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..J - INcbroslca Sliiutilbcr yr Nebraska SlDualtsa tca. ' coLnXrp. T. c. hacker ciirKcni comiai?p & co., 1 pUDLIEHEP-G, , , v . . .; v : . : : . ; . . . t . . r;-V:; ;;)f ' crt8rson'8Block. 2d Floor, Hall Entrance, t e n IvtS i ' one Ter, 10 irrift, ? J 05 ffiption, .nsurt icTaiially, riM 1d Advanca t- Book Work, an-lPlai and f ar.cy Joi Work done tltti sty'.e, 11 en tort cotice. ML ....... . " ' ; ; 1 . V i- ri-' - '- ; ; .!:- . ; V LIBERTY AND U NI O N, . O N E AND INSEPARABLE, NOW :AND FORlVERi" c.-'j V.h; :; . J Yt Vi 1 Ai. I I it ! I - I ; , J, ADTEP.TiSl?,G RATE3. On sanareOOlinesorlcisJlstiasestioa $1 ' " Each ubeq'jent insertion, ICO . Business Cards, oneyear, Htb lines or less 6 CO . Each additional Una 1 to Ooe Column, one year, ' $90 ro 'j Oai Column, ix nonth. 60 0 One Column, three rooaiha, SOCO' Half Colnmir, one year, : : MOO Half Column, six raontbs, .'.llalX Colnain, tVea n-onJtit, J ' 2100 . -Foortli Column, one year, o ca . FoBrtaCoinjB, six nochi, . . 21 C3 ' yoarfb Colnn:a, three monxUi,' ' - J509 Eighth Column, one year, 21 00 Eighth Columa, aix mouths, 15 OJ ii3hth Colaran, three nioath, " 10 W ; ? Anaot:nciQg CnliiJ.te t or ofSee . ' " SCO" . Stray Notice (each lead) S 00 Local Xoticea Char zed as Tiar.cicnt, IdrertUcceai. VOL. XII. BROWN VILLE, NEBE ASEA , THUESD AY , APKlL 30, 1868 NO. 31; v RlglNESS DIKEg-QKY. rj)KUG STORES. "' HOLLADAY & CO., :KUGS,MKI)IC1NE, PAINT, OIL, f ' p. 0 Buildii;, JIaia rTVM-'H. McCRCEItY, Trir,'e(.Iear.ir.rt!iilIreiTln W Boots V.'all-par Stationery, f11"3 Corner Main an l lft St'., GEORGE iMAUION, Dealer in ry Goods, Groceries 3 & Notions. ' p0nt of. Main Street near Levee, 8 Established 1850- HM. T. DEN", TThMrnle a"' Tlc'til rt".iler in J GENERAL MEllClIANDISE, rnm Hirers Plnvrs, Slovcs. urr.ilurp. Ht.tt flivell et I.evpe a:j i l-t, ' produce, by . Vv'Ii. T. DiK. ; G. M. HENDERSON, Pwier in Ftrei'.ra at:J Io:iiPstic DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES f- " Masntet.'litanJ21Sts., r CHARLES BRIEGEL . HER HALL, . LUNOII ROOM , ASP LIGHT GliOCETlT STOF.E, i Main tiet. lft and 2J Sta.. r J. L. McGEE & CO., Dial erg in i GENERAL . MERCHANDISE. PHYSICIANS. ; J. W. BLACKBURN, IED. IrEXSION EXAMINING SURGEON, fnden" his prnrejional ecrvice to the eitiicnsof "rowDTille and vicinifT. OFFICE AT CITV DRUG STOKE. 5icV.t ca!!'' at hi K"sidenrc south e';Jo of AtTan ic btwen lft r(l 2nd trH. II. L. MATHEWS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, orncE CITY DllUG BTOBI! A. S HOLLADAY. M D. iZra&uattd in 1S51 ; Located in rrrtcnvil'r in 1SS6 ) Plivsician, Surgeon and Ol's'.cirici.in, Dr. II. ha on taan'l romplete ?ets -f Araputat !!, Tiephn"n(; an 1 Ob'trtricul in?trara -nt . OSce: Uolln'-.ay . Co's Druz tJfore. P. O. P. S. SpecJalatter.tion ptr.Mi to ObHrtrVsand ie diiicaae of wmi'-n u-nd riiildrcn. x-44-ly C. F. "SIX WART. M. I). PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, . O r F I C E ; South East corner il Min anJ First Street lirnci lloCRS 7 to 9 a. u.and 1 to 2 ai.d C4 to I 1 r. M .' ATTORNEY S. DK FOREST rOUTCK " ATTORNEY AT LAW AND LAND "'AGENT. ; OrnCE In New Court Hou-e Euil lin?. withPro litJadK. v'- T.W.Tipton O.U.Hewett J. S. Church I TIPTON, HEWETT CHURCH, Attorneys at Law. 02ee tn If cPberton g Block, Mala Ft. between 21 is. 31 I.T.TD0SS1R. J. II. EUOADY. THOMAS & BROADY ' Attorneys at Law & Solicitors in Chancery, Offlre over Dorsey's Clotbinp Store, WJI. McLENNAI ATTORNEY LAW, fc KKElt AKA CITT, XKBnASKA. S. B. HAUIilX'JTO.V, Attorney and Counselor at Layr, Beatrice, Gay? Co., JVZ. rERKINS k GiLixsnn, Attorneys anj Counselors at Law, Ter.umocli, Johnson Cj., -no. Attorney CHESTER F. NYE. at Law and War Claim Asent, BOOTS & SHOES. ' ' y" -N. - CHARLES HELLMER, -BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, !lB tret, S doora below the FPntheast corner of 2n1, an! un n uperor 8tock of Uoots Dd tihccs "IJbt bet material and ability for dotDj LgrCwoit M'orh dnae tcitk nrntnen and d ipnt- . A. ROBINSON. COOT AND SHOE xMAKER, Kain Between lt &. 2d Street i ,lltei method of informing the pu'';c that t..1? cntanda rplendid assortuant cf dent's and 4w Misses' and Chlldrens'B J300TS Sc SHOES. 7CMen -orx done with neatness and dTc,3 PTing dnne on fhort notice. 10-30 s-.u.n SADDLERY. J. H. BAUER. y. Manufacturer and Dealer In i?;VS5' BRIDLES Sr COLLARS "aim done to order Mifactlnn puarrantied. on Afafn bet. lrt aTii 2I aft.. JOHN W.MIDDLETON v. . Manufacturer and P-ealer In tiESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, thet of every rtcrlptlon, PJasterinj "air. Cafh paid for niJe. n Corner Main and 2d fttg.. OVE TIN STORES. JOHNC. DEUSER Deader in , TINWARE. PUMPS. &c Oppoalte McPheraon'a B'ock, SHELLEBERGER BRO'S ' rtXjs. Uavfcturer$cnA Dralert in ' ' Tn.5rorES- HARDWARE. CARPEy. --S7OL.V KLACKSMITirS STOVES, oeraon't Block Brcwnvil'e. S JCeb. J. K. BEAR, - cr.vr ron the . 's Union Express Company f ?7 Jcrt A X D . "rra,on'Blpc3ti;d8oor,HallZntra?c). . JOHN SJilTIUS BREAM. bt jous rinnr. . Dreafns are strange thing?, nnd ome times lead to strange results. From the earliest ages, men havrj, with singular prescienc)7, placed imp!icit faith tn them, and have often been led into queer blun tiers by jhem. ' - " . , In all the course of my experience, however, I do not remember tu have met with a more singular or more remarkable instance then that which I propose to re late. It happened in a certain city not many thousand miles frorn Now England, and was related to me as authentic. Mr John Smith, as I shall call the hero, was a neighbor of mine, and n bet ter hearted fellow never lived; he was kind and generous, and very popular with his friends, of whom he had many, nnd cne of the best husbands in the world. John was a little over forty, and had ben married about ten years. He had no children, and consequently gave to his wife all of the affection and attention he would have bestowed upon them. He paid his bill promptly, and was well'to do in the world. Yet he had one failing, He was exceedingly credulous, and this led him to become a firm believer in dreams. He had provided himself with a 4,Dream Book" at an early day, and every morning his first act was to consult this volume, and learn what interpretat ion he ihould give his visions of the niht. Mrs. Smith, unlike her husband, was a skeptic and had no faith in dreams, and laughed heartily at her husband for his faith in them. Wh?n she found that nothing cculd change her liege lord, she, like a good wife, quietly let bim alone. When they had been married about ten years, John bought him a house in one of the f ashionable streets of the city. It was not one of those good mansions, built in those days when people erected houses to last, but one of the modern fhdls. with paper walls and situated in about the centie of a lung row of similar buildings. As house? go in those d tys, it was very comfortable, and John was con&idered a lucky man in being its own er. When he had been in possession of his house for a few mouths. John Smith had a remarkable dream. He drramed that he had discovered in his houss as e cret silver set and other valubles. Howhe discovered it he sould not exactly tell in his dream, hut the sum which it contained was -uflkient to set him up in the world as a man of wealth. He was delighted with this, and was sorry enough to wak en and find in the clear light of morn ing that it was all a dream, Neverthe less, a dream though it was, it made an impression upon him; so great indeed, that once or twice, while he was dressing, h could almost fancy th'? matter a real ity. At breakfast, he told his wife about it. "You must have eaten something be fore you went to bed, which disagreed with you during the night," said Mrs. Smith, with a laugh. 'Nonsense, Susan. Stranger things than that have happened." But, John," said his wife, "to look at the matter seriously, where could you find a closet in such a house as this? The walls are so thin, that no human in genuity could-possibly centruct such a closet. Nowif this were an old cattle, or even one of the old-time houses, there might be a possibility of such a! thing. butin this house, the idea is .absurd.', John Smith was silenced, but not con vinced, and went off to his businesswith his mind full of his dream, lie thought about it all day. and was really incipa b!o of doing anything with his ordinary ease and ability. He kept his own coun sel, however, and said nothing more of the matter to his wife, on his return home that afternoon. That night, his dream was repeated. He again saw the closet and its precious contends, but was a?ain unable so tell how he discovered the secret, or where the closet was situated.' The next morn insrhewasin a state of great excite ment, and triumphantly, informed his wife that his dream had repeated, and he was sure there' was something in it. He did not reflect, that, having, thought of nothing else all through the previous day, it was but natural that be should dream of it at night. Now, in spile of his wife's laughing at him, he resolved to test the matter, and see what would come of it. , Arming himself with a hammer, he went carefully over the house, rapping on all the walls, to see if he could detect any cavity. His wife followed him with mingled curiosity and amusement. For an hour he rapped away patiently, but the walls only gave out a solid sound. At last, however, he struck with diff erent successd. The wall this time re sponued to thfe blow with a hollow; met allic sound. Turning exultingiy to bis wife. John Smith struck again, and bade her listen. The wall was evidently hollow here. ?'What do you think, ijow, Susan?" he asked, gleefully. ' I arq still unconvinced," she replied, though not so confidently as before. "But I am," said her husband, excit edly: and ha made the plaster fly ia ev ery direction. 44 What are you d oi rig, John ? Are you xleranged ?" cried' Mrs Smith, as she looked on wifh astonishment ' 4 - -"I ani going to gret into ibis closet," was the reply: and the plaster flew thick er and fester tljan before. - A few moments sufficed to make a gocd-fcized hole in the. wall, and every moment John Smith's excitement increas ed. Thrusting his band ..through, the hole into the dark space beyond, .and groping about for a minute, he. drew it out with a regular yell, and showed to his astonifhed tpouse half a doxen mass ive silver spoons. Handing them to her thrust his hand back, and tbis,tim3 drew out a large sugar bowl of the same ma terial. The next time.he seized hold of a silver waiter, but it was too. large to pass through the opening which he had made. - " , - ' ; ".Suppose we leave them, .John until you can get the tool to make the hole larger," said Mrs. Smith. "We can sto.p the hole, and lock the room, and no one will be any the wiser. The ai tides will be perfectly safe where they are." John agreed to this proposition, and they proceeded to conceal the opening. Having done this, they set about examin ing the property that had come bo myste riously into their possession. The artic les were very massive, and of solid silver. They were marked with the initials "L B. P." ' Mrs. Smith had been bewildered by the remarkable occurrence. She could scarcely eredit her senses, bnt there be fore her lay the evidence of there cor rectness. She began to think that John was right, after all ; that there was much more in dreams than she had im agined. "What shall we do with them, John?" she asked at length. "We have got enough silver ware of our own. I suppsa it would be best to sell them," replied the happy; John. "However, we can better decide on thi3, after wo find out what the closet con tains." At this moment they were startled by the loud ringing of the front-door bell, and th'i servant girl came to inform Mr. Smith 'hat a gentleman was in the parlor, aad wished to see him. "He's going on like a crazy man, sir," she said, "and ays he must see yon at once. Hearing this. Mrs. Smith insisted upon accompanying her husband, and tharing his dangers if auy, and accordingly mey descend toge her tj the. parlor. There thry found aiort, fat gentleman, paciug the room in a great state excite ment. "My name is Piper, sir." said the stranger, as they entered "Lewis B. Piper. I live in the next house on the right. Are you the proprietor of this house ?" "I am." replied John, blandly, think ing it best to iiumor him. "Then, sir, allow me to tell you there is a ruber in your house, who has been comrniiting burglary on my premises, by breaking througii your wall into a closet, and stealing my silver ware." John Smith's face was a study, as the stranger made this announcement. He stood with his hands behind him, staring vacantly at Mr. Piper, while his face was rapidly changing from white to red, and from red to purpel. This was the end of his dreaming. He had absolutely committed burglary, by breaking through the partition wall which separated the two houses, and stealing his neighbor's spoons. As for Mrs. Smith, she sank into the chair and screamed with laughter. Air. Piper stood gazing at one, and then at the other, and growing angrier every moment, John Smith, with a crest-fallen air, explained' the-whole- matter to him, and reorcd ihe articles. The joke was too good, and the irate gentleman finally made the. house ring with his roars of laughter. Poor John cojld only smile freely, for he was most terribly chop faillen. He agreed to have the wall mended, and all pirties pledged them selves to secrecy; but somehow the story got out, and John Smith became famous in his native city. On the morning afier his "discovery," his wife found him bending over a fire, watching something that was being con sumed by the flames. . Leaning forward, fche discovered that it was his unlucky "Dream Book" upon which he was vis? iting such terrible vengeince. I do dot know whether he ceased dreaming, after this occurrence ; but if he had any more visions, he was care ful never to speak of them in open day light. m f m i The "steam man'' that has made so much talk is n jw denounced by a New ark mao, who . seems to understand the case, as an unmitigated humbug. It never has walked a step since it was made. It was carried to an ice cream garden ; then it was propped up, so that its feet did not touch the ground, and set agoing; its legs swung back and forth in the empty air ; but that was all. It is announced to walk over to Barnum's, but it conviently got out of repair, and, what was worse, the ice cream man has got an attachment for the wonderful humbug that will not let it walk. The financial obstacle may be only a sham, but the physical difficulties are real. It will tumble over as fast as it can be set up. The editor of the Cincinnati Commer cial was receutly sued for libel, for. ex posing the official delinquencies of the city cf Covington. The jury failed to agree, standing eiht for acquittal, two for one cent damages; and two for a larger amount. .! '...."'-i . ' Jreland sends muclj butter to England. ., Tlie Eric War WIiF-H Began and How It Is. - "Burleigh," the New York corres pondent of the Boston Journal, gives" the following sketch of: the history and status of the great Erie railroad way, which has the merit of being much more intel ligille.cnd probably as truthful, as any before published "For many year3 Vanderbilt and Drew have been fast friends; in gigantic operations that have' laid cut the streets they have been allie.. Their first quar rel was about the Harlem. Vanderbilt won, and Drew paid a heavy sum forsel line short. : At the last election for the Erie. road, Mr. Drew was left out. I men make money on the Erie, they con gratulate themselves ; if they lose they curse "Uia Drew, asne is called, lne usual cry cf "mad dog" was raised and Mr. Drew was out in the cold. He went to Vanderbilt and complained. He said he could not afford to be kept off the board of directors, aud Varderbilt said he should be put oa. At the next meet ing of the board, the commodore, true to his promise, ordered one of the.directors to resign, which he did. "Now. gentle men,", said the autocrat," elect Mr. Drew a member of your beard.1' It was done. ."Now, gentlemen, elect Mr. Drew your treasurer" The gentlemen did it. So far, all was peace. The next step on the part of the Commodore was to monopolize the travel to St. Louis Mr. Drew attempted to head offhis mon opoly. He made arrangements with some roads out West to lay a third rai to secure a wide guage track to the Mississippi. . Vanderbilt sent an irape- rioQs order to Mr. Drew to desist, telling him he was poaching on his manor. Drew said he shonld not withdraw. In his Doric style, Vanderbilt said, "Then I'll make you. So the war began. Except as he is backed by the Erie road, Mr. Drew is fishtinsr this battle alone. To sustain himself, he threw the larger part of his stock overboard- It did not do what he expected. He simply played in'o the hands of his enemies, for vand- erbili's friend bought it up as fast as he offered it for sale. Mr. Drew then issued the new stock, of which so much has been said, He did thi to. buy up tha lines of road by which alone he could secure to Erie her share of the Pacific railroad business. Then came injunct ions, contempt of course, orders for arrest and other proceedings, that have employ ed so many eminent Lawyers, and to whom it is said that no less than $2o0, 000 will be paid counsel fees. To es cape from closo confinement in jail, Mr Drew fied to rew Jersey. That lntle State is with him in the fight ; so is Al bany and centiat New York. Foremost in the fiuht is fhe Commodore himself. Over seventy, he is the mightiest man in New York During, resolute, defiant, few can match hi in. He would not stop at 20,000 to carry nis point. Torrence, his English son-in-law, has been called home from London to aid in the battle Q?gocd, the receiver appointed by Judge jjirnaru, is also a sou-in-iaw. ao is Horace F. Clarke, the leading counsel. Richard Schell is Vanderbilt's confiden tial broker. Indeed, all the brokers are down on Drew, for ail have lost money on the Lne, and blame Drew for. it. No stock issued since the 7th of March is received by the brokers. John Mor rissey is Vanderbilt's right hand man While at Saratoga he had a fine horse that Vanderbilt wanted. He said to the auent: "My horse is not safe: if he was, V anderbilt has not money enough to buy him," He added, "If the Com modore will accept my horse as a pres ent, he is welcome to him." From that hour his fortune was made. He is worth over a milion. He i. about to give up the business of gambling, so he told a banker tho other day. For himself, he expects nothing, but he means to save his son, he savs, snd bring him up to a respectable calling. Judge Barnard is ready to clap Mr. Drew into jail. He is one of the smart est and sharpest men in New York. He has the courage of a lion. He be longs to the club of which Vanderbilt and his sons-in-law are members. The appointment of Osgood as receiver by the judge is thought to indicate that should Air. Drew get into his hands he will be certain to receive do more favor than the law allows. It is confidently believed that plan3 are laid to catch Mr. Drew and brinj him to New York. The sum of S2-3 000 is the amount promised for the body of the absconding treasurer. .We have a hundred men in New .York who would do it for . half that sum and be glad of the chance. Low, black look ing crafts, late at night, are said to be hovering about Jersey City. Squads of special constables are being sworn in, and scldiers are under arms. The Boston Post is one of the ablest Democratic papers in the country, but is edited by both a wit and a gentlemen. Anticipating a great Democratic triumph in the recent election in New Hamp shire, it prepared a big cut of a rooster to crow over the Radicals. The result proved to be ' not that kind cf a cat," however, and the rampant bird was dis played upside down, the editor hopefully explaining that the election has capsized him. The Cincinnatians are afraid that an other bridge oyer the Ohio at Louisville wj.ll very materially interfere with the navigation of the stream. They, prefer their rivers, like their dictionaries, una bridged. . . ; Bounty Claims. - PATMASTEr. 6KNXTtAI,'3 OFFICE, ) . y; , Wapeixgtox, D, C. March 28th, 1 So8.f, It is entirely impracticable for this of fice to reply to the . immense number o inquiries from claimants or their friends- and attorneys, ' as to the condition or cause of delay in the adjustment of their bounty claims without, serious interrup tion to the public business, especially in the very matter of settling these partic ular claim?. Thi3 printed circular is the only response that can.be given. All the bounty claims now on file are being settled as fast as the Second Au' ditor f the Treasury can furnish, from the muster rolls now deposited in' his office, the evidence necessary to deter mine the validity of each claim. This in formation has been applied for, and the inuitor is now furnishing responses to onr inquiries at the rate of about 20,000 per month. At this rate it is expected that the whole number of claims filed or likely to be filed, will be acted on and finally settled in the next nine months. W7hen a claim is allowed, the check is drawn to ihe order of the claimant ; and and sent, with his discharge, to his at torney, or to himself, where no attorney has been appointed, and is payable only upon endorsement by claimant, unless the latter shall, by a power of attorney exe cuted subsequent to the date of the check, authorize bis attorney to act for him. If any check is paid on improper endorse ment, the assistant Treasurer of the Uni "ted States at New York City, on whom all checks for additional, bounty are drawn, is the responsible party to whom the payee,- in such case, must look for payment. It will thus be seen that the soldier cannot be defrauded, unless, by his own act, he places himself in the power of his attorney. B. W. BRICE, Paymaster General. An Act to Facilitate tho payment of soldiers' bonn ties under act of eighteen hundrea and siity-gix. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rcprgsentatives of the Unitzd Slates of Jlmerica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to era- ploy, for not more than one vear.'fifty additional clerks m the division of the Second Auditor's office of tha .Treasury Department, to expedite furnishing infor maticn to the Paymaster General in re gard to soldiers claiming bounty under the provisions of sections twelve and thirteen of act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, and for other purposes," approv ed July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, giving in all cases pref erence in said employment to soldiers and sailors honorably discharged from the service of the United States. Sec. 2. Jlnd be it farther enacted, That the Secretary' of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and direc ted to procure and to provide adequate and convenient rooms for all clerks em ployed in the examination of the muster rolls in said office. See. 3. Jlnd he it further enacted, That the assistant treasuers of the United States in the cities of New York and San Francisco be, and they are hereby, di rected to pay duplicate checks, forboun- ties grantea unaer me saia act, upon notice and proof of the original check or checks, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct. Sec 4. jlnd be it further enacted, That the Second Comptroller and Second Au ditor are each hereby authorized to detail one clerk in his bureau, who may sign all certificates and papers issued under any of, the several bounty acts for such Comptroller and Auditor, and such signature shall be as valid in all respects as' if signed by the said Comptroller anJ Auditor, whoshall be responsible respec tively for the official acts of said clerks. Approved March 19, 1SGS. "I will not believe anything but what I understand," said self-confident young man in a hotel one day. "Nor will I," said another. "Neither will I." chimed in a third.1'; "Gentleman," said one well known to me, who was on a journey,' and set close by, "do I understand you correctly, that you will not believe anything that you do not understand?" "I will not," said one, end so said each one of the trio. ' " 1 Wfill,' said the stranger f'ia ray ride this morning, J saw some geese in a field eating grass; do you believe that V "Of course, said the three. ., "And I also saw sheep and - cows eat ing grass; do you toeiieve thatf " "Of course," was' the again replyJ " "Well.' but the grass which they had formerly eaten had, by digestion, turned to feathers on the backs of geese, to bristles on the backs of swine, to wool on the sheep, ana on the cows it naa turned to hair; do you Itelieye that, gen tlemen ?" . : - ', ... "Certainly," they replied. "Yes, vou believe it," he replied, but do you understand it?" ' " They were confounded and suept, and evidently ashamed,- as they well might be. -; : ' . . - Accounts f ronx the interior of Ala bama and Mississippi report serious dam age to "plantations from late rains. The rivers and creeksare very high and m many places running over the' banks.: It is feared-that a general replanting must r i mmm -w 'Jms?' V I Ihe residence or Mrs. Jackson, on Second street;: was broked into while sh was absent last Sunday, and a -fine gold watch and a pistol stolen. Suspic ion immediatly attached to a young scape grace by the name of Charls3 McGregor, who was known to be of the light nnger ed norsuasion. and measures were taken to detect him. . Hi3 lodgings were ex amined during his absence on Mondaj', but no trace of the missing property dis covered.- A cumber cf citizens deter mined on satisfying themselves in regard to his ffuilt or innocence, and laid their plans accordingly. A warrant "was issu ed forhis arrest, and sheriff Johscn start el for him about noon.' He found him a few miles oat in the country, and started to town with him in a buggy. . WThen a short distance east of the Cemetery, in the dense thicket, they were suddenly pounced upon by the aforementioned citizens some half a dozen in number. One of them seized the: horsfs by tha bits, another presented a revolver at the sheriff and threatened, in the most ap proved tragic style, to"BIow him through" if he moved a muscle (we are inclined to think the sheriff was not very badly scared, however), while the balance of the party seized the prisoner, at the same time uttering dire threats ot veng eance to have his life. The sheriff plad (?) with the exasperated crowd to allow the-young man to have a trial, but no. they were deterrainedf?) to have his life, then and there, and rid the com munity of snch a pest. The Sheriff then tried to pursuade the prisoner to re veal "the wereaboui3 of the stolen prop erty, and thus save his life. No he de clared his innocence in the stoutest man ner. He was then taken a short dis tance into the woods, where the "detect ive force" had left their horses, and one of the party immediately produced a rope about the size of a steamboat cable, and in a terribly excited manner called on his companions to assist in "stringing up" the prisoner. The sight of the rope (and from all' accounts we judge it was a frightful one) caused the young scoun drel to "wilt," and he said if they would not hang him he would tell all about it. This pacified the supposed "vigilantes," and they promised to leave him to ths law if he would tell them truthfully. He said he had entered the house about noon on Sunday, by way cf tho window, stole the watch and pistol, and they would find them secreted in the manger of Mrs. Jackson's stable. The "detect ives" having accomplished their object, they allowed the sheriff to bring the pris oner to town, ihe stolen property was found just where he said it was, and the prisoner was committed to jail by Esquire O Neill in the absence of bail to the amount of S500, to await hi3 trial before the District Court. To all young men who are inclined to be light fingered we would say beware. There are "Ingecs around." Platlsmouih Herald. , - - Tic Faslilons. A few yeftrs ago the ladies were ri proached for having too indiscriminately appropriated everything connected witfv Hardly any cf ob- A child eagerly examines every ject around it, or in lack of objects, then the picture or images of obiects. But between the child and nature, we inter pose medium, a book, and ve expect a . j m at t 1 child to proht by symbols, which to us, indeed, are full of meaning, but whi to it are mysteries, whose significance it is Slow to Giscover. reaanis snuri a is dainfully at the thought of leaching science to children. Yet wnat is science. in great part, but observation methodized. A child , cannot easily be kept from observing and even generalizing. The question is, whether it shall do both ign orantly, of its own wild fancy, or under the guidance of maturer judgment and ampler knowledge. As all children, not wholly 6tupified by the compression and -destortion of the school, form for themselves a kind of science, draw in- erencesi and make generalizations, probably erroneous, certainly incomplete. shall they be left without guidance, or without encouragement. In a certain family, not long since, a pair of twin3 made their appearance, and w as a matter ot course, were shown to their little . cister of four years. Now, it so happened that whenever a rather prolific cat of the household had kittens, one of them, of course the prettiest was saved, and the rest drowned. When the twins were shown the child by their happy lather, little iu looked at them i i . long and earnestly; ana at iangth, putt ing her little finger-tip on the cheek of one of them, looked up, and said, with all the seriousness possible -"Papa J think we'll save this one T An alarmig report was received at a ST .1 - -V newspaper oince in .Mnaon on me 'sz. is said two men, supposed to be ie- 1 i f maps, were arrestea at a itjte nour-to night nearthe servants' door of Bucking ham Palace. They were carrying; a hamper, which, on being opened, was bund torontain a gallon cf liquid phos- horus, or Greek fire. The parties made desperate resistance, and were with difficulty ecured. A third person, who was in .company with them, bearing a basket, fled as soon as the latter were seized, and escaped all pursuit. Farmers in 1776 Man at plow, wife at cow, girl at yarn, boy at barn, and all f i i w- i m sr dues settled, .farmers in ico-rAUn at show, girl at piano, wife in satin, boy at Latin, and dues unsettled. Thoughtthe peach prospect in Greene and Howard counties, Mo,, has been damaged, their will vet be say the far-1 mers there a fare cron. I the masculine toilet. theso articles appeared to escape their grasp waistcoats, hats, cravats, caps, &c, were ell the fashion, and the orna ments mo3t envogue "were leather, nails and other articles of that description. At that time the cavalier styta wa3 con sidered the most elegant. . At the pres ent this i3 no longer tha rase, and C3 Dame Fashion has a predilection for striking contrasts, we suddenly adopt tha Fiorian or pastoral -style, in fact, any thing that is fresh, graceful, and occasi onally a little affected. Lsdies cf tasta succeed in making spring poems of their toilets or recall Trianon, and the inspi rations cf Watteau, &.c. There soma young married ladies adept in their homas the apron. These are worn of chmge- able silk, shot color, or any other shada whh lace sewed in rows cr plaited rcuni them, with a long sash floating over tha skirt. There is nothing prettier thari these small aprons on skirts cf shades Flowers are also vindicated for the con-, tempt which they long suffered and ara now allowed a conspicuous plice in eve? ry complete toilat. The following sim ple and very graceful costume for young ladies i3 an illustration of this blua chambery gause silk on transparent white taffeta. The skirt n worn very long but quite plain. The low-neck waist is cut square and very low oa a pluted rufle ; it is bordered by a bluo ribbon fast ened so as to float over the shoulders, and bosom and is apparently held by an eglantine. The belt i3 tied behind and fastened to the waist by three clusters eglanties floats like a sash. Tha head dress is composed of two head-bands of blue taffeta, also interspersed with eglan ties. A blue velvet ribbon, tied round the neck, is fastened behind a similar floweret This toilet is very graceful and is well adapted for dinner cr small , evening parties. For skirts every ma terial of changeable color is, preferred, and the Marie Antoinette style is adopt ed to the fashion, but to tho colors worn at that period. For the same reason, wide stripes continue to be inyogue. Piain skirts lucked up en passiers oa striped underskirts will consequently ba done away with, and a number of small ruches of ribbon or silk scattered all over the costume replace thsm. Tho colorj in fashion are very numerous, and vary from that of Boadcaux wino to Metter nich green! Maiz-cclor, selika, bronze, gray of every shadr, and Pompadour deserve likewise to be quoted. Bit two color? are used for a o-tume, and it i considered good taste for the crnament3 to be cf a similar shad-o. As- for tho richest spring toilets which ha been no ticed was a drers cf Persian lilao satin, a cloak detached from the shou!Jor3 ia the style of pages or princo3 ia fairy tales. The Princess of M worn shcrt gray satin drey. Another princes3, hkewisa . dressed in pray, bore oa her arm the im mense train of her c're.s3. Tha latter style is generally adopted cow. A cap ucin toilet has been observed, which is both original in form and color ; it had the panier shape, the second skirt being tucked u? in a very striking manner by the sash cf capucin silk. Ail those toilets are only the precursors of the fashions of 1S0S, and will assuaio a more settled character after the ffrst race cf tho sea son. It i3 expected that high-head?! dresses will be affect d, end that bon nets will adopt a neutral attitude ; tha front will be two fingers in width, cr a mere diadem, ending ia a vail, may ba worn. Capuche bonnets are also made. Thsse are nothing but narrow fronts terminating in a lace hoed. The' Span ish mantilla, with an idea of a bcanet, is likewise among tho fashions cf -tha day, Steel take3 the place cf gold and jet for everything ; fancy jowelry is all spangled with it. Lace and ribbort3 ara also covered with thi3 metal, fcr orna ments of skirts and dresses. For linen. I must quote the Marie Antoinette, lace, or embroidered muslin mautelet, Lara balle collars, with ends fastened to tha ' belt, Trianon collars, fastened to tha chest?, stolemantelets of muslin, orlaceV and other staples, all ornamented with plaits or ruches cf ribbon and lace. It i3 with lace as it wa3 with flowers it returns after having been long neg lected. Lace will not only be worn on evening. dresses, but will also adorn hhh flounces and tunic3 over Spring costumes. These tunics and flounces, with a mac tilla of lace or a sa?h vail, will, some times impart to dresses a decidly Anda- lusion stamp. I hope soon to. be abla o give all the particulars in regard to tha manner cf arranging the hair, following up one of tha mo3t characteristic fash- head-dres3. ions of this year the high The editor of the Pittsburgh Disval-h has been presented by Mr. Scott, chief- of-pqlice. whh the photcgraph cf a gen tlemen now oa a visit to that ctty, whesa ceard has grown to tha monstrous length of six feet within the last seven year. - We understand that he has to keep it rolled up under his arm when walking, otherwise it would drag cn the ground. The name of the individual who wears this singular looking appendage is 'An: drew LerDen. His beard is of a car- - ectly patural growth, and from it3 ap pearance one would judge that, if wrapped around his body, it would avkrd almost as eood a covering as a blanket. St. Louis lost, in 18G7, S2,770,S0D by fires. Q C .t ; 1 r." J I 5 1 r ft'.' r j -' i: - ib, fcr fit. ho SO) irv I J: - i i i v? J t .0 e j U.-)Z- tl h ;ir rai la c2 - - - Z ) if u3 iU e- ck is no va ck is; is; to to eg I CO. I ia 031 j Iti-51- ili ha rat 3.V j 21. ;r , si i tly 31- r.s , ei ul- i it. i y. 1 do nl ltd la in cf all oa lT . JStj 2s 1 do' in' ia- ea. lid, il rt.' x ; ic! ic: tr- c . V