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VOL. XV,
PERBYSBURG, O.. DAY, DISC EMBER 13,
1807.
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FIREMEN'S INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF D.lVTOff, OHIO.
TntS Company has fairly earned the right to
solicit the patronage of the cit'usns of this
eountv, having paid $5,700 In Losses in the county
within the last year. Rates as low as any rciiablo
Company. Losses equitably adjusted aid prompt
ly paid.
J. A. SHANNON, Perrysbnrg, O.,
44 Ueneral Agent for Northwestern Ohio.
F. W. UNDEKIIILL & (0.
Dealers in
American & Italian Marble
and Granite Stone,
No. 290, corner of Summit and Cherry, Toledo, O
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Address by
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- S LEVIN & BROWN,
Attorneys nnd Counsellors at Lnw, and
...... General Land Apei ts.
Land bought and sold ; taxes paid : titles exam
ined, fi.o. Extra bounty, local bonntv, back
. , pay, pension, ete., promptly collected and
paid over.
" J?" Office in the Courthouse, Perryaburg,
Ohio. - '"
L'EFJIYSBURG MEAT STORE.
JOIItf v. HOFFMAN
HAS removed his Meat Store to the building re
cently occupied by the Hardware Store, on
Louisiana Avenue. An excellent quality of Moat
-!s alwayskeptnn hand,t which he i n r i tea t lie at
tention of all loversof a juicy Roast, or a louder
Steak.
Perryaburg, November 8, 1865. 3zi
B. C. BBEKL.Y,
SURGEON DENTIST,
PEKli YSBTJHG, OHIO.
lTCharges moderate, and all work warranted.
3f"0frice over O. Beach's Store, on Louisiana
Avenue. zx
J. II. REID,
Attorney - at law,
TTA3 resumed the practice of his profession, at
XX Perryaburg, Ohio, where he will give prompt
attention to all legal business entrusted to bis care
Office in the Bank building. Tzx
WILLIAM II. J0NR8.
JOHN A. SHANNON
JONES & SHANNON,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
OFFICE OVER KREPS' STORE,
: 4Gix Perrysbarg, Ohio.
A. McMAHAN,
. (Late Brevet-Colonel V. S. Volunteers,)
V7",x OlctlxxL Agont
PostofBce Address East Toledo, Ohio.
ALL Honest Claims against the Government
c.n be collected. Many of the late officers
an t soldier of the army, and also widows and
nein of decened olBcers and soldiers, do not keep
well Informed of the laws relating to them. All
claimants for whom I transact business are
promptlv informed, by mail, of any laws affecting
them. "ff No charge mals unless claims are
successfully prosecuted. 43zi
JOHN A. SHANNON,
Attorney and Counscllor-at-Law,
. Office in Phoenix Block, up stairs,
.'Perrysbnrg, Ohio.
t9Attcntion given to the collection of Soldiers
Claims.
OEOUflE STKAIN,
ATTORN EY-AT-L1W, Pkrrtsbdro, 0.,
WILL attend to alt business confided to hisoare
to tht several Courts of Ohio. Military
Claims will receive particular attention.
Also Insurance taken at reasonable rates.
Office New Hardware Buildtng.up stairs, cor
cer of Louisiana Avenue aodFront street. Its
Ot D. K. IIOLLENIIECIi, "
) rrrrberin Wee Co , O
Attorey-t-iaw j Notaries Publio ; Cnnverno
era; CollecUng Agents ; Real Estate Agents;
llaving large quantities of Wild Lands and many
Improved Farms, for sale ;
Agents to Pay Taxes, and redeem lands sold fo
taxes also, to purchase lauds and investigate
titles.
War Clalna Agents,
To procure the back pay and bounty duo to rel
atives of deceased soldiers V
To procure pensions for those entitled to them j
To procure for anMiers liberated from prison
commutation of rations while they were eouftned,
etc., eie ton
r ROSS & COOK,
AOIHTS FOB TBI
METROPOLITAN INSURANCE CO.
Of New York City. '
Rates as low as any good, first-class Company.
Business solicited. Office, corner of Frout-sireet
and Louisiana-avenue, f errysburg. 3
- J. F. . n. PHICE,
Attorneyfl-at-Law,
Perrytenrtt Wood Ceunty, O.
WE have large quantitiee of Real Estate 'for
sle;atten3 to Tax-paying; also, procure
Bounties aud Peusiona for Soldiers.
AH bujincsa promptly attended to. 1
at
a
be
REAL ESTATE AGENCIES.
BARGAINS INREAL ESTATE
A Small Farm of 43 acre. More or lost
nt-lot 140 one mile sonth of rcrrysburg. A
verv desirable location. Possession at any time,
on lease or sale.
For Snlo, cheap, in prompt pay or In pav
tnents, a new dwelling-house aud lotj 110 feet front
and 133 feet rear, of in-lots Nos. St3 and 400, Per
rysbnrg, Ohio.
100 acres or land for sale cheap, In Warren
eountv, Illinois.
In-fots Nor. SS and SO for sale In Philipps' addi
tion to Toledo, Ohio ; at a bargain, in payments if
desired.
Also, a business lot In Pes Moines, Iowa low.
80 acres, n 4eqrs c SI, Middleton, good land,
at per acre in payments.
80 acres, n ( ne qr sec 30, Webster, ditching
paid for, at SI0 per acre in pavmenta.
100 acres, nw qr sec 19, in Portage, good land,
at to por acre in payments.
80 aores,' )iw qr seo 27, in Lake, at a low
figure.
80 acres, w X sw qr lee 6, town S, range 10, in
Henry, at f 3 per acre.
A number of fine iu-lota for sale cheap in Per
rysburg. Desirable lands in Laporte and Steuben Co's,
Ind., for sale at a bargain.
800 acres of tax title lands, in Wood County, for
smu cnenp.
I will show my lauds with pleasure, and in sell
ing, will make payments to suit.
J. KICKETTS.
Perryaburg, February 8, 1807. 4Ut
JAS. W. ROSS, A8HRR COOK, KLBKKT D. ROSS
UOSS & COOK,
ABSTRACTS of TITLE.
OFFICE i
Corner I.nnlaiana Avrnne nnd Front
street, ferr) aburg, Ohio.
WE have the only set of Abstract Hooks
now in Wood County. containing a complete
Indkx to all Lots and Lands therein.
E-ff Certificates of Title given upon reasonable
terms.
trif Also, Agents for purchasing and selling
Real Katate, getting up Tax Titles, paying Taxes,
ace., cvo.
business solicited. 37zx
oeorqr wanngr.L.
MEODELL
W. 8. RBRRLT
GBGRLY.
GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
I'errraburff, Wood Coutitjr, Ohio.
Will buy and sell Lands, examine titles, pay
taxes, redeem Lands sold for taxes, &.O., etc.
J-fcT" Ollica in the Court-house. 37zz
VALUABLE REALESJATE FOR SALE.
T'lIE undersigned having established a Real Es-
X tate Agencv in Perrysbnrg, offer for sale the
following ltuul Latate, situated in Wood Couutv
Ohio; . "
O In-lots in Perrysbnrg, with good Ilouse, Darn
Orchard, Well, Ac. very desirable. Can bo bad
at a bargain, and on liberal terms. ,
A ... . , , .. . JL1
Township, under good cultivation, with 800 fruit
1. 1'nriii oi iuacreA.in aeniion in ni nam
trees, gooa buildings, and well draiued. Two
miles trom lontogany.
An Improved Form of 100 Aers, in sco
tion 34, Plain Township i W0 acres nudcr culliva
tion, and nearly all uudur fence ; a large orchard,
and good well, together with a good frame houso
auo Darn.
section, all under fence mostly improved ; orchard,
rm. s-mill UUIUUIIIIIIS in ACFRS. in snmn
u, ,wn, mi Bo uiitiae, wun gooa irame bouse
in L-imrsB oi construction.
The NE. yt of the NE. i of section 2S. town 4
north of ranfta 10 east. Good Ilouse and Orchard.
ah unuer lunce.
UNIMPROVED LANDS.
K i se qr section 35, tp 5, range 1180 acres.
N fi sw qrsco 36, tp 5, range 1180 acres.
; 80 AcrOM, in-seetion 4, CelUr Township, well
timbered with black walnut, white wood, Ac.
SO Acres, in section Id, Liberty Township,
prairie.
40 Acres, in section 16, Milton Township
Lot No. 8.
80 Acres, in section 12, Henry Township
timbered.
800 Acres in section 11, Portage Township;
hcavilv timbered.
Twelve or fifteen choice TOWN LOTS, in Per
rysbnrg. t-3F"The above Real Estate will be offered a
Jo-- rates, on terms to suit the purchaser.
SLEVIN A BROWN,
i Real Estate Agents, Perryaburg, 0.
Cheap House.
A n.iinuL, r it a .,i Ej uuunfc ana two Lrots in
Ptrrysburgj title perfect ; for sale at f27o,
FOR SALE.
TOTJR desirable residences in Perrysbnrg
Price ranging from $1,200 to $1,800 ; for sale
by
KUS3 A LOOK.
NEW GOODS !
NEW GROCERIES I
NEW STORE-ROOM
GEORGE BOETSCH,
HAVING purchased the building formerly oc
cupied by the Hardware Store, has thor
oughly repaired, repainted and remodeled it in an
attractive style, and filled it with a stock of
Groceries,
Produce,
Provisions,
Notions, &c,
Unsurpassed by any other Grocery Stock in Per
ryaburg, comprising, in part
Teas, Spices, Coflfeer, Sugars, Sirups, Canned
Fruits, Soaps, Candles, Kread, Crackers, Can
dies, 1 obacco, l;igars, W ooden Ware in ran
ety.the Produce of the Garden, the Farm,
and the Dairv in short, almost every
Article and Notion that enters into the
healthy Economy of the Household.
3f A cordial invitation is extended to House
keepers and all others to call and judge for them
selves of this excellent stock.
GKOROE BOETSCH.
Perryaburg, (forcmbcr 27, 1866. SI
AN EXCELLENT OFFER
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE
rERUYSBURG JOURNAL.
The price of Harper's Monthly Magazine is $4
per annum the Perryaburg Journal $2; we will
furnish the two for 5 2
The price of Harper's Weekly is M per aunum
the Perrysbnrg Journal $2 ; we will furnish the
two for $i 24.
The price of Harper's Bazar is 4 per annum
the Perrvsbure; Journal ;2 we will furnish the
two for it 25.
The price of the Lady's Friend is $2 50 per an
num the Perryaburg Journal is 92 1 we will fur
nish the two Tor $3 60.
The price of the Saturday Evening Poat is '2 SO
per annum the Perrvsburg JouruaT $2 j we will
furnish I ho two for aS M.
The price of Godey'a Lady's Book is $3 per
annum tiie Perryaburg Journal 2 j we will fur
nish the two for II.
GROCERY
STORE.
Family
Groceries,
AT
' Reduced Prices.
rPHB undersigned, having recently pnrcbased
1 the Urocerv Store, on Front-street, formerly
occupied by Anton A Sheets, take this method ol
informing the citizens of Perryaburg that they will
all tiinea keep tm hand a foil supply of almost
every article needed by families ia the
Grocery ana Produce Llir ,
which, will hadisnosed of on terms that ahall prove
satisfactory to all. Tbey are determined not to be
undersold, and are confident that their elnek eaa
not be surpassed in variety nr quality, tiive tnem
call belore purchasing elsewhere, and you may
certain of securing good bargains.
... . . . ...... ...... ,s r r x-
JUS, uiLUtiini.M a.
Perryaburg, January 21, 167. V
The Castalian Fount.
NOBODY'S CHILD.
Alone In the drearV, ptliless street.
With my torn old drvaa and hare, cold feet,
All day' I've wandered to and fro,
Hxngrjr and shivering, and nowhere to gn
The night Is coming on in darkness and dread.
And the chill alert beating upon my bare head t
Oh I why does the wind blow upon me so wild t
Is it because I'm Nobody's Child T
Just over the way there's a flood of light.
And Warmth and Beauty and all things bright ;
Rcautirul children, in robes ao fair,
Are caroling songs in rapture there.
I wonder if they, in their bliaaful glee,
Would pity a poor little beggar like me,
Wandering alone in the mereiU-aa street.
Naked and shivering, and nothiug to eat I
Oh I what shall I do when Ihe night comet dowa
In its terriblo blackness over the town t
Shall I lay me own 'nealh the angry sky,
On the cold, bard pavement-atone, to die?
When the beautiful children their prayers bare
said,
And their mammas have tucked them up snugly
in bed f
No dear mother ever upon me smiled ;
Why is it, I wondcrt I'm Nobody's Child I
No father, no mother, no sister not one
In all the world loves me ; e'en the little dogs run
When I wander too near them; 'tis wondrous to
see
now every thing shrluks from a beggar like me 1
Perhaps 'tis a dream ; but, sometimes when I lie
Gazing far up in the dark blue sky.
Watching for hours some large bright star,
1 fancy the beautiful gates are ajar.
And a host of while-robed, nameless things
Come fluttering o'er me in gilded wings ;
A hand, that is strangely soft and fair,
Caresses gently my tangled hair,
And a voice like the enrol of some wild bird
The sweetest voice that ever was heard
Calls me many a dear pet name,
Till my heart and spirit are all aflame.
And tells me of such unbounded lore,
And bids ine come up lo their hmo above ;
They look at me with their soft, sweet, blue eyes
And woo me to their home beyond the skies'.
And it seems to in", out of I lie dreary night
I am going up to that woild of light,
And away Ironi the hunger and storms so wild;
t am sure 1 shall then be Somebody s Ihim
I REMEMBER.
All I yes, I remember that name with delight,
Sweet Alice, so cherished and dear ;
I seek her lone grave in the pale hour of night,
Ami moisten Ine tun with a tear ;
And there, when the heart is o'erburdened with
WOPS,
I wander and muse all alone.
And long tor the time when my heart shall repose
rt iicre "sweet Alice lies unuer tbe alone.
I roam through the wood where so joyous we
struveu,
And recline on the green, snnnv hill i
All things are as bright in that beautiful glade,
Din my neart is an lonely anil chill.
The hand that so fondly I pressed then In mine
Ana the lips that were meeting w ith love
Are cold in the grave, and I'm left to repine,
'Till 1 meet with sweet Alice above.
Ah 1 well I remember the school-house and brook.
"And the master so kind and so true."
The wild-blooming (lowers in the cool, shady nook
no Iragrunt Willi nirense and dew.
But I weep not for these, though so dear to my
neart,
Nor the friends Unit have left us alone
The bosom will heave, and the tear-drops will
start,
For "sweet Alice lies under the stone."
I REMEMBER. The Patriot Brother.
A THRILLING INCIDENT OF THE
REVOLUTION.
Wo liavo all read of tho olil Rmnnn pa
triotism which could uiifliiicliinirly con
domn lo dentil t lie nearest kindred w hen the
cause of j list ice demanded. I will record
an Incident thai occurred in ' the dnys that
tried men a bom Ik, winch, I think, lunar
allot to any recorded in Roiruui liixtort. Il
ia but one of the many that have never
been penned, and the reader will peruae it
with additional interest when I assure him
llmt it le derived from family tradition.
The period of which I write was that in
which the lmmortul Jettorson then Hover
nor ol Virginia addresser! the following
language to the now acknowledged Father
of liia country. .
''The fatal want of arms puts it out of
onr power to bring a greater force inlo the
field than will barely BtilTice to restrain the
adventures of the pitiful body ol men they
have at Portsmouth.
At this time General Greene was flying
before Lornwallis, and I lie southern atmos
pliere was intensely black and threatening
Georgia and Carolines were in the hands of
the enemy, and the foe was menancing Vir
guiia, then in an annuel defenseless comli
tion, in consequence of the heavy drafts
that had been made on her.
It will be remembered that when the flv
ii g Americans entered Virginia, Cornwall:
ceased his pursuit. Ibid ho known the
condition of the troops in Virginia, there
can be little question that he would have
invaded the colony, and made an easy con
quest ol it.
Ul courne, it was a matter ol the greatest
importance to llio Americana that the en
emv should be kept ignorant of their tie
fensele68 stale, and on this tact hinges the
incident I am about to relate.
Among the forces under General Greene,
were come ns brave fillowa as ever lived,
notwithstanding there were many who re
fused to re-enlist, and were discharged at
Pittsylvania Court house.
Of the former class was Job Sanger, a
large, muKculur man, with prominent fea
tures ami nn open cast of countenance,
wliicli betokened generosity and unchang
ing fidelity, lint he had a brother possess
ing almost the opposite uliaiacteristics. Ho
was rrn tiler in stature, of lies manly pr -portions,
and his manner was sulky and
suspicious. While Job's countenance was
an bale of hie heart and be was free to
express his mind on all subjects Lemuel,
or " Lem," as he was called, hud a face in
dicative of intrigue and treachery, while
he alwayi avoided an expression of opin
ion, if possible, and w hen be did speak, no
one lelt quite satisfied that he expressed
his true semimeuls.
This often gave great annoyance to Job,
when they were discussing tbe questions
most nearly affecting the times, ami occas
ionally he felt half of the opinion that Lem
vas a rascally tory. Others of his compan
ions had the same feelings ; but as there
was nothing tangible lo convict him. the
thought was generally soon dispelled by
the reflection that he was an odd kind of a
fellow, and might be true as steel, after all.
une day, fergeant V under lyu, Nicholas
Wasson, benjamin BIocu'ji and Job. were
hurrying along together, the army retreat
ing before tbe army of Coruwullis j the 8or
geuot said to Job i
' 1 believe there sone infernal lory
among ns who visits Corn wall is camp, and
and that's the reason why he chases ns so ;
he knows jest how we're silerwated."
" 1 vo thought so, too," replied Job "but
who d'ye a'pose it is T "
" Well, I iiave my suspicions," evasively i
answered the Pergeantk
I II bet I can guess, chimed in Nick
Wossod. I
of
be
to
" And I llowht'l 00 "'ranger to us,"
added Ben Slocum.',t
" Tf It'a ao, be ough't lo be'Mint. whoever
he is I " said Job, rather emphatically.
u Did yon notice lein, last night, when
the guard waa relieved T " askod Sergeant
Vanderlyn.
Yes I noticed he appeared to be
and complained some," replied Job.
h t have my opinion about thai," signifi
cantly urged the Sergeant.
"So have I," added Hen.
"Audi allow he was some tired, and
was out of breath ; but the Lord only knows
what worried him," again chimed in Nick.
"You don't mean tossy that Lem
his post, to visit CornwallisT" asked Job,
half doubtingly. " Put I have olten
suspicious myself that he was at heart
nothin' but a tory, and shan't be offended
with ve for 'sjiressin' yer opinion," con
tinued Job, dejectedly.
I knew yer wouldn't," replied
Sergeant " and spoke about it, thinkin'
we'd better keep a little watch o' him
tbe futnr'."
''Haiti'' waa tho command that rang
along tho ranks.
They were then on a rolling piece
ground free from underbrush, though
heavily tiinliertd, and the jaded troops had
been halted to rest and cut a few hasty
ninutbfiils, preparatory to renewed exer
tions to reai h and cross the river Dan that
night, and thus place its waters between
thorn and the enemy, as they had previously
done on two other occasions, when
waters rose so rapidly and providentially
immediately after crossing.
A further consultation was had among
tho quartotlo I have just left in conversa
tion, ami plana for a close watch of
movements of Leiu wero satisiactonly
arranged.
It was known to the- Sergeant nnd,
so apprehended by a large portion
the troops thnt the Governor had no menus
of supplying them with better arms,
ol equipping additional fo'ces to send
their reliol. Hut, in addition to this,
Sergeant bad seen a messenger deliver
pneka je to Genet a' Greene, and from con
versation ho overheard at headquarters,
lenrued that the defenses of the colony
were much more precarious limn any
them hud dreamed : while Washington
aetit regrets of his inability to afford
immeiiiuie assistance.
Tliis information, the Sergeant know,
would bo of the utmost importance to
enemy, and he bud reason to suspect that
Lem knew something of it, from the
that he had seen him prowling ubnut head
quarters. Accordingly ho imparted to
comrades what information he had in
to tho dispatches, also his suspicions
about Lem.
Having taken their short rest, the army
was again put in motion. It reached
banks of the Dan on tho night of tho 14th
of February, aud tho exhnnsled troops were
thrown across, as the historian tells
" with the feelings with which the dweller
amidst wildernesses. chased by furious
beasts of prey, finally reaches the door
his own habitation."
lloio they were met by friends, and
many of their relatives, though they wore
in no condition to render assistance,,
' the tfnnt of arms," in case tho pursuit
i-hoiild be continued by Coruwullis. Hut,
in the Innuage of the biographer of Jefler
son, ' ti e people of lUiiux t o Virginia
county entered by the Southern army
Its retreat over the Dan received "
fugitives with open arms, and lavished
thatu every hospitality." ,
As a mutter of course, a good deal
license was granted the suffering tro.ips,
who had made a retreat of two hundred
miles in the depths of Winter, and of whom
it was said, they " were worn out, their
clothe wore in tatters, and (here was
more than one blanket for four." They
were allowed free intercourse with the
habitums, many of whom had come,, out
meet them and afford such relief as they
could. Fathers aud brothers, wives, sisters
and Bweeihcai ls, wero nmntig those, who
greeted tbe troops as they crossed
waters of the Dan.
Among these anxious visitors was Louisa
Leslie, an interesting girl of eighteen summers,
with dark hair and eyes, a fair complexion
and form and features classically
molded. It-was about day-break when she
entered the camp, for the news of the
arrival of the troops traveled like wildfiro,
and iiono stood upon the order of their
going when the expected intelligence was
receivi d. She had come alone, her father
and brother being in the army, and
mother too feeble to accompany her. Tier
first inquiry was for Job Sanger, whom she
futiud, and it was plain enough to those
who witnessed their meeting that more
than a friendly impulse led her to the manly-
proportioned and warm-hearted Job. Any
one would have said they were destined,
if fate permitted, to travel the uncertain
road of life hand in hand.
lint there was something more than love
manifested in the face and manner of (he
excited Louisa; when the first thrilling
raptures of the meeting were over, site
nervously ejaculated t
' 1 have something ot importance to toll
you of impoitance to us ull, and it may
to the country I
" U hat is il, Louise 7 whaO is it T asked
Job, as ho led her a little to one side.
" Lemuel is a traitor I exclaimed she.
A shudder crept over Job's frame, aud
ehaddow clouded his brow
' How do you know T" he asked.
" I will tell you," she answered. " As
passed the thicket yonder at the torn
t'je road, I heard voices proceeding from
t. I slopped aud listened. Olio of them
knew was Lemuel's, but the other I did not
know."
' Well!" interrupted Job, impatiently.
" But I knew he was a tory (and I htard
Lemuel tell him that while the troops were
crossing the river last night he succeeded
ii getting hold of a package ot papers lust
received by Genet al Greene ; they were im
portant, and that he would take them to
Coruwallis as soon aa he could steal out
camp and get across the river."
" What did tbo other lay to tins I asked
Job.
" lie said the papers would enable Corn-
wallis to push nn and make an easy con-
quest of the colony, And he would provide
oanoe lor Lemuel a little way down in the
course of an hour nr two, he would see
paddle standing by the side of a tree, and
under the bank he would find a canoe con
cealed."
"And did Lem say be would got "asked
Job. dubiously.
" Yea J be said he had repeatedly visited
the enetny'a camp at nicjlit, and that this
me lie should not return. The canoe
ould enable him to keep himself and pa
pers dry, and there would be no need of
any more information in regard to the
American camp. They then bade each
other good-bye, and hasteued on."
Job stood silent and tbouzbtful, gazing
upon the ground for some moments. He
waa deeply pained, and coped there might
some mistake about it, and his brother
found innocent, thongh the conduct of Lem
had not been such as to give much strength
tha hope, .
" ibero be is,now; exiiued Louis,
ill,
the
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of
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deed, nor
to
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ol
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the
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to
pointing towards him, as he waa walking
past, a short distance off, evidently hav
ing coino into camp by a roundabout way,
" I must speak with him," said Joe. "Yon
go yonder, and tell Sergeant Vanderlyn and
bis three comrades to follow mo at a little
distance."
Job hurried after Lem, and Louisa noti
fied the Sergeant of her lover's wish, A
hint was sufficient.
Job overhauled Lem, and taking b'lu jiint
ontside the camp, resolved to have a pri
vate talk with him, and find out if tho pre
vious suspicions of h tn elf and conn ados
and the report of Louisa were really true.
At all events, ho was determined to not
again lose sight of him.
Hut scarcely bad Job begun to interro
gate Lem, titan tho latter his suspicions
already aroused suddenly bolted from
him, and took to bis heels,
Lem was more than ordinarily n'mhlo
footed, ant! probably something like terror
increased bis speed j but Job, with less
agility, but greater powers of cmlnranco,
followed in close pnrsnit, the Sergeant nnd
comrades bringing up the rear.
For some distance neither seemed to gain
much of tho other, whon Job stepped on a
loose chunk of wood, which rolled, and
sprained his auklo. lie did not stop ; but
Lem, from the moment, continued to gain
nn him. At length, a little in advance of
Lem, Job espied a rude paddlu standing by
the side of u tree. It was but a tow steps
from the bank of tho river, and Iho convic
tion at once flushed over him that what
Louisa hat! ovei heard 'van, indeed, trno.
lie knew that if Lem reached tho river, his
escape was certain, and it was equally
certain that ho could not overhaul him.
Then the thought of thnt package of dis
patches nnd tho condition of his fellow
soldiors stung him like nn adder. It must
not bo. The enemy must not know of the
foilorn condition of his countrymen and
the helpless slnto of his country. All this
Hashed through his mini! like lightning,
and was pitted against his affection for his
brother. At length, just ns Lem was about
to grasp tho paddle stand ng by the tree in
front of him, Job jerked his rille to his
shoulder, and exclaiming, "This lor my
country !" fired !
Lem fell prostruto on his faco at tho roots
of the tree
Job approached, nnd, loaning on his rifle
itood and gazed nt him with mingled feel
ings of sorrow anil pity, while Hen Slncuui
rolled the body over, mid tho rest of the
parly looked on with countenances ex
pressive of deep regret.
An examination showed that Lem hnd
received a dangerous, though not neoes
sarily fatal, wound in the shoulder, w hich
had given his whole system a severe shock;
and further search disclosed the dispatches
concealed in his bosom, while tho ramie
was found hidden under the bank of the
river, ready to be shoved off in a momont's
time.
Ho was taken lo Iho c imp, tho affair ex
plained, the dispatches returned to tho
General, and tho wounded man carefully
provided for. Ilo escaped tho traitor's
doom by never recovering his natural
senses.
It is well known that tho pursuit of
Coruwullis here ended ; but thcro can bo
litlle doubt that had ho received informa
tion of tho destitution of tho Americans,
ho would have followed up the advantage,
uuil tnaifo his conquest comnleto.
After the war, Louisa Leslie becamo Mrs.
Sanger, and Job was a thriving ami happy
hiisbainl, save one deep sorrow, occasioned
by tho regret of tho necessity which de
manded that ho should shoot bin brother
uown line a uog ; nun ins. sorrow was
hightenud by tho fact that, though Lem
recovered from his wound, ho gradually
sank into imbecility, lint Job took care
of him with nil the tenderness and affection
of a brother, aided bv his beiHiliful and
amiable wife ; and though ho regretted the
necessity for tha act, be never felt self-re
proach (or Iho decision he made ic behalf
of bis suffering country.
Selected Miscellany.
The Mystery of Editing.
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The world at large do not understand
tho mysteries of a newspaper ; aud. as in a
watch, the hands that are seen are but the
passive instruments of tho spring, which
is never seen j so, in a. newspaper, the most
worthy causes of its prosperity are often
least observed or known. Who suspects
the benefit which the paper derives Ironi
the enterprise, the vigilance nnd tho
watchful fidelity of the publishers T Who
pauses to think how much of the pleasure
of reading is derived from the skill nnd
care of the printer. We lee tho blemishes
of printing, if they exist, but seldom ob
serve the excellences.
We eat a hearty dinner, but do not think
of the farmer Hist raises the materials
thereof, or the cook that prepared them
with infinite, pains nnd skill. Hut a cook
of vegetables, meat, pastries and infinite
bonbons has a paradisical office in compar
ison with an editor! Huforo him pass in
review all tho exchange newspapers. He
is to "know all their contents, lo mark for
other eyes the matters that require atten
tion. His scissors are to be alert, nnd clip
with incessant industry till tho liltlu ileum
that together form bo largo an interest in
the news department. He passes in reviow,
each week, every State in tho Union,
through the newspaper lens. Ho looks
across the ocean anil sees 6trauge lauds,
and following tho sun, ho searches all
round the world for material.. It will re
quire but one second's time for tho readers
tn tuke in what two hours' Bearch produced.
liy bun are read the manuscripts thai
swarm the office like flies in July. It is
his frown Unit dooms them. It is his hand
that pondensos a whole page i'lto a line.
It is his discreet sternness that restricts
sentimental obituaries, that gives- young
poets a twig on which to sit and sing their
first lays.
And the power behind tho throne, in
newspapers as in higher places, is some
times as important as tha throne itself.
Correspondents, occasional or regular,
itaud in two at that silent power which
has the last chunce at an article, and may
send it fot th in glory or humility. And
in short, as the body depends upon a good
digestion, so the health of a paper depends
upon that vigorous .digestion which goes
on by mean of the editor.
Otttflit they not to bo honored T And
ince little fame attends them, they should
at least have their creature comforts mul
tiplied. From that dark and dismal den
residence, .they aro at length translated!
iunry Ward JJeecier.
Ah editor in Illinois, having engaged a
new reportor, received the following as his
first effort:
" We are informed that tho gentleman
hoo stood on his head under a spile driver,
for the purpoa ov having a tite pair ov
butes drov on, shortly afterward found
himself iu Chiny, perfectly iiukud, without
cetit in his pocket, lie rites that it is his
inteiishuii ov returning home by the way
ov the Talis Exposition
Love.
[From the Maryland Republican.]
There aro various kinds and phases of
love. There Is tha love of fame, to which
ambition leads. Tho love of glory and re
nown ia nearly akin to If. The love ol
money or of wraith is "in absorbing thought
and leads captive thousands ; it is honora
able when rightly directed, and can be
turned to good account. That love which
purifies the sonl and turns our thought
and affect on to Him who is the embodi
ment of love, from whom comclh every
good aud perfect gift, is the most perman
ent and captivating.
The love of nature ns we enrvey her
aublimo and beautiful works, from the
green tnrth up to the starry heavens, tak
ing in seas and rivers, lake and rivulets,
mountains, volleys, plains, together with
the arching heavens, their suns, moons and
clustering stars, fills the soul with awe end
admiration. Kvcry tree, nnd leaf, and
plant, and flower, invite to pleasing con
templation. Everything animate ; every
thing that lives and moves, and has a be
ing ; everything inanimate, that can be seen
and beard, and brought home to the senses
affords food lor contemplative thought.
Tho deep, eternal bass of old Ocean's an
them, tho howling storm, the muttering
thunder, tho rivulet's gontle murmur, the
cooling summer brccr.o all mako melody
tn the inmost heart. Thus our senses bo
come attuned tn rhapsody in tho admiration
of Nature's work.
Wo now coma to that gontler nnd more
familiar love, born in heaven, which had
its being with our birth, lives through life
and never dies that love which binds the
sexes together, which captivated F.vo in
Kib ii's bowers, made Adam yield, nnd give
to earth its first: pledge and ask, " What
is it?" riiilosophy fails in attempting to
fathom TTfi depth and nolve its mystery.
Its homo !s in the heart; its boundary the
illimitable fulls of romance; its subsis
tence tho choice nectar of sentiment. Like
gravitation's law, we see il not, hoar it not,
but know its power. Its subtle current
runs through every vein, prompts waking
thoughts, and coys with midnight dreams.
If true, it knows no guile; if untrue, it is
not love, but passion's slave, l'octry,
music, painting, with nil the lino arts and
accomplishments, aro its hamlmuidons.
Spencer, in his '' Britain's Ida," says t
"l,nve Is lifu end; an end, but never ending;
All )", all sweets, all happiness awarding;
Lore Is Life's wreath (ne'er spent, but ever spend
ing .
More rich by giving, taking by discarding!
Iive ia Life a reward, rewarded in rewarding j
Thrn from thy wretched heart fond care remove,
Aht shouldst thou live but unco love-sweets to
provo,
Thou wilt uot love to live, unless thou livo to love."
Shnkspearo, who understood tho sweet
springs of human nature, comprehended
what it was to love, whon he said :
" H is in be all made of sighs and learn,
It ia tn be nil made of faith and service,
It is to be all made of phantasy,
All niado of passion and all made of wishes,
All adoration, dutv and observance,
All humbleness, a(l patience and impatience,
All purity, all trial, all observance,"
Perhaps: the ramo author had something
clfio in view, when ho tells us
" Love is a emoko raised with the fume of sighs."
Tho cxtravngauco ol love is nowhere
more extravagantly expressed than where
tho fair ' Juliet" exclaims
"Oivc me my Romeo, and when he Khali die.
Take him and out him up in little stars,
And he will make the face of Heaven so shine,
That all the world will be 'in love with night,
And pay no worship to tho garish sun."
If nil this bo possible, then indeed we
wonder not at tho same aulhor saying
" Prosperity's the very bond of love;
Wltosu fresh complexion and whose heart together
A ll'ec tion utters."
Thnsowhohavo fondly indulged youn.
love's dream, and felt its ripening influence,
will see themselves mirrored in tho follow
ing passage from Daniels' " Hymen's Tri
umph : "
"We sat and sighed,
And looked upon each other, and conceived
Not what we ail'd ; vet something did we ail;
And yet we were wefl ; and yet we were not well j
And what waa our disease we could not tell;
Then would we kiss, then sigh, then look, and thus
In that Drat garden of our simpleness
We spent our childhood; but when years began
To reap the fruit of knowledge, oh, how then
Would hc, with graven looks, with swoet, stern
brow,
Check mv urestimntion and mv forwardness I
Yet still would give me Sowers ; still would she
Bliow
What she would have me, yet not liavo me, know."
Tom Moore must have realized some
thing like this which caused him ta write :
" Now hope may bloom,
And davs iniy come,
Or-mildcr, calmer beam,
But there's nothing ball' so sweet in life
As love's young dream."
Dryden uttered a eploudid soutiment
when he said ;
"Love is a passion,
Which kindles honor inte noble acts."
And eqtiully true the same author's re
mark that:
" Love is a child, that talks In broken language,
AVI, fcUUI UV BII3KU U1USI jlllllU.
Addison never spoke truer than when
he said :
" Love Is not to b reasoned down, or lost
In high ambition, nr in thirst for greatness
'Tie second life it grows into the soul.
Warms every vein aud beats in every pulse."
Young, alluding to its power, says :
" If love wero endless, men were gods 'tis that
Docs counterbalance travail, danger, pain
"J'is heaven's- expedient to make mortals bear
The light and cheat them of the peaceful grave,"
From Thompson's Sonhoiiisba," we
learn :
"There is a time for love, nr life were vile.
A tedious circle of unjoyoua days.
With senseless hurrv filled, distasteful, wretched.
Till lore comes smiling in and brings his sweets."
Wordswortii says :
' There is a comfort in the strength of love ;
'Twill make tho thing endurable, which else
Would overset the brain and b'eak the heart."
And wo have Coleridge telling us :
"Love is a superstition which doth fear
The kiol which itself hath made."
Then Tennyson says :
"God gives as love something to love
lie leads us, but when love is grown
To ripeness, that on which it tbrovs ,
Falls otf, and love is left alone."
Miss Laiulon defines it well iu saying
"Love is a peail of purest, hoo,
Hut stormy waves are round it,
And dearly may a woman rue
Tbe hour that first she found it."
Of Grsl-boru love Bulwer tells bis experi
ence thus ;
" l.ito my heart a silent look
Flashed from thy careless eyes,
And wha before was shadow, look
The light of sammer skies.
' The first-burs love wsa in that look;
The Venus rose from out tbe deep
Of those inspiriug eyee."
Longfellow speaks almost inspired truth
in saying :
" If we Jove one another
Nothing iu truth eaa harm us, whatever
Mischances can happen."
The constanoy of affeotion is sweetly ox
pressed by Miss Morton, thus:
"Oli 1 lore, love well, but only once, for never shall
The dream of hopeful youth return atraia
On life's deep rolling stream."
In loving, however strong and puro ftie
ties that bind, there ia a kkbou m ibee
lines, from Moore's Ull Rookh, which II
would, be well to study t i . "i
" Alas how light a eaaae snay atotev (
Pisaensfon between hearts that love
flea r la that the world vm bad tried.
And sorrow bnt more closely tied,- e
That stood the storm when waves were rough
let hv a ssany hour fell off, i.
Like ships that hare gone doww at teaa
When heaven was aB tranquility."
Hubert Burns,. I. store's sweetest poef,
describing true love, time confesses :
" And sage experience bids tne (his declare
If Heaven a dransht of heavenly pleasure sparer
One cordial in this melancholy vale.
Tie when a youthful, loving, 'modest pail",'
In each other's arms, breathe out their trader tale,
beneath the mllk-wHfle Htorn that soeel the
evening gale."
The Way They Did It.
Gen. lUi.rnit, a fresh-wafer Democrat,
and editor of the New York Cifiien !,(be.
sides being Miles O'Kiley) is explaining the
way the purty carried the city so largely.
We quote without comment's: ' .
It ia notorious that the Tammany organ
ization, utterly nneornpnleus, and with un
controlled access to tbe City Treasury,
must have spent an aggregate of not less
than 8300,000 of private anil pnblio money
In tho recent contest. All the pay rolls ot
the city departments fur the past two
months have been lengthened and strength
encd by thousands upon thonsaod of sine
cure" inspectors " and other place holders
assigned to nominal ditty, bnt really witlr
nn other charge than to electioneer for tho.
Tammany candidates. ,; . .
It in notorious, also, that with the enor
mous money power tints placed tfudeT it
control, thore was an enormous or illegal
or " repoating " vote, organised and regis
tered iu the Tammany interest say tiOf
less than from 17,000 to 20,000 fraudulent
votes ; of. which not less than 10,000 . tar
12,000 reachod tho ballot box in favor' of
the Tammany candidatos the remainder
being oither ecared off by the activity and
early arrests of tho police, or being unable,
from sheer lack of time between sunrise
and sunset, to vote iu as many election dis
tricts ns they were registered in one caser
having been reliably reported to lie of a
man who was registered in do loss than
fifty-eight districts. .
Some Specimens.
negro frage,
because they wero honestly opposed
to it ; but thero were sonio whose votes
did not tally with othor acts of their lives.
Uolow we mention several of the Tare
specimens which we have hoard of at dif
ferent precincts : i
Men who almost nightly played seve'n
up or pokor with negroes, for fractional
currency or whisky, voted against negro
suffrage, becuuso thev did not want, to be
plaeed upon an equality with niggers!
.Men who have beoi known to drink,
quarrel, fight, and bandy epithets 'with
uegroos, voted against end auuhisiiig them,
because they did not want to be placed up--on
mi equality with them ! .' ,
Men who, when drafted, eont negro
substitutes to stand iu their places and
answer lo their names, and afterwards
cheated them out of their bounty, voted
against negro suffrage, because they did
not want to bo placed upou un equality
with niggers! . , .. -,;. -,
Men who sharo liottso-roorn witl ncpro'
families, voted against negro suffrage, be
cause they did not want to be compelled to
associate with niggers f .....
Men who have boen detected sneaking'
about negro cabins, when the mon were
away, voted against negro suffi age, 'lie
cause they were opposed to smalgamatiore
and nigger equality 1
This is consistency .-Juinsfl CJiief.
Underground River.
It is not generally known that tlicre
iets, about a mile west of this city, a re
markable nndcrgrounrl stream, with 4
swift current, and no outlet above the sur
face of the groond this side of Lake Erie.
Il was discovered several years ago on a
farm north of the Fonr-Mile House, now
owned by widow Bheffer, by a man who
was returning from a day's chopping ia
the woods. In walking over si slightly
sunken place, he noticed hollow sound)
and turning, struck the ground with hi
axe. The axe broke through and disap
peared and never bas been beard from
since. Further investigations showed a
rock about sis feet below the surface, with
a crevice a foot or more wide, in which
water eotild be seen several feet below.
By tracing its course further down and
breaking through the crust, the same phe
nomenon appeared again, and by dropping
a piece of wood or other floating substance
in the upper aperture, it was soon seen tor
pass the lower one, showing a strong cur--rent.
A lead and line, let down to the1
depth of seventy feet, found no bottotm
The supply of water is only slightly affected
by drouth, and a pomp set up in one of the
places above mentioned has furniHheJ'the
purest water to the whole neighborhood,
during tho lute dry season. It is certainly
quite a remarkable stream. Fremont Jour-'
naU
The Meteors.
A. Newton, of Tafe College-,
rroently explained to the Connecticut Acad
emy of Sciences that the meteors whiotr
some people sat up a few nights ago lo see
are '.' in a stream five thoasand miles thick,
at loast a thousand million miles long, and .
of unknown breadth ; ir tbe thickest por
tion of the stream the individual bodies"
are twenty-five mi fee apart. This stream
runs around an ellipse once in thfrty-threa'
years, aud the meteorio displays occur at
the end of these periods."
How to Crsra Csif pro fl kds. Take '
three drachms gum camphor, three drachms '
white beeswax, three drachms spermaceti, '
and two ounces of olive oil. ' Put them to--'
aether in a enp on the' stove, where they'
will melt and forma white ointment, in a '
few minutes. If the bands be affectod', '
anoint them on going to bed, and put on a '
pair of gloves. A day. or two will suffice
to heal them.
This Saturday KrtietB tells a story of
an English clergyman, who, misled by tho
prevalent printing of certain Scriptural
worde iu Italic, read in a sonorous voice,
with undue emphasis I " And be spak tn
his sons, saying, Saddle me the aaa.' And)
ihey saddled him."
Crorgc Fbamcis Tbai knows a family of
sisters who cured theii brothers of sweaiing
by saying "damn" every time their broth
era did. At the table, Susie' aaid to Geor
gie, pass me that damn butter, and Minni
would ask Klsey tor that damn luck wheal
cake. '
CiKvaa old man, (to blubbering nrchfn) '
" What'a tha matter, sonny? Whet do
you want? "
Little boy, (pettishly)" Let me 'lone.
I got the bailer ache that's what I wantT"1
" It is a good thinir to hve ntifity and)
beauty combiner),' ns the poor washer'
woman said, when ahe used her olutdje
for cloilios-pius.