Marshall County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 22, Plymouth, Marshall County, 28 April 1859 — Page 1

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VOL 4, NO. 22. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY APRIL 28, 1859. WHOLE NO. 177

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MI OF TU STffi öf 1SMIA, DRASCH AT PLYMOUTH, ID. E. S. ORGAN Tros. ll ARLY, Cashier EAST K UN KXCIIAXOE, Dratu c ncinnati and Chicago (old aud Silver, L cur rent Money and Iand Warrants BOUGHT AND SOLD. IT" Deposit Received and Money Loaned. U Exchange oh Europe bought and sold. TOT Attention sciven to Collection, and General Banking Business Transacted. June 23, IroS. 31 VHEN WILL WONOERS CZASE! IN PLYMOUTH? T F- II A II T M A N & CO II ,v6t;irt(l a new Harnes and iS.t.Mle Shop two door? north of J Brownlee's store, on the E:ist .nlde of .M. chimin. ti ret, at rso G whtrctlMV intend keeping on hand, Saddle? and Harness of all Kinds and will sell hs cheap as the cheapest. Call and examine their stock and work. All "repairing done in order and en short notice. 1 itt If. B. DICKSOS C '"t-'W II- 13 DICKSON" & JO. DEALER IN ,V XI. X "W" j3u 33, of every description, also. Stoves, Tin, S ieet-Iron and Copper Ware Uro' t PLYMOUTH, IND. Edwards & Vanvalkenburgh, DFTAt.ElU is OtS C33 SHOOS, PLYMOUTH IND. it. coät.jx. . . M. A. O. rGK.Rl. COUBIN Ä PAOKAUI) Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. AND JlVstcrn C'Mrrrion .IgentM, PLYMOUTH, 1MJ. Refer to Arcclarias, Bon.nett, & co., N V City; Jon Livixcsto.v, " Tow.v, Smith & Shei.dev, Detroit, Alsch.; rxoit, Hkrdav k co, Toledo, Ohio; M II Norton & co, Chicago, 111; Hon C A Stacy, Teciuneh, Mich; Hon Tuos S Stankield, South Bend, Ind Hnov.V51tf c. H. reeve. . A.C. CA PRO V. R-SVH R WIN, Plymouth. Marshall County, In 1.. Practice in Marshal! and adjoining counties. UEFF.i: TO Bibcock k Co.. Piielr-. I .!" A: Co , N. Y. Couv.FrweH XC... liotild V l5ro. Circa-. Lou-lön & Co . Phil i Cr iff. Bennett & Co.. Pin. Hon. A. L. Osborn , Cire't. Jud;e, Lapore, ln.l. XjjlVST 3STOTICEJ. STANFIELD& JOHNSONr Srivvirrn. of South Bend. Ind.. and A Johnson, of Pivmouth Indima. have associated thf r.i3elre3 M.'i'tii T tor i:ie practice 01 11 , u m tiie Courts of M ir. hall Comity Mr Stanlield will person illy as-iist in lh' m in igement of all litipatcd basin-s OJice in Coruiu's block. nl3v l j. c. osborne n. t. ruiM.ir. OSlK)KTR& PHTL.IIP.S w w J aN i St tA M W V OFFICE First door north of Bovd's Furniture Store. PLYMOUTH, IND. DEALER IN im cuck jpniiffjj fit ft.. KEEP.-i 'onvtantlv on hand Clocks, W , tel. c. BREAST PINS, EAIt RINGS, FINGER RINGS, LOCKETS, c, ic. 0"Clocks, Watches, kc, repaired in the best m inner posibte. jan 7 r 7-tf. 7 PÄlUÜr HOUSE, H. M. HOPKINS PrlOPKlETOa. LA PORTE, INDIANA. V. W. AXTELL, Clerk. jnV- 33!r d. H. CASE, .tijs'iicjf: of tmk pr oh lTAS m ived his ollice one door north of Pierre t Clothing store, near the D.nnorr.it printin office, on Michigan rff, where h will piv promrt ntion fo all claims entrusted to him fo ollctioi., ' ru Justice of the peace or in hijh er courts. . Mncr Ae., nr.mntl v attended to Plymouth, InU .-s.-pt. 9. lSÖ-lStf. swim- Hvm-Tii no" .Shaiiipooiii? S:iIonn, On Michigan st. opposite Pierce's Clothing store vhere the subscriber is ready at all times, during business hours, to do up Shaving, Hair cutting &c., in less time and better style than ever before know n it tills vicinity; and he hopes th it hcrHjiVcr, by a strict tteiition to business, to merit a liberal pattnnage from the citizens generally. ALFRED BILLOWS. ,37-tf. . HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Particular attention paid to Obstetric Practice, and Chronic diseas of Women, and diseases of Children. Office over C. Palmer's store, corner Michigan and Laportestreetswherchecan be consulted at all hours. !-3tf. DR. A. 0. BORTON SURGrB T DENTIST, H AS located in Plymouth where he will be prepared at all times. (Mondays Hnd Tuesdays v'cr,tefi) to prf.nn all operation pertaining to the Dent il profes-io. Specul attei.tbn given to x leansmg th teeth. Diseases of the mouth treated with success. Satisfaction will be given to all who may favor lam with a call. 3 j? Jcrs!,in3-. hg, up stairs-e.,-trance first h til door. may 2o-2Cif. DR. T. A. BORTON, Physician and Surgeon, Office over Pershing's Drug Store, in Dr. A. O Borton's Dental Rooms, Michigan street, east side corner ofGano, where he may bo consulted dur. ing office hours. Dwelling two doors north of theC.urt House, Center st. west side, Plymouth, lnd T HAVE two new and id superior Family CAR t which 1 will sell cnthe Er' -slidc cat-

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tCUe Printer. Amon; the ranks of human kind, .Some go before aud some behind, But mind them well und ou will find, Not hindmost is the printer. The lesson which you learned at school, That you miht not grow up a fool, Had all, in scientific rule, Been published by the printer. How do your Presidents and Kings, Govern so many things? 'Tis by the type, the screws the springs, Belonging to the printer. The fanners and mechanics, too, Would scarce sometimes know what to do, Could they not et a certain view Of work done by the printer. The doctor cannot meet the crooks Of all the cases, till he looks Upot. the pages of the books, Supplied him by the printer. The lawyer for a wit has passed. But high as he his houd may ca.t, He wbuM but be :t dunce at last, Were it not for the printer. Who is it that so neptly 'e'ls. The various goods the merchant scl'e, Inviting all the beaux and belles? Who i it but the printer. The t-lasseol the human race, Of different size of different la.ee Appear in this and every place, Ho obvious to the printer. One sings the bass, one sharps the flats, Bedecked wi;h pantaloons and hats, And long tailed coats and smooth cravats, Of this class is the printer. Th other sings the treble sweet, Adorned w.th frocks and bonnets neat, An looks! howbeautious and complete, And lovely to the printer. 'Tn Hymen's will, of course, you know, These classes should in couples go, And since the world will have it so, 'So be it,' says the printer. There' not a man blow the skies, Who better understands tu prize The tliarnn that grace a lady eyes Than does this viry printer. Young maidens, then, without debate, 'Tis hoped you'll duly estimate, Before, in fact, it is too late. The value of the printer.

Homeward Bound. Of all the ships that sail the sea. Circling the earth around, Tlr re are none that sail so mvrrily. As those that arc homeward bound. Then ;oitrthe wine, and xiur it free, As the tide on thctr.irsfy ground. An I by wave and wine the t ast shall be A home to the homeward hound! Fill high the wine, while the seas flow fist With a welcome to those who come, Though the stars be guiding some at lat, To ship wreck instead of home. But fill, for we'll hail them cheerily, Be life oi death around. And o'er wave and w;ne the spell shall be A home for the homeward bound! Two Scenes from a New Novel. Somebody, we don't know who, says: As the sun rises in the east, and advances thro' the liea; iris arrives about mon at about twelve o'clock, so a cat titling on a grindstone, after 9hc is done mewing, comes down again if she wants to. As the ocean rolling and tempestuous, wrethed majestically as the storm increases, so a dead jackass ain't no 'count 'cc t 'bout twenty -fire cents for Iiis shoes ef they ainttuck off.' Ya.vkfe Boardinu. 'What do vou charge for boarding?' asked a tall Green Mouutain boy, as he walked up to the bar of a second rate holt I in N. Y.,'lnt do you Rk a week for boarding and lod-ing?' Five dollars.' Five dollars! Tint's too much; but I suppose you will allow for the times I'm absent from dinuer and supper':' Certainly thirty, seven and a half cents for each meal. Here th; convemtion ended, and the Yankee took up his it ters for too we;ks. During this tune he lodged and breakfasted at the hotel, but did not take either diuner or nupper, saying his business detained him in an other portion of the ton. At the expiration of the two weeks he went up to the b.ir and said: S'poe we settle that account I'm goin airain in a few minute. The landlord handed hi in his bill. Two weeks boa-d at five dollars a week, ten dollars.' Here stranger,' said the Yankee, 'this i wron-.' How so, -ir?' 'You've nude a mistake! you've not deducted the time I was absent from dinner and supper-four-tcen days, two meals per daj twenty-eight meal at thirty seven and a half cent.", each ten dollars and fifty cents. If you've not the fifty cents change that's due me, I'll take a drink and the balance in cigars !' Don't vou no it. When you are offered a great bargain, the value of which you kuow nothing about, but which yoi are to get at half price, 'being you' don't you do it. When a young lady catches yon alone, lay violent hand on you, expressing 'kiss' in every glance don't you do it. When a horse kicks you and you feel a utrong disposition to kick the horse in return -doa't you do it. If on odd occasions your wife should exclaim to you, 'now tumble over the cradle an 1 break your neck, do' don't tou doit. When you h ive any business to transact with a modern financier, aud he ask you to go and dire with him lon't you do it. Itis not proper for you to play school to-day, dear, font is Sunday. I know it mother, but it's Sunday achool I'm playing!' . m m Tell me, ye angelic hosts, Ye messenger of love. Shall suffering printers hei c below, Have uo redress above? The angel bards replied To us is knowledge given, Delinquents on the printer' book, Can never enter Heaven!' When Jemima went to school, she was asked hy the noun bachelor was singular. 'Because, she replied, 'it is so rery ninguUr thev don't pctmarried:

An old oriental story records that one day Mool la Musccrodeen in a mosque, ascended the desk, and thus addressed his audience: Oh, children of the Faithful, do ye know what I am going to say?' They answered 'No.' Well, then,' ha replied, 'it is of n use for me to waste my time on so stupid a set of people. Next day he again mounted the desk and inquired, 'Oh, true Mussulman, know ye what I am gowgtosay? We do,' said they. Then,' he continued, 'there is no need for me to tell you. The third time Ids audience tho ight they should catch him, and on putting the usual question, they answered: Some of us do and some of us do not.' 'Well, then, replied he, Met those who know tell those' who do not!

Young America. 'Young man,' enquired a puzzled traveler at a point of his journey where the way diverged in different directions, 'which of these roads will take you to Manchester?' 'Either, ?ir; but if you wait nn hour the stage will be along to take you to town for a quarter.' You appear to be a shrewd boy, but not particularly charged with manners. How old arc you?' 'I'm bobbin round in my fifteenth year! and as for being shrewd, tUry reckon me tint way round here. I have knocked the spots off old Dabob, and beat the school mister at 'seven up and parsing, but when you talk about charged with manners, I'm well loaded and rammed too!' 'Have you parents living?' Parents living? If vou mean the old man am' woman no. I thank you, they slid and left me to play the thing alone. With whom do you reside I mean with whom do you live?' Well, thar! if you call living being bound out till you're one and twenty to one of the meanest men that ever sat down to a idled dinner, I live up the hill there, to old Wagoner's who farms it with me and a yoke of roan stags!' 'My young friend, your early culture seems to be sadly neglected. Have you ever enjoyed Sunday privileges?' You'd better thiink so; there ain't a hcdgliog nor a woodchuck within three miles of here, but old Wagoner has the meat and I have the hide and tallow.' What may I call your n ime, my lad ?' 'You can't make any mistake, call me what you have the most of; but my genuine name is AlphCheesbry for quirk they call me Cheesy. But I have wasted more time than common; I cm hear the old man giving tongue, and I must warn off, or the oi l boy will be here an I lick us both; so captain consider me yours, and if you'll eddy round some Sunday, I'll show you fun, or pay the rum!' A Miracle or Hoxestv. At a party one evening several contested the honor of having done the most extraordinary thing, and a reverend gentleman was appointed sole judge of their resect -i ve pretensions. One party paoduccd his tailor's bill with a receipt attached to the same. A buzz went thro' the room that this could not be outdone, when a second proved that he had just arrested his tailor for money he lent h'ui. 'The palm is his, was the general cry, when a third put in his claim. 'Gentlemen, said he, 'I cannot boast of the claims of my predecessors, but have returned to the iwners two umbrellas that they left at my house. I'll hear no m"re, cried the astonished arbitrator, "this is the very nc plus ultra of honesty, unheard of deeds; it is an act of virtue of which I never knew any one capable. The prize is ' 'Hold,' cried another, 'I have done still more than that. 'Impossible. cried the whole company; Ictus hear. 'I've been taking mv p iper for twenty years, and have paid for it in advance every year.' Twas no use he took the prize. There is a chap in these parts with feet so large that when it rain, ho lie down on his back and holds up one foot. It fully an jwers the purpose of an umbrella. As in literature we shall find some things that are true, uul some that arc ne;, but few things that are both true and new; so also In life we shall find some men that are jreat.and omc that are good, bi t few that arc both great and good. Itis thought to be quite creditable to the disciples of Faust that there is not a printer in the New I F, ..... !, ? .l - . V 1 ir.cniunr, anu out one in tne present i,egisiature. The Willmington Journal says that a poor and hard-working mau in th.it vicinity recently lost a valuable cow, a loss which he was ill able to bear. A charitable neighbor proposed to raise a subscription; every one upplauded the human? man; subscription was raised, money collected, poor man expected tobe mad happy, when his benevolent friend produced an old bill against him to just the amount raised, and retained the cash! Largo hearted man, that. The Knickerbocker U responsible for the following: A correspondent in Oitiwa County, Michigan, from whom we are always glad to hear, gives us the following scene in the Mayor's Court at Grand Rapids, Mayor Chur:h presiding. Witness called up to be sworn by the clerk: Clerk 'Do vou solemnly swear Mayor, (with dignity) 'Stop. The witness will hold up his right 1 a;ul.' Clerk 'The man has no right h ind, your honor. Mayor (with some asperity) 'Let him hold up his If ft hand, then.' Clerk 'He has had the misfortune to lose his left hand, a your honor will perceive.' Mayor (savagely) 'Toll him to hold up his right leg, then; a man cannot be sworn in this court without holding up something. Silence, gentlemen! Our dignity must be preserved.' Witness sworn on one leg. . During the search for female compositor itis rported that the following di ilogue took place. Good morning Mr Henpcck. Have you aay daughters that would make good type setters?' No, but 1 have a wife that would make a good devil!' That's part of the sinking fund, as a chap said when a box of money went to the bottom of the river.

FromThe New York ledger. IIUXT OX TIIE HIGHWAY.

FROM TUE HEC0KD3 OF A SHERIFF. BT SVLVANUS COBB, JR. There was a shrewd robber somewhere. The furm-houees were robbed; stores were robbed; the tills of the bars at the wavsido inns were robbed; and people had their pockets picked. All this happened in the region of country between Sidney and Lowstono not a field of vast extent and yet the robber, or robbers could not be found. Officers had searched in every direction, and several suspicious looking individuals had been appichended; but the real one still remained at large. One day the mail was robbed, and on tho next a man had his pocket picked of ten thousand dollars while riding in the sta-e-coach. The money had been carried in his breast-pocket, ind he knew it had been stolen from him while enjoying a bit of a doze on the road. I had been confined to my home by a severe cold for several days, and was not lit to go out now; but as this matter was becoming fo Eerious, I felt it my iuty to be on the move, and accordingly I fortified my throat and breast with flannel, and set forth. I had no settled plan in my mind, fori had not yet been upon the road, and was not thoroughly 'posted up.' A ride of live miles in my own carriage brought rne to fciJney, and thence I nviantto take the stage to Lowstor.e, where Sam Stickney, one of the shrewdest of my deputies, lived. Stickney had already been on the search, and I wished to consult him before making any decided movement. I reached Sidney at half past live in the morning, and the stasre left at six. Lowstono was sixty nv.les distant, so I had a goud ride before Die. During the early part of the day I rode upon the box with the driver, and from him I gained considerable information concerning the various robberies thai had been committed, lie was forced to admit that several people had been robbed in his stage, though he declared he couldn't sec into it. for he hnd not tho most remote idea, even, of who tho robber co'd be. We roached Bonr.ville at noon, where we stopped to dine, and when we left this place I was tho only passenger. A cool wind was blowing, and as I wished to be as careful as possible I got inside, where I had room in plenty. At the distanco of twelve miles at a liali village which went by the name of "Poodle City" we stopped to chango horses, and Iwre another passenger got on board. I had been occupying th. forward seat, as that happened to be wider than the others, and gave me a better opportunity for lying down; and when the new-comer entered he took the back seat. Ho was a young mm. I judged, and not very tall in stature; but so completely bundled up was he in shawls and mufflers, that his size of frame was not so easily determined. He was very pale and coughed badly; and 1 at once made up my mind that he was far less tit to travel than I was. Af.r we had got fairly on our way, I remarked to him that 1 had been suffering from a severe cold, and that this was the first tifiie I had ventured out for quite a number of days. He looked at me out of a pair of dark, bright eyes; and when ho seemed to have determined what manner of man I was, he said 1 havo something worse than a cold, sir." He broke into a fit of coii"hino which lasted a minute or so, and then added "It wont be long before I shall take my last ride ! ' You aro consumptive?' I suggestod. Almost gone with it,' ho replied. Again ho vai seized with a spasm of couching, and when he had recovered from it, he continued 'The disease is eating ma up and shaking me to pieces at the same timo ' He further informed mo that lit had started on a tour for his health, but that he had given it up, and was now on his way home, which place he was anxious to reach aa soon as possible. Another paroxysm ftinzed him at this point, aud ho intimated that ho was unable to converse, as the effort brought on his couh. I had noticed this, and resolved not to trouble him any more, even bforo ho gave me the hint. After this he drew his outer shawl more closely about his neck and faco, and having secured an easy posture, he closed his eyes, and I was not long in following his example. Towards the middle of the afternoon the stage stopped at a small village, where wo changed horses again, and where four passengers got in, Tin broke up the arrangement of my friend and self for rest, as he had to take one of the strangers upon his seat, whihs I took another upon mine, tho other two occupying tho middle scat. The new-comers soon broached tho subject of the robberies which had been committed in that region, and I listened to gain information if possible; but they knew no more than everybody else knew. They had heard all about it, and were inflated with wonder. One an old farmer asked me if I knew anything of tho robber. I told him that 1 knew but little of tho affair in any way, having been sick, and unable to be out among folks. Then ho askod my consumptive friend if ho knew anything about it. The latter raised hiw head from its reclining position, when we heard tho driver, in quick, abrupt tones, ordering some one to get out of the road. I instinctively put my head out at tho window to 6ee what tho trouble wag, and my eyo was just quick enough to detect a load of faggots in season to dodgo back and avoid them. Tho road was quiti narrow at this point, and as tho faggots were loaded very widely, it wa9 impossible for the driver to" wholly avoid them, and the 6ide of tho coach was swept by them 4quito smartly. I escaped without bcii.g touched, but not so my friend. I heard an exclamation I thought rather a profano on? from hi1 lip, find on looking

towards him I saw that one of the faggots had struck him over tho left eye, making quite a mark upon the pale skin. 'Corses on the lout!' he muttered, as he pressed his hand on the pain-spot. 'I'd rather bo robbed a dozen times than receive such a blow as that!' Whereupon an old lady probably the wifa of the farmer before mentioned remarked that it was 'a marcy it didn't put out his eye!' 'These fellows ought to be taken up for loading their faggots out so,' said another of the passenger. 'It'll do very well to load hay out wide, for that won't hurt nobody if it does hit 'om, but faggots is different.' This turned tho conversation from the subject of tho robberies, and it was not renewed again during the day. We reached Lowstone shortly after dark, and I went at once to the residence of Mr. Stickney, whom I found at home. He had been out all day and had made all sorts of efforts to obtain somo clue to the perpetrators of the robberies that were being committed, but without etfect. I cai. learn nothing,' ho said, 'upon which to hang a suspicion. Two stores have been robbed in this plaee, but not a clue can I gain to the perpetrators They must be old birds.' Have you seen Gamblit?' I asked. Gamblit was the deputy at Orton, a town twelve miles distant. Not lately,' replied Stickney. He has been at work'?' I suggested. Yes I am sure of it.' 'Then said I, we will go over in the morning to Orton, and with Gamblit in company we may be able to perfect some arrangement for pursuing this investigation to better advantage.' This met ilfe views of my host, and so we left tho matter for tho evening. On the following morning we were up earlv, and as the stae would take us directly to Gamblit's house, we chose that mode of conveyance, and repaired at a seasonable hour to the tavern for that purpose. When we reached the inn we found the old farm er. who had been one of my fallow-passengers on the night before, stepping about the piazza in a high slate of excitement. He had been robbed of twelve hundred dollars, and he was sure it must have been done in the sfage-coach, for he had slept with his pocket-book under his pillow. He had not thought to look into it when he retirud, but ho ha I found it empty that morning when he got up. He said the

wallet had been taken from his pocket and put back again. As soon as he saw me lie was anxious that I should bo searched I let him perform the op -ration, and thn told who I was, and informed him of my business. But,' said I, 'where is that pale, consumptive man, who came in with us'?' lie went away last night,' answered the landlord, who s'ood near. My fust aim was to satisfy mjself that the old man had been robbed in tho stagecoach, and of thi he succeeded in convincing me. After this my suspicions rested upon tho consumptive man, and I believed, if I could find him, I should find a rogue. Should we go to Orton, or remain where we were? Stickney said, go to Orton first get Gamblit and then make out a programme for action. So I bade the landlord to keep a sharp look out; and also spoke with the driver who had brought mo over from Sidncv, and who was now on -the point of returning, requesting him, if ho saw anything of the pale man, to see that he was secured. The suspicious individual had only remained at the inn a few minutes on the previous evening, and had then gone away in. a wairon which had come for him; but no one could tell what direction he had taken. The coach for Orton soon came to the door; and Stickney and myself took our seats upon the insido, tho farmer having determined to remain where he ivas until he heard something from his money. There were two other passengers on the inside, and two or three on the outside, but they wero strangers to me. We had gone two or three miles, when the driver pulled up before a small farm-house, where a woman and a trunk wero waiting by the garden gate. Tho lady was handed into the coach, and took a seat facing me, and as she turned to give the driver some direction concerning her baggage she threw her veil over her bonnet. Sha was pretty very pretty with rosy cheeks, and sparkling eyes, and teeth that shone in their pure whiteness like pearls. Her hair hung in glossy brown ringlets over her neck and shoulders, and was a type of beauty in itself. I looked at the rosy cheeks again and at her pearly teeth and into her daik, lustrous eyes. My gaza was fixed upon this latter point when she caught my glance, and quickly dropped her veil. At first I felt a little ashamed at having been caught in so rude an act as that of staring at her so boldly; but as tho face was hidden from sight, and I had opportunity for flection, it struck me that I had seen those features before. Here wai a study for me, and I was buried in it nt once. Whero had I seen that face? Was it possible that I had ever known that woman one so lovely and now forgotten her? I t'Mmsrht over all the intimate friends of my wife; but sho was not to be found there. Then I thought over all the pretty girls I had known before I was married; but when I had called th.m all by name I remembered that tho girl before mo must havo been a mer child when I was a single man. It was annoying it made mo provok 1 with myself to think that I could not call this piece of female beauty to mind. I whispered to Stickney, and asked him if he ever seen her before. He said ho had not, and joked me for being so curious about a pretty face. Wo stopped at a place callled 'Turner's Mills,' in tho edge of Orton, to exchange mails, and hero I jumped out to see the postmaster, who was an old friend of mine; and ai I wai reluming to tho coach the

thought struck me to go and look at the trunk which had been last put on, and see if any name was on it. It was marked with the simple initials 'A. M.' So that was all I gained from that source. As I came to the coach-door I approached it from behind, and as 1 cast my eyes up I found that thct beauty had her veil raised, and was looking in to the pos-office, as though anxious tor the miil to come, that we miirht be off. The expression of anxi

ety detracted somewhat from her beauty, and as I looked upon her now, seeing her j face in a different light, I was struck with; a sort of snake-like cast which was perceptible in the whole character of her features. I was upon the point of withdrawing my gaze, lest sho should catch me a second time, when a slight motion of her head rolled tho curls over hci temple, and I saw a feint line, something like a vein, over her lu ft eye. It was a mark a livid scratch where something had struck her. It might have been the stroke of a whip. But, no! I quickly glided back behind the coach, and there 1 reflected. Such a mark as that could be made by a whip, but I was sure that that mark had been mode afaygol! When I returned to my seat in the coach the f iir passenger's veil was down again. Could it be possible that my suspicions were correct, and that the chance had t fins I thrown in mv way a solution of the problem which had vexed my deputies so much? Yes, 1 was sure of it; and the more I compared the two faces in my mind, the rnoie I saw the resemblance. Either those cheeks were painted red to-day. or they had been painted white yesterday. The eyes were the same, the contour the same, and that brow, with its tell-tale mark, not to be mistaken. What's the matter' asked Stickney I feel chilly, I replied. 'I'm afraid I've caught more cold.' Never mind. Here we are. A dose of of something warm will help you.' As Stickney spoke we stopped at the door of the inn at Orton. The driver announced (hat they would stop there fifteen or twenty minutes, to exchange horses, and wait for the mail, and also informed the passengers that they could find plenty of accommodation in the house if the", chose to go in. Will you step in ma'am?' he added, to my beauty. She sail she guessed she would; and he helped her cut, and conducted her O the ladies' sitting-room. Stickney, ' said I, 'I'm tro::i to find out who that woman is.' 'Nonsense!' said he. '1 think l'vo got a trail to follow.' Eh? I rode with her yesterday?' With her?' It was a him then!' She !' 'Don't take that respectable old gentleman's name in vain; but do you stand here by the door, and pop in the moment you hear anything to warant it!' I left, my depu'y in a state of perfect wonderment, and entered the fciuini'-room. Tho beauty was si. ting by a window, gazing out batween the slats of the blinds. She started up as I entered, and let her veil fall. 'I thought this was a private room, sir, she said. Her voico trembled, and sounded unnatural. It may be,' I raturned; 'but that does not exclude those who have business. I came on purpose to sec you.' There was a momentary struggle, and then she appeared as calm as could be. What are you?' she asked. 'I am shcrifF of this county,' I replied. And what do you want with me?' 1 want to know who you are.' Stop one moment," shn said; aud as she spoke she carried her hand beneath her cloak. It was quickly withdrawn, and in it was a pistol, but site had grasped a portion of her dress with it. and before she could clear it, I had sprung upon her and seized her by the arms. But it was a her no longer. By the shades of Hercu les, but theie was more muscle in that slight body than I had bargained for ! However, my deputy 'popped' in tho moment he heard the scntlle, and the beatify was soon secured. The glossy brown hair fell olf during the sculflj, and some of the paint was remoted from the cheeks. As soon as the prisoner was secured I had his trunk taken olf and brought in, and upon overhauling its contorts we found disguises of all sorts, and quite a sum of money, besides watches and jewelry of much value. I made him assume a proper male attire, aud when ho stood forth in 'propria persona,' I found thai he had not only used red paint for tho blushing beauty of to-day, but that he had applied a more cadaverous coloring matter fvr the consumptive individual of yesterday. As he stood now, he was a lithe-built, intelligent looking youth, of not more tha livo-and-twenty; but with a cold-blooded expression upon his marble face, and an ev'l look in his dark eyes. We carried him back to Lowstone, where wo found the money of the old farmer upon him. besides other money that had boon lost by different individuals. At lim he told stratige Stories of himself, but final'y, when he knew that the worst nust come, he confessed the whole. Ilu was from New Orleans, and hail come up hero on purpose to rob. Ho had had two confedciates with him, who had helped him from place to place. One of them had taken him from tho inn on tho night bif mj, and the oilier had brought birr, and sot him down at tho farmer's garden-gate that morning. Wo made pp.irch for these confederates, but they had got wind o their principal's arrest, and were not tobe found. However, we had got tho chief sinnei, and broken up the game. After ho had been fourd guilty, and sentenced, he seem ed to enjoy himself hugoly, in telling how ho had deceived tho good people of our county. Now ho would turn himself again

into the old woman, who had given tho driver st much trouble about her baudbox. Then he would be again the meekbrowed minister, who had distributed tracts to the passengers and picked their pockets whilo they read. Then ho drew himself up into the little humped-back old man, who had been helped into and out of the stage, and robbed his helper while they fixed his crutches for hun. It was funny very and perhaps we miht never have caught him but for tho accident of the faggots. That was not so funny for him: and I doubt if he finds much fun i:i working at our hard stone hammering, hammeting early and late with an inexorable master over hira to spur him up when he lags. i mm I jEfTA singular and fatal epidemic pro vails in Orange Ct. The physicians, from that town and near New Haven, aro unable to classify it or alleviate it, and eay that itis entirely uukuown to the annals ui medicine. Eiht persons have within a taw days died f it, aud others are believed to be beyond recovery. The. attack commences with a sore throat, which soon assumes a form of he most malignant ulceration. and finally the throat swells unaccountably and th sull'yier die. Neatly all that have been taken thus far have t'ied,

and in somt cases i s progress is feat fully rapid, though, death is usually delayed from a week to two weeks af.er thi first attack Most of those who have bc::i attacked thns far have b-en children, and the full malignity of the disease is n t exhibited in the case of adults. ———<>——— ——>The American Railway Times has the following upon English and American Railways: We have twenty-eight thousand miles of road constructed at $40,000 per mile, against nine thousand five hundred miles in Great Britain at a cost of $130,000 per mile. We have a thousand miles of rail road for every million of population; the English have a thousand miles of road for every four millions of population. Our net percentage upon cost, taking the systern in Massachusetts for an example, is 6. 10 per cent, while the English is abbout [sic] 4 per cent. Of the benefits of our system upon the trade of the country, and its social and political influence, w leave for others to judge. Of American machinery and American engineering skill it would be almost useless to speak, when such monuments of its practical value exists in every section of the country; and so widely is it acknowledged, even by our great national competitors, the English themselves. ——>The Democrats elected their ticket n (V.iucr township M irsli all c xi.y. at t!i j iunual election by majorities raagi ig from 121 to 77 the former was given to Mr Packard for Trustee. The people of Flymoutu certainly entertained a very diUViei.t notion of the candidate from uur friend Mattingly of the Republican. PulusLi Dir.iocrut. Of course they did. jTThe mock auctioneers in New York city have agreed, and so i i formed ih Mayor, to be honest in future by selling brass watches as such and g ld wa ches for what they riilly are, and to icfund money in all cases where purchassr thinks he lias been cheated. iT0n Tuesday last, William Andrews was arrested in Troy New Yoik, on thn charge of stealing an umbrella valued at three dollars, from the wagon of Wi.liam Austin, and sentenced toimprisonmetit for twenty-fivo days. Those of easy conscience, especially when it rains, should bear this case ii mind. iC-e?The reservoir of the New Britain water works contains TUU.ÜOO.OOÜ gallons, is 193 feet above the level of the main sfeet, and is calculated to supply evei v building in the town from cellar to gairct without the use of foroj pumps. jtJTThe anniversary of Henry Clay' birth h is a permanent place on ihe calendar of celebrated da) s. In New York there was a very general recognition of the event. Flags were displayed fioni the city hall. Tammany hall, the Astor house, other public buildings and many ships in port. Landlord. Mr. Editor. I'll thank yu to say I set the best table in the city. Editor. I'll thank you to supply my family with board gratis. Landlord. I thought you were glad to get something fn fill up your paper. Editor.--I thought you were Had t gt somebody to fill up your. houu. Poor rul hat won't work both vays. Exit, Landlord, musing. The Louisville Couri-r says the following atrocious pun was pet pe: rated a; a t atalle. hv a young man of thai cry, who had hirherto sustained a character above repr. ai-h: Why is Pocahontas when di give away her last apple like the capital of Indiana? Beeause she is an Indian apid-de. In th confusion which ensued, th puny villain made his escape, and has not since been heard from. I T" n , 1 .liil . . . n I ....... . . . . .... lso, urn i vu ninnts nil o eiidiiv. .... .. 3 Why. Billy?' 'Bftcnuse whn Mam gets sick, you always have to fteh a biby here to squall and make sith a noise,' That's part of tho kinking fund,' a chap said when a box of money went tc the bottom of the river. jt-cTThey have rip peaches at Chatlew ton. S. C, and cuenmbcra at Savannah, Georgia. JtgGren peas, radishes and srawtrries have arrived at New York from Savannah.

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