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VOL. XII.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1868.
NO. 28.
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. " LIBERTY AND UNION, ONE AND INSEPARABLE, NOW AND FOREVER."
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:
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
DRUG STORES.
HOLLADAY & CO.,
StUGS, MEDICINE, PAINT, OIL, &c,
r
p. O Bolldlng, Kaln St.,
I WM. H. McCREERY,
I rbolesale and Retail Dealer la
Vs, Books, Wall-paper and Stationery
t1 0 Corner Main and ltt St.,
fJilERCHANDISE.
GEORGE MAKIQN,
Dealer la
rrr Goods Groceries. JSSS& Notions.
Foot of Vain Street near Levee,
Established
WM. T. DEN,
1859
Wholesale and Retail dealer la
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
ftn Planters, Plows, Stoves, Furniture.
i ,DUxjsV0X AXDFORWARDIS0 MERCHANT
1 Main atreet bet. Levee and lt,
Bu.t ewirtrf rrwe i4 for Hide. Peltt, Fur an J
! frfy-Tv k. ' WM T HEN.
r 'i '7 " "
G. M. HENDERSON,
' Dealer In Foreign and pom et tie
PRY GOODS AND GROCERIES
Main tet. lt and 3d 8U
CHARLES BRIEGEL
REER HALL, LUNCH ROOM
AND LIGHT GROCERY STORI,
Main bet. lrt and 24 8ta.
J. L. McGEE & CO.,
VreJert i
GENERAL iMERCHANDISE,
VfnPberene'a Dlcwk. Main atreet.
PHYSICIANS.
J. W. BLACKBURN, M.D.
S PENSION EXAMINING SURGEON,
i T3n ail rrofetsiona.1 aerrice to the eitiient of
! ErewnTil'e and ricioitT.
. office at crrr drug store.
i Knht calla at hit Residence tenth aide of Atlan-
tii btaen lit end 2nd urerta.
H. L. MATHEWS.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OFFICE
DRUG
CITY
STORE,
A. S. HOLLADAY. M D.
(Grtintei in ISM ; hociUti in Brownville tnl8M )
piiysician, Sargeon and Obstetrician,
r. H. bai en hand eomplete tett of Amputat
kf, Trephining and Obstetrical initrnmente.
Oflce: IlollEQayli Co'i Drug Store. P. O.
P.3. Spe:al attention giren to O bite trie and
lb ditauei of women eo4 ehildrea. y-44-ly
C. y. STEWART,-!. I.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEO:;,
i
: o f n c r
1 lecti Evsi eorser ci: ;ia n. ; Firit StreeU
! Crrici IIorE 7 to t a. m. and 1 la ? tni 6j to
I 7 P. .
ATTORNEYS.
'deforest porter,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND LAND
AGENT,
CrTTCl Tn Xew Court Bonoe ?ulldlnf , with Pn
eB4e. v;a-D2f
f.W.Tipton O.B.Hewett J. S. Church
TIPTON, HEWETT & CHURCH,
Attorneys at Law.
ace laMcPharson s Block, Main at. Letween 24 i- ad.
I.W.TBOUiS.
i. H.B&OADT.
TUOMAS & BROADY.
Attorneys at Law & Solicitors in Chancery,
Office over Doner's Clothing Store,
WM. McLENNAN, .
. ATTORNEY AT I.A"S7,
KKBRASKA C1TT, KEBRAftA.
S. B. HAKR1N0T05,
Attorney ad Counselor at Law,
Beatrice, Gage O Jfcb.
TERbIIXS A GILLESPIE,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
7Vcwmk, JoXmon Co., Xtb.
CHESTER F. JfTE.
Attorney &t Law and Vaf Claim Agent,
Pavne City, Ktbratka.
BOOTS & SHOES.
CHARLES HELLMER,
" BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
iiB tr'et oors below the acntbeast corner of 2nd,
Bas on hand a superior stock of Boots and Shces
fthe best material and ability for doing
jTCuHom Work done eitk neaine and ditpalck.
A. JIOBINSON,
POOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Main Between lat Jt 2d Street
Takes this method of informing the public that
M cm on hand a splendid assortnent of Uent'i and
Miis's ilisaee'ani Chlldxejcj'j
BOOTS & SHOES.
0Ciitn work done with neatness and dlspelchI
repairing done on short notioe. 10-30 fnnn
SADDLERY.
i. H. BAUER.
Manufacturer and Dealer in
iURXESS, BRIDLES S COLLARS
kaudg- done to order satisfaction guarranUed.
a"oy on Main tel. lit and 24 sf..
JOHN W.MIDDLETON
Maoafacturer and Dealer in
HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
and Laebs of eeery deacrtptlon, Plastering
Hair. Cash paid for Hides.
- Corner Main and Sd Sta.,
- W. D. MAHIN,' -
ilanttfactMrer 4 Dealer tn o tinit cf
Saddles, Jlarness, Whips, Collars, &c
paitVj puteDt Trace Ruckles,
Nijoa's Pftient Trace Buckles.
Z'ortX Side Main Street,
TOVgj&TmORES.
JOHN C. DEUSER,
Dealer In
ptoves, tinware, PUMPS, &c.
vppouo atcmerson'a b'oct.
SlipLLEBERGER BRQ.'S .
flSWARE, STOrES. HARDWARE. CARPE2T-
a Af saVi nt f r t ens mmtJ Tm n fM
s TOOLS. BLACKSMITH'S
M TURMSHIAOS c.
tirheTen'i fiiock Brcwnvllle, Kee.
HOTELS.
I. rrTXsox. d. o. cboss.
STAR HOTEL,"
8 TEVEN SON & CBOSS, Proprietor!,
On Leree St., between Main & Atlantic.
Tbla Bonfe la convenient to tbe Steam Boat Landing,
and tbe bnr ineia tart vt tbe City. Tbe best accomtno
datloua In tbe City. No raina will be t pared in mak
in gnette comfortable. Good Stable and Corral con
venient to tbe Home.
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE.
MICHAEIi fLNK, Proprietor.
Soutbside Main between I ft and 2nd street,
Meals at all Honrs, or for Regular Boarders, at
toe Btaal rates. IZ.U-iy
AMERICAN HOUSE,
Ij. D. HOBISON, Proprietor.
A good Fcod and Livery Stable in connection with tbe
Cooae. Front tUtret, between Main and water,
BLACKSMITHS.
J. H. BESON,
Will do BLACKSMITIIING of all kinds.
M&ktt Hone Shoeing. Ironinq of Wagont and Sleight
' end Machine irorK a specmiTy.
Sbopon Main St., west of McPberson'a Block,
J. W. & J. C. GIBSON.
B L A O-H SMI T II S
SHOP on 1st between Main and 3d,
All Work done to order Satitfaction Guarrantied
JOHN FLORA,
n Tj a o k s m i t ii
Shop on Water Street South of American House
r-frTCootom U ork ot all kinds solcited. 1Z-12
CONFECTIONARIERS.
WILLIAM ROSSELL,
CONFECTIONERY AND TOJ STORE
Fresh Bread, Cakes, Ojsten, Fruit, Ac, op hand.
Soutbside Mam between 1st and 2d streets,
J.
P. DEUSER,
Dealer In
Confectioneries, Toys, Notions, &c,
Main bet. It andSlStf.,
WM." ALLEN,
Proprietor of tbe CIT? BAKEBY. Fancy Wed
ding Cake fnrnitned on snort notice, ueaier
in Conlectlon.rles. Fruits and best Family Floar.
Main Street bet. lit undid,
MISCEINEO
G. P. BERKLEY,
CABRIAQE AND SIQN PAINTER,
Qrainer, Gilder, Glaxier and Paper-Hanger.
AM srork done on Short Xotlce, Favorable Terms and
Warranted. Orflce over Tenre O's Stre, Min at..
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. 12-21-ly
B"A T II ROOMS.
J. L. ROV,
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER,
T'r"? '- VpH ft., crror-i? Furnitnre Store,
L.'.S of Vs c. i '.diu'i Ki i !!.
Court House BnilJirg, Main St.
J. C. McNAUGHTON.
Notary Public and Conveyancer,
Agent for "National Life" and "Hartford Live
bloc insurance" companies.
Offlce In J. L. Carson's Bank,
GARRISON 4 ROBERTS,
BILLIARD HALL AND SALOON,
Whitney's Block, Main atreet, bet. 1st & 2d.
Tbe best Wines and Liquars kept constantly on hand.
vl2-n26-tf
R. V. HUGHES,:
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE & REAL
ESTATE AGENT.
OFFICE C S. Land Office building, second door, up
staira, vta-niw
WM. H. HOOVER.
REAL ESTATE AND TAX PAYING
' AGENT,
arill aive nromot attention to the sale of Real Xstate
and payment of Taxes throughout the Keinaha Land
District. OFF! CT-r District Court Room. v!2-n26
A. D. MARSH,
CITY BOOK STORE-
SCHOOL BOOKS, STAT 10 ERY, &c,
Post Office, Main St.,
R. F. BARRETT,
GENERAL LAND AGENT, ANP
LAND WARRANT BROKER,
win .ttaruf to tiavlna Takes for Non-residents. Per
sonal attention given to making Locations. Lands,
improved and unimproved, for sale on reasonable
terws. " vJ2-uSo-ly
E. H. BURCHES,
LANDSCAPE GARDNER
Will tbe coming Spring plant crops In Gardens and
ultlvate same by euntract. Will also bave on band
weet Potato, Cabbage, Tomato & Pepper plants for sale
WORTHIUO & WILCOX,
STORAGE, FORWARDING
ASD
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
And dealeri in ail kind Grain for vhich ikeypey
the Highest Market Price in Caih.
J. W. SMITH.
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER
Xain St., 5th door Iron S W eor 2nd St.
FRANZ HELMER,
WAGON MAKER
OPPOSITE DEUSFyR'S TIN-SHOP,
WAOONS, BUGGIES, PLOWS, CUTTI-
VITOlla, c.. Repaired on sDorinoiicr,k i. mt.
and warranted to give satisfaction. -i-iu ou
JQNAS HACKER,
Tax Collector for the City of Brownviile,
Wilt attend to the payment of Ta?ti for non-retidept
landowner! m nemaia county.
' ppndence Solicited.
Offlce on Main bet. 1st and W,
SMITH P. TUTTLE,
V. S. Auitlant Aneutrand Claim Agezt. Wm at
tend to the Proiecvtitn of Claim before the Depart
ment for Ad Bounty. Back Pay and Pension. AUo,
to the Collection of Sfmi-Annual duet on Penawns,
OSes over Carson s Bank Main street,
A. STAFFORD,
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST
Per ton vfiihing Picture executed in the Utet ttyle
ffthe Art will please call at my Art Gallery.
Main street bet. lat and d street,
KEISWFTTER & EARSMAN,
Bntcherfc,
CITY' MEAT MARKET,
Main bet. 1st and god Stt.,
GATES & BOUSEFIELD,
BRICKLAYERS & PLASTERES
?U tale contracts for Bricklaying, Petering,
building Cisterns, and do anything in their line
In the most satisfactory and workmanlike m&nseft
, Ar.l,l8M.- X-U-lj
SraCTEDTOETKY
BY TIIE BADIANT. STABS ABOVE TJS
Jmoribed to the Grand Army of the Repullii
IT C1Q301I W. DFJiQAT.
Bj the radiant stars above us,
Where the spirits lire that lofS ns,
Bj the green graves at our feet.
By the shout and song and chorus,
llj the battle banner o'er ns.
We pledge the traitors sure defeat.
By tbe red stained soil we tread OQ,
By the saored soil we bled on,
By the blood we freely shed,
By the ralor of our brothers,
By tbe love we bear our mothers,
We follow where our father! led.
By the dear ones at onr altars,
By the faith that cerer falters,
By the hopes beyond the sky,
By the hetren that's bending oe'r us,
By tbe martyrs gone before us,
We will conquor or we'll die. . .
By the battles, long and ory ,
By tbe victory nd glory,
Which our hero brothers won,
By tbe souls that we inherit,
We will win and wear with merit.
Mantles dropped at Lexington.
By the truth of song and sermon,
By the march we made with Sherman,
By tbe bullets Siegel sent,
By the fight and route and rally
Of Sberidan along the Valley,
Grant shall be our President.
ELECTSTORY
THE HUNDRED POCKD NOTE.
( Concluded.)
CHAPTER JIT.
Lost
By degrees we began to recover from
the two fold shock which had momentarily
confused our senses, and my first thought
was that I had left the hundred pound
note lying on toe table l say mynrst
thought, for afterwards my ideas on
the subject became confused by incessant
attempts at recollection, and I began to
doubt whither I fiad not put it into my
pocket.book. or replaced it between, the
leaves of the Prayer Book. The inmates
of the chamber of death soon perceived
that something was amiss. The thunder
storm was rapidly passing away, and the
air grew brighter they noticed the in
tensely anxious expression of my face,
and the nervous manner in which I turned
cat' t1.? ccntECt? cf my j?c end hrn.
r-i
15 the natter, lit. Vco.Ivai J?'
demanded Poctor Webb, gravely.
The note'.' I replied, with stammering
accents, for I was in agony of nervous
excitement. ' 'The note I can find it
nowhere1.'
The doctor cast a sharp glance-a
glance of euspieion in the direction of
Reuben and his wife. I noticed it, and
I think they noticed it also. He then
said
It can't be lost, it must be in this!
room.' i
Have searched my pockets, and I have
turned over evry leaf of these books,' I
answered. 'My impression is that I left
in on the corner of the table just at the
dreadful flash. I .could almost STear
that I did, so.'
May be the tnunderbolt burnt it u'
observed Reuben, with a sardonic grin
on his face.
If it has. it only would be like our
usual bad luck, Ruby,' chimed in his
wife.
As she spoke. I saw that David was
steadily regarding his relatives, with a
darkening frown on his forehead. A
moment later he rose from his seat.
I must speak.' he said, excitedly, al
though the breath is only just out of
poor father's body. I swear that I saw
the note, on this very corner which 1
now cover with my hand the instant be
fore that flash of lightning. A minute
later it had disapeared. It can't be
lost.'
Don't you think it is burnt?' said Reu
ben mockingly. .
I think it's stolen,' answered David
calmly.
So do 1 returned Jleuben, cooly.
By whom?' I demanded, for I felt
that I was most seriously implicated in
the matter.
By him" By him; exclaimed the
half-brothers, almost at the same instant.
Each brother stood erect, fierce and de
fin nt and each were pointing a finger at
the other, The mysterious disappearance
fit the hundren pound note had aroused
all their mutual mistrust and dislike.
Each man had at once made up his mind
that the other was a thief.'
As for myself, as soon as I became
convinced, by repeated examination that
the note was neither in my pockets nor
hiden among the books, I began to suspect
tbat a robbery had been committed,
and as I could dot believe tbat the steady.
well-conducted David would be guilty of
so base an action, 1 was forced to sup
pose that his half-brother wai the culprit.
Dr. Webb said very little; but I perceiv
ed that he shared my opinion
'My lads,' he raid, 'you have each
charged the other with a very serious
crime. We had better send the woman
out of the cottage, and search you both.'
I'm ready,' cried David.
And so am I,' cried Reuben.
- 'I won't leave without Mrs. Mathews
searching of me, I can tell ye,'- exclaimed
Martha Pymond bitterly; 'else folks will
go and say that my Ruby passed the note
on to his wife. To think that I should
live to hear my husband suspected of
thieving!' said the woman, bursting in
tears.'
Men and woman were accordingly
separated, and the eearoh fcok place
with nil possible care and 'diligence.
Each brother vied with the oLerin aff
ording every facility for tb investi
gation of his garments, and eah brother
watched with painful keenness for some
evidence of his kinsman's gilt. Both
were disappointed; no not wasfot com
ing, and Reuben and his wifesauntered
toward their own abode wilhullen,
contented faces.
The storm bad by this tue passed
completely away, the sky was unstained
by a siogle cloud, and the bills, cooled
and refreshed by the moisture f the air,
were merrily singing their evenng songs.
Doctor Webb and I walked aw.y slowly,
side by side. !
'This is a most sad affair,' 1 observed.
What do you think of it?' '
I scarcely know what to thirk,' he re
plied. At first I felt convirced that
Reuben was the thief. I don', think so
now; tha undaunted way in vhich he
submitted to be searched looks like in
nocence.' 'Do you suppose that Martla took it
without Reuben's knowledge?' ,
No, I don't.'
You surely don't suspect David?'
1 don't suspect any one of them. I
don't know what to think; I'm, fairly
puzzled.'
C H A P T f R XV.
The Funeral
The news of the singular discovery
of the hundred pound note, and of its
still more singular disapearance, 'spread
like wild fire through the vilhge. More
over, the- tale was told with many ex
aggerations. It was reported tbat while
I was in the act of repeating the Lords,
Prayer. The note miraculously became
visible between the open letves of the
Prayer Book, which I held ia my hand.
The old gossips shook their heads; that
hundred pound note was no real piece of
earthly paper, it owed its origin to dem
oniacal agency, and was permitted to ap
pear for the sake of stirring up bitter
enmity between Reuben and David. It
was asserted that they had not ouly
branded each other with the disraceful
name of thief, but that they had exchang
ed blows across their father's corpse.
This iatte charge was entirely without
oundatiorJi'
a r
Worth, the Tvhe-lrcriq:ht, tcok
r i more prciio . vier- rf
th affair.
ana he st
rore tocenso!3 :.is rrcuvcaua-
- 1 ,
tor
z.z th?ddin titter tears- be-
cause her.belored David was accused of
felony by telling ber that if ' the note
had not been lost, he should not have
minded taking David as a son-in-law.
For why? Fifty pounds was a nice con
foratable sura for a young couple to fcegin
housekeeping with which as for Reuben,
the objectionable brother, he had many
a time vowed that it was only want of
money that prevented him from trying
his fortune in America..
Poor Maria vainly strove to take com
fort from these tantalising remarks. Her
fater was willing to let David marry
her if- And that obstinate 'if spoilt
everything.
Nearly a week elapsed between John
Dymond's death and the funeral during
which time no communication took place
between the half-brothers, for each ob
stinately presisted in beiievingjhe other
guilty. At first Reuben flatly refused to
attend the funeral, simply because ha
knew his brother would be there; but
on ray pointing out to him that he would
never cease to reproach himself after
wards for having neglected such a plain
act of duty, he unwillingly agreed to go.
I felt uDabje to address him with any
cordiality, because I strongly suspected
that he and his wife were in possession
of the hundred pout d note. It is true
that Reuben had never hitherto been
charged with felony, bu t he was a free
living, lax unprincipled man, who would
be quite incapable of withstanding a sud
den and powerful temptation.
'Very well, Mr. Woodward,' were
his concluding words, 'I'll come to the
funeral, though I don't much fancy stand
ing near a thief, and that thief my own
half-brother.?
Wo haul a period of beautiful cloudless
weather since the great thunderstorm,
but on the morning of the day appointed
for the funural, a change appeared
likely to take place. The old folks of
the village, John Dymond's, friends and
contemporaries.were well pleased at this,
'Happy is the corpse that the rain rains
on,' says the old adage, and they hoped
that a shower might fall, before the coffin
was deposited in its final abiding-place.
Although it was a busy season of the year,
and a week-day for J5hn Pymond had
expressed a wish that his funeral might
not take place on Sunday there' was a
very full assemblage of persons in the
church-yard. The worthy old laborer had
been much respected, and many persons
of a superior grade attended bis funeral to
do honor to his memory. A large portion,
however, . of the spectators had been
drawn together by lower and. coarser
motives. It' was rumored that some
scene ot violence would take place be
tween the half-brothers as soon as their
father's coffin had been commuted to the
grave; -while others darkly hinted that
some preternatural appearance, some
palpable evidence of the enchantment
which hovering oyer the Dyraand family,
would become visible at the conclusion of
the burial service:. There was. a great
deal of starjng and whispering among
the crowd when the two : half-brothers,
who seemed instinctively to keep' as far
apart from each other as possible, made
their appearance. " .
By the time that part of the service
which is read in the church was conclud
ed,: the sky had become completly over
cast with, a mantle of watery-looking
clouds and rain was eminently imminent,
to the great -satisfaction of the old folks
who stood around me. I was in the act of
delivering the beautiful exhortation
which tell us that 'Man that is born cf a
woman hath but a short time to live, and
is full of misery,' when the first drops of
rain began to fall. A smile of pleasure
was on the elders face at this favorable
oraan, while I, less imaginative or less
superstitons, instinctively expanded my
umbrella. As I did so, apiece of paper,
of a dingy yellow hue, fluttered slowly
from it and fell on the newly-dug earth
at my feet, It was the Hundred Pound
Note. '
David and Reuben both saw the paper
fall, and each rushed forward at the
same moment. They met on opposit sides
of the grave, while at the same instant a
murmer of astonishment rose from the
assembled crowd.
For fully a minute the brothers looked
each other full in the face; a - softening
shade of regret then passed over each
of their countenances.
Reuben was the first to speak. 'Dav
id,' he said hoarsly, 'I called you a thief
without reason.' -
'I was as bad, answered David, hang
ing down his head.
Let us shake hands,' muttered Reuheri,
drawing his coat-sleeve over his eyes.
We couldn't choose a better place than
father's grave.' .
David held out his hand willingly.
'God forgive me, he said, 'for the hard
thoughts I thought of you Reuben.'
.'My friends,' I exclaimed, looking
around at the spectators, who stood re
garding this touphing scene with faces
of tbe most intense interest 'my friends
it is well worth while that this solemn
service should be interrupted, since the
interruption has been the means of re
conciling two brothers who have been at
variance. Let us now proceed.' I proceed
ed accordingly wiih the exhortation,
Reuben and David clasping each other
by the hand till service was concluded.
A very brief explanation will suffice
to show the probable manner in which
the hundred pound note got into such an
unlikely hiddiog place. On entering
John Dymond's cctt3e' that evervful
wilcli vv-3 slightly wetted by the com
mencing rain, upright against the table,
and no doubt when I turned "sharply
round on witnessing that blinding flash
of lightning, my coat-tail whisked into
the folds of silk. There it lay snugly
enough, plastered as it were between
the ribs, white with equal naturalness it
fell on :he first expansion of the umbrella
after a period of dry weather. But I
may as well confess at once that this
prosaic explanation was entirely rejected
by the more marvel-loving portion cf
my flock. They maintained that the
hundred pound note was of preternatural
origin, thouph on perceiving the good
effects which it had wrought, they no
longer attributed its manufacture to a
malignant fiend, but to a benevolent fairy.
They were not staggered by the fact
that the liank of England cheertuiiy
converted the dingy old scrap of paper
into a hundred bright yellow sovereigns
for fairies are capable of deceiving-
anybody. Still, they would not have
been surprised if those same sovereigns
disappeared some fine day, leaving only
a few bits of dirt behind them. It is
only right to mention that, in accordance
with John Dymond's last words, we ad
vertised tbe discovery of the note, but no
claimant appeared who was able to prove
his ownership.
The newly-born friendship between
the half-brothers was not tested by any
lengthened in tercourse, for shcrtly after
he received his share of tbe hundred
pound "note, Reuben sailed with his
family for America, where, I afterwards
undersood, he got on better than any
body in Headingly had ever anticipated.
As for David, Mr. Worth wrs so melted
by the fifty dazzling arguments in favor
of marriage which the young man pro
duced from a canvas bag tbat within a
few weeks I joined his hand and Maria's
in holy matrimony.
Some years afterwards, on passing
through Headingly, I found that many
changes .had taken place. The front
garden in which I used to meditate had
been converted into a busy yard, where
the firm of Worth & Dymond carried
on their wheel manufacture on a greatly
extended scale. My pretty hand-maiden
Maria had become a buxcra matron
with half a dozen children about her
knees, but she gave me aheary welcome,
and making me set down in her trimly
furnished parlor to a glass of wine,
showing me in a frame over the mantle
piece a photographic fac-simile cf the
famous Hundred Pound Note.
Arkansas AIl-BIsht ! .
The latest dispatches say that Arkan
sas has voted in favor of the Constitution.
If so she will soon be admitted into the
Union as one of the United States.
A groop of Democrats on the street
were discussing the political situation,
when one of them declared, belligerently,
that the time had come to fight for the
country. To which a more honest De
mocrat replied ; 'D-1-n a cbuntry that a
man's got to die for!'
General Grant has declared himself in
favor of impeachment. He thinks the
national security demands it- -
Law ts. Cats.
There were two Arkansas lawyers.
Thev were good fellows I mean good
for lawyers and being members of the
church, they were eacli called 'Judge.'
Ad they hated cats 'as country doctors
hate each other..
Court wffS being held in the town of
L- ,and our two judges(Clark and
Thorns) were in attendance.
The town of L consisted of a court
house built of logs, a jail built of logs, a
hotel built of logs, and surrounding for
ests, which wa3 also of logs.
(A friend of mine once wrote a song
about the town of L , bu: I shall not
giFe it here. Suffice it to say, that in
its construction he found it indispensably
necessary to consult a table of log ar
ithms, and that consequently the measure,
figures and rylhm were a complete suc
cess.)
But, to my story. The jail was, as I
said before, built of logs, and without a
foundation. It was a one-story building,
and it was said the prisoners used to dig
themselves out" with the ace of ?pade3.
But I always thought this'ruraor had no
more foundation than the jail had.
But, to my story. The hotel was quite
a large structure, which was currently
reported to have been bjlt at Washing
ton, for the reason that no other com
munity was fixed for doing the log-rolling
required. The partitions which
divide the rooms of the hotel from each
other were of logs, and guiltless of
chinking and daubing.'
(They used to make splendid corn
dodgers at the hotel, the best I ever eat.
In fact, there was but one objection to the
corn-dodgers, and I only discovered that
the morning I left. It is this, the dogs
were allowd to sleep in the meal-chest-)
But, to my story. It had been a hot
day. The judge upon the bench was
hot; ihe lawyers hid warmed with their
subjects until they had become perfectly
fiery; the sheriff, poor fellow, had 'cried'
both at the opening and closing of the
court, and of course he was warm; several
fieri facias had been issued though
many of the nery faces were attributable
as much to a portable billiard saloon,
which was kept in a gallon jug back of
the court-house, as to the weather the
jury had disagreed, and you may be sure
thty were warm, oo, you see, I rcas
rizht m saying it hal teen n. hit .diy.
Supper wai La?t-l7 swallows J, and every
body teinj tired, became urnt-fiYcJ and
sc;ighuest ia sleep..' -
And now, to my story. The beds were
mere 'shake-downs,' six or eight in a
room. Judge Clark lay with his head to
the north, on one bide Judge Thomas
lay with his head to the south, on the
other side of the room. So far as that
ro.om was concerned, it might be said
that their heads represented the north
and south poles, respectively.
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All the other beds in me room were
. w 1 II t .
occuDied. In the middle or tne room
was a comparatively large space of neut
ral ground in which the occupantsof the
different beds had equal rights. Here,
in picturesque confusion, lay the boots,
hats, coats and breeches of the sleepers
There were no windows, and though
the door was opon, there being no moon,
the night was very dark in that room.
And now, to my story. It was a peace
ful scene. The wily lawyers, who had
been contumacious as wild pigs through
the day, were now the very incarnations
of meekness; for when the hungry swarm
of mosquitoes settled down and bit them
on the one cheek, they slowly turned
and presented the other to be bitten al
so. But hush! hark!' A deep sound strikes
the ear like a rising knell !
Me-o-ow!'
Judges Clark and Thomas were wide
awake, and sitting bolt-upright in an in
stant. Again the startling cry!
'Ye-ow! ye-ow!'
'That's a darned cat!' whispered Clark,
'S-cat you!' hissed Thomas.
Cat paid no attention to these dem
onstrations. Only picked herself a soft
er spot on the log upon which he was
setting, and gave vent to his eatisfactun
in another 'yowl.'
Oh, Lord!' cried Clark, I can't lie
here and stand this! Where is she,
Thomas?'
On your side of the room somewhere,'
replied Thomas between his teeth.
No, she's on your side,' said Clark.
Ye-ow-ow-owl'
'There, I told you she was on your
side,' they both exclaimed, in a breath.
And still the 'yowl went oq.
The. idea now entered the heads of
both the lawyers, that by tbe exercise
of certain strategy they might be enabled
to excute a successful flank movement on
the cat. and totally demoralize him.
Pracitcally each determined to file 'a
motion to .quash'kthe cat's attachment'
for that room.'
Each kept his plan to himself, and, in
the dark, unable to see the other, prep
ared for action. - Strange as it may ap
pear, it is nevertheLestrue, that the
same plan suggested itself to both. In
words, this plan would be about as fol
lows: The cat is evidently looking and
calling for another cat, with whom he
ha) made an appointment. I will imi
tate a cat, and this cat will think 'tother
cat's around. This cat will come to
ward me, and when he shall have arriv
pi :within reach, I'll blaze away with
anything I can gel hold of, and knock
the music out of him. ..
So each of the portly judges, noisel
essly, as cream comes to the surface of
milk, hoisted himself onto his hands and
knees, and, hippopotamus-fashioned, ad
vanced toward the neutral ground occup
ping the central; portion of the room.
Arrived there. Judge Clark selected a
boot-jack, and Judge Thomas a heavy
cow-hide boot, from the heap,' and set
tled themselves down to the work. Clark
tightened bi3 grip upon the boot-jack,
and throwing up his head, gave vent Jq
a prolonged and unearthly 'Ye-ow-ow!
that would have reflected credit on ten
of the largest kind of cat3.
'Aha!' thought Thomas, who was not
six feet away, 'He's immediately close
around!. Now I'll inveigle him!' and ha
gave the regular dark-night call of a femi
nine cat.
Each of the judges now adranced a
little, and Clark produced a questioning1
Ow? ow? ow?' Thomas replied by a
reasuring 'Pur-ow! pur-ow! and they
advanced a little more.
They were now within reach, and
each, imagining the cat had but a mc
ment more to live, whaled away, the one
with his boot and the other with his
boot-jack, The boot took Clark squaro
in the mouth, and demolished his teeth,
and the boot-jack comedown on Thomas
bald head just as he was in the midst of a
triumphant 'Ye ow!'
When lights were brought the cat had
disappeared, but the catastrophy was in
opposite corners cf the room, with its
heels in the air, swearing two blue
streaks.
JVolle prosequi epte fed, and the pris
oner discharged, read th? Judge, as he
made the entry.
Then to the Sheriff:
You will discharge the prisoner, Jere
miah Sharp, and commit S. L Springer
to the county'jail, to await the action of
the Grand Jury.' '
It wpuld be difficult to depart"th.9"var
ious changes that came over the coun
tenonce of the man, Springer, during
these proceedings, and totally impossible
to picture the expressions whice lit up
the features of Jerry Sharp. The crowd,
with their cheers of satisfaction, with
the turn of aflairs shook the old Court
House in II to its foundation.
Sonner made a full confession, tn
the effect that his business wa hat f
manafinor the oDerationa of a !?an
horse-thieiroe,- that to gratify his hatred
cf Judge Burton and Jerry Sharp, en-
gjnuered'cy tn9 circun)$'.anc-'3 tei.or3
rehted, he tnd, with the ax i cf the Ut
ter, murdered the former, trr! that, io
conceal his qwn guilt, curui soma
of the victim's blocd in a spectacles' ax.1
poured it upon Jerry's bosom, as he slept,
also upon his boots, at the same tjme jiid
ing the pocket-book in the bed.
I am glad,' concludes his confession,"
as written down by Mr. Burleigh, 'that
I failed in my revenge; and I hope God
has pardoned all my sins.'
The man's penitence wa3 probably
assumed, for the purpose of obtaining a
pardon, for, while lying in jarl, after
his conviction, and after all hopes of
evading the gallows had fled, he succeed
ed m committing suicide, by poison, thus
cheating'Justice of,her due.
Tbe Impeachment Trial.
Washington, April 1.
Gen. Butler claimed that the Presi-.
dent had long intended to violate a cer
tain jaw, and for this purpose called to
his aid Gen. Thomas, a General in tha
army, to take possession cf the War
Office, with the unusual instructions
"you will immediately take possession."
The President intended to do an unlaw
ful act, and Mr. Thomas consented to aid
him, which constituted a conspiracy be
tween the two, and whatever done in
furtherance of this conspiracy was right
fully supposed to be done by the counsel
of both.
WAsnisoTox, April 2J.
Gen. Emory testifies that the Presi
dent sent for him several times to learn
his views about the disposition cf troops.
I told him the strength of each fort. I
was sent for by the President abcufthe
22d of February. The President wanted
to know what changes had taken place
recently. I told him no recent changss
bad been made. I told him under a law
of Congress all orders had now to be
issued through Gen. Grant. The Pres
ident replied, am I to'understand I can
not give anforder except through Gen.
Grant of the Army. I replied that such
was my opinion. The President then
said that tb.9 object cf the law was evi
dent.
The letter of Gen. Grant to the Prai-
dent a&king that the President reduce la
writing the ?erbal order be gave him to
disobey all orders coming from the War
Office. Tbey then introduced the letter
of the President replying to the eame.
The Managers next introduced an
order of the President appointing Go-
Lorenzo Thomas Secretary of War, ad
interim ; after which the order addressed
to Stanton, removing, him from office,
was read.
WAsnirGTOs, April 3.
The several reporters, who reported
the speeches of the President while
swinging round the circle, were sworn
and testified to the correctness cf their
reports, and identified the published
copies thereof.
Tbe President a counsel obiected to ths
admission cf these identified speeches
as evidence in the case.
The Senate decided to receive them,
and they were then read iu evidence.
Thesa speeches, as published, were
many of them correctpd by Col. N. G.
Moore, the President's private secretary
as delivered by the president fcsforj
they were published.
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