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FAYETTEVILLE N.'O.
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- On UAT, H intfvjo Jess Irt iHiot$ir(K
"L.-f. ! 6h.iab4etxueutiiisertion.J.. SO-
For sir taonths, VX)4
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Fo&Qa Coluian, 20 squares. 3 months, . . 75
squares.
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4 X - : OFFICE,
-1 :Fatettkville, Nov. 10, 18G7.
Hereafter tend nntU further notice the Miiils
will
-18 at this ofGce as follows. ?-
Going North, East Ami' South via 'Warsaw Sunday
Tudj tiid Thufsulri'T; at 9 j. m.
Going North nd West, via W. Il. Il., Haywood.
Fitteboro and Raleigh every duy except Sunday's at
1 l-2p.no: . I
r CurthAge.'Troy and Ashboro Monday and Friday
at 3 p. ntrr-f A-IO 1 1 :
IJcUIgmrriVddel)trO, And offices on the "Wil.
Ch. and Jlnth'd li. li. via Wilmington Sunday at 9
p. ni. Viii Lnnibcrton Friday at 0:30 a. m.
Swift Inland." vialieimUH ViaeyanL L'osticks Mills,
CoTingtp. I'oweltton, Little's Mfli-?. Mangum, Mount
bile and Albemarle every Tuesday, at 0 p. m.
JSaleh, yia Mill. Grove. Summer villa and Chalk
lefeleTery Monday at 6:30 a; m.
v ,1 , GEO. LAUDER, P. M.
. : SCALE OF DEPEE CI ATI OH-
Scale of itreciaiion'ojotifederale Currency
P the jold dollar, being the-utut and measure of
value JTrom Xov. l'd., 1861, to May 1st.? 18G5.
Months.
January,
February,
March,
April,
Hy.
June,
July,
August.
lbGl.
182
18(uJ
1804. 1865.
$120
.J 30.
1 50 J
1 50 '
Ll 50
.1 50
f :i'5o'
$3 00'
3 0Q
4 00
5 00
.5 50,
6 50
9 00'
$21 00 $50 00
2i 00
23 00
20 00
19 00
18.00
1 00
3 00
25 00
.50 00
GO 00
100 00
U 50
14 00
September, 'I 00
Oetober, 2 00
N member, $1.10. ; 50
December, T lo ' " 50
Dia' 1 to 1(1 inchtsivef t
Ioc. 10 to 20 inclusive. ;
Dec. 21 1 to $lj inclusive, ' j j
14 00
14 00
15 00 ,
20 00
2G 00 i . .
30 00 - -
' : coo oo
35 00
42 00 000 00
.49 00 0C0 00
. HY HIDNIGHT PERIL
The bight of the seventeenth of Octiober-
Tshall 4?ver forget-its pitchy darkness, the
roar ofUhtf auUimrial wind through Utfe lone
forest) utid tlie incessant down-pour of the
rnirrf '1 had heard of lonely wayfarers? be
iiig Jijsiii'he!wpod3,' Vieiore, and, I' pitied
thembut now L fully realized t!e vague
rfrr danger 'which broods
over t fae Lost! t is f. 1
Tliiscomes jof short cuts,' I mifttered
keeniificloe to tlie ivevio as toji avoid
tlufdeep ravine, through vl.ich I could iist ;
hear thcroar oflhe turbulent stream some)
lorty oxililty leel oeiow, luy uiouurau com
- ... T I,Mwrtif It'll. if ItlUT if lw rfw.il"!( !
consequences clVmis step or a move in tiiu
wrongjlirection. Why had I not been con
T tented to keep in thejiigh road.
I should iave reached the railroad station
an hour ago 'if I had not! foolishly rmagiued
that t!ie; Wood pa' th rnigh t be m o re d i rect ;
now I hae'wandeied off,' rio body5 knows
how many miles out of civilizationand if
I escape with.a whole skin and sound bones,
I shall consider myself particularly lucky.
Hold onwas that a light, or are my eyes
playing me ail false fas 'did my common
peiisc? .:i'ff j., . 1 ' . '
1 stopped, holding on to the lew, res-
inAifi hnnrrhs nf ri. hnndock that crrew on the
iiiuiivj w w. - - a
ed"c of the bank, for it actually seemeoas
if the wind would seize me bodily and hurl
me down the precipitous descent;
It was a light thank Providence, it was
a light, andno lgnug-fatuus or corpse-gleam
to lure me on to destruction.
'Ilalloo-o-o-o !'' '' -
My voie;ratig through the yvooils like a
clarion, strengthened by the energy of ides-
Deration:, the light hesitated, oscillated back
and tprth,.anu4maliy stooiiiiu. 1 piungeu
onward through taqgiea vines, dense Druirs
and rocky banks, until, gradually nearing,
I could perceive a bent figure wrapped in
un old oil cloth cape or cloak, carrying a
lantern." As the'dim light fell upon his face
I almost recoiled. Would not solitudeaud
the woods be preferable to the companion-
aiiin oTsb a
oltl man? wBunts"tooIate "to" recede
now I 7
oi,watitingt iieinarl'ed,Hyith-a:pe-
rulial motlioh of the lips that seemed to
reavelhig yellow stumps all bcre. !
I amJo6t in the woods; can you direct
me tq it
Yes; Ii
station? ' 1
- station is twelve miles from
bere.'j J
Twelve mil est'
I stood aghast.
vi
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Can ySb.tell me'oC any ihelter.
btaia foe the. night V , r
could
.v:i-.' ' ' .
W hzrtrnrerfw goi n
. To Drew's, down by the maplewamp.'
. Is it a iiUrn.15 rl majld
?Ayiuld .they Jtakeme tor; the j night V
could nay them, yvell.
it iii
fliti eves gleatii'er the yellow 6tumps
ft
stood revealed once1 more. v V'
I guess sou :VTiikt. V taverobutj tolks
ao 6top t Hero orcein awhueJ
jrrirorn-er r; 1'-,; '
n Kot very; about lialf mile,
Then let us make ttaete and reach
&hi if6ochea,to7ttfe' iMaJ!'J f : -
it. a
fvc plodded-onr- rpy . companion more
than keehmffnAceAvlth methough he must
H?'!tt!,?;l""rtiiity-.- irresently: we
lelf tfje edgof ;tfj
se'emwl . like tracklHSi- woods,' i af )d keepi n g
sttalglit'on 'utitil the flights of some.' hibita-
tiorirgleamcd mJuilyitUrough! the.wct.ypli
aw
It was a ruinous old place,ith thft
win-
dows all dowii'to.otio side as if the founda:
t loji IittdjBctt led, Jtnd t he'pillh r8 'of bnr oil
r.clVai rot j iifiay; q t AfaiBirr
tion had. settled, and tlie ViUars of anrKo!d
cuttle could scarcely: hate looked pleasant
and
wenrv as I Was.- ; ;v .,
;f.A' Svoma n, 'answered my fel 1 0 w-trave
lef's
knocka woman apparently about thirty
five years 'of age.'with reddish;brown hair,
wound ill thick braids about her head and
curious, half-shut- eyes. My ; companion
whispered a word to iler, and she turned to
me with smooth voluble words of welcome.
; She regretted the poverty of their accom-,
modations, but I was welcome to them;
such as they were.'
Where is Issac?' demanded my guide.
IIe has not come in yet.' ..
I sat down on a wooden bench beside
the fire, with my valise close to me, while
the woman threw on fresh logs, drew put
a round pine table, and produced bread,
cold meat, and a bottle of some spirituous
compound. 1 ate a few mbuthfuls of bread,
butdid. not touch the other articles J
j'l should like to retire as soon as possi
ble,' I said, for my weariness was excessive.
'Certainly, the woman started up' with
with alacrity. ' : - '.."'' 1
Where are you going to "put him V ask
ed my guide. . -4 ; :: - .i -
Up chamber.' ' ;
Tut him in Isaac's room,
No :
'It's the most comfortable.'
'I tell you ?io '
But here I interrupted the whispered col
loquy.. ; - . , ;" ; ..." ..... ...... .
'I am not'particulnr 1 don't care where
yOu lodge me, only make haste." ! : 1
The womans smooth nnolouies were pro-
fuse. 'She only Wished to make me corn-
IHCaaoig .i'.'?. "'f3 joJays 1 e a i4JBOt 1 n
wet
step ladder that stood in the corner, of tl
room, "into an apartment ceiled with slop
inn btiiius and ventilated bv one small win
dow, whi-rt a cot bedstead," crowded close
against t h board pailition, and a. pine ta
ble, wilh one or two chuiis, formed the so
attempts at 'iarnt'nre "
The w oid a if set the light on ojUum p-
on tut? rao'e. 1 .
Any tiling I, can, getfoytm.-ftr V
'Nothing, I tmmk'you.1-" ?
'1 ho!e vu'!i sivti wrll.ir when shr
il
call you Y: 4 ;
a.
xt lour o'ciocii in t lie morninrr, ir vj
piease.
1 must walk.' over to 11 -statidn
in time for the seven o'clock express-
She wirhdrew, leaving jne. alone in the
"loomy little apartment. I sat down and
looked around me with no very ajireea
sensation. -
i Wearied. as I had become I felt no iricl
nation to sleep in fact, it seemed as if I
'had never been more wakeful in all my lifij.
I walked- np and down the narrow room; I
lav down on the bel, trying to woo slumber
s ' I
oy listciiing to the ceaseless drip, drip of the
rain upon, upon the roof; but my brain seem
ed preternaturaily, actjve. , J
I will sit down and write to Berenice, 'I
thought. 'That will soothe my nerves and
ninnf, nlp.."merhans-
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I descended the ladder. The fire stil
glowed re'dly - on the stone beneath; my
companion and the woman sat beside it1.
talking iu a low tone, and a third person
sat at the table eating a short, stout, vil
lainous-looking man in a red flannel shir
and muddy trowsers.
I asked for writing-materials. A bottle
of ink, d stumpy pep a"n!d a couple of sheets
bf soiled paper were brought out of a little 1
cupooaru in me cnunney, ana 1 reiumeu
to my room to write to my wne.
JVw Darling Berenice
I paused and laid down my pen as I con
eluded the words, half smiling to think
what she would say could she know of my
strange quarters- she, ; my fair Italian
flower, now regaining tho lost roses unded
balmy sky of her native land.
Sweet little Berenice! 1 She, at least, wad
spared the perils of this stormy midnight
Not until both sheets were covered did
I lay aside my pen and prepare for slumber.
'As I folded the paper I happened tu glance!
toward my coucn
Was it the gleam of a human eye observ-
ing
me through the
cracKs
1
of the board
partition, or was it but my own farreyT
Whatover it was, it senta cold chill through
the' very. marrow ot my bones- I took my
light to reconnoitre. : 1 iiere was a oracki
wre but only blank darkhess heyondjyet
L could have, sworn tjiut something .had
sparkled balefully at me,
' ;i tookMt'y watliTT'it was oneoclock
It Wttsca.rcety worth while for me to un
dress for three hours sleep, I would lie
il'Atirii'ti' mV it 1 n t.h ea'-and snatch wTiat slum
.f I f f I - ' :
1 ber I cauldi - Soplcing my valise close to
i '4 ii,rt Kpaa .f mv bed. and barricading: the
ss door with the two chairs. I extm-
sruianed tne ucnc ana iaiu aown. -
. At first ! 'wasjvctrwakeful,.bnt ;gradi
ually. asoft drowsiness seeuied to'steal ove i
me like a' qd;y maiitWuntil, all of a sqdf
den, some startling electric thrill , cdursed
through all my .wins, jad ,J;sat up.escited
and trembling.- ' : T .! I in!o n j. . j y
luminous softness seemed to'glow arI'
quiver tnrougn uie room no tjyucoriijuon
or
r star was ever - so 99ft penetrating-
ind ; by the i 1 1 tie window Jf sa'erei'ijpjl
inv wife'dressed Mi'a.QiyXtiuz cair)t?jtVo
and
my wifeV.dressed iii fiLflpilLtifig" garment
white, with her long golden-Jjairr knot tod
back by ia t blue ribbop.r vAplan?fttJslie
wasi beckoning tO; me with' outstretched
hands1 and eyes full otAvild vtv:: ' 1
hess,'''-"-"'"'
fh-l spjnn ii nv i : .... .
b
c4 :iT r.l ' u . . . a. it... i
ianuou serncoxy yamsu luio wio siormy
darkness,t and I; was left- alone. l, At :tlje
self-same instant the sharp roport of a pis
tol sounded. I could see the jagged stream
of Ore above the pillow -straight, straight
through the very spot where, ten secouds
since, my head had lain. ' V " "
With an instantaneous realization of my
danger, I swung myself over the edge of
he window, -jumping some eight or ten
et into the tangled rosebushes belovy, and
as I crouched there, recovering my breath,
1 heard the tramp of footsteps mtomy
OOm. i
'Is he dead?"- cried a voice up the ladder
the smooth, deceitful voice of the womin
with the half closud eyes.
'Of course he is,' prowled a voice bick;
that
cliarare
would have killed ten men!
A light there, qjiick! and tell Tom to be
ready to dispose of it.
I .'Itl' A cold, agonized shudder ran
through me as I recalled, what "it" meant.
What den of midnightmurder.s had I fallen
into? And how feasfally narrow had heeu
my escape. With a speed that only mortal
terror and deadly peril can give, I rushed
through the woods, now illumined by a
faint glimmer of starlight. I knew not
what impulse guided my footsteps I never
sljall know how many times I crossed my
own track, or how close I stood to the
brink of the deadly ravine; but some mer
ciful Providence compasssed mo with guid
ing and protecting care, for, When the
mbrning dawned, with faint red bars of
orient light againtt the eastern sky, I was
close to the hjgh road,! sorre seven miles
from B ,.
. X)nce at the town, I told my story to the
local policerJtuuLa drachmnt;. w8ln Rpt-fQ
the spot. Alter nueh searching, and many
false alarms, we succeeded in finding the
ruinous old shanty; but it was empty and
deserted. , Our birds h id flown; nor did I
ever recover my valise and watch, and
chain, which latter I. had left under my ;
pillovv. V s : ' j
f'lt'i Drew's gang," said the leader of
the police; "and they ve troubled us these
, I two years.. I dou t think though, they 11 ,
coine oac.K. nere just at present.
. Nor did thev.
U i : But the strnnirost part of my story is to '
; cojne Vft.: Some three weeks subsequent- j
iv .1 received a letter from my sister who ;
: v;3 with Berenice in her . Italian home a i
letter
whose intelligence filled me with !
surprise.
: I must
tell you something very, very
strange," wrote my sister, "that happened ;
to ;us on the nis;ht of the 17th of October.
Berenice had not been so well for some
time; in fact, she had been confined to her
bed for nearly a week, and I was sitting
beside her reading. It was late; the clock
had just struck one, when all of a sudden
siik suerneu to iainc away, "rowing com
-J i-i-- 1 : iji
trv t.itnr ii-rfr
a tit
d
risid as a corpse. I hastened to
call
assistance, but all
our etForts seemed vain
to restore life or animation. I was iust
ibout sendins: Antonie for the doctor when
ier senses returned as suddenly as they had
eft her, and she sat up in bed, pushing
back her hair, and looking wildly around
her. ' i '
Berenice,' I exclaimed, -how you have
terrified lis''all! Are you ill?'
Xsot ill,, she answered; 'but 1 teel so
strange. . , Gracie, I have been with my
lusband; , ' ... .. . ;..
And all our reasonings failed to convince
ier of the1 impossibility of her assertion.
She persists to this moment that she saw
you arid was with you on the night of the
seventeenth of October, or rather on the
of the eighteenths Where and
iiow she cannot 'tell; but we think it must
lave been some dream. She is better now,
aud i wUh you could see how fast she is
improving.'
This is my plain, unvarnished talc. 1
do not pretend to explain or account for
Its mysteries. I simply relate facts. Let
psychologists unravel the lauynntlucal
skein. lam not superstitious, neither do
I believe in "hosts, wraiths and appari
tions; but this thing I do know that al
though my Italian wife was at Naples, in
the body, the nioming of the eighteenth of
October, her spirit surely stood beside me
iu tne. moment ot tneueauiy pem inai me
naced me. It may be that, to the subtle
instinct and strength of a wife's holy love,
all tUinga are possible; but Be remoe sure
ly saved my life. J
Jinks and. an acquaintance were on the
beach the other day and heard'the scream
ing and giggliug of some 'young ladies who
were preparing to Imth'e in the surf Jinks'
friend asked. what occasioned so much poise
in' the bath' 'house. 'Oh," replied Jinks;' 'it
Js only soiiio belles peel
ling
Aneclotc3 of Gea,-: Jask3oa,
1 Henry A- AYie, of Virginia, in eariy life
si friend and neighbor of .Generat Jackson,
elites, tjie following anecdotes of . the old
hioi ill hsi rati ve of -his organic
will and
haracter: :
1
encral had bought an old-fashion
( ioog clockfoy his ' wife,- such 'as - forty
ears ago usually graced 'the corner tf the
n lily-.room 'if' the well-to-do' sort 'of neo
h hi the $outli7 When it arrived xqi
ihviljei it was too long to stand upright1
I'Mfj10. caliiu he Ijvni jn.'.Mrs, J..was!
ucidnnoyeu oy tne circumstance,. and irt
!in If.
1 'v..nuii iiimi iiviiiuvii"uimuv nuat
.S.-'1? none, some .cuvis.gg JcaDJLJrjotLJjirri -flow in rulna om h
fc the top and others "a the. bottom. vle!M,
bid 1itTo: was'evidentjy intlulgiu' in' a sufr!
fen'.y disconteuteoj 2 mpod': "Fiu'ally, die
sa'iJtV '' '.. ... ; .,,.';
"It shall go in as it is!",--- : I " ;
"i5ut" said his wife rand neighbors, it
ca7iit go in as it is."- ..... t. 1
'But it $," replied-Jackson. !
r He called up some of. his negro fellows
arid directed them to go to a neighboring
forest and bring some "poles" ot a certain
size and length. They soon returned and
-tottuTastouishment of his guests, poised
up the house, introduced the new logs, and
very.summarily accommodated the clock,
to the delight ot his good wife. j "
On one occasion a bridal party passed
his house, and the lady lost a valuable piece
ofgold on the bank of the river. !She was
troubled about it, and was delaying to hunt
it. ' Go on, madam," said General Jack
son, "I'll find it and give it to you on your
return." Sh reluctantly consented.
When the party left, he began his search;
and found it a much more diHieult'niattcr
than he anticipated. lie, however, per
sisted, and finally recovered the coveted
piece from the sand. In a few days the
party returned. Gen. Jackson met the
lady with u smile, saying, ''"Here is your
gold piece, madam!" The Jady was pro
fuse in her acknowledgment of . the obli
gation, but upon being . informed of the
trouble and loss of time its recovery had
cost the great and gallant man, expressed
regret that, he had submitted to them on
her account. "What, madam!" replied he,
"do you think I could have given it up?
I would fjave sifted all the sands of the
CuiiYblrland river or had iU" : . '
Trie following is related by.. F. W
Johis?!;IcIies of CharacUu:.
tration in the bureau of one of the Audi-
tors, and - General Jackson wrote a very j
srrom:
letter, ot recommendatiou to the
Auditor in behalf of a young man from
Tennessee, with whose fitness and charac-;
ter the ' General was well, acquainted.- ;
With letter in hand f the applicant called
upon the Auditor, who replied that he
had the highest respect for the Presidents
recommeuuaiion, out mat xir. uurnscame
so variously and stroncrlv recommended
he should be compelled to fill the vacancy
with his name. The applicant quietly
took up his letter and withdrew; and with
Western frankness, and somewhat cha-
srined, repaired to the White llousa aud
returned the General he letter.
'Wbat's the matter, sir? asked the old
chief.
He says he cannot give it to me, Gen
eral.' '
Why not?' was the gentle inquiry.
IIe says he has the highest respect for
vour recommendation, but: Mr. Burns is
j so strongly and variously recommended
that he felt compelled to give it to him.'
Mr. Burns is his relative, sir. Com
pelled to give it to him!' He pulled the
bell sharply. "To. have the highest re
spect for my recommendation is to follow
it.'
Tell,' said he to the messenger, tcll the
Auditor I wish to see him. Keep your seat,
sir,' to the Tennesseean.
In a few minutes the Auditor made his
appearance, liie lieneral, whose placidi
ty had apparently returned to him, asked
the startled ofhhil .why he had ; not given
4 I - oif it r I v r - iv rvi 11 t 1 - r at ndi
iuu smnniuri iun; j uuu jjt.mcuiau uuiii
he had recommended.
Why, Mr. President, Mr. Burns is so
strongly recommended.' .
I know Mr. burns, sir; he is your rela-
tive, sir; and 1 also know this gentleman;
and l should like to know whose recom-
mendutio: is stronijer than that of the
IV t
rresulent ot the Umteil States?
The Tennesseean got the olfice; and it is
needless to say that the Auditor came near
losing his. , - .
THE 0C2AH B0n02I.
Mr. G'eeni the famous diver, tells singu
Iar stories of his adventures, when making
search in the deep waters of the ocean,
deep
He gives some new sketches of what he
saw at the Silver lianK near Uayti:
The banks of coral on which my divings
were made are about lorty miles m length,
and J from ten to - twenty in breadth. On
thisbank of coral is presented to the diver
one 01 inc most oeauinui ami siiimhijc
scenes the eve ever beheld. The water
varies: from ten to one hundred feet in
depth,' and' Vo clear that the diver c:iu see
from two tohree. hundred leet when sub
merged, with but;little obstruction to-the
sight. ; ' - y 1 7
is as smooin as a nraruic noon "J ouiur
is studded with' coral culumus, from.ten.'td
one hundred feefc in height, and from oi i
to eighty feet in diameter.- The tops ..of
those more loftysupport a myriad -of py
ramididal pendants, each forming a my'.rimi
more, giving reality to" tho imaginary abodd
of some water nymph. In .other; place'
the pendants form arch ' after arch.'and as
the diver stands on tjie bottom of (he' ocean
and gazes through, Am the;, deep iwindai?;
aVenucs he. finds thutthcv ifitl hiraiivith!
as sitcred an awe as ir lioAvero u-aone? Thl
cathetlrnl
neatli
thd coral
wat cr, as j ti1 fuest col u mnwerertow,-
atcr, as 1 jr,li . J fi t 1 vs- Spl ' tu'q were . to v&-
s belpngin4pJboitately
-There kex co"fht less vane ties ortrees,
snruus nan piaura int?ver" crevice-oi -tne
' ll I- f J ,..1 - f t - p.i '
c o ra 1 3 w li e re wa t rr h a d le p osi t ed t he eartl r.
Thty were aU'ofVi faint liue, oivinjf to tlie
pale light they. receiv?Ji attfiough of every
shade, and entirely' different .froin prants
that I am familiar with that vegetate upon
dry land. One in particular attracted ray
attention; it resembled a sea fan of immense
size, of variegated cofbis and the most briN
liant hues. .The fish which inhabit these
Silver Banks! I found as dinTcrcnt in kind
as the scenery was varied. They were all
forms, colors and sizes from the symmet
rical goby to the globe-like,, sunGh; from
tho dullest hue to the changeable dolphin,
from the spots of the leopard to the hues
of sun beam; from- the harmless minnow
to the voracious shark. . , . - r '
Some had heads like squirrels, others cats
and dogs, some of small size resembled. the
bull terrier. Some d-irtcd through the wa
ter like meteors, while others could scarce
ly be seen to move. :'' -
To enumerate nd explain all the various
kinds offish I beheld whlje diving on these
banks Would, were I enough of a natural?
ist so' to do, require more than 1113 limits at
low, fori am 'convinceM tliat inost jof jjyi
kinds of fish which inhabit the tropical seas
can be found there.- The sun fish; Starfish,
white shark and blue or shovid nose shark
were often seen. .
..There were alo fis!i which. rembted
plants, and remained as fixed iu' their posi
tion as a shrub; the only power they pos-
sessed vyas to open and stiut- wnen tmuan-
lepgtuti
f of n- frogr ; j"--? X
; Another fish -is spotted - like -Kle'dpard;
from three to ten feet - in length1; "They'
buifd their houses like1 beavers, in which'
they spawn, "and. the male or female watch-
es the egg until it hatches.
I saw.
many.
specimens of the green .turtle,. ome. live
feet long, which I should, think would
weigh from' 400 to 500'pound.
Story ot a Hissing Tmnir.. ;
To fte EJ'.ler Ti-ovll'.rst Journ ti:
Between thirty and. forty years aeo n
tamily of wealth left. Boston fur Europe
by way
vay of New York, and just before leav -
the latter city, for England they ; con -
led to send back to Boston a t ru'uk fill-
1M2
eluded
cd with articles, to them, of great value;
not wishing to run' the risk of. taking the
same with them to Europe. .The, trunk
was ser.t by the mate of a vessel from New
York to Boston, and he delivered it. faith
fully to the gentleman to whom it was di
rected, who was then, and for about thirty
five years after, a director 'in 'one of .our
old bauk; and for its safe keeping he de
posited it m the bank in wkich 'he was a
director, with his name. upon ,the tr.tpiK
placed there by Mr. rs.the owner, in'New
lork and Mr.. C. to whom; it was ad
dressed, wrote underneath the same: vTo
remain in the bank, until called for by Mr.
N., on -his return from Europe." The
trmnk did so remain iu the bank as direct
ed, with a large number of other trunks, it
being customary for the cashier or tellers
to deliver trunks to their owners .only
when called for.- . ; . : '
j Tne family of Mr. N. remained in Eu-
I . tl . 1 1
ope ior u iiumucr oi years, ani on ineir
return thev nrobablv rememhered thnt thi
trunk was sent to Boston, and that their
faithfuU?) coachman, to whose .cure they
had left their coach and horses, pndf:who,
soon after the family left for Europe, ab-
i . .
sconded to hew York, sold the same for
his own benefit and left for narts uri-
known therefore: the supposition of 'the
I t
family was that" he -had. taken the trunk
1
also In consequence ,or a, recent judicial
decision that , banks and bankers were ac
countable to the owners ot such property
for its safekeeping, and also of a recent let
ter from the comptroller , of the currency
- 1 upon tho impropriety of assuming such re-
sponsibility in justice to their stockholders,
an overhauling of property so placed has re
centh' been had in State street, and. a num
ber ot the banks have, required that -their
d-mositors should signj, paper reliovius
Jsaid institution from all responsibility -The
I above mentioned trunk then came to light.
I On the requirement of the octogenarian 'di-
rector to sign the agrcoment for tins trunk,
1 ne men ior tne .ursi time uisvovereu.iuai
1 this valuable article had .never been taken
away by Jus old .frietid,V,Mr. ,1 that; jje,
with a number of - his fainily.-hadt passed
- away, the widow of the .owner.bein? stilt
in-, the land bf the liviii. I She Was called
I upon, and muclt'to her asforirslMWent; snr
u i luirury; vaiuuiiieircasura uau co;au iq umiu
which had ' fonif been burial ln-:
old' bce.aps'wave, :s, ircre amr thri!
exteuds'eveiV to tinrsyrface of tlie;
when in full blodm,nd" .were'ef, a,H'hUes
These were the fibbo:iIish frpm IpuV cc
five jnches to.threcfee.t 1111 lepgththeir
In the trunk. ."was found a number of mini
aturcs of the family and friends of Mrs. N.,
painted ufoh1vory, quite a number ofgold
coini1 of fifty "years ago, numerous gold
necklacespf thef olden time, and, in short,
it'wa's nearly filled with valuable gold or
naments heirlooms of the family Including-
also., a very valuable and curious time
piece or clock set in a beautiful ivory case
nll in the .most, perfect1 order; for oa
winding ip this precicus time-keeper, and
the proper time arriving-for announcing
th? hoar,1 an apartment in the same opened,
tne hour was struck, and a curious and m-
.tercstiug. little man -and womau appeared
and either sang or-whlitled a popular air
ol phy-ytnfs ao.j,They then di&appearei
on until the proper time for the same per-
lonnauce ioe. repeated again. , .
A SIILAK32 IIICIDE3r IN A SOLDIEES LITE.
- f ANLCDOTIi OF JEFF. DAVIS.
A citizen of Lafayette township in this
county relates to us the following anecdote:
While jell. Davis was a Lieutenant of dra
goons in the United States army, 31r. Pat
rick -II. Coleman, nephew of John Cole
man, Ksq., of tliis county, well known and
universally esteemed, was a private ia the
same regiment. The portion of the rccri-
. a o
ment to which Davi3and Coleman belonged
was stationed on the frontier, and was
much distressed for the want of subsist-
encc. . ieuir lar removed Irom civilization.
it was necessary when a soldier became so
ill that he could not bit on his horse, and
the probabilities were that he would die,
to place him "at- the foot of a tree, chop a
limb. partially oil, so that it would bang
down and thus serve the double purpose ot
shading him from the sun while he lived,
and of marking his crave when ho was
dead. 'Yonng Colemnn was taken Very
sick, and found himself in this predicament.
abandoned by his comrades to die.Xvith no
um;g icu uuu uut. ii:s uiaijet suu piiioi,
as was the custom, Being destitute of pro
visions the "men then' scattered tlirough tha
wood"" to: gather . berries for their meal.
Upon returning to the spot preparatory t6
taking their fiual departure, . Lieutenant
Davis lookel in upon Coleman through the
bYahcbibftitri' tree and remarked to him:!
"So, my poorfellow, you-are going to die?"
Coleman replied- "I soppose so."- D&vll 1
tiien put his hand5iii "bis pocket, puJledouS
the tialldfut bf berries ht? 1 hni !'
his otorr V"ih: n!; : " " ' .
,1 r
u;cse., ,xouvviiLltiti:J4 Uiuui mure tuan,l
oJ'.,..The soldier8 left. the . place, but bad
bcejvgobe but few. minutes, when a larga
wolf.caine to the spot, and - gazed in upon:
the prostrate soldier, evidently familiarwitlr
such scenes, - and willing. to wait till tha
man was dead,"feeling that he "was, sooner
or laU;r,f surc'.of JuV prey. 3fr. Colt maQ.
raised the pistol; and. pointed it at the brute
whfch did hot change its position fired
and killed it. Coleman now. gathered alL
his'jenergies, determined to leave the living
tomb and join his companions if possible,'
! They" were compelled to make a detour
i roun! a high bluir.'and he made his way to
j the crest of the hill for the purpose' of en-'
i deavoring to attract their attention while.
passing, lie. was successful, .but some ol
the more superstitious believed that it-was
not Coleman, but his ghost.- Others, how-
ever, went to 'us rescue; earned nim into
the midst of his command, strapped him to
Ins horse 'arid cared for him till they reach- "
id tlie settlements, where, with care arid
nursing, he recovered, . and is still alive.
Mr. Coleman now resides in Western Ken
tucky. He eiilisted in-Louisville in a ro
mantic freak, being engaged at the time as
a clerk or book-keeper-in a large mercan
tile1 house. The story is a strange one, but
there is no reason to doubt that tho maia
facts, as here related, arc entirely true.
.: .New Albany. Ledger, 15th inst-
New Ekoland Iisiieuies. New Eng
land, froin Eastern Maine to theXew.York
line, is and long has been heavily engaged
in the fisheries.- The' business began witti
the Fctilemeut of those States, and their .
proxiiiiity-to the fishing grounds and tha
nautical tastes of the people have kept it
tip until the annual outfits and returns from
Bos'.on are rated at SI 1,000,000. In 1SG5
the trade of that city with the provinces
was $6,000,000, while the imports Irom
Canada amounted to Sll,030,000. :Bost0Q .
alone has S07,OUO,000 at stake fn this tTade. ,
This trade : lias, been injured bytthe Grand r
Trunk railroad carrying a large share of it .
to Portland, and new- disturbances are ap-
preherioed fram the completion of tbe Pa
cific railway, that will enable JSan Francis- -co
to supply the interior with- fish, spices,
sugar-'cotleev teas, wine and silk mora 4
cheaply th.tl Boston can do. In 1SC5
Massachusetts had 70,120 tons engaged in
whaling, ' lhat r'eturjied SClSSO, and
17,1 IGtousJemjdoycd in cod and macke I
reV fishing, ret uruing sSSo,10o quantals of .
cod and. 'S3,O0y barrels of, mackerel, val- t
ued at Sl,dl3..The.total 3Iaachur-r.
setts interest in.Ghiocii thuiJ made in ex--
oess of 31 i;0U0,000' annually, employing
tS7,000 tons of shipping. But the whole
riatlorial op.nage engaged in the fisheries
dwindled from 203,400 tons in 1SC2 to 89,
:So tons in l5g. v The subject is, for tbeso
reasons, ipoming into promirient. webssioa
iruBos'ton andowExigland,, . The ho'pe ji ' r
tliatthe fisheries wiU wily 1 with the generals
iinprovo-neutt as -to. need no aid - . , - .
Wl'JJ? PPiipnipa-Jito a piano? . Because
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