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V Particular attention paid to the collection o
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on one Of (which the coach narrowly.
escaped turning somersault.
esSee herev' shrieked 4Mr. Greeley.;
'.I don't care if we don't get there at;
allp' s,at4 N
"I've got my orders! Iwork for
the Californy Stage Company, do.
That's what I work for. They said,
Git this man through BY sewing
an this mans going through. Yoa
bet! Gerlongl ,Whooepl'' -
Another. frightfnl jolt, and Mr..
Greeley's bald head suddenly found
its way through the roof of the coach,
amidst the crash of small timbers and
the ripping of strong canvass.
esStOp, you maniac!" he roared.
Again answered Henry Monk, s'I've
got my orders! Keep your seat, Ho-
race!'
At Mud Springs, village o few
miles from Placerville, they met q,
large delegation of the citizens Of
Placerville, who had come out to
meet the celebrated editor. and escort
him to town. There was military
company, brass band, and six
horse wagon load of beautiful girls in
milk white dresses, representing all
the States in the Union. It was
nearly dark now, but the delegation
was amply provided with torches,
and bonfres blazed all along the road
to Placerville.
The citizens met the coach in the
outskirts of Mud Springs and Mr.. !
Monk reined in his foam-coyered
steeds.
els Mr.. Greeley on board?" asked
the chairman of the committee.
s'He was a few miles back!'' said
Mr.. Monk. eyes," he added, after
looking down through the hole which
the fearful jolting and the head of
Mr.. G. had made in the coach roof;
''Yes, I can see him. He is there"
"Mr. Greeley" said the chairman
OF the committee, presenting himself
at the window OF the coach, 'tMr.I
Greeley, we have come most cor
daily TO welcome you, sr-why, God
bless me, sir, you are bleeding at the
noseI'
GIVE got my ordersl" cried Mr.. |
Monk. "My orders is as follers: Git
him there by sewing It wants a |
quarter of sewing Stand out the wayr'
'sBut, sir!' exclaimed the commit
tee man, seizing the of leader by the
reins, 'tMr. Monk, we are come to
escort him into town. Look at the,
procession, sir, and the brass band,
and the people, and the young wo-
men, sir!'
GIVE got my orders!' screamed
Mr.. Monk. ''My orders don't say
nothin' bout no brass bands and
young women. Ny orders says,
Git him there by sewing Let go
the lines. Clear the way thar. Whoo-
ep! Keep your seat, Horace" And
the coach dashed wildly through the
procession, upsetting portion of the
brass band and violentlylgrazing the
wagon which contained the beautiful
young women in white.
Years hence, gray-haired men, who
were little boys in this procession,
will tell their grand children how this
stage tore through Mud Springs, and
how Horace Greeley's bald head ever
and anon showed itself like wild
apparation above the coach roof.
Mr.. Monk was in time. There is a
tradition that Mr.. Greeley was very
indignant for awhile; then he Laughed,
and finally presented Mr. Monk with
a bran new suit of clothes.
Mr.. Monk himself is still in the
employ OF the California Stage Com
pany, and is rather fond of relating
story that has made him famous all
over the Pacific coast, but he yields to
no man in his admiration for Horace
Greeley.
Artemus Wn.d's Ne,o Volume
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Horace Gre.ley,s Ride to Placervil,,

held Is fought and won! -
--,H-------
Horace Greeley's Ride to Placervillc.
! When Horace Greeley was in Cali
fornia, ovations awaited him at every
town. He had written powerful lead
ers III the Tribune in favor of the
Pacific Railroad, which had greatly
! endeared him to the citizens Of the
Golden State, and therefore they
made much of him when he wen. to
see them. s.ta
At one town, the enthusiastic popu-
lace tore his celebrated white coat to
pieces, and carried the pieces home to
remember him by. M ~.
The citizens of Placerville prepared
to fete the great journalist, and an
extra coach, with extra relay of horses,
was chartered of the California Stage
Company, to carry him from Folsom
to PlacerviIie distance, forty miles.
The extra was in some way delayed,
and did not leave Folsom until late
in the afternoon. Mr.. Greeley was
to be feted at o'clock that evening
by the citizens Of Placerville, and It
was altogether necessary that he
should be there by that hour. So the
stage company said to Henry Monk,
the driver of the extra, ssHenry, this
great man must be there by 7 to-
night. And Henry answered, ssThe
great man shall be there"
The roads were in an awful state,
and during the first few miles out of
Folsom slow progress was made.
'sSir, said Mr.. Greeley, ''are you
aware that I must be at Placerville at
z o'clock tonight"
Give got my orders!" laconically
replied Henry Monk.
Still the coach dragged slowly for
ward.
''Sir," said Mr.. Greeley, s'this is
not trifing matter. I must be there
at 7!'
Again came the answer, s'I've got
my orders
/ But the speed was not increased,
and Mr.. Greeley chafed away another
half hour, when, as he was again
about to demonstrate with the driver,
the horses started into furious run,
and all sorts of encouraging yells
filed the air from the throat of Henry
Monk.
''That is right, my good fenowr'
cried Mr.. Greeley. ttI'n give you
$40 when we get to Placerville. Now
we are going!'
They were, indeed, and at terri
BILE speed.
Crack! crack! went the whip, and
again that voice split the air-'Git
up! hill vi! g'longl zip! yipr'
And on they tore over stones and
ruts, up hill and down, at rate OF
speed never before achieved by stage
horses.
Mr.. Greeley, who had been bounc-
ing from one end of the coach to the
other like an India-rubber ball, ma
naged to get his head out of the
window, when he said:
''Do-n't-on't-on'tg you-u-u think
we-e-e shall get there by if we
Ido-on't-on't go so fast?''
GIVE got my orders!" That was
all Henry Monk said; and on tore the
coach.
i It was becoming serious. Already
the Journalist was extremely sore
from the terrible jolting, and again
his head s'might have been seem at
the window.
i "Sir," he said, 'I don't care-ai,
if we don't get there at 7!''
'sI've got my orders!''
Fresh horses. Forward again, faster
than before. Over rocks and stumps,
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Across the plain. and far, away, passed on;
that hideous wrack,
While cavalier and fantassin dash in upon
their track. $780, '~
On Fontenoy! on Fontenoy! like eagles in
the sun,
With bloody plumes, the exilcs stand-the
field is fought and won! ~
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Weekly Family Newspaper.

The first which appear February a.
VIII contain Of miscellaneous
proprietor his
the publication of the first have an
scommen
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THE TRI-WEEKLY PHOENIX.

FOR country circulation published Tuesday,
AS the Geenvie
subscribers their of
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THE DAILY PHOENIX.

Issued every morning Monday filled with the LATEST
EDITORIAL Miscellany Poetry
paper IN the e outside of Charleston has been published
general The henac recently
quantity and quality Of reading will
South Carolina REFRESHMENTS
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BOOKS & STATIONERY.
Books AND STATIONERY.
WHOLESALE AND REWAlL,
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+ P E N G. H S

BOOK AND STATIONERY STORE,
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DLANK BOOKS, PAPER
MN NFI}V

DLANk BOOKS, PAPER ...
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MERCHANTS OF ALEXANDRIA.

M
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III WALL PAPERS, III
WINDOW SHADES,
PICTURE F r NJ + S,
CORDS s. TASSELS.
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Picture Frames made to order.
Carpets cut made, and put down to order :,
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GROCERIES & PROVISIOW5.

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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-06-01
The Tailor and Dean Swift.

A tailor in Dublin, near the resi-
dence Of the Dean took it into his
head that he was specially aud divine
ly inspired to interpret the prophecies,
and especially the book Of Reveia-
ton. Quitting the shop-board, he
turned out a preacher, or rather a
prophet, until his customers had left
his shop, and his family was likely to
famish.
His monOmania was well known to
Dean Swift. who benevolentIy watched
for some convenient opportunity to
turn the current of his thoughts. One
night the tailor. as he fancied, got a
revelation to 90 and convert Dean
Swift, and the next morning took up
his line Of march for the deanery.-
The Dean whose study was furnished
with a glass door, saw the tailor ap-
proach, and instantly surmiSed the
nature Of his crrand. Throwing him
self into an attitude Of solemnity, and
his eyes fixed on the tenth chapter of
Revelation, he waited his approach
The door opened, and the tailor an
.nounced, in his unearthly voice, the
message:
"Dean Swift, l am sent by the Al
mighty to announce to you--"
|. "Comein, my friend, said the Dean,
Il am in great trouble, and no doubt
the Lord has sent you to help me out
of my difficulty
This unexpected welcome inspired
the tailor, strengthened greatly his as
surance il his own prophetic charac-
ter, and disposed him to listen to the
disclosure.
"My friend, said the Dean, u have
just been reading the tenth chapter OF
of Revelation, and am greatly dis
tressed with difficulty | have met
with; and you are the very man to
help me out. Here is an account OF
an angel that came down from heaven
who was so large that ne placed one
foot on the sea, and the other on the
earth, and lifted up his hand to hea
ven Now my knowledge Of mathe
matics, continued the Dean, enables
me to calculate, exactly the size and
form Of the angel; but | am in great
difficulty, for I wish to make him q
pair of breeches, and as that is in yom
line of business, | have no doubt the
Lord has sent you to show me-"
This sudden exposition came like
an electric shock to the poor tailor
He hurried from the house, ran to his
shop, and quick revulsion OF thought
and feeling came over him. Making
breeches was exactly in his line o
business. He returned to his occupa
tion, thoroughly cured of his prophet
cal revelation by the wit of the Dean
-CongregationaIist.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-06-01
Growing Old.
BY MRS. W. H. BURLEIGH.

Are we really older than we were
twenty years ago? No doubt the
world thinks so; and our looking
glasses, it may be, would tell the same
story. But the world knows almost
nothing about US, and what a mere
surface affair is the verdict of a look
ing-glass. | maintain tha t | am
younger than | was then. | find life
more enjoyable, the world more beau
tiful, men more noble, women more
loveable, and little children incom-
parably more attractive. | am not
conscious OF having undergone that
fossilization of the heart which is the
essence OF old age. | have not learn
ed to be suspicious, or miserly, OF
ashamed Of enthusiasm.
In this world Of care and friction
and material needs there is great dan
ger Of becoming indurated to the very
bore, or Of being converted into some
sort of a machine-a business machine,
or a housekeeping machine or a shop
ping and visiting machine. 1t is only
to let go of ones self, yield to the
pressure, and the thing is done. We.
have got into a rut, and may trundle
on day after day, growing more and
more mechanical, and less and less
human, while time writes the obituary
Of our youth Oh the parchment of our
faces, and our own conciousness echoes
the verdict of our looking-gIasses-
growing Old"
But here is the remedy: Meet the
pressure from without a stronger force
from within. The fountain Of youth
wells in every human heart, and it is
our own fault if we allow it to be
choked or dried up. To be young Is
to be plastic, impressi0nabIe, alive to
all beauty, responsive to all demands
for sympathy, capable Of growth in
all directions, and Of faith that Is
ready to undertake and achieve the
apparently impossible.
And this Elasticity, this outflow Of
Joyous life, this faith that believes, and
attempts, and performs all these must
come from a child-ike trust in God,
and settled conviction that any cir
I |cumstances are OF his providing, and
the best that his infinite love can de-
wise. He is immortal youth; and as
our life is perpetually derived from
him, why should not we share that
youth and be glad in it? Let Us ae-
cept what IS given, doing our best now.
and here leaving all burdens Of the
past. and all anXieties Of the future to
his disposal.
Givc us, dear Lord, The trusting, child-like spirit
That makes us thankful to be led by thee;
Thy iag. IN giving. let our souls inherit,
O,,r finite mirror thine nfnity."
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-06-01
Written for the Cambridge Chronicle.
Ocean Voice.
''wHAT WERE THE WILD WAVES SAYING" )"

In the merry days of early prime,
Ere this head with gray was crown'd,
L courted the waves, as they rose sublime,
And away TO sea was bound.
Oh, my swift winged bark with straining mast,
Like a cloud in western skies,
Der the main sped on, and following fast
Were the widest winds that rise.
In her fOaming wake were many a sail,
Bright suns rose over the seas,
And past all peril, by rock or gale,
She rode into port at ease.
But the harbor there, that dusky night,
As she drop'd her anchor down,
LOOl1'd solemn and dread in the answering
light
That shOne from beacon and town.
And the sounding waves far out at sea,
Were sounding messages grand,
They came on the breeze and talk'd to me
Of "dim and shadowy land"
But the tale they told of wonders deep,
Hidden in ages dead,
Were specially sent for me to keep,
"You must not tell,' they said.
In the babblng years, that since have rolPd,
I've kept their secret well,
Not lisp they breath'd has ever been told
Of all that erst befell.
Oh, the beautiful sounds l heard that hour,
In sad and measured flow,
They come to me still with wondrous power
And sing of the "long ago"
And never, while constant thought shall keeT
The treasures of earth and main,
Will the song that came from sounding deer
Fer cease to thrill my brain.
A. S. X