FREKONT VEEKLY JOURNAL
PUBLISHED EYEBT FKIDAY,
BY A. IT- BALSLEY.
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Business Directory.
1. If. LEKVOir, A- B. FBENCB.
LEiLMOX FREXCH,
4TTORWHVB AT LAW AKD GEXEEAL
AGENTS, CLYDE, OHIO.
r. Lemman will be iu hi otlics t Fremont, on
Thaniayofsach week. Prompt attention given
JOSEPH E. BAETLETT,
ATTOENEY AT LAW, White" Block, coma
of Front and Croahan streets. Prompt atten
tion given to ut eoUecuun oi ciaimsand ail bail
S4 pertaiuis? to the general law practice,
Frwuont, Jiarch 1, lfs.".
J. T. GARTER,
TTORKEY AT LAW, Fremont, Ohio, offer
J. bis professional services to ail requiring legal
oiibiafw done in any of toe Court ot (Sandusky
County; will also attend to theeolieetion of claim.
Oilio in Xylol Block, bu Citgiian street, '
J. L. GREENE, Skk.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOB AT LAW,
will attend to Legal Business in Sandus
ky and adjoining ooun tie .Office corner Boom ,up
lt air , Tyler's Block ,
FEEMONT.O.
B. r.BUCKLUIO. H. EVEEETT. J AS- H. FOWLXB
BUCKXAAD, EVERETT AS FOWLEB,
ATTORNEYS COTJKSELLORB AT LAW1
and Solicitors in Chancery; will attend to pro
ssionai bosinesa in Sandusky and adjoinin? conn
1. Omce,sennd story, Buckland'tKew Block
FREMONT.
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. D. H. BRINKERHOFF, M.D
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
OFFICE IN BUCKLAND'8 OLD BLOCK,
on Front 6t. Residence on Birchard Avenue,
corner of Wood Street. Orhce hour from 10 to
IS A. H, 1 to 4 p. ii. and 7 to 9 P. M.
DErTXSTXLV.
DB. A. F. PBICE,
SURGICAL MECHANICAL DENTIST, Of
nceover Bankof Fremont, White'block,will
b found in hi omce,at all time.
hotels.
KESSLER HOUSE,
EB.BELDING, Proprietor'. Passengers oarried
to and from the Hon free of charge. Situ
ated corner of Front and tate Bt..
FBE240NT.
NICHOLS HOUSE,
CCOSIilODATIONS FIRST-CLASS. liao
J TlB Ells, Proprietor. Clyde, Ohio. Popu
lation of Clyde, 2,400. Livery Stable in connection
with the Huuim.-
IiLXDSEY HOUSE,
TINDSEY. Sandusky Co. Ohio, E. 8. Bowerbox,
J Proprietor. The proprietor take pleasure in
announcing that he is prepared to accommodate
the traveling public Every attention paid to the
comfort of guests of the House. 19yl
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
BELLEVTJE, O. John Ford, Proprietor. Re
cently refitted and furnished.
BIRCH HOUSE,
CLEVELAND, O., 124 Water Street, near the
Railroad Depot, and in the center of business.
H.8.'hUNTI Proprietors.
COMMISSION TklEHCHANTS.
L. Q. Bawson, Jas. Moore, Joseph L. Hawses
J.L. RAWSONACO.,
STORAGE, FOBWABDING COMMISSION
Merchants, Dealers in Coarse Bait, Fine Salt,
Dairy Salt, Land Plaster, Calcined Plaster, Water
Lime. ete. Having purchased the entire property
known as the Fremont Warehouse and Steam Ele
vators, at the head of navigation on theSanauaky
River, we are prepared to receive, store and ship
Grain, Lumber, Merchandise and otherprodnee.
. ObSoe.at Fremont Elevator.
FREMONT. 1-1
rZXOTQGXULriXEXl ,
A. D. "WILES'
PHOTOGBAPH GALLEBY.overGarvin'sBtors
FREMONT.
MISOE LLANEOUS .
HO! FOR THE WEST!!
The undersigned would notify all persons who de
sign traveling westward that he is prepared to sell
TUROCGH TICKETS
to all tb LCADrca points in Indiana. Illinois
Iowa. Missouri, Kansas. Nebraska and California.
W.H.1UUEM8,
IJyl O flee in Birchard's Block, FremonttO.
LEEK, DOERES'Q & CO.,
JMPORTEB6AND JOBBEEBOF
YANKEE NOTIONS,
JOYS jANCY pOODS,
No. 133 aid 133 Water St.,
C LEVELAND, OHIO.
f.W.LIEK, J.O.SW. :DOBIltO, a, H. RIXSOS.
J. C. JOHNSON,
ARCHITECT AND DE3IONER,
Office in Moore and Rawson'a Block, Comer of
Front and Garrison Streets, Fremont, Ohio. All
orders promptly attended to: 52yl
FOSTER & BECK.
Garpenteis, Joiner and Builders,
FIIEMONT. OHIO.
Does all kinds of Contract Building, and all man
ner of Jobbing Work. Shop on corner of Wayne
and Earing streets. Moving and Raising of Build,
tngs, and all kind of Tackle work specially at
tended to. Orders solicited. lSyl
MEAT MARKET-
.r-Vj O STATE STREET.
J inviting the public to call at his
l 4 stand on State Street, in
i i. Jli Rlivk.
when thev want Fim Steais- or azckllest
Boasts. The best quality of -
BEEF, PORK MUTTON and VEAL
can be found on hi counter, and the public will
be served always at
REASONABLE PRICES,
CALL AND TBI J1E.
46 A. LUHES.
E. F. HAFFORD.
CARRIAGE
Corner Front and Market Streets.
CARRIAGES, OPEN AND TOP BUGGIEScon
stantly on hand, or made to order in any style.
VParicular attention paid to repairing. All
work done atmy factory warranted.
8yl E. F. HAFFORD.
J. P. MOORE,
MANUFACTURES OF
CARRUGESjBUGGIES &WAG0NS
I DESIRE to call the attention of alltothead
ditions I have recently made to my
CARRIAGE FACTORY.
I have so enlarged and remodled my shop, as to
cive me unsurpassed facilities lor ex
ecuting, in a superior manner, evry description of
Carnages ana wagon wur. nj woramen are
r -1 1. hi and eomnetent. Ail material is selected
with special care, and throughly seasoned before it
is manufactured. My aim is to furnish work
which shall nave a merited reputation for superior
quality and style: I have Utter up a large store
r oom and shall keep always on nana,
Eyery variety of Curriaffes, Bag
gies, LSHvvri oprinB ana
Market Wagons.
With these newly scquirsdfacilitieamy prices will
be below competition.
J. P. MOORE,
Carriage Factors.cor., Garrison and Water St
Fremont, uaio. v
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80LICI10E8 ASS ATTOBJTEYS FOB
U.S.AHDF0HE13MPATEHTS.
BURRIDGE h. CO .,
127 saperior St.. opposite Amerl
can llause, Cleveland, O.
Wth Associated Offices in Washington and For
4j 4 eignConntries.
PUTNAM MANUFACTURING CO.
HAKCTACTCBkaS or
PUTNAM'S PATENT CLOTHES WRIN6ERS,
Irostiag Mangles, Ac.
ALZ K1XDS WBIXGEBf SEPAISXD
U. II. IIAMLE?!, Agent, 65 Bank St.
HrAJ OUCVELAND, eHIO-
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FRIDAY. JUNE 7.
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New Series Vol. XX, No. S3.
"THE PHILOSOPHERS STOME '-PAY AS YOU GO. -
It is of the greatest advantage to the consumer, benefitting him who
buys more than the one who sells,
Will on the 1st 'day of Juiy7i,7S, adopt the
CASH
BUY AND SELL FOR OASHI
I-Iavinsr One Price for All.
The credit system is expensive, uncertain and dangerous way of doing business. Its Jibandonment re
duces our expenses more than one-hal and will enable us to sell BETTER GOODS AT LOWER PRICES
than can possibly be sold under the system of credit
We shall convince our friends that we can and will sell
STOVES! TINWARE!
AGKICULTURAL IMPLEMENS!
And do all kinds of HOOFING, EAVE
THOUGH and JOBBING at LOWER
PRICES generally, than any credit
store in Fremont.
Franklin says: "ECONOMY IS WEALTH."
SAVE YOUR MONEY!
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Lucius McAdam, Sec'y and Act'y.
HOOD, HAND & MUNGER,
Headquarters, 197 Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
DRS. RICE, Medical Examiners. 51-51
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General Agents for Ohio,
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FreuiontWeekly Journal
PtLISHZD EVEBY TRIDY MOIWKG,.,
IN BUOKLAKD'S OLD BLOCK,
(CP-STAIBS),
FREMONT, OHIO.
The Fremont Weekly Journal
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I Republican in Principle,
And will ba devoted to Politics, Local Mat
ters, Literature and General News.
The aim of the Publish is to make the
Jou&XAL a first-class Family Newspaper.
AS AX ADVERTISING MEDIUM
THE FREMONT JOURNAL
Is the best in the County.
THE JOURNAL JOB OFFICE
Is well supplied with
NEW TYPE AND GOOD PRESSES,
JOB WORK,
In all its branches, promptly done and neatly
executed. Everything from a Triple Sheet
Poster to the smallest Visiting Card, will be
furnished in the shortest possible time, and
SATISFACTION GUASANTEED.
Persons wanting Job Work done, either
PLAIN OR ORNAMENTAL,
Are invited to call, or address
A. H. BALSLEY,
Publisher Journal, Fremont, Ohio.
P. DORR tt SOSM
Harj ustxeceivedalargattockot
JOE THE
SPRING & SUMMER
TRAD I!
FOB SALE AT THE
LOWEST CASHPRICES
AS FOLLOWS:
LadteBftaltere,
Hen's Kip tiots,
Uen's Calf Msew,
91,00 te 83,00
(1,301 4,73
83,46
4,30
Wealsoksept be celebratedBaff alo Woraeon
itantljonbsnd.
aepairingdoneinNeatestStjIe.
Our Custosnflhop doe st he finest work etlow
erioeslatislaationgnaraateeaineTerycase
tit) OORRckSOR
ThcsymptomsofLiverCom
Bplaint aie uneasiness and pain
I d the side. Sometimes the
TMMTtWa' SnainiB in the shoulder, and is
j! B aistakenforrbeumatism. The
9 ttomach is efiected with loss ot
fMtmm sj OJUliO unii t it n and sickness, bowels
in eneraicosuv.8uiui 7
i'hehead is troubled with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation.cousidersbleloas o memory.accompa
uied with a puinfulssnsationothavinglef tundone
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T TTTT"D
U LIVES rvS'S
I lew of them, but tbe livens
)FsnnnBBBnM(CeneraUy the organ mostin-
voiveu. cuxe biiB x.iver witn
DR. SIMMONS'
Liver Regulator,
A nrrTmr&tionofroots and herbs .warrantedto be
strictly vegetable.andcan do noinjurytoanyone.
lthasDeenusea oy aiiuuiixu, .uu &uvwuiui
f-Koiant 40 vears asons of the mostreliable.em-
caciousandharmless preparationseveTOffered to
liiesullering. 11 taKenreguiariyauupersiswniiy,
.t-i. tn cure dvKDeDSia. headache, jaundice.
vnnnBHBnHBKoostivenessicK neaaacne,
aH.'hronic aiarrnoBa, anee
Icions of the bladder, camp
I . . liyseutery, affections of the
ZREGTJLATOS.iltidney, fever nervousness,
shins, aiseases 01 the sain,
I Bimpurity of the blood, mel
FjisssssBBswssB2.sncholy. or depression ol
spirits, lieMiourii, uuiic, or pains in the bowels,
painintne uesa, lever ana agae,aropsy,DOils,
pain in me um. c
Prepared only by J. II. ZEILH & CO.,
Druggists, llnoun.Ga., and 2fArcnstreet,Pnil.
adeiphia, f a. 3t
Price $1; by mail$ 1.25 .
Atwholesaleby UENOE8TUB fcCO.J'oledo
Foaale by B.BUCELAND a SON, Fremont.
rEDICAI. AI D. Dr. C. A. Smith's Med
lil ical Institute, established in lMi, for the cure
ot all forms of private diwases and eases of secret
disorders. When a lady is In trouble she should
consult tbe Doctor about her troubles. Suppress
ion ol the Menses will receive the Dostor's most
particular attention. Office 71 Hiohigaa street,
ClfTdsnd, Ohio. ,
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I. M. HEELER'S
AGENCY,
2d Story Buekland's Old Block,
FREMONT, OHIO
Fir and Life Insurance,
Real Estate,
Notary Public
Collection! Made,
Taxea Paid In Sanduaky County,
Anchor Line of Tram-Atlantic Steam
Packet Ships.
General Iniormaticn Given by Letter.
Any person desiring Insurance on any descrip
tion of property, or on their lives, will do well to
call at this Agency. The companies represented
by me are unsurpassed by any in America.
Home, New York, $4,672,013.50
Phoenix, Hartford, 1,373,59404
Phenix, New York, 1,862,660.22
International, New York, 1,065,111.72
Andes, Cincinnati, 1,628,215.11
Home, Columbus, 871,452.81
Merchants, Providence, 380,982.00
Imperial, London, gold 10,000,000.00
New Engl'd Life,Boston, 9,858,953.38
Chicago Fire Losses all adjusted, and the
amount of Available Assets to pay loss's that
may occur at this Agency amounts to over
THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS.
AU descriptions of property Insured and Losses
promply paid.
Less Paid E. II. Underbill, .Feb-.
ruary Tib, 18T2:
Phoenix, Hartford $1,500 00
Home, New York... 450 00
International, New York 150 00
BUSINESS SOLICITED.
AKOHOS LUTE OCEAN STEAMESS,
Leaving New York every Wednesday and Satur
day. Passage Tickets can be had on application.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Persons at a
distance desiring information from this point, can
address me. If the snbjeot does not require much
investigation a few postage stamps will be suffi
cient remuneration.
Resident of Iremont Since 1840.
BinssxoES: F.8. White, BankPremont,
a. a. aiuer, i irst aationamank,
B.F.Buckland.
FOR SALE.
ff FEET FKONT by 82 12 feet
U" deep, on Croghan street, suitable for Stores
or other business buildings, $75 per foot.
qL-STORY AND BASEMENT
W2 BRICK, 40 feet front; on oorner of Croghan
and Arch streets, now occuuied as a ba&rdinff
house.
O STORY FRAME DWELLING
i on Birchard Avecue. lot 132 feet front. 82 K feet
deep. plenty nne fruit, on the finest street in the
cily,only two minutes walk from post-onice, $2,500
SEVERAL CITY LOTS, eligibly
situated. One-fifth cash, balance in four an-
menis.
FOR SALE. In the village of
Norwalk,onMainStreet,one mile east from
the Court House. Seven ( 7 ) acres of land , in high
state of cultivation. House, Barn, Sheds and
Hennery ,WellandCistern. A fine Orchard with
U kinds of Fruit, Berries. Grapes, etc, Sandy
Soil. Justthe place lor a Gardener, with ready
marketforallonecanraise. Frice45,000. Terms
tosuitpurchaser.
2 STORY BRICK, open front,
dwelling above, tin roof, on State street: a first
rate location tor a family grocery. Price
wui give ample tune lor payments.
2 ACRES, beautiful sandy soil, lot
No. 5 in Thad BaU's addition. Will be sold
cheap. Possession given immediately.
A SPLENDID FARM of 117 acres
in Madison township, beloneinir to the estate
of Ueo. Beck, deceased, 75 acres weU improved,
the balance the best of timber; nue orchard of
choice fruit. It is but a short distance from the
une 01 me new juuiroad from 'l oledo to l imn.
Possession given at once. Will be sold at a bar
gain. Call on T. M. KF.Br.KR
Innn LOTS, more or less, in
jVl Jf Oak Wood Cemetery, ranging in
price from $6 to $100. Plat of Cemetery grounds
can be seen at my office.
Call at ISAAC M. KEELEA'S Agency.
TO COLONISTS.
IF TOO ARE GOING WEST,
Buy your tickets over the "old reliable" Mis
ftouEl Pacific EAiLaoarj, tho popular route from
St. Louis to Sedalia, Ft. Soott, Lawrence, Kansas
CityAtchison, St. Joseph, Omaha, Denver, asd
all points in Missouri Kansas, Nebraska and Col
orado to which people are moving. This line has
an nn excelled equipment in fine day eoarhes, Pull
man 'a palace sleepers. Millers tafely platform
and tbe patent steam brake 1 and its reputation
for prompt time and snre con neetions is proverbial.
For valuable information and assistance, and to
make special orrssimanila at lowest rates of
fered by any line, call upon or address S. H.
THoatrsoii Agent Missouri Pacific B. ., Colum
bus, Ohio; or B. A. Fobd, General Passesgvx
Agent, St. Louis, Mo.
Poetry
SHERIDAN'S RIDE.
BY THOMAS BUCHANAN READ.
Up from the South at break of day,
Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay,
The affrighted air with a shudder bore,
Like a lr raid in haste to the cheiftain's door,
The terrible jvumble and rumble and roar,
Telling the battle was on once more, '
And F'ir-rirlan twenty miles away.
And wilder Btill those billows of war
Thundered along the horizon's bar,
And louder yet into Winchester rolled
The roar of that red sea uncontrolled,
Making the blood of the listener cold,
As he thought of the stake in that fiery fray,
With Sheridan twenty miles away.
But there is a road from Winchester town;
A good, broad highway leading down;
And there through the flash of the morning
light,
A steed as black as the steed of night,
Was seen to pass with eagle flight,
As if he knew the terrible need,
He stretched away with the utmost speed;
Hills rose and fell but his heart was gay,
With Sheridan fifteen miles away.
Under his spurning feet the road
Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed,
And the landscape sped away behind
Like an ocean flying before the wind;
And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire,
Swept od, his wild eyes full of fire;
But, lo! he is nearing his het rt's desire,
He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray,
With Shoridan only five miles away.
The first that the General saw were the groups
Of stragglers, and then the retreating troops:
What was done what to do a glance told
him both,
And striking his spurs with a terrible oath,
He dashed down the line mid a storm
huzzas,
And the wave of retreat checked its course
there because
The sight of the master compelled it to pause.
With foam and with dust the black charger
was gray,
By the flash of his eye, and his nostrils play,
He seemed to the whole great army to say,
"I have brought you Sheridan all the way
From Winchester, down to save the day!"
Hurrah, hurrah fer Sheridan!
Hurrah, hurrah for horse and man!
And when their statues ore placed on high,
Under the dome of the Union sky
The American soldier's Temple of Fame
There with the glorious General's name
Be it said in letters both bold and bright;
"Here is the steed that saved the day
By carrying Sheridan into the fight,
From Winchester, twenty miles away!"
BY THOMAS BUCHANAN READ. Miscellaneous Selections.
BY THOMAS BUCHANAN READ. Miscellaneous Selections. "NO LIVING VOICE."
It was during the spring of 18
I had been at Rome during the Holy
Week, and taken a place in the dili
gence for Naples. There were two
routes one by way of Terracina and
the other by the Via Latina, more in
land. The diligence, which made
the journey only twice a week, fol
lowed these routes alternately,
that each road was traversed only
once in seven days. I chose the in
land route, and after a long day's
journey arrived at Ceprano, where
we halted for the night The next
morning we started again very early,
and it was scarcely yet daylight when
we reacnea tne Neapolitan frontier.
at a snort distance from the town
There our passports were examined,
ana 10 my great dismay l was in
formed that mine was not en regie,
It was covered, indeed, with stams
and signatures, not one of which had
been procured without some cost
and trouble; but one "visa" yet
wanting, and that the all-important
one without which none could enter
the kingdom of Naples. I was
obliged, therefore,to alight, and send
my wretched passport back toRome,
my wretced self being doomed to re
main under police surevillance at
Ceprano until the diligence should
bring it back to me on that day
week, at the soonest.
I took up my abode at the hotel
wnere l nad passed the previous
night and there I presently received
a visit liom the Capo di PoplUia,
who told me verjgfivilly that I must
present myseii every morning ana
evening at his bureau, but that
might have liberty to "circulate" in
the neigborhood during the day.
grew so weary of this dull place that
after I had explored the immediate
vicinity of the town I began to ex
tend my walks to a greater distance,
and as I always reported myself to
the police before night, I met with
no objection on their part
One day, however, when 1 had
been as far as Alatri and was return
ing on loot, night overtook me.
had lost my way, and could not tell
how far I might be Irom my destina
tion. I was very tired, and had
heavy knapsack on my shoulders,
packed with stones and relics from
the ruins of the old Pelasgic fortress
which I had been exploring, besides
a number of old coins and a lamp or
two which I had purchased there. I
could discern no signs of any human
Habitation, and the hills covered
with wood seemed to shut me in on
every side. I was beginning to
think seriously of looking out for
some sheltered spot under a thicket
in whicn to pass the night, when tne
welcome sound of a footstep behind
me fell upon'my ears. Presently a
man dressed in the usual long shag
gy coat ol a shepherd over took me,
and hearing of my difficulty, offered
to conduct me to a house a short
distance from the road, where
might obtain a lodging; before we
reached the spot he told me that the
house in question was an inn and
that he was the landlord of it He
had not much custom, he said, so he
employed himself in shepherding
during the day; but he could make
me comlortable, and give me a good
supper also, better than I should
expect to look at him; but he had
been in different circumstances once,
and had lived in service in good
families, and knew how things ought
to be, and what a signore like myself.
was used to.
The house to which he took me
seemed like its owner to have seen
better days. It was a large, ramb
ling place, and much dilapidated.but
was tolerably comfortable within;
and my landlord,after he had thrown
off his sheepskin coat prepared me
a good and savory meal, and sat
down to look at and converse with
me while I ate it ldid not much like
the look of the fellow; but he seemed
anxious to be sociable, and told me
a great deal about Lis former life
when he was ia the service, expect
ing to receive eimilw confidences
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from me. I did not gratify him much
but one must talk of something, and
he seemed to think it only proper to
express an interest in his guests, and
to learn as much of their concerns
as they would tell him.
I went to bed early, intending to
resume my journey as soon fis if
should be light My landlord took
up my knapsack and carried it to
my room, observing as he did so
that it was a great weight for me to
travel with. I answered jokinkly
that it contained great treasure, re
ferring to my coins and relics; of
course he did not understand mc,and
before I could explain, he wished me
a most happy little night, and left 1
me.
The room in which I found myself
was situated at the end of a long
passage, and a window on the left,
which looked out upon the yard or
garden. Having taken a survey of
the house while smoking my cigar
after dinner, when the moon was np,
I understood exactly the position of
my chamber the end room of a long
narrow wing, projecting at right an
gles from the main building, with
which it was connected only by the
passage and the two side rooms al
ready mentioned. Please bear this
description carefully in mind while
I proceed.
Betore getting into bed I drove in
to the floor close to the door a small
gimlet which formed part of a" com
plicated pocket-knife which I always
carried with me, so that it would be
impossible for any one to enter the
room without my knowledge; there
was a lock on the door, but the key
would not turn in it; there was also
a bolt, but it would not enier the
hole intended for it, the door having
sunk apparently from its propel lev
el. I satisfied myself, however.that
the door was securely fastened by
my gimlet, and soon fell asleep.
How can I describe the strange
and horrible sensation which op
pressed me as I woke oat of my first
slumber.' I had been sleepin
soundly, and before I quite recovered
consciousness l had instinctively
risen from my pillow.and was crouch
ing forward, my knees drawn up, my
hands clasped belore my face, and
my whole frame up, my hands
qasped before my face, and my
whole frame quivering with horror
I saw nothing, felt nothing, but
sound was ringing in my ears which
seemed to make my blood run cold
I could not have supposed it pos
sible that any mere sound, whatever
might be its nature, could have pro
cured such a revulsion of feeling or
inspired such intense horror as
then experienced. It was not a cry
of terror that I heard that would
have distressed me, and called forth
sympathy rather than aversion.
True, it was like the groaning of one
in anguish and despair, but not like
any mortal voice; it seemed too
dreadful, too intense, for human ut
terance. The sound had begun
while I was fast asleep close to the
head ot my bed close to my very
pillow; it continued alter I was wide
awake a long, loud, hollow protrac
ted groan making the midnight air
reverberate, and then dying gradual
ly away until it ceased entirely. It
was some minutes belore I could at
all recover from tho terrible impres
sion which seemed to stop my breath
and paralyze my limbs. At length
I began to look about me, for the
night was not. entirely dark, and
could discern the outlines of the
room and the several pieees of fur
niture in it I then got out of bed
and called aloud, "Who Is there?
What is the matter? Is any one ill?'
I repeated these inquiries in Italian
and in French, but there was none
that answered. Fortunately I had
some matches in my pocket and was
able to light my candle. 1 then ex
ammed every part of the room care
fully, and especially the wall at the
head of my bed, sounding it with my
knuckles; it was firm and solid there,
and in all other places. I unfasten
ed my door and explored the passage
and the two adjoining rooms, which
were unoccupied and almost desti
tute of furniture; they had evidently
not been used for some time. Search
as I would, I could gain no clue to
the mystery. Returning to my room,
I sat down upon the bed in great per
plexity, and began to turn over in
my mind whether it was possible I
could have been deceived whether
the sounds which caused me such
distress might be the off spring of
some dream or nightmare; but to
that conclusion I could not bring
myself at ail, much as I wished it
for the groaning had continued ring
ing in my ears long after I was wide
awake and conscious. While I was
thus reflecting, having neglected to
close the door which was opposite
to the ide of my bed where I was
sitting, I heard a soft footstep at a
distance, and presently a light ap
peared at the further end of the pas
sage. Then I saw -the shadow of a
man cast upon the. opposite wall; it
moved very slowly, and presently
stopped. I saw the hand raised, as
if making a sign to some one, and l
knew from the fact of the shadow be
ing thrown in advance that there
must be a second person in the rear
by whom the light was carried. -After
a short pause they seemed to re
trace their steps without my having
had a glimpse of either of them, but
only of the shadow which had come
before, and which ionoweu mem as
they withdrew. It was then a little
after one o'clock, and I concluded
they were retiring late to rest, and
anxious to avoid disturbing me,
though I have since thought that it
was the light from my room which
caused their retreat I felt half in
clined to call them.but I shrank,with
out knowing why, from making
known what had disturbed me; and
while I hesitated they were gone; so
I fastened my door again, and re
solved to sit up and watch a little
longer by myself. But now my can
dle was beginning to burn low, and
I found myself in this dilemma:
either I must extinguish it at once,
or I should be left without the means
of procuring a light in case I should
be again disturbed. A regretted tnai
I bad not cslled for another candle
while there were people yet moving
in the house, but I could not do so
now without making explanations;
so I grasped my box of matches,
put out my light, and lay down, not
without a shudder, in the bed.
For an hour or more I lay awake
thinking over what had occurred,
and by that time I had almost pur
pu&ded myself that J had nothing
but my own morbid imagination to
thank for the alajm which I had suf
fered.
"It is an outer wall," I said to my
self; "they are all outer walls, and
the house is built of stone; it is im
possible that any sound could be
heard through such a thickness.
Besides, it seemed to be in my room,
close to my ear. What an idiot I
must be to be excited and alarmed
about nothing. Til think no more
about it." So I turned on my side,
with a smile (rather a forced one)
at my own foolishness, and compos-
myself to sleep.
At that instant I heard, with more
distintness than I ever heard any
other sound in my life, a gasp, a
voiceless gasp, as if some one were
in agony for breath, biting at the air,
or trying with desperate enerts to
cry out or speak. It was repeated a
second and a third time; then there
was a pause; then again that horri
ble gasping; and then a long-drawn
breath, an audible drawing up of the
air into the throat, such as one
would make in heaving a deep sigh.
Such sounds as these could not pos
sibly have been heard unless they
had been close to my ear; they
seemed to come from the walls at
my head, or rise up out of my pil
low. That fearful gasping and that
drawing in of the breath, in the dark
ness and silence of the night, seem
ed to make every nerve in my body
thrill with dreadful expectation.
Unconsciously I shrank away from
it' crouching down as before, with
my face upon my knees. It ceased,
and immediately a moaning sound
began, which lengthened out into an
awful, protracted groan, waxing
louder and louder, as if under an in
creasing anxiety, and then dying
away slowly and gradually into si
lence; yet painfully and distinctly
audible even to the last
As soon as I could rouse myself
from the freezing horror which seem
ed to penetrate even to my joints
and marrow, I crept away from the
bed, and in the furthest corner of
the room lighted with shaking hand
my candle, looking anxiously about
me as I did so, expecting some
dreadful revelation as the light
flashed up. Yet, if you will believe
me, 1 did not feel alarmed or fright
ened; but rather oppressed and pene
trated with an unnatural, overpow
ering sentiment of awe. I seemed
to be in the presence of some great
mystery, some bottomless depth of
woe, or misery, or crime. I shrank
from it with a sensation of intoler
able loathing and suspense. It was
a feeling akin to this which prevent
ed me from calling to my landlord.
I could not bring myself to speak to
him of what had passed; not know
ing how nearly he might be himself
involved in the mystery. I was on
ly anxious to escape as quietly as
possibly from, the room and from
the house. The candle was now be
ginning to flicker in its socket, but
the stars were shining outside, and
there was space and air to . breathe
there, which seemed to be wanting in
my room ; so I hastily opened my
window, tied the bed-clothes togeth
er for a rope, and lowered myself si
lently and safely the ground.
There was a light still burning in
the lower part of the house; but I
crept noiselessly along, feeling my
way carefully among the trees, and
in due time came upon a beaten
traok which led me to a road, the
same which I had been travelling on
the previous night I walked on
scarcely knowing whither, anxious
only to increase my distance from
the accursed house, until the day be
gan to break, when almost the first
object I could see distinctly was a
small body of men approaching me.
It was no small pleasure that I rec
ognized at their head my friend the
Capo di Polizia. "Ah!" he cried,
'unfortunate Inglese, "what trouble
you have given me ! Where have
you been? God be praised that I
see you safe and sound: iiut how;
What is the matter with you? You
look like one possessed."
I told him how 1 had lost my way,
and where I had lodged.
"And what happened to you
there?" he cried, with a look of anx
iety. "I was disturbed m the night 1
could not sleep. I made my escape,
and here I am. I cannot tell you
more."
But you must tell mo more, dear
sir; lorgive me; you must tell me
everything. I must know all that
passed in that house. We have had
it under our surveillance for a lonj
time, and when I heard in what di
rection you went yesterday, and had
not returned, I feared you had got
in some mischief there, and we were
even now upon our way to look for
you.
I could not enter into particulars,
but I told him I had heard strange
sounds, and at his request I went
back with him to the spot He told
me by the way that the house was
known to be the resort of banditi
that the landlord harbored them, re
ceived their iUgotten goods, and
helped them to dispose of their
booty.
Arrived at the spot, he placed his
men about the premises and institut
ed a strict search, the landlord and
the men who were found in the
house being compelled to accom
pany him. The room in which I
I had slept was carefully examined;
the floor was of plaster cement, so
that no sound could have passed
througn it; the walls were sound and
solid, and there was nothing to be
seen that could in any way account
for the strange disturbance I had ex
perienced. The room on the ground
floor underneath my bedroom was
next inspected; it contained a quan
tity of straw which was heaped to
gether in a corner; it was observed
that the bricks were uneven, as if
they had been recently disturbed.
"Dig here," said the officer; "we
shall find something hidden here, I
imagine."
The landlord was evidently much
disturbed. "Stop," he cried, "I will
tell you what lies there; come away
and you shall know all about it"
"Dig, I say. We will find it out
for ourselves."
"Let the dead rest," cried the
landlord, with a trembling voice.
"For the love of Heaven come away,
and hear what I shall tell yon."
- "Go on with your work," said the
seargeant to his men, and were now
playing pickaxe and spade.
"I can't stay here and see it, ex
claimed, the landlord once more-
"Hear, then! It is the body of my
sob, my only son let him rest, if
rest he can. He was wounded in a
quarrel, and brought home here to
die. I thought he would recover,
but there was neither doctor nor
priest at hand, and in spite of all
that we could do for him he died.
Let him alone now, or let a priest
first be sent for; he died unconfess
ed, but it was not my fault; it may
not yet be too 1ito to make peace for
him."
"But why is he buried in this
place?"
"We did not wish to make a stir
about it Nobody knew of his death,
and we laid him down quietly; one
place I thought was as good as an
other when once the life was out of
him. We are poor folks, and could
not pay for ceremonies."
The truth at length came out
Father and son were both members
of a gang of thieves; under this floor
they concealed their plunder, and
there, too, lay more than one moul
dering corpse, victims who had oc
cupied the room in which I slept,
and had there met their death. The
son was, indeed, buned in that spot;
he had been mortally wounded in a
skirmish with travellers, and had
lived long enough to repent of his
deeds, and to beg for that priestly
absolution which, according to his
creed, was necessary to secure his
pardon. In vain he had urged his
father to bring the confessor to, his
bedside; in vain he had entreated
him to break off from the murderous
band with which he was allied, and
to hve honestly in future; his pray
ers were disregarded and his rlvino-
admonitions were of no avaiL Rut
for the strange, mysterious waminor
which had roused me from my sleep
nun unveii me out oi tne house that
night another crime would have been
added to the old man's tale of guilt
That gasping attempt to speak, and
that awful groaning whence did
they proceed? It was no living voice.
jjcj uiin nun, x wiu express no opin
ion on the subject I will only say
that it was the means of saving my
life, and at the same time putting
uii euu. bu me series oi Dloody deeds
which had been commit.tpd in that.
house.
I received my passport that even
md by the diligence from Rome, and
started the next morning on my way
to Naples. As we were crossing the
frontier a tall figure approached,
wearing the rough capotta of -the
mendicant friars, with a hood over
the face and holes for the eyes to
look through, He carried a tin money-box
in his hand, which he he held
out to the passengers, jingling a few
coins in it and crying in a monoton
ous voice, "Anime inpurgatorio! An-
ime in, purgatorior I do not believe
m purgatory, nor m sunnlieations
for the dead; but I dropped a piece
of silver into the box nevertheless
as I thought of that unhallowed
grave in the forest, and my prayer
weui. up to aeaven in all sincerity,
The Coming Man.
An exchange says :
While our fine girls are bemoan
ing the lack of young men and the
scarcity of beaux who are marriage
able and who mean marriage, there
is a class of young men whom they
do not recognize at all, yet who will
furnish to the next generation its
men of enterprise, of power, of posi
tion, and of wealth. It is not the
sons of the rich who will, as a rule
remain rich. The sons of the poor
will get rich; and these are to-day
drudging in offices, and counting-
rooms, and store-houses, and machine-shops,
and printing establish
ments; the men, who in twenty-five
years, will control the nation social
ly, politically and financially. Every
man of them means to be married ;
make excellent husbands; they are
all at work trying to win success.
They are men who would be easily
improved by a recognition, and by
bringing them into good, intellect
society; yet they are as little noticed
as if they were so many dogs. Vir
tuous young men from the country
come into the city, and live for vcars
.without any society, and are regard
ed by the fashionable young women
with indifference or contempt; but
mose young men nave a hold upon
the future, and when their success ia
won, in whatever field of enterprise
it may be, the fashionables may be
glad to receive them a3 belonffinrr
to their own number. We regret to
say, as rule the young men for whom
a position has been won by virtuous
and enterprising fathers, amount to
but little in the world; and we rejoice
to say that companions chosen from
those who have their fortunes to
make and their positions to win, are
inose to wnom a well-bred woman
can generally with safety entrust her
nappmess and Herself.
Blunders of Bashfulness.
is any defect more strik
ing than another, in the American
character, it is bashfulness. Youno-
America, in particular, is painfully
euecteu rjy it. An incident is men
tioned by a correspondent, who wa3
desired by his aunt to go the the
neighbor Shaw's, and see if he had
for sale any straw suitable for beds
Air. Shaw, says our informant, was
blessed with a goodly number of
Misses Shaw, and I therefore felt a
little timid at encountering them.
To make the matter worse, 1 arrived
just as the lamily was seated for
dinner, stopping at the doorway,
hat in hand, I stammered out, 'Mr.
Straw, can you spare enough shaw
to fill a couple of beds?"
"Well," replied the old gentleman
glancing around at his family, and
enjoying my mistake, "I don't know
but what I can, how many will you
need?"
Before I couM recover, those hate
ful girls burst into a chorus of
laughter, and I broke for home in a
cold sweat. .
The first Newspaper.
It may be of interest to state that
we are indebted to the wisdom of
Queen Elizabeth, and the prudence
of Burleigh for the first printed
newspaper. It was entitled the
"English Mercuric" It is said that
the earliest number is preserved in
the British Museum Library, bearing
the date of July 23, 1588. The first
newspaper published in Virginia was
established in 1780. The subscrip
tion waa the small sum of only $50.0(1
a year. .The Taper waa issued
weekly.
A Fossil Man.
a month since a discovery
of great interest wa3 made in a cav
ern between Mentone and Ventig
milia, on the Italian frontier, not far
from Nice M. Riviere, the French
geologist, having been sent by his
Government to study the fossil nat
ural history of Liguria, discovered
the skeleton of a pre-historic man in
a large eave situated in the moun
tains above Mentone. The skeleton
thus brought to light, a photograph
of which we have seen, is unique
both as to its authenticity and com
pleteness. It has been successfully
freed from the earth which covered
it and no unlucky stroke of the
pickax has injured any part of the
it, only the weight of the superin
cumbent earth had caused the frac
ture of the ribs many years ago.
Flint implements lyin.v around it
are mingled with the remains of an
tediluvian animals. Crowds from
all parts of the Riviera, and espec
ially from Nice, have beeen to visit
the curiosity. One of our corres
pondents has seen it, and declares
the fossil man is most complete.
Shells with holes bored in them, ev
idently for purposes of personal
adornment, have been likewise dis
covered in great abundanee, and flnt
implements of the age of atone have
also been found. The body is re
cumbent, and one hand is hidden un
der the skulL The height of the
man must have been six feet, and
the bones indicote great power. As
usual in such matters, tne authori
ties are disputing the right of pos
session. Italians declare that as the
skeleton was dicovered in their ter
ritory it belongs to them. The
French assert that they discovered
it, and, moreover, M. Riviere proves
that he purchased the cave previous
to the discovery. Meantime the
skeleton remains in its cave, the ob
ject ot innumerable pilgrimages and
the subject of European conversa
tion. Catholic Hevieto.
A Cool Relation.
How touchin!? was the rrvipf Ma.
played in B at a funeral a littla
out of town ! The undertaker, who
was directing matters in a very pro
fessional and proper way, notioed a
man giving orders and, as he
thought, rather encroaching upon
the duties and privileges of his own
office.
"And who are von.mv friend, timt
you are so busy about here?"
"jn: you aon t Know mer
"No, I don't"
"Well, Im the corpse's brother."
-Editor's drawer, in HarDer'a'Maa.
azine for June.
Looking for a Berth.
While the hont w9 Ivinrr ot fn
-. j -uf " WJU
cinnati, just ready to start for Lonia-
?n
vine, a young man came on board
leading a blushing damsal by the
nanu, ana approacning the clerk:
"I say," he exclaimed, "me and
my wife has just got married, and
I'mlooKing for accommodations."
-.L,oois.mg ior a Dertn ' hastily in
quired the clerk, passing the tickets
out to another passenger.
"A birth? thunder and lightning,
no!" gasped the young man "we ain't
but just got married ! we want a place
to stay all night, you. know, and a
Dea.
Kinderhook, Illinois, possesses
the champion preacher A few Sun
day since he had preached an elo
quent sermon, and at the conclusion
exhorted his hearers to embrace the
opportunity presented. None came
forward, and after waiting some time
the minister, raising his voice to the
highest pitch, exclaimed: "Well,
sit there and be damned." On th3
same Sunday he called out to the
janitor: "Open that window; I don't
like to preach in a barrel with the
bung drove in."
Said an American to an Irishman,
"My ancestors came from Ireland,
my name i3 Bryan did you ever
know any people of that name in
Ireland?'
"Oh, yes, a great many of them."
"Well, what sort of people were
they? Pretty high strung, were they
not?"
"Oh, I've seen a great many of
them strung so high that their feet
did not touch the ground.
The weeping willow ha3 a roman
tic history. The first scion was sent
from Smyrna in a box of fi?s to
Alexander Pope. General Clinton
brought a shoot from Pope's tree to
America, in the time of the Revolu
tion, which, passing into the hands
of John Parke Curtis, was planted
on his estate in Virginia, thus be
coming the progenitor of the weep
ing willow in this country.
An old lady brought up as a wit
ness before a bench o fmagistrates,
when asKed to take off her bonnet,
refused to do so, saying: "There's
no law compelling a woman to take
off her bonnet" "Oh," said one of
the magistrates, "you know the law,
do you? Perhaps you would like to
come np and sit here, and teach us?"
"No, I thank you, sir?" replied the
old lady: "there are old women
enough there already."
There is many a clerk, with none
but himself to care for, who get3 rid
of enough money to support a small
family. Many a young couple, with
a modest income, insist upon begin
ning life with all the comfort and
elegance of their gayest neighbors.
They expect to be rich by and by.
Instead of that, the prospects are
that they will be miserably poor.
Here is a gallant editor who gives
an advertisment free:
A beautiful and accomplished
young lady has opened a shoe store
in Philadelphia. All her beautiful
and accomplished clerks wear fancy
little leather aprons, which are irro
sistibly sweet and'touching.
An Illinois man who was lately
arrested for obtaining money under
laise pretensces was discharged on
his producing a receipt showing that
he had paid his newspaper subscrip-.
tion in advance for thirty-six years.
An PYplifinfrp nnt.iepa that. t.riA
question of the ''indirect claims" of
Greeley upon the Democrats is ex
citing great, interest in that party;
but the "conseqential damages" are
what they are afraid or.
A citizen of Gcsport one night
mistook his wife's yeast bottle for
his favorite "little brown jug," and
took a "long and a strong pull" ther-
from. He is now regarded as a
rising man.
Said Mr. Cantwe'l to hia clarre.
man, who had a great disrelish lor
hypocrisy, "How can 1 best help to
reform the world?' By begialag
with yourself!" was the conclusive
reply.
Mr. Greeley sava the man whnnv.
w t w
ommenda cracked wheat i cracked
himself. Of & tiapV wmttt fx.
paqua, the philosopher ? not .