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Southern Pacific Raiiroad Company.
1000 SLAVES WANTED.
BY Hire or by Purchase.

W. VII purchase or hire for Of Eve years Five Hun.
drea or Thousand savs LsooIers to the South
La gou secure and pTotsstd uvIsIon or
oa durpg tie cor Dirt which eIit tvo sect OF
OF I'M, eenhy cunty which t.. roai passes IN.
tIey healthy and for the distance go or SOB e vest
o. shrsv.p',t ptner-tes one Of the hnes Agricultural
Thu eomp.ny hts magnificent land grant rom Texas
1890 acre Tor every mile Of company the
d.nee Of 500 s shrev poit on lie ,s,tern 70 hi Psso
on the western boundary Of iexas Ike present.
RAPID development q the coup.by n,r Tut for term Of
ys. By hsGr by he .eiusi purchase company
10 kestucty, hsouh vrs MarrsDd North Carolina else
20, .e q 100 Win IN the mos.
TAKEN either BY hire or By p1rthse The copary enabled
ssnds ability purchase the ron
road Texas with the Of The
ns snS y.,,sa ss a @ hsn ?. .n company arc
the ympahy ano the route the Sd degree OF parallel OF m
th-m srs France fpSis Per ugs Bel
gum and swtssrsnd-a. well as Of large cap. cs
United states passed b At liz last sesoe, donang
ss@p.sy through Aloa. Nes hsxco ana daiorn, some
% paid In postal and other public service Te bill
ned TO become law The waa Of time sIi he starting 10
lticsl even familiar 70 the nation.
prosecution, and has secured is.i
the spPrbsioo o. 90 many American stas aud European
ernnenis-prUnlng much bentht TO us ckboder Ano to
the world sue1 tupendous rtsul bringing Inevitably with
comPe'n this continent the China Japan Aus
tAli and the whole Pacific eosdsrbutns
rvAbe from the trade travel &e Of each every the
Gulf of Mexico TO the it,nc coast
giving each It's due and natural shsel which
fsed enrich every natoa earth tia, la. eortro
In the past and, As annually Increasing will still
rich iho,e -Lo shall control IL N the future
We want the labor 10 With the work. for most
'ionsbe securities; and fer t. the liberal arrangements
be made with sav~owrers-givas them TINS which
thaf, be sAtsfacorywhout eudsngeng by portion employ
nent t. Of contract tbs saey OF the slaves Themselves
admitting the tlshiest uncertainty Of ultimate payment
All applications will bs II through Baxter Hsq.,
late OF Warrington and now Ia Richmond, Virginia
v. x. STEVENSON
Presiien. OF the Southern Pacific Rsilroad Company.
JEPrHA R0wlKEs,
IS-tn Agent Of the southern Pacific Railroad Company
lust RRCRIVED.-soeoy yards OIL Cloth-suiiabls for
- Soldiers 10 sleep on In Camp At OILY Is cts yard
ALFkED MOSES,
may G. Main Street
EiTHs II AND GUM BETTING Of the most .p
~ proved quality, 70 IL inches wide Inclusive Ny stock
kept always full by weekly arrival. from the manufacturer
i aINI0N lima Of Hardua
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THE WISE LEGION.

RECRUITiN2 OFFICE or TAG WISE LEGION,
EicBKosD, Jaae - 1861 I
ID ECRUlTINC cFFICRIfS or TxfE WISE
IL LkGoS viii report this Otev witt her eely-
zad ztsr the an day Of July pao. additional Con- II
will be received ~ the Counties or kasisru
have received thsis % huubvr AZ that ~
dAts emtlsts In west virens Amer that &C. an per
sons les1 10 wIsE LEGION will proceed Lewis
burg 1reenbr UNITY va and there report dIy With her
aud equipments.
The term OF ss c months for the
when Comoz has obtainei sixty -four hundrej
pvst (not eI an sixty urJ he ofsrs viii be commission
ed by The Presldrnt
ocss Legion only obtained BY recruiting tina
paEieA
As pOsbls every brlOg rs gun god bowie
knife three Market, charge Of ellthlng A.
Copalt not wishing In other branches Of the service
should report forthwith to this o1ce.
Pay rAors the In the other corps Of the C. A..
$50
be dsaety ardertocd that the above reshiclcn does
apply ejtapanes already
Wise Lesos. companies remain AMI complete
their AeL hut tie utmost cispa oh eoin 10 all cases
!! LUCIUs DAVIS,
Col Acting Adit
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ALBERT MILLsPAUGu,
PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANT,
CORNER CARY AND 18TH srRErn,
RICHM0HD, Va.
WIN n. HOWARD, Clerk York county. rnso
on BAGS PRIME LAGUYnA COFPKk--
GU 40 bags be,t Java Cofe-.
f5 cheat and bc1es ark aud @ Tes
81 Packets Ginger klbpice and Pepper.
81 bbls. Cfushed AID G.anula.sd sugar..
81 bbl Coffee eugau
20 Ids brown Cpbs and N 0. euTar
80 boxesttx GAS and Adam an,ine Can1les
Is boses Colgste's Toilet Soap.
60 bAi. Muscoysdo Molassa
25 half tbs. Woods Family Roe H.rrnss.
20 egs Sal Coda
~ bsps Shot
100 tbh J. Tfull 4 Co. Ram.
10 hhcs. Creole Rum
20 nsves, quarters and eilps, Frereh Brsriy
80 quute- eesls Madeira therry anu Port wioe,
3pip Hol,ar dGn
Bum ssrdner's d Bye WHISKY from I to years old
The above ali nst class Locd u direct Importation or man
ufseture. aid for sale by
i=22 ALVEY 4 HPsoNp
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A MODERATELY slZ1 ID HOCsF. wth she HSi-rn Improve
- arfts aaturrs Psas.n'v situated, win Yard and
III NUsr III gCkSsbED suitable Ter immediate
PAncy q a ueubsT q the ClhueL
Arpy. 9Th pree Of sent pr Anbum to J. JOSES At The
va y3-st
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A sEsSoNARLE MEDICINE.

SOLID CITRATE or ViGNESiI.
,TrRATE OF MA9NEsIA has long known Of the
~ Plratvs IA U.s.; hst r zoe usu rn cf ISOLATION Or
Lq a frsparat eaiky br s traveller We htv.
asUIIO FOEMcrs blrls being equivalent 20 three
O. flr saqad pre7Arton and Ear raAe 70 spssm SAIL
s.lart1 Fowaers APP rArs and Cahsrtc
ser or Traveller shod 5ots p hin At us ssasoa u
~ s.l,sss MEADE 4 BAKERS Drug sore,
ia Us Main s. ABOVE P. o.
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LAW CARDS.

I'D rrAsvor. LLvLILn
KERFOOT d WALLER,
ATTORNEYS AND C0UESELLORs AT Law,
DALLAS, TExAa
n. B.-rrompt attention to Collection and Land Claim,
kKrkRRs, -szmue NJ. Garland, Amherst o. Va; John
Thompson Jr, Amherst H., va Garland Chrstan Lynch
sSs va ION n;fy b, sDssd s' Judge bS5Ssd Dallas
DAVID =. q. CABELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Amherst, Ne will at,esi 10 lag business entrusted
him In the adjacent counties.
sss-iy ''' ''s N''' warehouse T. " ''s'A Co., '"
CAMM PATERSON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
WILL PRACTISE IN THE COURTS OF
BUCKINGHAM, NELSON AND AMHERST.
Once Buckingham c. II.
de2t-d6m
PAKkE POINDEXTER,
ATT ORN EY AT LAW.
Richmond City, Va.
WILL practice In all the Courts held In City Of Richmond
w and the counties Of Chesterned HenIco and Powhsta
Oce on the corner }th, Pearl and MAIN Streets.
etore Of Noah WALKER 4 Co. de2o-Iy
WALTER II. ROBERTSON,
ATTORN Ely AT Law,
RICHMOND. VA,
WILL practice regularly In all the Courts held In the uty OF
w RiehGond and counties Of EsncO, Chesterfield and
omce No Law Building. Franklin Street des-su
PROFESSIONAL NOTICE.
have united IN practice Of the Law. In the couass u
Ws SSI, DOUIDiN,Jr. WOOD BogLDs,
Aeetisnburg, county. Charlotte ecu nty.
). TnOmPsoN Brown,
ATTORNEY AT Law,
RICHMOND, VA,
hal h.
ufee IN Beyn's Block, l2 street, etate O. H. susif
EUsTACE GIBSON,
ATTORNEY at LAW.
WILL PRACTISE 10 the Courts OF Giles Mercer Monroe
w Montgomery and Puiski and viii collect remit puno.
.u.Ily for al clxms placed In his hands.
Pest Once, Giles Court House, Va JylI--
JOHN w. GREEN,
ATTORNEY at LAW,
w County OF nenreo sc will given TO all b.
dnes, entrusted to hlu ~ oee for III. present his
her Vim Green south vest Main and Ithsta e9Tdly
r. O. 81 3. @. BOULDIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE, VIRGINIA.
Courts.-0harIC,te Prince Edward, AppomatoI, Mscten
burg and Lcnenesrg nyl2-iy
P. q, BRECKENRIDGE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
pRAoTtoEs In the Courts Of petetosrt and adjoining eoun.
tc2s-ly p...an,ears. so.e.oart county,.
= Iyis.ss. King WE. Old oaaiei. Hanover.
DOUGLAS Il GREGORY
WILL attend all the Courts OF King william Hanover B.
DOUGLAS viii also attend the Courts of King caesn
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80 AVERY sPECIaLN NOTICES

~ A VERY SPECIAL NOTICE.
49, An re-s'ns having ela'rs against lnClvlduA ~,
Vi" Pl,a,s resent 'h'ra on The l' dAS Il 'sy for pay%sGs
FsNacsE SrEsrxD TO Is Will PLEAse skrrr rHyIR Ac
aythng n.re 70 ihsm. lLsX HILL a CO.
HEADoUAsfExs A8AV OF rHE POTOMAC,
o.. MASAssAs JrSciros, JaEs sStn, 1851
90 and amer soh nssN1t ~ Whatsoever, with
nd TO suiss lie ios occupied BY ae SraS o. s rSso9se
Sit nOn 20 VI ssaA-r Into the United States
IL oder OF Brig Ger. r.Av.r,,np
isN A. A AdjI General
E% MILITARY GOODS.
SLATE eRkY, AND
-. . -. BLUE Military CLOTH,
supply " hlaiAy Cashmere Blue Denra. for shirs
'eIP' NJ SA' NiA many other s;Sd. e. si@y sSSS.,
r~MILITARYC ASSuwERES.
49, lees yda "a eFCJ Military C.snsrss
With Orhe. ,osss s s,Ty upsSS. ina, s.e,v.a and r
sale, al he isssss ready sAsn prices. -, -.
R~mLLITARY BAuE CLOTH
49, very bsaHnfa article for Oassrs and privAies
- wArKRs HcKLEs.
$3.50 q AND Cd FINE GRAY MIL
- frAsY eAssinSNs just received, at low prices
Tent GOA ana Military GauetiutG
H~sPECIAL NOTICE. -Owrg to the
49, tnpcsssnIy Of prccu-ias ssppe except for cash,
ssS.s :sa. hay: been heretofore p S' ps ne months
uJS No. % Main street.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ORDNANCE oPsICP,
RicanoSD, July 9, 1851.
DSoPosALs w be received At this Office until - O'clock,
rhuday an Inst for the Of three thonEand
Is 0o Sword Bsyonsts AA pe Pattern acd 70 De
Iura shed bJ the DePArtneLL J. GoaGAs,
Iya-t3s Chief OF Ordnance.
FOR SALE.
A YALUAB-E Horse, JUS, years old; would suit ~
n admirably ter Cavalry or Hanger service, and t <3S
Apply A Cooke At Exchange Hotel or at Green's
bs-si 10. JOHNSON. ESQ.
NEW MILITARY WORKS.
~ ". RANDOLPH, IN Main Eirs4t,
Has for IAlr, Davis Troopers Manual si25
Williams Military Text Seek Us
BaekheEs &c sRee Wa or Tactics tor tsers q inaaty
Cavalry, AMI Artillery sc
BalEhs,IS IzianHy Camp Duty, ESIacslsn
Defence Soc
NscAnS R-sasG0ps instruction for Cavalry IA time Of
wars
Jyasu Theory aad Pracars Of Naval ssnnsry lIss uyi
GUN SHOT wOUSDs.-Tarf Oh Is The mos. speedy
" healing ArAon for gashot wounds In the WORTH Man
aiAe;ased only By DOVE 4 co, pIsssst,
BOLOGNA sACsAeEsJus reeeiysadiree, RON Europe lot
ID fsaperior Bologna s.asAgsa Tor sale b. O. ckANZ
Ape No serehsnzs BLOCK.
ENrRA FLOUR. OfsuPeriOr quality for sale by
II is25-lu DUNLOP, MoNcURE co.
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. rrESTIOS yoLUSTEyRs FO1 sSD COMPANY. AL

A rrESTION YOLUSTEERs fO2 2ND COMPANY. AtIG
"A COMMITTEES from Camp having b,ea teiAlsd for 80
o. purpose o. drilling the BAD a. Company Row rming lHtt
- 70 be attached 20 col GiLuANe Re-lNANr a<a.-a
voas can % all zen OF good sndius aud
correct hama wng uultr tttF ~ rs Nh those Who
h q their county, % The necessity OF re-
5rir themselves 70 he COMMITTEE NdhOIf DsLAf a.
Baasks a. Camp andr Ne SP5tsEood Hotel Toe BhSf
ARMS furnished Col Ghsms Asgueni WI soon e con-
p-te Aai time shosl1 be lost WV
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+ EiTHy AND GUM BETTING Of the most sp
~ proved quality To IL inches wide inclusive Ny stock
kept always full BY weekly arrival. from the manufacturer
CO.. sINToa, Importer Of Hardware,
and Main
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lust RRCRIVED.-s0goy yards OIL Cloth--suItabls for
81 Soldiers 10 sleep In Camp OILY rs cts per yard
ALFkED MOSES,
mays g3 Main Street
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A SbOaGSs
~ so bales Coit5n ospAburg', OF various styles
20 bales medium and heavy ZEN, Cloth, IN store and
recsrng, sale for cash only, very moderate prices
I-t kent PAINE A 90.
NOTICE.
ENrRFrRH OF r n aoMEsviLLH CO. Is Ibis day dissolved
Il BIZ m1tull ccnfent.
9rrarrvle uIh 'ss Up the Affairs Of the ate rcerp
and eonIass business T same pace on his OF sceonnt
r. b s0MEhyIfIE
EDWARD GRAY.
Rlchmond June i, ISL.
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NOTICE To s.--rHE fin,
~ ADVERTISER hsy ng large experience In Naval SxS,
and steam sdans detirous Of fm9g JOINT broCk VuM
PANY for the purpose OF operating SEA against the Federal
Government.
Hs satn.i his plan the mort feasible that eouidbe
adopted, one that viii yield large pr.hS
persS Interview had with HIN Exchange aud Bal
lard House. No a., from 10 A. NJ. to 3 p. ~, daily.
Richmond, June lsth 1861. jel+-u
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CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
WAR DEPARTMENT
ORDINANCE OPgICP,
RcanoSD, July g 1851. J
IlS0P0sALs VII be received this Office until - O'clock
rhursday an the Of three thouxand
Is 0o) sword Bsyonsts peE ferry Pattern acd
fura she'd by the DePArtneEL .. GOaGAS
iya-t3i CHIEF OF Ordnance.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-01-01

with their torches flashing through the woods
they were Jackson and his men. He had
been in our camp only the day previous, and
told us he had sheep farm in his neighbor.
hood. "Quick, this way" l shoutcd-the
wolves the wolves!" He answered me-
How blessed thing was the sound Of hu.
man voice in our necessity. They came un.
der the tree we were in.
lIalloa there where arc youY where are
the wolvesl" he shouted in bis stentorian
tones.
"Dsre's do sheep Pm bin huntin' all dis
blessed night" exclaimed negro who accom-
panied Jackson on his search.
| looked around, and there was Jackson
big flock Of sheep, staring blandly at US up in
the trees, and at their master in turn. 1t had
been their eyes we had seen in the darkness
And there was Jackson see saving on a
fallen notwithstanding and laughing and
crying by turns-and there was the negroes,
acd thoy called in the sheep. "Ho! no! no
Oh! laws a msussy, did l eyer-ho no no
no wolves, oh, laws maussyw
Poke slid down the tree he was in, picking
up his coat tail, that had been torn off by a
broken limb in his hurried ascent. sighing =
"oh! that I had the wings ofa dove"
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From La Presse, OF Paris, Dec. 4.
The French Press on DisuniOn- Hostility to a
Southern COnf.deTacy.

France cannot be otherwise than
proud to find her protection claimed or her al
lance south by all oppressed nationalities,
and it is her interest and her glory not to fail
in any of the obligations that her position i'm
poses upon her. But in the present case THAT
of the proffered alliance to tho Southern
States) tho question Of independence is com
plicated by question Of slavery, and the one
filings an unhappy shadow over the other.
France, who abolished slavery herself, can
not evea seem to protect IL an other countries.
Such an idea even would do her serious in-
jury. Tho Americans of South Carolina must,
then, be persuaded that If ever they obtain
from the French Government tie moral sup.
port that they demand. it acM not be as pro.
prietors, bit in spite of their being proprie.
tors ofsiaves, and by virtue of the principle,
acknowledged for thirty years, that all Gov
crnments de .facto shall be recognized 10y the
Governments Of Europe and America.
France has in the United States the same
interest that these large towns have, land
ought to follow the same line Of conduct. J
The rupture Of the Union will entail more
risks than benefits; for while the commerce
of England and the whole of Europe will be
admitted, with our own, to the free ports Of
the new confederation, the Northern confed
Grafton will Immediately seek, in an exclusive
alliance ith England, counterpoise to the
Southern agreemen. with France. War will
inevitably flow from this antagonism. IIav.
ing "a allies slave proprietors, we will be tor.
ced, by the nature Of thirgs to defend their
institutions and to tolerate their plan Of an-
nexing Mexico and the Island of Cuba, viii ch
the North up to this time has alone proven.
ted.
France wW never lay herself open to such
course. She ought not to aHow the South.
erp States TO deceive themselves an this matter
She c1anot even lend such consent az silence
may aGord; her duty is to iqJor wiM all hey
power 10 prevent dissolution. There oughl
not to be far us, OF the other side Of H. At
idltic, either Southern americans or NORTH
crn americans, Jm States whoSe Union is
important TO the equilibrium Of Ns world. -
The american marine IS not less necessary
10 France than the Ru' sian, Spanish ana
Nalian naries, to prevent single powe1
from sei=ing the empire Of the seas.
France was the first ally Of the United
counselor, and expose the abyss into which
they are now huryins-an abyss in which
will be buried forever Past most glorious ant
a Future most hopeful. For tie -imerica,
Union, separation is SUICIDE, ii is tie nsur,
der Of a great nation and a great principle
France cannot lend hand to this murder
She has helped to make tbs peopls-and wa
never help to destroy them.
Such are, zoe are c n"iacea Tic sentime &
of our Government.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-01-01
NO. 74O.
TWO NOBLE BOYS.

A correspondent Of the independently St.
Louis, Missouri, communicates the following
story as strictly true:
A few evenings since, two little boys, a.
bout five years old, were walking together
along one of tho fashionable streets Of our
city. AS they were passing a private resi-
dence they stopped, attracted by the rose hon
eysuckles that filed the small front yard with
fragrance and beauty.
After looking for some minutes silently and
wistfully, the following dialogue took place
Fredd. -"Ob, what beautiful flowers :"
Willie-"IIow l wish we had some of
them.
Freddy-"But it would be wrong to take
them.
Willic-"There are so many Of them, and
they are so pretty. Do you think it would
be wrong to take just oneP'
Freddy-"Yes, it would be wicked.
Willie-"Yes, it would so; come, let us
go away"
Duling all this time Mrs. B, the la
dy Of the house, was standing, unseen by the
boys, looking through the closed blinds at
tentiyely listening to the conversation. When
the last remark was made, she threw open
the blinds, her eyes brimming with tears and
cried out:
"You dear, noble little boys, come here,
and you shall have every flower in the yard.
Beautiful as are the flowers, they are not to
be compared with the beauty Of your honest
hearts. Your mothers should be proud of
you and you of them. If either of you should
be President of the United States, as l hope
YOU may BE-, may you never forget how you
resisted this temptation. Aud she literally
striped every rose and honeysucke from tho
bushes, and sent the boys away with their
arms full Of flowers, and with thousand
ble.snrs on their heals.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-01-01
A Kcntuckian on Secession.

A correspondent of tho Tribune gives this
statement Of an interview with Kentuckian I:
An old friend Of mino who owns thirty or
forty negroes and lives some distance from
the city, though only five miles from the Ohio
river, said to me-:
what the ID do we want dissolution
Of the Union for9 Do you sec that blue,
misty range Of hills!'
We were standing upon the portico and
looking to tho Westward, as the sun sank in
a gorgeous flush of crimson and gold.
looked in the direction indicated, and ans
wered:
yes
THAT is Indiana said the old gentleman
quietly, 'and is about five miles distant
'Ahp
'Fact, sir. But when these id Palmet-
to treod South Car lima fanatics dissolve the
Union-if old Buck is cowardly enough 10
let them-then that (poiuting TO the blue f.,
misty outline) will be Canada and our nc.
groes will steer North because there will be
no fugitive slave law over there. Do you see
what Yancey and Rhett want to bring to our
very doors?
Il see it very distinctly Mr.. -, though
it must Re at least five miles distant
We laughed and turned into the house.
Supper was ready and one of the perambula-
ting, peculiar institutions had just given us
notice of the fact. He must have been worth
at least 5000.
"Suppose that nigger," said Mr.. -, as
he left US, SHOULD take unto himself legs
he doesn't lack heels--and some dark night
should go North for his health, how ought l
to enter him in my books"
"Not to the Republicans l rejoined
NO, that's SO. But l would enter in my
ledger, "A likely negro boy 5000 l wish
South Carolina were only situated where Flor
ida is.' We sat down to the table.) Then,
said the old gentleman, cutting a slice Of
bread into the required shape, she would re.
semble that
Yes, sir, that's Florda-almost a PENN
sula' said 1.
WELL continued Mr.. -, Il, with thou
sands of other slave holders in Kentucky
Tennessee, and the border States, would say
cut her otp--and he savagely suited the ac-
tion to the word, as per advice of Hamlet tc
the players-aud slashed the slice in two and
let her 60 to the ID by largely increased
majority ty--what do you say, ehg'
Il don't think there would be any tears
shed hereabouts.'
No stree! But quiet secession! Why
such thing is an impossibility. Secession
is emphatcally revolution, treason and anar
cby. Wife, give me a cup Of your hottest
toa-ugh! l only wish Old Buck had the
pluck to hang the first fellow of them who
dares to resist the collection of Uncs Sam;
revenue. These are my sentiments
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A HERO.

John B. Cough, the celebrated Temperance
lecturer, wlo has returned 10 the United States,
from visit TO bis native England, and who
is announced to speak at the Cooper Institute
related in one Of his recent speeches the fol-
lowing anecdote
"John Maynard was well known in the
Lake district as God fearing, houes, intelli.
gent pilot. He was q pilot on a steamer from
Detroit to Buffalo one summer afternoon. At
that time those steamers seldom carried boats
Smoke was seen ascending from below, and
the Captain called out, "Simpson, 60 down
and SEQ what that smoke is." Simpson came
up with his facs pale as ashes, and said, "Cap-
tain, tho ship Is on fire!' Then. Sire
fire fire ! on ship boardv' rang out. All
hands were called up. Buckets of water were
dashed ou the fire, but in vain. There w,rc
large quantities of rosin aud tar on board,
and ii was useless to attempt to save the ship.
The passengers rushed forward and enquired
of tho pilot, GLOW far are we from Bufalo?"
"Seveu miles," How long before we reach
it?' "Three quarters of an hour, at our
present rate of steam.' "Is there any dan
gcrT, Danger hersP-sco the smoke burst.
ing ont!-go FORWARD, If you would save
your lives" Passengers and crew, men, wo
men and children-crowned tho forward part
of the ship. John Maynard stood at the helm
The flames burst forth in sheet of fire,
clouds of smoke arose; the Captain cried out
through his trumpet, "John Maynard! y "Aye,
aye, sir. "-"Are You at the hem'' Aye,
aye, SIR" Ii does she headl' South
east by cast, SIR" "Head her south east and
run her ashore" Nearer, nearer, and vet
nearer she approached the shore. Again the
Captain cried out "John May w The
response came feebly, aye, aye, sir" "Csn
you hold on five minutes longer John p
"By Gods help, will! y The old mans hair
was scorched from the scalp; ono hand was
disabled bic knee upon the stanchion, aud
his teeth set, with his other hand upon the
wheel, lie stood firm as a rock. IIe beacbed
the sbip-every man, woman and child was
saved,as John Maynard dropped, and his spir.
it took its fight to bis God! Sensation.
He sacrificed his life to save the lives OF
Others. 1t is worth greater effort to save h
man from mora! ruin-to save child from
drunkenness, than from fire."