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V OLUME XXI.
xmconimiwicut!.i.r_s.
BY JAMES K. yITZBOY.
I have wept for beauty perished,
its wounds -my-heart-has-bled
have-mourned that idols cherished
Should be numbered with the dead ;
Yet my tears and all my mournings
Were for things forever fled !
d that d
Might be sumindaed back again;
I have waited, weary-hearted,
• sr-a-glad-stmeatie_nf_p: - .
Yet my prayers and all my vigils
Were, and everlnuit-
I have hoped that clouds might vanish;
That the rain might soon be o'er;
I have wished the sun might banish
—These hi ack-shadows_from my doom;
Yet my hopes and all my wishes
Shall be granted nevermore!
Hopings, yearnings, aspirations—
ens.e
*74!e ye shadowy, vain creations'!
Must ye come but to depart?
Joy i-13, how thou quickly fadest I
PMMTtRWRMZMI
HAPPY WOMEN.
Impatient women r as you wait
In cheerful homes to-night, to hear
Th e _ s o tt ud_o : • , -
t.uum, asanuEic-to-ywtr,ear..:
Forget yourselves a little while,
And think in pity of the pain
Of wonwn who will never smile,
To hear a totniiig step again
Dories that in th - iinad Ics sleep,
Delon_ to ou in perfect trust;
Think of the mother left to weep,
Their babies lying in the dust
And when the step you wait for comes,
And all your world is full of light,
0, women safe in happy homes,
onesome sou s
ray or a
IVllSiecioi..malk.w - i r .
A LITTLE TOO PUNCTUAL..
•
The hour was approaclungfr the depart
ure of the New Haven steamboat from her
berth at New. York, and the usual crowd of
passengers, newsboys, fruit-venders. cabmen
and dock-loafers were assembled on and a
bourthe boat.
We were gazing at the motley group from
the foot of the deck stairs, when our atten
tion was attracted by the singular action of a
tall brown Yankee, in an immense brown hat,
chocolate colored coat and pantaloons, and
fancy vest. He stood near the starboard
saddle-box, and scrutinizing sharply every
female that came on board, every now and
then consulting his enormous bull's eye
watch, which he raised from the debths of a
capacious fob, by means of a powerful steel
chain—After_mounting—guard in this man
ner, he dashed down the gang-plank and ap
the wharf, reappearing again on board almost
instantly, expressing the most intense anxie
ty. This series of operations he performed
several times, after which he rushed about
the boat wildly, and hopelessly ejaculating:,
'What's the time of day ? Wonder if my
repeater is fast? What's the Cap'n? What's
the Stewart?. What's the mate? Whar's
the boss that owns the ship?'
'What's the matter, air?' we ventured to
ask him when he had halted a moment for
breath.
'Hain't . seen nothin' of a gal in a blue sun
bonnet, with a Canton crape shawl (cost fif
teen dollars,) pink gown and brown boots,
hey? Come aboard while I've been looking
for the cap n, at the hind part of the ship—
have ye, bey?'
'No such person has come on board.'
'Tormented lightninglr--she's my wife!' be
screamed; 'married her yesterday ! All her
trunks and mine are aboard, under a pile of
baggage as tall as a Connecticut steeple!—
The black nigger says he wont band it out
to me, and I wont leave my baggage anyhow.
My wife—only think of it—was to have com
et half past font., and here it-is now most •el
What's become of her? She can't' have e
loped! We haven't been married long e—f
nongh for that. You don't think she's been
abdicated, do ye, Mister? Speak—answer—
won't ye? Oh! I'm ravip' distracted. What
are they ringin' that bell for? Is the old
ship on fire?'
'lt is the signal for departure—the first
hell; the second bell will ring in four min
utes.'
iThander,' you dont't say so! R bar's the
Cap'n?'
'That gentleman in the blue coat.' .
The Y a nkee darted to the captain's side.
atop the ship for ten minutes, will
9 e ?'
fCanot do it, sir,'
'But ye must, I tell ye; I'll pay ye for it.
Bow much will ye take ?' .
'I could not do it.'
teapzn, I'll give ye tew dollars,' gasped the
Yankee. ... .
The captain shock his head.
give ye five dollars and a half—and a
half —and a half he kept repeating,
and
dancing about in agony; like a mad bull.
'This boat starts at precisely five,' said the
!OEM
HERE-CARY
Tbo only sale course for a young man who
would retain his virtue and his correct prin
ciples, is to keep away from temptation:
flow many have fallen who merely ventured
to look at vice in her gaudy colors! Her
temptation was to strong for them to re-
I silt.
WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN coon PENNSHLVANIA,• FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6. 1367.
captain shortly, and turned away.
'Oh, you stony hearted heathen mar.
'roared the Yankee, almost bursting into
tears. 'Partin' man and wife, and we just
one day married!'
At this moment the huge paddle wheel be.
gao to paw the water, and the walking beam
descended heavily, shaking the huge fabric
to the centre. All who .were not going to
Now Haven went.ashore. The hands began,
to liaul in the gang-plank; the-fastenings=
were already. cut loose.
'Legge that plank,' roared the Yankee, col.
-laring one-of the hands. 'Drop it like a hot
_po aWorPli - throw - you into the - dock - ' ---
'Yo-yo!' shouted the men in chorus as they
..:••I II I
'Shut up, yebra — yin ; donkeys!' yelled till
maddened Yankee, 'or there'll be ugly sor e
of work!'
:ut tie p .n: was go aioari, an. ie
boat splashed past the - pier. In an instant
the Yankee pulled off his coat, and flung his
RIMMIWMTIUM
_____!Are.you_drunk_or orazyr_cried _a. passen...
ger, seizing him.
'l'm going to fling myself into the dock
and swim ashore,' cried the Yankee.
mum% leave , my Sairy Ann alone in New
York city. Yeon may divide my baggage ,
among ye— et me go :in swim.
lie struggled so furiously that the conse
quences of his rashness might have been fatal
had not an apparition changed his purpose.
Ave y pret MI..III:1 llt :II
bonnet, white Canton orape shawl, pink dress
and-brown boots-came toward him. The-big i
brown Yankee uttered one stentorian shout
of-
Sairy-A-nn;--clasping-her-in—his—arms—in
spite of her struggling, and kissed her hear
tily, right before the passengers.
Whar did ye come from?' he inquired.
'From the ladies cabin,' answered the brideT
'You told me at half-past fou►, - but I thought
I'd make sure and come at four.'
'A little too punetooal said the Yankee,
'but Ws all right neow. Go ahead steam
ii• • *I -•, I • re—cm-mat _ .
When the sun set, the loving couple were
seen sitting in the upper deck, the big brown
Yankee's arm encircling the slender waist of
the young, woman in a blue bonnet and pink
dress, We believe they reached their desti
nation safe and sound.
from Tem
Thoy partook ofdie fatal glass—snatebed
the gilded treasure, or gave themselves -41
to uncleanliness.
None are secure who run in the ways of
sin; who see how near they can venture on
the threshold of vice, without entangling
their feet in the net of the adversary.
Have you never heard the story of a gen•
tleman who advertised for a coachman? if
not, we will repeat it. Three applicants
were admitted to his room. He pointed out
to them a precipice, remarked, 'How near
the edge of this can you drive me, without
any danger of an upset.' .
'The first applicant replied,' Within a
hair's breadth;
'How near can you drive me?' inquired
the gentleman of a seccond applicant.
'Within a hair's breadth,' he replied.
Ae the third was about leaving the room
supposing that he had no chance of compet
ing with the other two, the gentleman stop
ped him.
'Let me hear what you have to say,' said
ho.
'Why, sir, I cannot compete with either
of these; if I were to drive you, I .would
keep as far off as I possibly could.'
'Yon are the man'for me' said the gen.
tlen:kan, and he engaged him immediately.
In regard to vice,' be only is safe who
keeps away from temptation. Those who
venture near are often upset and destroyed.
We can point to individuals who are lost to
virtue, who, when they took the first wrong
step, resolved never to take another. It
was the voice of a pretended friend, it may
be, which urged them on, only for once ;
but it proved their destruction.
Ye who are now safe, whose hearts are un
contaminated, listen to the voice of wisdom
and go not where there are strong allure
ments to vice. Keep away from the gaming
table, the grog-shops, and the midnight par
ty. 'Keep as far off as possible, and a life
of integrity and virtue will assuredly be
yours. ✓
SELESS M ()rim—A witticism by a distin•
guished member of the bar, Sergeant 8.,
is going the rounds of the London clubs.
Sergeant B. and Sergeant M. met in the rob
ing-room of Westminster, when the latter
bitterly complained of the amount of work
which he was saddled with, declaring that it
was killing him. 'Why, then,' said 8., 'do
you work so hard? Give up some of your
practice--you have made a lot of money, you
know?' 'Yes,' replied M., 'but I have got
into a groove and cannot get out of it.'
groove!' retorted 8., 'yes a groove of love of
money. But, remember M., you cannot take
your money with you when you die, and if
you could, in your case, it would be useless,
for it would be melted in a minute or two.'
A lady in Reading Mass., while conver
sing with some callers, sudd slily turned pale,
and sinking into a chair, exclaimed, 'Did
you hear that gun? It affected me strange
ly,' and she wept inconsolably. (ler visitors
had heard no report, and it at terward appear
ed that no gun had been fired at that time
on the place. News came, however, that
her brother, residing a hundred miles away,
was at that very hour fatally shot by . the
accidenfal discharge of Lis fowling-piece
while hunting in .a grove near his house.
Am. Ira.clevericleamt Warn.l.l:y Nelareoriziper.
MAJOR ANDRE.
One of the most melancholy incidents of
the American Revolution, was the good yet
unfortunate Major Andre. Tempted by the
traitor Arnold, he thus committed a deed
which brought him to his shameful end.
I will give the reader a short sketch of
the plot, which, if it had succeeded, would
have crushed America; and, at the present
day, we, like Ireland, would-be-ruled-6y-thi
English tyrant.
senediot Arnold'paced nervously his
room, thinking of the dark deed which, was
aboat to take plane.
'lt is too late for repentance, be ex—
• aimedOthe-d-brireast Th e — British — mes- -
se n ger, Andre, iv now here, and these letters
and papers will unlock to him the-strong fort
ress of the North.
He was rnterruptcd by a servant who in.
formed him that a visitor wished to see him.
The servant suspected that somethin: was
going wrong, an , 1 rno 6,, to lis great anger,
saw it.
'Did I not, give you leave of absence to
day ?' he asked, in an angry tone of voice.
Arnold'dismissed him , telling him to con
duct the visitor to his room. Major Andre
soon entered—the noble youth stood before
the traitor, who was about to send him on
an errand that proved his death.
We will not weary the reader with the
conversation which passed between them;
-sufErce it to say that the deed wa - s — d - ..
But Andre, willingly would he give it up,
-but-it- was - then - too - late — Alasi - how - sad
these words—"too late!' The deed was
-u rged-on-him-and-prompted-himla-ha d
asked the hand of a lovely daughter of a
proud father. It was refused by the father
on account of his humble station. Yet he
was bade to hope; and if the wild scheme suc
ceeded, he would be the father's equal; for
this reason he entered into this „dangerous
plot.
Major' ndre started on bie - errand. He
: seed-to-the-eastern-eido=of=t-Us=H=uda i ,
-and-proceeded towards New --- York — by- - land; -
But alas for human hopes! Near_Tarrytown_
be was stopped by three men by the name
of Paulding, Williams and Isaac Van Wert.
When Andrew was arrested he was very in
dignant. and showed them Benedict Arnold's
pass, and exclaimed,
my pass! Lot me l o !'
ut — they turned a eaf ear to his words
as he wore a British uniform. After a little
conversation they agreed to search him.—
Andrew could not defend himself, therefore
he allowed them. They were about to give
up their search when one, more cunning
- - -
I • . • .1
of the boot
'lt must come off,' he said.
to be faint; I'll help you 1'
With this he drew off the boot, and sever
al letters fell upon the ground. The letters
informed them all they wished to knovr.—
Major Andre was their prisoner. Ho offered
them gold to be released, but they heeded
him not. They said as. Gen. Reed said,
'Though we are
. poor, your king is not rich
enough to buy us.'
• 'I honor and admire your hoble conduct.
It is useless to fight against a nation of such
men as you! Alas! I must die shamefully, 0
ambition! fatal ambition! Destroyer of my
honor and my life! Why hast thou lured
me by thy deceitful light until I have fallen?
I will die bravely. Lead on! lam ready!'
He was tried, found guilty, and sentenced
to be executed. After the sentence, the of
ficers of the court martial wrote to Gen.
Washington for pardon, but their answer was
as follows :
To GEN. GREENE, AND ME OFFICERS OF
THE COURT MARTIAL
Gentlemen :—W ith deep regret I have
perused the evidence produced on the trial
of Major Andre, of his Brittanie Majesty's
forces, also your arguments in his favor, ad
ded to which a letter from the prisoner, re
plete with sentiments of feeling and honor;
but the state of our distracted country re
quires that for tl'e general welfare an ex
ample should be made of those who have al
lied themselves in treason with the traitor
Arnold. Were he successful, what would
be the result to our half•acquired liberties ?
Tyranny would again march forth, clothed
in the gory habiliments of desolation, and all
our cherished dreams of freedom, for which
so many patriotic heroes have sacrificed their
lives and fortunes, would vanish like a vision
never to be recalled.
And though it grieves my soul to be the
cause of human suffering—he must die! To
soothe the excited feelings of the many wa
vering hearts, the occasion demands that the
example of Andre's guilt shall make its full
impression;' his request of mercy cannot be
granted.
From my heart I sympathize with Andre's
situation, whose noble qualities have endear
ed him unto friends and enemies, and I sin
cerely pray that in another world he will find
a reward and consolation for all his sufferings
hero. Would I could pardon him but my
duty to my country is paramount to my feel
ings as a man!
[Signed] . GEO. WAS GINGTON.
The fetter crushed the last hope from
Andre's breast.
'Cruel Washington!' he exclaimed, 'you
too, resolve to take my life.'
'Not etuel, Andre,' said La Fayette,
'Washington is goodness itself.. All 'the
high, the low, the rich, the poor, the friend
and enemy, all bear witness to the kindness
of that godlike man; who, in'freedom's sacred
cause, with half fed troops, inferior numbers,
and no hope save that of Liberty, so oft has
fought and conquered the disciplined veter
ans of England. °hell Unsay those words,
unfortunate young man, or to all coming
time it will be recorded that there was but
one spoke against the goodness of Columbia's
chief, and that one was Andre!'
'Forgive me the unthinking word,' said
Andre; ''twas miseryforced it from me.—
Weakness from this time forth is banished
from my heart. Pardon prave son of France,'
he continued, taking La Fayette's hand, 'the
unkind word coming from my lips. but not
from my heart.'
Painful as it was, they led him to the ex
ecution. Ho died as he had_lived—a soldier!
Benedict Arnold—the destroyer of the
young man's life—fled. He lived a miser
able life in lonelyness, scorned by all who
-knew-him.
poloatiOm*amoimmool
-he-manner-in-which=the-Southern-peo
ple have been treated since the war, makes
usforget that_they_rebelled against_the Gov
ernment, and resorted to every means at
their disposal to divide the Union which our
forefathers had founded, and to establish on
- a - portiorrofittrruine - a - eonfederacyi - travin:
for its chief corner.stone the nefarious insti
tution of African Slavery. No pe , 4 , !! were
- ever -- more - deserving - of - Trunishm • nt-than
those who attempted to destroy the free Gov-
ern - ment of the United States. Treason a
gainst a monarchy was considered, in past
ages, as the greatest crime known to the law,
yet this crime cannot be compared to a con
spiracy against a republic, under which the
conspirators, at least, and all those for whom
they had any affection, or for - whose welfare
they felt any interest, enjoyed all the rights
and privileges- eompatib'.e with the stability
nd-existe ace-of-a-El atien —Lat_us_ito t_for
get that the men who are now clamoring for
_proteotion at the hands_of_the _President, and
who speak and act like a victorious rathei
than_a_conquered_people,_were but recently
engaged in open warfare against their coun
try. They are traitors, and, buJor the len
iency of their conquerers, would have suffer
--e d - th - e - penal ties - of - treasou . One - eh ou Id - n ot
forget that these men—at least the most in.
flnential among them—have forfeited their
lives and liberties, and that they enjoy their'
present privileges solely through the msg
-, • ~
i.. y if a- : • . , i .:- t I ' • nment.--The
fazt_ that_the'se mem are traitors .should_be re_
membered: In every controversy it should
be kept before our minds. They shotild - lie
branded like the Tories of the Revolution:—
The odium of "treasonshould be cast upon
them. 1
It is an o1(1 saying that, when the cones
uenees of an act or the omission of an act
are nown, we can very easily see what
should or should not have been done.
ter an experience of more than two years it
is very apparent what would have been the
proper course to pursue towards the conquer
ed Rebels. They should have been inform-
wnr•ri7rli7"rio - h • •• :7
army.—that-certain-of-their - leaders should—be
forever disfranchised; that colerd men, over
the age of twenty-one, should be allowed to
vote, and that such among them as were en
titled to the ballot should, as soon as practi
cable, hold an election throughout the sev
eral States for the• election of officers, both
State and national. Loyality would then
have been rewarded and treason disgraced.
The man who had been true to his country
during the war, finding that he could vote,
while an active Rebel could not, would have
felt that it was some honor to have been a
loyal man. But as affairs now stand in the
Southern States, the traitor, not the loyal
man is the honored individual, and such, we
fear, will continue to be the ease, until the
Government, in the exercise of its legitimate
power, and by a strict enforcement of the
laws recently enacted by Congress, shall show
that treason is a crime, and must be punish
ed. As long as the Government is lenient
and forbearing, loyalty will be at a.discount.
The - traitor who left the State of Maryland
and fought under the Rebel flag is now, on
his return, entitled to the same privileges as
the bravo volunteer who fought to maintain
the integrity of his country. Future gener
ations can scarcely believe that such was the
fact, its justice. We have said that in Mary
land the traitor and the loyal man enjoy
equal privileges. We can add that at this
time treason in Maryland is at a premium.—
To have been in the Rebel army is one of
the best recommendations for office or posi
tion of almost any character. Thomas Swann
appoints no man to office who was not in the
•
Rebel army, or can give satisfactory evidence
that he was an active supporter of the Con
federate cause. When peace and good order
is restored the hatchet should be buried; but
we would not barter away.the rights so dear
ly purchased mearly to soothe the feelings of
.a few unrepentant Rebels. We wish the
fact to be remembered that- treason has .been'
committed, and that the men who are Planing
so many obstacles in the way of Reconstruc•
tion are traitors of the darkest character.—
Bali. A nierican.
'You appear
ANDY AND 1118 FRIENDS.-The Pittsburg
Rpiddec, in commenting on what is called a
conservative platform, discourses as follows:
'The first resolution reaffirms the necessity
for a strict adherence to the Constittaqn!
'The second sets forth the consistent and
patriotic
,clforts of the President to maintain
the Constitution
'The third resolution avows that the safe
ty of Republican institutions depends upon
the preservance, of the constitution.'
'Wherever you bear a man prating about
the constitution, spot him, for he is's trait
or.'— Andy Johnson's speech in Tennes
see.
A funny case came before a Justice in
Milwaukie the other day. A young woman
who
. had accepted the attentions and civili
ties of a young gentleman for some time, at
length was married to some one else, where
upon the deceived individual sued for a bill
of $204,25. the amount be paid in her be
half in taking her to concerts, operas, pie
nits, rides and ice cream saloons.— As an
offset he credited her with,aundry kisses va
laud at $L6,67i, and unreturned photograph
and a ring, making in all a total cd• 537,75.
lle recovered the bill, the Judge allowed the
plaintiff the kisses at his own valuation.
Mae Old Woman."
Once she was 'Mother,' and it was 'Moth
er, I'm hungry.' 'Mother, mend. my jack
et,' and 'Mother put up my dinner.' and
'Mother.' with her loving hands, would spread
the bread and butter, and stow away the lun
cheon, and sew on the great patch, her.
heart brimming with affection for the impel..
ions little curly pate that made her so many
steps. and nearly distracted her with his
boisterous-mirth.
Now she is the 'old woman,' but she did
not think then it would ever come to that.
She looked-on-through-the-future _years_and
eaw her boy - to - manhood-grown; and-he-stocr
transfigured in the light of her own beauti
ful-loveT---Never-was-there a more noble son
than he—honored of the world, and the staff
of her declining years.
Aye, he was hersupport even then, bn
she did not know it---Sh-e—e-ever—rigilito
that it
,was her little boy that gave her
strenlth for dail• toil—that his slender form
was all that up s e er over 'tie ink of
a dark despair. She only knew how she lov
ed the child, and felt that amid the mists of
age his love would beat her gently through
its infirmities to the dark hall leading to the
life beyond.
But the son tas forgotten the mother's
tender ministrations now. Adrift from the
moorings of home, he is cold, selfish, heart
Tess, and 'Mother' has no sacred meaning to
the prodigal. She is 'the old woman,' wrink
led, gray, tame
Pity her, 0 grave, and dry those tears that
roll dolvn her furrowed cheeks! Have com
passion on her sensitive heart,' and offer it
- thy - quiet - rest, that it may forget how-mucti
it longed to be 'dear mother' to the boy it nour
ished through a careless childhood, but in re
turn for all its wealth of tenderous was:only
given back 'reproach.
The Eternal Word.
No fragment of any army ever survived
so maliy_battles as the bible; no citadel ever
1: -oo' e-manyeteges;-no-re • • aß—ever
battered-by--so-many-storms.--.-And yet-it'
stands.___lr has seen_the_rise and downfall
of Daniel's four empires. Assyria bequeaths
a few mutilated figures to the riches of our
national museum. Media and Persia, like
Babylon, which they conquered,_have_been
weighed ia_the_balance _and long ago found
wattling. Greece-faintly-survives in its his
tonic fame—' Tis living Greece no more;'
and the iron Rome of the Caesars is held in
precarious occupation by a feeble hand.
And yet the book that foretells all this still
sur,v \ ives, while nations, kings, philosophers,
s 'stems institutions have died awa • the
bible engages now man's deepest thoughts,
is examined by the keenest intellects, stands
before the highest tribunal, is more read and
sifted and debated, rm.° devoutly loved and
more vehemently assailed, more defended and
more denied, more industriously translated
and freely given to the world, more honored
and more abused, than any other book the
world ever saw.
It survives all changes, itself unchanged;
it moves all minds, yet is moved by none,
it sees all things decay, itself incorruptible;
it sees myriads of other books engulfed in
the streams of time yet, is borne along tri
umphantly on the wave; and will be borne
along, till the mystic angel shall plant his
foot upon the sea, and swear by him who
liveth forever and ever that time shall be
no longer.
'For all flesh is as grass. The grass with
ereth and the flowers fadeth away; but the
Word of the Lord endureth forever.'
A Singular Re-union.
A few months - after-the-breaking out-of-the_,
war in 184, a
,party
,of four ladies and four
gentlemen were dining together at Delmoni
co's in New York. During the dinner, in
talking over the national affairs, the gentle
men, one and all, solemnly agreed to volun
teer and serve during the war. The ladies
were very enthusiastic, and promisd to do all
in their power to help the cause. They
then signed a document, agreeing, if they
lived through the struggle, to meet at the
house of one of the ladies on a certain day,
hour and year, and there relate their sever
al experiences. The day named for the re
union was the 14th of June, 1867, when they
all assembled together once more. Two of
the gentlemen had been promoted on the
field for bravery; one was a colonel, and the
other a major. The remaining two bad both
been wounded, one having lost a leg, and
the other au arm. As for the ladies, one
was married to the gallant soldier who lost
his leg, he having fallen in love with her
while she was nursing the wounded in the
hospital; another was engaged to the Colonel,
and the third to the gentleman who lost his
arm. The fourth young lady and the major
assured the rest that they had arranged to
live single the remainder of their lives. The
evening was delightfully passodin listening
to the many thrilling and a few amusing ad
ventures each had.
FELL ASLEEP.—The Norfolk Day Book
tells the following:—.N. young gentleman
from this city, who, is deeply smitten with a
young and fair damsel on Ferry Point and
who had fondly hoped that all his ardent at
tachment was reciprocated, called on the fair
Ferry Pointer yesterday. She looked lovely,
and met him with such a winning smite that
he had succeeded in awakening an iaterest
for himself in her heart. Tinier this bliss
ful delusion be sat down beside her, and with
a tongue inspired with hia own ardent feelings
poured out his love in what he supposed was
her willing ear! By the time be had gotten
through with the recital of his own devotion
the lady was fast asleep, and the young gent
retired, leaving the deeply interested (?)
lady in the land of Nod. Ile declines to
patronize the Ferry Point bridge any long
er.
Beware of a man who It tes everyboiy in
his neighborhood.
BOL.OO Par Yeti'
Winnentore Ilting
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20.—George W.
Winnemore was hang this morning at 11 o'-
clock at the county prison, for the murder
of Mrs. Dorcab Magihon.
When he reached the scaffold he ascend
ed it without assistance, and stood erect up
on the drop, when, in a voice, clear at first,
but which gradually became husky and trem
ulous, bespoke as follows:
h-
T;ENTLEMEN:-1 aro b - rought - hare on +be
scaffold bo die, and you all expect me to say
a few words r but one thing I want you to re
-member; and that is that it is an ionticetit
- m - au s Herr - tram aiburVikiog—one . whTi
bad nothing to do with this crime, in word
or deed. I have always tried to live up to
the best knowledge I had of the right—al
ways did so. How terrible it is to hang a
man for this, although death has no terrors
or me; it la a o sop ofhreat
'I know where I will go, and I know I will
come back a_ain. lam firm, •oa see ,t:.
though parting with my relatives 7irpl (••,
basalmost_uunerved_ine___l...truly
all persons, no matter who they are
forgive Mr. Mann, the prosecuting
I forgive the Governor for what h h e has
and I hope it will be the last case like . •
to be brought to a platform I did not >rr
justice. I hope God will give me justice,
and I forgive all.
'I have no.ill-will against any person. As
Christ died for a principle, so do I die. Al
firoul4FPD
d du -- may . t — icri see itTit — will — tiot — trey
long before you are aware of it I hope my
memory and name will be proved innocent
for thuseake of those I leave behind me.
For - myselff oare nothing, iti,~s for
The scoundrel was then hung.
male Sensittvertes
'I don't wonder,'' ,says a lady correspon-
dent of the California Mercury, 'that women
are old maids, they are to wonderfully squea
mish and particular that the very proximity
of-an . in: : ; • :41. r -vervaus:
One of these sort lately took r T on one
_ ,assag
of the river steamers - for Sacramento. I
will teltyciu the story as it was - told — to — me.
The young lady desired a state room for
herself, but. unfortunately, they were all ta
ken. She was so pertinacious in her desire
- hcwever• that the gentlemanly clerk of —thi
' cone
her use. On being onducted to it she star
ted back in utter ho ror he trunks, coats,`
bouts and el ceteras °Hire masculine occu
pant so shocked the poor creature I
`Oh. I never could sleep here unless those
things are removed
.
- 'oh,_yes—take'em out,• — of course.
The chap:MTh:laid proceeded to do so,
but by acciient left a pair of pantaloons
hanging behind the door. The lady was a
gain summoned and had entered the state
room without perceiving them, and t h e
chambermaid shut the door. No sooner had
she done so than she beard a scream, and
turning about saw the lady emerging from
the room in great agitation.
'Oh ! take them out—rake them out !' she
exclaimed, cannot sleep in that place with
those things hanging there
'The chambermaid, who was almost-burst
ing with surpressed laughter, removed the
last vestige of masculine apnarrel, when the
delicate and sensitive young lady took pos
session, 'turned in,' and no doubt slept with
out even dreaming of 'those things.'
Young ladies who are accustomed' to real
oevispapers, are always observed to possess
winning ways, most aimiable dispositions,
..hly make good wives, and always se
good husbands.
Invana
'Ain't it wicked to rob this chicken roost.,
Dick?' Dat's a great moral question, -Gum
bo; and we ain't no time to arguefy it uowp
hand down anoder pullet.,
'Put out your tongue a little farther,' said
a physician to a female patient; 'a little fur
ther, ma'am, if you please—a little further
still: 'Why, doctor, do you think there's
no end to a woman's tongue?' cried the fair
Dr. Holmes says that easy crying widows
take new husbands soonest; tbore is nothing
like wet weather for transplanting.
I look with scorn upon the selfish great
ness of this world, and with pity on the most
gifted and prosperous in the struggle for of
fice and power; but I look with reverence on
the obscure man who suffers for right, who
is true to a good but persecuted cause.
A young man, by the name 31 .1 -;\
has been arrested in Albany for perpe.trt , ---
a new 'dodge.' He fastened bristles (,0
tail of a rat, and then sold him"for a squirn ,
The purchaser was a gentleman from 1,1 m,:
many.
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•
NUrSANCES.—Cross-eyed spinstera, miq
chief-rnaking women, grumbling o a bacbe
fors, dilapidated side-walks, squalling chil
dren, frowzy wives, dirty postal currency,
and a übseriber who neglects to pay for his
Tommy, what does b-e n c-h shell?' Don't
know, ma'atu."What! you little numskull,
what are you sitting on?' • Tommy (looking
sheepish) 'I don't Want to tell.'
What is more lovely than to be kissed
a beautiful younrP lady ? —Why to be kissed ,
by two, to be sure!
.Sambo had been wh:pped for R tea ling his
master's onions. One day he brought in a
skunk in his arms, Raying:
Mass'', here's de chap dat'steal do *one.
Whew—swell him lima'
When inalici.)aq tiarnes mathtl at - a tear n ,
Sataa e,tn atturd to tale a sne..ae.
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