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- THE MERCHANT WEST DURHAM AND GENERAL ADVERTISER Circulates largely in the To,vnsh1ps of Darling ton Clarke a.nd Oartwr1ght It 113 a. common r latform open to the f.tee d1s<.:ues1on of aJ.l ques Stea.m Job :Printing Ofii.ce t10l·mwhchtheg~~c~~tubhcnreconcerned Seventy five cents per annum m ad vance The Merchant and ' Obser ver, $2 00 RATES OE ADV H.R:rISIJS G AN ' D GENERAL ADVERTISER. VOLUME V BOWMANVILLE ONTARIO FRID.A Y, MARCH 20 1874 !~UMBER KING STREET BOWMANV ILLE Half do 1 Quarter do 35 p er annum 19 J0 'tra 'l.j:j ent a.dvert1sm;nents 5 cts p er hue first 1u ~ ertion and 2c por hno each subsequont one One column POSTERS P .AMPHLETS BILL HEADS CIRCULARS CHEQUES NOTES HANDBILLS LABELS CARDS TICKETS &c &c &c XXIV EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE. B. PEA.TB, TAILOR POETRY. Ebb Tide Gentlemen s GRAN!\ TRUNK RAILWAY' FA.LL AND 'VINTER TiliIE TABLE &; Boy's Garments ~EWEST M!\.Dlll J)i '.1:1!.IG STYLES RELIANCE Mutual Life Assurance Society Bo 'manville July 'Zl 1869 ESTABLISHED 1840 C \Nii.DA CHIEF OFFICES Trn ns will leave Bo"manVllle Station Bowmamille time as follo11s GOING WEST GOU:!(} ~-0.ST ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. Liverpool London and Glasgow f<.rinat1on apply to FOii 11ck0La or 11W A. NEADS. Age 2t Bo v1nan·"'.lllc Tune 9th 1871 tf 30 On a summer e'\ e when the sun is low A.Ji old man sat in the golden glow· The waves wert> washuig the sandy at-Ones And calm and s..,veet were tl1el.l' languid ton s He looked, and he listened and softly .sighed \s he heard the voice of the ebbing tide 131 ST JAMES STREET, MONTREAL He had paBeed his tl 1eescote yen.rs and ten He l 11. l smiled and wept 1 ke othet men Local J xpress :U1xed Express 7 25 a m \ Express 8 40 a m 11:1xed 3 20 p m Local 9 15 p m S 40 a m a 20 p m 7 20 p m Dll1EOTORS Du~c.)..N ~!\ODONALD Esq ~IA.:rou T E C :tM.PB.ELL 0 Il St Hilaire THE H )NOl ATILE JOHN HaMIL'lON" Ha,vks W \LTER SH.ANLY Esq M P Chaumaan R R LOSCOMBE, BARRISTER AT LAW oOLIOITOR IN CHANO&RY, Brother and 1 ar-ent fnend and 'v fe Hnd dr fted o.., er the sen. of life To the peaceful shore 'vhero the saints a.bide But he 'va.s left by the ebb ng tidi:i I eft all alone w th the drea.1ny pa.st A battered hull on the shingle <.:a~t No more to ride on the 1t~eth1ng m ain Nor feel the shook of the atorm aga u l11::1 laJ at peare by the oceans side To '\\nit the oommg of Deaths g -eat ttdc .f:c RESIDE~l burg Ont SECRFTARY -JAM·· G!tANr New 'railer Shop :a.:a:vx:m L form the ibhc gene1ally that he bas coin mcnced business in the Shop next to the E ArE WIIH F Y p J HN HEAL, CUWLE bego tom press Office one d.oor east of J }lih o I!! Having harl. several yea.rs experience Jll the trade he hopes to l!!at1sfy an who may favor him wtth a call GOOD FITS GUARANTEED 13owmanv lle Sep i!th lS 2 m49 tf AUCTIONEERS IJ'or the Township or Darlington H T PHILLIPS, HAMP'.IO~ I rorrtl t attEnt1on given to e:alcs &c on reason able terms Wm.. Ba7ton, El> lo ISKILLEN S ales promptly attended ta on reasonable terms. JAMES BIGHAM, · Pa1nter Glazier, Paper Hanger &c &c All kmda of work J romptly attended to and aa.tisfa.ct on guaranteed Res'dence-Next door eMtof tho Bible ChrLS tau Church '.IYRONE l'yro11e, March 8th 1809 22 tf 0. BOUNSALL, I MPORTER DEALER MANUFAC'.IURER an all the vanet es of in Italian & Ame1can Marble. W EST S:.R N C A largfj and choice selection of Monuments & Grave Stones, CRACKED COBN, ~I W3':1 on hand of enpenor ·woilc.manahlp nnd at lo vest pncos. l W1 01,ght or Gast I1 mi Fencco r enclos1.:.l 0 bu1 y1ng lots Furniture Tops Maute! Pieces, &c kept on hand or wro ig:ht to 01 der r spoctfully requested at the 'vo1ks A call ts King Street Boiv nanville Ootol or lat 1869 1 ti REMOVAL R DAVIJ)SON ha.a remo' ed h.i6 residence D and Su.tgery to the late residence of J hn M il c ou the 1\:t:n.rket S 1uare E~q m n35 tf MARRIAGE LICENSES J5SUED BY Jovma~~~=~~69ARMOUR JUST A:RltIV:E::O -at the- FASHION HOUSE, Fall and Wmter Fashions NEW MILLINERY, HATS & BONNETS, LATEST STYLES IH TRIMMING, &C. -0 Dressmaking .t 'l. most fasluonable and lattlst styles A splendid assortment of Kmttmg, Berlin, and other Wools .Also latest stj les in RUSHING s, and other FRILLING BELTS COMBS, BRAIDS SWITCHES AND CHIGNONS, liDd a large assortment of Fancy Goods ke1 t constantly on hat 1 Particular attention paid to cutting and fit ting Sto.mp1ng do e to order FASHION HOUSE MRS A FLE'.ICilER Bo i;1uan,ille Se1 t 26 1878 m52 LIME! LIME! FOR ~AL1l Ghu1c"h Street 11ea1ly oppos1te tbe Alma Hotel Bo ~man\1lle June 19th 18"8 tf m :my quant ty Apply to WILLI \M SI EAR REMOVAL S. MASON \ } <' to nfonn h .,, numerot s fnends andcu t amers that hfl has reruove<l to BUCKLER'S OLD STAND MARRIAGE LICENSES issued by W R CLIMIE At the Statesman Office, Bowm=ville ;Bo" manville Nov l'h, 1868 S P ECI AL FEA T URES. 0FFICE,-0ver ~IcClung a Store ,same flat .ae J :i\f Br ma.comb !'I Dental Rooms The ENTIRE PnoFr rt) belong to and a.re d1\ 1d Bowmanville Oct 27th 1868 ly ed a nongst the .Polic11lwlders LIVES DECLINED BY OTHER COMPAbJU:S or on \vhich an extra P1 emium WOltld be required can 'lhat solomn tide -with its o celess 1oll be assured at tl. e ordinariJ rates of this Society Shall bear on its wave the weary soul !-\. little Rhyme came Just in time Io the blessed land '~bore the al gel throng And all bout the beat of Lune under a special arrwngement Lime f 'Om the VV eet of the very best SPEOIAL NoN FOFEITABLE POLICIES issued Will hail its coming with holy song Not beat in any quarter under \ bich only 10 15 or 20 Annual Pay And the home of the fa.1thfu] heart shall be I uue that "'111 a.h' a:,; s stand the test ments are reqt ll'ed each pnyment He(,'Unng a A place of rest by the Cy ktal Sea. When making mto mortar I "'.11 try and keep a good supply Policy for a sum assured propo1 tionate to the For it ts ahva.ys \Vantcd l l mber of premiums paid and free from fv.ti r I hat when you all c u e in to buy oovment of prein Ullr'..8 You 11 not bo d1sappo1nted You Wlll alv; a.ya find it dry and h eah 3!0DER.A.T.E PREMIUMS an l most liberal C()n And that 1s sonletlnng bonnie BEGUMBAGH dit1ons So come along- and try tb1s Lime l3ut don t forget the money Prospectuses Proposal Fo ma &c supplied AN EPISODE OF '.IHE INDIAN 1i1UTI~Y on appli(:ation at the H cad Office or any of Houis of delive .f hoto. Nine a m to Fourp m the Agencies Corner of Qneen and Ot1ta1 o Street XXII JAMES GRANT TROS BOWDEN l~es Secretary (Concluded.) Bowmam lie MAJ'ch 11th 18"1 11024 ti I got rather confused, and am to this day, AGENT FOR BOWMANVILLE about how tne time went thmgs that only C BARK'ER Observer Office King St took a few minute::. see1ning to b~ houre in 32 ly happenmg and what really md take a long Ilowman'\ille June 24th 1870 time glidmg away as 1f b~ magic I thmk Impenal Fire Insurance Co I waA: very often in u half dchrxoua state OF LONDON but I eun well remember what was tho cause of the silence above Another car loa.d of the abo' e nobJc articles on (Established 1803 the way Captam Dyer' as the first to see and HEAD 0FH ES -1 Old Broad St anu Plense <.:all a.t the takmg a rifle m hrn hand, he "hispereu an Pall Mall London ~ BO\V l\1ANVILLE order or two and then he, with two 1nore GENER\.L A.OENOY FOR CANAD\. ~2! St Fann Implement Forwardmg Agency crament ]rfontre ll rushed mto the p116oage and got the door 1l W JAMES drawn towards us for it opened outwards Subacnbed and in,ested Capital and Reeet\e King St Bo·wnum·Hlle Fund £1 965 000 Sterling but m so doing he slipped on the floot, and Bo,vmanv lle Dec 0 1872 nlO fell with a bayonet thrust through Ins Funds invested in Canada.- 105 000 Insurances a.grunat loes by Ftte are effected on ·boulder when with a yell o! rage-it was the most favorable terms and losaea I a1d vnth no cheer this time-our men da~hed for out reference to the Board in London ward and dragged him ID the door was LA"'°K CERTIFICAES Apphcattono J DODSWORIH, RINTOUL BROS pulled to, and helU close and then those &c &c can be procured at this office at Inspector Gen Agents Montroa. rc,..,.ular rate o: poor 11 ounded fellows-heroes I call em'.Bowmanville Juli 7th 1873 R R LOSCOMBE, Barnster Agent atood angerl} n1utter1ng for Bowmauv1lle and Vicinity I thmk I got more excited over that scene 130,vmanVJlle June 4th 1860 36 than over any part of the struggle and all mo 43 39 4,. because l was lyrng there helple,, but, 1t was o! no nse to fret, though I lay there 1 \\Ith the weak tears running do\\n ID) FOR '?'IEED, cheeks, as that brave man was brought AND down, and latd near lhe grating, with Moth er Bantem at work d1rectly to tear off his NOT SO FAST. coat and begm to bandage, as if she had FOR FEED I ha-ve \Vr1tten tl ese few line~ been brought up ID au hospital John McDougall. And all I ha.ve to say The door "as forsaken for there was a Bo' n anvil1 e AT nl lCit 1873 tu 1Ihat you ca.n find me still at home new guard there, that no one would try to I am not gone away pass, for the silence was explained to us all So all my kind old fr1cnd.e ma) .01ne Fust, tliere was a loud yellmg and shnekmg And all the you:Qg :inea too outSide , and then there was a lmle thm And ~ct thell" garments nicely made blue 'Heath of smoke begmnmg to curl In fashiope that are new BEAUl'IFUL TEETH '\-'\:hero old o.nd young de& friend inay unrler the door, crnwlmgalong the top step, J M BRIMACOMBE L D S n1eet anrl collectmg hke so much blue "ater, to A welcome greet1 lg by R PEAIE spread' ery slowly, for the fiends had been re:eth Extracted at Twenty five Cente Bo"Wntanv1lle Jt ne ltlt1 lf7~ Room.s over McCl ing Eros Stores. carrymg out their wounded and dead and Bo v1nanv1lle Oct 1st 18""0 1 Vi ere now going to burn us '\here \Ve lay I can recollect all that for now a mad de111ng sense of horror seemed to come upon me, to tluuk that those few poor soulll left AGENT For the follO\\ Lng Insurance Companies ancl 'vere to be slain in such a barbarous \vay othe1 Inet1tut1on::i \ iz att<r all the gallant struggle for life , tut The QUEEN Fire and I ifc Insurance Com pany Cap1tal£2 000 000 $150 000 depoSited what surprised me ~as the cahn quiet wa.y v; 1th the Dominion Government for the protec m which all seemed to tnke it dere in Canada Once, rndeed, tbe men had a talk to The ISOLATED RISK Fire Insurance Com pany of Canada Oap tal 500000-0neofthe gether, ancl "3ked the women to JOm them be:)t and cheapest Con1pa.UleF1 doing business in the Dominion for li'a.r1ners an 1 I solated Risks m a rush through the passage but they WELL FILLED WITH THE The.C t\.NADA L t\.NDED CREDIT CO Y gave up the thought duectly for they knew with a Savings l3ank depru tment The UN ION AKD PERMANENT Bmldmg tha· if they could get by the flames, there were ruc.r.,. cruel foes outside, \\ a1t1ug to at cl Sav ng s Soc1et:i Thcile latter instltt hons a ]vancc Loans on thrustthelll back AARON BUCKLER lleal Estate OJ te1ins u1 usually ea -y for the So they all sat down ma qmet, resigned borrower Has the best and lnost destrable lot of BowmMmlle ] cb 6th 1873 way hstenmg to the crackle outrude the door, watchmg the thm smoke filter throu 0 h the crevices, and fo1m into clouds, or pools, of cl fferent grades and surpasses all othe houses in town n.nd Country Dana's Patent Sheep Marks according to \vhere it canu~ tLrough And you d ha\ e wondered to see those HESE MARKS ARE THE CHEAPES'.ll! fellowe, how they acted wh} Joe poor the most lasting the least tro tble~omG ant! most complete e"er inventod. They art! used Bantam rubbed his foe· with bIS handker AN IMMENSE NUMBEP and recommended by many of thf b~t :Breeders 1n the United States and Canada such as G n clnef, smoothed lus hair aud " h1skers, and J oring Sale1n :r.-Iass President 1-.Ie'v England then got his belts square as 1! off out on ELECTRO PLATED Wool Growers Society John S Roes Henne parade, before going and sitting qtnetly Tea ancl Coffee Sets Fiuit and pin Ill Professor ~I Miles of the State .A:g Oh I r1cultural Oollege Lansing, l\.f1ch Hon Geo hummrng over the old child s hymn II eniisplwrical Dishes l3rown Ioronto Ont John Snell EdmontoI1 that ll be Joyful, but only to burst out agam 01 t Ou e..ach ?v!atk is stamped the owners not to be su1pa.ssed iu the Province name and the Shee1 s n mber Tl ey will be mto a fit of grumblmg sent free by mail or express for o ~ly jourenc'tS Another went and Rnelt dOWllm a cor ach auJ Wlll last for TWJ:b"'TY YEARS ner, where he stayed , the rest shook hands _.... Ct1.ah must accompany all orders ~ )) ARCIHBALD YOU~G Ju, all round, and then, seen:g Captam DJ er Sarnia Ont s1ttmg l p and sensible, they went and Orders n.ddressed to the ?i-IERORNT and OB Platecl Knives, Forks, &c., SE.RYER Office fo1 an_y quantity will be filled at saluted hllll and aaked leavo to shake hands Equal to at y m tho Dom1n10D. the a.hove mentioned price as quickly a.a the with him, 'Jjllte upsetting him, poor fello", :r.-rarks can be made and s nt as he ca!le(l them, Ill ,a !amt VOJce h1S C BtRKER ' bra\ e lads,' and asked their pardon, if he d ly ml3o Bowmanv1lle Dec. 28th 1871 ever been too harsh with them ' God blesa Jou no Sir soi s Joe Ban tern, JUmpmg up, and shakmg the Land himself ' which that you ve nC\ er been but always a good-oflker as your company I he greatest nnd best assortment e\ er seen in loved Keep a brave heart my boys it ll l<n"n lSon"' to "'Xcel it soon bu over We ve stood Ill front of death too many tunes now to she'\\ the \Vh1te feather Hurrai Captam Dyer and The Subscriber ha.y.1ng secured the able services ma he have bis regiment m the !other BROOCHES EAR RINGS, &C O> None to s trpass them Sele15ted by myself a.t land, and may we be some of his men the manufactooes m En({land Joe Bantem gave a bit of a reel as he said thIB and then he d have tallen 1f 1t hadn I as Cutter ia prepared t-0 tal<e orders for GENTLElWEN S CLOTHING been for his ...v1fe , and though his was Ihe Choicest of grad tis Gold and S1h er fr11.mes rather strong language you see it must be La:rn.rus 1'-'Io1 1s & Cos on haud to fit all s1ght1:1 ' h1ch will be got up 1n the excused, for, leave alone hIB \\ ounds, and 1 bcse I will sell at reiluced prices Fist Style of Fashion, the mad feeling they d brmg on, there "as A L,\,RGE SUPPLY OE a wild excitement on the n1en then brought and on tho on by the fightmg, which made them, M lrfOST REASONABLE TERMS you ma) say, half drunk At 1\.fr Peat e residence on !Gng Street (IWGERS' MAKE We must all have been choked over and On hand a very full assortment of English e.n<l over agam, but for that gratmg , for the Canadian hotter the fire grew above, the finer curreut TRESPASS NOTICE, CLOTHS AND TWEEDS of au swept m The mutmeers could not OTICE .is hereby given that all p·rtits have knol'.n of it or one of their first acts found trespa.ssmg on the Flo.ts kno'\l--n. as But it wM must haTe been to seal 1t up Ranes lflats '\ill be prosecuted to full extent Bowm·n.v1ll· M·Y 27th 1873 t[ bp m33o of law half covered b) some r.reepmg flower, which M D WIJ,LIAMS made it 1nv1sible to then1, und so y;e \Vere able to breathe R \DU AfE of the Royal College of eh,Y And now it 1nay sccrn a cuuouo thing s1crn.ns of England and Un1verf:l;1ty of V:t0 tor a College Cobo1 rg U ndcrgra.dun.te e.nd but Im gomg to say a httle more about pr1zeman of the Un1vers1 of Toronto.,1,and University of Queens College,.,.K.i»gston .oo..e-m- love A strange ttme, you ll perhaps say ber of the College of Phys1CJans and Surg&o11:a when these poor people were crouching to f OntD.no Surgery nnd Residence oppg111e gether m that horrible vault cxpeet11 g their he ma.rket square death moment by moment But that· why Bowman\ illc, Oct 5tll,(U71 AN:o LIME. LITERATURE. Straw-Cutters ! Grain Grinders ! § FEED MILIJS. - To Ma.sters of L. 0. L B ARRIVAL! RN S0, HO! ---- Gentlemen of :Fa.shion. a James McFeeters. NEW STORE, it \Vas, ar <l 11ot from a.ny want of retiring modesty I believe that those poor souls wished tu shew those they loved how true was that feelmg aocl therefore it \\as that wife crept to husbands side, and fozzy Green forgettmg all ellle now, placed her arms round my neck, and her ltps to mine, and k1saed me agam and agam It was no time for scruples and thus 1t was that, being close to them I heard Miss Ross, kneeling by the side of Captam Dyer ask him sobbmg bitterly the "hile-ask him, to forgive her, v. hile he looked almost cold and strange at her, till she whispered to him long- and earnestl \:, when I knew that she nrn't be telling him all about the events of that morning It must have been, for with a cry of JOY I saw him bend to v.:ards her when she thre\V he1 arms round him and clasped his poor bleedmg form to her bre11ot They 11 ere so 11 hen I last looked upon th~m a1 d every one seemed lost in bis or her u\t n s 1fferrng all save those two clnld ren one of whom \'fas asleep on Mrs bia1ne s lap and the other pla} rng with the gold knot of Captam DJ er s sword fhen came a time of misty smoke and heat and the cracklmg of 11 ood work but all the wlule there wns a stream of hot pure air rushing m at that gratmg to give us life We could hear the black fiend· runnrng round and round the bnrnmg bu1ldmg Jell rng and no doubt ready to thrust back any one then cnme another 1n1Sty time,from which I \I as roused hy L ZZ} whispering to me ' Is it very near now ~ 1What1 I said famtly 'Death, she whispered, with her hps close to my ear 'If 1t "· ptay God that He will never let us part agam m the land whete all 1s peace I tned to answer her but I could not, for the hot st1flmg, blmdmg smoke was no11 m ID) throat when the ycllmg outside seemed to :iucrea~ There was a loud ruah mg sound the tramplmg of horses the Jmglrngof cavalry sabres a loud E·glish hurray aml a cra,h and I knew that there was a charge of horse sweeprng by Then eame the hurried beatmg of feet, the rmg of platoon after platoon of musketry, a rapid, squandering skirmishing fire more yellmg and more English cheers the rush, agam, of gallopmg horses and, by slow de grees the sonnd at a fierce skirmish, grow ini.:- 1nore nnd 1n ...re distant, till there ca.me another rapid beating of hoofs, a suduen halt the Jmgle and rattle of harness and a moment after, bim-bom-bom-:£1.om' at regular mtenals, and I "aved my hand, and S" e a !amt cheer, for I could mentally see it all a troop of light horse had cbarg ed twice the mfautry had come up at the double and now here were the horse artrl !cry, with their light SJX pounders, playmg upon the retreatmg rebels whtre the cavalry were not cuttmg them up That famt cheer of mme brought out some more and then there was a terrible silence, for the rehef seemed to have come too late , but a couple of our men crawled to the gratmg, where the air rev1vmg them, they gnve another 'Hurray 1 'vh1ch was ans\veied uirectly And then there was a loud shollt, the ex c1tea buz;i; of voices, the crashing of a p10 neer s axe against the framcw ark 'Jf the gmting an l afte1 a hard fight, from which our friends "'ere beaten back again and agru.n, "e poor wretches nearly all in'3en .s1ble, were dragged out about a qunrter of of on hour before the burnmg house fell w1Lh a cra'h Then there was a raging "h1rlw1nd ot flame, and smoke and sparks, and the cellar was choked up with burnmg ruin CHOICEST OF GOO:OS. xxnr Jiow "ell I remember comrng to myself as I la) there on the grass with our old sur geon Mr Hughes kneelmg by my stde , for it wui;:. our own men that formed the in fan tr) of the column, with a troop of lane· ers and one of horse artillery There was Colonel Mame kneelmg by bis wife, who, poor soul, "as r('cover1ng fast, and him turmng lroru .her to the children and baek agam "btle 1t was hard work to keep up by the lancers and horse art1lleri, so mad and excited were tuey to find only eight wounded men out of the company they had left But one \Vaj anJ another, the mutineers paid dear for what suffermg they caused uP I can undertake to say that for every hie they took, half a dozen of then own aide fell-the exploswn ~wept away I suppose, quite lift, JUSt as they hail attempted a surprise and came over from the south side in a mght-attack wlule the ""Y m "hwh they were cut up m the engagement "as somethmg awful Eor, anxious be' ond measure at not hear· rng newa o! the partv left m Begumbagb Colonel Mame had at length obtamed per m1ss1on to go round by that station rem forco the troops, and then JO!U the general b) another route fbey "ere makmg iorced marcbe·, when they caught sight of the rebels yellmg ro m 1 the burmng lmklrng fully a couple of hundred bemg outside when, not know 10, of the sore strait of those mthm they had charged down, drr\img the murderuus black scoundrels before them hke so much chaff But you must not thmk that our pams were at an end Is 1t not told m the pages of hu1tory ho'v for long enough it was a hard fight for a stand1.0g m India, and how our troops \Vere in ma.ny places sore put to it "bile home after home was made deso late by the most cruel outrages 1 It was many a long week before we could be said to be m safety , but I don t know that I suffered much beyond the pams of that arm, or rather that stump,for our 1urgeon, Mr Huges, when I grumbled a httle al bis takmg 1t off, told me I might be very thankful that I had escaped with hfe, for he had never kno" n of such a case before !lut 1t was iather hard lJmg alone there in the temporary hospital, rn1as1ng the ten der hands that one loved Ancl ; et I ha\ e no right to say qmte alor e, for poor old Afeaeles 'vac:i. on one SH.le and Toe Banten1 on the other \\1th WATCHES CLOCKS T SPOONS. ~= SPOONS. Gold Cha.ins, Rings, SPECTACLES I Tailoring I ~ Clothing! :MB Ii PEATE, for FINE CUTLERY, N T. Pa'te:rsqn.i G DR. DAVIDSON, Mrs B·ntem domg all she could for ue three, as well " ft ve more of ou1 poor fel lo11s More thtn once I heard Mr Hughes talk about the men s wounds, and 11 was "onderful how thev could llve through them but live they all seemed dJSposed to, except poor Measles, who was ternble bad and delmous,t1ll one day when he could ha.i ly speak ~l 01 ea wlmper, he s·ys to me-I g quite JD his nght mmd ' I daresay oo.ne of you chaps thrnk that Im gomg to ta\ e m; dlScharge but all the same, you re wrong, for I mean to go 1n now for promot He said ' no ' iut "ha, he did then was to go m for eep-and sleep he d1d for a good four and twenty hours-when he woke up grum blmg and callmg himself the moat unlucky beggar that ever breathed Time went on and one by one we poor Jl,llows go out of hosp ta! cured but I was the la·t snd it" as mani mooths after that, at h10 w ' h [ called upon Captmnthen Ma1or-3 ver at h!S house in London For durn1g th o::.e n1an \ m0nths the rnutiny had been suppro'8 1, aud Ollr regiment had been ordered h o ae I was very eak and pale, and I hadn t got used to t · emptv sleeve and thmgs looked very gloomy ahead but, somehow, that day when I called . t Major Dyers seemed the turning point for, to a poor soldier there wM sometl:nng very soothrng for vour old officer to J imp up, with both hands outstretcheil to catch yours and to greet you as rmly as ch l h1' handsome, bonny wife They see1 us 11 they could hardly make enough of me but the "ght of their happmess made -i e feel low spmted , aud I felt no b tter 1 J en Mn Dyer-God bless her ·-took my l · d m Lcrs and led me to the next roo1n w re she said there 'vas an old f11end wauted to ,eo me I felt that oft J"" elled J ar d holdmg mme, and I l ard the door clo<e as Mn< Dyer" ent out agarn, "' d then I stood see 1ng nothing-hearing noth ng-feeling no thmg, but a pmr of cln grng arms around my neck and a tear "et lace pressed to m111e And did that make me feel happy I No ' I can say 1 "1th truth For as the mlBt cleared awu rom my C) es and I looked uown on, i me the brightest truest face the sun ever shone on there was a great sorrow m my heart, as I told mysel! that it v.aa a aiu and a. wrong for tne, a poor inva hdeu soldier to thrnk of takmg advantoge of that fine handsome ;<irl, and tymg her down to one who was D1'1med for life And at rast, w1tb the weak tears running dowu my cheeks I tolU !ter of how it could not be , tha.t I should be \Vrong1ng her, !1Ild that she must thmk no more o! me, only as a dear friend wh 11 there 1s that amount of folly m this "orld, that my heart swelled and a great ball seemed ming Ill my throat, and I choked agam and agarn as those arms dung tighter and tighter round my neck, and Lizzy caHed me her hero and her brave lad who bad saved her hie agam and agntn , nn :-i.i:, ked me to take her to my heart, and kee; er there for her to try and be to me a ' orthy loving wife-one th·t 11 ould ne' Ci say a bitter "ord to me as long as she hvcd I said that tb r as ·o much foll v ID this \vorld, so ho\ 1 n ) 011 wonder at me catching it of her, when i:!Le was so close that I could feel h r breath upon my cheeks, my hair, my eyes us once moie, for getting all m her love, she kissed me agam and again How then could I help, but with that o ~ e hand pre" her to my heart and go the way that weuk heart of mme wished I know 1t wa"'- \vrong but hov. can one always fight agamst 1voekness And to tell you the truth, f had foughttlongl!enough80 long tliat I wisned for p·ace And I must sa~ this ~ ou n1us not be hard on Lizzy, and th1 a that 1 ~ wonld have been better for her to have let me do a little more of the courting there are xceptio 1u l ca;;e and this was one. I had a true fnend m MeJOr Dyer and to him I owe !D) nresent pooition-not a very grand one bu' speakmg honest!) as a man I don t behe <1 been a general tJ t Link more of me some one at 1 while, as to this empty slee\ e abe s proud of it, and sava that 0,l I tbe country is the same Wandering abo i. l. G as a iegin1ent is, one does not often hav ~ a chance to see one t:i old messmates but Sergeant and Mrs Bantem and Serg<ant Me"6les dtd h a\e tea and ·up per with us oni:: nght here in London, J.£rs Bantem sayrng that Mc 1Sle· was as proud of his promotion as a dog with t" o tail" though Measles did say he "as an unlucky beggar or he d have been a captam And my 1 what a mg! t we did have of that, with out one drawbacl< only Measles would spit on my wife ·Brue ls carpet and so we did have a mght last 'ear when the old reg1 ment "as station< I at Edmburgb and the wile and me had a holiday and went down and saw Colonel and Mrs Marne and those children gro\"i n up a most into a man and "oman But Colonel Dyer had exchanged mto another regiment, and they say he is gomg to retire on half pay on aecour.t of his wound troublrng lnm We fought our old battles O\er agam on those rnghts , and "e d d not forget the past and gone , for Mrs Bantem stood up niter supper, with bet ·tiff glass of grog rn he1 hand-a glass lllto which I sa" a couple al tears fall-as ahe spoke of toe dead-the brave men who foll m defence of the de fenceless and mnocent, hopmg that the earth lay hghtly on the grave of L10utenant Leigh, while she proposed the memory of brave Harry Lant We drank that toast in silence , and inore than one eye wai:; wet ns the old scenes came baek-scenes sncu as I hope may ne\ er fall to the lot of men ugam to w tness , for if there is ever a ferv t prayer sent up to the Maker of All bv e, an old soldrnr, "ho ha.e much to nns'\\er for it H1 contained in those words, so familiar t o you all at the season of Christmas PE.A.CE oY EanTn A n i r. i ··J 000 000 forrehel ln 1861 thousand, stan ed m the northwest provinces oflnd1a. In ONE MILLIO::>I PERSONS STARVING Algeria whtle Marshal Mae~fahon was Go' einor a great fam1ne occurred and 111 1865 LONDON March 2 -A despatch has been Bengal suffered from 11 scarcity of food sun recen ed at the Indian Office from Hon 1lar to that which no" afflicts th.t pronnce George Ca.mpbell, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal g1 v ng a n1ost alanu1ng report oft} e Two Brands from the Burnrng condit10n of the people m that preStdenci He SO)S fully 1070000 persons are ·tarv One "as a clergy1n~, the other a . . ph' s1 mg to death m the districts affected by the c1an Both \Vet:e .} oung men of n1ost re fannne 1.1nd that fill the poorer c1as:.es ar9 spectable fam1lic>:. an l ot fine pron1 sc u1 begmmog ta feel the 11ant of food their prafesswna. )I et both had !alien rnto (On th e 20th of la<t December a despatch th· hre that appetite kmdles ani \\ere wao rece1\ ed in T ondon fron1 Calcut+n ~h1ch barel1 plucked out m time to S<n e th em It !oresha lowed the result announced in the was but the other day I preache 1 m tho cable despatch above The ne" s !tom Cal pul,p t the cleri men had last occupte<l and cutta wus that one half the supply of food eat at the table " th the physician Tlus in the Pro\: xnce of Be11gal had been exhaus c1rcun1stancc suggested the present article ted an l that 1t "as bol!uved m that city The clerg~ man had enjoyed the advant ·ge that n fomme conld not be averted Up to of one of our best colleg·s and theological that tune howC\ e1 there had bceu no actual aeminanes- both of the strictest t) pe of or U1stress amoug the people Ct is of 1,;0nrse tbotlox) A pr1nte<l i;:. c.rn1on from his hand in1poss1ble to kno\' to what cxtei cthe Brit convinced n e he 1 ad uo mean tale1 ts as a 1,h authont1es of the provmce despatched preacher and ]us delivery \Vas sa1cl to be relief to the sufiering d1atr1cti in hme to anunalcd and impret-i"-1 c He had a lovely avert o. meiiaure of the threateocU d1strc1;:s. wtle bi ght cluldren an i wheievet ho On .November 21 a correspondent "riting preached attracted coDgregatwns What from Calcutta announct!tl the arnval at ava led it all, in the face of the one fact that that port of two ships from Burmah con be had contracted an appetite for strong tammg ~ 000 tons of nee, a large <1uauttty drink? the occasion iu J ushcc to h1n1 it of which "as sent to Pa.tna the cl!ntre of should be sa.1d be ng the adnunistr 1tion of the stricken d1Str1ct More md was to fol alcoholic stimulants 1n his n1ed1c1nes during low but to "bat extent the correapondent a severe s1cknesE did not eav He rose up from bis sick bed w1ll1 a\\ orse The lamentable lamrne which now pre maladv upon hlm than the one \\luch bad valls in Bengal is owing to causes which first prostrated lnru It \\ ns not long before first n1an1fe::,tcd theinsel\ cs last surrJmer and the m1Sch1ef \vaa d1scotered, andobhged his fall Man) as are the products of the prov removal from his pat1torate He tried a11 ince-r1ce cottou, 1nd1go, opium poppy, the other with worse success and was suspend sugar cane, tobacco and certain quantit1es ed from the m1matry He repented nnd of wheat millet maize barely peas and rallied and "as restored aud fell nga 1 beano- the g1eat dependence of the people Tears alld l ra.) ers an l apparent peuitence fer fo<fcl is upon rice It was the failure of \Vere not Y. ant1ng but all 1noral stan ina the nee crop of 1873 11 h1ch has causcu the seen1ed .. o have peushecl He Vt as agrun present fannne Tho rice hnr\:est is the deposed from his offi ce, and separated from gieat h>n est of the country V>liether it is his fannly probab!J no mo;:e e1 en to at to be a good crop or a bad crop depends t&mpt a reformation But by sonic klnd marnl) on the quantity of ram that falls Ill ~gency le became au in1nate of th e Bing the rainy season wluch extend~ from early hnmpton :\.sylnm an l n.gaui came to lnmself in June, when the soutlnvest monsoon set.a After a cons1dcrub1e experiment had 1n1 w, till October Last J ear 'ery hght rarn· parteJ cun ti.deuce to l 1s tnends H tercess on fell until the middle of September, when was l · lJe with a small but vigorous congre they eea,ed entire!) Only a 'mall quan gnt1on to necept his services That congre t1ty of rice was obta1neU in consequence, gation h ad already st ffered a s1nart1ng dis over nearly the whole ot Bengal the area of appo111tw ent from the derelictions of its p1e which according to the official returns of vious m1n1stet-a man of eminent talent 1871 1s 239 591 s<1uare miles, and its popu but of perverted appetite and how could latwn together with thut of the native they make a second 'cnture of tlns kmd' Y ct no bl) they did it and had the r ie states subject to its Government, over 38, \vatd The iecovered prodigal came to them 000 000 The dIStncts comprioed Ill the present with the sunplicity of n child eoncealrng famme area extend from the Bay of Bengal nothing but o\erflo\\tng with grantude to north" est to Ont1e, a dista.nce of more than b10 new people and with a cons im1 o g de~ re 500 nnles The want ot food is felt, bow to repa~ their gene1osity bJ becomrng hke His ever in the cl1otr1ct of Behar and Patna on Paul their ser\ ant fo.r J ei:; rn sake lovmg and child hke spmt drew all heart· the Ganges d1Stant about 300 miles north Other districts~n to lnm in a "ay tb9.t disarmed su.: . p1cion by \lest from Calcutta that portwn of the 1>ro' rnce also suffer from and coi. ered the I aBt from 'iew His: fam ily v. as restored to bun and he "as rn the the scarcity height of t oefulness and enJO) ment, "l en The drnugh t of last fall has not only with n a. short twelve nionth he was struck brought on the pr<jlent fomme but its el with a fatal sickness and ceased fron1 his la fects, 1t i, foaied, will extend with ten fold bors 'Vhen Ins last sinlnng turns came horrors into the future, Ol"iJDg to the fact upon hun he was offered stimulants but that the sowrng of the spnug crnp was en put them firmly """Y saying Iha<! r<tll er tuelv prevented last foll by the sane fail die tli<tn take them ure of ram that almost ruined the great rice The story of tbe ph}SJcian belon 0 s with crop The unfortunate people of the lam that of the r!erg) ruai , and gn es it a tlouble ine district must therefore look forward to interest for his home \as in the commun many months of hardship durrng winch He had time their only dependence for subsistence ity to "bich tho latte1 bad come steadily do" n o the drunkard· been gomg will be upon what "'ood re.::.eI\ ea may still be rn the country, the scant supply from end and had Just barely i:;urvn ed a dread The ne v the han est of last fall and what assistance ful attack of delir1urn tremen.s minister flew to lnn:i with a. inore than Lro may be extended to them by ti e Govern ment The number of people "ho must be the· s oympathy went down mto the fed, and for whom supplies must be Im· depths \\here the v1ctu11 lay flouncltung ported if they are to be saved fiom starva hke one "ho had hunself measurerl them be !!on will ieach J 1 000 000 or 12 000 000 lore an l by the mam strength of Ins lu th, The British Government will probably find &nd hope and lm e lilted tho drownrng one itself compelled to meet half the~xpense of out put his arm around him and helped him to stand He woul l not lea.e h1m until he feedmg these starvelmgs for say, the com had inspired lum \\1th the courage that be ing nine months The n.n ount of rice re longed to lns O\\ n heroic example and c 1nned for that period for tins number of from that dai , so long as hfe lasted had the people would be 1400000 tons at £14 per JOY of his company in the ways of sobncty Unlcso to 1 m 1ki ig £19 000 000 m all and Hrtue The saved clergyman has gone succor in sufficient quantities has already to h1· heat enly rest but the saved physician been forwarded to the po\ erty stricken dis hves to bless hlS meniorJ an<l. to be an ac tricts on the Ganges, and that rehef so pres tive and honored member in the co1nmun e111gl' needed is at hand there is reason to ity as well as an ornanicnt tJ his profession aoticipate that the news this mormng is The na.rro.tn e may impress u s \v1th at only the begmnmg of a long series of s1m1 least two lessons lhnt no Joung rnau, lar reports of death and deslltut10n which no matter what b.is mental strength and ac 'vill reach us for montt s to come tomphshmcnts hlli social surroundings or If the ln,tory of the exIBtmg famine lD even hls "'acred protess1ons and obligations India is to resemble the circumstances of is safe "1th the bo\\ l of the tempter lll his fammes of the past, the record will be a hand und that no one who bos fallen under The giim monster of starva that temptat10n sho lid be reckoned beyond terrible one tion w no ne\v enemy to the human race the reach of a genuine fraternal and Chrict From the ) ear 1708 to 1714 B C famme t10n sympath} -Temperane< Advocate slew myriads m Egypt In Rome, 436 B C, a famme occurred, 'o duefu! m its ef The custom of pastrng one wall paper feels, that thousands or people threw them over another till a thickness of an eighth of selves in the Tiber, 4-o avoid death by star an 111ch or 1nore ii:. accumulatecl is too t.:On1 Again Egypt suffered in tb..e year vatton mon, uut1 is attended \v1th the worst conse 42, A D nn 1 a.gain Rome experwnced its quence~ Thl.S as ascertained bJ the Lai horror, m the J ear 263, "hen a plague aid cet, "us the cause of the puzzling offensive ed to decimate the people In the year smell at Kmght~bndge BarrackB London, 272 a famine eneued in Britain, cau"1ng that racently threatened the "hole establish the people to eat the bark of trees Thou The examination of the inent "1th Iever sand· died rn Scotland m 306 and m 310 drams and taking up of the floors reveded 40 000 people penshea m England An nothing while the uitroduct1on of increased a" ful famme desolated Plugng1a m 370 meauo of ventilation left the evil as 1t was and in 450, during the conhnuance of a At last an examrnat1011 was made of the fam1ne in Italy, parents ate the1r chllUren wall pat ermg, "hen 1t was found that one The J ars ~39 823 and 954 "ere marked paper was pa·ted over another till a th1cl. m England, Wales and Scotland as years ness was u.ccun1nlated amounting tn one of famme and rn 1016 all Eu1ope was case tu fourteen layers Between these Jay s~ricken y;itb tt\\fnl starvation The year ers there was rotten paste, ln which !u.ngi 1087 saw the recurrence of the famine in and ev6n maggots germinated 'vhile the Engla11d, and trom 1193 to 1190 "ant of \\all bemg hollow, the stench spread tnto food and a pestilence coin bined, carried off the paseage and over the establishment thousands in that countty and in Francr Ma"ufact1 >er and Builder England suffered m 121)1 from the same cause, and m the famme Jn tbat_ Island m Our heart is a well of bitter aud venom· 1315 people are reported to have devoured water our actions are the atreame In ous vermm and the flesh of horses, doge, and vain shall we cleanse our liands v; bile our cats The l ears 133&, 13o3, 1438, i556, hen1ts are evil 1693 and 1748 were all markecl by dread There is no fl.ecret 1n the heart wh1ch Dengul "118 devas ful fam1nes in France The nioi:it tated m 177 I , 16,000 persons perished at our actions do not dxa loae Cape de Verd in 1775 France suffered 1n oongnnnnate hvpocr1tc c tnno at nll t ni.::a 1789 and England m 1795 and 1801 In conceal the "orkmgHf the mm l 1814 1816 1823 1831, and 1846 great Hope is a ttattcret, l nt tne moat u1 r gbt fanunes prevailed in Ireland iu consequence o! all pnrasite 0 , for she frequents tho poor of the failure of the potL to crop, arnl m the mans but, "well as tlie J»lace of Ins su last mentioned years p:.:n:hamcnt votecl £1 1)er1or The Indian Famme · ·