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BROWNTILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 18T4.
Oldest Paper ia. tte State. I
VOL. 18.-N0. 34
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COrXTT.-
Jetefet
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1-C3
to
5EW GRANGE SONG.
It Is annclent farmer,
And he Is one of three;
He said onto the inlddle man,
"We have no,need of thee.
"This man here makes bis cloth,
And sells It nntome;
Ht buys my wheat, and thus we save
The slice that -went to thee." ,.
Your eyes too dim are growing;
Get spectacles," said he,
'That yon may Eee some higher grade
Of fheat than number three."
The cunning middle man
Laughed eut, "Ha-ha! te-he!
I'pon your back I'll stand and nil
My pockets from the tree!"
Then turned that ancient farm of
The middleman about.
And, with some words of kind advice
He gently kicked him out;
MOEAL.
Middlemen, turn frirrour5ln,
And Tear that farmer bold;
See farther on than "No. 1,"
Or, get your seat "half-soled."
Jot beetle German BJcalc.
BT C. HTSEB, THE HJLTPY OLD MAS.
1 Ukefc glass of Jagor beerven I go out at nlde
I rant It full mid red stuff, and not much of
dot vlte ;
Vnd den I like to took a valk mlt Shennie
py my sldo,
to lee our friends in Duicbtown, vere we go
every nlde.
CHOECs: Oh.dere's vere you see deSherman
bands, und sauerkraut soshweet
And ven dey'vegot delrblcnlcs.you
bed dey can't be beat.
litre's Katy Schwartz nnd Lena Eaer, vot
relghs dree hundred pound.
Vat drink more beer as roll and I, end big fat
Jennie Brown ;
TJafi ven ve take de shwartz brode doun, dots
ray np on the shelef,
End put iom of dot shmeer kase on, you vlsh
you Vos dere yourself.
Cnottcs: Oh. dere's vere you see, etc.
Iaow must go , I'll Inwlte you all ven next
tlmevedo meet.
To come to one of our blcnlcs 1 vas sure It
vai a dreat
Unfi If you cannot And de place, youst oben
your hoses avlle ,
Ton can sbmell the cheese from de blcnlc
ground aboud ten dousand mile.
Chobcs: Oh, dere's vere you see, etc.
PETEE CAETWEIGHT,
THE JOCOSE PREACHER.
i.ec;ciAC portrait kkom life
IX ILLI.N'Oli).
Immense was the gathering at the
Methodist camp-ground near Spring
fitU, on the second Sunday in Sep
tember, 1832. A powerful magnet had
attracted this great mass of people
from their homes in many counties
for a hundred miles around. The new
Presiding Elder, a late arrival from
Kentucky, an orator of wide-spread
and wonderful renown, it was known,
would thunder on that day. The glit
tering prestige of his fame had light
ened far above him. and hence the
universal eagerness to Bee and hear
one concerning whom rumor's trumpet-tongue
discoursed so loudly.
Morning broke in the aznre east,
"bright and beautiful as a dream of
Heaven; but the expected prodigy
Jnid not made his advent. Eleven o'
clock came the usual hour for the de
tonation of the heAvy guns of ortho
doxyand still there was no news of
the clerical lion. A common circuit
rider took his place, and sensible of
the popular disappointment, increas
ed it by mouthing a miserable failure.
The vered and restless crowd began
to disperse, when an event happened
to excite afresh their curiosity, and
concentrated them again denser than
ver. A messenger rushed to the-pulpit
in hot haste, and presented a note
"which was immediately read out, to
"prevent the people from scattering.
The following is a literal copy of that
singular epistle :
''Lear Brethren; The devil has
foundered my horse, which will de
tain me from reaching your taberna
cle till evening. I might have per
formed the journey on foot, but I
-could not leave poor Paul especially
& he never left Peter. Horses have
no touls to save, and therefore it is all
the more the duty of Christiana to
take care of their bodies. Watch and
pry, and don't let the devil get am
ong you on the sly before candle-light,
when I shall be at m- post.
Your brother,
Peter Cartwright."
In fashionable phrase, the reading
of this strange effusion produced
quite & Bensaiion." Some thought
"be man mad ; others deemed the let
to a hoax. But still the effect as to
one particular was unquestionable ; it
heightened and Intensified the public
curiosity ; and such, very likely, was
the precise result intended by the
riter
At length the day closed. The
curtain of twilight fell over the earth
from the darkening sky. God's gold
u fires flashed out in heaven, and
"sen below kindled their pale candles.
The encampment, a village of snowy
tents, with a brilliancy that- caused
every leaf in the grove to shine and
'parkle as if the trees were burnished
wlth phosphorescent flame. It was
hke a theatre. It was a theatre in the
cPen air, on the greensward, beneath
le starry blue, incomparably more
Picturesque and gorgeous than any
sl3e scenery ever prepared within
WU of brick or marble, where the
-rtc of imperial cities throng to feast
their yes on beauty, and their ears
a the music of silver sounds.
, Sot only the altar and the rows of
inches under the broad shed, but the
ntre dimensions of the grove also.
ere crowded to the verge of Buffoca
'(,n The wwrd had been circulated
nat the mighty orator had come at
,5t'Bidthe feverish anxiety to be
cln him augmented more and more.
Presently a form arose In the pul
P'. and commenced giving, out a
vrnn preliminary to the main exer
ts, and everv eye became instantly
TnT61 on the person of the-granger.
Jnaeed. as gome one said of Burke, a
'"&le flash of the gazer's- vision was
!0uKh to reveal the- extraordinary
"'".' although in the present case it
kn , r the afee f truth, be ac
knowledged that the first impression
a? "nMguons, if not enigmatical
bn?i aereeable- H9 figure was toll
v. massive, and seemed even
iu clRanlo than the reality from
rown.mg foliage of luxuriant coal-wf-
,,r' wreathed into long, curl
yinglets. And a head that looked
brow86 M a half-bushel: beetling
&rr o' rU"h ann" craggy es fragment
r, r jlte ''radiated at the base by
o. iiark ftrej BtUFiU an4 twinklimr
like diamonds In a sea (they
diamonds of the soul, shining in a
measureless sea of humor ; ) a swarthy
complexion, as If embrowned by the
kisBes of sunbeams; rich, rosy lips,
always slightly parted, aa if wearing
a perpetual merry smile; and .you
have life-like portrait of Peter Cart
wright, the far-famed jocose preacher.
Though I heard It all. from the text
to the amen, I am forced to despair of
any attempt to convey fin accurate
idea of either the substance or man
ner of the aeroldn which followed.
There are different sorts of sermons
the argumentative, the dogmatic, the
postulary. the persuaslvp, the puni
tive, the combative, '-in ,oHhodox.
blows and knookB," the logio, and
the poetic; but this specimen belong
ed to none of these categories. It was
8m yeneris, and of a new apedej!. It
might be termed properly waggish.
He began with a loud, beautifully
modulated tone, in a -voice tbaf rolled
on the serene night air like successive
peals of grand thunder. Methodist
ministers are celebrated for sonorous
voices, but his was matchless sweet
ness as well as power. For the first
ten minutes, his remarks being pre
paratory, were commonplace and uu-
.iuteresting; but then all of a sudden
his face reddened, his eye lightened,
his jestures grew anihlated as the
waftures of a fiery torch. And his
whole countenance changed to ah ex
pression of inimitable humor; and
now his wild, waggish, peculiar elo
quence, poured like mountain torrent
Glancing arrows of wit, shafts of ridi
cule, bon mots, puns, and side-splitting
anecdotes, sparkled, flashed, and
flowed like hail, the concourse of au
ditors were convulsed with laughter.
For a while, the more ascetic strove
to resist the current of their own spon
taneous emotions; the Bour-faced
clergy frowned and hung their heads;
and all the ol: maldenlj' saints groan
ed as with unspeakable anguish at
such desecration of the evangelical
desk. These, however, soon discov
ered that they had undertaken an im
possible achievement in thinking to
withstand the facetict of Cartwright.
His every sentence was like a watm
finger tickling the ribs of the latter.
His very looks incited to mirth far
more than other men's jokes, so that
the effort to maintain one's equilibri
um only increased the disposition to
burst iuto louder explosions, as every
schoolboy has verified in similar cas
es. At length the encampment was
in a roar: the stern features relaxed
iuto smiles; the Coldest eyea melted
to tears of irresiHtibk merriment. Mo
lier'a bebt comedy or Sheridan's fun
niest farce was iieVef half so success
ful. Tills continued for thirty min
utes, while the orator painted the fol
ly of the sinner, which was his theme.
I looked on and laughed with the
rest, but finally began to fear the re
sult as to the speaker. How, I ex
Claimed, mentally, will he ever be
able to extricate his audience from
that deep whirlpool of humor? If he
ends thus, when the merry mood sub
sides and calm reflection supervenes,
will not the revulsion of feeling be
Wearily to his fame? Will not every
hearer realize that he has been trifled
with in matters of sacred and eternal
interest? At all eveuts, there is no
prospect of a revival to-night; for
were the orator a magician, he could
not change his subject now, and stem
this torrent of headlong laughter.
But the shaft of my inference fell
wide of the mark ; for even then he
commenced to change not all at
once, but gradual as the wind of a
thunder-cloud. His features lost their
comical tinge of pleasantry; his voice
grew first earnest, and then solemn,
and soon wailed out in tones of the
deepest pathos ; his eye was shorn of
its mild light, and yielded streams of
tears as the fountain of the hill yields
water. The effect was indescribable j
the rebound of feeling, beyond all rev
alation in words of portraiture by Im
agination. He descanted on the hor
rors of hell, tili every shuddering face
was turned downwards, as if expect
ing to behold the solid globe riVeti as
under, and fathomless, fiery gulf
yawn beneath. Brave men moaned
like sick infants ; and fair fashionable
women, covered with silken drapery,
and bedight with gems, Bhriekea as If
a knife were at work among their
heart-strings.
Again he changed the theme, nd
sketched the joys of a righteous death
Its faith, its hope, its winged rapt
ures, and what beautiful angels attend
the liberated spirit to its starry home
with such force, fire, and evident
belief, that all eyes were turned to
wards heaven, as the entire congrega
tion started to their feet, a if to hail
the vision of angels at which the fin
ger of the preacher seemed to be point
ed, elevated as it was on high to the
full length of his arm.
He then made a call for mourners
unto the altar, and five hundred, ma
ny of them until thut night, infidels,
rushed forward and prostrated them
selves o their knees. The meeting
was continued for two weeks, and
more than a thousand converts were
added to the church. From that time
the success of Pter Cartwright was
unparalleled, and the fact Is chiefly
due to his inimitable wit and masterly
eloquence, that methodism is now the
prevailing religion in Illinois.
In what college did lie graduate?
Surely it must have required a migh
ty alma mdtef to develop such a Hon "
You are more than half righUiny
good questioner. Petef Cartwright,
like most preacners or ujssect, receiv
ed his education in the great universal
university the fame that produoed
Homer. 'Plato. Shaikspeare, Moses.
Mendelsshon, Franklin that weavef
of garlands from the lightning's wing
Washington and Patrick Henry.
High up on thehighestmountain top.
deep down in the lowest valley, far
out away on the rolling billow, there
h cttnriiAri nnd toiled together, in the
most glorious of all schools the free i
Mchool of self-culture ! " But did be
graduate?" Aye. and nature s oWn
hand wrote his diploma with a pencil
of living light, and stamped it with a
seal of fire the immortal fire of the
genius.
Cartwright became an itinerant at
eighteen, without any learning from
books, save what he derived from the
. . -r-iti -.A nnllanflnn nf
l pages ot nis rioieuu ,.... .-ww.. ...
cdto travel the wild circuits of the
frontier earn ng annually btrt a hun
dred dollars of labors painful as those
of a slave at theoar. But his vocation
afforded him an excellent oppofttmt
ty for meditation-and even reading.
In bis journeys fron one point to an
other, be was alone, vftlr uotbing ar
ound him but woods anf ater-,
birds, trees, mountains, sam "'
and stars, rnese ne miKiit, sou umr
ponder well. Aye, he did more : iie
bought him books of literature and
selence. and pored over them as he
rode along, with au ardor and patient
perseverance socli as perhaps was nev
er witnessed within the stone walls
of a college. Thus he mastered math
ematics, logic, physics, law, and sev
eral languages, ancient and modern.
Oh! believe me believe all human
history there is ho teacher like the
student's own hard-working Intellect,
urged tin to action and guided In its
efforts by the omnipotence of sn un
conquerable will.
"But why did not this "Western
prodigy achieve for himself a more ex
tensive renown? Why did he not
climb to the loftiest stations in the
church? If this narrative be true, he
ought before how to have been a Bish
op, W the least."
The statement of a few facts will
Solve the problem. Let it be remem
bered, theii, that the Methodist Epis
copal Church is A hierarchy, in which
the dispensation of clerical honors
rests exclusively with te Bishops
and General conference of itinerants?
where the laity &hd local preachers
are unrepresented, rind codsequently
have no voice. Hence, in that sect,
popularity, eloquence and other
fihowy Qualities, have never been
found sufficierji passports to the pre
eminent distinction's, b'f authority and
office, but often to the' reverse. The
Bishop's gown must be won by steady
austere devotio'ti, nbt by brilliant ora
tory or profound and variedleaiuiug.
On this perilous rock Peter Cart
wright's lofty vessel was shivered in
to the atoms of a hopeless wreck. He
made no pretensions to superior sanc
tity, nor was it manifested in his con
duct and demeanor, whether in the'
pulpit or in private life. Indeed he
was distinguiahe.l for one very un
clericai peculiarity cotnbatt-iveness
in the superlative degree. His bat
tles, thougn alwa3's apparently on the
defensive, were as numerous as those
of the -celebrated Bdwie. The only
difference lay in this: that Bowie
fought with deadly weapons, while
Cartwright used but his enormous
fist, which was as effective, however
as anj knife or pistol ever forged out
of steel. Let the reader judge from
the following anecdote:
At tiie camp meeting held at Alton
in the Autumn of 1833. the worship
pers tVere annoyed by a set of despera
does from St. Louis, under the control
of MikeFink, a notorious bully, the
triumphant hero of countless fight, in
none of which he had ever yet met an
equal, or even a secoud. These coarse
drunken ruffians carried it with a high
haud outraged the men and insulted
the women, so as to threaten the dis
s lutio'u of all pious exercises ; and yet
such was the terror the name of the
leader, Fink, inspired, that not one
individual could be found brave
enough to face his prowess.
At last, one daj when Cartwright
Gscended the pulpit to hold forth, the
desperadoes on the outskirts of the
encampment raised a yell so deafen
ing as to drown utterly every other
sound. Cartwright's dark eyes shot
lightning. He deposited Mb Bible,
drew his coat, and remarked aldud
'Wait a few minutes, my brethren,
while I go and make the devil pray."
He then proceeded with a smile on
his lips, to the focus of the tumult,
and addressed the chief bully
"Mr. Fink, I have come to make
you pray."
The desperado raked back the tangl
ed festoons of his blood-red hair,
arched his huge brows with a oomical
expression, and replied
"By golly. I'd like to see you do it,
old snorter!"
"Very well," said Cartwright.
"Will these gentlemen, your courte
ous friends, agree not to show foul
play ?"
"Of course they will. They're rale
grit, and won't do nothing but the
clean thing, so they won't," rejoined
Fink, indignantly.
"Are you ready?" asked Cartwright.
"Beady as a race horse wth a light
rider," answered Fink, squaring his
ponderous person for the combat.
But the bully spoke too soon : for
scarcely had the words left his lips,
when Cartwright make a prodigious
bound toward his antagonist, and ac
companied it with a quick shooting
punch of his herculean fist, which fell
crushing on the other's chin, and
hurled him to the earth like lead.
Then even his intoxicated comrades,
filled with involuntary admiration at
the feat, gave a cheer.
But Fink was up in a moment, and
rushed upon his enemy, exclaiming
"That warn't done fair, bo it warn't."
He aimed a furious stroke, which Cart
wright parried with his left hand, and
grasping his throat with the right.
crn'sherT him down as if he had been
an infant. Fink struggled, squirmed
and Writhed in the dust, but all to no
purpose; for those strong, muscular
fingers held his windpipe as in the
jaws of an iron vise. When he began
to turn purple in the face, and ceased
to resist, Cartwright slackened his
hold, and inquired
"Will you pray now?"
"I don't kuow a d d word how !"
gasped Fink.
"Bepeat after me." commanded
Cartwright.
"Well, if I must. I must." answer
ed Fink, "because you're the devil."
The peracher then said oVer the
Lord's prayer, line by line, and the
conquered bully responded in thesame
way, when the victor permitted him
to rise. At this consuramatloh the
rowdies thundered three boisterous
cheers. Fink shook Cartwright's hand
warmly, declaring, "By golly, you
are some beans in a bar fight. I'd
rather sef-to with an old he in the dog
dHys. You can pass in this 'ere crowd
of nose-smashers, blast your pictur!"
Afterwards, Fink's party behaved
with exemplary decorum, and Cart
wright resumed his Bihle and pulpit.
A thousand other iucidents, equally
martial and ludicrous, are related as to
Cartwright's adventures, both in Ken
tucky and Illinois. Many of them
nrnlmhlv fictitious, but those genuine
alone, if collected, would be sufficient
to stock atleast two volumes of ro
mantic reality.
Such was the jocose preacher, and
his blotfranhv teaches us the asighty
influence of circumstances in mould
ing the characters and fixing the des
tinies of individual men. &&d that
splendid genius been cast on the tide
of war. or thrown into the fiery vortex
of a revolutionary era, his name might
have been the signal of.doom to quak
ing nations ; his renown might have
blazed, like a comet, through all time.
But he was born in the wildest moun
tains of Kentucky ; be was taught the
spiritual tenets of Wesley, and edu
cated to regard the calling of a Meth
odist circuit rider as the loftiest on
earth. And so now this, poor sketch
this spark of fading fire as dim.
flickering and evanescentas a shadow
its tltelastray of his glory left below
the stars ; air epitaph by s stranger's
hand' written on sand, wrrfcrrthe next
rain siiai-r obliterate wn iiy a ieai
trembling on a bfastecf limb, that the'
first wind shall blow away fofo the
Letheaq sea forerer
THE OLD CLOCK OX THE STAIRS.
BT HESRT W. LONGFrLlXJW.
Somewhat back from the village street,
Stands the old-fashioned country seat.
.Across Its antique portico, ,
Tall poplar trees their shadows throw;
And from Its Ilalib'E In the hall,
An ancient time-piece says' to all
"Forever never I
Never forever !"
Half way tip the stairs It stands,
And points and beckons with Its handB,
From Its base of massive oak.
Like a monk, who under his cloak
Crosses himself, and sighs, alas !
With soirowful voice, to all who pass
"Forever never!
J ever forever!"
By day. Its voice Is low and light ;
But in the silent dead! or night.
Distinct as a passing footstep's fall.
It echoes along the vacant' ball,
Along the ceiling, alongtbe floor, ..
And seems to say, at each chamber door
"Forever never !
Is ever forever!"
In that mansion there used to be
Frae'hearted hospitality ;
His gVeat ;0reS by the chimney roared.
The stranger feasted at his board ;
But like the skeleton at the feast.
The warning time-piece never ceased
"Forever never!
Never forever !"
There groups of merry children played.
There youth and maiden dreaming strayed,
O, precious hour! O, golden prime!
And influence of love and time !
Even as a miser counts his gold.
Those hours the ancient time-piece told
"Forever never !
lie ver forever!"
From that chamber, clothed In white.
The bride came forth on her wedding niht;
There, In that silent room below.
The dead lay Id his shroud of snow ;
And in the hash that followed the prayer
Was heard the old clock on the stair
"Forever never !
Never forever I"
All are scattered now nnd Sec!:
Some ore married, some are dead ;
And when I ask with throbs of pain,
"Ah, when shall they all meet again,
As in the days long since gone by ?"
The ancient tirae-ie5e' makes reply
"Forever never !
Never forever !"
Never here, forever there;
Where all parting, pain and care.
And death and time shall disappear;
Foreverthere.bat never here!
The horologe of Eternity
Suyeth thls.lncesantly
"Forever never !
Sever faftiv'ef!"
RECOLLECTIONS. OF A ITCXAHA
COUNTY SOLDIER.
X amber 4.
Boland the Bushwhacker.
"You will iepUft Immediately at
Company Headquarters, mounted,
armed and equipped."
"Will I take any rations, Sargent?"
"No."
In a few minutes I was at the Cap
tain's tent, where I found two more of
"the boy b" in their saddles waiting
for orders. After issuing to ub a few
rounds af cartridges, the Orderly Ser
geant marched us to regimental bend
quarters where he reported the detail
from Co. K., and we fell into line with
about thirty-three more men ; a detail
of three men from each company of
our regiment being ordered out on
Borne especial duty'; what that duty
was to be none of us knew. In a few
minutes ah' officer Cdme out of the
Colonel's tent accompanied by a pri
vate whom we all knew as Zack Tay
lor of Co. A., who, sometime before,
hud been detailed for duty in the Pro
vost Marshal's office at Springfield,
Mo. However, we had not much
time for conjecture as to the business.
on hand, for we started Immediately
for the ferry on white river.
The ferry boat would only carry fif
teen men aud their horses, and I was
in the first squad that crossed.
It was about six o'clock in the eve
ning when we (the first squad) land
ed on the south bank of the river, and
getting dark rapidly, in fact there was
just light enough for us to see that
some three or four wagons had joined
nurpurty on the other side of the river;
thinking it would take sometime to
effect a crossing I took a seat on the
bank, to make myself as comfortable
as possible, when Zack Taylor and a
sergeant who had crossed with us,
rode up and said. "Come boys, jump
into your saddles and lets be off." and
away we went 'on the lope,' across
the prairie bottom, up the bluffs, and
through the pine woods over as rough
a couutry as a man would wish to ride
over In daylight, and never halted un
til we had gone about fifteen miles,
making the whole distance in a very
little over one hour. We halted in
front of a large log house, or rather
three log houses connected together,
"when Z-ick fired off his pistol, which
was answered by two lights displayed
in one of'the windows. After posting
sentries the rest of tig went into the
house, and found the occupants to con
sist of the landlord and wife, one or
two children and a lady with her col
ored servant.
The lady had been to 'camps' as she
expressed it, in search of her son and
found him dead. The young fellow
had been seen prowling round our
camp with a rifle in bis hand, and
when ordered to surrender had en
deavored to conceal himself in a cave,
and received a few ounce? of lead for
his folly ; but I soon got tired of list
ening to the maledictions the old lady
was showering Bpmi us, and turned te
Zack to learn the reason of this night
spout, "Come with; ms and 1 will
show you," said Zack, taking a candle
off the table &h leading the way into
the next roonr.
This-room contained a bedstead; a
few chairs ami a ra carpet piled op
at one Bide of the ro'o'm. Oh tfloving
this carpet we saw the body of a man,
his head literally fiddnded to a jelly,
and his face so covered with blood that
it was impossible to form any opinion
as to his looks. I should think he
must have stood nearly six feet high,
and was a stout, well proportioned
man, dressed in our cavalry uniform,
even to the "regulation aptira."
"There," said Zack, "is the famous
buchwhacker, Boland, who made his
brags that he had killed thirty-one
Union soldiers and thirty-two TJniotf
ciUzenB, and for whose body., dea3vor.
alive, there is offered about $SQ00 re-
As we bad plenty of time, (having
to wait for the balance of the scouting
party, and the transporlalidn to .ar
rive,) we adjourned to the next room,
and sitting by the fire Zack gave us a
detailed narrative of the events end
ing in the death of the bushwhacker.
It appeared that the house that we
were then in was one of Boland's
haunts, and in ail probability our
worthy landlord was connected with
Boland's gang; however that may be,
about two months before in some way
or other Bolahd had insulted the land
lord's wife, (a red headed specimen of
womankind,) and she determined to
have revenge, and in accordance with
this determination, she went to
Springfield. Mo., then the 'base of
supplier for the army of the" frontier,
making the excuse to her husband
uud Boland that she was going there
for groceries.
On her arrival in Springfield she
went to the Provost Marshall's office,
and volunteered to deliver Boland.
dead or alive, to the authorities. The
Provoat Marshall wanted to send a
small force" with her, but she would
not accept it, alleging that Boland
would take the alarm and escape, and
take his opportunity and visit a terri
ble vengeance upon her for her treach
ery ; all that she wanted was one good
reliable man. I have before stated
that Zack Taylor was on duty at the
Provost Marshall's office; aud as soon
as he heard of this business he volun
t eared for it, and was accepted.
The next day they started for the
White River, but had to return again
to Spriugfield. having heard thatMar
maduke had gone round the army of
the frontier and was making a raid on
that place.
After the fight there, in which Mar
maduke woa so handsomely whipped
by Gen. Brown with his State Militia
and the 'Quinine Brigade,' they again
started. Zack dressed as a 'butternut,'
and reporting himself to the rebs and
bushwhackers thejr met as belonging
to Marmaduk's command from which
he had been accidentally separated.
As soon aa they arrived at the Log
Tavern in the tvildertiess', the woman
went in search of Boland to some of
bis haunts, (caves, &cf in the pine
ries.) with which she appeared per
fectly familiar, and the second day af
ter their arrival she found him, and
told him that her husband wanted to
trade him a horse for a buggy they
had confiscated on some of their ex
peditions. Boland took the bait, and
agreed to come the next day to dinner.
True to his appointment, the bush
whacker made his appearance at the
tavern the next day, carrying his rifle
and some five or six revolvers in IiIb
belt. On seeing Zuck his suspicions
were aroused and jerking out a revol
ver, he demanded iu no gentle voice
"Who the devil are you." Zack told
him his story of being separated from
Marmaduke's command, with the ad
dition that on account of the Fed's
being at Forsyth, he had been com
pelled to swim the White River above,
had been nearly drowned aud had
taken the chills, which compelled
him to lay over there a few days to
recruit. Boland was evidently not
exactly satisfied, aud pdt Zack thro'
a pretty rigid cross examination ; but
Zack had been well posted by the wo
man, and finally allayed the fellows
suspicion ; when he put up his pistol,
stood his rifle in one corner of the
room, and sat down by the fire until
dinner was ready. During dinner he
asked Zack how many Feds he had
killed. Zack told him he could not
tell, adding lhat he had alwa3s done
his duty. On this Boland commenc
ed 'chaffing' Zack about being tender
hearted, and braging of the number
of murders he had committed.
Whilst he was talking in this mnnnef
Zack thought he could stand it no
longer, aud determined to' shoot the
villain on the fcpot, so stooping down
to pick up his fork, which he had pur
posely dropped, he drew his revolver
from his breast pocket and laid it in
his lap ; but the quick eye of the wo
man, who waer waiting on the table,
aud at that moment happened to be
behind Bolund's seat, detected the
movement, and she telegraphed him
not to fire; and, Zack, although most
stung to madness by the account of
murders aud villanies he was forced
to listen to, obeyed her.
After dinner aa they were standing
round the Are, (an old fashioned fire
place capable of holding a quarter of
cord of wood.) the landlord and Bo
land talking trade, the womau came
into the room holding in her hand a
bar of Iron about twenty inches long
and oneand a half inches in diameter.
Handing the bar to Boland she said:
"What do you suppose this iron is for,
Mr. Boland?" at the sametime giving
Zsck a look which he well understood.
Boland took the bar and after looking
at it for a few seconds said carelessly
it is only Boms' of the mill teans-,"'
and was about to throw it down when
Zack reached out his hand for it, say
ing "let me sesit:?' the busb-srhack-
er handed it to him and the woman
left the room.
Zack played with the iron in his
hands a few minutes, then turning
round commenced knocking small
chips of stone off the fire place, then
watching his opportunity, he grasped
the iron with both hands and struck
Boland on the nead with all the
strength he pBsisgsed, nnd, a3 he sup
posed, killing him with he flrsblew
as bis skull, bone- afpoaioHfete.Jbe
smHfasSJi, The woaisjfc
k.J: UJ (.uA liwS-1
' jat sSSt i . wHB'-
IWsytifcrtlliiniiMjMr-'W- Jtae,
y-hki Wiiygdlte!d fel&w at
last; .no'w-Tve mustget him out-dfthe
wayas. quick as we can, for there is
no knowing hdw sooil -some of his
gang will come in." With the assist
ance of the landlord thuy accordingly
draged Boland into the next room,
and threw the old rag carpet over the
corpse, to conceal it. They then went
into the frqul room to clear away all
signs:of the bloody affair, and to con
sult on what was to be done next, as
it was evident the landlord and his
family would have to move some
where under our protection. Whilst
they Tere thus employed they heard
a noise in the next room where the
supposed corpse lay, and on examina
tion were somewhat Btaggered to find
Bolaud on his. hands and knees, en
deavoriug to regain his feet ; audZack
was compelled to take his deadly
weap'oh once ihofe, and this time fin
ish his work effectually.
Zack then gut bis horse and report
ed as expeditiously as possible to the
nearest Federal post, (our command,
thenafForsythwMo.,) which account
ed for our night raid iuto the wilder
derness; and by daylight the next
moruiug we had the whole part3, in
cluding the landlord's family, with
the body of the bushwhacker, safe
within our lines.
The Missouri Democrat in giving a
history of the life and death of Bo
land some m'ouths since; eaid that
Zack Taylor 'received promotion for
this service, and after the war married
his Colonel's daughter. As far as the
marrying is concerned, "this depon
ent suyeth not;" but I did sometime
afterward see Zack acting as a Lieut
enant in an Arkausas cavalry regi
ment. As to the reward of SS.000. offered
by the State of Missouri itnd private
individuals for the body of Boland,
dead or alive, I can giV'e" no account.
The body was sent to Springfield and
identified & the body of the notorious
bushwhacker. I do not think the land
lord was entitled to any df the reward,
as I think he and Boland would have
answered Byron's description of the
pirate aud his lieutenant
"Arcades arabo, I. e., blackguards both."
LOVE 5JNBODGHT.
Br a. W. LONGFELLOW.
Like Dian's kiss, unasked, unsought,
Love gives Itself, but IS not bought;.
Nor voice, nor sound betrays
Its deep Impassioned gaze.
It comes the beautful, the free,
Thecrown of ail humanity
In silence and f ileitis
To seek the elected one.
Oh, weary hearts! Oh, slumbering eyes!
Oh drooping soul, whose destinies
Are frougbt with fear and pain.
Ye shall beloved again.!
No one Is so accursed by fate.
No one so utterly desolate.
But some heart tllddgiljinknown,
Responds unto his own.
Responds as If with unseen wings,
An angel touched Its quivering strings
And whispers In its son;.
Where hast though stayed so long?
oue sew yose: letter.
The 'fB'eaatffal" Sovr Shoes Kettle
Drains Commerce Hats.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New Yokk, Feb. 16, 1S7L
THE SNOW
8uow in a country fa one of the
mtsst pleasant incidents of life. From
the farmer who has" logs and wood to
get out. to a school-boy who hits long
waited for an opportunity to get out
bis sled, it is a good thing. But kuow
in New York is au unmitigated curse
a curse without a redeeming feature
or a mitigating circumstance. I write
feelingly, for New York is srf&ring
frdm snow at this time. Irast week
a very heavy snow fell as it did all
over the county. Herelt was, nnd is,
frightful. The mou.ent the snow
was an inch deep the trouble com
menced. The street car companies
were compelled fo double teams,
which, as they have just enough hor
ses" for their cars, reduced the num
ber of cars just a half, at the very
time when the cars should be doubled.
Hundreds of thousands of poor peo
ple live, of necessity, three or four
miles from their places of labor. The
-withdrawal of faff the-cars compelled
fully the half of them to walk to
their wretched homes. Imagine a
poor, weak, half-clad woman and
girl walking through six incites of
snow in a blinding storm four miles,
after twelve hours of exhaustive la
bor ! This is what the poor of Hew
York were compelled to do this
week.
As a matter of course the terrific
storm filled the station houses with
the'shivering poor, who, but for these
refuges, woirti have perished in tbe
street. Many touching incidents afe
related. La3t -evening a laborer, with
his wife and six children, entered the
Mulbury Street station and asked"
Captain Clinchy for shelter. The
kind officer put" them in a warm cell,
! when the woman asfced him to be al
&Sr ..
lowed to go bdt and get food for the
the children. Seeing how weak: she
was Capt. Clinchy told her to give
him the money and he would send.
The woman handed Capt. Clinchy
four cents. "What sort of A supper
do you intend to get with this ?"
"Bread, sir !" "Well, you won't get
enough for yourself foriburfcents."
"Thatja 99, bt X muI wy husband
MaiwkhW." HidUier the
few an.AyCatiChyt to a
. ... t ! jesst-5,.,. -- . JtaoS! .!
aatjlwra-and fish, and a sub-
LsertptioH was raised among the men,
all of whwa j:ave their mite tb
assist the poor Tamily. That
night, at- the Accademy of Music,
there was ah Opera-Beats, $4 crowd
ed with people cladin silks, satins,
velvets and furs, and the air redolent
with perfumes. In the gorgeous
mansions up town society w as hold
ing high carnival, eacli vieing with
the other in recklessuess of expendi
ture. What extferiiea ! A family
living on $100,000 a year another try
ing to 'make a supper on four cents!
And all descended from Adam !
FASHION CHANGES.
Fashion is fickle and its Blaves obe
dient. If Fashion decrees bonnets
ten feet high, ten feet high would be
worn, and Should fashion decree bon
nets as fiat as a pie dish, these would
be worn. For several yeurs the fash
ion in shoes has been absolutely cruel.
The shoe was made" as narrow as the
foot the sole much narrower than
the upper, and tbe heel Heavens!
two Inches was common and three
uot uncommon, and It was set almost
in the centre of the foot. Walking
could only be accomplished with
pain ; with such shoes and corns, and
bunions were multiplied fearfully.
But fashion has blundered into a
good thing for once. The new shoe,
which every fashionable woman in
New York must wear, is square-toed;
the soles project beyond the uppers
aud the heel isnoloniy Jroad but is
of a proper length, and set where a
heel ought td be set. This is a shoe
that a woman can walk in and enjoy
it. How eagerly the little dears must
have looked for the coming home of
the first pair of the new style 1 With
what a feeling of relief they must
have flung into the street the high
heeled, narrow-soled tortures that
they had endured so long ! How
like little lambs they ttiust have leap
ed and frisked in their new freedom !
This act of emancipation will bring
well nigh as muth happiness to the
wdrld as that of Lincoln. The chiro
podists (as the corn-doctors style
themselves) will mourn, but there
will be rejoiciug in the feminine
world.
THE KETTLE DRUil
Is the idai folly of this most foolish
city. Do you want to know what a
kettle drum is ? Well, a lady invites
her friends to ber house, from four to
six P. if. Tea is made by the hostess
in the parlor aud each lady takes
a cup thereof to the gentleman whom
she prefers. If he says "Sugar,
please," she remains with him if
not she leaves him. She can only of
fer tea to one gentleman. Now it
will almost happen that some one
gentleman will have no tea offered
him. . The hostess provides a kettle
drum in the corner of the parlor, and
this lucklesB wight must go to thut
drum and beat it. hot loudly,
throughout tbe entertainment, or
until a later unfortunate relieves,
him. The rub-a-dub of the drum
makes just enough noise to enable the
couples properly mated to indulge in
all the soft talk they desire without
being overheard, and the luckless
drummer makes an excellent butt for
all the small witspreserit. The tea is
taken through straws, as male drink
ers in saloons take cobblers and juleps.
By the way, Russian tea is the variety
offered at these entertainments. Rus
sian ted is the ordinary tea, with a
slice of lemmon added to each cup.
How long this absurd thing will last
no one kno?3, but it Is all the rage
now. Frivolous New York has to'
have something uew which is not
profound enough to require thought,
all the time. The spectacle of a full
grown man beating a kettle drum for
two hours is one of exceptional sub
limity. THE COMMEPCE OF NEW YORK.
The merchants of New York are In
sore trouble. Tne fact Is", the export
ing of grain from this city is growing
small by degrees and beautifully less.
Montreal is taking it one side, and
Baltimore and Philadelphia on the
other. For instance the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad and tiie Pennsyl
vania Central have both reached out
to"Toledo, the second grain market tit
the county the latter having built
a branch to llfat city antf a large
proportion of the enormous quantity
of grain gathered at Toledo has been
diverted to these points. Then Tole
do has got into a habit of sending an
other moiety of ber grain to Montre
al, for the Montreulers deal liberally
and fairly with the forwarders. A
vessel loaded with grain from Toledo,
say, goes direct to Moutreal, where it
is unloaded into English vessels, with
nc charge except for handling; and
that charge being reasonable.
Now New York has no facilities,
and no syserif. Grain has to be han-
died in trucks and loaded bv all sorts
of primitive appliances, and beside,
there are charges piled Upon charges"
from the time it strikes Buffalo- till it
gets' upon shirj-board. In Buffalo it
IraLS WbetaSen from vessels into ele
vators, and charges are loaded on it
for elevating, Insurance, and- re-lond-
ing into canal-boats. Then come
the tolls on the canal, and then in
New York the charges for unloading
insurance, carting, handling and re
loading. It Is easy to see why grain
avoids this route as much as possible.
The Cheap Trnsportution Associa
tion of New York are trying to better'
this condition of things. Their Com
mittee on Terminal.Facilities recom
mend the construction of warehouses
of large capacity along the water
front to which freight may be takerf
by a double-track railway, and from
which it may be shipped without
cartage. Several plans for ejecting
are discussed. It is claimed by the"
committee that time, expense, and
loss by weather and theft will thus
be saved. The establishment of grain'
elevators on the river fronts of .New
York and Jersey City i3 also urged,
and of large srehouees for storing
aud buying and selling cotton. This
is well enough, as far as it goe3, but it
is not enough to bold the- trade for
New York. The Erie Canal ought td
be enlarged so as to admit boats of
twice the present capacity, and it
should be kept free to all, without
tolls. Then grain should be loaded
from the lake to the boats, without
paying tribute to Buffalo. This. wKb
the improvements mentioned above',
will restore the trade to New York
and nothing else will. -RATS:
A society has been organfzed in the
city for what? Why to promote the
consumption of rats as food ! One en
thusiast avers that as compared with
rats, squirrels,- rabbits and chickens
are diminutive tubers. The rarisians"
ate them during the seige, and rat
was pronounced good eating. People'
could live eheaply in New York if
they could phiy come to liking rod
e'its. Pietbo.
A writer in a paper at Newbury porC,
Mass., mourns the religious degenera
cy of the times and relates the follow
ing: "There is a bitter sarcasm in the
stiry told of a'uiinisteron our seaboard,
which, thought very hkehy to he hypo-'
thetical, husu terrible under-current
of truth. It id said that in the after
noon service he found but a handful
of hearers, the rest having gone on a
steamer excursion for pleasure. He
eiitered the pulpit and said thus', as
the story goes: 'My hearers, 'I hava
brought a sermon, bul it is useless to
preuch it. I find my duties as a min
uter are very much simphfed ; the
limes are have changed ; there is but
one virtue to be recommended, and
that is money ; but one sin- to be re
buked, and that is poverty ; so your
see my occupation is gone, the min
is try is played out, and I must goto
farming. Receive the benediction.' ,r
When a bitof ostrich feather is found
by a wife in her husbands's beuru no"
one can blame her for being down on
him.
A Western paper isv dead. In its
last gasp it faintly whispered, "Two
hundred subscribers, and only thirty
one of them paid up.
A Detroit female of just twenty-fiyo
was married to her fifth husband late
ly. All the gentlemen are alive, aud
the first four are doing well.
A sophomore says he cannot under
stand how any one possessing what is
generally known as a conscience can
counterfeit a five-cent piece, and' put
on the back of it "In God we trdBt;'
A Boston man was cursing an edi
tor the other day when he fell dead.
Several similar instances have been
latly reported. Men should be care
ful speaking of anything sacred.
Andrew Jackson was accused of bad
spelling, but John Randolph defend
ed him by declaring that "a man must
be a fool who could not spell words
more ways than one."
The impulsive clerk who accident
ally deposits a shovelful of stioW down'
tiie back fo the rural pedesfraln, was
in the drug store, Saturday evening-,
negotiating for a bottle of liniment.
Quite a number of young men in
this citY are attending night school,
where Latin is taught. At least we
judg so. as we saw a crowd the other
evening who had got as far as "Hlc."
''Building castles in Spain, Mr. S. ?"
Said the landlady toSpincer, who was
thoughtfully regarding- his llreakfifSE
cup. " No ma'am." said Spincer,
"only looking over my grounds in:
Java."
Islept In an editor's bed last night.
When no editor chanced tc be.iljjtt :
Andltho'tnsI tumbled tbatcdltor' neat,
How esisily editors He,
Thonsh Shaknpeare positively doth affirm It,
An' I toiIUpuleit may not lliscrtt!t.
Vet I cannot bellve thut winch we cull flour
By n ly other name would smell us w"hejit.
J ude Jeffreys, pointing with bis cnife a't &
prisnner lelore him. observed. "There Is a
creut rozne at the end ot this sliek. "The
man replied, "At which end. ray lord.
An embryo.pnet. who is certainly a close
observer of hhmsin nature, remarks: "Time
m irehes on with theslovv, measured tread of
a man working by the day,"
The Indians have jrnt a now dodge When
thev are thirsty, which Is said to bequlte fre,
queritly.thpy goiritoaKaloon In Depore. Wis.,
sind ak " Schnapps button t This always
brings the dririk". as the saloon keeper is'
bbiind to believe they are Germans.
A veteran ooserver says that Old frlendr
nre like old boots'. Wt nijyer realize how per
fectly ttiKV were ft t ;l to lis till thnv uhrA rifsc
j anide. and others, finer and rsnre'scjrjni per
haps, but crarn ping nnd plncHing In every
corncr.are subslttulelf.
. J runner" for a Milwaukee house, was. a
few days aijo, in La Krose. anxious to get
across the river on the Ice. but was told U
was dangerous, ho he got on his hand and'
knees nod crawled acoss. hauling m skiff1 on
theicetniiPt Into In ra.se tlie-ice broke. Aller
he hail crawled about half way across.- and
was tired and discouraged, he tfeard a
noKe behind him, nnd thinking ttirfce was
breaking be st on Ills knees. Just a. load of
wood eune np behind him. The Ice was a
foot thick, and some other runners had play
ed it on him. He Is searching-for the fellow
who told him the Ice wasthln.
A correspondent or the Jackson QIIss.T
iVec. tells how Gen. Jnckson got his- llile of
Old Hlkory. He s-iys U3 jjot the story from.
Capt. William' Allen, a. near neighbor of the
Gen. and who messed with him dnzln? tne
Creek war. Daring the carnpalgn'the sold
iers were ranvms rapaiy to sarprise me
Indians, and were without teats. A cold
Mnfnh mln- carrfe on mlnsled with sleet'
I which lasted for several days. Gen.Jacksorr
I a .1 I Jl.l -. .
cot a sever cold, but did not complain n ho
tried to sleep In a muddy bottom arnonj: hi
half frozen soldiers. Cnpt Allen aud hi j broth
6r John cut down astout hickory freer peel
ed off the bark, and made a covering for the
Gen.who was with difficulty persuaded to
crawlintolt. The next nrornln a drunken
cltizerr entered camp, andseelnsr the tentr
kicked it over. As Jackson crawred' from1
tbe ruins, the toper cried. "Hello.Old; Hick
ory! come out of that, and Jlne U3 in a
drink;'
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