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■»bu. Ami «ad teew d É M > OCTOBER 21 , 1865 . ^tJBIilí %■'';!! ¡O filcé i'n ColtNE1! ED EY È B Y SATURDAY', ÍN'ONEIJDjA.,~N.; y . Exchange, 3 d Stor'yi ór M aik A nd G iiéstü «DT S ts .' , • Vi- i-' - £ 2 . 0 0 p e r rj 1 Squero, às'^ùtirés,... Coiúuin H Column,1]. (■' ICoiuran, * J^~Siite 1 TJSÉtjns '^A-nii'u.rn. e i - w i a e , í n A d v a n o e j »2-ÖO-: ¡i ótli— [ er discontinué.»! until; all arrearages are P'liRTISIJS'-G. ein. I ‘ ly. *^ÄÜ\jr*8.00 B\T; í 77« ü .00 i ái.no .ôo'ï'ëiïüii j^o.íó'l^ólotM n lines oí sojjd inatter or less make one advertisements'Inserted] ¿t| the rates pre ' 1 I -.|l square. -/ ^~,Legaj scribed by lSj.. . . . . p r nualness Cards: In jCard Column/no r r - Yearly Advertisers Ifrg quarter!; Ther^ wlll exceeding Avelines, islper year.f j ; I -'.JL' . .. ; Busli ess Notices w(ll be Inserted In [theTteadlng Columns, 'at the rate 'of ïlifty Cents for tli'e first line, and Plve Oeqts for every auW q u ent line, each insertion. have thé prlv, :lege of chang-. be do devlátí >n from adver- % . !■ «i 1 «ili / tlsed rates. 1 nless a special contract ls made. - ‘t a r * Advt tious, will bé Ingiy. , L .dlrec rtlsêraents not accompanied pith Inserted until forbid] and charged a.ccord- - « !- ! i I f , .should' be ad- tâtH A llii tters, communications]- Ac., Should be dressed ¡to - f. .- . I PURDY A J'tCKSÒN, Oneida,1 Madison jCo., N. Y. I\ d We.ha ve ijicilitles unsuipasSedifor jex scriptious òli Jub Printing, with beàtuesa and at inodorate prices. Q j B PR B.MTTJNi;©} iCutlng'all de ft tid äisputcfi, j- - - r, .1 --1 „.I ■ a t t o r : Qneidd; ¡I B U S IN E S S . GARBS. A . ' j . ' - P D H D Y ) - ] , , , Y^AND COUNSELLOR AT !lk\V., N. Y. ; Office iu Empire ¡Bloçk .1 ' PliYSLCMNS & ;8 U¿G EONS.-¡-¡Office in . - léfiìuk Mòck; second story,¡Mitin St., Oleici • l í l l . i ' t i - i~M \ JCÜiVVAItJU» *1 *E Y ifc CO' ' A T T O R N , Òheiduf, ■ Goodw atli.’s ¡nlock] R. F ríen, ¡p AV.. oa ! ÍIPEH' ÎW H Clicslnu C PeV- k Madison Ç. ib’é Store', Madison St. s p o o ? u |: r , t*AT' iLÀiV., N :1 Y v . Office; o v e r S i H . 're; Mp Fatffi r of Good—thou watchful One, 1 10 Ihou ¡draw near, ' And I'romitijdnc ever listening throne - ( 1 Fathcij, hear! The evening sliadowsTound'us lie; * Thfe wea.-y Bun, ■. That smiled ifon'g the radiant aky, Its work hath done. I » ( I . O’er Heaven 1 i| wide arch the lingering Btars Lre all a ;lo>w Withl love-di line, and from afar . ilesa all below. From all the Wei fields the wand’ring hqrda. ave 6oujght their rest; ear uj m,ore the melody of birds l'om trtc and crest. The fields ar d woods., the dewy air, i-A.lt this £ till hour, ^ - Are fragrant with the silent prayer if every flower. s' . As peaceful is the zephyrs stir- Th'ei trembling leaves, Breathe thy spirit on each worshiper That sillint grieves O’er all the sins the day hath Been, . 1 3r yeard have known, 1 .nd blesB us as the past hath been, By kindness shown. S|ir Thy hand hath led ub , and thy smile , -'HaiLi'been our light; , Rill watch o’er .us—still protect us while IVe sieeirat night! '^ivcjiesB ere the night de^pfT^ i ps from sin; Let iis |ea,eh morn with purer heart 1 The dav r \ \'J !. D I t S i JF1XC I I C A I t P E Ä TjJÇIt, SUKGE o I n S & PHY JICIANS.¡ ! Qffi.ce iü lWkl j! I -atli.’s [á|ock| up stiiiiis. m | | |M., D Ill'EHTBR, ¿streets. : íes.. cor.-Broad &,Cherry. AL D.,'|jres.| cor. Broad Ifc 1 1 • ■1 1 ' ■ stri j __ L RI JE S S i A «AJE I t fr JlàW-fitljWS,, ATTORE Òueitl i, - ------------ - - >-¿n- ¡ R., Or nòsiteUuion.-Rrinting Office.; • .i¡ 1 -i-* * ' ___ 'j•* __ • ; • 1 1 . r , 1 EYS & iCOUNSELLÖRä ÄT LAW, Madisoii Co.., N. Y. | Office ou-, Main AS YO begin, i thankfulness, from ddjj to day or mercies given, Father, in the way . Heaven! letUs, 0 That lea äs t^> Capasi ota,-* Oc|. 15, 1865. A. » . K. -1 --- f U HAVE AN, OPPORTUNITY. I, Frazier sat reading in Ilia colínt- He was in the midst at a NOTARY l PUBLIC fbr Jf. :M E S S I W « J G flt, 1 f-, ¡PUBLIC'f<|r Madison j G uj ! .Also'.Li ___ Government Claim Ag'cui for Bounty, ' ijlack lj « y, Pensions, &c. ' , | ’ J • I* 'fl J A S . IB . JjG iN E ttil ! Commissioner of Diitids for Aliciii^an-.. Commissioner of Deeds tor Illinois. ' ; Commi¿ 6 ióueróf D lieds för Wisconsin. OornnJUsioiiiir of D^cds for! Iowja. ' - BÍ JESS IU G JE It fr J ÉN ..NSURÍI x Die am Ldrillari Manhat ¿.flauti A-TTOp-NTEY. ClllTTEi is Offic \.z: r N. $ !l! ATTO J. j; il. BAKER, i ¿ G O x jjsrsjffiE E Ô R , Ü IN S . relia tlio, fq llovying • li, surplus $L310,000 ‘¿¿ô0,( 00; '$300,(00. ÍANGO, N. j BENT|LEY' &, iGOODjEL-L, t y s :V ® f t M n .stla t ! S Â t §laSv.; b-in T ield s ’ B l o c k , IWain S t . , O N E I D A , N^ Y . \k , , I C entlev , I ) ;W-jÎV eooDKUL, : i I t . A , E . X I I J E l l t ï t V . 1 Z p n RÉSIDENT DENTIi lin I Kltrchaut’sX'Exçhange, T, Oneidí , ¡N.-Y.v Office , 'up-stairsj Alain j St. C . C A K S R A 0 D Á N , f ! ( -1 ATTORNEY AT .-La. AV,- Onéida, Madison Ço., Office iu Stone’s Block, Aladis'on St. - '-li 11 '--1 S I I O J G C I t À F T & S i V p W , kÉYS & COUNSELLORS AT. LAW, Onciali, Madisòn'Co., N. Y. ¡Office in Empire Block over Riyenburgli’s Store. J ohn S now Conili issioner of 1 iceds lor Alici i ¿an and Wis oonsijc. J HOT( LER] ofiall guaranteed.1 ; a .’ _ _____ H O L.L.I1N BECJHL GRAPH a Ì^ d ' AMBROIlYtPEGÀL- •Alain 1 stre^t^Oneida, N 'Y.- kinds and sizes'taken] .and sa . a . _ ^ A fi • , __ t il i l epe K IÌY Pictures atisfdction ’-Il i j . iü. osnr»iÀRfi>jE'Âi __ ___ ¡ONEIDÁ, • Alddison IH ï T s t S S ^ :i 1 Coil N.Y.; H ; l - « Mr ing roam, piece, o f iiitereBting news, when a lad canie 1,0 the door and said : •< ' v Do you yyaii^i imy, sir?”; r ¡WithoUV'lifting his eyes from the paper Mrl Frazier ¡answered “ No” ¡to ¡the^ applicant, in rather a rough way. | /Before l the lad reached the; street, ¡conscience had c,pmpelled*the merchant to lisu ni tb a rebuking sentence. 1 .“ You might have spoken kindly to the 'poor boy, at least,” said conscience. '^Thia is an ofppoinmity.” “Mr. Frazier Jet the paper fall from before his eyes, and turned to look at the' lad1. The mere of 'th4 glane from ’tu rii. city ever since?-”'’/ ' 1 • • “ No, sir. W e came here, with my uncle,about a year ago, but he; died a month afifer o'ur arrival.” There came another long silence, in’ which the lad was not able to see the merchant’s countenance. But .when W did look at him again there was guch a new apd kind expression in the eyes, which seemed almost to .devour his face, that he felt assumed in his heart that Mr. l a z i e r w&8 a good man, and would be a' friend to his mother. T‘ Sit inhere for a little, while,” said Mr. Fraziei;,* and,rturning to hib desk, he wrote a brief note, in w’bich, with out permitting the lad 10 see what be was doing, he inclosed two hr three1 bank bills. ' ’ 1 [ “ Take this tbvjour mother/’ he said; handing the ndte to the Tad. “ You’ll try and g e t me a place, sir, won’d you ?” The little boy lifted to him an appealing look. “-Oh, y e s ; you shall have a -good place. But stay, you haven’t fold me -where you live.” ; “ At No. -f- Melon street.” .. | “ Very well.?’ Mr..Frazier, noted the street ¡and number. “ And now, take that note to your mother.” * The merchant did not resume his newspaper after the' boy had gone. He had lost his interest in its content^.- For a time, he sat with hisface so that no one saw its expression. If spoken to on any subject he answfered briefly, knd with nothing of his usual interest in business. The change in him was so marked that one of bis partners asked him . if he was not well. ■ “ I feel a little dull,” he dvasively answered. Before bis usual time Mr. Frazier left his store and went homei, As he opened the door of his duelling the distressed cries and sobs: of I h child came with au unpl his ears. He went lad repeated -hesitatingly Mr He wks small but clean, lant tapped -on the window’ counting room, and the boy- lover his ¡s,boulder, A sign Ii!e'merchant caused him to re- 1 -' t, “ •'VYhac.did you say just now?” “ Do you'want a| b°y-> sir?” l^ie the words hp had spok en a few moments before. Frazier looked at him’ with a suddenly awakened interest.1 He bad a 'ta i l, girlish \face dark brown eyes and hair,! and though slender]and deli cate vi appear.ancevistood erect, witjh.a m’anli less of.'asp.ect that showed him to be already conscious of duty in the worlc. | But(there did scent to be much of th it stuff in him that is heeded jfor- ho b'uttlp oil li/e. ! “ l a k e a |chair,” said Mr, Ilrazier, voluntary .respect for the lad get- lossession of his mind. an m ting th clear 3 bo eyes ^1 plied h a \ sat down, with\ his large, xed-on the merchant’^ face. ‘.‘How old are y oil ?” 1 OÎBcàEast side òf Main street] site tbefWalriith Black. I i A ll 1 work warranted. -.1 ,'i1 d i ONEIDA M j LODGE l SOJVXC. No! j 270, hoffis its règular he'irly op¡[)o- i I r 'Meetings every flrst and third Thursday eyen-¡< was twelve, sir^ last month,” re- the boy,. - What splendid eypsl’f said the mereiant to himself;, “ and I’ve seen them so before—soft, -dark, and lui trous as a' woma'n’s.” Aw a}' back in the past the thoughtsl of Mr. Frazier were-bo.rne on1 the light from those beautiful eyes, and for some moruents he forgot the present'in the But‘'when he came to look at the nt again, he h^id a softer heart the strange-lad. ou should Igo back to schools for a yeAr or two longer,” he said. hRl’pl my inollmi,-” repliled ings|m eacli month J* -Hall Stoke’ s new J ' J. A-. B C N N J E ^ r 'ir,. , MANUFACTURER [of Tin, Copper .anÀSheeV Iron |\Varc, and j dealcrj in ¡Stoyes and Iron 1 War(|generally^,jNùmber 4,-Elnpire Block, : h SÉ ifflQx 1 .* Í M A i t u h E w b k k s . , ■» | ' MONUMENTS ¿and Head stones of l^cvety stylc kei^coushuitly.on^iiarid ' j.or made tb orldcr on sliort notic^7~j ' The liest' of Ameyican or Italian IjMar'ble used jin all[ casjes. Shop, on ^Madisioni strcet# Oneida.\.' )■ . , &•' . F. B. HARVEY;'Proprietor.; - 1 i . ■ ■. i ■ > i - i I i j i < P H 15 A C O N I I O X E I / ; -, _ E331.P»S S T i , O I T B I I p - A : . * 1! !' | ■ 1 | LStf m . C-| BACON.,) Proprietor. K\ . A. I j i f e j A c c i d e n t , F i r e . iw York Life Instnjince Co’.. A s s e ts $4,0001000;, Profité *>f business, Insuri d, dóñt'6 p: ' all divided among fissured. .Travelers Insurance Co. . • Assets tBOO.OOOi against death or disability from acci- all binds. - Morris’, Fire Insurance Co. Assets $1,000,000]- Albany City Fire Irisuranpe Co, • | Assets $30^,000., All strictly -First Class Companies,' offering, lo £ “ a U , set-Uing losses prdmpt Farm! huildiDgs insured one -. ears ta'tbelowest'rates. . |, ■Vneiaiif'Valley National Bauk1 jl'nml liberally, linee or live ïuue 15 th 1865 &iA. W. BARKER, Agent. must id. the' lj 1 ‘-1 is your .-•Tie laä’ mother very poor ?” ^ voice shook a little, and his. e o ff woman’s eyes.grew brighter in the ears that filled them. , Mr. Frasier had already forgotten the )oijM,,of inl^r-esl in the news after which Iris! mind was searching^ when the.ioy in'teiT'uptedrhiin. “ 1 don’t! want! a bOy myselff” said the gentleman, “ hut mayb.e I^-might spen k a gojbd wprd for you, and \ 1 l 1 at woiiId help, yOu-jkiiow. I think you won Id] make an lionest and useful but you are not-strong-.” “ Oh }es, sir, l am strong,?’ and tli boy stood up in a brave spirit. The mej'chanl looked kt him with a steadily increasing intevest. - W hat ;is yohr name ?” he asked. Charltjs Leonard,” sir.” There w|as ari instant chainge in the chantls maijper, and i he1 tumelithi.s met ant .UL fact 1 So far away that the ¡boy’s¡eyes ebu d not see jits expression, Eojr a Ion 2 : lime he sat still knd-silent-^so long that the qoy wondered. Is \'onr zieif kept his father living ?” ' Mr.j F ra did -nbt, look a t the boy, but stil ace |away. r-His voice was away. ¡ verjy' low,,land not ver$ even. ¡ NOj Sjv; be died four yhara ajgo.” MT.L — 3« v(jjce M,as quicker '■ r i.v u, Biji ; r W hergl” firmet. In London^ sir.” 1 How long ¡is it pince erica ?” Two vears,” \ came to casant sound upon up stairs with two or three long strides, and entered the nursery, from which the noise came. What is the matter, darlinjg?” he said, as he fl«nght the weeping oneriti his arma. ^WTiat aîls my litlle Maggie?” “ Oh, pa, papa!” sobbed thé child, clinging td his peck, and laying, her wet face close to his. ‘‘Jane;” said Mr. Frazier, looking’ at the nurse, and speaking with some sternness of manner, “ why is Maggie crying in tins manner T’ “ She has been naughty,” was the reply.. “ No, pa, I ain’t been naughty,” said lie child indignantly. “ Ididn?t’\yant to stay hér.e all alóne, and she jiinùhed me and slapped me so hard. Oh,pa!” and the child’s wail i;ang out again, and she'clung to his neck, sobbing] Has she ever pinched and slapped you before ?” asked the father. r ‘ “ She'doeB it ’’most every day,’| an swered the child. ; “ Why haven’t you told me?” - - “ She.toldj me 8he’d- throw me opt of the window if I told. Oh dear! don’t let herido it, papa.” ¡ “ I t ’s a lie!” exclaimed?!the nurse 3a88Ìon'atelyL ’ I Just look at my poor leg, papa.” The child said chis in a hushed whis- )er, with heir lips çîos.e to her father’s ,ear; Mr. Frazier sat down,’ and bai'ing the child’s tjeg to. the hip, saw it was •with blue and .green spots, the knee there, Was not less dozen of these pstiuguished He examined thâ other leg, and found it in the sárab condition Mr. Frazier loved tlie child) with a deep t îpdêrnéss; In fact^shé was, all iisjove. Her mother, between whom and himself there had never bjeen any sÿmpafhy, died two years before, and since that timé bis precious darling— the apple of his ejye—had been left to ithe ténder mercies of h$»d nurses, over whose conduct it was impossible for him to have any rig^t observation. He had often feared that Maggie vyas neglec ted—often troubled-’ himself Ion her account-T—buta suspicion of cruejty like,' this; never came to his imagination. Mr. Frazier was profoundly disturb ed, but even- in his pássionhe.was calm. “ Jàne,” he said, “ I.w ish you to leave llhe house immediately.” * “ M|r. Frazier—” ( “ Silence !” He showed himself so stern \and angry, even in his suppressed utterance of the word, that Jane start- ed. and left the room instantly Mr] Frazier rang the bell, and said to thd waiter who answered it,: “ See that Jane leaves the .house at once. I I have discharged her! Send her tijunk where she | may wish it.— Here is the money due. I must uot her again..” the waiter left the room Mr. F ra- mgged his child tightly to his and -kissed her with an covered Above than, a 8pOtS. see As zier breas again, eagerness of manner that was qnite un- usual With him. He was fondbht quiet in his .caresses. Now the sle'emng im pulse» of a strong heart were m awake and- active. In a,small back chamber sweei-faced, patient-lookin reading a letter Which had[just been left I.or her by the postmai a’pale, Woman “ Thank God !” ■ I she as she finished reading it, and Ker/soft, brown eyes werp lifted upward. / “ It looked darkj’’ she mnij'mured, “ 'bpt llije morn* ing has broken again.” I ! *; A.'light, quick step was heard upon the staire, and the door/ ‘was pushed hastily opeD. “ Charles, dear!” The boy .entered with an excited conntenance. *“ I ’m going to get a place, mother!” he exclaimed, the moment his feet were inside the. door. . The pale woman smiled, and held ont her hand to her boyJ’M e came quickly to her side. . . s “ There is no necessity for your g et ting a place now, Charles. W e shall go back to England.” “ Oh, mother !.” The boy’s face was aglow with sunbeams. “ Here’s a letter from f gentleman in New York, who says he is directed by our Uncle Wijton to pity oqr pas sage to England if we will return.. God is good, my son; Let us bethank- ful.” ’ ' ^ Charles now drew from his pocket the letter Mr. Frazier had given him, and handed ‘it to his mother. “ W h at is this ?” she asked. ‘‘The gentleman who promised to, get me a place told me to give it to you.” „. T^he woman broke the seal. , There were three bank bills of ten;¡dollars each enclosed, and this brief sentence written on a sheet of paper: ' “ God sent your Ison to a friend.— Take courage. Let him come to me to/morrow.” , “ W ho gave . you this ?” she asked, her face growing warm with sudden excitement. - A A gentleman, but I don’t know who he was. I went into a great many storesjto ask if they didn’t! want a boy,* a n d ' a t last came to lljie one where the gentleman wae. who sent you. the note. He spoke-roughly at first, ajnd then called me'back and ask ed me who I was and about my mo ther. I told hira.yo.ur name, and how father had died, and you were sick. Then he sat' a good while and didn’t say any thing, and then wrote the note, aud told-me he would tret me a place. H e ’was a kind lookimfman if he did speak roughly at first.” ! “ Did you see what the name was on the sign ?” “ L jever thought to look,” replied theTjoyV^I-jyas. glad when I came awky. But I can~go straight to the place.” • “ I will write the gentleman a note thanking him for his Kindness, and you must take it to him in the morning!. HoW light it makes my heart to know max we aroijgolng bRckTo. \dear Eng land ! God is good tO'Us, my son, aud we must be obedient and thankful.’’ Just a little before evening twilight fell wordbame up to the. woman that a gentleman had called aud wished to see her. “ Go'and see who it is, Charles,” she said to bei* son. “ Oh, mother! it’s the gentleman who sent you the note 1” exclaimed Charles, in an under tone, coming back quickly,.“ a n d ,he wants to .see you. Can he come up?” j There was a'hasly glance of the wo man’s eyes around the room to see. if everything was ih order, then a[ few slight changes in attire. “ Ask him Jlo conie up, my son,” she said, and Charles went. down stairs again. A man’s firm, step approached t | door; it was opened, and the Dhv mother and the boy’s new-found friend ooked into each other’s faces? . “ OB, Edward 1” fell from her lips, in a ’ quick, surprised voice ; and she started from her chair and stood strongly agitated before him. He ad vanced, not speaking. until he had taken he’rjhand. “ Florence! I never thought t,o see you thus,’? he- said in a calm, kind, evenly modulated voice ; but her ears were finely chorded enough to perceive the deep1 emotion that lay beneath. He said it, looking down into the dark, soft, tender brown eyes. But I think there is a providence in our meeting,” he ¡added. They sat down and talked long to gether-talked of things gone by, and the causes that separated them, while their hearts beat.ouly for each other— of the weary years that had passed tor both of them since then—of the actual present iu their lives. “ I have a motherless child,” ho said at last, “ a tender little; thing that I love, and to-day I find her Jbody pur pie with bruises from the cruejl hand of a servant. Florence? will yoja be a mother to this child ? You have a no ble boy who is fatherless—let me be t him a father. Oh, Florence! the^e has been a great void in our lives dark and impassable river lias flowed between us for years; but we s tand^t last together, and if the old love fills your heart as. it ¡fills mine, there are golden days for us in the future.” And so it proved. ! The lady and her son did hot go back to England, but passed to the merchant’s stately mansion, she becoming its mistress, and he finding a home there,} and truer father than the oue he ¡bad formejLyear8 called by Ithat name. “ Do good as yoju have opportunity.” Only a* week before the lad’s applica tion to the m erchant had this injunc tion been ui%ed in ibis hearing by ¡an eloquent preacher, and, the | woijdi coming to bis mind, led him to cal: back the boy, after his cold and almoet unkind rejjnlse. | Many timea be thought of the ifici dent afterward, and of the small events on whihh the life-long issues hu,pg,|at most trembling in view of wiiat he might have lost, had that slight oppor tunity for doing good been neglected THE XAI&I BPS iFBJLYKR. \ n BY JOHN G WHITT H B. She. rose from her d ilición* aléet ’ soft ! brown i Í*. and deep ér,|breathcd-fi prayeç; together pretóed, :U-/ ’A-, I And putaway her ‘And In a tone as Ion Aa love’s drat wh Her anow-whitè ban Her bine eyes shel'teréd'in the'Hd, The folded linen on ler b m it ->¿4 1 ~- Just swelling wlti thej chariH$]ltiikL,: And from her long1 a nd flowiibg Jiém v Eacaped a bare ano anówy- foót, ] I .. Likefi yonogBplrtt flrèèfi fiòtìfHéàVén/'' 8he bowed thatyonne and;matchleM.fi>rta, A * * -.. j ; Oh, 6od I if «oinlsiM pnWas thefié' * Need, dailj. m«rcy ffrom; thytfirpn; 1 If she upon,, her bended knees, Oar holiest find óar purest pnej- . She with fi fice so clear fihd bright/1 We deem'her aomeatray>;'ehild of light— I f she, with^tboee Boitieyee-aadj team, Day after day in hjer young yean; Mast kneel and pray for grace from Thee, ' How hardly, if she wins not HeaTen, Will our wild errors 'be forgiven ! Lieutenant James; bowed..., and tqe'l'Captain went on, \ oam'¡.the. Dmderella soon after, when h B ordered iis mat6—jMr. S tarbuck,also ----- “ “ “ whale hunger—to select the larpoons and have them nioelyïlttidÿ as ah opportunity raight;pAM,^ M ^ I ^ uorroS^ o f stfiking a ¡porj|^jm ^ r M soon • r i IV THE WHALJLN MILITAR AND readers have CAPTAIN OFFICER. Th e n e x t mooi ing, lands i ;were..jN ^ e r i ^ t l i e ; . and ^ requen the two harpoons, to .each Of which some , eight -orI ten . fathoms of rat tling staff were-attached, a id accom pany him oh* shore.\ In a fcw morhents thie boat, reached the south where Capt. Lovett was met ral of his countrymen, who attracted to the spot by th.e the duel, as well as several merchants my. the duel between Perhaps some pf heard of the story of old Captain Love ;t, of New| Bedford, and the English 01 fice)r in Detnarara. It has been variously r’elajtedj—but the .oialy true version is as follows; ? Gapt. Zachariai iipvett, after hav ing performed sOi eral whaling voyages to the Pacific, fa mdi himself ih com mand of a brig be ending to New York on a voyage to L emarara. He was a worthy man and a good specimen of a They one and all i Japtain Lovett for Yankee sailor— iis the milk of human heart was full of ¡kindness; but he possessed a noblh spirit, aud would neither give nor take an insult. While his little brig Cinderella lay at anchor in Demarara River, Captain Lovett one afternoon 'entered a coffee house |where he met amused themselves balls about in th ) b! after, land before tlie game was half finished, tom e English (military officers enterei—one of whjom, _Capt* Bigbee, stepperl up to Capti Lovett, who was arrayed in at ver; pVplam, not to say or dinary^ costume,, ana/witji_a_bulfying *L e table, as ¡himself and isbed to play a matbh. a friend, and they by knocking tlie liard-foom. Soon with the Engl^h military bully, who was represented?as a practical duelist— an expert swordstnpn, and an) unrivaled- marksman with a pistol, being sure of iis mau a t twelve places. - Capt. Lbvett, loweyer, did not show the least in clination to back <jut, but on the con trary, seemed more eager for the en gagement.' “ I ’ll give that quarrel some fellow a lesson,” said he,.1“ which will be pf service to him, and which le will .never forget, as long as,his name is Bigbee.” i | The challenger; with a laj*ge patch ,0 cover the impression left by the Yankee knuckles, and his swollen eyes dimly twinkling with anger and morti- ication through two huge liyid circles air demanded th brothejr officers w Capt. Lovett gentlejraaé with couVte8y'Ü a stern at gaye the) red-coated look, but replied he and his friend wl w’ould sortruent of swords. Ho bokvedi stiffly to Capt. Lbvett, and Lieut. James, ap- iroabhing thè Yankee,'asked] ¡him if & was willing, to fight with swords? “jlfso /’ said her “ I belieye we, càn suit you/. W e\have brought with us t.he small sword, a n e a t /'i^ ^ e™*\!y , - . , * , . 3 , u weapon ; the cut-and thru«/gS'<>3T^. hlm. a melee and which will answer indif- was soon sent ¡ to ' GoV'^J^T lay en- u| m u st ijvaitl, tlienj” co o lly re- had engaged the.table aiiSit w out the game, ailer¡which; it the tlemad wished t ) pl4y, i t Was at their service!. . j “ But we can’t wait,” said Captain Bigbee, in an iqsolent tone. ; “ Y i ’ plied pdpt. LovjettJ J • ‘‘ B ut iWe sha 11. do no such. tiling,” exclaimed the surly Briton. .“ We came, here to ]>lay| billiards, and we iave*no 'idea of being disappointed.by a couple'of fellcws who hardly know mace |Vom a cue or a ¡ball from a ocket. lit will take you all the after noon to finish the game, so cledr Put.” Capt. Lovett and his friend played on. “ Comemow,’1 continued the’officer, “ enough of., t h i i !—j-marker, place the sails;” saying \/hvch, with a most imr he seized one ¡of the balls he « ain L into tl ludent air, which Captain just driven up another near The matter Captain Lovett though ’he- hao demeanor, he man himself, of portentous s ovett’s opponent had he pocket, and caught < him. wasi growing serious, s eye flashed fire; ' al- _ mingled a good deal among the Quakers, and respected ihe moral sect for ttieiij humility and quiet was no non-resistant He doubled up his fist tZ6ij | * c. P u t .those ballSjUijon-thtej table, you scoundrel, and leave , the room,” ex claimed he, im jeratively. W ho do yiolii call scoundrel,! you Yankee blackguard ? Do yon -know that you are tajking to one of his Ma jesty’s officers? Take that\for your impudence!” at t)ie-8ame time Bulling the action to tlie word, hitting Capt. Lovett across t h ^ shoulder with the cue.- But in an instant he received a blow on his ftrehjead, exactly where phrenologists locate the. oi'gqn of eventuality, wl ichj Would have felled ap ox, and subrnisejiyely acknowledged eaattring his length on ofe 'J. cers who Wore with oojd sensei to see that the favor by ir tlie floor. His brother him had the Bigbee was to l lajine, and ¡though they looked rather hlacjc at the Yankees; .they wisely* forbore to molest them further—assist ng j the stuuned bully, into another room] where by 'the help of some restori live# he soon retoovered his senses. 1 Hi* rage and mortification eit the result of the rencontre knew no bounds, arid, With|many fij bitter oath, he detm'iiiitied to have satisfaction. Before Capt Lovett left the coffee house .a billet was handed him by Lieut. James, which preyed to be a challenge, a peremptory challenge,, from Capt. Bigbee, iu which it was in sisted that arrangements should be piade for an early meeting—that might have an opportunity to wash „ the affront )ie hadi jreceived in Capt. Lovett’s heart blooaL Captain LoVfett ¡smiled'Vh.en he saw such manifestationalof Christian spirit. Said he: “ Tell Captain Bigbee that 1 will not baulk him. He shall have!the Opportunity lie so earnestly 'seeks. Although pod a jfigbring man,. I am familiar with jibe duel laws,' and if he will be t9-moirow,,m6rnipg ^on the banks of the1 ireen .Cana], .pear ¿be south quay; rather.a.secluded/wiot, h^ shah have sa Asfaction to hisj heart’ content.” 1 i Ófiice im Mcrcliaat’« K x c liu p , Cerner e f ‘ Mein and Chestnut fttfeet*. m and other 'inhabitants of remonstr quay, by s_eve- had been rumor of h e , place, ated with consenting to fight eenly eyeihg the Britishl Captain, and shoiiited “ Now for it !” drawing back of9 throwing accompanied by hiasecond, soon made iis appearance. He was foil by He was followed a servant with a pistol-case and an as irás. NO hia «act’ thè fiifal'ârdn// ' ’ . ] •\ a brayomau, which isjnot always the case with b u l lies—and, tie had often marched with out. flinohing up to th e | mouth of>a cannon. And if ho bad been in sihgle , combkt with an adversary armed.wfth a sword .or pistol, or even a dagger o r a Queen’s) arm, h e would have borne himself manfully, indeed, he had al ready an 'unenviable notoriety as a duelist, and'had killed his man. But the harpoon was a \weapon with which- he was altogether, unaoquairtted—find the loud \and exulting ¡tones of the! Yankee Captain’s voice ¡sounded like 4 a summons to his grave.; And . when, he saw the stalwart T a n k e e raise the polished iron, and pause for a momërit as lif c o n c e n trating^ l his strength to give the fatal blow, a panic terror seized him ; his limbs trembled ; bis features were of a ghastly pfillor, and the-¡cold sweat stood in large d rops on his foreheajcl. Hé had not strength to raise his weapon ; and when bis grim opponentshputed “ Now¡for it,” and shook his 'deadly speaij, t the British, officer—forgetting his vows of chival ry, his reputation as an oflicer, and his honor as a duelist—threv^ bis harpoon on the ground, fairly turned his back to the enemy, andt;Iike\a frightened coarser fled.the field, amid the jeers and jibes and hurrahs; o f tlie multitude assembled by this time (^n the spot. ; Captaim Bigbee’s dueling days-werje over. N o man/ would ¿^ht after h;s adventure witlif the He was overwhelmed with in^lt.anqF ridicule, »and sbon found; it advisable to.cljange into'anottièr régiment. But ’ereutly well in a d u el; and the broad sword, or- cutlass, which is often pre- fi&ri’fJd Ly those who a/ft deficient in skill in the use of arms. My friend, Capt. Bigbee, is equally expert with either. You have ouly to choose. As tbe challenged 'party, you hjav.ejan un doubted right to select your arm.” “ Of that privilege I am well ajware,” replied Capt. Lovettj “ and mean to avail myself o f . it. I shall j riotj fight with swords.” i J “ I expected(us much,” resurried lh‘e' Lieutenant, “ and have brought with me a beautiful pair of dueling pistols, with long barrels, rifle bores and hair » O 7 [gers. W h at distance shall I mea sure off?” ri'ig|g sure Lieut. “ Very graced mam* He was though with-great relut __ tbe .service-, ¿¿id it1 ffiav. wdhj truth he said that he never forg lesson he had received ran whaler, so long aa Bigbee. , ,, 0m p elied;al- anee^ thè veté= name was I “ Eight paces.” 1 “ Only eight paces!” cried James, a little surprised. , well.” < : He then measured it off, and placed iis man at his post. Then advancing ,oward Captain Lovett, he presented lim with a pistol. “ I do not fight with pistols.” “ Not_.fight wtth pi8toIs-r-at]ier re using to fight with swords! ; W h at jronght you here, then?” “ T o fight!” shouted Lovett, in, a thundering voice,, ;which made the British officer' start. I am *the chal- enged party, ai|d have a right to choose my weapons, according to the laws of. the duello ^all the world over,, and y/ou may rely upon' it I shall not select weapons, with which I am not familiki; aha with which my antagonist has been practicing all' his life. Such a proceeding on my part is I n o t only not required by the rules of houor—] which,, after all, are a mere chimera— but jivould be contrary to all the dic tates of common sense. No, I shall fight with the weapons of honorable warfare, with which I have- ever been accustomed. Swords aud pistols, in deed!” ■ ’ ,“ But, my dear sir,’’ cried the as tonished Lieutenant\ “ %e must pro ceed ;accorrding\to ryle in this business., Vfhat weapons nave-you fixed upon1?” 'Doubtless in fancy’s eyti he beheld before him huge blunderbusses, loaded with buckshot. > Captain Lovett said nothing, but beckoned to Mr. Starbtu(&; who ap preached him with great alacrity, bearing the two harpoons. He seized oner of the formidable weapons, and thrust it into tfie hands of Bigl^ee, who seemed absolutely paralyzed with astonishment.' ' ing man “ My weapon,*? said he, “ is the javelin—such as Grecian ¡and Roman knights often, fought with in olden times; a weapon which no man who challenges another can refuse to'fight with at the present day, unless he pos sesses a mean and craven spirit!” I Thus saying, he took the sjtation which had been aligned'him, at eight paces distant fron^ his stalled .antag onist. He coolly bared his sinewy arm, grafeped the harpoon,, aud plaoed liimself ih attltade. > ‘.‘ I ’ll bet a smoked herrin^ figaihit a sperra whale,” said he, oastiog a tri um pliant look upon his friends,-- “ that bill -drive .the harpoon through that fellow’s midriff the* first, vbto?; aoc will finish him without tihe aid of the lance. Mr. Starbuck,” fiercely con tin A a G reat N atural C uriosity ,— ; The Jacksorivillei (Oregbn) Senimel of Aug. 12th gives the following accouuti [ of la marvelous lake In 'that ¡State.: , Several of1 our citizens, returned last I week from a visit to the Great Sunken Lake, situated in the Cascade Mount ains, about 75 miles northeast from Jacksonville. The lake rivals the fa mous valley of Sinbad the Sailjor. It is thbught to average 2,000 feet down to the water all aj-ouricJ. The walls are, almost perpendi cular, running down ihtp the water,!and having rip beach. The depth of-, .he .water is dn- inovim, and its surface is smooth abd unruffled, as U liés sol far below the surface of the; 'mountain that the air curreiits do nbt^affect iIts length ia estimatpd at- twelve miles, and its width atj/ten. There in an island in its wing trees upon it. No liv- ever has, and| prohably ever will, be able to reach the water’s edge,. It lies silent, still and-j mysterious ib tlie bosom of -the “ everlasting hillsi”1 ike a huge well scooped out by the giant genii of the mpi unknown regions gone it th e . prinieval fores watch and fyard. Thé visiting party fired a rifle several times into the wa ter, at an angle. of 45 degrees, and were able to note several seconds of time from the report of the gun until the ball struck the water. Sujch seems incredible, but it is vouched for by one of Our most, reliable citizens. ' centre scooped out nntains, in thb' by, and aroubd ~ are keeping O rigin - of P olitical T kr ^ is .— T lie terms “ W h ig ” and “ T o ry”’ were- known in the reign of Claries 3j. Some writers derive .the word “ whig” froib “ whaig,” khe ^fcptch for “ whey” —a name applied /to' bandits and dro vers; and. “ T o ry” ¡from “ tooty** (Irish), .applied to beggars and1 out-’ laWs. Q'thers say thatW h ig” is formed from tl\e n o tto of the.Pufitanh “ W e hope in God,” aji d “ Tciry1* frptii “ Tar-a-Ri,” • prqnpunCc d Tbry, find' meaning “ C o m e^O ^ K ing” —an ex clamation much used by the Irish a d \ hcrents of Charles the word “ Radical'”-arose SeçQnd. Thé i about the^yéar) 1818, and “ Conservative” about 188ÓÍ y * • « : «*- i l A N ew P oint . of stone, speaking.of the to a dower, asserts that iu the husband '’for a the wife shall be endoi L aw !—-Black- right of a wife “ if land abide; moment, ed thereof;’! and he adds that! “ thU doctrine wall extended* very far by !a ¡jury in Wales, wherp ihe father and son were b<j>lh hanged in' one cart, but .the son was supposed to have sui'.vWed the father, by,appearing to Btru^gjje, the longest^ whereby be .became pf an fistote by . «if which his » verdibt for her <• h v ’ . An. ancient.akodei «¿.Napoleotr-L, the YilU* <^e San Marntinp; by the Island of Elba, h is been sold to a Croesus well known in the speculating w o rlds
