
1M iiav.-. tn let her slip. Then he tho't
awlii'o. ,oi t Hkcd tnu if I wouldn't lend
him five 'iollais anyhow, aod take the
d.g us .xom-i'y. Told him I was' una
hlii to perceive it. r:eisely Irom that
staiid potiit. So be wont away, lookitg
as it he lelt hurt.
Then itlier man came with a fierce
looking hound, w'nh h iitless tail. II. mod
rushed riit . me. aud o.wi nenced ex
ercisiii his oltactone-J up and down my
trou -urn. Iiooko-J as if he uiiuiit bite
Willi very little provocation. Man slid
he'd bro'ijfht in v dog .'J old him rather
sharp that my do.r wa a terrier. Said
so was this one Cau.'ht rsts before bis
ey.ia' Were os-n. and had been enaue-l
in that Idi.Hid thtsty occupalioii regularly
ever fiuce. Told hioi I c oildo t take
h'tu. Man sal I he wouldn't lea .re with
out, the live dollars. Said I would si-e
hi iu iu ill .j t It i,l tho Capitlcts first.
Fellow thought I was swearing at hint,
tin I s'liiek at me. Ili-took it up ritflit
off fl-w ut lue. t.nd toro my tronerv be
sid t;-tiug my rl-ish. I aaOaped iuto
tin Vioiwe. shut the dmtr and locked
it. Determined not lo answer any more
r'ms-s. Bell was puiled Iwu hundred
and seveuty five limes more. Didn't
answer it. Und r-too l alrerwards th t
several of my friends had been to see me
and gone a way offended. About dinner
time went up and looked out of the win
dow. Found sevenfy-fKM or eighty men
there, all of whom had dogs. Bull tei
rieis spaniels, setter pups, bloodiiouu I,
doutded nosed pointers, Newfoundlands,
lap dosn, whifiVs, greyhounds, mastiffs,
tno.igrels. Dogs with strait rails., curly
tails, bob tails, and no tails at all. Vet
low. black, white, browo, spotted and
flea bitteo. I suppose that every variety
ot d 'gth-it ever w-ut on our lejfs, or
three either, were tathered in my front,
yard. Put the sash up and attempted
to disperse the crowd, ('row I all eom
me.nced to talk at once. D-i.-s all howl
ed. yelped harked an I snarled. I'ould'tii
heir my own voice, aud shut the window
in disgust.
Haven't seen mi' do tet. Don't ev.
er expect to see him, or any other doir.
HaA-csern enou-i-h of dims to lost me
the balance of my natural lite.
Horrible stories arc iu circulation,
connecting dogs with restaurant s.iusa
ges. Hope my d is tucked uway iu
some sausage skin. Wish all the do's
were made into one large sansa-re, und
the fellow who owus tho dog with the
hairless tail, that bit mo, had to cit it
at one sitting Ec.
Ge.NERAt. WAsinisoriiN's Last
Vote .Measures not men." Yester
day being Washington's Birthday, a
national salu'.e was fired on Capitol lliil
iu honor ol tho dy. it wiil uot be
amiss to pu'dish the f i!iu.v:n, wliiei'
we edp from an exodun.ro:
The Father of his e i i.itry w h con
cieiiti.ius in the di.scl are oi every duty
as a citiziu. and never faded to vote,
Tho last iHieisio i o- his d lin-i so was in
the spring of 17JJ, iu the town of A'
exaodiia IK-d.ed on the 11th ot De
cumber fillowing The court house of
FairUs County was theu over the old
uiaiket house, and immediately li'ontinj
i ladoy'n tavern. The entrance into it
was by u slight flight of crazy Steps on
the outside, and while the election was
progressing several tlioo-aii N of per
s ins being a:sseliblcd around the po'is
Wa.suii'gtou drove up iu hi. own well
known carriage. The cr .w 1 sisiiitani -ously
gave wa an I made a line for him
to p8 through as bn approached the
Ci-uit bouse steps. A ireuilenuri who
W;u staud tig at lis ;bv I or saw ei.'lil
or leu iiid lo ikintr men immorl lately
spnug 1. i ward and follow the General
u,. llui steps, in trier to uphold and
S'i;isrt lion, if we'jossary Acmu'd tii
to t.'ie cu-fom f that lime, the G-.-e n
six undid t et were sitiiu on a bench
who rse in a ho ly uud pioluuinll
on the utranee ot Washington. Yr.
Uiaceiully retuininn their s'tiluiatlon.i lie
Rimwter ol the polls suid: "Well
General, how do you vote?' (ltw.e
thru by eiv t pock, j He looked a mo
ment at the uaudidutes. and replied .
"IJi n'teui n. I vote for meitstires not
men;" slid huvmg audibly pronounced
hU Tote, he ui.i Iu another graceful bow
a.id r.-tiro t. He was lou lly cheered hy
the outward crowd ion returning to his
err iige.
The Republicans in Wiuh.ngtoa sty
the iiup4!icaai2iii furore w.ll, iu liio end,
aiaouai. t uothiag.
C unorou w.is in 1H; lie eirm-U to oc
cupy tteuator Cowan's seat iu tue 8.01U e
tli a olber day. during tna temporary ab
sence of tha UtUr.
This, That aud the Olhir,
A Nashville puDur snaaks of n
blood pudding.
II hy is a lady's dress like a rsaatod
gooio? llccausa it has been basted.
A colored poot is eivin? readings la
Washington.
One of the State Senators of Virginia
owns 100,000 aores of Und.
A western Daoer duba Tlmd.
tho lircat Vulgarian.
A youns man in Iowa, after his ritil
cr's death, married his step-mother.
JosI J.indslev. tha child
gets only four years and throo months in
tiie penitentiary.
Durlni tho past month there' bara
been 7,907 rations issued to the Missippi
negro- s, an inoreaso of 119 oror Uie pre
vious OlOIllU,
P. T. Barnum is a candidate for Con.
gress at the approaching Connecticut eloo
tion. A womsn hos boen brought into court
in Xortanmpton, Tu., ou the caarga of be
ing a common .n;orl.
A worar.n In Ciiicngo on visiting her
huio.niTs otuC3, discovering long hairs in
iiuir brush, applied for a divorce.
It is estimated tliit since the close of
the war, tho colored population of Virginia
has been reduced I'JJ.WO.
John McI)u!T, of Marietta, committed
suicide, last Saturday, by taking poison.
Whisky cuusod him to commit tborusb act.
lion. Jolin Monissy is suid to have
lost $IUO,000 by tho Cumberland corner
smash, iu Mull etrout, lust week.
Miss Gustiini H.irtlett died nt Bart,
left's ImIiii I, Mj., oa y-js'erd-y, a at was
but. nitoon yc rs iuu. and weighed four
uun li -J pounds.
A b.U levying a specifio tax on old
bachelors, to support a bureau of emigra
tion, has bean introduced in the West Vir
ginia Legislature.
An unwashed street boy being asked
what rnuio liim so duty, his reply was, 'I
was made, they tell me. of the ground.&nd
I lCikon it's j u tt working out."
At a recent fisiiiouubie rcoeption in
New York, si-vcrul yuuug uion i.ppcur jd in
m.n'ooa uelvoi uua una breowues, with
ak stockings a sort oi ccurt oostume.
A bill has bean intro Iucud in tUs Se-.v
York Sonute, providing lor coavcntious to
amuud the Smie Constitution, so us toss
cure the l'ranshise to colored porsons. '
Speaking of impeachment, -Mr. Gree
ley says no patriot will wantonly or light
ly sliiko tho twoi fabrics of Public Older
uuJ Public Credit.
Tlia radicals h ive no objection to thoir
membership iu Co igress doing, bat ouly of
tajir being told ol it.
C irp jnter's "licath Bed of Lincoln,"
rcpiesouis jjchuylor Colfax, who wasn't
luuru, d ouu ut' inj chief mourneis over
tu9 cuuoii oi' our iiiarcyr I'rt-Sideat..
Ncvji- d jsp.se couusils, Irom w'.iafov
er qii.trter tu.-y reucU you. ilvmu-nibcr
tlmt mo pjarl is koenty sought lor in spit j
of tho oo-irsd stiull tb.it eitruiopes it.
A Colorado woman eloped from her
hiiib.uiduud luieo children. Adding in
sult to itijury, siio lolta note behind iufor
iiun j h -r buslj.ind that uot one of the chil-di-c.i
wore his.
The Tennessee Legislature -so-called
which represents about oao-eightu of
the people of the Slate, bus pa9sod a lugro
Batl'ragj b:il With wh:ca to prop up tat
rae.Cil uaarpttoii,
The litis of tho Nevada Legislature
have pissed a rasolutiou uskiug taa.r bre
tarou of tint itu.i.p to give tiiem Slat ju
risdiction over tue territory of Utah. Qaito
a modest (?) request, truly,
Tha Hari-isburg Telegraph complains
that curtain pa rties steul its subscribers
papers. Any person who can bring biin
siii'down to si ) Uiuj thataiieot, utuat be a
uiM-.m cuss indeed.
Tu3 Maine House Ins refused to join
in the action ut' tlie !j?nate in amend.
the law so as to permit white prsous to
luieriiiari-y with uegroes, lujiaus, or mu
lat tool.
number of bootblacks were arrestod
in e k"ork lately for Violating tho excisj
law Tiiey polished boots for twenty tire
cuts and gave drinks of whisky to their
customers' trout tnu-.ll bottles ivuicu they
had about th.-iu.
U. W. Elcry, tho last of 17 children of
Win. KUery, signer of the Decle.-ution of
ihdepvndeuco, died t Newport last .Mon
day. D.-ce-isol had been collector of tin
port of Newport for forty years.
Bob ScUenck wants to liavo tho mili
tary academy removed from Anapolis, Ml.
because the fenuil scot" are likely to
work upoa the irrepressible feelniks" of
young sons of M.irs. (Jue;s Mai-ac-iiusetts
wants the school.
Impoutant TO OmCERS OP T,1K
I. ate War. Uy a late de;isioo of tha
court of claims all o!h-er t-naeyl in tho
late war are entitled to one, two. three
or four servants, according; to rank, or
in 'i -it I servantf, 1 1 tho ) ay i f u pri
vato soldier, lor each servant they are
entitled t i Go tho 1st id May 18 j I
onyross iucrcue 1 t he pay ol a private
soldier to Slii per iiiouth. O i the 3d of
.Waicll 18-i." tloo.'resS oxpl.iiuu 1 t It3
Measure of un ollie Ti allowance for a
saivaiitto hi '-the pay ot a private sol
dier, us !xo 1 by law at the time." Sinoa
which dare, but not beta e. officers have
o u allowed $ li pet monti f -reach
servant they were entitled to, between
t'i-e dates, ofliet rs wue allowed only
$11 per month tut vaoli servant, between
'o-e dales viz : .My l.-t, l(j"il. and
March Ul, lSd3, officers a e entitled t?
the it liereuce between . 1 an i I Id or
i 'i - mouih lor each serva nt they an
cut tl td io.
T!9, i eel.iig- at Je. t at whila
wotkeciirio ho Ii'.uas, they tali j
bsirof lh jit eol.
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