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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-11
S U N D Az R E DING.
The Highlander's Prayer.

A Scotch Highlander, who served
IN in the first disastrous war with the
American colonies. was brought one
evening before his commanding officer,
charged with the capital offense of being
in direct communication with the enemy
The charge could not well be preferred
at a more dangerous time. Only few
weeks had elapsed since the execution Of
Major Andre, and the indignation of the
British exasperatcd almost to madness by
the event, had not yet cooled down.
There, was, however, no proof against
the Highlander. He had been seen, in
the gray Of the twilight, stealing out from
a clump of underwood that bordered on
one Of the huge forests, which then COW
cred much the greater part of the United
Provinces, and which in the immediate
neighborhood Of the British, swarmed
with the troops of Washington. All the
rest was mere imagination and conjecture.
The poor mans defence was summed up
in few words He had stolen away
from his fellows, he said, to spend few
hours in private prayer.
Have you been in the habit OF spend
ing hours in private prayer p sternly
asked the officer, himself Scotchman
and Presbyterian
The Highlander replied in the affirma-
! tive.
Then" said the other, drawing out
his watch, "never in your life had you
more need of prayer than now; kneel
down, sir, and pray aloud, that we may
all hear you.
The Highlander in the expectation OF
instant death, kuelt down. His prayer
was that of one long acquainted with the
appropriate language in which the Chris
tian addresses his God 1t breathed OF
imminent peril, and earnestly implored
the Divine interposition in the threatened
danger, the help of him who in times OF
extremity is strong to deliver. 1t exhib-
tied, in short, man who, thoroughly con-
versant with the scheme of redemption,
and fully impressed with the necessity of
personal interest in the advantages it
secures, had made the business OF saliva
tion the work of many solitary hour,
and had in consequence, acquired much
nuency IN expressing all MS various wants
as they occurred, and thoughts as they
arose.
You may 90, sir" said the officer, as
he concluded 4" you have, | dare say,
not been in correspondence with the
enemy tonight"
"His statement" he continued, ad
dressing himself to the other officers, d" is
doubt not, perfectly correct. No one
could have prayed so without long ap-
premiership; fellows who have not at
tended drill always get on i'll at review
Hugh 4Uihr.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-11
THE BOLD SHOEMAKER.
A Revolutionary Incident of New York.

nNE night, in the middle of June,
~ ITS, couple of fiat -bottomed
boats lett the Jersey shore, from the bay
inside OF Bedlow's island, and pulled, un-
der cover of the darkness of the night, out
side of Governors Island, for Gowannus,
Bay, on the Long Island shore. The
two boats contained twenty Jersey mill
tiamen, under the command of Captain
Mariner. And who was Ca plain Marri-
per?
Mariner was New York shoemaker,
who had been apprehended by order of
Mr.. Mathews, Mayor of New York, soon
after the British entered the city. He
had been noted whig, but for some pri-
vate reason did not leave when the Amer
leans retreated, and on his arrest was
thrust into the Provost, where he was
treated with great inhumanity. He con-
trived to make his escape,-swearing
vengeance against Mayor Matthew'S
Having learned that Mr.. Mathews occa-
sionally stopped with his family over
night at Flatbush, Long Island, Marri-
ner made up party to carry him off
and this was his object in crossing New
York Bay at midnight.
Carefully avoiding the men-of-war at
anchor, the two boats pulled across, one
keeping directly in the wake of the 9TH
er, and they reached Gowannus Bay
without notice or molestation. Drag
ging the boats up on the beach, it being
low water, Mariner, with fifteen men,
leaving the other five in charge of the
boats, struck across the hills for Flatbush.
His men were all well armed, for there
were patrolliug parties of British and
Hessians day and night, over most of
that part of Long Island and if fallen
in with they knew the consequences must
be desperate on both sides.
Many of the officers who had been
taken at Fort Washington two years be-
fore, were parolled on Long Island, and
were billetted on the farmers in and about
Flatbush. Among them were Colonels
Miles, Alice, Rawlins, Major Williams,
Captains Stewart, Foster, and others A
Captain Flahaven, who was confined in
the Provost, at New York, with Mariner,
had also been quartered at Long Island.
Jacob Suydam was Dutch Tory farm
er at Flatbush, and, for aught that we
know, some of his descendants still re-
side there. He was well-meaning kind
of man, but loved more than all the t,co
dollars per week which was allowed him
for boarding such of the American Off
GERS as, by order Of the British commits
sionary, Loring, were quartered at his
house. Captain Graydon, in his interest
ing memoirs, has left some rather curious
particulars of his mode of living whilst
prisoner at Jacob Suydams. For break
fast they had dish of weak bohea tea,
sweetened with muddy substance called
sugar bread half baked-for fuel, owing
to the necessities of the British army in
New York, was very scarce-with little
stale butter. For dinner, Graydon says
they had at first little boiled picked
beef; but this being soon eat up, clippers
or CLAIMS were introduced in its stead,
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-11
Jake's Blind Horse.

NOR twenty-three years, old Jake
A. Willard has cultivated the soil of
Baldwin county, Va, and drew therefrom
support for himself and wife. He was
childless Not long ago Jake left the
house in search of II missing cow. His
route led him through an old, worn out
patch of clay land, of about six acres in
extent, in the center of which was well
twenty or thirty feet deep, that at some
time probably had furnished the inhabi-
tants of ruined house near by with
water. In passing this spot, an i'll wind
lifted Jake's hat from his head, and
maliciously waited it to the edge of the
well, and in it tumbled.
Now Jake had always practiced
economy, and he Immediately set about
recovering the hat He ran to the well
and finding it was dry at the bottom, he
uncoiled the rope which he had brought
along for the purpose Of capturing the
COW, and after several attempts to catch
the hat with moose, he concluded to
save time by going down into the well
himself. To accomplish this, he made
fast one end of the rope to a stump, near
by, and was quickly on his way down the
well.
1t is fact, of which Jake was no less
obvious than the reader thereof, that Ned
w ellis was in the ruined building afore-
said, and that an old blind horse with a
bel / on his neck, who had been turned
out to die, was lazily grazing within a
short distance of the we'll
The devil himself, or some other wick
ed spirit, put it into Ned's craneum to
have bit Of fun; so he quietly slipped
up to the old horse, and unbuckling the
bell-strap, approached the well with a
slow and measured "ling-a-ling, when
Jake cried "Oh my that old blind horse
he's comm this way sure, amt got no
more sense than to fall in here Whoa !!
Ball Whoa !"
But the continued approach Of the
ling-a-ling" said just as plain as words
that Ball wouldn't whoa, Besides, Jake
was at the bottom resting, before trying
to " shin it up the rope"
"What shall / do ?" he said, the
old horse would be atop Of me before
can say Jack Robson. Whoa whoa !"
Just then Ned drew up to the edge of
the well, and with his foot kicked IL little
dirt into it,
"Oh, Lord" exclaimed Jake, falling
upon his knees, " I'm gone now whoa
''Now lay me down to sleep"-w-h-o-a,
Ball u pray the Lord my soul to-
whoa, now ! whoa Oh, Lord, have mer-
cy on me-"
Ned could hold in no longer, and fear
ing that Jake might suffer from his
fright, he revealed himself.
Then he made tracks Jake was at the
top of the well in double quick" and
his wrath was-well, it can better be
imagined than described; and if he
learns who wrote this-well, this will
probably be the last you'll ever get from
me.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-11
postieal Selections. s
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

Life is a race where some succeed,
While others are beginning;
'Tis luck in some, in others speed,
That give an early winning;
But il you chance to fall behind,
Ne'er slacken your endeavor,
Just keep this wholesome truth in mind
"'Tis better late than never"
And IL you keep ahead tits well,
But never trip your neighbOr;
'Tis noble when you can excel
By honest, patient labor;
But if you are outstipped at first,
Press on as bold as ever,
Remember, though you are surpassed,
''Tis better late than never!''
Neer labor for an idle boast,
Or victory DER another;
But while you strive your uttermost,
Deal fairly with n brother.
Whate'er your station, do your best,
And hold your purpose ever;
And if you fail to do the rest,
"'Tis better late than never"
Choose well the path in which you run,
Succeed by noble bearing;
Then, though the last, when once It's won,
Your crown is worth the wearing.
Then never fret if left behind,
Nor slacken your endeavor;
But ever keep this truth in mind
"'Tis better late than neverw
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-10-11

Beg~ At Vienna manufacturer has
carried out the happy idea Of printing
pocket -handkerchiets with maps Of the
theatre of war They have been a great
success, every body wishing to poke his
nose into Alsace and Lorraine without
risk.
The New York herald., 1870-03-07
BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER
Changes to be Made-Commission
to be Reorganixed

ino conference committee OF the Kings County
democratic General Committee and Legislature, to
whom tue matter OF patching up the city charter
was referred met In the ONCE OF Henry G. Murphy
on SATURDAY night when the subject was discussed
pro and con for long time. Among those present
were Henry G. Murphy, John c. Jacobs, Assembly.
man Cullen. Hugh Mclaughlin, NJ. Lober. Demas
Barnes, Edmund briggs and Thomas Kinsella Rad
ical changes, II Is said. resolved upon. espe-
cally In the reorganization or the Brooklyn comm,s
sions, all OF which are to be altered.
II was decided also that the matter should be left
10 she Kings county delegation In the Legislature
without any outside interference the part of Brook
lynites 1t Is understood that the Board OF Water
and Sewerage Commissioners II not entirely aDOl-
lsned will DO reduced IN number-that there will be
two instead OF four commissioners. part OF their
powers are to be taken away--tnat or repavng and
cleaning the streets. The control over the expendi-
lures OF the Board will b0 the same as that now exer
cised over other local bodies.
The Fire Board, 1t Is said, will also be re0rganized
and the numDer reduced The terms OF Office OF The
commissions also to be shortened and the power
OF wholesale expenditures taken away.
The Board OF Health will be put in the hands OF
the Police Board, OF which the Mayor OF Brooklyn
Will have control whether the Police Commissioners
Will be elected as proposed In Senator Murphy's bill
has not yet been decided upon. The Impression 10
that they VIII be appointed the nomination OF tn %
Mayor and confirmation or the Common Council.
The New York herald., 1870-03-07

to consume the time OF at least half
an hour the close OF the day In preparing TO quit
work. attending to the toilet. washing dressing and
watching the clock. ready to fly into the street the
instant It strikes three.
II the clerks OF the general departments OF the
government who are always buttonh0llng Congress-
men TO increase their salaries would show little
sense and not so much selnshness they would have
less occasion to complain thau they do now. They
are supposed 10 In the several bureaus six hours
oithe twenty-four fne time occupied In getting 10
work In the morning. lunchlng ut noon, ana pre-
parng 10 escape nom work In the afternoon con-
sumes on an average. more than one hour
OF the ak to each clerk-man or woman
hours OF actual work out OF each clerk each day.
The hardest working mechanics labor at least eight
hours per day. some ten and twelve Clerks In mer-
camille business with less salary than Is paid the
department clerks, devote at least ten or twelve
hours to business each day. "Shlrkn seems to De
the motto Of the employees Of the government.
Now, they can 'show little sense and not 80
much sefshness' ir they will say to the govern
ment, ave VIII give you six or seven good working
hours IN winter and seven eight In summer II
you will increase our salaries accordingly. BY doing
several bureaus cut rcd tape ana the circle
OF the circumocution ofiice' to more reasonable
limits" That would be a,business proposition at
least, and II accepted would enable man after
having waited years TO get favorable judgment on
q just claim from the Court OF CLAIMS, TO get his
money some time before he died.
The New York herald., 1870-03-07
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Prominent Arrivals In This City Vest terday.
Judge f. F. Talbot, or Boston; DR.. A. H. Raymond,
Dr. H. Hood, DR.. J. q. Clark ana DR.. G. T. Sheldon OF
Mississippi; Colonel Charles II. Loveless OF Alabn-
ma; colonel F. II. Eddy OF Cleveland. Ohio, ana
Rev. GeorgeHgglns, OF Montana, are at the Metro
p0litan Hotel.
Captain II. Z. Smith, OF the United States Army;
Professor j. II. Fay OF Troy, and Major G. Baldwin,
0! Pennsylyana, are at the st. Charles Hotel
General ]. w. Hinton and Colonel r. G. McMurdo
of Norfolk, ana General W. w. Averill, OF New York
are at the Everett House.
Captain McMurdo and Captain Moore, or New Or
cans, are at the Clarendon Hotel.
Ex-Governor ]. Gregory smith and Thomas II,
Canfeld, OF Vermont; DR.. r. II. Hull, J. Il. Miller
and Mr.. Drew, Of Washington; II. Mckee, OF the
United States Navy; @. Walter Brooks, OF California
N Kattel, of Name, and L. b. Root OF Indiana are
ut the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Colonel DARCY E. Boulton, or Camden, and Cap
tain Bou nakofsky, OF the Russian Army, are at the
Hoffman House.
Senator @. Cole, OF Washington; General J. B.
Stonehouse, OF Albany, and Captain E. Kendall, OF
steamer MaripOsa, are at the Astor House.
DR.. j. +. Morrill,, Of Holyoke, Mass, and DR.. Mar.
shall, OF Chicago, are at the Irving House.
ID. Cockrel OF Memphis, and Charles r. Cornwell,
OF washington, are &C the New York HOTEL
General G. M. Dodge. OF Council Bufrs, and Cap
tain G. A. Sweeney, OF the British Army are at the
st. Nicholas Hotel.
The New York herald., 1870-03-07
BROOKLYN MISSION AND TRACT SOCIETY.

The forty-frst anniversary Of the Brooklyn City
Mission and Tract Society was held last evening at
the Academy OF Music, Mr. Dwight Johnson presid-
Ing The annual report OF the secretary, Rev. DR..
Kimball was very interesting document, showing
the sefsacrlfcing work OF the missionaries con-
nected with the society. They made their way into
wretched retreats oftentmes dark that lamp was
necessary at midday They also visited the hospitals
where the sick and friendless were dying and ad-
ministered consolation, leading poor souls to their
Shepherd and Bishop. Penitentlares, jails and
prisons also Visited and their wretched inmates
found IN the missionaries kind and loving friends.
There were many with minds for usefulness and In
positions, and with opportunities for Christian cu
ture at hand, who were lying careless and inert on
the very bank OF the river OF life that goes lowing
by. There were multtudes around addicted
TO the habitual use. and consequently
subject TO the pernciOus effects OF ardent splrts
They constituted phase OF the work tnat was daily
done Dy the missionaries Mindful OF the fact thar
amid the often gorgeous and costly decorations OF
the gin palace no mirrors were ever TO he found
these faithful missionaries III the spirit or true
Kindness, endeavOr to supply the lack and make it
part OF their business to give the ptiable victims
OF debauched appetites an image OF Jne hideOus and
shameful wrecks which they were making OF them
selves Many had been rescued from the degreda-
ton into winch ney had fallen by the agents Of tins
society.
The following statistics show the work performed
during The DaSL year,
The New York herald., 1870-03-07
THE PETERS SUICIDE.
Another Ths0ry-Suspicions That He Was
Murdered.

Another Thsory-Suspicions That He Was
Murdered.
In the HERALD or Thursday last was printed
concise statement OF the death Of Rufus s. Peters
the fraudulent messenger OF the Corn Exchange
Bank, VINO, it was alleged swinded the bank out OF
800 OO0 ana gave the greater portion Of it to Wall
street lobbyist named Frank Vernon, with the un.
understanding that he Vernon) should 20 to Phila-
dephia ana remain until he (Peters arrived, after
convincing the bank otcials and the public that he
had been robbed. In this last endeavor he failed,
and was about TO be prosecuted when his bondsmen
made good the loss, and through the innueuce OF
some sympathetic friends he was released. On
Tuesday night he went to Hampstead, L. l., with
the intention OF stopping there until no recovered
from the effects OF spree, In company with q
worthless character named George Maher. 1t is
alleged tnat on Tuesday night he committed suicide
by shooting himself In the head from the efecss OF
which no died on Wednesday morning. His frends
are not willing to give credence TO this sapposition,
and assert that In their opinion, he was murdered,
and, further, tnat he had not been on q spree and
never carried revolver. The window or his room
Ia said have been found open, and his friends say
there is no doubt but that ne had considerable
money about him. From present appearances an
Investigation Is LIKELY to ensue
The New York herald., 1870-03-07
HAVANA MARKET.
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HAVANA, March 9, 1870.
SUGAR.-At the closing yesterday the market was
unsettled and all quantities had slightly declined:
buyers demand reduction. Exports during the
week from Havana and Matanzas:-To foreign c0un.
tries, 81 900 boxes and 1900 hhds.; to the United
States, 1000 boxes; stock in warehouse at Havana
and MatanzaS 315, 900 boxes and % 600 nhds. Nos.
10 70 IL Dutch standard nat at 7A q 81 reals per
arrobe; Nos. Is to 20 declining; quoted at II
reals: molasses sugar easier at 6h q reals; mus
covadoes-fair to good refining dull at a73s reals;
grocery srades quiet NJ q az reals. MOiasses-
Cayed active at 5h reals; muscoyado steady at Q
reals.
Lard rmer at 1870 for tierces and 22Ac. for tins.
Flour steady at$9 rs $40 rs. Butter active at SOC.
u 46c TallOw dull at 11c IL &c. Bacon steady at
1ec. 2Oc. Petroleum heavy. Hams in demand OF
26c. for sated and 2Shc for sugar cured. LUMBER
yellow pine, $23 per NJ; the market Is supplied.
Shocks-Box, . 81 reals; tne market is supplied;
for hogshead the market is dull at 81 q So l2K.
Empty nogsneads quiet at 81 25 81 90 Exchange
on London, i0x 11A per cent premium; ON Paris,
per cent discount; on the United States, sixty
dsJs sight in gold, u per cent premium; short
sight, 2 TX per cent premium. FreGhts declin-
ing; per box OF sugar to Montreal and southern
ports 81 l2h 81 25; per hogshead OF sugar TO DO,
- go $6 so; per hogshead OF molasses to do, So
50 70; per ton to Falmouth or orders, 42s 5os.
The New York herald., 1870-03-07
The MISSING STEAMER CITY OF Boston.

The Vessel Seen by the Captain Of a Boston
Bark-PrObably Another Steamer-GeneraI
Alarm for Her Safety.
BOSTON, March s, 1870.
No one here except the agents OF the Inman line
believe that the steamer by Captain Hofrses OF
the bark Kennedy, from Liverpool to Boston, was
the missing steamer City of Boston. On the con-
trary the general impression here Is that the
steamer has been lost, together with all hands on
board. An old seaman comments on Captain
Hofses' story as follows:-
The steamer City Of Boston is full rugged ship
with yards on all three masts, whereas the vessel
seen by Captain Hoffses had yards only on the fore
mast. II 1t had been the missing steamer City OF
Boston she would have been at Queenstown under
sail alone as quickly as the Il. A. Kennedy has made
the passage from longitude 35 and latitude AZ. The
vessel seen, though lying TO and blowing or steam
was probably doing something to her machinery;
for II sne had been permanently damaged in her
motive power she woul0 have been under canvas
headed to the eastward The steamer, Dacian from
New York, which arrived at Green0ck on the 18th
ult., hove to four times curing the passage and
had very severe weather, so that there Is nothing
unusual in steamer being hove to, even with the
motive power III good order.
The New York herald., 1870-03-07
THE BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.

The Great Contest In San FranciscO-Ru.
dolphe Beats Deery and Wins the Diamond
Cue.
SAN FRANCISCO, March Q, 1870.
large audience, including considerable mum.
Der Of ladies' attracted to the Pavilion last night
to witness the contest for the diamond cue and the
championship or America The game was 1900
points, push and crotch shot barred. Deery won the
first innings and played for sarety, Rudolphe fol-
lowing with run OF six. The following is the
score:-
Q, g. 55 II, 235, 22S g. O. 33, g. o. O. &C. &c. g. AZ IL
80, 9, 30 9, T. 15 8, 13 IS, 15 g. 10, g. 6I g. TO- g.
9, o oS o 10 Q; 90 q "a ss,7 10, 8 &c. 3, Q, O. 8
49, co. 81 ~ o. CO. o. O. 49, ST. SO. IS. s. 8, s. 0, O. 10,
21o, O. so Il, ., es, 81 n, l2s, O. l5 Q, s. 5,
Il, 0, 10, o, 0. Q. Q. 42-l,501.
Deery's average, 18 7o-lOO; Rudolphe's average,
10. Deery was given As points for pockets and
misses and Rudophe 81.
At half past ten Deery had made 67O and Rudolphe
AGO. There was much excitement, and Deery was
the favorite by great Odds
At midnight Rudolphe made run OF 279 which
was received with wild applause. This made him
nearly even with Deery, the standing O44 TO
l,oSl. AT this point the number or spectators had
increased to 1900. and though great excitement
was manifest excellent order and good feeling pre-
vailed.
The match was finished at one A. M, Rudolphe
making run OF AZ, and scoring 1901 points, At
one time Deery claimed foul Great excitement
ana confusion followed, which Gained down as
soon as the referee decided the question his favor
AT the conclusion OF the game there was some con-
fusion, but no violence was committed The crowd
finally seized Rudolphe and carried him from the
building in triumph
Rudolphe was considerably annoyed throughout
the game by some OF Deery's bacKers, but had the
sympathy OF the greater portion OF the audience and
played magni1centy.
The New York herald., 1870-03-07
THE SNOW STORM.
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CINCINNATI March 6, 1870.
Five or six inches OF snow fell here early this
morning but 1t is rapidly disappearing.
BALTIMORE, March g. 1870.
Snow has been railing since early this afternoon
DENVER Col, March 9, 1870.
About two inches Of snow fell last night The
weather to-day is clear and pleasant. About the
same amount Of snow fell last night at Fort Union
end Santa Fe.
RICHMOND Va, March 8, 1870.
Snow fell here to-day to the depth OF nine inches.
Il ls sleeting tonight. II
NORFOLK va, March 8, 1870.
1t has been showing and raining here ali day. q
FORTRESS MONROE, March 9, 1870.
1t has been showing here all day.
PHILADELPHIA, March 8, 1870
1t has been showing al intervals all day and
steadily since six O'Clock y. M.
The New York herald., 1870-03-07
COLORADO.

Tho Land Office Business at Denver-The
Grading Contract for the Kansas Pacific
Railroad.
DENVER, March O. 1870.
The following is the record OF the business done at
the Denver land office during the month OF Febru-
ary:-Warrant entries, 4So acres; agricultural cot
tage scrip, 5,el3 acres; homestead, 2,S07 acres;
homestead lnnal PROOF, 639 acres cash entries,
10, 603 acres; total, IL, 632 acres.
The contract for grading forty-one miles OF the
Friday. slarge quantity OF ties for this road are
now being cut at the mouth OF the Platte canon.
They Will be noated down the Platte to Denver and
the work Of laying the iron will be commenced at
this end as as the Denver Pacific track Is COM
pleted. II Is expected the Denver Pacific track Will
be completed in June and the Kansas Pacific IN Oc-
tOber.