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The Huron Expositor, 1870-10-14, Page 7ERI41870. OPS k.PPLE PARERS, GLAss, .'EST BRANDS. ldboata aly $13 T GEA1,. .& bawl EAP A D COM qf kinds. [ALS; ME, AND OINK, FLA STER.. my_description.. 4poL Sign of Seaforth, Ont_ Aoss Cross-ent: Sawa neat -mite(' to cut he same time as- the- aure to see them. r:s to hire, BERTSON & 00a , Cheaper BELL'S 0(91S etail. before Pur— ewhere. L. K MD & Meln7L-- 1. tYF MAI:As:ET L. the' Shortest ., uintly on hankt_ R FURE. a la'as. .1 CLOCKS - IilAWKs. (1.AWK.:4:r LOCKg. cLoCK's MR:Kg cLocKs- e*LoCKS Oest Assorted Stock Lt M R. COUNTER'S HOTEL.,. 52— re7 OpToBER 14 1870. TH E HURON EXPOSTITOA. 6 The Death Ship. All day long we had been chasing sper- maceti whalers in company yith the ship. Lyra of Bristol. One of the boats succeed- ed in fastening to a whale, but ,the iron drew. The captain of the boat swore roundly, but that did not .meed the:matter. The whale passed under the boatr came alongside, tInew a crowd of thin spray over the oarsmen, from his spouthole, lifted his flukes high in the an, and went down- in the depthsof the sea. To atone, in some degree for their disap- pointment, the, two captains and mates held high revelry in our cavils that night. The liquor case was opeeed, they. -drank more than usnaI, and sang such songs as royster- ing seamen are wont to sing when merry. The night was very dark, as I well re- member,.and while our watch were nodding on the windlass after.the fatiguing labors of the clay, we were roused by loud and earnest talking on the quart deck. Four bells struck d it was, therefore, two o'clock in the morning. We overheard the captain of the Lyrae who spoke rasher thick, es he ob- served, "He must have seen you light at the gaff. What does it mean ? I did think Mr. Swain knew how to take care of a ship." These words were ,}s u ffi ci y explained when we heard the creakhag of cordage and yards, and the occasional flapping of a sail, like a ship laboring in a heavy sea -way. The sound denoted that a vessel of some kind must be near us, and that there was immi- nent danger of a smash up. We ran to the bulwarks and looked o'er the side, our eyes seeking in vain to penes, trate the gloom. The two captains and mates, aft, were, in a state of consternation. "Hard up the helm !" shouted both cap-. tains at once, "Hoy there, for'ad ! bundle aft here, and haul up the weather braces! Keep her off, you at the wheel !" " sve're clear of her now," said 1, the captain of the Lyra°, drawing a free breath;. " but I caidt conceive what Mr. Swain has been about all this time, when your light is shining, there like the morn-. jag star or the aurora borealis." " Asleep, no doubt," answered the mate •of the Lyra. " A pretty time to sleep," shouted his .captain, " when he's left in Charge of a ship, and the captain and first officer _are out of her !" shale don't understand it said the mate, g 1 is head. Did you leave the key of the case be- hind?" inquired our captain, laughing mer- rily. , Mr. Swain is not a drinking man," re- rbplied the captain of the Lyra; " butwhat astetales me is, that we heard the creaking of her yards in the slings as plain as you hear me now; and didn't see hercanvas." What's that?" cried our mate, pointing -direetly ahead of the ship. "Good heavens, she's running across our foie -foot now' exclaimed our captain. Every one looked ahead of the ship, and distinctly saw a cloud of canvass, lifre the sails of a ship, looming up white amid the I darkness,eind passing slowly athwart our prow, and so near to us that ono' might have thrown a biscuit on board of her, if, , indeed, what we saw were the sails of a vessel. "is he crazy v screamed the captain of the Lyra. " Trumpet—trunspet here !" cried the cap- tain. The steward brought up the trumpet; the captain seized it, and, running forward, sFang upon the knight -heads. , -'Lyra, ahoy !" cried he, through the transpet. es, Every one became as still as death and listened for a response. • No word came back from over the dark and heaving waters; but instantly we per- ceived that the strangdi was tacking ship. All the peculiar sounds of " doing about" were distinctly heard and noted; even to the letting go of the bowlines, and the hea- vy drop of coils upon the deck. "Won't, my second officer answer you ?' demanded the incensed captain of the Lyra " Gi' me the trumpet, and let's see if he'll refuse to answer sue." Having gone about, the stranger came sweeping across our hawse again—if possi- ble, nearer than before; and now not onlv the saiis, but the hull, white as snow, was The two captains looked each other in . the face. That is not 9117/ ship," said the captain of the Lyra, after a long pause. a death ship !" d Who spoke those words ?" demanded our captain, turning to the crew, who were all huddled together behindthe officers, with the exception (d. a moody individual, called Lockwood, who leaned against the try - works with folded arms, anit apparently ab- sorbed by iiia own reflections, No one answered ; but the crew - knew that the words came from the lips of Lock- wood. • The two captains stood watching the rays- -Le/lolls bark till she had gone far beyond ails, and was swallowed up in the darkness. "1 never saw such a ship as that be- fore," observed one of them, as they left the forecastle, and walked aft. "And why didn't we see her hull or her sails at first'?" demanded the other. "I would give a hundred' guineas to hear from home to-moirow,"•said our captain in a husky tone. He did hear from home on the very next day. At twelve o'clock we spoke the Gold- en Farmer, just from home, and the cap- tain of our ship received a letter, fastened, • with a. black seal, which conwed to hin the heartrending tidings that his young wife and new-born infant had taken their flight from home tegether, and that he was once more alone in the world. "The death ship!" cried he, striking his forehead witb the palm of his hand,, and sinking upon the transom. Thit this was not thz end. Two weeke afterwards, the captain's boat was knocked into the air by a whsle's flukes, and though every other man in the boat escaped injury, the captain was never heard of, afterwards. "The death ship !" said Lockwood,•when, on the next day, the first mate formally an- nouneed to the crew the death of the cap- tain, and himself as his successor. es**. Origin of the Marsellaise." There was at this time (1792) a young officei of artillery in the garrison at Straas. burg. His name was Rouget de Lisle. He was born in Lons le-Saulnier, in the Jura, a eountry of reveries and energies, as moun- tainous .regions always are. This young man loved war .as a soldier; the Revolution • as a thinker. By his verses and his music he enlightened the tediousness of the garri- son., 'Generally sought on account of his double talent as a musician. and a poet, he became a familiar visitor at the house of an Alsacian patriot, Dietrich, Mayor of Stras- bourg. The wife and daughters of Dietrich shared his enthusia.sism for patriotism a,nd revolution. They loved the Young officer. —They inspired his heart, his poetry, and his music, and, trusting to the early lisp- ings of his genius; they were the first to ex- ecute his scarcely expressed tilt:410th. It was in the winter of 1792 famine reigned at Strasbourg, the Dietrich family were ikor, and theirtable was frugal, but it was always hospitable to Rouget., One day when there was nothing on the boaid but some garrison bread and a few slices of ham, Dietrich, looling at De Lisfe with melancholly _calmness, said to him: "Abun- dance is wanting at ani banquet, but. what matters that when neither enthusiasisrn is wanting at c•ur civic feasts, nor courage in the hearts of our soldiers ? I have Still a - bottle of wine left in my cellar, let it be breught'up and, let us drink te liberty and our country. There will soon be a patriotic celebration at Strasbourg; may these last drops inspire De Lisle with one of.. those hymns which convey to the soul of the peo pie the intoxication from whence . they pro- ceed." •, The young girls applauded, brought in the wine, and filled the glasses of their aged fathe. and the young officer until the .1i- quor was exhausted. It was midnight. The night was cold. De Lisle was in a dreamy state ; his heart WOE? touched, his head was heated. The cold overpowered him, aitd he tottered into his lonely room slowly, seeking inspiration now in his pa- triotic soul,'noW in his harpsichord, some- times composing the air before the words, and sometimes the word. before air, and so combining them in his thoughts that he himself did not know whether the notes or the verse's came first, and that it was im- possible to Separate the poetry from the music Os the sentiment from the expression. He sang all and set down nothing. • Overeoweiecl with the sublime inspira- tion, De Lisle/Went to sleep on the liarpsi- chord, and did net wa.ke up until day. He recollected the song of the previous evening with a difficulty like that with which we recall the impression of a dream. He now set dowa the woi•ds and music, and ran with them to ietrich, whom be found in the garden. he wife and daughters of the old patriot had- not yet rised.—Dietrich awakened them, and invited sonie friends who were as passionately fond of music as himself, .and -were, capable of executing De Lisle's corn pOSiG1011. His eldest daughter played the accompaniment, while Roeget •sang. i At the first stanzas all faces turned pale, at the set:ond, tears ran down every cheek, • and at the last all the madness of enthusi- ism broke forth. Dietrich, his wife, his daughters, and the young officer fell weep- ing into each other's arms. The hymn of the country was found. It was, alas ! to be also the hymn of terror. A few months after warcls the unfortunate Dietrich went to the scaffold to the sound of, the notes which had had their origin on his own hearth, in the heart of .his friend, and in the voice of his children. • My Passengers. was a- coadnetor en the "through freight " on theft—a. and railroad. . I had the -night dame getting on at eight o'clock in the -evening, and making the'trip down and back in 12 hours. Ohe night in October of 1860, as 1 was at he station .waiting for my train, a coach drove up to the fieightshouse, and the driv- er, from his seat,•called to know if Jack Hanson was -there. I _answered to my name, and -stepped 'across the platform to the carriage. " Jack," said the driver, " here's a gen- tlentan and lady who want to go down with yow. -.They missed the train, and " in an undertone—" I thought perhaps you Would not mind taking. a few dollars." An elderly gentleman and a young lady now stepaed 'out of the coach. They were both well dressed, and had thaeninisistake- able air of good breeding _which can only be acquired by contact with refined society; but this fact do nC.t affect iny decision. ° "It is absolutely ttecesearysthatwe should go," said the gentleman, wken he beard my refusal. • "This young lady's mother lies at the point of death, and every moment of delay is an agony of suspense to her. know. the rules of the company, but Mr. S—" (naming the superintendent) Is a personal. friend, and will stand between you and all blame." -The young lady _had thrown aside her -veil, and the light from my- lantern reveal- ed a face of transcendent beauty. "You. will not refuse me" said she, in a low, rausicM voice, yet so sad -toned that I could not doubt the anguish in her heart. Of course I yielded; and within, half an hour my two passengers were seated in the caboose," and I had given the signal to "go ahead."' Our train was a long one, hut composed principally of "empties," going down for wheat, so we tattled along at a high rate of speed. The night was warm, and I had thrown open ene side door of the "caboose:" My two passengers occupied seats- near it, looking oat into the night; I lounged upon - a side -bench while the brakemen had gone upon ":deek." Supposing ray passen- gers would not care to talk, I did not seek to draw them into conversation. We rode for an hour or more in silence, arid 1 could not see that mypassengers spoke during the time. Then the gentle- man left his seat, and stepping to the door. looked .back over the road. "1 See that you have another train be hind," said he, in a clear, distinct voice. "Step this way, Maude, and you can see the light." The lady arose and went to his side, while I hastened to the rear door. for I eoeld.not believe a "wild" train.baci been put ,upon the road. To my surprise I saw no light, and was turning about to question the gen- tleman, when a piercing shriek rung through the car, ahnost stunning me with its shrill, rending tones.' I turned, and the sight that met my gaee froze me with horror. ' Struggling on the very threshold- of the open door, struggling with that strength • which desperation alone can give—strug- gling for life against the strength of her companion, was my lady passenger, - One little white hand grasping the iron handle of the door was her ouly defence, and how soon that might fail her ! I sprung forward and 8 ized her aim. At the same moment the manilost his footing, and fell headlong out of the door—into eternity. No—great heavens ! he still clung to the poor 'woman' a other arm with a death grip and biagged piteously for me to save him. But I could not help him. I could not loose my bold of the lady's arm even for a second, or they would both go to their death ; so, with every muscle aching with the continued strain, I held my grip, 'and closed my ears to his appeals, while the lady, with her eyes looking into mine, bore the agony with a smile upon her face. Thus we rode I knew net how long, and asked myself tills question whether I, striving for another's life, could hold out as long as one striving for his own life? I felt that I could, for I had the advantage; and again, that beautiful face so near my own, had become verysdear to me during that short season of peril. Two lives sgainst one! I would have died rather than yield. But the end came at last. Even love of life coutd not prolong human endurance be- yond a certain limit, and, with a shriek of mortal terror, the dangling wretch slipped his holcl: Simultaneously with his fall, was a: slight jar of the old caboose, and I knew that cue life was ended. , The moment I felt the weight give away, I drew the nowlinsensible form of the lady into the car. Then I staggered towards my lantern, but it was some moments before I had sufficient control over my arms to 'pick it up. I succeeded at last, and signalled to stop.—The boys came back, and I told them my story. We backed up a few miles, but failed to find the 'body. As 1 was running on close time, I could not delay, so we started on again and made the. down in safety.he T lady soon recovered from her swoon and made explanations. The man was her uncle, and as her mother was very sick, he had taken this method to get the daughter, Maude Castleton, out of the way that he might take the immense property.—His words to me were for the purpose '�f draw- ing my attention away for a moment while he pushed her out. Failiug, he yet strug- gled -to effect his design, with the result we have seen. •, I went with Maude to her home, and found Mrs. Castleton very sick indeed; but under her cratighter's care, she soon recaia ered. I suffered no inconvenience from that night's dventure, save a pail of etiff arms lot a few days and lost time during the in- vestigation. I was not only exonerated froth blame, but I was warmly commend- ed for my action. . The man's ibody was never found; from which -I infer that we were crossing a bridge •when he fell, ahd the water took him away. I will only add that a a lady, strongly 're- sembling my young passenger, is looking over my.'Shoulder as I write, and that she is known as "Maude Hanson," nee " Cas- tleton." , The Strasbourg Cathedral and Clock. One of the most lamentable results of the siege of Strasbourg, leving out of view the loss of human life, is the injury which the bombardment has inflicted on the noble cathedral ; and we nsay add, upon its won- derful astronomical clock. The vast cathe- dral, which. perhaps more than any other one thing, has made the name of Strasbourg celebrated, is considered one of the finest Gothic buildings in Europe. It was found- ed A. D. $01. The choir was built by Charlemagne, probably about A. D. 800— though its -Was not completed until 1439. The material of which the cathedral is built is a brown stone, obtained from a. quarry at Wass.ebonne in the valley cf Couronne, a few miles from Strasbourg. The architeet 'of the existing edifice was Erwin Von Stein- bach, of Baden: One John Huells cf Co- logne, was the architect of the peerless tower. We state these facts because they have never before been seen in print. Its height, 566 feet, surpasses St. Peter's, and is about equal to that of the Great Pyramid. The greater part of the entire structure was destroyed by lightning in 1007; and the restored edifice was begun in 10115; and completed in 1439. The cathedral is in every part richly decorated with sculptures, and the western front, rising to a height cf 230 feet,. is,..or was, particularly Pne with its wealth, of statues; ornamental carvings, and bas-reliefii. It has a circular. window 48 feet in diameter. The Prussian heavy artillery has made, it is said, a ruin of a part of the vast building. The astronomical cluck, the product of a German clockmaker, in about lhe year 1450, its a.rnarvel of ingenuity andliftechani- cal skia,. and has no counterpart.. It per- forms viot only ,.the ordinary service of a clock, but exhibits the days and months and the years.; the process of the seasons; the signs of the zodiac and the names and movements of the 'heavenly bodies. At each quarter of an hour an angel comes out and 'striltes one stroke on a bell; at every hour another angel comes out and strikes twice, and at 12; meridian, a figure of Christ appears, abcompanied by the twelve apostles, all of wham move round a central point and, pass in, out of sight, by another door; the stroke of 12 being:given,_ and a cock flaps his wings and crow is The cock is enormous in size, like evevything else connected, with the vast cathedral, and is invisiblefrom the outside street—the spec- tator passing through the ndve of the cathe- dral to see it. It has sufferedlfrom fire and violence before the preseet year, having been out of our repair and motionless sham - the vevolution of 1783, until 1852, when it was repaired by a watchmaker of Bas -Rhin and it has been in operation since. It is to be hoped that this ingenious piece of me- chanism has not peen irreparably injured by the present bombardment. The loss of the Strasbourg library—a vast colleetion of eight hundred thousand volumes, including many collection of rare and curious monkish parchments is total and irreparable. it can never be replace by, any collection hereafter made. It was the slow. result of a thousand years; and its destruction by fire, caused by the Prussian hot shot is like the burning of the Alexan drian library in this., that a great nuin,ber of the works destroyed no duplicates can never be obtained. THE FATE OF BATTLES—Napoleon III, is the seventh French sovereign deprived of his liberty by the fate of battles. Lois le Debonnaire, in 829, was confiried by his sons, with his second wife, Judith, in monastery. In 846, Charles the Bald wa Made prisoner by the revolted nOblea, John I. was made captive at the battle of Pole - tiers. He delivered up his sword to a Bel- gian knight, Denis de Moebecque. Louis XI, was forcibly conducted by Charles the Bold in the suite' of the Burgundian . • army, which was going to besiege the Liegeois, the King's own allies, Fran- cis I, was made .prisoner at the Battle of Pavia. Like King JOhn be gave up' his, sword to a Belgian, Count de Lannoyi, Viceroy of Naples. Lastly, Nolen I, surrendered t,wice, in 1814 and 18115. THE LODON Commercial College, AND Telegraphic Institute, Is the oldest and best knowi in the Dominion, and has furnished Principals and Professors for several of the opher\pommercial Schools. BOOK-KEEPING, By Single and Double Entry is taught on the im- proved and superior plan of ACTUAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS Thorough Instruction in Short Hand Writing and Talegtaphing, at reasonable rates. • For full information in regard to Forms, Courses of instruction, etc., address JONES BELL, 148— London, Ont. Go to the Best ! THE BRITISH AMERICAN AND BRYANT, STRATTON & ODELL, CONSOLIDATED BUSINESS COLLEGE, Now the largest; most extensive and complete BINES SUB OOL in the country. It has the largest staff of Teachers, the most practical and hest adapted business forms, and the best arranged and most commodious apartments. It is under the management of thorough busi- ness men fully alive to all the requirements of thebusiness Community. The advantages and facilities affordecl in this institution are unequalled in the country, and no young man should enter a business career avith- out fully availing himself of its benefits. 'We were awarded the First Prize in Business Pen.-- inanship At the late Provincial Exhibition at London. As this is the SIXTH consecutive year that wE have tak eri'this prize, we feel confident that there can be but one opinion as Where to go to learn to write., For specimens of writing, bank notes, circulars, &c., address ODELL & TROUT, 148— Toronto. M'GREGOR & SON, BOOKBINDERS, HULLETT ARE prepared to execute binding in every style. Persons residing at a distance by leaving their books at the Signal Book Store, Goderich, or at the EXPOS/TOR office, Seaforth, stating style may rely upon them being well bound. AT THE LOWEST PRICES • And returned without delay. SEA -FORTH AXING MILL, Sash, Door, and BLJN1) FACTORY THE Subscribers beg leave to thank'. their nu.- MMUS customers for the very liberal patron- age extended to them since commencing business' in Seaforth, and trust that they will be favored with a lontinuance of the same. Parties intending to build -would do well to give them a call, as they will continue to keep on haul a large Stock of all kinds of DRY PINE LUMBER, SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, SHINGLES, LATH, &G., Thev feel confident of giving satisfaction to those whomay favour them with their patronage, as none I:4d first class workmen are employed. agr.i'raticnlar attention paid to Custom Planing; BROADFOOT & GRAY. LUMBER! LUMBER MILL undersigned have on hand at their Mills, r. J. half a mile North from the Village of Ain- leptille, 500,000 feet of Good DRY PINE LUMBER, of the following different kinds; viz --inch, inch and a -half, and two inch, clear. A large lot, (over 100,000,) inch and a quarter, and inch and a hall flooring, both dressed and under- ; half inch siding, common boards and plank, 12, 14 and 16 feet long. Board and strip LATE, .311 of which Will be sold at reduced priees. They have lately added a fit -class planning machine, to their other machinery, and intend. keeping dressed lumber of all kinds constantly an, head. The public may zely upon beiiig able toprocure aay of the above articles of Lumber at their MiBs. so long as it is here adve-tised. Parties sending lumber to the mill can have it • dressed on the shortest notice and lowest possible • terms. • 1‘1,: & T. SMITH. Ainleyviile, Feb- 11, 1870. 114-tf CARD OF THANK.S. mHE undersigned desires to tendee his sincere thankitto the farmers of Huron and public generally, for the liberal patronage helms receiv-' ed since commencing the manufacture of Ploughs, etc., in Seaforth. . Having had seventeen years experience in the above business, he can with confidente recom- mend his 0 TT C31-' AS FIRST CLASS GENERAL PURPOSA PLOUGHS, AND OF LIGHT' DRAUGHT. 1 • Iron and wooden Ploughs with cast steel land - side and. mould. board constantly on hand, and made to order. ' - „GRAHAM WILLI A.MSON. Seaforth, August 26, 1870. THE SIGN' OF THE GOLDEN TUE subacriber begs to infonn tbe public tbathe as just received a great °variety of Sad- dles and TRUNK si- Which he is prepared to sell At Prices Almost Unparelleled. —0— COLLARS of every description, warrant ed not to hurt the horse's neck. o In the way of .1Iarness OF ALL KINDS, ' Ile is, as heretofore in a position to give his customers as goodvalue for their money as any othertestablishment in Ontario. Qualityof work andinaabteie. rial, employed, indis •. • put - ar SHOP OPPOSI KIDD (6 McMULKIN'S. JOHN.CAMPBELL. tf. Seaforth, Jan. 31. I810. 2 SEAFORTH SALT! COLEMAN & GOTTINLOCK TXT(?3.1LD RESPECTFULLY inform the pub- hc that they now h.ave, their SALT WORKS! AT EAEURTR! COMPLETED, AND ARE PREPARED TO RECEIVE AND FILL, ALL ORDF:RS FINE, COARSE COARSE AND LAND SALT. • TERMS CASH: Seaforth, Jan'y. 21 1870, 80-tf. Seaforth, Sept. 14th, 1870. 145-tf— X 0 411