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THE SMITHS,
And their Adventure with a Robber.
BY PAUL
CRIYON.
Mr, Smith exchanged his slippers for
his boots, and ran first . to Deacon Naf
fles' house, whert he expected to find the
younger Smith who was courting Naffles'
daughter. He was surprised to find the
house all dark, as if the Naffles had retired
to rest and blown the candle oat.' , He
knocked, however, furiously, as the occa
sion required, fter some delay, Deacon
Naffles came down in his nightdress, stared
at Smith ia astonishment, and demanded
his business at that hour of the night.
"Caught the thief locked up in the
granary where's Increase ?"
"Ha ! caught the thief?" cried Deacon
Naffles, who, having lost some property as
well as his aeigaori, was interested in the
intelligence. "Good enough: keep him
till morning."
"'Twon't do !" replied Smith in an ex
excited manner. "He's a desperate fel
low break out I must rai3e the neigh
bors where's my son, Increase ?"
"Oh, Sally is sick to-night, so Increase
only courted about an hour, and then went
home."
"Went home?"
"Yes," said the Deacon, "ahout half an
hoar ago."
The older Smith clapped his hand to
forehead, as if he had been struck by an
idea of some weighty substance.
"Gracious !" he ejaculated.
"What ?" asked the Deacon.
"I believe," stammered the elder Smith.
"I 1 have locked up"
"Wnor
"Increase !"
"I'll bet vou have !" cried the Deacon
1 heard him
was considerably in error. !he truth is,
in closing the window she was pale as
death. The reader may guess the sause
of her agitation when I inform him there
was no Joe Ferris sick with the headache
in the house. She was soon in Mr. Smith's
barn, with her hand on the granary door.
"Joseph," she. whispered.
no reply.
Without any further delay sire. Ferris
having thrown the Ham door wide open, 10
mat sne could see to perform her opera
tions, commenced hammering thejpauiQQ
in a most destructive manner.' 'hjp .
Now Mr. Smith, who was within, was ex
ceedingly astonished at what he heard.-
He certainly wished to get out, but he had
no deaire to have the padlock smashed;
without first trying other means. Some
thing like the truth flashed upon his minds
however when he reflected that the person
who was breaking the lock had called bio.
Joseph, and that the voice was remarkably
like that of a woman's. With great anxi
ety of mind he waited for the door to open
At length the lock was torn away, and
Mrs. Ferris whispered: "Come quick, Jo
seph ! There's no time to lose ! They'll be
here in a minute !"
She caught somebody by the arm, and
somebody followed her out in the moon
light. Then he caught her by the arm,
and both stopped, looking each other full
in the face.
Mrs. Ferris screamed, turned osier than
the moonlight, and dropped her hammer.
md-ois companions were tvinw b;. k..4.
Ft . ft v.
;jrns and his wife were accommodated
rithlodgingt in Mr. Smith's house that
gB
ou
..,iuuging in mr. omitn s bouse that
ghjfc and on the following day, a search
ing been instituted and all sorts of goods
unp on 'Joe's premises, they were both
f Tomoitted to jeil to await trial
L i the Mntenc w convicted
W iff eriffl tYi rmA - - T 1
"J-pfc, U i. . yoa hT. ?" .h. fro ; bat itiruTo "ih. Zl
led Knocking at th nnr. E i. m r, .. . feuuu
,.t . f.r , ... . srv?w ol omunTiite were troub ed no more
"Let me out, said a voice within. rrfih the mvat-rin,,. d;.. r .l.:!
r BITS. rerriS I VnasW nd ibtrl nA tk.
t --.w, uuu hiv uuiikiJB rornem-
er with peculiar satisfaction, the mani
M" mistakes committed on, the night of
JfH adventure with a robber.
The Smiths of Smithville had for a long
time been very much annoyed by the dep- j "I beg of you never to mention this I if
: Br. Lincoln's Oablnel
' W snbjoio a brief sketch of the history of
he Leotlemtn who are to be the "coostitation
j advisers'' of the Prenident for four years:
srearrART or state.
Hn. Wb. H. Seward ia well known to the
onnxj, and therefore it is unnecessary ta
Utors thsn that be was bora in 1801. A law
er if profession, hs has served in the New
JflrE Senate, and has been Governor of that
.jtatr In 1849 he was elected to th Hnit
. lates Senats, where he has over sines eon tin
.Bd,wd where his course is well known.
SHCRETART Of THX TRXA8CBT.
? Imon P. Chase is a native of New
: sur?bire, bora in 1808, and at an early are
Seated to Ohio, bat leaving there efterA
. )r" reridenee. graduated at Dartmouth Col
TO.N. H , and- studied law is Washington
I .J JMer the celebrated Wm Wirt. He ens
t inwj himself during the years of his nrofea-
sooa studies by imparting iontruetioo to a e-
K-?1 seooi rnr beya He was admitted to the
r a, Waabioitton in 1829. and in the follow
J tear retoreed to Oinetanati sad entered
too Ihe praotice of bis profession, ia which be
ion oe to eminence. He was eubseqoeotly
ctt$ nuHer of the U. 8 Senate, aad op-
a tba expiration of his Senatorial term be was
tat 'nomination for Governor of Ohio, aad
'rB- M was again pot in nomination for
l ovejoor, and was arain e eitpl tn
Mr. Bates was oomnlimented with tkm
honorary degree of LL D.t ia 1858, by Har
rard College. Some years before he had beep
ired with the sasae degree by Shcrtief
College, Illinoia
A GLIMPSE AT THE LONDON
Wherever a London
POOR.
it
neara mm say ne baa got to carry the , Mr. Smith was scarcely less astonished
buggy cushions into the granary before he i but recoveiine himself, be said. rathr cfelJJ.t ttbooJ for bova H
mu. iv. considpi inir tun ra-Aumn
"Look here," whispered the elder Smith, "You are out rather late to.night, Mrs.
I beg of you never to mention this I if Ferris : allow mo ro nn kn. "
. . . ... . . . I . . . .11 I 7 " J ..vr....
reoationsotBome unknown invidual, whose it it sliould get out She could not refuse his arm, and When
confused idea concerning the ghu of -prop-j "Ob, IU keep the secret ?" intermpted , she saw that he was conducting her to hie
erty led to the frequent abaaction of di- the Deacon, trying to preserve becoming j house instead of her own, she had not the
rerue gooas nnu cuate irons me premises gianyr. "xne joke is sate, and i d advise power to say a word or make the least re-
iui ue wwoBnna m s larava ana mysie- yvu io nurry nome aud let out Increase,
rious manner. Bags of whjeot and oats " The elder Smith turned upon his heel
Yani8hed from the granary, ork from the and vanished, feeling very weak, probably
cellar, and corn from the cribf; in one night i the effect of the excitement he hud under
a sheep that had just been slaughtered , gone.
cooly trotted away, and on mother occa- Let us now look upon the younger Smith,
sion several gallons of maple jugar evapor-1 who was actually shut up in the granary.
ated in a night time. Milking stools went ! It is now impossible to decribe bis rae oi
off on three legs, and Mr. femith s best axe : finding himself thus
was found to have "cutstick.'f SJlaebains thoutinor until ho was
became "rattlesnakes and cileptP; iron; deaf, he closed hi
wedges made splits in the Smnth property; down on a bag of meal to await the result
boots walked away, and "jacl! rode on the Increase had not been long in this dark
"saw-horse." dungeon before he heard a noise in the barn.
Vain were all the efforts oft the elder and Supposing it was the 6ld man, who, having
younger Smith to discover the mystery j discovered his error, was com ng to liber
of these disappearances and to entrap the ' ate him, his anger evaporated, and he could
offender. Despairing of bringing him to , not help but laugh at the ludicrous mistake.
justice, the Smiths found that they could But there was a mystery about the sounds
do nothing more than to take measures ; be beard, which caused the younger Smith
to ensure the safety of their property. . to doubt whether they were made by his
Accordingly tbey built a newgranary,witn rainer, alter all. Me listened. The kev
strong walls, a narrow grated window and turned cautiously in the lock. Slowly the
neavy oaxen aoor, to wmcn;was auauneu . uuur upeneu, wnne increase scarcely brea-
formidabla padlock. Xb prison-nice , tnea. omebdy entered noiselessl v. he
in paner
i
is bant to say where it does not there column
after column tells of hopelese daatxtuUoa, starv
iog masses, towns bsseiged by stsre famine,
neg ected desert, unrequited iaeassry, starva
tion and nakedness st oat very dosra, sad all
that we might ex past to hear ia the stoat op
pressed region of tbs Ooaiinent after it had
hsse ilUged by invades, or sasatereri
famine combacs its thousands. The dtstreaM
iu uib metropolis is oeeosaiog a met of Euro
pean dimensions; it vies with the epsning of
v bma, it bests the siege or Gteta, aad occupies
a larger place than the fortunes of several ra
ess and empires now hanging on the die.
Crowds appeal to oar aid, and crowds still
more importunate proffer their arms to our
selves, to police magistrates, to bankers to al
most anybody except the poor-rats oolite lor
and the parson, both with better ehtisas to - ad
minister a nation's charity. Who weald act
be starving at seek a time T Certaialy, as we
return boms ia the dusk, feel the frost retuns
iuf , relax st s good ire, sad count the minutes
to the dinner bell, it is natural that ws should
Deatow a fpare thought on the poor
IN8ANE ASYLUM.
We have received, says the Raleigh Banner,
frees Dr. fisher, So: ndtnt, ths "Rtport
of the Pressaeat sad Di testers and Superiatsa-
dent of the lassos Asysass ef North Carolina,
for years ending Nov 1, 1859, and 1860."
Frcea it ae learn that the patients admitted
frees Nee. 1, 1868 to Oet 81, 1866, were 168;
Of which Bum her 84 were males sacL64 fs
males. Patients so the Asylum I daring' ths
two years. 302; males 188, females 116. Be
psaiaing Oet. 81, I860, 179; stales 114, fe
rns ise ee. rstssets etssasrged
easseaetrt, sad deaths, 188; males 71.
K61 Beseeerod. 87 males and 17
Death 33. wf whotn ii died tka U.t
entrapped. After
ii'i-uo ann naariu
teeth angrily, and sat
a
a
portion1 of the barn was suffibiently large j touched young Smith's shoulder as he naa
to allow the Smiths to lockup with the sed, and began to explore the further part
grain a great deal of portable property,
such as was most likely to tempt the cupid
ity of thieves.
. After the granary was finished, a month
passed, during which time the depreda
tions of the robber or robbers was coo
fined to the orchards and hen roosts, when,
late on Sunday evening, the elder Smith,
as he was sitting, tipped against the kitchen
wall, smoking his pipe, preparatory to re
tiring, bethought him that ho had neglec
ted to lock the granary before leaving, the
barn. This was by no means a singular
circumstance considering that,the granary
was usually locked by the yoiroger Smith,
who bad that night "gone a courting."
It was a moonlight evening, and Mr.
Smith on approaching the barn, was con
siderably startled at seeing the door ajar.
Certain tf Kin'mo aVint t Vo V. -
. NVVl OU UUUI
previous, Mr. Smith thought of robbers.
His suspicions were confirmed when, on a
nearer approach, he plainly heard a move
ment in the barn. Too cautious to endan
ger his life by boldly attacking the robber,
Mr. Smith, with considerable trepidation,
resolved to watch his movements and disco
ver who he was.
Looking through a crack on the east
side of the barn, he saw a dimj ghost-like
figure glide across the floor towards the
granary. A happy thought eptered Mr.
Smith's. brain. Stealing into the barn, he
crept slily along the mow unl near the
granary, when clap ! he sb4t the door,
adjusted the padlock, turned te key, and
was off as for his life. -
It was impossible to say what made
Mr. Smith tremble so It' might have
been the smothering cry of alarm which
issued frou the granary walls in a Way
fully calculated to awaken suspicious fears.
But Mr. Smith never owned he was as
white as a ghost, or as white as they are
supposed tb be.
, "What's the matter ?" cried Mrs. Smith.
"I've csught the robber !' he) ejaculated
in a breath. "He's locked up in the gran
ary. Give me my my boots." j
"What what what are yu going to
&r ;
"Get help. He's a desperate fellow,
and it would be dangeroue to meddle with
him alone."
It is impossible to describe the excite
ment of Mr. and Mrs. Smith on! that mem
orable occasion. The latter took it upon
herself to load tDe muskeg while the
rinj no
onvinced
t caught
for as-
of the dungeon. Increase dropped on his
hands and knees, and taking advantage of
the noise made by the rob)r. he crept
out. Then to shut the doof "and lock it
was the work of a moment So8rebodr
. t er
was iocxed up.
Listening for a moment, and
j sound, Increase became firmly
mat ne naa committed no error.
a real thief, and went immedia
sbtance.
Shortly after, and very mucfi
of Irs mistake, the eld or SmirV
into the barn and approaehed the
It is necessary here to observe that
der Smith locked up his own son wi
O a aT i
xey wtneb be had carried with him
carelessly left it in the lock on e
the granary, and which the younge
uau uarriea away.
i Ajid now the. elder Smith mad
open the door.
"Increase !" he called, putti
inio tee granary.
No answer.
"Are you asleep ? Come ro
playing any trick with nre it
- . 1 n TP jSY
uukHtKe ior l really took you to
rob" ., T ; . -
, Mr. Smith'f voice was stopped by a vio
lenroibw upon the mouth, and in an instant
waa fumbled down amidst a wilderness of
barrels, bags, rakes and shovels. Mr. S.
was considerably stunned by the blow and
the fall, and when he got upon his legs
again, the door was closed and locked
Mr. Smith was a prisoner. I leave the rea
der to imagine his feelings.
Meanwhile, Increase was raising . forces
to assist in taking the thief out of the gran
ary in safety, Having first told his story
to Mrs. Smith who waB greatly astonished.
ho hastened to alarm Joe Ferris, a stout
fellow who lived in the woods near oy, and
who complained ef losing quite as much
property as the Smiths. . Mrs. F. put her
head out of the window, and wanted to
know what increase -wanted. The man
asked for Joe. After some hesitation; the
woman replied that her husband hadthe
headache, and could not get hp.
"But we have got the robber caughjf i;
"Oh, have you ?" said Mrs. Ferris,'?! a
feeble voice. "How fortunate ! But as
my husband has the headache, I think you
had better keep the man till morning."
"No we'll have him to-night!" cried
Increase and away he ran.
now it tbs young Smith thought he was
ISLn lil t'. I ASaSlAa ,1 i . V . .1
n: ' , , . . i .ww. w tod eiecwa to mat post
iue gooa iauy s leeiings on oemg brought t ?o j Kneentiy be wa a second time elected
before Mrs. Smith, can be more easily im-. V- 8 Senate, and took his seat at the
agined than described. In her fear and t!ertestion on Monday,
confusion she confessed some very startling If skcbitary of war
facts, and with tears in her ey-s begged Ht. Simon Cameron served an spprentiee
her "kind, dear friends" to be merciful 4p o the priotiog busines at Harrisburg,
aud not expose her. Mrs. Smith recovered el1 'bseqoently worked as a journeyman in
from her amusement, and exclaimed. "H flssbgton city In 1821, when a voins-
nomination for
tant General ofl
was appointed bv
West Point: and
Lnfl. J r,d Mr. Smissa. wholBligj . )e qclined tbc offer of a
was not the least excited of the thrfj BT r ' M
dulged in some em. v sensible rWrimf -cw.uu; yivanis; m toai tie
Meanwhile Joe Ferria who ... th J ?0?aV Jkion a visitor to
that had t,ken the vounger Smith's nl.ee J8 Ibe min d-e,fMd
, " : F luongiw. ror m
in the granary, and gave it np in tarn to
the elder Smith, went home by a circuitous
route, wondering by what strange accident
he happened to be caught, and congratula
ting himself on his escape. He had reach
ed his door, when hearing his name called
by somebody in the road, he turned around
and saw three men going by.
"Joe Ferris, is that you V oried the
voice of the younger Smith. "Come on if
you are ready. I've got Bill Hodge, and PVisaa press. He formerly I
Mr. Blake, and I think we'll be enough fori P5tm2leT of Hrlordt nod"
that one thief, but the more the martTer so I 4pistratioo, nd left the
come on. I knew you would go in for the
fun in spite of your headache.
Joe was as much in the dark now as
when locked in the granary ; he concluded
it would he best to put on a bold face, and
accompany Increase, and so he declared
himself ready and jumped over the fence.
At first he was afraid of committing him-!
self, but the conversation, by the way
ws va etstivti w VUV wy C J www wyvv U U U
showing him, as ho thought, exactly how0 ttdcr,i taking a prominent part in its
f oiie ana national.
tb ground lay, be laughed heartily at la Zl' rT stiooai. ue was a
queer manner in which the thief was caught, ! dSl r" State at large to the Chicago
and volunteered to be first to enter the -SSI? 1! ,7a ,f ?om'
granary where he foe- confine at the
mauuu. ng WSS Si-
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aal
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4
khamed
i .awaked
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m ' : ay
81 Br
BBB BBS
wm . ...
as ssr
BV O
- -ssa
nomination for
anv years he ha hen nmm.
ineotlf identified with the works of internal
tiproement in Pennsylvania, and for twenty
seren years was eashier of the fciddletown
Bank in that State. Hs was also formerly
President of the Lebanon Valley Rtilroad
Oompioy, and President of the Commonwealth
infursfeee Company.
secretary or the navy.
Ho. Gideon 6. Welles is a native of Con
n.ptici.t, and a well-known contributor to the
held the office of
Mr. Van Bu-
office innn mf.
kCthr election of General Harrison in 1840.
EjrinH a part of Mr. Polk's administration he
eupiid an important position in ths Navy
Baparment. Like many other prominent
Northern Democrats, Mr. Welles disagreed
wtth b s party on the subject of the repeal of
assouri compromise. The territorial
qth being the chief one at issue, he be
otMoe Mentified with the Bepubliean party soon
r rlk organiEation, and has since been one
who save to do ires, dinners aad everything
for selves, wives sod families on 10s. or 12a.
s week. Bet they are act the objects ia this
national calamity, which, somehow, seems to
bsve been got up on the spar of a sharp frost.
There are people with absolutely nothing.
Yes, in this Christian country, it is assessed,
apparently without contradiction , that there
are thousands hundreds at this police court,
hundreds at that, 1,600 at the Thames Police
i.ou-t alone all said to be without a hit of
Oread, or of coal, still mors neoeesary just now.
it ts'impoaaible tot to atdr, what has become
oi our poor law.? Where is the Relieving
Officer? Are there sot Boards of Gxardiaas?
D n't we pay heavy poor rates f Yes, indeed,
we do Tbexe u a rina at the hell. "Plmu
sir, the collector, for the last quarter's poof
rate; and be sjs there are two quarters due 'l
' Well, what is it r "For the two quarters,
7 18s." That it no trifle on a rent of 15C
a year; but as they say others are paying s
good deal more, aad there happens to be the
wnervwiioai in i Hi a ease, the rate is paid, and
this modest residence, in a street of a hundred
ousc, pavs nearly a sniUtag a day to the sup.
port of the poor though we do not happen t
know a single pcr.-on to our vicinity who can
be reallynmff YJrtsvw dira for relief.
' London News, Jam. 11.
The
"The mortality was not colt Stat
it t'.
taw way saw mas year, oat twice as great as
the pveeeolag oae, wheo the deaths reached
too to aetnber. Tail retail is to be attributed
to the prevalence of dysentery, in an epidemie
form, which made its ap pea ranee in ths Spring,
sad con ti need through the atamtT aad a por
tion of tee Pall moo the , um
"those who wars roffererj from an attack of the
epidemic, were some, who, notwithstanding ths
stsoy years they had peeted with lesson da
ta rocad, pretested the ttogoktr sad
pnenomsoon oi aa enure
It WW
of
that a fatal tarmlaaftWatt.n'iW Ai l
tiasi, bswsver,
daring thatr ills
tr, that ks sash
DENSITY OF POPULATION IN f HE
UNITED STATES.
Some of the facta disclosed oy the teases
are that the noo-tUveaohiiag States are twice
as dense as the sUveaeMiogStatas Ths Mid
die States are the fleasst; next, the New See -lead;
then the Northwest; then the South, and
lastly the Southwest. The States taken to
gether htre a density, of about sixteen to the
siusre mile With the density of Sweden aad
Irorwsy, which are the least populous of any
European States, the United States would have
forty-flve milHees ef inhabitants; with the den
sity of Russia, -ever eighty million; with that
of Spain, two bead red million.: of Franoe fi
hundred ml! lb aw; of Britain, six hundred aad
sixiy millions; sr Belgium, eleven hundred
and fifty millions '
la popaUaoo, the United States it probably
Eooeded oory by four of the European Pow-
exceeded
aw. -
era, namely, Russia, Austria. Fraoea nJ tK.
Em sirs in Kuroaa. It U nrl
T , -
SSI MnnlAB . . I. C3 1
- r-r - m i iwiis, epaiu or
orkcj, and is equal to the aggregate populs-
ton.of twenty-four out of toe thirty seven
States of Kerepe.
LBritish
rune twire at
1
' THE TEXAS WHEAT CROP.
The Galveston Civilian, of the 22d ultimo
has the following: '
ine wheat eroo of NortKerr. T... t.
HOW JL U. 8. COMPANY WAS SAVED.
We have been informed by so officer of the
United States army, of a most remarkable in
stance of iogeuoity sad presence of mind ia a
sergeant oi the army, wbtsb octal ted a fewJ.i 7T7 .
weeks ago, by which he saved hi. own life and K,!T-!!Et' Wr..tfc
seated as
unusually protaiasas A l.rr
imonn t nt mA k... W M . B
that of bis party
A sergeant with about twenty-five
bad been sent out some mi Us from Fort Dwfl-
anoc, New Mexico, to guard some stock which
wore seot to grass, when unexpectedly they
found that the party were surrounded by about
lour hundred hostile Navajo ladiaas. The
brave and skilful sergeant took position on oa
era men oe, ana by a volley
ollsv from the lone si
iog rifles of bis party at first drove off the sav
ages, who however, soon rallied, and prepared
to storm the small party oa all sides. The
sergeant, in taxing his brain for an expedient
by wbioh to convey intelligence of the deeper
ste peril in wbioh his party was placed, took a
tingle dog which had accompanied the party,
fastening to his collar a note written with a
pencil, informing the commander at the fort of
his situation, took a Ua cup
hat
is well
crop
nigtily favorable, and the slant
vaoced aad thrifty. The ere hi m
i?1Jefer0 C0" Herald, of the
16th ultimo, says :
We are informed by persons roosatly from
the upper eeeaaes that the prospect U fine for
sa oousuaU, large crop of wheat. A greater
u Hioaaatogiy laxunaat
PUTRIDITY IN WELLS.
Sometimes ths water ia wells
quirts a put red tasto and small, as
animal matter was undergoing decay therein,
j-- " mwih ciriiui s.
not to be ths cats. The
i ii a a sf ' T" wwv m a uutu
-1 ,. i.u..H6JV;uuN, H in uu- soone si the Presidential electors.
ui me vuuueer omuii s uismav on
g, instead of the thief, his own father
ck and key.
glee the men proceeded at
nary, where Incre.se pro-
companions to go into the
tern, and see if his father
pon which Joe Ferris laugh' Fpubiicta of moderate views
r J i l. f
uu auvisru me jruuugiT
and bring the old man if
re to be found.
8ECRETABY Of TBI IlfTXRIOl.
Hon. Caleb B Smith is well known in In,
disea, ,iud is reported to be possessed of a vig
o(Ouv intellect, snd considerable administrative
t5t.0 bily He has been frequently a
Whig Member of Congress, and was com mis
siooer t Mexican claims. Hs is now a R.
with .lad ttdinga, he
cried Bill Hodge, "the grana-
n, and the thief has broken
out.
Increase, came back filled with conster
nation, aud Joe Ferris waa no less surprt
sed. 1 1
The strange events of the night were.
mvolved in a deeper mystery than ever,
when the elder Smith, having heard of the
approach of Increast-ajuAhis.. ruonafrtons,
made hit appearanjte with a light.
"Hallo, neighbor !" cried Joe Ferris,
"what is all this hubbub about ? Increase
has been telling us about thieves."
ui I, - .. ...
"i aeciare, lather, said the younger l
omun, -alter you shut me up, 1 shut up a
real thief, and left him in my place ! "
"I know it, your mother told toe," re
plied the elder Smith, "aad when I came
to lei you out" .
Oh, I tee all !" groaned Increase, "he
mw- j wo
to come
So Wing, the elder Smith held the lan
tern up to the face of Ferris, who turned
ghastly white and trembled as if he had
been in an ague fit.
The whole affair was now explained, to
the astonishment of everybody and Joe F.
in particular, who was too much astonishsd
to make any resistant while
M POOTafASTEa-OENEaAL.
Jhe 'Hoo Montgomery Blair is a soa of
Franci; P. Blair, one of the editors of the
Glebe , the organ of Gen. Jaeksoa daring hit
admin L tratioo. For several years past he has
ratided. with bis father, in Montgomery eouaty,
Md Is graduated at West Point, went to
the stiVt of Missouri, practiced law at St.
iouis, taa made judge, and was appointed by
f-resiaYt fierce solicitor ot elsims, from wbicb
MCe hi was removed by i resident Buchanan
Judge Slair is now in the prime of life, aad a
warm ftepubhsao. Ue a ton in law of. the
Itts Hit. Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire,
ssa or tutr ot frank r. Blair, Jr., A;ongrett
naa eiitt from the St. Louis Dmtrios.
ATTORNEY OSMBRAL.
. Hon. Edsraid Bates was born in Goochland
Qtniv.-Va . in 1793, and in the war of la 12
served as a volunteer at Norfolk. About 1814
as rts dnt for St. Louis, aad erossed .the Mis
rimrfppi -or the first time, on tbs 20(h ef April.
Bets be studied very diligently in the oftce of
Kafus tton, a Coooecticut mae, aad Mme
iiao a delsrate in Cob teta from M 1 ! i
fsryttocV. Mr Bales came to the bar hi the
Wjnier a 181617, and practiced with fair suc-
Vm as r. beginner. In 1853 he
in htrh Ksa vasa
" k,aa uw tvtaa uut a 1 ran art j rass -ia. aa . a . . -
Some pebbles, which were nnnhni uh . nM. i v : . , n-nseiOSS taUs'OT
of cloth over the top, fastoned it with a atrirg I the thoroodsisAiop oTSLJUT wTt
to the doe's tall, aad started him lone, know . .K.!?!l' 7! . tT WUTr hl
ing that he would, iu his ahViaht. ran f. is. L... 1.7. z Dfl"fi.
fort. Hs dsohed with the greate&t speed to
Fort Defiance: the note was disco vend and
rssd
Straightway a party was sent to the res
cue, and arrived j oet in tone to save the -lives
of ths whole party. This sergeant justly mer
its a 00 01 mission, which, we hope, will ho
swarded him by the President.
ATaarecAy Flag.
cot away
'es. arid shut me up !"
"And how did vou oat ont ?
1 v o - - - tr" y -- mi ww uo was eieciea
" 11 Ji iae lDieI e we naa the Rinaneso tage ex, the land Court ef St. Louts county,
ome and break the look ?" Khd after serving io ths ofiee about three
nrtars h( resigned and returned again to ths
practice 01 the law. tie acted as president of
the nvst aad harbor improvement ooavsalisa
which Stt at Chieago, sad Ln 1868 acted as
president of tbs Whig National Convention
wnicb tact at Baltimore. In 1860 he
annointnd bv President Pillmnr r.A Annc
by the Senate, Secretary of War, but dcebasa
4 the appointment for personal and domsstM rta-
(SBJtsOISI j i
HELPER IN NEED OF HELP.
Helper, the notorious anther of the Impeo
ding Crista, is lecturing oat West, where he
does not appear to have a more brilliant iba.
oats tnea atOnsded his efforts in New York
The Dayton (Ohio) Empire says hs was in that
..... a a v sx . st
town lately, aad that tells bow be fared : The
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uait was iiguww up. twenty terse tietets were
Kld, aad afssr waiting a reeesmUe time far
stare customers, the agent slipped away sad
the gas was turned ofl. The proprietor wa
at a ate hoar last night, endeavoring to find
the aatbor of the '-Impleading Otitis, who, it
eems, was endeavoring to escape the coat
Hucw ui uis own wore, wo were aco aa oa
a aw m 1 b
tireiy diaatsrostsa observer of the coarse of
events, sa ths ag ot bad aegjeeted to meet sa
)r,iiiiij viirio mm uut BUB Ulf r.
avr more or lest in oontaai witk tx. ,
The next day the water was sweet as ever, ,1m
the case of a cistern of filtrrsd rain water, the
efsje remedy of agnation was reamrted tn uk
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Thb Elbcmob ra Arslahbas. The Little
llook (Arkansas) State Geaetss of the U tan .
oys that in many port, of the Seats not ptore
than half the usual vote was polled. ' Bad
fm all asmctseal purpesat weeJd have beew im-
Ncti
cing sa
take some fins oil
then pot it oa
till it boils. Then
ibicknet with
CHEAP PAINT.
a inoairv for a ehean naint. in
put ea eld heildtngs. fa aaewer I would say I
bate bad se experience in that Ihre, snd wt'L
give the desired information. In the first o's
mix it with cold water;
and keep stirring it
it to the reonsired
warm water. If awn mAA It
white, stir ia whiting; er say ccJeVyou like
Apply with a brush, the sasae as paint It
fills the pores ia the weed, as that aflat two,
ooata, it will cost no mors ta naint aw nU knn.
ding than it would a new one. It penetrataa
the wood, and does not peal ofl like whitewash
It it never tafs to paint over whik T.
a mmmmm
win last a number of years, as ths
os tee steal teepe it from washing
oily
Oisi Thousand Dollais Rrwaed Gov
nor Ellis hat iseoesl bis iwnnjasaslfsi -m
reward of 81,000 for the arrest of James R
8. Chipman. late of the eeaaty of Gwirrcrd
who is ebtrged with tha . artJ
Penix, late of the same county. Chip mail w
described at being 9 feet 8 or 10 ieebet Ufa,
it sparely bellt, sad bss back hair sad aoZT '
tttatH'esv t
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Tobacco Stalks One sf oat
says : "We made Last y tar s better crop of
- . !. - t ..... -T
www, maoureu exclusively with
ttian we have ever made with a
aao. The stalks from four seres will
one sere abundantly ''
tttarrTAitcxs ro Ibblabd. Dtuhtsr the ft
aouth, sadiag the lot of FaWuary, lie ser
vant air is of Ciaeiaaaii asms to tWr
ami friends io Europe, the teat of 884
iae rstaistaacos vary from 88 U 826
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Give the devil his data. Certaialy; says &
u temporary ; but it ia bat tar to ban an Am
due" rri!' wiU wHhiag
Staar KZ3awt saVVa. Tsmr - mtpjroasavBsaa
tatsretevaavsam two tVctt
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