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1 f Paints. Window Glass, DjestaSs, Liquors.
fancy Soaps, Brashes, Perfameries, Ae.
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' ALBANY BATH HOUSE I
rriHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD BESPECT-
I fullv inform the citizens of Albany and vi
cinity that he ha taken charge of this Establish
ment, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying
ctriet attention to business, expects to suit all
those who may favor him w.th their patronage.
Having heretofore carried on nothing but
First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons,
k expects to give entire satisfaction to all,
9Childien and Ladies' Hair neatly cnt
aad shampooed. jus&rii wr.crs.a..
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SOMETHING NEW IN DENTISTRY !
db. E.:o." 8aiTiT,. DEarriST,
HA3 LOCATED IJf ALBANY
aad has the new invention
in plate work, which consists in
inserting teeth in the month without covering
the whole roof, as heretofore. . It cives th
wearer th free nse of the tonsne to the roof of
the month in talking and tasting. , It is the
Smith t Pnrvin patent. .
ETeeth extracted without pain. Plates
wended, whether broken or divided. Office on
door east of Conner's Bank, np stairs.
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WILLAMETTE V
TRAHSPORTATION : COMPANY,
TTtBOM AND AFTER DATE UNTIL FUR-
. X- tbeT hotice, th Company wiil dispatch a
boat from Albany te. Cervallis on TUESDAY
and FRIDAY of each week.
Also will dispatch, a boat from Albany for
Tortland and intermediate places on same days,
leaving Comstock Uo's wharf.
Far at reduced rates. J. D. BILES,
3c IS, mu Agent.
VOL. VIII.
"AT THE YARDARM" .
"Did I ever tell youV Samuel, how
near I came, once' upon a time, to be
ing hanged as a pirate 5"'
Thus spoke Uncle Ebenezer, who
having, man and boy, ploughed the
salt sea wave, for the belter part of a
half-century, waa now sitting on the
steps of his back porch of the old
homestead, and while slowly pulling
at the amber mouthpiece ot au im
mense naryile, which he had brought
from India, enlightening my youthful
mind with shreds and patches from
the storehouse of his multifarious, ex
perience. My uncle had been well educated
in his youth, and ho came ot a race of
gentlemen, so that he had preserved a
refinement of speech and manner not
usually found among mariners, lie
was thereloro an excelleut narrator,
and forty years ago I bad no greater
pleasnre than to sit in the old back
porch, and listen to his wild tales, of
life on the stormy ocean. This was
the tale that followed the startling
question 1 have just repeated: .
In the 'month of June, 1813, about
the middle of the last war, said my
uncle, I sailed freni Charleslown, in
command of a beautiful little clipper
brig, called the Snake. I had letters
of marque, and the Snake was armed
with eight brass six pounders, for,
though we didn't hope to be able to re
sist any of the larger cruisers of the
enemy, uor did we intend to attempt
the capture of any of his merchant
men, we knew that the narrow sua
was swarming with English priva
teers, and it was our intention to beat
offany small craft that attacked un, if
we could.
Our cargo, in short, , was powder
and shot, which we were to take to
the mouth of the Tagns, and trausler
to one of our frigate, ordered to meet
us at that point. Fighting, therefore,
was not our cue on that voyage, and
accordingly ! set every Mich of can
vass that would draw, and kept a
good lookout night and day.
That last precaution was the means
of accomplishing a greater good than
even our own salety. Uo the after
noon of the third day out, the lookout
pied a vessel on our weather-bow,
with signal of distress : flying. I at
once bore up for her, and at sunset we
were alongside, just in tune to rescue
her crew aud passengers from ' a
watery grave. Sho proved to be a
West India trader, under Spanish col
ors, bound from Havana to Norfolk,
Va , with a crew of eight, including
officers and two passengers. They
had lost their bouts when their craft
was thrown on its beam ends in a
squall, four days previous, and though
working at the pumps siea.lily, they
had been unable to prevent the vessel
from filling flowly through the leaks.
which were the result ot the same dis
aster. Mie was otuv just auoai wnen
we come up with her, aud sank before
we were fairly clear of her, after tak
ing off her people.
V hen were stanum; on our course
again, 1 nail leuure io iook alter me
comfort of our involuntary passengers,
Fhe crew of the Spanish vessel acre
dipo6ed of among my own men, and
the captain and Ins passengers 1 invit
ed to niv cabin. Much to my sur-
prie, one was a beautiful young lady,
the other being her father, a gray
haired, portly old gentleman a Vir
ginian, by the name of Hanson. They
were evidently people of wealth and
refinement, and the Spanish captain
proved to be a fine fellow.
Of course, I should have done all I
could for them had they beeu less
agreeable7 but now my duty became a
real pleasnre, which was, doubtless,
enchanted by the fact that the young
lady was both imiable and beautiful.
I was but young at the the time, and
easily impressed by female charms;
60 that it was not strange, under the
circumstances, that I soon began to
indulge iir vague hopes that Laura
Manson might be eventually induced
to entertain a wormer feeling than
mere inenasnip lor xne man who
saved her life. Not that I ever dared
to breathe a word of love in her tar.
But before she had been a week on
board, I resolved that when she was
once again restored to her own home,
would seek her there and ask her to
be mine. .
But these fond dreams and tender
fancies were destined to be quickly
brought to au end by the sndden ap
proach of a peril that menaced both
of us with a late more fearful than the
wildest imagination could conceive.
Ten dajs after the rescue of Laura
Manson and her fellow-travellers, a
suspicious sail was sigtitea on our
weather-beam, ana before long it be
came evident mat tne stranger was
an English man-of-war, in chase of us.
Jtvery exertion was made iiy my
self and crew, aided bv the Spanish
salors, to escape our enemy, but all
endeavors availed ns nothing. Ihe
Snake was swift, but her pursuer was
swifter. On the second morning of
the chase, the foe was in gunshot, and
give us a broadside that carried away
both our topmasts. It would have
been mere insanity to continue to re
sist a force so superior when thus
helplessly at its mercy. It is possible
that some desperate expedient might
have suggested itself if my crew and
myself had been alone in the brig.
But none of us dared 'to propose any
thing which would expose the lovely
maiden in our charge to further dan
ger; aud having done our whole duty
as sailors and men, we struck our Hag,
but only to a power capable of ap
proaching twice our own torce.
- Our captor proved to be the frigate
Diana, of thiriy-six guns, commanded
by as great a brute as ever shamed
the name of man by wearing it. r His
true character, however, was not per
eeptibfe until after we had been in bis
power for -some time. He was still
young, a baronet by hereditary rights,
and his person was pleasing, while his
manners were the perfection of cour
tesy. When he first received us, you
would: have imagined us his guests
rather than bis prisoners; but ere
many daya bad passed, a startling
change took place in his conduct, the
secret ot which was that he had con
ceive a sinful passion for the inno
cent maiden cast upon his protection,
and had determined to gratify it at
any hazard.
, When crujsing alone he was abso
lute in his authority, and nonu to
call him to account. In any case our
tyrant's civil rank and influence would
have protected him in any arbitrary
exercise of power. Probably, how
ever, Sir Edward Martin cared noth
ing for the consequences to himself.
Carried away by his unholy passion,
he would havo dared almost anything
to accomplish his purpose, and onco
resolved, no law human or divine, was
regarded as an obstacle.
liis first step was to deprive Laura
of. the protection ot her father and
myself, and this was accomplished
with the cunning of a vertible demon.
The first intimation that we had of
his changed attitude toward us was
an order to place Mr. Manson and
myself in irons, we having been al
lowed perfect liberty up to that time.
On the afternoon of the same day we
were taken into the captain's cabin,
and,' in the the presence of the Diaua's
officers, formally charged with pirasy.
My indignant denial of the charge
was cut abort by the tyrant, who
curtly informed us that we would be
allowed to detend ourselves before a
court-martial the next-morning and
we were immediately hurried back to
our place of confinement abelweeu
decks. .'
Quite stunned by this unexpected
calamity, wo were utterly nnable to
divino its cause, but during the even
ing one of the mariners who guarded
us slipped into Mr. Manson's hand a
pole which threw a flood of light up
on our bewilderment. It was from
Laura, stating that the brutal com
mander had plainly told, her her
father's life was at his mercy, and
that it dttdepeuded upon her to save
him.
Mr. Manson was really frantic for a
time; but all his fury wan of no avail,
and thus, in darkness, chains aud de
spair, we passed the weary night, un
til the red morning dawned which was
to seal our fate.
I need not detail the particulars of
the court-martial, which was a mere
mockery at the best. With a cunning
that was absolutely fiendish, the faith
less commander had marshaled the
evidence against us. The Snake's
letters of marque were suppressed,
perhaps destroyed by him, and a wil
ling tool of his testified that no such
papers had been found on board of
her. This, together with the large
crew we had carried, and the cargo,
was enough to condemn us. The
Spaniards we had rescued were stated
to be part ot our crew; and therefore
not allowed to testify in our behalf.-
Mr. Manson was made to appear to be
the owner ot the Snake, and the titter
absurdity of carrying a refined lady
to sea with us on a piratical cruUe
was passed over as havjug no weight
at all.
The whole thing was a cruel farce.
We were formally condemned as and
formally sentenced to be hanged at
the yardaroi at sunrise the following
morning.
My feelings when we were once
more chained down between decks
are impossible to hint au How much
more agonizing, then, must have been
the emotions of the wretched lather
about to be murdered in cold blood,
and forced to leave his only child in
the poa'cr ot such a villain as the cap
taiu proved to be? I cannot dwell
on the horrors of that awful uight.
The guard was changed and the
iriendly marine could not approach
us, so that if Laura was in a condi
tion to send another message she
could not do so. Thus without tid
ings of the unfortunate : girl, and ut
terly despairing our own late, we
sleeplessly paused the hours' of dark
nets. Miy heaven grant that no kin
of mine may ever endure a tithe of
the agony I suffered, and . witnessed
in the person of the sorrowing father,
that terrible night.
Dawn came at length, and with its
first glimmer the shrill notes of thi
fife and the hoarse rattle of the drum,
summoning the crew to quarters, an
nounced that the preparation for our.
execution were already made. Very
soon afterward the officer, a lieutenant,
appeared with a file ot his men ; our
shackles were removed and our arms
pinioned with ropes and we were then
led upon deck. "
' Several times during the night Mr,
Manson had entreated to be allowed
to see daughter, and he now made a
final appeal for this poor favor. The
brutal myrmidon of a still more brutal
tyrant harshly refused to bear the re
quest to his commander, and even
cursed and struck the unfortunate man
when ho persisted in imploring his
pity. My blood boiled within me,
and all thought of my peril, was
swallowed up in the rage which would
have prompted me, had I been free, to
have slain the crowd with my caked
hands.
A platform . was erected between
two of the starboard guns abreast of
the mainmast, on a. level with the
hammock nettings, and when we had
been forced to mount this, I perceived
that tho vessel was close to the
shore of a large island. . Of course
did not know where we were at the
time, but I may as well say now that
1 afterwards discovered that it was
the island of Hay ti, the irigate having
been bound to Jamacia when we nn
fortunately met her, and she had now
reached live Mona Passage on her
way thither. This was a most provi
dentiat circumstance lor me, as you
will soon le&ray but at this melancholy
moment the Sight of its smiling green
enures ana iMClureeuiic uiius . was an
intolerable aggravation of my misery,
It seemed us if heaven had given
me this dim use of firm laud, and
freedom only to overwhelm me with
an awful sense of my utter helpless
ness. ; , Like the patriarch ot old, I
was ready to curse God and die, for
there, within half a mile, was liberty
and safety, but above my bead swung
ALBANY. OREGON,. FRIDAY, MAY 23,' 1873.
tho engine of my apparently inevita
ble doom, and felt as. if the ., Pre
server himself had quite forsaken rue.
The. lesson I received has given me a
steadfast faith, and, amid . the most
f'enrful perils of my subsequent life, I
have never since doubted His al
mighty power to save, , -
The morning- was beautiful beyond
description. The . air - was soft aud
balmy, tho water calm and , still, and !
the light of dawn shed a radiance like !
that of Paradise upon son and shore.
But the supreme moment of my death '
was close nt hand, and though every
feature of the scene has remained in
delibly impressed upon my memory it
did not seem to me, then, that I saw
anything. Even the 'misery of tny
fellow-sufferers made no impression
on roe. Selfishness In such an hour
may be indued pardoned in . mere
mortals, and though I did perceive
that he was at the point of fainting,
my -own peril engrossed my whole
attention, and prevented me from
offering him any consolation even if I
ad been permitted to speak to him.
The aslonUhing occurrence of the
next few minutes took away from me
all power to think of anything but
how to profit by them. Two-whins
had bend roved through tho iewei-
blocks on the starbourd, maiuyard
arm, and. their nooso hung down close
over our hcadn. Their other ends
were manned by a score or more of
stalwart sailors, who were to run us up
the yard arm, when the report of a
gun, ready at our feet, gave the awful
ignal. -
The lieutenant and his marines had
halted at the foot of the scaffold, and
we were now attended by two brawny.
sunburnt seamen, whose rough hands
were busy tying our feet together at i
the ankles, and seeing that the fasten
ings which secured our hands behind
our necks were firmly knotted. At
east this was tho duly they had been
set to perform, but I suddenly became
conscious that my attendant was loos
ening the rope around my. ankles so
that a slight exertion would servo to
free meot it.
AstouUhed at this, I attempted to
tnrn to look at him, but he grasped
me firmly so as to prevent any mo
tion, and instantly afterward a thrill
ing whisper in tny car caused every
nerve in ray body to quiver with ex
citement.
uCan yon swim?"
Imagine, it yon can, the flood ot
hope that surged through my brain at
the sound of this singular question:
I could not reply, but my looks must
have told him that I understood his
meaning, for he continued rapidly,
while null pretending to be busy with
my bonds :
"1 he young woman has promised
to pay ti well for trying to save yon
two. We believe she will keep her
word, and besides wo think it's a
shame that you should be strung op
for nothing. Now, listen 1 I ve cast
loose the rope round your ankles, and
there is only one turn of tho line on
our wrists! When I stop speaking
'11 cut that with one slaah of my
knife. Keep your hands together as
yon were still bound, and jump
overboard the instant I say 'Now !'
iJive deep, and come up on toe other
side of the ship, i Swim to the rudder
chains and hold on there until night.
They'll think you wanted to drown
yourself rather than be hung, and
wont lower a boat. ' When night
comes yon must try to swim ashore.
There 1 that's all I can do for you.
Be ready 1"
I can scarcely make you understand
how rapidly all this was said, but yet
how clearly I heard and treasured ev
ery word. There was a momentary
pause a sharp tug at my wrists, as,
with one slash, the keen knife severed
my bonds and then the low whisper
ed but fearfully clear signal-word,
"Now J" '
I stood just inside the hammock
rail, and without hesitation threw ray
self head first overboard. The shout
of surprise that rang upward from the
frigate s deck reached my cars before
1 struck the water, and then down,
docn I went as if I meant to dive to
tho bottom. I was an excellent swim
mer, and had no difficulty in following
mv preservers directions. When
turned to come up, I could plainly 6ee
the room of the frigate s hull through
the clear water,,' and easily guided
myself so as to reach the surface on
the port side of her rndder post.
Once there, Fseized the chains under
water, ami keeping my head out only
far enough to breathe, prepared to
keep a vigilant watch so that I might
conceal myself entirely if a boat was
lowered. ; ;
'; This did not occur, ' and I clung
there quite safely all that weary day
What happened on deck, of course J
could only guess at, but I heard shots
tired into the water on the starboard
side as if the marines were watching
tor ray reappearance, and aiming
anything that looked human. . Very
soon, however, bustle and noise ceas
ed, and I have no doubt that the ty
rant and is men accepted my. pre
server's account of the affair as the
truth, and believed that I was drown
ed. Years afterward I learned that
the guard bad fired a volley after me
as I sprang from .the platform, and
that a stray bullet had slain the - un
happy father of Laura. Better thus
than if he had been hanged like a dog,
but though vengeance overtook his
murderer even in this world, I have
tho firm faith that Sir Ed ward M-
still endures the tortures of the damn
ed for his inhuman villainly. - - -
It continued calm all day ,and when
uight jell he frigate had drifted with
in a quarter of a mile of the shore.-
As soon as . it. was dark enough,.
quitted my hold of the rudder chains,
and floated silently until the ship had
drifted ft way, and then summoned all
my strength and struck out vigorous
ly for the shore.'" An hour afterward
I was more than a mile 'inland,' lying
prone upon the ground So ; the -deep
sleep of utter exhaustion.' ?;jj i
Thus ended my fearful ad venture,
but its consequences shaped the course
of my whole life. While clinging to
the rndder chains through that weary
day, I look upon tnyelt . a solemn
vow, that, if I succeeded in escaping,
would devote my rescued life to the
pursuit and punishment ot the villain
who had brought about, the destruc
tion of mv lova and jnurdered . her
father. Three years after the war
was ended. I met him In a crowded
assembly of the rank and beauty of
bis native land, and put upon bim
such an insult, before thorn all, that he
was forced to meet mo in deadly
strife. ' ' v 1 ''
He did not recognize me until "we
were face to face upon the open Held.
Then bis heart failed - bim.- Ho . fell
before my unnractioed weapon ere a
Bonre of thrusts had been exchanged.
Malicious and brutal to the last, he
went to his account with all his sins
upon his guilty head. , ' .
la the helpless Lauras late 1 havo
never obtained a satisfactory clue,
though I have been untiring in the
search. From the few of the frigate's
crew whom r I encountered in my
quest. I learned that she was kept a
ose prisoner in tho captain cabin
until the ship reached Jamaica. There
she vas released, doubtless at the
price of keeping silenco as to her
wrongs, and there she seems to have
nmappeared from the Jiving world.
God grant that her unmerited - suffer
ings have won her a place in His
Kingdom, and when I die may I at
ast meet hor for whose sweet sake
my heart has 'ever been sealed ' to
love.
FOaTHl'MOCa HATE. '
Humtihrev Jewell, who lived near
KingKton, New York, was a very, ec
centric man all his 'ife, and ho died a
month ago at the ago of sixty years.
He left behind him the niot eccen
tric act of his life in the shape of a
will which he executed tho day before
his death. He "was formerly a New
York Assemblyman, was a strict
church member, had about 875,000
worth of property, and cherished a
family feud which was more dear to
him than legislative honors church.
money or family. While be was rig-
fly religious, he was also a good ha
ter, aud the source of his most cher
ished hate was in religious matters.
He was President of a church consis
tory, and presided at the disciplining
of his son's father-in-law, who - waa
turned out of the fold of the faithful
during hut adminUtration. The man
subsequently got back into the church
and this so incensed the good Hum
phrey Jewell that it became his relig
ions duty to hate his enemy until his
death, aud after, in tho provisions of
his will.
For instance, he leaves his son, and
son-in-law of his pet enemy, an in
come of 625,000, upon condition that
said son will never live in the same
county as his wife's tathor; other wine
he becomes disinherited. He left his
wife a pittance, and the remainder of
his estate to various charities. The
on and father in-law first though of
carrying out the provisions of the
will in which they were interested, by
building a house across a county line
the son to occupy one end of tba
house and the father-in-law the other.
This would save the inheritance, and
still make them near neighbors, in
two counties. The second thought
induced them to endeavor to set aside
tho will, on the ground that tho testa
tor was not of sound mind when be
made it They could not very well
dispute the strength of his memory
in the lace or this family feud. Ihe
case is now before the Courts in
Kingston.
BAD BIS JOKE AS WKIXASHU CHOKE.
Donahue, the sprightly youDg Irish
man lately banged in California for
the killing of another while frantic
with liquor, met bia fate bravely yet
without bravado. But he cooldn't
repress bis humor even in : the last
solemn moments. Aa the hour came
for bim to be led to the scaffold the
Sheriff said : "Come, Donahue, time
is up." "All right," said be, "I am
ready. "But put on your cap
said the Sheriff. "What for?" askod
Donahue "Do you fear my face will
get sunburnt?" He stepped back in
bis cell, however, got bia cap, put it
on, and walked forth, lively as a boy
going to a show. After the death
warrant waa read to . bim be bowed
and responded, "All right." And at
last, when the Sheriff was putting
the noose about-bis neck, lie said
with a droll tone and look: "I say
Sleetb, can't yon put that under my
arms? I was always ticklish round
the neck." ' 1 1 '' . '
Dec mm ed Oct of thb SaayiCB.
The Vttllejo Chronicle, says: The
often beard-of ceremony of "drum'
min? out of the service." was perform'
ed on board of the Independence on
Thursday. A landsman of the ship,
who bad been in the service for the
past twenty -five years, Btole from
ship's writer a quantity of tabacco
and a pipe. The offense was clearly
1 proven, and so it was adjudged that
the fellow was . too mean, a cuss to
remain with his fellows, and it was
ordered that be should be drummed
out of the employ of Uucle Samuel.
Two boards were appended to bis
person, j the one - on his back and the
other on his breast, each. bearing the
word . "thief " painted in glaring
capitals. ..With these expressive
fixtures, he was walked around the
deck several times, accompanied by a
couble- of drummers ' beating -;the
rogue's niarcb, and1 a corporal. .'Af
ter this exhibiton be was walked off
the vessel to the ferryboat Lizzie, and
bis hammock,'' clothing, eto'., ' sent
after him. .-,.. ,
A petition was brought up ' in tie
French Assembly requesting the ex
elusion of ladies from the Chambers
on account of their extravagant toil
ets, but when the question was pat as
to who was to present and support
before the House, not one had the
courage to bell the eat, all being - too
gallant to ran the risk ' of ; offending
the. fair sex.
INOIONATIOM KKBTCVa.
SnEElDAX, Yamhill Co., )
May 9, 1873. ' i
Obedient to a call from our promi
nent citizens here and in the vicinity,
the people assembled at 1 o'clock to
express their sentiments in relation to
the decision of the jury upon the case
of Joseph Coxen, tried at the , last
term of the Circuit Court of Yamhill
county, held at Lafayette, for tho mur
der of Benjamin Ilasbrook, on tho
eveningyjf the 4th of February last,
near the Willamina river. V
Mr. B. Branson was called to the
cbair. Mr. . Branson responded: i by
stating the object of the meeting, and
expressing his sympathy as a citizen
of Polk county with those who . were
demanding justice against a criminal,
whose guilt, it seemed (o him, bad
been so olearly established.
C. W. Hughes was elected Secretary.-
"'; ' :
By motion, tho Chair was author
ized to appoint a committee to draw
up resolutions expressing the senti
ments of the people, and O. W. Bran
son, It. Orr, - Wm. Chapman, Dr.
Fields, J. II, Brown, J. II. Allyn and
Thos. Graves were appointed such
committee. ;
While the committee was absent
Messrs. B. Branson and T. G. Simp
son made short addresses to the au
dience. ,
The committee reported the follow
ing preamble and resolutions:
II HfcbbAO, AJPIIjnilllll IIWUI Wl A
peaceable, honest and industrious cit
izen, was, on the evening of the 4th
of February last, shamefully , assassin
ated, and .
Wuebeas, We believe it to be the
duty of every citizen in the vicinity
where the murder was committed to
aid in investigating the matter, and,
if possible, bring tho guilty to justice :
and
Whereas, J. Lamson and others
lid, at great self-sacrifice, investigate
the matter, procure the arrest and aid
in the prosecution of Joseph Coxen,
the only one upon whom any trace of
guilt could be found ; and
whereas, Ihe prosecution pro
duced au amount of testimony which
was sufficient to carry conviction , to
the minds of all who heard it of bis
guilt; and
Whereas, Jurors to whom the
case was submitted have expressed
their belief, since the trial, that he did
the killing and yet rendered & verdict
of not guilty : therefore,
Jlesolced, I hat this commnnity sus
tains a great loss in the death of Ben
jamin Hasbrook, and that we ainccrely
deprecate the commission of such a
crime in our midst.
Jiesoteed, That J. Lampson and
others are deserving of great credit
for the promptness, vigilance and per
severance witn witicn they eugagea
in the investigation and prosecution of
the case. Believing that they were
actuated by no personal motives, but
simply by a deire to see the laws of
our land vindicated, and the guilty
party (whoever he might be) brought
to joiiice.
Jtesolvcd, Ihat while the officers ot
the county and State, who were in
any manner engaged in the case, dis
charged their duties faithfully, it is a
firm belief that the jurors to whom
the case of Joseph Coxen was sub-
milted, either misunderstood the in
structions of the judge, or, they did
roost shamefully betray the confluence
reposed in tnem.
Haotvtd, I hat the Secretary be in
structed to furnish a copy ot these
resolutions and preamble to some of
the leading Slate papers, with a re
quest that all other State papers, the
State papers of Iowa, and the city
papers ot Chicago, ill., copy.
The audience was next addressed
by Judge Lamson, Rev. A. II. Allyn,
Kev. ti. W. Branson, JJr. J? lelds and
others. The speakers spoke of the
character of the ronrder as unparallel
ed treachery ; referred to the civil
proceedings: to the conclusiveness ot
the evidence against the accused; to
the verdict of the jury, and to the
jeopardy of. life if murderers were al
lowed to go unpunished. judge
Lamson was very highly commended
lor the active part which he had taken
in the prosecution of the case. Mr.
Handley was censured for harboring
the accused after bis trial. The audi
ence was attentive and manifested
great interest in the meeting. The
new church, which was occupied by
the meeting, was well filled. At tho
close of the meeting the resolutions
were adopted. ,
C. VV. HUGHES, Secretary
' POSTAGE ON COUNTY PAPERS.
The new postage . law which goes
into effect on the first day of July
next, requires the payment . of post
age on all regular issued pubuca
tions sent through the mail. .Each
subscriber. by going to the Postmas
ter at the office where he receives his
paper, on or before the first of July,
can, with me eenta prepay the post
age on it for the next three months
or for ten cents, six months. ? We
would advise this prepayment for
not longer than six months by al
residents in the county, as doubtless
.the law will be modified early in the
next session of Congress, so far at
least as regards the circulation o
papers in the county where publish
ed. , The proviso attached to the
Fostoffice Appropriation bill, which
abolishes , the . free : circulation o:
papers in the county where publish
ed, was evidently what is known in
legsilative practice as a "snake" and
probably not understood by one out
of ten . members who voted for it
Ten cents will pay the postage to
January 1st," 1874, when the new
Congress wUl have been in session a
mOnth. , J. .;, i::';.iy:.'-i;);t'i
, :;, :'&; T . ., . 1 V,
Mrs Mary Miller, who rode from
Exeter to Pottstown, Pa., on horse
back, to attend the funeral observan
ces of George "Washington, in that
borough on the lltb of .. January,
1800, is still living at Mount Airy,
Bsrks county, aged 92
NO. 41
THIS UW O0 COVRTaHJP. '
We clip from an old naner the
following account of - a trial - for
breach of promise of marriage, io
which the judge laid down a new
doctrine, which we should not be
orry to see adopted : "A case was
recently tried in Rutland. Vermont,
in ; which a Miss Munson received
$1,425 of a Mr. Hastings for a breach
of marriage contract. The cururaitv
of the thing is this: The Vermont
judge charged the jury that no ex
plicit promises was necessary to bind
the parties to marriage contract, but
that long-continued attentions of in
timacy with a female was aa oood
evidence of intended matrimony as
special contarct- The crincinle of
the case undoubtedly u. that if
lasting did not promise, he ouo-ht
to have done so the law holds, bim
responsible for the nnn.nerfnrmanto
of his duty. A most excellent de
cision: a most righteous mdge. com
pared with whom Daniel would an-
pear but a common squire 1 We have
no idea oi young fellows danlin
about after girls for a year or two.
and then going off, leaving their
sweethearts half courted; we bate
this everlaslingtubble and . never a
bite, this beating the bush- and nev
er starting the game; it is one of the
crying sins of the age. There is not
one girl in twenty can tell whether
she is courted or not. No wonder
that ben Betty Simper's cousin
asked if Billy Doubtful courted her.
she replied: 'I don t know exactly:
lie s a sorter and a not sorter cour
tin.' We have no doubt that, this
Hastings is one of these 'sorter not
courtin' fellows, and most' bear til v
do we rejoice that the iudge'has
brought him to book with a $1,425
verdict. Thejodge says that long
continued attention or intimacy is
i'ust as good as a regular promise,
tow, we do not know what would
pass for intimacy according to the
laws of Vermont, but supposing at
tentions to consist of vraiting a girl
twice , a week, and estimating the
time wasted by Miss Munson at each
visit to be worth a dollar (which was
too cheap), Mr.. Hastings has been
making a fool of himself fourteen
years and some odd weeks. This de
cision marks a new era in the law of
ove, and we have no doubt will tend
to the promotion of matrimony and
morality." '
HOW A
PiCTE WOCLD
MODOCS.
SETTLE TDK
Says the Virginia (Nev. j Enterprise
of the 29th ultimo:
A sage looking Piute was yesterday
asked bis opinion of the Modoc busi
ness, when be proceeded in pretty
fair English to show bow to cook the
gooses of Captain Jack and all of bis
crew, lie says to ngbt them with
gucs, as the Americans have been
doing, was "no good." He says that
the way the Piutes would fix them
would be to inform them that tbey
wanted to have a big talk with them.
Then when .they came to have the
talk all would be seated in a circle,
each Piute with a Modoc at his left
hand. There would be no guns or
knives in the possession of either
party, but each Piute would manage
to have a big rock within reach or in
bis pocket. The big talk would pro
ceed until a sign was given, when
each Piute woule seize hold of the
right wrist of his . Modoc neighbor
with his'lcft band, and then with bis
right would grasp his rock and smash
in Mr. Modoc s skull. "o gun, no
knife," said he, "kill . 'em all with
rocks." He seemed to think tbii
piece of treachery quite fair and
square, and chuckled over bis plan
not a little. lie said ne bad never
seen any of the Modocs, but had
heard a good deal of them, as they
used in times past to come over' into
Honey Lake Valley and steal the
ponies of the, Piutes. He said the
Piutes were not afraid of them, but
it was no use to follow them, as they
were bad fellows when tbey got into
the rocks. Our Piute's plan of war
fare is precisely t!iat practiced by the
Modocs on the J. eace Uomissioners,
and shows that all Indians are to be
watched jubt as closely when tbey
propose a "big talk" as when they
are in the open field. -
THAT CE3IT.
Sitting on the piazza of the Cata
ract was a young foppish lookiDg
gentleman, his garments very highly
scented with a mingled oder of musk
and cologne. A solemn-faced, odd
looking man, after passing the dandy
several tiins, with a look of aversion
which drew general notice, suddenly
stopped and .in a confidential tone
said:
"Stranger, ; I know whatll take
that scent out of your cloths; you "
' "What! what do you mean, 6ir?"
said the exquisite, "fired with in
dignation," starting from his chair.
"Oh, get mad, now sweari pitch
round, figbV just because a man
wants to do you a kindness!" coolly
replied the stranger. "But I tell
you I know what'll take out the
smell phew. You must bury your
clothes bury 'em a day or two.
Uncle John got foul of a skunk, and
he " ' ; . .. y
At this instant there went up from
the "crowd a simultaneous roar of
merriment, and the dandy very sen
sibly "cleared the coop" and vanish
ed up stairs. "
. A Portland (Maine) sea captain,
who has been absent from home some
eight years, arrived the other day.
Calling upon a lady friend soon after
his arrival, he was pained to see what
he supposed to-be the result of some
terrible injury to the spine. He deli
cately questioned her upon the subject,
but she was apparently at a : loss ' to
comprehend his meaning: Finally,
after much canvassing ut cross - pur
roses, the lady discovered that the
old salt seriously supposed her panier
to be a tumor or some other unsightly
excrescence, caused by disease of the
tsptne. -
Bsinmi notices Is the Local Columns, 2t
etntt ftT Una, eftx-o ibsertion.
For legal nt transient a'lrettlwflierts ti 60
pr square of 12 liues, tot fb Cr Insertion,
na (i v per sqttsr
fur each subsequent if-
IFrom tun Bfrn! (Pa.) Inquirer, Use EO.J
A V AM IJLY or GIANTS. 1
On ot Thxs) bats
aa Ei! counter wiUt-
Benjamaa and Catherine Tro&t
man, of Londonderry township, this
ccunly, had sons and daughter eigh
teen. The father and eight of the -children
have gone to that ' bourne
whence - no traveler returns. The
mother, who is about seventy-five
years of age, and weighs upwards of
200 pouDds, avoirdupois, still lives
with her son George, in Londonderry
township. The ten children now tip
the beam of , a Fairbanks" to the
tune of 2,215 pounds. The .respec
tive of gravity of each, according to
their last census, is as follows 1
George, who lives in Londonderry
township, 245 pounds; Joseph, who"
bold forth at Fair Hope, Somerses
county, 22 J pounds; John, who re
sides in the State of Indians, 2C5
pounds in bis shirtsleeve; Daniel
who lived in Kansas, 225 pounds;
Adam;, who ia a resident of the
"Smoky City' Pittsburgh, 240
pounds; Sarah snd Polly, who reside
in this county, 240 and 200 pounds
respectively; Nancy who lives in
Maryland, 200 pounds; Betsy, who
has followed the advice of the. la
mented Greeley and "gone West,"
200 pounds.' The father weighed
18tf pounds, and the deceased chil
dren ranged in weight' from 280 to
225 pounds each. . If any one can
beat this let bita rise and speak.
Peter Trou'tman, son of Joseph,
weighs about 200 pounds. Some
time since, be and bis father were
out bunting aud shot a large buck.
At the crack of the rifle the buck
fell to the ground, And Peter ran up
to it, supposing it dead, get astride-
of it and was in the act of cutting its
luiuai, wucu u sprsBz up ana av- .'
tacked bim; be grabbed it by the
horns, and held on to them. Then
ensued a desperate struggle. The
father, who was not at this time near
enough to assist his son, could not
shoot the buck for fear of shooting
bis son . too. He harried . to the
scene, leveled bis gnn across Jus
son's breast and fired killing the
back instantly.' He then found that
the buck bad gored Peter through
the thigh, causing a very severe and
ugly wound, which has caused mm
to keep his bed ever since.
A SEW VEHSIOX OP THE FLOOD.
William Cullen Bryant writes asf
follows from , Florida: Save in the
case of the very young, however, the
schools have made bat little in press-
ion upon the ignorance in which the
colored race have been reared. Their
worship in the churches gives evi-
a s it. .11...
gave me an account of a sermon which
she beard not long 6ince in St. Angus-
tine, as an example of their mode of
embelisbing Scripture history. The
preacher bad dwelt awhile on the fall
of man, and the act of disobedience
by which sin came in the world, and
bad got as far as the' time of Noah.
He then said: "De world got to be
berry wicked; de people all bad, and
de Lord make up his mind to drown
dem. But .Noah was a good mac.
who read bis Bible, and did jus zz de
Lord to'.e him. And de Lord tele
Noah to build a big ark, big enough
to hole part of ebery ting alive on de
earth. And Noah built it. And de
Lord call upon ebery libing ting to-
came into de ark and be saved. And
de birds come fiyin to de ark, and de
bij lion, and de cow, and de 'possum
come in, and de horse come - totting
to de ark, and de lee tie worms come
creepin' in; but only de wicked sin
ners wouldn t come in, and dey laugh
at Noah and bis big ark. And den
de rain come down, but Noah he sat
comfortable and dry in de ark, and
read, his Bible. , And de rain come
down in big 6pouts, and come up to
de doo step of de bouses, and gin to
cober de floo, and den de 6inners. be
ecart, and knock at de doo' ob de ark
berry bard. And de big lion bear de
racket, and roar, and de dog bark,,
and de ox bellow, but Noah keep on
re&din de Bible. And de sinners
say, "Noah, Noah, let us come in."
And Noah say, "I berry sorry, but I
can't let you in, for de Lord hab lock
da doo and f row away de key,"
(From the St. Paul Press, Dec S0.J
, , WESTOS . RIVALLED
Two BT Wats, from Deearab, Iowa, tv
St. Paol la a EJttle Over a Weak.
- Yesterday there arrived in Ibis city
two road-weary, frost-bitten travelers
in the persons of two youths who have
performed the almost incredible feat
of walking from near De corah, Iowa,
to this city "in, a little ' better'n ten
days, as one of the little fellows sta
ted. Most of the journey was per
formed on the railroad track, (St,
Paul and Milwaukee) and the distance
thus travelled i consequently over
150 mles. For an adult this would
be a common piece of pedestriasisu,
but when it is considered that - these
boys were respectively thirteen aad
seventeen years old, and that the
journey was made in the depth of a
Minnesota winter, the ' matter looks
like a feat of some magnitude. - :
The names of these little fellows
are Albert and Ralph Watson. The
tedious journey was undertaken from
a desire .to reach their : father, their
only living relative, who is laboring
in this city. The boys joined bim at
his- boardisg house on lower Seventh
street, and it is needless to say that
the good man was considerably aston
ished to see them. The little fellows
said they got "hofaesick," and want
ed to "see father," They were both
living with ; farmers near Decorah :
one working for small wages, and the
other doing ehores and going to
eehool. There's - "stuff" in those
youngsters that the right circumstan
ces wUl bring to the surface. 5
A lady was ene of a party of three
to ascend the volcanic mountain of
Fusiyama, in Japan, recently. . For
four roilea they traversed frozen
BDOw, and the last wile Lad to 'eit
for every' step-.