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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

A Virginia correspondent of the New
Orleans Crescent met man on the stage
who fold him the following snake story:
Il have had many lively time with rat
ftlesnak es, = he used to sSy but <he 4urrfs
dest fight /. ever had with END waes up
be az the top fthat furthest mountain yonl
der. l was hunting deer upsthar one day !
when i came sacrost, it seemed TO ~, a
Thousand rattleseakes all inA bhnch.5s' lay
be they was holding convention thar, or
may be camp meeting-but so many to-
gethcr | have nuyver seen before,
though I've bin Twin in these here noun
tans nigh onto forty year. Yell, don +
mind rattlesnakes in a general way. and |
have fit and whipped adozen. OF them
many time in one fight but these here
was too many for me. They seed that l
was scared, and they broke for me. i run
and they after me, hot foot; but i soon
found they was againin' on me-, and 20 4
TUX to a tree. | thought they would go
away after while, but, instid of that more
kept comm; and such rattlin and spit
tin as they kept up around that Tree !; ney-
or heard before in my life..' Alter a while
the night began to come on, but they
showed no signs of leaving so ] determin-
ed to git down and try and fight my way
through EN-. | had on suit of clothes
made of 7buckskin out and out, and 1
thought maybe they wouldn't be able to
strike through it to the skin. Soon as
fetched ground they all few at me but
sure enough they couldn't strike through
my buckskin suit All they could do is to
git their fangs fastened in it, and then
they couldn't pull 'em out again. | whips
out my pocket knife and commenced cut
ting theheads of o. all that had got stuck in
my clothes, meantime gradually retreating
back towards home. At last they gave it
up, and went off to the mountain, all rat
Ting away like the devil When I got
home how many rattlesnake heads you sup
pose me and my wife pulled out of my
clothes? Forty nine, sir. Forty nine rat
tlesnakes had got their fangs stuck in my
buckskin suit and | had cut ther heads off.
Some people have said they didn't believe
the story, and have asked me to discount a
few of the number, but I=won' do it sir.
Because it is true-and people may bellows
it or not, just as they please. Now, let's
take another julep. -, sIs 54 cess g
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

The DEMOCRACY AND THE PRESIDENT.
The Radicals are very anxious to throw
the responsibility of their quarrel with the
President they elected upon the Democratic
party, notwithstanding the fact that Mr..
JOHNSON has not acted with the Demo
cratic party since his accession to power. -
lie has been surrounded by Republican
cabinet, and followed the advice of its
members. The New York World states
the true relations of the Democracy to the
President in the following paragraph, and
no others have existed between them: |
Tie zeal with which the Democratic
press has defended the President so far as
1t deemed him right, must mislead nobody
TO suppose that he is in any degree respon-
sible Tor us, or we for him lie can take
no just offence at our repudiating his modes
Of operation, since he has uniformally dis
carded and repudiated ours. "
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27
Fearful ARRAY with Axes.
From the Griffin IN. CO. Union,

1rom inc urlInn N. C.J Union, sept. ..
A most horrible tragedy was enacted
about twelve miles from here, on the plank
load, last Friday. Two black men by the
names OF William Jones and Richard Blan-
ton had some difficulty, about woman,
and meeting in the woods with their axes.
they at once proceeded to settle the dispute
In tue chivairici style. One Or the other
must die. From what we learn, Richard
lBianton was pursued by ~Iones some dis
lance, when sBlanton turned upon his pur-
suer, and with stroke Of his axe split him
down--the axe striking Jones on the tenn
pie, and passilg down through his cheek
and into his breast. causing his death in a
few hours. Blanton came in and gave
himself up to the authorities, and pre-
llminary examination was had before Judge
Bo5nton, which resulted in the prisoner
being bound over to appear at the next
term OF the Superior. court in the sum OF
five hundred dollars. s'45
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

Mr.. TALLMADGE AS WAUKEsHA
FARMER. The Waukesha Ploindealer has
the following notice of the Democratic can
didate for Governor:
/" Hon. John J. Tallmadge, of DIilwau-
kee, is promising forwarding and commits
sion merchant, and also one of the largest
farmers of this county, having about one
and stock a, At Summit ,l. Mr.. Tall%madge is a
co OF the late ks besn r Ia%ad
this State for ten or fifteen years, but has
never been very active politician"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

A CHEERFUL Sort OF CoUNTRY.-A
correspondent writing from Ellsworth, Kan.
sas, the 18th inst, details a few local in.
stances Of the day previous. We extract
enough to show that Ellsworth is pleas
ant place as regards amusements:
Yesterday morning the train bound east,
from the terminus Of the route, when with
in eight miles of this place, was fired on by
n party of about twelve or fifteen Indians.
(Che. 9 ne y One man was accidentally
shot by the conductor during the ARRAY =
About IL o'clock last night a fight took
place in house of ill-fame kept by Mad
anne Cora Grant. About SO or 60 shots
were fired, by which three men and one
woman were wounded, one of the former
severely. About the same time Mexican
was shot in town on the main street."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

A SPECIMEN OF FRONTIER LIFE.-The
Salt Lake Tidette details the following
bloody incident as a commonplace affair:
"On Tuesday last terrible shooting af-
fray took place in Echo Cannon. 1.-TWO
teamsters belonging to Kimball's train got
into fight, and the larger and stronger
one getting the other one down, was beating
him cruelty. The smaller one cried
enough, but his opponent still kept beat
ing him. Another teamster, whose notions
of fight were, that when man surren-
dered, the thing should end, stepped up,
seized hold of the large man, jerked him
off, and at the same time telling him that
the other one had called for quarter, and
that he had beaten him enough. This
aroused the implacable enmity of the bruis-
er against the intermeddler, and drawing
his revolver, he shot him through the head.
At the same time, number. three had got
his pistol out and fred three shotsin into the
big teamster, killing him instantly, and
then fell over, dead, as he was attempting
to cock his revolver to FIRE the fourth shot.
1t was sanguinary affair, and is a caution
to violent men not to permit their passions
to get the better of their judgment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

EJ@J oHNATnAN HAsBRoUcK, President
Of the First National Bank of Kingston,
Ulster county, N. Y, has swindled that in
stituiion. aud its depostors out of over
$500, 00s II appears that the HAsBRoUcK
family have been the " leaders of society -
in Kingston, and have been astonishing
everybody in that region for years past with
their dashy shows and reckless extrava-
eancc in dress and living. HAsBRoUcK, it
seems. while pretending to invest the funds
of the bank and his friends in good securi.
ties, appropriated them to his own pur-
poses, spent it On his family, or lost it in
stock gambling
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

DEATH Sir FREDERICK BRUCE, British
Minister to this country, died in Boston on
the 10Th inst. lie was a brother of Lord
El.GIN, late Governor General of Canada,
and Liberal BY family associations. He
was Seotchman by birth, and one of the
descendants Of the illustrious ROBERT
BRUCE. At the time of his decease he was
bachelor, and about fifty years of age
He was personally very popular, and, we
may add, had become Amcricanized in his
social habits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27
The Iowa Talking Baby"

The Ottumwa, Iowa, Mercury of the
18th inst, trots out the following big story:
A few weeks since we published an ac-
count of babe six mouths old as being
gifted with the power of speech. The ar
tlcle was copied in the newspapers all over
the United States, believed by some, and
ridiculed by others. We have received
many inquiries in regard to it, and on Sat
urday last, a. lady from Vernon, Van Buren,
county, paid us visit with the purpose of
getting more definite information concern
ing this truly wonderful case. We had al
ready published all we knew about it, ex-
cept the name of the parents of the child.
This information we gave to the lady, who
immediately set out on pilgrimage to
keokuk county. She returned here yes
terday, and confirmed all we have pub
lished. The babe. is the child of JAG OBJ
ard Sarah Shoemaker, who live in Lancast-
it was crying Justify one day, and the moth
er could do nothing to pacify it. At last
it spoke with startling distinctness these
words: GIVE me drink of water. -
Since that time it has spoken several times.
1t is now seven mouths and half old, and
has very intelligent and striking appear
ance. 1t may be of interest to add that
George" has brilliah black eyes, FIVE
or six shining teeth, and seems to under
stand all that is said to him. A day or
two ago his mother, attempted TO give him
some medicine, but the little fellow very
emphatically refused with the remark that
the article was not good We publish
these facts to crafty the curious, with the
hope that some one will explain the mys-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

The Observation-Disclosures, sweet day
Of rest !''"' n books to post, no orders to
fill, no projects to think over, no politics to
dlscuss-none OF the Thousand wearying,
temper trying, heart-worrying cares of the
every day world. to day. One day of quiet
and tranquility emblem OF eternal rest"
How sweetley comes the peaee.of the Sab
bath morning after the agitations and toll
of the week !! Balmy as odors of Orient
spicy groves gentle as the breath of
sleeping infants or the dying winds Of
evening pure as the incense that rises
from the throne of God comes the calm Of
this holy morning day of all the week
the best. It's the day of home-homs
hushed and quiet, home peaceful and full
of comfort. TO day the father is at homo,
and the mother, with brow freed from
week day cares, sits besides him and
memories OF Sabbaths in the bygone time,
when shy love nniade the day of repose 1
time of joy, come back in all their pleasant
ness. Father is at home, and the little
ones hang at his knee. telling their joys
and troubles of the post week, and rejoic-
| ing that for whole day he will be their
company, and lavish upon them uninter-
ruptedly his loving words and smiles. ri
Aye, pure, sweet, and holy is the day
OF rest Ia the family butt is all too brief
|-transient as the outline of the silvery va
por that floats on the summer sky-for
the rush and turmoil of the troubling
world will come back to morrow. Let not
that thought mar the gentle joy of this
sweet day /; remember, rather, there is .
home whose peace is never interrupted,
whose JOY is never, broken. whose repose
breads not to- morrow, and that part Of
the privilege and happiness of to-day is to
secure place in that family whose circis
is united forever more in our Father .
home on high II nynchJur0 Ne,cs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

INcULoATTNG PEACE The beauty of re.
ligious life is one of its greatest recommen-
dations. What does it profess? Peace to
all mankind. 1t teaches us those arts
which will make US beloved and respected.
and which will contribute to our present
comfort as we'll as to our future happiness.
Its greatest ornament is charity; it incul-
Gates nothing but love and sympathy or af-
fiction; it breathes nothing but pure
spirit Of delight; in short, it is system
perfectly calculated to benefit the heart,
improve the mind, and enlighten the un-
derstanding.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

nR. A young lady at Monroe, Iowa, who
had probably been set up too late with at
night, dislocated her jaw by gaping too Sc
verely. The physicians of the place thought
it was lockjaw, and poulticed the, face but
man with some sense came along, took off
The dough, set the young woman's jaw,
and she is now ready for another visit, but
would prefer that it should not last too long.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27
GOLD AND SILVER FROM MoSTaS. -


Messrs.. Clark Bros. e. Co., of this city,
have received from Mr., S. s. Hauser, Pres
i.dent of the First National Bank in Hell
ena, Montana Territory, about one hundred
thousand dollars IN gold and silver bullion.
The. silver is from. the mines of the St.
Louis and Montana mining company, of
which Mr.. John Howe is treasurer. We
believe this is the largest amount Of gold
and silver ever received in this city. at one
time from the western mines. The gold is
in bars. or bricks, fourteen ia number,
ranging 10 value from $4,000 to Sc, 300 per
brick. The silver is in large circular mas
ses--H. Louis Republican,. 80
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

MELLOW Ace" love ..-.,,ok bach
upon the past. Memory, lives there, and
in treasuring up what We have acquired or
observed, it expatiates upon the resources
OF. Infinite Goodness. Hove, too, to look
forward to the future. Faith lives there,
and in her brightest apticipations ecs Him
whose presence and love are the Joy Of
earth and time, and also the everlasting 10y
lot heaven and eternity 1t is delightful
thought that God is there, God our owa
God. There are sombre .hues in tho mast
but there is radiance even on the darkest
cloud. Dir Springs Ltfeaad Tunes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27
The Livingstone Forgery.

With regard to the recent Yew York
bank forgery, whereby Henry Livingstone
drew So, GOO from the City Bank, upon a
forged check, the following additional par
ticulars have come to light, showing that a
double forgery was perpetrated: I-f
''Attired as an express messenger, Liv-
ingstone entered the bank, and presented a
check for SIS 700, drawn, as supposed, by
Cornelius Vanderbilt. The check, dated
der of Henry Keep, President of the New
York Central, and bore this Endorsement ::
July 8, 1867. The American Express
+ Company will collect and deliver at Albany
Henry Keep, President New York Central
railroad" The signature of Messrs. Van
derbilt and Keep were so cleverly initiated
that Mr.. Thomas Worth, the paying teller,
did not suspect the forgery, and not hav-
ing received from the Clearing House suf4
ficient funds to cash the cheek, requested
the messenger to.call again. In an hour or
so Livingstone called and collected the
SIS, 1000, which, having at his request been
put up in packages of $1,000 each, he put
in his valise and cody walked out of the
Ing nun up Mr. Vanderbiits account, the for
gerry was discovered. Detective Elder, of
New York was placed upon the job, and
with the assistance of Sam. Ellis, of Chi
cago, it was successful worked up in the
manner already related in the Post Liv-
ingstone was formerly railroad conductor
on the Albany and Boston railroad, and
subsequently on a Southern railroad, and
it supposed that while thus engaged, he
hnca mo sufflriaptlv familiar with tho cion.
lures Of Commodore Vanderbilt and Presi-
dent Keep to be able to produce so skiIfu
forgery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27
Successful Recovery of $50. 900 Worth
of Stolen Bonds and Bank Bills Q Z,

From the New York Times, septxi4. 1udf
An extensive and adroit robbery of
Southern railroad bonds and bank noteav
was effected in Baltimore on the 30th ult.3 >
when a tin cash box, containing $35, COO
worth OF these securities, was carried from
the vault of. the.sFranklin~ Bank by three~
sneak thieves, and which was the property
of A1essfsl NfeC ieish, Reeves & Co, bank
ers, in Exchange Place Baltimore. As is
usual ln'such -csaes, theyfobbery was the
work OF adr9E and experienced thieves
On the day mentioned, three unkI own men
entered the bank, when one of them walked
toward the rear end Of the counter, and,
plcklng UP newspaper, opened It, to its
tall extent and was apparently reading It
While bis companions passed on toward tho
open vault, picked up the box and walked
out OF the bulldlng-athe first man still pre-
tending to read the spaper; and when,
few seconds after, one OF the clerks stepped
up to him and asked what he wanted, he
replied that he did ,npt want anything,
folded up the paper, put it in his pocket,
and walked out after his confederates.o III
On the robbery being discovered by the
Dahk otflelals, they Entrusted the'esse to
Messrs. Smith, Person & West, indepen-
dent detectives in Baltimore, who made .
uH6SpI SIl1lC u lot liic tillefoS ana tue fD0x
WHICH contained S27 300 in notes of South
ernd banks, ana $500 of Southe Ri rail
road bonds. These endeavors proved 70
tar successful that,they discovered TIE fact
that 900 of the bonds had been sold to
a broker In Baltimore, who had purchased
them in good faith IS Besides this, the de-
tectives gained a cluet the identity Of the
individual whohad been trying to sell some
of the securities In Philadelphia, in which
effort he had proved unsuccessful, SO had
gone ON to New York, ordering the bonds
and securities to be forwarded to him BY
Adams Express. The detectives came to
this city on Friday last, and found Capt.
John 5. Young absent at NewbuTg, at
| tending the HamilI and Brown boat race. /.
They followed, and gave away the case
| to him. On Saturday night the Captain
and the Baltimorans arrived in the city,
and commemorate They aseer-
tanned that a. man answering the idescrip-
ton OF their luarry had taken lodgings st
aCourtlandt street hotel, remaining there
oply one day. In this dilemma the officers
setIa watch upon all tho express offices, and
were rewarded on Thursday by the arrival
OF apacka ge by "a ams'1 Express, contain
Ting the missing funds, which were given
into tho possession of the Baltimore Off
Gals, who have since returned the same TO
| the owners. AS yet no further clue ha-
been obtained to the identity or where
abouts Of the thieves thus SO neatly do
priyed of their plunderae Tesi1 aatii'sfp
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

pGT> Every family in the United States
now pays upon an average, about 5000 a
year for taxes, to pay the taxes on the pub
lie debt and support the Government. The
taxes are direct and indirect, and there is
no escape from them. The man who rents
a house pays part of it in his increased
rent. and in higher prices for everything he
eats, drinks and wears.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

W A European correspondent Of the
New 4orh; Tines writes that Austria has
discovered by secret expeditionsthat Russia
is maklng preparations for war.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27
. ]! 1'Ef.i7.

SsA White, convicted of murder, and
sentenced to be hung at Anderson, Ind, on
the Goth, was respited at the last moment,
by the Governor. A great crowd had as
sembled around the Jail, and when the news
of the respite came, there was much excite
ment and calls were made for bis execution.
The crowd finally dispersed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

Hsr by the explosion of a tug at Port
Huron; Wednesday night, six persons were
instantly killed, one MORALLY and four 9TH
ers badly injured.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27
Democratic State Ticket

Far G0rernor,
JOHN. J. TALLMADGE, ~,
Of Milwaukee county. ~
For Lint. Gorernor, XII
GILBERT L. PARK, ,.s
r Of Portage County.
For Secretary Of State,
EMIL KOTHE,
of Jefferson County.
-a = Fo,. Treasurer,
pETERRUPP,.
Of Fond du Lac County.
For attorney General, ).
LUCIEN p. WETHERBY, yf
Of ST. Croix County,
Far State Superintendent,
LYMAN G. DRAPER, 81
Of Dane County. ,5
FOR Bank Controller,
RICHARD j HARVEY,
of Winnebago County.
For State Prison Commissioner,
OLE HEG. --s- 81.
Of Racine County. s
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27
THE FL0UGHMAN..
Of al psrspils b man invented,

VI ~ ~ u'SAkSS, 4 K
The ploughman is the best contented;
--lrhe-esting'sgvcds -tsr profits high,-~,....-s.
And on his labor all rely. II ,.,.,, ..r
Mechanics all by him are fed w >" ;
OF him.the meschant's seek their bread
His hands give meat to everything,
Up from the begger to the King.
dmik and hengyNern and
Are by his labors made completeyry
Our clothes from him mus. frst arise,
To deekthe Top; to dress the wisc.z siHT17'
We then by vote may justly state !, II zas
The ploughman ranks among the greatl
More Independents than them all ~ =
Tat dwells upon this earthly bali. .-s :
All hail ye farmer 8, young and old,
Push on your plough with courage bold I.
Your wealth arises from your clod, : 'i.'S
Your independence from your God. @2'''
If, then, the plough supports the nation,
And. men Of rank in every station, I. ssri4
Let Kings to farmers make. bow, SO : "a
And every man procure pillow.
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A WISCONSIN LUNATIc ABROAD

A WISCONSIN LUNATIC ABROAD. re-
cent special from Washington saws:
John Y. Clark, lunatic from Wiscon-
sin has been attempting to get access TO
the PRESIDENT, and threatening that he
~ou,a Gle within forty eight hours He
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

Bag Gen. Sickles is in Washington, and
has had an interview with Gen. Grant.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-27

nA- The elections in Nova Scotia have
resulted in the defeat Of the Uuionists.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-09-14
a LOVE SONG.

o stay, Madonna, stay!
'Iis not the dawn of day
That marks the skies with yonder opal streak;
The stars in silence shine
Then press thy lips to NINE,
And rest upon my neck thy fervid cheek.
o sleep, Madonna, sleep!
Leave me to watch and weep
Ger the sad memory of departed joys
Der hopes eXtinguished beam,
Ger fancy's vanished dream.
Der all that nature gives and man destroys.
o wake. Madonna, wake!
Even now the purple lake
Is dappled DER with amber flakes of light;
A glow is on the HILL
And every trickling rill
In golden threads leap down from yonder
hight.
o fly, Madonna, fly.
- Lest day and envy spy
What only love and night may safely know
Fly, and tread softly. dear,
Lest those who hate US hear
The sound Of thy light footsteps as they go.
Nacaulay.