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.NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
f CBLISHTD ITISTTHCRSDAT BT
GEO. W. HILL & CO.,
Xirertiser Block, Main S't Betvreen 1st A. 2d.
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t TERMS:
i ' biK'nptiuD, mint inriablj, bo paid inAdra&cc!
1 rt" Book Work. an J Plain and fancy Job Work,'
' jjjnlte beit tyle. nJ on burt notice. I
tance.
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Allkicvl cf Job, Lock and Carl rri-ti' J. dcre it
be ben styl on short nc-tfea atd rsagr.&rle tcrnu
LIBERTY AN D UNION, ONE AND INSEPARABLE NOW AND FOREVER."
NO. 5.
VOL. X.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1865.
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ri- S IKS
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BUSINESS CARDS.
H. C. TI1URMAN,
'ttljnstrian 2 Burgeon
BROfr.Yr'lLLE, .YEBIt.lSK.1.
TI9-n2-!j-pJ
AMERICAN HOUSE
r,.D.uoni.so,pRoi,RirTOR,
Front S:r-et,. between Main and vVater,
CROWN VI LLE, NLKItA'iKA.
9 11 IT
J. A. 1IEWES.
ATTORNEY AT LAY
AMJ
Solicitor in Chancery.-
LAND AXD COLLK CING AGISTS.
J3nOWKVLLLE N. T.
Marcu th, ly.
OrEk AL DEALCK IT
STAPLE AND FANCY CRY GOODS
BOOTS & SHOES
"Main Street between First and Second,
Urownvillo, TCoTa. 3?-y
JAMES MEDFORD,
ft
C A B TTl E T - MAKER
A N D
XJXiCi03t:103.-
Corncr 2nd and Main Streets,
MOWKYILLE, Jr. T.
Is rfj-nrcd to doxl kitj-Js f w.,rk in hi line on
tiort rtot'n'P m.d reasr,n;ib!e terrr.. l-0.n
j. 13. Joi-iNSOisr.
rrr3 TOT! P'S
OFFICE WITn L.nOADLEV,
Corner Main and First Streets,
nROWXTILLr, KITRASrtA.
C. F. S l.NVAUT, ?! I;. A.S. IIOLLa1AV, M'J.
PHYSIC1AK3 AtlD SURGEOKS.
orpicn
South F!t corner of M tin ai.l First Streets
OrriCE IIorRS -7 to 9 a. M.xnd 1 V 2 and b)i to
rrownrire, Xrfcran, iMay 51h, No .14, ly.
C. IS. WAMLEU.
P I) olographic C-Viiist
(Successor to W. M. C. Plt.kins)
' "O.VE POOR TE.T OF TFE nRCWKVlLl.E nOlE,
BKOWNVILI.E, X T.
V.W. invit-oa attention to bis Card or Albnm
Tbotograhs,alo his beautiful Irory-like Ambro
lypes, which are ur,iverfi;l!y admitted to be equal
to ny produced in thin. or ny t.llii'r contitry.
He will give his undivided attention tn the bufi
ttnn, end hopes to tncrit a share ot public patron
age. Satisfaction guaranteed. 9-4S
itkSeaieiileijCmCft,
Millinery & Fancy Goods
Main Street one door west of the Toet OfSce
u no ,v v : i. lk, iv i: :r a s k a .
A supc-ir sU.-k nf Sprmir and Snmiut r G.Mds
Jan rooeiv.-,!. tverytiiitij; in the Millinery line
J-t constantly on hand. lrc.-Makiiig, lioucct
l!"acbinj nn 1 Truninin dono to nlcr.
rcTj,l55. v3-n--2SIy
BACK TO THE OLD STAND!
WATCHES,
AXD
O" 3SS' US JLm ! !
JOSEPH SHUTZ
Vonld respect f nil inform b!s old ensfomers that Le
Kib opened btsJewelrj Shop in bit old stand on
Cm rt n'h MJe- two ,1,,0!, Sht of tbe Br.wn
me Bono He keeps on band a splendid ahortnicr.t
iiLtr;vU? In hu Une bnis, which be will
II on tbe Iowmi term f er Cb
mSiM s Wi,clie' "u, Jew'lrr Aols on the hort
WOUK WARRANTED.
SrowBTllle, Neb.. May ltb, IS64. cn.T8-Ir
J. F. M0R1US
. (Successor to R. Br. wn A. Co.
wmid rcspectsntly anuouuee to tbe Citizens of
rwnviiia and Tietnlty, that be bss pr.rctia-ed the
Largc and Well selected stock
MEDICINES. PAINTS. &C.
fc OF R. BROWN Co.
k.He '"n'-enthep-jblicpcntrsUr, t:iatLe will keep on
ua 'Ty thlnK usnUy ktpt in
Fust .Cuss DrvJ More,
K,-?rl"'n"r'f,'-,,or ttt b underbid for rh.
ILL UJ"S ANi 0&I)r,tS CA EEfTLLT FlllTJ
pn??,! CLOCK. MAIJf STBEET
AKOKVILLC, NEBRASKA.
. ' ' lx-6-ly
A "Silica 13 TIHE SAVI3 SI2Er
. LOUS WALDTER,
Uit,u . ,P"fty-t,reaj topcrtprm all work, par
'mn(jtohibutlDes. lnr ?d T' lir'''"g,el.iirK.and taper hans
UU !r eborl D0ti,B. D1 tb most approved
' s" Termte' Giveb:ra acall.
oponMainStreot, ft of Atkinson'i Cloth-
. He is p reparft-l to do all
-X:r' oolouing
. " uve "eatest and cheapest ttjle for casi
. rowBriUe, April 7, ly.
CLOCK
R S. 15URNS, M. D.,
PHYSICIA L SI P CI F I
Z)Jcnialiaf Oity, rc, 1
OFFICE AT ni3 RESIDENCE.
Arig. 8th, .1S65 n47-v-lj
EDWARD W. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Offlrs f(.rrr of Hin rndrirsf 5tr 'a.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
C. O. DORKKT. S. M . RICH.
DORSET & RICn,
C'llionwijS nl Caw,
And
C03I3IERCIAIi COLLECTORS.
CjJ'fe S. E. cornor Main and Flrtt Street,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
Will give prompt attention to all business en
trusted to them in the various Courts of Nebraska
and North Missouri ; also, to tho Collection of
Bounty Money. Back ray, and Pension ; and to
the Payment of Taxes. - 9 40-yly
BEDFOBD & CO.,
SEALERS IN
ISY IIS & EICIB
COOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS
Quccnsmire, Cutlery, etc.
MAIN STREET.
B RO WNVILLU , NEBRASKA.
C. W. WHEELER,
CABINET-MAKER
. AND . .
LTavirg opened up permanently on
Jllain Otj cct,"
One fl!nr sbuvc the ltoltiT ra Cl jtliit g Store, i
prepared to b. all kinds if w-irk iu Lis lino i- the
very best, fii.d fctjle. Phi ti. ui::r attentione giv n tti
t!on"tracu. v-u m p'J
JACOK MAUOI1N,
iriijiiuiiiiiv 1 "iii:i;?k.
BROWNVILLE. NE ! . R A S K A
Calls tbe aitcntiou of Hcutlemeu desii iLg ue , cw
iervirt)leand IanbioniTe"
WEARING APPAREL
" TO Hit
EVY STOCK OF GOODS.
JUST RECEIVED,
KROAD CLOTHS, CASEIMKHS, VKSTIXGS fit..- .
OF THE VERY LATEST STYLE
Which be will sell or mate cp, to order, at nnpieci
dented low prices. Having n band oie of
SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES,
be is able to do Custom work at rates that defy compe
tition. I wan-ant my work,
Hand as well as Machine Vork.
Those wishing any thing in his tine will do well to
call and examine his stock before investing, as he
pledges himself to hold out peculiarly favorable in
ducement January 1st 18R5 p'd to Oct. 16th I8G5.
31 eel In of School Examiners.
Notice is hereby piven that the Board of Schoo
Examiners of Nercsha County, Nebraska, will hold
meetings for the Examination of Teachers for
srI County, at the office f E. W. Thotona,
in Jlrownviile, on the 1-t Suturilay in every mouth,
l.e:ween the hours of one anl 3 P. M, Applicants
rcr certiflcntfs r required d. be present at one
i'cli.ck. precisely, or they w ill not be examineu.
No person need ayij ly at any other time.
Ey order of the Board,
E. W.TIiOiiAS, Clerk.
April 1st, -y!y
CnOICE LIQUORS.
Wholesale and Retail
Evan Worthing:,
OF THE
BROWNVILLE,
Has Just Rece'red the larcest and bet torx ot
Liqn.ira and Ciaars ever otrcred In this market, an
will tell tbemae low as any Iloube iu ibe Territory.
ITIIITXEY'S BLOCK,
Main Street, Brownviile
F.b.l.'Cyly.
GRAN T' S
CAEAP CASH STOKE.
Main Sired between First and Second.
BROWNVILLE, N. T.
TTK hvln stnre a larpe and well selected stfak of
Soots and Sho
PC!
Firrst Quav of Winter Stock,
Groceries of Every Er&l
Sugar, ' CniTee,
Tea. SuJa,
All-pice, Terrer,
Ondles, Tobacco,
Matches, Starch,
&c. Sec Sec.
-All of which be offers at tbe lowert prices, deter
niiued not U be undersold. -
PRANT.
BrtwnTlile, Ktp.t li-39.m.7,50
Gcraldlnc's Boots
What soles! so little woral
Ilad Crusoe soul forlorn
Chanced to yiew
One printed near the tide. -IIuW
hard he would have tried
For the two I
Por Gerry's drbinair,
And innnoent, and fair
As a rose .
She's an angel in a frock,
With a fascinating cock
To her nose.
Those simpletons wLo s-juMiV
Their extremities to please
Mandarins,
Would positively flinch
7rom renturing to yinah
GcraldiDd's."
Cinderella' lefts and righta"
To Geraldine'a were frights;" ,
And, in truth',
The damsel, deftly shod,
Has dutifully troi-
Froraher youth. Locl-tr
A SAMPLE OF S0CIALIS3I.
It was a fev days after Generals
Hanks and Grant had phut up the rebel
shops at Port Hudson and Vicksburg, and
opened the Mississippi all the wy
through, that seven of us shoulder-straps
four in the land and three in the naral
service got permission all at the same
times to run up stream, or anywhere else
we pleased, so we didn't run within the
rebel lines, and recuperate for six weeks.
We had all worked long1 and faithfully
down their in the low country, ?cd fairly
parnen our turlougris, -
It was something just a tiifla singular
that'we were' all intimately acquainted
with each other, ail rnf Tried men,' and
tiiM ( lie seven wives of the seven of us
t-h ulJ have all arrived, in New Orh-ans
only tue day before we oivur furloughs,
and were all quartered together at thv;
Veranda, and got up to the hour of our
meeting at the Exchange, when we
agreed to all go tip the river ia company,
there wasn't of the number a single soul
who hod seen his wife since her arrival.
Without regard to rank or order, the
list in the male line reades asfollo.vs:
Lieut. Harry C.Jones, U. S. N., Col.
George Marshall, th Ohio Infaniry,
Capt. WalierHamilton, ih New York,
Lieut. Col.Fred.Orton, th Pennsylvania
Cavalry, George Coif man, pilot Major
John P. Florence. th Connecticut Ar
tillery, Dick Maline, U. S. N.
There we were, of all arms and from
all sections of universal Uniondom, hus
tled to gether by accidem, and all bound
up stream by the same steamer, and that
steamer, the big new, first-class clipper
Western World of Pittsburg, Captain
Henry Norton, which we had ascertained
was going to shove cfTtrora the levee a:t
six o'clock P. M.
Our first duty was to cut over to the
Veranda and introduce ourselves to our
wives, and then introduced our compan
ions to ihem all round and this having
beeu accompliidied, we pitched upon Col.
Ortonasour best pack-horse and most
finished ladies' man of the mob, to wait
on the dimity down aboard the steamer,
secure staterooms, stow away luggage,
and get everything and everybody all snug
while the remainder of us trotted abou
town to finish qp forty unfinished little
duties, and procure fifty little trifles for
geceral comfort, the most important
among1 which were several dozen bottles
in saw dust, ar.d divers overgrown decan
ters in willow jackets.
We were as busy all day with our du
ties as Orton must have been wkh his,
tut we got through with all, and on board
with our own various wares and wives
in gocd time, making square calculations
to 1 e'.e another that night on board the
Western World. And we did, only it
was a confounded queer time the last end
cf it.
WTe were a trifle near sighted, I think,
by the time we pot onboard, fifteen min
utes before the steamer tho ved off from
the levee, but we could rce well epough
when Orton piloted us around to our wives
nr.d quarters alaft the wheel house, that
there vas a premise cf comfort and ccn
veiiietce nbcut cvr rccom.-i.odations.
Su!c rocms fitted up l.ke bridal cham
bers, toilet fixtures, sofas, rosewood rock
er?, and(berths wide enough for two we
njticed Uiat pariiulary and then there
was a new kink to us in the designation
of our lodgings. Instead of being num
bered, as is usual, or lettered, as we had
sometimes seen the thing done, there was
a fancy glass plate up over each state
room door, with the name of some one of
our American immortals on itMa gilt let
tersas Clay, W'ebster, Jackson, etc.
As our programme was to have one
part of that jolly time of ours out in the
social ball that night, wfcnight possibly
forget that we had wive? waiting for as
as many a better and" worse man than we
were, have dpne, so we set about investi
gating the possibilities of entering our
lodgings without disturbing our wives, in
case they , should happen to be turned in
when we came homa.
All right, admirable, coald n't be im
proved, dead latches to the locks, so that
our wives could fasten themselve3 in. an d
everybody but their husbands out. Cap
ital idea, that. "Give us our keys, Col
onel, while We think of it. .And Orton,
who had the brasa talismans in his pock
el, distributed them very carefully.stuJy
ins a little over eaca medal attached to
the keys, to be sure he wasYorre'ct, serv
ing out to us Clinton, Burcside, Gov.
Curtin, &c , which we pocketed quite as
carefully against the time of need.
Now the first gtiess would naturally
be, that separated from five to twenty
months from our wives as we had been,
our first devotion would have been paid
to them. But that was just the' reason
why Ve chose to spend awhile" in the
social hall first.
There were at l.-asi forty fellow shbiil-
der-straps on board who knew all. the
matrimonial ropes, and I suppose a hund
red more b on. compactions, and if we had
ruthed in to hugging and kissing, and
taken to locking ourselves into our room's
the first thing" thunder ! they'd have
been run nin' ar.d bleeding ua at the Bar
the wliole passage. We are not so green
It was a capital plea to put cur wives cn,
loo! ;
So afetr tea we went forward, got
hiippy,'and kept ori growin? hazier, till
about ten o'clock, when CJk Orton made
an appeal to our generosity. Ha had
been, pack-horse' all day was tried .
didn't feet as well as he 'might. Would
we let him off?' He wanted to turn in.
Yes, we would that. He was a dry
chip, anyhow not much ginger in him.
Go on, Colonel go and turn in'. So on
went Col. Orton, and off we went on oar
jubilee tack agin".
At length, a little before twelve o
clo:k, we voted to square away and run
down for Blanket Bay, and off we went,
ma kit g short tacks, with a fair wind on
the passage, down the long saloon, going
afoul of every craft we fell m with wheth
er at anchor or under weigh, until at last,
we got into the latitude of the glass
statesmen and generals, when we hove
to and hunted up latch-keys.
All right. We could read plain enough
yet the great gold letters on the glass
and the little brass letters on the key tal,
lies.
"Here you are General Taylor
that's my harbor, g ge-gent-lim,' declar
ed Lieutenant Ives in somewhat tangled
articulation.
Guv-nor-or Curtin's may man," wis
Colonel Marshall's declaralion.
. "I'm going to turn in to Dewit Clin
ton, with little curly Carrie, ' boasted
Major Florence.
"And I am to sail under Burnside,"
said Dick Marline, holding up his latch
key closer to the light, to make sure he
was right in the tally.
"Well, I'm blest beautiful if I ain't
billeted on, or in, Genelal Cameron,"
prowled Georje Coleman. .Vlljwevjr,
I don't care a cuss who's over me, so
long as Mary lays alongside. AH right,
shipmates." -
S that leaves me General Scott,"
said Captain Hamilton; taking a near
sighted look at his latch Ley.
' I say, shipmates le les er do er thing
quieter, ye see," suggested Lieutenant
Ives.
"i es, tnat sit, ge-gen-ta-nm v sup
w w .1
ported Colonel Marshall. Yesee the
girls' ell e"r sleep by this time;
lesser go scftly, so's nottcr wake em up.
essr'l wanter know what time 'lis."
"Yes let's go softly," everybody re
spor ded ; ar.d so we went like burglars to
our respective key-hobs, and let ourselves
in to. stiil y'cu couldn't have heard a click
ora crack of a single d'r.-
I was inside in the dark, and hauling
away al fny-starboard boot, when lit1 lr
dimity woke'up about half way, p-jrout
her hand sleepily like. rd- laying it on
my port leg by guess, said in & sbrt cf
dreamy way:
"Ah, that you, hutband ? WTbat kept
you away so long.''
"S-s-s-sh'my deaf," I. whispered.
Don't talk so loud. There's the Major
in the next room, and there's only an
inch pine wall between U3. I'll tell you
all about it when I get into bed."
"That'll do ; now hurry, dear, I want
you."
"Yes, honey, I'm a coming."
Having unbent every rag of canvas,
stripped to girtline, I ben: down over the
side of the berth, tasted once of little
Josey's lips, wife laid back the cover in
vitingly, and Dick went over the bac k
side and into bed at the first invitation.
Josey and I had just laid our figure heads
together and ourarmsso lovingly around
each other, when our attention ga3 sud
denly called to something going on in
the next siate-roora aft, something that
directly began to sound very like a squall.
A female voice opened the duet:
"Why, Dick, my dear where's your
whiskers?"
"Who the devil is your dear Dick ?"
Major Florence inquired.
"Dick my Dick O, mercy on me !"
"That's, my husband " chrrped my
bedfellow, starting up. "Who are you
in my bed ?"
"That's my Josey in bed with Major
Florence, Who in blazes are you, and
whU the deuce are you doir:g in Geen
eral Burnside ?" and I tried to feel out
who my partner was.
"Hands off, sir! O dear e-e-.eech.
This ain't General Burnside; it's Dewit
Clinton."
"Dewit d n !" and away I went
sprawling out on the floor.
"Help murder! E-e-e-ech! Cap
tain!"
"Husband ! squealed Mrs. Major Flor
ence, tumbling end over end out of the
bunk, and sitting down square on my
stomach.
"There's my husband ia there Dick
i-i-i-eoe ! Dick Marline! My dear!
Get out of thV, ycu beast V iuug out Jo
sev from the next roorrr. v '
Walicp. tsrg, Mnath, Eurripe'd some
body or two in General Euruside. "Let
lue t ut ! O, let me cut !" renamed Mre.
Major Florence. ' Open the door ! Get
out of the way! Don't. you touch ine f"
piped Josey Marline ; and ju.-t then there
was a hurrah from the other side of the
ship, and the state-room next aft from
General Burnside, and out we came star
board and port, tangled ioio an everlast
ing snarl, out into the bread glare of thn
cabin, every shoulder-strap w.ih souie
other man'f wife, all hands cf us with
"nothing to wear," or very little of it.
Everybody had beeri in bed wfth some
body that didn't belong to them. Wom
en squealing, squabbling to find their
husbands, and trying to faint when they
had ; nen raving, pitchmg, and cursing
into shoestrings, Fore and aft along the
cabin, passengers came out of bed, by the
the, to see what the riot was. Somebody
yelled "7re" "Boiler going to burst!"
screamed somebody else. "Rebel bat
tery opened on us!" volunteered a volun
teer shoulder-strap. "Boat's struck a
snag !" reared afoul anchor. '.'The dev
il's broke loose," said a Kentuckian.-
"Everybody's gene clean crazy, I do be
lieve." remarked a. quiet old Indiana la
dy, and she was nearer fight th'an any
one eUe.
After a while they began to get th
lay uf the land, and then everybody hur
rahed ! ha ! ha'd ! and the men roared out
bully I and the undressed dimity cut for
dress and decenty.
Then we discovered that four of our
party hadn't turned up yet. There were
Colonel Orton and his wife. -They were
all right, of course. Stowed away in old
Millard Fillmore." But there were
Mrs. Ives and Colcnel Marshall. No,
they were not there. Then where were
ibey Wl y. laid cut ih bed alongside of
each other, in Burnside, and both as fast
alep as if they'd swallowed all mor
phine in the urgeou'g locker. When
we thock them up at last, and tuld them
what they'd been at.the Lieutenant's wife
said, in a sleepy sort tf fashion, "She
didn't eee much d ffVrence to speak tf
between the Colonel and her hubaurf."
At a second atremp'ei we paired effi
and put ourselves awry correctly, lut we
never quite believed that that misplacing
and mixiriar up latch keys, was all quite
ao i.i nor en a miiiake as t-oiooei unon
pretended. !
rrirr vnri vrt tt mrvfii
A THRILLING STHT.
John Taylor was licensed when a youth
cf twenty one, to practice at the bar. He
was poor, but well educated, and posses
sed extraordinary genius. H married
a Deadly' who afterwards "deserted him
for another.
On the 9.h cf April, 1S40, the court
house in Clarksville, Texas, was crowd
ed to overflowing. An exciteinj case
was about to be tried. George Hopkins,
a wealthy planter had offered a gross in
sult to Mary Ellison, tbe young and
beautiful wife of nis overseer. The hus
band threatened to chastise him for the
outrage, when Hopkins went to Ellison'i
house and shot him in his own door.
The murderer was arrested and bailed
to answer the charge. This occurrence
produced great excitement, and Hopkins
in order to turn the tide of popular in
dignation, had circulated reports against
her character, and she sued him for
slander. Both suits were pending for
murner and slander. .
The interest became deeper when it
was known that Ashley and Tike, of Ar
kansas, andS. S. Prentiss, of New Or
leans, by enormous fees, had been re
tained to defend Hopkins.
The slander siit was for the 9ih, tfnd
the throng of spectators grew in number
as well as excitement; public opinion
was setting in for Hopkins; his moaey
had procured witnesses who served his
powerful advocates.
When the slander case was called.
Mary Eilison was left without an attor
ney all had withdrawn.
"Have you no council ?" inquired
Judge Mills, looking kindly at the plaint
iff. "No, sir, they have all deserted me,
and I am too poor to employ any more,''
replied the beautiful Mary bursting into
tears.
"In such a case will some chivalrous
member of the profession volunteer ?"
said the Judge, glancing around the bar.
The thirty lawyers were silent.
"I will, your honor " said a voice from
the thickest part of the crowd behind the
tar. At the tone oi tLat voice many
staripd it was ib unearthly, sweet and
mournful. '
The first sensation was changed into
laughter, a tall paunt, pctral figure &1
bowed his nay ihroueh the crowd,' and
placed himself within the bar. His cloth
mg was so shabby that the court hesitat
ed to let the case proceed under his man
ogement.
"Has your name been entered on the
rolls of the State?" demanded the Judge.
If iq lmmntpriftl " nrmrprf fl th
stranger, his thir, bloodies lips curling
up with a fiendish fneer. "Here is my
license from the highest tribunals in
America !" and handed the Judge a broad
parchment. The trial went on.
He suffered the witnesses to tell their
own story, and he allowed the defense to
lead off. Ashley spoke first, followea by
Pike and Prentiss. Tha latter brought
the house down in cheers, in which the
jury joined.
It was the stranger's turn ; he rises
before the bar, ncr behind it and so
near the foreman that he might touch the
foreman with his long bony finger. He
proceeded to tear to pieces the arguments
of Ashley, which melted away at his
touch like frost before the sunbeam; every
one looked surprised. Anon he came to
the daxzelinf. wit of the poet- lawyer.
Then the Curl of his lip grew sharper,
his smooth face begun to kindle up and
his ejes to open dim and dreary no long
er, but vivid as lightning, red as fire
glebes, and glaring as twin meteors.
Th whole soul was in the eye ; the full
heart streamed oat of his face. Then
without bestowing an allusion to Pren
tiss, turned short round on the perpred
witnesses of Hopkins, tore ir tettiino
ny into shreds, and hurl-d into their faces
such terrible invectives that a! trembled
like Aspens, and two of them fled from
the court house.
The excitement of the crown was be-
comtn? tremendious. iheiT united lite
and icul feemed to Lang upon the burn
ing tongue tf the stranger; he inspired
them with the power of his malignant
passions; he spemed to have stclrnna
ture's long hidden secret of attraction.
But his preateft triumph wa3 to come.
His eyes trgun to p-in rice at th s
sasia Jl.;kir, as hi- lean tappr fir-ir-r
assumed the same direction. Hr Lem
med. the wretch with a wall cf strorjr
evidence ad if" pregnable armament,
cutting off ail hcp? t f e?cap2. He dog
hvRf-s'h the murderer's feet, ditches for
uilenirs.a, and held .the slander.-r cp tn
tJ- scorn and cuntemp' of th ririh'-'1
Ilnvtr-p- ihm girt'.il him about with a
circule of fire, he stripped hin:?elf to the
work of massacre. Ha dretv picture of
murder in such appalling .colors that ia
comparison hell itself might be conoid
ered beautiful; he painted the slanderer
so black that the tun seemed dirk' at
noon-day, when shining on su.'h an ac
cursed monster, and the fixing loth por
traits on the ihrinking Hopkins, faten
ed them there forfver. Tha aitatloa
of the adier.ce nearly amounted lo raai
nessv
All ot once the tppaker dejeecied
from the perilous height. Ilia tzzn
wailed out fur the murdered cead and
Livi.ic the beautiful Mary, more beau
tiful every moment as her tears flowed
faster till men wrp: and sclted like
children.
He closed by a strange exnortaticn ta
the jury, and through them to lh3 by'
standers ; he advised the panel, after
they should bring in a verdict for tha
plaintiff, not to offer violence to tho de'
fendant, however richly he might deserva
it ; in other words'4 hot to lynch the vil
lain, lut leave hii punishment wi.it'
Cd."
The jury returned a verdic cf Cfiy
thousand dollars, and the niht after
wards Hopkins was taken out cf bed by
lynchers, and beaten almost to death.-
As the court adjourned, the stranger said
"John Taylor will preach here, this
evening, at early candle-liiht." Hedid
preach and the house wu cfbwJ ed. I
have listened to Clay, Webster and Cal
houn but never heard anything in tLi
form of sullirn word3 even' rerh'otely ap
proximating to the eloquenc cf John Tay
lormassive as a mountain and wildly
rushing as a cataract of fire.
The Boston Pilot, which ou;ht to b
good authority, furnishes the following
information in regard to the disputed
point, ih? dervatian of tha worli "Feni
an.
M
'The term Fenian is derived frcm the
Gaelic word Fmnn, in the antiquated
Gaelic if is written piand. It'.wa.3 a
name given ta ah order or clas3 of pro-
lessicnai saiuiers among ue i agan iriaa,
leng tif're Ciiriiiiaa era. Ia ordj.
nary tirae?, the Fiann consisted cf three
legioES were 3,000 rnr, b'it in ivar thsro
were usually seven legioaai"
Come here my Iittla' fallow," taid a
gentleman to a youngster cf five years,
while sitting in a parlor where a largs
company were assembled. "Dj you
know me?" Yith, thir." "Who aa
I? Let me hear?" "You i;h tha maa
who kiihed mamma when ppi vrzz ia
New York."
From ao abstract, compiled at the
State Secretary's cfiiiee. the census re
turns of the State cf Io wa show the to
tal white population to be 719,000; col
ored, 004 ; militia, I4G.2T7; foreigners,
97.C24 ; not naturalized. 10.404; blind,
2C0 ; deaf and dumb, 291 ; insane. 613;
increase in two years, 47,912. That
certainly 13 respectab.'e for a Slate which
sent So 0C0 men to the war. Ioa was
never more prosperous than the is now.
Her towns and cities are being filled,
and farms constantly are being opened
and still the" emigration flaws in and there
is room for more.
Our eldest people, says the Toledo
Record, who have carefully noted tha
"signs of the times," eay that we will
have an unusu al quantity cf mow this
winder. iLty icy ttat r.tch rain dur
ing the summer is al.vays followed by
heavv falls cf snow ic the winter, aLd
claim that the character of the summer "
is always index to the character of the
winter in tLi3 respect. Ojr laat wet
summer was in 1S35 ten yars aero
and it will be recollected that the winter
of TC5-'CG afforded more eleihicg.thao
any winter cince.
What do you intend to do with Jeffer
son Davis?" asked an Englishman of an
intelligent returned soIJier tho other
day. 'It would be blasted cruel to ba
hanging him, you knew. Now, what d?
you iritecd to do 'villi him?" "B.rrotv
St. Helena fr.;t;i her Maj-r-ty.yeur Qjjea,"
and 1 Lain him ilnre as joj chained Na
poleon, you Lr.r.v," -a? the rtply. Jcha
Lull ccjU not s,ee th poin.
A ger.'itr:,an, who l ad the curichy
to spend a dim in answfring an adver
tisement which rrurui;ed valuable advice
for that aiuciHt, received ly mail thJ
?v; fng cn-wtr :
"Fri r J. fcryr tea cents po?t,
fae fLd encivc-cd whkfc n;av
i i t great value to r-.
sons are irj. j fUP xvci;-St
years le ,he can '-a tf Irai'"
therefore, my advice k; itbra you u-e i'
knife, always whittle froa you.? . -