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XSVI BIDDEFORD, ME., FRIDAY MORNING, ADGDST 5, 1870. NUMBER 33.
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Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
AlfM, Mala*.
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H. H. BURBANK,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
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OFFICIAL.
I#awa of tha United BUIm at the
Snoood Oeaalon of the yori j-Tirst Con
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AN ACT to incorporate the Waahingtoa and
Boston Steamship Company.
fit 1/ tnatUd by the Striate mmd IIou** of
Rrprttentmli ret of the Unitnl State* of Amtri
et ii Comprfi anraMW, That Jantea S. Grin
nrll, Wmtlrll T. lU?in, Horatio Brvwning. Al
plnrus Middleton, W. Albert Kinjr. Andrew Putti,
A. Gaddia, jr., Kdward llartlejr, Kdwin A. Rjrtb
er, William L Wall, 0. M. Wright, William, If.
Montana, tieorge P. Goff, George W. Putter,
II. P. Zimmerman, and Henry Mayo, and J. W.
Seayer, and J. J. N'ewoomb, and John W. B»te>
U?T, Snmurl Cress, George W»ior«, George Hog.
em, and their anaociatee and successor*. or a
majority of I hero, are hereby creahd and con
stituted a body politic ami corporate, by tb«
name and style of the Washington aod Boston
Steamship Company.
Stc. 'J. And be it Jurther enacttl, That the
capital stuck of aaid company ahall not be kra
than Ml* thousand nor room than fl*e hundred
thousand dollar*, to be divided into shares of one
hundrcl dollars each.
Hrc. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That said
company is authorised and empowered to estab
lish and run a Una or line* of teraels, pronellei
by steam or other power, twtween the cittra of
Washington, Georgetown, Alexandria, Norfolk,
ami other porta in the State of Virginia, on the
Potomac mer, CbenDeake hay, or the tribu.
tariea cf the same, and Boston, in tbe State of
.\U*wha«ttf.
4. And be it further mactti. That M°d
company is authorise*] to purchase, held, sn 1
grant such real estate, not exceeding in amount
m hundred IhcumiHl dollar), as may t* i.eee«
sary to emery into effcet the purpuww of this sot,
ami *o huikl all Dwwurjr docks, wharves. and
buildings thereon for their own use ; may trans
port puwenrrrs and freight of every des-ription,
subject to the rules ami regulations and laws of
tlse Unite-1 Sutos ; may sue and be cue I ; ra iy
have a common ml, and generally miy have
and posseM the right* aud privileges usually pos
>ewl by similar ixr, "oration*.
Src. 5. .ft'/ be it further mat ltd, rhst the
affair* of m'mI company shtll lie managed by
such oflk-ers as the stockholders in general meet
ing shall elect, and such agent as may be ap
points! by the board of directors. The |MMM
nimed in the first section of this aot, or a ma
jority of tbem, may call » meeting of the stock
holders for the purpose of organixing said coui
pany, at such time and place as they may de
termine upon, after advertising the time and
place of such meeting for ten days, in one or
more newspapers published in the city of Wash
ington. The officers of said company once elect
ed shall hold their offices uniil their successors
are chosen.
8*r. 6. And be it further enae'td, That the
Mid board of directors may make all necessary
rule* and by-laws for the transfer of the stock
and the general management of the business of
said company ; and each stockholder in said
company shall be liable for all claims against
the same to an amount equal to the stock which
said stockholder shall have in said company.
S«c. 7. And be it further enacted, Thtt this
act shall be enforced from the passage thereof.
8k. 8. And be it further enacted. That Oen
gre*s may at any time hereafter alter, amend, or
repeal this act.
Approved, May 4, 1870.
A BRtOLmON instructing the President to
negotiate with the Inditus iy*ni the Umatilla
reservation, in Oregon.
Rrwolrtd Ay the Senate and Hwh of Rep
retenlativtt of the United Stite* of Jm rica in
Conyrtu autmble/. That the I'resideut of the
United States is hereby requested to negotiate
with the Indian* upon the Umatilla reservation,
in Oregon, with the view of ascertaining on
what term* said Indians will relinquish to the
United States all their claim or right to said
reservation and remove to some otlier rrserva
tkn in said State, or Washington Territory, or
Uke land* in severalty, in quantities not ex*
ceeding one hundred an I sixty acres each, ou
j their present reservation, and to report to Con
I gmw; and to defray the expense of such neg<»
tiatiou the sum of two thou«a..d dollars is here
j by appropriated out of any money in the treas
ury uot i,therwise appropriated, or so much
thereof as may be nece>«sary.
| Approved, July 1, 1870.
AN A(T to create a port of delivery at Vallsjo,
California.
/It it ttacUd by tht Sttait and Hjw of
Rtprtuntatim of tkt Uaittd Stutrt of Amtr
I'fu in Congrtu att'm bird. That Vallrjo, in the
Mtate of California, sh It tie, an I is hereby, con
■lilute«l a port of delivery, within the collection
district of &u> Francisco, and there ahall be ap
pointed a Purveyor of customs, to reside at and
port, who shall perfi rm the duties and receive
the e nipeovttioo aud em lum nta prescribed in
the act of CbafW, approved March two, eigh
teen hundred and tbirty^ne, being "An act al
lowing the duties on foreign merchandise im
portnl into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati,
Louisville, Saint Louis, X ishvide, and Xatchez,
to be secured and paid at those places."
8k. £ .lad b* it fnrtktr marled, That
any vessel of five hundred tons, or over, coming
from or going to sea, may proceed directly to or
from Vallejo, and report through said surveyor
to the collector of customs at San Francisco,
and avoid the riak, expenses, and delay, by an
choring there.
Approved, July 1,1870.
AN ACT for the rel'ef of pre-emption Kttlers
in the Slate of Xebraska.
Bt it rnarted by tkt Stnatr and FToute of
Rrprttfntitliivt of tht Unittd Statu of Antrt
ta ia Comjrttx at$tmb!td, That settlers upon
the public domain within the limits of the State
of Xebraska, who, prior to the first day of Jan
uary, eighteen hundred and seventy, had filed
th-ir declaratory statements under the preemp
tion laws fur tracts once offend at pubi c sale
at*I afterward included in the lateral limits of
any withdrawal for ta'lrnad grants, where such
lands were at date of filing, as aforesaid, sub
ject to disposal, under said pre-emption has,
ami who, through erroneous belief that by such
withdrawal the lands *> settled upon and claimed
Istcame suljoct to the designation of "unolfered"
lands, have (ailed to make the proof ami pay
ment required t y law within one year from the
date of alleged settlement, shall be, and are
hereby, allowed and authorised to make such
pru t and payment within one year from the
passage of this act, upon showing a full compli
ance with all other provisions of the pre-emption
laws; Proridtd, That such settlements were
upon the cven-unmhered sections, and do not
include cises declared to be invalid by the Com
missioner of the General Land
Approved, July 7, 1870.
AX ACT amen lit017 of "An act to protect the
right* of actual wttlero upon the public lan-la
or the United State*,'' appro»ed Jul/ IT,
1M8, an-! lor other purpom
Bt it mart*! by the Sr*slt nnd Hum* of
RiprtMmMim ef th U til*d Statu of Jwuri
f« •» ( aH'jrttt Tint lh«i:t «■)<>*
tied **Ai» »3t to pmlrrt the rights of actual H
tier* uik>o the puhlio liwU of th« United
State*," approved July twcutr-*evea, eighteen
huodted and be, and the Mine Lt
herebjr, t»m led by adding then tr the f lk>w
inu pro***, yi» : I'rxtril* /. That all surh
rteultum! college «Hp ah ill be rrceiyed from
actual eettleea in payment of pre-eraptbo
cU'dm in the aane uiauner ami to the **me ax
tent as in now authorial bj lav la cue of mil
itary bounty-'and warrants: .f tW pro*id*4fur
t\rr. That all locations of »u<*U arrip made
within thirty dan *ft« tba date of approval
of a«id act of Jul/ twenty-ssven. eighteen huo
dred and anty-eig^t, if otherwise is tvnforjiity
wKh law. are*hereby legalised and mad* valid.
Approved, July 1,
I. O. O. F.
TIIC annual session of th«» K. W. Grand
tMHMttrtt nt U» Slat# ml Malar, t. O. «>. F,
wilt be ImM at «M4 ruiow.' Halt. MkMa***, TDM
DAT. Aagatf *• >* T «>••** r
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WHKX MARY * AH A LASSIE.
The maple trees are tinged with red,
The birch with golden yellow j
And high above the garden wall
Han* apples rich and mellow,
Aud that's the wav, through yonder line
That looks ao still and grawiy—
The way I n><>k one Sunday ere,
When Mary waa a laaaie.
You'd hardly think that patient face,
That looks ao thin and faded,
Waa once the very sweetest one
That bonnet ever shad«d ;
Bat when I went through yonder Ian*
That louks ao still and grassy,
Tb«*e eyes were bright, those cbeeka were fair.
When Mary waa a lassie.
But many a tender sorrow,
And rainy a patient etre,
Have made these furrows on the face,
That used to be so fair.
Four times in yonder churchyard,
Through the 'ane so atill and gra»y.
We've burue and laid away our dead,
Since Mary was a laorie.
Ami so you see I've gmwn to love
The wrinkles more than roses ;
Etrth's winter flowers are sweeter far
Than all spring's dewy posie* ;
They'll carry us through yonder lane
That kioka ao still and grasay,
Adown the lane I used to go
When Mary was a lassie.
fWscrllancotts.
From th« Atlantic Monthly for July.
OLDTOWN FIRESIDE STORIES.
THE WIDOWS BANDBOX.
nr MUS. HARRIET UEECHEU STOWE.
•Lordymassv! Stick ycr hat into the
nnr'east, Horace, and see 'f ye can't stop
out this 'ere wind. I'm o'nny most used
up with it.'
So spak« Sum Lawson. contemplating
moitrnfnlly a nuvr broad-brimmed btraw
hut in which »»v »otil was rejoicing.
It wan the dripping end of one Novem
ber afternoon, which closed tin a "spell o'
weather', that had lieen steadily driving
wind and rain for a week |Nist, and we
l>oys sought the shelter and solace of his
shop, and, opening the door, let in the
wind aforesaid.
Sam had been all day in one of his per
iodical Jits of des|wnite industry. The
smoke and sparks had ln'cn won (lying
out of his shoo chimney in a frantic man
ner, nnd the blows of his hammer had re
sounded with a sort <»f feverish persistence,
intermingled with a doleful wailing of
]mlm-1tmea of the most lugubrious de
scription.
These tits of industry on Sam's part
were an iillliction to us lioys, esjiecially
when they hap|*m©<! to come on Saturday;
for Sain was as much a jwirt of our Satur
day-afternoon calculations ns if we had
a regular d«Htl of pro|iert>' in him; and wo
had been all day hanging around his shop,
looking in from time to time in the vague
ho|Kt that he would propose something to
brighten up the dreary monotony of a hol
iday in which it had been iuii>ossiblo to
go anywhere or do anything.
•Saiu. ain't you coming over to tell us
some stories to-night?'
•Bless vour soul nml body. boys! life
ain't made to bo spent tellin' stories.
Why, I shall hev to Im> up hero worklu'
till arter twelve o'clock. Sntu, 'who was
suddenly jiossesscd with a spirit of the
moNt austere diligence. 'Ilero I bo up to
my neck in work, thin?* kind 'o comin'
in :i heap together. Ther's Mrs. Cnp'n
llroad's andirons, she sent word she must
have'em tonight; and there's Lady Loth
rop, she wants her warniin'-pan right off,
—thev can't non' on 'em wait a mi nit long
er. I've been a driving and working all
day like a nigger slave. Then there was
Judiith Pettybone, he brought down (hem
colts to-day, and I worked the biggest
part o' the morning' shoein' on 'em; and
then Jediith he said he couldn't make
change to my me, ho there wa'nt nothiu'
ooniin' in lori't; and then Ilepsy she kep'
a jawin' at me all dinncr-timo 'bout that.
» hy, I warn't to blame now was 1? 1
can't make everybody do jest right and
piy regular, can I? So ye see it goes,
ln»ys, gettin' yer bread by the sweat o'
your brow; and sometimes sweatin' and
not gettin' yer hread. That are's what
I call the rii.n the 'rignal cuss, that come
on man for harkenin' to the voice o' his
wife—that are what was did it. It allers
kind o' riles mu up with Mother Kve
when I think on't. The women hain't no
bisness to fret as thev do, 'cause they sot
this 'ere state o' thing goin' in the lust
place.'
•Hut. Sam. Aunt Lois and Aunt Nabby
are both going over to Miss Mehitahcl'ti to
tea. Now you just come over and cat
supper with i:s and tell us a story, d».'
•(Jone out to tea, Im they?' said Sam,
relaxing his hammer, with a brightening
gleam stealing graduallv across his lankv
visage. 'Wal, that aiv looks like a provf
dential ojM-nin' to l>e suro. Wal, I gucs
I'll come. What's the use of never bavin'
a good time? Ef you work yourself up
into shoe-strings you dou't get no tluinks
for it, and tilings in this world's 'l>out as
broad as they is long; the women 'II scold
turn 'em which way ve will; a good mug
o' cider was some cold vituals over to the
Deacon's 'I! kind 'o comfort a feller up,
and roar granny, she's sort o' merciful,
sh«« don't nib it Into u fellow all the time
like Miss I^ois,'
'Now let's ace, boys,' said Sam, when a
comfortable meal of |»ork and beans had
xvn dltpoted of, anil a mug of cider was
set down lieforo the tiro to warm, 'I
s'pect ve'll like to hear a Down East story
to-night.'
HI course wo uiu, ami suunmeu over
each other in our eagerness to got the
nearest place to tho narrator.
Sun's method of tolling a story viu a»
leisurely as that of some modern nore -
writers. Ho would take his tiino fur it,
mid proceed hv easy stages. It was liko
the course of a* droauiy, *low-moving riv
or through a tangled meadow flat,—not a
rush nor a bosh w;u retlected in it; in
short, Sam gave his philosophy of inattors
and thiugs iii p*neral as ho went along,
and was especially caroful to so Impress
- ait edifying moral.
•Wal, yo see. boys, ve know I was bom |
down to Newport,"—thorn where it's all i
ship ami shipping, ami sich. My ohl
mother she kep a boardiu'-bouso for sail- <
ors down there. Wal, r® see I rolled ami i
tumbled ruuud the world pretty oonsid'er- •
able afore I got settled down here in Old* I
town.
Ye see my mother she wanted to bind <
me out to a*blacksmith, but 1 kind o' sort <
o' didn't sociu to take to it. It was kind
o1 hard work, and boys is aj>t to want to
take life easy. Wal. I used to run off to i
the sea-shore, and lio stretched out ou i
them rocks there, and look off on to tho i
water; and it did use to look so »ort o'ca*y j1
and natural, that I fait as if that are'd bo
jest tho easiest kind o' life a fellow oould
have. All he had to do was to get aboard
ono o'them ships and be off seekin' his
furt in at t' other end o1 the rainbow, where
gold pow* on bushes and there'* valleys
o' diamonds.
So nothin'would do but to gin my old
mother the slip, and awav to sea, with
mv duds tied up in a handkereher.
1 tell ye what, don't ye never go to sea.
I tell ye* life on shiplxmrd ain't what it
looks to l>e on shore. I hadn't been aboard
more'n throe hours afore I was the sickest
critter that ever yer did see, and I tell you
I didn't get no kind o' compassion. Cap's
and mates they allers thinks hoys hain't
no kind o' business to have no bowels nor
nothin, and they put it on'm sick or well.
It's jest a kiek hen) and a cuff there and a
switch by tho car and in t'other place;
ono a shovin' on 'in this way, and another
hittin' on 'em a cli^i. and* all growlin'
from inornin' to night. I believe
tho way my ears got to long was bein'
hauled out o' my berth, by 'em; that are's
a sailor's regular way o' wakin' up a boy.
Wal, bv the time f got to the Penohscot
eounty nil I wanted to know was how to
get back again. That are's jost the way
folks go all their lives, boys. It's ull fuss,
fuss, and stew, stew, till ye get somewhere;
and then it't fuss, fuss, and stew, stew, to
get bock ag'in; jump here and scratch yer
eyes out, and Jump thero and scratch 'em
in ag'in.
Wul, I kind o' pnkt'ti round in renoo
scot county till I got h Itertii on tliu Hril
liant that was ly in' at Camdon, goin' to
sail to Boston.
Y© see tlto Ilrilliant she was a tight lit
tle sloop in tlio government sofvico; t'was
In tho wnr tlnu's. ye mhi, anil Commodore
Tucker tliat Is now (ho was Cnp'n Tucker
then,) ho had the command on her,—and
to run ii]» and down all tho coast takin'
observations o' tho liritish, and kcepin'
his ere out on 'em, and glvln' on 'em a
nip liero and a nip there, 'cordln' a* ho
got a giHHl chance. Why. your gran'ther
knew old Commordoro 'flicker. It was
he that Uiok Dr. Franklin over Minister
to Franco, and dodged all the liritish ves
sels, right in the middle of the war. I
tell you that are was likn running through
thu dro|«s In a thunder-shower. He g> t
chased by the l!riti«h ships pretty cousid
'able, hut ho was too spry fur 'em. Artcr
the war WM over. Commodore Tucker
took over John Adams, our fust Minister
to England. A drcfTnl smart man the
Commodore was, lint he most like to 'n'
been took in this 'ero time Fin a tellin' ye
ab ut, and all 'cause he was sort o' soft
heart e<l t<> tho women. Tom Toothacro
told me the story. Tom ho was tho one
that got me thu Ixtrtli on tho ship. Ye see
I used to know Tom at Xewpoit, and once
when he took sick there mv mother missed
him lip, ami that wan why Torn was friend*
with me and got me the lierth, and
kep' me warm in it, too. Tom he was
one of yourrael Maine boys, that's hatched
out. so to spenk, in water like ducks. lie
was born away down there on Ilnrpswoll
Pint; ami they say if ve throw one o'
tiny it Harps well babies into the sell, 'be'll
take to it uaterul anil swim like a cork;
i*f they hit their heads ag'in a rook It only
ilents tho rock, but don't hurt the baby.
Tom ho was a great character on tho ship.
He could we further ami knew mow 'Imut
wind and water than most folks; the ofll
L'ers took Tnii's judgment, and the men
all went bv his say. My mother she chalk
ed a streak o' good luck for me wheu sIiq
missed up Tom.
Will, wo win n lvin* nt Camden there,
olio artcrnoon, goin' to Kill for Huston that
night It was a sort o' soft, pleasant ar
terncon, kind o' still, nn«l Uioro wa'n't
nothin' goin' on lint jest the he us a crow
rrawin', ami a hUtin' up one foct ami
hohlin' it a sjiell 'cause tlioy didn't know
when to set it down, and the ceesea sissin'
and a pick in' at tlio grass. Ye see Cam
den wasn't nothin' of a plneo,—'twas jest
as if somebody had emptied out npoeketful
i»' houses and forgot 'm; there weren't
nothin' stlrrin' < r goin' on, anil so we was
all took alNick, when 'bout four o'cloek in
the afternoon there come a boat alongside
with a tall, elegant lady in it, all dressed
in deep mournin; *ho rami np sort o'
prinocss-like and eomo nlMMird our ship
and wanted to siieak to Cap'n Tucker.
When* she como from or what she wanted
ur where she was goin' to, we none on us
knew; she kep' her veil down so we
couldn't get sight o' her face. All whs
she must see Cap'n Tucker alone right
away.
Wal, Cap'n Tucker ho was like tlio gen
erality o' cap'ns. Ho was up to 'bout
everything that any man could do, but it
was pretty easy for a women to come -it
over him, Ye see cap'ns, thev don't s<-o
women as men do ashore. They don't
have enough of'um; and every woman's
an angel to a sea-cap'n. Anyway, the
cap'n he took her into his cabin, and he
sot her a chair, and was her humble ser
vant to command, and what would she
have of him? And we was all a winkin'
and a nudgin' each other and a fteekin' to
see what was to como of It; and sho see
it, and so sho asks, in a sort o' princess'
way, to s|>eak to the cap'n nlono, and so
the" doors was shut, and we was left to
our own idea* and a wondcrin' what it
was nil to In) iiImniL
Wal, you see, it como out afterwards
all about what went on; and things went
this way. Jest as »oon a* tlio doors mis
shut and sho was left alone with the cap'n,
the busted out a cry in' and a sobbiu' fit to
tiroak her heart.
Wal, the cap'n he tried to comfort her
up; but, no, sho wouldn't be comforted,
hut wont on a weepln' and a wailin' and a
wringin' 011 her hands till the jhk»r capn's
heart was a'most broke, for the cap'n was
the tenderest-boarted critter that could be,
md couldn' 1m ar to see a child or a woman
in trouble no wars.
'O cap'n I'm the most unfortunate wo
man. I'm nil alone in the world, nnd I
ilon't know what'll becou.e of mo of you
ilon't keep me,' says sho.
Wal, the cap'n thought it was timo to
run up his colon, and so savs ho: 'Ma'am.
I'm a married man, anil love my wife,
ind so I can feol for all women in distress,'
lavs he.
•0, Will then,' «!\yi she, 'you can fed
for mo, and know how to pity lue. My
liiislNiiid's jiMt «liinl suddenly when ho was
up the river. He was tak»n with the fevnr
in the w o»m|s. 1 nussod him day and night,
»ut he died there in a miserable little liut
rar front hoiue and friends, and I've
Nought his IkxIv down Willi me, hopin,
lYovidcnoe would open «oiue way to got
t back to our home in Boston. Aud now,
iin'n. you must help me.'
Wal. you see, the cap'n ho kind o' hat
•d to do it, and be hemmed aud hawed,
ind he tried to 'polegizo. Ho iiaid 'twas a
•overnmout vessel, and ho didn't know as
le had a right to use it. IIo said sailor*
ivas a14 to be superstitious; and he didn't
vant em to know as tiiero was a oorpso
in hoard.
•Wal,' sho, 'why need thoy knowT
for you see she was up to every dodge,
md she said she'd come along with it at
lusk, in a box, and havo it just carried to
i stateroom, and he ncodn t tell nobody
vh.it it was.
Will, Cap'n Tucker he hung off. and h«
tried his best to persuade her to have n
funernl, nil quiet, there at Camden. He
promiaod to get a minister, and tend to it,
and wait a day till it was alloror, and
then take heron to Boston free gratis.
Buttwasall no go. She wouldn't hear
a word to it And sho rented off the talk
to him by the yard. And when talk failed
■ho took to her water-works again, till
finally tho cnp'n said his resolution was
clean washtsl away, and ho iest give up
hook and lino, and*so 'twas all settled and
arranged that when ovcning come she
was to be alongside with her boat and took
aboard.
When she come out o' the cap'n's room
to go off, I see Tom Toothacre a watchin*
on her. He stood thoro by tho ratlin* a
shavin' np a plug o' baccy to put in his
pipe. Ha dldn t say a word, but he sort
o* took the measuro o' that aro woman
with his eye, nnd kopt a follcrin' on
her.
She bad a fine sort o' lively look, car
ried her head up and shoulders back, nnd
stepped as if she had steel spring in her
heels.
•Wsl, Tom, what do ye say to her ?'
hays Hen Howdin.
•I don't say nothinV says Tom, and ho
lit his pipe; 'tuin't my lusincss,' says
he.
•Wal, what do you thinkV wiys Bon.
Tom ^in a hist to his trowsers.
•My thought* is my own,' says ho, 'and
I calculate to koep'em to myself,' says he.
And then he just wnlkod to the sido o' the
teuol and waU'liod tho woman a gettin'
ashore. There was u quoer kind o' look
in Tom's eye.
Wal, tho cap'n ho was dreflul sort o'
oncasv arter she was gone. He had a
King talk in the cabin with Mr. More, tho
fttst ollicer, and there was a sort o' stir
aboard as if soirethin' was a goin' to hap
pen; we couldn't jest what it was.
Sometimes it seems as if when things is
goin' to hamuli a body kind o' feels Vm
comin' in tne air. We lniys was all that
way; of course wo didn't know nothin'
'bout what the woman wanted, or what
site come for, or whether she was comin'
ag'in; in fact wo didn't know nothin'
about it, and yet wi: sort«»' expected soth
in to come of it; and suthin did cotne,
• sum enough.
Come on night, just at dusk we sen a
boat comin' alongside, and there, sure
enough, was the lady in it.
•Them, she's comin' ag'in,' says I to
Tom Toothacre.
'Yes, and brought her baggage with
her,' says Tom, and he |>ointod down to a
long, narrow pine box that was in tho
boat beside her.
Jest then the cap'n called on Mr. More,
and he called on Tom Toothacre, and
nmong 'em they lowered a tackle and
swung the box altoard and put it tho
state-room right alongside the cap'n's
cabin.
'1'i.e lady sho thanked the captain and
Mr. Mom, and her roioo was jest as sweet
as any nightingale, and as sho went fnto
tluwtato-room after they put tho Imix in,
nno won g< ne over so long wit'i it. The
» rap'n and Mr. Moru they stood a whisper
in' to each other, and every once in a
while they'd kind o' not! at tho door where
whore the ladv was.
Wal, by and by fcho come out with her
handkerchief to nor eyes, and come on
deck and Iteguu talkin' to the cap'n nnd
Mr. More, and a wishin' all kinds o'
blessin's on their heads.
Wtil, Tom Toothaere didn't say a word,
px>d or I>:v<I, hut lie jest kept n iorkin' at
h«T. watch in' her as a cut Mutches u
mouse. Finally wo up Mil and started
with a fair breeze. The ladv she kep'
wal kin' ii]) and down, up and down, and
every time she turned on her heel, I saw
Tom a lookin' arter her and kiud o' nod
din' to himself.
•What makes you look arter her so,
Tom?' saya I to him.
•Cause I think she wants lookin* arter,'
says Tom. 'What's more,' says he, 'if
the eap'n don't look sharp arter her the
Devil Ml have us all More mom in'. I
tell ye, Sam, there's mischief in them pot
ticuts.'
'Why, what do ye think?' says I.
'Think! I don't think. I know! That
are's no gal, nor widder neither, if my
name's Tom Toothaere! Look at her
walk, look at the way she turn* on her
heel! I'vo lieen a watchin' on her. There
aint no woman liviu' with a step like
that !' say* he.
'Wal, who should the critter bo, thonP'
says I.
'Wal,' savs Tom, 'if that are ain't a
British naval otllcer, I lose my bot. I've
(M'cn used to the ways on 'em, and I
know their huild and tfieir slo|.'
'What do you supjHise she's got in that
loin: box?' says I.
•What has sho pit ?' says Tom. 'Wal,
folks might say none o' my business; but
I M'|>ects It'll turn out somo «»' my business
and youru too, if be don't look sharp ar
ter it,' hays Tom. It's no good, that are
box alnt.
'Why don't you sj>cak to Mr. Moro,'
says I.
'Wal, yon soo she's a chipperin' round
and makin' herself agreeable to both on
Vm ynu twt; sho don't mean to give no
body any clianco for a talk with eiu; but
I've pot my eye on her for all that. You
see I hain't no sort o' disposition to sarve
a tlmo on ono o' them British prison
ships,' says Tom Toothaere. 'It might In;
almighty handy for them British to have
the Brilliant for a coast vessel,' says he,
'but, yo sec, it can't 1m» Spared je*t yit. So
madam,' says he, 'I've got my eyo on
you.'
Wal, Tom was as good as his word, for
when Mr. Moro came towards him at the
wheel, Tom he up and say to him, 'Mr.
Mom, that are big box in the state-room
yonder wants lookin' into.'
Tom was a sort o' privileged character,
and had a way of s|>eakin' up that the of
ficers took In good |>art, 'cause they knew
he was n fust-ruto bund.
Wal, Mr. More he h»oks mysterious
and says he, 'Tom, do the boys know
what's in that are boxP'
'I bot they don't,' says Tom, 'if ihev
hail, vou wouldn't a got 'eiu to help it
aboard.'
'Will, ron see, poor woman,* says Air.
More to Tom, '»h« wm so dirtrMswl, She
wanted to get her husband's U*ly to It<»s
ton, imd there wa'nt no other way, nnd so
the enp'n he let it come alionrd. * He did
not want tlm boys to siujwct what it
was.'
'IIt»han<r* Iwdy be hanged T said Tom.
'Guom that an* corpse ain't so dead but
what there'll bo a rostirrection aforo tuor
nin', if it aint looked niter.'
'Why. what do rou moan. TomP1 says
Mr. Mom all in a bine maze.
'I mean that arc gal that's boen swltoh
in' her petticnts up ami down our deck
ain't no gal at all. That are's a British
frfllccr, Mr. More. You gire my duty to
the enp'n. and tell him to look Into bis
widder s bandbox and see what he'll find
there.'
H'hI, the tuato he wont, and bad a talk
with the cap'n, and they 'greed between
'em that Mr. More was to bold her in talk
while the can'n wont and took observa
tion* in the 8 tat o-room.
So down tho cap'n goes into tl»« stato
moni to give a look nt tho box. Wnl, he
finds the state-room door all locked to be
sure, and my Indy had the key in her
pooket; but then tho cap'n he had a mas
ter key to it, and so ho puts it In and
ojiens tho door quite softly, and begins
to take observations.
Sure enough, he finds that the screws
had been drnwod from tho ton of the box,
showin, thnt tho widder had been tinker
in, on't when they thought she was cryin,
over it; and then, lookin' close, he sees a
bit of twine goin' from a crack in the box
out o' tho winder and up on deck.
Wal, the cap'n ho kinder o' got in the
spcrit o' tho thing, aud ho thought ho'd
Jest let the widder piny hor play out, and
see what it would conic to. oo he je*t
call* Tom Tootliacro down to him, and
whisporod to him.
•Tom,' sitys ho. 'you jost crawl under
tho berth in that nm state room and
watch that are box.' And Tom said ho
would.
bo Tom creops under the berth nnd
lies (horn still us a mouse, and the oap'n
ho slijts out nnd turns tho key in tho door
so that when madam conies down she
shouldn't s'poct nothln'.
1'utty soon, sure enough, Tom heard
the Iock rattle, and tho widdow come in,
nnd then ho hoanl a hit of conversation
between hor and tho corpse.
'What time is it?1 came in kind of a
hoarse whisper out o' the box.
•Well, 'bout nine o'clock,' says sho.
•How long aforo you'll let mo out?'
says ho.
*'0 vou must have patience,' says sho,
'till they're all gone off to sleep, when
then* aint but one man up. I can knock
him down, says she, and then I'll pull
tho string for you.'
'The devil you will ma'am!' says Tom
to himself, under tho berth.
•Well, it's darned clu«* here,' says tho
fellow in tho box. 'Ho didn't say darn
ed, boys, but ho said n wickeder woid
that I can't rejieat noways,' said Sam, in
a parenthesis. 'These en* British ofllcers
was drefful swoarin' critters.'
•You must have patience a whilo long
er,' savs tho lady, 'till I pull tho string.'
Tom Tootliacro lay there on his back
lau.hin'.
•Is everything going on right?' says
the man in tho box.
. *AU straight,' «ay» sho, 'there don't
none of *om suspect.'
'You bet,1 say* Tom Toothacro, under
tho berth. And he said he had tho great
est mind to catch tho critter by the feet as
sho was a standin' there but somehow
thought it would bo better fuu to see tho
thing through 'cording as they'd planned
it.
Wal, then sho wont off switchin' and
mincln' up to tho dock ag'in, and a tlirt
in' with tho cap' n; for you see it was
'greed to let 'cm play their play out.
Wal, Tom ho lay thoro n waltin. and ho
wailed alld waited, till ho most got asleep,
but finally ho heard a »tirrln' in tho box,
as If tho Yellor was a gettin' up. Tom
he jo*t crawled out still and kcrful, nnd
stood up tight ag'in tho wall. Putty soon
lie hea» a grunt, and ho see tho top o'
tho hoxn risiu' up and a man just gettin'
out ou't mighty still.
Wal, Tom ho waited till ho got fairly
out on to tho tloor, and had his hand on
the lock o' the door, when ho juui|» on
him and gin liini a regular l>ear'* hug.
'Why, what's this?' says tho man.
'Giio.-w vo'll lin-l rut,*darn yo,* savs
Tom Toothacro. 'So yo wanted our ship
did ye,? Wal, yo can't hare our ship,'
says Tom My ho. And I tell vou no
jest run that aro fellow up stairs fickcty
split, lor Tom was s'.rong as a giant.
Tho fust thing they saw was Mr. More
lied got the whluer bv Iwth arms and was
tying on 'em bohiud her. 'Yo see, mad
am, your game's up,' says Mr. More,
'but wo give you free passage to Boston,
tho,* says ho, *wo wanted a couple of
prisoners about these days and you'll do
nicelv.'
Tho fullers they wr« putty chopfollon,
to lie ituro, and tho ono in wmncn'i clothes
'specially; cause when he was found out,
hu felt foolish enough in hi* petticoat*;
hut they was ln»th took to Boston and
given over as prisoners.
Yo see, como to look into matters, thev
found the two young fellows British of
fice! s, bad formed a regular plot to take
Cati'n Tucker's vessel and run it into
Halifax; and yo see, Cap'n Tucker ho
was so sort of'spry, and knew all the
Maine coast so well, and was so cute at
dodgin' in and out all them Utile liays
and crccks, and places nil 'long shore,
that he made the British considerable
trouble, 'cause wherever they didn't him
that's where he was sure to lie.
So they'd hatelu*d up this ore plan.
There was ono or two British sailors had
been shipped alxwird tho Brilliant a week
or two aforehand and 'twas sus|>octcd
they was to have 1icI|mm1 in tho plot if
things ha«l gone as they laid out; but I
tell you, when the fellows sea which way
the cat juni|MNl, thoy took putty g KMl
care to say that they hadn't nothin' to do
with it. Oh no, by no manner o' means.
Wal, o' course, ye know, it could't lie
proved on them,* nnd so we let it go.
But I tell you Cap'n Tucker he fidt
putty cheap about Ids widder. The
worst nn't was. they do say Ma'am Tuck
er got hold on it, and you might know if
a woman got hold on a thing like that
shu'd use it as handy as a cot would her
claws. The women tliev can't no more
help hittiii* a follow a clip andarnpjvhen
they've fairly got him, than a cat when
she's kotcho I a mouse, and so I should'nt
wonder if the Commodore heard some- <
thing about his widder every time hu I
went home from bis v'yges the longest i
day hu had to live. I don't know rothin' i
I lout it, vo know, I only kind o' jeogo by |
what looks ns human natur cues. i
liut Lonly massy, boys, 'twa'n't nothin'
to bo 'shamed of in thu rap'n. Folk*'II
haro to answer for wus things than try
in' to ii kindness U> i* poor widdor, now I
tell you. It's better to bo took in doin'
ii £<mk1 thing, than never try to do good:
mid it's inv settled opinion. Mid Sum,
Liking np hi* mil); of cider iind i-;tressinir
it tenderly, 'it's niv hmnblo opinion
that thu I nit sort o' folks is tho easi.it took
in. 'specially by the women. I ruely
don't think 1 should a dono a bit better
myself.'
Simmons.—Samuel Osg»»od writing of
American artist* in Italy, for the lust Har
per, notices Simmons m follows :
Franklin Simmon*, sometimes known
as the Maim; sculptor, is, in his wnj,
unique, ami with as Accurate an eye ami
touch as any other, ho has nn ideal |»ower
that no other man hits more closely united
with faithful Aiul exact detail. Ills statue
of ltogcr Williams for our Capitol is a
maMer-niece of invention and work; and
the leading sculptor of Rome coneurml
in naming it one of the very hest works
that lutd Iteen done here. As' there is no
portrait of Williams, the sculptor was
compelled to think out the Rhode Island
reformer into form, ami tho result has
been most happy in its combination of
Miltonio inteliignncn and dignity with
ruggvd simplicity. In portnUta Siratnotu
U ruiunrlutble; Mid no man in Florence
or Rome puU more of a man'* life into
the marble; bust than he.
DBBHT WAKE.
Debby wu such a queer old thing
I soarce can tell you what »h« was.
She squinted her eyes, and mumbled her lips,
And twisted her thumb* from knuskles to tips,
And her voies was shrill and cross.
Debby lived in a queer old bouse
As gloom j and rough as»be ;
Weeds and briars ran wild in the yard.
And the garden aoil was barren and bard—
With its one half-leafless tree.
Nobody eared for Debby much,
Nobody tried to ears
TUI one tweet maiden wboss heart bestowed
8uch riches of love they overflowed,
Had found poor Debby Ware.
Debby at firat was shy and cold,
For love waa so it range to her,
But never a heart is wholly bad.
And never a lift but stay be glad
If its waves an angel stir.
And Debby learned for a coming friend
With a Joyful watch to gaxe ;
She trimmed the thistle* from gate to door.
She brushed her garments and sanded tbe floor,
With thrifty womanly ways.
Debby was such a queer old thing,
But when the sweet mtiden spoke,
Tbe mumbling mouth and the squinting eyes.
Answered with gentle and wise replies,
As her besrt's long silence broke.
The maiden with ChrUtly love had brought
The pitying Christ to her,
And peace unwonted illumined ber roein
Like one whom dwelling of old bad been
But a vacant sepulchre.
Life's highways have many a tomb
With teu&nte of grief and sin ;
Where are tbe angels tbrcugh briars and weeds
To And the door of their gloom and needs
And wait upon Jesus in 7
A little love for the Master's saks
Is a trifling thing to spa:e,
But if poor Debby should stand at last
With the white robe over ber queerncse cast,
Would It be a trifle there T
A Propheoy.
Ono hot afternoon in tho month of Au
gust, 1867, three men sat around a table
in a private parlor at the Hotel Darm
stadi, in Ems, Germany, taking such com*
ing such comfort as they could derive
from Rhenish gra|ie and a pack of cards.
Tho most conspicuous figure of tliu group
was n hirgu man with a bald head, grey*
ish-blue eyes, a heavy light-colored mous
tache, and an air alM>ut him that would
havo douu honor to tho imperial purple.
This personage hud even then achieved
some fame, and was tolerably well-known
to reading peoplo by the name of Bis*
marck. Next to hiiu sat another bald
headed individual, inferior to Uisiuarck iu
statute, with a birder of black hair about
the haso of his skull that looked like the
lint of nn old felt hat (ruthlessly nibbed
of itn crown), condemned to remain there
as a permanent fixture. During the Cri
mean war the father of litis man ligtired
at tho cabinet councils in SL Petersburg
as Count Nessolrodo, hut tho son was only
know as a clever gamester nnd an habitue
of the fashionable European watering
places. The third tuenilier of tho |mrty
was a little fellow (mi little that his feet
scarcely touched, tho floor), with dark,
piercing eye*, swarthy skin, and vivacity
enough for half a dozen ordinary men.
At tho timo of which wo speak lto was
tho French consul at Stuttgard. All of
them had liuen partaking freely of wine,
and each in turn shuttled tho cards with a
vim that tho generous grape imports even
to tho phlegmatic tomtiemiuent. The
Frenchman, in Uio interludes of tho play
kent up a running fire of conversation,
skipping A*om topic to topio with a facili
ty which only Frenchmou enjoy, until,
warming as he went on, ho ventured the
declaration that France would c.nu day
mark her boundary by the Rhino from
Ilaslo to the sea.
"A hundred Frederics to fiftyP" ex
claimed Nemo I rode, "tint sho won't,"
"Done,*1 rejoined the Frenchman, "And
let the game be tho fortune-teller."
Thoy shu filed tho cards, and tho French
man lost.
"Another wager!" mid Ncsselrode,
with a glanco at liisniaruk, who eyed his
two companions calmly, without uttering
a single word.
'•Another wager! Two hundred and
fifty that within tiro years France and
Prussia measure swords, and that France
yields Als:ico and tho whole disputed bor
der."
"Cert impossible f' excitedly responded
tho consul.
Again the cards worn shufiled. At the
fourth plav Bismarck and the Frenchman
had each taken two tricks. It was Ibe
Russian's lead. He throw the Queen of
L'lubs upon the table.
"King!" shouted the Frenchman in tri
umph as he covered Nessoinee's card, aud
extended his hand to seize tho prize.
"Not so fast," coolly remarked the Prus
sian Premier, "I belie vo tho game is
mine," and casting the ace. he leaned
back in his chair and laughed heartily.
"Mon lticu /" shouted the discomfited
player, "hut cards alwars were liars,"
tnd unable to conceal the chagrin and
fxoitemont that overmastitred him, he
rose from tho table and quilted the room.
Throe years have scarcely elapsed since
:he little Incident here related (an Incl
lent which Nesselrode told with hearty
uitisfa(*tion in the Ems otfes that sum
uor), and now the big cloud of war
hat hovers over Europe mar bunt to
•rove that cards are not such liars after
dl.
Greeley's Penmanship.
Tho following is ona of the liost storliw
among lite ninny told at tho exponas of
Horace (jreeloy's shocking cliirogrriphy:
In May last Mr. M. I). Castle of Sandwich
Illinois, invited Mr. Greeley to lecture
there. To this the following reply was
sent :
"Deir Sir,—I an overworked sad growing
old 1 shall be CO ocxt Feb. 3. Oo the whole
it seems I must decline to lecture henceforth ex
cept ia this immediate vicinity, III do at all.
1 caaaot promise to visit Illinois on that tr*
rand—ceitiiulj out now.
Yours, IIosxcs Qkxxlt,
M. D. Castle, Hiadwicb, Illinois."
The Illinois lecture committee found
the document rather a tough one to de
clpber»*bnt succeeded nt last in extract
ing its purport to their satisfaction and
delight. One cah imagine the expression
of tho Philosopher's countenance as be pe
rused tho following reply:
"Sasdwioi IH, May 11
lloraos Oraekv, New fork Tribuaa—Dsar
Sir,—Your aeoepUaos to loctars bofcr* ear as
sociation next winter oasaa to haad this aora
Ing. Your penmanship not beisj the plalosst,*
II took ioom tin* to translate lt| bat wt mmv
WM, woo Id say jwir Ume—8d at Feb.*
and Irrw—'ffiO,' art entirely mlrfirtanr.
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er rnmgrmenls la thia Immediate vicinity, If aa
we will ad* lea yoa.
Tours reapaet/Ully, II D. Cuiut"
The Baby Overture.
Under this enption Ellha Bnrritt gives
a graphic acvount of the formation of so
ciety in California at tho commencement
of fc:o gold excitement there. After tell
ing of tho rudeness and rougbneas of times
before the adrent of woman among tbo
miners, ho oontlnnes thus:
"After awhile, two or throe wires were
sent for br their husbands; and now for
the first time, the sight and voice of a wo
man greeted the gold diggers. Her advent
was hailed with wonder and delight. No
English princess of tbo blood eoald have
attracted iff inspired more adntlrati<»n, in
her walks through an English village,
than did the first woman who walked
among tho log huts and cabins of San
Francisco. After a year or two several
of theso rudo homes had wives or sisters
in them, and aociety began to take *ha|w
and fonn under their influence. The un
kempt, rough, sunburned miners liegan to
wash their faces, and tidy their dress and
de|iortment into a more respectable scm.
bianco in this new femalo jirescnce. Home
thoughts and memories or far-off mothers
and sisters were set into softening exerrli o
by It. Perhaps the thought even of an In
fant school was suguested as an institution
in their little wooden town.
'• Thu little wooden town grew rtpioiv
and it Itegan to assume Dime of the small
appurtenances of civilization. Thev built
a rude plnv'hi use. nnd called It n theatre,
and extemporized an orchestra, nmuber
In^r several fiddle*, a Imim viol, a troinlionc,
and two or three other instruments.
These entertainments were enjoyed with
great relish by tho hard-working men,
and Uie house was sura to be well filled
whenover openeil. Mora wives and sia
ten were brought on from thu Northern
States, and by-nnd-by a little volte was
heanl in ono of the rude houses of the vll
Inge After a nhilo snmo of theae now
comers graced the theatre with their pres
ence, nnd were greeted with expressive
looks of ndmlrnllon nnd delight. One
evoning the first infant born in the settle
ment, of American |>arenU, was brought
by its mother to the theatre. Just as tlie
orchestra whs in tho midst of a crashing
Orncunt the little thing put forth a sudden
cry, that pierced tho musie of all the wind
and string Instruments with a treble that
none of them could make. It wns the lint
note of human Infancy that had been heanl
for years by the great majority of tho au
dience. Not a soul of them fell to inter
preting Its political significance. No ono
ncard In that quavering cry tho bubbling
utterances of an infant State, hailing the
world from its cradle, or the cries of tho
first-born of a young nation. No such
speculations flllod that minute of comtucn
emotion. Tina infant cry was to them aU
the self-voiced memory of their childhood,
and it* life on tho other sid* of the conti
nent A stalwart gold-digger, with locks
like a grizzly (war's and face • liko the tan.'
Sve tho sentiment of the whole house in
true expression when ho shoutod, 'Stop
those fiddles and let the baby cry! I
haven't heanl such a sound for ten years!'
Tho whole audience applauded the senti
ment. Tho fiddles stopped playing; the
orchestra listened with enger and delighted
ears. The Ilaby's Overture was the only
music of tho moment. As it mso and fell
upon tho gamut of It* treble, pit, liox ami
gallery burst forth into cheer after cheer
of delight and enthusiasm.
" Such was the Itahy's Overture at the
birth of a new Stale, that ere long will
oonnt Its millions, and lead tho l'adliu em
pire of the Engiish-s|>uaking nice."
Dickon's Home.
Cad's IHll, where Dickon's lived and
died, is Hhout thriw mile* from Kochoster.
Sliak«9|N>ari' has made it famous in Henry
IV. lis the scene of one of 1'rinco Hall's
nnd KalstafTs escapade*; nnd. as the trav
eller on a tropical day in June, climb* tip
the hill, he is in a condition to appreciate
the prince'* humor when be is made to
say :
"KiliUffnri^U in <lrath,
And Urdi th« Imb »*ith m b* esiki sluog."
At the top of the asci'iit stands the "Sir
John KalstafTs" tavern. and there, from
time Immemorial has has a tavern al
ways stood. It Is one of those old fashion
ed places which aro now not often to lie
met with in this country—a comfortable
hostelry, with long, narrow, long-pitched
rooms,*a swinging nij»n. with a full length
jjortmit of the burly F»raggart, and a largw
garden, containing and ample lawn, pleas
ant and leafy bowers, and a goodly row of
big rose bustles. Tlie side of this garden
touches a |tortion of tho grounds connect
ed with Mr. Dickon's resident**, ultliouj;h
separated from It by the high road lietwocu
Kochoster nnd (iraveseu I, the privacy of
the connection being maintained by a sub
way under the manT Almost immediate*
ly opposite the "Sir John KalsUfP Is Gad's
Ilill House, where thu great novelist had
re»idcd for upward of fourteen roars. and
whence his liody was removed to West
minister Abbey In the early hours of Tues
day morning. The house is a pleasant
one. Dnilt of brick and having a tiny
bolfrey on the middle of the root, it pre
sents an aspect of suUtaiitial comfort not
to bo despised; while the garden aad
grounds, which were greatly Improved
under the late proprieto:, uphold tho rep
utation which Kent enjoys of being the
Klen of Kngland. Ily the side or tho
*e there rises a tall flagstaff, and. as It
was Dickon's gracious habit whenever he
had foreign visitors (and his hospitality
was of tho most cosmopolitan character),
always to display the dags of the different
nationalities under his roof, I need not say
that the villagers round almtit were ex
ceedingly familiar with the Stars and
Stripes. One of Dickon's favorite place*
of resort was a summer house in a portion
of this sylvan retreat which commanded
n distant view of the Thames, and of a
wide expanse of open nnd wooded conn
tnr. It was In this nook, I believe that his
literary work was done, tliat the closinr
pigcsofwhal remains of his unflnishtd
story wore written. No more lovely view
of the kind could be Imagined than that
which presents itself from this placo; nar
row country lanes, eni!»nsom«d In tall
hedgerows: extensive orehanls, at this
season laden with fruit; picturesque
church towers and country mansions ;
wide stretches of meadow nnd waving
cornfields; and the river, lika a silver
thread, in the far liaok gronnd. Tho tow
ers of Ilochcster Castle cannot bo soen from
this point, but may lie front a turn of tho
road at no great distance.—English Cor
rttpondtnee of IndrjtrnJent.
A aabacnbrr eoaplftlM b*"«a»tb« krracr*
»bfeh w» rMoaraMtxJeif to kttl ban «• ««»•
bar viixa, tin kill«l tin viae*. W«IU wbo ami
lajtbing *Nwt Um timm T It ni Um ban v»
wn doctoring. AajrU; ou^ht to kaov Wtt r
ttea to pot It «o tbt riser.