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i. 'I ■ M ■■ ..M- i ,
11l THE PHCENIX PECTORAL
Will Cure lour Cough :
||| THE PHOENIX PECTORAL;
' • 08. .
■SfeoiIPOUND SYRUP OF WILD CHERRY
and seneka snake hoot, ,
If WILL CUKE TEE DISEASES OF SHE
THROAT AN® IiUNGS,
uch as. Colds, Conghs, Croiip, Asth.
ma, Brdychitis; Catarrh, Sor«
Throat, Hoarseness,, Whoop
ing Congh,&c.
a| Its timely use. will prevent
PULMONARY CONSUMPTION,
oven whore this fearful disease, has take*,
it will afford greater relief than amy ather
', ,
.Miss Kate Yanderslicb, of Pottsvillo, says: “I
benefitted by using the Phcenix Pecto
than any other medicine I ever used."
Elias Oborholtzer, of Lionville, Chester county,
cured of a cough of many years* standing by.
•’.-msingtbe Phoenix Pectoral. . > ■ :
‘Joseph Lukcns, of Hall street, Phoenixydlo,
that be was cared of acough of two years
itamling, when all other medicines had failed, by
>.‘isJ|he UBO 0 f the Phoenix Pectoral.
‘ •' i&M dacob Powers certifies that he has sold hundreds
bottles of the Phoenix Pectoral, and' that all
• used.it boar testimony.of its wondcrful.offocts
curing cough.
, John lloyer, editor of the Independent Phcenix,
it, has. no hesitation in proaoaneing
a complete* remedy for cough, hoarseness And
la the throat.
> Tlio West Chester Jeffersonian says : “Wo have
Dr. Obcrholtzcr personally a number of
. and it gives us the greatest pleasure to r,o-
bis medicines, inasmuch as the. pmblio
. have the benefit of family medicines, pro :
-by a physioian of his acquiremon ta_andiox-_
Dr. Oberboltzcr, is a member of the
of the Medical Department of tbe Univor
lity of Pennsylvania, at'which institution he gra |
•;/fisWuated in 1854.’*
The Heading Gazelle says; “ This cough romc
is inaiie by Dr. L. Ohorholtzer, of Phccmxvilloj
VV&fSpa., and it has acquired an unsurpassed *,*puta
: in-curing coughs. It is carefully ana ekill
vS&fclly prepared from-Wild Cherry Bark and Sonoko
Hoot." ‘ .
Dr. Geo. 13. Wood, Profosso. of the Practice of
in the University of Pennsylvania,
.%?ilbyslciftn to the Pennsylvania Hospital, and one
' Wiof the authors of the United States Dispensatory,
of Scnoka Snake Root: “Its action-is spe
'•'■-■£-silally directed to the lungs."
The proprietor of this medicine much.
'. in’its curative powers from the test!-
of hundreds who have used it, that the mo-.
. will ho paid hack,to any purchaser who is nor
with its effects - •
. is so.plousant to take that childrom cry for it
THIRTY-FIVE CENTS} Large Bottles
‘ r#ONE DOLLAR. .
' is intended ,for only one class of diseases,
. ‘Of : :iamoly, those of the Throat and Lungs.
; ,fl?‘>*- PrQpafed only by •*
;ui, LEVI OBERHOLTZER, M. D,, ; ,
Phoemxville, Pa.
■ - ; Sold by all Druggist* and Storekeepers.
v Johnston, .Holloway. & Cowden, No. *3 North •
; street, Philadelphia.
/, C. Wells k Co., No. 115, Franklin street,
.wplSSw York. General. Wholesale Agents. ,
Wi Gross &.Co., Wholesale Agents, Harris
• Pa., and at . , ,
‘^|II A VERSTJCR!S.DRUa STORE, Carlisle.
B.—lf your nearest druggist or storekeeper
/ not keep this medicine do not lot him put
off with some, pthor. medicine, because bo'
Awakes more money du it, but send at once to one
tywtho agents for it. '
O, 1805-3 m .
: IpOAL AND LUMBER YAIID.
subscriber having leased tbe Yard
formerly booupiod by Armstrong 3s Hoffor,
purchased the stock of '
■ o O ALA N.D LUIIB E.U ,
the Yard,, together with'an immense noW : stock,
' bavo constantly,on hand and-furnish to order
kinds and quality : of seasoned' >
. ' /■ » f ■
BOARDS,
->■ SCANTLING,
•"W ■ - FRAME STUFF,
Plastering. Lath, Shingling Lath, worked
and Wenthorboarding, Posts and Rails,
•/•i-.v. >swnd every article that belongs to a Lumber Yard.
kinds of Shingles, to wit: 'NVMtepino, lion)*,
i'i£»|bok and Oak, of different qualities. . Ilaving cats
•' my pwn I can furnish bills to order of ; any
v °7slonglh and size at the shortest notice and on the
lostI ost.reasonable terms. My worked boards will bo
2pt under cover so they can bo furnished dry at
I times., ,
I have constantly on hand all kinds of FAMI-
Y COAL under cover, which/I will deliver clean
' any part of the borough. To wit; LykonsYal
y, Broken, Egg, Soho and Nut, Luke Fiddler*
roverton, Locust Mountain,. Lobbory, which I
lodge myself to sell at the lowest prices. •
Best quality of ... ' ti
Limehurners 1 and Blacksmiths 1 Coal ,
Iways on hand which, I ijrill soil at the lowest fig
re.. Yard west side ,of Grammar School, Main
trcct.
J ANDEEW H. BLAIE.
NOTICE.—I still retain the same position
in tho firm of DEL ANCY *: BLAIB, which will bo
carried on as energetically, as over at their clci
Stand near tho (fas house'.; .As our.purchases will
bo made together at the head of the market, wo
■febloonfldontby so doing to ho able to: accommo
date our customers nud tho public on -tho' moat
reasonable'terms. Having relinquished: tho tan.
ning I will doovto my entire attention to the. Coal,
and-Lumber business. -All kinds of Coal; and
• Lumber kept oo jstantly on -bond and in'tho heat
condition. . The Lumber Yard will-bo managed by
Mr. Geo. Zulnff, whoso experience and skill is well
known to tho community., By. strict attention to
business, ;short-profits, and a desire to do.right wo
hope to socuro a liberal sharo of public patronage.
ANDBEW U. BLAIB.
Juno- 15,18155-tf -
1 ‘ ,*>
SALE.—A desirabli' property in the
"v p 'Ui-ciyit portion of the Borough of Carlisle.
Anico homo’for a email famils. Apply to ;
C. E/MAOLAUGfILIN,
jL<fe*t/*r OVfKfg
tan 22, 'il-jg
jfartical.
TOOK MISSION.
BT HRS. KLLEN If. H. OATBS,
If yon cannot on the ocean
Sail among tho swiftest fleet.
Hocking on the highest billows,
Laughing at tho storms you meet,
You can stand among tho sailors,
Anchored yet within the bay,
You can lend a hand to help them,
As they launch theft boats away.
Ifyou aro- toe weak’to journey'• 7/
Up the'mountain stoop and high;
You can stand vrithin the valley ■;
While the multitude goes by } ’ - : >
You can chapt in.happy measures,
As thoy.slowly pass along;
*Though’thoy .may'forget the singer,
' Thoy will notforget the song.
If you bavo not gold and silver,
Ever ready to ,command ;, ,
If you cannot towards the needy
Roach an over op*n band,
You can visit the afflicted;
O’dr tfio erring you can woop—
You, can be a true disciple, ■
Sitting at the Savior’s feot. ■
If you cannot in tbo conflict
Provo yourself a soldier true ;
If, whore fire and Sjpoko are thickest,
There’s no work for you to dp ;
When the battlo-fiold is*silont,
■You can go with carofnl/road,
You «an bear away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
Do not then stand idly'wailing
.For some work to do!
Fortune is a ldzy* goddess,
She will never c ome to you.
Go and toil i* any vineyard,
Do hot fear to do or dare,
If you want a field of labor,-
.You will find it anywhere.
' 3fitrilanem : *
WAITER OAKLEY;
OR, THE PLANTING OB'PENNSYLVANIA.
BY B. r. POORE
Oharles 11. snt upou the tbrorie of hie an*
cestors. The Puritans could only lament
their loss.of power, and the sea-girt isle was
again “ merrie England.” May-poles were
again erectedbn the village green, yule-logs
were in demand at Christmas Time, and the
tapestefs woro kept busy enough to supply
the royhtering gallants, who had kept away
from the ale-houses during the sway of the
iron*hoartcd Cromwell.
It was at one of those resorts, known ns
the 1 Crown and Anchor/ that a cold, au
tumnal storm .had brought an unusual num
ber of carousers around the huge table.,, A
pile of logs lay on the hearth of a yawning
chimney, and cast a lurid glare around the
room, while the discolored appearance of the
rafters showed that tbe north wind must have
taken liberties wtth the smoke. The long
oak table was studded with high*green flasks
of Rhenish wine, small glasses perched on
tiny stems, and bright polished pewter tank
ards. There was also a well-thumbed copy
of the ‘ Flying Mercuric, ’ containing 1 the
freshest advices, foreign and domestiok/ a
draught board and a pack of cards. But
the chief attraction was at the. head of the.
board, where were grouped the materials Tor.
the 1 taking of tobacco/ to use the phrase of
the day. 11
The owner of this paraphernalia hrid the
free, royetering air peculiar'to the military
men of those days, and wore his scarlet and
blue niform, trimmed with silver, lace, in the
true cavalier fltylo. Drawing his sword belt
round in front, his rapier stood between hjs
knees/his plumed hat was perched on the
hack of his curly head, his waistcoat was
buttoned awry, and a pair of immense droop
ing moustaches standing guard over his trip'
le-bronzed face, added to it's impudently
daring expression. • ' :
‘‘A song, a song from' Major
called out a shrewd-louking was
amusing himself by idly of
and who had no little of the knave on
his arch features.
‘ Nay, nay—rather call on young Master
Oakley, whois among us for thefirsttlme.’
The youbg man to whom all eyes were
now directed wore the full court-dress of the
time, and hie finely; embroidered ruffles, in
which glistened a large diamond, were not
more delicato’than whs his clear complexion.
A smile played around, his parting lips, and
good nature beamed from his large, black
eyes.
‘ Not I, my jovial swaggerer. But I will
order two flasks of the beat wine in the cel
lar if you will chant your canticle about to-,
bacco. So tone up.'
■ A bargain, Master Oakley, a bargain.—
Disappear, motley host, mid bring us two
flasks, of the real Marcobruner, for the cob
webs begin to gather in my throat. Ahem 1
ahem 1 Here goes ray gallant 1’
In a full, clear voice he began a convival
song, which was soon interrupted 1 by the ap
pearance of a drummer-boy, who approached
the singer and said, without ceremony :
• There bo trouble in the city, major ; and
Lord Rochester has sent to the' barracks,
with the king’s permission, to have the
train-bands ordered out at once.’. .
‘ A pest on these Quakers 1’ exclaimed Ma
jor Rbsewell, rising and adjusting his rapier.
.‘I ; would as soon'have old Null back-aguin.
What say, Oakley,, ,will you join, me in ,n
broad finf hunt?’ and rising, he left the-roora,
i followed by Oakley, who; just launched, forth
into, the gayety- of the dissolute, metropolis
by t|ho death of a wealthy uncle, was induc
ed to join the swaggerinji soldier by the same
love of excitement that would have led him
to join a foxhunt or bear-baiting. , -
An hour afterwards, and Major Eoeewell,
at the h ad of his men, rushed into the hall
at Aldorsgate street, where ' the. Quakers
were holding a meeting, and; ordered them ■
to 'disperse, in 'the king’s: No one.
moved. There they -.sat,' with impassive
countenances, pale aS death, the pikes of the,
rudo soldiery, encircling tnem with a bristling
hedge of steel, nor was it until the order, bad
been t.hrioo repeated that the oldest among
them replied,— ■■
i ‘ Nay, friends; we are here to worship the
■ Aloih’hty, and think, with the good, man of
1 the blessed Scriptures; that we ought to obey
1 <Jod rather than man/
“ OUR' COUNTRY—MAT XT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT. RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY.”'
2T* Show your writton order I’ brutally repli
ed Major Rnsowcll. .
Then ordering his men to clear tho hall, a
frightful soeneof confusion ensued. Regard
less alike of nge and of sex, thtf brutal hire
lings dealt their blows freely, or seizing tho
unoffending by. the hair, dragged- then
forth. _ 1
Walter Oakley felt sick at heart, and had
turned away from tho scene of violence in
disgust, when two men hastened past him,
dragging between them a young quakor
esa. ■
‘ Help, help I’ she said, struggling violent
ly; and the sweet tones of’.hor voice- attrac
ted Oakley to tho rescue. '
‘ Loosen your hold I’ ho cried, drawing his'
rapier and following the ruffians., !
‘ Stand back'd’:".exclaimed, one of' them.—
‘Wo have orders from Lord’Rochester.
■ !* Not to abdiict an innocent .girl/, replied
Oakley, rushing at the man With suoli force
as to inflict upon him a.mortal wound ere
.he, could draw hia weapon.
His companion in guilt, alarmed, took to
his. heels, and Oakley found himself alone
with'. the 'young Quakeress. Ere. she haV]
ceased pouripp; forth her thanks, ah elderly
man came rnrimni; from the hall.
‘ My father!’ she exclaimed.
‘Joanna!’ said the delighted old man.—
‘ Verily, my child, I feared thou hadst fallen
a prey to the spoiler.’ ; •
‘Thanks to this, young man, my father,
who delivered me from two . men, by-whom I
was seized when the tumiult commenced.—
Alas 1 one lies a victim to his old wicked
ness.’
‘ Ha has fallen in his own snare,’ replici
the old man.
Then stooping over the corpse, he cxclair
ed—
‘ But see, hero is the badge of the ungodly
Rochester, A,laa, my Joanna, we most leave
this land, and find,refuge in. the Massachu
setts colony. Come I will take thee to night
to the house of John Milton, the blind poet
in Jewen Street.’ .
Then turning to Oakley, ho said—
‘ In thus doing, young man, thou hast per
formed .a great service, and I hope so good a
heart may yet he plucked as a brand from
the burning, and that thou mayst be gather
ed into the fold of the chosen ; we have no
temporal honor in our kingd.om. The crown
is meekness ; its life is everlasting life, un
changed ; its lot, oppression. Yet for thy
good work this night, I trust thou ms.yst en
ter the goodlyfellowehipof those who through
wrong will obtain life hereafter.’ Farewell.’
Drawing his daughter’s arm'within his
own he started off, though not so rapidly ns
to prevent Joanna’s giving Oakley a hearty
1 Farewell, and many, many thanks.’
Tiro young man stood motionless until they
were out of,sight, then slowly returned home
to recall the beautiful features as ho had
them by moonlight. The seeds of love had
been sown in his heatt, and in his dreams
that night they had germinated into those
■bright flowers of affection which enliven ex
istence.
When Major Roscwoll called the next day,
:ie found his .young friend meditative, lit
had been to Mr.. Milton’s,-, but the poet’s
guest’s had departed for the onaoh offioe; nei
ther could Thomas Elwond, the blind poet’s
secretary,' give any information concerning
them than that they were friend Stephen
Duer and his daughter Joanna.
Two years passed, and the once gay Wnl- '
tor Oakley had become a chosen disciple of
the staid William Ponn. Drinking in the
counsels of his teacher, lie had given up the
vanities of the world; practising virtue for'
its own intrinsic .loveliness. lie had never
again heard of‘the Doers, hut tho remem
brance of Joanna lingered amid his thoughts
ns a fragrant flower of beauty.
The defeat of Algernon Sydney at the gen
eral election dissipated every, hope of any
justice from an English parliament, and the'
leading Quakers determined to seek an asy
lum in the New World. Walter Oakley en
tered heartily into this scheme, which upheld
the novel idea that man possessed capacity ‘
for self-government, and soon, to his delight,
tho ‘ morrie monarch’ signed a charter, giv
ing the sturdy Quaker sovereignty of a great
province; as a receipt in full for a govern
ment debt of some sixteen thbusand pounds,
bequeathed by old Admiral Penn to his;
son. ",, . 1
‘ Sylvania’ wiils the name - chosen by the
enthusiast for the land over which he was,
as the charter read, ‘ true absolute lord,’ hut'
the king insisted on prefixing the lord-pro
prietors’ name. ‘Pennsylvania’ it was there
fore designated, to the delight of .the faithful,
ulbeit some of them shook their heads at the
charter, which authorized ‘Friend William’
to levy troops, tojdßS'Suo his enemies, by sea .
apd by land, ‘fffia, by God’s assistance, to
vanquish and take them.’
Tho charter, however, gave general satis
faction, and soon a large colony was ready to
start for their now home, which they desig
nated the ‘ Holy Experiment.’
After a long passage. Governor Penn dis
embarked upon bis laud of promise ; nor was
there any one in his numerous suite who took
a deeper interest in the new scheme of colo
nization than Oakley. The government-was
first established at Cheater, where some hon
est English emigrants had already established
themselves, and had founded a community
which seemed a modern Acadia to those just
arrived from England:
Autumn came, and Governor Penn, atten
ded by a few chosen attendants, among them
Walter Oakley, ascended Hie Delaware in a
shallop, to hold a ‘ Pow Wow’ with the Le
ni Lenape Indians. Landing at Shaxmaxon,
they found the warriors assembled beneath a
majestic-elm, arrayed in the full glory of war
paint and feathers.
The governor had his presents carried on
shore, and advanced, unarmed and unattend
ed, to greet the; wild group. •
' ‘We meet,’ said he, ‘on the broad path
way of faith and good will; no advantage
shall bo taken on either side, hut all be gen
tleness and love. 1 will'not call you ohil
■drep, for parents sometimes, ohidq their ohil-.
drab too severely; nor brothers only, .for
brothers sometimes differ: Tho friendship
between,me and you I will not compare to a
.chain, for that the rain might rust, or the
falling tree might break. Wo are the same
as if one man’s body were to bo. divided in
two parts —we are all one flesh and blond.’
, The Indians received tho presents of Penn
with sincerity, replying— ....
‘ We will live in love with William Penn
and, with his. children ns long as the sun and
moonshall endure.’’ . . ,
Philadelphia, the home of humanity, was
forthwith lnid out and rapidly peopled, Qua
kers hastening thither from all quarters as.
; to » .city of refuge. One day a schooner fill-'
! ed . with immigrants arrived from Rhode
Island,.and; among tho heads of families who
. applied to Recorder Oakley.for, lots, was the
i venerable Duer. Ho had been persecuted
' anew in Massachusetts, and-had hastened to
r enjoy the tolerant rule of 'Governoi' Ponn.—
Need wo relate the joy with which Walter
CARLISLE, PA..THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER i~ 1855.
Oakley not only found hia hearl
wrung’from Joanna's lips tjjo eon!
she also had loVod him ever sinoi
cf herf
A few years afterwards, Oakley, who had
risen to the vice-governorship, wls forced to
go to Baltimore upon a disputed qriest on of
boundary. When he returned, rither to Jn,
anna’a disgust, ho was accompanied by a
rather dissipated-looking old gentleman, who
was introduced as ‘ Colonel Roaewell, of the
Maryland forces.' I
Joanna rather bit her lip, but ajamile stole
over her face as her husband continued —
‘ lie was the officer who commatuled >lthe
dispersion of the Friends’ meeting on tha'
memohiblo night, Joanna, when first I saw
thee. Nay,, had ho not been inspired to in
vite me, X might nevor have seen'thec;’
•* We arc happy to see thee, friend Eose
woll,’ said Joanna, with a smile of welcome.
A Bid 1 Snake Story,—A traveler, in
speaking of snakes, tolls tho following tough
story:—
■ ‘I got interested ihithe study of serpents
down in Arkansas, where I spent most of my
last year.. I do know w’hy, but I. was con
stantly watching them, and constantly test
ing their sagacity, by: placing them in now
situations, and surrounding them with novel,
expedients. Of all kinds,'l experienced most
■ with rattlesnakes and copperheads.'
. ‘ One afternoon X seated myself on a little
knoll in the woode to smoko and road, (for I
always hud a book or newspaper with mo,)
and had been enjoying myself fur some time,
when I espied a copperhead making for a
hole within ten feetof where I sat. Of Course
I threw down my bepk and cigar, and pro
ceeded-to try a new expeidment. Asaoon ( as
I stirred the rascal made a grand rush for
the hole; but I caught, his tail, as he got
nearly in anil jerked him siime twenty feet
backward, lie threw himself into a coil in
no time, and waited for me to pitch im But
I concluded to lot him try the hole again.—
After a while he started for it, stopped when
I stirred to coil himself up ; but, as I kept
pretty quiet, he recovered- • confidence and
again went im Again I jorked him out. No
sooner did he touch the ground.lhan he made
another grand rush for the hole in a straight
line for my leg% I But that didn’t work, for
I got out of the way and gave him another
flirt.
‘.This time ho lay still awhile, appearing
to reflect on the course to ho taken. At'iora
time he tried it. again; though rather slowly.
After getting his head a little way in, he
stopped wiggled his tail a a if on purpose for ■
me to grub it.; I did so ; af.d quicker than a
dash, ho.threw his head out,- ami came with:
in about u quarter,of an inch of striking mb
ia the. face 1 However, I jerked him a dis
tance, and resolved to look out next time.—
■Well, he tried the same game again-: but it
wouldn’t work. I was too quick lor.him.
■ This tiino Ho lay in a coil, perhaps with
out stirring. At last, however, ho tried it
once more. lie advanced to within five feet
of the hole very slowly, coiled again, and
alien,
one of the cutest tricks yuu ever heard of.’
‘■How was it?' we' all exclaimed -in a
brcatlv.
'‘Why,* said the narratar, sinking his voice
to the acme of solemnity, and lookingas bun*
ost and sober-ns a man could look, 4 why, he
just turned'‘his head toward my hand, and
toentjlowii that hole tale-finst! I saw the ras
cal's eyes twinkle as lie did it, too —as much
as to .'Bayf,’l‘*Whafc ■do you think of that,
eh?' .
[Cr When Col. Burr was arrested on the
charge of treason, he was placed in a suit of
rooms on the third floor of the Penitentiary,
where lie received his friends freely, with
out the presence of the jailor, or any other
official.. His faro was just’what ho pleased
to order, and his apartments resembled a le
vee more than the cell of a prisoner. Oql.
Purr often luughed'himself at the recollec
tion of a conversation thut.tobk place between
himself- and'the* jailor on the evening of-bis
arrival: ■
1 1 hope, sir,' said the jailor,'' 1 that it would
not'be diaagraeable to you if 1 should lock
this door after dark.'
‘ By no moans,’ replied the prisoner, ‘I
should prefer it, to keep oat intruders.’
‘lt is our custom, siri to extinguish all
lights at 9 o’clock. I hope, you will
liiive no objection to conform to that,’ ' ,
‘ That, sir,’ said Bri'ri-,-‘ I apt sorry to say)
is imoossiiilo, furl never, go to-bed until
twelve, aiid always have two candles?' .
‘ Very Veil, sir, just as ydii please,' replied
the-jailor ; .‘I should have been glad haddi
been otherwise ; hut, ns you please,sir,’. ■ ■
Tho newspapers are quoting this 1 in con
trast with the treatment of. Jefferson Davis;
The' differeuco ought hot to Surprise any one,
far those who held Col. Burr vyore gentlemen.
—'Old Guard.
An Argumentative Youth.— 1 Th.-it thou
hast to do, do with all thy might,''said a cler
gyman to Ills son out day. .
.* So,I did this morning,’ said Bill, with an
enthusiastic gleam in his eye. '
‘ Ah 1 what was it, my darling ?’ and the :
father’s hands ran through his offspring's
curls.
‘ Why, I thrashed Jack Edwards till ho
yelled like mad!’
Papa looked unhappy, while he explained
that tho precept did not imply a case like
that, and concluded, mildly with: You
should not have done that my child.’
‘Then he’d have thrashed me,’ resorted
Bill. . .
‘ Better’ expostulated his sire, 1 to hayo fled
from the wrath to come.’
* Yes,’ urged Bill, by way of a final clinch
er, ‘hut Jack oan,vun twice as fast as lean.’
The good man sighed, went to his study
took up,a pen and endeavored to coniposo
himself with a seianon reconciling practice
and precent. ...
Corn Pancakes.— Boil eight or ton ears
of corn —pass a sharp knife down,each;row,'
and, with the hack of tho knjfe or a spoon
scrape off all the .corn, but, bo particular to
leave the hull on tho cob. One gill now milk,
two.teaapoonfuls salt, two eggs well beaten,
and as much flour ns will make a hatter as
thick as griddle-eakes. Then add the corn.
Have the, lard boiling hot, and drop a table-,
spoonful at a tirae.in it. Wfiion brown, serve
hot for dinner, - 1 ' '
Corn-Batter Cakes. —Grato eight or ton
ears of corn—usoa apotmgo get the. gist of
the corn from the cob—ho .careful, never to
scrape it on hard no to got off the bulb Make
a baiter of 1 quart of milk, 4 eggs,,and flour
enough to mako.it as stiff aa usual griddle
oakea ; one small tea-spoonful sodh; 1 one and
a half cream of. tartar, a teaapnoriful of shit;
mix all-well together. Have the griddle hot
and buttered drop a teaspnonful id'the mix
ture, and when brown on hue side,' turn
them to brown the other. Serve with but
ter;
t’s idol, but
fessibn that
i his rescue
The reader may ask in what particular
Bridget’s ghost differed from any other ghost.
I Will unfold.
Some years agnne I visited my friend, Bob'
Squnvors. As Squarora, .Senior, nnd his
‘ better half’ wore from homol Bob insisted
that X should remain over night, which I did.
The household on this occasion consisted
of Lucy Squavers (only ‘ sweet sixteen’,) Boh,
Bridget, the • help’.—who had just arrived
from Quid' Ireland, and had been engaged
tile day previous—nnd myself. Perhaps I
should include a large * yaller dorg,’ that was
making ' both ends meet,’ near the fire.
‘ When the cat’s away the mice will play,’
yeu.know ; and when tho.old.fulks.are.away
the,young folks will play—thunder general
ly.; Which, perhaps, you knew, also.
In the evening of which I write, about
throe hours and forty-eight minutes after thb
god of day had pop] cd .behind the Western
pills, the party alluded to werq sitting in
front of one of those cheerful, old-fashiened
npo-n fire-places that are almost obsolete now,
listening to Bridget’s narration of her voy
age to this country, which was told in that
‘ rich, brogue’ that—that—well, thjvt I could
scarcely .understand. '
. And:from that night to this, the manner
'in.which my chair would hi|ph up to Lucy’s
lias .remained an unfathomable mystery to
m’q: ■ '
■ Pact!
' Presently, Bob asked Bridget if she had
ever seen a ghost.
‘ Aghoat? Is it a shpnok ye mean ?’
'■ Bob explained ; and then ho told a ghost
story; then I told a ghost story; then wo
told all the ghost stories wo ever road or*
heard of, nnd somo that wo never hoard or
road of. Somo of them were thrilling, would
make the flesh creep, crawl, quiver, squirm,'
or move in any other manner. Although we
succeeded in several inches
but of her gaiter-boots, yet Bridget didn’t
seem to ‘ seo the point’—said she wasn’t
afraid of 1 shpooks.’ ■ ■ s.
After a while, Bob left the room, arid call
ed mo after him. Said if there was a ‘skeor’
in Bridget ho would bring it out.
‘ We will build a ghost up in the spare
room,’ said Bob, ‘and then wo will get Sis
to send Biddy up for something, you know.
A capital idea—eh ?’
I confess that I couldn’t dislingiish any
thing brilliant or stunning in the idea, but if
it succeeded in frightening the girl, that was
sufficient. Wo apprised Lucy of our inten
tions ; but she objected to remaining down
stairs with Bridget, our stories having play
ed, upon her fears.
Boh said he’d stay down stairs, and Lucy
could show me into the spare room, and as
sist mo in erecting the 1 ghost.
‘ And make it terrific.’ Bob added.
‘Of course this arrangement pleased me
hugely; although I 'am willing to swear or
affirm that Boh and I could have accomplish
the work in five-ninths of the time ; not that
Luoy was hut because ,1 couldn’t do
any ghost-building for gazing at my fair ac
complice. and—hut That is not hero liofthore,
or liny other place. '.. "
At last, with the aid of sheets,.night caps,
hooped things, and somo other female togge
ry of which I could never remember the
nam'esi nnd wouldn’t if I could, the ghpst was
completed.
And a ‘ hunky’ ghost it was, too—onloula-,
ted to make the. hair stand erect on the pate •
of a bald-headed man ! I never, saw a ghost
have no desiro'to ; but I know, ani positive
that our ghost looked just like ghosts do look?
It was so true ta life (or- death,) that wo
walked away from it backward, fearing it
would follow us, perhaps place its cold, clam
my hands on our faces.
Well,, that’s the first ‘ well’—-ain’t it?) we
•had not been down.stairs long before Bridg
et was sent, up to the spare room.
‘Share,’ said Bridget, picking up a piece
of wood that lay on the hearth. ‘ I’ll take
tliis bit av a sthiok wid me to boat wan iv
thim shpooks Master Bob was sbpoakin’ ov
should I meet wid wan.’
Saying which, she proceeded up stairs.
Bob, Lucy and I see.retly stole up after her.
She had not entered the room long before we
heard :
'Ai-rah.yo dirty sphonk, is it hero ye are ?’
We peered into the room, through a small
;ft]ierturo of the door, and saw Biddy standing
with, uplifted stick in a belligerent attitude
before our impromptu ghost.
- ' Take that! an that! nn that 1 yo dirty
i blagg'ard 1
And tho way she brought her ‘ hit iv a
shtiqk’ down on tho apparition rvas a caution
to the crinoline and night caps of which it
was 'composed. ...
‘ How d’ye like that?' she asked, giving it
a fearful wlmok and leaving.it.
We were about retracing our steps, when
we heard Bridget exclaim ;
‘ Ocli murther 1 Another shpook 1’
. Another ghost 1 This was more than we
had bargained for; qjjjl I began to feel ‘ quor
inus.’ , ■ ■ .
‘An’ fwhat an oogly sphook 1 Shure, it
must he too divil’s own sister 1’ '.
I peeped into tho room observed, Biddy
guziiig into a largo mirror ; immediately un
derstood the nature of tho ‘ other p.host.’
I darted into the chamber, like oiled light
ning, to arrest her outstretched arm, hut wns
template. With her ‘ bit av a shtick’ she
made a ‘ bleach’ at her image in the glass ,
and smashed a $25 mirror.
‘ Shure, Master Boh,’ she said, turning to
that personage, ‘l’ve broken the windy to
smithereens 1 hut it’s mesaelf that’s damaged
the mug ov tho thief o’ the worruld !’
Biddy took it for granted that an‘oogly
shpook’ was gazing through the window at
her. and ‘ piehed in’ accordingly. «
Bob and I didn’t sleep much that night.—
It took us till daylight to oonooot a story to
tell the old folks tho manner in..which the
mirror .was broken, And ( another thing, I'
was anxious to leave that neighborhood* be- 1
Lire the return of Bob’s patients. .
; When next I; visited-Bob, Mother Squav
ers said: . .-
‘That cat’ (which I was stroking,) ‘ that
eat, some time ago, broke our large mirror
up stairs;’ ,
But, botween you and I, I don’t believe the
. oat did break it; it looked entirely innocent
of tho act. t , va ■
From some allusionstbrrtwh'out above, the
inquisitive reader may wish to know what
became of Lucy—if she'and I,eventually;got
. Well, for tho benefit of, such. Twill state,
. that some years after ,the foregoing incidents
Lucy and vour obedient servant were—not
married 1 Faetl
(£7” A man wrote to a friend' in Greece,
begging him to purchase hooka. From neg
ligence or avarice, ho neglected to execute,
tho commission, hut,'learning, that cor
respondent might beoflended, he exclaimed,
when next they met, * My dear;friend. I novi
er got the letter you wrote to ine: about) the
books/
BRIDGET’S GiIOST.
[From tho Philadelphia Ago.]
COL. W. W. 11. DAVIS.
Wo gave a very brief sketch of ibo servi
ces of Col. Davis on Saturday. But as many
readers may dosiro to have further particu
lars of the antecedents of the gallant soldier
who heads tho Democratic ticket, and to sec
the next Auditor General op Pennsylva
nia as ho is, wo amplify our sketch.
Col. Davis was born in Bucks county, in
this. State, and is tho only eon of Gen. John
Davis, who formerly represented that district
in Congress. lie was educated at the Mili
tary Academy at Norwich, Vermont. Im
mediately on graduating, he was appointed
professor of mathematics nnd military in
structor-at the -Military Academy at Ports
mouth, Virginia. Ho remained there two
year«, when he returned homo and studied
law, and was admitted to. the bur. Thence
he entered tho law school of Cambridge Uni
versity. At this time tho Hon. Caleb Cash
ing -was raising his regiment to go to Mexico,
with which country the United States was
then at war. Mr.; Davis shut up Kis levy
books and enlisted*, as a private in Captain
Crowningshicld’s company." His knowledge
of military affairs soon brought him into no
tice. He was ..commissioned a lieutenant,
and then made adjutant of tho regiment.—
When Colonel Cushing was promoted ip the
field, Lieut. Davis was offered the majority of
the regiment, but being tendered tho position
of aid-do. camp and acting assistant adjutant
general on thd staff by Gen. Cushing, he ac
cepted the latter. He served on tho upper
lino under General Taylor for some time, and
then was transferred with his brigade to tho
lower line to reinforce General Scott. Ho
discharged the duties of quartermaster for
Patterson's division on the march from Vera
Cruz to the city,of Mexico. -In the winter of
1848 ho was promoted to a captaincy by an
order of General Scott, and as such served
to the end of tho war.
On Ms return homo in July, 1848, ho
opened nn office-in Doyleatown, nnd com-
the practice of the law.. In Septem
ber, 1853, President Pierce appointed him
District attorney of the United States for the
Territory of New Mexico, and ho crossed the
great plains in November, of that year, and
took un his residence in Santa Fo. The Dis
trict Attorney was obliged to ride the cir
cuit, a thousand rpiles in extent, twice a year,
and cross the great desert, known as EL Jor
nando del Muerto, the Journey of Death,
where for a distance of ninety miles water is
found in only one place, and that Collected
from rains. The country was infested by
hostile Indians, and the travel was dangerous.
Captain Davis made this tfcip in the spring of
1851 in company with four members of the
bar and the Marshal. In the summer of
that year ho was anpointed Secretary of the
Territory, which position ho hold until No
vember 1857, when he resigned nnd returned
to 1 Ducks county. Meanwhile ho was acting
Governor and . Superintendent of Indian af
fairs fur over a year. While’bp resided in
Santa Fe he edited and published the Santa
Fe Gazette-, in English and Spanish, over two
years. Colonel Davis then crossed.the great
plains.that stretch from the Missouri river to
the Rocky Mountains several times, and mot
with numerous adventures.' On onooccasion
ho was returning to the States in charge of
a lady, her servant and child. When (ho
little.party he was travelling with was some
four hundred miles out, and on the Cimma
■ ron river, they were pounced upon by a war
party of mounted Arra'pahoe Indians and
made prisoners. When the Indians were
seen approaching, the females and child were
covered up with blankets in one of the wa-.
gona, as their presence always increased the
hostility of the savages. The tfcama were
stopped and the men obliged to get out of ■
wagons. The Indians sat down on the
grhund in a circle and held a council of war,
to determine the £ite of the prisoners. Fi
nally the chief agreed to let them go on con
dition that they would divide their provisions,
which being considered a cheap ransom, was
accepted, and the party was released. At
this time there was no friendly assistance
nearer than three hundred miles.
In tho spring of 1858 Mr. Davis purchased
the Doylcstnwn Democrat, one-of the very
largest county newspaper establishments in
tho c '-untry, and since then has boon engaged
in.thoprofefision of a public journalist. The
rebellion of 1801 found him busily engaged
on his paper, When tho insurgents fired on
Sumter he throw down the pen amf took up,
the sword. lie raised tho first armed men in
hh county and Congressional district to sus
tain tho government. .He called a meeting
in the Court House on his own responsibility,
organized it, took tho rostrum, and in a
short speech' called for volunteers. In two
hours sixty had enrolled their names, and in
two days one hundred and fifty had offered
their services, lie went to Harrisburg with
his company, and was thence sent to York.
Hero he was offered tho lieutenant colonelcy
of the 10th regiment, but would not leave his
company, and was then transferred to tho
25th Pennsylvania regiment, in which ho
served as captain through the throe months'
.campaign, on the Upper Potomac, under Gen.
Patterson. . C«pt. Davis was ordered to guard
a six gim battery to Washington,
and his company was tho first body of troops
which passed through Baltimore after the
bit ody riot, of April 10th. Ilis med wore
hooted at and stonqd, as they sat' on tho
tiucks, with their rifles cocked, ready to re
sist attacks, but none were made.
Captrin Davis was mustered out of service
Hie Inst of July. In August, ho went to
Washington and again tendered his services
to the Secretary of War. Ho was immedi
ately authorized to raise a regiment of infan
try and a battery of artillery to serve for
three years of the ware He fixed his camp
at Doylestown and in a month his regiment,
the 104th P. V,, was nearly full, composed
of the very flower of the youth of Bucks and
the neighboring counties. lie turned the en
tire control and management of -his newspa
per .over tOsDobfdr John 11. Mendenhall, a
gentleman in whom ho had confidence,: and
gave all his time and thoughts to his milita
ry duties.' He did. not resume the charge of
his paper again until the Ist of January, 1865.’
• Colonel Davis inarched to 'Washington the
first of November p ond many of our citizens
.romcmbor. appearance of his reg
iment as it'marched through the city. In
less than a week, ho was placed in command'
of a brigade and ordered to organize and dis
cipline it. 'Before he had been a month at
i Washington, he submitted to General McClel
lan, then Commander-in Chief, a plan of bar
racks to Winter Ins', brigade in, which was ap
proved,.arid ho was ordered to build them,—
They were erected "on Meridian Hill and the
work was entirely ,dope by his soldiers. For
.the last three years they have been know as
'* Carver General. Hospital.” Colonel Davis
took his brigade to the Peninsula in March,
18G2, and commanded it 1 until the. lastj of
April, when he was .relieved, by General ;II -
M. Nagleo. Ho then rQtumofl ,to his regi
ment. Hie rogiment partieipaled in ell the
operations in the campaign on thoPeninsu*’
ly, and with tho 52d Pennsylvania regimen*
led tho celebrated reconnoissanoo from the
Chickahomlny to >vithin four miles of Rich
mond. Colonel Davis, with his. regiments,
brought on tho celebrated action of Pair
Oaks, the first of tho series of bloody encoun
ters around tho Confederate capital. Here
ho lost forty per cent, of his men,' and re
ceived a painful wound, a riflo ball penetra
ting his left elbow, at the joints. * Ho waa
also struck by a spent musket-boll, in the loffe
breast. He was laid up by his wound two 1
months, and rejoined his regiment at liar*' s
rison’s Landing, seven days before hia leave
of absence expired, and when he could no*
mount his horse without assistance. When
the Army of the Potomac returned to "Wash
ington his division (Pecks') was retained bn
the Peninsula, and Colonel Davis was placed
in command of tho important post at
Gloucester Point, garrisoned by a small bri
gade.’ Ho put the extensive works in com
plete repair. In December of that year hd
was transferred to North Carolina, when
General Foster placed him in command of
his old brigade agitini which hd retained,
with an occasional change of regiment, until
nearly the end of his term of service. His
command was transferred to South Carolina,
in January, 1803, with tho army that was
intended to attack Charleston. Ho comman
ded a brigade, or division,, in tho subequent
operations before that oity. Ho was with
General Terry in tho action on James Island,
July 10th, he was next placed in command
of the important post of Folly Island; thence
transferred to Morris Island, and assisted in
the siege operations against Wagner nnd
Sumter. His brigade was one of the two so- ,
looted by General Terry to make tho final
assault on Fort Wagner* tho 7th of Septem
ber. From tho Bth of-January until the 25th
of April, 18041, Colonel’Dayia was in com
mand of tho. operations on Morris Island
against Charleston, the only place in tho do*
partmbn’fc where active hostilities wore con
stantly carried on. This was at a time wheri
there wore eleven general Officers in tho de
partment. -The fact that Colonel Davis was
entrusted with the command of the post of
honor, of tho great confidence
his in him. From Morris
Island ho was transferred to tho command of
the important District of Hilton Head, ex
tending from Saint Helena sound to, and in
cluding Fort Pulaski, at the mouth of Savan
nah river, a distance of sixty miles. When
a combined attack was made on Charleston,
in July, 1804, Colonel Davis commanded tho
first brigade of Hatch's division. Ho led tho
advance up Johns' Island to within sight of
the city. On tho morning of the 6th, while
examining with a glass, a rebel battery tha*
was playing upon his men, ho«was struck on
the rightl hand by a shell, which carried
away tho fingers and tore the hand terribly.
Of course ho is made a cripple-for life. Af
ter ho had so far recovered from his wound
as to be able to do light duty, bo was made
President of a general court martial, in Phil
adelphia, where ho remained until ho wag
mustered out of service, the first of October.
.18(34.
Gnlnnol trao ncrct promofco3, tlac rea
son of which the War, Department can give.
He entered the service with more knowledge
of, and experience in, military matters than
ninety-nine out of every hundred officers in
the volunteer array. Ho has in his posses
sion the very highest testimonials from hie
superior officers, and was frequently recom
mended for promotion. Ho was honorably
mentioned in orders for his conduct at Fair
Oaks. After tho fall of Wagner and Sumter',
the Adjutant General of the army wrote to
General Gillmoro, and requested him to re
port tho names of tho officers of his corps
who deserved promotion. In tho reply tho
name of Colonel Davis stands number two,
but there it ended'. Tho others, wo believe,-
were all promoted. Four out of five of tho
regimental commanders in Colonel Davis*
brigade, and of course his juniors, wore mada
generals. We are speaking of facts in this
connection, not finding fault. It may bo en
tertaining at some time to ask the reason.
Tho War Department would not promote
Colonel Davis. The Popular Department in
Pennsylvania will probably correct executive
errors so far as to elect him Auditor General.
Hardly Knew You. — A maiden lady, re
siding in great seclusion, had not. been t a
Church for several years; but on the acces-.
jion of a small property she bought herself
a new- bonnet, shawd and dress, with tho ap
propriate gloves, boots, &o. F and appeared on
tho following Sabbath in a style which al
most destroyed her identity with the hither
to shabby and hoopless old maid.
Just ns she was walking iip tho isle, and
as every eye seemed to bo turned upon her
the choir commenced singing an 'anthem, tho
burden of which 1 HaUelujf.h ! Hallelujah V
The- indignant spinster retraced her steps
down tho isle in high dudgeon exclaiming:
* Hardly knew you, indeed I Why, this iff
not the first time I've been dressed up.--
Hnrdly knew yon 1 X guess I don't come
.here soon again!'
KST" You may not think much of Niagara
at a distance, bat go right np under rt and
you will find It overwhelming.
* Why don't you wash your face ?* * I.an*
afraid to : n bridge near my house was wash
ed away last night/
A young-lady of this city, a short time ago
in a fit of desperation, hung herself to a limb
—of the law.
Black men are not always proud, One of
them presided at a radical meeting in Ober
-1 in, Ohio.; — Prentice. .
DC/' ‘ Now, I will prove very briefly that ft
secessionist is as great an Abolitionist as
Sumner. Both the secessionists andthedis
unmnists nro for breaking up this Union. I
will slate this argument in a syllogism thus :
An Abolitionist is a disunionist. " A disun
iunist is a secessionist.. A secessionist is a
disunionist. A Disunionist is an Abolition
ist. There is not a partiole of difference'be
tween them.'—Andy Johnson, June 2d; 186p<
An irritable man went ,to visit ft stole
friend, asked him concerning his health;. Tho
patient .was so ill that be' could not reply}
whereupon tho other, in a rage,.said, ‘I hopft
jl may soon fall sick and then I will not an"
swor you whop you visit me/ '
A young man, meeting an ftetpiaint.
anco, said, ‘ I heard that you woro dead.'——
‘ But,’ said .the other, ‘ you-see me alive.’—*
* I do not. know how that may . bo,’ replied
ho ; ‘ you ape a notorious liar ; but my infor
mant was a person of credit.’
SST 1 - An editor in Maine baa never baen
known to driok any water. .Ho says he nev
er hc-anl of witter used as ft general rethedy
hut once—in the time of Noah—when it kill;
ed mors than it cured.
NO; 12.