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NOW AND FOREVER." VOL. XII. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 186. NO. 21. r ei ii zi 13 (5 i r t DIRECTORY. CONORESSIONAIj delegation. T V. Tiptow, U. S. Senur, Brownvilie, jM. Thayer, ' " Omaha. John Ta e. Ret rese&tativeitekota City. STATE DIRECTORY. David BrutR, Governor. Pawnee City. Tiros P. Kekkard, Secretary, Omaha. jobs Gillespie, Auditor, Omaha. ArcrsTrs Koistz. Treasurer. B. 8. K-NOX, Librarian, Omaha. JUDICIARY". O P. MasOK, Ju'ipeof lu Judicial District, WM-H. Hoover, District Clerk furXeuaha Co. L.EQISLATURE. Val- T- Majors, Senator. Peru, Nemaha Co. ito Crow, Hej rerentative, l'airview do 3nis Valiteu, d Brownvilie, do Out llAVWdon, do Grant, do 1 yi. Daily, do Tera, do TJMTED STATES DIRECTORY. . if M Atkikson, Register. U.S. Land Office, joiinI-. Carsos, Receiver. J Browuviile. S F.Tvtti-E, I" S. A. AfC8ur, Brownville. D. ilARkJI, Post Vaster. Browuviile. Jl. Bun, Register in Bankruptcy. COUNTY DIRECTORY. James J. 11 acker. Clerk aLd ResUter of Deeds. 6. W. Bbatto, Treasurer. X. W. JJoroak Probate JnUe. jiavidsos Plasters, SnerldT. v f.-w right. Surveyor. F. G1Tolmes. ) Thillip tTARR, County Commissioners J. L MV.EE. ) Bernard Ottens, Coroner. CITY DIRECTORY. JARV WM. m ? is S. CncRCH. Mayor. 11. McCreerv, Clerk. , BOYD, Marshall. .Jona s Hack er, Collector. W M . T. K. J. N C. F. T. C. K. Hoover, Treasurer. nsiiER Engineer. Reynolds. Attorney. Stewart, "1 IIalukb, I . U KLILER, C. W A. W A. P. Aldermen. . morcjak, i Cogswell, j Cliurclics. First TJaptist. Service on Serend Sunday and ,-ef.WiR Saturdav ot each tr.-nih al 2 o'clock P. M ittne Sletin-dlht church in Browuviile. Bev.it. K. Methodist Epifcopftl. Services every Sunday, at 10 1-2 A. M , aud 6 -1 P. M. Prayer Mertin every fhurfid- efiii"i Sunday SoWl every SaLuath at l-SA ii. liev. W. 3. BLACKBt'JIX. Pastor. EniRopal - Services in KcPhersoti'a 1111 every tt.er Snnlav at 10 1-2 A.M., aud every Suudy at S1-2P M. SiHid.iv Schc-ol at 2 1-4 T. M- every Suii v Rt. Rev (i. R. PAVI9, Mtspicnary. ' First Presbyter.nn Services every Sunday at K) 12 A. M. and i-2 P. M. ; Sunday School at 2 1.4 P 11 ; p'raver meeting every Wednesday at 7 P. X. Jlev. JOHN T. CAIBJ). Pa. tr. irrlval and Departure of Malls. Eastern Mail arrive dav if, e xcent Sauday, at 1, p. m. . d.i.arta " . " I 1-2 Korttern Mail arrives " " " at l p m ceparts " " " at 11-2" WeRtern Mail arrive every Wednesday at 4, p. m. departs every M Miday at 8, a. m. Orant M?il arrives every Tuesday at 6, p. m. departs every Wedoe.Mlay at 8, a.m. EoekDOrt Mail arilves every Saturday at 3, i. m. . " departs " " 3 1-2, p.m. rpri Di will oblige l ypetlinfj their mall in fully b;fu hi ur befote lie depa't'ireof mails, om e oien Suudaya.rora fi to 9, a. w ,and !roj 4 to r'P'm" A.I). MARSH, P. M. LODGE DIRECTORY. 'Nemaha Valley Looge So. 4, A F&. A M meets tesularly tn the Masonic Hall on ti e 1st snl 3d Satur 4... ,.f e.it, m-nth. T W. E El) FORD, W. M. j. H. Morrison. Secretary. Brownville Lodge, lOcf OF, Meets regularly tery Tuesday evening in tte Maiiiic Hall. n. C. LETT, N. O. G. W Fairdrotiier, Sc. Erownvjlle Loi-GE, I Oof GT, meets regularly tveiy Friday evening in the Masonic Hall. JAUVIS S. CUCRCU, W. C. T. W. D. Blackbu&x, W. 5. O A R Post Ko.l, 2k"eii:al.a Coucty, meets every alternate Thursday, tn Browuviile, over Doraey &. Bro's CtotLig Store, at 7, r. m. Capt. O. B. HEWETT, P. C. W P. Blackburn, P. A. HARM OX IA Meets every Wednesday evening in the hall west of Telegraph Oftke. McP;, ergon's Block. LOUIS WALDTER, Prea. Chris narBOLDT, Sec. Browkviilc Literary Association Meets every Thursday evening at 7, P. M. J. U. BROADT. P-es. J. T, Patch, Sec. Western Ckiok Telegraph Co any Office In M Pherfcon's Block. J. K. BEAR, Operator. DRUG .STORES. HOLLADAY & CO., Wbole5ai.e and Bet all Deaier In DKUGS, MEDICINE, PAINT, OIL, &c, P. O Building, Main St., BROWNVILLE, NEBRAEKV. WM. H. McCREERY, . Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Drugs, Books, Wall-paper and Stationery, Corner Main and Ut Sis., BROWNVTLLE, NEBRASKA. CONFECTIONARIERS. WILLIAM ROSSELL, rONFEGTIONEUY AND TOY STORE i'resh Bread, Cakes, Oj.tcr , Fruit, 4c, oa hand. Southside Main bet ween 1st and 2d otreeti, BROWNVILLE, N EBB A SKA. J. P. DEUSER, Dealer tn Confecliouaries, Toys, Notions, &c, Main bet. 1st and 2JSti., BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. WM. ALLEN, jroprietor f the CITY BAKERY. Fancy Wed dingCaks furniPlied on short notice. Dealer In Cocfectionaries. Fruits and best Family Flour. Xaiu Strett let. lf andZd, BROWNVILLE, VEBRASKA. SADDLERY, J. H. BAUER, .Manufacturer and Dealer la IURXESS, BRIDLES COLLJRS Mending done to oider attisfaction guarrantied. Shop on Main bet. Ut and 2d it.. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. JOHN W.MIDDLETON . Manufacturer and Dealer in HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Whips and Lashes of every description, Plastering - Hair. Cash paid for Hides. s Corner Main and 2d Sta., ER0W5VILLE, . NEBRASKA. W. D MAHIN, - AfjRartirer and Dealer t'a aU kind of Saddles, Harness, Whips, Collars, &jc. ,SznuJs pteot Trace Buckles, Niion's Patent Trace Buckles.. Aorl Side Zlai Street, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. C MRS. J. M.. GRAHAM, TEACHER- OF MUSIC A.LS50K S CIVEN THE JIANO, ORGAN, MELODEON. GUITAR AND VOCALIZATION. Jfarmj hnd eicht ytart experirnrt e$ Teacher of Mut'.ctw Xcw York it confident of giving talit faction. .Rooms Main, bet. 4th & 5th sts. .My BROWSf'JLLE, XLEB.ASK4. HOTELS. J. STEVENSON,- D. O. CR0S3 STlR. HOTEL STEVENSON & CROSS Proprietors, On Levee St., between Main & Atlantic, BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA. This FJoase is convenient to the Steam Boat Landing, and the business part of Town. The best accommodations in the City. No pains will be iparea in making guesu comfortable. iSGood Stabb and Corral convenient to the House. PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE. MICHAEL FINK, Proprietor. Soathside Main between t at and 2nd street, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. Meals at a!I Honrs, or for Regular Boarders, at me usual ratjs. lz-il-lj AMERICAN HOUSE, Ii. D. ROBISON", Proprietor. . A good Feod and Livery Stable in connection with the Hocse.. Front street, et-e iwen Main and Water, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA... PHYSICIANS. J. W. BLACKBURN, M.D. pENSION JJXAMININQ gUBGEON. Tenders his professional service to the citizens cf Brownville and vicimfy. OFFICE AT CITY DRUG STORE. Night calls at hJs Residence south side of Atlan tio between 1st and 2nd streets. II. L. MATHEWS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,, orncE . CITV DRTJa STORE, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. A. S. HOLLADAY, M D. (Graduated in 1551 ; Located in Brownville in 1956 ) Physician, Surgeon and Obstetrician, Dr. II. has on hand complete sets of Amputat ing, Trephining and Obstetrical instruments. Oflce: IlollaaayJt Co's Drug Store, P. O. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. P. S. Sperv'al attention given to Obstetrics and the diseajes of worucn and children. x-44-ly C. F. STEWART, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OFFICE: outh East corner of Main and First Streets BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA. i ffice Hours 7 to 9 a. x . and 1 to 2 and to 1 A BLAMTHS J. H. BESON, Will do BLACKSM1TIIIXG of all kinds. AfaJtft Horte Shnernrf. Ironing of Wagon and Sleight and Macliint Work a Specialty. Shopon Main St., west of McPherson's Block, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. J. W & J. C. GIBSON, B la A C K S M I T II S SHOP on 1st betvreen Main aud 2d, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. All Work done to order Satisfaction Guarrantied. JOHN FLORA, 13LAOK SMITH Shop on Water Street South cf American House BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. S7"Custom Work ot all kinds solcited. 12-12 TORNKSS VIRGIL S. HALL, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office over Dorsey 4 Bro's Clothing St. re Main St., BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. T.W.Tipton O.B.lIewttV J.S. Church TIPTON. HEWETT & CHURCH, Attorneys at Law.. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. X. W. THOMAS. J. n. BBOADT. THOMAS & BROADY Attorney at Law Soliciter in Chancery Office over Dorsey'a Clothing Store, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. WM. MrLENNAN, ATT O Xi 3SJ" TlZ A.T LAW, NEBRASKA CITf, NEBRASKA. CHESTER F. NYE, A TTORXE Y JIT LAW, WAR CLAIM AGENT, , TAWNEE CITY, KELBAHKA. NEWS DEPOTS. A. D. MARSH, NEWS DEPOT NO- I. SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c. Post Office, Main St., BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA. T. C. HACR. 1. 6. CHCRCII. J. L. COLHAPP HACKER, CHURCH & CO., Book-Sellers, Stationers and News Agents, South side Main Street, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. STOVE &TINTORES, JOHN C. DEUSER, Dealer in STOVES, TINWARE, PUMPS, &c. Opposite McPherson'e B'ock, ' BROWNVILLE. NEBRASUa. SHELLEBERGER BRO'S Manufacture nd Dealer in TIXWARF., STOVE!. HARDWARE CARPEN TER'S TOOLS HLACRSM1IWS -FURNISHINGS i'C McPherson'a BlockBrcwnville, Keb. BOOTS & SHOES. CHARLES HELLMER, BOOT AND SHOE -MAKER, . Main Street 2 doors below the southeast corner of 2nd, BB.0 VNVILLE, NEBRASKA. Has on baud a superior stock of Boots and Shces and the best material and ability fordoing lJCimtom Wort done Kith neatnet and ditpalch. A. ROBINSON, . BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Main Between 1st & 2d Street BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. Takes this method of informing the public that he has on hand a splendid assortnant of Gent s and Ladie s AlisEss and Chlldrens s , BOOTS & SHOES. 2"Custoa ork done with neatness aud dispatch'T Repairing done on short notice, 10-30 fann MERCHANDISE. GEORGE MARION, T)oaTr In Dry Goods," Groceries gg & Notions. oot of Main Street near Levee, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. 1850. Established It6. WM. T. DEN. Wholesale and Retail dealer In GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Corn Planters. Plows. Stoves. Furnituw. COMMISSION A XD FOR WA RDIXG MER CHANT Main street bet. Levee and 1st, ' BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. ir&t maft't price paid for Hides, Pelts, Furs and .Produce, oy WM. T. DEIST. G. M. HENDERSON, Dealer In Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES Main bet. 1st and 2d Sts., Brownville, Nebraska. CHARLES BRIEGEL BEER HALL, LUNCH ROOM AND LIGHT GROCER Y STORE, Main bet. 1st and 2d Sts.. BKOWVILLE, NEBSAEKA. J. L. McGEE & CO., Dealers in GENERAL MERCHANDISE. McPherson's Block, Main street, BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA. nSCELLANEOUS. J. C. McNAUGIITON, Notary Public and Conveyancer, Agent for " National -Life" and "Hartford Live ojic. iifurancc-- ;ompamet. Office in J. L. Carson's Bank, BROWNVILLE , NEBRASKA. R. F. BARRETT, GENERAL LAND AGENT, AND LAND WARRANT BROKER, BROWNVILLR, NEBRASKA. Will attend to navinrr Taliot fur VnD.ru!.Unii i. aonal atteatlon given to making Locations. Lands, imprcved and ucimnroved, for sale on reasonable terms. t12-ti2o.1t United states expeess company. J. X. OARSON, AGENT, Office Carson's Bank, Bkow.vviile, Nebraska Carries Freight, Money and Small Packages to all parts 01 the United States. E. H. BUR CUES, LANDSCAPE GARDNER BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA. Will the coming Spring plant crops in Gardens and nltlvate same by contract. Will also have on hand weet Potato, Cabbage, Tomato & Pepper plants for sale WORTHING & WILCOX, STORAGE, FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Anddtalert in all kinds of Grain for which they pay me mgactr jierKCI frtce tn cas.t. BROWNVILLR, NEBRASKA. GEO. W. POKSET. LUTHER IIOAPLEY. CfJAS.G. DORSET DORSEY HOADLEY & CO.. REAL ESTATE AGENTS, AND DEALERS IN LAND WARRANTS AND AG RICULTURAL COLLEGE SCRIP. CCice in Land Office Build:ncr, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. Bny and sell Improved and unimproved Lands. Bny, sell and locate Land Warrants and Agricultural Col ieire Scrip Make careful selections of Government Lands for Location, Homesteads, and Pre eruptions. -Attend to contested Homesteads and Pre-emptiun cases in the Land Office. Lettera of inquiry promptly and carefully answered. Correspondence solicited. 26tf FRANZ HELMER, WlOOIST MAKER OPPOSITE DEUSER'S TIN-SHOP, ' BROWNVILLR, NEBRASKA. WAGONS, BTJGOIES, PLOWS, CUIiTI VII O liS, &.c, Repaired on short uotice, at low rates and warranted to give satisfaction. x-13-fn nn JONAS HACKER, Tax Collector for the City of Brownville, Will attend to the payment of Taxes for non-resident land owners in Nemaha County. Corres pondence Solicited. Office ou Main bet. 1st and 2d, BROWNVILLE NEBRASKA. SMITH P. TUTTLE, U. S. Asistant Asesscr and Claim Agent. Will at tend to the Prosecution of Claims before the Depart ment for Ad liountn. Buck Paij and Pensions Also, to the Collection of Semi-Aunual dues on Pensions, OQJce over Carsons Bank Mala street, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. A. STAFFORD, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST Persons wishing Pictures executed in the latest style of the Art will please call at my Art Gallery. Main stteet bet. 1st and 2d street, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. J. W. SMITH BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER Main St., 5th door from S W cor 2nd St. BROWNVILLE NEBRASKA. GATES S; BOUSEFIELD, BRICKLAYERS & PLASTERES BROWNVILLE NEBRASKA. Will take contracts for Bricklaying, Plastering, building Cistern, and do anything in their line in the most satisfactory and workmanlike manner. Aug.30,1866. x-47-ly KEISWETTER & EARSMAN, . Butchers, CITY MEAT MARKET, Main bet. 1st and 2nd Sts., BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. J. V. D. PATCH. Manufactnrer and Dealer in CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, Silver and Silver-Plated Ware Constantly on hand all varieties of Spectacles. Repairing done in the neatest style, and at short notice. Charges moderate. Work warranted. City Ding Store, "BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. W. H. KIMBERLIN, OCULIST AND AURIST. Will Treat all Diseases of tie Eye and Ear. Room ut tie Star Hotel, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. Tenders his services to the citizens of tfcis city acd vicinity. May he consulted attha above place fnm th 1st to the Hth of each month. And at rtie Salem Uot.se, Salem, Richardson county. Nebraska from the 10th to the last uf each raonUa. 12-Illy 17or a ohoice ar icle of Tea, go to t SWAN" & BRO'S. Stoctware. Baskets, Washboards, Lanterns Ac. n .SWAN & BROTHER'S fini ita!. From the Fairy Boh of AU Nations. By Edouard Aiboulaye, Maaber of te Institute of France. Translated It Jary L. Booth. Published bg Har per and Brothtr. YV0S AND FLNETTE, A FAJU TALE OF BRITTANY. ( Continued.) Poor Finette, seated on the sea-ehore, waited all dayloDg for Yvon, but Yvon did not come. The eua was settiDg in the fiery wives, when Finette rose, sighing, and took the. way to the castle in her turn. She had not walked long in a steep road, bordered with thorn trees in blossDm, when she found herself in front of a wretched hut, at the door of which stood an old woman about to milk her cow. Finette apprcached her, and making a low courtesy begged a shelter for the night. The old woman looked at the stranger from head to foot. With'her buskins trimmed with fur, full red polticoat, her bluejacket edged with jet. and her di adem, Finette looked more like an Egyp tian princess than a Christian. The old won.aa frowned, and shaking her fist in the face of the poor forsaken girl, "Begone, witch!" she cried; "there is no room for you in this honest house." "My good mother," said Finette, "give me only a corner of the stable." "Oh,' said the old woman, laughing, and showing the only tooth she had left, which projected from her mouth like a bear's tusk, "so You want a corner of the stable, do you ? Well, you shall have it if you will fill my milk-pail with gold." "It is a bargain, ' said v inette, qui etly. She opened a leather purse which she wore at her belt, took from it a gold en bullet, and threw it into the milk-pail, aymg : . "Golden bullet, precious treasure, Save mo if it be thy pleasure." And behold the pieces of gold began to dance about in the pail ; they rose higher and higher, flapping about like fish in a net, while the old woman on her knees gazed with wonder at the sight. When the pail was full the old woman rose, put her arm through the handle, and said to Finette. "Madam, all is yours, the house, the cow, and all the rest. Hurrah ! I am goig to the town to live like a lady with nothing to do. Oh dear, how I wish I were not more than sixty J" And, shaking her crutch, without looking backward, she set out on a run toward Kerver Castle. Finette entered the house. It was a wretched hovel, dark, low, damp, bad- smelling, and full of dust and spiders' webs a horrible refuge for a woman ac customed to living in the giant s grand Castle. Without seeing trouble, Fi nette went to the hearth, on which a few green . boughs were smoking, took an other golden bullet from her purse, and threw it into the fire, saying, "Golden bullet, precious treasure, Save me,if it be t jy pleasure." The gold melted, bubbled up, and spread all over the house like, running water, and behold, the whole cottage, the walls, the thatch, the wooden rocking-chair, the stool, the chest the bed, the cow's horns, every thing, even to the spiders in their webs, was turned to gold. The house shone in the moonlight, among the trees, like a star in the night. 'When Finette had milked the cow and drank'a little.nev millk, she threw herself on the be,d without undressing, and, worn cut by the fatigue of the day, fell asleep in the"midst of her tears. Old women do not know how to hold their tongues, at least in Brittany. Fin ette's hostess had scarcely reached the vil lage when she hastened to the house of the steward. He . was an important per sonage, who had more than once made her tremble when she had driven her cow into her neighbor's pasture by mis take. The steward listened to the old woman's story, shook his head, and said that it looked like witchcraft; then he mysteriouslybrought a pair of scales and weighed the guineas, which he found to be genuine and of full weight, kept as many of them as he could, and advised the owner to tell no one of this strange adventure. "If it should come to thf eurs of the bailiff or the seneschal," said he, ''the least that would happen to you, nioiher, would be to lose every one of those beautiful bright guineas. Jus tice is impartial; it knows neither favor nor repugnance ; it lakes the whole." The old woman thanked the steward for his advice, and promised to follow it. She kept her word so well that she only told her story that evening to two neigh bors, her dearest friends, both of whom swore on the heads of their little children to keep it secret. It was a solemn oath, and so well kept that at noon th next day there was not a boy of six m the vil lage that did not point his finger at the old woman, while the very dogs seemed to bark in their language, "Here is the oLd woman with her guineas." . A girl that amuses herself by filling milk-pails with gold is not to be found every day. Even though she should be something of a witch, such a girl would none the less be a treasure in a family. The steward, who was a bachelor, made this wise reflection that night oa going to bed. Before dawn he rose to make his rounds in the direction of the stran ger's cottage. By the first gleam of day he spied something shining in the dis tance like a light among the woods. On reaching the place he was greatly surp- rised to find a golden cottage' instead of the wretched hut tha had stood there the day before. But, on entering the house, he was much more surprised and delighted to find a beautiful young girl, with raven hair, setting by the window, and spinning from her distaff with the air of an empress. Like all men, the steward did himself justice, and knew, at me bottom of his heart, that there was not a woman in the world that would not be too happy to give him her hand. Without hesitating, therefore, he declared to Finette that he had come to marry her. The young girl burst out laughing; upon which the steward flew into a passion. "Take care!" said he, in a terrible voice; "I am the master here. No one knows who you are or whence you came. The gold that you gave the old woman has raised suspicions. There is m8gic in this house. If you do not accep: me for a husband this very instant I will ar rest you, and before night, perhaps, a witch will be burned before Kerver Castle." "You are very amiable," said Finette, with a charming grimace ; "you have a peculiar way of paying court to ladies. Even when they have decided 'not to re fuse, a gallant man spares their blush es. "We Ereton3 are plain-spoken people," replied the steward ; "we go straight to the point. Marriage or prison, which do you choose ?" "Oh!" cried Finette, laying down the distaff, " there are the fire-brands falling all over the room." "Don't trouble yourself,"said the stew ard, 'I will pick them up." "Lay them carefully on the top of the ashes," returned Finette. "Have you the tongs ?" "Yes," said the steward, picking up the crackling ccals. "Abracadabra J" cried Finette, rising, "Villain, may the tongs hold you, and may you hold the tongs till sunset !" No sooner said than done. The wick ed steward stood there all day with the tongs in his hand, picking up and throw ing back the burning coals that snapped irr his face, and the hot ashas that flew in his eyes. It was useless for him to shout, pray, weep, and blaspheme ; no one heard him. x If Finette had staid at home she would doubtles have taken pity on him ; but after putting the spell upon him she hastened to tl e sea-shore, where, forgetting every thing else, she watched for Yvon in vain. The rripment that the sun set the tongs fell from the steward's hand. He did not stop to finish his errand, but ran a3 if the devil or justice were at his heels. He made such leaps, he uttered such groans, he was so blackened, scorched, and benumbed, that every one in the vil lage was afraid of him, thinking that he was mad. The boldest tried to speak to him, but ne 3ed without answering, and hid himself in his house, more ashamed than a wolf that has left his paw in the trap. At evening, when Finette return ed home in despair, instead of the steward she found another visitor little less for midable. The bailiff had heard the story of the guineas, and had also made up his mind to marry the stranger. He wa3 not rough, like the steward, but a fat, good-natured man, that could not speak without bursting into a laugh, ehov ifg his great yellow teeth, and puffing and blowing like an ox, though at heart he was not less obstin'ate or less threaten ing than his predecessor. Finette en treated the bailiff to leave her alone. He laughed, and hinted to her, in a good-natured way, that, by right of the office, he had the power to imprison and hang people without process of law. She clasped her hands, and begged him with tears to go. For his only answer he took. a roll of parchment from his pocket, wrote on it a contract of marriage, and declared to Finette that, should he stay all night, he would not leave the house tilt 6he had signed the promise. "Nevertheless," said he, ''if you do not like my person, I have another parch ment here on which I will write an agree ment to live apart ; and if my sight an noys you, you have only to shut your eyes." "Why," said Finette, "I might decide to do as you wish if I were sure of find ing a good husdacd in you ; but I am afraid." "Of what, my dear.child ?" asked the bailiff, smiling, and already as proud as a peacock. "Do you think," said she, with a pett ish air, " that a good husband would leave that door wide open, and not know tnat his wife was freezing with cold ?" "You are right, my dear," said the bailiff; "it was very stupid in me. I will go and shut it." "Have you hold of the knob?" asked Finette. "Yes, my "charmer," answered the happy "bailiff; "I am just shutting the door." "Abracadabra " cried Finette. May you hold the door, viliiao, and may the door hold you till daybreak." Aud behold, the door opened and thut, and slammed against the walls like an eagle Oapping its wings. You may judge what a dance the poor captive kept up all night. Never had he tried suc'i a waltz, and I imagine that he never wish ed to dance a second one of the same sort. Sometimes the door swung open with him in the street ; sometimes it flew back and crushed him against the wall. He swung backward and forward, scream ing, swearing, weeping, and praying, but all in vain ; the door was deaf, and Finette asleep. At daybreak his hands unclasped, and he fell into the road head foremost. Without wailing to finish his errand, be ran as if the Moors were afier him. He did not even turn round for fear that the door might be at his heels. Fortunate ly for him, all were slill asleep when he reached the village, and he could hide himself in bed without any one seeing his deplorable plight. This was a great piece of good fortune for him, for he was covered with whitewash from head to foot, and so pale, haggard, and trem bling that he might have been taken for the ghost of a miller escaped from the infernal regions. When Finette opened her eyea she saw by her bedside a tall man dressed in black, with a velvet cap and a sword. It was the seneschal of the barony of Ker ver. He stood with his arm3 folded gazing at Finette in a way that chilled the very marrow of her bones. What is your name, vassal?" said he, in a voice of thunder. "Finette, at your service, my lord," re plied she, trembling: "Is this house and furniture yours ?" "Yes, my. lord, every thing, at your service." "I mean that it shall be at my service," returned the seneschal, sternly. "Rise, vassal! I do you the honor to marry you, and to take yourself, your person, and your property under my guardianship." "My," lord returned Finette, "this is much too great an honor for a poor girl like me, a stranger, without friends or kindred." "Be silent, vassal !" replied the senesc hal. "1 am your lord and master; I have nothing to do with your advice. Sign this paper." "My lord," said Finette, "I don't know how to write." "Do you think that I do, either?" re turned the seneschal, in a voice that shook the house. "Do you take me for a clerk? A cross that is the signature cf gentle men. He made a large cress on the paper, and handed the pen to Finette. Sign," said he. "If you are afraid to make a cross, infidel, you pass death sen tence, and I shall take on myself to execute it. He drew his heavy sword from the scabbard as he spoke, and threw it on the table. For her only answer Finette leaped oui of the window and ran to the stable. The seneschal pursued her thither; but on attempting to enter, ah unexpected obstacle stopped him. The frightened cow had backed at the sight of the young girl, and stood in the doorway with Fi nette clinging to her horns, and making of her a sort of buckler. "You shall not escape me, sorceress!" cried the senschal, and, with a grasp like that of Hercules, he seited the cow by the tail, and dragged her out of the stable. "Abracadabra! cried Finette "May the cow's tail hold on, villain, and may you hold the cow's tail till you have been around the world together." "And behold, the cow darted eff like lightning, dragging the unhappy seneschal after her. Nothing stopped the inseparable comrades ; they rushed over mountains and valleys, crossed marshes, rivers, quagmires, and brakes, glided over the seas without sinking, were frozen in Siberia and scorched in Africa, climbed the Himalayas, descend ed Mont Blanc, and atlength, after thirty six hours of a journey, the like of which ha J never been, both slopped out of breath in the public square of the village. A seneschal harnessed to a cow'g tail is a sight not to be seen every day; and all the peasants in the neighborhood crowded together to wonder at the spectacle. But, lorn as he was by the cactuses of Tar tary, the seneschal had lost nothing of his haughty air. With a threatening gesture he dispersed the rabble, and limp ed to his house to taste the repose of which he began to feel the need. To be Continued.) From the Toledo Blade. NASLU. Post Orris, Con ted e r it X Roads, (wich is in the Stait uv Kentucky. January 21, 1863. Last nite, the body uv a nigger wuz found dead at the end 7 Boregard Ave nuethe main street uv the Cross Road.'. The poor cuss wuz rolled up agin the fer.ee, a lyin on his face, ez dead ez Joo lius Ceeser. I diskivered him. At fust I thot the feller wuz drunk, ez 1 didn't see his face, it bein a common occurence to find our citizens in that sitooas-hen; but on turnin him over, and assertainin the color uv his contplecshun. I knotvd that wuz not wat ailed him. He had died uv starvashen, and cold, aud sich. I knowd that nigger. He Wuz tvunst the property uv Elder Gavitt.now dece--est, and wuz alltogether too sooperior a nigger to quietly take wat wuz his nor mel condishen, and settle down to his fate He resembled the Elder very much. IIn mother wuz a tnulatter woman, acd ez her son developed, it wuz observed that he bed the Gavitt pekoolyaritfes uv feeclf-" er in a sirikindegree. Mrs. Gavitt raised a ruckshen about it, but the Elder con vinst her that it wuz all right. He cited her to the fiztological fad that the resem tlanced okkured coz of the mother's seein th Deekin so often before the birth uv the child. It's my opinion that that wuz the case. At all events, he bed very rruch uv the Gavins, Wunst afore the war, he ran away to Tnjeanny, and wuz recapchered only after a desprit chase and that chase by the entire Dimocratic marshals uv that State. He wuz finally run down, and sent back in triumph. The minit the war broke cut, this cuss ed one-fourth nigger run away agin. Ha made the camp near the Cross Roads, but glory! the Fedral usurpers hed e y it a little shame left into em, and the Kernel to whose regiment he made hie way, sent him back to the Elder under gard with his compliments, accompanied by a note, stalin that the Fedral armies wuz a fiiiri for the Yoonyun ez it wuz, ani that i: wuz proposed not to interfere with pre perty in any way. Thi ElJer wuz so effected by this gecerosisy, thit that nila and the next he only bushwhacked threa uv the Fedral pickits, instid uv lyin out all nite for era, ez he hed bin accuitouc?J to do. But finally the Emancipishen Prco. lamashen come, and then the nigger ruij agin. The Eider heerd uv him freeken tly. He jined a nigger regiment, fought doorin the war, wuz wpur:did in several spots, and narrowly escaped the just re tnbooshen inflicted onto cm at Fort PiU ler. At the close uv the war he went t'a Ohio with his wife and two children, but he did not remain thir. It w.iznt pleas antforhici. Ther wuz a eudJin cool in tcards the nigger, and he felt it. Ez they didn't need em any mere to fill quo'a and save em from the drafts aud sich, tha colored brother wuz the same d d nigger he alluz was. SjitiqwiI disgui'.id, pertiklerly ez when he enlisted, he wuj credited to Ohio, he returned to Kenicky, determined to file it outhere. The Cross Roads receeved him quietly. 11; save! a littla money out uv the servii, and bought some land uptoards Garretitown. and bilt onto it a cabin. Somehow the world didn't go smooth with him. Oca nite his fences wuz torn down, and hi j growin in crcpa wuz destroyed. Immji'.ly thereafter he wuz arrested for havin ni visable means uv support, his crops beiu all gene, and it took hi mul-J and a part uv his household furnitoor to git out uv that. Follerin this misfrchuoa cimi another. He wuz at tha Corner onu day, when Issaker Gavift, in a jhyM mocd, shot at him with a revolver, wich the nigger resented, chokin him severely. The blood uv the Corners riz. A nigger hed raised his impious hand agin a .vh:ta man! Immejitly the Corners became in dignated, and the nigor wuz kept under the town pump two hour. A severe coli regultin, he wuz confined to his bed a month with fever, duria wich time he got into other trouble. His cuthomas wuz burned to the ground, his begs wuz killed, and even his chickens wuz massacred. He wuz skasely recovered from his fit uv sicknis, wen bis wifti wuz me; by Issaker Garitt at the Corners, whera she hed gone, to gi: medicine for him. Issaker, smartm under the chokin hr husband hed given him, organized a raid onto her, and I mut coufss the wuz yoosed ruther ruff The young m?n uv the Corners are excemric. Th? woman wuz found tne next raornin in a barn. From this blow he never recovered. He hed hid a long time, and he owed quite a number uv bill at the Corners, wich he cood not pny. Attachments wuj got out agin his property, and it wuz sold from under hi ft) t &ii d e2 he wiz no: able to work, wit wuz over wuz held by the trustees uv the township, rz bail ngfin his becomin a town-hip charge, dipt. McPelter bet the place, and ez it wuz hizzen, he wanted it. The r igger wuz turned cut, and he wandered about a few days aperiently not in his right mind, and finally wuz found ez I hev described. Dad he wuz, aLd wrnppid him in tha blio cote into wich we fu.ml hi:n. a hole wuz dug, and he wuz hid frum mortal site. Sich 13 the froot uv Emancipishen! When that nigger wuz dug u;. ler, SluOv) worth uv Eider Givitt's estate wuz put out uv the wav. His death lies at tho door uv A Lmkiu! Htd tint nirger Lin permitted U hev stayed with hi. kind master, and devotid his life to hi i servu this wcuid not hev happened. Hed he been permitted to hev c n!ivo J wo;kia, workin. workin, quietly and comfortably, satisfied with his two soots uv ci Me per annum, and the rasher.s civen him, ho wood not hev died misrib'y ly the road side. For when the n.jgr wuz in Lia normal condi.-hen, he wuz nt the ttjick uv dislike he now is. Thur w;z ihen no war uv races. The feelin that impelled the Caucashen uv the Corners to go throo his crcps anJ burn his house", aud sich, did not theD exi?t, for he heJ U3 crops not houses. He weed hev bin work ed till old age cvertojk h:;n, ez it d.es all uv us, and then he woo I hev bin soli South, to end hi3 day3 q-iieily in a ric swamp. Sich is the biiu-r froot uv rais in em from ther normal condnhn Tha site U7 that dead nigger tati;ii-d mi that under no circumstances cood the rac be elevated to the pint uv goin on with out the protecshen uv a sooperior race. Ther i3 a irepressible contlick aiween the races, and the nigger mut alluz ba the loser. Sich is the will uv the Lord. PuTROLEC M V. N5BT, P. M. (Wich is Postmaster.) "All flh i srrajg," t!e?t so lay Tha writ in of ill? sa jo?: . If th is Le so, lion the h y d y Of life, 'tis clour, o!J.ij ii. The anfhor of a novel jT-t cut. wiAiri? sy thftt har birri'ie opi.;l h-r ru v;tl;. tLa evpi-nse herself :"te iratty c-.ral d")o--lt-;-p-'r' to: no'di Tve way, aad a lo-", uooking Uiiri raa tut fua' them." Mfc It is ein.'.l.'nt! reported in ai-.' ;u tT? einlu that Victr Hag;, wh-n a-k-J if in u'd vvl lb a . origin of the liotapdri faui'.lj, re; ui.'d, ' oi Ccrj-Ir can."
