4 lees la tht wB)tck ana Tan" Convention j y. of Alabama. A " colored cuss " has the floor the place m the Capita! building of Alubama, the time November 27, 1 8G7 the ori tor is Julius Cam r Augustus Mark An. thony Dyonisius FquaKiij representing the most populous and wealthy district of the State. II j torks : ' " Mister Speaker and Folic Niters : I ba'o listened pashuntly for d.5 Consecti tiv days wat hab introvenrd senco wo cum frum de ballot boxes of a illuatrus constituetifchee to "liruddcr Uitiham and Griffin and KefTir, and de odot tc fipected white niirjicrs, and longed (or do opportunity to ;et up and slmkc my self loose for de sJbation ob dc Lord and de glory ob de eijiht and forty thousand wat had trabbled to Canyuu ! An here I is utn you gazin at inc ? Niggers and Mister Speaker, dere hab been aumEn sed io sum of do noosapa pcra bout do bottom fail teiu on top ! Now, who am de bottom rail ? Kh, urn, ah I , Dey means us niggers, do clown trodden race, who, brees de Lord and Massa Linknm, am on top ! And we's a gwine to stay dar till Gabriel sits on de pa i utn' roost and blows hi horn fit to ecare do debbil ! Whar aui we now ? " Cast your dolu. ded gaze about dig room. Five years ago we was a totin' cotton, blaekiii' boots and cuttin' hair ! Now ki we and dose Yankee white trash is makin' Jaws, for, in de langwidgc ot H03S Gree ley, de bottom rail is on top ! Niggers is sum body, and dc rebbils hab got to lay low or dey catch hell ! YVVse gwine to occupy do land wo'so gwine to hab our forty acres ob land .and and a pair ob. mules wo'so gwino to play gem plum, and de robbi'.s. hub got to furnish the spondulix, dat's wat's -de matter, for de bottom rail am on top ! De white trash is played out. Didu't we sabo the country ? When Massa Jeff was a stundio' on Abra ham's stoop a kickin dc doah and thrsateuin' to bust bis head, didn't us colored men put ou dem blue clo's and dose ar brass bullous oh, no, I guess not and windercate de flag, data why dc bottom rail am ou top! Drutus Gurnbo Sardanapulus Crow I rise to a. pint of ord. r ! She Speaker State your pint, Mr. Crow ! Crow Thoodosius Caesium Sttitchell has put his clumps on free ob my mar tiles and Switchcll Go 'way, you black ras kill tell me I hook your marvels, I punch you iu de jaw. What I do wid your marvels T Ain't I on do Koin-mit-tce to draff a bill uv rights '! Say marvels to me I brake your banjo ober your conck ' The Speaker Gentlemen will please preserve order, and allow Mr. Squash to proceed. Squash I am disgusted wid you ; and I 'clar lore God dar's dose two mokes frem Eui'alia and Mohecl souu' asleep, while datar no account nigger from Tus caloosa stands by do window tickliu his ehiu wid his heel! Gor.amity don't you knownuftin? IJm.h.h,! J!ut I digust sieh mizzible niggers, and pro ceed. We intend to do de woting ; to go to Congress; to be Guhucrs and justices ob de peace, to bo sogers wid brass buttons and bigsords like Boss Grant and Sher man, and we is goin' to West Pint and 'Napolis; to ride io Lars and go to skools and churches wid de whito trash, (or do bottom rail am cn top ! And we'se gwine to 'bolish 'Hio and Minnie Sota and Kansus for refusiu' to gib our bruddcrs suffrage ; and we'.-e gwine to 'bulish Koppcrneads cause dey is white; and .had clam soop and pig's feet ebery night, for do bottom rail am on top ! An' dat ar Ariel feller what says wo niggers am beastusus, widout sculs, wo'll aend him straight to hell a rai'.iu' and a rockin, fore ho can twinkle dat eye, fore ain't Babylon fallen ; ain't we got all sour apple trees ; don't de fasci. natiu' ladies ob do cullored 'swashun light has reseptiole ob wisdom and in telligence wid de perfoom of dar alfac iory sweetness and and and de hot torn rail am on top ! It is slated that Grant has already become disgusted at himself lor allowing himself to be made the lUdieal catspaw, and that he wants Stanton to resign. A negro barber of Buffalo lias brought suit agaiust Blind Tom and his agent lor ejecting bitu and his wife from ouc of the entertainments. The President lias accepted tlio osignatiouof T. C-Thealor, Oommis- resignation lienor e-f Patents. XI DO JOflXF. MO 01! E, Editor ct- Yor,Wor. ,'apolron ami the Snltor itotj. la the year 1801) tho French flotilla lay at Boulogne, waiting for an oppor tunity to make a descent upon the south ern shores of I'ng!nd. Pay alter day Napoleon Bonaparte p need. tho beach sweeping with his telescope tho bluo ex panse of the Channel, watchiug the ap pearance and disappearance of the Eng lish fleet. Among tho Englishmen, who were prisoners at Boulogne was a sailor boy, was permitted to ramble about the town no J sen shore, it being reokor.cd impos sible for him to make his escape. One day as he was wandering along the beach gazing sorrowfully across the waves towards the whito cliffs of dear England, and thinking of his home among tho green lanes of Kent, he saw an e.npty hogshead floating shorcwards with the advancing tide. As soon as the depth of tho water would permit he ran into tho sea, seized the barrel, shov ed it to land, rolled it up tho beach and hid it in a cave. The thought of ho.ne had nerved his arm, and a bright idea had dawned upon him and filled his heart with hope. lie then went to the wood that lined the shore and brought down some willow twigs, with which he bound the slaves tightly together. Pur. ing the time of his boatbuilding he had frequently to leave the cave to watch the coming and going of the sentinels. Tho sun was settiug as ho had finish ed his labor. In the frail bark ho had rudely and rapidly constructed he was going to attempt to cross the channel, fearless alike of its swift currents aud the storms that might arise. He re turned to his lodging to cat his supper aud wait til! darkness set in. Slowly with the impatient prisoner did the hours pass by ; but the night came at lust, aud he set forth on his per. lions undertaking. By a circuitous route ho reached the cave. Tho wind was moaning along the sea, telling of a coming storm, aud not a star glimmered in the sky. " This u the darkest nij ht I ever saw," said the sailor lad to himself; " but so much tho better for me ;" aud down he went 'owtrds the water, bear ing his boat cm Lis back. But, alas! his hopes were to bo disappointed ; as ho was about to launch it the sharp cry of " qui vice ?" ting in his ear, and io stantly tho bayonet of a sentinel was pointed at his breast lie was taken to the encampment, placed in irons, aud a guard placed over him. On the following morning wficn Na poleon, was, as usual, pacing the beach, lie was informed of the attempted es. cape of the lad, and the meau" he had employed. " Let the hoy and his boat bo brought to me," he said. The order was fneedilv obeved. When Napoleon beheld the twig-bouud half barrel an d the youthful form of the sailor, ho smiled, and turning to the prisoner said, in a tor.o devoid ot anger, for he admired the daring of the lad. ''Bid you intend to etossthe Channel in such a thing as that? And last uight ot all nights ! Why, 1 would not have ventured one of my gunboats a mile from '.ho shoro ! But I seo how it is." Napoleon looked compassionately up ou the prisouer, who stood before him with a countenance io which boldness devoid of impudouco was displayed. ' I seo how it is. You have a sweet heart over yonder, and you long to seo her." " No, sire, I have no sweetheart !" "No sweetheart! What! A British sailor without a sweetheart!" " I 1 ave a nvtlier, sire, whom I have not seen for years, and whom I yearn to see." " And thou sniH see her. my brave British boy. A right noble mother she must be to have rearod so gallant a son ! You shall be landed io England to night. Tako this," handing him a coiu of gold ; "It will pay your expenses home after you aro put on ohore. Farewell." As tho gratelul boy bowed his thanks and walked away, Napoleon turned to one of his aide-do camps and raid t " I WAY,' PEXXA. FEBRUARY a, wimIi T bud m thm.tnnd fiiort iv'itll liturt like that boy!"- !; Bonaparte was as good as his prom ise. That very day he dispatched a ves sel, bearing a flag of truce, which land ed the boy at Hastings, in the neigh borhood in which was his mother's home. It is not necessary to tell of the moth, er and son ; how the prayed tbsir silent prayers of thanxfalaess; hon iksy kid their heads oa each other's shoaldsrs and wept for very joy. The sailor lad rejoiced the navy. Many and many a time after waids, when disabled for service, was be sorely dis tressed for want; often was his clothing scanty, and his head without a shelter; but the strongest and steamest of his necessities could never force him to part with the gift of the great Napoleon. This deed of Napoleon, was more glo rious tliau if he had conquered a nation. The glory won by the sword is tarnish ed with blood, ahd sends sorrow aod desolation into a thousand homes; but this simple act was greater than a victo ry on the battle field, for by it Napole an conquered two hearts by love, and filled with joy the home of a widow and an orphan boy. 1 Jail Sensation. A Man ILuiycd in kin Cell- He Writes hit Own Eptliiyh. On Monday morning tho boys wbo feed the prisoners at the county jail, Evansvillo. lud., as usual visited the different cells fur tho purpose of giving out 'he regular morning rations. All the prisoners answered to " roll call " and partook of their rations, except one Mr. 'front, wbo was confined io jail on a charge of having stolen a coat and pawned it to Mr. Guaiberts. On reach, ing tho cell door, tho attendants were struck with horror and amazement at be holding the lifeless remains of the occu pant suspended by a rope. . Thef quick, ly called the jailer, Alexander Dexter, who, with the utmost speed, hastened in search of Sheriff Miller, informing him of the fact that Trent had shuffled ofl this mortal coil." A messenger was sent in hot haste for the coroner who was found quietly eating his breakfast with a view of holding a coroner's inquest. In due course of time the coroner arrived, and the sheriff, jailor, and all being present, the cell of the suicide was entered by Sheriff .Miller, who, in breathless silence, proceeded to examine the " cold corpus." Taking hold of tho nrm to seo how stift it was, he found that it readily yielded to the touch, aud upon a closer examiu. ation, ho discovered that tho suicide consisted of the clothes of the aforesaid Trcut hat, boots and all stuffed and suspended to the ceiling by a rope, whil the prisoner broke out in loud laughter froic under the bed. Of course the curses were uot loud but deep. The prisoner had written his own " epitaph," of which the following is a true oopy : I leave you, toy friend-, I 'eT this jail, For want of bettor sens ('sad bait; ) But friends, do aot lei your courage fail. For out of this you are bound to sail. Tbe world did Ray I stole a coat. And with old (luuihcrls did it soak ; lint iliis, my fricnd.4, treat as a goak, ' And think of me aud -ot the coul. My friends: do not with indignation boil, I leave you ; 1 was not made to toil. I shuttle'! of this murt 1 coil. Without the aid of lard or oil. Virtue claims me for her own, She shall have inc he alone. It may bo proper to state here that Trent made a desperate attempt to break jail some time since, for which he was subjected to the strictest surveillance by Sheriff Miller. His last effort to es- cape for doubtless that was his object was ingenious and novel, and but fir the precaution of calling the coroner and summoning a jury tor a coroner's inquest, ho might have escaped. Tho jailer is not able to see a joke in it. The sheriff considers that prisoners have no right to joke. The Sergeant who is carrying the flag to Washington arrived at Jackson, Mississippi ou the 30th. He teports nothing but kind treatment along the route. ' 1808. VOL CMC SEVEXXCMBER 47. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. Devoted to the Interests of the People of Elk Co IS l'l BLIKHKO KVKRT lATt'ROAT, BY JOHN F. MOO HE, Office in the Court llonte. Tcrms One Dollar and Fifty Onts per aonnm, invariably in adrttii.. No devia tion from thee terras. Kates Advertioaf . Transient Advertiseiaenents pars a, tre of Itt lift r leea, 8 time or Ue..,..H 00 Tor each snbeequnt Insertion 26 Administrator' and Ex'rs notices... 2 60 Auditors' notices 2 50 Dissolutions, Camions and Est rays... 2 00 Local and Obituary notices pet line- 15 Professional oariln, 1 year 6 00 YKAKI.T AUVKRTIHKMCilTS. 1 square $ 7 001 column $20 00 2 sunares 12 00 column 35 00 3 squares 15 00ll column CO 00 The above rates will be strictly adhered to in all advertising from this date. BLANKS. Single quire $2 50IG quires g qr..$l 75 3 quires qr... 2 5o0ver 0. qr.. 1 60 HANnniLt,. I Bhect, 25 or less 2 001 !ieet, 25 or less 6 00 j iihcdt, 25or less 3 OOj 1 s!ieet, 24 or lejU 00 Nov. 28, 18G7. JOHN F M0015.E, Editor and Proprietor. TIME OF HOLDING GOUltT. Second Monday in January, Last Monday in April. First Monday in August. First Monday iu November. M AMIOOD: How Lost. How Keatored. Just published, a new-edilion of Dr. (Julverwcll's Celebrated Exsay oa the radi cal cure (witbout meilicine) or Spermatorr hoea, or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses, Impoteocy, MehtM and Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Mar. Huge, etc., also, Consumption, Epilepsy, anl I iis, induced by Bclf. indulgence and sexual extravagance. S9Pricc, in a setled envelope, Six cents Tho celebrated author, in this admirable essay, clearly demonstrates from a thirty years' successful practice, that the alarm ing consequences of self-abuse may be radi cally cured without the dangerous uso of interim! medicine or tho application of the kkife ; pointing out a mode of cure st once simple, cortain and effectual, by means of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure him fe'.f cheaply, privately, and radically. tgu'i'his Lecture should be in the hands of every youth and every man in the land. Sent under sea 1, in a plain envelope, to auy address, postpaid, on receipt of six ceuls, or two post stamps. Also, Dr. Cub vcrweU's " Marriage Guido," price 25icnts. Address the Publishers. t HAS. i.C. KLIVE a CO., 127 Bowery, New York. P. O. Box 4,580. janl6.1e67 THE"BESfTS ALWAYS TUB FURNITURE, COFFINS, PIC T TUUE-FRAMES, &c. The undersigned having sold his interest in ilio wngou shop, now intends devoting his time exclusively to the Furniture trado. lie has just received a large stock p! the BEST FURNITURE MADE which he offers at prices that cannot fail to please. His stock consists of Bedroom Suits, Upholstered Goods, Bureaus, Wnshstands. Commodes, Lounges, Bedstoads of Maple, Oak, Whitewood and Black Walnut, Spring Beds and Mat trasses, Extension, Dining, Break fast, Tea Party and Quartette Tables, Chairs of ever kind ajd description. The largest assortment of Cane Seated Chairs ever brought into this section of the country, Farmer's Secreta ries, What Nots, Brackets, and everything usually found iu a First Class lFURN.TURE WARE ROOM . , Pict ure Frames of ev k. k:nd size or Quaiity, kept on hand and made to order, Looking Glasses, Looking Ulasi Plate and Pictures. Wewouldcall at tention to our large stock of Coffins, con sisting of pine, Whitewood, Cherry, Chestnut an Black Walnut, any one of which we can furnish in three hours time, trimmed in any style to suit. Metallic cases of any kind procured In three hours' time. Feeling confident thai with a liberal pat ronage, we shall be ab le to keep up a First Class eslablirtimeiit, we appeal to the peo ple of Elk county, to say if it is not better to keep their money in circulation at home than to send it off to the cities where if they buy but little they are sure to get ohealed and pay agood roucd sum into the bargain. Then let your motto be, never buy away from home what can be had just as cheap at borne, and tbe cheapest place to buy Furni. t ire in Western Pennsylvania is at H. II. Thomas' Ware Rooms, Excelsior Building, corner of Main aud Depot' streets, Ridgway, Elk county Pa. 0-. 81, -lyv. H. I! THOMAS. J way, Elk county Pa. mar-22'(l4 ly TAUkVe J. BLAKELY. Attorney at law, j and U. 8. Commissioner. Ridgway Elk county, Pa. (mar 22'tiH-tj. J OB WOltK of all kinds and Ur. criptions dono at this office. ALPINE HOUSE, 5t. Mary's Pa,. Her man Krcts, Proprietor. sugTOfl DR. W. JAMES BLAKELY Pbyslelaa and Surgeon, St. Mary's, Elk county mnr-22'tiu ly. l)Hand Pa. W. SHAW Practice Medioina and Surgery, Centreville, Elk county lmar-22'Gft ly. T EXECUTIONS, SUMMONS, 8EBPK. j nas. Warrants, &c, on hand and for sale at thta office. CM. VOLK. Manufacturer and Deal . In Lagtr Beer, opposite the Railroad Depot-, St. Mary's, Elk counry Pa. Mar-22'G(i-l . SOUTHER AND WILLIS Attorneys al Law, Ridgway. Elk county Pa., will attend to all professional business prompt 1. . . maf-22'e-tj. R. W. B. HARTMAN. St. Mary's. EI county. Pa. Late ef the Army of Iks Potomae. Particular attention given to all cases of surgical nature. mar-22'G0-ly. (1 ROVE O.lrt'EEGYRTtnggWan" JC Dealer in. Drugs and Chemicals, Paints, Oils and Varnish. Perfumery Toil, ct articles and Stationary. Ridgway, Elk county Pa. mar-22'00-ly. JO. IS a. H.M.L ........JAS. K. V. UALC HALL & lino. Attorneys - at Law, ST. MARY'S : BENZINGER P.O. El K COUNTY, PA. September 20, 1SCG. ly. TS. Bordwcll, M. D. Eclectic Physician. OJBre and residence opposite the Jail, on Centre St., Ridgway. Pa. Prompt attention will be given to all cnlls. Oflies hours : 7 to 8 A. M- j 1 2 to 2 P. M. : end 9 to 7 P. M. Mar. 2 CC-tf. Fn n7v vi u7 ikTusIC J. RTDOWAY, PA. DAVID THAYER, Proprietor. The undersigned having filled up a largs aud commodious hotel on the southwest corner of Centre and Mill streets, with good and convenient stabling attached, respect fully solicits the patronage of his old friends and the public generally. declS'CO ly DAVID THAYER. 8. SHORT, JOHN G. HALL, LOUIS VOLLMER, JAS. K. P. HALL. BANKING-HOUSE OF ghort, gall & ofa Ht. Jtl.tr i' 3, Uentinrtr P. O. Elk Coi:htt. Pixsa HYDE HOUSE. RtDOWAT, ELK,Cl- P M. V. MooaE, Proprietor. Thankful for the patron tge bcretofura so liberally bestowed upon him. the uew proprietor, hopes, by paying strict at tention to the comfort aul convenience of guests, to merit a continuance of the same. Oil 24 I8u6. LICENSED AUCTIONEER. NOTICE is hereby given that I have tak en out a license as anctioneer, and will attend promptly to the calling ef all sales entrusted to my care. Any person catling sales without a license wil be held answerable to the strict letter of the law. P. W BARRETT. Dec2418GGtf. Auctioaeer. Ex XCHANOE HOTEL, RIDGWAY, PA. J. HALEY Proprietor. This hotel is pleasantly situvted on the banks of the Clarion River aud Elk Creek, at the lower end of the village, Mr. Healy will spare no pains for tho convenie.ee of his guests, 1e invitos ono aud all to git, him a call and try his house, Sept, 17th'07-ly. "hijA g k s m FfTFBf bT H. S. BELNAP desires to inform the citi ions of Ridgway and vicinity that he hat !ennd .1. S. Hyde's Blacksmith Shop on M lttr et, an h is employed good work m a w!l i will be ever ready to make any thing from a buckle to an anchor. Particular attention given to the shoeing of horses. All I ask is a fair trial. May 17'60-ly. HF. OVERHOLTZER. MERCHANT TAILOR, ItidHrway, Elk Co.. Pa. The subscriber desires respectfully to ! form the citiirns of Ridgway and vicinity I hat he is prepa.cd to make to order as well as it can be done anywhere, anything in the line of his business. All he asks is a fair trial. Good Fits guaianteed. lfllClotli, Cassimers, Yetings and Trimmings of tho latest and most approved styles kept constantly on hand, which will bs sold CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAP- angSO.y SO METHINp NEW! HOUSE, SIGH ti. ORNAMENTAL PATHTING. fllHB SUBSCRIBER WOULD R E J spcctfully inform the ciliieus of Elk county Ihf.t he has just started in the above business in Ridgway, and feel confi dent that, he can please all who may favor him with their custom-. GRAINING, PAPER HANGING AND CALCIMININO DONE ON SHORT NOTICE AND IN THE r.o.U fashionable and improved manner and style. Orders left at this Office or at the Banking House of Souther, Willis & Souther will be promptly attended to. W. P. WILLIAMS, May-17'0U-ly. COAL, COKE An'd FIRE-CLAY I ' All of superioi quality, for sale by lbs Tannerdale Coal Company, St. Mary's, lilk Couuty, Pa. aOrderi by mail promptly ittcnJ. cd to. seytll F RANK ENTZ, Miu'hakt Tauos, Centreville, Elk ooiuitv. Pa., desiraa to inform the citiieus of Centreville aad i. cinity. that he is at all times prepared la uo won in a neat anu sauataatory inaoaar. ertvf mr i e11. aavff7 fy