m i St*, > Oil VOL.J2. American ,; _vol unteer punusnno evert tiiurbr ay hornihg by ' MUM. It- BRATTON. i^^UßScnimOM^ —Two Dollars if paid within the ; and Two Dollars and’ Fifty Cents, if not paid the year. Those terms will bo rigidly ad hy’ffikjftd to in every instance. No subscription dis- until .all arrearages are paid, unless at option of the. Editor. - ''o??atdv'KUTiSEMESTfi—Accompanied by the cash, and v.m Exceeding one square, will bo inserted throe ‘ times for $2.00, and twehty-Uvo. cents for each .r&WUional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. ' —Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bilU —^jß^phJots,-Blanks, Babels, executed with - vyqouracy and at the shortest notice. ,T E K MS Will. B. BCTIiER,: lij,. ATTORNEY AT LAW, . ;jji) 1■ •• i : • ■ ■ • ■' . Wi- • .1 •. CARLISLE; PA. w*iTit VV*m. J. Sheared, Esq. ■ U, Uop— ly. - ‘ t t ! o rn ey at law;, formerly occupied by Judge ■ Grubam, .fiouLb Hanover street, Carlisle. [sept. 7, ’oj-ly :SISL-: : cc 1 <■ W, F. SAULIbKj 'ff A T TOitNE YAT LAW, . CARLISLE, Pa. ■SSpflßco in Voluutcor Building StutU Uanovor * Street. «‘,fjept. 7, ISol—ly. . "'ft. ■ Ji J. M. WJRABiJLITif, '■yit- ATTO U N E V A T LAW, «ITFXCi3 on South Haiiover Street, in the rooiii lormurty oocupiud by A. U. -Sharpo. 4seb. 27» . ' v- '-"."'VtfT - H . NEWS II A M , ' ATTORNEY AT' L A W» with Wm. H. Miller, Esq., south wost cornor °f Jhmovor aud Pomfrut streets, Dec. 22, 1862—tf 'lralAiS. E. J 1 A T T 0 R N 13 Y-AT-L A W. WFIGR in InhoiTs building, just opposite Market lluuao. • March 18, 1868—ty. ■ J- W. "FOULIC, Attorney at Law. Office with James H. Smith, E.sq., llhociu s .lipu. All business entrusted to him will bo prompt- to. ' Feb. 6. 1863. ; W$P M. C; HERMAN, . 8’ ATTORNEY A'i' LAW. ?FICE in Khfietri's Hall Building, in the roar of the Court House, next door to the aid” Office, Carlisle. 1 [Fob II james a. ounbar, . . T-X O-l!. N -E-Y-.-AX —L-A—W-- ■yti« L CARLISLE, PA. 1 -boxt doop Co tho American Printing office west of Hannon's hotel. 14, 1804—ly 0- ,E, E BELTZHOOVER, ... AND COUNSELLOR AT LAiW , CARLISLE, PENN’A. , • §|ITFICE on South Hanover street, oppo- Bontz’s store. arrangement with tho Patent Office, Attends to securing Patent Rights. '22, 1864-ly e. shavegy, • Anr TORN EY AT LAW. JrwSjt, CARLISLE, PA. -ATTENDS to securing and collecting 'CjLfi' Soldier's Pay, Pension#, Bounties, &c. '•MjjUfr' Office on South Ilanovor street opposite store. Fob. 13.1862, . GEO. 8. SC4. RIGHT, V : £*copt tfie Baltimore College of Dental Surgery ")■. vOffioe at tho residence of his mother, East Louth '.W-Btreot, throe doors below Bedford. Dec. 22.1862. ~ . ■WaSgtoik »R-1 -C. LOO'AICS, »EN .' TIST, HMn&movcd from South Hanover street to West ' Jurntfrot street, opposite the Female High School/ •CjuMdo. [April 28, 1801, Bl AND LUMBER YAH]}. '• ‘SHw® ’subscriber having leaned -the Yard ,^^f^ 0rm °rly-occupied by l Armstrong & Hoffor’, ; £ r ‘®tictjmrchuaed the stock of 0 AL A NB LUMBER, .Yard, together with an immense now stock, . ~will have constantly on hand and furnish to order ;. : ';feltisls<iB and-qunlity.of seasoned *. “ * ,/XUMBBII, BOAUDS/• ;*• ’: ' SCANTLING, t V FRAME STUFF; ,1 ■ Ualln'g, IM.'ISf crin", Lath, Shingling Lath,'forked i! ; and, Woatherboarding, Posts.and Rails, ji anti every article tbat-bolongs to a Lumber-Yard. !: limls of Shingles, to wit: Whitepino,’ Horu | of different qualities. Having cars '- ; ;\pKfhly-own I can furnish bills to order of any and size at tho shortest notice and on the "• terms. My Worked boards tfill bo cover so they can bo furnished, dry at • vijmvo constantly on hand all-hinds of FAMI-; • under cover, which I will deliver-clean pnrt of the borough. *,\To wit: Lykens Vul- Eggi ‘ Strfi o and / Nut,' Luke Fiddler,. Locust Mountain, Lobbory, which 1 • myself to soil at tho lowest prices. luality,_of _ ... ..... . . , , , nchurners 1 and Blacksmiths' Coal , m hand which ;I'Will sell at tho lowest Tig ard west side of Grammar School, Main ICE.—I still retain the Ra.mo position rm of DELANCY & BLAIR, which will bo on as energetically as o/ei at thoit cld 2ar the Gns house. As our purcbasesVwill > together at the head of tho market,.wo lidont by so doing to bo able to eccommo*' r customers and tho public on tho most' )lo terms. Having relinquished the tan rill doovto ray entire attention.to, tho Coal tuber business. AH kinds of Goal and kept coastantly on hand and in the best m. The Lumber Yard will bo managed by o. Zuloflf, whoso experience and skill ia { well to tho community. By strict attention!-to ?, short profits, and aAcsirp to, do ; right wA secure a liberal share of public patronage. . ANDREW 11. BLAIR. 15, 1865-tf WS, PLOWS.— te at Manufocturdri c'a Plowb, rood's ** tr Hardware S islo,, January-,' iANBEEW 11. -BLAIR'. -Just received end fo rs pricos, a largo assort York Motal Plows,- Eloomficld.do _ Eaglo do Cultivators, Ac., &€f tore of . BGt U ' SAXION ' \M\ml SEPTEMBER. Sweet is tho voice that call* From babbling waterfalls la meadows where the downy seeds are flying; And soft the breezes blow And eddying come and go In faded gardens where the rosojia dying. A along the stubbled corn The blithe quail pipes at morn, The moffy partridgi drums in hidden places, And glittering insects gleam Above the reedy stream 1 ' ’ Whore busy spiders spin their filmy lacos. At eve, cool shadows fall Across tbo garden wall, And on tho clustered grapes to purple turning, ; And pearly vapors lie , , Along the eastern sky ... v - , .! Whore the broad harvest-moon: is redly.burning,- Ab) soon ob field an,d bill Tho winds shall whistle chill, And patriarch swallows call their flocks together ' To fly from frost and snow* And seek for lands whore blow Tho fatter blossoms of a balmier weather* Tlio polldn-dustod heed. Search for tho honoy-boeg That linger in the last flowers of September, While plaintive mourning doves Coo sadly to their loves Of.the dead summer they so well remember* The cricket chirps nil day, e< Q, fairest summer .stay !” . Tho sqplirrcl-oyos askance tho chestnuts browning; Tho wild«fowl fly.afar Above tho foamy bar. And hasten southward oi'o tho skies arc ftofrning. HoiV coined a fragrant breezo t Through tho dark cedar trees, And round about my temples fondly lingers In gentle playfulness Like to tho soft carosS Bestowed in happier days by loving fingbM, Yet though a sense of grief t Comes with the falling loaf, - And memory makes tho summer doubly pleasant, In all my autumn dreams = A future summer glearafl, Passing tho fairest glories of the prbsent! 3^im{lnOTOUo; YOU.VG AMERICA’S WEDMG TRIP; I'he train from Grafton due nt 11:40, A. M., under the management 'of * that .-efficient conductor, Oapt.,. Soott,. a few; d(iys since, stopped at one of the, way stations to’ take un a couple newly rounded. Both wore, young, and both were verdant ; -having'‘been 1 raised in the wilds of Western Virginia, neither of them had ever been fifty miles rivVay from home. They had hoard.of railways, locomo tives, steamboats uud hotels, but had never experienced tiny ot the comforts of the afore mentioned institutions. Jeems and Lize had determined on tiiis most important event-of their lives, to visit tho city, and see the world, particularly that portion of it known ns Parkersburg. No wonder that • they were amazed aoddclighted when the locomotive, steaming and snorting with the train of beau tiful crimson cars following it, ctime in sight. 4 ‘ These ycur trunks ?” said tho baggage master. “ Well, I sorter calculate them's om,” Said Jeems. The trunks (a spotted hair trunk and a very old-fashioned valise) were soon in the baggage car followed by Lize apd Jeems. “I’ii be domed if railroads ain’t a fine thing ;” said Jeems, seating himself on his luggage and carefully holding up the tails of his tight bodied blue, adorned with resplen dent metal buttons, out of the dust. “ Lize, sot here by me.” “Como out of that,” said the baggage man ; “you’re in the wrong car.” “The D—l l am! D’ye suppose I don’t know what I’m about? These is my traps and I calkilate to stay where they are. Keep quiet, Lize ; they say we’ve got to fight our way through the world any how and if that chap with the cap on wants anything, why I’m his man. Bon’b want any ofyour foolin’ ’round me.” Hero the captain interposed and explained matters, insomuch that Jeeipp consented to leave his' traps and ' follow the captain.— What was his delight when ho surveyed the magnificence of the first class passenger car, into which u he ,>vas Ushered.. ! His imagina tion had never, in.its flights, pictured anything half so gorgeous and beautiful. lie was aroused from the contemplation of tlic splendor’around; him by the shriek of the iron horse. Jee Willikens ! what in thunders that ?” exclaimed Jeems. “That’s tlie horse squealing when they punch hin) in the rihs.wiih a pitch fork to make him go along,” said a sleepy iudiyiduM J just behind him. “Look hero, stranger,” said Jeems;“ I Mow you think I-ro a darned-fool, may bo I «ni, but there’s some tblnga I know, and one of ’em is ynuMl get your mouth, broke if you •don’t keep it shut. I don’t say much”—just at this moment they found themselves in Egyptian darkness, and then was heard a a scream equal to that of the engine, from Lise, as she threw her arms around the next of Joems. - . v • .i> • “I knew it( I knew itl” exclaimed the sleepy individual,, “we’re-all lost, every mother’s sun of us. We cun just'prepare now,to make the acquaintance of the.geutlo raan in bitick, who ’tends the big fires “down below,” - - n>- ■ “ O, Lord !" Jeems, what will become of us* I felt ek'eery about getting on the outlandish thing at first.” ■ “ Keep quiet. Lize, hollerin’ won’t do any good now.' If you know any prayer now's your time to say it for both of qs,” “ What’s the matter here?”'said the as tonished 1 conductor, coming up as the train once'moro eraocged into tho light.' “ Thai’s just what I’d like to know,’* said Jeeme; when he saw that Lize-and himself were stilLalivo. . ,' We've just paspod.through Eaton's fun nel,” replied our, polite captain. “ Hpw, far: are you going?”' J • “ Wall, I reckon we’ll stop at Parkers*' burg.” ! *< Show your tickets, if you please?' '“ Certainly ; Lize. you’ve gnt *feome with you ? Let this gent look at ’em.'' •" • • ■' I»iw drew ou* a piece of white paper from "OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY” her reticule, and, with a smile, handed it to our friend, who road : { THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY IS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED “ What's this ?” said tho captain. “ Why, that’s one of tho tickets to our wed* din*, that’s what you asked for, haiut it?” said tho somewhat surprised Jecms. “ Whaw, haw haw, huw, haw, haw,” was •the discordant sound that arose from the scat of the sleepy individual. A bland smile passed over tho face of tho captain, explaining his meaning to our ver dant friend. He hud no ticket, but willing ly paid his fare, and the train'sped on its destination.- Butwonders did not cease Hero, ‘presently our pert newsboy entered the car, and stopping up to Jeems ho'asked: “Have a /&m, ; siri?-” ,r “Wall, if I have* my'wtfy‘about it,the fust one will be a son, sartin,” said J.qoms. “ Don’t countTyour chickens aloro they’re hatched.l” said Billy, qs Jiq hastened to . tho next car* >' 1 •’ ‘ .ji.* • ‘ln-time tlie ffam'stopped at'tlio big depot, in thiO city.' Amidst ’ confusion' of strange noise, and a babel : of discordant voices, our .friends landed on the plat form. ,J “Buss, sah? Buss sahyfrec for de United States V* said the sable porter of our up-town house,. “ Lady, take a buss, sab ?” “Wall, I rather 'sposo slio won't from any but me; reckin I’m able to'do all in that line she wants, arid more too.” ' “Go to the Swari House, sah ? right crost do street j best house in do city.- i)is way, aah—any baggage? Have it sent to your room in a few minutes*” In u short time Jeems and Ills bride found themselves in one of those comfortable rooms on tho second floor of that well ordered es tablishment,.the Swan House. - The baggage was sent up with the usual promptness, and our friends wdro soon malting thoir toilet for dinner. Jeems had his coat and boots off in a-jiffy, and Lize’e hair fell .gracefully over her shoulders. “ That’s'aduced purty tosscl I” said Jeems, eyeing the bell-cord. “ Wonder what it’s fur,” batching hold of it; “ look, it works up there on some sort of a thingumbob. I’d like to have that tossel to put on my horse's head next muster day j see bow it works, said he,” giving it a pull. Presently tho door opened, and tho sablo face of one of Africa's sons was thrust into the room with the inquiry of “ King, sah ?” “Ring! ring what? you black-ape! if you don’t quit looking .at my wife, and make off, I'll wring your head off.” “ Stop a minute,” said Lize. “ What's (ho name, of the man that keeps this tavern ?” " Mr. Canloy, inarm.” , “Well, tell hia .lady they noeden’t go to any extra fixin's oh our adcount, for wo are plain people,” said tho amicable bride. ; “As they used to say in our debatin* sodi -etyJ'.inteiTupted Jeems, “ by saying’you can toll 'em to give .us the best .they’ve got. I’m, able fo pay for it, and I don’t kcer ior expen-, sea;'” ' ' " ■ ■ ' - ' • ' * ■ i - “■•'Tee-heo I Teediee!” was the only audifllp reply jie hurried down stairbi _. v , /" ■ .... Binned came and was dispajtch ed with n relish. "Jeems and his bride took a stroll over the oity, !| seeing the lions and other sights un-' til supper,time, which being over they rotir-J ed to their room.' The gas was lib by the serVdrifc, Who received a quarter for hisservi-. cepi Jeems was the last in bed, and accord ing to the rule in' such crimes, had to put out the light/ which' he did with a blast from his lungs. t 4 The ffoisd in tno streets had diefd away, and quiet reigned in the Swan House. The young man on the watch dozed in his chair. The dork (rather dorpulent) was about to re tire, when lib thought lie smelt gas. Much against his will, the clerk proceeded to find where the leak was/ ft seemed stronger in the neighborhood of the room' occupied by the bride and groom. The clerk concluded to knockut the door of their room. “ Who’s there ?” came from within. : ” Open the door; the gas is escaping.” “ Gus 1 what gas?” said Jeems, opening the door. ‘‘Why hero In this room- How did you put your light'out ?” ” Blew it out of course.’* 1 “You played h-—Oor amicable clerk oaraa very near.saying a bad .word but re membering there was a lady in the case or rather in the bed, ho checked his rising tem per, and having lit. the, gus, proceeded to sliow Jeems the mystery ot its burning, as follows: ■ . “ You ape this little.thing hero ; well, wheu you want to put it out you give it a turn this • way; Serious consequences might have re sulted if it had not been discovered. It might have suffocated us all. Now bo careful next time.” • ‘ ‘ V Much obliged. But how the deVil did I know that the darned stuff was scapin’ ?” re sponded Jeems, * ’ " / , “ Bid’nt'yoV'bmell it?” said the clerk. “ Pears to me I did smell sumthin’, * said Jeems. “ But Lize, I’ll be darned it I didn’t think it Was you, kase I never slept with a wo’man afore.” “■Well, Jeems, I thought it was you smelt that way. It ’peared strange, but then I never slept with a man afore, and I didn't know nothin’ about it,” was the response of Lizc, ; as she turned over for a nap. The red on our clerk’s face grcwsmilingly redder us it reflected the light from the hu’rn jet', ahd f a roguish’ twinkle lurked in the'cor- ners of his eyes, as he turned off the gas and all wasdark,- and our. friends werelett In their glory. A sound of suppressed mirth was heard in the reading room for.a few minutes, and all was still. Manners. —“ I niake it a point of morali ty,” says a Writer, “'never to find fault with another for his manners. They may be awk ward or graceful, blunt or polite, polished or rustic, 1 care not what they are, if the man. means well,,and acts from honest intentions witiiuut'eccontrioity or affectation* All men have not thq.advautagq.pf ‘good society,’ as it is called, to schqor'themablves in all its fantastic rules and ceremonies; and if there is any standard of manners, it is well found ed on reason and good sense, and not upon thesq, artificial regulations. ■ Manners, liko conversation, should bo extemporaneous and not'studied. I always suspect d mrin that meet* me with the samfe perpetual smile on his face, the same bonding of the body, and. the same premeditated.shake of the 1 band.— (jive me the hearty—it may be of the hand, the careless nod of recognition, and When.occasion requires, the homely but welcome salutation— * How arc yoii. my old friend?’” O* Abolitionists argue that, the negro is. the equal of, the white man. Ho may be, says an exchange, as far as they are concern ed, They are better able to measure tbeli! own capacities than any one else; . CARLISLE, PA.,THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 186 A “BRICK” POMEROY OH MOStIUITOEfc 11 Brick” Pomeroy gives the following its hia experience in-getting mosquitoes intoxi cated. Those ** anirailcs” aVo remarkably plentiful this season, more so than wo ever knew them to be before, and, by reason of their affectionate habits, have well Earned tho appellation of “ sticking closer than a broth er.” Brick’s” description of ” Mosqaitods on a Bender” is inimitable, and without fur ther prefatory remarks wo giye it to our rea ders entire: MOSQUITOES: ON. A. BENDER* Night before'last, in order to sleejii %vb •placed,a;pjcoc of raw- he.iUateak.on a plate at the the :njQrnmg it was by the mosquitoes fucked aa dry of. blood afi an old l sponge,- and our skin saved at least two 'thousand 'perforation^j All about the rqum in; the morning 'mosquitoes, ple thoric with blood, loaded v .f,ill- .they .could;not fly. ’We'killed a .ffiw/b'ut, job was too sanguinary, so wo left'them 1 to their‘feast. * Last night, in orderin’ got eyen with the serenading devils,lw-d steeped Haifa pound of fresh beefsteak in some old rye whisky, and loft it on a plate near \hc. bed. Nothing like being hospitably inclined. In ton minutes after the light was extinguished a swarm of these back biting bill-posters made an; ad vance movement. One of them caressed us’ ’sweetly on.- the nose—-bo’sent in Ins hill— there was a slap—a diluted 1 dawn— ; a f dead mosquito 1 Soon we , beard a tromeadous buzzing about the w hisky-aoaked beef. The entire misquiio family came singing in, and such an opera—good Loyd deliver us 1 -But they did.not 'diaturb us;wUh biles—we fell asleep to be awakened, in ten minuies by.the worst mosquito concert ever editor, moriaij devil, angel, divide, Dutchman or any other man listened to. ; ' ! ~r ■ Wo raised a .light,; and the greatest show of the season was there to be soon. Every mosquito .riis drunk as a blind fiddler, and such an uproarious night as the long-hilled .whelps had, never was seen before this- side of— selah! .The worst antics 1' . Some ,were playing circus on the plate. Ono big follow, with a belly like Fulstaff, full of blood and whisky, was dancing juba on the Bible, while a fat friend of his tribe lay on her buck beat ing thp devil’s dream ou au invisible t&mbo rine with ono hind leg 1 Two more wore wrestling on the foot board of the bed, each with'his bill stuck fast in'the timber.' An other-was tying the leys of oUr pants’into a bow knot to tie üboat the neck of Anna Dick inson, 'Which, hangs wash-stand, while another rod-stomached customer was trying to stand on his’head in the wash-bowl. All over the room were drunken mosqui toes I One , long ; bill,; gaunt representative was trying jq.r.app- tho.umcilugebquiq, fplbpf 'newspaper clippings. Another chap, was drilling a hole through a'revolver haiulle.and -singing ■** My -Mary—Ann,^-While''another was limping across thttwindow-Bilbinsearoh of fresh air,, to tune of—trajnp tramp—ytrarnp I Oue.littlo rain of.apkp.et was trying to jam the cock', but of Ben. But ler’s eye with a tooth bi it4li, as his picture hung beside that of Kidd IhlTpira.tq and a 'teVteother thieves. 1 : Another drunken states man family, reminding us of Zach Chandler, was talking Kurtsmn to a lot of drunken companions as. they lay in a heap on a pluto, \s hile another one sat on the han dle of our bowie-knife, doubled iip with cramp. in the stomach, and trying to untie his tail with hie bill, which seemed like Lincoln’s back-bone when Anna Dickinson said it wanted stiffening. Ho was a sick.looking skecter, and died in three minutes after we saw him, her, or it, as the ease may be. Two others took a bath’ in the inkstand. Another one with a bill like the devil’s narrative was trying to .wind our -watch with , a pen wiper, while another had just died as he was sitting on the rim of a dish in the room, trying to chant—“ Mother, I’ve come home to die !” Door skeelor. A nice skeeter, but, “ t’was a pity th'eo drank.” An old veteran with a padnoh full of 'alf and ’alf—blood and [whis ky—sat on the table reading Lea Miscrablea, while his wife was under the stove trying to meud her broken w.ing with a limpsey tooth pick. sho looked disgusted. Another one combed his hair with - a paper of. pins, tied, a piece of paper about his neck,.pasted alive conli infernal revenue stamp on his!rump and’ died like a Joyaf Citizen*' His last words were—. i • ■ u Tell tho traitors all abound yon/'etc./etc. Another drunken scamp has just 'stilted 1 o'd’t of the window lor John ii. Gough,-or fistonV ach pump. A wprsp-bebaved .set jof' bdm mera we ncv&r saw. They have.ucte.d.fpurful. About two thousand lie about 'deall, butspdr ness soouidd not to break in upon' hila rious rioting upon bloud and 'whidkyj 'Half a dozen .qfithpm,sat on ohr ridw|.hate playing 1 draw _ poker, usipg.wonp loaengos:|qr (> ol)eclfs;' while one of tlie.party got clean by r making 1 a' fifty dollar 1 blind ghod'on .a'fou r flush, which-didn't dillX Ho 'wiir 1 bfe hpb to wear cottqn'socks next winter andskeopaway from church collection days. Another ono sat on top of a brandy bottle, reading Bax ter’s call to the Unconverted, while bis part ner h.ea dead at his feet, evidently foiled.to close doors by the failure of Ketchum & Son, of New York 1 Sis ethers wore trying to hong one that looks like a Copperhead to the corner of,a nmtch.isafe,' but; as they were drunk and lie sober, it ia not safe to bat on liis being dangled. * They have eaten tbb beef —drank the blood and whisky—drilled the' plate full of holes—and on tho- centre table, organized a. Son of Malta lodge, using a. five' oout ahinplaster for a blanket in the act en titled “ The Elevation ol Man." Another red bellied leader of the Miss Keo ter family had a battalion-of drunken bum mers on the edge of a spittoon watching him jam a fur overcoat into hre left ear. . lie was foolish—*foolish enough for a Brigadier Gen eral or a member of Congress; A little cuss with Jflack JjOgs, crimson stomach and double jointed bill, was vomiting in a satin slipper,: while liis wile, a sickly looking lady of her tribe, was gnawing at the bed-post, thinking it a bologna. Another one, evidently an old rfmid, sat under the sofa'., milking the cat,, while her sister Was crowdings pkir of wool en drawers into her water-fall, singing* in a subdued strain : \ ■ Como rest in this bosom !” i "We have applied for a season ticket—frorit? float. Another with a certificate of marriage oVer liia head in the shape of a’welt the size of a candle-mnuld, was'dancing a fandango with rtwo mosquito virgins on,a watch crystal, while a deacon in one of their churches sat playing old sledge with a cork screw, to se6 which.should go for a gitf 1 cocktail. ‘ An 1 ac-‘ tistic delegate was standing on his head in ai champagne tumbler, one hind leg run thro* his under jaw, \vhild with the other f he \ya* pointing out-the roud to‘Richmond to a lot of ekeota still drunker than himself, -who were sitting dog fashion on the pillow. Wo should it was a gay party—quitoly sol Talk about shows, concerts, dog fights, am putations, circuses, negro funerals, draw po- Jcerj sparking, or other amusements, there is nothing td bo compared to a Bock of mosqui toes on a bender. If you don’t beliove it fix them up with a piece of beef steak soaked in whisky, and laugh your sides sore at tho an -stics tho drunken warblofs cut. Bow to bo Independent; Sir, Petbr C. Brooks’ maxim was that f *thc whole vnluo of wealth consists in the person al independence’ it. secures.” An amusing and singular illustration of that distinguish ed merchant Uiaxitn is thus given : A merchant named Porter once bad d cler ical friend between whom and himself there existed great intimacy. Every .Saturday night as Porter was. sitting balancing his cash, a note would come, requesting‘the |oan ol alive dollar bill/ ’ ’.Ths money was always punctually restored at eight o’clock on the .Monday morning following. But what.puz zled the lender was, the parson always re turned the indcutical note he borrowed. — Since the disdovery of this fact be made pri vate marks ou the note, still'the sumo was handed back on Monday morning. One Saturday, evening ..Porter abut a live dollar gold piece instead of a nolo, and mark ed it; still the very Coin \vas returned on ‘Monday. Porter got'nervous and billioua about,it; bo could hardly bleep at night for thinking about it;’ be would wake bis wife in tbo middle of the night and 1 ask what she thought of such a strange occurrence. Uc was fust boiling over with curiosity, when a note came from the reverend borrower, one Christmas eve, asking the loan ol ten dollars. A brilliant thought now struck him. lie •put on his grey coat, resolving to call and do maud-an explanation ol the mystery. When he was shown into 1)Is friend's study,'ho found'him plunged in the proloundest mel ancholy. ■ “ Mr. Bsaid the lender, 4 if you will an swer me one question I will lot you have that leu dollars, flow does it happen that you al ways pay mo the money you borrow on Sat urday uight iu the very Game coin or note oa Monday V The parson raised his head, and after a violent and internal struggle, us though he ■ were about to unveil the hoarded mystery of his soul, said in faltering tones: ‘Porter, you are a gentleman, a Christian and a New Yorker ; 1 can,rely on your iiiviable secrecy. Libtou to the secret of my. eloquence. You know that 1 am poor; and when day, I have bought! my {Sunday dinner, I sel dom have a red cent in my pocket. Now, I umiulain that.no man can preach the Gospel and blow up his congregation properly, with out he has something in his pocket to inspire him with confidence* I have therefore bor rowed 'five dollars of you every Saturday, .that I might feel it occasionally ag i-pi-each on .Sunday.,. JYim. know.how.independently. I. preach—how 1 make the rich shako in their shoes.’Well it' is all owing to my‘knowing I that f have a five dollar bill in'my pocket.— Ol ;oo.ufso never-having to use it for any oth er purpose, it ,is not changed,,bpt invariably returned £o you next morning, But to mor row Mr. George Law is coming to hear .me preach, and I .thought 1 would try the effect of a ton dollar hill sermon on him P The London .Times.— Tho pre-eminence of “ the old .thundcrer” among the-journals of the world is still held; and. though rivals have often attempted to dispute tho proud po sition it occupies, it,wields the sceptre with as firm a grasp to-day as it did fifty years ago. No other newspaper in Europe can bring to its support an array of talent at all comparable to it Ollier journals may re ceive the highestgovernmont patronage, may be supported by all the strength of public sentiment, may enlist the ablest men of tho age as their contributors, may be backed by an almost exhauatlcss amount of capital, and be conducted by tho most sagacious men of the land, but they have ever tailed to come -up to tho standard of the Times t or to com mand in an equal degree tho public attention, in a letter from London, the writer says : “Its corps of editors, or reporters of for . cign and domestic correspondents and of managers, constitute an army—not ono indi vidual of whom ever acknowledges his col ncotion with that paper: ft is often whis , pered at public dinners and other gatherings that such and such u person connected with tho Titnoa is present, but the indirdual who will conless to the soft impeachment is never found.-' The stat nomenis umhm of tlio editor Ul the 'Timoa is an impenetrable as the author of Junius, lb is said, that its leaders are written for a stipulated sum by men who never 1 enter its sanctum—and that more com mnnicutions frur’n th’e'first writers of Great Britiuu are rejected from' its columns than are.furniahc.d for all tho other papers and'pe-r riqdicald in the Kingdom/' The Prince Ijipeiuac of. . France- —It is : stated in the late foreign news that the health of-the Priticd' Imperial of Francelms’greatly improved, if,nut, fully restored; .The life of the young Prince, now nine yours old, is very : important.to* the Wapoleqn system.,.The Em-, peror is in' hls'flfty-eigb'th year, an if the Em press r in her fortieth, and' there is no proba bility of their haying other children. Should the Prince Imperial die, tho heir presumptive to the’ crown will be Prince Napoleon, who was lately rebuked and disgraced by the Em peror for his democratic speech at Ajaccio.— Lt would bo excessively annoying to >Napole on 111. to feel that his successor was to be a man'whom he has so much reason to dislike. Therefore ho and his friends have reason to feel particularly .edlicitouSi about tfi'o' health of his son. Joke on a Minister. — A young follow Was taking,a sleigh-ride with a pfotty girl whon he met'a Methpliatminister,’who’vfas some what 'celebrated for tyipg’the knot matflnio nial at short. notice, lie stopped him', and asked hurriedly— ‘Can you tie a knot for me ?’ , ‘Yes, 1 said Brother B ’■■■■■■—j ‘I gness so ; when do you want it dhtah V ‘ Well, right awayi'etrea the reply ; ‘is it lawful, though, hero in the highway V asked the wag. ‘ Oil yes; tills is as" good as any—safe as' the church itself,'’ ‘Well, thou, I want’d knot tied in my horse’s tail, to kesp.it out ofthe snow shout: od the wicked wag. as he ‘drove rapidly awayf fearing lest, the minister, in his pro fane wrath,'should fall from grace. i The State of lowa wililo-o $600,000 expended to raise troops for the General Go vernment, on account of the ignorance or dis honesty of her Republican Slate officials.— “Brick" Pomeroy wickedly,, adds—“ Well farmers of lowa—it’s all lor the nigger— sweat it out 1" A Tulo of Terror* Ac tho “ Crow Inn,” at Antwerp, some years ago, a white spectra was aeon bearing a lamp in one hand and a bunch of keys in tho other—this unpleasant visitor was seen by a variety of travelers passing along the corridor. Nothing would satisfy tho neighbors that an unfortunate traveler had not boon at some period or other despatched in that fatal room by ouo of the previous landlords of tho house ; tiie hotel gradually obtained tho name cf tho “Haunted Inn,” and ceased to be frequented by its old patrons, The landlord finding himself on the .brink of ruin, determined to elcop in the haunted room, with a view of proving the groundless ness of the afory; To make the matter more sure, a» ho said, he caused the hostler to bear him company on pretence of,requiring a wit ness to tiio absurdity of the report; but in reality, from cowardicb. At dead of night, however* just as the two riion wore compos ing themselves to sleep in one bod—leaving another which was in the room unlentuitod— the door flew open and in glided the white spectre. Without panning to nscertain.wbat it might attempt on approaching the bed—towards which it directed its course—the two men rushed naked out of the room ; and by the alarm they created, confirmed more fully than ever the evil repute of the house. Unable longer to sustain the cost of so un productive an establishment, the poor land lord adyertised lor sale the house in which ho and his father before him wore born and had passed their lives* But bidders wore ns Scarce us customers ; the inn remained for sale fur nearly a year, during which from time to time, the spectre re appeared. At length an officer of the garrison, who had'formerly frequented'the house, moved to compassion in favor of the poor host, under took to clear up tho mystery by sleeping in the aforesaid chamber ; nothing doubted the whole was a trick of some envious neigh bor, desirous of deteriorating tho value of the freehold, in order to become a purchaser. llis offer having boon gratefully, accepted tho captain took up his headquarters in the fatal room, with a bottle of wine aud a brace ot loaded pistols on tho table before him, de termined to fire at whatever object might en ter the room. ■ At tho Usual hour of midnight, accordingly, when tho door flow open aud tho white spec tre bearing a lamp and a bunch of keys, made its appearance, he seized both his pig tols,;when fortunately, ns his linger was upon tho point of touching tho trigger, ho perceiv ed that the apparition was no other than the daughter of his host, a yoUng and pretty girl, evidently walking in her sleep’. Preserving, the strictest silence, he watched her set down the lamp, place her keys carefully oi\ the chimney place and retire to tho opposite Vod, which, as it afterwards proved, she had occu pied during the lifetime of her late mother, _who_BlepsJa_thajrooim : _ , No sooner hud she thcrouglj composed her self’ than the officer, after lucking, the door of tho room, went in search of her father and several competent witnesses, including the water bailiff of the district, who had been'one of the loudest in circulating .the rumors con cerning the Haunted Inn. Tho poor girl was found quietly asleep in bed, and her terror on awaking in tho dreadful chamber afforded sufficient evidence to all present of the state of sonambuliam in which, she had> been en tranced. h From'that? period the spectre was seed no more, probably because the landlord’s daugh ter removed shortly afterward to a home of her own ; nud the tales of horror so freely circulated to tbo bewilderment of the poor neighbors, ended in the simple story of a young girl walking in her sleep; Tnn Arad and His Serpents.— A Paris correspondent says :—“ I stopped to see some of the numerous shows, vMiich are in full op eration during the holidays. I found myself at last within a circle whore ari Arab was showing off with seven or eight groat ser pents. I wanted to turn and go away, but the crowd had become so great that I found I could not move, and was obliged to remain a witness oX’.certainly one of the moat duiious and frightful spectacles ever offered to the public. The snakcs-channor was seated on the ground, after thd fashion of his country, with his shakes all around him'; two or three of them wore of tho most enormous size ; al muot as large as a full grown boa. Ho would take them up in his hands, let them wind around his legs, arms, body, nook and head ; stick out their forked tongues and kiss him on tho hands, the lips,' the eye-lida, end pre sent their heads or .tails to him, as he com* manded them. While the spectacle was proceeding in tho m'ost successful way, one of tho largest snakes slipped off unnoticed by tho Arab, or appar ently so, and dragging itself along, got out of tbo crowd, everybody, you may be sure, giving him a clear space. Just outside of the circle two dogs were playing together.— : The serpent ho 6oohfcr espied ,them, than ho raised-his; head ; .and in an instant was busy winding himself around the body of one of the unfortunate animals. Tho poor dog lit terally screamed with fright. It was’Ukc the sefeams of a human being. The Arab no sooner hoard it and under stood tho cause, than ho got up, wont to the spot, and without touching tho serpent at all, spoke a few words, and the creature instant ly uncoiled itself slowly untit it loft the dog free, and I assure one of tho canine race nev er ran as fust as that dog did, as soon as he got loose. Tho surprise of the spectators of this Scene knew no bound's, and pieces of sil ver wore literally showered into the Arab’s turban'. O’ My son," said a father, “ take that jug and fetch me some beer. “ Give mo the money, then, father.” “ My son, to gat beer with money, anybody can do that; but to get beer without money, that’s a trick.” ! So the boy takes the jug and out he goes; shortly ho returns and places the jug. before his father. “Drink,” says the son. “ How can" X drink,” said the father, “ when there is no boar in the jug?” . “ To drink beer out of a jug,” says the boy, “ whore there is boor any body can do that; but to drink beer out of a jug whore there is no heer, that’s a trick 1” (ET* ‘ Bob, Harry Smith has one of tho greatest curiosities you ever saw.’ ‘ Don’t say so—what is it?’ - 1 A tree that never sprouts and becomes smaller the older it grows.’ ‘ Well, that is a curiosity. Where did bo get it ?’, ‘ From California.’ . “ What is tho name of it?* • Axlotreo—it onoe belonged to a Califor nia omnibus I’. ; ' . 1 ' Scene closes by Bob throwing'an inkstand at a half closed door; Beer Is. Tea. The London Telegraph, in' an article on tbo taxes, takes occasion to say something about beer, (of which the Englishman ia rid fond,) and compares it with tea, the duty Of which has lately been reduced. The writer says,:' Wherever tbo modern Briton goes, he car ries with him, as a kind of liquid talismaiij his bottled boor. Ho has been known' to take it to the Arotic regions, and, when ifc became frozen, to serve it out almost by the square inch ; and ho is particularly, fond of it in Bengal, where the Imprisoned beverage strives to escape from the repressing cork with the impetuosity of a greyhound ing at the leash. With an impartial catholicity of palatd' tho votary of tho umber ale loves to see its “ beaded bubbles winking at tho brim/' ahd yet is never forgetful of tho darker charms possessed by porter or stout. Boating men —whenever they are not under strict train ing—cricketers and the whole of tho many BuglisU sporting community, arc sensible alike to tho charms of tho long, thin narrow glass, the simple and unassuming tumbler, aud the tnoruugh-going pewter pot. The prudent and industrious mechanic the wholesome brew of native malt and hops to tho fiery, foreign distillations that madded tho brain and shatter the nerves. Tho statistics of beer drinking arS simply stupendous. Hr Gladstone, after making all the deductions that occurred even to his pe culiarly exact and analytical intellect, com puted that every adult male iu England con ; Burned tho astounding quantity of six hun dred quarts per annum. Our beer drinking; indeed, is like our national debt—at once a shame rtnd a glory. .No other European poo* plo owes so much as Great Brittain, and yet no other nation pays its way so honorably; no other could'swallow so much malt liquor, and go on with its work so soberly. Truly, beef and beer are great, and have had a great deal to do with our success; .Despite all the arguments and invectives of the agitators who advocate wb'at paradoxically described as a “ permissive bill” on account of .its pro* hibitory character, we adhere to our faith tnat sound, honest, malt liquor does fur more good than harm';’ nor should we dream' of opposing any system of financial legislation which would make it cheaper without indict* lag an extra burden upon (he community. The Chancellor of tho Exchequer, indeed, maintained that tbo rich drank vary little ; but the statement cun only apply to tbo nob who have attained a certain age,’ and the! honorable gentleman would simply have to £o down to tbo grand University which ha represents,’ to see that “in life’s morning march’, when the spirit ia young”—before tho muscles have grown fiaoid, before the digest* ion is impaired, before melancholy and dys* popsia have marked tbo victim for their own —the sinewy undergraduate retains his tra*. “ditlbnariiking 1“ .U'li ili’Mf be' Jitional liking lor ma> mtii joei is beautiful hud beneficial in its way, whal shall be said of. tea ? Wore Mr. Mill’s idea of woman suffrage to be carried fato effect, we should like to know what audaoious legis lator would dare to tax the Chinese plant f By all moans, let pater-familius, that noble joeing, enjoy his glass of ale, and let the boys preserve in their-sensible allegiance to Bath, and Allaop, and Barolap; but hath not Con gou its claims? Is Souchong to bo slighted. Hyson to bo esorbiantly taxed ? In Gnawer to the Shakespearean quoryj “ I'oat thou ( thiuk, because thou art virtuous, there shall lie no more cakes and ale?” the wqpjen of England may fairly ask, “Dost thou think, because tbou art no? particularly virtuous, and requires! cakes aud ale, there shall bp no more buns and bohoa?” Out up on the hnchivalrio finance that would not confess the justice of Che feminine appeal 1— The ton-cup, after all, is oven more import ant than the pewter pot; and there is ono great fact to bo borne in mind, namely, thal by reducing the tea duty we really do chea pen the price of the commodity to a degred that renders the boon of practical benefit both to rich and poor, whilst the revision of the malt tax would confer even upon ths thirst iest of “ thirsty souls” a nearly infinitesimal advantage. New York City.— The New York World etutoa that Now York is at present witness* ing an avalanche of' prosper.tj and rush of business unknown in the history of business: Tho city is full of buyers from all parts of tho country nud tho only difficulty which presents itiolf to the minds of the o merchants is the lear that tho supply of merchandise may prove insufficient for the demand. This is the case particularly in the dry goods mar ket. Thu sidewalks around Cinllin’s storo on Worth street, three hundred feet in ex tent, are piled wish gigantic cases of goods ready for transportation to £ho South and West. The seven floors of the building occu pied by this firm are crowded with buyer* from all parts of tho country, and fifty clerks are kept constantly busy making out bills. Tho two groat stores'of A. T. Stewart 5) Co., ou Broadway, employ 1,500 clerk's, por ters, book-keepers and other employees. The sales of this firm amounted last year to $40,.’ 300,000 and are expected to oxucod $75,000,- 000 tho promt year. Tho Southern custo mers aro coming back, willing to pay up old scores and renew business relations. The feelings 0 f animosity engendered during tha war seem to have passed away. 537" Louisville, Ky., of the “ loyalty” of which, it is presumed, there is no doubt, must be a pleasant place to live in, just now. Judging by tho newspaper headings,' society there must “ resolving Itself into its original elements.” Wo cull the following from a' single (local) column of the Democrat of thd 29th. “ Moro Daring Kobbories,” “ High way Robbery,” “ Heavy Robbery,’ “Dar ing attempt Attempt at Burglary—the IVib .bers Attempt to Murder the Proprietor of the House,” “ Negro Soldiers Shoot at White Ones,” “ Horrible Murder,” " Negro Sol diers on tho .Rampage,” “ The Negro Muti neers,” &e. In addition to this alarming list there are references to dirty streets and carcasses of mules and horses rotting oh the commons, showing that the citizens are in' danger of death from disease as Well as from ruffianly violence. Tho particular day thus op tomizod- is by no means a remarkable or exceptional case, as we might show tho same sort of brief for any day of tho last si* months. Tho host of tho joke (if it is s joke) is, that General Palmer has full sway there under martial law, with his court-martial, military commissions, provost guards, and a largo army force under bis orders. O” “Why, George, what are' yon hoeing in tho garden for at this time o’ night t”— “ Well, -I was awful dry; mother, and don’< the Bible,so/,' 1 Ho, every,one that thirst oth T ” The old lady drew bar head in; dosed th# window,- and collapsed; NO. 1 5f
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