The Altoona tribune. (Altoona, Pa.) 1856-19??, December 22, 1859, Image 1
L'lON, JPHIL- 1 v tpecuxl icd % affected I tHth Ptr the awful <le»trn\tion * ami thedeceptions lf of such disease* k r Consulting Burgeca. l iu;. to open a Dl«n«b! f di-.eaac*, In nil their atis, to all who Rpft, Y condition, {age, oeca. ■> M if extreme poverty V,e of coargtj It fa ' ommunda the highest nHi the moat approy. tie ir Animal Report h, express the hlgh*»t attended the labors of Stipermatorthtea nerrluen, Oleet, By’ ■m e. Ac., ami order a ensuing year. feel assured that !' lit effort hnyotbooii ally to the young, anj es. with renewedtial lists! cause, ’ ’ it.irrha-u, or Setninil nsturhut ion, or Self. 1 organs, hy the Con. ' ( 'r >’ of STAMPS, ( t ? on Urn nature and 1 "T-Vi i J lieingpnb. ' H ; to the 1 uiethwU oftreat . -li e of great value. i’aswiLSno?^ (Doc,g.i r . ! : i m m :ntin cook- GAS ASD SA VJJCO liich Li destined to ea LKL quickly foul regular H-'i» arises from this Teamed ero.lt can e*: as that unnloamot • consumed Inside of v-T of dues nr chim 'ie mortar loovetltdliy ■ nrc.invifedto call at •■"itir Temple, and ex shoemaker, < pir Stair Onmty. r Cooking and Km; [Aiirl 12,1856. GAZETTE.— ■ ami Criminals is in Jr uintnl throngbont ■•at Trials, Criminal I-' SOUll*, !■ igelher with ■t. to bo found in any si for six months, f« 00l write their names • I her reside 'plainly J VFSEIX *OO, At. Police Gazette. -Veio Tork Oily. vne’s ED UGE LLS. ;all the atten :de, and more dans of the e most popu re the public. Celebrated Pills. mend them as ut simply for ?qrts, viz.: lI%GE, ns from the Las also been le most satis- ious Animak PXLIB, , Complaints, m ents. Sick a cases of Ague, • it taking variably make ■v at dire. -- 1 above ipen arc Unrivaled, fail; when ad ,mce with vthe vd popularity victors. OTHERS, - , Pa. ;; •rug busip^Syj been success-- c last Twenty i ow give their attention to \nd beipgd®' vl’Lane’s id liver Edk ;cupy the )ld among the the day, the.y re ncit^P c uring the Be? 1 al, and com most thorough til orders to 1 ittsbnrgli, Pa* riiii'frumotl , crt^ t . pr.^roi . LMnz for ■ : u uiiiot J; ns'ftNT 1 i . McCRUH &iDERN, \ol. 4. TUK ALTOONA TRIBUNE. jIcCBUM 4k DfcßX PnMithew *n<l Proprietors. (payable invartoWy to advaaco,); $1,50 Ml , *ors dincjotiuucd at tlifl 'expiration-of Uio time [ii for IEIIMB or a»»*HIBDW. . 1 insertion 2 do. 3 do. , r |«99, » 24 ♦ $ 60 l<nir liaxl! ( s litre*,) 6® i l6 1 « , ‘ l 'T ',w - ) 100 160 200 *•* .. •• )■ tT 160 2-00 260 r " : " three \>eot* and load tUauthreo montlia, 26 cents per /,i«»re f« c tic!l luKlt ? 3 months. 6 mpntha. 1 year. „,u iS t 1 60 $3 00 $6 00 SI, HUM or . 260 400 700 On c«.iu«ro t ,4 00- 600 10 00 T" 0 , 6 00 8 00 12 00 ’J hreo l< AOO 10 00 ... 14 00 ““. v .10 00 14 00 20 00 Wf i 2 * ! 14 00 26 00 40 00 *»««»•« Notices, " 175 bjstUo year, three squares, nfth liberty to change, _ .... 1° 9° i>i, wlonal or Cardi. not wWodUjg S with, ratter, psr year, i 6 00 A.J'j- natations er a political characteror individual in t net iriU be charged according V> the above rates. tdrertbementa not marked with tha number of insertions Joiircd, will be continued till forbid and charged according , u the above terms. ‘ lt , ' , Uialnew notices five cent* per line.for every Insertion, obituary notice* exceeding ton linos, fifty, cent* a square. f , I, QOflS, U. D. DR S. GOOD & GEMMILL HAY ]NO entered ‘into Partnership in tho Practice of Medicine, respectfully! tender their services to the Public m ibe several branches of their Profession. kills will bo answered either day or night at their office _ «tiich is tin) some as heretofore occupied by lira, limit - Good,— or at the Logan House, "iprilrist, lS59&n ■ \V r . M. LLOYD & GO ; ' Altoona, pa., JOHNSTON, JACK & OCX, HOILWArSBURQ, {Late “ Bdl,Johnston, Jack 4 Co.”) Drafts on the Cities, and Sliver and Gold for sale. CoUectiejns laric. Moneys received ou deposits, payable on demand, without interest, or up6n time, iritb interest at loir rates, y.b. 3d. 1559. f ANDS ! LANDS ! I LANDS!!! 1 i The uuderslgnedjia prepared to locate LAND TVA'R RAXTS in tho Omah* and Nebraska City Land Offices;— deed selections con uOw.bo ipade-near the large streams .aid settlements. The) Lauds of this Territory, now in Marhot, tiro of the best quality. an, Selections --caroftilly made. Letters of inquiry ro uted. Alex. f. McKinney. Orexyous, Cans County, N. Tor. July U, 186a.-tf reterbwces: Bov. A. B. CLARK 1 , Alteona, Pa. IVa. 51. LnOTD * -pi, Bankers, Altoona, Pa. McCrux * DsnJtl'-Rditors. “ Taos. A. Scott, Bujt. P.B. R., “ I). UoUurtrie, Esq, Huntingdon, Pa. T D. LEET, ATTORNEY AT LAW fl » ALTOONA, BLAIR Co, Pa, #UI practice law in tho several Courts of Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Clearfield,. Centre and adjoining counties.— Also in tiro District Count of the United States. Collections of claims promptly attended to. Agent for ib.. said of Heal Estate, Bounty Land YTarrants, and all tasiaoss pertaining to conveyancing and the law. XlxrE&ucxs: Hon. Wilson McCantflet aad Andrew.Barke, Esq., Pitts burgh; Hon. Samuel A. Gilmore, Pres. IJudgo of Fayette J uJiclal District; HonJChouard Clemens, of Wheeling, Tag Ho* Henry D. Foster, Uyeonstjurg; lloiil John W. Kiltinger, Lebanon; Hon. Wm. A. Porter, Philadelphia; and Hon. diorgv P. Hamelton, Pittsburg. June 16, ISoO-ly. Dentistry.— dr. s. kimmell, OVKBATirS [«6 MECHANICAL DENTIST. Teeth inei-rleJ, from one to a full set, on Gold or Silver Plate. V Teeth filled with Gold, and,warranted for ten years. Teeth Extracted by the Electro Maghctie Machine witb- ct Pain. i All operations and Work done cheaper than anywhere «!»ir. the county, andl a deduction made,. of the railroad npeiuea from Altppnajtu Holliday aburg,, from all opera* him? amounting to five dollars and over. Office on Montgomery street, opposite the Exchange Hotel, Uullidaysburg, [Dec. 16,1858-ly ¥&. BOYERS, • ATTORNET d COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY, PA. Will practice in the peveral Courts of Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon and Indiana counties. Particular attention given.lo the collection of Claims, ■'•■l prompt remittances made. II" speaks tl>« Gorman language fluently. tj' Office, for the peccant, with J. M.Cherry, Esq., op pwite Kessler’s Drug Store. V Altoona. August 4,1»59. —tf . WM. S. BITTNER, DENTIST. afeice in The masonic tem * / PLE. Teeth extracted without pain by the Electro Magnetic Machine. [Dec. 23, 'oS.-tf 45“ A Student wanted. DR. WM. .R. FINLEY; RE- g Sl-ECTFULIW offers bis profesaionaljWMm services to the people bf Altoona and ; the eining country. BbHm He may be found at the office heretofore oc- wHSH copied by Dr. 6. D. Thomas. Altoona, Sept. 80, 1568.-tf ■ BF. ROYER, M. D., . • Offers his professional services to the citizens of Altoona and vicinity. l > The best of references can be given If required. Office at residence oh Uninch street, East Altoona, three Joarr above Conrad's Store. April 28 ’59-ly. A YES! 0 YES!—-GENTLEMEN \J draw nieh and bear. JOSEPH P. TROUT Announ ces to the public,'that ho Is ready to discharge his duty a» an Auctioneer whenever called upon. [Jan. 2 ’4O. <T. G; ADLUM, altoona, Blair county, pa. Can tt all times bo fotand At the store of J. B. HHeman. Altoona, October 1, ISfijT^ljr Rein Book gjtore. r PHE SUBSCRIBER HAS LATELY X opened a BOOK STORE next door to _s»gv_ »*corner of Firymfavand ylnnte streets, Old and Standard Authors, N’evo ’Publications, Lyhl Literature?. Periodicals and Staple and Fancy Stationery in largjfearieties. fei/ lew and yery ailect lot of SHBCTMUSIC.MHSIC iff and MUSICALINBTRUMKSTB. The citizens 61 ™ r ‘*respectfully imrlted to call. ; ■ v\-v' ytAIl orders attended to with promptness and dispatch. Altoona. Nor. 3,1869-tf , . H. SMITH. PLANING MILL & SASH MANU r-, FACTORY—Thij Bubscribar' woulif'iinhouhbb that -• ess removed his ' ‘ v : Planing; Mlii and Santa 91 sumfac {. . ‘ ' *; i r »to AltooMi, where he wilt continue to fill "or fetch o5 tte ?. d wnrit enlrastod to #Uh dea -111 ** 0,1 ,ot udjoiiitor AlUwn’s Steam Hui BMm 8Mm - r'• ■ CflOfl. MeAULBY. Mteona, Not. 17,185 p.—-tf O-USS Bxlo TO 20x24, £iO) CUT S P S7^P LES and EYE PREBER. ' fcr * o,c «* [I-tf.J , £ESgUUx’S. SAVING FUND. National TRUST Company., s. • SAVING FUND.- NATIONAL SAFETY TRUST COMPAKY.— CbaBTSUD bi iHJt Stats or . PKNNsnvAau. , „ RULES. I. Money is received every day, and In any amount, large .or small. , 2- Piv* pee cbbt. interest Is paid lor money from the day it Is put in. 3. The money is always paid,back in COLD, yrhenever It is called for, and without notice. 4. Money is received from Executors, Administrators, Guardians, and others who desire to have It in a place of perfect safety, and where interest can be obtained for it. 0. Tho money received from depositors is invested in Real Estate, Mortgages, Ground rests, and snch other first class securities as. the Charter directs.. j. x gkxxhl, u. v. C. Office Jloure-rEvory day from D till 6 o'clock, and ou Mondays aud Thursdays till 8 o’clock In the evening. HON. H. L. BENNER, President. ' ROBERT SELFKIDGE, Vico President. W. J. REED, Secretary. DIRECTORS. - Henry L. Benner, Francis Lhb, Edward L. Carter, T. Carroll Brbwstrr, Robert Seuridgb, Josrpb B. Barry, Samuel K. Ashton, Joseph YAkes, C. Lanbritb Mu.nnb, -Henry DirrENDiRFBR. Office,: Walnut Street, 8. W. Corner of Third St. Phila delphia. April 14th, ’5O-ly. Commonwealth Insurance Co., UNIONBUILDINGS, 3d STREET, pa. W R. BOYERS, AGENT, ALTOONA, BLAIR COSNTT, PA. Chartered Capital $300,000.' INSURE BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY against lews or Damage by Fire. Also against perils of the Sea, Inland Navigation And Transpor tation. DIRECTORS. J Simon Cameron, Geo Bergner, W F Murray, • Geo U Laurnaa, Benjamin Parke, F K Boos, William Duck, Wm U Kepner, Juo U Borryhill, Ell SUfer, A B Warford, Wm F Packer. ■ James Fox, OPPICBR S: SIMON CAMERON, President BENJ. PARKE, Tice President S. B. CARRIER, Secretary. Sept. 20,1859.-6 m * PENNSYLVANIA INSURANCE COMPANY, of Pittsburgh. W. R. BOYERS, AGENT, ALTOONA, PA. Capital and Eorpins over $160,0004)0. DIRECTORS: Jacob Painter, A A Carrier, Goo W Smith, Body Patterson, A J Jones, Wade Hampton, Henry Sproul, N Voeghtly, Robert Patrick, C A Colton, X Grier Sproul, Jos H Hopkins. This Company has paid losses from tho date of Its incor poration in 1864, up to May, 1860, to amount of $302336.07, Di additiouto regnlarisomi-nnnual Dividends of from 5 to 16 per cent., affording evidence of its Stability and useful ness. lasses Liberally Adjusted and Promptly Paid. A. A. Carrier, Prat. X. Grier Sproul, Scc'y. piTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Vy office, IXO SOUTH FOURTH STREET, P'll ILADELP H I A . ' W. H. BOYERS. AGENT, Altoona, Blair County, Pa. Coaster Perprual. Capital |200,000. OnaAMZKD 1861. Insures from Lott by Fin Household Goods, Buildings and Merchandize generally. Insures Lttes —During the Natural Life or forShortTerms. Inland Insurance —On Goods, by Canal, Lakes and Land Carriage. ROBERT PERRY, Pratt. H. K; Ricoakdsox, Pifcc Pratt. Gxo. C. Helmbold, Scc’y. [Sept. 20, *69-6m American Life Insurance and Trust Co* Capital Stock, $500,000, Company Building, Walnut St., S, E. comer of Fourth Vhila. W. R. BOYERS. AG’T, altoona, LIFE INSURANCE AT THE USUAL MUTUAL HATES, OR AT JOINT STOCK RATES, AT ABOUT 20 PER CENT. LESS, OR AT TOTAL AUSTIN ANCE KATES, THE LOW EST IN THE WORLD. A. WUXLLDIN, PreTt. J. C. SIMMS, Sufy. [Oct. 27th, 1869-ly. Blair county insurance AGENCY.—Hie undersigned, Agent of the Blair Comity Mutual Fire Insurance Company, is at all times ready to insure against loss or damage by fire, Rudd innt, Merchandise, Furniture and Property, of every des cription, in town or country, at as reasonable rates as any Company in the State. Office with Bell, Johnston, Jack A Co. J). I. CALDWELL, Jgeni. Jan. 27, ’59-tf Lycoming county mutual rote INSURANCE AGENCY.—The undersigned, agent of the Lycoming Mutual Fire Insurance Company, is at all times ready to insure against loss or damage by fire. BUOtifctp*, Jkreiumdite, Furniture and Ptmaiy ofeyenr deecriptton, in town or country, at as reasonable rates as any company in the State. Office in the Masonic Temple. Jan. 3, ’56-tf] JOHN SHOEMAKER, Agent. Great western insurance 1 AND TRUST COMPANY.—lnsurance on Beal or personal property will be effected on the most reasonable tc ™ s Altoona at his office In Anna St. March 17,1859. JOHN SHOEMAKER, Agent. TTNITED STATES LIFE INSU- Agency, Anna Street, Altoona. March 17.1859. JOHN SHOEMAKER, Agent. GO AL! GOA Lr—THE UNDER slgned would respectfully in- . . A form toe citizens of Altoona that heffCO token the Coalyard [ormorlygeaT* kept'by Jolm;ylUteon, and Ja prepar-'IBP WSr9 edre ftirnltoaU Jklnda of Coal at too tbbrtost nbtice and on too moat reasonable term*, tor cash or prompt month- J &riTiBw». ■- ■ ““**» \|"EDICATEO FOB CHEST PRO LUk tectqk a safe Shield against those Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, and other altbo th< : k nglt ? ««te from toe exposed state of the totttoa continual changes ofoux jClimato, tor Sale at toe Drag Store of G. W. KESSLER. TiTORE LIGHT! MORE LIGHT! jATA Just arrived at the store of A. Housh, a splendid tot pfaMo, 1, Cmbon Oil, wWeB he wfll sell ataiWpor qnyt also»lot of Carbon Oil Lamps of Jonto Patmt which'are warranted to be superior to any othcrklmh ; Altoona, Nor. 24,169-tf. ■ ''■-• • • • • t:e\ts preparation fob ex- JLi RATS, MICE, ROACHES, AHTS»«nd Ded-bugs without danger in Ua use under any circnmstan jeKftw site at toe Drug Store of Jan. 24, ’66-tf] - O. W. gmwr.wte T UMBER FOR SALE. - ? XJW.OOBBHINOX.es, > SO/XX) LATHES, ahdaU kinds of EUILWNO MA33R&&, lowest, for Cash. Apply to. JOHN SHOEMAKER, PURE WHITE LEAD AND ZING Paint, also Chrom*. Oreen.’YsHow, Part* Omn, Ary p gronpd oil at P-tf j r v .KEgSLHB’S SAFETY ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1859. |Mrg. A CttRISTMAS imur. AT TBZ LITE BOBSBI S. COBEAD.. Where, where; is hot Xhns spake the sages Who songht; their Saviour. from a&r; The King—the God—the Bock of Ages, Who hither Jed us with his atari Where lie the. King? But, star-forsaken, They searched the palace halls in vain 1 That Star of £(ope its light ires breaking O’er a low brut on Bethlehem’s plain. They saw—re/olcod—and knelt before him i And was it stronge-that thus.they hewed I When God’s own Star was beaming o’er him. And angel anthems hymn’d aloud I “To Ood be' glory 1" Spirit voices* In Hoaveu attuned, now thrill the earth } "And peace to man;” thus Heaven rejoicee Ovcr tho Man-God’s humble birth. Joy I For our orb’s eclipse 1* over! Joyf Earth grows green in Heaven’s own breath J With Faith around, and love above her, Hope to the hopeless—bliss to deathl •Toy I Jay / With angel voices ringing Over the earth, can earth be dead t Let praise, and prayer, and joy, upsprlnglngt Front a worjd saved, the glory spread) Joy ! For the fiuthful shall ,not perish! Christ lives to save, died to atone; Hut lot this truth each bosom cherish; Jit suoa the pure in hoot alone/ I WAIT FOR THEE. Ihc hearthls swept—the lire is bright, 1110 kettle' sings for tea; The cloth is {spread, the lamp is light. The mu®os smoko in napkins white, And now I wait fur thee. Come homo,Jove, come; thy nUk is done; The clock Ucks listiugly; Tho blinds ore shat, the curtain down, The arm-chair to tho tiro-si de drawn The boy is on my knee. - Como hosle, love, come; his deep fond eye Looks round him whiatfully; And when the whispering winds go by, As if thy welcome steps were nigh, '' He crows iaultingly. In vain—he finds the welcome vain. And torus his glance on mine So earnestly, thaf yet again, ' His form unto my heart I strain, That glitnee is so like thine. Thy task is done—we miss thoo here; Where’er thy footsteps roam, Ko heart Will spend such kindly cheer, Ko beating heart, no listening ear, Like those who wait thee homo. Ah, now along tho cross walk fast, The well known stop <loth come; The bolt is drawn, the gate is past, TH« boy la wild witlfjoy at last— A thousand welcomes home. IWetf lllkelkmi. LUKE BLAIR’S ESCOUSTER WITH A PACK OP WOLVES. “ God taro iperey upon ua!” This exckma tion was not more sadden than Startlingly ut tered, and sent the chills creeping from the leaping heart in pricking sensations over the skin. It was the first, time I had ever noticed such a tremor in the old squatter’s tones, or a manner which indicated that he ever felt fear. It was something Ufansuol, and with my own young pulse quickened, I watched the old man by the dim light of the fire. I had known Luke Blair—“ Old Luke,” as he was called—for ton years, and yet knew noth ing of his history. There was a mystery about him which none ever penetrated, and an eccen tricity of manner which gave his movements a peculiar interest to his rough, bat true-hearted comrades, fie spent his time in the woods, and never brought in anything but Wolves* scalps. ; There was a fierce burning look in his eye as he flung them upon the ground, and bo would sit forbears after one of his excursions with his head! bowed between his hands. As unsocial ps wap the squatter, he was respected by all who hSd.come in contact with him. Ho was brave to madness, and yet as cool in danger as in his camp.; Nor was there anything rough in his manners; on the contrary, there was an easy bearing,- which—almost elegance—bespoke a degree of education and refinement. And when he did speak his language was well cho isen. Blair-had other qualifications which won the respect of the i hardy spirits wound him. He was six feet Sh height, broad shouldered, full chested; and;form erect, and his limbs were .models ofsymetry and strength,; bur and board had growp unshorn since we had kpown him,. and .were thickly sprinkled with gray. But the forehead,: though darkly bronzed and deeply seamed, was; plmost massive, and the head of faultless mould. The eye was dork, lustrous, and, in excitement, of peculiar and.fascinating power, his neck was some sacred to ken, whijoh po eye had' seen, .and which he guarded;trlihiaj jealous care. There was some thing aboflttiia old man—bis commanding pres ence, his and his lonely habits and sad won my yOung heart, and I watched every 'opportunity of manifesting my jregsnd. j 1 had engaged him to guide the to the Mississippi, by way l of—Prairie. For several days we threaded the dense for ests which intervened, and under grant diffiool ties. The snow had fallen to an depth, the hold was flense, and tendered more intol erable j&y thefiercewind We were wartsiy dressed, bat there were tines [INDEPENDENT in eveeything.] when the weary frame began to feel the dreamy influence of the sleep which steals so fat ally over the senses. On the night in question we had turned aside to seek the shelter of a gtofe of small timber, and to find fuel for our fire.— l We had faced the blinding storm all day, and could hardly keep sufficiently awake to kindle the fire and secure wood for the night. We had just accomplished this when the hunter made the exclamation at the head of our story. 1 was awake at once, and the blood tinged through my chilled veins, for I knew that Luke Blair would not speak without cause.'• “ Hark 1” Tho word was ,bttt a whisper, but had a terri ble distinctness. His band had involuntarily sought bis rifle, and his head turned towards the woods. 1 heard nothing but the wild roar of the storm as it swept by. “ There ’tis again! Tlje devils are on olir track !’* and he clutched his knife handle with a steady grasp, and breathed hardly between .his nostrils. I heard the noise this time which had attracted his at tention befbre, swelling, as the storm lulled an instant, into a Wild,. protracted bowl, as from a thousand fished throats, clear, dismal, and wailing with that fearful tone which startles the boldest, even at their firesides. Blair turned, find os our eyes met, he slowly whispered, “ A pack of hungry wolves ! God have mercy upon us 1” A sickening sensation went like a flash to the heart, and then came burning thoughts of home, and again tile chills, os 1 thought of tho shelterless prairie and blinding snow. “ Again 1 the black devils are on our tracks!” As Blair spoke he laid his hand upon my arm, and with an expression of sadness which 1 can not forget, looked me steadily in the eye. There was a tremor of the lip which I had nev er seen before. It was not fear; I knew that; but some terrible remembrance or presentment which came over him with irresistible power.— “ The hour has come ! I knew it would—have felt it for days. Ido not fear death, but it is horrible to be hunted down in siioh a spot as this, and be tom to pieces by infernal devils.” His breath came thick and hissing through his clenched teeth, and his chest heaved with in tense emotion. “ Here,” said he, lifting the soiled string jjter his head, and taking a locket attached to it in his hand, “is the shadow Of one you never knew, but the original was once the light of my young life, and came with me to this territory when the world was bright with hope. I left her in the cabin one day, and went to my work as usual. '-She crossed tho valley and came where I was working. Wishing to fell the tree I was at work upon, I urged her to cross the log over the creek before dark, snd I would im mediately follow her. She had not been gone but a little time, when there burst up between mo and our cabin that long, freezing sound, the howl of a wolf. It was answered as if from a thousand throats up and down tho valley, until one wild, startling, unearthly howl swelled pn the still evening air. God, hdw that howl went to the soul! I reeled ifl utter weakness a mo ment, but soon rallied, and with the speed and energy of despair, rushed down tho path. 1 had reached the stream, and was upon the old trunk thrown across, when another and a dif ferent sound reached my ears. It seemed that my brain would burn into- ashes under tho fiery heat, and my heart burst from my bosom. That was the cry of my wife, a clear, wailing shriek of mental agony.” Blair dropped his head and throat his fingers into his ears, as if that terrible sound wap again ringing through the forest. A moment, and he hurriedly resumed; “I remember no more un til the morning broke, and the sun smiled through the trees upon the terrible scene. It was horrible ! The ground was torn and stain ed with dark spots where pools of blood had sunk away. Seven'long, black bodies lay around gashed by the axe, some of them glaring fierce ly as they fell, their tongues thrust out, and the white fangs gloaming fearfully in their open jaws. The axe itself lay within teach, red with blood its -entite length. My own arms wore also stained, and still damp. But, God of metoy! a worse sight than all this met my gose of returning consciousness. Tightly in my arms I was holding the head of my wife, her form barb and limbs torn into shreds.” The old man sobl&d convulsively, and wrung his bands until it seemed that the blood Wonld start from bis fingers. “ Coming!” Again, and ncarelffian before, the dismal howl rose above the atom.— The camp, fire burned dimly in the blinding storm of snow, and a sense of loneliness and ter ror came over the spirit darker than the sky overhead. “ Here, take this,” said Blair, as he handed me the locket, “and if you survive, ear ly it to , New York, and I will thank you. Boy, I am not afraid to die. Death will be rest and 1 shall see Maria. We must take to the tree. It is freeze, or death by the wolves.— Quick boy T Good bye.” I felt the hot tears drop on my bands as the old man pressed his lips upon it, and then pushed on towards the trees. We had need to be quick, for we bad hardly reached the branches when a score of long, globmy shadows shot out of the surrounding darkn&fc Mid sent up a ycll whioh went to the Apart colderthan the breath of the wintiy blast. They paidbut little Attention to the dim fire; and scenting their prey gathered in a shadowy circle beneath ns.' ■■ !;.!’.!■"■ .“Leah yepseW hoy, uud wiuujead jgax soul to.(Sod, for you will freeze, aad bette* rot p| thf than be tomty the devas.?*' “Its vt no use,” be' conticnrfj as the sonxlct bf our guns might reach th* Inmates of the eabinj /they 1 wouldnot bear ’em in thtj storm, and besides, I swear by ttys living Qod that I will send some of them to. h—ll before Idle.” Blair commenced bis deadly work, and as one of the wolves fell others fought and snarled, and gnashed their teeth over the horrid feast. Their teeth soiuded. like the smiting : df steel hpon steel. Still they howledmore fiercely asthe slaughter went da. “My feua is wet, and .will not go,” I heard Blair, matter with a curse.— ‘'Damn ’em, I’ll try them with the axe. My wildly uttered warning was too late, foras it swelled above the sounds below With unnatural strength. Blair leaped down with a shout of rftge and defiance, and with hia axe and knife fought the pack lace to face. I grew sick at heart as I watched with burning eye-balls the struggle through the darkness, t could see the black forms swarming around the trunk, where Blair had backed' up. After the first howl of joy, as it seemed to me, when Blair jumped down, tho wolves were less noisy. and apparent ly more wary,"for they seemed to realize that they had an enemy to deal with. I madly called to him, and muttered curses, &8 1 tried to untie the thongs with which I had lashed my self to the trunk. “Ifa ! ha ! glorious sport here, boy; another devil tho less I” and his ma niac laugh and shout came up scarcely less start ling than those of the wolves around him. I knew that he was mad: I could hear tho vico-liko jaws close constant ly aronud Blair, and now and then his axe sink with a heavy, crushing sound into some skull, and then all grew more dim; a delicious feeling of happiness crept over me; the sounds of the strife below died out, and sweet; dreams stole over me lihrlhe summer’s breath. The reports of our rifles bad reached the cabin; which, I af terwards learned, was not twenty rods from where we camped. Tho inmates, numbering some fourteen, by the addition Of emigrants who had stopped in the storm, came out with dogs and guns, and reached the sjppt but a mo ment too late. Blair had lodged his axe so deeply in the bead of a wolf that the corners re mained fast, and the others tore him down.— They wore literally shot down with their fangs holding to the tom flesh,, and his warm blood jetting over their, skins. The mottled body was snatched from them, and 1 cut down from the tree and carried to the fiabin. 1 was all winter recovering from; my injuries. The awakening from that dream of death was a terrible awakening, and I Buffered more than pen can describe. Blair was buried on the edge of the prairie, and when I left in the spring, the early flowers were already springing upon his grave. The old man jests sweetly under the shadow of the old oah. I carried the locket to Ua destination. The sister clutched it eagerly, and thafiked me, though her heart almost broke under the stroke. I remained in Now York through the summer, and in the autumn the sister returned with me to Prairie, and we built our cabin in sight of the brother’s grave. Tha oak is now dead and splintered, and the spot where he died densely covered with an undergrowth, whose vines shut out the daylight, and guard it even from the footfall of man or beast; Last week out dog brought out a skull, with the wide gash of an axe hit through the top. Quietly, and without knowledge of my wife, I went and toss ed the. memento into the thickest; growth of the place. —Daily TFfscomin, Vkat Tbub.—A Pittsburgh Judge in charging a jury recently. Used the following language with reference to ardent spirits and its doings : “Independent of its effects, individual, social, 1 moral, religious, and political; drink wields the club—brandishes the bowie-knife—hurts the ballet—nerves the burglar—inspires the thief, and kindles the torch of incendiary. It first maddens the tiger, and then unchains him.”, Jones, while recently engaged in split ting green wood at Memphis; itruck a false blow, causing the stick to fly tipi It struck him on the jaw, and knocked out a front tooth. “Ah,” said Bill, meeting him soon after, “ you had a dental operation performed I see.” “Yes,” replied the sufferer, ** axe-iden-tal 1” AST In Turkey, it is a law that no male child bora of any daughter of the Sul top shall be al lowed to live. This barbarous custom Is still in fujl forep at the Scrglioi and a son recently borp to the Sultana, toe wife of Da- was pitilessly strangled immediately after its birth. ' ■ r ? S&~ It is haul by some Yankee to be on «k -cellent plan .always to measure adman’s length before you kick him, tot it is better to bear an insult toon to make an unsuccessfU attempt at thrashing a fellow, and get your eye teeth knocked out. . * •» ' - H . . Men sometimes think that toe high dark cliffs of sorrow will darken toere stfeaxp of life forever; bat suddenly toe green and undulating meadows spread tor Away in pastoral beauty, apd- the daisies .bloom along toe banks .where thewiUows bang with bending gracefulness. ' I®* Whs cleverly says, hi poeof hi? sketch ed that a literary reputation is I to: be built at like the walls of a : fpr Wc^—and a smart he the other for saritinf ' EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS* Slogitljp Cltaost story* Moat ghost stone* sr* onlyfoolish and laugh* able V but this one Is certainly melancholy la th» ■< extretnel Within 1% fttat jiti the feople' of* tillage ltt ; atfwtemState became greatly excit«d by the alleged nightly appearance of a ghost inthe TiUegO- grateykNi. t«* Of them, indeed, had ' dated to see it* but some had} andthey* without making too fluniliar with it, had still nett it come and go, walk about, seat itaelf, &o.; and the statements of all those were too well adthett* ticated to be disregarded. YThat the few saw thf many believed* and the Vthole commtlnily soon became elicited ripon (he subject of this strange nightly visitation to the graves of the dead. Of course the ghost was in the Usual grate clothes* itt which, so ht atwa know, ghosts always appear* and it wasentirely regular in its hours—always arising among the tombs, at just midnight, and leaving st near eaf ly dawn! It had often been seen to Coke and go, passing over fences is its eohrae; bat no one had learned whence it came or whither it went. At length the matter from being the town talk bccarAe the town dread. Numerous individuals got excited, and superstitious ones grew exohed and melancholy and •taeitnrnJ people looked doubtingly at each other as they passed, in twl. light, and all contrived theit journeys at i that hour, so as not to approach th last resting-plaee of thiir departed friends. The growing dread at length WlitttO iitimtef able, and engaged all minds. There ohapoed to be in the village a youth of nineteen* from Wes-, tern New York, whose domestic education had carefully excluded all faith in supernatural agencies, and who, therefore, looked only io nd* tural causes for explanations of the events and occurrences of thia life. This youth resolved to fathom this mystery of the graveyard ghost He <fonad one associate, and the tw<i after nightfall secreted themselves among the tomhs to observe. Puumuallyj ts U»8 hour of twelve drew nigh, the ghost vhloi\ had caused so much dread, was seen approaching.— The .mooh was shining brightly, and the trhite robod object was seen most distinctly. Over 4 coming fences, it entered the gTatl-yard within' actual reach of the youths Who had set on foot the investigation, and as the tight fell fully ppen the face of the ghost, they recognised the well-known features of an acquaintance, who was then in her cariy widowhood. Her husband had recently bees buried thcre,andsodreadfnl bad been the shook that the reason of the vrifu had been dethroned, and she was ttpw a pander ing maniac. She saw not her observers* bdt seated herself, as was her wont, Upon, the grave of him whom she bad loved but too fondly. The two then approached tho unfortunate, and'ad dressed her in'kihdness. She knew themnot, but conversed freely with them, calling them angelsj and craving their protection. (She was in her night-clothes, and her wandering thus* through N the agony she bad suffered, and her nightly occupying this sad seat, bad Converted that poor mental wreck ,'of humanity into a ghost.' On this occasion she could oot be indu ced to abandon her post, and of necessity she was left there to complete the hour* ef that night’s pilgrimage; She is «mw m p hinatio asylum. i • ;"V- 7'' Qsxicb, Talkst a*d Clkvkb^s*.— (Senius rushes like a whirlwind—-talent marches’ like a cavalcade of heavy horns—clcvfcriiossskims like a swallow in the sUmme* evening,' with a sharp shrillnote aud a sadden itathrag. tfh«. man of genius dwells frith men and frilblfctuw I the man of talent in bis but the eiWer man dances here* butterfly in ft hurricane; striking every thiflgbui enjoyitig frothing, bat too light to be dashed "to pieces. The tnau of talent vHll attsek theories, the clever man will assail the indiVifinfti, und slander private character. The man of genius despises both, ho heeds none; he lives inhim self, shrouded in the consciousness of h(«ryjfu strength, ho interferes frith nttae* sfrjl walks forth ftti example that “ eagles fly Clever men write verses, men of taiefrtfrrite prose, bat the jneh of genius writes poetry 80U A country captain, desiring to cross a field catne to ait opening in the touch Urge cnengh to permit two pet*oina to pas# abieest. Unfortunately he vaa dedclent in thilltafy tac tics, andcould not, remember the ordef trhfch would bate accomplished. the difficult tack of filing through, hot hie ingenuity did dot deceit him, and therefore ordered a halt,- cud then mid i s “ Gentlemen, you afe dismissed for poo ininnto, wkefi you willfail in on t'other side of the fenCo.*’ * 9St* Jhefe\is dew in one flower and not in another, because one opens its edp and takes It in, while the other closes itself and th* drop runs off. God rains goodneSa and mercy MWide as the dew, and if wo lack them, it isbocap* Will not Open pnf hearts to ieceive them* * ■ “Peter," said a teacher to one of his pnpflf» *?yoij[ aip Such a bad boy, that you pro not fit-to ait in the company of good boys outim Wfich. Cothe up sit by inp, airl^ 4iflfc la the World , totiwihj »gwtw«tof»ppwc«*tioß ,/; |of ifc .•• ,7; v v» m ■y< '-f -v NO. 46. rz^^sms?