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Ofllce with Win. H. Miller, Esq., South-j,
•nrner of Hanover and Pomtret streets. /
; 1,1805 —tf. f
C HERMAN, Attorney at Law\
Office in Bheem’s Hall Building, In the'
'f the Court House, next door to the “ Her
ffilco, Carlisle, Penna.
, 1,1805.
• F SADLER, Attorney at Law,
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t KENNEDY Attorney at Law,
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i, i 605.
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j?*agr, AV. FOULK, Attorney at Law.
; office with Win. M. Penrose, Esq., Rheem’s
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• •
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tlhysioian and accouchour.
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Jthftilberal Patronage of the citizens of this place,
surroundings. Particular attention paid to
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;J|ec. 1,1865.
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Practical Dentist, Newville, Pennsylvania.
;e one door North of the Post Office,
sb. 22, 1860.—1 y.
I- C. LOOMIS, Dentist, has re-
Moved from South Hanover Street to West
JSimfret Street, opposite the Female High School,
•“fMlisle, Penna.
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. April 5,1866. —3m.*
hotels.
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ho subscriber has leased this commodious Ho
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•improvements have been made and it is now one
jOfjlhe most complete Hotels outside of Philadel
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! he Bar is furnished with the best Liquors of
wiry class, and patrons may rest assured that no
jfi&uorswiil be offered which have been adulter
-ifllesidetits of the city, who seek the country du
iQrmg the Summer months, will find this Hotel a
:afipst desirable place. Located in the beautiful
ijCnmberlnnd Valley, mid-distance between Car
lisle Springs and Mount Holly, in the most beau
jjttftil town of the State, with a society noted for
>3® taste and elegance, more induce
ments ai>e ottered than any other point In the
JStafe cun present.
: fCarlisJc, April 19,180f1.-0t
house,
:,s| SOUTH HANOVER STREET, CARLISLE.
; undersigned begs leave to inform Ills
: friends ami the public that he has leased the
.•above well-known HOTKL, (recently kept by
iirtln Shreiner,) and has refurnished and retti
| the same throughout. His chambers are pro
led with the celebrated Anderson Spring JScd,
J other comforts. Ho is now fully prepared to
“ommodate visitors in a manner that cannot
Ito be satisfactory. His Table will be supplied
: Jt the best the markets afford, and his Bar
il contain the choicest brands of liquors. His
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ier euced and careful ostlers. By close atten
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■; c Uon t make his house a quiet place of resort, he
njjppesoto merit and receive a liberal share of pub
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at the lowest raten,
s,lBoo—Cm*
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fy® West ■Porafret above Pitt Street, where he iu
to keep constantly on hand all kinds qf
si MOROCCO. S', K
'MINUS,
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v . Also, all kinds of
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ami sold by the lot or singly. Ho will be Imp
air fo see all his old shoemaker friends of Car
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'HE SPANISH GUITAR*
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-•Jhnp,?M^portunlty now presented of acquiring a
A iV’nif } 1^1 knowledge of this favorite instrument.
: ment^i y ' p( >thas. Uullopades, Marches, Instrn
!-'hi th« i Vocal accompaniments are included
COU1 * fie of thirteen lessons. Will visit
l sat tlieir residences.
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IrAHUY persou should make au eflhft
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the 2d of June next to the persou
BJUeer « 0 lar eest list of subscribers to the Yol
m ‘ prospectus elsewhere.
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For. the United States Service. Also,
POCKET AND BELT REVOLVERS,
U K PEATING PISTOLS,
. RIFLE CANES REVOLVING RIFLES,
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RjLvHNGTON’S REVOLVERS.
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improvements in Pistols, and superior workman*
ship and form, will find all combined in the Mow
REMINGTON REVOLVERS.
Circulars containing cuts and description of our
Arms will bo furnished upon application.
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Mdohe & Nichols, Agents.
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April 12, IB6o—om.
ANHOOD: HOW LOST,
Just published, a new edition of Dr. Culver
well’s Celebrated Essay on the radical cure (with
out medicine) of Spermatorrhoea, or Seminal
Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses. Impo
tency, Mental and Physical Incapacity, impedi
ments to Marriage, etc; also, Consumption, Epi
lepsy, and Fits, Induced by self-ludulgcncc or
sexual extravagance.
Price, in a sealed envelope, only 0 cents.
The celebrated author in this admirable essay
clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years' suc
cessful practice, that the alarming consequences
of self-abuse may bo radically cured without the
dangerous use of internal medicine or the appli
cation of the knife—pointing out a mode of cure
at once simple, certain, and effectual, by means
of which every sufferer, no matter what his con
dition may be. may cure himself cheaply, pri
vately, and radically.
This Lecture should bo in the hahds of every
youth and every man in the land.
Sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to any
address, postjiaid, on receipt of six cents, or two
post stumps. Address the publishers,
CHAS. J. C. KLINE A CO.,
127 Bowery, New York, Post Office box -1,586.
March 22, 1866.—1 y.
A LECTURE TO YOUNG MEN
Just published, in a sealed envelope. Price
o cents. A Lecture on the nature, treatment and
radical cure of Spermatorhoea, or Seminal weak
ness, nervous debility and Impediments to Mar
riage generally. Nervousness, Consumption, Epl
lepsy and fits; Mental and Physical Incapacity
resulting from Self Abuse, Ac. By Robert J. Cul
verwcll, M. D,, author of the “ Green Book.” Ac.
The world renowned author, in this admirable
Lecture, clearly proves, from his own experience,
that the awful consequences of Self-Abuse may
be effectually removed without Medicine, and
without dangerous surgical operations, bougies,
Instruments, rings, or cordials, pointing out a
mode of cure at once certain and effectual, by
which every sufferer, no matter what his condi
tion may be, may cure himself cheaply,, private
ly and radically. This Lecture willpiovo a boon
to t housands, Sent under seal to anj address, In
a plain, sealed envelope, on receipt of six cents,
or two postage stamps. Also, Dr, CulvcrwclTs
Marriage Guide, price 25 cents. Address,
CHAS. S, C. KLINE & CO.,
127 Bowery, New York, P. O. Box JSS6,
April 2(1, IH6(‘—ly.
MENDENHALL’S IMPROVED
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Is more simple and durable, easier understood,
easier to operate, and more reliable.
From 15 to 85 yards can uk wovkn on it in A
DAY.
No skill is required to weave upon it beyond
the simple turning of an easy crank—a woman or
or child can operate it.
Weaves jeans, satinet, tweed, linsey, plain and
double plain cloth, blanket twill, toweling, bird’s
eye, balmoral skirting, Ac. ’
Ail on the same warp, with but one time draw
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Kemp and Rag Carpeting.
f3cush Loom is wan-anteci to be and do as repre
sented, and cannot fail to give entire satisfaction.
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For dlscrlptlvo circular, list of prices, and sam
ples of cloth woven on the Loom, address, with
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\m Chestnut «t. Phll’a., Pa.
April 26, 1806—1 m.
WANTED — AGENTS. —To canvass
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(Greater inducements ottered than by any oilier
publishers. Agents have an entire monopoly in
the territory assigned them, as there has been
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of value to those who have served in our coun
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For circulars, &c., address, enclosing stamp,
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April 20, 1800 —Im.
Disabled men, attention:—
Wanted, one or two men in Carlisle and vi
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Wadsworth's Water Proof Arnica Healing Piaster,
the best and cheapest Court Plaster in the market.
From So to $lO per day can be made. Address
with 25 cents for sample and full information, A.
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All agents and pedlors would fiiui it to their in
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April 26, 1806—3 m.
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Celebrated COMMON SENSE FAMILY SEWING
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Circulars. Address,
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Chicago, IBs., or Cleveland, Ohio.
April 26, 1860—1 m.
J. T. RIPPEY.
WHO ? WHO ? WHO ? —OUR NEXT
GOVERNOR!—Wo have a correct and
striking photograph of the next Governor of
Pennsylvania, which wc will send by mail for 23
cents. If we mistake the man, the money will be
refunded immediately after election next Octo
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611 Chestnut St., Pliila.
May 3,1860—2 m.
rnHB SALEM LEG.—Under the Pa
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South SEVENTH Street. Philadelphia,
Call and see them, or send for a circular con
taining full information.
April 20, 1800—lm.-
A GENTS WANTED ! —To sell the
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any agent 8100 if he wilt sell 50,000. Send 3) cents
for sett of Puzzles. All orders sent by mail free.
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Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
April 20, IB6o—lm.
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William Sartam. Agents wanted everywhere.—
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May 3,1800—2 m.
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MOTHS IN CLOTHING. Best. Its advanta
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to the clothes, and sure to Inst through twelve
months. Every Druggist has it.
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Boston.
May 3, IBM—lm.
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Oil Chestnut Street, PUiln,
May 3,1806—2 m.
/'CARLISLE female college
REV. T. DAUGHERTY, President.
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOLARS.
' TlilM Seminary which includes tile school lately
under Iho eliar&ii of Miss Mury Ilitnor, will mien
under tile direction of Jlpv. T. Daughter}- ns Pre
sident, with a full corps of nhl).' i'jstruelors, so as
to give to young ladies a thorough thJh'nlion in
Engiisli and classical studies, and also, i:> tji.e
French and German languages, and Music and
Oftinting, and other ornamental branches,
r 'l££OOcial care will he given to Boarders In the
hiimly of Iluj President.
A primary iftpartm cut for the younger scholars,
will he Intel lb c6hh6‘clhm with the-Scmlnnry.
Tire session will open 6h'\V,44h,tgdJ l y, the Oth at
September, in tiie elegant School uubfiit p, Emof
ry oJpU'ch, wlitch 1 iiaVo been designed for tjio-
P I'or'tci-ms anply to the President,
Apg. 17,1811 A
PI VID EN D Carlisle fliop^siT
BAWt.May 1,181115— A DlvidoheJ ol Fitv per
free of National and stafeTiix, 1 has this day
been declared by this ijgnlf, which will he paid
over to the Stockholders (ft! iftelf legal represen-
Rtivcs, upon demand, p> HABSLBE ,
Cashier.
May 3,1808-31,
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
HOW RESTORED
foetal
THE TALBOTS.
UY THE HON. JOSEPH HOWIC,
The French were engaged In the siege of Cnstli
lon. when Talbot marched against them. His
llrsi approach drove in the Franc archers. This
success emboldened him to nctack the entrench
ed camp of the French, Though now eighty
years of age, Talbot on loot, led his men of arms
to the assault. The light was bravely sustained
on both sides, until the English general was
struck down by a culverln. His son, Lord Lisle,
Hung himself on'the body of his parent. “Fly,
my son,” said the expiring Talbot, “the day is
lost. It Is your llrsi action, and you may, with
out shame, turn your bade to the enemy,” Lord
Lisle, nevertheless, together with thirty nobles
of England, was slain before the body of Talbot.
— C.owc’s History of France,
“ Fly, fly, my son,” old Talbot said,
“ The day can ne’er be ours;
“ I feel ’tis not for us to spread
“ Our banner o’er yon lowers.
“ Then fly, you can without a stain,
“ You're but a youthful knight,
“And yet may live renown to gain,
“ In many a gallant fight.
“Your mother sits within our Hall,
“ Your sister at her knee ;
“ And tho’ on this rough Held 1 fall,
“ They still can cling to thcc.
“ For thou canst arm my yeomen bold,
“And bid my hearth-stone blaze;
“ And Talbot’s name and power uphold
“ In England's happier days.”
“ I will not fly,” the youth replied,
" No tongue shall ever say
“ That while my father bravely died
“ I turn’d and fled away.
“Could all the fame of after years
“ Efface so deep a stain ?
“ Could piles of dead and streams of tears
“Bring honor back again ?
“ Thy dying breath would curse your son
“ My mother's tearless oyo
“Could ne’er in gladness look upon
“Theknight that feared to die.
“ My sister’s hand would seize the blade
“ Which I had thrown aside,
“ And come t’ appease thy gallant shade
“ And die whore you haddied.
“ Then fare thee well, my noble sire,
“ But, ere your eyelids close,
“ Mark Talbot's sword and soul of Arc,
“ Deal vengeance on your foes.
t> “ Our blood in France may mingle here
“ Our whlt’ning bones decay ;
“ But English hearts shall aye revere
“ The mom'ry of this day.
*• Then raise my banner proud and high
“ {Strike, knights and yeomen true:
“ Let England be our battle cry—
“ Once more, bravo sire, adieu.”
lie said—and o’er his father's form
He stood in youthful pride,
And braved the battle’s fiercest storm,
And still the foe defied.
His eye was like a beacon lire,
His sword the lightning’s beam
That bade the daring foe retire.
Or die beneath Its gleam.
Then backward roll’d the power of France,
A moment kept at bay—
But soon unnumber’d hosts advance
And join the fatal fray.
•Shadow'd by swords—encompass'd round
By many a levell'd spear,
He died within the human mound
His arm had toil’d to rear.
THK PANTHER SENTINELS.
Jeremy Dossil lived twenty miles West
of Madison City, Territory (now State)
of lowa. No prettier country has ever
been found, out of Eden, than that same
region back of Madison City. Old Black
Hawk, as good a judge of soil as any hu
man being, told mo in 1837, while eating
with him at Montrose, that the country
styled “ The Sac and Fox Purchase,” was
the best land he over saw, and lie had
but lately returned from his government
tour through the United States, and, be
sides that, 1 was familiar with the lay of
land as far West as the Rocky Mountains.
I boar testimony to the same fact, t and
will maintain it against all odds, ‘that
lowa is the best farming country in the
U uited States, and were it not so extreme
ly cold in winter, my fourchildren should
have hailed it as their birth-place, instead
of a more Southern clime. The peculiar
ity of the country consists in the equal
and beautiful distribution of small fertile
prairies, with tall, excellent timber, a dis
tribution not often seen, ns timber near
prairies is generally'scrubby, and prairies
near timber usually barren. When I
first visited lowa, the land was not sur
veyed by Government, and consequently
was not in market. The settlers were all
squatters, and were establishing them
selves, cultivating and building, in hopes
that some new preemption law would
secure to them the rights against the rav
enous maw of the speculator. Among
the rest who were engaged in this enter
prise, were Uncle Bobby Box, and his
nephew, Jeremy Cossit.
1 shall not weary the reader with an
extended account of those worthies ; they
are just such as form the staple of the sto
ries of Dongstrcct and Hooper, and, sootli
to say, those facetious writers have used
the staple well. Uncle Bobby was old
and intemperate, quarrelsome and blas
phemous. Marks of hard service in the
cause of Bacchus, wore upon all parts of
his person, and' those who helped lay
him out,” in 1839, gave his tame in few
words: “Well, if this chap hasn't had
more bruises than any other human, it’s
a wonder!”
His nephew, Jeremy Cosslt, was raised
mi, very unfortunately, as au orphan;
unfortunately for two reasons: that it is
hard to miss the humanizing influence
of kind parents, and still harder to fall
into such hands as those of Bobby Box.
But so it was —the only education lie
ever got was the foul language of old
Bobby, the only work he ever did was to
walk twice a week to Burlington, to (ill
old Bobby’s jug, the only discipline ex
ercised upon him was a hearty kick
whenever he was gone too long, or broke
the jug. With this brief sketch of clpu'r
acters, t npiy prudently proceed with my
story. About the first of May, Bobby
Box' had a “raising,” and ap extra sup
ply of whisky was demanded.
■ Starting .Tcronjy on ahoaihvitli the jug,
he followed after, having the keg strapped
to his back, and his heavy riflo on his
shoulder, looked as much like a palmer,
as a rod-faced back-woodsman looks like
anything else. Thu precious fluid was
duly purchased, and the amiable pair re
traced their steps, burdened with the
load, but elevated by a considerable por
tion nf (ts contents —for say what you will
of old Box, ho wou’d not refuse to others
the comfort that ho took himself, T.lj.e
journey lay across several small prairies,
and then wound up by passing through
Skunk River Bottom, a dense thicket of
niyiip, papaw and other shrubby growth.
The mivoigrs Ifjl'i Burlington in gootl
season to have arriydd hoipe l|vtjark,
unfortunately, the youth, hot hoing'prae
ticed in measuring his capacity for spir
its, allowed himself to indulge too freely,
mid was gmnpglifx! to stop for several
hours in consequence, a proceeding that
excited the wrath of the patriarch to ai|
unlimited extent; but whether ho was
most offended at the delay, or at Jeremy's
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 10,1866.
weakness, cannot at this late period b
ascertained. Sunset overshadowed the
prairies before the boy could bo sufficient
ly aroused to proceed on his journey.—
Difficulties now commenced in right ear
nest, for there was Egyptian darkness just
as they entered the bottom. Not a moon
was in the sky—it never is on a dark
night when most wanted —and as for the
stars, though there were thousands of
them winking over that beautiful prairte
landscape, not one is sharp enough to
wink through a pnpaw tree into a cane
thicket. The road was a mere pathway,
sometimes traveled by o x wagons, it is
true—not by such oxen nor such wag
ons as anybody ever saw except border
settlers —but by oxen that can go through
hardships, and wagons to match. Our
rule in the backwoods is the Scriptural
one in its most literal interpretation—
“where the tree falieth, there shallitlio”
—and when one blows across the road,
wo quietly yield to the necessity of the
case, and turn the road around it. It is
true that a Dutchman once innovated
upon our custom, by cutting a large tree
out of the way, but we sneered at him so
much for his folly, that ho never repeated
it, and since that time the principle has
been universally acknowledged.
It follows, therefore, that Uncle Bobby
Box dud his nephew, Jeremy Cossit, eaeli
nonjiarlels in the way of traveling a bee
line, would, nevertheless, find considern;
ble difficulty in traveling through Skunk
River Bottom in the dark ; the more es
pecially, ns the uncle had but one eye,
and the nephew had obfuscated both of
his by getting drunk three hours before.
The first catastrophe was the fall of Un
cle Bobby over a swinging grape-vine,
by which he broke his gun-stock short
oft'; the second was a flying visit of J'ere
my down a sharp ravine, which cost the
loss of tlie jug; the third was their leav
ing the path and finding themselves com
pletely out of their bearings—these three
following each other in close succession,
and the last capping the climax of their
miseries. Out of breath at last, the elder
withdrew the cob from his keg, and com
menced to drown Ills sorrows ns rapidly
as possible by getting drunk, a feat he
would have soon achieved had it not been
for a certain sharp, ringing sound wuicli
thrilled through the forest, and caused
him suddenly to drop the keg and spring
to his feet. For a moment all was still,
save tlie loud beating of two terrified
hearts, and then arose a wailing sound
like the voice of many mothers crying
for their lost babes, that chilled the very
blood in their veins.
" It’s a young one that’s lost,” whisper
ed Jeremy, to which his venerable guar
dian sternly replied:
“Young one! It’s a panther!’’
Another and another scream echoed
through the woods, and, by their increas
ing loudness, gave token that the animal
was rapidly approaching them.
No time was to be lost if they would
escape; but where could they' go? to flee
was impossible; one bound of the animal
would settle that; to climb was even less
secure in the face of a brute whose leap
was thirty feet.
“ Hunt out a hollow,” cried the old
man, and at it they went. Those of my
■readers who have traveled on the upper
Mississippi, have doubtless been struck
with the immense size of thp larger syc
amores, that range from six feet to twen
ty in diameter. After they grow to a cer
tain size, they are universally' hollow,
and then they fnrnish to the settlers con
venient receptacles for grain, curbs for
wells, and with small trouble of sawing
and removing. Those cavities are usual
ly open at the ground, and give line shel
ter to swine in winter, as well as to wil
der animals —if indeed a wilder animal
can be found in the world than an un
tamed hog.
Uncle Bobby knew these things well
enough, and his wits at this crisis did
not forsake him; so, leaving the keg,
precious indeed, but not so precious as
life, ho commenced feeling around the
base of the larger trees for a hole, closely
followed by the boy, who was in an alarm
ing state of nervous apprehension. It,
was not long until they succeeded in the
search. A sycamore stood on the bank
of a small creek, that runs into Skunk,
and leaned considerably into the water.
On its upper side was a hole, but little
larger than a man’s body', and nearly on
a level with the ground ; into this hole
Jeremy’ first introduced himself, and af
ter him the elder, who had taken the
precaution ty’ procure a chunk of wood as
a barrier in case of attack.
The low minutes spent in til is way
would doubtless have been filial to both,
for the panther in a few mighty hounds
that crushed through the thick cane like
a tornado, readied the very spot where
they had stood when they lirst heard the
cry, hut the smell of the whiskey caused
the creature to halt, and the delay saved
them. Never did a practised drunkard
inhale the fumes of his favorite drink
with more gusto than this unsophistica
ted denizen of the forest. With long
snuffs that the imprisononed pair could
distinctly hear, he inhaled the perfume
again and again, at times lapping the
sides of the cask with his tongue, then
stopping to sniff at the bungholc with a
delight that would have gone to the heart
of" Tam O’yhanterandyouter Johnny,"
had they been there to see.
This luxurious indulgence was contin
ued for a considerable time, but was bro
ken off at last by a cry that came from
another direction, and pointed out the
position of a second panther, mate to the
lirst. The cry was immediately answer
ed, and in an instant the two were to
gether lovingly engaged over the whis
key cask.
From the evil effects which followed,
it is probable that the two feline lapped
up a “ right smart chance" of the whis
key, as it flowed from the buughole of
the keg, for they growled at each other
awfully, and a considerable tussle was
hoard among tho dry loaves where they
stood. Old friends, however, soon forget
injuries, and so did they, for they lay
down side by side to rest' And now all
might have been well with tho two pris
oners, for tho probability is that the two
panthers would have peaceably departed
and left them to pray for daylight, but
for an incautious expression of Bobby’s,
who, reflecting on tho various catastro
phes of tho night, the rupture of the jug,
spilling of the keg, breaking the gURr
stock, and confinement in tho hollow,
which abounded in fleas, ns hog beds al
ways do, moved by those considerations,
and boiling over with anger, called out,
sntfo voce, "'drat their pictures."
Tile words were no ’sooner put than
both tho i,niina(s sprung to their feet
with a deep growl,’ turned their eyes,
fairly shooting fire, toward tho hapless
men, and communicated with bach other
as to the cause of tho alarm. An instant
sulliced for explanation. By that mys
terious instinct which brutes possess, the
tale was told, the plan of joint attack
laid, and they sprang simultaneously,-
one to the front and the other to the rear
of tho sycamore.
Oil! : j)ow Uncle liul.by v.-'isifoil IVjr ids
rifle, as ho saw tho broad forehead of t lie
boast within a pace of him. Ho fairly
wept as lie thought what a clmuco ho was
missing for a “ painter skin,” that would
buy a half a barrel of whiskey in Burling
ton. But now liifi hiyo qf gi»in phr ( Vißu(|
lino love' of life, ns ‘the piihtlier, ‘ with
miglity grasp, seized tlio chunk wliicli
filled ‘the entrance, and endeavored to
draw it out—an attempt Unit would have
succeeded hut for the jqiqt efforts (jf the
pair on the inside. For a while itseemod
as if ho would gain the prize and the
other panther, who came round and stood
looking on, but did not know enough fo
assist him, there would have been a wail
at Uncle Box’s for amoraleertainty. As
it was, the old man lost a coat sleeve, the
boy n finger nail, both torn off by tho
claws of the infuriated animal.
Disappointed in theireftbrts,the panthers
exchanged the exercise of pulling for that
of Kcralchhir/, and if you ever saw a little
dog with wiry hair and rummy eyes, la
boring to scratch out a rat hole, you can
form some idea of the way the dirt flew
before the big feet and powerful claws of
the brutes. Uncle Bobby clung to his
chunk, however, and although both eyes,
mouth and nose were filled with the
moist earth that flow in clouds, ho kept
up a good heart, and stuck fast, yelling
like an idiot, iii hopes to alarm his assail
ants. It is a fact that the human voice is
generally dreaded by wild animals; but
just now it seems to have lost its power,
for the panthers, intoxicated by the taste
and smell of the whiskey, or Bursting for
human blood, seemed quite regardless of
the old man’s voice, and scratched away
harder than before. Their labor was
quite in vain, for they soon cleared the
earth away to the mbre solid roots, upon
which their claws made little impression,
and again they paused in their exertions.
A moment’s consultation, and one of
them, with a lion’s bound, went up the
tree, evidently in search of a hole by
which to enter the cavity from above.
This was the most trying moment of the
whole night, for had such an entrance
existed, the imprisoned man well knew
that his life and the life of the lad were
not worth a moment’s purchase.
' It is a peculiarity, however, of these
frontier settlers, to fight against all emer-
gencies, and if they ennnotwin the game,
at least to “play it out.” I knew one of
this class, when lying upon his death
bed, to order his Bowie-knife, pistols and
rifle to bo laid at his side, that he might
be ready to meet death “with his own
tools,” and it was done. Uncle Bobby
was “ all game,” as they say. None in
Barren County’ was braver; none on
Skunk River had less coward drops; so he
resolutely’ drew ids big spring knife,
braced himself upright, and waited for
the monster's descent, determined “to
have the first blow,” if he died for it. A
short suspense and he was relieved of this
difficulty, for the panther returned down
upon the outside evidently’ disappointed.
Another ton minutes at scratching and
then another pause,
A change of tactics and both sentinels
shifted positions to the other side of the
tree, and bent themselves unitedly to the
task. Nobody knows what a hole they
made! Uncle Bobby declared he could
have buried a five-year-old in it without
difficulty, and as Jeremy bears testimony
to the same effect, we must believe it,
more especially as my informant, whose
word is worth a host of such, corroborates
the assertion.
The tree, as I observed, was a loaning
one, the sheer being towards the water;
it was old and rotten, and whether the
panthers know it or not, they were pur
suingjust the right plan to make it fall.
Crack went one of the upper limbs, as it
broke oil', and with a loud splash fell into
the creek. Crack went one of the large
roots, weakened by old age, that had for
a hundred years helped to sustain it from
falling. The thick cobwebs, loaded with
spiders and piles of rotten wood that had
accumulated on the inside of the tree,
began to fall upon them, and almost to
smother them with the dust.
The confined air was suffocating—their
emotions intense —and still hour after
hour the panthers worked on. The end
was not far off—for now, slowly and reluc
tantly’ at first, then more and more rapid
ly, then with the force and rush of an
avalaneh, down came the old sycamore,
covering the opposite banks of the creek
with rotten wood, and breaking in the
centre, so as to throw the butt of the tree
high in thoair. Head forward slid Uncle
Bobby’, followed closely by his nephew,
nor ceased his career until brought up in
the midst of a colony’ of fiats that had
nestled a foot thick in what was former
ly’ the top of the cavity. That bats can
bite had long been shrewdly suspected,
but the individuals above mentioned set
tled the question and put it at rest forever.
Now Uncle Bobby succeeded in hoist
ing himself, feet foremost, encumbered as
he was by the weight of his nephew, and
punctured as he was by a thousand rave
nous bites, so that he quite forgot that
there wins such a thing as a panther in
existence; and when he felt his feet to be
at the entrance, he incontinently shook
off the lad, leaving him to slide back
amongst the bats, and sprung, to the
ground glad to get out on any’ terms.
Rubbing the spiders and their webs from
his one eye he stared around. The morn
ing was breaking, the panthers gone, the
keg lay empty at his feet, the broken rifle
at his side, and his night of horror was
past!
In duo season.the tired pair arrived
home without a drop of whiskey, to meet
the execrations of a score of men assem
bled according to appointment for the
“falsing.” But the hopes of a “painter
hunt” speedily’ drove the disappointment
from their minds.
In a few hours a large party on foot and
horso-baok, with a hundred powerful dogs,
wore in hot pursuit. I cannot tell you
the details,—perhaps in my series I may
include a " painter hunt,” —for the pres
ent I can only say that tho flushod-faced
man with only one sieve and a mutilated
nose, who run so fast and swore so.hard,
was Robert Box, Esq.; that tho boy by
his side was Jeremy 1 and that the two
had the gratification before night of
measuring the claws of the two monsters
who had guarded them so zealously tho
night before. Until the hour of hls'doath
those worthies slept together on tho tan
ned skin of the male, apd if Jemmy is
still living—which is more than likely,
for tho fever and ague never kills any
body—he will be pleased to relate to you
the whole story of the PnutherScntinols.
—Clreal Valley Trade.
A Beautiful Frcium-;.—What a beau
tiful figure of life is tile following; How
many blooming, innocent hearts in the
morning of existence become stricken
witli care and adversity, ami droop qud
die in tho mid-day of li 10. Happy indeed
lire they whom our Heavenly Father
gathers unto himself ere the blight of sin
shall have soiled tho innate purity of
their hearts. But hero is the figure :
Early in the morning a maiden wont
into the garden to gatliev herself a line
rose for a wreath, They stood (here in
beautiful clusters of close buds, wafting
odor from their cups, which were full of
the ninrning dew. “ I will not pluck you
yet,” said the maiden, “ tho sun ahull
open you first, when you shall bloom
brighter and give out a stronger scent.”
She came at mid-day and saw the rice
fretted by the worm, wilted by 1 lie sun,
faded and withering. The maiden wept
over her folly, and xlie next 'morning
gathered her wreath early. Clod calls ids
loveliest children out of the world before
(lie in.au of the sun wilhurs them. 'file
paradise of children is a high degree of
glory, the most upright man cannot set
ids foot in it, for his son I lias already been
spotted.
BsSf b 1 set; h/m on his winding way,”
said Mrs'. Jenkins, as site saw Mr. Jen
kins cork-scrcwing his way .homo, just as
the shades of twilight wore creeping over
the landscape.
The Democratic' State Convention of
Indiana has endorsed President Johnson.
VOL. 52.-
ESSAY TO .MISS CATHARINE JAY
An S A now I mean to write
To V, Sweet K T .1.
Tne girl without a *.
The hollo of V T K.
1 1 dor if you got that 1
I wrote 2 I' B i
I suiloil In the R K T) A.
And sent by L X Monro.
My M 1' head will source contain
A calm I D A bright;
But A T miles from V I must
M—■—.tills chnnoo 2 write.
And Ist, should N E N V V,
B E Z, mind it not;
Should N E friendship show, B true.
They should not B forgot.
But friends and foes alike D K,
As you may plainly C,
In every funeral R A,
Or uncle’s LEG.
From virtu never D V
Her Influence B 0
A like induces lOdcrn S,
Or 10 tude U vine.
And if you cannot cut a ,
Or cause an L”
I hope UMI put a .
2 1 7
If U for an X atlon 2,
My cons X 7 Heart amt JHr
He oflTU'a lua*,
A (i, 2, of land.
Ho says he loves U 2 X S,
U R virtuous and Vs,
InXLX C U X L
All others in his l's.
This S A, until U 1 C,
1 pray U 2 X Q’s
And do not burn In F E 0
My yoniir and wayward muse
Now fare U well dear K T .1,
I trust that I' are true ;
When this U C then U can say
An s A f O IT.
IMPOItTAM TESTIMOXV
Ikim. It lei' Iteforc (he Reconstruction
Committee.
The Committee on Reconstruction stil
persists in suppressing tlie most import
ant testimony elicited before it. J)an.
Rice has recently been on a circus tour
througn Lite lately rebellious States, and
has had opportunities such as arc afford
ed to few lor observing the condition of
the Southern people as to loyalty. His
testimony will he found to show the true
feeling that exists in the South when the
thin crust of pretended loyalty is melted
away and true character' is revealed as
under the oxhilirating influence of a me
nagerie, when man stands in tlic presence
of Hie untamed forces of nature, separa
ted threofromonly by the thin partition of
an iron cage. Mr. Uice being duly sworn,
testified tuns:
Q. Vou have an unruly animal, known
as a pet mule, with your circus, have you
not?
A. I have.
Q. What are the idiosyncrasies of that
boast?
A. lie is much given to kicking.
Q. It is almost impossible to ride him,
is it not ?
A. IL is. 1 generally oiler S2o to any
man who will ride him round the ring.
Q. On your late visit to the South, did
you receive any offers to ride tlint mule.
A. I did.
Q. Stale what occurred on these occa
sions.
A. In Richmond, a discharged Confed
erate soldier attempted to ride him, but
was immediately thrown flat on his back.
Q. What did the Confederate soldier
say to this?
A. He said the mule was a d—d Yan
kee cuss.
Q. Did any others make the attempt?
A. Another of Lee’s veterans tried to
ride him, and succeeded.
Q. What did he say ?
A. Ho said, after he had dismounted,
that, if he’d had a regiment o’ them there
’ere cavalry he’d have whipped Kilpat
rick all to smash ; and tiiat in the next
war against the Yankees he intended to
raise a brigade of ’em.
Cross-examined by Mr. Stevens :
Q. Is that ahe mule, or a she mule?
A. It’s a he mule.
Q. You have monkeys in your show,
have you not ?
A. I have.
Q. Have you over heard any disloyal
remarks in relation to those monkeys'.’
A. I can’t say that I have.
Q. Have you over heard anything said
in their presence?
A. A couple of young ladies were one
day standing in front of the cage, and I
heard one of them say it looked like a
Freedman's Bureau.
Q. How was the remark received?
A. It created much lighter. X
Q. Wore there any personal .allusions
made on the occasion ?
A. Some one in the crowd said, point
ing to theourahg-outang, “ That's Sum
ner.”
Q,. Did that please the bystanders?
A. Very much.
Q. Did you ever hear any observations
about the boars?
A. I heard it said once about a one-eyed
bear that ho looked like Ben. Butler, and
about a grizzly that it ought to bo called
Ben. Wade.
Q,. Were the points of resemblance
stated?
A. They were not. The observation
was made on the tun! ensemble, with spe
cial reference, perhaps, to the ocular de
formity in the case of the one-eyed ani
mal. " ‘
<4. Have you side-shows with your cir
cus?
A. 1 have.
Q. ytatu if you have ever heard disloy
al remarks iu relation to them.
A. 1 believe I heard something of the
kind once about Daniel in the lion’s den.
Q. Slate'what it was,
A. A young lady asked me which was
Daniel and which was the lion.
Q. tVhat was your reply ?
A. 1 told her it was easy to distinguish
Daniel from the lion, as the former wore
a swallow tail coat and had a cotton um
brella under his arm.
O. Vfliat did she say?
A. After looking into the cage, she
said, very spitefully, that Daniel looked
like a moan Yankee, and she-wished the
lion would chaw him up. Mack.
Tilt. 11 t-MAX Floruit— I The proportions
of the human llgurc are strictly mathe
matical. The whole figure is six times
the length of the foot. Whelhcrlhe form
la- slender or plump, the rule holds good ;
any deviation from it is a departure from
the highest beauty of proportion. The
(! reeks made all their stilii|es according
to (bis rule. The face from the highest
point on the forehead where the hair be
gins to the chin, is one-tenth of the whole
stature. The hand from (he wrist to the
middle linger is the same. From the. top
of the chest to tho highest point in the
I'urohcad is u seventh. If the length of
the face, from the roots of the hair to the
chin, lie divided into three equal parts, the
first division determines the place
where the eyebrows meet, and'the second
dm place of the nostrils. The height from
lire feet to the top of the head is the same
as the distance from the extremity of the
I lingers when the arms are extended.
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-NO. 46.
There is no such thing ns an easy
chair for a discontented man.
Censure is the tax a man pass to she
public for being eminent.
He Hint loses his hair this year will
grow bald.
If a lady yawns five times insuccession,
young man, you may get your hat.
The lady whose peace of mind was
broken intends to have it repaired.
Whv should a man alwas wear a watch
when lie travels in a waterless desert?
Because every watch has a spring in it.
Where is the paper money first men
tioned in tho Bible? Ans. When the
dove brought the green-back to Xoah.
Why are pretty women like barking
dogs? Ans. Because they show their
teeth and don’t bite.
Throughout the whole course of the
year whenever the moon waneslhenights
will grow dark.
Cardinal Wiseman’s dying words
wore:—" Well, hero lam at last, like a
child from school, going homo for the
holidays.”
“Why do you kcepyourseifso distant?*'
said a hdroiiotoa eooi lover. “ Because,"
said ho, “ distance lends enchantment to
tlie view."
A hoy being asked whether he was
going to keep Lent, replied withgreatsim
plicity that nobody had borrowed him
yet, as far ns he was aware.
Whoever is in love this year will
think ids mistress an angel. Whoever
gets married will find out whether it is
true.
A clerk in a mercantile establishment
writes to a friend at htnnc: I have a nice
time of it now-a-days—very little work lo
do—-our lirm don’t advertise.
If dandies wear their beards there will
ho less work for the barbers. He who
wears ids moustache will have .something
to sneeze nl.
OvKRHEAKixci tlic remark that there
.had been much less snow during the war
than in the four preceding winters,
Quilp responded, “ Yes, hut much more
slaying."
A woman nut West, describing her
runaway husband, says: “Daniel maybe
known by a scar on ids nose, whore I
scratched him." We think Daniel did
well lo run away.
■ Ax analyzing dame reports that “she
heard of but one old woman that kissed
her cow ; but she knows of many thous
ands of young ones who have kissed very
great calves. 1 '
Tin: tears ivo shod for those wo love are
tlic streams winch water the garden of
the heart, and without them it would be
dry and barren, and the gentle flowers of
ailed ion would perish.
“ 1 say, landlord, that's a dirty towel
for a man lo wipe on !” Landlord, with
a look of amazement, replied ; Sixty or
seventy of my boarders have wiped on
that towel lids morning, and you are tlic
lirsl lo Hud fault.”
Ax exchange says: “It is better lo
love a person you cannot marry, than to
marry a person you can not love.” Tins
is a short text for a long sermon, which
linm an ex peri cnee will continue to preach
“ until the lashsyllahle of recorded time."
A votxo man at Niagrji Falls having
been crossed in love, walked to the preci
pice, deliberately took otPhis cloths, and
gave one lingering look at thegulfbelow
him and then—wont home. His body
was found next morning in bed.
It- a young lady should happen to blu.di
she will look red in the lace. If she
dreams of a young man three nights in
succession, it is a sign of something. If
she dreams of him four times, and has a
toothache, it is ten one that she is a long
time getting either of them out of her
head.
A TASri; for reading will always carry
you into the best possible company,
and enable yon to converse with men
who will instruct you by ihoir wisdom,
and charm you by their wit, who will
soothe you when fretted, refresh you
when weary, counsel you when perplex
ed, and spmpathize with you at till times.
Tun attention of a little girl having
been called to a rose bush, on whoso top
most stem the oldest rose was' fading
whilst below and around it three beauti
ful crimson buds wore just unfolding
their charms, she at once' and artlessly
exclaimed to her brother: ’• See, Willie,
these little buds have just awakened in
time to kiss their mother before she dies."
A coi.'XTiiV lad, who recently visited
he city for the first time, gives his views
'fthe ladies in this way: ‘‘Somewhere
n every ci cumferenco of silk and velvet
hat wriggles along there’s a woman, I
’pose ; but how much of the holler is
died in with meat, and how much is
amnion, the spectator dun no. .V feller
marrys a wife, and finds, when it comes
to the p'int, that he has nothin’ in his
arms but reg’lar anatomy. Ilmen is gay
deseevers, wet’s to bo saiif’cl' the female
that dresses fur a hundred and forty
weight, but hasn’t reely as much fat oh
her ns would grease a griddle?—all the
aperient plumpness consisting of cotton
and whalebone.”
Two young lawycrs—Archy Brown
and Thomas Jones —were fond of drop
ping into Mr. Smith’s parlor, and spend
ing an hour or two with his only daugh
ter, Mary. One evening, -when Brown
and Mary had discussed almostcvery top
ic, Brown suddenly in his sweetest tones,
struck out as follows: “Do you think,
Mary, you could leave father and mother,
this pleasant home, with all its ease and
comforts, and emigrate to the far West
witlra young lawyer, who has little be
sides" bis profession to depend upon, and
with him search out a new home, which
it should bo your joint duty to beautify
and make beautiful and happy like this?”
Dropping her head softly on his shoulder,
she whispered, “I think,l could, Archy.”
‘Well,’ said he, “there is/Tom Jones,
who is going to emigrate, and wants to
got a wife; I will mention it to him.”
In the days of Andrew Jackson, ills
I’ostmastcr-Ueueral, Amos Kendall,
wanting to know whereabouts \vu, the
source of the Tombigbee river, wrote tor
the-ivipiircd iu formation'to, tho postmas
ter ol a yillage on its course. ■‘Sir,’'
wrote the higher officer to the lower,
‘‘this department desires to know how
far tho Tombigbee river runs up, Re
spectfully, Wc.’’ The reply- was brief,
and read thus: “iiir: The Tomhigbec
river doesn’t run up at all; it rails down.
Very respect fully, Ac.” Tho Poslmas
.ter-iieneral continued the correspondence
iu this style; --Sir: Your appointment
ns postmaster at is revoked. You
will turn over the funds, papers, .ve., per
taining to yourolliee, to your successor. —
Respectfully, ike.” The droll understrap
per closed the eorrcsmondonce wifli this
parting shot: “ Fir : The revenues for
this Mlice for the quarter ending Sept. lib.
liaveMiecu Uo cents; its expenditures,
same period for tallow caudles and twine,
was $1.05. I trust my successor is in
structed to adjust the balance due me. —
[ Host respectfully.”
JOB PRINTING,
a isrxDi.c or all sorts,