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#2*00 per (-Annum 'in A d v ance ; ; ^ #2.50. .-*• « j m t t o t t f l e w M tv- p t p ^ ' ocal a»4 fpwis. j Offici' f t ‘ Merchant’s Exchange, Corner 0 f *i M a in an d C h e s tnnt Streets. W L . XIII. It The Oneida pispatch. M. K.'PTTRIiY & D.A. JACKSON, Proprietors. PU B L ISH E D EV E R Y SATURDAY* ‘ .. I ] IN ONEIDA, IN. Y. ‘ • _» Office in MercKniit’s Exchange, 3 d Story, | '.C oi I ner of M ain ’ and ¿¡ hestnut S ts . i r l . \ELLANEOUS. m • * . 0 O 'p e r A n n u m • I r erwiKu, 5$: No p n p rr discontinue«! uiitil ¡«irarreacajp;* are *id, except kt'the option of tlie publishers. I A < \ v a 'n o e ; .G O . • o tlt- K J T J ÌS o r JlitV’ji lux^e,. ïir’ë«.' J^Öntumn,. J A*T«*TISIXQ.| I 1 Squ j. Ï lw . I 'ji'.nn'T ... 8.0Ó \ 3w.- $1.7.S' 'Aon\ 4.5Ü 3m. I 6m ; | ly. ‘ f 4.1) 01* V ' # 6.< K> \J [ï « • 10 0 K Öolumn,.]. i ^ 5.j)Ó i S-i^Ö ! Colurpn;.. j. j' ' 8.CO 1 12.1X1 1 Bixteen^lines of «olid roa »qn.rrL I ---- ‘Leitnl ndvertiaements Ina HTISIJS'O. tf.iiir j 8.50 ■“Slim■¡';Ï ' 2 .ÏÏ;Ï' Ï5.nd‘'T'25.Vm 23.00 T 40.CIO ter'or leas make one 13.00 8070 4<\.'iÌÒ 75.ÖÖ ONEIDA MUSIC STORE. T'ITE UNDERSIGNED J-T A YE J leased thef and have opened a FIRST CLASS MUSIC' STORE, Where we shall Photographs, ifted at.thc rates pro ##rihed*by I hw . . • I tepn. huKines« Cards, In Card Column, not exceeding - Ire linea,:$3 per year. •• l. ~ -- M r feusine.-s Notices will he Inserted In the Heading ••TumU'atJ the rate, or Fifty .C}nt* for the'drat line, ,taj rire Dents for every subsequent line, each insertion. - r y f y - .f i r Advj-rtlaers.h'ave the prlvelepe of chanR: lxgTuarterly. There will he‘no deviation from adver- rates, unle-i a special conlijact is made. . mgrr-Advertisements not acolimpnnied ' with' dlr?c- • M m T, will be Inserted until forb'ia,.and charged accord- lajflv. I \ I 6 e ' taT* All letter*. communication». 4c.. should he ad* ¿tissad to l>Ul(l)Y *• tsnirsnv . Oneida 4 J ackson , Madison Co., N. Y. j o b w n ; W» hsT« facilities unsurpassed ... Isriptlons of Job Printing, wUh.uèàtness and disputed, Aid al moderate price* CN-Q. ; for executing all de- B usiness cìards . 13 h W .A K UJ 1 . 0 0 itt ï S, PHYSICIAN and SURGE,0N,‘will bo found nt the Oneida Savings Bank, .»r at.his residence Main1 Street, one.door south.cf Dr. J- W. «•eh- { _ __ -■ * ; _____ Vi on Fit il* C’A l t S t t A l V B A N , a ! t t ! q RNEY AT T'4W, Attorney nnd Omm- ¡»eUnrlii United Stales Coi ..... . ......... ¡of ¡Deed's for ’Wiecoifsin-, n I Of ice iij Stone’s block. M i m . . a :, 1 3 .- w l v rts, Cynwuisrioucr ud .Notary Public, 'disçm ßt., Oneida. L L A C 1 E . K o n ò e o p a thic P h y s ician and Surgeon, ©flics In tile Empire Bfock, Streyi’, above Sti I Residence Broad ])U; ' 49lll6 - B A C O N IJUJTI3JL, JP K C E 3 L .I » S S T - g i < D 3 S T B I ± ) A - jV nlSlf 0 BACON»,Proprietor. PH l)K ü . ï _ j P l ) U D Y , & SICIANS &'SURGEO> creux Block', aucppU stilly N • Y. 0 E D i W A R Ö I I . v .1A C O B S S.—Office in Dev- MuiifSt., Ouefda. •\ ■' i'f- I. »O O N I3K , A t t o r n e y & • c o u n s e l l o r a t l a w ,, 011iteoverS.il. leTcla,! Madison Co , N. ,Y Goodwin’s Store, Maoismi . - ï St. ftß t y 'N T - E lfi, Office in Wal.- - J » B S > T l T C n & CA ■ÙIÎGEONS & PHYSICIANS. ' - rath’s ¿lock,Tip stairs. .• , . W. R. Fi'fcii, -M. D , res. cor. Broad & Cherry. . W: CÄjiil’KNTElt.. M.,D , èppOsite tìdlool 'Hbuse... •es. Che hired, 8tf. . I# 83 S* G E 81 & JT13IV141 N S ‘ ATTORNEY’S' &- COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Oneida, Madison Cj)’., N. Y. .Otli'ce ou'Alain RÌ., Opposite Union Printing Office. \ .| N O E S I , - - JfOÏARY PUBLIC foi- Madison Co. Also Li censed ¡Government. Claim Back Pay* Pensions, ^ c .- • I • J A * . » . . J E N K ot ' AUY PUBLIC for'‘On •/Qomuiissiotier..tU’. Deeds li: Qomuussionèr o f Deeds lo CJoniinissionei- 'of Deeds'for Wisconsin ■Commissioner of Deeds for .Iowa. Agent Tor Bounty, tt.ipi.ss, ida .county, r Mij-liiifaq. r Illinois., Also ■ 51 E SS IN U F i l l & J EN t t E NS. . INSURANCE AGENTS for’ lie following felia- Ti'leand secure companies |. .’ ► Lori Hard, Cahh capital and surplus j&t, 810,000. Manhattan, 4‘ . “ “ - S'JàO.UOO ■ Atlantic, “ ■ “ ' “ ,‘V .#300,000. L. EAIIER, -- T T O I t l T E Y As- COUNTSX ü X j T^OR, .CHITTENANGO, N. Y. Store of ». MAHNERING, keep on band a full assortment ol SHEET MUSIC Alili MUSIC BOOKS, ^ \ . 3 iLnd « çenernl aeenrtment of 'M’USICAL MER- . CHANDISE, iucluding _ Photograph Alhnnis,' &c. We have just received a large Stoock of , “ p i a n o s ,. .; - I , Of the most celebrated Manufacture, including Chickering Ao Sons, Steinway & Son, Ca linburg .& Yaupel, Cumings & ‘Jfenney, Goetz, and Others. Iso tlie celebrated t M ason & Hamlin Cabinet Organ, And Bi Sliorringcr ¿Co.’sGem Organs &Mclodeous. Also a large assortment of the celebrated ; W K E 131.83,18 &, W ILSO N S E W i l N T G - 3 y C j A C I 3 C I 2 i T E ! i And IlO W E ’S SH U T T L E M ACH IN E E o r’ilatiufacturing, which we shall sell at.as low pricc.its .they can be bohgbtin this coil try. Give us ft1 cull iuul sfre these beautiful Instru-.. ments and get a sample of work done on this Machine. ' Oneida. Oct. 28. W. E. PRAfTT & CO. J H E C O J T S . T M V C T M O J r IN TIIE PRICES OF C L O 1TELZIST cä- Òld Fogyism Down ! i- •QOTJNT) Tine TRUMPETS !. find Ul'promitinpe to the “citizens’ of Oneida and (adjoining Cmi'nt.ics. liiiit, ’ GROSSMAN & TE K U L S K Y have opened a' NEW. CLOTHING 'STORE in I he village of Oneida, in llie-Stoddard Store,_ Madison st., ain.1 are li‘ounc.1 to sell. • ‘Ile a c l y - M n d e C f o t i l i n g , , G e n t ’s F u r n i s h i n g G o o d s , I l a t s . a n d C a p s , And all o'thcr articles usually kept in a first? class Clothing Siore, - - than Ihcv can' be. bouulit ciM.-where.- Buying' all Pur Goods for Cafeluaiul'selling-thcm at rea sonable iiric.cs, we hope to hieric the patroiiage of the public. feSsT” No take pains to please. •>***.'* , E v e rything W arranted as Represented. •i3?“Giye us a ca]h TheStordwill be opened on Thiirs'day, April 5tb 47.tr? ' GROSSMAN & TEKULSKY. cbaiire lor showing Goods—ahd we .1 --4-~ — — -— BENTLEY & GOODELL. v V ik C o u n ^ o v i i - n t i ^ m v . Office in F ields' Block;! M a in St»; . ■ O N E ID A , N. Y . . ^ X. T. B xstlet , tV. tV. G oodsll , I>K- A. 13; C H I31ÌR Y RÉ3IDEÎST DENTIST, Oneida, N. Y: in Merchant’s Exéliaug'e, Offlcfc up-stairs, Main St. x P .JEWELRY MORE * I have just opened a New Jewelry Store on MAIN STREET,IN ONEIDA. | First door North of E. II. C'Ui'tiS’s Clothing Store, where will be found a line assortment ol JEW E L R Y , W ATCHES, CLOCKS, SILV B3It A N I> P L A T 131>-W A R E dnd all other goods usually ‘f Jind in first class establishments, which will t¿sold at tho . LO UliST UAS 1 I PRICE. I’also have for sale AMJERICAN & IMPORTED WATCHES-. Watclic-f, Clocks pud Jewelry neatly repair ed, and all work wai ramed. , S I I O E C R A F T & SNOIVs - ATTORNEYS &.COUNSELLORS AT LAW, ' Oneida, Madison Co;, N.-Y. Office in Empire Block, over Rivenburgh’s Store. J ohn S now - Commissioner of Deeds for Michigan and Wis consin. J . E . O S T K i i m K R , , __ CjNEIDA, Madison V o .,N..Y. J \ Office East side of Main tercet, nearly oppo- tetheWalratli Block. All work warranted. J . A. I S C J i II e T T , MANUFACTURER of Tin[ Copper and Sheet 1 Iron Ware, and dealer- in Stoves and Iron Ware generally. Number 4, Empire Block, Oneida. I 1 T . I>, I I I G I 1 G A T E , FASHIONABLE BARBERjING, Rooms oppo- •UerRnilroad House. Hair Cutting and Shawir' pooning done with neatness and dispatch. n50 W 1 1,1.8 A H S Sc T I I .L O T S O iV , A R C H I T E C T S & B U I L D E R S ; 8IIOP ON ï . ï Çedar St., fronting Messenger St ‘Designs with Plans,' 'Spelilicntions and Bills f®r Building, furnislicrl on short notice. JOBBING PROMPTLY f. R. W illiams . ATTENDED TO.! W. I. T illots ' on H o u i o c p a l l i i < i ;. IH o « lic i i|e a n d S m g e r y . D R. IT. F. ADAMS, Lute Surgeon 149th N. Y*.Vols., desires to inform tlie readers of this paper that ite has located nt Canastotn for the purpose'of practicing Hom- oepathy nnd Surgeryvnml having had a some what extended practice botlh in tlie U. S. Army »nd in civil life lie tendersl|is services with con fidence not only in the system of medicine he practices but also in bis ò\vn nbility nnd expe rience. He is prepared to nttend to nil cases of operative Surgery jind also chronic diseases particularly such clifohic diseases ns are inci dent to Camp nnd Hospital life. He respectful ly refers to the following persons : M. D. W ooufoicd , -if H. W oodford , J. & L ansing , C. 0. C hesely . W Ì , r H. F. ADAMS. Oneida, August fith 18114. Y-- H. XL, WILLIAMS. nl5yl. NEW YORK STATE PENSION AND BOUNTY A G E N C Y . O n e id a M a d i s o n C o ., Itt. Y , . I. N. MESSINGER, R E U U L A L i A iitliorisfd G o v H -nm ent Claim Agent, for the prosecution of all kinds of Pension, Pay, Bountyand Prize Money Cliiiins-against the State, and General Govern ments. llis large personal experience iu mili tary-a flit its, gives him superioraUvantages over other agents. • F ^ “ N’o charge for services unless successful. Pensions,paid; Bounty aqd Pay Certificates cashed on presentation. Oneida, Feh. 25,1865/ n44tf. IN S U R A N C E . . L I F E , A C tT D E J lT . F I R E ! New York Life Insurance Co. 1 • Assets $4,000,000. Profits of business, all divided among assured. Travelers Insurance Co., Assets $500,000. Insured’ against death or disability from acci dents of all kinds.' ' j Morris’ Fire Insurance Co. Assets $1,000,000, Albany, City Fire Insurance Cb. Assets. $300,000. All strictly First Class Companies, offering low rates, settling losses promptly nnd liberally. Farm buildings insured one, thiee ot .five years ta tlie lowest rules. * , Oneida Valley National Bank, JnneI5th 1865 nSyl. A W BARKER. Agent.. S T O P ! J L O O U l L K K N N A . a t H I S , ESTAI5- • LTSHMENT, corner of Main and Madison st«.. Ontida, lias now on hand a very extensive and ran asmrtinent of Harness Work, Saddles, Trunks, «tec, «fee., which, lor beauty and dura bility, cannot be excelled in th’is or any other county. He has recently been manufacturing the Scotch and Case Collar, for heavy business, •which is highly praised by all who have used ONEIDA, MADISON CO. ** ï ^ i f Ÿ 0 U. 8 HC&LD E’EB GET MARRIED, ï\ I.. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1866. r i o . i t i if yon should .e’er get married, John, '’ - Til’tell yon what to do— Gpfget a little tenement, Jusf-;big enough,for twtft And one spare-room for company, ‘ Ahd one Fpare bed within it— «-And il you’d begin love’s life arighi, ' You’d better thnB begin it. ^ In furniture, .be moderate, John, ’And let the stuffed chairs wait; , One looking-giass Will do for. both Yourself and loving m a te;- And Briisaels, too, and ether things, Which make'a fine appearance, • _ ■ If-you .can better afford it, they Will better look a year hence.' Some think they mnst have pictures, John, Superb .and costly, too; Your wife will be a-picture, John, Let that suffice for you. '. • Remember how-the wise man said, A tent and love within it. Is better than a splendid house, -With bickerings every minute. •» _ And one word as to cooking, John— Your wife can do that b est; For love, to raaketheibiscuit rise. Is better far than yeast. *’ • N,o matter if each day yon don't Bring'Xurkey to your table, ’Twill better relish by and by, O When yon me bettor able. For all yon buy, nay money, John, Money that every day— If you would have your liie run smooth. There is no better way. , A note to pay is an ugly thing, o' (If thing you choose tp call it.) When it hangs o'er a man who has . No money in his wallet. And now, when ylm are-married, John,; Don’t try to ape the rich ; It took them many a tojlsome year 1 To gain their envied niche; And if yon gain tho summit, John, Look well to your beginning. And then will ail yon win .repay ° The care and toll of winning. T I IE TORN B IL E . ît.wns in the spring-of 1864 that the incidents which I am about to. relate occurred. I was at that lime postmaster in the town of L ----- . Ap timisually warm spell of weather had carried away much of (lie «nowj' left the roads very 'miiddy, and rendered the traveling very bad.— I thought of this as I closed the shutters about 9 o'clock In the evening, and also remembered that, as it was Wednesday, the stage from C— r- was due at 8 o’clock, but owing to the bad going it-was not yet in. 1 there!oYe deter mined that I would, as I had often done before, lock the front door and- the door between tire Inner and outer rooms, and leaving a light burning, go to sicep, trusting to the driver to wake me by rattling the door. It seemed blit a few moments, so soundly had- I slept, ere I was awakened by a pounding on the door. Glancing at the clock, which stood opposite, I discovered, hotvever, that it was 1 o’clock in the morning, and that I li’atl. been asleep nearly'four hours. 'As t ktirried toward the door, I.’put my hand in my pocket for the ’key and fouiid it was empty. The t W door •kévs and both the keys of mÿ-fhfe, all of which i'hacf when I went to sleep, were gone. Step ping to a rear door, in the lock of whibh ! al ways kept the key, I fouiid .that also locked anc^Hic lrey gone. This so surprised tile that for'a few seconds I remained op the spot, ut terly finable to do anything to Solve the mystery. From this slate I was aroused by renewed pounding on the door. There was but one available mode of exit from my prison, and that was through a 6ide window. Throwing Up the Sash I sprang out and hfirried around to where I expected to find the driver. Mysteries seemed to have no end, lor instead-of’meeting the driver, I came upon an excited crowd of about twenty. My appear ance was the signal for all to commence telling pie tlie: cause of their excitement. Silence was, however, at last obtained, and then the Sheriff told me in as-few words as possible the state of affairs.. I 'Ilt.seems that one of the physicians of the town, Dr. Smith, was returning from aprolong- cd Vi8i^ tp a patient, and when about a milb from the town Jicard in ihc.road ahead of him a pis- tolçÿiot.' Hufrying on, he found, about half a mile f.i ther on, the slage—for which I was 'waiting—drawn up by the side o't thé road, and in the middle of the road the body of a man.— Bringing his laiHern upar the face he found that it. .was tlie driver, and tlmt he was dead, having been shot through the head. -He found the robeSj «¿c., of the team scattered around on the ground, as .iras also tliemail bag, but the latter had been unlocked —not cut open —and the con tents were gone/ He’ lifted* the ttody up and placed it in the stage, and was just starting on for assistance, when he saw ai revolver lying near by, which, from the fact that one barrel Iiad-been discharged,'lie decided was the'Weap on with which the deed had- been committed. Arriving iu'town he aroused lbe.8heriff and a few neighbors ; aud’while-some were despatch ed.with the doctor after the body tlic^ShVHff and Olliers had gone to my hoiise after me.— Finding I was not there, they had come to the office, and just as I joined them the body.ar^ rived. This was the substance, of tlie facts related to me. It seemed strange that the Sheriff should have gone to my ¿ouse instead ot after the body, and I was about- to so express myself, when he stepped'forward, and laying his hand on my shoulder, said : 111 arrest you, John Blanchard, for the mur der ol Charles. Smith, stage driver.” If lie had struck me I should not have been more* surprised. I tried to reason with him, but,, although lie was very civil, he was equally firm, and the result was that I spent the remain der of the night in the county jail, which build ing was situated in L ----- , tlmt being the shire town. The examination the next morning elic ited the following rather curious facts : When the Sheriff searched my person he was surprised to find no keys, and indeed no wallet or memorandum book. Sending to my assis tant, lie obtained^the door keys, but the sale keys could not be found, and my clerk declared that I always'carried them with me. Upon entering they found that the letters were all gone, the money drawer empty, and a few stamps, wliiph the^clerk informed them we always left out of »the safe at night, missing .— \ And no trace could -be found of the safe keys* Supposing that I had disposed of them in order labor served only to b I ic v them that the safe had been completely Yiffet, and that the-sum of three thousand dollars, .1 hich had been in it the night before, was goi:. I found that tlie cansea 'hieh led to suspicion being fastened upon me ■ ere the three follow ing : First, the revolver rith' which the deed was committed had upon Je butta silver plate, on which was engraved Ay name. -The clerk took oath that the weapci i was miue, and that Ij always kept it in the of ce. When they pro- duced it I could not doub for a moment that it .. , that the trace of ray guilt—which it Was taken Sffi-SfflKi S’mxul.S ££? NS>rrd 1 “ *D “ factorv-work” whatever used. 48 m 6 I Pot De discovered, they brought a locksmith, Oneida, March 28 , 1866 . ' L. KEWiAt '« * Mter much Tabor forced tho lotic. Thia did. belong to me. Second, that the bag wa^ unlocked and .Dot Cut open, showing that it mutt have been done by some one having in his pasession a United States mail key. t -. Third, that I had not beennt home duriifg tho evening, and that when stmmoned at the post office I delayed so long in making my ap pearance. . 1 To combat tfiesè-facts I argnid that the state of the office proved conclusively that it had been robbed ; and that witboutpoubt the keys and revolver had been taken at liât time. Also, that no trace of any of the Stolli articles was found upon me, my honâë, of1 ay office-; and that^ further, if I had desired to -ob the mail I miirbt have waited until it .hadlarrived' at the office, and thus saved myself th Crime of mur der.. Against the'third statement Ï old the reason of “my remaining in the offiA so late, and brought forward witnesses to prive that I often did'aj on Wednesday evenings; in order that the mail might be delayed as liUe as possible', tfuçtlier, that the -reason of my remaining so •long in the office was that 1 colili tfòt open the door, and brought forward the fafi that the keys were missing, to sustain my decaration. Although these arguments weib by no means fully satisfactory to those wlio tdik the ground that I wa3 guilty, still they were so far that I was released on bail of five thousand dollars,- wsiiich I readily obtained.' B}- consent of the Post.Office Department, I turned the affaira of thè office over to my as sistant. I was thus left free to pursue every means to prove my innocence, which I felt could only bo done by discovering the guilty party. I accordingly placed the best of detectives at work, with orders to communicate to toe the first suspicion that they entertained, fori fouiid that it was any tiling but comfortable to be look ed upon 06 a murdeter, although I knew that I w,i8 innocent. ‘ Thus’ three weeks passed without anything of]interest occutring, and at the end of that time.I could endure the'suspense no longer.— Therefore, I wrote to an old friend of mine, who was then on the detective force of P ----- , at L ----- , and together we set about the search. A week passed without bringing more to light, and causing us to despond, we feared that the murderer had so covered his track that it would be impossible to discover him. We had been at work two days in the city of G ----- , and be ing about to leave, I entered the hotel office to settle. Having no small bills, there was consid erable change handed back, and among it a ten dollar bill, which had been torn in t\vo. , As I turned it carefully over, I found that the parts had been fastened together with the margin of a couplq of postage 6tnmps, which had printed upon it “ No. 15—Plate,” but the “ No.” an& “ Fiate*’‘had been crossed out, and substituted in their place was “ Mar,” and “.1864,” making it read “ Mar. 15—1864,” which was the day be fore the robbery and murder. This may seeJ • all tiommou enough, but to me it was a ray of“ light aud kopje ^ for the chahge was in my own hand writing.' Ì also remembered perfectly weli making the change ; also, that I had placed my initials on the underside, and that the bill must have been In tlie Siife at the time o.f the robbe ry. Calling my friend, we went into tv side room, arid there carefully removed the' paper. Ou tiie inside we discovered,- h« I had expected, the letters “ J. B.” much bluffed from Wetting, but etili legible. My friend agreed with rile that it was a very important discovery, and in order to press it fo‘rward, we called in the landlord and-ques'tioned him/ He remenlbered having received the bill that morning, aud had rather questioned taking it on accofiut of »lie tear. On being asked to des cribe the man he snid : “ As near as I can recollect, he was about five feet ten inches in height, and quite stout in proportion.- • Ho was dressed entirely in black. The only^peculiar mark that I noticed was d deep scar running across his face, and his left eye was' goue—the place being supplied by a piece of black silk, which he showed very plain ly when he winked.” I think I must have started very perceptibly when I heard this description, for I recognized the man .immediately as a runner for the firm of Bagley «fc Nason, of Boston,’ who had been in our town lor a week previous to the murder, and had left the same morning. His own name was James Burnham. As- we could learn nothing ttioro from the lahdlord, save that we heard him order the hackman to. drive to the Boston depot, we dis missed him, and held a consultation. We both agreed that it was bc6t to go immediately to Boston, see Bagley «fc Nason, find, if possible, learn ol Burnham’s whereabouts. Currying out this plan we learned from the firm the following (acts : James Burnham was a good, reliable business man. He had been in their employment lor about fifteen years, and-they were willing to trust him with .any amount of their funds. He was now in Vermont, where he had been 6ince lpaving L ----- , and had not, to their certain knowledge, been at G ---- k 'Ìbis rather perplexed us, but at lost we deter; mined that he must have deceived his employ ers ; and although we did not think that we had sufficient cause to arrest bin, still ure deter mined to track him. .With this purpose we went to Vermont nnd fell in with, him in Mont pelier. For à week wc observed his every mo il-ion, but at the end of the time had discovered Enothing, savei that he would stay in the town about one wqek longer. . Feeling that my friend iwas fully capable of watching him alone, I de*, lermined to go to Boston to see if I could learn anything new ; and accordingly on the morning of the 21st ol April left, having first arranged a system of cypher, by which we could commu nicate with each other if occasion, required it. Early on the morning of the 22d I was stand- ¡ng on the step« of th e ----- Hotel, when a paper dropped at my feet, apparently from one of the upper windows. Stooping down I picked it up, but discovered that it was but au empty envelope, and vias about tp, drop it again when the name upon it caught my eyp. It was that of a leading merchant of L— . Looking up at the window, I saw to my surprise the face of James Buruham and that he turned deadly pale vihen he saw me. Feeling certain that he now knew my errand, I saw that it would be 6afe to let him escape miFno longer. I imm!ediately determined on having him arrested at all haz ards. Hurriedly writing a dispatch which, to the operator would read, “ Join mèin.Portlnnd tò-morrow. Immediately upon the receipt” of this you may close the bargain vYhich I spoke to you about yéstô'rday ; ” but to my friend, “ James Burnham is iu. Boston. Why are you not ? I have a clue. -Shall arrest him immedi ately.” I sent it to the telegraph office, and then hurried to the police station. Here I told my story in as few words as possible, and iir fifteen minutes more was at the door of thé room. Irom which the envelope hnd èotne. A noise as of some one motjfig rapidly about told us that the occupant was still there. The door of the room waq not fastened, but as the officer approached, Burnham sprang for ward to do so ; but they were too quick for him and had entered before he could get it done.—, As we-came in he stepped back aud in no gentle- tones demanded the cause of the intrusion. -In answer to him, one of the officers then sai£ : “ 1 arrest yon, James Buruham, for thè mur der of Charles Smith, and tèe' robbery of the Post office at L ----- , on thè night of the 16th of March last.” Thé effect was instantaneous. He turned deadly pale, and sAnk into a chair near by, but after a ipoment roused himself and said : “ You have mistaken your.maii. My name is fiot James Burnham, but William Cbase.” We considered this, however, as but an at tempt to bully us, and he was accordingly Jed away. The search which followed brought, to light considerable money in bills, and a number of checks, many of thenv payable to certain merchants in L ----- , aud some of them from citizens of L ----- , payable to persons living in -Boston. ! I immediately lèlegraphed tèe particulars of the arrest to Ynÿ friend, and be joined me the next morning ; but strangest of all, James Barn- ham came with him, and then I saw it was a case of mistaken identity. But it was not to be wondered at, for I think. X never saw two men look' more alike. We also telegraphed to the landlord at. ---- , aid learned a thing that tfe had neglected b.efOre; namely, that the man who passed she torn bill went by the name of Wm. Chase. ! Little more remains to be 'told. The man finding that there was no hope for him made confession soon after his arrest. From this it appeared that ho was a notorious criminal, who, after some bold'decd, had been lying fora lim^ in t?he country, and that while there, accideü- tally hearing that valuable mail mattef- would arrive in the mail from C ----- / had determined 9 * on a little professional business, aid had ac cordingly ^ome to L ----- . There he saw mo re ceive a liYge payment of money on the 14th ol March, and had that evening, after I shut up, entered the office, and removing the keys from my pocket and getting possession of the revolv er, robbed me as described and made off-with the booty, still retaining the keys, which we found in.his possession. From the office he had gone up the road, met the stage, was find ing that he could not accomplish liis purpose without committing the murder, aDd then open ing the bag, had' just time to secrete himself when the doctor came along. By a wide circuit he came back to Boston, and arrived there by another train on tlie same evening that I did.— When I picked up the envelope lie recognized me, and made up his mind that he had better ri cave, and was preparing to when arrested. A few days more saw me back to L ----- , my innocence fully established, but I could not be prevailed upon again to assume the duties of poBtraastdr., ahd. my lorfncr assistant was ap pointed. As for William Chase he was esecu-. ted the following July. * ------ ! --- ; ----- - ------------- ;- Ouït S ea - going M onitous .—Tlie important fact seenis to be settled that our monitors are fully prepared for the sea, and there is now nd doubt of olir ability, in case of foreigu war, to send a fleet of them, to Europe, even in the dead of winter. The arival at Queenston of the Mi- automah seules the question in favor ' the mbnitors. The Navy Department is in receipt of dispatches giving an account of_her trip.—, The passage was made in eleven days and ten hours. The average run pçr day was one hun dred aud sixty-eight miles, and -the progress was very uniform. The heavy weather did not appear topiffect the radnitor, either in speed or by rolling, for while the other vessels lurched about and their progress was checked-by bea vy seas, she went along comparatively undisidrb-.<. ed or unchecked. ThlC-was also the experience of.the Monadnock in her trip to Valparaso. ------------------ — m -*— ^ ------- H omesteads fob the S outh .—The President has approved ttye Southern homestead litw. The measure is one of jjrcat importance, and, if the people of that Section choose to avail them selves of Jt Will have a marked bearing upon their future. ' It withdraws from market all the public l„ands in the Southern Stales, and opens them to the occupation of loyal settlers with out regard to color, until next January, after v hieh they will be open to' all, whether engag ed in the rebellion or not. Forty-sir millions of acres are thus available for homesteads, of which thirty million acres are good, available land. The land is located in Arkansas, Ala bama, Florida, Louisiana aud Mississippi, -and gives three huudred and seventy-flve^housand ï . The'Doctor and the Bear. Among the mixed multitude' inhabiting the little min ing town of Èureka, California, there was none who occupied a higher position, iui his own estimation, than thè' subject of this lit tle sketch, Hr^B- ---- . The do :tor was a tall, pompous specimen of the genus “ blower,\ of Falstafflan proportions, and bailing ti om Pike county, Mo. To use his own' choice language, he was “ not much at doc toring, but was some pumpkins on grizzly b’ars.” He might not understand the usè of the scalpel, but was an adept at mixing a cob-1 bier, or playing poker. He was also a famous htrnter, and many and bloody were the encotin- tera be bad passed through with the bears and other monarchs of the Sierras. Nothing de lighted him so \much as to gather a crowd of miners around him, when he would expa tiate at great length upon his exploits as a hun ter, compared with which Grizzly Adams, Nim rod or Dr. Livingstone, were but tyros in expe- . v » * i ; iqocc . On the bYea'king out of the late rebellion, the' doctor immediately took sides with the rebels, and hesitated not to express his opinion at all times and places. The miners bore with him awhile, until for-'- bearance had ceased to be a.virtue, and then de- cided to punish him in à manner he would not soon forget, at the first opp'oftunity. Tne occasion was soon presented, ¡of one cloudy afternoon, soon after, the doctor shoul-, dered his rifle, remarking, as he did so, that hoi was “ going in search of a grizzly.” He had scarcely passed out of sight before a party of boys proceeded to a neighboring buteher shop, .and borro wing an old ox hide, of huge dimen sions, commenced the manufacture of a mam moth grizzly bear. Placing it overjthe backs of two of (he most’ mischievous party, whp stooped for that pur pose, and sewing nnd stuffing with hay the opeu spaces, they soon had the satisfaction of beholding a most ferocious looking “ b’ar,” as the result of their labors. It was truly a life like deception, the two men making the motive =power complete. , ’ Just at sunset “ ye griz/.ly” was driven about half a mile fiorii town, and stationed in a deep ravine by a clump of bushes near thè trail by which the doctor would return,. Then hiding themselves nearby, the boys waited with breath less interest for the result. They had not long tó wait, for their victim soon made^his appear ance, hurrying along with lengthened strides, and casting furtive glances to the rightnnd left. As he arrived opposite tho clump of bushes, the “ bìfiir’.1 gave a horrible growl, and then, with an.angry “ whoof,” plunged into the trail, directly in front of the affrighted doctor. For an instant he stood trausflxed with horror, every hair bristling with.fear, and then, \drop ping his rifle, he turned and fled as though pur sued by all the fieuds of Tartarus, yelliug, as he weut; “ God of my fathers, protect me.” See- jfig 4 live oak tree near at hand, he made forit, RDd giving ohe frightened , * ï « Adventures o f an Aeronaut. On the afternoon of tire Fourth M ods . Atfgus- te Buislay, of the gymnastic trolrpe, whose el egant and graceful „execution of the most diffi cult gymnaitic feaUTat the New Bowery Theatre have been ¿ttractifig large and enthusiastic aa- dieneeXOifthe past l^ro weeks, wafe advertised to make d balloon1 Ascension from Elm Fatal—- Not only wasJie to ascend skyward, but dnrinf bis rise and progress he wa& to execute luj mid air, tfpon a trapexe pendent from the. balloori, some of the most difficult feats peculiar- tp hfs profession. The ascent 1ras made and the feats performed in accordance with the programme, but a denouement was provided not set down iu the blits. Which very nen'riy coat the darlnfc aeronaut his life. ,HIs balloon, which la of th'«' genus Montgolfer, differs from those we are ac customed to seeing soiriewhat frrits construc tion, but especially in th'e rnantre'ri In which ft is filled. It is constructed-of wjiter-jpjoof mater ial, chemically prepared, and is arranged with ►arachutes p At the point of its greatest bulge, o* wipiich are closed during tbc ascentjbnt expan leap, landed safe among its branched, and a moment later bruih gròwliug in thè was a t its foot, snarling and most approved manner. The doctor was safe, but What a situation 1 Night was fast settling around in silence add gloom, while a black cloud, hurrying up from, the southeast, gave warning of an approaching storm. Evidently something must be done immediately, or a night’s lodging in the tree would be inevitable. “ Tho “ bpar” 6at contentedly at the foot of the tree, occasionally giving d fearful growl, «and trying hisl teeth upon the bark, to keep his victim in a comfortable state of trepidation. A, few momeut6 later a hoarse peal of thunder boomed over the mountains, followed by a fierce glare of,lurid light, while wind and rain swept through those old forest trees aB though each was striving for the mastery. It soon died aWay, however, when the besieged doctor gave tent to a mournful, long-drawu “ halloo,” that fiiifly coiiVulsed his concealed listeners with* laughter. No reply. Again and again that despairing cry rang throilgh'tlic forest, an swered only by the bloodthirsty growl of bru in. At last, ho.irse bv his exertions, the doctor was inexpressibly -relieved by hearing a faint ‘‘halloo” in return. Nearer and nearer it came, nnd finally he could distinguish the forms of his neighbors, as the moon bad just risen over the eastern summit. Ilis' courage returned, at once, and he 6liouted : “ Hurry up and kill ibis ‘ b‘ar,’ fot I've had an awful fight with four of ’em, and they’ve cliawed “ Halloa, Doctor,” said that, you?” “ Yes, what’s left of iqe, most gin out; back ail scratched and chawed up.” homesteads of eighty acres each. F unerals .—The Egyptians are among the earliest people of wliose religious ceremonies w.e have authentic accounts, more particularly in what related to their dead. Upon this occa sion, the parents and friends of the deceased put on mourning habits—which were yellow, signifying the decay of life—and abstained from gfiyety and entertainments. The mourning last ed from forty to seventy days, during which time the body was embalmed ; sod, when the ■process was completed, placed in a sort of chest, which was afterwards preserved either in their houses or in the sepulchres of their an cestors. Before the deaid were allowed' to be deposited in a tomb, they underwent a, solemn judgment, upon an unfavorable issue of which they were deprived of the rite of burial. A H ead W ind .— Prof. Newman says,contrary to the generally received opinion, birds prefer to fly against the wind. The quails, of Europe almost invariably start on their passage of the Mediterranean with, a head wind, and if it chops round and blows fresh from the sóuthwest, they are drowned by thousands and their dead bodies are washed ashore for weeks afterwards. When the wind is abaft, it gets under tne bird’s feath ers' in thè most aggravating manner, and upsets his equilibrium and equanimity at the aame time. me all up.” the foremost, 1.8 Hurry up; I ’m “ Now look here, Doctor, said the spokes man of the party, “ you are kuo.wjn to be one of the worst secessionists in t icse parts, and un less you’ll promise to refor n, vote the Union ticket iir. the next election, f nd support the con stitution, -we’ll leave you to roost in that tree to-night.” '“ I’ll see you banged first and then I won’t;” yelled the enraged doctor. Very well. Boys, come on and turning, they left the spot, followed by a fearfUl growl from the “ b’ar,” who commenced slowly to climb the tree. This was decisive. “ Stop! stop! come back boys, and I’ll prom ise,” he fairlj' groaned after’them. In a moment they returned, and poured in a volley from their revolvers that stretched his bearshlp upon the ground.' Cautiously the doc tor descended, exclaiming— ■ “ Ain’t he a monster! Tell you what, we had an awful fight—rolled and scratched’up more’n an acre of bushes. Bat let’e’ take his hide to re member him by.” ( One of the party now advanced, and, with a few vigorous strokes with his bowle, comeplete- ly disemboweled the defunct grizzly, when out sprang the motive power, the “ inner man,” in the shape of two well known acquaintances. Such another shont a6 then j went up, was never heard before among those monBtaina.— The doctor looked astounded, then confused; but soon rallying, he whined— “ For the love of hsaven, boys, don’t' tell of this, and I’ll keep my promise, as I’m a sinner. ded when the gas is allowed to'escapes lard the machine in' its descent, br|ngjng it ft> the ground with a light and easy motion. Tho balloon is eighty feet in circumference, and is filled with rarified air made by bifrning straw and other light inflammable substances beneath it. When filled and loosed from its bonds it springs into the air like a sh'ot from a gun, and in the winking ot an eye is hundreds of'feet in the air, carryingwith it whatever Is brave or foolhardy enough to «¿company it in Its heaven ward flight. Below this ball of rarefied air hangs the trdpeze on vj'hich the gymnast per forms his wonderful feats. This’i3 simply tho ordinary two pieces of pendent rope, suppor ting a wooden bar-, similar to the, apparatus to- be found in every circus and every gymnasium. On the afternoon of ¡the Fourth the Montgol fer was’duly filled in i!ho presence of a large crowd at Elm Park, and notwithstanding the threjvtened etorm an cl the counseling of hia friends, the-intrepid Frenchman resolved to car ry out to. the .letter bijs announcements. Accor dingly, at a iew mlniites past 5 o’clock, he mounted tho trapeze, aild giving thevvord to cut ajndso re- P* ace .—1There are moments in life w£en we sigh for peace. When the heart is worried with' life’s excitements, and would b est rest. When there is no pleasiint sound in the.merry laugh, and even the smiling lip reflects no pleasure,— When we tarn thus from the hollow and trou blesome vanities of life let ns not forget that there is peace which passeth all understanding; a rest for the soul, eyeo. in this life—a repbse :that cannot be broken rudely upon by the wild commotions ol a restless and contending world. the balloon loose, was sDeedily flying upward.' with great velocity. From the moment of leav ing terra flrma the gymnast could be seen .exe cuting his perilous feats upon the slender bar —feats of agility, Strength and dexterity which usually make au audieuce shiver with /right when performed within a few feet of the ground. A8.!ong as. the eye could see him, he continued gyrating and poising upon his dangerous perch, and it was-almost a relief when he disappeared from view, and his perilous situation no longet made itself felt to those who witnessed the 6tart. The balloon ascended to a height o/ about 7,000 feet« drifting gradually toward the Jersey sl^ore. Afthis-lieight, only about two- thirds ofjthe altitude usually obtained, the bal loon became stationary for a few moments, and then began to descend. This was owing to the dampness of the atmosphere—a severe rain storm then prevailing which served to render dense the hot air with which the balloon was inflated, nnd finally to render inoperative its stretcliin¿^qualities. The machine began to de scend gradually, acquiring increased velocity with each foot of space it traversed, until it tin- ally began to descend as a lump of lead, retar ded. only in its downward course by the' para chutes attached to it. It soon because apparent to-Monsieur Buisl.iy that he had lost all control of his aijpara'tus, and that he must look to hia individual safety when nearing the earth a^ain. Most fortunately for him, the storm was driving him over the surface of the Hfldson River in * northerly direction. Fearing the balloon wouty 6trike the water and entangfe him in its meshes be, when sixty feet in the air, sprang from the trapeze, cleaving the. air like a rocket in his de scent, arid striking the water feet forfmost dis appeared beneath the surface. This involun tary bath was taken near the Jersey 6liorc,. and was witnessed by several persons who were sailing near tlieispot. Some of these hastened toward the place, but others, less humane, pro ceeded cm their way .apparently not caripg for the life of a human being. Young Buislay, on coming tp the'-surface after his first plunge, be ing a fine swimmer as well as gytnnas.t, struck out manfully for the New York shore. The wind and tide proved almost too much for him, however, and had not. Mr. Kiator of thn Claremont Garden, reached liiin as soon as he did, he must have been drowned. Mr. Kiatojr, on first seeing the d’fficulty in which’ the bal- loonist‘was placed-, had hastened to launch hia boat and be ready to render such assistance as might be required. When he reached yoAng Buislay that gentleman was nearly exhausted, by.bis effbus at both flying and swimming. ¡Ho was taken to the shore, and a few drops of stimulating beverage served to restore him toi his acrobatic s£lf. Efforts were at once made to secure the unruly balloon, which had mean time quietly descended into the river, and the ' munstcTj^vas finally landed, wet and obstinate, but unfujured. — ---------- —o— ..................... Lire and its E nd . —Remember for what pur pose you were born, and through the whole of life, look nt its end. Consiiler, when that comes, in what you pnt your trust. Notin the bubble of wo'rldly vanity—it will be broken; nor in worldly pleasures—they will be g o n e ; pot In great connections—they cannot serve you;.not In wealth—you cannot carry it with you; not in rank—in the grave there Is no dis tinction ; not in the recollections ofalifeapent in giddy conformity to the silly fashiops of % thoughtless and picked world; but trust In • life spent soberly, righteously aud wlaely, in thepresent world. --------------- - o » ■' ------ . A n E xcellent E nterprise .—A Young Wo man’s Home is established in New York city, de signed particularly for those who are entirely dependent upon’ their own exertions for *np-4 porti arid the price of hoard is in proportion to the ability of each person to pay. Those who are thrown out of employment on account of ill health,'or other capsc beyond their control, are still permitted to enjoy its privileges, without feeling that they are intruders. The Home i« supplied with a suitable library, and the begin ning o f a Jund has been laid for the erection of large and permanent buildings for tbenses of this noble enterprise. • * » “ D emocratic ” S upport .—Tne N. Y. Wirf-Ofr (Tory) exults over the proposed Tory Conven tion, called by Randall * Co. Itsftjs that “ i separation between the Pre*ident and the Re publicans is Inevitable, and when It takes pla^e,. the Democrats will give him ‘the same steady»' and disinterested support they h&TS done frqtn * the beginning.” That’s what they promised to \ John Tyler, once upon a time I And* here’« where the lrfgh come» in l - t f TtJXip^fa^
