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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
MRS. S. NICHOLS, IX D
Elomepathic Physician,?
.Ofliet ami residence at V. U First street, sp-stalra.
Xdlnirtan brick btuok. "P-ewurs,
DR. ANGIE L. FORD.
FFICE AND RESIDENCE, SECOND
uuor west oi me uoart House, Albany,
Ore sron. .
Special attention siren to the diseases of
women ana cbildren. - lstf
W. G. PIPER,
ATTORNEY AND CS'JNSELOH AT LAW,
A LB AM, EECOX.
TV ill practice in all th Courts of tba
State. Fro
mpt attention given to collec
uoiui ana couveyancins;,
rtalce on second floor of
Building, 1st d.wr to tho left.
Brigfrs's
7-tr.
T. P. UA.CKLEMAI,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
. ALBA-IT, BEB.f
"Office In the Court Houae.&
vlSnftO
F. r.l. MILLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LEBAXOX ORKGOft.
Wilt practice In all the oourla or tli State.
fntmili lUnllnn . 11 I
f mm vu ' U HI TOIICVWBI, CUU
eyntidxnniuUionof Tidu ProtMM
J. A. VAATIS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
. corvaiois, ossaoN.
U1 practice In all tba Court of tba Stata
arumra la me Court House
vlUnAvL
J. W. BALDWIN,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Win rctlce In all the ConrU In ths 9d, Sd
and 4iu Judicial Districts; In the Supreme
Couii ol Oregon, and In the United Statea Dt
riot and CI mill Court. Office up-eLalra In front
own is ranui urica Dioca, iva oi.. A loan 7
'n-Rtiu. van ivy 1.
D. , LL Conley,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ALBAXT, BBECBX.
o
FFICE, 87 WEST FRONT STREET.
special attention given to collections.
I3niati
X. A. JOHNS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBaHY, 0EKQ0N.
7-Offloe In the Court House.a
vSnitX.
J. W. RABURI.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
COST ALUS, OREGON.
Special attention to collection of account.
7Offiee one door Mouth or Fishers Brick.
lonaovl.
I ll AH. E. WOLVEBTOJf,
iff OMET AID COTOSELOUiLaW
ALBAXY, OREGON,
iu t (Oman's brick, op stairs.
D. PL N. BLACKBURN",
ATTORNEY ASD COUNSELOR AT UW
DrowynsTilla, Orefea.
y Collections a specialty. aptl.
J. K WEATHHET ORD ,
(XOTABY PUBUC.)
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
A LB ATT, BKECBV.
TTTTLL PRACTICE IX ALL THE COURTS OP THE
1 T Btata. Special attention girsn to euUectuns and
probate Batter.
sTOSos in Briggs Building. (144
R. ARNOLD, 1L D.,
Homeopathic Physician
ALBAJTT, ORECBI.
g- FFICE HOURS FROM 10 TO 12 AND
J from 2 to 4, Chonic Diseases and 8a
gery Specialty. nlOtf.
H. J. BOUGHTON, II. D.,
ALB AST, OEECO.T.
rB DOCTOR IS A CRADUATE OP THE TJSI
VEItWTY Bedinl CoUepe of Kew York, and is a
late member ol Belleme Uuspital Medical Coliega of
Kew York.
AOmee la Dr. Henton's Drag Store. Tl3n7t(
a. w. Wilcox,
Ilomeopathie Physician,
. ALBANY, OBEGOH.
SO01oe over rweedale's Grocery Store.
vl3n8tf
Dr. T. L. GOLDEN,
OCCDLIST AND AURIST
SALEM, OKEGOX.
DR. OOLOEW HaS HAD EXPERIENCE IN
treating the various diseases to which tbe
aye and ear are subject, and fels confident of
giving entire satisfaction to those who may
place themselves unii r his care. nogtf.
D. B Rice, LL D.,
Physician and Sargcon.
OFFICE at Dr Flummer's Drug Store.
Residence on tbe street leading to tbe
depot, at the crossing of the CanaL,
13:29tf
0. 0. Kelly, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE ON LYON
Street, No. 353, near tbe depot.
A KB ANY. OREGON.
Office hours, "day and night. S-m3
J.A.DAViS,H.D.
' PHTSICIAH, SUMEOIf & 0BSTBIC1AH
Albany Oregon.
Oradoate of the Medical Department of the Unirer
sit, of Louisiana. Office and residence on First St.,
opposite Foster's new brick block, orer Bedfield's
Store. ndtf
W.P. Smith, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Albany, Oregon."
OFFICE IN FROMAN'S BLOCK
Residence on Third street, nearly op
OBitethe M. E. Cburob, South. ll.-4.
VOL. XIV.
DR. H. ROZSAS.
Physician and Snrgeon
Albany Oregon.
n RADUATED IN ALLOPATHY IN
IT 1847, In Germany, and In homeopathy
In 186. In Austria. Coasultatioua in
either English, French, Italian or Uerman
Bjrumce with Dr. UritUin. over Red'
field's grocery store, where diplomas eaa
te seea. vawn
DOCTOR N. HENTON,
Physician and Surgeon,
Having permanently located In the cMy
of Albany, and entered upon tin
T-rlnrt vear of hia practice, reenootfuliy
tenders hia profeaaional aervlces to the
ciUaensof AUany and surrounding ooun
trv.
jsWOffloo at Foahay A Mason's Drng
store. Keeiaenoe on f irst eiroeu tibhu
w. u. iioyd, n. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
Beatdeare, SL. raarlaa Helel. OMcr, far IB
prcacat, at Foaaajr Maaea's Bras Btare.
ALBANY, OBSOON.
D. R. N. BLACKBURN.
ATTORNEYiAND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Albany, Oregon.
OfTlce with J. K. Weatherford.
aVCallecttaas a Specialty.
J. C. POWELL, W. B. BILTBU.
POWELL & BILYEU,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
And Solicitors in Chancery,
ALBANY. ... OREGON.
Collodions DromnilT nuda on all nnlnl.
Loans negotiated on reasonable terms.
A"OfHee in Foster's Briek.-O
Yl4ul9if.
L. H. MONTANYE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
Notary Public.
Albany, Oregon.
omce upstairs, over John Brinra atnrn.
Dr. 8. W. Bill.
DENTIST
AlTiaDy, Oregon
Has moved hia oOes Into Poster's brick block (op
Main) Sratdoor 10 tae ngbt, where be will be bapp,
to meat all k la eld (heads and patrone, and aa sua,
mm mmr wtah to ami IMMia ec Bia pre-
tteaMmbar tbe lam bar wiadew te roster's briak
Dtaec. ai wbers IT. ore, s as
JUNIUS F. WHITING,
HOTJSE&SIGN
PAINTING.
KALS0M1NINS, PAPERHANSINS, GRA1IINS, ETC
RELATIVE KICKER BRANCHES and
DESIGXLTG 1 SPECLUTY.
Corner Second .Mid Ellsworth Streets,
1UUT, SIUSI.
General Jobbing!
WU. N. VILLEB
gaoeral iobbtnc
HAS BOUGHT OCT THE
bnatneaa, baak. boraea, ect.
belonging to T. L. Itann-aod la aownretiared
kiad of work in bis line with dispatch. Leare erders
to So an,
at Blain's Clothing store.
REVERE HOUSE.
Corner First aad Ellswertk Albany, Oressm.
Pfeiffer Bro's Props
Thia new Hotel is fltted un ia flntdaai stvla. Tablca
supplied with the bast tbe market affords. Spring
Beds in every Boom. A food sample Hoeat lor Com
mercial Travelers.
CTree Ceack to aad treat the Hetel."Tt
:41tf
PATENTS.
F. A Lehmenn. Solicitor ol American and Foraim
Patenta. Waabintrtoa. D. C. All business connected
with Patenta, whether before tbe Patent Office or the
Court., promptly attended to. So charge s made
unleaa a patent is secured, bead lor circular. (14:11
GEO. RICHARDS.
W1G0N 1ED C1EEI16E HIES.
Ellsworth, bet. First snd Second,
rrenared to do aa kinds of renairhur in hia lina
Filling wheels made a specialty. vttu36yl
ST CHARLES HOTEL,
ALBANY,
k. num.
OREGON.
Proprietor.
Stage Office
for Corvallls,
Dallas.
Lcbaaeu aad
Free Ceach to and from the IJoue.
nlfltf
MARX BAUMGART
HAS JVtrt OPBBBD OCT A
New Liquor Store
KXBPS OOBBTAKTLT OB KABD
HE FINEST BRANDS OF WINES,
LiaUOES, TOBACCO & CIGARS.
Th Celebrated Ht. LoalB
STONEWALL WHISKEY,
The fineat whiskey in tbe State.
Whiskies, French Brandies, Skerry,
toil, vtaict, auu illi uuira,lHU9
of vrines, Gin, Ale, Beer,
and Porter.
Bitters of every kind, and the best
brands ef tobacco aad Cigars.
fm9X want everybody to understand ti.
have opened out a nrstilass new liq
uor store, where city and country deal
ers can procure their stocks at PorUaad
I !. i- ; . : . . . .1 .a .j
yM luva, w .1.11 vmjr AXOlKlib BUftttu.
Rooms on the corner of Front and Ferrv
Streets, Albany, Oregon. 88t,
"THE STAR SPANGLED BANKER.1
. HOW IT FOUND ITS TUSK,
Mrs. is oil io Kynteru, a lady now re
siding in San Francisco, contributes for
the readers of the ChrvnicU the follow
ing historical reminiscence appropriate
to tho anniversary of the attack onltul
utnoro by the isruisb licet, and the re
pulse of the expedition of Fort Mellon
ry.-wbich occurred Sept. 13, 181 The
patriotic national sons, "Tbe Star
SiiangJed Banner," by I'mnois S. Key,
has immortalized the event, and tbe cir-
ounistiincos under which it was written
and sot to music, given below, and some
of which has never before been .pub
lished, will bo read with interest :
Thousands have sung the grand old
chorus of the American Marsollaiso
this Centennial year, and tho young
ana untried h carta have - throbbed
almost to bursting with tbe patrio'Jo
fever inspired by the words of Francis
Key's immortal poem who knew but
little of the vivid scenes during which
it had its birth, and still less of the
wedding of the tune to its soul stirring
words. Among the boarded relics of
my grandfather, an old Maryland gon
tleman, is a yellow faded letter, writ
ten upon very coarse paier, and in
such a scrambling band that the words
are hardly legible. It bears the date
of September 1C, 1312, Fort Mo Henry,
and reads in part thus :
wv w .a .
jjkar aiAKUERY ; i may not be mo
first to tell you the news, but it will
bear repeating : Cockburn's fleet bave
dropiMsd down the bay, and Baltimore
is saved. We have bad hot work, and
the havoc baa been dreadful, but all
danger from Brituth invasion is now
over, and pray God forever. '
llelow are the words or a oein
which Frank Key gave me, and which
be composed during the awful night of
the 13th while prisoner onboard of one
of Cockburn's vessel. He bad cone on
board protected by a (lag of truce, to
eiTxct the release of soaifl friends who
were held captives in it, and was not
allowed to return. So be witnessed
which I did not the entire bombard
ment and told me he dashed oil tbe
poem in a red hot frenzy of excite
ment. It will be printed in the Ga-
zAte as soon as possible, and deserves
to live as long as the flag. Here fol
lows tbe copy from tbe original manu
script, verbatim, as it now trail to
day.
A citizen of the same old town of
Fredric, Maryland, sixty miles west of
Baltimore, a neighbor and itolitical
friend of Mr. Key, it is no wonder that
my grandlather. then stationed with
his company in tbe fort, should have
taken time to copy for my grandmother
the remarkable lines whoee full signifi
cance she, as well as be, could so thor
oughly appreciate. He, with a thous
and other men, were garrisoning rort
Mcllenry, about two miles from tbe
center of Baltimore city. The British
fleet were anchored a couple of miles
trom tbe fort, and beyond the reach of
its guns. Having failed to take the
city by bind, tbey hoped an attack by
water would be more successful. So,
as soon as night came, tbey began their
work. There was just one continuous
shower ot shells which tbe garrison re
ceived in silence. During the night
several vessels, with fourteen hundred
British trooi, supplied with ncalinc
Udders, entered the Patapsco, pressed
by the fort, never dreaming of rexutt-
ance from it. Already in imagination
they were plundering the captured city,
when suddenly, as they drew up o:-
81 te tbe six-gun battery, its commander,
Lieutenant Webster, opened upon them
with terrible effect. Tbe forts and ton-
gun battery also poured in tbeir lire,
and for two hours a furious cannonad
ing was kept up. It was a fearful
sight. The heavens were lit with fiery
tracks of the bombs from the fleet, and
the unceasing booming echoed across
the water and along the shores of tbe
bay like one uninterrupted peal of
thunder. One of tbe barges was sunk,
and the rest retreated in the utmost
confusion. In the vessel whose win
dows commanded a full view of Chesa
peake Bay and the fort, stood Francis
Key and his imprisoned friends, watch
ing with profound interest the fate of
that flag, which, through tbe evening's
twilight, was seen floating from the
ramparts of Fort Mcllenry, They
could see tbe flashing of the guns and
and the red glare of the flying rockets,
but the fate of our beloved flag was
pped in profound uncertainty. At
length the struggle ceased, but who
were the victors As the gray dawn
rendered objects visible, how eagerly
tbeir strained eyes gazed to see what a
crowned the tower of the fort. Through'
the "midBt of the deep they could dis
cern a flag, but what were its colors 1
A while longer they waited in breath-
iH8 wlenw, v.Iicii suddenly, by the
first ray of the morning sun, they dis
covered that it bore upon its gorgeous
fold the stars and stripes. Then, with
a throb of joy so intense - that it was
almost pain, were born the lines:
"Tis the Star Spangled Banner! Ohlpng
may it wave,
O'er the land of the free, and the home of
the brave."
Meanwhile in the northeast part of
the city of -Baltimore, upon a broad
elevation known as Gallows Hill, lay
an encampment of militia comprising
men front Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Delaware. Uniformed ia blue cloth
coats turned up with red, -blue panta
loons, white vests, shoes overlaid with
cloth gaiters, fur hats and high leather
stocks and the TJ. S. coat of arms
stamped upon them, they were quite
as picturesque as our Zouaves of to
day, as laying upon the green sward
tbey discussed . the complete rout of
Cockburn's fleet, hurrahed over Brit
ian's second defeat. - Among the sol
diers were two brothers, Charles and
Fredrio During, strolling thespians from
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, genial, brave,
mirthful fellows, so overflowing with
fun that they kept their comrades alive
body and soul by compelling ,them to
laugh. Charles,. who had been to the
city -on a brief furlough, said, as he
ALBANY. OREGON, FIUDAY, FEBRUAKY H,
rejoined his mess : "Boys I have you
heard ol the new poem written alxmnl
ship the other night by Frank Key t
It's got tbe true ring to it. Attention,
company I and judge for yourselves.
it wg rude oonr.'wntton like m
1
irrandaire'a letter, in a scrawl, whtc
itufus Choate might bave mistaken for
his. An accomplished elocutionist, the
pathetic eloquence of the grand inspir
ation loHt none of its' nalivo fervor
through the reader's lips. Three times
be read it aloud, his audience ever in
creasing, until the entire division seem
ed electrified by the poet a doubt and
triumph. Suddenly an idea seized his
brother Fredrio. Hunting up a vol
ume of flute mnsio which was in I
eighboring tent, he rapidly whistled
from it snatches of tuno jimt . as they
caught bis quick eye. Finally one
called "A nacreon in. Heaven'.' struck
hi fancy, and its peculiar rythm riv
eted bis attention. Note after note
fell from his puckered Iiiw, until with a
leap and shout, he exclaimed, "Boys,
I'vo got it 1" Fitting tho tune to the
words that Charles had juHt read, be
rang out for the first time the sonar of
the "Star Spangled Banner." How
the men shouted and clapjied their
bands and joined in the chorus, for
never was there a wedding of potrtry
to imisio made under more harmonious
influences. Soon after, the brothers
sang it uion the stage of Hotlidity
street theatre, it was caught up in
the camps, sang around bivouac lire
and whistled in the streets, and when
H!ace once mote settled over tho loved
land, carried to thousands of fireaidws
as the most precious trophy of tbe war
ol 1014. 1 be Llunnir brothers . ho in
unknown graves. Francis Key's dust
reiiosos in Mount Olive Cemetery of
fredrio City, with but a tree's khaduw
between it and tbo tomb of Damn Bar
bara Freitclie, and ere another Centen
nial the record of thut mar have
panned away ; but that song will live as
lung as eur country wears its Ituuny old
flag or thero remains an American toy
to sing its praine.
TShcn vTBBTM klsShi.
1. That fish mav bo scaled much
eaainr by uinpini; tlifin in hot watr
about a minute.
2. That fish may as well be scaled,
if dcsiied, before cking down in salt;
though in this caie do not et-aUi
them.
3. Salt fish are quickest and best
fieaheued by soaking in sour milk
4. That milk which is turned or
changed may be wtcnJ and renderi'd
lit fur uso again by stirring in a little
soda.
That salt will curdle nnw milk:
hence, in preparing milk orridg,
gravies, etc., tbe salt should not ho ad
ded until the dish is prrartL
C. That fresh mrmt after tx'cinniiiir
to sour, will sweeten, if placl out of
doors iu the cool over night.
7. That clear boiling water will re
move tea stains and many fruit stains.
Pour the water through the stains, and
thus prevent its spreading over the
fabric.
i. That ripe tomatoes will remove
ink and other stains from white cloth;
aim from tho bandit.
9. That a teasioonful of turpentine
boiled with your white clothes will aid
tbe whitening procexs.
10. That bevHwax and salt will
matin your flat irons as clean and
smooth as gloss. Tie a lump of wax
in rag, and keep it for that purpose.
When tbe irons are hot, rub them first
with the wax rag then scour with a
paper or cloth sprinkled with suet,
11. That blue ointment and kero
sene, milked in equal proportions and
applied to bedsteads, is an unfailing bed
bug remedy; and that a coat of white
wash is ditto for the walls of log
houses.
12. That kerosene will soften boots
or shoes that have boen hardened by
water, and render them as pliable as
new.
13. That kerosene will keep tin ket
tles bright as new. Saturato a woolen
rag and rub with it. It will also re
move stains from clean varnished fur
niture.
H. That cool water and soda will
remove machine grease from washable
fabrics.
A CE.YTLEMASLT TBAM P.
A tramp's reputation as a gentleman
of leisure whose impulses are . good,
albeit his habits are bad, and who, like
Joseph Poorgrass, "feels his humble
gratitude" for favors received, stands
vindicated. Four years ago, a Dakota
farmer a brother-in-law, by the way,
of Kellogg, who fell beside General Cus
ter, on the Little Big Horn had fin
ished Lis supper, when a dirty, ragged,
foot-sore tramp called at the bouse and
begged for something to eat, saying he
was on bis way to California, but bad
hard luck, having been taken sick
after starting. Mr. Safl'ord made him
welcome, and bis wife went to work
and cooked supper for the stranger.
They not only allowed bira to stay over
night, but entertained him for a week,
until he had recovered his health. Two
months ago the stranger, who during
bis four years' absence in California
had "struck it rich," wont back to Da
kota, and, in disguise, again spent the
night under Mr. Saflord's roof. The
next morning the tramp departed with
out making himself known and the
conversation and incident forgotten,
when the good people received through
the post office a sealed package, which
contained the deed of one of the finest
farms in the neighborhood, having a
good house, barn, stock, wagons, agri
cultural implements and everything
complete.-' It waa accompanied by an
explanatory letter, that the giver wish
ed them to'accept the dood of this farm,
which ho had purchased especially for
those who bad. divided with him in
need; and treated him kindly when
loot-sore and poor. He assured them
that be was the tramp tbey had enter
tained years before. . ;
PKISOKKKS AT LinBY.
, Haw Tkrr Taanele4 far Llberlj.
During the winter of 18C3-4 there
wore above 1,000 Federal officers con
fined in Libby prison, at Richmond.
Vtt. Ia December, 1803, Col, Itose, of
tho One Hundredth Pennsylvania, con
ceived the idea of escaping by means f
a tunnel. I to communicated hi plan
o some ol til comrades, who promisod
their co-oporation in the matter. The
great difiioulty they found was in get
ting accent to the basement of thebuild
rng, wbero they designed commencing
operations. They could got access to
tho first floor of tho eastern division,
for this was occupied by hospital cooks
who were enlisted soldiers who bod
been captured; but then there was no
opening into the basement.' There was
however a large chimney leading up
fvoia a fire-plane ia the bonSuient. They
finally discovered that they could go
down tbo ajoitiiro of tho chimney and
reach the basement. At the east end
of the building there was a narrow al
ley, upon the opposite side of which
was a lot of considerable size, near the
center of which there was an unused
stable, this stable being some disoance
beyond the guards, who were stationed
near tbe building. It was tho dtssign
of the projectors of the tiiunei to oiu
tho terminus of it in this stable. The
greatest difiioulty encountered was at
tbe In-ginsing. They bad to fflWt an
opeuing in tbe foundation wall, which
was of stose. To do this tbey bad no
better tool than a few small hatchi-t
which were itsnd about the prison lor
splitting kindlings. After great labor
an opening was eiTxcted. But the tun
nel must be walled and arched. Thu
only material that could le found for
this was tbe wooden boxes which bail
contaitnd artirle of food and clothing,
wut to the prisoner from their henics.
The secret of tbe tunnel had bw-n com
municated to but fi?w, at it wu not di
aired that it nhould 1h generally known
what tlii-y were driving at; but to avoid
thin, nfu-r using their own lioxes, they
procured the service of the boHpital
cooks, who would go among the prison
ers and beg their empty box- for fire
wood. Only one man could work in
the tuntn-l at the same time, ami, con
sequently the work proceeded slowly.
Then the tools they bad to work with,
knives and sharpened sticks, were vi-ry
insuflicient. Thry bad to remain on
all fours or lay flat while at work. Tbey
bod estimated tbe distance to lm jven-ty-five
feet in ordi-r to n-a-h the center
of the stable. Tby tw-asurvd tbnir
ork carefully a tlu-y advitncrd, nu-1
when Uwy r-cb?d tho length -f sev-i.
tj five feet thi'V luntii litl upward, and
upon reaching tbe ntiUida earth tuitud
tbey were eorrecl in tbeir estimate of
distances.
Afu?r the otiening was p:lVle.l in the
stable it waa carefully cavcml with a
broad board until such a lime tut wo
thought preper for a nuniWr of the
prisoners to make their egress. Tho
night of tbo 5th of 'February hud been
fixed upon for fifty of the officers to
make tbeir escape through the tunnel.
The design was for fifty to go out ou
that night and fifty each succeeding
night until tbo means of egress was dis
covered by the Confederates. It wo
thought by those who projected and
completed tho tunnel that the matter
waa not known to above one hundred
officers, to whom tbey bad communi
cated it; but by some means tbe thing
leaked out and was generally known to
the officer in prion,und when 9 o'clock
had arrived the hour that tho officers
should commence I heir egress tbe en
trance te tbe tunnel was crowded. It
was designed for fifty to leave that night
and fifty others vi ere selected to milt
lead the Confederato clerk who called
tbe roll each morning. This would
have ben easily dono if the exact num
ber who left had been known, for the'
manner of calling the roll was to crowd
all the prisoners into Uie east room and
pass them through a door and as tbey
passed through count them; and as
there was another door in the same
room it was very easy for an officer to
pass back through it and fall in and be
counted again. The officer who was to
count off the fifty who wore to go tho
first night and conduct the deception at
roll-call next morning, finding bo could
not stop the officers when fifty had
gone out, and that so many would leave
that it would be impossible to conceal
their flight at roll-call, made his own
escape.
The next morning when the roll was
called by the usual method of ceunting,
109 oulcers were found muuung. Has
created intense excitement among the
officers in charge of the prison. All the
officers were then called by name, with
the same result. The prison was care
fully examined and tho point of egress
was not found.
The disappearance of these Federal
officers waa so mysterious that the Con
federates were dumbfounded. As soon
as their astonishment subsided scouts
were sent in every direction in seareh
of the fugitives. In the meanwhile a
largenumberof the citizensof Richmond
reconnoitcred the prison the greater
portion of the day; but some time in the
afternoon Bomebody happened to enter
the eld stable and discovered the tun
nel. Tljis was a great relief to them.
It relieved the guards from a charge of
treason, ana relieved tbe minds of the
superstitious, who could not shake the
belief from their minds that some su
pernatural agency had been employed
in the escape of the Yankee prisoners.
The Confederate scouts soon began to
return with some-of tbe escaped Feder
al officers, and in the courbo of a few
days they suoceeded in -recapturing 52
of the 109 who escaped, 5 7 having made
their way into the Federal lines. , Col.
Rose, the projector and engineer of the
tunnel, was re-captured and punished
for bis ingenuity by solitary confine
ment in a cell for several weeks.
A darkey gives the following reason
why the colored race is superior to the
white: "All men are made ef clay and,
like the mecrchaum pipe, they are more
valuable when highly colored.
18T9.
(Waahlnsten Letter.) '
TUB rCDKBAI. HKNATB.
A Pea rielnre f Ike Mra
Base It.
Wne How Cam
lour corrosftondent, after the lost
Senator had left the ChainW, went
there, and for a while gazed upon its
loneliness. It looked to him as deso
late as the White Sulphur in Jannary,
or a V irginia County Court House the
day after the circus. Silver-haired
Captain Bossett, whom neither a Dem
ocrat or a Republican Senate will
ever remove from his post as one of the
doorkeepers, gazed uon the vacant
seats as Man us did on the ruins of
Carthage, and recalled tho fact that
there where Webster, Wintbrop, Silos
Wright and Lewis Cass one sat, pig
mies now burlesque tbe exalted posi
tion of Senator. Your correspondent.
front bis stand -point, only thought of
inetn as they are, and made no dis
paraging comparison. He recalled
Blaine a the most unscrupulous, but
tbe most brilliant and unlucky . dema
gogue this generation ha produced;
Conklinir as a Senator, with tbe bead
of Apollo and tbe walk well, I won't
describe it; Dawes and Hoar, who weie
never more like aged ministers than
when Blaine took tbem at a disadvan
tage in presenting the statue of Mr.
King to Congress, and inflicting upon
them tbe cruel and unusual punishment;
1 iumb, of Kansas, whoso record by
contrast, makes that of a Crcdit-Mobi-lier
statesman look immaculate; Ingalla,
of the same state, who i for all the
orld like a lean lecturer ou biology,
or tbe man who plays tbe bi fiddle in
burlesque opera; Davis1, of Illinois, who
remind rue of Dixon II. 1ew-ig when
at light weight, and who i a honest
a bo is gootl-uatuied; Kdmtinds, whose
Darwinian face would entitle bun to
im Chief Justice in a gorilla country,
but who.te adniliers say reemldes tbe
ApONllo Paul; Teller, of Colorado, who,
if the Kenste were a ii k of card.
wonld lm a tray of Kpaihrn when clubs
were truiups.mid yetwbum the Repub
lican were forced in their extremity to
put at the bead of the Blaine Commit
tee; Tli ur man, the best specimen of an
American statesman in either body,
who does not hesitate to take part in
any debate, ami who i always ready to
answer successfully tbe prepared speech
es of tbe Radical leaders; Eaton, a an
honest Bourbon, who refuse to learn
anything under the iiew dispensation;
JlcUrearv, in apirf-arnnce and oratory
like tbe lute, big-hearted a ml nreom pi bill
ed Judge Brocketibrougb; Bayard, a
the polished, incorruptible ami accom
plished Senator; Lamar, who adds to
oratory and culture a broad statesman
ship; ILinsoin, who is as powerful in
debate as bo is brave in war; Merri
ni'jii, bi colleague, who know enough
l.iw to m on tbe Supreme Bench ot tbe
United States, and who never Kj-eaki
without speaking well and to the point;
Butler, who is wottby of the honored
name be bears, who is cool when ethers
are excited, and who is not only a
strong debater ,but con be as eloquent as
Demosthencs,when he pleases; Gordon,
who is the soul of gallantry and honor,
whose Senatorial career has shown that
he is as successful a statesman as be
was gallant as a General; Yoorhees,
who is the most brilliant orator in
either body, and who never fails te
come to the aid of the South when his
services are needed; Randolph, whose
political faith is as fixed as the creed of
a Covenanter, and who never speaks
without giving tbo Senate accurate in
formation and a strong presentation of
hi side of tbe question; Hill, of
Georgia, who is one of tbe most bril
liant men in either body who is often
immense, and at other times makes
btrikinx failures.
HOW B3,aa WAS FBI 0 1 A TBES.
A treasure up a tree was seen in the
watches of the night by a peddler, who
was sleoping in a farmhouse, in the
Shenandoah valley. He told his dream
to the farmer next morning, and on
three successive nights he had the same
vision. Then he prevailed upon the
farmer to accompany him to the forest,
where be pointed out a large oak tree
as tbe one he had seen in his dream.
It was apparently sound at the butt,
but about twenty feet up a limb had
been broken off. The farmer did not
feel like humoring what he supposed to
lea superstitious whim, but the old fel
low seemed to have confidence in his
vision, and offered him one-half of the
spoils if he would help him to cut
down the tree. When the tree " fell,
there was a rattle of coin near where
the limb had been broken off, and a
small hollow was found thoro. By a
little chopping a lrrge cavity was
found, and within was a moss of silver.
Both seemed wild with dolight,.and on
counting up found that the pile
amounted to $5,000. The peddler ex
pressed his unwillingness to carry
around so much silver in bis pockets,
and inquired where he would be likely
to get greenbacks for bis share. The
farmer, having considerable money in
his house, immediately transferred to
the peddler $2,500 in paper money and
took charge of the entire lot of silver.
The peddler disappeared, and when his
partner attempted to pass some of the
silver, lo 1 it was counterfit. - He was
the victim of a gang of coiners,
ZyncJiburj Virginian.
An exchange prints . fourteoa rules
for spoiling a child, and the quiokest
and most certain one is omitted. If
you want to spoil a child give tbe
youngster a didn't-know-it-was-loaded
pistol to play with. It goes right to
the spot, and no postponement on ac
count of weather.
In attempting to civilize the Indian,
it must not be forgotten that be shows
special aptitude for the shoe trade.
(Solemn pause!) . - '
Hal ha! ha! Of course! Don't yon
see? Shoe trade shoot raid ha! ha!
Sherry is the name of a much re
spected Lynn shoemaker, Probably
the original Sherry cobbler.
NO. 28
ivtKBon HAMPTBH'S DBEAM.
am Believes III Life srr4 hjr the frayer
mia Feayle.
The editor of the Columbia. "8. C.
IlrjjiuUr, ia the course of a most inter
esting account of a visit to Governor
Hampton, whom he found or-f!v im.
proved in strength and steadily recovering
irum tue severe trials Uireugh which he
has recently passed, tells a atriVmn- ai.
, , . ' ----- - -o '
ry oi a uream wnlcn tbe liovernnr ha1
at the crisis of hi case, and tells it in
tbe Governor's own word. The visit
er, about to take bis leave, said In tho
Governor: "At least in all your seri
ous illness you bad the devoted lv rf
your ewn people.
... . M
Ah, yes, sir, was the beartv. deen-
toned reply, "never more. I ImIuv
as confidently as I do that I live, that
tbe prayers oi the people saved my
life. I will tell yon why I feel and be
lieve it so firmly. Whilst I was Ivino
here at the point of death and had be
come utterly inUiUerent whether I died
or lived, I got a letter frem an old
Methodist preacher, one of mr old
friend. He wrote me word informing
me of tbe deep and devout tietitiona
put up in behalf of my" restoration by
the Methodist Conference .then in ses
sion at Newberry. Ha then urtred tin.
on me to exercise my will to live in re
sponse to t ne supplications of the peo-
le oi me whole state, who were pray
ing for me night and day in every
bouse in the State. My sister, who
had tremblingly brought ttbe letter to
my oeosiue anu read it to me, then
urged me to listen to tbe kind, loving
word of tbe man of God and to rouse
my will to live, and 1 promised ber to
do so. I fell into a deep sleen that
night, and the most vivid dream I ever
exiierienced in my life crossed mv
slumbers. I dreami I wo in a spacious
room, and that in it I was moved to all
purts of the Slate so that I met mv
assembled friend everywhere. I re
member most distinctly of all old
Beau foil, where I bail last been. It
aeeined there were immense assem-
blazes.and as I looked down uoon them
a grave rsonage approached me and
touched me on tbe sbonlder and said :
These people are all praying for you.
Live, live, live!' I never realized any
thing like it before. It seemed a vision.
I woke the next morning feeling tbe
life-blood creeping through my veins,
and I told my family tbe crisis . was
passed and I would get better."
At tbe close of th toiierilntr and
thrilling relation, we bade him good-by,
iieartuy warning mm a Seedy recovery
and many, many long years of health
ana useiuines.
a rseBHTiev.
We desire to put on record this pre
diction: John Sherman will be im
peached, convicted and sentenced by
the people, if not by the courts, to a life
long exclusion from public life, if, in
deed, he escapes the 'close communion'
of a State's prison. These Shermans
are a bad lot the very essence of old
time federalism.
Tbeir father rejoiced over the Amer
ican defeat at the river Raisin, in the
war of 1812, and was so enthusiastic
over the "Big Indian," Tecumseh, that
be named a baby after him ths pres
ent Commander-in-Chief of the Army.
His brother, a Judge, resigned to save
himself from impeachment by even a
Mongrel Congress, and this de facto
Secretary, whs has become st millionaire
on his pay as a Congressm in, nomina
ted Hayes as bis tool, and by his man
ipulation of the miserable negroes of
Louisiana, actually forced him against
the will of two-thirds of the American
people into the White House as the de
facto President! He has now, it seems,
been turning over some forty millions'
efthe peoples' meney to a bank, in
which he is no doubt largely interested,
and as the next Congress is Democratic
we predict either this er his other
"higher law" rascalities will find him
out, and there will bejan end of him.
Xew York Day Book. k
n m m ei
COBB ADVICE.
Says the Elmira Gazette: "No; do not
learn a trade, young man. You might
soil your hands, wilt your shirt collar
and spoil your complexion, sweating.
Go and hang your chin ever a counter;
learn to talk twaddle to the ladies;
part your hair in the middle; make an
ass of yourself generally, and work for
wages that wouldn't support a Chinese
laundryman on rioe-fed rats and leave a
big enough balance to pay. his washer
woman just because it is a little more
genteel in the eyes of the people whose
pride prevent them from pounding rock
or hewing wood, and whose poverty
pinches worse than one of those patent
cross-legged clothes-pins, if the truth
were only told."
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SECTIONAL PRtDE.
They tell of a New Hampshire
school teacher near Fitchburg, who had
a class in geography on the floor the
other day, and she asked ene of them
what the soil was in New Hampshire.
The answer waa "sterile." The teach
er, highly indignant, said the soil was
as good in New Hampshire as in Mass
achusetts. The scholar spunkily denied
it, and added, "Father had a bull in a
pasture in New Hampshire, and the
soil was so poor that the bull starved
te death. They could not get earth
enough to bury him, and had to collect
pieces of wood and burn him." ' The
teacher found the boy was posted, and
did not continue the argument.
A gentleman was one day relating
to a Quaker a tale of deep distress, and
concluded pathetically by saying, "I
could not but feel for him." "Verily,
friend," replied the Quaker, "thou didst
right if thou didst feel for thy
neighbor, but didst' thou feel in the
right place didst thou feel in thy
pocket I
It is lucky to pick up a horseshoe,
unless, of course, it be attached to a
mule's hind leg.
Bunines notices in tbe LfcaJ Columns
20 cents per line.
For legal and transient advertisements
II 00 per square, for the first Insertion, and
60 cents per square for each subsequent Insertion.'
MAI B MI LI.EB BCBMUHM ED.
Maud Muller worked at raking bay,
And cleared her forty cents a day.
Tier clothe were coarse, bat ber health
was fine,
And so she worked In the sweet sunshine.
Singing as glad as a bird in May
"Rarbsra Alien" tbe livelong day.
She often glanced at tlur far-off town.
And wondered If egg were up or down.
And tbe sweet song died of a strange dis
ease. fieavlng a phantom taste of cbeese.
And an appetite and a nameless ache
For soda water and a ginger cake.
The Judge rode slowly into view
Stopped his horse In the shade and drew
His fine-cutont, while tbe blushing Mood
Marvelled much at the kind he "chawed,"
"lie waa 'dry as a fish,' be said with a
wmk,
And klnd-o'-thoagbt that good wjuare
drink
Would brace bim up.'" So tbe cap was
filled
Willi tbe crystal wine that the eld spring
spilled.
"A thousand thanks! for a sweeter draught
From a fairer hand" but there be laugh
ed. , ,
And the sweet girl stood in .the son that
day.
And raked tbe Judge Instead of tbe hay.
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'lb ar bwbbb rr s hew
TEAB'S BAT.
Old Si lingered over tbe Are longer
than usual. . At length he remark
ed:
Dsse are moughty onsartin times
in sum 'partment-s of bizness!"
Wby so?"
"Well, ef all de folks whar hex
done swore off Aim drinkln licker got
dere ban's well sandid 'fore dey cotch
hoi' of dere rezelusbun, dar'll be a
shrinkin ob trade In de Moonshine
deestricks dU yoab!"
True enough, Si."
,Ya, sah; an I'se one oh dem az
ar gwine to kontribit to de onsettled
state ob de traffic"
"What! yon havn't sworn off, re
ally?"
"Lf you jess go down to de Dons' i
bet de print ob my han' ar' wet on
de book yit. I dan talc de oafe five
fingers wide an' strate, sho az you
born'd!"
"And you are not going to drink
any more?"
"Dem j de words only dars one
leetle 'mendment dat I got de ole
missus ter lemme put in at de end."
"What was that?"
''Ceptin' dot I was party bad off
wid do palpytasbun eb de bart.
Dai's er d'zeaae dat t rubbles me pow
erful sometimes."
IIow often?"
"Well, yon see, I havn't bin good
well sense de wah an' a mouf ful ob
licker Is moughty quielin on palpy
tashnns, an' hencewbe de 'wend
ment dat I gerferr'd. De cole weth
er alias fetches hit on mo er less, an
it
"You have got it now."
"Dat's hit sartin! Yon's er dow'-
ful guesser, fer a fkek! kase de older
I gits de cr r my bind gits, an' I
hain't bad no real Mouroment ob de
palpytasbun sense freedum, an "
The old man tooK uie quarter in a
harry and remarked: i
"Thankv. sah 'kase dat rtalnvla-
sbnn flings de oafe every time dey
rassles!" Atlanta Constitution.
AS MSriBEB BATBB.
On a certain occasion Sargent S.
Pientiss, the famous Mississippi orator,
who visited Boston and addressed its
citizens in Faneuil Hall. A gentleman
who heard him, then a venerable Judge,
told this anecdote, which illustrates the
the orator's power. Unable' to procure
a seat, he stood jammed by the crowd.
As Mr. Prentiss began, to speak, the
gentleman took out his watch to time
him. As be was replacing it in his fob
something in the orator's manner and
words arrested his attention. He
found it impossible to take away his
eyes or ears, lie torgot tne presence
of the crowd, his own fatigue, the pas
sage of the time, everything but tbe
speaker. Mr. Prentiss seemed fatigued.
So intense was the symfiatby of the
venerable man with him that he found
himself breathing rapidly and painful
ly. "
At last the orator, exclaiming, "My
powers fail I" sank exhausted into a
chair. .
Not till then did the aged listener
discover that his hand was still holding
his watch at the opening of its pocket.
He looked at it. He had stood in that
crowd listening for three hours and fif
teen minutes. Near him stood an aged
minister who, tremulous with excite
ment, exclaimed :
"Will any one ever doubt again that
God inspires man!"
BITS OF FI N.
A greedy mother A voracious
maw.
People ef settled convictions priso-
oners.
Why is the letter B like a hot fire 1
because it makes oil boiL
There is a man in the moon, and a
man and woman in tbe honeymoon.
" Oh come, come, hay weigh 1" as the
impatient farmer said to the man at
the hay-scales. -
"Is this1 a fair f asked a stranger,
stopping in front of a place where a
festival was in progress, and addressing
a citizen. "Well," replied the citizen,
"they call it lair, but they take every
body in." He probably had invested
in a ticket in an oyster soup lottery,
and had drawn a blank.
. The inhabitants of Madagascar are
dying to get held of an American ship
captain who sold them 10,000 quart
cans of tomatoes as a new kind of gun
powder. Their old blunderbsses wo lldn't
go off-