Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1870, Page 2

_EVENING STAR._ VIOLETS IN AUTUMN. T knew IF shor And to hee Anu she fold his kisses the g Fells ree rusty fields Fup mountain n | rest aves Clover, Dewberry i 1 gathered the golden Aster blossom blades Of grass. wing low like a courtier, t hislady pass: Violets'—oh. the Violets! low of thistled down pine wood dark and deep. Lasleep, we'd Oss, wind across. these meck, sweet orphans neath emerald eaves; the love of the secret That was hidden among the Five little heads blue-hooded, Your message w: Mh for And ye were its fittest earri For all that ye were so wee! A TEBRIBLE MGHT. it was four o'clock on an afternoon in the month of December, 18—, and business for the day being over, the porter of the bank at W— was closing the doors of that establish- ment. As I was accountant at the bank, I was busily engaged in verifying the ing of the leagers, while the tellers were hard at work counting the cash in the tills, and the clerks at the various books and letters. hen I had finished an abstract | was making from some of the ledgers, | took it inte the m: "s room. lentered, the manager was just buttoning bis coat to de i. profit and loss “Tt have done the abstract of on bills for the last month,” said [, placing the per on bis table, ‘* and i tind the result more istactory than you expected.” 1 am very glad of it; the directors are par- ticularly anxious to improve this branch of the business. I will take this abstract with me, and look it over this evening,” said he, putting it in his breast pocket. “ It there is ‘nothing very urgent to do in the office, I should Leng to come up and dine with me this evening; in fact, Ihave some news for you; which you will find as acceptable as, I think, it will be anexpected.”” AsI had no pressing reason for doing any more work that afternoon, | accepted the mana- ger's invitation, the more so as he was very genial man. and much of my advancement in the bank was due to bis kindly exertions on my deb: We both sailied forth mto the main street. It was a miserable night, the rain and sleet came down at a mixture of mud and snow, which struck a cold chill through one’s feet. We soon found aca and afew minutes saw usin the porch of Wilmot's house, and once more in his snuggery. Assoon as we were seated, Mr. Wii- mot commenced to communicate to me the news of which be had speken. It is un- necessary to detail our conversation, the sum of which was, that he had a’ very good reason to believe that I was on the point of To i = promoted te a managership. make this comprehensible to the reader. ft cessary to explain something of the organi- zation of the bank in whieh I held the post of accountant. The particular office in which I was employed was a branch bank, forming part of a great joint stock bank, having its head office in London, and branches in various pro- ¥ineial towns. The manager of one of our Dranches was about to retire on a pensiom, and the board had that day communicated to Mr. Wilmot their mtention—on certain conditions— of appointing me to the port at their disposal. Ot course this was joyful news te me, yet it seemed rather to spoil my appetite for dinner than to improve it, and when we went into the cimmmg-room Mrs. Wilmot rallied me on seeming ra her absent. “Oh!” said her husband. telling him some news that may considerably afleet hes career im the bank, and I suppose he is ruminating over it.” “But I thought Mr. Danby was always in the good graces of the directors. I hope no change bas place’ id Mrs. Wilmot. “None whatever,” said Mr. Wilmot. “Come, Danby, you ought to look more cheerful than ever, but J can well understand that the pros- pect Of attaining the goal of your ambition is too overpowering to induce sprightliness.”” “I cam assure you,” said [,‘‘that the is very gratifying, I cannot tell why I should look dull, for I feel so joytul that I am, in fact, quite confused. To-morrow I shall fee! all right. no doubt. jut,” said Mrs. Wilmot, ‘‘is there some great secret about Mr. Dan! * cts?" “No, my dear,” said er husband, “You are aware that Mr. Kinnear, our manager at S—, i going to retire. Weil, the directors have decided to appoint Mr. Danby to succeed him, on certain ee as those conditions are, to my knowledge, favorable, we may look urn the matter asecttied’) a rer | irs. Wilmot expressed Pleasure at improved prospects, and then the commence | ment of the dinner interrupted our conversa. ton again, an accidental remark of Mrs. Wil- mot's led to the introduction of atopic which | bad repeatedly been mentioned in my presence ich I bad never prop- | dt referred toa very mysterious ted with the arance of a | le jewel-case belonging to Mrs. Wilmot. | Prompted Oi curiosity, lacked Mr. Wilmot if | he ee ghten me as to the whole facts of | en! Tr. ui, ITM! tell you alt that £ know about | t that is not much, as the whole trans | a@ctioR Was very mysterious, and it has never | yet been cleared up. TI it undoubtedly was, toe years and a ago, *.x months before It bappened in this one evening, and when 9 | some jewelry out of ber case, which I brought trom my private safe for that oe. case rhe lett on her dressing table, and when we went to our bed room, after our guests had gone, it was nowhere to be found. We had a servant who was to leave the next day, the cause Of her dismissal being her habit of going oat without permission and keeping late hours. ©n inquiry, I found that this girl had been away from the house for about two hours during (he time we were with our guests. | ‘This circumstance, coupled with others, excited | my suspicions so far that I sent for the superin- | tendent of p Dut after a long and tedious | inquiry. it was impossible to obtain any evidence | against her. Aipong our guests on the evening | in question was ® gentleman named Garstang, who filled the poet of accountant in the bank | here, but who wason the eve of his departure to take the manngershlp at N «My wife Was always firmly Impressed with the Idea that | Garstang Was connected with the disappearance of her jewels, but of course I looked upon such & suspicion as simply preposterous; in fact, her only grounds for it were her general dislike to him, and the fact that he had de before the rest of the company upon what she thought an insufficient plea.” Whether I wrong him, or not I cannot tell, and may never know,” said Mra. Wilmet, “bat I have always felt an irresistib!e conviction that my impresscon was right. You know, Stephen, that I expressed a dislike to Lim when first | saw him. There was something about the ex- pression of his features that was very unpleas- aut “ This is my strongest reason for distrustii your comiction, dear 1 consider that it was the resa pression he made pon you at first, indefinite at starting, but sud- Genly reduced to shape by the circumstances of I have just been e lace some three therefore about you the robbery. If, however, vou will consider Mr. at that very time, you Zuust see that it would be absurd to for moment that he could be guilty og such an Se ene Sct of folly—an act the oft whiel viable position to # felon’s cell. Such a suspi- | cion ‘o unjust and and I should tremble if I thought any one could get an ink- ling of <s — Bot ron Q necersity of silence upon so a and of course, Danby” sat be, take os {cou fully understand that what you have beard is under the seal of friendship, and must ever be ispered to vour own ears.” ‘This E ateach branch, and clerks Ms “ Find telegrams wae a age and oat at M—_ bad just got this information» a ak : ciode Severe ran on our bank in meraieg e urged us to send bim immed; suggested that we should Drarch at © for gold for our use, send bim a= much as possible. ‘The case wasa most urgent one, and Mr. Wilmot aud myself | in the respective keeping | Wilmot sent off a telegram, giving a copy of | Mr. Dane's, with some further hints to the man. | Yeyance of this to the rai robbery, for such \ weald have buried him from @ most er- | qu ckly decided what to do. I started in aca to fetch the cashier, who had one of the three 4 of the bank strong room, the others being | of mageelt and the} |, Mr. | manager. While I went on this e gerat(——. Mr. Wilmot was at the bank when I returned with the cachier We found the porter, who like mvself lived on the bank Premises, at home, and we were not long in packing vp, in suitable cases, asum of seven thousand pounds in gold, and sbout two thous- andin Bank of England For | station, we sum- adjoining stand. | moned two cars from | As these cars drove up, I ran somewhat quick | out of the bank, and.4 Sean in so doing, came against | a tall man who was passing the footpath. | He had a handkerchief muted about his throat, | and his coat buttoned up to his chin, in addition to which he held a red silk handkerchief to his nose and mouth. The melcmency of the night | sufficiently accounted for these precaations, but, as I jostied him, his hand was for an instant | Cast aside, and I saw his face. It was handsome, and yet repugnant. However, I was busy. He | passed on, and 1 t no more about it. The | | manager and mfself got tnto one car, and the cashier and the F occupied , and | | we drove as rapidly as we through the | | town to the railway station. When we arrived | there the mail train for M— was just about to | Start. The station-master was on the platform, | and a few words from Mr. Wilmot explained was required. | sir; Mr. Danby wants a compartment think all the carriages are more | or less occupied. I will put on another carriage; but we are already past time, and the maii | guard will not allow delay, so that I cannot Break the train. I shall be ees to puten | the carriage behind the van. | _ To this we raised no object xtra carriage ly hooked on and duly screwed up, and tail | lamps put upon it. The cases ot gold were put | in upon one of the seats, and I took my place opposite them, wishing my friends good night. | The train began to move.rather slowly, when I caught sight of two men of about equal height, | who hurried from a waiting room across the platform toward the train. “This way, gentlemen,” said the cas ing the door of a compartment which I occupied, but in the same riage. Where we were, the station wassomewhat dark; but just as they were getting in, the light of the | ’s lamp pon them, and I was struck with the fact th: net only were they of the same height and build, but they were dressed just in the same way, and that way was precise- that of the man against whem | jostled ont- side the bank. I could not tell why, bat 1 felt very uneasy, and had it not been tvo late, as we were already out of the station, and going rap- idty through a tunnel, I should have got the 4, open- Porter to with me to M——. I reasoned | with myeelt that, after all, I was quite safe. I was locked in on one side, and the motion of the train would as effectually Prevent any one from reaching me as it would hinder me from reaching the guard. 1 felt more and Keacon as I would, bowever, more uncomfortable, and I determined that, at the first stoppage, [would get some alteration made. I little knew where my first stoppage was to be; little did 1 think of the nature of | | those who rode behind me, or of the doom that | | hungover me. Suddenly I thought the thun- | ner of the train became fainter, aud the motion | Of the carriage less rapid. While 1 was trying | tosolve this matter, the. seemed to stop, | and then to move again. I looked out. Good | beavens! the train was a je distal and I was being rapidly carried towar: Faster and faster the carriag: on its return, and more territied did I b A e taken; and be expressed hs willingness to ay | company us, to be ready in case of need. We | were soon on our way to N——, and oly inthe we arri tothe inn, party. He. he having gone sway ear): e detectives ing; but th co where T ir. | two detectives at once proceeded to the ban! and in about half an hour Mr. Wilmot returned Temained with the rest of the said that Mr. Garstang was notth>re, the previous morn: stationed where uld watch ali who approached the bank. Ww at last he found a pe ghd tg sions, got: than for Garstang! m, the watchmaker, had gone several of his fellow-tradesmen in ron who recogni cleaned on several occa- as Thus, then, had we other link in our chain—one stronger any of the others. Porter, round to and Z the station- master, had ascertainéd that Garstang often | drove out of N—— in adog cart, and in one direction. Onatriving at this tow: succeeded in ascertainin, | cart invariably went. | the suburbs, standing in grounds of its own, inhabited by an old woman aud he: When we reached this house part of our force approached it by the front and part by the back, the doctor his was Temaining with me ia at the corner of the lane. in suspense for the result of the raid up- we heard the sound of wheels, and the doc or, on looking out, saw | | a carriage, the horses « | hard driven, coming at a | lane leading’ to the house. Where our carriage on stood, ceal had seen; and, cle: none tured. her m we down the bac come. The motion of the carriage became as swift as it had been when behind the mail—nay, even swifter—and my heart sank | Within me, my very knees-shook under m-, and my hair seemed to bristle with the terrible suspense of those moments, while big drops of | cold sweat fell from my face. On, ou gh om and then the motion began to slacken. Good God! what should do? The carriage ped; | & click asof a key in the door near which I | stood, a moment, and the light of the carriage | lamp fell upon the face I saw outside the bank. | The man or fiend pointed @ pistol at me. I drew back a step, and was seized from behind; my assailant had entered from the oppasite | door. The one with the pistol advanced across the fipor of the carriage; I made one frantic grasp at him, saw him raise the but end of his weapon, and then I felt dizzy, and in attempt- ings grasp his arm fainted away. ‘hen | came to myself, 1 was lying on the fluor of the ¢ to move; the doors were open, and the bitter storm beat in upon me in all its winter fury. 1 could not quite realize my situation; all seemed confused and muddled. 1 only remembered that ought have been at M—, but that some terrivie violence had prostrated me. Presently I heard the whistle of an engine, as if comin, M d, confused as I was, I ich awaited me, if in the stor: | beeen ain sbould be upon me ere the driver noti my carriage. I made a desperate attempt to rise, batin vain. The shril whistle sounded ia, still nearer, and this time it was answered by another of deeper tone trom the opposite direc- tion, and I caught, in the lull of the storm. the sound of wheels of the approaching engines 1 became sick with horror, and I ¢! in dread. Then the advai engines whist! — and again. and, © joy! I could tell that ey went slower and slower, and then stopped ‘Then f lost all consciourme=s once more. Wi-n | 1 again became sensible, [ felt mys:If sitting we: and some one holding 1 fett, too, tha ie was ii eyanee eyes, and fow iimot ‘and the in motion. myself with Mr. cashier. The porter of the bank and the station master of W—— were also there. I tried to speak but could not. I made a motion with a hand, to try to make them comprehend that could not speak. “‘He wants something to drink,” said Mr. Wilmot. ‘Has any one got some brandy ’"" Xo one had, but ina few minutes more we were at W—,and I was taken inte the re- treshment room and placed under the care of asurgeon. Under the effects of warmth and stimulants I soon revived sufficiently to give an account of what hi ned, so far as [ under- stood it. The station-master stated it as beyond doubt that the men who attacked me we: | omar! with a carefully considered plan, hey had bat too well succeeded In carrying out They had oe ae ae the footboard of the , and wi ascending a steep in- cline they had the cou; rag that the carriage ran back to the level. Their place had been well choren, as it was in a very lonely ‘tof the country, and far from. any station. be fact that the turnpike road —— the line at @ point some three hundred yards from where the carriage stopped, had possibl: facilitated thetr escape. I was lost to account for the arrival of the two engines, which evi- dently came to gearch for the missing ae This was soon explained. As regarded the engine from M—, that was sent back as soon as ever the train reached that station, because the carriage was immediately missed. The engine from W-—, with r. Wilmot and others, started on account of @ discovery made by Mr. Wilmot, which caused the utmost consternation. This discovery was nothing less than that the a trom M-— was a forgery. Mr. Wilmot had telegraphed to Mr. Dane to eay that the relief asded for had been sent. To this announcement Mr. Dane replied that he that the train bad arrived minus my carriage, the case against me looked doubly stron, the two men who entered at W—— were set down a8 confederates, who were the booty. When, however, I was found in the carriage, a new light broke in upon the minds of my rescuers, and it was seen t I was the Victim, not the chief criminal. “* Yes, sir; sobaetinnshon spect This | a8 we ex divulging time he told bert ali quiet. taken the she stated, al ho d Thus, then, was the villain at ith his fellow-cr: and wil for his trial. tensive system of f carried © trial, the robbery in the agairst the two Garsta thies had the house, tacked and robi though they had changed their dress, the station-master was convinced that they were the men whe got into my carriage at ‘The one who passed his object in so doing plot was working. The whole mystery was wo see that Garstang, the code, sessed of such It was easy acquainted with the forged telegram to be sent from M_—— by some accomp! among the clerks at the M — te! elicited the fact that a female had spurious dispatch, whieh, he , it could not be seen by the driver of the | | other. Torunin by the back way of the house j was but the work of a moment with the now thoroughly excited doctor; and he succeeded in warning our party just in time for them to con- themselves. As we expected, turned into the grounds of the house. instantly surrounded. The occupants, it’ is les@ to say, were the two who had at- 1d me. They at first showed inclination to use their fire arms; but seein, the hopelessness of resis’ ted and gave themselves up. fronted with me, I at once identiti ‘hich Sle r than the female servant who was | discharged from Mr. Wilmot’s at the time of the jewel robber. This girl was admitted as a witness against Garstang, as alse was the driver of the carriage in which he and his fellow. | robber reached the house where they were cap- | The mystery about the jewel case was cleared up by the evidence of the servant girl. On the night of the robbery, she stated that she was in i} istress’ room, and seeing the open case | she looked Into it and then determined to steal it. She alleged that she was attracted rather by the beauty of the jewels than by their value, and that no idea of selling them ever entered her head; her only idea being to become pose splendid fiuery. She took the box, and was coming out of the room h it, when Garstang confronted her and | threatened to give the alarm. frightened, and attempted to p' This Garétang would not let her do, but led her | stairs and out into While he lay the sesizes, some bills of honored, and this led to the discovery of an cx- ud which these two wor ‘or mauy years. train was clearly proven ngs; and justice was at and thence to the strect. He then | her into going with him to a disreputable pab- | He house, where he robbed her and threatened her with the ot fast frs inal is broth: last vindicated by their receivin, penal servitude for life, with ae preliminary e wretched girl who had, ment, when a word of good saved her, unfortunately fallen into the clutches culating scoundrel, was sent | 't of the country; but she soon | ion, induced or if weather when | am 1 of @ heartless, cal toa distant drooped: and died of consum; hastened by exposure to the bi! M—, to send the 59 nearly led to such dire results. As for my- self, I soon recovered, and took my post at S—— | as manager; and when Mr. Wilmot and I visit each other's houses—which we often do—we sel- om fail to think of the she went to terrible ride. I shall never forget, borrowed @ chew of ceeded to stow it away formerly occupie: never, while I live, forget an incident” curred during the ment In Pennsylvania, now living who were eye rence, which was the theme of universal con- versation, while strong men, accustomed to scenes of bloodshed and deadly peril, shuddered as they related the story to those who were bold enough to desire to bear the of 1605, the southern termin rallroad was at Shaffer, @ small town on Uil Creek, that bad been called reason of the discovery of vil, pally as being the nearest rail then famous Pithole City, quarters of all operators, and the most northern g nistration by early period of the oi! excite- and where many are witnesses of the occur- and road outlet of petroleum shipments. Amoi those the ‘close of attracted to the oil region after the civil war named James B. Hathaway years of brilliant and distinguished service as an officer of volunteers. had come hither in search of the wealth that was supposed to be within the grasp of every one. Energetic and ambitious, it was not long before he had ac- quired a little property, which, by a judicious system of manipulating, he h: cer ain speculators in sold the same for the snug little sum of $1 which at that time was about the average price of farms really, “Belt.” or supposed to be, upon the | ‘This transaction netted Hathawa nearly £400,000, which he had with a wisdom sel- dom witnessed at that period of oii ‘o his father, residing ays later, after writing tohis friends of his tor- tune, and more especially te a youn, vamed Laura De Haven, then about cone. fading her studies at Vassar Colle, if all nature was in joyful accord with his feel- ings. Ashe passed of October how of the oak ani in Nassachu: could not understand it, that something was | had fe grr been et d, he left the scene of wrong, and that he should await Mr. Wilmot’s | his good fortune neat Pithole, and started fur explanation at the station at M—. The false | Lome, by way of Shatter and Miller farms, telegram had been craftily conceived, and, un- As might supposed, his thoughts were fortunately tor me, was in the private code of | pleasant ones, and as he passed through the our bank. When it was tel from M—— | woods on the way to the railroad, it seemed as ng, the golden sunshine jing the scarlet cos maple with more brilliont hi and a soft haze in the distant horizon adding to the loveliness of nature, as a veil over the torm of beauty heightens the effect without conceal- ing the loveliness boneath, he pictured to him- While we waited pid pace down the tance, they desist When the: Inquiries eth She became very | at the case back. conseynences of athad taken place; at the same € would marry her itshe kept ‘This he had never doue, but ls bad house in which he was captured, and here he placed his victim with anold hag, whom he made her desi, ignate asher mother. He had, | treated her with a sort of in , gro of him. mi ‘who turned out, pected, to be his brother—committed awaiting his trial at @ addition of | in & wavering mo- counse! might have forged telegram and my | CAUGHT ON THE TRACK. | A Tale of the G11 Region, {From the Titusville Herald.] said the narrator—as he tine cut of me, an in the cavity in his mouth several teeth—I shi same. In the fall us Of the Vil Creek into existence by the general head- was @ young man » who, after four » he had disposed of to ew York, who in turn ge, and te whom he mostiy | we where Garstang’'s dog- | to a house in and © daughter. the carriage | said, seemed | , the carriage It was were con- the man I being te see how | eing | caused | | | instituted ph office, ‘sent the the reeelving clerk well remembered on account of its lengta and | peculiarity. Finding this to bi younger of the two women was taken into cus- tody on her return home. 8 cave, the Proved to be | the garden, | frigatened the jeweiry, | fairly netted, ex's were dis Atthe a sentence of | of the cat. which | a pro- all ‘oc. noted princi- point to the 000,000, istory, sent setts, “A tew lady yellow leaves panion, who, ss customary with such, ha gotten to return it. | up in the terri yht of the awaited him. Adown the track could be heard | thought; he bad loaned it that day to = All pain was now swallowed death that the breath of the iron monster that would soon be upon him. He could hear the tremble that | preceded its coming. Was there no eaca; Yould the engineer see him? or, if so, too to save? What would Laura say? enough of him packed up to have @ decent fa- negal’ of would a small boy answer for coifig bearer and a raisin box serve as a burial caskets in glycerine and railroad cases generally $ ‘These were the thoughts that crowded throu, his-brain. But see the light from the hea lamp falls =. bim—the engineer sees him not—the tron horse laughs in flery cachinations Would there pe | at the victim, and rushes forward to crush uut | the young lite betore him. At this time James Hathaway at his imprisoned member, and a thought steuck him. Itstrack him before the locomotive did, and quicker than the fiash of a comet's tai! he acted upon it. He began to whir! violently, and Pos as the cow-catcher reached him he od lightly to one side, and in rairthfal ac- cents tothe brakeman on the rear car, ‘‘Sold again, you blasted wheel jerker—I wear a cork leg.” Such was indeed the case, but in the excite- ment he had forgotten the fact until the last | moment, when he discovered it was his “game” leg that had become fast, and unscrewing it he had escaped bis threatened fate. He hopped down to the station, and in a few minutes a boy brought im the missing member, none the Worse for the encounter, save a few splinters had been knocked oi from the q He is now married to Laura, has a double- headed baby, and receives snug little income from its exhibition throughout the country. lanced down | OFFICIAL. Postal Convention Betwee United | States of America and the Empire of Brazil. The Un ted States of Amertea 5 yperor of Brasil, being d-lho ‘na of th and M oft Loreatier take ca and the +, im Brazit, a5 wel ation bet weom th > be A Bomance of California; or, the @b- stinate Woman. One of the pioneers in California that began on the u San Franciaco:—While the train, of which the Nevada, was a member, was encamped on jhe Hamble where the Lessen visited the tent of a family consisting of a1 elderly couple and one child—a daughter of | fourteen or fifteen. The old lady was sitting on a pile of blankets under the canvas, en- couraging & most determined attack of the **sulks,” while the mascaline head of affairs had planted himrelf on the wooden tongue, and was sucking bis pipe as though he expected to remain there forever. A single glance developed the difficulty in that little train of one wagon and three persons, and that it had attained a point of quiet desperation beyond the reach of peaceful adjustment. Three days betore they had pitched their tent at the forks of the road, as they could not agree upon the route by which to enter California, there they had remained. The husband had ex- pressed a preference for the Carson road, and the wife for the Lessen, and neither would yield. The wife declared she would remain all winter; the husband said would be pleased to prolong the sojourn tareage the summer following. On the morning of the fourth Gay. the wife broke a sullen silence of thirty-six hours by proposing a division of the property, which consisted of two yoke of oxen, one wagon, camp furniture, a small quantity of provisions, and $12 in silver. ‘be proposal was ted, and forthwith the “plunder” was di- vided, leaving the wagon to the old man, and the daughter to the mother. The latter ex- changed with a neighboring train the cattle longing to her for a pony and pack saddl piling her daughter and her portion of vided spoils upon the animal, she resolu started acroas the desert = the Lessen trail, while the old man silently yoked his cattle and took the other route. Ot course both parties reached California in safety. We say “of course,” for it is scarcel: possible that any obstacle, death included, could have interfered with stubbornness so | sablime. Arriving in Sacramento with her daughter, the old lady readily found employ- ment—for women were less pientitul than now— and srbrequently opened a boarding house, and in a few years amassed a handsome fortune. ‘Two ycars ago, she went to San Francisco. and the daughter, whose education had not been neglected, was married to one of the most sub- stantial citizens. And what had become of the old man? Zhe wife had not seen or heard of him since they parted on the Humboldt. They had lived hap- pily together as man and wife for , and she sometimes reproached herself for the will- fulness that separated them after so long © pil gtimage together through this rough lite. But he was not dead. We caunot trace his course in California, however. All that we know of im is. that turtune bad not smiled upon him, and that for years be toiled without hope. Finally, feeling scarce able to longer wield the pik and shovel, he visited San Francisco, in the hope of obtaining home ment better adapted to his wasted strength. Yor three months he remained idle after ar- riving there, and then, for want of occapation, became the humble retailer of peanuts and oranges, with his entire traffic upon his arm. ‘This was six months eg few weeks since, in ing the by og of a cottage in the sdolners part of the city, he observed y in the hall, and «topped to offer his merchandise. As he stepped poe the threshold, the la proached, and the old man raised hiseyes and dropped the basket; ani no wouiler, either, for she was his wife, his ‘old woman!” She recog- nized him, and, throwing up her arms in amaze- Great God! John, is that you?” ftof me,” replied the old man. extended arms they approached. Sud- ment, eri «All that is le: With denly the old countenance c! |, and she stepped. “John,” said she, with a look which might have beem construed into | into earnestness, “‘how did you find Carson road?” “Miserable, Sukey, | miscrable,” re- plied the old man; “full of sand aud al 5 “Then [ was right, John,” she continued, in- quiringly. “You ’were,’ Sukey.” “That's enou, ft * said she, throwing her arms around the old man’s neck; “‘that’senough, John;” and the old couple, strangely sundered, were again united. ds. Steam on the epee Saccessfal x pert Last week the enna boat George Barnard, tted ae eller, made a trial trip upon the , Working satisfactorily and promis- ing most complete reform in canal navigation. Messrs. Main & McMillan are the owners of the tomt, the former being a practical machinist and the late foreman of the celebrated Morgan fron Works. The difficulties in the way of ap- plying steam to navigation upon the canal have been two-fold: diminution of carr: ing capacity of boats, and the waves at the wach ‘the canal bapks. Messrs. Main & MeMillan seem to have obviated these difficulties. The method devised to overcome these difficulties is to arrange an ordinary screw propeller in a cavity or opening situated in the bow of the boat. This opening is tapering in shape, and terminates about 20 feet from the bow. The propeller is driven by a simple upright engine, 9 inches in diameter, with 12 inch +troke, supplied by steam from an upright boiler 4 fect in diameter by 10 feet high, the boiler be- ing fed by an upright steam pump; the whole belng compact ai coupying @space on the floor of the boat 10 by 4 feet, and including water in the boiler, het ay six tons. The opening for the screw reduces the displacement only six tons, so that the application of steam power reduces the carrying capacity only ten tovs. The consumption of fuel will be one ton of coal in 24 hours. The Barnard left Nyack on the 4th Instant at 1:30 p.m., and reached Ron- dout 9:20 a. m., on the 5th, making the run of sixty-tarée miles in lews than twenty hours, or three and a quarter miles an hour. Then she ran up bods che to Eddyville, a distance of 3}¢ miles, and towed a canal boat loaded with 135 tons of coal 4 miles down to Kondont, in 35 minutes, or at the rate of three miles an hour. On the morning of the 10th the main eta home upon the banks of the Mish- | Willow Springs; on the 1ith she reached Sche acceomrens pebgit PLT gether g ae a Sabet in his native State, where, safe gf and returned eos Aqueduct, on nefarious deed, and, if possible, retake the trem the prying eyes of the world and the offi- | the she left Upper Aqueduct and came to booty. This seemed a sas task. cefs of the Maine lquor law, he could pass | West Troy, running over the ten mile level in of proved skill bad been taken to the scene of | smoothly down the vale of life with the fair be- | three hours, and yet going at full — only a thé outrage from both W— and M—, with | ing whohad to be his. But as such t of the soo ‘She passed three loaded boats the ial ines which came to the rescue, | th these passed through his brain he | at Willow Sp }» nine miles from Cohoes, and but i was very doubtful whether they would | bad gradually nearing his destination, | reached there three hours before them. The find any clue. ‘k second time the ¢ buffy that marked | operation of going Into the lock, locking up and engine sent from W—, and ng re- | the site of Shaffer in view. Passing | going out again, was performed in six minutes. turned with one of the detectives. This man the in the excitement of his 2. Snir eeS-< bad found @ gold watch on the ballast near tting to pay the Let pee MARRYING 4 Nrece.—A divor ce case at Cin- where Bad stopped on the level. reverie by of the | cinnati turned on the fact that the husband and Now, jratch did not belong to me—mine & | wife, who were Germans, proved to be also ing still im my pocket—nor, indeed, to any | te bond on the ferryman’s | uncle and niece. It appears that some years — pe, ‘t was, therefore, very evi. a im | and walked the husband mi d to this country, dent It had been byone of the the platform, which at | changed his name became lost to hig rola- Shieves in the scuttle, or in cases Off. e ae nger station for the | tions in . Subsequently, the wife came The detective handed the watch to Mr. Wilmot road when in its infancy. over with her friends, and began making r Shoot, Be Und, ne SF We rudy | pata a et Soeeeenmtana my | Eres heey Wort Sateen ie ant . ears mi oy | Bad spread into the town—though b the f whoee services | Intimate acquaintance st s00n Hpened into was done to keep it quiet—and many peop! hejhad received, was in but the‘Sharon” | love, and were One year after mar- te come to the station to satisfy their curiosity. the “Styx”—only in instance death , @ child was born to them. When the lit- = others, 8 raichmakes ube worked = "Wulle wendioe his we alee ree = tle one was nearly a year old, its maternal grand- tective at otce suggested that Mr. Wilson, the | the iron road, and silonesd am cont emplation of watchmaker in q should make an exam- | th ing genius who must have been re. | re! {nation of the watch, that sreportof such | m by length of his word, Hatha- | mutn: an examination should be drawn up. Mr. Wil- | way suddenly felt his foot sink between the iron son was accordingly called into the room ‘and | rails that marked the switch, and ying te sro | fel was handed to him, He it , was thrown violently to the ground; aris- | th. Say et peel foot, but in vain. ‘Ithad becuase | Ck Merete note = Trutlos. "Ho struggle ie od, were ‘a, jer! le broke off ties, but the faltn® and badhiy tal ifmrod re ite when he afrived Dome, he pated to reat, th attempted to pull his foot ont imprisoned boot, but this too ved @ ‘vain delusion, and his foot Swollen rendered such an escape impomaie He luoked at his watch boner. It want only ten minutes of the time when the up train hs Se ee ‘at the | a bed-post, Ww, and its echoing shricl passed trom th ai valley | Tue Finet Baby axD THE TENTH.—The seemed’ tho shtick "ot dale. He called for | iret child in a family is fed is a sort of help, but none came; instead came the unmis- Bativity play, and we before the tt ‘a'r ti pe elo peayee cevthon | myark’” But the tenth obud in 8 goer family my ‘wt Want Re Could: be saved’ Warrola | So keaiiies cout we Youth eendiae aie anece gration | who went across the plains in '49, tells this story urpey and bas justgended in | Carson track of travel, he | $i ux HT tfor the single rate of postags hy ‘The standard wei ect by law to te other of the By subsequent ¥ the disp: pt in cw ‘Bf and dcollored suby m Brazil bt stage. urrency of Brasil) vn weight of thi printed matter, shy maples, photographs, dtawing which iniand aud sea postage sb ne rate, and the pr pot the ile lish at for sistnes: s by the Laws ot whatever shall be lew eh international letters, L patchivg country in Teta ated with ttt ond reguiats n containing written pecifed in said laws ‘ase 5 ABticre V. other communiestion 1 CMU AHO be expiration shuld tus nt dispatching country all other articles of priuted but remain at the dis |» oF wrongly ad shall be prowptly returued tw the dispatca ng Aaticie VI The governments of the United States and Brazil reciprocally grant to each other the privilegs of a Ive transter of closed matis in the ports and harbors the respective countries, Lom vessel to ther, in continuance of their converancs to desti pat ARTicLR PIT The Post Di wouts of the Laited States and of Beugil shall establish by agreement. aud in ity with the arremgements in foros at the conditions upon whuch the t pen mails, the correspo destined to other countries to which lively serve as intermediaries; but suche enee shall only be charged with the international stage established by this convention augmented the postage Fates in force between the forwarding rountry and the country of destination, aud auy utliet tax for exterior service ‘The two Post Departments are mutually to furnish each other with lista stating the foreign countries t0 which the f postage, and the amounts thereof must be absolutely prep be left unpaid; and ith matey is to (or foreign the mail is a her any correspondene the country to whic {class must be accompanied exchange officn, ifying the amount dus th aud reoriving exchange off t tio the dispatching exchange office an acknow! t and verification thereof, which owledgements of receipt shall tow Hugemnent of rece letter-bills and acl servo as vouchers in the settlement of the accounts, The accounts to be: kept be uyon this clase of © erly. ‘transs icable promptly to the ered ae phe respective Post Depar Uke prescribe, ART and other nthe tw, uy te the other. bedelivered in the couutry of destina ton tree of charge. ARTICLE IX. ‘The official correspondence Detwoen each = legation near the other, and th ~shall be conveyed to ‘and with all the its inviolw Neither Post Dey liver any article alin the 1 op of which shail be prohibited by in the country of destinat Anticie XI ‘The two Post Departments may by mutual agree- provide for tho transmission of registered artic clee im the mails exchanged between the two coun tries ‘The register fe for each article shall be ten cents ip Que Uuited States, and two luudred (20) rele in Brezil. ement required t nyention into n, and may Invdity the same iu like manner, frop: time 'to time, us the exigencies of the service they require. ‘ies Anticur X11. This convention shall take effect from a day to be fixed by the two Post Dey ments, and shall con- Hine i foro until Aomuflod by muitdal convent, or until one year from date of notice given by one of the depestments to the other of ite to termingts : oe convention shal ba ratified, and! the 1 convention atiall be ratified, ani ratifcations shall be exchanged at Rio de Janeiro, nip wltasae whersof tha reephctive plonl potent ib Witness whereof the r pleuipotentiarics huye signed and sealed tho sa = Done at the city of Rio de Janeiro, this fourteenth say of the month of March, inthe Year of ue Lond ous thouseiad elght hundred umd seventy. HENBY T. BLOW, fsmat, COTEGIPR, {Seat BARAO ve Post Orvics Darantuant, fashington, May 9. i370. xamnined and jes of postal convention between the Uni Btatee of America snd the Empire of Brazil, which wore agreed upon and signed in the city of Bio de Janeiro on the day ghdctaithnptred and seventy Blow, U. 8, Minister to snd under instructions fro Telery of Biate for the of Brasil retary rf mY ¥ sic erely rated an approved by amd sii theey, bere pot phen . vice and ‘of the Presideut of the” United cg" an consent Te witnese whereof Ihave cansed the seal of the Post Office Department to be hereto affixed, with my signature, the day —— Oneaware: Lad Posimasier Generai. U.S, by rove the aforegoing conven: i exguinth (escort kavecuwecd thecel chike ae Btates to be affixed. hr U.S. @RANT. resident: 7 te HAMIL ‘ON FIBH. Secreta Wasuinctox, May 9, 1870, Sal ‘ranslation. | ‘We, Pon Pedro II, utional Perpetual Defender of Bs |, &c . make all those who shall see the of ton. approvel a atieattony that on the fourteenth lay, of the mout! hhousand eight and ‘Marc one ‘hand: ecveuty, there concluded and ‘at this court, betweon' Oe ex President of the barra eand Plenipotontiaries: en. or and to hy red ive seen, in day Sets A Jesus Ob. i. who Bee VISOOUNT ox HABOLALY Amended Articte, » " Arreete 6 Othe Detaried Brew ia'ons Tie ech tone (ht Posie, Comtamion sine! the Hager the twenty sizta day of Sop the yor bor ~~ m oof at Une rate of 242100 gu United States. tettn the gon tilders tot one fl shall be tal As qiQiralien = understood that the quarteriy accounts id “ hie money of the creditor a ington, the SM day 3 Signed at The Hague om the Ish Ju SI Urrector EDUCATIONAL, QOL OF DESIGN of Ponts A‘ November 2iat, 1570 1th and Ith ste A nt Sew York aveuue. Second quarter ow 1013 mences MONDAY. November 27. Terms $14 per quarter ood references ¢iv: ¥ ScHOOL F re “St. Jobn'e Hall.” vate institution by ite late principal, ‘OTHERSPOON no is RUCTION —A lady desires to age, teach! elocution. stage French and ¥. X., Star OARBING 4 ‘ing Mra. Pt lation Also, basiness. id gest " Address Mrs. Z Neb to ladies. nee ERSITY, MEDICAL DEPART 4 Programme of Clinical Lectures im Froedmen's Hospl ae ESDAY, uctober 9, 1 coutinning until the following March: RGICAL C rg AE gS asp. m t fessor Robert Bey uD FEMALE CLINIC— Howsnp cmv TER To students attending the Untversity Clinical fo- «truction, free. i emkate geveral . B10. Tickets may be procured from. Josurd TABER JOHNSON, M. D. secretary of the Faculty, corner of New York hue and lth atre oc lt NG “STL r8- tf ISH. FRENOB, AND OLASSIOAL IN TUTS tor Young Ladies and Mise ANGELO JACKSON, Principal, svenne. Prot. BARKI, Teacher of [YE SUSSES OSBOBNE YOUNG LADIES SEMINARY. 1131 10th st , bet. Land M—Tho- comgh tuetraction ences:—Hon Win. H lina. John Hite, Bette Consul fonsral, Prot i to ohn tz, ‘ine . Prot a eae be of Freuch weak 3 IN MATHEMAT. ‘TSEEVENING CLASSES ete agian G ‘Keeping and Pen rammar, Book! erson Institute, Mth street, between be reorganized on MONDAY, Oct. 34. 70. For terms, &c., apply ¥. PATTE f 5 wm0-tt 1321 Vermont avenue FEMALE INSTITUT (POEL TE a thorough and tale. Gost for tsb department San perancem, e 7onde tn Bast oe contetning fall Informstion adirces te codWay BEV. J. A. LIPPINCOTT.A.m STEAMBOAT LINES. SHORTEST ROUTE To WILMINGTON, CHARLESTON, SAVANNAH NEW OB: LEANS, AND ALL POINTS SOUTH. WASHINGTON. NORFOLK. AND BOSTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY. On and after MONDAY, October 17 . he new iron steamboat " Lavy THE LAk in will leave ascent, snd THURSDAYS at 11 wharf, foot of 7th street, at folk the following morait od B. BR 2 er Passage to 3.4. Wat worgetown, D..: JG. Phillips; Alexandria, Var V. D. Groner, Norfolk, Va.; or to Geceral Agents cocaur ot Sie see i jeonet jonts, ow avenue, whore through tickets to all princial point» south can be procured, eels SROnOEEY Lien or STeAMSRIFS WASHINGTON AND BEW TORK. Hereafter the Fine B. oO. KNIGHT JOHN GIBBON, and oit' will make repels Mars NEW YO Leave 3. W. THOMPSON, President. NEW EXPRESS LINE, VIA OANAL, L ILADELPHIA. ALEXANDRIA PHUTNGTON AND GROBGETOW omnlar sal! from 14 e itdetphle, SATURDAY at fs From 63 Water WEDNESDAY, at5p.m. it recel; i ved at any time. Apply to HYDE & TYLRE, 63 Water street sTgetown, .O., LDBIDGE &@©O., Alexa arin. Va, WM, ms Wh Putenetphdas ee 2 Oa BS Marth Wines WICKEST LINE SOUTH Relowiten Line—Bteamere leave wexcepted) st ?'s is and 7p. a. PF Matte Wherves, ShoErzsr AND via the Kichmond, Potomac nth-street one 0 PEI ther sweet toned WILD & BRO., and E et., sole agents. 1%: new ap only “@2, $2.80 and UMBEB! LUMBEBI | LUMBEBU iM BHOULD PURCHASE ANT fore trying those super DRY Goops. MONBY Can BEL "ay30. =. PUBOHASING Y BAXTER'’s, 1920 P’ YLVANIA AVENUE. ian HEMSTITOHED DKEBRC! atl bs 4 beutiful assortment of LADIES’ and GENTS HANDEEROHIESS, at assortment of DE! very, oTABLB Ania WELS. juced. pani ta and a gene. ’. Lovpon & Uo.,) ARMY AND HAVE MEBOHANT TAILOR, vi SS Be bee Peas eves 2, Wecatarten: A oaBD. ‘The undersigned respectfally informs the publie that they have no branch office or connection with any other concern in this city. ‘They ave also reduced the interest om gold ‘Watehes, silver ware, and diamonds. At the old stand, Mo. 314, Sth strest, between D strect and Peangtrpaipiavenne. | FAMILY SUPPLIES, Choice N. Y. Butter. JUST RECEIVED. PRICES MUDERATS. | @8 ALSO LOWES GRADES aT CARAPER | BATES ELPHONEO YOUR @ROUER 4ND “T" MEROHANT, MASONIC TEMPLE, 9re ann F Gracers. Dried Beet. OCBROVICEST, TEND sive. SELECTEP AND PUT UP BY aABDERBeG @ BOTH, OLNOLNNATL ESLPHONZO YOUNGS, & YuUNG Hi @BOUEK AND “T" MERCHANT, MASONIC TEMPLE, ys Comm Orn avy F Sracere Novick oF Removan, | © We would reapactt ally i frie neraliy that we gr mat STKTERET, between D and BE. (old «tae ard J. Ryon, Bsq just five doors nearer Pen r = Liqacrs shall be te the past. excel ied by ynage so itberady be * Feeprotiully ad @ ctfuily. thie city. Oar stock of the tature as they by none, Thankfat & stowed upon us in the p coptionsnce of the same 290 Doren Freeh TOMA gon Fresh OORN FRESH GuC at N. NW. TOES jew Vork prices, UBCHELL, 1332 F wr 109 Do And alkothor ort colt f° L0Us | FEED: Alle mo Bor bebace, i fo Lies, Ali geades for fami vent oneness. HEAVY MIDDLINGS for horse feed, BROWN STUFF, MILL FEED of all kinds, VERY LOW RATES. wu nok tf ALT #00 STOVES, FURNACES, &c. ENING GLOKIES AND ORIENTALS, OR cLES ert parte ts BUBNING STOVE can iN THE MARKET, * ( BRElooS EBS OREAP STOVE STORE. coin — TNT 7h street. 1pex wit PENN MONITOR coRaL COOK sTovESs are the Dest in ths market to be ted at Jow p coat. EBERLY, TRAUMAS & 00 ocd Im’ Teh street. = J OVELTY PARLOR 000) N other 7 a#LOR LicdT, ona FIRST-CLASS STOVES, Fr wale at the lowest oe, at / od Ia Enkei, THOMAS & Cow. The Morning Glory BASE BURNING STOVES, PABLU BD PORTABLE BEATERS, Burn all the gas in the coal, and al] the coal to ashes, ‘Without waste, thas producing what bas vever be- tore been accomplished, PERFECT COMBUSTION OF COAL Consequently with balf the fasl, they will make dyuble the heat of eny other ovptrivance for bouse- warning ever invents 4. ‘Their Operation is simple, and kindling an annual ceremony only Light @ Gre in autamn. replenish coal and remove the sabes once daily, and they goon burning anti spring. ‘They radiate an even, gentle, and healthy bast, with none of the abominable ameil of gas aud barnt "They will burn es briskly by day and as slowty by hey will burn as briskly by day and asslowiy his bt as te desired, ard can be reculated to give the degree of heat required in any climate bev ventilate ard illuminate the room, and areas oberrfal as an open fre. ‘They are entirely of cast iren, and will act Fast out as will sheet fron stoves. ‘They are based on scientific stady and experiment, “and are the only perfect base burner toad ‘They are made tm Baltimore, and repairs can be rocered at small cost and short notice, while the ayy cost and difficulty of getting repairs for stoves Gistance will generally made ili generally make ft leas “Tiete ‘acing popolarity having in Lei duced mm e. the public should beware, esk for, the ott is “MOBNING GLORY.” ‘ue WikkEN toe BES.UUBLE OVEN RANGR, or without Shaking, Recking and Dump rates thing can equal this, _—s" E. F. kIMPSON, Siewart Stove Agency. 1005 Poan. ave. bet lth and lithets. Pet uALL ENG <a with 8) phon Fine. oct BASE BURNER, Fr. 81 Stewart Stove 1003 Peon. ave. bet ___ PAINTING, &o. Tt. Bow ont Bove! SIGH, ounaneure Fai TER AND GLAZIBE, Bo. 625 UISIANA AVENUE. {ott stions of all kinds of wood and marble neatly ex: SURBLAGS test and most approved styles. ely PROMPTLY ATTENDED To. Pp4tstine, Ee B : Sovra sips FR AVENUE, Between Lith and Mth streets, a HOUSE, SiG, nk eel Bins of DBOOBATIVS rayrtize, ne attention paid to INTER 627 ESTABLISHED 1541. LA, AVE. — nO 1 PADDLE MY OWN CANOE.” “a a.T. Farrer, No. 627 Louisiana Bo. 55.) PAINT! estabiichme: Ans Profic: tition. Asan FT ASHE 7, ‘On the petition sf BRCB! ot . New York, ‘ing fer the extension of » patest Eaves @ Sa Ee Mec Res Itjeor teguumony tn the cage be closed Ath Tea tor ay of guuary next, aad that ead on the 25th day of January next. ‘ARy person may, eer of