Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1869 — Page 1

X OFFICE IN SPITLER’S BTnWKft. OTPbSITK _ _ _ ths court house. wtw*^ Cl^ *° ortar in good style ■• »- ’•'** »I

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Selected Miscellany.

-jwKeri* .. . wJS®S%lgflt,.jnelucltng the driver We han iSt sp'Vfceu,‘frying the pannage of the Iqpfasjx, sjfl'ep the jolting of the hagß/-- veh)ct*<mr.-the roughening road last poetical quotaSp* Tut'tall man flestde the Judge was ai?ean passed through the swayingrtUgp and hi« .head resting upon it—altogether a limp, helpless-looking object, «*• HwhaaMtaaged himself and been cut doWwjtoaoMte.* <he French lady on the baeft ’seas- Was'aeleep, too, yet in a halfoorisoirttrt propriety x>f Attitude, shown even taflthw-disposition of the handker chief WticltMe hsM-tOher forehead-and which batgHiy Veiled her face The ladv from 'Virginia Citv,' travelings with her husband; ha# MnJr shire lost all individu ality in a wildnoufqsion of ribbons; Veits, furs and*sHawls. There wh’ bq sound but the rattling of Wheels and the'drudi of rain upon the roof., the stage stopped and wn becwiid dHriily aware of voices. Thq. driver was yyiden/ly in the midst of 1 Wn’ mreltieig coll< qu v Vi th home one jrt ad !*^;TlMdyfM’VK' c K such fragments as “ bridge gune. t wen ty feet of water,' 1 “ can’t pa-s;’*»WM4o^h- > alonallya dtetiwguiohebfo' above the storm 'Then came a lulLjtfuLthe, musteriouß voice from the r-wmliDei XlAparting oJ f ' v- ; *: We caught a glimpse _of leaders as the vehicle slowly turned, of a horseman vanishiffJftßlfoligh the rain, find we were evidently on wur way toufn/gfes’. Who and where Was Higgles? The Judge, qu^MUioriUr>>did r ,nv» reqaembei the name, and Ae kjfeW'the' Cohut/y tflor' oughlyF’T'Phb''Washed* traveller thodght Miggles must keep a hotel. We.qnly knew that we were stopped by high water in front andmar, and "that Miggles was out rock of refuge, splashii g through a tangled'fiy’road, scarcely wide enougfl.for.lhe stage, and. we drew up before a barred* AnH boarded gate in a wide stone vtBUM fence about- eight feet hiihr EvidenEy. Miggles’, and evidently Miggles did not‘keep, a fiqfel. The dttvjai* ffotllolvn and tried the gate. It was securely locked “Miggles! O Miggles!” ~No aWWer. 1 — —: “ Migg-ells! You continued the driver with risingfj/ratS.' But norf pljrpainc from-the apparently insensate. Mirrlesy The Judge, who had finally •‘gm ftfc win Wow down, put his head out and propounded a series of questions, which if answered categorically would have undoubtedly 'elucidated the whole mystery, flip; j wflictr jhe driver evaded by replying that “If we didn’t want all night We had better out for Miggles." Bo we rosb dp aiid called on Miggles tn chorus. Then separately. And when we had finished, a Hibernian-feUow-pasrenger from the roof c illef Iforr “ Maygells!” whereat we all laughed. While we were laughingkhkirivM- cried' HBhotrf”' We liswwd. lTp-ow<- infinite amaze-, meat the ‘chorus of “Miggles ” was re peated from Ufa'other etale of tHe Wall, even " Extraordinary echo," said the Judge; “ Extraordinary d—d skuutl ” roared the driver, contemptuously. ‘lCome out of that. Micg'es, A*d-ib^w‘yourVlf! Be a man, Miggles!. pon.’t.htde in the dark; I wouldalv. If k;were.' you, Miggles,"! con-' tinued Yuba Bill, noy dtpupng alwut m an excess of fury. ■ “ MigidiC” ! cdntinutid the toioe, ho • man! Mt Myghalj f” said the the ’asperftfes of -the name m much a» possible. “ Consider .the inhospitably' of refusing shelter from the indleniMiey bQtho weather to helpless burst dPTiuglrteiV drownfed Ids voefc. Yuba Bill hesitated no longef, . Tailing a heavy stone from the roAd, “he. nattered down ttwpiter.'fflidj 'wtth the expressman, entered the encloswul .We followed. Nobody was to be sedp?' In the gathering darknMsydlJJratff e could distinguish that wiwifrtnlf^Jgariren—frpm’the rosi |j»inuUj “ " aAkedi shortly who feu ih e I‘ioneei Stage Oom:3£>&!£kM»Nr" trnny hfdn’t jmu better go lawk andjdl in th<&tffaqn at its eil WhdP’hetwalU, ewi ously yaperiff, and I > r i II gMPNWI t s Qlottif|Mtyat tetMj together into the room, afledfrftkb End expressman. v A

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOL. I.

“Hello, be you MiggleatH«uid>Y«b» Bill to the solitary occupant, r • « > The figure neither spoka iDOR Stirred. Yuba Bill walked wrathfullyr toward it, md turned the eye of his coach lantern u non its face. I* was a man’s face, prematurely old and wrinkled, with very large eyes, in which there was that expression of perfectly gratuitous solemnity which | had sometimes seen in an Dyd'S- The large eyes wandered fropj Mpfs faqe.tb the lantern, and finally fixed Um'y: gaze on that luminous object, Tdrther recognition. -Ml* Bill restrained himself with an effort. “Miggles! be you deaf? You ain’t, dumb, anyhow, you know; ’ and Yuba Bill shook the. jnyenaate fig««rfeS'lftf shoulder. To oqf great dismay, as Brfl removed his hand, the venexMe stranger apparently collapsed—sinking into his size and an undistinguishable heap of sppeidingly at us, and hopelessly* rewriig front the contest The Judge now stepped forward, and we lifted the mysterious vibrato back into h a original position. Bill ‘Wat dismissed With the lantern to reconnoitre ont-‘ side) for it was evident that from the helplesshess of this solitary man there mbSt be attendants near at hand, and we all drew around the fire. The Judge,' #hd had regained bUAitthorWlwd hHd deVeirdoet his conversational amiability—standing "before us with his back to the hearth — charged us, as an imaginary jury, as fol lows:

} It is evident that ( either our distinguished friend here has reached that condition described by Shakspeare as “the sere and yellow leaf,’ or has suffered some premature abatement of his mental and physical faculties. Whether he is really the Miggles— f< Here he was Interrupted bv “ Miggles! O Miggles! Migglesv! Migl” and,in fact, the whole chorus of Miggles in vefyntuch the same key as it had once before delivered unto us. z We gazed at each other for a moment in some alarm. The Judge, tn particular, vacated his position quickly,'as the Voice seemed to come directly over his shoulder. The cause, however,"was soon discovered in a large magpie who was perched upon a shelf over tha fire-place, and who immediately relapsed into a sepulchral alienee, which contrasted singularly with his pre vious volubility. It was undoubtedly his voice tiMch we had heard in the toad and our friend in the chair was not responsible for the discourtesy. Yuba Bill, who re entered the room, after an unsuccessful search, was loth to accept the explanation and still eved the helpless sitter with sue picion. H > bad found a shed in which he had put up his horses —but he came bach 'dripping and akep’iqal. “T>ar aint no itjody but within ten miles ot tbe shanty, anS tint **r d—d old skeesicks knows it.”

But the faith of the majority proved to be sechrefy based. Bill had scarceh ceased growling, before we heard a quick :a»ep upon the porch, ths trailing of a wet sfkirt,' the *do t was flung open, and with a flash of white teeth, a sparkle o’ dark eyes and utter absence of ceremony or diffl lence, a young woman entered,“ shut the door, and, panting, leaned back against it. “ O, if you please. I’m Miggles 1” And this was Miggles I Tbis brighteyed. full throated young woman, whose wet gown of coarse blue stuff could not hide the beauty of the feminine curves to which it clung; from the chestnut crown of whose head—topped by a man’s oil-skin sou’wester—to -the little fleet and ankles—hidden somewhere-in the recesses of her boy’s brogans, all was grace—this was Miggles, laugUng at us, too, in the most airy, frank, off-hand manner Imaginable. “ You see. boys,” said she, quite but of breath, and holding one little hand against her side, quite unheeding the speechless discomfiture of our party, or the complete demoralization of Yuba Bill, whose feat pres had relaxed into an expression of gratuitous and imbecile cheerfhincss—- “ You see, boys, I was mor'n twp miles i>way when you passed down the road. I Ihoui’ht you might pull up here, sad so I ran the whole way, knowing nobody wa c at home but Jim—and-—and —I’m out of breath—that lets me out.” And here Miggles caught her dripping oil-skin hat from her head, with a mischievous swirl that scattered ashower of rain drops over us; attempted to put back her hair; dropped two hair-nfaos in the attempt; laughed, and sat down beside Yuba Bill, with her hands crossed lightly on her lap. The Judge recovered himself first, and essayed an extravagent compliment , “ I’ll trouble you for thatlhat. bar-pin,” baid Higgles, gravely, tfalf a-flozen hands were eagerly stretched forward; the missing hair-pin was restored, to, its fair owner; and Miggles, crossing the room, looked keenly in ths face of the invalid. The solemn eyes looted! JMTk »' hers,'with all expression we’'had "never seen and intelligencMeemed to strn|MH*fm k into lhe fnce Miggfl|BMPed again—it was a strfgularly el quemflWgh—and turned her black eyes And white teeth once more toward us. .«. “ This afflicted person is”— the Judge. ' “ Jim,” said Higgles. “Your father?” “ No.” “Brother?” ■ “ No.” ~ “ Husband ?” M'gglee darted a quick, half-defiant elance at the two lady passengers who T had noticed did not participate in the general masculine admiration of Miggles, and said, gravely: “No—it’s Jim.” There was an awkward pause. The lady passengers moved close ,t»< each r.other. The Washofi husband looked abstractedly at the fire; and the top rite tap irently. turned his eyes inward foju-aejr .support at this emergency. But M'gglee* laugh,.which wad yery Infectious, broke the silence. “ Come/ she said, briskly, you must be hungry.. Who’ll bear a ha ßheha h d*n n ofack of volunteers. momenta • Ynba Bill was - engaged Ifke* Caliban in bearing togs foftMs Mirondwr the axpreSSdan was grinding ktJKe'citi -the verandah; to my>elf the -arduous duty of slicing; hteon was assigned? san ; the Judge lenttteji man hi* gbod-hutnqrtd ‘and vaJusWa.counsel And when Miggles, assisted by the Judge and our- Hibernian .“deck passenger” set the table ‘WfirhaH the avMlable crocked., wb i iquite JnyoM, in spitfi of the rain lhat beat 1 Who wbWperedtogCtber in the corner, or ithe mtepfa WW tinfawd W wrtHeal and btaun m usrot.vdla

RE&SEELAEr, JASPER tWNTT;’ ‘ INDIANA JUNE

were papered with illustrated journals, arranged with feminine taste aml discrimination. The furniture was eitetopcrjted; and adapted from candle boxes and packing gases, and* Catered Wittt*gfiy caHdr< or the Skin of.Sbihe animal. (The -arm-Chalr pf the helpless. Jim .was-an ingenious va nation'of s’ flour barrel.' - There was neat*, neps Sfid ewn a taste, for to be.seen in the few details ol the long low room. think, owing to the rare |aqH of Miggies.in guiding the qqnyetfiation, asklng. aU.tbe. questions herself yet bearing throughout' a frankness that rejected the idea-of any conroalmeht oq’Her opn part.' So that we talked, pf durtelves, 6t opr proapSEtsf of the Journey; of the weather, of each mh er ~°f every thing but «n hosWhdhostess. It • tnnati> be- confessed that Miggips’ conversation was never elegant, rarely grammatical, and thst-at tims« she -uted expletives, the use of which had geaerally been yielded to our sex ’But they were delivered with such lighting upof 'teetn atid ’eyes, and ’were usually followed by a laugh—a lajughpe ulwr to Higgles—so frank and honest that. fr., seemed to clear the moral atmosphere. ‘ o<nce, during thp meal, we heard like the rubbing or a heavy body against the outer Wills of the house. This’ wes shortly followed by a scratching and aaiffling At the door. That's Joequin,” said Higgles, in -reply to our questioning glances;“ would you like to she him?” Before we could answer she had opened the a' half grown griz zly, who instantly raised himself bn his hauhchCs,’ with hiA firepaws hanging down in a pbpuWMtithfl# of iretfdieanoy, and looked at Higgles, with a very singular resemblance in liis manner to Yuba Bill. “That’s my WatctfMo%,” said Miggles in explanation. “O, he don’t bite,” she added, as the two la ly passengers fluttered into a corner. “ Does he. old Toppy !”—(the last remark being ad Jrsssed directly to the sagacious Jogqfiin) 7 1 tell you what, boys,” contiuue<L Mia. gles, afterttft Btet fed And tlosedlhadfiorj on (7>m Minor, “ You were in big luck i hAt Joaquin wasn’t hanging round When you dropped in to-night.” ’• r

“ Where was he?” asked the Judge. “ With me,” said Higgles. -“ Lord love you; he trots round with me nights like as if he was a man.” ' ’ We were silent for a few moments', and listened to the wind Perhaps we ail had' the same picture- before us—-of Miggles walking through the rainy woods, with her savage guardian at her side. The Jadge, I remember, "said about Una and her Ufrai'but’ Higgles' rec ived it as she did otheY compliments, with quiet gravity. Whether she was altogether unconscious of the admiratioa she excited -she could hardly hare-been oblivious it! - Yuba Bill’s adoration—l knew not; but her very frankneds suggested a- perlpci sexual equality that was cruelly humilfat mg to the younger members of our party. The incident ,qf the bear did not, add, anything in Higgles’ favor to the opinions of thou of her own sex who were present.. In fact, the repast over, a chillinesa gadi ated from the two lady passengers, that no pine boughs brought in by.Yubi BtU. and cast as a sacrifice upon the hearth could wholly overcodfo’* Higgles' Mi'll; and suddenly declaring that it was time to “turn in?’ offered to show the ladies to bed in an adjoining room. “ You, boys, will have to camp out here by the are as well as you can,” she added, “for thar aim but the one room.” Our sex—by which, my dear sir, lal lude, of course, to the stronger portion of humanity—has been generally relieved, from the imputation of curiosity, or a fondness for gossip. Yet lam constrained to say, that haidly had the d xi/ qlosefi oi? Miggles thahwscrowdid together, whis pering, snickering, smiling and exchang ng suspicions, surmises and a thousand speculationain regard to our pretty hunt ess and her singular c >mpaimm .1 fea< that we even hust led tha* imbecile para lytic, who sat like a voiceless Memnon ir. our midst, gaaing, with Uje terens infof ference of the past with his passionless eyes, upon our wordy ooancils. In the midst of bur exciting discussiofi the door opened again, and Higgles re enter* d. But not, apparently, the same Miggles who a few flours before Juul sashed upon us. Her eyes were aownCast, and as she hesitated for a moment oil the threshold with a blanket on her'arm, shfc seemed to nave leftbfeflifidltet thefrunkteark ssnest. which had chlrmea Ms a ntoment before - Coming into, the room, ifl'e tlrew a lovtstool brsiiie«i3p«w t "9’sdlair.Bkl.dosvn as we’re rather crek d'M; Ufrstoff here tordgflt,” took the invalid’s withered hand in het oMfb and turned-her eyes upon the dying fire. An instinctive fading that this was only premonitory to more con tidential relations, and perhaps some shame at qux previous curiosity, kept us silent The rain >tfll beat upon the roof; wandering gusts of wind stirred thembers into momentary.ty-igfltnw, until, in a lull of the Mfgiles sud detdy lifted unhet heacLard thrpjvihg net hair (wef ntr shou’deY, turned her face upon .U»e : • , w . “Is there any df you that knows mq?" , There was no reply.. everybody-had tbe right to know me. 1 kept tbe Bqjka tifilWP I <Mne to Jive with Jim. • JPhat’a mk years ago. Perhaps r The h di<c«nciKrtbd her: She turned her head to I the fire again, and it was some seconds be fore sbe again spoke, and then more rapidly. i > . “ Well, you y Jpi mutt have kndwnraffi »■ KRiete * n« grea l hand in both of heM te shedpoke—“ used to know mar if you-didn’t, and spent a. ' heap of money upon me. I reckon he •pent all he had. And one da,—it’s six years tgo thia winter—Jim came into my room, sat down on my sofa, like as HU of a heap, and neve? sqemed to know jiUhat ailed him The Wto« teme and •aides how it waiCaused All tupng of his a*ssft*aCw They advised me to mui<l him td FHuco to the hospital, f. r,he wu no. gwd to anyhSs“?t w’MfilXn t ’e’&fpeP niy busineM and bought this yfer be-

.OUJrt'-xbOlflNTHt'Y •-MfcWlAroQiPJt ( If liipW--'

• 7, , -me*— ■ ..*■ travel, you tee, and:l-brought.my baby’ here” tyith » woman’s intuit!ve tact and poe-try,-sbe had as she spoke slowly shitted herboshton so as to bring the mute figure of the ruined -man between her and -hertn theeha’low behinddt —*»s if offered it aan'taolfapology for hfir attlfms. Silent and expresMo- less, it vet spoke for her; helpless, crushed and MniUatfWttfc'thexßtVirw tbunderbalV it still' stretched • an invisible arm around -itajr. Hidden In<he.darknessi but still holdtog his hand, she Went on : “ It* was a loti g tjidte fl-fort'T .could get the hapg of thuigii. about for I was used t 0 company and excitement. I could n> get any tfomatf lo flelp me, and a man fdursei’t trust; but wflat with tbe liidlfairs hereabout, who'd do odd jobs for me, and. having' everything sent from the North Fork, Jim fcnf i; niimage (p worry through. The doctor would run up from Sacramento once* th awhile. - He'd ask to see ’Higgles* baby? as’he called Jim, and When he d go away, he’d say, ,* Miggles ymi’re a trump—God bless you ;’ and it didn’t seem so lonely After that. But the last time he was here he fiid, as he opened the door to-go; ‘Do yoi»-know, Miggles, your baby will grow up to be a man yet and an'ttmbr tohis mother;. but not here, Higgles, not herel’ and I thought fle went fcww sad—and—and” —and here Higgles’voice and head were somehow both lost completely,lit,the shadow. r

“ The folks about here are very kind,’ said: Miggles, after a pause, coming a little into the liglt again. “ The men from the Fork used to hang around here, until they foetid they wasn’t wanted, and the women are kind—and don’t Call I was pretty Jqnflly pn|il I picked up Joaquin in the woods yonder one day, when he wasn’t "o high. aQ d taught him to beg for his dinner; and then thar’s Polly—that’s the magpie—she knows no end of tricks, and makes it quite sociable of evenings with her |alk, and sp I don’t feel like as I was ’he .only living, being about the ranch Anr Jim here,” said Miggles-, with her old i*us A again, and eqmtog 1 ou( quite into the i [relight, noys, you would admire to see how- much -he knows for a man like him. Sometimes I bring him flowers, ami he looks at ’em just as natura ae if be knew ’em; and times, when we’re sitting here alone, I read him those things on the wall; Why Lord!" said Miggles with her frank laugh, “ I’ve read him that whole side of’ the house this winter. There never was such a man for reading

“ Why?’ asked the Judge, “ do you not marry this man to whom you have devoted ydnt youthful life ?” V Well," you see,” said Miggles, “it would be playing it rather low down on ritn; to take advantage of his being so helpless;' And then, too, if we were man and wife, how, we’d botfl knowthat I was bound tq do what I do now of m> own >cci>r<l ” “But you are young* yet and attractive—’’ 9 it’s getting late,’’ said Miggles, grave ly, **and you’d better all turn to. Good night, boys;" and throwing,, tie blanket >v< r her. head, Higgles . laid herself down beside Jim’s chair, her-head pillowed on he low stool that hqld hts feet, and spoke no more. The fire slowly faded from the heArlh ; we each sought our blankets in silence; and, presently, theye Mas no sound in tbe long room hut thqpattering of the rain upon the roof, and the heavy breathing of the sleepers. , ‘ ' i ;“ It was »ea»iy morning when I awoke from a troubled dream. The storm had passed,._t.he stars were shining, and through the shutterless window the full uiodn tJ li£tog it»etf over the nolemi» pines wiihoUfllhMed into tbeTooth. It touched the lonely figure in tha ehair with an infinite c'lmpateion,. anfi stemed to baptize with a shining fl.iod tha lowly head of the •*rnhan whose hair, ah in the-sweet old story, bathed ths faet af.hiur she loved ,ft even leqt a kindly poetry-to the rugged rfutlippto' Yuba Bill,half reclining on his. elbowbetween them ants ms passengers, with savageiv-patient eves keeping watch and ward. And then I full asleep, and only wdkhMt broad day,-with Ytoa-811l standing over me, and “ All aboard” ring-ing-in my IsWk »r ; T: 2. Ooffee was waiting for us on the table, but Miggles was gone We wandered abotat the house and lingered long after tlie horses were harnessed,.but she did not return. It was evident that she wished to avoid a formal leave-taktosr, and. had go ‘ Ifcft us to depart as we had come. After we had helped the ladies into the coach, we returned to the house and solemnly shook hands with the paralytic Jim, as solemnly settling him back into position ifter eato hand shake. Then we looked for the last tithe around the long, low room,'at the itool where Miggles had sat, anij slowly took our seats in the waiting c iach. The whip cracked, and we were < fl’| , • ' ’. •' But as we reached the high r< ad Bill’s dexterous hamd the six horses back bn i heir haunches, and the Stage stopped with a jerk. FdT thete, <in a ilttTe eminence be side the road, stood Miggles, her hair th ing, her eyes sparkling, her white handkerchief waving, and her white tee’b , flsshjng a last “ good bye.” We waved oqr Hats in return. And then Yuba Bill, U if fearful of further fascination, madly IJtebeii his horses forward and we sank wack iu .our seats. We exchanged not a word until, we reached th« North Fork and toq ( »Uge'draw up ct the Indapend eupe Hi >use. Then, the Judge leading, we smikedtoto the bar-room and took our glasses at toe bar, k ‘*Are your glasses charged, gentle lent" said the Judge, solemnly taking off is white hat. bSB 1 -* to Migglex, Gon knows ?—owr

Jeff. Davls’ Successor.

Tint negroes on Jeff Davis’ plantation seem’to tie getting along very Well with out tho “ kind care" and paternal regard of old teassy?’ A Correspondent who ncentty 'visited the plantatie® telle us whjtt he suW:* 1 - “ ThdWiMfrrgli all ternate Mthey were when J< ff left, except a few negro quarters , list Have been torn down. An old negro that used’to l>e one of Jiff’s slaves now l leaee|!jie for toil thousand dollar* a year, and hire* a hundred and fifty hand* to:workft; Not a Whttd 'mfcn’ls to be teen Jbout the place. Stringe as it ImaX-jnto Mr,.Dart< hi. dlifsltvel. making pjouey fast, ahd feels as proud ci several thousand acres (.planted to cotton,

"produced to run a miJUia Lowell- for several Jkteks. *We jw lets ole Massa Jeff make political speeches; an, we’ll see dat de bnjton grows,’ said Aha, darkey who »bowedjK<sut, and wiiHlad a queer babit«rah<ering the whites';of*hfa eyes whenever Jyffyrson Davis wunMintianed "Golly, who*a sposed’dAt dis Cflfle woujd ben free and'libln on' dis yfef plantation wid my Dolly dar? Yah ! yah I yah ! ole Jeff ’sf cun> to grief; shualv He’d be hoppin’ toad, dough, to see dis yer nigger here. Yah! yah! yah!’ We left him laughing on the shore, and moved off to tbe boat, moralizing upon the mutability of human event*.” v k I.ig . . -r- _

Adventure of a Boston Man on a Mississippi Steamboat.

At Helena, Ark.', the Boston man stopped and took anpffler float for Fort Pillow. On this bbat Was a mulatto man who had been an orderly sergeant iu the Federal army and was quite intelligent, and gave the Boston man a great deni of information about lhe battle of Fort HU'ison. lhe mate of the h >at abused all the men, and was pulling them about and cursing them in a most disgust ing manner. At last, from some neglect of duty or failure to comprehend his commands, the mate got exccedinglv angry with the mulatto, and, seizing a window sash filled with glass an eighth of an inch thick, raised it to strike the mulatto. The latter dodged the blow and ran up the gangway, and, backing into a corner near the Boston man, entreated the mate not to

strike him “wid dat glass.” The mate rushed at him like a demon, and with one stroke smashed' the sash and glass over the offending man’s bead, cutting huge gashes in his cheeks and forehead, and rendering him for a moment senseless The mate again lifted the remnant of the sash over his head for another blow, when the Boston man caught the sash from be hind, saying at the same time, coolly: “ Don’t you strike that man again.” “Who in the devil are you?” almost screamed the angry man. “No matter; don’t you strike" that man again.” “By I’ll shoot h—ll out of you, you said the mate, pullingout his revolver and shaking it in the face of the Boston man. “ You know, sir, that you dare not shoot me,” said the latter coolly, “so put up your revolver.” By this time a crowd had gathered around, and “shoot him,” “shoot him,” echotd on every side. The Boston man learned afterward that there was not a Northern man on the boat , -. “ Shoot him, by —or I will,” ex claimeda little short man on one side of the crowd. “ Let’s alj have a hack at him,” said an Other, and in ah instant MO- lees, than twelve pistols or revolvers were displayed. “He’s a cussed Yankee. I know his phiz. He’s down here preachin’ insurrec ' ion among the niggers. Shoot him, mate, or we will.’,’ “So ho, so ho,” sneered the Yankee, “things have changed since the war, somewhat, I guess Now, gentlemen, 1 see it takes twelve Southerners to shoot one unarmed Yankee.** This set them on fire, and one burley fellow cocked his revolver, saying, “ if thmate was a d—d coward, he was not afr-tai to shoot any% Yankee in the coun ust then a lady>4rflo was evidently of Northern birth, cantfr up to the crowd, and putting oux both of her index flng erS foward them, made an awfol scowl, and exclaimed : “Bb-Ainte, a-h-s-to' e on 7°®- Twelve stout men attack an unarmed man with revolvers! Shame, shame." _ All of the party, including the mate, began to look sheepish, and as the captain came rushing up to the spot, they slunk away. The mate, heweyer, muttered something about “ seqthg fiti k man” again. Tue lady had disappeared in the mean time, otherwise your. Boston man might have been induced to marry her on the spot When the excitement had somewhat abated, the captain asked the Boston man What was the matter. It was explained to him, together with the infor ration that a complaint would be lodged against the aeeailan's at tbe next landing. This information was com muiiicated doubtless to them, for, after supper, one came up to the Boston man and offered his hand, saying : ‘"St ranger, we’re kind o’ shamed o’ that ere affair a little while ago. C >me, home, let’s licker, and call ’em a draw game. What der yer say, old feller ?” “I don’t drink ” said the Yankee. “ Well, take suthin or other, and We’ll all take whisky. Come; tain’t more’n fair yer should ’cept a pollogy." “It’s just here, gentleman,” said the Yankee to the crowd now gathered around “I’ll accept the apology; but I warn ypU to understand'*.hereafter that when you attempt to bully a Yankee Jhat’s car ried bullets in his body for five years—which he received * thrashing you fellows out’—why, just recollect that you’ve ‘got hold of the wrong chicken.’ ” “ Let’s licker, lei’s licker; dqn’t stop to talk,” interrupted they. The treat passed around, and “ all went merry as a marriage bell.” — Cor. Boston Trave’ler.

New Method of Bookkeeping.

Some time since, a barber was brought before the police court at Paris, charged with having customers in bis house after midnight. The examination was thus re ported. -* Barber—lt is the fault of this person, Merlon, who is in the court, as he has not tiirexe be shaving until late at night. ' TfWF Presld.sjit—You ought not, at all peace; there were cries issKfßWMre£Air house, as if you had been <!6nAuJtttd|rewrder. Merlon-nHe was shaving; that’s almost the same thing. [Laughter.] The President—Was it you, then, Merlon, w&a was crying out as if ypu were being flayed ? * Merlon—Yes, la fact he was flaying [a general laugh], he was cutting me horribly. Barber—lt is very true, but I made a mistake. Merlon—Did you mean to cut me ? Barber—l did not say that-[prolonged laughter] —I certainly did not mean to cm Mm so deep, [Loud and continued laughter] i Ths President—Did you then cut him did, in tbe spirit of my order. . You understand, one does not like to be below Bis business. The President and Merton togskher.— And why? Barber.—The whole affair is this: Mr. Merlen is not to be trrefod, as he does not

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pay the ready money. Ha used to cheat me in the number of shaves tor which he owed me; when he had twelve, housed to aay thit he had only six, to that I lost both my rsaor, my aoap, and my time. At last I deviled a method of keeping a reckoning not to be disputed. The President—How was that ? Barber.—Every time I shave him, I make a notch in his cheek [general laughter]; when we count up, I look at hie c»>eek—so many notches, so many shaves [renewed laughter]; but the other day the razor turned in my hand—l made the figure too large and it was this that made nfm cry out and disturb the neighborhood. Amidst general laughter, the barber was condemed to pay the full penalty, and the President advised him to renounce in future his “ new system of keeping accounts.”

Marrlage Brokerage in Paris.

i Spendthrifts who have tqukndered their fortunes, and need a dowry to replace them, can read in the Paris papers an advertisement of a handsome, modpst rad amiable young lady, "With an income of 150,000 francs a year. They fiadten to write, and two days after receive A iss ; sponse. and with a hand trembling Wjth‘ ejuotion they open this Cupid’s missive, which says such business cannot be done by correspondence, and begs thdint to call at his “ bureau,” assuring them that theirs being the first communication, they -Will have the preference. They imagine the fortune already theirs. The “bureau” h generally situated in a very finrhoutt.

A valet in livery, introduces you tnto'W magnificent saloon, ornamented with exquisite taste, from whose open doors you perceive a succession of rich apartments Here Cupid reigns supreme. AU the paintifigs, statuettes and books are de Voted to this god. Two pretty children (hired, without doubt), are playing in the room. After being kept waiting a short time, ths broker appears, and excuses himself, upon the plea of business, for making yoa bait;; as er which he rings, And with aa'insinuating smile, begs to offer you alglses of wine. When the same valetappears he expresses his astonishment at seeing'htai’ peiform this service, and demands; with' m angry air. where is Pierre,-.Antoine, Francois. He answers without heAtatiou —one has gone to the bank, another 4»* the opera to engage a “logo” formadataaey and the third for the affair of tbe count. This deception is intended to make- ah imprea-i m The valet is the only servant of the ertiblishment, and is even the JMbei of tha children in the saloon. This is only the prologue—now the comedy commences.. ;r' ,» Monsieur, I have had the honor of addressing you in answer to tbe advertise. tneoL When can I be presented to this, lady ? You are without profession ? Yes. —she is honorable then? Your antecedents? You shall be informed of them. The conversation continues thus, iu order that the broker may form an idea of Iht degree of intelligence of-his victim and what precautions to take to prevent compromising himself. . I shall expect onh five per cent, upon the dowry. Very Well Payable.when you receive it. Admirable, But befdre ; going further the broker demands the fees of the “bureau” for ex pensea incurred in making inquires, &c , which vary according to the credulity of t he visitor and the amount of the dowry. He asks 400 francs, adding that with 100 more you will have the right of choosing for six months from all the ladies in my estab ishment Buch a tempting offer could not be resisted—«o tbs applicant gives the' 800 francs—ooo francs. In exchange for his money he receives a receipt tipfln staniped paper—with' the terms of ihe agreement—for which he must pay 10 franca extra—slo franca He waits with impatienCp the moment of the first interview. At last the broker presents him. Tbe lady is escorted by her aunt. They are mutually pleased, and after a short interchange of compliments they leave the room. He wishes to escort them to their carriage; this the broker prevents, as they belong to the establishment, being hired for five francs per day, rt-ad the elegant dresses and articles of the toilet necessary for their transformation,' (for they are blondes or brunettes, according to the taste of the dupe), are furnished ay the broker. He insinuates softly that, it is a good idea to invite them to a breakfast at hie house, for at table they can converse freely, and after yon will be invited to visit them. For this breakfast of four persons he askes sixty francs, which is nothing, as he has the wines of which he makes no account with friends—s7<i francs. At breakfast the table is supplied with large joints of Cold meats and a splendid turkey, of which the ladies refuse to partake when they are offered the slightest morsel, and for two reasons—first, that a wife whe eats litt'le is an advantage; and secondly, that this sama repast wifi serve for other victims. Upon some pretext lhe ladies leave the table, as they recollect an engagement at their banker's, etc. The broker eofly informs him that he must send to his native place to make inquiries about him, and nquestshim to call the next day and arrange this matter, which he accordingly does, and there meets accidentally the lady and her aunt. A ccrk is called who is to make the necessary inquiries, This applicant must pay the expenses of the Journey, which wi 1 amount to one hundred and forty franci. He hesitates. The auntvery naturally declares that she will pay one-Half, and to set lhe examp e draw s out flu ele gaot silk purse which she says fe the work of htr niece—he admires it—sM‘offers h to him— te accepts, and as i is n cessa y to stake while the iron- is hot, the clera leaves immediately—7lo francs. During thedera’s absence he visits t2e agency, but does not meet the ladies. The Worer reminds him of the gift of the purse! Ann wishing to nake a return, he give&h bHY" Hant or two hundred and fifty fra francs. The clerk (who has not left parjal has been taken Suddenly IV on his jotir ney, which fas to four days, and costs eighty trama—lo4o francs. Finally theMppli cant becomes Im pa* lent, but the broker informs him, with an air of the deepest grief, that he must cow Ider himself very fortunate—that his vigilance bar saved him from the great misfortune which menaced him—teat he has Just IsasnsA that the father of the j onng gtti iamondemned to the galleys for life—that sheiis unworthy of him. He leaves, cpngrwttilating himself upon his esca-te. Tha tri' k is pl«ved, leaving room foremother —Boston Conwnerc’Ol Bulletin. . , ji» Bad Customs!! - “We don’t sell spirits,” s'.i‘.s«;;ss hsn-.’KSS lowed. «ud Jb* I.ufllued h.aded hls CMtogme-yS bb-enlt.. “ Well. no. I think not.’ tonier, •• yoa sell ’em too Sear. I ean mt lota of ’em Ata or six for a penny anywhvra ehta"

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FACTS AND FIGURES.

A grands->N of VanderbiHis* conductor on a Troy train. -z j . f There are more than 4,00(1000 Germans in the United States. ' Thu value of our railroad freight in 1887 was <10,473,380,800. The New Orleans gambling houses pay ■ a yearly license of <6,000. Th* ballet troup- at the Berlin Opera House consists of 488 persons. THHeditorof the South Orange (N. J> Budpet la 13 years of Bah Francisco is not yet a quarter cf a century old and has 150 000 inhabitants. The Pppe has two brothers older than himself Bud' a nephew sixty years of age. Thru* are forty two societies, with 1,700 missionaries, engaged in giving the GoSpel to the heathen. Although Paris returns only nine members, there were eleven hundred cafididatea [a the field.

hundred pounds, „ . A Bobbinhorse car conductdir has been given a Government bond by soma of hi* regular passengers. . .. r . d Bwttwrland has now 901*'ooiitfaaU papers, 468 German, 81 French, A-Italian, and 8 Romanit journal*,' ;h> i» . There are 50,000 commercial -travelers tntfor United BUt*M of Whom 30|W0 are sent by Ntfw York hoasear’ I ”<A dotting Will W held at Berlin thTtf ’st whidh about SOOO wWue'peesent. :i Ir/ti h voices to sing, the'incfdeptai mu«a • ‘ meat. , , ' • ,

A ooLomoj9iiM YOcently fell’ out of'h' ,third storOffidbw‘ih‘ Cincinnati,' struck it* head against the*,*toji4 p ave trial tantf escapedpJrtnjtfred. ; ™ X' On, an opening night at an opera house iR enthusiastic ajpairer iff Ah (actresgUre/csA ’ Hbaku» thrje tijpusawl duelj,, were NfenghdiaASOhAtAhm German ynb p bvrsitioa. Most ,qf< thyae were very bagmlwta * singers on the E iropmn conUneut. whose segregate income ameftnU tq four. Jsb Ron franes-snd Stheif Mi I hna - Anna Dwhinsox late lecture at 1 lew Yo*k;that fa»lw yearashe d . Vert i, and in ten be a member of Congress, f Th* 1 hnportrof wheat iftta great BritUn this yean, have averaged twenty, .per ’cent, less in amount than-during the corresponding mentha of 1868. , niityp i » ; There are twenty-four the,, are twenty-five (it the narne es Wtitfgts. The FrentA'MutusTOsWew.l-dtiHiwdMiyt of Ban Frandico, Mttpafcdrsdkitff' members. Their receipted* , togthetost Wff were <ST,I73W theft THu reeeipts of the JMMc S ty fur last year were £187,370. lately occupied a new *i>d elegant build* 'ng. The society, since 1804, teas issnsri 57,000,000 copies of the Bcripiurea. The Crown Princess of Prussia spends more than half her income in charities. The Queen, her mother in law,, spends a still larger portion of her income for the same purpose. The Rev. Samuel Nott, who died the--other day in Hartford at the age of 81, was the last survivor of a band of five missionaries sent io the E<st Indies by- the American Board in 1813. Syracuse, N. Y , has an ordinanoethat prohibits boys under eighteen yetes of age from going into a saloon; and *ning any saloon keeper <lO who sells them liquor in his establishment r During the last fiscal y ear the number of letters sent through the foreign depart 4 ment of the post office in New York city amounted to 5.900,807, and the number received was 5 238,235, making an segregate of 11,128,53 t. " ' Wmh jp Anson W. Williams has sued Ora*. Colby at Buffalo for the value ot horse killed by a collision of the idKff of the parties; and the case is still tied with <1,500 costs, already beajVW the original bill 'L * A piece of track on the Oil Aeuk Railroad, over a great bog, gave few days ago, allowing three cars toSK In two days they got.twelve feet Wow the surface. The bog has been soundem and found to be thirty-eight teet deep.' 'X' Tn door of a carriage in a fast on the Edinburg & Glasgow Railway s«mK denly burst open the other day, and * little girl five years of age, who was leas# ing against the door at the tim« was thrown ont and' killed instantaneously. Levi Snow 7 , of West Dover. Tt,-haf’ been feeding out his hay thia season UMf has been in his barn thirty font yeans. cameout bright and sound, the ate . itwpU, and it was as good-ia eray respect as hay grown last summer. A cup of coffee an 3 a sandwich invariably form the breakihsl of the King ’of Prussia. At 10 o'efbek iu the morrteighe takes a substantial lunch, and Stthe d<b ner table he eats very IwW' his last meal, generally, consisting of fi« d’h, between » and 10 ra ||b A girl at Bfombewt, 13 years old, the daughter of « Hghr’Prneshn dignitary, took her own life b». jumpiajL,jnfo U>r caaklagtfiS'frtal' Wap,she tefornwdher schorthnhUk thtt »bh wag abmis to die, •fed tnvmod them to.her funeral. t*h4ltaei<toary&>oimy «f Mto BralMlS W>rto,a» iavmgjL gW sesh fwnA in lndtadtotmh .am aEeraaniMWk, pet aanuoL atfo ries go eut-at hrst Chakwuß Tjraasua<Burke, djwfidrWWtlSffe silver Ittlvril and q'aarters. >lt ttißitlMedito have been ' deposited there by Pat Curran, who hung himsnie Sb Easi four*