Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-07-20

my eauanimity. could have cot alona
WIN an ,he rest, without being especially
disturbed bnt was then a vonpa unmar-
rIed man and though not particularly
susceptible to female attractions in oenar.
al, ! thought had never looked mon 90
ioyeiy ana interesting creature before.
s'Auin'e,eu out some unintelligIble re
ples' rep. my mood well drawn over nv
lace asked 10 be permitted TO have few
minutes private conversation with the
master OF the house.
~ course lhls request caused considera.
fbie'snrprise-but it was granted and Al
soon as we were alone, | tod him in 8
lew words who and what | was. the
strange adventure | met with, and dis
closed in full the plot OF my road acauajn.
tance to murder and rob him. lie Turned
pale ut the recital, and seemed much as.
tonlshed, but begged me not TO mention
Inc design to his wife and daughter. He
lhen called his two sonS-strong deter.
mined ie'lo"s-recounted the plotto them.
and arranged TO have everything 20 for.
ward as II the scheme we're being carried
out as its vile author designed.
1t took some shrewd management 10
keep me TO my part without letting the
females into the secret; but il wns etec.
TED; and before midnight | cautiously
opened the door and look ed out. There
was my man, ready and waiting.
''ls all right ?" he whispered.
+ "Ges, come in?"
AS he crossed the threshold. the father
ana sons sprang upon him, But the fell
10" was strong and desperate. and per-
haps had some slight suspicion of the
truth. With yell he cleared their uni
ted graSps al bound leaving portion of
his rags IN their hands. The next mo.
ment Ihe whole four of us were in chase
ot the villain, rs he ran across the road TO
gam lhe woods about twenty rod, dis
tance.
Fine" shouted the father; "shool
down the scoundrel :"
Wewere all armed and prepared, and
az the word four reyolvers began to crack
behind him. But he seemed to lead a
charmed lie, and s:il he ran on, keeping
shor distance ahead of us. Once | fan.
Gle" saw him stagger; but he gained the
woods ana disappeared, and we reluctant
" and with deep chagrin gave up the
chase.
when We returned to the house, the
wiie and daughter we're both terribly a.
Iarmed. VI course an explanation follow
ed-'he host being disappointed in ma
KING the capture, as he intended. without
s&ceiI,ins Their Tears. There was no more
f'tH.u IN Thai house that hiph,.
'he next morning we went out to the
woed and discovered trail of blood We
ioIbw d on for half mile, and found the
ruifan lying dead, face downward, his
hatds firmly clnched upon some bushes
One OF the sons recognized him as sus-
peded murderer, who had couple Of
years before left that part of the country
liewas buried with little ceremony. /
waswarmly thanked for the part had
played TO save the family bat from no
oth'r did the words sound SO sweet To
meas from the lips Of tne beautiful daugh-
ter.
The family pressed me to stay with them
Tor awhile, and stayed long enough to
los my heart and win another. Strange
as Appears, in looking back to it, tie e.
event of that villain leaping into the
ro'd before me, changed my whole for
tuae and sometimes, when gaze fond
ly upon my wife, am tempted 10 bless
the dark and wicked design that provi-
deatialIy led mo TO so much happiness.
PETERsBuRG,-The city of PETERSBURG
was founded rs a settlement two hundred
AMI ten years ago. and was named after
st. Petersburg, the capital OF Russia
Among the first families" we find the
names OF Goode, Bland, Boiling, Eppes,
Hirrison and Rives. The Bollings are
descendants of Pocbahontas, the famous
Indian queen, and still exhibit with pride,
t'aces Of the royal blood" in their physi.
ognomy. The city contained about twen-
tythree thousand inhabitants Just previ-
ors to the war. 1t was thriving manu-
.ac.uring place, add its moi thern air and
population were regarded With jealous eye
by the ire-eaters at the inception of the
rebellion.
small sire IN on the east divides Pc
t,rsburg from the village of Blandford,
which takes its name from Richard Bland,
enc of the early English settlers on the
James river. Probably where Badly"
Smith defeated the rebels on Wednesday
is known as Blandford Heights. Here, in
the Revolution, occurred the battle of the
Church-yard, where the British General
taillon, was roughly handled by (ifwe
misalke not) General Gates and General
Lee, an ancestor of the present rebel lead
der. The graves Of those who fell, are
still shown in the ChurSh-yard and some
are marked by monuments and humble
slabs. The old church has crumbled 10
ruins, and twenty-five thousand bodies
rest on this hill.
lrs Some Coppelhead has started such
disloyal' questions IS the following
After war of CT years duration, Russia,
with population of $1,000 900, has at
last succeeded in subjugating Crca:sia,
with population of 100000. II it takes
P, 10000. 600 Russians G4 years to subiugate
100000 Circassans, how long will it talk 9
2O,OOO,OOO Americans to subjugate S,000,-
0O0 Americans?
\ In his late Philadelphia speech, Mr..
Lincoln said: We are going through
with our task so far as an concerned. if it
takes US three years longer,." But sup
pose the country should get through with
g. Al tsl n a a