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o lishment is an insult. Discharge him at

lishment is an insult. Discharge him at
once" s .4 Ls b. t-i15s7a65 ,id.l31
The wretched merchant paused in tor
turing suspense, and the cashier pointed
at the sketch that lay upon the table.
"Mr. Thornton Clair, ''began the father.
"My true name is not Clair" said the
young man quickly, unwilling to see the
father of bis Rachel so humiliated. Il
am the son of Charles Harper, who lives
in Oregon, and who assumed the name of
Clair because he believed that he had
slain James Agmoor. Ny name is, in
fact, Thorton Harper s......-
"Yo Young mani" cried James Agmoor
almost grasping, "do not deceive a most
wretched man. Does Charles Harper,
who married my cousin Helen Agmoor,
still ive!--was he not killed?"'
"On my honor, Mr.. Agmoor,"' said
Thornton, "then Charles Harper is alive,
and still thinks that he killed James Ag-
moor. Until this morning. was of the
same belief, for my father, who, since that
unfortunate combat has concealed himself
under an assumed name. in the wilds of
the West, while my mother followed him,
has often told me sorrowfully of all that
transpired. But he never told me the
name of the man he deemed he had slain,
nor that of the man who, when he arose
after moment of unconsciousness, point
ed al your bleeding body, said you were
dead, and prevailed upon him to seek
safety in instant fight, upon the very
horse you had ridden Your daughter
related to me what you told her last night,
a few minutes ago. aud we Immediately
concluded upon the TRUTH
"Out of my sight, Hiram Mould y
cried the enraged merchant. "Double
traitor, oegone! OF I shall make myself
what you have forced me for years to
think myself-a murd erer!'' .a23 si.1
ID While Thornton was speaking, the
guilty cashier had sunk into chair and
seated his head upon the table, hiding
his face, as he for ten years delighted in
torturing his victim to do; but when
James A gmoor, no longer crime bound
serf thus addressed him he staged to his
feet. CROPPED bindly for the door. tottered
feeoly through the~nazaar to his desk,
where he had so long ruled with the mag
ic rod of gold, and pressing his hands to
his head, groaned, reeled, caught himself
erect, opened his private drawer, placed
a pistol to his temple. but fell dead ere be
could press the trigger. 81 ia .tse.
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Singular Case.

esTo be, or not to be-that is the question"
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, in his fa-
nous papers on Physicians, tells the fol-
lowing stories of persons who sOouldaa't
die when they were expected to- He
says: aaf eosza-}
al have doomed people, and seen 9th
ers doom them over and over again, on
the strength of physical signs, and they
have lived in the most contumacious and
even unscientifcally unjustiiable manner
as long as they lived, and are living still.
l saw two men in the street very of.en,
who were both as good as dead. in the
opinion of all who saw them in the ex-
tremity. People will insist on living
sometimes though manifestly in a mori-
bund dying state. In Elders Life Of
DR. Kane, you will find story of this
sort told by DR.. Kane himself. The cap
tain Of "a ship was dying with scurvy, but
the crew mutinied, and he gave up dying
for the present to take care Of, them.
can old lady in this city, near her end,
got little vexed about proposed change
4 in her will, ordered coach, was driven
twenty miles to house of relative. and
lived four years longer. Cotton Mathel
tells some good stories which he picked
up in his experience, or out of his book
showing the unstable equilibrium of prog
nosis Simon Stone was shot in min.
places, and as he lay for dead, the In
dians made two hacks with hatchet tt
cut his head off. He got well, however
, and was lusty fellow in Cotton Mather'
time.
"Jabez Musgrave was shot with bull
let that went in his ear and came out o
an eye on the other side. A couple Q
bullets went through his body also. ia
bez got well, however, and lived man
years. Per contra, Col. Rossiter cracke'
plum stone with his teeth, broke hi
s tooth, aud lost his life. We have see
3 physicians dying, like Spiggellus, from
scratch; and man who, had crowba
5 shot through his head, is alive and wei
These extreme cases are warnings"
: . We may add that Capt. Daniel GREEr
: an old sea Captain. who. died in Marietta
year or two since, had scar about th
size Of ten cen: piece, plainly to be see
: on each side Of his face caused by q bu
e let shot through his head, little front {
+ his ear, many years before his death, {
9 we have heard, in an engagement of b
d vessel with pirates. Also. the write
> once knew girl to slide from hs
if in the upper part of a stable upon ca
;" stake, which was sharp at the top, an
+, which entered the lower part of her boo
and passed out between two of her rib
i. her father took the stake out of the ca
N with his little daughter thus pierce
% through by it, laid her on; the stable foo
i. and pulled the stake out Of her bod
Or The. same little girl is yet living and nc
D. a married woman. n.--lronton Register.
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A Wide-Awake on q Bendsr-Amusini
.e,eeg IS, a SoliloQuy.s zsrs.s,t,sso,,t |


The Buffalo Repmbhcs is responsible
for the following, humorous sketch: s7gg !
aa In our quiet peregrinations on Sunday
evening last we run across O. specimen Of
the genus Wide Awake, whose arms we're
most affectionatelya ,entwinsd around q
lamp-post Looking down Niagara-street
his attention was attracted by the double
rows of lamps which line either side of
the beautiful avenue. Holding ONTO the
Elamp,post with one arm, be, made several
spasmodic efforts to move bis brow, and
after several sfruitless attempts . he esuc-
ceeded in placing itfirmly on the occiput.
STRENGTHENING himself aup.l he agazedo in
tently upon the scene spread ont before
him. and gave eloquent utterance to the
following soliloquy:8a .sigasi1ilaa aa13
i'"Splen'v 'splay, chic, } aint R~sLil
Giness (hic) can't get up such splen' 'splay
(hic) no 'ow. Won't it 'leck Linkipi
(Hic.) Who says 'twon't5 'leck (hic)
Linkin? What -t'knoW sez't- won't 'lech
oil dabe7se' 'Splen' 'splay. eSpeck't they'r
goin'to Black Rock;I Musbe goin' chic,
to Blackr ock. gSplen' 'splay. Wish II
.goin'. chic. D'like to go. 1f'my wife chic,
hadn't lock (hic) tup my I'D cape u
'at. No biznesas r'iock (hic) mp my cape
m 'at an 'ow How's she 'speck to 'lecl
Linkin,if she (hic) won't let . velle ",
/ il cape N 'at? Splen' 'splay. Fif'eer
Aunored torches. Splen' 'splay. ,Spek
(hic) the Coor'r' Pubic III swear 'twan't
splen'i 'splay. '.Spress III make't oil rite
IPSpressa alps makes't (hic) oil rite Raj
for Linkinl Tiger-r,erl Rah for Linkin
an howl aOae 'splay. Douglas feller
nev'r' ID such 'splay. Twent'.hons (hi,
an torches. Rah for Wide,A akes
Whish' ad my cape n at (hic) v goo
mind't (hic) ge'drunk, guess i'd make N
life give uplmy cape mt. Z'no use
livin' w'out- cape N 'at. Splen' splay
+ Seven'ive thousan' torches, and Coor'
, an Pubic III swear 'twan't owe. 6f'ee
thou (hic) sn. 'Spress II make it larj'nuf
F Rah for 'tSpressl" s ,sr
AT this crisis in the soliloquy of tn
Wide-Awake. one of the night poiceme
: came up. and tapping him on the shoulder
. asked him to 60 along With him.
s Hide; ;A,cake.-"How'n h-u'sposc
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Funeral Of the Widows Only Son
,..- A Touching Scene.

y-r A fouchlpg Scene. :st.
Washington Irving gives the following
touching description of funeral scene in
one of our country towns:
When saw the mother slowly and
painfully quitting the grave. leaving be-
hind her the remains Of all that was dear
to her on earth, and returning to silence
and destitu:ion, my poor heart aehed for
her. q What, thought 1; are the richi--
They have friends to soothe-p' 'easures to
beguile-a world to divert and dissipate
their griefs. What are the sorrows of
the young? Their growing minds soon
close above the wound-their Helastic
spirits soon rise beneath the pressure;
their green and ductile affections soon
twine round new objects. But the sor-
rows of the poor, who have no outward
appliances to soothe-the sorrows Of the
aged, with whom life at best is but o
wintry day, ard who can look for no after
growth of joy-the sorrows of widow,
aged, solitary, destitute, mourning over
an only son, the last solace of her years;
these are indeed sorrows which make us
feel the impotency of consolation.
There is something in sickness that
breaks down the pride of manhood; that
softens the heart, and brings it back to
the feelings of infancy. Who that has
languished, even in advanced life. in sick.
ness and despondepcy; who that has pined
on weary bed in the neglect and lone
liness of a foreign land, but has thought
on the mother "that looked con his child.
hood" that smoothed his pillow and ad-
ministered to his helplessness? Oil there
is an enduring tenderness in the lovezof q
mother to her soE that transcends all 9th.
er affections of the heart tbs neither I'd
be chilled by selishness nor daunted by
danger, nor weakened by worthIessness
nor stiAed by ingratitude. She will sac,
rifce every comfort to his convenience
she will surrender every pleasure to his
enjoyment; she will glory in his fame, and
exult in his prosperity; and, if imisfortun,
overtake him, he will be the dearer to he1
from misfortune; and If disgrace settl,
upon his name, she will still love ant
cherish him in spite of /, his disgrace; ant
if all the world beside cast him off, sh,
will be all the world to him. =
The next Sunday I was at the villag
church, when. to my surprise, saw. th
poor old woman tottering down the aisl
TO her accustomed seat on the steps q
the altar. 9t9aIe Al c3s53om5I ,ao5To 4
She made an effort to put on somethin
: like mourning for her son., and nothin
!; could be more touching than this struggl
: between pious affection and utter poyert
/ "a black ribbon Or so, a faded blac
handkerchief, and one or. two more sue
! humble attempts by outward signs ths
| grief which passeth show. When / lool
ed round upon the stcried monuments. th
, stately Indictments, the cold, marble pom
; with which grandeur mourned magnif
Gently over departed pride, and turned
} this poor widow. bowed down by age an
) sorrow, the altar of her God, and ioffe
9 ing up the prayers and praises of pieu
t though broken heart, I felt that th
: living monument Of real grief was wor,
e them all. fisIsis otqssa cav esfissi iaee
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Gorillas and their Ferocity-The Gi.
gantic Savage of Central Africa.

DR.. Du Chaillu is probably the FIRST
and only white man who has dared to
wage war with Gorillas. The apes of
Borneo and Sumatra are infants in conn
p irison with them. The far.famed Chin
panzee is q great docile creature which
can never be named in the same day with
the gigantic savage of central Africa
Think of it! The Gorilla is six feet two
inches IN hight, and three feet between
the shoulder blades. The paw is that of
a giant-three times the size of human
hand. The finger measures six inches in
circumference at the base. There is an
immense ridge running perpendicularly
over the Uranium; this and the great jaws
are packed with muscle of prodigious
strength. The creature has huge arms
altogether disproportioned to the body.
1t is covered with black hair, and has a
matted lock on its head, which it has the
power of bringing over its face. 1t has
almost the sagacity of man, and almost
the ferocity of 6end. The male is ter
ribly puguacious; the female always flies.
When they make their attack, they beat
their breasts with their 6sts,, making a
sound which can be heard mile. Their
cry-which has terrific resemblance to
the human voice-can be heard three
miles amidst the reverberations of the
hills. gsif tea.f sE e7-ses ,safs tessr.
AS they approach the adversary, they
endeavor to ,intimidate him. One would
think this was easily done. That fearful
sound, those frantic eyes, glaring with the
intelligence and malignity of demon
were enough, to shake nerves not easily
disturbed from their equipoise Our here
lost FIVE or six men in these strange en-
gagements. Think of the tremendous
strength that, with one blow of the arm
could crush the ribs like pipe stems, ant
tear out piece of the side; and that will
q single movement ofthe jaw, could crusl
the barrel of gun as if it had been
stick of candy! Another fact: Their
are no lions in the haunts of the gorilla
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''"'ss7D'p9ttp. :
THE LITTLE BOY THAT DIED.

Es-., Z 49, e
The late Dr. Chalmers is said to have been
theaauthor of the following beautiful lines,
written on the death of a young son, whom
HE greatly loved 1o's'z<d 'aeF- q tast
HssT amsali alone in my chamber now, "a
And the midnight hour is near, 0sg ~
And the faggot's crack and the clocks
.is4Sn dali tick, k,oisrt.i.fo,r, 49, a
Are the only sounds I hear; ,Ec391s
And over my soul; in its solitude, - 9@a
Sweet feelings of sadness glide; ,si5fsi aE
"a dFormy heart and eyes are full when
think .fes,a s4|a
-b0f the little boy that died. .1eqao9 esmeg
-;Iwent one night to my fathers house.
Went home to the dear ones ALL ai1fsg Z
And softly opened the garden gate. So
s'1oAnd softly the door of the hall rC1 s ;
My mother came to meet her SON HJsoJ 8
She kissed me and then she sighed, "a
And her head fell ON my neck, and she wept
For the little boy that died. !, .zs,raa-
-4.iRzsE .sEW 20 Toaa1Es;ssia5 rsIlsz3 e..r,s.t
shall miss him when the flowers come
sIn; the garden, whore he played; 5ia
! shall miss him more by the fireside
When the flowers are all decayed;
eIshall see his toys and his empty chair, +.
-ibeAnd the horse he used to ride, si1sas.it -
And they will speak with silent speech 7
OF the little boy that died. A i. FoA
we shall go home to our Fathers house.
eas TO our Fathers house in the skies, Z 7
Where The hope Of souls shah have no
o.as blight, J,
Our love no broken ties.
We shall roam on the banks of the river Of
dir - peace e3sfz Efse. .4ogr1if IL ..s.-r.-
I5EEAnd bathe in its blissful tide, si45p q
And one of the joys of life shall be
The little boy that died. - 70
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Rough Beginning of the Honey Moon

hougn beglnnlng OF the doney MOon.
On last Friday morning, an athletic
young farmer, in the town Of Waynes-
burgh. took fair girl, "all bathed in
bushes" from her parents, and started
for the first town across the Pennsylvania
line, to be married, where the ceremony
could be performed without a license
The happy pair were accompanied by the
sister of the girl, a tall, gaunt, sharp fea-
tured female of some thirty-seven sum-
mers. q The pair crossed the line, were
married, aad returned to Wellsville,p to
pass the night. People at the hotel where
the wedding party stopped, observed that
they conducted themselves in q rather sin.
gular manner. The husband would take
his sister-in- law, the tall female aforesaid,
into one corner of the parlor, and talk
earnestly to her, gesticulating wildly the
WHILE Then the tall female would "put
her foot down" and talk to him in an an
CRY and excited manner. Then the hus-
band would take his fair. young bride into
a corner, but he could no sooner COM
mence talking to her than the gaunt sister
would rush in between them and angrily
join in the conversation. q The people at
the hotel .ascertained what this meant
about 9. O'Clock that evening. There was
an uproar in the room which had been
assigned to the newly married couple
Female shrieks and masculine sswears'
startled the people at the hotel. and they
; rushed to the spot. The gannt female
5 was pressing and kicking against the door
of the room, and the newly married man,
mostly undressed, was barring her ont
with all his might. Occasionally !, she
: would kick the door far enough open to
Z disclose the stalwart husband, in his Gen.
tleman Greek Slave apparel. sae,, f
i 1t appeared that the tall female insisted
upon occupying the same bed with the
newly married pair; that her sister wal
; favorably disposed to the arrangement
+ and that the husband had agreed to il
, before the wedding took place, and wal
now Indignantly repudiating the contract
t Won't you 60 away, now, Susan, peace
q fu2' said the newly married man, softenine
!. his voice. .aa4 saa trsasaeeF7i ...lssyss
8 NO. said she, i won't-so therel'
3 Don't you bulge an inch!' cried th'
= married sister, within the room.
Y 'Now-now, Maria, said the young
! man to his wife. in a piteous tone, dom
]! go to cuttin' up in this way; now don't.
o 'I'll cut up as much as wanterl' sh
I sharply replied. 81 sgea# ,ssseisQ $
(. well, roared the desperate man, throw
d ing the door wide open and stalking ou
J. among the crowd, "Well, jest you tw
q wimmen put on your duds and go righ
,. straight home and bring the old man an
" woman, and your grandfather, who
leI nigh on to a hundred, bring 'em all her
g and PA marry the schole did caboodze Z
IN 'em, and nell a1sleep together!"s
ltt The difficulty was finally adjusted b
% the tall female taking room alone.-
70 Wellsville is enjoying itself over the ser
ID sation. - Cleveland PLaindeGler. "a.
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80 days, at sl25. '... = IS, ,76O,
III hours, at $3.50. :. ...I.s..,I Il s2,75O
s. So minntes, at q, ,125
SO seconds, at $500. -. :. s. 20 500.
TO Total, H.. !, So: S. isa
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bonnets, and let's go home.' Young
couple happy as infants with fingers stuck
full of molasses and feathers, fly around
after baggage. Old man pays hotel bill,
and all leave town together. e6aro-,
Didst thou but know the inly touch of love,
Thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow
AS seek to quench the fire of love with words %
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NUMBER
feller (hic) goin' long w'out q cape n

- tttttN L.Ifs..Ei .TE lLIFDtA TFtf-rsff
feller (hic) goin' long w'out q cape u
PATTI" t'o' 1S N2a Z slSheN ea5 FbnassS
iWatcAman. .--''Y drunk, landonIai
want you to eo-home wi,hpme!'8i 10 sssisb
Vide. s.Avaks, -sYSplen' 'splay, Amt
(hic) splen'- i'splayf Rah for Linkin!",
Watch.aon Ishdking hsm from his ress- e
rie )-"Comc, come along with n,eLzso
Eyoa're ina bad coadition.n spa .feHmom
Vide Aisake: Mi life dhic) . got ]
cape 'ns at but can hold M oats if she's
Splen' ,splay an'ow." -
The watchman kindly devoted few
minutes to explanation of matters, lbuso
finding that he could not convince the ar>ip
dent, ,Wide,Awake8 Of his error, nhe took
him home. The last words of the Wide,,,
Awake, as he reluctantly left the scene
which afforded him 50 much delight we're
"Splen" 'splay. splen' (hic) 'splsy .pas usm
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THE CHAIR OF STATE.

The delegates to the Chicago Convention
from Michigan took with them to the ssLake
City, beautiful rustic chair, which was pla-
ced upon the stage erected for the accomoda-
tion of the delegates to the Convention, in the
Republican Wigwam. Ii was one of the prin-
cipal objects of attraction when the Couven-
ton was not in session, for the reason that il
was designed as present to the person who
received the nomination for President Il is
is constructed out of thirty-four kinds of wood
each one of thirty-three pieces representing a
State, and the other one representing Kansas,
which should, and but for the wickedness of
Locofocoism, would now be a State. The
name of the State which each piece of timber
represents is tastefully inscribed upon each
piece. After the nomination of Mr.. Lincoln
this pretty piece of Western mechanism was
forwarded TO Springfield, and presented to the
Peoples choice-"honest Abe" He received
and accepted the gift, and returned his thanks
for the donation as follows
SPRINGFIELD, H., June, 1860.
My DEAR SIR:-The chair which vou
designate as the sChair of State,' ia dulv
at hand and gratefully accepted. In view Of
what it sYmbolizes, might it not be called the
sChair of State and the Union of States?'-
The conception of the maker is pretty, patri-
otie and national one. Allow me to thank
both you and him much for the chair, and much
for the sentiment which pervades its structure
Your ohedient servant,
A. LINCOLN.
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From the Bedford Gazette, FEB, 10, 1860.
THE TRAITOR REWARDED.

"John W. Forney, the blackest and :oulest
traitor that ever apestatised from the the Dem
ocEatic party, has just received the thirty
pieces of silver fer which he agreed, two years
ago, to sell out the party that nursed him and
raised him to a position Of respectabihty.
People can now see Why it was that MIR. For
ney has been SO persistent In his slaudercus
abuse of Democratic President. His Will
fcations Of Mr. Buchanan, was the price be
vas required to pay to the Black Republicans
for the Glerksbip to Congress, to which be has
Just been elected by his newly found friends.
This places Dir. ForDey clearly and incontro-
VeFtibiy in the ranks of the Opposition. We
hope he may stay there, never to return"
Forney is now, as be was then, the right
land man of Douglas iu Pennsylvania. The
Bedford Gazette and the Philadelphia Press -
the one is edited by the great ex-Know Nothing,
ex-Wbig, ex-Republicau, ex Lecompton, ex-
anti-Douglas, but now Douglas, anti. Lecornp-
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LINCOLN.
C. H. NJ.

He comes, he comes, the fearless man;
Throw all your banners forth,
Chicago bids him lead the van
OF united North.
Hurrah. hurrah, hurrahl
Let shouts for Lincoln ring;
In Union rights let all unite
To hail our Praine King.
A nations hand has wreathed his brow
With stars her yalor won;
To Unions quick-step, marching now,
Comes Freedoms Western Son.
Hurrab hurrah, hurrah &c.
Farewell to cliques that would disown
The peoples high behest-
That peoples waiting hand shall crown
The champion of the West.
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrahl &c.
The peoples rights, the peoples voice,
His battle cry shall shall be-
A nation, in Chcago's choice,
Halls Freedoms sovereignty.
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! &c.
The equal rights of North and South
He fearless doth proclaim
He'll tear disunion's flag from both,
And blast each traitors name.
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! &c.
Then meath the stripes Times hand hath blent
Meath stars our fathers won.
viii make our Lincoln PresideE:
In Eighteen Sixty-one.
Hurrah, hurrah hurrah! &c.
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TUNE-ssDH da.''
There's old pillow sshoss'' whose name is sDus; y
Du da, du da,
He's short and thick-a regular s'plug,'
Du da, du da day.
CHORUS
We're bound to work all night
We're bound to work all day,
I'll bet my moeny on the sLincoln boss, y
Who bets on Stephen Ar
The ''little plug'' has had his day,
Du ia, du da,
He's out of the ring by all fair play,
Du ds, du da day.
CHoRUs-We're bound, &c.
He tried his best on the Charleston track,
Du da, du da,
But couldn't make time with his "Squatser Jack -
Du da, du da day.
eOld Abraham's'' well bred nag
Du da, du da,
His wind is soand-he'll never lag,
Du da, du da day.
In '5S he tried his gate.
Du da, du da,
He trotted Douglas through the State,
Du da, du da day.
In go now we're going to trot,
Du da, du da,
So esplank'' your money the spot,
Du da, du da day.
The ssLincoln boss" will never fail
Du da, du da,
He win not shy ditch or rail,
Du da, du da day.
The ssLittle Dug'' can never win,
Du da, du da,
That Kansas jobs too much for him,
Dn du, du da day.
His legs are weak, his wind unsound,
Du da, du da,
His aswitch- tail' is too near the ground
Du da, du da day,
CHORUS We're bound, &c. C.H.M NJ.