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AN UGLY CUSTOMER.

CAPTAIN MALLoY, Of bark Osceola
Sd, of New Bedford, in letter to Jacob
B Hadley, Esq, agent, gives a graphic
account of an encounter with a whale on
the 18th of December last. We quote
as follows:
"About 300 miles N. W. from St..
Nicholas, we saw whales close to the
ship, lowered the boats as soon as posi-
BILE, and soon the second mate struck a
large whale. In few minutes, the third
mate struck and got stove. The whale
then went to thesecond mate and knock
ed the bottom out of his boat. The
first mate then brought the third mate
and his crew to the ship. 1 then sent
him off to bring the second mate and his
crew to the ship as quick as possible, as
I saw that the whale was intending mis-
chief. In the meantime the whale was
at work on the starboard boat, and he
soon made bad boat Of her. After get
ting all hands on board, the first and
second mates. being anxious to try him
again, went off, but didn't get chance
to kill him. In fact they had as much
as they could do to keep clear of him !;
and seeing that he was dangerous Gus
toner, I called the boats on board
Not liking the idea of being done by a
whale, I concluded to go at him with
the ship; got ready and made for him.
Getting near, he turned and came for
US, striking the ship on her pert bow
with his law, his head coming in con-
tact with the cut-water, knocking it of
considerable copper and sheathing. The
shock he gave the ship was heavy, tax
ing some of the men off their feet, and
GIVING them considerable of fright. Had
the whale struck the ship fair he would
have gone through her as easily as a cat
would through wet paper. About the
time he struck gave him bomb, but
did not kill him. So I went at him
again. This time he did not seem to
like the taste of the ship, and so got out
of the way as fast as he could. AS he
passed I gave him another bomb and
two lances, but these failed to kill him.
Again I tried him, but he kept clear Of
us. 1t being late, 1 sent a boat off to
make the wreck of the starboard boat
secure to the line, to act as drag, and
went after the boat, now five miles to the
leeward. After getting her on board I'll
being then dark) worked to the wind,
ward all night, and the next morning saw
him again with the wreck of the boat
still fast to him. At $50 we lowered
two boats well manned, and we went al
him. After hard tussle, we got him
under the care of friends, and took him
alongside. He was very large whale
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Our Stuty- TEIIRr.
THE MINISTER'S GUESTS.
From the Providence journal. I

From the Providence Journal
Elinor Blake was deeply in love with
the Rev. Allison Granger, and her affee-
tiOn was reciprooated. So they were mar
ried.
Mr.. Granger lived in the country; and
if you want to know what kind of life
his was, just you 60 and change youself
into a minister, and settle somewhere
Just out of a city, with all of the inhabi-
tants of which you are more or less ac-
quainted-each and every one of whom
will consider it an especial duty to come
out and take tea with you half-dozen
times a year, and all of whom will con-
slider it an insult if your wife don't have
three kinds Of cake-and fresh milk, eggs
and honey on the table. OF course, peo-
pie who live in the country are expected
to have all these things in great abun-
dance.
Mrs. Granger was a very pleasant,
agreeable woman, and tried to have every
thing smooth, and she was over-run with
company.
A minister, among other things, is
expected to keep a hotel, and keep it in
a way our modern landlords don't very
we'll; nderstand-without money and
without price.
1t must be open day and night, and hot
meals served at all hours. Nobody must
be refused admittance. People who are
too low to stay at the tavern, are sent to
the minister's. Tract peddlers, book
peddlers, agents, women's rights lectur-
ers-every body, in fact, must 60 to the
minister's.
And then if the poor clergyman, think
ing of his over-worked wife, and the con-
sumptive state of his larder, ventures to
to hint that his salary is a small one, he
is piously reminded that st. Paul and st.
Peter, and those other fine fellows Of
that epoch, did not dream of receiving
any salary at all.
But whether they kept tavern and en-
tanned all creation upon free cost does
not appear.
Mrs. Granger was not a strong woman,
and having been brought up delicDtely,
her burden fell heavily. They were too
poor to employ help, and she did all the
work except her washing.
The people who came visiting her new
er volunteered their assistance about any
thing. Of course not. 1t would have
1been too vulgar. And most of the ladies
were invalids-(did you ever notice that
those people who go visiting most are
usually out of health p
But we on the present occasion have
only to do with the Rev. Asa browne,
and wife, and their four children, Abel,
Priscilla, Rachel Ann and Ahasuerus
Nicodemus. Our story is about them
and the host of other people who visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Granger shall rest in OBJ
aourity.
! The DroWnes arrived late one Saturday
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"She's in Mrs. Granger's work-box, all
buried as nice as any body in the gar
den" said Nicodemus. "Abel preached
the sermon, and Lilly and followed as
mourners. Abel was sexton. Craokee
wasn't it jolly ?"
Mrs. browne rushed to the garden, fol-
lowed by the whole company, and there,
sure enough, in Mrs. Granger's dahlia's
bed, the dog was found buried. The
dahlias were all pulled up by the roots,
and lay willing and dying in the sun,
and the dog, very much stihed in the
work box, looked sorry enough as he
leaped out with howl
The sight was too much for the sen
sitive Mrs. browne. She threw up her
hands, crying out:
ooh, gracious mel m dying Fare
we'll, Asa!" and fell back on the ground.
"Oh, dear !" cried Mr.. browne, "she's
dead she's had such spells for the last
seven years. The doctor said she'd die
some time. Help me carry her into the
house."
Aunt Peggy lent hand, and thesense-
less woman was deposited on the sofa.
"She's dead Alas she's dead p
moaned Mr.. browne. 'Get the cam
phor, and some hot lemonade, and some
fannels wrung out Of boiling water"
"Ifshe's dead, I guess the sooner she
is laid out the better" said Aunt Peg
gy. "You have got rid Of an awful
great burden, Brother browne, you'd
ought to thank the Lord for it A wife
that's been seven years a dying must be
dreadful to get along with / I should
have kept coffin in the house all the
time. Hand me the shears. I'll take
her hair off the first thing; you can sell
it to the barber. It'll make splendid
waterfall for somebody"
The dead woman sprang to her feet,
and dived at Aunt Peggy.
"You'll have my hair of, will ye ?
You old Jezebel I'll have your'n off
first, see if I don't, and with that she
grabbed Aunt Peggy's false front, and
peeled her head quicker than a CherO-
kee Indian could have done it.
Aunt Peggy's dander rose. She seized
the broom, and in less time than it takes
me to write it, she had driven every
browne about the premises out of doors.
And then she piled their baggage out
after them. There they sat on their
trunks until Deacon Buckley of the
other church came along-when they
told him their tale of WrOng-and he
he took them home with him.
The next day he was so anxious to
forward them on their journey, that he
carried them ten miles, and left them at
the house of another minister.
Of course the affair made a great deal
ofscandal in Brookville-but some peo-
pie were sensible enough to commend
Aunt Peggy.
But Mr.. Granger is still keeping a
hotel, and is well patronized by the
travelling public. IF you should hap
pen to pass through Brookville, you will
save a dollar or two by stoppingall night
with Mr.. Granger. He won't mind it
he's used to it.
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WHILE asserting a mass of old papers
which had been slowed away in one of
the closets at our dwelling house, not
long since, we came upon copy Of the
Marion Democrat, June %, 1866. The
scissors had clipped the sheet in two or
three places, but how we could have
overlooked the leader, at the time, is
ineomprehensible Well it is not too
late, even now, to make an extract -
The first and most distinguishing
characteristic of the ''NeW England
race, is greed. Whether the energies
of that people are directed to the ac-
quisition of money, or of political pow
er-and with no perceptible difference
in intensity of effort they work for the
attainment of both-there is voraoiOus-
ness about them which no other men
have exempIfed. They associate in
one marvellous combination, the most
odious traits of the most odiOus races
that have lived. They pray like Puri-
tans they lie like Cretans they cheat
like Carthagenians they are as re-
morseIess, as conscienceless, and as prod
igal of bloodshed as the Huns. OF all
these traits they make revolving mani
festations whenever they can be subor-
dinated to the acquisition of wealth OF
political power. Rob AND RULES their
motto. To tax and tyranize-to impov-
erish and oppress is the right which
they reserve to themselves, and the dom
ination which they propose to exert over
all the country outside of the New Eng
land States. They are, and long have
been, absorbing the wealth of the West
by the indirect larceny of Tariffs and
other devices of taxation. Under the
pretext of war they seized the South
by the throat with highwayman' grip,
and while her life was in peril theyrob-
bed her banks, her stores, her ware
houses, her stables, her parlors, and
even the very tills and drawers,,Wherein
her women kept their clothes, jewels,
and precious heir-looms and mementos
of ancestral affectionl
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THE WIFE WHAT CROWS.


{ ELTHERE is in this city a young marri-
ed woman who is very strongly afflicted
with a mania for initiating the Growing
of the morning cock, while in state Of
somnolence. We are assured that at the
hour appointed by nature for chanticleer
to frighten away the midnight proWlers
from EARNING graveyards, the fortunate
husband of the growing wife, on the
first night of his marriage, was reused
from his slumbers by most Iusty crow
ing. On opening his eyes, what his as
tonishment to behold his better-half seat
ed in the middle of the connubial couch
of cOnjugal bliss, tapping her wings
and growing in most loud and clear
voice, stretching out her neck after the
most approved rooster fashion Thrice
did she thus herald in the morn" and
then sank back and slept on. In the
morning he spoke to her about it, and
was. not more surprised than amused to
learn that she had been born in the
country. and that favorite Shanghai,
which roasted with his feathered family
in the hen coop near the window of the
maternal bed-chamber, frightened her
mother by his loud growing, and thus
the child was marked. And ever
since-yes, even when baby lying in
the cradle, she has been wont to awake
the echoes of the coming dawn by imi-
tating "ye erOoster- and still, each morn
she "faps her wings and Crows"
As the business of the husband re-
quires him to rise very early, he is rath-
er pleased than otherwise to find his
wife possessed of this additional accom-
plishment, which dispenses with the ne
cessity of an alarm clock, though, hav-
ing heard his grandmother say that the
" growing of a hen indicated ill-lUck,
unless her head was Immediately cut off,
he is in some doubt whether, in order to
insure good fortune to his household he
is not in duty bound to stop his wife's
growing by severing her musical throat
We advise him to let his hen crow
on, so long as she does not peck" him.
Some persons may question the truth
of this remarkable incident, but We can
assure such that it is true in every par
ticular, and can be 7ouched for by re-
sponsible parties who have known the
lady from infancy; and the moral of it
is, that ladies' who do not desire crow
ing children" should not.sleep too near
the hen-eoop-Eg. @ "
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OUR DEAD.

THIS is the title of one Those truly national lyrics
Father Ryan has contributed to immortality through
~ The Land We Love-" and it is of that brilliant ma
ture which will fash forth with The Sword Of Rob
ert Lee:''
Do we weep for the heroes that died for us,
Who, living, were true and tried for us
And, in death, sleep side by side for us?
The martyr Band
That hallOwed our land,
With the blood they poured in tide for rs.
Ali fearless on many day for us,
They stood in the front Of the fray for us,
And held the fOeman at bay for us;
Fresh tears should fall
FOrever-Oer all
Who fell while wearing the grey for rs.
How many glorious name for US
How many story Of fame for rs,
They left would it not be shame for US,
If their memory part
From our land and heart,
And q wrong to them and blame for us?
No no mol they were brave for US,
And bright were the lives they gave for us;
The land they struggled to save for us;
Cannot forget
Its warriors yet,
Who sleep in many grave for rs.
No mol no they were slain for us.
And their blood flowed out in a rain for us;
Red, rich and pure on the plain for US;
And years may 60
But our tears will flow
Ger the dead who have died in vain for us.
And their deeds-proud deeds-shall remain for us,
And their names-dear names-WithOut stain for us,
And the glories they won shall not wane for us;
In legendand lay
Our heroes in grey,
Though dead, shall live over again for us.
KnorviRe, Tenn, March 1st, 1867.
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The soldiers, Monument Git Concert.


Through the kindness Of Mr.. B. Frank Ca
rey, we were favored with a sight OF numer-
Gus articles provided for distribution by the
Soldiers Monument Association Of Shelby
county, on the 25th of June. If ticket hold
ers ever had any doubt Of the drawing coming
off, they may now rest assured that it is
fixed fact. Not only will It come off at the
time indicated, but the most splendid gifts
ever distributed in the Western country will
be circulated. We speak of what we have
seen when we say that the two magnificent
rosewood Pianos are unsurpassed for elegance
of finish and 6neness Of tone by any other
that we have ever seen and we have seen
the finest in the country. The same may be
said of the melodeon and organ. They are
decidedly melOdiOuS and so will the lucky
man or woman feel who gets one OF them
One of the Ladies' fine gold watches set with
diamonds is perfection. No other than
good-Iookinr woman should ever wear 1t
There are a dozen or more elegant watches
of pure and exquisite workmanship tor ladies'.
Dozens of gentemen's gold watches-Cgen-
uine)-no pnch-backS, but the finest kind of
an article and hundreds of gents silver watches
of the best manulacture-alsO, diamond rings
and breast pins, have been provided for the
occasion. There is nothing bogus in the as
sortment. Whoever draws one Of the prizes
and is not satisfied with it will lily deserve
his luck The buggies, horses, &c, are every
thing they were advertised to be. All the
property that can be got into Lamb & Zinn'S
Hall will be on exhibition in a few days. All
the fine articles Of jewelry were purchased in
New York of the best Manufactures, and arc
of the latest styles.
Too much praise cannot be awarded to
Messrs. Carey, Vandergrif & Co., for their
energy and perseverance in making this en-
terprise a success. They have so far done
everything and more than they promised the
public, and it is to be hoped that their efforts
win be properly appreciated.-Sbs!5y County
T.rrnL,I.rl
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A FUNNY AFFAIR,-An Alliance cor
respondent of the Canton co.. Reposi-
tory relates the following: Some days
ago there was a dancing party given for
the benefit of the Fenians, on the out
skirts of town, and several of the ladies
present had little babies, whose noisy
perversity required too much attention to
allow their mas to enjoy the hop. A
number of gallant young men volunteer
ed to guard the infantry while the ladies
engaged in the ''break down." No soon
er had the mothers left their cherubs IN
the hands of the mischievOUs wretchesI
then they stripped the darlings, chang
ed their clothes, giving the apparel Of
one to another. The dance over, the
mothers each took, as they thought, their
own babies, and hurridly left the scene
of gaities and started to their homes,
several miles apart, being far on the way
before the "peep-o'-day.' On the fol-
lowing day there was a tremendous row
in the settlement, Mothers discovered
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THE Marion (Ohio) Independent says
that thirteen human skeletons, Of an ex-
tinct race, were found in an excavation
for cellar in that place, lately, and ex-
presses the opinion that the hill upon
which the excavation was made, is full
Of similar remains. A singular thing
about the skeletons found was that the
arms had all been broken between the
elbow and the shoulder, and the thigh
bones had also been broken. Two of
the skeletons were of females, the rest
of males. The females when living must
have been taller than the average of
men of the present day. The males
must have been seven or eightfeet high.
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URBANA, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1867.

the largest, I think, I ever saw. But he
was very poor. I got l15 barrels out
of him; had he been fat, he would have
made $50 barrels easy. His length was
68 feet; spread off fukes, 16 feet 2 inch
es; and length of jaw, Is feet and 4
inches. I found on cutting him in that
his jaw was badly shattered by his raid
on our bow.
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INA HURRY.-We are advised that
Judge Lawrence, member of Congress
from this District, is becoming very
about the next nomination, and
is already beseiging his political friends,
by letters and otherwise, to pledge them
selves in his behalf for the third time.
Inasmueh as the Convention to nominate
a candidate will not be held for at least
fifteen months yet, and a great many
things may occur before that time ar
rives, we think the Judge is slightly in
a hurry. However, it may be we'll to
take time by the forelock, as undoubt-
edly there will be other RichmOnds in
the field anxious to scatter "garden
seeds. .'-Piqasa Journal, (Loyal social
ed).
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HIS Color Nor ) BLACK BLUE
General ThOs. Ewing, who served with
distinction in the Federal cause during
the late war, wrote to a brother soldier
at Wooster, o., who was an applicant
for Office, and whose confirmation was
rejected by the senate, through the in
fuence of Welker, a Radical member Of
Congress from that district, the reason
Of his want Of success. Says General
Ewing:
Con your rejection I sent for Judge
Welker to get him to consent to a recon
sideration-for without his consent con-
frmation was impossible. He however,
was inexorable. You are only one of a
thousand soldiers rejected by the loyal
gentlemen who have been defeating the
of the great end for
which aUs fought and they shouted while
the war was going on. There is no hon
or in a confirmation by these men,"
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SEIEft 2uEtrg.
SPRING RAIN.

z. c. &.
ILOvE the Spring rainl
Its liquid refrain
Us music to me:
It sings of new birth
To the well-watered earth,
To meadow, hill, valley, and tree.
Rejoice, little seedi
In the time Of the need
II comes to thy heart;
Patters first at the door,
Then descends to the core,
There riches Of life to impart.
Itquickens, it livesl
Now upward It strives
To look in days face;
When lOl at the view,
1t opens anew
The flower takes the little seeds place.
Ilove the Spring rain,
With its liquid refrain
Soul music If seems;
It sings to my brain,
While il patter the pane,
Such singing as one hears in dreams.
Nor singeth alone;
In sweet monotone
1t brings life indeed.
Hove the Spring rain,
With its liquid refrain,
It quickens the souls early seed.
Now upward that shoots
From the well-watered roots,
In daylight to bloom.
] love the Spring rain,
With its liquid refrain,
It sings Of thoughts harvest to come.
It sings Of that Power
Which sendeth the shower
For natures new birth:
Hove the Spring rain;
Its liquid refrain
Sings ever, " God lOveth the earthI
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10 Consumptives.

THE Advertiser, having been restored to health in
/ few weeks, by q very simple remedy, after hav-
ing suffered several years with severe lung affection,
ana that dread disease, ConsumptiOD-is anxious to
make known 70 his feIoW-suferers the means Ofcure.
To all who desire it. he will send copy OF the pre-
scription used free Of charge), with the directions
for preparing and using the same, which they will find
sure Cure for Consumption 3 sBG, Bronchitis, dc.
The only object Of the advertiser in sending the Pre-
scriptiOn to benefit the afflicted, and spread lntor-
nation which he conceives TO be invaluable and he
hopes every sufferer viii try his remedy, it will cost
them nothing, and nay prove blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription, viii please ad-
dress Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Williamaburgh, Kings County, New York.
nq9Q-1v
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WHOLE NUMBER 27O.

that a single night had changed the sex
Of their babies; and then commenced
some Of the tallest female pedestrianism-
Living miles apart, it required two days
to unmix the little cherubs, and will re-
quire as many weeks to restore the moth
ere to their natural sweet disposition.
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The Washington correspondent of
Charleston paper gives this bit of criti-
cism: "Thus far Wade has proved a
signal failure as the presiding officer Of
the Senate. The contrast between him
and his predecessor FOSTER is so great
as to cause many Senators who voted
for him to regret ever having done so.
His mode of deciding and putting ques-
tions is very ridiculous. Last evening
the Senate was almost eonvulsed with
laughter, when he announced the vote
on a proposition in this wise: "On this
question the yeas are twenty and the
nays are twenty. So the agreement was
not agreed to.
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Thisnew Bouse, being furnished and fitted up in a
style equal to any in the city is now open for the ac-
commodatiOn of the travelling public.
The House is centrally located and conYenlent to
the business part Ofthe city, and pains wiz be spa
red to make guests comfortable.
OInnibusses win be in attendance to and rom the
Cars. -
When YOU visit the city, please give the CLIFTON
call. WIN. GARRISON, PrOpr. a
JAS. GARRISON, elk. C254 Sm)
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THE Norfolk Dav-Book tells a story

The Norfolk Day-BoOk tells a story
Of sentry in the so-called, who was
placed on guard to watch a certain roost.
The adjutant of the regimentlcame along
and attempted to pass. The gallant SOL
dier cried out Halt, I'm century
here, and if you don't mismount and give
the conterpin, I'll make you reform the
whole revolution of tiek-taeks in short
order" 1t is needless to say that the
solitary horseman " came down."
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Notes stolen---Caution.

Stolen from myresidence e miles South of Urbana)
during the week ending May 18th, three prOmissary
notes as follows: One on Richard ShedlOck for S65;
one on Geo Miller, for $31; one on Isaac Curry for
81 This is to caution all persons against purchasing
said notes, as payment on them has been stopped
LUCINDA WAGNER.
Nay 18, 1867. 266-8w.
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VOLUME vi. NO. z.
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