ERICAN VOLUNTEER. IHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BT BRATTON «fc KENNEDY. T\yo Dollars per year if paid strictly nco; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if paid throe months; after which Three Dollars jharged. These terms will ho rigidly ad in every instance. No subscription dia led until all arrearages are paid, unless at ion of the Editor. professional Glares. iB. E. MAGLAXJGHLIN, Attor at Law. Office in Building formerly Hi by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han lotol. 1805. EWSHAM, Attorney at Law. )flico with Wm. H. Miller, J2sq., South-: rner of Hanover and Pomfrot streets, 1805—tf. M. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney JT m at Law and Real Estate Agent. Shepherds-* )wn, \Vest Virginia. Prompt attention given to 11 business in JelTcrson county and the Counties dtoining it. Feb. 15, IB6o—ly. [TTM. J. SHEARER, Attorney &c. V V at Law, Carlisle. Pa. Office near Court touso, South, side of Public Square, in “ Xnhofl’a ornor," second floor. Entrance, Hanover Street, &S* Practicing in all the Courts of this Judicial ilstrict, prompt attention will be given to all uslncss in the Counties of Perry ancTJuniata, as rell as of Cumberland. May 21,1800— ly*. TAMES A. DUNBAR, Attorney at I Law, Carlisle, Penna. Office a few doors /est of Hannon’s-Hotel. Dec. 1,1805. EE. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney # nd Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Penna. 30 on South Hanover street, opposite Rente's itoro. By special arrangement with the Patent )fllco, attends to securing Patent Bights. Dec. 1,1805, CTTH.' B. BUTLER, Attorney at Y V Law, Carlisle, Penna. Office with Win. J. Shearer, Esq. , Dec. 1,1805— ly. E F. SADLER, Attorney at Law, . Carlisle, Penna. Office in Building for occupied by Volunteer, South Hanover treot. J Dec. 1, 1805. VTT KENNEDY Attoeney at Law, YV • Carlisle, Penna. Office same as that oi he “American volunteer,” South aldo of the Pub ic Square. Dec. 1. 1805. tottn LEE, Attorney at Law, I North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 15,1800—ly. JM WEAKLEY, Attorney at Law. 4 Office on South Hanover street, in the room Jormerly occupied by A. B, Sharpe. Esq. Me. HERMAN, Attoeney at Law. . Ofllcolu Ebeom’s Hall Building, In th(£ rear oftbo Court House, next door to tlio “Hob aid" .Ofllco, Carlisle, Penna. Dec, 1, 1805, TOHN. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at • I law. Office formerly occupied by Judge Graham, South Hanover street, Carlisle, Penna. Dec. 1,1805—ly. T> NEWTON SHORT, M. D., (for » fli. merly of Centroville, Pa.) Physician and )Surgeon, having permanently located in Me* ' obanics burg, Pa., most respectfully offers his ser vices to the public In the practice of Medicine and Surgery in all their various branches.— (Night calls promptly attended to.) Particular attention given to Surgical Operations and the Treatment of Chronic Diseases, Office on Main Street, opposite Rail Road ave nue, up stairs. July 5, 'CO-ly. -jri R. GEORGE S. SEARIGHT, Den v| j tist. From the Baltimore College of Dental tSurgery. Office at the residence of his mother, East Louther Street, three doors below Bedford, Carlisle, Penna. Dec. 1,1805. rVENTISTRY— Dr.W.B. Shoemaker— I I Practical Dentist. Nowvlllo, Pennsylvania. Olfico in Miller’s Building. Feb. 22,1868.—1 y. 33i)otogra#ins. "PHOTOGRAPHS! "The subscriber, alter over five years o 1 experi ence in bis profession, begs to inform the public that ho still continues his business at his old and well known location, in the building of Jacob Zug, Esq., South-East Corner of Market Square, over the Store of Messrs. Leldloh & Miller, where ho will be pleased to see his friends and patrons, and where he Is fully prepared to take PHOTOGRAPHS, , CARTES bE VJSITE AND AMBROTYPES, from miniature to life-like size, and to guarantee perfect satisfaction In every cose. Tire arrange ment of my Sky-Light enables mo to take perfect fete similes In cloudy as well as In clear weather.— An experienced Lady Operator Is in constant at tendance at the rooms to wait on lady customers. Constantly on hand and for sale at reasonable rates, a fine assortment of GILT FRAMES. XSS- Negatives of all Pictures taken are presorv ed and persons wishing duplicates of the same can have them on short notice, either by person al application or by letter. Thankful for past fa vors, will hope for a continuance of the public patronage. JOHN 0. LE3HER. Oct. 11,1506—Om rnHE FIRST PREMIUM HAS BEEN JL awarded at the late Cumberland County Fair TO 0. U. LOCHMAN FOB THE FINEST PHOTOGRAPHS. Ho has lately re-purchased his old gallery from Mr. McMiUon, In Mrs. Noil ’s Building, opposite the First National Bank. The Photographs, Cartes JDe Visite, Ambro types, &c., &c. made by C. L. L ochman are pronounced by every one to bo of the highest character in Posing, Tone, Clearness, . Round and Soft Half Tin ts and everything that constitutes a FIRST-CLASS PICTURE. The, public is cordially invited to call and ex amine specimens. - , „ ~ A large lot of Gilt and Rosewood Frames, Al bums, &c., on hand and will be sold very low. Copies or Ambrotypes and Daguerreotypes made in the most perfect manner. Dec. I,lBos—tf. Mrs. r. a. smith’s photo grapblo Gallery South-east Corner Hano ver (Street, and Market Square, where may he had all the dlnerent styles of Photographs, from card to life size, VORYTYPES. AMBROTYPES, AND MEILUNOTYPES : also Pictures on Porcelain, (something new) both Plain and Colored, and which are beautiful pro ductions of the Photographic art. Call *and see attention given to copying from patronage of tlie public, Feb. 15 1860. pHOTO GRAPHICI E, * H. T. ANTHONY & CO., Manufacturers of PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 501 Broadway, New York. In addition to our main business of Photo graphic Materials, wo are Headquarters for tbe 1 °Htoreosconcs and Stereoscopic Views of Ameil can and Foreign Cities and Landscapes, Groups, 8 SteS’cSplo Views of tbe War, from ncgatlvcs made in the various campaigns and foimlng a complete Photographic history of the great con Stereoscopic Views on Glass, adapted for either the Magic Lantern or the Stereoscope. OurCata loguo will be sent to any address on receipt ol 8 PHOTOGRAPHIC AXBUIIS.—Wo manufac tnro more largely tliarL. any tipriso, about 200 varielies from'so cents to 850 each. Our AL BUMS have the reputation of being superior in beauty and durability to any others. Card Photographs of Generals, Statesmen, victors, etc. Our Catalogue embraces over Five TUousand different subjects. Including reprodnctlonsoftne most celebrated Engravings, Pointings, Statues, etc. Catalogues sent on receipt ol Stamp. Photographers and others ordering goods O. O. D., will please remit 25 per cent, of the amount with their order. <v»n The prices and quality of our goods cannot lau to satisfy.' Nov. 15.180&-6m p TINS, PISTOLS. &c. j; have added to my already superior stock of sporting materials, some Birmingham Double Guns, Belgium Double Guns, iUnerlcan, Single and Double Guns. Kensington s Killo Canes, Ive- X>.voivers, Cooper’s Self-Cocking Revolvers, Sharp s »Ropeater, Smith & Wesson Revolvers, Dixon WNead Shot Pouches, Copper Powder Flasks, Ely’s f Felt Gun Wads, &c. , . .. ~ „ xnßemember my old Stand next door to the Cor* an House. Sept. 18,1860. jlp BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. /Diamond dealer & jeweler^ II WITCHES, JEWELRY h BILTEU WARS, Jl V. WATCHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED.^ HAS ON HAND A LARGE & SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF DIAMOND JEWELRY. OF ALL / KINDS. SUCH AS RINGS, PINS. STUDS, DIAMOND BETS, &C. ( ALSO, ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP AMERICAN, SWISS £ ENGLISH WATCHES COMPLETE IN ALL RESPECTS, Articles of Comparatively Small Value. PLAIN RINGS- ON HAND. SILVERWARE OF ALL KINDS. ALSO FANCY SILVERWARE SUITABLE FOR BRIDAL PRESENTS. ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING RINGS ALWAYS ON Fariiculcr Attention Bald to Repairing Watches. Diamonds and all other Precious Stones AS ADSO, OLD GOLD AND SILVER COUNTRY TRADE SOLICITED. Feb. I,lBoo—ly. mHIS Is an article for washing without I rubbing, except in very dirty places, which will require a very slight rub, and unlike other preparations offered for a like purpose, will not rot the clothes, but will leave them much whiter than ordinary methods, without the usual wear and tear. It removes grease as if by magic, and softens the dirt by soaking, so that rinsing will in ordinary cases entirely remove it., The pow der is prepared in. accordance with chemical sci ence, and upon a process peculiar to itself, which is secured by Letters Patent. It has been In use ’ for more than a year, and has proved Itself an universal favorite wherever it has been used.— Among the advantages claimed are the follow ing It saves all the expense of soap usually used on cotton and linen goods. It saves most of the labor of rubbing, and wear and tear. Also, for cleaning windows it Is unsurpassed. With one quarter the time arid labor usually required it Imparts a beautiful gloss and lustre, much supe rior to any other mode. No water required ex cept to moisten the powder. Directions with each package. And can be readily appreciated by a single trial. The cost of washing for a fam ily of five or six persons will not exceed three cents. The manufacturers of .this powder are aware that many useless compounds have been introduced to the public whlcli have rotted the cloth, or failed in removing the dirt, hut knowing the intrinsic excellence of this article, they con fidently proclaim it as being adapted to meet a demand which has long existed, and which has heretofore remained unsupplied. Manufactured by HOWE & STEVENS, 260 Broadway, Boston. Also, manufacturers of family Dye Colors. For sale by Grocers and Dealers everywhere, Oct. 18,1860 —3m FASHIONS DEMAND DUPLEX ELLIPTIC (OR DOUBLE SPRING) SKIRT, The wonderful flexibility and great comfort and pleasure to any lady wearing the Duplex Elliptic Skirt will be experienced particularly in all crowded assemblies, operas, carriages, rail-road cars, church pews, arm chairs, for promenade and house dress, as the skirt can be lolded when in use to occupy a small place as easily and conven iently ns a silk or muslin dress, an invaluable quality In crinoline, not found in any Single Spring Skirt. , , , A lady having enjoyed the pleasure, comfort, and great convenience of wearing the Duplex Elliptic Steel Spring Skirt for a single day, will never afterwards willingly dispense with their use. For Children, Misses and Young Lafllea they are superior to all others. They will not bend or break like the Single Spring, but will preserve their porfectand grace ful shape when three or four ordinary Skirls will have been thrown aside as useless. Tho Hoops are covered with Double and twisted thread, and the bottom rods are not only double springs, but twice (or double) covered; preventing them from wearing out when dragging down stoops, stairs, The Duplex EUiptlo is a great favorite with all ladies and Is universally recommended by the Fashion Magazines os tho Standard Skirt of tho fashionable world. To enjoy the following inestimable advantages in Crinoline, viz: superior quality, perfect man ufacture, stylish shape andnnlsh, flexibility, du rability, comfort and economy, enquire for J. w, Bradley’s Duplex Elliptic, or Double Spring Skirt, and be sure you get tho genuine article. Cautiok. —To guard against Imposition be par ticular to notice that skirls offered as‘‘Duplex” have the red ink stamp,viz: “ J. W. Bradley’s Duplex Elliptic Steel Springs,” upon the waist band—none others are genuine. Also notice that every Hoop will admit a pin being passed through the centre, thus revealing the two (or double) springs braided together therein, which is tho secret of their flexibility and strength, and a combination not to bo found in any other 8 For sale in all Stores where flrst class skirts are sold throughout the United States and ©ls©* where. Manufactured by the sole owners of the Patent- WESTS’BRADLEY* CARY, 79 Chambers and 79 and 81 Reade Sts., N, Y. Oct. 17,13(10 —3m . Amah of a thousand—a ctmf sumvtive Cured. —Dr. R. JAIMES, a returned pnysiolan of great eminence, discovered, while m. the East Indies, a certain cure for Consump tion, Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, and General Debility, Tho remedy was discovered by fri™ when his only child, a daughter, was giv en up to die. His child was cured, and is now alive and well. Desirous of benefltting his fel low mortals, he will send to those who wish it the recipe, containing full directions for making and successsully using this remedy, free, on re cipe of their names, with two stamps to pay ex poses. There is not a single symptom of Con sumption that it .does not at once take hold of and dissipate. Night sweats, peevishness, irrita tion of the nerves, failure of memory, difficult expectoration, sharp pains in tho lungs, sore throat, chilly sensations, nasseauat the Stomach, Inaction of the bowels, wasting away of tho mus ° -CSp-The writer will please state the name of the paper they see this advertisement-In. Address, CRADDOCK & CO., 1032 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 13,1805 —Om TNVENTOES OFFICES. B'EPINEUXL AND EVANS, CIVIL ENGINEERS A PATENT SOLICITORS Patents solicited—Consultations on Engineer ing. Draughting and Sketches, Models, and Ma chlnery of all lands made and skilfully attended to. Special attention given to Rejected Cases and Interferences. Authentic Copies oi all Docu ments from Patent Office procured. N. B. Save yourselves useless trouble and trav elling expenses, as there is no need for personal interview with us. All business with these Offi ces? Snbe transacted in writing. For further information direct as above, with ptamo enclos ed. with Circular with references, . Feb. 1,1866— ly. TTIMPIRE SHUTTLE SEWING HA. rIiOHINES are superior to ail other for FAMI iVAND MANUFACTURING PURPOSES- Con tain all the latest improvements; are speedy; noisless; durable; and easy to work. Ilusterated Circulars , free. Agents wanted.— Liberal discount allowed. No consignments Address. EMPIRE S. M, CO., Broadway, 010 N. Y July 20,1888—ly CIOUGH CURE.—Twelve years repu ) tatlon has proved Dr. EDWARD’S TAB, ILD CHERRY and NAPTHA COUGH SYR UP the most successful medicine muse for Colds, Coughs. Hoarseness, Asthma, Influenza, Bron chitis, whooping Cough, Croup, Inflamatlon of the Lungs, and all diseases or the throat and Lungs. Sold by the druggists in Carlisle, and by medicine dealers generally. Price 35 cents. Sept. 20,1860—10 t ' WHITE and Black Curled Hair, Cis tern Pomps, Turn Table and Lightning Apple Fearers, at SAXTON'S, feopt. 13,180 A HENRY SAXTON. lulttiili'ci; aiibcrtisscmente. .802 Chestnut MY ASSORTMENT OP JEWELRY IS Embracing Articles of the Highest Cost, AS ALSO, A VERY LARGE STOCK OP HAND. BOUGHT FOR CASH, PATENTED MAY 29,1806. J. W. BRADLEY’S CELEBRATED PATENT iV0.435 Walnut Street Philadelphia, ©ootrss. jyj'EW STORE! NEW GOODS! BIN G’S NEW'DRY GOODS STORE, ' MAIN STREET, Opposite the Mansion House, Next door to the Post ODlco. Having rented the Store formerly occupied by Mr. Wm. A. Miles, the undersigned Invites the attention of the ladles of Carlisle and 1U vicinity to his WELL SELECTED STOCK of DRY GOODS, DRESS TRIMMINGS, AND NOTIONS, Just received from tho Eastern Cities. By strict attention to business, and a careful study of the wants and tastes of his customers, he hopes to obtain a share of tho public patron age. . '$ J.G.H.RING. •05-Special attention given to DRESS TRIM* MINGS. Nov. 8,1806—ly IJIHE CRY IS, STILL THEY COME! Third Large Arrival of Spring Dry Goods ! I have Just arrived from the Eastern cities yith another large and magnificent stock of Dry Goods consisting In port of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS! Plain, Black, Barred and Fancy Dress Silks Plaid F. D. Bole Silk; Black Gros Grain Silk; Shepherd’s Plaid (new stylo;) Plaid P. D. Chevre; Plaid Mozambique; Colored Alpaccas: Chambray Ginghams; Printed Brlmant; printed Percall; Dunnell Lawns; Printed Organdies; Black Striped Organdies; Printed Jaconet; Pacific Delaines, Blue Jaconet; In great variety. WHITE GOODS. NANSOOKS, WHITE SWISS, PLAIN AND PLAID, LINENS, DOTTED SWISS, PLAIN AND PLAID CAMBRICS. CALICOS, EN ENDLESS VARIETY. MEEBIMAC3, , STIt AGUES. AMERICANS, DUNNELLS, &o NOTIONS. A general and varied stock of Notions, Hosiery, Ladies’ Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Dress Buttons, Nets, Spool Cottons, Thread. ' b y~ GENTLEMEN’S WEAR. Superior Broadcloths, Kentucky Jeans, Linen Checks, Tweeds, Plain and Fancy Cassimeres, Plain and Fancy Linens, Plain and Fancy Vest* ings. DBY GOODS. Tickings, Muslins, Sheetings (38 In. to 10 Qrs. wide.) MOURNING GOODS. Black all Wool Delaines, Mourning Calicos, Alpaccas, Bombazines, Cobnrgs, Wo particularly Invite the citizens of Carlisle and vicinity to our superior stock of Dry Goods. The public will find that we are determined to sell at very short profits, and will not bo Under sold by any house In the valley. Remember that we were the first house in Carlisle to mark down the prices to New York quotations, and also the important fact that our entire stock la new and fresh. Ladles give me a call, and got a cheap dress. My store Is In the old stand oflJohn D. Gorgas, and next door to “ Marlon HaU.^^ MayB.lBoo. ‘ GOODS I DBY GOODS 1 FALL A. W. BENTZ, Jtoutfi Sanover Street, cAblisle. I have just made my second fall addi tion to my already great and extensive stock of DRY GOODS. X nave selected tlie most desi rable goods that could be obtained in the Eastern Markets, paid jnost special attention to variety and taste, an<fam fully assured that after a tho rough. investigation is made, my numerous pat rons (the ladles, of course 1) will have all their haved variety of Ladles' DRESS GOODS, such as Plaid and Plain Poplins, Lukins’ French Me rinoes, of every shade and quality, Uobures. Mous de Lalnes, and Alpacas, aU colors. A full lino of MOURNING GOODSI Mourning Silks, Bombazine, Repp, double and single width, all wool, De Lalnes, Alpacas, En glish Crape veils and Collars, London Mourning Prints, &o. MUSLINS I MUSLINS I very cheap and good. A large invoice of Cloths, Cassimeres, Jeans, Velvet Cord. A variety of Ballardvale. Shaker and heavy twilled Flannels, Mode, Solferino, .Blue, Brown, Wine, Green, and Scarlet SaqueFlannels, White andColo’dHome made Flannels; good Canton Flannels; Prints; Gloves.Hoalery andßuttons of every kind; Shirts and Drawers!; HOODS; Nubias and Breakfast Shawls; Blankets at lowest prices, _ • Don’t forget the well known stand, south of the Court House, as we are prepared and sell at the lowest prices. A, W. BENTZ, October lx, 1868, • Tl TILES’ CARD.—I desire through this JVI medium to return to youmyaincoro thanks ior the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed up on me and to request a continuance of the same. I n-sk your particular attention to my stock of goods now among which X pledge—as a general thing—to furnish at lower prices thancan be had elsewhere in Carlisle. I have Just returned from Philadelphia where I purchased a stock of goods as well selected as any ever offered in this place. Persons calling can rest assured of being suited both In price and quality. WM-A-MILES . North Hanover Street, next door to Miller & Bowers* Hardware Store, Dr. Kieffer’s and Dr, Zltzer’s. Oct. 18.1866—tf GREAT EDUCATIONAL INDUCEMENTS. A First doss Business OoUege at Carlisle, Perm’d. mHIS Institution is now entering upon L Itia third year In Us present location j during vrtTlch time It has received a liberal homo sup port, and also on encouraging share of patronage from six different States of the Union, we feel encouraged from the result of past efforts and phfiii spare no pains or expense in building up an Institution second to none in the country. Education adapted to all—the Parmer, the Me chanic, the Artisan, the Business or Professional YOUNG MEN of limited education. YOUNG MEN well educated in other respects, ‘blit deficient in the branches taught in a first class Business College: * . . t , YOUNG?MEN of limited means, who would possess the best reauiklto to em inence and distinction. YOUNG MEN who are desirous of receiving the greatest amount of useful infor-- matlon at the least comparative —expense are invited to investi gate the peculiar merits of our Model System of practicaltrolning and eminently popular course of Study. „ BAlfOHBa TAUGHT. Single nnoDouble ln Its various forms and applications, Including Gen eral Wholesale and Retail Business, Forwarding, Commission, Exchange, Jobbing and Importing, Mercantile Law, Correspondence, Practical and Ornamental Pomnonship, Phonography. English Grammar. Composition, Telegraphing, Ac. Students enter at any time. aa» None but competent Instructors employed, and a sufficient number to Insure individual in struction to all. . „ ... j#3T* Bend for a Circular giving fi^^rtlcuJars. Address. oSl^Pa. Aug. 23.186& CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, aGYEMBER 22,1866. Sflfd Hals. THE MAD UABBEB. I wonder whether a man is more like ly to be sleepless on the night before he is married, or on the night before he is hanged! I have expedience of only the more blissful of these two kinds of antic ipation ; but I confess that the night be fore I was to bo joined to my beloved Ju lia in the bonds of wedlock, was one of the most restless I ever passed in my life. I am a timid man, a nervous man, a man ever painfully conscious of all his defects and deficiencies, but never before had I felt such a poignant regret that I could not add a couple of inches to my stature; and when I reflected that I had never had the courage to reveal to Julia a care fully concealed bald spot on my head, which she would now be sure to discov er, to my shame and confusion, my re morse was terrible. Then I thought of that dark little parlor behind my shop in the dingy village where I lived, and I felt how dull Julia would find it after al ways sitting engaged in tasteful millinery work at her front first floor window in even thatquietstreet of our country town. The fact is—and I own it with humili ation—l was not up to Julia’s level. To be sure, I had a nice, snug little business in the drapery, pin and needle, note pa per, bacon, and general line at our vil lage, but surely Julia was not the girl to be influenced by such a consideration, and besides, she had a good business and a hundred and fifty pounds of her own. — No, it must have been the depth of my devotion, and I must do myself the cred it of saying that I was exceedingly devo ted. I don’t think there was a single ar ticle in my shop—drapery, grocery, nee dles and pins, bacon, or general line— from which I had not sent her presents of the best: and when I returned from London in the spring, I brought her such a shawl as my village—whatever may have been the case with her town —had never seen or dreamed of. Julia was so superior to me I Such a magnificent bru nette, at least three inches taller than my self, with black hair, brilliant dark eyes, splendid figure, such a walk, and such a spirit! It was not until after many a fear, and many ajealous doubt, that £ had at length prospered so well in my courtship. I had been madly jealous when that young scamp of a cousin of hers .came home from sea; I had been madly jeal ous of the inspector of police, after the street row in which he behaved with such distinguished gallantry; worse than all, I had been madly jealous of her flirtation with young Twiggs, of the militia staff, after the review. It was my jealousy of that martial Twiggs which drove me to the desperate resolution of joining the Volunteers, and expending the sum of four pounds in a suit of uniform. But soldiering did not suit me. I might have managed eventually to fire off a gun, but the sight of cold glittering steel was too much for my nerves, and the manners of the drill sergeant were so excessively rude that I was obliged to give the thing up.— Twiggs about the same time retired from the militia, and no longer harassed me by his hately presence in the town; but Julia’s conduct still continued (to say the least of it) excessively trying, and not un til within the last fortnight had I been able to induce her to name the happy day. The prevailing feelings of my heart were feelings of delight and triumph.— Still I was restless, horribly restless, and as I heard the clock strike one hour after another, I became painfully sensible of the injurious effect that such restlessness would have on my nerves and appearance for the following day. I got up in the morning at a not very early hour, and dressed myself with scru pulous care in garments which, though by no means of overpowering magnifi cence, were unmistakably suggestive of matrimonial intentions. But when I at tempted to shave, my hand shook so as to make it likely that the operation, if Eersevered in, would be sanguinary. My eard grows with a strength and deter mination which no one acquainted with my character would suppose possible, un less he saw it. My beard is also of a dir tyish yellow color. I could not proceed to church to meet my bride without hav ing it closely removed. I therefore de termined to step into some barber’s shop and got it done. And so I made my breakfast with what appetite I might, put the license and the ring into my pocket, and set out for the town where Julia lived. 1866 This town was about twenty minutes by rail from our village, and I arrived there in very good time. Julia and I had agreed that our wedding should be as quiet as possible; and It had been arranged that I should walk alone to the church, while she should proceed thither in a carriage, accompaniedonlyby an uncleand ayoung er sister. My way to the church lay by Julia’s door, and, so much was lengroased by thoughts’bf the coming ceremony, that it was not until I had arrived at that point, that the sight of a barber’s pole on the op posite side of the way reminded me that! hadnotyetgotshaved. I glanced at Julia’s window, but I was so early that no one was visible, and there was as yet no sign of a carriage at the door. I looked at my watch, and stepped into the barber’s shop. The window of the shop fronted the street, but the door was up a little court by the side, so that, as the barber happen ed to be looking out of the window wlien I entered, I could not see the barber’s face, neither did the barberaee me. It seemed os if he did not heamne. either; seating myself in a chair m the middle of the shop, and placing/fify hat on a form, I said, in a mild tone of voice: “ I want a shave, if you plpsiae.” The barber,did not move, and the ex pression countenance —as far as could bo-zinferred from on inspection of the back of his head—was one of melan choly abstraction. Again I said, in a somewhat louder tone: “ I will trouble you to shave me, if you please.” Still the barber did not move. Surprised at this, I called out in a sharp er manner: “ 1 want a shave!” The barber, with a callous indifference all precedent, remained unmoved. I fancied he must be deaf, and next time concentrated all the power of my lungs— which would have otherwise been dimis ed over a whole sentence —Into a most em pathatio pronunciation of one word: “ Shave /” This unwonted firmness of policy pro duced its effect, and the barber turned towards me. ... He was a tall young man, slender but well built, tolerably good looking with a dark moustache, but without whiskers or beard: his eyes were large and well open ed, but appeared, as he first looked toWards me, as if they saw nothing of me, or my beard, or anything else. One would have supposed that he had never heard of shav ing before. I thought all this very queer; but still i supposing that he must be deaf, I put my hands to my mouth, so as to form a nat ural speaking-trumphet, and bawled out as loudly as I could: “ I want a shave ! and please to—make haste ! I have a pressing— engagement!” In a moment his eyes flashed with a strange light. Advancing towards mo with a bound, he seized a chair, set it down with most unnecessary violence op posite to mine, drew himself into it, and, leaning forward with his hands on his thighs, eyed me over from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, and baok again, and said, as if I had made a most extraordinary request: “ You want to be shaved!” I was beginning to be alarmed at ail this, and only thought now, of beating a retreat; so, taking out my watch, I said: “Well —a —l did think of it; but Isee I have not time now. Good morning,” and I rose to go away. But the barber rose also; and, pressing me back into the chair by main force, stood over mo with one hand on each of my shoulders, whilst I looked up at him in utter terror and astonishment. “You came into this shop,” said he: “ you came into this shop,to do shaved?” “ Ye—yes,” was all I could stammer out. “ And by me ?” “Well, I —l suppose so.” “Then baste me!” cried ho “but I’ll do it!” Stepping to the door, he locked it in the most determined manner, and put the key into the pocket of his light linen jack et. I rather take credit to myself that I did not faint away at once; but that on the contrary, I began to consider my chances of escape. The barber was certainly mad, but perhaps I might be able to pacify him, and induce him to lot me go; or perhaps some other customermightcome in. Sure ly somebody would come! I looked through the window, but the street was quiet and still. A dog lay basking in the sun; a horse seemed to be going to sleep where he was tied to the door of a public house next to Julia’s dwelling: but scarce ly anybody passed, and nobody came to be shaved. The barber went to the little fire-place, took up a pot of soapsuds, and stirred them round with a savage earnestness which I have never seen equaled, and then stropped a razor with such a ferocity that I thought my laSt hour had come. So intent did he appear on this operation, that I rose from my chair with the half formed resolution of disregarding the dan- v ger of broken glass, and making a spring slap through the window into the street. But the barber was on me like a tiger, and dashed the shaving-brush, full of lather, into my face, with such violence as to knock me back into my seat, to stifle a scream in which I was about to lift up my voice, and to make me splutter and cough for a considerable period. When I had somewhat recovered, I saw the barber again seated in the chair opposite to me; and when our eyes met, he said: “ Ah, you tremble! Say, do you doubt my skill?” •“Oh, no; oh dear, no; quite the con trary,” I replied. “Do you see this arm ?” He rolled up his sleeve. “ Does it look muscular?” “Oh, very, muscular,” I gasped, “ ex ceedingly muscular- ” And so it did. “Do you see this razor ? Is it keen ?” "Very keen indeed,” I replied, with a shudder. “Do you doubt its ability to shave you}" " Oh no ; oh dear no,” I replied. 11 Then its after all, my skill ?he cried, ’ ’ in a voice of thunder. “Is it my skill that you doubt?” “My dear sir,” said I, In .my most blandishing manner, “ not at all, not at all. I assure you I have the utmost con fidence in your skill; but time, my dear sir, time.” There was not much time to spare if I was to be married, instead of murdered, that fine morning. “ Time I’’cried the barber, with a dread ful flourish of his razor, “time was made for slaves!” There was something reassuring in this last observation, which I remembered to have hoard at a convivial meeting. Fancy ing that the barber might not be wholly devoid of humansympathy, I determined to tell him on what errand X was bound. I said, in as wheedling and insinuating a manner as I could, and with an attempt to appear jocose, which I think, was highly creditable to me under the circum stances: “My dear sir, the fact is, be tween you and mo and the post, that I am on my way to be married, and that it is time for me to be at church. Ha, ha! I am sure I need not remind a gentleman, who is, no doubt, a favorite with the sex, that, when a lady’s in the case—ha, ha!’’. 1 rubbed my hands in a manner intended to be expressive of perfect ease and cheer fulness, and again rose to depart. But my appeal did not produce t)ie ef fect I had intended: for the barber smart ed up, and waved the glittering razor in my face in such very close proximity to my nose that I dropped again into the chair. He then went stamping and stri ding about the shop, shouting: “Going to be married! Going to swear a peace I False blood to false blood joined I Bosh mortal, why did you remind me of mar riage? Oh, lost, lost Jemima!” Taking a cheap china ornament from the mantle- Sleoe, he dashed it to the floor, and do berately crunched each separate frag ment into powder under the heel of his boot. Ana whilst ho was doing this with a most vindictive expression of counte nance, T saw Julia come to the window in bridal costume, and look anxiously down the street, as if expecting the arri val of the carriage. Imagine my feelings! And still the street remained quiet, the dog lay basking in the sun, the horse seemed goiug to sleep outside the public house door, scarcely anybody passed, and nobody came to be shaved. After the barber had ground the china ornament to powder, he again seated, him self opposite to me. “ And you would really go to be mar ried with that beard unshaved ?” “Well,” said I, endeavoring to propi tiate him, “ well I don't know. I think not. I think I don’t want to be married at all, as the idea seems disagreeable to you.” “ Disagreeable to me! Quite the re verse,” he replied; with a wave of his ra zor. “It wul afford mo the greatest pleasure for you to be married ; and I’ll go to church with you, and while the ceremony is being performed, I will as sist the officiating clergyman by dancing a hornpipe on the top of the steeple!— That is—that is,” he whispered in my ear, “ if you survive the shaving.” “ But, my good sir,” I faltered, “ I can go without being shaved. Better for me to be married without being shaved, than to be shaved without being married.” “Quite a mistake,” cried the barber; “quite a mistake, I assure you. Never was there a greater fallacy. Married with that beard? Perish the thought.” Throwing a cloth over my shoulders, he at once began lathering away with prodigious rapidity—lathering not. only my chin, but my cheeks, my nose, my ears, my throat, my nostrils, my teeth, my forehead, to the very roots of my hair. My eyes alone he avoided,' working around them with ns much care as if ho were an artist painting a delicate picture. Under this infliction, I saw the car riage drive up to Julia’s door, and pres enfly‘ drive off again in the direction of the church: whilst through its window I saw a fleeting vision of two white veils and a white waist coat. Two or three women came out of their houses to.look at the carriage, but other wise the street remained quiet, the dog still lay basking in the sun, the horse kept on goiug to sleep outside the public house door, scarcely anybody passed, and nobody came to bo shaved. At that moment I saw a man walking on the other side of the street. He look ed at the barber’s pole; ho paused; he passed his hand over his chin; he was a dirty faced man. I could see, even from that distance, that he had not been shav ed for a week; surely, surely, he would VOL. 53.—N0. 23. como, and I should be rescued. He cross ed, to our side of the street, and stood out side the window. He was coming! Ho paused again. He put his hand into his pocket, took out some pence, and looked at them. Ho shook his head. He re crossed the street, and wont into the pub lic house. X suppose he spent his money in beer. Oh, that horrid vice of intem perance ! Still the barber lathered away, as though he would never cease, using the brush now with the right hand now with the left. Another man stopped in the street and looked at the border’s polo; he too pass ed his hand over his chin. He was a de cent, respectable looking man; had on a clean shirt and an average hat. My heart bounded with hope. Surely such a re spectable man would be particular about his appearance. Surely such an exem plary man would come to be shaved. Ho too put his hand to his pocket, but, in stead of pence, he took out a watch. Ho looked at his watch, and seemed startled. He shook his head, and passed on. And so the dog still lay basking in the sun, and the horse kept going to sleep outside the inn door, and few people pass ed by, and nobody came to be shaved. And still the barber kept lathering away at me. I felt ns if the lather must be an inch thick upon my face, and of the consistency of clay. I became sick and faint, and there was a buzzing noise in my ears, as if I had been under water. Another man! He did not pause; he did hot hesitate; he did not pass his hand over his chin; he did not.feel in his pock et. He walked very fast;, he turned sharply into the court: he tried to open the door of the shop. The barber ceased lathering; the shaving brush was stilled. I would nave screamed for help, only the barber jobbed the suds fiercely into my mouth. While I was spluttering them out, the man tried the door again; ho rat tled the latch. I was about to risk all, when, with an oath, the man moved away, and I heard his departing footsteps die away along the street. The barber did not resume the use of the shaving brush —both he and his soap suds were pretty nearly exhaused —but he took the razor and passed it once or twice over the strop, and then, pulling a hand ful of hairs from my head, tried the edge of the blade upon one of them. The hair was split, and the barber appeared satis fied. He raised his left hand and took hold of my nose; he held my nose much more tightly than the exigencies of the occasion required; he twisted my nose about in every direction, he elongated and compressed my nose as if it had been made ofgutta percna. The’pastime seem ed to afford him grim satisfaction., I for ced myself to grin, as though it were a capital joke. At length ho ceased and advanced the razor. It was a terrible moment. The barber stared at me, and then again seated himself in the chair, and said, in a more conversational and easy tone than he had before used : “ Perhaps—perhaps you think I am mad?” This, if any, was a time in which a lit tle white libbing was venial, and I re plied : “Oh, dear no, my dear sir, quite the contrary—a little eccentric, perhaps,” and I forced a smile, but nothing more.” “ Oh. if you did” said he. lightly and airily, “you would not be the only one. Many have shared the delusion. Many persons, themselves insane, have formed that erroneous opinion. But woe to him,” and he brandished the razor—“woo to him who does not Instantly expel it from his mind! You —you do not consider mo mad; eh?” “My dear sir,” said I, “how can you suspect such a thing for a moment ? On the contrary, I consider you the most per fectly sane and sensible man I ever met.” “ Good. And my conversation is both instructive and agreeable to you ?" " Highly so,” I replied. “ I should like, above all things to come back and spend the afternoon with you. But at present—l am very sorry, but I —l fear X must be going. In fact, that pressing en gagement that I spoke of ” The comparative mildness of his manner had emboldened mo to make this further attempt to escape; but it did not succeed'. He gave me a look which again made me shrink into myself, and said ; “As it is well-known, and fully under stood both by me and by yourself, that I must and will shave you, it is right and proper that I should, before commencing that difficult and delicate operation, ex plain to you the precise position in which we stand. I perceive that, unfortunately, you tremble a good deal; and, moreover, that you have a considerable mole on one cheek, and one or two dangerous-looking pimples on the other. I fear,” he shook his head gravely, “I fear that those pro tuberances may cause most serious, if not fatal, difficulties. It appears to me, then, that, beforecommencingmy arduous task, jt will be advisable for me to relate to you a portion of my history, so that you may understand the perilous position in which we are placed.” He hemmed, and cleared his voice in a most respectable and orthodox manner. I really began to hope that he was working his way round to his right mind. At this time I saw a girl pass through • the street, carrying a piece of roast meat from the bakehouse. It was 12 o’clock, and all chance of my being at church in time was at an end for that day. But I scarcely heeded it. All I cared for now, was escape. The barber resumed: “ Know, then,” said ho that at a former period of my existence I had a shop of a similar kind to this. It was a Saturday evening; business was immense, over whelming. As the customers stood wait ing for their turns, they were packed as thick as herrings in a barrel. They were mostly coalheavera. Coals are beneficial to the growth of beards, though detrimen tal to razors. Can it be wondered at, that my arms grew feeble and my eyelids heavy? I had no assistants, I always scorned assistance. I was happy, for on the morow, on the very Sunday which was so close at hand, I was to wed ray Jemima. O: Jemima! It was half-past eleven o’clock, and it seemed as if I were to have no more customers that night.— But I did not close until twelve, and my razors were all blunted ; so I determined to get one of them thoroughly sharp be fore I shut the shop. I took one, and honed it, and stropped it and stropped it until it was in wonderful order, and fit to shave thedown from thecheek of a peach. This razor that I have just prepared for you is the nearest approach to it that I have ever seen.” He passed the razor a few times over the palm of his hand, and resumed : “It was on the stroke of twelve. I put up the shutters, and partly closed the door. I was about to turn off the gas, be lieving that work was over for the night, when one more customer Sntored. I knew him well. I had shaved him before. He was a little old weazen man. He was the clerk of the parish church, to which I sometimes went. . His throat was long and skinny, and its laruyx was very prom inent. The larnyx of your throat,” and the barber stepped back a pace, and look ed at me with the air of a connoisour, re minds mo forcibly of his. He was a bach elor, and was supposed to have money.— His name was Towzer!” The barber was moved to tears. While ho wept I looked at my watch. It was twenty minutes after twelve, but the barber seemed more rational than before. I hoped soon to get away. »«Tho old mau seated ulmself, contm ued tho barber, and pointed to his chin.— I lathered him, and began to shave. X ADVERTISING TERMS. Advertisements will be inserted at Ten Cent* per lino for the first Insertion, and five centa per line' for each subsequent Insertion. 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He fell down in a heap on the floor, and was dead almost directly I” The barber paused, and pressed his hand to his head. I was horribly startled at this unlooked-for incident in the tale. I had expected something mournfully sen timental about Jemima. He continued, and his manner again became excited: “I fled at once; fled all night, all next day, for a week, for a month, for six months; straight on, straight on, through fire, water, wind, hall, snow, fog, mist, thunder, soda-water, and treacle. But the pursuers were on the track, they were close behind, I heard them coming. I escaped them. The means by which I escaped I shall never reveal, as I may want them again. A short time since I arrived in this town. I came, concealed in the steam of an express engine. This shop was to be lot. I took it. I put a constraint upon my tongue and upon my features. Ho one suspected me. Last night was the Towzer anniversary. As It approached, I felt that something must happen. I did not go to bed. You would not nave had me go to bed, would you? Very well, then; don’t look as if you would. I stayed alone in the shop. From half past eleven to twelve I employed myself— I employed myself in stropping a razor—this one —as I had done then. — At the stroke of twelve old Towzer come in through the closed door, and seated himself in the chair where you now sit. I could not help myself. I advanced to shave him. But ho motioned me back, and said, In the same creaking voice in which he used to say Amen: “To-morrow one customer will come into your shop. Only one. Shave him! shave him! shave him! as you shaved mb I! ’ He pointed to his throat, and van ished. I have been thinking over the matter, and have arrived at the conclu sion that I am not necessarily bound to out your .throat, I did not cut the old man’s; he did it himself; and therefore, I hope that all may yet be well. If I can shave you without drawing adrop of blood, you will escape. But if I accidentally cut you, as I aid Towzer, the coincidence will be so remarkable that I feel myself bound to go on. You see the point? Ev er since that terrible night, I have not been able to see a drop of blood. But I mustseemorel more! more!” At this time the carriage drove up to Julia's , door, having returned from its fruitless journey to the church. I heard the steps let down, and the house door open and shut, and then I heard the car riage drive off. But I could see only dim ly, for I felt faint and sick. The barber also heard, and looked to wards the window. As he again turned to me, I thought I saw a smile flit over his features. I feltsomewhatencouraged. “ Why, you are still trembling, ” he said; “ I cannot proceed with any hope of safe ty, until you are more quiet," I was glad to hear him say that: for, dreadful as was my position, anything was better than that he shold commence the use of the razorunderthe terrible con ditions he had mentioned. Lending a somewhat unnecessary aid to nature, I shook to such an extent that the barber, mad as. he was, looked positively alarmed. As I heard his next words I could scarce ly believe my oars. “ Why, you are getting worse than ev er,” said he, and my hand might be more unsteady, too. I had no rest last night. Now, I’ll tell you what we’ll do. Let us take forty winks apiece—you in that chair —I in this. The one who awakes first shall call tho other, add then we will pro ceed to business. A nap will calm our nerves. What do you say ?” “The very thing,” I cried. And oh, how my hart beat with. hope. Nothing could have been more favorable to my chances of escape. The key of the door was still in his pocket. I could see the handle of it peeping out. Oh that ho would sleep quickly and sleep soundly! The barber closed his razor, yawned, stretched out his legs, and folded his arms. I stilled my trembling limbs as well as I could, and, at tho earliest moment consis tent with probability, began to draw my breath regularly as if asleep. Presently I fancied I heard the barber snore; I ven tured to steal a glance at the barber. His eyes were shut, and he was decidedly nodding. Ho shifted his position, and leaned back in tho chair to rest his head. Half a mi nute more and his breathing be came regular, then loud, then outrageous, until ho snored like an'ogre. Now was my time ! I arose, and two steps brought mo to his side. My boots were new, and creaked horribly as I step ped. But the barber did not awake.— Without trouble or difficulty I drew tho key from his pocket. I passed behind his chair. I was at the door. I put the key into tho lock, turned it, the door op ened easily. I was free! I was gone! I rushed down tho court; I fled up the street; I was without a hat, the shaving cloth was still on my shoulders, my face was thickly covered with lather, so that I must have considerably terrified tho persons in the streets, I have beared that one old lady was frightened Into fits. But whither I went, what I did or what 1 said, I do not of my own knowledge know at all. One thing, incredible as it seemed to mo at first, I was ultimately compelled to be lieve. The barber was no more mad than I was. He had come into town some lit tle time before, ns an actor at the theater; but not finding that a very lucrative pur suit, had assumed his original trade of shaving. I believe he had managed to persuade Julia that ho did so, solely for love of her; unknown to me, ho had been for some time her favored suitor; she had already promised to marry him, when I cut him out. Ho was aware that it was my wedding-day, and was brooding over his wrongs when I by fatal bhance enter ed his shop. Ho know mo by sight, and concievod the idea of taking revenge both on Julia and on myself, by preventing me from going to church until canonical hours wore past. Ho attained his object more fully, per haps, than ho anticipated; for Julia would never have anything to say to me again, and her door was always closed in my face in tho most uncompromising manner pos sible. To a letter of explanation I sent her, she returned a reply to the effect that it made no difference, for she would nev er marry a poltroon. Yes, that was the word; as if a person in the drapery, gro cery, pin and needle, note-paper, bacon, and general line, wore required to be a hero! After a little while I gave the thing up, and, unable to stand the jeering of boys and others, sold my business, and retired to another part of the kingdom. I have since been informed that Julia at last forgave the barber for having caus ed the mortifying predicament in which she had been placed, and became his wife. Hesoon after returnedtothe stage, where ho did pretty well, and would have done better, if ho had not have been some what too fond of drink. I hear that Ju lia henpecks him horribly, and leads him by no means an angel of a life; so, per haps, I am well out of it after all, for if she can serve him so, what would she have done by mef
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