®l)c American Volunteer. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING nr BRATTON Sc KENTNTKDYj M. B. BUTLER, Attorney at Law, Carlisle, Ponaa. Office with Wm. J. ■ \Xf F. SADLER, Attorney at Law, V.y k Carlisle, Penno, Office in Building for- non's Hotel. Deo. 1.1M5. ri M. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney \T, at Law and Real Estate Agent. Shepherds town. West Virginia. Prompt attention given to all business In Jofl'orßon county and the Counties adjoining It. Eeb. 16, 1866-ly. E NEWTON SHORT. M. D., Physl , clan and Burgeon, Mccnanlcsburg, Pa.— aJcful ior past favors, would most reapeotftii ly Inform his friends and the public generally, that ho la still practicing Medicine and Surgery In all their branches. Special attention given to the treatment of diseases of the Eye and Ear, and all other chronic affections. Office In Wilson's Building, Main St., up stairs. Nov. 29,1866. jiographs, unapproachable in most galleries, and iill work guaranteed to give satisfaction. FINE LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS, Colored and Plain, CARD PICTURES FOR ALBUMS, old and new size, PORCELAIN PICTURES of exquisite finish. .3 Every lady should have one of these taken; '•fHioy give the most charming complexion. 3 AMBROTYPES %n orcry stylo of cases, and all kinds of work «oue In a First Class Gallery. Copies made In the most perfect manner. . , . , Negatives ore registered, and duplicates can be md at any time. . . , . , The public Is cordially Invited to poy a visit lso\ha caUory'andexamine specimens. large lot of FRAMES and A LIIUJNIB for sale 1| Photographs m ado In all kinds of weather equally well. ' l)ec. 19.1«6G PHOTOGRAPHS.' I Tho subscriber, after over five years of expert i enco in his profession, begs to inform the public that ho stiucontlnues his business at his old ana well known location, in tho building of Jacob Zug, Eaq.. South-East Corner of Market Square, over the Store of Messrs. Loldich & Miller, whore ho will bo pleased to see his friends and patrons, and where he is faliy prepared to talc© PIIOTOGR4PHB, CARTES DE VJSITB mmjjuom, AND ambrotyfjes, from miniature to life-like size, and to guarantee perfect satisfaction In every case. The arrange ment of my Sky-Light enables mo to toko perfect /ac simile* In cloudy as well os in clear weather.— An experienced Lady Operator Is In constant at iendanco at the rooms to walton lady customers. Constantly on hand and for sale at reasonable rates, a lino assortment of ROSEWOOD, UNION AND Qji/p FRAMES, W Negatives of all Pictures taken are preserv ed and persona wishing duplicates of the same can have thenvon short notice, either by person al application or by letter. Thankful for past fa vors, will hope for a continuance of tho public patronage. Oct. 11, 1800-flm I MBS. B. A. SMITH’S PHOTO- I IVjL graphic Gallery South-east Corner Hnno vor street, and Market Square, -where may bo had oil the different styles of Photographs, from card to life size. VORYTYPES, AMBROTYPBS, AND MELAINOTYPES : also Pictures on Porcelain, (something new) both Plain and Colored, and'which are beautiful pro ductions of the Photographic art. Call and see them. . ’ • Particular attention given to copying from patronage of the public. Feb. 15 1860. • • ei„ OBEAT EDUCATIONAL INDUCEMENTS. A IHrti CUm Suxineu College at OarlUle, JPenn’a. mHIS Institution is now entering upon I Its third year in ita present location; during wnlch time It has received a liberal home sup port, and also an encouraging share of patronage from six different States of the Union. We feel encouraged from the result of past efforts and BhoU spare no pains or expense in building up an institution second to none In the country. Education adapted to 011-the Farmer, the Me chanic, the Artisan, the Business or Professional man. »> YOUNG MEN of limited education. YOUNG MEN well educated In other respects, but deficient In the brunches taught In a first class Business College; ' ~ YOUNG MEN of limited means, who would possess the best requisite to em inence and distinction. - YOUNG MEN who arc desirous of receiving the greatest amount of useful Infor mation at the least comparative expense are Invited to Investi gate the peculiar merits of our Model System of practical training and eminently popular course of Study. BRANCHES TAUOHT. single and Double Entry BooU-lreeplng, In Its various forms and applications, Including Qen- Mol "Wholesale and Retail Business, Forwarding, Commission, Exchange. Jobbing and Importing, Railroading,Bteamboatlng. Banking. , n _ Partnersbfp Settlements, Business Calculations Mercantile Caw* Correspondence, PraoUnai ana Ornamental Penmensbip.PbonographjCEngllsli Grammar, Composition, Telegraphing, «c. 4»* Students enter at any time. 49* None but competent Instructors employed, and a sufficient number to insure individual in- Btruotion to all. .. , ,0r B 01rCUlar gI^f&fTR?MMER rS * Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 23,1560. BEAT INDUCEMENT.—On • - 'v health lam compelled to re ■ • • offer my Store for \ ataoy time to suit BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. fftatfjtoare, faints, &c. JJARDWARE, IRON, NAILS, &o. AT HENRY SAXTON’S CHEAP HARDWARE STORE, NEXT DOOR TO THE CORMAN HOUSE. T have Just returned from the East with the largest and best selection of HARDWARE aver offered In old Cumberland, and am able to sell the following articles a little lower than else where In the county. AU orders attended to per sonally and with our usual promptness. Goods delivered to all parts of the town free of charge. Hammered, Rolled and English Refined Iron, Horse-Shoe Iron. Russia Sheet Iron, Burden's Horse and Mule Shoes, Norway Nall Rods, San derson's Cost-Steel English and American Blister Steel,-Sleigh Solo Steel, Spring Steel, Carriage Springs. Carriage Axles, &c. The largest assort ment or CARRIAGE & WAGON FIXTURES SPOKES, HUBS, FELLOES, „ ROTES, PLAIN and FINISHED SEAFTS SLEIGHB VNNBRS, &a., Ac. 5,00 BARRELS Rosendale, Scotland and Hancock Cement, all warranted fresh, Douglas' and Cowing’s IRON AND CHAIN PUMPS. POWDER. —A full, stock of Dupont's Rock, Rifle and Duck Powder, Safety Fuse, Picks, Mat tocks, Drills Crow-bars, Sledges, Ac. 1,000 KEGS NAILS, which we will sell low. Country merchants sup plied at manufacturers prices. PAINTS.—2O Tons of the following brands of White Lead and Zinc: WhctherilVs French Zinc, Liber ip, American do,, Sudc, Colored do., Crystal, Snow IVhite do., AfanJton, Florence do. COLORS of every description, Dry and In Oil n cans and tubes, also, Gold Leaf, French and German Leaf Bronze - OILS AND VARNISHES. Linseed Oil, Turpentine, Sperm do., Coach Varnish do,, Fish do., Furniture do., Lard do., White Demur do., Lubrlo. do., Japan do., Neats Foot do., Iron &. Leather do. Also, Putty, Litharge, Whiting, Glue, Shellac Rosin, Chalk, Alumn, Copperas, Borax, Madder, Logwood, Ac., «to, HENRY SAXTON. Sept. 13.1806. 'll/TILLER & BOWERS, XVJ. SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS F. LYNE, North Hanover Street, OzrUsle, JPa Dealers In American,'English and German HARDWARE, Cutlery, Saddlery, Coich Trimmings, Shoe Findings, Morocco and Lining Skins, Lasts, Boot Trees and Shoemaker Tools of every description. Solid and Brass Box Vices, Bellows, Flics, Rasps, Horso Shoes, Horse Shoe Nails. Bar and Rolled Iron of all sizes. HAMES AND TRACES. Carriage Springs, Axles, Spokes. Fellows, Hubs, &0., Ac. Saws of every variety, Carpenters' Tools and Building Material, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plated Forks and Spoons, with an extensive as sortment of Hardware oftall kinds and of the best manufacture, which will bo sold wholesale or re tail at the lowest prices. Wo are making great Improvements In our already heavy stock of goods, and invite all persons in waul of Hard ware of every description to give us a call and wo are confident you will be well paid for your trou ble. Hoping that by strict attention to business and a disposition to please all we will bo able to maintain tho reputation of the old stand. MILLER <fe BOWERS. Bee. 1,1805. TTARDWARE! \ve especially Invite tho attention of tho public generally to come and examine our new and well selected stock of Pocket and Table Cuttlery, Sil ver Plated and Brlttania Tea and Table Spoons, Shears, Scissors, Curling, Crimping and Goffering Tongs and. Irons, Riding, Driving and Sleigh Whips. Such ns Locks, Hinges, Bolts, Screws, Nalls, «tc. -Carpenter, Coopers, Blacksmiths and Shoema kers Tools and Findings. Our now stock of Grain Bags are the best and cheapest ever offered in town. Farmers and For warding men will And It to their advantage to come and examine our stock before buying else where. A complete assortment of Cedar Ware, com prising Tubs, Churns. Buckets, Bushel and Peck measures, wash Rubbers, <£c. Just recolved at the old and cheap Hardwase Store of HENRY SAXTON. East Main Street, next door to Uippoy’s Hotel. Sept. 18, 1860. THIS 1b an article for washing without rubbing, except In very dirty ploces, which wnl require a very slight rub, and unlike otber 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 os 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 us© 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 and labor usually required it Imparts a beautllul 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 bo 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 ore aware that many useless compounds have been introduced to the public which have rotted the cloth, or foiled In removing the dirt, butknowlng 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 Mmm&otnred y 200 Broadway, Boston. Also, manufacturers of family Dye Colors. For sole by Grocers and Dealers everywhere. Oct. 18,1860—3 m JOHN C. LESHER. T ATEST FASHIONS DEMAND ■ L< J. W. BRADLEY’S OBLEBBATED PATENT DUPLEX ELLIPTIC {OB DOUBLE SPBING) SKIBT. The wonderful flexibility and great comfort and pleasure to any lady wearing the Duplex Elliptic Skirt will bo 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 folded when in use to occupy a small place as easily and oonven lently as a silk or muslin dress, an Invaluable guality In crinoline, not found in any Single 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 Ladies they are superior to all others. . , X 1 _ a . . They will not bend or break like the Single Spring, but will preserve their perfect and grace ful shape when three or four.ordlnary Skirls will have been thrown aside as useless. The Hoops ore covered with Double and twisted thread, ana the bottom rods ore not only double springs, but twice (ordoublo) covered ; preventing them from wearing out when dragging down stoops, stalls, j Duplex Elliptic is a great favorite with all ladles and la universally recommended by the | Fashion Magazines as the Standard Skirt of the IhotoUowlng Inestimable advantages rablllty, comfort and economy, enquire for J. W. Bradley’s Duplex Elliptic, or Double Spring Skirt, and bo sure you get the genuine article. Caution.— 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 tho centre, thus revealing the two {or double) springs braided together therein, which Is the secret of their flexibility and strength, and a combination not to be found In any other Bl For sale In all Stores whqreflxat class skirts are ’ the Xiv.smiz. e - 1 ilu im/ricon lolnntor OLD AND EAST MAILT STREET, yet offered, such as BUILDING MATERIAL, GRAIN BAGS CEDAR WARE (Sits gtabertteements. PATENTED MAY 20,1806. insurance Companies. gPECIAL INSURANCE AGENCY 1 Over $25,000,000 of Capital Represented. Homo, Metropolitan, Manhattan, Artie, Secu rity. North American, Germania, all of Now York. Aetna and Phconlx of Hartford, Conn.; North American of Philadelphia, Pa.; Formers Mutual of York, Pa,; Columbia Mutual of Lan caster, Pcnu’a, The main element to bo desired in Insurance Companies Is SECURITY. If wealth, experience. Intelligence and probity exist, perpetuity and honorable dealing will bo likely to ensue. Insurance creates Independence. A person pays for his own indemnity, and need not bo a tax on his friends. Every man should insure; the burning of whose .property would Injure or Inconvenience himself, his family, or his neighbors. Insurance effected at this agency, no matter how largo the amount. In either Stock or Mutual Companies. Policies Issued, losses adjusted and promptly paid at this office. SAMUEL K. HUMRICH, _ Special Insurance Agent. 2®P. e Marlon Hall Building, West Main Street, Carlisle, or to the following local agentsJ. E. Forree, Newvlllo; John R. Shuler, Now Bloom field, Perry County, Pa.; or A. H. Woldman, Mlflllntown, Juniata County, Pa. Jan. 8, 1807— -Cm ■v/r t J TUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. IVJ_ OF NEW YORK. CASH ASSETS $16,000,000. This Is strictly and entirely a MutuatCorapany. It makes its dividends annually and pays them at the end of each and ©very year. Its assets are not diluted, nor Its strength weakened by any doubtful premium notes or stockholders notes.— Doubtful securities And no place In Its list of cosh assets. It charges Its policy holders no In t-: rest, and furnishes insurance at exact cost. Twenty-four years ol straight forward, honora ble dealing, has made its name the synonym of strength among business men, and is to-day tho LEADING LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of this continent. Possessing the largest assets, tho largest amount insured, tho largest income and tho largest surplus over liabilities, as shown by the official reports of the Insurance Depart ment of New York, and which will bo shown to any persona wishing to determine for themselves the true condlttonand standlngof dlfforontcom panles by applying to the agent, . SAMUEL K. HUMRICH. Office No. 2(5 West Main St., Carlisle. Jan. B,lBo7—Qm. $2OO REWARD J_ PENNSYLVANIA MUTUAL HORSE THIEF DETECTING AND INSURANCE COMPANY. From three to five dollars will Insure your horso against thieves for five years. Persons desiring to become members will apply to SAM’L K. HUMIHpH, ■ Special Agent, Office 20 West Main St., Carlisle. Jan. 3,1807— Qm T‘ HE RAILWAY PASSENGERS AS SURANCE COMPANY, of Hartford, Conn,, insures against all kinds of Accidents. CAPITAL $304,800. For five thousand dollars in case of fatal acci dent, or 825 Weekly Compensation in case of disabling bodily injury, at 25 cents per day. For sale at SAMUEL K. HUMRICH’S, Office No. 20 West Main St., Carlisle. Jon. 3,1807-(Jm TjllßE INSURANCE. ■The ALLEN AND EAST PENNSBORO’ MU TUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, of Cum besland county, incorporated by an act of As sembly, in the year 1843, and having recently bad its charter extended to tho year 1883, is now In active and vigorous operation under the super intendence of the following Board of Managers: Wm. R. Gorgas, Christian Stayman, Jacob Eb orly, Daniel Bailey, Alexander Cathcart. Jacob H. Coover, John Elcholborger. Joseph Wlokorrs, Samuel Eberly, Rudolph Martin, Moses Brlcker, Jacob Coover and J. 0. Dunlap. Tho rates of insurance are as low and favorable as any Company of the kind'in the State. Per sons wishing to become members are invited to make application to the agents of the Company, who are willing to wait upon them at any time. President—w, R.GOP GAS, Eberly’s Mills, Cum berland County. Vice President—Cirrut tian Stayman, Carlisle, Secretary—John C. Dunlap, Mechanicsburg, Treasurer—Daniel Baxley, Dillsburg, York Co. AGENTS. Cumberland County —Jonn Bherrick, Alien; Hen ry Zoarlng, Shlremanstown: Lafayette Poffer, Dickinson; Henry Bowman, Churcbtown; Mode Griffith, South Middleton; Samuel Graham W. Ponnsboro’; Samuel Coover, Mcchanlcsburg; J. W. Cocklin, Sbepherdstown; D. Coover, Upper Allen* J. O. Saxton* Silver Spring*. John Hyer, Carlisle: Valentino Feeman, New Cumberland; James McCandlish, Newvllle. York County —W. S. Picking, Dover; James Griffith. Warrington; T. F. Deardorff, Washing ton; Richey Clark, DlUsburg; D. Rutter, Fair view ; John Williams, Carroll. Dauphin Oounty-~ Jacob Houser, Harrisburg. Members of the Company having policies about to expire, can have them reneweefby making ap plication to any of the agents. Deo. 1 1865 mHE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE . I COMPANY OF NEW YORK.—“ The leading Luo Insurance Association of this Continent.”— Hon. Ellgar Wright, Insurance Commissioner of Moss. Cash Assets over 817,000,000. Applications Solicited and furnished by X A. SHARP WOODBURN, Agent, Walnut Bottom. Dec. 20, 1866—8m* anb JJATS AND CAPS ! DO YOU WANT A NICE HAT OR CAP ? • Ip so, Don’t Fazz, to Caxl on J. Ct. GALLIC, JVO. 20, WEST MAIN STREET, Where can bo seen the finest assortment of HATS AND CAPS ever brought to Carlisle. He takes great pleas ure In inviting hla old friends ond customers, and oil now ones, to his splendid stock Just re ceived from New York and Philadelphia, con sisting In part of fino SILK AND CASSIMERE HATS, besides an endless varlqly of Hats and Caps of the latest style, all of which ho will sell at the Lowest Cash Brices. Also, his own manufocture of Hats always on hand, and HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. He baa the best arrangement for coloring Hats and all kinds of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, 4c., at the shortest notice (as he colors every week) and on the most reasonable terms. Also, h fine lot of choice brands of TOBACCO AND CIGARS always on hand. He desires to call the attention of persons who have COUNTRY FURS to sell, os ho pays the highest cash prices for tho B °glvo him a call, at the ahovo number, his old stand, as he feels confident of giving entire satis faction. S Dec. 20,1860. TTATS! CAPS! 1 FURS! I! ■Just received nt KELLER’S, on North Hanover Street, two doors above Faber’s Hotel, and next to Common's Shoo Store, all the New Styles of HATS A*N P CAPS, which will be sold at the lowest cash prices, SILJ& HATS, New York and Philadelphia Styles {SOFT FEI/C HATS of every variety and price. HOME MANUFACTURED HATS constantly on hand and made to order ofcshortnotico. My manufac turing arrangements being complete, I flatter myself that 1 will bo able to give satisfaction In every particular. I have a large assortment of FUR. OTTER. BEAVER, CONY AND CLOTH CAPS, of*all kinds, including "Grant,” “Sherman," “Skating," “Katydid" and Children's Turbans, at all prices, I nave also added FURS to ray stock Including Gents’ Collars, Beaver, Untro, Ot ter, dec. , LADIES’ MUFFS AND GENTS’ GLOVES of tho very best qualities, • , Overcoats, Clothing and all kinds of woolen goods colored promptly and warranted to glvo satisfaction. , Old Hats repaired and made new at moderate charges. ■ OSf Highest cosh prices paid for country Furs, Fox, Mink, Muskrat, Ac. _ ______ - . , J OHN A. KELLER, Agt. N. D.—Prime Segars of tho best brands, Havana, Cuba and Domestic Tobacco of all kinds and the best qualities, Including Fine Cut, Congress, Na tural Leaf. «fec. • . Nov. 8, ifiGO. , LA.K. TTENRY G. BBXDIiEE, licensed auctioneer , KEBSVILLE, - CUMBERLAND County; Penn'a. “Will attend promptly to the calling of sales, at the lowest rotes,. An experience of severm years, warrants him. lr\. guaranteeing mUb&qUoa m every case,. Residence neat Dlueta Bridge, Wes* pennsborOagh towhd hip, • . ’' • i CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10,186 T. Ifortical Do you think if I'd a baby, That I'd let him pull my hair 7 Do you think I'd put on collars Just to let him soil and tear 7 Do you think I’d call it pretty When ho bites Ilia little too 7 Yet I've known some silly mothers With their babies, do J ast so. Do you think I’d sot him crying Just to see his cunning frown? Do you think I'd sot walking Just to see him tumble down 7 Would I call my baby pretty, ■When he’d neither tooth nor hair? Yet I’ve knov/n some silly mothers With their babies, think they arc. Would I buy him drums and rattles, Just to hear him make a crash 7 Would I watch him more delighted Break my mirror all to smash f Would I smother him in flannels, Just because his voice was low? Dose him up with belladonna? Billy mothers treat them so. Would I think his brow Byroulc, Just because It was so bare ? And his head Napoleonic In its shape—though minus hair? Could I trace the marks of genius In his eyebrows, arched and low, Yet I’ve known some silly mothers, With their babies, thinlcjustso. Would I think my baby destined To become a man of men, And to govern and control thorn By tho might of sword or pen ? I dare say these noisy babies Play tho very deuce—l know; And I've seen the wisest women, With their babies, think Just so. eti%tiffaittoini. THE TIDE TURNS. The following very romantic, yet truth ful story, has just been told us by one who Is pretty well posted. It Is another proof of the end that awaits all fast young bloods. The hero of the story* is John Steele, a young man only twenty-three years of age. By the death of an old lady named Widow McClintock, who died from the effects of burns received while kindling a fire with crude oil, he came in possession of all the old lady’s property. The farm of the widow was on Oil creek, in Venango county, and was known as the Widow McClintock farm. It is im mediately opposite the flourishing little town of Bouseville, and was amongst the first of the oil-producing farms of the valley. Early in 1803 the Van Slyke'well, on tills farm, was struck, and flowed for some time at the rate of 2500 barrels per day, and several wells, yielding from 200 to 800 barrels, were struck at subsequent periods. Mrs. McClintock was hardly cold in her coffin before young Steele, whoappears to have had nothing natural ly vicious in his composition, was sur rounded by a set of vampyres, who clung to him os long as he baa a dollar remain ing. The young Mlilionarie’s head was evidently turned by his good fortune, as has been that of many an older man who made his pile in oil, and be was of the im pression that his money would accumu late too rapidly unless it was actually thrown away, and throw it away he did. Many of the stories concerning pis career in this city and Phlladelphiasavor strong ly of Action, and would not bo credited were they not so well authenticated.— Wine, women, horses faro and general debauchery soon made a reck of that prin cely fortune, and in twenty months Johnny Steele squandered two millions of dollars. He lost in this city, at faro, over 81000,000 in two nights; he bought high-priced turn-outs, and after driving around an hour or two, gave them away. He organized the Skiff & Gaylord Min strels, and put them on the road tip-top shape. He traveled with the company for some time, enjoying himself hugely, and paying pretty dearly for his experi ence in the show business. He lavished upon music hall performers of the female persuasion the most costly presents. To a popular vocalist engaged at Trim ble’s Varieties, Pittsburgh, and who caught his eye, he gave a $3OOO diamond ring, and squandered his money in alike manner upon other members of the pro fession. He is now, we are told, filling the position of door keeper [for Skiff & Gaylord’s Minstrel's, the company he organized, and is, to use a very expressive, but not strictly classical phrase, complete ly 11 played out.” The wealth obtained by those who worked so assidulously to effect Steele's ruin gave little permanent benefit to its possessors. The person most brazen and chiefly instrumental in bring ing about the present .condition of affairs is said to be, Seth Slocum, who hung around-Meadvllle, Pa., several weeks last summer. He was worth at one time over $lOO,OOO, which he had “captured” from Steele, and laid aside for a rainy day, but when the latter’s money vanished, this amount soon took unto itself wings, and he is at present known among his old as sociates as a gone coon. At last accounts Slocum was incarcerated in the Jail of a neighboring county for various breaches of the peace, and was unable to obtain bail in the sum of $5OO. Exemplifications these.of the old adage, “ easy come, easy go,” or that other, “ fools and their mon ey are soon parted.” The farm was sold recently for taxes duo the Government. — New York Clipper. A Feeling Son. — A minister in lowa was recently called upon, by a man whom we will call Mr. A- , to attend the fu neral of his father; and after a short con versation concerning the deceased, Mr. A ashed the minister how much he should charge for his services. “ Oh I!’ said, the mihister, “1 never make a charge for attending a funeral; but I sometimes receive a present of more or less value." “ I wish to pay my way,” said the man,; “ I have but little mon ey; but if you will take anything that grows on my farm—wouldn’t you like sdme sweet potatoes ?” “ Certainly,” said the minister; “sweet potatoes are as acceptable as the money.” “ All right.” The following day the minister went to, the funeral. After the usual services, and. after the congregation had looked for the last time upon the deceased, Mr. A stepped forward, and turned down the coffin lid, and began to screw It fast, say ing as he did so: “ It’s pretty hard, vretly hard; the hardest thing I ever did; but it's the last thing I can do for father, and I won’t ask any one to do it for mo.” In due time theprocession moved to the grave, and the coffin was lowered. When the grave was perhaps a third tilled, and white the relatives and friends were stand ing around,Mr. A leftthesideof his wife, and advancing to the minister, and Euttlng his hand in his pocket, said : “ I ave the money to-day, and if you’d rath er have it than the sweet potatoes, I can pay you just as well as not.” “ Never mind,” said the minister, in a low tone; “ it will be all right. Don't say anything about it now.” The man then stepped back beside the minister, and stood looking into the grave ' for some moments ; then, drawing a deep breath, as if realizing the depth of his af fliction, he said in a sad tone: “ I have lost the best friend I ever had; he never licked me but once” A few days afterwards the. minister re ceived two bushels pf sweet potatoes. A Vaxuabm. Recipe.—A. correspond ent of the Philadelphia Ledger writes that six years’ experience has convinced him that acoat of gam copal varnish, ap plied to the soles of boots and shoes, and repeated as it djif*, until the pores are filled and the sutfesSb shines like polished mahogany,will make the soles waterproof and also cause thoffiko last three times as , longas ordba^yjßolesi ME WOULD 1? SCISSORING. ANThipudent tree—the sassy-fros. Can a horse be called mettle” some when ho is led f Wanted to know—whether the volume of sound has yet been found. The man who made a shoe for tho foot of a mountain is now engaged on a hat for the head of a discourse. When is a train of cars in. danger of running over an old man with ik scythe in his hand? When it is behind Time. Solomon advises the sluggard to go to the ant,'but the sbiftlessin our days gene rally go to their uncle. “I HAVE not courted lightly,” as the man said when he marrieda widow weigh ing three hundred pounds. A young lady Is charged with having said, that if a cart wheel has nine fellows, it’s a pity if a pretty girl like her can’t have one. Said a gentleman on presenting a lace collar to his idolitrada, “ do not let any one else rumple it,” “ No, dear, I’ll take itoff,” said the naughty beauty. “ Isn’t there an awfully strong smell of pigs in the air ?” asked Smith of Jones. “ Yes,” replied Jones, “ that’s because the wind Is from the sow-west.” Beautiful was the reply of a vener able man to the question, wnefcher he was still in the land of the living ? No, but I am almost there. A counsel being questioned by a judge to know “ for whom he was concerned, replied, “ I am concerned, my lord, for the plaintiff, but I am employed by the defendant.” Looking to others for our standard of happiness is the sure way to bo miserable. Our business is with our own hearts and our own motives. A LiTTLFi girl in school being asked w‘hat a cataract or a waterfall was, “she replied that was hair flowing over some thing she didn’t know what. A lady seeing a man in the gutter, said she was afraid he was dead. Pat, who had been near.enough to smell his breath, ex claimed : “ Faith, and I wish I had half his disease.” “Bobby, why don’t you go home and have your mother sew up that bole in your trowsers?” ‘‘'Oh, go along, old wo man, our folks are at the sewing circle, working for tho heathen.” An old hotel-keeper in Washington once posted on his dining-room door the following notice: “ Members of Congress will go to the table first, and then the gentlemen.” Punch tells of a city man who never got up till noon, because, he said it was only fair, ns day broke in the morning, to give it a chance of redeeming its position before beginning business with it. “ Sure,” said a sanctimonious Irish man of a priest who was given to secular pursuits on the Lord's day, “sure, an’ that mon is a mighty sinner, is ho—for it’smeself thathasseen him break the Sabbath every day of his life!” “ Bridget,” said a mistress-to her Ir ish servant, "where’s the gridiron?”— “An’sure, ma’am, I’sjist afther giving it to my sister’s own cousin, Bridget O’- Flatherty; the thing is so full of holes, \ it’s no good at all." ' “Mb. Jones,” said Mrs. J., with an air of triumph, “don’t you think mar riage is a means of grace ?” “Well, yes,” growled Jones; "I suppose anything is a means of grace that breaks down pride and leads to repentance 1” A French General, well known in English circles, who had the misfortune to be bald-headed, said that he wished to make a present to a lady, and to give her something rare. “ Give her a Jock of your hair,” said a friend. Dumas, the younger, sat at one of the last representations of “Bodojune” by Mile. Georges. “ I do not like to see an old woman die,” said one of the specta tors. “Especially when the death is not real,” remarked the witty Dumas as quick ns light. I pressed her gentle form to me, and whispered in her ear; if, when I was far away, she’d drop for me a tear. I paused for some cheering words, mythrobbing heart to cool, and with her rosy lips she said, “ Oh, Ike, you’re sich a fool.” We do not believe in spiritualism or magic (except sleight-of-hand and sp forth); but what are we to say to such a fact as this: “ the other day a veracious witness actually saw a* young man turn into a public house /” Transformation extraordinary 1 Further evidence will be forthcoming shortly. An old lady and her son, five years old, were gathering scraps of iron on one pf our back streets, wherewith to procure their daily bread. Old woman sat down on a rock to rest. Precocious boy ex claims—“ Mammy, go to work. I can’t support the whole family.” “ Sammy, Sammy, my son, don't stand there scratching hour head—stir. your stumps, or-you will make .no progress in life." “ Why, father,", replied the hope ful, “Iv’e often heard you say that the only way to get on in this world was to scratch ahead.” An Irish gentleman called on an emi nent singing master to inquire his terms; the master said that he charged two guin eas for the first lesson, but only one for as many as he pleased afterwards, “Oh, bother the first lesson,” said the appli cant, “let us commence at the second!'' An exchange paper published not long since some verses containing these lines : " I met her on the street. And she showed her dirty feet.” The-young lady referred to made com plaint,-and the editor corrected himself n his next paper. • For “dirty” he sub stituted the word “ dainty." -This made matters all right. Omt friend Snooks, who generally ob serves whatever he notices, says - that bis meditations in church ate often destroyed by the consideration of this philosophic mystery : Why does the posession of a diamond ring affect a lady’s waterfall 7 He says that a lady in church with a bril liant ring is terribly .bothered with her heir, and it generally takes a good part of her time to render it fit to be seen by the people behind. Snooks don’t understand die connection, and ho wonders if ho was the first to discover it. She wore a Gothic water-fall, and hoops like a Sibley tent, and her back, oh I slavery, a . big chain clanked as she went. She bought her waterfall newly built, methinks we can see her yet, though we saw her but a moment with a big black chain of jet. She wore a hat a but ter dish—as large as a three cent pie, and we thought we should soon expire as her. big chain rattled by. A score or more of silver doves held her dress fron mud and rain, innocent birds were frightened by the gutta percha chain. Oh, fashion, mistress fashion, have pitty on Mary Jane; we love thy tilt and saw-dust calves, but take back thy jetty chain. ¥ Down on Him. —On one occasion Lo renzo Dow, while preaching, took the liberty of denouncing a rich man in the community, recently deceased. The re sult was an arrest, a trial for slander, and imprisonment in the county jail. After Lorenzo got out of his “Umbo,” he an nounced That, In spite of this (in my opinion) unjust punishment, be should preach at a given time a sermon about « another rich man." The populace was greatly excited, and a crowded audience greeted h» appearance. With -great so lemnity he opened the Bible and read, “And there was another rich man who died and went to ;" then stopped short and seemed suddenly Impressed. “ Breth ren, I will not mention the place this rich man went to for fear ho has some rela tives In this congregation who will sue me. for defamation dfchKttiCter." 7; - i ._V; MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR CURTIN. Harrisburg Jan. 2, 1867. Tb the Senate and Mouse of Representatives of the Cbm monweaUh of Pennsylvania: . We have reason to bd tbojnkful to God, for the blessings of peace, abundant crops, that industry has been rewarded, ana that thus tho Commonwealth bos been able to do her full duty to hersolf, to the country and posterity, * The condition of our finances is as fol lows ; Balance In Treasury, Nov. 80,1805 82,378,603 14 Receipts during fiscal year ending Nov. 80, 1860 5,829,003 54 Total In Treasury for fiscal year end ing Nov. 80,1800 .. 8,203,330 08 Payments for same period have been 0,462,803 41 Balance in Treasury, Doc. 1,180(5 Amount of tho public debt as it stood on the first day of December, 1860...537,470,258 00 Amount reduced at tho State Treasury, daring the fiscal year ending Nov. 80, 1800, 5 per coat. loan 81,828,658 25 414 per cent, loan 25,000 00 Relief notes 020 00 Domestic creditors’ certifi cates 28 05 1,854,205 00 Public debt, December 1,1800. 85,022.052 16 To wit, funded debt: 0 per cent. Ipan., $400,030 00 5 per cent, loan 82,073,102 GO per cent.loan 213,200 00 0 per cent, loan, military, per act May. 15. 1801 2,820,750 00 Uufandea debt, relief notes In circu lation $00,025 9? Interest certificates outstanding. Interest certificates unclaimed... Domestic creditors' certificates... Assets In Treasury: Bonds Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany 0,600,000 00 Bonds Philadelphia and Erie Rail road Company 8,600,000 00 Interest on bonds of Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company 1,223,000 00 Cosh in Treasury 1,741,083 27 13,039,033 27 Liabilities In excess of assets 22,530,018 27 $35,022,052 10 Liabilities In excess of assets. No • vomber 30,1801 ; $28,148,060 80 Liabilities in excess of assets, No-_. ■ -vomber 30, 1860 22,530,018 80 Improvement in Treasury since 1801. ...85,(112,041 47 The extraordinary expenditures during the war and alnoe Us close, in payments growing out of it by authority of acta of Assembly, have amounted to upwards of five millions of dollars, which, added to the actual payment of the Indebtedness of the State, and money In the treasury for that purpose, shows the revenues, above the ordinary expenditures, to have amounted to $10,612,000, which would all have been applied to the payment of the debt of the Commonwealth in the last six years. A careful attention to the rev <mi>- of the Commonwealth, with such enues oi . -.ey _ „.wjuub municipa. —... just and prudent changes as may be re- without any claipx to participate In the quired in the future, and a wise economy Government. in expenditure, will, in my judgment, On what principal of law or justice can ensure the entire payment of the public the rebellious States complain, if, after debt, within the period of fifteen years. they have rejected the fair and magnanl- The time fixed for the redemption of mous terms upon whloh'they are offered $23,108,026 24 of the indebtedness of the brotherhood with us, and a participation Commonwealth having expired, I recom- in all the blessings of our freedom, and mend that provision be made for its re- they have refused, the Government, in demption, by making a new loan for that the exercise of its powers, should enter purpose, payable at such periods as the anew upon the work of reconstruction at prospective revenues will justify. the very foundation ; and then the aeces- I recur, with much satisfaction, to the sity will be forced upon us to discard all wisdom, prudence and economy of the discrimination in favor of the enemies of representatives of the people, in the man- our nationality, to give us and them en agemeut of the finances of the Common- during freedom and impartial justice, wealth, during a period of much embar- The Constitution has defined treason, rassment, uncertainty and distress, and and has given express power to suppress congratulate you and them on the near insurrection, by war,lf necessary. It has approach of the entire liquidation of the not provided, in detail, the terms to be puolio debt. granted after such a war. How could it Since my last annual message X have do so? It would probably not be oonten drawn from the treasury two thousand ded by the wildest partisan that these dollars of the funds placed in the hands States had a right to be represented in of the Governor forseoretserviceandoth- Congress atatime when they were carry er extraordinary expenses, which I have lug on open war against the Government, expended, in payment of my personal or that Congress was not then a lawful staff and for other purposes, as heretofore, body, notwithstanding their exclusion.— except five hundred and sixty-three dol- How then have they regained the right Jars and forty-eight cents, which I have of representation? Surely not by simply returned into the treasury. joying down their arms when they could I present for your consideration the no longer hold them. The United States amendments to the Constitution of the have the right, and it is their duty, to ex- United States, proposed to the Legisla- act such securities for future good conduct tures of the several States by a resolution ns they may deem sufficient, and the of of both Houses of Congress, passed on the fenders, from whom they are to be exact 10th day of June last. I was glad that it ed, can have no right to participate in our was possible, without delaying the final councils in the decision of the question of adoption of these amendments, to ascer- what their punishment shall be. tain the opinion of our people upon them Practically, common sense determined at the general election in October last.— the qestion of their right so to participate By the election of a large majority of when Congress proceeded in the enact members openljsfavoring and advocating mentof laws, after the surrender of the the amendments, that opinion seems to last rebel military force. It was deter me to have been abundantly expressed.— mined again when the now-pending Indeed, the amendments are so moderate amendments were proposed by Congress, and reasonable In their character that it If two-thirds of Congress, as now consti would have been astonishing if the peo- tuted, could lawfullly propose those pie had failed to approve them. That amendments, then three-fourths of the every person born In the United States, States not excluded' from representation and free, whether by birth or raanumis- in Congress form a sufficient majority to slon, is a citizen of the United States,land effect their lawful adoption. It was de that no State has a right to abridge the termined again by the formal sanction of privileges of citizens of the United States both the great political parties, when —these are principles which were never Congress, by an almost unanimous vote seriously doubted anywhere, until after declared the rebellious States without the the lusane crusade in favor of slavery hafi right of representation in the Electoral been for some time In progress, whatls College in 1864. called the decision of the Supreme Court We ought to go on resolutely and rap -6f the United States, in the Dred. Scott idly, with ail measures deemed necessary case has made It expedient and proper to to the future safety of the country, so re-assert these vltalprinciples in an au- that all parts of it may, at the earliest thoritative manner, and this is done in day, be restored to just and equal political the first clause of the proposed amend- privileges. men ts. The annual report of Hon. Thomas H. ‘ The right of prescribing the qualiflea- Burrows, superintendent of the mainte tions of voters is exercised by the respeo- nance and education of the soldiers' or tive States, under the Constitution of phans, will exhibit the present condition 1789: three-fifths of the slaves were coun- and the result thusfar of that undertaking, tedlnascertainlngtheropresentativepop- Nearly three thousand of the destitute ulation of the several States. The amend- children of the brave men who laid down ment to the Constitution abolished slave- their lives that the nation might live, are ry in all the States and Territories.— now not only comfortably provided for Though it was formerly otherwise In and guarded from temptation, but are re most,if notall,of theoldSouthern States, oeiving on education which will fit them yet for many years past free negroes have to repay the care of the State, not, In any of these, been permitted to The appropriation made for this purpose, vote. At present, therefore, the late at the last session, has”been sufficient to slave States would be entitled to epunt meet all.expeuses of the financial year the whole of their former slave popula- just closed.. And I reccommend whatever ■tlon, as a basis for representation, Instead appropriation may be nceessacy, to con of three-fifths thereof. That Is to say, tinue and-perfect thesystc^tfiderwhich they would have in the existing ratio the schools are , about twenty more members of Congress There can be no doubt tnatfrtherappro than they had before slavery was abol- priation will be made. Were Ito select ished and the free States would lose the. any State interest which I would more same’number, mailing a difference of warmly commend to your prompt atten about forty members of Congress, or, say tlon and liberality than another, it would one sixth of the whole body. In other bo this. All Pennsylvanians are proud of words, the treason of the rebellious States, it, and it lies near the hearts of all true the suppression of which has cost us so men.- • • many hundreds of thousands of precious Owing to their greater destitution and lives, and so many thousands of millions want of information on the part of their of treasure, would be rewarded by giving relatives, the orphans of our colored sol them a vast increase of political power. — diers may require some special attention. This absurdity the second clause of tfie Perhaps authority to the btate Superln proposed amendments designs to prevent, teudent,‘to use, for a short time, the aer by the just, equal and moderate provision, vices of an agent, to ascertain their num that in future the representative popula- her and claims, and bring them into the tion of each State shall be ascertained by schools that may bo provided for them, making a proportionate deduction from will be sufficient. The whole number In the whole population thereof. if its laws the State is not large, of whom a few have exclude from the privilege of voting any already been temporarily provided for. male citizens, not criminals, of the agerof I recommend that provisions be. made tweniv-one years. 1 have yet to learn for the maintenance of such of our soldiers that any plausible objection can be offer- as are in poverty, oud have been so maim ed to such a provision. ed ns to prevent them from secunng a live- The third clause of the proposed amend- lihood by their labor, by renting buildings ments excludes from Congress, and from at once, or such other means as you may the College of Electors, and from all oflft- deem wise and proper, until the arrange ces civil and military of the United ments proposed by the National Govern- Sta'tes or of anv State, persons who, as ment for their support are completed.— functionaries of‘the United States, or os They are probably few iu number, and it Executive or Judicial officers of any State, istfiiothecharacteioftheCommuuwcalth, have heretofore sworn to support the that they should not remain in, or become Constitution of the United States, and the Inmates of, poor houses, or pick up a afterwards violated' their oath by euga- precarious substance by begging. Batrl eainc in rebellion against the same, un- otioaudoharitablc citizens have done much less Congress, by a vote of two-thirds, for them, but speedy and proper relief can shall have removed the disability of any only be given them by the systematic ami such persons • continued benevolence of the Common- The fourth clafise affirms thevalldity of wealth. The Legislature can alone afford the debtof the United States, and prohib- immediate relief to all of this class of our its theassumptionorpaytuentor the rebel citizens, and in thus exhibiting gratitude debt, or of any claims for the loss or to heroic and faithful men, who did so emancipation 0/ any slave. much for the country, the burden will fall The fifth clause provides that Congress equally on all her people, shall have-power to enforce the provls- j3y our existing laws, juries are selected lons of the other clauses by appropriate by the sheriff and commissioners of the re leglslation spectivo counties. As these officers arc That these wise and moderate provls- generally of similar political affinities, the ions will meet the hearty approbation of system has always been m danger of bo- | the Legislature. I oamiot doubt. If pro- ing abused for partisan-purposes. During ] posed by two-thirds of. each House of the last six years ithasheen frequently so Congress, and ratified by three-fourtha ot abused In many of the counties. . < the Legislatures of the the Con- V- :To as: to I Btltutlon provides that thby 7 -f. «VV. as adopted amendments of that Instru ment. A question has been raised whether the States lately la rebellion, and not yet re stored to their privileges by Congress are to bo counted on this vote—in other words, whether those who have rebelled ana been subdued shall be entitled to a poten tial voice In the question of the guaran tees to be required of them for future obe dience to the laws. So monstrous a prop osition is, It appears to me, not supported by the words orspirltof the Constitution. The power to suppress Insurrection includes the power of making provis ion against its breaking out afresh. These States have made an unjust war upon our common Qovernment and their sister States, and the power given by the Constitution to make war on our part In cludes the power to dictate, after our suc cess, the terms of peace and restoration. The power of Congress to guarantee to every State a republican form of govern ment would cover much more cogent no tion than has yet been hod.. The duty imposed upon Congress, to provide and maintain republican govern ments for the States is to be accepted in the broadest meaning of the term. It is not a mere formal or unnecessary provis ion. The power was conferred, and the duty enjoined, to preserve free Institu tions against all encroachments, or the more violent elementn of despotism and anarchy. And now that treason has, by rebellion, subverted the governments of a number of States, forfeiting for the peo ple all the rights guaranteed by the Con stitution, including even those of proper ty and life, the work of restoration for these States rests with the National Gov ernment, and it should be faithfully and fearlessly performed. By their passage by Congress, and the declaration of the people at the late elec tions, the faith of the nation is pledged to the amendments, and they will be fairly carried out and their benefits given to the rebellious States. But when the amend ments shall have passed into the organic law, should the people lately in rebellion Seraiatln their rejection, and in continued isobcdience and the obstruction of the execution of the national laws, it will be an admonition to the nation that the an imus and force of treason still exist among a people who enjoy none of the privileges of the Government, save its generous tol erance. With their oejectlon all hope of reconstruction, with the co-operation of the rebellious States, on a basis that would secure to the Republic the logical results of the war, will have vanished, and the duty must then devolve upon the Gov ernment of adopting the most effectual method to secure for those States the character of governments demanded by tjie Constitution. They are without lawful governments —they are without municipal law, and $1.741,033 27 13,080 62 4.448 88 119 07 $35.622.052 10 YOL. 53.—N0. 80. Bateo por lino for tin per lino for <a terly, half-yet sorted at a llbi Advertlsomor Cash. Wher specified for. l until ordered Cards. doscrlptu the neatet commend beelectcdli nor as Inspi each citizen sioner, and highest am commissior perform tin jurors, that maud couni It is imj spects, for t the enoctmi large extent Legislature is demandr sessions. I 'passed witl of it at tl chiefly obj with whlol ferred. I again eral. laws, this connei ago of a gei nowexistln companies, may bo jusl granted, hr the people wealth. There ar< prisons, a' tence of c years, and an incomli warrant of by b!s prt happens th; are recent, * bo indictee the Execui I earnest heretofore i for the reef penitential condition therein. I re-app perinteden, expiration be continu< ment until he resign? Wickers)- say, that. office falti pears from the school triets In tl teachers, i age attem of the sc) iiicludir ntion, wt The inert tricta was 222; in tin school, IQ, at school, the systen teutionto in his repr and comi structiou of the Le*. I horew* nel F. Joi at Washii chief of ti military’ tees of tl Cemetry ny of thei of July, in of Colonel appointed passage of iuvite yor ports of * tant Gei The my judg] ed very necially lies. Four tl claims ' (luring t\ and elev« three do! Govern a ants free It will ttce of Chi unsettled nies and f duties to 1 care of b( it. An required X earnt the livlrf/ history ’ that moi a ted. The tr» pita! rer them to number under tb to the h< that p« commoi lustituti manngei has proi in the of the . I iuv ! of the It is l for theli material spects, its purpi Much during and sal be proci arsenal of the . Since ture 1 di for five the Nati appoint trustee warrai HBlai examir vestigai panics that th< ty-seve; will b< recomi In will Icai WitllDl gratitt wealth, which Execui approvi tuo Inpf of pruu oufr thr oring out th« tainli rcapoi only a tho acv zeal of tives, t and te? try has my ci ful to celvei men s U m taiui thtn> fo'rcei as I riglu ter ti liove for tl fumlli and * thel: To this i rlod to ha' I ha' tlou tivr ;| .re- ',$J vby to a 'the % I that -on:'- ; ; .M| sJ mtly . 1 'ton v, Id t $ ' it ’ , )ura£w, j ma<Jp< ij“ irallam, tiare ■ .oeremo-. jj; »o Fourth ■"■Wfl jhta: and .. : injJssloper: ■ Y : P gtotho' \U ; ua’Adju- | / ihould, in ihashrov-'', is, ana ear ;helr fiunl- ■-r^j md ninety ' hundred idredand. the-- claim- ; ibfl ofr irotoa Tipi- sy 1 ' iffi •00 ;i watt ' 1 {( ■h ,~~ Broad- 'lisle, Pa. Kf' jri
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