The Beaver Argus., May 20, 1868, Image 1

TIME BEAVE II AUG
8 PUBLISHED Ev . xix WED2 7 / 1 8D
1 In the old Amino building, on WIRD. BTNErt
lizoza, Et., at
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. bo furnhdted, to
wrippere, atftee CO* each. , •
Comind Edeattona, on enblocia of local or general In
terest arc ropoctfapy cottoned. To insure 'attention,
won at It& kind must invariably be acconiptuded by
the nettle of the author, not for:publlcidlon,. u
peranty against hnpoettion... •
Lettero and corandtuloattons should bonddressed to
IT.'WELYAN.I?, Ea:or Le I?;:opiiefor.
C . ;A. Doarme,
fANUFACTUILER (11", AND DEALER Llg,
kluch4 of CWAUS ‘ TonAerOK 81“7/78, .pc. c..=
Priem. 1110dt:rata Dotty: Quick 'mica and small praitti,
Shop ua Ulu corusr, nearly opposite the . Past elllca.
•Iltuver, Pa. 013.17,4,74
l ilt. C. 110AADMAN
110310.EOPA.THIST. ' ' '
would respectfully announce to the clip a s of Beit
m fl
a rld,,seaulr, Rochester. nu& Ylcinit , Mhe haa
10C:Ilell In Mayer, for the practice (Atha toureepigh.
i c ,yetein of tividlClne. 0111C1i In "National Hotel. ..
marla'a,:mos. • 1 I -
FRANK; WILSON,
A,TTOItNEY AT- ~! AW.
I;L VEIZ, P E N 14!
ON 80- STREET, nool LATELY
OFFICE,
occupied by JutlgO &dams aJ a store room.
npriSQ,:bnesg.
Watch *aim , and Jeweller,
Third Street, Beaver,• • Penn'a.,
(In room adjoining Union Hotel.)
Gold Irafclles and chronometers repaired and war
:suited.
no patriikusgo ;01 the public 18 twitched, and
E:tUttailtai guaranteed. Give na a trial.
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Henry /Lap
E %LER IN ALL KINDS OF
JU_
VIMFUNTIrr' 11:74FUM
drat, utir'e t 4 Plazelfizetory,
• ROCHESTER, PA.
'JENNE LARGEST STOCK IN BEAVER COUNTY
,%.er4antly vu had, eullilug ut the very kokest
or.n lit:tr. • u, '
Law Partnership.
J. 111.'CUNNINGIE1111, E. E. EXIIN.
GITY_YLV://.1.1td; KU/L I T.
11. 6 a sr'',t am -vv.
oFFIOE, THIRD ST.,
BEAVER, PA.
nixf; 7:ly
1)1{6. MAIIQUIS GUNNINGLI43I,
PIZACTICINef 3 .IIYSICIAICS,
OeIIESTER, l'A.
(o, — uatco two doo:i3 cast of .lukeu re HOtal
Prompt att,ntion ohr6 to all '•
WEED STIVING MACHINES
, RN NOV ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL TUAT
I I. use theta, to be the beet in use ; will periMm
yin a t e ,. of work titan any other machine, either
foto Or hem' cewnicr;• 10, , et n etrai,fht blunt ticedie;
tnaloF a et ich e on bmlisidoe..
PlLue call at the /1:411I1CV out 11e theta at li . or
• FS 0 Ile G 14
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I:EEVES'III.OMii
Nmir Ilutowroar.
[nuu-.2.5%7:
Agent for Mater Cotnity
'k tliti o it'. , ;
. 3 o Ijiis.-o_i..
Int 4.WIINTG St' PAT NTING..
11Fd‘NICAL DRANVINtiti. MAPS. D
iorSizetetws of liltkodod Stock, and
lo order, Laudecuixie and portraits on
Culins ue Cm yon.Oltulatutes copied to nny.size.,Tto
tegraptis teethed in India Ink .or ill Colore, IVator or
Pep- nsteloNl to UnLrtie. nun end medicinal
nr 4.inn I Wien , and studio. in Wynws
l!• . e•te.t of national laud
f•-r • :.••i•la.ite.
) It
liorneop3thic Physicians & StfegeVxis.
Tii El ei'IIOI , I%.;ISIONA
1 t.. and • OCie hi
- orher or Diamond. liochci•ter.
inlmition Olen to surgery mid chronic
ca% he had at ally timo
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13. i-liirst,
Notary Public, ConveYa .
ana Insurance Ag.ent.
iv, IZIT+EN AND
111 ( 11 '1 1 1V.1 - /.14111 1 (.1 +t,4 Arcut for Fevcr
• i!.-wr..:.ce represunting the
'.• • .0 , . vtol Livo Stork:Dektrtini As,
n-ki , anti •.% rift polivit, on the niort
A • . 1, , . f”i the "Avelliir Lim." or first class
t ,, , r ~..,,, .; -. 'I il k(st.; • , 41111 to m (rim, unlit (r unlit t. , ,,, iii
1.t. , 1 ,, ,, i ', laud. :•cottal , (l, Germany alidTraric ;
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,(':.:. Itl 1...:.:', L::.;: ro,r, Diamond, ItocheEte , Pa.
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SPRING A ED= SUMMER
G OoD.S r
PEGS LEAVE TO INI;ORST
a )1 . : t!..d,iu! ;M. gent ally thnt he has
,;.,e1: of gods of the InteA
I,l' • ;• a.,1 P1111:111( : : : WI:IIr,..WhIC:II
"111: al 1,..ry - moemite rates.
FI . ILI`!. I GOODS,
ct)N,T ANT LY UN LUND.
iu:id e to ordvr oa the 14hortest pofsible
ME
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1. i.
I 1 ti k
' 0 Ow 1 011 6' fur past favors, I ho r by
lua to tAothesb to merit a continua: 0 of
is :~n
tie
I).lti Ef, MILLER,
NeIDGE ItielbGEW.47l74 .
ifl Falrban I: s Standard Scales
i. BAGGAGE luilltOWS,
XO4O ~..
4 41
..WAIZEIJoUsE TICYCKS.
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ri)PYING PREIiSES, sc. FA. I RBA NKS, MORSE & CO.,
C ruler
.AVolul L Second SOL,
PITTs111:1;011, PA. .-
r,r att., I:INDS, ALSO
iv" It.• 4•rr , dnl 10 Irly only % &maim Seale. Ro
poooptly. IparZ.VG , :3lll.
a A W 1 7 6 H,
• it & CO
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IMP'IRTEUS DEAIJ:RB Iv
I LIRD,WAriE & CUTLERY,
Ltherty art St. Clair stras,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
WifnAq. NOW ON BAND A VERY LARGE
end cu a It to uksortont of Hardware and Agri
we are nt New
; -
ott..red to Country Ncra.anta
examine our steel:.
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ORD of tie Largest & Most Successful
WIIOI,ESALE lIAT 1101ISES
/6 th0." 1 .! , xteli-ive anti rellAbie House of
ylemining,
O. 139 Wood Street,
PITTSBURGH, P
) 1.1 1; ( 10 1.1 \S' ILL BE SOLD AT tASTERN I'lll
---: I,v f.atid t eiouptire lu exteht and
t) %%int nria, - huit‘ea In New York. Tha
iiece reinioh et Men end Boys Fur and Wool
`,lli, Cunlinere Men and Boyd Cape, Men,
PLIP And Straw Paluuleaf Unix, iihn
-o'lloo,l4.Suitowee, .I.laLA,*.fitomed
niatrltutued. Country MtrClialltes aze. Invited to cal
4 : ll e . .arteue ora Stock. • i rmw2l"67:lY.
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VA. - .504T0.._ 20.;
ROOFING SLATE
TWINCITY SLANE MINN G
AND
mithiteryinria coma: wit .
0'.!.. rumen; 8. U. Anornson; J. 1.4
.President; Zteereicerp. - Superintendent. '
''OFFICE,
No: 43 Seventh Street, PittOlter, Pa.
• ' et?
Iv is believed that the time has come in the proves's
of American architecture, when tho -question Orio
longer be asked. "What shall we use "for' rooting r.
but, "Wutnu' ems wts orrrars Tux BEST StAvg."--
Obleicountries have long :since established the fact,
that no material is so well adapted, and so turabia, SS
Slate ibr covering buildings. Two obstaeles to its
general Use in this country havo existed heretofore :
first, the transition character of society, which - is
necessarily opposed le permanence in arehlteeture
and socoud, the great abtutdana and low price of lam
ber. The first impediment is, rapidly yielding to Unto
and riper ideal's on the subject of building, and the oth
er must soon give away to the scarcity and advancing
price of lumber suitable for roofing purposes.
We submit a few leading advantages of is Slate root
It is superior to every other in appearance.
It Is' easily put on.
It saves insurance.
It Liflre'prooll
It Is intperlattsple.
The Twin City Slate Company's Mines are in North
ampton County, Pcnn'a. The Slate is a beriutifnl
dark blue, unchangeable in color, splits In perfectly
smooth plates of any size required, and hardens stead
ily by exposure to the atmosphere. ,No Slate in the
United Status is superior to it,in all the qualities cesen
tial to a good roof. and we think but little equal to it.
It Is fitruithedl at the yard in Pittsburgh, at'the , ratt of
512.00 a square (one hunthod square feet), which with
expellee of laying, will ?ad about 25 per cent. to the
coat of a shingle roof at present prices.
SaMples of Slate may be seen, and orders I tat the
other of A. T Shalicabergere, - , CO., Itoche,ter. Pa.
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Parties at a distance, can address J. S. Nei layer,
No. 44 Seventh 'street, l'ittaurgh, Ira .
' marl'B63:e.m.
irt. 0
v. FIRST PREMIUM 46.
A.. * Or mi Silver 'Medal
WAS Al/ASA:OM TO
BARRETT'S RAI&RESTORATIVE
the N. IL Mato Airrieft tral Boilely. a$ •
1 4 11l Fair, boll= haaftua, Strt.
Zll4.liltETT'Bl
K . ;
.Vegetable . ,
b Hair Restorative'
Restores Gray Dar to its Natural Color t pro-
Motes the growth of tho [lair t changes the aka
rants to ttl original organic salon t eradi
cates Dandruff and ; Damon t Intwente
•, Bair Wining out t is a en perior Drooling.
Umtata' no injutious ingredients,
and Is the meet popular and Tell- A 6.
able artkle throughout the
E , ••t, Wtstt, North. and ' V
41 4 1, . South. Vt. .
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, a. R. CAROM el, CO., Proprietem,
NaIICILEOT.E33. U. Ir.
Sold by J. Moon!, 'leaver, Pa., and all Draggfats
and polders In Afedlcibez.
S E E R'S
Port Gripe Wine
Used by Ilandredthot Canßrbß
Chitral or Comininzion Purposes.
ALSO
Excr LLENT POII LtnlE. D tALLT 1401 POD
I 'it.
NMI
VINEYARDS, NEW. JERSEY
S peer's Port Grape Wine
FOUR YEARS OLD
This Justly c , lebrated native Wine Is made from
theictice ths Oporto Grape, raited iu this country.
Its invaluable. .
TONIC AND STRENGTHENING PROPERTIES
are unsurpassed by 'any other native Wine. •Being
the pure juice of the grape, produced under Air.
Speer's personal ua. purity and genuine
ness are guaranteed. The youngest child may par
.take of Its generouaqualities, and the weakest inva
lid may toe it to advantage. It 1.4 particularly bene
ficial to the aged and debilitated, and suited to the
various nil:tit:Up that afflict the wealter tsei. It id in
every respect.
A WINE TO BE RELIED ON.
Invalids use Speer's Port Grape Wine.
Females use Specee Port Grape Wipe.
Weakly persons lind a benefit by its use.
Speer's Wines in Hospitals are preferred to other
15'hwo. -
Bold by Druggists and Grocers.
A Speer's Nine vard New Jersey. Office, No, 22
Broadway, New York. , [octld'fitly.
The trade supplied by Johnson. Nonoway Cow
den, and French Richards as Co., in Philadelphia, and
by Geo. A. 1:Celly, and Fahuestock's in Pittsburgh,
to.d other Wholesale Dealers.
CLOOD,NEWS FOR ALL THOSE WUO
Vf sniTer from disease of Liver and Stomactisuch
as Ditiousnera, Sick Ileadacho, Cohattpation, Water
brash, Sour Stomach, Dvapepsla. &c.
DOLLINGNIt'S IttADACILE AND A.NTI-BIL-
- - -
lOUS PILLS
Are the most perfect remedy, ever brought before the
public, fur all diseases-of the Liver and Stomach.
They act Its. a CATHARTIC without weakening !the
Stomach or Bowels, but on the contrary give to tone
those organs, driving away all Melancholy Feelings,
Infusing new Life and Vigor into the System.
For sale by all Druggists and
_Country -Merchants,
throughout the Country.
HENDERSON' S BriO'S., 266-Liberty St., Pitts;
l'a., Wholes:ale-Agents.
IRON" CITY BELT WORK.
Geo. 01. Clarke: &
409 Liberty st,
. (Orrosyri Union br.POT,Y
PITTSBURGH, PA.
mamifacturtra •pf . liztent Stretched, Cuncnted and
Oak-Tanned L ether Belting, •
aLsO, AGE= roe rxr NT LACING LEArINN.
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REFER I NOES.
'F. Perkin*, Agt. Pitts. o. and Car Werke, ,
A. French, 'upt. Pius. Ca t §p4el Spring Co
Wm. It. Porter , Supt. Pitt . Forve and Iron Cp.,
Moats. Martin, Bricked Ch., Pittsburgh,
Messrs. Linilan .leCnt •heon, Pittsburgh,
A. A. Barker, L' q., Elam. burn.. Pa.
J. LP. 2iteAlister. ha() •
Mears. W. M. Faber ~ flue. Pe.
J. It. Limbuiy, Eau., l'ittal urgb, Pa.
Ueo. J. !Codgers, Egg.,
..Seburz;,
Orderslicsver, ully bulk:hod.
nprreagy "•" •
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Beaver Pi
EDUtATIOO,AL COLUMN
G. L. EBERHART.. Editor.,
• .11KILITER. - Illay 00. 1868.
tio.iccili*toricATl.Oks FOR VIM DE Ml:pill=
OF TILE, PAPER, pita. liE ADOO.P.SSED TO
0. L.- EDEltir AltTi ItiW 11100.UT025, PA.]
Wm , is it that the Climate of the .British
Isles Isla mild as that of Pennsylv i ania, *Lilt
•in the same latitude on the continent of North
America we find the ground always covered
with snow ?
The mildness of the climate of the • British
Isles is owinglto the warm WAG:m*l'ot the Gulf
Streams Disconnect North and South Amer
ica 'by an extension west of the Caribbean
Sea, or the Gulf of Mexico, so that the Gulf
Stream would flow into tho . Pacific, and the
climate of the British Isles would then no
longer be mild and moist, but would become
bleak and barren, like that of the coasts of
Labrador and-New Foundiand,; whiCh lie be
tween the same parallels.'
„It may be a query in the minds of some,
how the cliticonnection of North and South
America could affect the climate of the British
Isles. It is well known to those who are se-.
quainteAl with Oceanic movements that theie
are great currents which flow as constantly
in one direction .as do the waters of the great
3llssisslppl. There is one known as the great
Equatorial. Current , of the Atlantic, which
moves westerly across the Atlantic until it
reaches Cape St. Roque, in Brazil ; here, by
the peculiar - shape of the land, it is divided
into two branches. The principle branch
takes a north-westerly direction and passes
through the'Caribbean Sea, and by the shape
of the land It Is made to sweep around the
Gulf of Mexico ; and passing!between Florida
and Cuba,it flows on in a. north-easterly al
reetion, having assumed the name of the Gulf
Stream. Plainly.the same agent that caused
it to flow in a westerly direction, while near
the equator, would have continued it in the
'same direction had its course not been inter
cepted by the Istlimi l is of Panama. Is It not
evident from what has been stated, that,. If
North and South America were separated
(and they are only joined by a narrow
of !and)• the cause by which the Gulf SU,
is math: to send out its warm waters ore
Atlantic would be removed?
What would follow
The prosperity of much of Europe
be blighted as the inevitable result. A.
reason forst difference of cllmatelus
tso • rills)
is t4l_49,l_re Ak:o s l4*Veimivel*
"Cliiiifiabrador, by Which the cold is
Intensified. But, Mr. tditrir, we think in
answering queries or solving problems for
your column, there can be no improprietr in
offering any sitegestioni which may prove of
benefit to the reader.
This earth, wan created, was 'created and
fitted for the abode of man ; all has been wise
ly planned to conduce to his happiness.—
Every current in) the mighty 'ocean, every
I
mountain by wh , ch the surface of the. land
is diversifietVevery river coursing its nay to
the sea, lends its aid to fitting this world fur
the habitation of man...ty the currents of
I.IM ocean there is kept Ii a constant inter
change of the Is at ers of the Pular and Equiv,
torial regions. Wee the warm waters of the
i
Equatorial regions ri of turned to the North,
l w
the Polar waters,o open, would be con
tinually filled with ice. Likewise the cold I
currents of tho North bear their waters to
hot countries, and greatly modify the Intense
heat of those regions, and thereby remove the
cause of pestilence and disease. And it is a
fact WO thy of note that most of the high
s mouuti us of the world arc to be found in the
hot reg ons of the earth, where they stand as
great r ifringerators, lending their cooling and
benign influence, by rending cool breezes
from th .‘' snow clad summits and cau sing
the rain to fall . fiaore profusely to water that
which o 'herwise would be dried and parched
from th I absence of rain. And it is known
to all o arc observing; that rivers add to'
the pro •erity.and , civilization of countries:
The gre ter the fiteilities foi communication
and inte -conic anication the more rapid the
gtowth fa country in wealth and civiliza
tion; h nez livers, canals and railroads pro-
mote tho welfare of any nation.
Now" he Mere knowledge of the existence
of oceAn currents, or mountains, or rivers
will not greatly interest pupils; and this alone
is not , the' way to teach.. By such a course
you will starve your Pupils intellectually;
while just beyond their vision lie fountains of
undiscovered truths. The faithful and com
petent teacher will direct attention to the
.wonderflil changes effected by these agents
upon the , civil and socialconditions of the in
habitaats in different countries. By this
course he powers of observation and reason
lag will be ineteased; the pupil will be in
duced to look abroad ; become strong and
original in tliought,lwill dare to search for
truth outside and indepently of text-book and
instructors; in short much of the object of
Study b l y this emit - so will be attained.
Problems. ~
. No. I.What equal annual, payments will
L
in 8 yea pay principal and interest of $5OO,
at 6 per cent ?, •
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• No. if, - A man sold '2 watches for $2 ;
on the first he lost 20 per cent, and on.tho , --
cal lle gained 25 per cent; did he gain or
lose? and _ howmuch, if four-fifths of what ho
paidlor the first equalled 4wo-thh i ds o 1 the
cost of tho second watch?
.No. 3. Sold a pouell e to A for one-fourth
morn than it cost, and he sold it for $O, which
was two-fifths less than it cost him; whadid
it Cost me? ;,
Qupry, .•
Are verbs in the pative vicc_transitive or
iniranslice io such sezteaces h 3 "The glass wa: s
broken by John ","
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for. his pmil
dopers ra
bls query;
any one it
iguoran; . el
property.
FTTA
An imp,nst
strange iombr
sons; of
thorn Intel-
were antic
cony of thi
the fashion!
ml of inn sl
of Indepeni.
The, 'grew
August.eveni
tumaL The
deep with r
of sink -61
inns la"
from
not vv
=reek
shact - tla
Tiers ait
.stcp,
at a 'attest
Would haveltit silent as ;a cemetery
but for the n;ild._ Acking laughter that arose
from tho balccerci,"*;here the Chattahoochie
(or Death's Head}rub was holding its night
ly revel: • The lattetter was an exasperated
laughter, loud, tipsy;deflant, taunting and in
solent—the sort otiaughter that would have
MR( e a high spirited man passing by, slip his
band to Ids swoogend look up to see from
whence the Jarri egtontid some.. •
A sudden gleam+ of light through the open
folding doors of mintier rovn, that showed
the dining room dud sanctum Of the Duel
ists' Club ready f Y their reception, seemed
to act, as a mute sial for the men to return
for more wine. snit.. 'illy more round the
chairman. The. room was decorated in a
way that could ordy - have_ been carried ' out
by men of wealtlOyho - had grafted on their
natural
,vicqt- the mOrbil farouth, and fantas
tic extravagance plittliar at that time to Span.
ish and French vehmtuancs in the West In- ,
dies. Pleasure anVong these men had. none '
of the Prenehoiyfety about it. They were
wanton; arrognnt,lathless, quarrtisome and
of6rbearing,consperia of being the dread of
half Georgia andpiond-of the tear they had
excited.,
WOL appeal mt iy
theatrical, flt only to alarm persons. whose
blood could be chilled by the sham horrors
of Mrs. liadcliff's romance.
The room was hung with black 'cloth, on
which Was worked in silver thread all the
names of persons who had Him by the sword
or pistol of its members, and the date of each
death.' iOvcr the mantlepiece Was a large
star compo.4ed of death's head,mmithes, and a
long rack ftill of swords andi‘vlitindied
pistols; each looked in its place like the fa
vorite cues in a billiard room. The cups were
human skulls, lined with silver, in the man
ner ByrOn afterwards perpetrated inEngland;
and a bleached skull projected from the ghast
ly pinnacle of the black dins That spread
above the chairman's seat. Everything that
could be black was black, hut the chairs, and
they were covered with red velvetin a way
to horribly remind one of State edffinS.
neside every group of Wine cups lay a pis
tol, to be employed in case of an immediate
dad springing up from any sudden disagree
ment between two members. It was nd won
del that exaggerated reports of the mysteri
ous and I unhallowed orgies of these young
rakes hid invested their meetings with an at
mosphere of almost supernatural horror.-- ,
The voice of those troubled tiMo was as de::
flant and reckless as it was heartless and
cruel.
Two members of the club, morelazy:more
drunken, or more contemplative than the
others, remained in the out-room leaning
over the balcony, watching the night darken
down the streets, where the fitful lamps now:
grew momentarily brighter; the one a dark,.
handlome young fellow, with Cold': keen eyes
and melign month, was rapping the hacony
rail with" his sword hilt ; the other a red,
flushed:swaggering, dissolute looking old-of
ficer, whose bloodshot eyes seenied - staring
out of his hoed, was carfully shuffling a pack
of cards with the practiced air of an-Inveter
ate gainbler. Heated with wine the two rev
ellers seemed to bathe themselves in the cool
evening air that blew fresh from the river.—
It had been a burning day,and the yery house
seemed ; calmly enjoying the viol twilight
breeze.. . .
All at once there was a sound ',of wheeli,
a furious creek of whips, loud as pistol ihots,
and a large dusty travelling carriage swept
around the corner of IBroad street. It was
drawn by four foaming black horses,, and the
two negro postillions,' who shoutedi at the
tired animals to urge them on, were ',dressed
in showy scarlet and yellow jacketi. The ve
hicle drew up at the door of the' Muscogeo
Hotel.
The carriage door instantly opened, and
out stepped a tall, gaunt officer 'in French
uniform, who handed out his travelling com
panion.' The lady, evidently his danahter,
r
was a young girl about eighteen, ea ai.ileau
ty of the rarest and most perfect type. She
was dreasgd in black ; and that sombre color,
so jtartng' with youth, seemed only* to spir
itualize the tender beauty of her Ince andel°
delicate symmetry of her form. I
"Clisson, it's that Colonel's datightei yen
made love to in Guadaloupe l" said the elder
of the men in the balcony. "May I never
sweep the board again if itisn't Miss Dolores
Massard 0 you - lucky dog. Egad, you
must propose to her again ; it sheSvon't have
you, carry her off, and we'll stand you."
"You are right, Johnson, it is `Dolores,"
said the younger man, leaning' eagerly over
the balcony . "Yes, it is; how beautiful she
looks!: And there's that sour I beggar of a
father,whom the general would Pa let me
fight with, though he refused me Tolores.—
Now have my revenge. He shall fight me
now or give . Me Delores's hand. I know
that she loves me—l know that—'l.
"The Colonel refused to fight Members of
our elqb, at l Gtutdideppe," said the other sav
agely.: He called us gamblers and assassins;
but we'll try himnow. Here, young man,
come here."
Chston and Johnson ran into, the other
room. ; The elder explained matters; the
younger laid down his cruel scholia° in a few
hasty ,sentences.
."The fighting mbnAersorthe night has a
right to a kiss from every, lady that enters
141 Se. He must &maid hits! right—he
ace no point in'
byliiO3 that
grurnar:can
aapdens, of
iTe var4w, on;y.
=AD CLUB.
' Savannah, that
actrcia'; eight men,
plantere, four of
the IN:cst
,andy the 'hal-
Also, in Bay street ;
he city, at the per'-
. preceding the war
y
Awn city was that
tad more ;silent than
unpaved Street: were
tt muffled 'the wheels
ens and that of the
)1 rice, just arrived
tong avenues of 'that
the Pride 'of
-not a twig stirred to
Ithed in their sleep.
dozed upon a door-.
some gossip by stealth
deed the whole city
<Po,
IMINIM
y, Ma,y' 20 1868.
will be refused '; ' he lutist then ftirce his
' claims and fight the ColoneL , 'shall proceed
to interfere to carry out a certain plan of my
own against the lady, but that is .nothing to
any of you. If the colonel' wounds the man
if the night, thaliiist member in rotation
fights him. He will not pass: two of mi.--
Johnson's lunge at. the arm-pit is pretty sure.
I killed' a num last week ; lam the last on
the list now. You know Ido not fear fight
ing, but we musttake our turns. You ligve
all sworn to carry out the schemes of any of
Your brother members.' -
'We are ready,', cried the men.
The fighting member—the bravo on the
balcony—hesitated a moment as he took down
his cocked hat and sword iron' the nali,--he
•
hind the door. '
I have taken rather too much 'Burgundy,'
he said, 'to be very steady;; but I - think I
could run a horse fly through the Maid at the
second pass. Come,.let us feel the fellow's
pulse. I . .
The men put on their swords, and.-descend
ed in a noisy body to the private apartments
to which the waiter had just nslipred the
'Colonel and his daughter. •
'Hot fools,' said Clision to himself, 'they
little know that the Colonel has an incom
parable party, and a return thrust which he
plants irer the le ft collar bone, that no du
elist in ranee who ever crossed swords with
him hasjescapcd that ;thrust, and that two
j h
b i n
out of e it has killed.'
As / 'e deentation of the Death's Head d
Clulf reseed into the room, the Colonel met
thenk sternly at the door.
'Gentlemen, you mistake; this is a Pri,vate
room.' .
Air all our cot
has our chunks
par
Captain Johnson. the fighting member ad
vanced at once In an Insolent - Manner to Col
onel Ita.ward and his daughter, is holual come
from an inner room, and was now. clinging to
his arm, alarmed lit the menacing and disso
lute faces of the intruders.
'lt is the custorn at the Muschgee House,'
said the bully, 'ln our club for the fighting
member of the night to demand a kisss from
every lady guest who arrives here. For that
we have now come. lam the fighting mem
ber. My dear Mademoiselle allow mt.'
Ho laid one large red hand on the 8i1011i: '
der of the shrinking girl. Tlib next moment
he lay half stunned upon the floor.
The Colonel "stood ith one foot upon
Johnson, and waved his drawn sword in his
hand. The club drew hack.
'Kill him!' cried the prostrate bully.
Three or fonr.men draw their swords and
adianced—the Colobel struck one in the
'arm the rest fell back before the furious
charge.
At that moment CliSson fOiced his way to
the front
'Gentlemen,' said
'this is unma:
~, and in your oWn - placc. If I fall, there,
are Men& in town who will take care of my
daughter.'
Cliason advanced and offered bia hand.
-`No,' said he, 'I remember you; yoU are
a gambler and a duelist. I refus.ed youDo
lore's hand then, and I refuse' Ler now. She
needs no protection of yottis. I see other
old friends here, ti.o, no less unwelcome than
yourself--Capt. Johnson, drummed out of
his regiment for selling information to• the
enemy; Mr. Thornton, a Yetected gambler,
sent to prison in New orleansifor using load
ed dice, Mr. Clipon, you mend not give any
further proof of your relbruiation; I see it by
your corn De.niqns.'
11. TIIE RENCO'SVE.
- The rules of the Death's head Club re
quired their duels to be by candle-light with
out seconds, the cotubatauts were locked in
the club room until the victor gave the sig
for the doors to be opened. The Colon
, el made no objection to these restrictions.—
He only smiled when he saw the theatrical
' horrors of the place.
'Good to fri,ghten children,' said he, 'but
gOod far nothing else. I prefer fighting
"without seconds. Ono can devote oneself
imore thoroughly to the work on hand; be
sides there is less interruption. Have you tf
surgeon ready, gentleman ?'
'There Is no need of. a surgeon, said his
antagonist, the'red faced Captain ho had trod
den under foot the night before: '3l.y sword
generally saves any expense that way.'
The doors were locked. There was a heavy
stamping of feet as Captain Johnson advent.
ed.to the attack ; then a sound of shivered
steel, a gasping cry, and a heavy full upon the
floor.
'You may open the door, gontlemen,' said
a voice. The door was opened, and there lay
the champion of the club, wounded to death.
Ills broken sword was at the farthest end of
the room, The Colonel; as they entered hor
ror-stricken, took off his hat, sheathed his
sword, bowedand retired. The club was ag
tOnised and duMbfounded. The Captain had
been run through the lungs, just under the
lett collar-bone. There was little, hope of
his life. The second and third days the Col
onel dangerously wounded his man in an
equally short space of time, and with equal
cold and formal gravity.
The evening of the third day, as Dolores
Massard sat in her room at her tambour
frame, in the absence of her father, who
had gone on a secret commission from the
French Government to some of the planters
at Stivannah, disaffected to the English Gov
ernment, her black nurse suddenly entered
the room and whispered in a low frightened
voice :
"Young gentleman, dear! old friend, to
see missy !"
The woman had been bribed by Clisson
who now entered, threw himself at the feet of
Dolores, and seizing her hand covered it with
passionate kisses.
"Dear Dolores," said be, "niy life, my soul;
do you not love me no longer?
"Oh, Frank, you must not: see me here.—
My father has forbidden me to see you." '
"Dolores, you loved me once. Do you re
member that evening by the sea shore, when
wo exchanged those vows of eternal love?
"Auk your own heart, Frank—if I can for
get that on the death hod of my mother I
swore miler to give niy hand to you, and
that vow I will keep."
"Dolores, yon :do me . wrong. You think
that lam one ;of those wild reckless men
who Insulted your father. lam not one of
those.trion. ,I tried in vain to suppress their
hisolelice. Immo as a. siippliant. Tomor
row my father fights yours. I know he
must die. I know: that nothing can save him
from the IrreStible swordsmanship that has
strack - down man after man. I would wil
lingly die for illy father; but he will no!, let
me take bin place because Ido not belong to
this band of professional assassins. 0, Do
lores, does not your histri. bleed for me?—
Pity me, pity me, Dolores ; tormented by this
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terrible f , "
r, and helpless befog this cruel
deStiny."
"Frank, my heart does bleed for you; but
how can I help you? I have no power."
The progdious lover clasped her in. his
arms, tears r• 030 to his eyes; he cried.
"You haVii the power; tell sqe the secret
of your Who es su ceeis. My father knowing
this; can bailie him and disarm him. As I
hope for succor in my last hour, it is only to
save my father that ask this."
Dolores sank liar head fur a moment ; then
she flung her arms around Clisson's neck and
khksed his forhead.
"Frank," she said, "though we linty never
see each other in this world, I cannot retuse
your request,.for I know how dear a father's
life is. I can trust you, Frank, I know, with
the secret that guards the life that is bound
up with mine. My father, years ago, lost Ins
left arm at a siege idlndia , it was replaced
by one of wood„ skillfully made, workinr ,
with metal springs, strengthened below the
elbow with metal bands. On this he re
ceives his adyers4ry's first thrust; 1414
quick as thought, lid breaks in two his ene
my's blade with a heavy side blow and deliv
ers his fatal thrust under the loft collar-bone.
Clisson's lips wera pressed to hers, and
when.a tclarrung from the black uurse l of
the colonel's carriage stopping at the hotel
door distUrbed the lovers, they darted with
a hurricti and passionate embrace.
That same night—to the ,astonishment of
the club, and tht no great sorrow of the next
combatant-4 lisson annoauced his intention
of being the next man to cross swords with
the Colonel.
"I have My reasons," said he, "and to-night
I carry off the girl."
"But that cOnfounded thrust ?" suegested,
the chairman. 1
"0. leave that to me. I did not learn fenc
ing ilfDestouches for nothing, never you fear
me."
"Clisson hai got some mischief in hand,":'
said ono of the men ; "his eyes sparkle so,and
he. is in such mad spirits. Well I'd just as
soon lie had fought the Colonel before me.—
I'd rather the old Ohm' got a thrust or two
in'the sword arm before my turn came."
The duel took place the next morning. The
Colonel paused when iho saw Clissou. The
door closed and they were lelt alone.
" Young nin,"said he,"we have old Grad;;-
es. and it. Is well we meet. Have you not
taken warning by tour companions? Will
nothing teach you wisdom ? I thought ill of
you in Gaudaloupe, and refused you my
daughter, and hare I' find you a' member of a
club of assasst ns: Come, draw sir l"
"Colonel ;NI assard,": said Clisson, biting
under lip until the blood almost came you
owe more to good fortune than skill or cour
age. I too have been fortunate with the
sword. Luck may turn this time. I have my
companions to revenge and
. ymir insults, old
and new. tol ninny threefold.' .. . •
The Colonel threw ids coat behind him cud
drew his sword.
up,
ly, 'I
+n of
"Young man," he said, "I am told that in
your club property gees according to the
number of homicides you have effected. In
that case you have .not made, I presume mok . c
than-two orihree widows. If ow, sir, could ;
death-whitaforyom
via Colonel was cold and sternly resolute;
POUSTO.Was no'eagerness for blood in the,
mannerin - ntneh be advanced to the attatk.
There was more cf the judge than the orern-
Honer about him ns he looked round the lia
ghastly room. He seemed ai confident' of
victory as if he had been sent from heaven to
perform n punishment that bad been proph
esied. He stood there a frame of steel, his
sword feeling along his adversary's blade,
sensitive of the finest vibration and thirsting
for the thrust.
Clisson also stoo&keen of eve nod watch
ful. Suddenly the Colonel Ilnolied his left
arm at his point. Tho wooden fingers open
ed to clutch the blade. Clisson saw the mo
ment had arrived. Ile passed his point to
the right, threw off' `his adversary's sword,
and then with a swift clinging pressure to
wards the hilt, bent it to the floor. The Colo
nel drew back astonished ; but, careless of his
life he did not retire from the threatening
sword that Was raised to strMe him to the
heart. Clisson delayed his vengeance . onlyi to
taste it the .kmcer.
Ile had pierced his adversary's left Shoal
der, and the sword was raised for the . coup de
graee, when the folding door of the inner room
lending to the balcony was dashed open; it
was Dolores who rushed in, and drawing a
pistol fired at her cruel and faithless lover,
who fell pierced by a bullet.
The brave girl, a soldier's daughter, per,4
fectly reliant on her lover's truth, yet still shi,
knew not why, appreltenHiyo of the r e sult of
the duel, had concealed herself, armed; in the
inner room of the club, with the co-operation
of her black nurse. The first word spoken
by Olsson proved •to her that she had been I
betrayed; and hearing her father in danger, 1
she at once appeared as an avenging angel, to
save her father, and punish her worthless and
lying lover. .• '
"Gentlemen;' said the Colonel, who had
heard all from Dolores, us he threw open the
door and admitted the now terrified club, "it
was my daughter that struck down this man,
not L He was a liar and a scoundrel ; ho
broke his word and lie has deserved his fate,
even if it be instant death. Take up your
companion, I have punished von enough. To
night my daughter and myself depart for New
Orleans, where I can be heard of by any of
your club Wishing to cross swords..
Clisson efentually recovered, and tied to
South America; ho re-appeared during the
War of Independence, but,„stink lower and
lower in intismy, till a pistol shot over a.
gambling table at Callao, finally rid to world
of a hopeless villain.
As for Colonel Massard, he settled, after the
peace, in Arkansas, and mainly bellied to re
claim the wild territory from the Indians. '
The facts in this story, even to the mi
nutest detail,reay be depended upon as entire
ly true.
Dolores.Mastmrtl, three years after the
downfall of the Death's-Head Club, married
a nephew of General Washington. Her de
scendants are now wealthy people in Louis
iana, and have large estates a few miles from
Baton Rouge, on the banks of the
Ways of Committing Suicide?.
Wearing thin shoes on dair4 - nights iu rainy
wbat.licr.
Building nn the ”air-tight" principle.
Lending a life of e ufeebliug stupid laziness,
and keeping the mind in ti round of unnatu
ral excitement by reading trashy novels. -
Going to bills in all sorts of weather in the
thinnest possible dress. Dancing till in a
complete perspiration, and then go home
through the clamp air.
Sleeping on feather bells in seven by nine
lied-rimes.
Surfeiting on hot and veryjhighly stimula
ting suppers.
Eating without time to masticate the twit:.
Allowing love of gain to so absorb our
Minds as to leavu no time to attend to our
health.
Gornutudiziug between utgals.
Giving way to fikaof auger.
Neglecting to take proper cure of c i nrselve~
when a simbel disease first appea N.
only.iustance of father atia son in
tilt; United State:, Senate, at the same tittle,
was that. of Henry 1).1,11. , ,v, Senator fr(Jtu
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A Very Old Liu4.
I reccolltiet returning from echoed one eve
ning when a and, and finding myself, as I
entered the door•yard, at home, In the midst
df sigroup of visitors, who were taking leaie
of the I a mlly. A very oldVady, in a Leat black
"scoop•shovel" bonnet,' was leaning on the .
arm of her daughter, who was also an aged
woman. Several others were standing abo
my own dear old grandmotket among thy
rest—and ail of them seemed to be old enough.
to be daughters of Methubeloh.
I atoe.d peering at them curiously, slia•bon
net in hand, when the. very old lady c:u.►q
slowly toward me. ,
"How 01 are you gir! 9 " she aske'!.
"Six years old."
"Are you?, rwas six years old a hundred
years ao."
Howl started and looked up Wonderingly
under the deep black bonnet. She smiled al
she added, "My dear child. I am a Lundrwl
years older than yon are;" and as she kited
my forehead, and laid her thin hand tenderly
on my bare head, I felt even thCn that it. wkta
a benediction. _ _ _
Ilow ( honored we all felt by het Tiresenee I'
No onefelse was spoken of fora week; and we
childrep all felt thatit would he cry pleas
ant to live a hundred }airs longer, and to be
still goOd l natured, and have, every stay very
proud of us. Let Inc live to an of age, but
let me not outlive the free use ni a i my 'heel
ties, should he the prayer anti a dration or
every child. Let us point him t that goal
and bid him seek to win the ma . Heaven
often tOreo us to answer our ow t prayers;
and we must undoubtedly do so i 1 this ease,
or they will remain unanswered. Wo oty,ltt
to live for old age just in the spi it we arc ,
constantly exhorted to live for hen -en, that is
to think 4it, take me;a.'arez to at •tx it, and .
provigon for it.
Ldo not mean merely the lying u,) of"much .
goods" for the "many years," An honest old
age lima right to be independent, and to ta t
no more cumbered with "much se vine." 'lt
often needs change. Let the old i c.:l lie free
to leave his home occasionally, an I with 111,;
old wife, hand in hand, let him gi travelling.
to see the world anti enjoy it. 'hey may
thus add years to their length of days, intieli
to their stock of happiness, and mr.re still to
their vigor and restoration or their devaying
faculties. • A fter three score years and ten et'
robust work, either with brains or Item!, so
ciety owes the veteran a eompeleni,e, and
every rational enjoyment-it will prneure :and
It is all wrong if he has not been able to ea
Win this,-Adanlic Ninthly.
Wind Inquiries.
Cousin Kate was a sweet, Avhle-awake heau•
ty of about seventeen, and she took it Into her
head to go down on Long island to bee sol':
relation., of he rs L.) had the misfoi tune
live there. Arming those relations there.
chancel! to be a young swain who .bed seen
Kate on a previ9ll, occasion. and 'tieing, tell
deeply in love with her. lie called at thu
house on the evening II her arrival, antrshe
uut him on the piazza where rhe NV ag enjoying
the evening air in company with two or three
of hor.frioods--
The pooitellewrivasioba'all iful that he could
not tin ff Ins ttingtteircit : soilui le)04
he stammered null
"How is your mother?"
"Quite w . ed, thank
.Vou."
Another silLuee on the part of Josh, durim,
which Kate and her frleftds dtd Ole f in:lA they
could to rejiere the monotony. After waiting
Omit fifteen intrudes fot him to commence to
make himself agreeable, he again broke the
spc:3
"How's your father ?" which was answered
much after time same manner as the first' one,
and then followed another silence like the
other.
"Ilow's• your father and mother.?" agail f
put in the bashful lover.
"Quito well, both of them. Ills was fol
lowed by an exchange of glaness and a sup
pressed smite:.
.This lasted sorn ten minutes more, during
which Josh was , f(Neting. in his scut and
stroking his Suuday hut. But at lengtit an
other question came—
" How's your parents?"
This produced un explosion that InnAlL, the
woods ring.
A DUEL W. fought on Monday morning
of last week , nt.nr 131adensburgh, humecti
Gen. Lawrence, 1.1.. S. Minister to i,..osta
and Baron Kusseruw, Secretary of the Pre,
sian Legation. 'The difficulty - •nroie fruit
some (as is alleged) objectional remarks that
had been made by the hitter to Mrs. Lawrence,
whose husband resented them by challenging
the Prussian Secretary -to mortal combat,
which resulted, hoWever, in nobody being
hurt. Mrs. Lawrence erns prob.ibly not
aware of the incident, as :she wa.; among thu_
s'pectators during Mr. Eingham's speech, awl
left the Capitol escorted 1)2,- the Secietary of
the Pern vi a n iLegation: The' agreemen t wag
11i4t the first Lire :should be a distance of la
teen feet, and, shoufd it not prove effective,
then th&distance was to be decreased to ten;
and if thht, too, failed, then to live, lint liftm
the tint tine the atlertalLe was amicably tict
tk.ll.
A GRUAT NEGLECT.—For about six
months a Convention sat at Albany tto revise
the Constittition of New York, and a vast
amount of public money was expended in de
fraying the salaries of members. The Con
vention Overhauled the whole Constittition;
and at lust agreed upon a number of new pro . .
visions and athenilineuts to t .the instrument,
all of which shbuld be submitted tollie peo
ple by thd,Leglslatnre for ratification !For , re
jection. But the Legislature of New York
adjourned the other day without making any
provision for subMitting the new Constitu
tion to the people, ; and thus,4t turns out
that all the time and toil and money expend
ed by the Convention will be without the
slightest result, We never heard before of
so flagrant an Instance of neglect of public
duty, - and people of New York are sorely'
vexed about it.
.
A (liquors ;custom prevails itt the'Samt
wick Islam's, of sit t lecting a husband who is'
acensiki of infideliCy to his wife to the ord!_al
Of jumping into the ocean amour the !sharks.
lie is retituml to du this after night fall, whet.
the sharks are most ravenous, nail he must;
while in the water, shout the woras,./incPc-'
le,pau 7fui i, wlneh are supposed to intornt
{La netn-cating monsters of his parpose w ex:
posing Ininscif to their jaws. thereupon,
they suar hint to} a.ssintharateki, he if,. taken
to be innocent; if they tit? uot, he sraers for
his temerity, It not fur his Att eLscrv
anee of this eastOnt,l4 , :tmdly took place tm
ly a few weeks sine:: at and the'utuu
escaping, his wile Fccetvcd.Lim without any
further distrust.
1.'1.01:IDA has deeidcd, by A very largo 111.4
}unity, in favor of LW whole Republican tick
et; Governor, (lin:gross and Legislature mid
hai ratilicd ntAl Ilv publican Conhtitutioti
by the satue vote. This undles Six State m. ex
clie.ive of Alaba:,ia, which t.c hope will be
admitted aDan c:irly day Iw:a week, ready to
re-enter upon tlic obligationn o:
the 'Union, each with a thoroughly MIR"' "
luntlitincutal