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J. 3u barer, Esql Sept.'l4. 1866 —ly. ||i| ■ ' JNO C (JK AH'A\vl, .* ATTO RN EY A T LAW, feV:<Sf Office formerly ocoiipied by Judge (liaham’, South liuuovyr street, Carlisle. [aopt/7, 6j-ly |||| - VV. F. SADLER, |i| " ATTORNEY AT LAIV, s|| .CARLISLE, Pa. 'aWmi P® co in Volunteer Building Scutb Hanover j3SS» Street. . ’MM. H«P‘-?.1361-ly, , •!. ifl." A 1 I O 11 S’ E V A'T L-A'-W ,V IVFFIOB on South UUnjiver str'eeif, in'tHfi A./ room formerly nooupiod'by'A. li.’ tiharpo.' *•!>• **. »m; - • . hshh‘r ; . |ll . Nii W SII aM , fevl ATTd'rttfisr a‘t £a W. '®lO FFICii with Wlli > n - Miller, Ks.!-, s. uth wont coriiur of H'aoovor Olid Pomfrot gtn o'tsi Oariidlo, i)co. 2!i, iab rif— ■4^ wfmi- ~ . ... ln huff’s building", jubl opposite \J the Murkol Huußy v- Carlisle March HI, ISH2—ly. f ’ !n * |, J. \V. FOULK., An .ruby lit Tiluv. rlf * J-i» Office with James R. Smith, Ksq.j Rhcom a Hall. AU'buaineas'yutrua cd to him will bo prompt • ly atteudedto. Feb. 6. ISfilV -—.— CSIAS. ft: A T T O' it' N* ET-AT-L A W. ui.' c.. tfcttisn'ivv ATTo'RN E Y w A T /7\FFIOI3' ill .pboem'fl Hall Building, in the r :ar of the (sourt House, next door to the Horard ,# “)flVnorCarliirio. f Fel) 4 f *A'i—j-o' ; ; : I,'*} - A. AT ORNEY ATLAW CARLISLE, PA. * M . Office’riVxt door to tho Printing office ft few doors west of Hiibtion’s hotel.' April It, 1864—.1y '-■-■ ■: j—- ; —- 1 F. E BEtAZiiOOVEK, AND COUNSELLOR AT LA W, CARLIStE, PKKN’A. FFICB «n South Hanover street,’opbo site- Bontz’s store. j apodal arrangement with the Patent Office, securing Patent Rights. Sept. 22, IBG4-ly KIIEUM E. SUAVITY, At LAW. CARLISLE, PA'. 'ir A TTENLS to h ('curing and collecting *‘ Vj , <i,',)i v £ I JL Soldier’* Pan, Petition*, Ponuh'es, <tc. i '■£,& /SOT Qfiloe on South Hanover strubt ojtyoflito store.-. Fob. 18. 1862, Dr CE«i S SEARIGHT, i*vatn the Baltimore Coliege of Dental Surgery Mor ; ofl3ce at the residence of bis mother, East Louth* *treot» three doora below Bedford. Doc. 22.1862. PR.Jt.c. Loomis, niis. . TIST ’ ■ removed from South Hanover street to West struot > opposite the Female High School, [.April 28, 1864. |||COAL AND LUMBER YARD.' ' subscriber bavins: leaded the Yard formerly occupied by Armstrong & Hufibr, v t“.% purchased the stnokof .-t;; >VJ COAL AND LUMBER, if®, Yard, together with an immense new stock. - will have constantly on band and furnish to order kinds and quality of seasoned v>:LUMBER, t.ti.i'M- boards, SCANTLING. FRAME STUFF .«JS Paling, Plastering, Lath, Shint ling Lath, worked ... \ Flooring and Weathorboaruing, Posts and Rails, a , and ovary article that belongs to a Lumber Yard. ■>-h. •; All kinds of Shingles, to wit: Whitcpino, Hom j ilitil^ 00 ' 1 of t,illo ront qualities. Having cars my °' Tn * 014,1 fllrniall bills to order of any and siio at the shortest notice and on the ,ij|i|ijnoBt reasonable terms. My worked boards will bo under cover so they can bo furnished dry at ''i’:,;»lUiines. ‘'b-'jW'-V II have constantly on hand all kinds of FAMI COAL under cover, which I will deliver closn ny part of. the borough, lowit: Lykens Val- Urokon, Egg, Stole and Nut, Luko Fiddler, rerton, Locust Mountain, Lobbory, which 1 igo myself to sell at the lowestprioos. sat quality of Limehnrners’ and Rlackimitha' Coal. iys on hand which I will soli st the lowest flg Yard west side of Grammar School, Main >fc (OTTCE.—I still retain the same position 10 firm of DELANCt <fc BLAIR, which will be iod on as energetically as i *ei at th« !r cld id near the Gas houso. As oar purchases will Dade together, at tho head of the market, wo confident by so doing tu bo ablo to eooommo- our customers aud the public on the most loDiible terms. Having relinquished tho tan j I will deovto my entire attention to tho Coal Lumber business. All kinds of Coal and ibor kept oojstantlj on band and in the best htion. The Lumber Yard will be managed by Geo. Zuloff, whoso experience and «kil is well *wn to the community. By strict attention to inosu, short profits, and a desire to do right wo to secure a liberal share of public patronage. ANDREW 11. BLAIR. ; mo 15, 18«5-tf uOWS, PLOWS.- sale atMaoufocturen 'of (auk’s Plows, York Motal Plows, louwood’s “ Bloomfield do Oiglor’s » Kaglo do oinoh’a " Cultivators, do., io, io cheap Hardware Store of , , _ U. SAXT.Oif, isrliek, January, 1804. Bertrade sat still until she. heard her fath er show the professor into the pink chamber, (hen she threw herself upon the lounge and cried tears of vexation. Neither of'the sisters had ever seen Prof. Wennel. He had been at college with Mr. Westgate, and they i o iclu led of course, that ho was equally elderly and stiiitous. They wore not aware that he was harely for ty, being eight years younger than Mr, West gate, and though interested in literature and science, hardly considered a bore in the best society in Eurone wbvh he bad frequented for the List five years. Pretty Nellie arrived that evening. There was no pink chamber for her use. She found no fault with the pretty white-draped bed room with a dressing roim attached, which was assigned her, but Bertrade epre«s ed to her her indignation. All the girls were a little surprised when they met Prof. Wennel at the tea table. He was fine looking and agreeable. NeUte said so when they had flown btiek to their reVwmt —the bay window in the upper hall, whew Lou always sowed. * Dear little six footer I I wonder ho\» he likes the lace of his tGillette cushion/ said Bertrade. incorrigibly. ! * I'll tell you what E should do if I were you, Bert.' said Nellie. ‘What?' ANDREW H. BLAIR -Just received and fo rs prices, a large assort ~:zpT - WHAT IS WEALTH. Wealth is sonAatbiug more th in gold, Mure than luxury ami case; Treasures never to bo told ht:iy bo found apart froth those. Men who great possessions Own, Miy bo needy none the less ; They are rich, and they alone, Who haVo stores of nobleness, P.ibi-os arc dreary domes; Fair d oniv.Di.but dosjrbs wild, If there hi not Imppy-hotnes, • Gentle thou'h'ta and manners mild. Trust me, though hi* lot be small, . , And he makes but slight pretense, "Ho who lives at peace with all, Dwells in true magnificence. If you’d prove of noble birth, ■ 0, beware of judgements rashj Scorn to measure human worth By. the sordid.rule of cash. Gold and silver may depart, . Proudest dynasties may fall; lie who has the truest heart Is tbs richest of us all. s&ioce|lniiEoUo. prop, ghost. BY iCBTIIieR BERLE KENNETH, The pink chahiber xyas .the prettiest room, in Oraig Cottage. Mr. Vfo-tgaie, the gentle manly- owner of Craig Cottage, h id express ed iv mild approval of it When Bertrado, his bright,' brunette daughter called him in to c'Bt* it asthe furnishing was completed hui Bertrade, tluaned with succors, was hardly satisfied. * Why, paph, it’s perfectly exquisite! like the inside ot a sea shell. See the rosy tinges reflected on the wmte wind iw shades by tlio pink damask dnip*tig. Sre the light fall in a gmw on the little Xantho yonder. Oil. how pretty. DoH't you think it beautiful, pupa V ■ t •Yes, my dear, I hope Prof* Wennel w'iil likp it.* . ‘ Prof. Wennel!' screamed Bertrade, ‘your don't'intend to put him here.' 1 Way not? it is the prettiest rtfom'in the housp.' ‘ Buk He's a man/ ‘ What of that ?' ‘ This is a lady’s room. Indeed'it Ta^papa; it isn't fit for a gentleman. There are too many, tui,lotte arrangem mts, and no accom iliodationo at all for segars.' * Prof. Wennel doesn't smoko, and he's a guest, to whom I wish to do all lion or. I wish huii to he aco iminudated by the t>est the house affords in every way.' Mr. Wes'gate was mild bill; fTtui. iJer tmdo pouted in vain.' ‘ A horrible great man in that little nest I' said eno to her sister L >u. *Ju>tthink of it! lie’ll tear everything to pieces, I know he will.' • tfonoefise, Bert, I should think Mr. Wen uel was a wild cat.' • friii, don’t all men wear mu My b»ots. dash the.water ah me in bathing. suiter ci gar ashes, atui'put their feet on the chairs ?’ *Ni. my dear; papa dosen’fc/ ‘Popa’san exception to all rhen'in every wav/ * You’d bfctteh wait and see if Prof. Wennel isn’t, before you'get in niibh u passion &buu. him/ * I’m tiot in a passion. I wish 1 before he comes here to sp *il that beautiful’ room, tha« Wd blow himself up in some of h s chtnmcal experiment*—but I'm not in a passion'!' I know I si : 11 hate him though—l want the room for N-dlie/ * Papa's favorite guest before yours, ray dear/ ‘Of course; papa would not care if .Nellie slepr in the attic/ vNow, Bertiade/ Bertrade, rather ashamed of her last re mark, was silent, and sat tying knots in he wrapper cord and jeru.ig them out again Just then there was a ring of the do >r bell, the b umi of voices in greeting, and L»u ob served quickly: ‘ Prot. Wennel has come. Bert/ • » » Prof. Wehnel satin hia room reading. It was nearly twelve o'clock at night. The damp night-wind blew in.at the op«n window and made the light flicker as it shone through itn alabaster shade, upon the table at his side. The room 1 was indeed like the heart of a rose; but if Bcrtrade Wcstgate had not been so very milch prejudiced, she would have seen that Prof. Weimel, with hia clas sical face and aleudar bauds, did nut luuk much out of place there. Suddenly something, he neyer knew what, mode him raise his eyes from his hook. In the ceitre of the room stood a slender figure robed in a shroud, white and glimmering ; and at the instant his eyes fell upon it the town clock- began to srike twelve in the distance. As the last stroke died, the figure moved sileutly toward the door and glided out. The professor sat staring at empty space, doubting his senses. Be was so astonished that he never stirred In his seat for ten min utes. Be .'at gazing straight forward until the bonk, slipping from his relaxed baud, 101 l upon the floor and startled him. rrfq f c: • ]. tth . “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY." *1 have 'boon ivdeep and dreaming,’ said he; and he prepared'to retire. Yet a* he drew the white coverlet over his shoulders, he had a suspicion that what he had seen was not a dream. The next morning at breakfast he said to his host. ‘Philip, is this an old house?* * Well it has something of b history, I be lieve. It has been in my possession bur n year, and we have lived hero only a few months.’ What Is its history V * It wuh built by a man named Alligood. I don’t know how long ago. Up lost his young wife here immediately after his removal to it. Then D;*. Grunt bought ii.’ ‘ Hid Alligood’s wife die of sickness?’ ‘ I believe there vas a rep irt that she pm s.).p diiorrtull'on ucomint of aume finmr lit in eh merit. Do you know anything about it. Be. tale?.’ ‘ Yes, Papa,' said Bertrade, slowlv stirring her coffee; * everybody thinks it is quite true time she poisoned herself because she was married against her will to Mr. Alligo. d.— •And,' continued Bertrade, observing tba» Prof. Wennel was regarding her attentively. * they say she was found with the glass in her hand dead in the room we have furnish ed as the pink chamber.' , f , *II jw horrible I* 1 shouldn't think you'd dare to live here,' murmured Nellie'D.ishton, shrugging her dimpled an.adders, au I every bodjj saw Prof. Wennel shudder, but lie chanuod ihe-conversation. Ttnu night he retired to bed as early as ten o'clock, but somehow he could not sleep. -Af twelve o’clock he was us wide awake as ever he was in his life, and there in the centre of the room, stool the sumo white figure which had visited him the previous night. Ah be fore, its stay was brief. . It.retreated us he fixed his eyes upon it, and vanished at the door, which closed softly behind it. ,Ti>e Prof never closed his eyes all night. Tno next day he hinted to Mr. Westgate that he thought of returning home. llis host Was astonished. .* Why, Arch.. I thought you' Were going to stay all suunnep. with me.' • So did I,’ said Bertrade, softly; Pot. Weomd murmured someUnng about changing his plans, and declared that he re ally felt as il life must depart on the follow ing day. Tout night lie Was visited again ; the fact did uotucueie ate his departure, for thePmf. had the belief that directly nfeer the door closed u'ioii his ghost, ho heard a smothered laugh, and he remained until the next night. Jubtns the clock was on the stroke ot twelve, his chamber door opened, and the shape ap peared. Uo kept, ms head bear, over his book, uut l it Ifad advanced into the centre of the room.. Tnen. intdea I of sitting still, dazzled by fear and fascinated with wonder, he quietly arose, produced a pistol, and earn calmly: • Tako off that sheet, or I'll fire,' The figure paused slowly to retreat. ‘lll give yoa but hue second.’.be said, firmly. I The figure paused, wavered—the sheet fell and Bertrade sank on her knees before him. *Ua, Prof, Wennel, forgive me—and don't, oh. don’t tell paba !’ Pallid and lovely, with her dark ringlets lulling in disorder oh her shoulders, the Prof, lowered his pistol before tier beseeuaing luce.; • Have you any excuse for such conduct vlbs Westgate ?’ r • No—yes—oh, I can’t tell you ; but I did it partly’ for fii,b- Won’t you forgive me, and not toil pupa? I’ll do aoyctiiiig lor you; in* deed I will/ //e stood quietly before her as she still knelt at his leet. * Ym'ask a great deal of me. You have destroyed my plan's for the summer, forcing me to tell your father that I must go away/ * I’know, but you* can make some excuse not to go. if yon like, I will nelp you if you won’t tell him Say—-say/ * May I say that 1 have fallen in love with bis daughter, and so have changed my mind a second time V Sue Was on her feet in an instant, all bar pallor given awajv po a : burning 1 lilusb. He smiled. but she did*not see him, for her eyes were on the floor * May I sny it?’ he repeated; . . She looked tip' wHh J a little indignant flash. • tfo.’ lit* went nearer, toot bdr hahdsi and made her look at him. * May I, Bertrade V ‘ Yes/she said. And Professor «Vennfel married his ghost Aktemus Ward —Artemus Ward’s hew talk on the “ Mormon" is very funny. Here are some of the hits : Brigham Young has eighty wives, besides thooe which are only “sealed," and Dot with him. lie loves not wisely. Ami two '(hundred) well, The Vice President hat two thousand heal of cattle and two hundred head oi wives.— They have an awful appetite. 1 once thought lessly gave a family ticket to uu elder to at tend my lecture, lie came and filled the whole house. 'Twas a success that mgbt. but 1 didn’t get any money. The seventeen wives of a deceased Elder tried to make me a Mormon and ihiirry them. They wept; they noVe a sigh—seventeen sighs—a sigh of considerable size. They put their soft whits' hands in mine, (seventeen hand*!) seventeen hands surrounding me.— Th> re i was alone, away from my parents ! 1 exclaimed, I hope you haoe nor diih'unorable intentions. As 1 <ouk orysrli away they t-aid in their grief. It is toof much/ That was just the thing that troubled me in their request —and so*l said, It is fob' in'nch! When captured by the lu ;’ians, I saw de scciidmg on me the glistening th mas-hawk in the morning light. 1 had no reinforce ments—no pontions— no last ditch wito me, 1 had no female attire, so I sea hol.ily. I sur render! 1 was allowed to march out with my side'arms and green cotton umbrella woicb my aunt at Suucarap had given me. I didn't leal afraid—not I—h*r 1 had exposed my life before. I «>uj» stood at (Jemreville a> d saw thousands of huilots —those leaden messengers of death'l thousan is of them pasS i g close by me— packed id boxes and wag uus. , • EC7* A clergymen said in a rodent sermon (bat the path of rectitude had been travelled bo uttle of late years u had completely ruu tu grass. IC7* There was a wicked, boy who, when he was told that the best cure for the palpi tat;on of the he:*rt was to quit kissing the ? rls, said; *li that is the only reason for palpitation. I say, let her palp I 1 I s6?* Peace ha* developed a new rational _Bni?jtf^nopulaTlyJcnown as 'whiskey. CARLISLE, PA.. THURSDAY,' OCTOBER 19, 1865; THRILLING SKETCH. , Alexandria Dumas is furnishing sensation items Irom Russia. Here is one u( the best: We lett the room with a turnkey behind us, and wa.ked un till .we found uul'm; ves oppu ste he prison. The jailor opened it, went iu, ami lighted a lantern. Wo v unt down leu mope, punned a row of dung ions, then down lea mure, but did not atop. We went down live more und then stopped at one ma lted No 11. lie gave a sileutja'gnal; it seemed in this abode of the dead as it he had lost the power of epeeeh. There jvas ut this time a trust ul least twenty degrees out side. At the depth where we found ourself, it was mingled with a dam, winch penetra ted to Lhe hone ; niy marrow was frozen, and vet I wiped the perspiration from my brow. The door opened, we went down six dump ■tod slippery steps, and louud ourselves in a dungeon of .-ix square he- Ila tcied by the light ul the lantern tuat 1 saw a human form moving in it. * Kibe and dress yourself.* I had a curiosity to know to whom this or der was addressed. ‘Turn id the light/ said I to the jailor with me. I then saw a thin atid pallid old man. rise up. He had evidently.been immurco in this dungeon in the same clothes ho had on when arrested, but they hud iatleaotf by piecemeal, and lie was only dressed in a ragged pelia e. Through me rugs his naked, bony, shivering body could be .-efcn. .Perhaps ibis, body had beet) covered with splendid garments; per naps the ribbons of the most noble urderd tiad oncq closed bis panting chest.. ;Ao present he u.un only a living sheleton, that mid; lost rank, dignity, 1 even name, and was called No. II ‘Uc cruse* amt. .wrapped huh sell,in the iragint'irila of his ragged pelisse, without uttering a complaint; lns b. <dy was bo*cd, down, conquered - by p iison damp, time, it might be. hunger, His eye was naughty, almost menacing. •*li is good,’ said the Q ivornor. * Come.* lie was Ihe first to go out. Tue prisoner throw a parting glance on his cell, his stone bench, his water jug, and straw. 11. uttered a sigh, yet it was impos sible that he could regret ’any thing of this. He followed:the Uovernor and passed bofur me. I shall never forget the glance be turned upon me in pass and the icproucii that was Coiieentraied in it. * *So it seemed to say, obeying tyranny/ 1 turned away • the glance Imd pierced my heart like a dagger. Ke puss-:d the door of me dungeon. How long was it since ne •• i.- entered-it? Perhaps lie did not know I im self. lie mum hate ceased for a long time cmoliog day* and nigots. On reaching the Governor*** door we found two sledges wait ing. The prisoner was ordered into the one that brought us, and we lollowed him, the G venior l»y liis side, lin front. The other sledge was occupied Uy lour soldiers. Where-we were going? I* knew not.— What we were going to do? I was equally ignorant. 1 had only to see—the action it self did not concern me. We starred. Through my the old man's knees were between mine, -J tell them iremh e. Tiie Governor was .whipped in his,furs. I was luiitoned up in .my military frock, and yet the cold reached us. The prisoner was almost naked hut the Governor had offered h*m no coverings. 'For a in unent .1 thought ot taking off my coat and offering it to him. The Governor guessed my intention. .* It ifl not worth while. 1 lie said. Soon wo reached the Neva again, and our Bledgo took the direction of Cronstadr. The wind came off the Baltic and blew furiously ; the sloet cut our facet). Though our eyes had become accustomed to the darkness yet we Could not see ten yards before us. At lasi we snipped in the midst of a furi ous storm. We must have hcen about a league and a half from St. Petersburg. The Governor got off the sledge and went an to the other. The Soldiers had already got off holding the. tool they had been ordered to bring. ‘Out a hole In the ice,’ the Governor said to them I c. did not refrain a cry of terror. I be gan to apprehend. 4 An !’ the old man uttered, with an accent the laugh of a skeleton’, * then the Etnpres-tloes siiil remember me;does she?’ Ol what Empress was he talking? Tbrefe had i ti'Sed'uway in succession—Annie, Bbz a> etl» and CVharine. It was evident he still believed he was living under one of them, and he did not know even thp.pamoof thb man who ordered his death. What was the obs<*uiiiy of the night, com pared with that of the tomb? The four soldiers then set to work. They broke the ice with their hummers, out it with ilioir axes, and laised the blocks with the liver. All at once they utiirte 1 back; the ice was broken ; the water was rising. 4 Collie down.’ the Governor said to the old nrmn. The order was useless, for he had al ready done ho, Knecli ig on the ice ho was praying fervently. The Governor gave an order in a low tone to the soldiers, (hen he came hack to my side; ior I had not left the sledge. In a minute the prisoner rose. I The four soldiers rushed upon him. I turned my eyes aw«>, hut though I did tint see. 1 lieiird the noise uf u body hurled imu the abyss. In spite of myself I turnei) around. The old mutt had disappeared. 1 tnrgot that I had nn right to (jive orders, but sh aited to the driver, • Away 1 away !’ ‘ Stop 1’ nrisd the Governor. Tne sledge which had already mured forward, stopped again. ‘ All is not finished,’ the Gnveraor sa'd to me in French. ‘ What haie wo to do?’ I asked. • ‘ ait!’ ho replied. We waited half an hour. ‘ The ice has set,’ said one of the soldiers,’ ‘ Art thou sure ?’ lie struck the spot where the hole had so lately yawned ; the water had become solid up*' • ; We can go,’ stud the G ivernor. The horses started at a full gallop, and in less than ten minutes we reached the for tress. Quiddities. —The worst organ grinder—a hollow iu. th that plavs the deuce. Jealousy is the ur attest of misfortunes, and excites the least p ty. Just like the cinnamon-tree is the fop; for the bark is invariably worth mure than the body. The public lecturer who dwelt upen a top ic has changed his residence. The'tnau who makes a business of raising pilrk for market may be said to live by his jen; Ideas,’ said Voltaire, ‘arc like beards ; men get them when they grow up, und wom n never have nnv-’ The following is a passage from the very laughable isle ol ‘Desperation/ one of the ricn articles which are embraced in the liter ary remains of the late Willis Gaylord Clark. It is only necessary to promise that the au thor Ua Philadelphia student, who, after a stolen fortnight amid the gutties of a Wash ington season, finds himself, (through the re mtasneas of a chum) at Baltimore, on his way home, without a penny in his pocket.— He stop* at a fashionable hotel, nevertheless, where, after tarrying tor a day or two, ho fi nally, at the head of a great dinner, * omne Wus/ in his private apartment, flunked with abundant Champagne and Burgundy, resnlv es to disclose all to the landlord. Summon ing a servant, !»•> said: ‘Ask the landlord to step up to my room and tiring his bill/ Ho clattered down stairs laughing, and shortly after his muster appeared. He en tered with a generous smile, that made me hope for * the best his house afforded/ and that, just then, was credit. ■ liow much do I owe you?' said I, lie blinded me the hill with all the grace of a private expectancy. * Lee me see—seventeen dollars. How very reasonable I But, my dear sir, the must disagreeable part of the matter is now to be disci »scd. I grieve to inform you that at present I am out of money, and I know, by your philanthropic looks, ihat you will be satisfied when 1 tell you that if I had it I wotfld give it to you with unqualified pleas ura. But you see my not having the change by me, is the reason 1 cannot do it,.and I am sure V"U will let the matter stand and say no more about it. lam a stranger to you, that e a (act. but ih the place I came'from, all my acquainianecs know me as easy as can be/ Thuiundlmd mined ail colors. ‘ \V here do y»»u live, and how V 4 ln Washin—l should say Philadelphia/ His eyes flusued with uugry disappoint ment. * I see how it is, mister; ray opinion is that you are a blackleg. You don't know where your home is ; you begin with Washington and then drop u for Philadelphia. You must pay your bill/ ‘ But I can't/ 1 Then I'M take your clothes ; if I don't blow me i ight/ 4 Scoundrel/ said I, rising bolt upright, 4 do that if you dare, and leave the rest to me/ There were no more words, Tie arose de liboratolv, seized my hat and my only inex pressibles, ami walked down stairs. 4 and already Physicians say that two excitements can’t exist at toe mme time in one system. Ex ternal circumstances drove away, utmost im mediately, the contusion ol my brain. I rose and looked out of the window.— The-mow was ascending us I drummed on the pane. What was Ito do? An unhappy san.i culottes in a strange city ; no Inoncy, and sligmly inebriated. A tiKiuglit sciuck mo, I had a largo, full cloak, which, with all mv otner appointment, save those he cook, the landlord had spared. I dressed immediately, drew on my boots over my fair drawers; not unlike smallcloth es; put on my cravat, vest and coat, laid a travelling cap from my trunk jauntily over my forehead, ana Hinging my fine long man tle gracefully übnut me, made my way through the hall iuco the street. Attracted by the shining lamps of the p »r -tio-> ol a new hotel, a few squares from mv first lodgings, I eiuered, recorded so ne mime on the b. jks andbespoKc a bed. Everything was fresh uud neat, every servant attentive, all augured well. I kept myself closely cloaked, puffed a cigar, aud retired to bod to mature my plot. "Walter, just brush my clothes well, ray fine fellow,’ said I, in the morning, as he en tered ray ruom ; mind the pantaloons ; don’t spill anything I rum the packets—there is money in both.* 1 don’t nee no pantaloons.” 4 The devil you don’t, Where are they?’ 4 Can't tell, I’m sure ; 1 don’t khow, e’elp me God 1’ ‘Go down, ipr, and tell your master to come here immediatelyt’ The pul licaii was with me in a moment. I had risen and worked my face before the mirror in'o a fiendish look of passion., t * Landlord !* exclaimed I, *.cith fierce ges ture, *1 have been robbed’ in your bouse— robbed, sir—robbed I my pantaloons and purse containing'three fifty dollar notes, are gone!' This is" a pretty hotdil Is this the way that you fulfill the injunctions of Scrip ture ? lam a stranger, aud have been'taken in with a vengeance. I will expose you ai once it 1 am nut recompensed.’ " Pray keep your temper,’ replied the pub lican. * I have just opened this house, and it is getting a good run ; would you ruin its reputation bvanaccid. nt? I will find out the yiiiaiu who robbed you. and I will send for a tail >r to measure you for your missing Your money shall bo refunded I) • y- mi hoh that your anger is usolosn ?’ *My dear sir.’ I replied, 4 1 cfrann you for ymir km loess—ldo not ra j an to reproach you. If those tn wsefs can be done to-day. 1 shall he satisfied ; Mure is more precious than money. You umy keep the otln rs if you find them, and in exenange for the one hundred and fif>y dollars which you" give mW • tbb con tents arc yours,’ The next evening, with now inexpressibles and one hu'ulred and forty dollars in inv p niket, I called upon my guardian in Plain dolphin for sixty dollars. lie gave it with a lecture on collegiate dissipation, ihai I shall not smn forget. 1 enclosed the ra >noy back to my honorable landlord by the first post, settled my other bill at old Crusty’s, the first publican, and gut my trunk by mail. Western young lady, jilted and aban doned by bar lover, pursued him to St. L uis and married him by force—with the assist ance of a clergyman. CT* Miss Tucker says it’s with bachelors as with old wo rl, it’s hard to got them star ted, but when they do tnko flame they burn prodigiously iKT” Capt. Hall, tbo Arctic explorer, has written a letter announcing the probable die o wery of three survivors of sir John Frank- Ini’s expedition. O* The Hon. John He 1 is living in a pluai-ant residence, with sums of bis old friends, on a retired street in Nashville. Ue is seldom se°ii on the street-' BUT” A Clev.oand pa,.er . advises the au thorities to ’close the ru'u' holes.’ Some people do : Jt as often as they si.at their mouths. <, 0“ Be always at leisure to do a good' ac tion, Never, make business on excuse for avoiding offices uf humanity. XI/~ The decadence of waterfalls will a groat falling-off of hair. desperation. THE FIELD AFTER THE BATTLE. In all ttKCS the theme.pf the poet and the historian, the philosopher and the statesman, hue been the consideration ot the consequen ces of great conflicts. In peuco as well as war, these agitations and combats have ex isted as the direct results of mind contesting error or defending truth. History in her re cord of the advancement ot society, the pro*, gres* of nations, or the civilization ol peoples, illustrates her pages With the field ufier the buttle. It was a strange attractiveness both to the serious student tml the casual observ er. The positions of‘contending parties, the strategic movements, the points attacked, the dead and wounded, heroic endeavor, cool courage, deleut and victory, urn sketched with artistic skid.'and the mistakes, tutHhaps and misfortunes find themselves, alike with successes and superiorities, transformed into eternal facts, by the decrees of relentless his tory, Tims truth lives through generations. Thus principles await their demonstrations. Thus progress defies impediments. The steady march of ideas, from conception to re alization, is marked in every age by fields af ter their many battles.' We are standing now oh just such an emi nence, from which to*survey 'he immediate Consequences of a four years' conflict between toe puritanic destructiveness of fanaticism' and the conservative principles which consti tute the true idea of dem »oratio progress.— The 'field of brittle on which the past four years' fight has been waged, lies before us. The destructive power of fanatical abdition, in conflict with the creative force of demo cratic integrity. Toe attack, long planned, was made witn the fury of a blind enthusi asm. The resistance was the solid defence of or an c law reeling on the fonn lation of t e Piperiooce of age • T. o weapons «.f at tmk were big-trv. hate, envy, selfishness. coveiou>ness. ambition, power, plunder, p If. umhr the guis j of a humanity'without - ml or brains. Those of defence were me same with which true liberty defended republican freedom against abolitionism and monarchi cal power. Tne dead and the wounded attest the mightiness of the arms, and the purpose and directness of their niml Looking over this field after the battle, the horrors of the sight would carry dismay to any lover of his country or friend of mankind, who had not a living faith ’u the eternal laws by which God guyerns ruins among'the chil dren of men. Lot uh point out the promi- nent objects which attract the attention of the beholder oil the field of buttle after the tight,. Abolition has waged against the Democra tic system of sell-government which our fa thorn created .>y their wisdom and hapMzcd with their blood. A broken Federal Consti tution ; the sovereignty of the States despoil ed ; the freedom of speech, the liberty of the press, the trial by jury, the habeas corpus, wounded and prostrated and bleeding ; the rights of property betrayed ; rapine, plunder, desolation, wrong, violopce aiii brutality, n ving over the land; flower with au law. in the hamlet and the city, in unbridled airo gutioe ; taxation exhausting the labor of the citizen. <ll honesty in every onblic depart ment, the fundamental principles of free go vernmenfc violated, the white man degraded to the level of the negro, the right to vote of the free white man' controlled by the slaw emancipated by lorce of 'arms; the soil of States made the graves id nearly a iniUn n <d •nr citizens; thousands of our young maimed; countless abrea'of bultivaed land made a ail ie ness; the civil institutions ol the country overthrown by military do<p »t ism; paper money drivng g»M and t*i Ivor coin'into exile; a degraded race niado idle indolent and helpless, that they may cx«iie hostilities as a pretext for another war, a war between races; widow’s and orphans crying f>r bread ; and tears and blood culling from the ground for vengoanc(£' Tnxd is the field after the battle, as it is aeon by the patriot. There are living figures which, with pleas ant smiles »n flushed faces, look back as they move away from this scene into darkness, billowed as by thd pTiluifum of fear, the con tractor. with his plunder, ill-gotten gains ; the 4 bohtionist, joy ms at the havoc he ha? made ; the prooost marshal , seif-conceited at the remembrance ;.f bis tyranny; the pubi c defaulter, stately with his greenbacks, and •he superbillioua in nis purple and tine linen. Tney go together from the field after the battle, us the carrion crows, with their dark plumage, darken’tho air. Behind then?, sirljen and* slow, moves the N'eoko dressed in’the oast iiff olotHngmf both belli gerents, worse than a slave, for he is bis own master.— Patriot c& Union . PIC-NICS AND now TO ENJOY THEM. Corry O’Lnnua, of cue Brooklyn Eagle, has ef sensible article on piu-nics. Some of his illustrations will answer atiy meridian, and wo tako a slice of his entertaining dish ; Qei packed in a; car like a box of oranges/ and smother in white muslin utilii you get to the grove. whfcre yuu will'urmo in a state ot perspiration ami bliss. Dm't be particular about your own basket. Baskets usually get mixed. Take the biggest one you cab get. The la* diet- always till their baskets. WhdiTyoa get m the grove you are expec ted to ueclare that it is the deligutlulest you ever saw. Select a' pretty teacher, and explore the shady recesso*. and pour out your m*ul. - Wtieu it is poured out, ask the young lady il tdie won’t take u swing. She will. Sawyer has sung “ Swinging in the Lane,” but 1 don’t think tie ever tried swinging in a' grove. I did. 1 was kept at it for' three hours and a quar ter, swinging all the girls that earns along. It is splendid ezeruits, beats Burnham’s gymnasium, double trapeze and'all. 1 hav’nt got over it yet. An old lady then proposed that 1 should climb an apple nee to extricate her Jolmuy, Who bud got his trpwsers involved in a brooch about thirty feet up, and was hung like a sign of the golden fleece. Told the old lady to wait till be gut ripe and he’d drop'of his own accord. Oid lady said I was a brate, and hadn’t got the feeling of a mother. She went to tbs man that kept the park and sold lager. He Drought a ladder and re e orod the aspiring youth to the food emhrnoe of his maiernal relative Whereupon she spanked Him for tearing his ti owners. Wnioh served'him right. We then took dinner. Pretty teacher spreodher pocket handker chief fur a table cloth and unpacked toe ra tidiis. The rations had got somewhat mixed. The eardine.hox had busted and “ strode ile.” The huckleberry pie had amalgaraa'dd with the piokles, and the cherries had resolv ed themselves into jam. But it was so charming-to eat vour dinner on the gi-iiss beneath the umbrageous shad, of the noble trees. ■So the pretty' teacher Had observed, ait X was Bqueeziug the lemons in the dinner kettle to make the festive,,beverage, which neither phecra nor inebriates, but frequently stomach-aches. * * I was startled by a piercing shriek from the pretty teacher, and I propped a half lemon partly squeezed aud How to the rescue. A •• lurrui bug,” descending from‘the brugeoua foliage previously’ mentioned, had’ alighted on her alabaster nook. 1 despatched the creature and we proceed ed to despatch our repast. But tire insect horrors thickened. ■ hiiitomologieal speeiraeria of many varieties' intrudod upon uur banquet, gut involved in’ , P‘°-,““ d met a very watery grave in the' lent.made. Pretty teacher turned pale and lost her ap petite. F ,I’gfnw desperate.' As the reckless insects wouida t get out of the way, I left thorn to their futo. I oat several indescribable specimens with’ my sandwiches, and drank a spider in a glass' ot lemonade. . ° I eurvived it. I don't know how it agreed with the spider. Alter dinner we resumed our festive sports. We played Copenhagen,’ Wnich is very hilarioussporfci .It consists of chasing girls under a rope, tearing their clothes* and kissing them. girlH anpear to like it. Iho dmilinte, who hud been surveying our sports with benign satisfaction, proposed to improve the occasion in oratory. Just us ho was about to hold forth, a‘ pro vidential thunder shower extinguished him and saved us the infliction. We took refuge ilndera seven-bv-nine shed, wisely provided fur such contingencies, and overflowed too refreshment shanty uiitil the shower dried up. Groves are not immediately improved by showers, and the grass being wot and the leaves drooping; our festivities wore damp ened. , r .Vo begtin to experience the remorse which' lollnwH dissipation. Pretty toucher was in tears; she had ru ined her dross by accidentally sitting down in a. currant pie. The ice cream had all molted, the straw berries were gone. We started in a wilted procession for th4 r o^rs. Tlie conductor being a liberal man,'gave ua a larger lease of pleasure chan we bar ,or* us waiti »g for ah hour. When I got home, Mrs. O’Lanus wautej to know it l‘d been to a tuner il. I went to bed early and dreamed all night that I was , sll ’ u dcwperately with a gigantic spider, wau uud carried.off. the prettv teacher and hung her up by her waterfall oh the topmost limb of a big tree. Borne people like picnics, others like straw berry and peach festivals—-but for my' part give mo liberty or give mo death. tours perspiringly, Ommy O’liANOs. Diceen’s Wit.—lt would appear from the definition of Barrow, as well as from the ex ample of Addison, that whenever ideas are HO put together thiifc a’ feeling of oleasurable surprise ih aroused, we have nil that is neces sary to constitute wit. It would be difficult to give many examples of humor which did not include such a connection. It is true iliai in humor there is something more: we are amused us well ~a surprised and delight ed; but humor does not cease, to be witty, be cause it makes os laugh* When Mr. Peek- remember the mime of the fabu lous animals who used to sing in the water, an«i. one person suggests 4 swans, * mid anoth er 4 oysters,* this is humor with as little ad mixture of wit as may be ; there is nothing in the expression, the whole point lie's in the iuxtop* anion ot things so incongruous as a monuatd and an oyster, go with Mr. Wei icr's observation, that there is no use in call young-w'mnan a Venus or aii angel— that you might as well call her a griffin, ‘or a unicorn, or a king's arms at once: id 1 this there in certainly what Barrow would describe as pretty surprising of exprea- n ; there is also a propriety in the thought as occurring to that particular speaker; out wt»al strikes on‘6i most is the oddness in the relation of the ideas of a yodiig lady and a king h arms. To b»rrow Addisons expres sion, th»s ‘grows iuto wit,* but the passage is of course chiefly remarkable for its humor. But Mrs Gamp’s picture of the imaginary Tommy Harris, 4 with his small red worsted f'hoe a gurglin*. in his throat, where he had put it in his play, a chick, while they was leavin* of him’ «*n the floor a lookia* for il ihnmgh the ’ousb, and him a chokin' sweetly in the parlor*—is essentially witty. At least we can detect no difference in kind between the quility that delights us in Mrs. Gamp and the qualify tha: delights us in Pallstaff, We believe it to be a’ great error to press :he distinction between wit and humor to the extent that is usually done. belong to the same family and are related, having some characteristic differences. Such ; differences may be expressed in various ways. We may say that wit resides chiefly In ttib expression; humor in the thought; that we admire the tormer, and are amused by-the' latter; that one depends an the assemblage of ideas which, are onngru ms, the other on the connection of ideas which are incongruous. But they, agree in flowing from''a particular turn of thought which enables a writer at once to surprise his hearers and / to affect their fancy; and if Mr. Dickens does not possess that quality of mind, wo do not know who does. JSP* ‘Papa, why dou’t you give the tele graph,a does of gin?,’ ‘ Why, nly child ?’ ‘ ’Cause the papers' say that they are out o r order, and mamina always takes gin when ehe is out of 1 order.” tCT” ‘,oh, mother ! do send for this doctor I* said a little biiy of three years. ‘What for, my dear V ‘ Why. there’s a gentleman in the parlor who says he’ll din it done don’t marry him—and .l ine says she won’t.’ . Winchel! says the people down in Al abama are so hard pressed for ecus that they have to sec their turkeys on California pota toes. Artemus Ward says: • I have allots su-tained a good.miral character. I was' never a railroad director in my life. (C 7” It is about time to revive that old joke: ‘The beet agricultural ‘fairs’—farmer’s daughters.’ tSf* Time has made our lite too long for pur hopes, but too brief fo; our deeds. The higher an ase holds hie head the plainer wa oqn eea hie eare. V*-' ; ? • •7 , K7' T ?wsr: KO; 18
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