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OHEGON CITY, OSECIO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1868,
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PCnUSHED EVERT SATOIDAT MOHNISa
By D. C. IRELAND,
tSTICK: South east corner of Firm and
Uaix streets, in the building lately known
as the Court House, Oregon Cit j, Oregon.
Terms of Sti Inscription.
Oae copr, one jcar in advance. .... .$3 00
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Tcrmi of Advertising.
Transient advertisements, per square
(12 lines or less) first insertion ...$2 50
For each nubsequent insertion 1 00
. Ilusinens Cards one square per annum
payable quarterly 12 00
One column per annum 120 00
One half column " 60 00
One quarter " " 40 00
Leal advertising at the established rates.
Book and Job Printing !
rMIK ESTEKPUISE OFFICE
la iupplied with every requisite for doing
a superior style of work, and is constant
ly accumulating new and beautiful styles
of material, and is prepared for every
variety of
HOOK AND JOH
DPRIN rJ? I TV G5 !
AT SATISFACTORY FUICES.
p9 The Public are invited to call and
xamine both our specimens and facilities
for doing work.
d PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dr. F. Barclay, M. R. C. L.
(Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. 13. Co.)
OFFTCE:At Residence,
Main Street (.r2l Oregon City.
Dr. CHARLES BLACH,
Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur.
OFFICE Corner of 'Washington and Front
streets, 1'arrish's Block, Portland, Oregon.
RESIDENCE Washington street, between
fourth and Fifth streets. 22.ly
0. P. MASON, "
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
102 Front St., Portland, Oregon.
- X T I L I . A T T E X D T O B U S I N E S H I X A N Y
Court in the SUta or Washington
Territory. Including business under th
Bankrupt Law. 87:ly
D. M. McKEWWEY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Lais.
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jTILL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL
business eiitrusieu io nis care.
Orrics One door north of Bell & Parker's
I'rag store, Oregon Citv, Oregon. 3:1 J
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JL. C. SIBS3. C. W. r-ARIUSII,
Xetary Public and Cum. of Deeds.
GIBBS & PAKRISH, "
Attorneys and Counselors at-Law,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
0 OFFICE On Alder street, in Cartrr'i
u 'ew Brick Block. nil
. C. JORSiOX. r. o. u cows.
Xotary 1'ubUc.
O JOHNSON & McCOWN,
OREGON CITV, OREGON.
.W Will attend to all business entrusted
t vur care tn any of the Courts of the State,
r.illect inonev, negotiate loans, sell real es
t t. etc. Q"
t,ifParticular attention given to contested
I ad cases. 1-J 1
B. r. KCSJKLL.
F. DALTOX.
RUSSELt. & DALTON,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
Solicitors in Chancery, and
Real Estate Agents.
Will practice in the Courts of the second,
tkird aud fourth Judicial Districts, and in the
ttuprrta Caurt of Oregou.
VflT" Special attention given to the collec
0tia of claims at all points ia the above nam
i Ji.ttrictj.
Ottice iu Parrish's brick building, Albany,
Oregon. (53-
J. M. MITCHELL.
J. JC. DOLPH.
A. BUITII.
Mitchell, Dolph &. Smitli,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Laic,
Solicitors in Chancery, and Proc
tors in Admiralty.
(V Office o-er the old Post OfEce, Front
avreet, Portland, Oregon.
BENTON KILLIN,
Tf JStkSTSJW "TEST JEiT 32St. 3
Oregon C'ltj-, Oregon.
Offico iu Charinan'a Brick Block, up
iiairs. (r.y:tfj
JAMES M. M00BE,
Justice of the Peace City Recorder.
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f Office In the Court House nnd City
Council Room, Oregon City.
Will atteud to the acknowledgment of
JeoiJ, and all other duties appertaining to
4h oilico of Justice of the Peace. 2:ly
J. B. TJ P T 0 NT"
Attounet ano Couxselok-at-Law,
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Oregon City, Oregon.
IW, Office over tha store of Pope & Co.,
U.iiu street. 4'J.tf
C. A. DOLPH,
Attorxev and Cocxskllcr at-Law,
f-iT" OlSce 106 Frout street, Portland. Ore
gou. (4 'J-6 m
- C. P. FERRY,
(Late Ferry & Foster.)
jas jast. .es-6L . n -c a;?a m
No. 103 Frout street, Portland.
Agent North British and Mercantile
Insurance Company.
And Manhattan Lite Insurance Co
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, STOCKS
Bond, and Real Estate bought and
old on Commission. S-"lj
J. A. MacBONALD,
Green Street. . . '. Oswego, Oregon.
Pst Master an I Dealer in
G K N E M A L MERCHANDISE,
Ciroctrtct, Wiuc aail Liquait 1
'Fred. Mull or ,
The Original Paxaratta
Begs to announce to his old
customers aud the public, that
II is Ntw Rkstawrant,
Two doors fim Alder, on First street, Port
land, u now open.
Uvstcis, Gar, Cb??, etc. xi.3
BUSINESS CARDS.
CLIFF HOUSE.
Main Street.
Xearly Opposite Woolen Factory,
W. L. WHITE, I
T.W. RII0ADE3, Proprietors.
Oregon City, Oregon.
We invite the citizens of Oregon Citv, and
the traveling public, to give us a share of
their patronage. Meals can be had at all
hours, to please the most fastidious. 15
Notice to the Public.
I HAVE this day closed the Barlow House
in favor of the Cliff House. Hope inv
old customcnwwill give their liberal patron
age to the above well kept house. They
will lind Messrs. White &. Rhoades always
on hand to make guests comfortable.
WM. HARLOW.
Oregon City, August 1, 1SG7.
OREGON HOUSE,
Main Street Oregon Citv.
JACOB E0EHM, Proprietor.
ESTABLISHED 1S57.
IXEDIXTIOX IX PRICES I
The undersigned wishes to gire notice
that from Saturday, Octoberoth, 7, prices
at the above house will be as follows :
Board and Lodging per week $5 00
Board without Lodging 4 '00
Board and Lodging' per dav 1 00
JACOB BOF.UM.
Oregon City, Oct. Sd, lSd7. f.10:tf
A M E R I C A X EX CI I A NGE.
(Late LISCOLX HO IKE,)
X. Si Ki-ont sJretl, Portland Oregon.
L. 1. W. QUIMBY, rj:oiKiLTon,
(Late of Westtru Hotel.)
This house is the most commodious in the
State, newly furnished, and it will be the en
deavor ot the proprietor to make his guests
comfortable. The Baggage Wagon will al
ways be found at the land'ng on the arrival
of steamships and river boats, carrying bag
gage to the house free of charge. " 17.iy
OSWEGO HOUSE!
OSWEGO, OREGON.
JOHN SCllADE Proprietor,
IS now prepared to receive and entertain
all who may favor him with their patron
age. The House is New and the Rooms are
Newly and Neatly Furnished. The Table
will be supplied with all the delicacies of
the scasou. The House is situated near the
steamer lauding. The proprietor will at all
times endeavor to give entire satisfaction to
all who may favor him with a call, aud
would respectfully solicit the jarouage of
the Traveling Public. 41:tf.
Board per week $r 00
Board and Lodging 6 00
Singlo ilea; 50
IiiBperssal Mills,
OREGOS CITV.
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND FOR. SAI.2 :
BRA N AND CHICKEN FEED !
X-ff Parties wanting feed must furnish
their sacks. (CO.tf
JOHN H. SCHB.AM,
llauufacturer and Dealer in
Cl'v SADDLES, HARNESS,
etc., etc..
Main street, between Third and Fourth,
Oregon Ciiy.
THE attention of parties desiring anything
in my line, is directed to my stock, be
fore making purchases elsewhere.
(ly) JOHN H.SCIIRAM.
,W. F. HIGHFIELD,
Established since 1849. at the old stand,
MAIX StUECT, OllKGOX ClTT.
An a.ortment of Watches, Jew
elry, and Seth Thomas' weight
Clocks, all of which are warranted
to be as represented.
and tliaukful for past favors. (37
I. S. ROSEHBAUM & Co.,
No. 45 Front st., Portland Oregon..
WHOLESALE DEALERS IX
Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Stationery,
xankce Cottons, and loys.
Orders promptly attended to. (4.tf
A. J. MARSHALL,
Wagon and Carriage Maker, Main
street, Oregon City.
Wagons made to order, and all work in
this liue executed in the most satisfactory
manner, at reasonable rates.
Jt7 All kinds of couutrv produce taken
in exchange for work, at cash prices. Givo
me a trial. 47:tf
William Brought on,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER,
Main sired, Oregon CUy.
Will attend to all work in his line, con
sisting in part of Carpenter and Joiner work
framing, building, etc. Jobbing promptly
attended to. (nil
SHADES SALOON.
West Side Main Street, between Stcor.d and
Third, Oregon City.
GE0SGE A. HAAS
Proprietor.
The proprietor begs leave to inform his
friends and the public generally that the
above named popular saloon is open for their
accommodation, witna new ;um eu uoson
ed supply of the fiueit brands of wines,
liquors aud cigars. -
J. C. UA.V.V.
TUOS. LEAEY.
Fashion Billiard Saloon.
Main street, between Second and Third,
Oreqon Citu.
II ANN & LEAB.Y Proprietors.
j 'ill-, above long esiaunstieu ana popular
-1. Saloon is yet a favorite resort, and as
only the choicest brands ot Wiues, Liquors
and Ciu'ars are dispensed to customers a
shure u the public patronage is solicited.
i-V N. B. Families supplied with t
choicest Liquors, English Ale and J'orti
he
iu uoiiios, on tiie mo.st reasonable terms
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A. U. BULL. K. A. PAKKEE.
BELL &, PARKER.
I? 1S RUG GISTS,
AND DEALERS IX
Cic?nicals, Patent Medicines, Paints,
Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes,
And every article kept iu a Drug Store.
35.) Main' Stuekt, Uuego.v Citv.
ZIGLER & SON.,
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V js. M.m ,
Oregon City, Oregon.
THF. UNDERSIGNED ARE NOW PRE
pured to uiake all manner of ware in tba
line of-cooperate, from a well-bucket to a
hogsUeVL f both bilge and straight work,
ou'sh:t notice, and at reuson ible rutcs.
Call jnd examine samples of our work, &3
it i it own recommendation.
iC'.Sui) I. ZI'JLEK X SUN.
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"GOING ALONE."
With curls ia the sunny air tossing.
With light in the merry blue eyes,
With laughter so clearly outringing,
A laugh of delight and surprise,
All friendly assistance disdaining.
And trusting no strength but its own,
His past fears and trials forgotten,
The baby is -going aloue!"
What woful mishaps have preceded
This day of rejoicing and pride !
IIow often the help that he needed
Has carelessly gone from his side !
lie has fallen while reaching for sunbeams,
Which just as he grasped them havellown
And the tears of vexation have followed,
But now he is going alone."
And all through his life he will study
This lesson again and again ;
He will carelessly lean upon shadows
And will fall and weep over the pain,
The hand whose fond clasp was the surest
Will coldly withdraw from his own,
The sunniest eyes will be clouded,
And he will be walking alone !
He will learn what a stern world we live in
And he may grow cold like the rest ;
And juit keep a warm, sunny welcome
For those who seem truest and best ;
Yet chastened and taught by past sorrow,
And stronger and manlier grown,
Not trusting hi3 all in their keeping,
He learns to walk bravely alone!
Ann yet not alone for. our Father
The faltering footsteps will guide.
Through all the dark mazes of earth-life,
And "over the river's" deep tide.
O, here is a helper unfailing,
A strength we can perfectly trust,
When all human aid unavailing,
The "dust shall return unto dust."
lixpciislve Matrimony.
Marriage is in a fair way, just now,
to become a standard topic for news
paper treatment. Half tho editors
in this land of critics arc most graven
ly discussing the difficulties that arc
accumulating in the path leading to
the bridal alt ir. We arc ylad to see
the interest that is taken in the mat
ter; but we are nor, quite sure that
the subject is properly handled. The
most of our editorial bretheren ore
disposed to lay the blame on the ex
travagance of the age, and particular
ly on the expensive habits of our
ladies. The burden of complaint is
everywhere the same. Editors from
Maine to New Orleans, discoursing
on this topic, write alike; and the
same fact, namely, the excessive cost
liness of woman, points the argument.
If this is a true statement of the j
question we have not much to ap j
prehend, as the evil will probably
cure itself, says one of Harper Dro.'s
prints. Women will not be likely
to risk their chances of marriage for
the sake of indulging in extra show.
The truth is, however, that the ex
travoganco of the day is affecting the
habits of our men more powerfully
than those of our women. Luxury
and fashion are costly things for both
sexes. A woman's follies in the exs
pendituro of money usually appear
on her person, and in some of her
" surroundings;'' but a man's follies
are none the less dear because they
are confined to the club-house or
known only to his intimate friends.
If, then, so many women are putting
themselves out of the reach of matri
rnony by their high notions of style,
is it not equally certain that just as
many men perhaps more are voK
untarily placing themselves in the
same position by lavishing thousands
per annum on their own precious
selves?
The decrease of marriages in this
country is obviously among onr most
prosperous classes, and it is compar
atively limited to those sections
which are accumulating wealth most
rapidly. Men and women in these
classes and sections are alike enriched
by the growing fortunes of business
and speculation. Sous aud daughters
share in the father's gains. How,
then, can the evil bear on one sex to
the exclusion of the other? Obser
vation has long since taught us, that
whenever families grow rich the sons
are more extravagant than the
daughters they demand more money
they waste more money, simply
because the ways and facilities for
wasting it are much more numerous
and accessible. The main reason,
therefore, why the number of mar
riages in this class of our population
is declining is because the men choose
to have it so, and not because the wo
men are beyond their capacity to
support. Three-fourths of the bach
elors of our acquaintance are rich
enough to bear the expense even of
the most fashionable women; and
what is equally certain, they are
bachelors just because they are rich.
Wealth often indisposes men to mar.
ry, but it rarely has this effect on
women. At the period of Iifa when
marriage begins to charm the fancy
our fast young men are preoccupied.
They have already, in most cases,
surrendered their souls to other cap
tors. Dissipation and licentiousness
have utterly unfitted them for poetry
and lov?, and they vastly prefer a
midnight debauch to the pleasures
of a fireside and the companionship of
a devoted wife. Talk aa wo mav.
then, of the extravagance of the age,
it ia corrupting our men far more
than our women; and it docs this,
not only by its direct consequences,
but by fostering a cold, callous, vi
cious-hcartedness, which makes mat
rimony too much of a conscience and
a restraint on their unbridled pas
tions.
Men soon outlitc the sentiment of
marriage. Nature provides for its
early development and rapid growth.
If between eighteen and twenty-Gve
years of age young men are absorb
ed with their gross gratifications or,
if they are moral and have the excite
ment of fortune in possession or
prospect it commonly happens that
marringe is less attractive than it
otherwise proves. It is not felt as a
present want of their whole being;
and as marriage with men usually
turns on thoughts arid sentiments be
longing to one given period of life,
and not, as with women, by a sort of
prophetic anticipation of what their
nature will uecd for maturity and old
age, the loss of youthful impressions
is rarely recovered. There have al
ways been dissipated, licentious men.
The fast age is as old as the world;
so far as Smith or Jones has rioted
in sensualism. But this fast age can
not wait on advancing life as its pre
decessors did. It forestalls hope and
heart. It is intensely eager for young
blood and fresh soals. I rcmature
sots, gamblers, rakes abound. Now,
it is just here that tho source of the
decrease in marriages is to be found.
Vice plucks out the hearts of hun
dreds of our young men plucks
them out by the roots and leaves
them no soul to admire and love a
virtuous woman.
Marriage is God's law, nnd men
are not to set it aside. In relatiogjto
his providential, earthly government,
it holds a position somewhat anala
gous to religion in his moral and
spiritual government. All civilized
society is bound not only to recog
nize its sanctity, but to encourage the
extension of its ties and the opera
tion of its restraints over the largest
possible number. The worst feature
of the extravagance of the age is its
influence on domestic character ; but
let it he remembered that there is no
sort of parallelism in its tfi'ect on the
two sexes, for where one young lady
is spoiled by it five young men are
ruined.
Flowers of Speech. A Colonel
W. E. G., then of Ohio, now of Mis'
souri, got of! many good things, and
occasionally was himself made the
subject of merriment. Of the latter
sort was the following: On the last
" Glorious Fourth" the Colonel de
livered an oration at Neosho, down
in the south west corner o Missouri.
Iu the course of a magnificent effort,
which will long be remembered by
the thousands who heard it, the Col
onel alluded to the surpassing beauty
and richness of that section of coun
try, and drew a strong contrast be
tween its present peaceful and pros
perous condition and the devastation
and bloodshed which rioted there
during all the late war. In this part
of his address he used this expression: !
" Yonr children gro"sr around you iu
beauty now your sons like these
young forest trees; your daugh
ters like yonder flowers upon the
prairie." After the exercises the
Colonel and a few friends were chat
ting over meerschaums when a long
drawn-out, busy-headed, grizzle
bearded man, such as these frontiers
only can produce (with two" navies"
and a " bowie'' in his belt), came in
very abruptly and demanded to
know what he meant by the expres
sion quoted above. G. carefully ex
plained the poetic compliment in
tended to the rising generation of
Southwest Missouri, aud added by
asking his grim visitor to " take
su'lhin." " All right, Kernal!" an
swered the now good-humored man
eater; "all right, Kernal! Durn
me ef you ain't a brick! But I sort
o' spicioned you war pokin' fun at
our young 'uns, seein' as how most
of our timber here is wuthiess black
jack, and the prairer flowers durned
weeds!1'
Washington Lodge No 4, A. F.
and A. Masons, of Vancouver, elec
ted officers as follows: Wm. II.
Troup, W. M; J. M. Fletcher. S. W.;
Jared Van Vleet, J. W.;C. li.Ste
gert, Treas ; John EJdings Sec.
The splended bridge over the
north fork of the Yamhill on the road
leading from Lafayette to McMiun
ville, went out with the late flood,
S3ys the Chronicle.
The losses by the late floods in
Washington Territory were heavy
indeed, and.as is generally the case,
they fall npoa men who are illy able
to bear them. .
" Mrs. Dobson, where 'a your
husband?" He's dying, marm, and
1 don't wish anybody to diturb him."
A very considerate woiuaa that.
"Wisdom in Small Lota.
BT JOE BLANE.
Some men are great by chance,
but I know a darned site of them
that are mean from choice. .
There aint no man that's wise;
some aint as big fools as others, how
ever. A rale strictly konscienshus man
won't do to bet unless he's got a
sure thing.
I don't know what a rat terrier
dog was made for; but the Lord
didn't make him in vain. I wouldn't
be vain myself about makin such a
dog as them.
I hav alw uz thot that ef the kolery
could be managed with discreshion it
would prove a public blessing.
A wise man don't do to go to Con
gress; and rnity few uv em do it.
A man that has the each can allnz
come up to the scratch.
I know sum raleroad conductors
that aint as honest as Judas Iskarriot
wuz; but I reckon the rest uv them
iz.
About all the difference I can see
in kourts is that the biggest kourt
has the last guess.
I know some of the best kind of
men that never had an office.
When you meet a virtuous man
order his life-size fotograf. You
can carry all you'll et in a pocket
album.
I never will patronize a lottery as
long as I can hire anybody else to
rob me, at reasonable wages.
Young man, before you try to be
a rascal, hadeut you as well sec if
you woodent make a better fool
- Some men that do a great deal of
bizness in their line, I notice, - do a
great deal of lien in their bizness.
Death, hell and the grave you may
escape, but I'll bet v,ou four dollars
that you have to bi your wife a new
bonnet cf she wants it.
I knowed when all them fellers in
Ohio and New York was a runnin
for office that there woodent be more
'en haf of em get elected.
None but the bravo deserve the
fair, and none, but the brave can live
with some cf em.
Its my opinion that a man ought
ent to have nary confinement. Peo
ple can come near enough a findin
out vure business by pure guessin.
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Singular The following seem
very singular circumstances, to say
the least. They in fact border on
the absurd, but we have no reason to
question the truth of what is said, un
less wo base our views upon the opin
ion we hold of the Editor of the Rec
ord, who is the author of the stories :
One of the horses belonging to the
C. & O. Stage Company lias suffered
the loss of both his hind feet, thpy
having come entirely olf al tho coffiu
joint. The horse has been in con
stant use, and was apparently in
good health, when put in the stall
night before last, but was discovered
yesterday that the feet had eome off
as stated. Of course, he had to be
shor.
Referring to the accident of the
horse losing both his hind feet, men-
tioned in our columns yesterday, a
friend informs us that a similar disas
ter occurred to a horse belonging to
the California Stage Company, iu
1S02, but in this case it was the fore
feet. They came off in a dark night
( the ground being covered with
snow) at the summit of the ''Smith
Hill" in Umpqua county, and as the
darkness prevented the discovery,
the horse was driven on the stumps
of his legs, to Ambrose's station, a
distance of nix miles. Next morn-
ing t he feet were found at the top
of the hill, and the bloody tracks
made by the suffering beast were
plain in the snow along tho road.
Tom Tindal was the driver. The
accident is a very unusual one, and
i3 said by some knowing ones to have
never occurred except in the Pacific
States.
G. L. for Idamo A Grand Lodge
of F. and A. Masons has been in
stalled at Idaho City. Geo. II. Coe,
Most Vvr. G. M.; G. W. Paul, Right
W. Deputy G. M.; the Constitution
of the Grand Lodge of Oregon was
adopted, and Owyhee Lodge No. 5
chartered hy the new Granp Lode.
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Mr. Hazard Stevens has pur
chased the weekly mail service be
tween Dalles and Canyon City . In
a short time he will locate at Dalles
City.
The Cheyenne papers think Wy
oming will yet be a State before
Colorado. Perhaps so if " esti
mates" of population will take the bill
through Congress.
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Annexation.- Mr. J. M. Tan
sycle of Wallula, has introduced a
bill into the Territorial Legislatnre
looking to the annexation of North
ern Idaho.
Charles Prosch & C- . of Olym
pia, are now issuing the Tribune daily J
Incident in the Life of an Operator.
BT HIMSELF.
About 22 years ago, the first tele
graph line in the world was built and
successfully operated, between Wash
ington City and Baltimore. Since
then a net-work of wires have been
constructed through this country,
connecting every city, town and vil
lage of the slightest importance, in
instantaneous communication. There
is hardly a person now living, who
has not, some time or other, more or
less in some degree, have been bene
fitted by the telegraph. There is
hardly to be found a man or woman
to whose heart or pocket the tele
graph has not brought words of com
fort or sorrow. As an operator, I
have, in my long years of toil, no
ticed, perhaps, more extensively than
many others the verification of this
fact. Many, many times have I,
in my capacity as an operator, re
ceived messages of death I shudder
ed to deliver; and cruld not have the
courage to witness the grief, aye, the
agony of the bereaved. Sadly have
I gized upon the anxious faces of
husbands and wives, parents, broth
ers, and sisters, waiting intelligence
from the absent and forever lost.
Joyfully have I hurriedly sought
parties bearing to them welcome
news of the absent and saved. I
have seen eyes grow dim with sor
row I have seen them grow bright
and glow with joy I have thousands
of times experienced pleasure and
pain in consequence of these things,
but never have I experienced the
same sensation as on one occassion,
in 1S34, vhen the life or death of
two innocent men were in my hands,
and but one short minute to save
them in, and 81 miles away. To
give the public a brief accouat of this
occurrence is the object of this sketch.
During Hunter's raid through the
Valley of Virginia and down the
Kanawah, two men, privates, worn
out with fatigue, Ios3 of rest and want
of food, were left behind. As to
their names, condition ia other cir
cumstances, or the incident connect
ed with their enlistment, it is not
necessary to say other th.an they
were substitutes, and 1 am pretty
certain, belonged to Western regi
ments. Oa that unprecedented
march of Iluuter's army up the Val
ley of Virginia, there was not an In
dividual who participated in it from
the highest officer to the lowest pri
vate, but experienced great suffering
and privation. Even now, whenever
we meet with one who participated
in that raid, we can hear of the ex
treme hardships of the men or some
exciting story of a ha;r--breadth
'scape from the enemy, who followed
so closely upon tho line of march.
Then it is not strange that these two
men " straggled," on account of their
worn out condition, and fell into the
enemy's hands.
Father F. believing their state-,
mcnt, became interested, but without
giving any hope for a reprieve, he
charged them to prepare for death.
His only chance was with the Presi
dent, and it being late in the day
too late to reach Washington, de
termined to use the telegraph. He
wrote the message to the President,
giving a concise history of the case,
and appealed to Mr. Lincoln, askiug
God's mercy in behalf of the poor
cast-down prisoners.
The message was sent at once by
Mr. D. J. J , then a military
operator at the ferry, to the War
Department office.
Father F. returned to the cons
demned prisoners and remained with
them until a late hour in tne night,
engaging in religious exercises, pre
paring the men to meet their doom.
The operator remained on duty all
night, anxiously awaiting the Presi.
dent's reply, but there was none up
to daylight, when all the wires com
municating with Washingotn and
Baltimore were down.
Nine, ten and even twelve o'clock
noon came, and yet the wires were
still as death not a particle of cur
rent on them could be " felt,'' or at
one o'clock! Not one word from the
President; all hope was lost! Sadly
nnd anxiously did Mr. L. sit beside
his instrument, adjusting aud watch
ing for the slightest current. Eigh
teen hours of constant and incessent
watch, and yet his hopes were not
weakened. He felt that the Presi
dent would not refuse to save the
men; and although they were to be
shot at 1 o'clock he was sure they
were innocent, ar.d that God would
give them safo deliverance. He re
mained by the instrument, and saw
the proccsiioa paas Lis wiaiow, with
the men seated upon their coflins and
the band playing the " Dead March,"
on the way to the place of execution.
But thirty minutes more and they
would be dead.
And now I must give the part I
performed in this interesting remi
niscence. T was in the Baltimore office. At
10 o'clock a. m., of the day ot execu
tion I was called upon to answer
Di" the telegraph call for the
War Department. I did so, and re
ceived the following message:
Executive Massiok, ,1SG4.
To the Commanding Officer, Har
per's Ferry
Delay the execution of and
until further orders.
A. Lincoln.
"With directions to get it to Har
per's Ferry, if possible, in time to
save the men, as they would be ex
ecuted at 1 o'clock. I felt the re
sponsibility resting upon the tele
graph nnd upon mo as and operator,
but what could I do without a wire?
It is needless to recount the anxiety
which afflicted me during those
hours. Tho lives of two human be
ings in my hands, and I unable to
save them. I tried every means
known to telegraphy', by testing, re
versing batteries, changing instru
ments, feeling and testing for current,
but all to no purpose. Noon . had
passed, and 12 o'clock and 10 min
utes had come, when I heard the ar
mature of a magnet splutter, as if
somebody was at work upon the
wire. There was an unmistakable
indication! There was hope for those
two men, eighty miles away, whose
reprieve I had in my hand! In an in
slant the lever of the sounder fell
with a heavy click and in another
instant I had my key open, calling
" II. F." as fast a I could make the
letters.
No answer?
I called " Frederick (Maryland).''
He answered.
" Is your ground on?" I asked.
" Yes; no circuit west," he said.
" For God's sake take it off, and
save the lives of the men," and made
' II. F." twice. He broke in and
said :
" Here I am saved, thank God.
Go ahead.''
I sent hira Mr. Lincolu's message.
Without waiting to say ' O. K." he
threw open his key, and dispatched
an orderly, who, was in waiting on
horseback, to deliver the message,
directing him to whip tho horse and
run every step of the way.
The place of execution was some
ten miles away, over the Shenan
doah, and the road to the place, for
nearly a mile, extended up the side
of a steep mountain.
The orderly lost no time. He
made his horse fairly fly up the
mountain side; but when he had
nearly reached the summit, the horse
gave oat, and fell with him to the
ground.
Two cavalry-men were standing
near with their horses. The orderly
ran to them, and exclaimed: " In the
name of President Lincoln let me
have one of your horses; I have a
pardon for those men, and can save
them."
Without saying another word, he
jumped upon the back of the nearest,
and put his spurs to the horse's
sides.
As he came in view of the party
who had the work of execution to
perform, the prisoners were seated
upon their coffins, and the men who
were to fire had their guns in hand.
The orderly had several hundred
yards yet to go. He redoubled his
exertions, urging his horse forward.
He reached a point one hundred
yards from the party, when his sec
ond horse gave out, and fell to the
ground dead. His cries were, how
ever, heard by the party, and the
men, who had taken their , aim and
were ready for the signal to fire,
lowered their guns, and the men were
saved.
Mr. Reynolds, the dramatist,
once met a free and easy actor, who
told hira that he had passed three
festive days at the seat of the Mar
quis and Marchiones of .with
out an invitation. He had gone
there on the assumption that as my
lord and lady were not on speaking
terms, each would suppose the other
had asked him, and so it turned out.
A cynical brute says, the great
eat affront you cau offer to a woman,
is to tell her that she is old. Lord
A a courtier, used to say to his
lady, every new-year's day: " Well,
madam, what age will your ladyship
please to be this yeat?"
f ahm item
Tho pleasure of doing, gooa. i
the only one that never wear oat. ?
It is positively a poor practice
to call " book' Urnm" nil bosh," to ig- 0
noro news and Agricultural paper,
and attempt to keep up an even yoke
with yonr progressive neighbor bj
main strefigth and stupidnes.
-It is a beautiful saying of some
body that gratitude is the musio
of the heart when its chords - or
swept by the gentle breeze of ; kimfi
ness." e Many hearts, however, might
as well be strung with hay rope for
all the music of gratitude that er
comes from them.
He is a fool who grumbles at
mischance. Put the best foot cor
ward, is an old maxim. Don ruft
about and tell acquaintances that you
have been unfortunate. People do
not like to h.sve unfortunate acquain
tances. Add to vigorous determina
tion a cheerful spirit, if reverses come,
bear them like a philosopher, and get
rid of them as soon as you can.
Poverty is like a panther- look it
earnestly in the face and it will turn,
from you. '"
From year to year our soils arc
becoming exhausted of their fertility,
while the increased population is con
stantly making greater demands for
human food. The kind of culture
that would have been a success
twenty years ago, would be a failure
now. The farmer must know how
to replace in his soils the exhausted
elements, and how to preserveofron
exhaustion those still fertile. In a
word he must understand his soils,
must know their needs and how U '
supply them.
The principles practically ap
plied, in agriculture, 'constitute a
Cyclopedia of themselves. No other
vocation employs so gjeat a propor
tion of the community, orcontributc
so largely to the general cwelfare.
And yet strange to say, our' pub'.io
schools designed to prepare the stu
dent for the practical business of
life, S3y nothing, teach nothing on
the subject of agriculture. Even in
the rural districts, where ninety nino
out of every hundred of the students,
will either be farmers, or wives of
farmers, agriculture is not taught.
The voice in animals has refer
ence to some immediate objecof per
ception, or to some want, of, which
they are reminded by instinct or mem
ory; and as they seem to be nearly
incapable of forming any abstract no
tions or speculations aparfrom sensi
ble objects, the want of articulate lan
guage must ever oppose an insur
mountable barrier to their prgres
in acquired knowledge, beyond indi
vidual experience, A gentleman of
Inverness, while passing through a
lonely and unfrequented distr.ct, on
a journey in the Highlands of Scot
land, observed a sheep hurrying to
ward the road before him. as if to
interrupt his progress, and at tho
same lime bleating most piteouslr.0
On approaching nearer, the animal
redoubled its cries, and looking sig
nificantly in the face -of the traveler,
seemed to implore some favor or
assistance at his hands. Touched
with a sight so unusual, the gentle
man alighted, and, leaving his gig,
followed the sheep to a field in the
direction whence it came. There,
in a solitary cairn, at a considerable
distance from the road, the shuep
halted, and the traveler found a lamb
completely wedged in between two
large stones of the cairn, and strug
ling feebly with its legs uppermost.
He instantly extricated it and placed
it safely on the ground, while tho
overjoyed dam bleated forth her
thanks in a manner not to be mis
understood. Hides thrown into Cerro Gordo
lake, Cerro Gordo district, Inyo
county, California, come out excel
lent leather at the expiration of six
days. The water of the lake is com
posed of a strong solution of variou
mineral salts. Clothes are ; washed
in the lake by wetting and tice
wringing out. t
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The Queen of Spain is very un
popular with her subjects.' When
she recently returned to Madrid, thv
announcement was made that sin?
would on a given day attend ser
vices at a church, and the hope w.n
expressed that she would be cordial
ly greeted. When the time camrj
the streets were almost wholly de
serted. ' "; '
Ik id believed that Mrs. Denoille
lately captured by the Owyhee Indi
ans is yet alive.ljut it ia not known ex. Q
actly whero fihe has been taken tt.
Mnj. Hunt with all hi available forco
is ia search of the unfortunate woiaau.
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