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YOL. i. PAYETTEYILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1868. NO. 17. is PUBLisnru EVKBT THUBSDAY, IN FAYETTEVILLE, N Y F. A. CABLING, Proprietor. OFnCE BEARD BLOCK, OVER OAOE A\ND LINES' ST01E. •TSIXUISI $1.50 per annum, invariably in Advance TERMS OF ADVERTISING 1 w. 3 w. 3 m. 0 in. 1 f POETRY. 1 square. 75 | 1 60 | 3 00 | 4 6n | 7 76 2 squares 1 ftnj t -Lb | 4 Ml | 6 60 | 12 Oil 14 col Hffi | 3 6U | 0 UO | V 00 | lb nil 1 t <•<•! !tf76 I 6 00 |Tl ~2B ~|~18 00 | :<n QO 1 I-..I B (III | 9 I'i '-I 17 M I .SO IMI | f.ti nil J3g~ Twelve hnea or less of brevior niniter make a square. OP Legal advertisements insorted at the rates proscribed by luw. Business Cards, in Cord Column, not exceeding five lines, $4 per year Buvinegs Notices will be inserted in the Reading Columns at the rste of Twenty five Cents for the first Hue, and Five Cents for every subsequent line, each insertion Jjy\ Yearly Advertisers have the privilege o' chiriging quarterly There will be no de viation from advertised rates, unless a Bpecial contract is made. IQjjv - Advertisements not accompanied with directions will be inserted until forbid and charged'uuuuldiogly. Wrlttco fnr The Weekly Recorder. Among tn o Leaves.*^ Walking among the autumn leaves, Through the tangled heaps of ted and brown. While the breezes sent thorn rustling down Around our heads ID a gentle shower, Strewing their wealth along the ground, While the sunlight marked the shining hour. And the reapers bound their golden sheaves. Among tbe leaves. Walking amonc the autumn leaves, The soft wind blowing cool and sweet Laid them in drift* about our feet. While I listened the long bright happy day To a tale thnt is told wlrco lovers meet, Ab. well I false words are meant to betrays ADd e%en true love snmotiuies deceives Among the leaves. Walking among the autumn leaves He twined the n).>-t b-nutiful in my linir, While he praised the tre-ses soft and feiir, And looked in my eyes f..r an an-wenng Bmde, The old, old lesson ho UuiL 'hl me there, door wn< suddculy. opened, .and 4 w«» homfied by a man's voice, eagerly whi«peiing '• I fay. Sake, confound it. whero aro you! and why dun t you speak to me ?\ My fears tuM me the new comer could bo no other than Jimmy, the loitering sweetheart and cuntederale of Abigail, or Susan, ns h. r name appenred to be. I kept ns still as a toe knowing -no-more-w-ho-ellti-wa\.--and-what| wore her qualities, than if.sho had juststeppu.l down from tho mi .on; autj^fiillon in lovu loo. to thnt pinch of do*peraiion7 the point of mag nanimity So down I dropped on my knees again, and again seized her hand, whieh she vainly tiled to snatch from mo. while L. not doubting her tears were, in part at least, owing mouse intending, as soon ns he should have I to (the interrupt ton of the olopemcntand her crept by me. to s ip out of ihu room. But fate, 1 consequent fears of losing Iwr lover, oiicrgeli or Jimmy, had determined otherwise. '• 1 say j cally repealod my offers ot assmtunoe, declaring Sukey,' he murmured, why did you bolt the | on the word of a gontlcman, that I would gate I W hy didn't you let me in f Why don't I faithfully carry her »u tho nrtns of her lover, you speak I I know you'ro here, fur I heard * \ 1 1 ' \ 1 you speak And now. von jade. I've caught you'\ In fact, he had. But no sooner did hid BUSINESS CARDS. REVENUE HOUSE 7 By J. C. Cross. Corner of Genesee and North Mill St Also, GBOOEBY STORE , comer of Genesee and Mill streets, FAYETTEVILLE. N Y L. C. GARDNER. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELO R AT LAW, Notary Public and Insurance Agent, at Fay etteville. N . Y. ~ F. H. ALLEN, Shaving Saloon, \* BEARD HOTEL. jy 6 l y FATETTSVILLE , N Y LIVERY. BY J L. MATHEWS 4 SO N First door west of Snell, Smith it Co 'a store, aornos the bridge. Fayetteville, July 10. lfififi. jylO l y GAGE & LINES, Wholesals and retail dealers in DRY GOODS, — GROCERIES. BOOTS ANT) SHOES. Hcadj>JIadc Clothing, &c,, &c. JOSEPHUS CROSS, [Successor to 4 Mead,] DEALER I.V AMERICAN AND ITALIAN KIARBIC, Manufaeturer of MO^H'MENTS, TOMB^TQJIES, TABLE Tors, KBILDINO WOBK. <!:<•. All work executed in the best possible man ser. 16 J. & D. H. DECKER, tinners come in contact with n wlii-kered uheek and a velvet coat collar than ho uttered o dismal cry. \ Oh ! Lord I it's a man and turn ed to retreat But 1 had the advantage of him, and was n> nrest the doo' just as tho scln-tnino; Su«(jn. perhaps alarmed nt the bustle came running inio the m wah n light, but at tho cijilit of inc she was so terrified th it boih she ami her light dropped on ihe floor together the laiter going out in the fall , so that I had e» ell, I added, in a ruge of jealousy and do spnir, \if I have to blow my brains opt tho moment after \ \ Mr,\ said she, hastily. \ I knvo no lover— I was not going to run nwny to a lover\ \ Heaven be prnisud V crieil I, \ for now you ean run away with one I Madam I am a gen llemnn and man of fortune, single unengaged, and I love and adoro you. My name is James .1 Mniih—\ Hire she jerked away hor bund, lint I jumped up and caught it again, fur, al though sho started from me. it was not a start 1 displeasure. On tho contrary she blushed. That the heart may doubt and distrust for a while. But oft to its sorrow again behoves Among the leaves. Walking anion.' the autumn leaves, Mourning thujo\s of dn>s that are gone. For Uie sunny hours, too quickly flown. Have flouted nwoy on the beautiful pot . Out into the depths of the will I'nknuwn , Aud my heart hath said \i t is the lust,\ And a lifelong sorrow my spirit grieves Alining the leaves. MISCELLAAEOIS. I just tune to notice that sho was a buxom wen. It I and tn inblod, and lookod pleased— I was sure f eighteen or twenlW that the door WHS left wi-lu open and that I he passage to which it le 1 was the exact coiinterpai t of that in the tioardingdioiise on which my chamber 1-iy , to which, therefore. I telt I could now make my way without further trouble It wus under a .sudden impulse, anil with the idea of punish mg tho trenehetous cliaiohennaic. thut as 1 stepped out I closed and looked the dour, for 1 lelt tho key was on the outside , and so left her and Jimmy to sottlu their dilliciiltios'as they might, together • 1 fill aliing the passage for the third door which, 1 had no doubt, led into my chamber I reached lti and was in the ael of scratching about with my fingers fur the knob, when the A WRONG HOUSE. ' l '°\ r nn> opened and to my unutterable c.n j fusion I was seized up..o hv a young female BY DR a M. niBD. who drawing me inun. .Iiat.-ly In, an the dour 6ind, wiih a wl.iypering voice broken [Continued ] by merriment, \ How quirk jou uro I all di ess \That's just like you, Jimmv. vou goose.\ edalreo.lv! \\ lint an imuien,,. big boy you •aid my unknown darling givi'ng'me an.ither make I Where did you gat such magnificent bu«s t \ st.ipi.iitg to bee every tight though | whiskers I you might lose a fortune by it But come • ll wus now t,lat tho 'd*a first burst upon \along don't suy a single word. I'll take you | m0 lllat ' 110,1 K\t into^Ae wtong hvute, for 1 upstairs. I've put out the light, hut have saw al a glance tins was none >•! my chomber you got your Sunday 'a b.-et on I Yes, I feel I 11 nB8 n ' n, 'j' 8 hou.loir. or ante r n to sleep- you have Don't say one word, or somebody ' in ft apartment, from tho open door of which ADVENTURES IN will discover us. Who wns my Inamorata? That was more thau I could tell. But it was evident sho took ino for some one else, her sweetheart, and that WHS a character which, to avoid discovery, 1 felt compelled to keep up. until I had got into • he house, when J designed giving her tho slip und retreating to my own chamber lint tins 1 found, was an achievement not to be imme diately effected, for, first, she held me very loMngly round the ueck in bonds , and next when we got into the houso through the back door, it was no .lurk that I could r. cognize no thing that 1 knew, everything was novelty and mystery But I could hear various sounds .it in rth and chatter, and especially two or three pianos and other musicnl instruments, echoing in different parts of the hoase. ID this coufiiKc.l state the damsel led me up to a little room at the siairs on the second stor} . w Injie. being if possible still more in the j dark thatl* ever, she gave me a new hui; and said \ 1 vo no doubt BIIC would give me a heap of roonoy , for she's rich, and sfio loves me , and I told ber I was once neb too—or mv fa ther was before Trie—which was no more than the truth, fvV all I'm no more now than a chambermaid!' UJiq! thought I , ore you there, Abigail 1 \Bu t herc'i my idea, Jim,\ sho continued, with vivacity, \and it is a good one. If the young lady might give me much, how much I' more might the old gentleman give mc—h \ he did—and she grew moro'plensod the more 1 told her how much I adored her, and when I presumed on her growing affection to throw mv arm round h.-r waist, sho began to smile nn-t gtgithi, in fact I thought she was going int.. hysioiies, which is a proof of oveipower mg tut linir, when—nh. surprise and mortifica lion'—i-hc liur-t into a laugh.exclaiming, \0 1 it is too ridiculous I But pray go.\ she added hastily, \for if Suauii rliuuld return and find you \ \ No fear of her\ I cried, \ for I havo loft her safo locked in her room nlong with Jimmy I took care of the traitress and confo.lerato.\ \ You .11.11\ said the beauty, looking aston ishment and inquiry •' Purliaps thou.\ sho continued, \as—as you won't go.\ (oh what an .•nehaiitliiir way to a9k me to slay I No won- elosiuu' I l 'er I kissud her, but i\ was n uou.lor how she li.-ru it' ) * As you won't go, peihaps you will tell me how you got into tins room and how you came to lock her up, and who Jimmy is; tor 1 am very curious, and—and—\ \You havo a ri<ht to know all about i t It was nil a blunder, the happiest, most charming blunder that over was mal e You must know I thought this was my own boarding-house, Mrs. E's,\ I eatd. \ No,\ said i ho beauty, •• it is Mrs. F's.\ \I shall lovo Mrs F as long as I live ' I made tho mistake tho moro readily, because, being bee t by the police for knocking down a rascally fellow who hail insulted mo in the street,' ( I did not like to tell my charmer of tho arrest, lest sho should conceivo somo sus picion of me,) \ I attempted to get to my homo through by ways and the garden gate. Susan let me in, shi was waiting for that rasrnlly .limtny. her ewe.theart, wdio was to pretend to conduct you to the cars—\ ' i 'h ' no. ' saidtny mistress. \ I never heard of Jimmv <usan was to take me, and she was to be dresi-ed in men's clothes, yon know how I mistook you—what u great mistake I id.- 1 MANOTAbTURERS AND DEALERS in all kinds of Cabinet Furniture, Picture Frames, and Coffins. Warerooms in Brick Block, corner of Genesee and Mill streets, opposite Beard HoteL Jjojl Y OU will find tbe best quality of Fruit Jar* At SNELL , SMITH <fc CO'S . U 1 SE laiter apartment came a di n ray of light, by which it was obscurely illuminated There was just light enough lor me to make out ob jects, to discover my extraordinary blunder, to eeejor uart of this, perhaps, 1 fancied) that niy newtrTetld who received inu so warmly and sn familiarly, was irresistibly charming and beuuliliil [oh wha t u V '.KC KIH - hiid ' nri-1 tli*- touill o f her hand set me bt'Mde itiVfrll j while her expressions mn.le it apparent thnt she wa s no less a person than the fair incRtfnila, BSD s employer, and that she had mi taken me fur fMiean dressed in man's apparel \Where did y.>u get suco magnificent whis kers f\ she cried, and she actually pulled ihem with her fingers, in pure ndiniratuni \ J never could have b.lieveil olie continued, laughing. 1 \ l) that it enuld bo made over again ! \ said \you could be so.hanged by .loth a, that [ I sineei.ly eunuch. Aud I ihen proceeded you would make such a beautiful young man.! j with the -tory a-. I have already narrated it, I declate 1 feel as if I wanted you to make cxpo-ini: l 1 \- »• In tin 1 ' and the punishment, such love to mc'\ | a- \t vv>n. \f^n an an-l ile.cribHig the illusion Theie nas no re«i»ting such nn appenl as —the pci-uaM >f Us being my own cbn.uber that. I immediately clusped licr in m y arms \ ' my \* \ '\.nrduur h..u»e —under which I and ravished a kiss from her lips b y w In.h hod entered h.-r I loir \Au d now, my she Was thrown into almost couvuMuns ot 1 a lore.l creature \ aai.1 I \ if eloping 11 neces Inught. r . 's.ry let us start forthwith and w e can be mar Out, you hu««y '\ she cried \ men are not ! rod before the curs start Ti s but stopping so impudent lilees me. don't be so ndi-ul \is I nt the first parson's or magistrate's \ There now, that's c gli! But I wnb I might 1 'But—lint\ murmured my mistress, with tight upon some sarli young fellow for n swr t -t | sweotest accent, \ would you i cally marry tne hem t, I wonder how I shall look in my bo) s I —Without knowing me f\ lollies 1 But cinnc along and help me. tor 1 ) \ I wool I I wi'l \ said I. clasping ber in my shall uever get the queer things on without i anna •• 1 lake you for butter or for worse, be ' '•- viug—tor my soul tells me it—you are an Tho V-oleo of tlio Oroa t Deep , An arliola in the Loudon Sepctatnr says that for tbe whole period during wliicli the last year's Atlantic cable was (eft undisturbed, nn electrician has watched night and day at the eastern terminus, in order to koep anacourate record of the condition of the wire. Twio V every day tho wire wns tested for insulation and conductivity throughout its whole length of twelve hundred and forty miles. The faith ful watchmen were the recipients of frequent mossagos from tho ocean depths, though thssa, being in the unknown tongue of the mermaids or monsters there resident, wore not product ive of much information. The fact that the oable kept always babbling, however, shows that it ma; bu eubjgct to great electrical dis turbances even in its present condition, and may account for Ijlie irregularity nud inuon- \•taiioy of its preaenr-utterauoes. Tho Specta tor says of the meesagos above refured to. Sometimes iudeed, wild incoherent roes- sages from tho deep did cume, but thcBe were merely the results of magoctlo storm and earth currents, which deflected tho galvanometer rapidly, and spelt the mciBt extraordinary words, and sometimes even sentonoes uf non- tense, upon the graduated soalo before the mirror It was while watching these flickering) of tho electrio light, that the lost oable was hauled up at the bow of the Great Eastern, and tho end finally seouredand splioed. The expenenoo of the operator at Valeutia, at that time, is thus described: \Suddenly last Saturday, a t a quarter to six, while 1 1 1 o light was boing watched by Mr, May. he observed peculiar indications about it which told to his cxpenenoed eye that messago was at hand. In a few minutes afterwards the unsteady flickering was changed to coherency if wo may use such a term, and at once the cable began to speak, to transmit, that is at regular intervals, the appointed signals which inmoiito human purpose and motbod at tbe other end, instead pf huniod sighs, broken speech, and inarticulate cries of the still illit orate Atlantic. After tho long interval la which it had brought ua nothing but the moody and often delirious routtenoga uf the sea stammering over its alphabet in vain, the words ' Canning to Glass' must hare teemed like tho first rational word uttorod by a high- fover patient when the ravings bare oeasad and consciousness returns,\ who has got all the chunks in his own hand— [ assistance, when he finds the young lady's gone, lost away | And here tbe beautiful crenf.re made a, if as it might be. forever, how .much would he ! »•'» havei pulled mo along into the cham- give me to restore hert Why . I reckon, a'ber , at which m great terror 1 droppe, on my wbolo fortune; and so I am resolved upon it . knees, and seizing u,«n her hand, exclaimed Ana here's the way we are to manage it. In stead of mv runnb a off with her, you are to li a tig ad of m y runnb g off with her, yt do it. pretending to be vie , and eh : don't know the difference, because of the darkness, (you are only to talk in wliwpets,; and she will think tbe disguise makes such an alteration I ' \ Forgive me, dear mu.lnm—Ihaved.ceiv ed you, or, rather, you have deceived your .I Oh James I\ said she, meltingly, \don't i/O'i Anew w/ I am Ellen, little Ellen, cousin El.en Didn't you gel father's letter V Heavens! what a \inprising climax to tho • la/* alventure' Was I to get my namesake s, letter*, f it her his debts, and marry his firteud- ed wife int.\ llio bargain ? No womler thed-ar sell. I am u»t Susan I am At tho first tone of my voice, for I hod not apokeu before, she lurued wildly upon me VV e were near tho duur of the chamber, and . . J° i . i • i . .i.. v« o mil,, her 1 tho luht shone upon my face as 1 knelt 1 ! h\w was mstead of taking her to the cars you tokU.er • V > rom in|rt ,, tain , ghe mu , t have known her own co...,„ she inow s no more , ^ ^ ^ b<inor j 6aw ,,,„ i ail j w | lllt wa s she going to elope forf Thc»e Facctltc . Credit—A wise provision by which sheriffs and constables got a living. \You cruel man I\ exclaimed Mrs. Jones; \ my tenrs have no effect on you at all \ \ Woll, drop them, my dear,\ said Jones. A woman burnt to death in Manchester, England, by smoking ber pipo in, bed. Peace to her ashes. \ How odd U is,\ said Pat, as he trudged along on foot one hot, sultry day, ' that a man never meets a cart going the same way liu is.\ The anti-spiritualists deride the idea that a chair cau move, and up, mid dance, but we have been at many a publTo meeliog wlier* tho ahair made a speech. A dashing individual remarking lhafh o boiled his hams in sherry wine, an liouest Hi bernian exclaimed: 'Bcdad, I wish I was a pig ] myself.' ! \ Excuse mo, madam, but I would liko to know why ynu look at mo eo savagely I \ laid j a gentleman in a lady stranger \Oh I i beg i your iiordon. air, 1 took you for my husband,/ was the r ply ] A western editor, rppakmg of a quill-driving. anutcmpuriiry says \his inelloct Is so dense thnt it would take tho auiMr of common sense longer to bore Into it than it would to bore through Mont Bhinc with a bulled carrot. We asked an old farmar once what was the best time to put in rye t He looked at his watch and replied: This is about my hour\ Tho rye was immediately put in All seaions are the satno fur putting in that kind of rye. Tho Michigan railroads must bo very slow concerns, for a papor out thai, way says. \ There aro very few convicts in the Penitenti ary The authorities send them by tbe Konti- ao railroad, und tneir tune expires bclore tbuy 'then denture should melt s\ soon to find in me her ', get thore. (•posed cousin ami, mten.iH liu-baiid But j A nu>:ro woman passing tho Stacy House, it she ciiul-l tie so deceived? Cor- then right homo to our Iiouso, of tbe town than she does of the moon, , - , you can pretend to be frightened and run into | ^s go.ng to .br.ek. and ! sprang up and put Ihe house for shelter, and then tt is too late for | »j r »j »»J ^ mouth, the cars, and she must wait till next night, Heavens sake, madam I cried do you know , and she can sleep in my room, and | not ruin me\ and perhaps you.se t 1 w. I not fhereYou ock her up safe til next morning | insult you. I am a gentleman tho victim of a Thin i command finUh tbe business, and ge\ i ». °st extraodrmary. blunder, which has caused the fortune, and then, JIQJ , we will get mar ried, and set up for ourselves\ Here tha faithless Abigail gave me another embrace expressive of delight and triumph, aud then charging me to remain quiet until she returned, slipped from the. room and lelt me shut up in darkuess. I hesitated whether this intrusion, and made tne an unexpected confidant in your intended elopement. Pray, madam, don l faint.\ Certainly she looked so much like it that I was obliged to sup)>ort her uud ahe was compelled to suffer uie \ I will make eveiy reparation, I will retire. Nay 1 will even assist you to fly, for Susan is faith Kashvillt, with a rough ooli'm on her bead, was asked who it was for. repbet, \formyole man.\ \ Wliv don't you get some man to carry it for you I 1 ' said a bystander. \ Poor folks has to questions, and various others, which came ____ _ crowding into my nrum. were, without my ask-1 ^ ' d( , r „ ow '„ e 0 |Q ll8 fo, a days,\ said the wa ing tnciu—for in fact 1 was for a while speech ; 11|1M RnJ i lllrrlBl i ,,„ loss—answered bv the darling Ellen herself, who. with looks of the most confiding fondness. omot to-obeyber My fir-t mcluiatior.was j ^t.Knol^ J ° U - flnd ^ certainly to creep out. uow that tbe coast was SUPERI Q4L BOtfK & PRINT PAPER, j6tf solicited. clear, and find my way to my own apartment and yet I had a fancy to follow the ndventure to its end, so far at least as to see that the But when I eloping lady came to ^f^l^ \'^ go - ueed a faithful uttendant- 1 ••Sir—sir—sir,\ stammered the beaoty, to whom these allusions to the elopement gnve life, while they covered her with blushes, •' 1 need nothing but your im nedinte departure Oh' what, vhat will as if the matter was now quite settled, said— \ Am t tt str-tnge that We should Come toge ther so. and that we should lovu, without mjr knowing each otjierf Hut how should we. not aoeing each 'idler since we were children t I thought you had icd hair, too! Ho w fool ish'. And when I thought you were only Su san disguised, and wished I had just such a handsome looking person for a swe-chcart, I There is at present on ono of the lakes of said nothing but the truth; for, indued, 1 lo\e l the Bois de Bologoe, near Paris, a boat, ihat you when I thought you was only Susan I And moves about without either steam, sat r, or to think, that 1 was going to run awnv from | any other visible means of propulsiuu the youf Oh, how happy I am that I dt.f not\' ' _f.-._:_:._ . man, and hurried on. \ As I was going over the bridge the other day.\ said a native of Erin, \ I met Pat Hawins. f lewins,' eays I , •how are, you I ' \Pretty well, thank you, Donnelly,' says he. •Donnelly P •ays.L 'that's not tny name' 'Faith then, no moro is mine Uewins.' \ So with that we looke+at each ut)»rr--agin an' sure enough it was uayther of u« \ be, and to remember that, although a great many young lnoies at the tea table ti the evening, none of them were particularly handsome, I confess I lost so much of my in terest in tbe matter as to ret ire to bed and leave tbe incognita to her desttuies. I began to grope for the door, not without manw against opposing chairs and tables, when the And the wrung her hands ' est way imagmatde —-? rrvmrln And here my dear .ousin (my cousin. Indeed ') threw her arms around my neck in the sweet and burst into tears 1 never could stand o woman's tears, who cau I And thoso of the beautiful stranger cut ine to the soul, while they completed the fas cination of my spirit I t was all over with me in a moment I felt that I had suddenly fall en in lovo with her, nnd~none th « less deeply [Cnndodto' next week.] Augustus N Dickens, a brother of Charles Dickens, the famous novelist, died in Chicago ..n Friday, aged thirty-iifne yearsi Mr- Dick ens has been employed in tbe laud depart- in en t of Illinois. power employed Is that of efeetricity, whieh, by nn ingenious contrivance, communicates a rotary motion to the poddlo wheels. The ex periment is curious enough, but unfortuaately the principle cannot as yet rcoeive a practical application, becauso it would not pay. An electric pile consumes juat as many kilogram- metvf lino per hour and p*r horse power, as a steam engine, consumes kilogrammes of coal, >o that the electrio system would be abjut thirty times dearer tuan steam.
