. KATES OF AlVLiiliiiliGr
On squirt ( t 8 1?3$ nr lsKi&ii9r.U3 JJ
i'atb tiJitJotr ii'rtVci - I CJ
feasiaesesri,lxvlhie ifIrS CM jer li'H
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Ooo h&l coaiB tn jeil - : i) CJ
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' Oo eighth coiUBiBtba jtar - 21 Iff
Oa eolnmnsii montas - iJ 03
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Ob fourth eviuutb aniiioctbs - 11 C5
On igbta mlanifl iii R-tBliJ - 15 C)
On column thwt montb i) t'i
On half column tires months'. - 21 C J
Ons fourth cclumathrte mentis - 14
One eighth column three uon' hi 10 O
Announcing candidate frv 4 fiJ
All transient adreriiaemct t WtJJ 5a s-i
ranee. ,
Yearly dTerUienentqniirlfU
Al! kinds of Job, Bock nd i'zl itaUr z, mt la
the besi style on short notice end r?oni!e term
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Subscript nt Hst rsrisiij. re pa-Id mAivnace
r Hoc Wort, te Uln nd Fsncy Job Work,
a, , U yl. 08 sJort notice.
LIBERTY AND UNION, ONE AND INSEPARABLE NOW AND FOREVER."' '
VOL. IX.
BROWNVILLE, NEBKASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1865.
N0.52,
MMMMBhB9i
7 NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
rUBUEHKD IVIBT THfKSDAT BT
GEO. W. nrLL c -CO,,
.drertlier Block, Alain S't Between 1st fc 2X
W r!
A
- y
BUSINESS CARDS.
1L C. TIIUiaiAN,
pljnstcian J Surgeon
&EEERICA
...USE
j'tont S.rPt, betwe a Mairi&nd Vater,
r.UOWXTILLK, NEBRASKA.
J. A. HKWES.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
Solicitor in Chancery.
iaxdixd collecixg a gems.
HOWKVILLE N. T.
Msrc'a th.lj.
" G. ?1. II IIS OCRS OX,
CCNEKAL DEALER IT
STAPLE AfD FANCY DRY GOODS
BOOTS & SHOES
Main Street between First and Second,
Urownvillo, INXoTo. n-7
JAMES MEDFOKD, v
A li 1 H E 1" - MAKER
A S D
CorLf r t?; d and Mai: Streets,
Tt n v' . ii Tj a d T
1 preps r'l t'r"e:j i.iivjn of rk Inbi1ine on
B. JOHNSON,
OFFICE WITII L. DOADLV,
- Comer Main and First Streets,
n'ROlT&YlIXE, NEBRASKA.
C. F. SIEWAUT.MI). A.S. HOLLADAY, MD.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
OPFIOU
rVutb Ft Corner of Main and Firt Streets
linoiWVll.I.r,
Omcx Uoritfl 7 to 9 a. m. end 1 to 2 end o to
7H' P. .
TWnrilK K'Mi, My 5th, 15-34. y
C. II. IVAI4KEII.
pijotogrnpljtc Civtist
Successor to WM. C. Perkins)
O.VI DOOR VEST OF TrtT' rF.ONMl 1 E HO"T.,
BROWS VILI.E, N" T.
"Vb.W. invites attcnt'or, UYi C :r! -r
rb!o!rrrh8.eio his t""i' f'ii Ivrv-Ii've A.
ifl, which ere urir ... ,:i
totny jirodncpd fnti !.'... '
H will pire his url.
new, end bcpsto m-, t. , -
e. Satisfaction guar. .'
' U M ry .
1 !
IHvSeiHe 111 ijccncU,
Millinery & Fancy Goods
STOJ133.
?.In Stretone door west ot the Post Office
kiumvwm.m:, Ai:nitAsiiA.
A-up"riir etik of -Spring and Snmtntr Good?
Ji rccewil. Evcrv'hicg in the liillinery line
.k'-H CKHtkntly ou fcaiid- Diegs-Mftking, iiocnet
l''arliinjn.l Triuiniitig dne to Her.
iircn, 1865. r9-n--2Slj
HACK TO THE OLD STAND!
CLOCKS, WATCIES,
AND
JOSEPH 8 11 U T Z
- T0014 respect fnliinforri hi. M ctigtomors that he
-t again PHitMi ins Jewelr; Shop in lit ld fUhJ on
!B fctrew. fcjJo. to di-ois f iiot uT Uie brown
i..e House i? kenrc on tnt j flenflid Bturtment
' everriLi!! in bi nne of bu.-iiior, wnidi he will
U vn tie owesi term fer Cash.
' ' Cl.wkf; TicheuJ Jewelry done on the short-
. . WOIUC WARRANTED.
wnvn, Neb., ifsy IS64. n37-vR.tr
J. F. MOiUUS
(Sncri.r,r U a." Brvwn K f.
would retpe-.tKniiy announce to the Cttitens of
r-enifj!i -:,i xi i.itr. tit be hs purctiaKed the
ana Hell Selected stock
or -
MEDICINES. PAINTS.
- Of R. BROWK ei Co.
n eRTre tfcepnbti tfueiatiy, that be will keep on
eery ibdng nsoaily keept In
lust Class Drug Siore,
ls'V-?,r,n,n'1 Mt u nler.oll for cash.
ptimm s and oanriis ca refc li-t fillfi
T ALL HOI as.
HITNEY BLOCK,. MAIN STREET
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
ls-8-ly
A "STITcB 13 TXUC SATES EXKET
Louis taldtrr,
.. klf Pot yet, ready to perform all work, par
WningtohiibosineM. 1 j"108 ai gn painting, e;ltinjc,and paperbanjr
:.i'e tUhort notice, aud the m.t epproTed
.nnea?b. Uirehitn aeall.
;ej 5jPBM'tteet, caat of Atkinson's Cloth-
j ta rrepre1 tlo a! I . '
A K lt 00 J' (if j 1 no
Pi" lhe "e1', -J eapt t,j le for cah.
Crt,'"H5r Aprrl i. ly.
E. S. BURNS, M. D.,
PHYSiciA Eurrr !
OFFICE AT HIS EESiDENCE.
Au(.8tb,.135 47-t-1j
EDWARD W. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY At LAW,
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Office orner of Vain end First Street.
BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA.
C. C. DORSET.
8. X.E!CH
DOBS EI & KICH,
ClitortTfijs ii Cam,
And
COMMERCIAL.' COLLECTOnS.
Ojjirt S. E. cornor Main and Firtt Street;
DKOWNVILI.E, NEBRASKA.
Will cive prompt attention to all business en
trusted to ihem in the various Conrli of Nebraska
aud North Wissouri; also, to tbo Collection of
Hounty Money, Dack ray, and tensions ; and to
the l'ayment of Taxes. 9-40-ylj
BEDFORD & CO.,
DEALERS 15
w m k H1SIIS
t
BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS
Qucensware, Cutlery, etc.
MAIN STREET
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
C. W. WHEELER,
CABINET-MAKER
AND
CARPENTER.
Having onc-d up permanently on
IWXYiaa. Gtrcot,
One door ebove tba B:.lLimore Clothing Store, is
prepared to do all kinds of work in his line in the
n-ry best and style. Particular attentione given to
Contracts. v-n m p'd
"Icctliiff of School Examiners.
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Kchoo
Examiners of Nemaha County, Nebraska, will hold
meetings for the Examination of TetcherH for
said County, at the office of E. W. Thomas,
in Prownville, on the 1ft Saturday in every month,
between the hours of one and 3 P. M, Applicants
for certificates are required to be present at one
o'clock, precisely, or they will not be examined.
No person need apply at any T)ther time.
By order of the Board,
E. W. THOMAS, Clerk.
April 1st, -yly
JACOB MAROIIN,
H1HIAIT Mill
BROWNVILLE, N V. ' ' R A i A
CaHs the attention of Gentlemen dofiti:, : , Le
er irablc au i fashionable
WEARING AFPAlCt
TO I-IS
EW STOCK OF GOODS.
JUST RECEIVED,
i:uir- c: i' th's, tassiukhs, testings itc.. .
j . ::H VER Y UlTUST SI YLEb
v will t-ll or make up, to order, at nnpre c
'i'..e: r fr.cea. navluu on hand one of
SIM.LIVS SEWING MACHINES,
be la l)!e to do Custom work at rates that defy compe
ttti'in.
I warrant my work,
Hand Rji well as JHaclii ne TTork.
Tbie wishmpt any thing in Lis line will do well to
call an-1 exirriue his stock before Inventing, as he
pledges himself to hold out peculiarly favorable In-
dui-mcnt
Juuary 1st 1665 p'd to Oct. 16th IS55.
CEOICE LiaUOES.
Wholesale and Retail
Evan Worthing,
OF THE
. BROWNVILLE,
Has Just Received the largest and best ttock ot
Liquors and Cigar ever offered In this market, and
will tell them as low as aaj House in the Territory.
TYIIITXEY'S DLOCK,
Maia Street, Brovvnville
F.b.'ClyJy.
G R ANT'S
CAEAP CASH. STOKE.
. Main Street between First and Second.
BROWNVILLE, N. T.
TTI haretn store lare andWPll eeTectel stock of
Bbots and Shoes, -
Finest Quality cf Winter Stock,
WHICH BE Or'KBSFOR SAL
CHEAP FOR OASfi
Groceries of Everv Kind,
Sugar.
Tea,
Allspice.
Candles.
. Matches.
Coffee,
Soda,
Pepper,
Tobacco,
Starch, ' v
All of wh.rb ke offers at the loe prices, deter
mined not Uj be uudericil.
(JRANT.
Brwuville, Keb., la-W ui.T9
. The Wife's Treason
1 heard a note in my garden bower.
A note of cooing and kin of lore,
My fair young wife was abroad at that hour
I aaw the cedar branohea mo re, '
Acd two dark shadows, one of a xnan,
Certainly crossed the lawn -tnto
the place' where onr kisses began ;
Then the chamber was still a&d the curtains
drawn.
At last I'eaid, when the morning came
And she was u sleek.as a tunning dove,
"Snail we go forth, my dainty dame,
From the jonqail-nests and the cedar grove,
And seek the open air of the sea,
Where the blue warts gallop e gainst the shore,
Just as the heart of maji, set free,
Eoundd toward the iteddf 1st things f yore ?"
We went j for she did not spy my irift ;
Che only saw that dewn by the sea
There would be many a change and shift,
Aud many a chance of escape fron me.
But I was 'ware of a certain walk,
Close to the edge of the clifls so tall,
Where legs and lusfi of the crafty chalk
Brak off to tlo deop, that swallows them all.
We walked there on:e, and not In Tain ;
For ever so long it bad not slid, . .
But the rock was loosenod now dj ram, -
And I thought it wonld slide that day. It did.
So the went down with it into the foam;
And the Crooner's 'quest absolving me ,
I turned with crape on lay hat toward home,
And waited awhile till the end should be.
I had not long to wait for him :
He came, with malice shut up in his eyes,
With his tongue so trite and his smile so trim,
Acd gave me comfort, en 1 gaie me sighs.
Bet when I went with him back to the train
Just ai a friend should do, yon know
We talked the sad tale over again ;
And whether I let this damp hand go
A little too sharply, who can tell T
But down with a ghastly groan and a grim,
Under :he grinding wh?e!s he falls J
AikJ lha traia wont over him, Hrub, by limb.
As I drove home that glorious night,
I did not laugh ; for, you soe, my groom
Was sitting behind with his face so white;
And the could tell tales in the housemaids '
. room. . . r
But I give ray leader the lightest toujh
Of a whip that Would hardly bsar control.
And I whistled a few sweet bars not much
Of the merry tune that filled jny soul.
Ah wt'l 1 Th wprfc of my life is done ;
Hut 1 should bb rather glad, d'ye know,
T geiv j from the shining sun,
A a I hide my triumph beneath my Woe.
JEM JIcGOWAN'S WISH.
I wish I were a lord," said Pat
McGowcn, a lazy young fellow, as he
stretched over his grandmother's turf fire
a pair of brawny fists that were as red as
the blaze that warmed them.
"You wish to be lord?" answered Gran
ny McGowan ; "oh, then, a mighty quare
lord you would make ; but who knows but
yo'i might wish in an unlucky minute,
and that it would be granted to youl"
"Faix, then, granny, I just wish I could
have my wish this minute.1'
'You're a fool, Pat, and have no more
sense in youre head than a cracked egg
has a chance of a chicken inside, of it.
Maybe you'd never ceass repenting your
wish if you got it'
' Maybe so, granny, but for all that 1
would like to be a lord. Tell me, gran
ny, when does th8 unlucky minute corns
iliat a body may get their wish ?"
4Vhv, yo i see, Pat, there is one par
ticular little bit cf a minute of time in
every twenty-four hours that, if a mortal
creature has the unlucky chance to wish
on that'. instant, his wish, whether for
good or for bad, for life or death, fortune
or misfortune, sickness or health, for him
self or for others, the wish is granted to
him ; but seldom does it turn out for good
to the wisher, because it shows he is not
satisfied with his lot, and it is contrary to
what God in bis goodness has laid down
for us all to do and suffer for His sake.
But, Pat. you blackguard, I see you are
laughing at your old granny because you
think I am going to preach a sermon to
you, but ycure mistaken. I'll tell you
what happened to an uncle of my own,
Jem McGowan, who got his wish when
he asked for it."
'Got his wish ch, the lucky old fel
low cried Pat. 4'Do, granny, tell me
nil about him. Got his wish ! oh, how I
wish I was a lord !"
"Listen to roe Pat, and don't be get
ting on with any of your foolish nonsense.
My uncle, Jem McGowan, was then
5metbiug like yourself,' Pat a strap
ping able chap, but one that like you too,
would sooner be scorching shirV oref the
fire than cutting 'the trirf to' mafee it and
rather watching the potatoes boiling than
digging them out of th'e ridge. Instead
of working fotf a serf coat, he would be
wishing some one would give it 10 him.
When he got up in the cac'rmng, he wish-
ed for his breakfast f and when he had
swallowed it he wished for his dinner, and
when he had bolted down his dinner, he
began to wish for his supper ;and when
he ate his supper, he wished to be in bed;
and when he was in bed hs wlsned to be "Well, a fine, dashing, jumping, rar
asleep in fact, he did nothing from ing, great big gray horse was led up by
morning to night but wish and even in tw0 grooms to Jem's side. "Oh, the
his df earns I ara quite sure he wished to
De awak-e. uniucy ror jeni, nis caom
was convenient to the great big house of bets for us ! Clap him at once upon the
Squire Kavanagh: and when Jem went horse's back,' says he to the grooms.
out in the morning, shivering with cold, The sijrht left Jem's eyes the very in-
and wishing for a glass of whiskey to but
spirits in him, and he saw the bedroom
windows" of Squire Kavanagh closed, and
knew that the squire was lying snug in-
side, he always wished to be Squire Ka-
vaiiagh. Theri,- when he saw the squire
driving the horse and the hounds before
him, and he all the while Working in the
field, he wished it still more ; and when
he saw him dancing with the beautifuf
young ladies and illigant young; gintle-
nien J,in the moonlight of a summer's
evening, in front of his fine hall-door and
under the shade cf the old. oak trees, he
wisnea it more man ever, ine squire
was always coming- before him; and so
happy a man did he seem that Jem was noton of them bigger than the buttons
always saying to himself, "I wish I was of hh istcoaU "Murder !" he shriek
Squire Kavanagh," from cock-crow to d uj wbhI was McGowan back again!"
sunset, until he at last hit upon the un-
fortunate minute in the twenty-tour hours
when his wish Was granted. He was
just after eating "his dinner of fine mealy
potates; fresh-churned butter-milk, and
plenty of salt and salt-butter to relish
them, when he stretcher out his two lega,
threw up his arms, and yawned out, "Oh,
deaf.I wish I was Squire Kavanagh!"
"The uoids were scarce uttered when
he found himself , still yawning, in the
grand parlor, of. Kavanagh House, sitting
opposite to a table laid out with china,
- - ' - -
end of silver spoons, and a roaring hot
Kofcf bntr txfnr him. Jpm TlirffiPfl bis
eyes and then with joy, and thought him
self, "By dad, my wish is granted, and
I'll lay in plenty of beefsteak first of all."
He began cutting away, but before he
had finished, he was interrupted by some
people coming in. It was Sir Harry Mc
Manus, Squire Brien, and two or three
other grand gintlemen ; and says they to
him, "Kavanagh," don't you know this is
the day you're to decide your bet for five
hundred Dounds that vou will leao vour
horse over the widest part of the pond
outside ?"
"Is it me ?" says Jem. "Why I never
eafcsd a horse in my life?"
"Boiher !" says one; "you're joking.
You told us yourself that you did it twen-
fy times, and there is the English colo-
npl that hind, tho hi tvi'h t7nn.nr.rl hp'll
be saying, if you, don't do it, tkat the
Irish are all bracers, so my dear fel-
ow, itjyst comes to this-you must eith-
er lean the rond or fishi me : for relvin?
upen your word, I told the colonel I saw
you do it myself."
"I must fiffht vou of leab the bond, is
it V answered Jem, trembling from head
to foot.
"Certainly, my dear fellow," replied
Sir Harry. "Either I must shoot you
or see you make the leap ; so take your
choice."
"Oh ! then brin? out the horse." whim-
pered Jem. who was beginning to wish
he wasn't Squire Kavanagh.. .
I
"In a minute afterward Jem found
himself but in thelawn, opposite a pond
that appeared to him sixty feet wide at
the least. "Why," said he,. "you might
- - 1
as well ask rne to jump over the ocean,
or give a hop-step-ind-a-leap from Howth
to Holyhead, as to get any horse to cross
that lake of a pond." .
"Come, Kavanazh." said Sir Harry.
"no nonsense with us. We know you
can do it if you like"; and iow that you're
in for it you mast finish iuV :
"Faix, you'll'finisb: mc,' I'm afeerd,"
said Jem, seeing they were in earnest
with him; "but what will you do if I'm
drowned ?"
"Do ?" says Sir Harry. "Oh, make
yourself aisy on that account. You shall
have the grandest Wake that ever was
seen in the country. We'll bury you
dacently, and we'll all say that the bould-
est horseman now in Ireland is the lite
Squire Kavanagh! If that doesn't satisfy
you, there's ho pleasing you ; so bring
but the horse immediately."
"Oh ! murder, murder !" says Jem to
himself ; "isn't this a putty thing, that I
must be drowned to make a great chair-
acter for a little spalpeen like Squire
Kavanagh ? Oh, then, iTs f that wish I
was Jem M'Gowan egaiu ! Going to be
drowned like a rat, or smothered like a
blind kitten ! and all for a vagabond
don't care a straw about. I, that never
was on a horse's back before, to think of
.leaping over an ocean! Bad luck to. you,
Squire. Kavanagh, for your boastia' and
J your wagerin'!" ,-. .
darling!" said Sir Harry : "there he
goesj there's the boy that will win our
stant he Eaw the terrible gray horse, well
known as one of lne on vicious beasts
in enljre counry. If he could, he'd
have run away but fnvht kepl him sland.
intr lock st,n . and before he knew where
he was, he was hoisted into the saddle,
,Now boy roared gjr Harry, 'give the
horse plenty o' whip and my life for it
he is over the pond.'
Jera heard the two desperate slashes
made on the flaDL;3 0f the. horse. The
creature rose on his fore legs off the
sroun(i arjd came down with a toss that
senl jen) up slraight from the saddle like
a ball aud down again whh a crash fit t0
knock him imo a hundred thousand piecer,
But there was no use jn his saying this,
for he had allready got his wish. The
horse galloped away like lightning. He
feh risipff one instant up as bigh as the
doud3) and lhe nxl he came whh' a p61p
inl0 the water like a stone, that you would
make lake a "dead man'slife." He re-"
mernbered no more till he saw Ms two
I . - d r:E(i. Sir Harrv McMantfs and
s i Brien holdins him by the two
Ug3 in lLe ajr and lhe water pourirjg
f h nose aodf every sljtch 0f
hJs cotheS as heavy and as constant a
I Jf ,t , fl .wrinrr thrnncrh ft ftlPVf flr B if
1 ik ij .'" -
he was turned into a watering-pot."
"I'm a dead man," sas he, looking up
in the face of his grand friends as well
as he could, and kicking at the same time
to get loose from them. "I'm a dead man;
and what's worse, I'm a murdered man
by the two of you."
"Bed ad, yoi'fe anything bin that,"
said Sir Harry. "You're now the great
est man in the country ; for, though you
fell into the pond, the horse leapt it,
and I have won my bet, for which I am
"tremely obliged to jou
After staking the water out of. him.
they laid him down on the . grass, got a
D0UIe 0j waisky, ana gava mm as mucn
as h choosed of it. Jem's spirits began
to rise a little, and be laughed heartily
when they told him he had won 500
frcm the Eufrlish colonel. Jem rot on
his legs.and was beginning to walk about,
when who shou,ld be seen coming into
the demesne but two gentlemen one
la ' w4 a
dressed like an ottioer, witn a box under
his arm, a square mahogany box. the
other with a great big horsewhip. Jem
rubbed his tands with delight, for he
made sure that the gentleman who car
ried the box was going to male Squire
Kavanagh i. e., himself some mighty
hue present
"Kavanagh," said Sir Harry, "you
will want some one to stand by you as a
friend 'in this business ; would you wish
rne to be your friend?
"In toln. 1 would," says Jem. I
1 m
would like you to act as a friend to me
oh all occasions."
"Oh. lhats illegant, said Sir Harry,
" vfe'Il now have rare sport."
"I m mighty glad to hear it," Jem re
plied, "for I want a little sport after all
the troubles I ve had.
"Oh, you're a brave fellow," said Sir
Harry.
10 be sure I am, answered Jem.
"Didn't I leap the gray horse over the
big pond ?
The gentleman with the box and whip
here came up to Jem and his friendj;
and the whip gentersan took ofThis bat.
ana says he. "Might I be after asking
yout there any one of the present com
pany named Squire Kavanagh ?"
Jem did not like the looks of the gfn
tlernan, and Sir Harry McManus step
ped before him, and said "Yes ; he is
here to the fore. What is your business
with him ? I art acting as his friend.
and I have a right to ask the question.
"Then I'll tell ye what it is," said the
gentleman. "He insulted my sister at
the Naas races ytseterday."
"Faix," says Jem, "that's ai lie f Sure
I wasn't neaY Naas races."
"Ihe word was hardly out of month
when he got a ertfek of a' horsewhip aross
the face that cut, he thought, his head in
two. He caught hold' of th gentleman,
and tried to take the whip out of his hand;
but, instead of the strength of Jem Mc
Gowan, he had" only the weakness cf
Squire Kavanagh, and he was in an in
stant collared and, in spite -of all his
kicking and roaring, lathered with the
big whip from the top of his head to tho
sole of his foot. This gentleman got at
last a little tired cf beating him, and
flinging him away from him, said, 'You
and I are now quits about the lie, but
you must give me satisfaction for insult
ing my sister.'
"Satisfaction !" roared but Jem', as he
twisted and turned abcat with the pain of
the beating. "Bedad, I'lf never be sat
isfied till every b6he rn your cgly body is
broken."
" 'Very well,' said the gsntleTsan.
My friend. Captain McGrnai, is pre
pared for this' "
"Upon that, Jem f aw the square box
opened that he thought was filled with
some beautiful present for him ; and he
saw four ugly looking pistols lying beside
each other', and in one corner abo it two
do2en of shining bran new bullets. Jem'a
knees knocked together with fright whert
he saw Captain McGinnis and Sir Harry
priming and loading the pistol."
. " 40h ! murder, minder ! this rs worse
than the gray horse,' he said. 'Now I
am quite sure of being killed entirely.'
So he caught hold of Sir Harry by the
coat, and stuttered cut, 'Oh, then what
ia the world are ye agoin to do with
me?'"
" 'Do ? replied his friend why, you're
going to stand a shot, to be sure.1
" 'The devil a shot I'll stand;' said Jem.
I'll run a'wa'j this minute.'
" 'Then, by my honor and veracity, if
you do,' 'I'll stop you with a bullet . , My
honor is concerned in this business. You
asked me to be your friend, and I'll see
you go through it respectably. You must
either stand your ground like a gentle
man, cr.be shot like a dog.'
"Jem heartily wished he was nolonget
Squire Kavanagh ; and as they dragged
him up in front of the gentleman, - and
placed them abdJt eight yards asunder,
he thought of the quiet, easy life he led
before he had become a grand gentleman.
He never while a laboring boy was duck
ed in a pond, or shot at like a wild dusk.
But now he heard something about mak
ing n a ly ; he taw the gentiemau rise
his pistol on a level with his head ; he
tried to lift his arm, but it stuck as fast
as if it was glued there. He saw the
wide roouih of the wicked genilfinrh'd
pisiol opened at his very eye, and looked
as if it were pasted up to his face. He
could see the leaden bullet that Was soon
to go skelpin' through his brains! He
saw the gentleman's finger on the trig
ger ! His head turned round and round,'
and in an agony he cried out Oh, I
wish I was Jem M'Gowan again !'
" 'Jem, you'll lose half your day'
work,' said Ned Maguire, who was la
boring in the same field with him. 'There
you've been sleeping ever since your
dinner, while Squire Kavar-.gh' that yri
are always talking abeu, waj shot a few
minutes ago in a duel that he fcuhiwith
some strange gentleman irj Lis c.vu
mesne.
" Oh,' said iem, as soon as he. found
he really wasn't shot, 'I wouldn't for the
wealth of. the world be a gentleman.
Better to labor all day than to sepnd half
an hour in the grandest of company. Fa
ix, I've had enough and to spare of grand
company and being a gentleman since I
went to sleep in the potato field ; acd
Squire Kapf.ntgh, if he only knew,it,
had much more reason, poor mm, to wish
he was Jem McGowan than I had to
wish I was Squire Kavanagh.
"And ever after that, Pat," conduded
the old lady, "Jem McGowan went about
his work like a man, instead of wasting
time in nonsensical wishings."
"Thankee, granny," yawned Pat Mc
Gowan, is he shuffled cfT to bed. After
that long story, I don't think I'll eter
wish to be a lord again.''
Two negfoes were hung at Paducah,
Ky., on the 21st, by sentence of court
martial, for committing a rape on Mrs.
M. Carroll, a respectable whit woman,
near Columbus, Ky., last March. On the
18th icst., also by sentence of roort mar
tial, a white man named John TBishopi
and a colored soldier, were bung at Lcx-
ington. Ry.; ffr murder:
Dry Goods.
From th New York InJtperderSct
the 25th til:., we are informed that thera
is a marked increase cf activity ia lha
trade, especially among the jobbers, and
the auction sales have commenced with'
spirit. " The commission houses are tha
least activft, but a tirnely concession ia'
prices ia inducing more inquiry. Th
jobbers' also are rtducir.g their stocks
which will have to be replaced. Print
have declined a cant psr yard, and print
ing cloths ars weak. Brcwa thiiungi
and sheeting are duil, ar.i prices irreg
ubr and cavilled. Eleu.bid gouJj ara
in very light tupj ly, aud prices of all
t..- r.-s.ipi arc verv firm.
I'Ut ' - t
Drills are firm for i!'3 better, u;.J lower
for tbo' irferic r grade. "Strip ?s are qui
et but ate afty. Heary denies are in de
mand and flrmTn pricees. Ginghams ara
active. Deltices are among the most
active goods". Ths assortment ia first
Lands are much brcksn intx The prices
are steady, and the oo h . effering very
attractive. hawb are altruting consid
erabla ctntorn, an.i prices are v?ry firm.
Broadcloths are dull. Fancy cassimeres
of desirable 'styles are very active and
firm. Satinets cf ail grades ar quick
of sale. Flannels are in brisk demand
and steady, as" also are blankets. The
greaest activity is in the foregn goods
market in which, both by auction 'and
private sale, the sales are large and at
good prices.- All desirable and season
able dress goods meet with a very brisk
demand. The supply is moderate.
British. French, and German dress goods
of good grade sell fast and well. Bhci
broadcloths; ccatibgs and black doeskin
are scarce and firm and much wanted.
Narrow low priced si.b are very brisk.
The auction sales are extensive. Frenca
bombazines; dehines, merinos, shawls,
ribbons, silks, velvets, have brought high
prices, which are looking up. Saxony
woven df ess 'goods of the lower grades
sold well. Italian clotts cf desirabb
quality commanded a ready sale. The
importations are Coming in to a good
market, and will take some of our u.J
from us.
The late Convention in Colorado Ter
ritory called for the purpose of adopting
a Slate Constitution, has performed the
duties enjoinfed upon it, and on the 19:h
of next fc'oiuh the instrument will be sub
mitted to the people for their sanction:.
As faf eft we have been able to learn
Anything about this- organic law, it fol
lows generally th9 Constitutions of the
frpp firsts in nil leadin? features. Tha
Legislature,' at hs first organization, is to
Consist of thirteen Senitors and twenty
m'x members cf the lower house, to be
increased, as circumstances may require,
after lSTd, to' thirty and seventy-eight
for each branch respectively, which ex
tent cf repietsntMion 13 the maximum.
The Gc7erLur's balary is fixed atS2,C00
per year, the Secretary tf Siat's atSl,
5C0, and tLe Ti?esur; r's at $1,000. . It
is sr.p;csed Ore people .v.ill ratify lha
prccrediug. llc. ti it application win ce
mads to Congrf Ji it its next ses-ion'for
the cdmis:on cf the Territory into the
sisterhood cf Stztes.
'Taxation fr the rnpport cf a State
Government has hrf tcforo cooled the
ambition of tbs pnple cf Colorado for
toe position cr o w'-zpnuen. BOTereiga-
tyjbut, frora the low figures at which' .
the salaries cf th ?ir principal officials are
placed, tbre is but little fear to be ap
preheoded frcm thct source. If all oth
er expenditures shall be carried out on
the same scale, the Treasurer's bond
need not be large, nor will his . duties be
onerous. How his Excellency cf Colo
rado is to be able to support the dignity
cf his pesitien, with flour at ,twnty dol
lar? per hundred, and everything elie ia
proportion, is difficult to say. However.
Territorial cfBcials get bo more, and
there nsvpr was an instance and never
will be where a position wasvarantfer
any length of tim. Taking into consid
eration the expense of living in Colorado!
and the heavy duties which devolve, ori
the Executive of a new State, the com
pensation is too small. No one but a
rich man will b able to hold the position,
for the provision is a virtual prohibition
to anybody else. St. Louis Democrat.
England is 'now paying for guano si'
the rate of $6,2.30,000 per annua.
The N. Y. Tribune says that Canada
ranks n8xt to Illinois in the'" number cf
cattle forwarded to the market.
The Scottish Fanner is the, authority
for the assertion' that "a .mall quantity"
f f bicarbonate of pwia acVed to nilk will
prevent its turnW sour. -
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