3tbe American PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING SItATTON Ac KENTTBaDY*. orncsaovni sabset square. ' Terms :—*Two Dollars, per year If paid strictly tn-advonoe ;Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if paid wltMnthVee months; after whlo)S Three Dollars wIU be charged. Those teiins will be rigidly ad hered to in every Instance. No subscription dis oohtlnneduntll all arrearages are paid, at the option of. the Editor.. -. *; ■' *.. Broftsßlonal <ttarn«. Mv B. BUT Xj Eli, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND. UNITED STATES CLAIM AGENT, CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND CO. PA. . Pensions, Bounties, Book Pay, Ac., promptly collected. * Appllcatlonsby mallwlllrocelvo duo attention, and the proper blanks and Instructions forward ed; In all letters of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. •- ■ . 2B, 1807—tf T M.WEAKLEY, Attorney at Law. U • Office on South Hanover street, in the room formerly occupied by A. B. Sharpe, fesq. GHAS. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor ney at Law, Office in Building formerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han non s Hotel. • Deo. 1,1805. aM. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney • RealiEstot© Agent. Shephords yoB6 Y lr P 1 2i a * Prompt attention given to all business in Jedhrson county and the Counties adjoining it. Feb. 15,1860-ly. ... TOHN, C. GRAHAM, Attorney at 93 Law. Office formerly occupied by Judge Graham, South Hanover street. Carlisle, Penna. Dec. X, 1805—1 y,, * £i Ei BELTZHOOVER, Attorney • and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Penna. ce on South Hanover street, opposite Bentz’s Store. By special arrangement with the Patent Office, attends to securing Patent Eights. Deo. 1, 1805. M..C. HERMAN, Attorney at Law. in Rhoem's Hall Building, In the rear of the Court House, next door to the "Her ald” Office. Carlisle. Fenna. - ■ Ded*. 1,1805. . Wl- M. J. SHEARER, Attorney' <feo. Y f at Law, Carlisle, Pa. Office near Court House, South side of Public Square, In ” Inhofl’a Corners" second floor. Entrance, HanovorStreet. 49* Practicing in all the Courts of this Judicial District, prompt attention will be given to all business in the Counties of Perry and Juniata, as well as of Cumberland. May 24, 1860—ly*. \XT F. SADLER, Attorney at Law. Tt < Carlisle, Penna. Office In Building for merly occupied by Volunteer, South Hanover street. Deo. 1, 1805. , TXT KENNEDY Attorney at Law, . T V • Carlisle, Penna. Office same as thatol the f ‘American Volunteer,” South side of the Pub lic Square. Deo. X 1805. JOHN * LEE, Attorney at Law, North Hanover Street, Carlisle. Pa.. Fob, 16,1800—1 y. . 1 TAMES A. DUNBAR, Attorney at {J Law, Carlisle, Penna, Office a few doors west of Hannon’s Hotel. Doc. 1,1805. DR. J. Bt. BIXLER offers bis profes sional services to the citizens of Carlisle and vicinity. Office on Main , street, opposite the jail, in the room lately occupied by L. Todd, Esq. April 11,1807—1 y - ■D NEWTON SHORT, M. D., Physl -Liu oian. and Burgeon, Mecuanlcuburg, pa.— Tnuakful lor post favors, would most respectful ly inform his friqnds and the public generally, that ho Is still practicing Medicine ana Surgery In ail their branches. Special attention given to the treatment of diseases of the Bye and Ear. and all other chronic a flection^ Office In Wilson's Building, Main St., up stairs. Nov. 20,1860. ' T|R. GEORGE S., SEARIGHT, Den- JLf tist. AVcm the JidUimurS College of Uentai Surgery. Office at the residence of his mother, East Louther Street, three doors. below Bedford, Carlisle, Penna. ’ Deo. 1,1805., t fiENTISTRY— Dr. W.B. Shoemaker— PenDBylVwU a 22.180(1.—1y. ' sns|Pincc Cflmpanica. gP.KUIA.Li LMiSIJitAMUK AGKNUY I Over 825,000,000 of Capital Represented, Home, Metropolitan, Munuutum, Artio, uacu>' riiy. North American, Uermamu, ail of New York. Aetna uacl Phoenix of HurUJrd, Codu. ; North American of Philadelphia, Pa.; Farmers Mutual of to, Pa.; Coiumtna Mutual of Luu coaler, Ponu’a. The mum element to be desired In insurance Companies id S ED U R IT Y. If wealth, experience. Intelligence and probity exist, perpetuity and honoruuie dealing will be likely to ensue. Insurance creates Independence. A person pays lor his own indemnity, and need not be a tax on his friends. livery mau should insure; the burning ol whose property would injure or Inconvenience hlmseli, his family, or lus neighbors. Insurance ellbuted. at this agency, no matted how large the amount, m either stock or Mutual Companies.. Policies issued, losses adjusted and promptly paid at this uihce. SAMUEL K. HUMRIOH, (Special Insurance Agent, Office In Marion Hall Bunding, West Mamatreel, Carlisle, or.to the following local agents; J, K Ferree,Newvilie; -John tt, Shuler, New Bloom field, Perry County, Pa.; or A. H. Woidmon, Mlffilntowu, Juniata County. Pa, Jun. a, loti?—dm * Mutual life insurance co. OF NEW YORK. CASH ASSETS $15,000,000. This is strictly and entirely a Mutual Company. ,lt makes its dividends annually ami pays mom doubtful premium notes or stockholders notes.—' Doubtful securities find no place in its list ol cash assets. It charges its policy holders no In terest, and furmsues insurance at exaut cost. Twenty-four > ears ol straight forward, honora ble dealing, has made Its name the synonym ol strength among business men, and Is to-day the LEADING LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of this continent. Possessing the largestltssets, the largest amount insured, the largest income and the largest surplus over liabilities, us shown by the official reports of the insurance Depart ment of New York, and winch will bo shown to any persons wishing to determine lor themselves the true condition and standing of different com panies by applying to the agent, BAMUKL K. HUMRIOH. Office No, iW Whsl Main Carlisle. Jan. 3,1807—cm .. $2OO BEWARD i PENNSYLVANIA MUTUAL HORSE THIEF DETECTING AND INSURANCE COMPANY. From three to five dollars will Insure your horse against thieves fur five years. Persons desiring to become members .will apply, to SAM’LK; HUMRIOH, > /Special Agent, Office 20 West Main HU, Car lisle. Jan. 8,1867—6 m The railway passengers AS SURANCE COMPANY,of Hartford, Conn., insures against all kinds of Accidents. •- CAPITAL $804,800. For five thousand dollars In cose of fatal aooi dent, or 826 Weakly Compensation In.case ol disabling, bodily injury, at 26 cents per.day. For sole at ' ' SAMUEL K.HUMRIOH'S, . - Office No. 26 West Main Ht,, Carlisle.' Jon. 8, 1887-tjm - •; "Ttoe ALLEN AND EAST PENNSBOBO* MU TUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, of Cum besland county/Incorporated-by an act of As sembly. in the year IWB, and having recently had its*charter-extended to the-year 1883, is now In active and vigorous operation, under, the,super*, inteudence of the following Board of Managers! Wm; R. Gorgas, Christian Stayman, Jacob Kb erly, Daniel Halley, Alexander cathoatt. Jacob H. coover, John Eichelberger, Joseph Wjfokerrs, Samuel Eberly, Rudolph -Martin, Moses - Brlcker, Jacob Coover and J. 07 Dunlap. The rates of insurance 1 are as low and favorable as any Company of.the kind In the State* Pax sons wishing to became members are invited to make application tf the agents of the Company, who are willing to wait upon them at any lime* . President—W. R.QOPGAB, Eberiy'sMUis,Cum ■ berland County* Vice President—Chbh tan Carlisle, Secretary->John O. DtreraAP, - Meobanlosbnrgi Treasurer—Daniel Baxley, DUlsburg, York Co, AGENTS. Cumberland Cbunty-Oonn Sherrlok, Allen; Hen ry ZearlDß, Shiremanatown; Lafayette Petfer, Dickinson: Henry Bowman,Churchtown; Mode Orlffltb. South- Middleton; Samuel Graham W. Feunsboro 1 ; Samuel Coover, Meohanlcsburg; J> W. Cooklin, Shepherds towns D. Coover, Upper Allen: J.O, Saxton*sUver Spring: John Hyer, Carlislet ValentineFeeman,New Cumberland; James MoOandilsb, Newvliie. _ ' York tbunty—W. 8* .Picking, Dover:-James Griffith* Warrington: T. F* Deardorff, Washing ton: Riche/ Clark, DUlsburg; D*< Butter, Fair-* View:,John Williams,Carroll. . , . , DoitoWn'Cbunfp—Jacob Houser, Harrisburg. : Members of the Company having policies about -to vxymr, ctm renewecfby making plloallon to any of lh* agents, • ' DfQ*l IStt loluntecr. BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. ESTAtfE' FOR SALEH W. J. SHEARER*, AND AGENT FOR THE SALE OF Cumberland Co. Real Estate, OFFERS THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE BEAL ESTATE FOB SALE AT REASONABLE PRICES IN THE BOBOUan OF OATtT.THT.ie, NpJ). A Now and Well Bant TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE, with Two-story Back Building, con tain Inc in all Seven Pleasant Rooms, together Mnm£ E "a f £:Ame STABLE, oa r Irfao e HOUSE and other outbuUdlega ( situate on East side South Hanover Street. This Lot. on which there la so mo very Choice Fruit, contains 43 feet In frontby 220 feetln depth. No. 4. SIX of the finest BUILDING LOTS In the. BoroUgb. oh South Hanover Street. * ; no. £ The six moat elevated BUILDING LOTS in tbo Borough, situated at the head ol South St. , . IN THE COUNTRY, 4 No. OO ACHE FARM in North Middleton township, lli miles from,Carlisle. This farm has but a TENANT HOUSE and STABLE, but It af fords the finest site for'* a Mansion House and Rbalc Barn that wo know In Cumberland 00. Np. 7. A, TRACT OF THIRTY-SIX ACRES, with sraall bui comfortable BRICK DWELLING HOUSE. Frame Stable, Ao„ and a young and thriving Orchard oi OHOlcfi FRUIT, situate on the Railroad,in North Middleton twn,, West, and within a mile of. the Borough of Carlisle. This property as a HOMESTEAD and for general or Track harming, Is the most desirable tract of its sfce to bo found anywhere In the vicinity of Carlisle. The certain extension of the town West ward, partly consequent upon the Improve ments mode and contemplated by the 1 Railroad Company in that direction, drawing, as they •necessarily will, nearly the whole trade of the town to that eua, will very greatly enhance the value of this land to the future owner, for any purpose whatever, rendering it a safe and profit able investment. Feb. 28,1866. B. E W I N-,G , CABINET MAK^^ AND UNDERTAKER, WEST MAIN STREET, A Splnfdid Assortment op NEW FURNITURE for the Holidays, comprising Sofas, . Camp Stools, Lounges, Centre Tables, Booking Chairs, . Dining Tables, . Easy Chairs, Card Tables, Reception Choirs, O.ttomons, Bureaus, , What-Nots, Secretaries, &c., Ac., Parlor, Chamber, Dining Room, Kitchen P U RN I T U R E, COTTAGE FURNITURE IN SETTS, Splendid New Patterns, BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSES, GILT FRAMES AND PICTURES, in great variety. Particular attention given to Funerals. Orders from town and country attended to promptly and on reasonable terms, Dec. 48,1866—tf QABINET WAREHOUSE TOWN AND COUNTRY. Tha subscriber respectfully Inform* his friends a u tt °. publl ° generally, that ho atlll continues made Coffins kept constantly on hand, both Elam and ornamental. He has constantly on and I\sk?s latent Mctaiic Burial Case, of which he has been appointed the sole agonu This case is recommended us superior to any of the kind now In use. it being perfectly air tight. He has also furnished himself with a new Rose wood Kbause and gentle horses, with which he will attend funerals in town and country, per sonally, without extra charge. Among the greatest discoveries of the age is Well's /Spring Mattrass, the best and cheapest bed now In use, the exclusive right of which I have secured, and will be kept constantly on hand. CABINET MAKING, in all its various branches, carried on, and Be'au reaus. Secretaries, Work-stands, Parlor Ware, Upholstered Chairs, Sofas, Pier, Hide and Centre Tables, Dining and Breakfast Tables, Wash stands of all kinds, French Bedsteads, high and low posts: Jenny Lind and Cottage Bedsteads, Chairs of all kinds, Looking Glasses, and all other articles usually manufactured in this line of business, kept constantly on hand. His workmen are men of experience, his ma terial the best, and his work mode in the latest city style, and all under bis own supervision. If . .will be warranted and sold low for cash. •• He Invites all to give him acall before purchas ing elsewhere. For the liberal patronage here tonro extended to him he feels indebted to his numerous customers, and assures them that no efforts will be spared In future to please them In style and price. Give as a call Remember the place, North Hanover street, nearly opposite the Deposit Bank. Carlisle. DAVID SIPB. Deo. 1,1865. K INT<3N- - V xhe undersigned respectfully informs bis old friends apd patrons that he nas 'resumed the business of CABINET MAKING, In all its various branches, at his old stand, Nos. 55 and 57 Houth Hanover Htreet, two doors below the Second Presbyterian Church, where ho is prepared to manufacture BUREAUS, SIDEBOARDS, SECRETARIES, BREAKFAST TABLES, DINING TABLES, CHAIRS. HAT-RACKS, WHAT-NOTS, CENTRE TABLES, SALOON TABLES. TEAPOY TABLES. WASH STANDS, ’ BEDSTEADS, BOOKCASES, WARDROBES, &o. and COTTAGE. FURNITURE. ‘ of every variety, Looking Glasses, < > Sofas, . Rooking Chairs,. and Upholstered ■ - - , • and Cane Choirs, - of all kinds kept constantly on hand. CANING, REPAIRING AND VARNISHING done on short notice and at reasonable rates.. 43-Country Produce Taken in Exchange. JOHN LIBZMAN. Feb. 14, 1807—8 m JJ O L I D AY WEDDING PRESENTS I GOLD, SILVER, . WATCHES, . " A Splendid Assortment of Solid and plated sllver ■ware. Gold Pens. KNIVES AND FORKS, CLOCKS IN GREAT VARIETY, GOLD RINGS, GOLD AND. SILVER THIMBLES. Particular attention given to repairing fWATOHEB, CLOCKS ANJJ, JEWELRY, THOS."CbNLYN, Afft, i- No, 11 West Main St., oppoMte Marlon Hal], Dao. aO.IBW-flm * ®te American lalnntccr Heal 'aastate.. ATTORNEY AT LAW, &c. CARLISLE, BENN’A. and Office of the Latest Styles. AND A Fnrs Lotby AMERICAN* AND IMPORTED Gold, Chain*,, Fancy Gooda, 6so, Fiiya Setts of D«S, 000t0..' BAM GA INS Now opening in DOMESTIC. GOODS, DEESS GOODS, CABSIMBEES, SATTINETTS AND JEANS, WSITE GOOES, DEESS TEIMMINQS, ZEPH YES, JRIBBONS AND NOTIONS - RING’S NEW STORE, NO. 05 WEST MAIN STREET, Opposite the Mansion House, Next door to the Post Office, Carlisle. April 18,1867. [ OOK OUT DRY GOODS MEN! TO THE PUBLIC\ I have just returned from the East with my Spring Stock, and as usual. 1 am selling Goods a Uttlo cheaper than any other Dry Goods House, in town. Ido not think it necessary to occupy a column of newspaper to endeavor to keep up my reputation for selling Cheap Goods, nor do I wishtqresort to any other clap-trap to gull the public,. All I ask of them Is to call and examine tor themselves, aid II not satisfied with the pri ces, not to buy; Remember the stand, No. 82 North Hanover street, next door to Dr.Klefler’s, and Miller & Bowers* Hardware store. WM. A. MILES. P. 8. I will say nothing about my third and fourth grand openings. April 18,1807. 628 HOaP SKIRTS. 628. N.-E W SPRING STYLES, “OUR OWN MAKE,” embracing every New and Desirable size, style and Shape of Plain and Tiall Hoop Skirts.—2. 2 1-4,2 U. 2 8-4,8 1-4,8 1-2.8 8-4 and 4 Yds., round every length and size Waist; in every respect Fitbt Quality, and especially adapted to meet the wants of First Class and most fashionable Trade. - *• Our Own Make,” of Hoop Skirts, ore lighter, more elastic, more durable, and really obaper than any other make of either Single or Double Spring Skirt in the American Market. They are Warranted in every respect, and wherever intro dneed give universal satisfaction. They are now being extensively Sold by Retailors, and every Lady should try them. Ask lor “Hopkln’s Own Make,** and see that each Skirt Is Stamped •• W. T HOPHINIS MANU FACTURER, 628 Arch Street, Philadelphia.”— No others are Genuine A Catalogue containing Style. Size and Retail Prices, sent to any address. A Uniform and Liberal Discount allowed to Deal ers. . Orders by mall or otherwise, promptly and carefully flUea--WhniAßaio and Retail, at Manu factory and tjalea-rooma. No. 028 ARCH Street, PHILADELPHIA ‘ OBirto-nittdo toordar.nltorod and repaired. -• Terms, Not Cash. One Price Only WILLIAM T, HOPKINS. April 18,1867—10 m. JJ POHLY, • RECTIFIER AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN WINES AND LIQUORS, No's, 7 and 9, North Hanover Street,- CARLISLE, PA. Brandies, - Holland Gin, Superior Jamaica Spirits, / Irish and Scotch Whiskey, v * Monongohela Whiskey, Apple Whiskey,. Pittsburg and Common Whiskey, Old Sherry Wlno, Old Madeira Wine, Port Wine, * Lisbon and Muscatel, Malaga and Claret, Cherry Brandy, ■ Blackberry Brandy, • Lavender Brandy, ' Ram Shrub. Wine Bitters, Tansey Bitters.' AGENT FOR DR. STOEVER’S CELEBRATED STOMACH BITTERS Also a huge and superior stock of GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. embracing everything in. that line of business, — , Invoices of Fresh Goods constantly arriving. April 25,1807—1 y B. Cobnman. Da. ®. M. Worthington. DRUG STORE, , The subscribers have opened a new DRUG AND CHEMICAL STORE, No. 7 t East Main Carlisle , where they have just reqeived a large and fresh supply of the very best DRUGS AND MEDICINES to be found in the City Markets, to which they Invite the attention of the public. Also, d largo variety of PERFUMERY AND FANCY ARTICLES, Dye Btuffs’, and all the various Patent Medicines. All Drags and Medicines warranted pure. JtSr. Prescriptions carefully compounded. CORNMAN & WORTHINGTON. April 25,1867—Cm Q ABRX AGESt -The'undersigned have'now on hand and are making a large assortment pf all hands of CARRIAGES* ROOKAWAYB, TOP AND NO TOP - * BUGGItS, warranted of the. best material, and monufacr tured by the best workmen; all of whl oh Will be sold ' • .* . AT REDUCED PRICES. ' We have also a lot of second hand Work which is offered at exceedingly low ratoa.; REPAIRING AND PAINTING done at short notice and on reasonable terms* Shop on Bouti Pitt Street, nearly' opposite the Mansion House. 1 V •’ , A. B. AN. SHERK. Jan. B,lBtf7—4m ‘ J L. ST;EBNER’S LIVERY AND SALE STABLE* • BETWEEN HANOVEE AND BEDFOBD 6X8.,. IN REAR OF THE, JAIL, CARLISLE, PAt ■ Having fitted np lhe Stable with 1 new Carria ges, ao., X am prepared to tarnish first-class turn outs at reasonable rates* Parties taken to'and from the Springs. ; . _ ■ . April 25, ISS7-ly CARLISLE. pA., THURSDAY MAY 9. 1867, IfoulkaJL i [From tho New York Mercury.] HUeiUNE POETBT—WHAT I LOTE. by spoons, o. a. I love to see a flock of sheep, ' All feeding on the mountain; I love to see a drunkard drink From oat tho living fountain; At first upon his knees be gets, And then he sticks his nose in, Bat soon bo slips, and then, ker souse, His head and shduldors goes In^, I love to see, with all my heart. The sun shine while *tls raining* I love to see a row kicked up At a millta training; I love to see a table watched By civil, careful waiters• I love to see them/oftA along The biggest kind of taters. I love to sco tho industrious bees All busy maklng'honoy; I love to see a man contrive Always to lay up money; 1 love to see a lot $f chaps Engaged In midnight revel; I love to see them let oat loose, And go It like the d —1 i I lovo to hoar old women talk— They do some lofty talking, I lovo to soe defaulters walk— They do some tallish walking. I lovo to hear at dead of night A glorious caterwolllng, And 0,1 lovo to hear at church A lot of babies squalling. 1 lovo to see'two colored, gents Call one another “ niggers 1 love to see the ladies ran, They cat such carious figures; I love my Betsy more than all-* I love her, Oh most dearly ( I love to hug and kiss her—Oh, It makes md feel so queeriy I aUtstellanemis. A JFEAUFUIi ADVENT (71|E. On Thursday, the 24th of January lost, at half-past four o’clock in the after* noon, Charles Hale left the station at Twin Lakes* in Calhoun county, lowa, twenty-six miles west of Foit Dodge, with the Sioux City mail, in an open sleigh drawn by two burses. The day had been very pleasant, but Just before be started it began to snow.— The wind was in the northeast, and as night come on it increased to a strong gale, the snow falling thicker and foster, so that it soon became difficult to keep the road, which is simply a track across the great prairie, without a fence, free or house to guide the travelled for ten miles. He passed a small deserted cabin, the on ly building of any kind on the route, just after dark, and soon after the night be came so dark and the storm driving so fiercely in bis face that he was unable to guide his team or see any sign of the road. He knew that he could not be more than a mile or two from the Vates settlement; and believing that the Worses would find their way to the station, if left to them selves, he Jet them take their own course. After travelling thus a long time aud fail ing to reach the settlement, he knew that the team bad lost the road, but was utterly unable to determine whether north, south, east or west of the station. Aware of the hopelessness of finding the road or settlement, in the intense dark ness that bad by this time come on, he determined to turn round and try to re trace his tracks to the deserted cabin which he hail passed. But the storm, which had hepmatenili ly increasing with each hour, drifted [lie suow over the track almost as fast as it was made, and Mr. Hale soon found that be bad lost all traces of it, and was wan dering around on the great prairie, en tirely lost. His presence of mind never deserted bim, and he at once determined that bis only chance for life was to keep the team slowly moving that they should not perish with .cold before morning. , Mr. Hale bad taken the precaution to prepare for a storm, before be left the lakes. He bad on two Uannel shirts, two Ealr of mittens, two pair of pants, two eavy coats, a pair of thick boots and buf falo overshoes, and over all his- clothing was wrapped a large heavy overcoat. — All through that long terrible night be kept bis team slowly moving, knowing very well that if they stopped the team ami driver would soon become chilled through, and the sleep and stupor which precedes death from ireezing would seize upon them long before morning. All through the night the fearful storm seem ed to he gathering in strength and fury, and as thewlnd suddenly changed around to the north west, the cold became Intense. All day Friday aud through the night fol lowing, the air was filled with the suow, which enveloped everything, piling JieaKEjdrlftsJo.tbestro«UvblD«tluff high ways aud railroads, and sifting through every crevice of our best bouses. It was one of those fearful winter storms which can only be realized in the fullest degree by the traveller in the great bleak, tree less prairies of the Northwest. Business in town was entirely suspended. No stages left the stations, streets were block ed up, railroads all over the country were burled beneath the great drifts, cattle perished with cold, and out in the midst of a great bleak prairie, alone aud lost, the driver of the Western stage watched anxiously for daylight. When morning came, the storm darkened the sky so com pletely tliat.he could not discern the di rection of the sup at any time during the day. '■> Early in the day (he. horses, which bad. been travelling through), the great drifts tor about eighteen hours, gave out and could go no further. Mr. Hale hesitated not a moment, but unhitched tpem from the sleigh and turned them ,! loose, that they might, if possible, reach some,settle ment. Ho was now left entirely alone, in the most territfic storm of the winter, the snow two feet deep, and lying in im mense drifts, miles and miles from the nearest habitation, with no idea of what direction he must travel, or what dis tance, to reach the nearest shelter. Sup posing that he was north of the main road, lie started in the direction which he supposed to be south, in hopes that he' might discover the lost truck. Hours did he wade through the suow, with the fearful storm chilling him through and through. Before many hours he found that bis eats, face and feet were frozen solid, and his hands were beginning to freeze. But still strong in the determlu atiou to save himself, if in the range of possibilities, he kept moving on through the long, oheereless day. Toward night he suifered greatly from hunger, as he had eaten nothing since Thursday noon. When darkness again closed around him he felt that the chances for surviving the night were very slim indeed, lie dared not sit down to rest, fearing that be would follhsleep and perish. Ail-through the second night be kept on bis,feet;some times becoming so exhausted with cold, hunger, and his great exertions to keep travelling,' be would stop a few minutes torest. He repeatedly tell asleep while thus standing, aud was duly awakened by falling luto tbe suow. Again, and again, during Friday night did he thus struggle on till, daylight appeared.,- The wind' had now ceased, but tbe cold, was intense. Whep the sun came up on Sat urday.morning, he was. able for the first time to .learn the .direction. Hooking anxiously around on every side, aud see ing no settlement, grove or road, he felt that a longer struggle for life was almost hopeless.. .But flnqlng.tbat ho was still able to move, he turned his. face to tbe east, knowing that his oly hope now was in being able to reach the Desemolus river, along which be was sure to find settlers. All day Saturday be toiled ou through the deep suuWi suffering iutensly from n’uiig er, cold and.loss of sleep., Whenever his strength gave out, and he stopped for a moment, be would fall asleep aud tumble down in tho snow, again awaken, rise up and pash ou. Night once more came rfu, and lound him still oat on the great prai rie, with no shelter in sight. Again did he, pass another night— the third one—on his feet, walking, stopping, falling asleep, tumbling down, awaking, rising up and toiling on again. Lost, starving and freezing, but still undismayed, he watch ed patiently during the long hours of the night for tub rising of the sun on the morning of Sunday, the fourth day out. The sun rose bright clear, but It was in tensly cold, the mercury at sixteen de grees below xero, with - a keen, cutting wind from the north. He had, strange os it may seem, ceased to suffer from hunger; and nerving blaiself for one effort, be turned his face eastward-and again struggled on. His progress was very slow, but ataboutll o'clock bis cour age was renewed by the sight of a grove iu the distance. Hope, that had never entirely deserted him now grew strong, and all thro 1 the day he strove with almost superhuman efforts to reach , the timber before dark, fearing that he could not survive another night on the prairie. But his strength was too much exhausted, and, although striving witji the energy of despair, he saw the sun go down and night again close around him, while the friendly trees' were shutout of his view and beyond bis reach. Fearing that If he attempted to travel after dark ho would lose sight of : the grove, and knowing that in his weak aud exhausted condition he. could not survive the night on his feet, be finally sought out a huge snow drift, and dig ging out a large cavity with bis bands, he' crowded in and burled himself beneath the enow. In this position he soon fell asleep, and slept for several hours, dream ing that ho had arrived in safety at Fort' Dodge, and was telling his companions of his perils and escape from freezing. But, , upon awakening with the first dawn of morning, he found himself buried iu the snow out on the great prairie; so. weak from hunger, and exhausted from the su perhuman exertions be hod put forth du ring the three terrible days and nights' East, and so crippled from freezing that' e had hardly strength to crawl out of his l icy bed. But by great exertions he re gained his feet, and could see Dost Grove about a mile ahead. When he tried toj walk he found that his limbs bad lost; their vitality, end he could only move' forward by reaching down with his fro zen bands and lifting his legs out of the snow and placing one foot forward with his bands aud then the other, He thus managed to move slowly towards the' Grove. After a long, toilsome straggle, in which his indomitable energy of will triumphed over every obstacle, he at last reached the Grove, only to find it cold, cheerless and uninhabited. No signs of life, food of shelter could be found. (Still undismayed, bis iron will nerved him on to make one thore great effort for life. Beyond the Grove, at the distance of about one-and-a-half miles, he saw a house. Having by this time almost en tirely lost the use of his feet and legs, be began to crawl on his hands and knees through the deep snow for the house.— Sometimes he would be able to rise to his' feet and take a few steps forward, when he would again fail into the snow, and' drag nlinself forward once more. In this way he managed at last to reach the .house, having been from daylight until 2’ o'clock in tile afternoon going two-and-a hulf miles. He bad reached the residence of Mr. Hicks, five miles west of Dayton, and about thirty miles southeast of the point where he had lust the road. He had been out from Thursday at four o'clock until the next Monday at two : o'clock, iu the severest storm of the sea son, with the mer&ury ranging, at about foUrleeu degrees below zero, and hud been on his feet duringmll the time but twelve: hours. He had gone four days and nights ..WUlix.,n .n ,">nrsui nf.fnml of mjay. nioAuml • no drluk but snow. He bad slept only five hours In five days." Fora long time lie was entirely helpless, and very weak from bis terrible sufferings. His face turned black, and pieces of flesh pealed : off. His feet were terribly frozen, but the doctor saved them from amputation by removing some of the toes. Ho will lose one ear, and undoubtedly be badly crip pled for life. We doubt whether there is-another case on record of such fearful suffering, heroic endurance, determined energy, and cool, unflinching courage, as has been suffbred and displayed by this stage driver. The sleigh, containing the mail, was found about {bree miles south of the Fort Dodge road, and about half-way between that place and Yates’ settlement. One of the horses was found near It, frozen to' death, and the other has not been found. Adventures op a Bomantic Young Gird.— Quite a romantic affair came to light in Jersey City Monday evening. Ida D. Albert, aged 17 years, a rather pretty, robust, not unsophisticated female, whose head bjid become filled with romantic ideas, concluded to leave home and ven ture the perils of the sea under the guise of male attire.,, Accordingly., on Monday, a week ago, she helped herself to $2OO of her parents’ money, and left her home, near Minneapolis, 111,, for New York. — Arriving at Annapolis, she purchased a suit of clothes, aud after having her hair cropped short, donned the ne w attire, She then took the oars for New York, arriv ing in the owi daln on Sunday morning. At tbe foot of Cortlaudt street she called a bookman and directed bim to take her to a hotel. The bookman accordingly conveyed her to the Hubert Street House, kept by Thomas J. Prendeville. A lady in tbe hotel detected thesexof theyouug woman. Prendeville succeeded in dis suading her from her purpose, aud she accepted thelrad vice to return home. She accordingly assumed female attire, and was taken to tbe Erie Bailway depot, In Tersey City, for the purpose of taking the expresstraiu home. After being seated in the car, Detective Nugent had bis -at tention called to tbe girl by a' person who suspected something wrong. The girl having considerable money in her pos session, and tbe officer fearing that there were designs against her, took her to tbe police station for safety, from whence she will be forwarded to her home. The girl is satisfied with her adventure, and.ex pressed a desire to return to her home.— iV. Y, Express. A coulee of weeks ago, at one of the London concerts, tbe natural history of thd “ Encore” received an. additional Il lustration at the hands of Mr. Alfred Mel lon, 'which it may-benefit public singers, to reproduce.. Mile; Carlotta Pattl had’ finished a song amid the vociferous cheers of tbe house, and as usuallt was expected she would repeat it. Buttlie fair vocalist .had determined otherwise, and accord ingly the rapturous recall vouchsafed by the audience was barren of any result be yond the “ nods and becks and wreathed smiles” 'which Carlotta can lavish so charmingly amongst her admirers. Dls appoi nteu of their encore, tbe British pub lic waited quietly unfll Mr. Mellon’s diva appeared for her second song, when she was greeted with an unmistakable hiss, conducted (tospeak technically,) by a gen tleman in tbe boxes, Stopping the per formance, Mr. Mellon “came front,” and,, addressing tbe agitator in tbe box; wish ed to know tbe reason of the demonstra-, tlon 7 “ Because she wouldn’t repeat her song,” replied he ih the box: “ Whatl” auld Mc, Mellon, in answer “ How, then, abqnt your baker?' DosenVhe give you a penny loaf when yon buy a penny loaf; and nothing more ?’’ “ Yes,” was the re joinder, " but how,about the little bit in ?” With which notable repartee, and a storm of laughter, the good humored dispute terminated. Too Little. —At a recent election a con stable wqs stationed at the door to prevent the crowd from forcing their way among the candidates. A gentleman came upto him, and putting a shilling into his hand, said, with an attempt to put off the small ness of tne donation, “ I take it for grant ed there Is a little corruption here?" “ Yes, 1 sir,” replied the constable, looking at the shilling, ll but this Is too little.’' HUSH-OH-SH! HOW UNCLE TOM GAME TO BE GODPAHER. BY BARBARA BROOME. If I shodld say Unole Tom shook in bis shoes, although be wore boots, I should be saying the plain truth, and If again I should say, be put out .bis hand three times before he mustered courage to pull the bell-handle, I should still be stating threadbare facts. At the faint tinkle, the result of his fourth trial, Uuoie Tom. as if suddenly set up on pins and needles began shifting from one foot to the other. 6h-h-h I”- groaned he, keeping up his nippety-hop on the stone stoop, and star ing at the heavy oak mouldings on the door before him. “Oh-h-hl fm in'for it now.” He had his bands full of paper parcels that be fingered over nervously. “ Taf fee,” muttered he, thumbing one. "Cho colate taffee. I wouldn’t no more dare to dome witbout .it than nothing at all.— Sweet almonds, too. Law I bow Polly would pilch into me, if I had forgotten that, and here’s Bay'sdancing Jack. Ugh, the little barbarian. The idea of having to coddle Aim. I'never feel sure of my life, when I’m with ’em. The little In juns, I wouder I don’t hear ’em war nooning round somewhere ?” “ Hush-sh-sh 1” , Uncle Tom came near tumbling back wards and going the whole length of the stone steps, for the door had opened noise lessly and a little girl stood before him with her finger on her lips. “Hush-sh-sh!” sold she again, in a whisper. Uncle Tom looked at the little maid, with her serious face and sober dir, and, motherly apron pinned tightly about her' waist. “ Polly I It can’t be,” he burst out, “ Hush-sh-sh 1” from the little maid. “Whatthe—” began Uncle Tom, again, - more ahd more astonished. Hush-sh-sh I” whispered Polly with o’ frown, beckoning him in, through the' very small crack she saw fit to open the door. The entry woh very dark, and Uncle’ Tom stumbled over something In the 1 middle of it. It was a small boy, with’ an apple-pudding face, who sat bolt up right on a oricket. . “ Bay, you rascal—” began Uncle Tom, catching up bis aching shin. “ Hush-sh-sh I” breathed Bay, with his fat cheeks puffed out and both bands up raised. • "What does it mean 7 What you up: to now, eh ?” crledUnolo Tom, more and 1 more bewildered. ' Just then a door leading from the entry, opened softly, and a weak voice all smoth ery, said: “ Is that you", brother Tom 7” " Brother Tom, fast enough," was the answerJ "but what’s the matter, heloV. What ails you, and what’s got into the children 7 I never saw the three of ’em 1 before, but they were raising Hall Colum bia to a pretty lively tune, but now they’re mummer than three blind mice, whohad’ their tails out off with a carving-knife—” 1 His sister clapped one hand over his’ mouth aud drew him Into the room say ing : “ Hush-sh-sh 1 the baby's asleep /” “The baby’s asleep,” smirked in a whisper with a, nod, another roly-poly shaped boy, who was moving like a ghost round the room, shod in list slippers. “ I knew you’d be astonished, Tom," said his sister, who was no other than the 1 baby’s mother, and the mother of the other three children beside. “ Whew!” whistled .Uncle Tom. " I reckon.” “ Hush-sh-sh I said baby’s mother, - “ Husb-sb-sh!” said the boy with list Btlppora, loolting-etoTul-r ut Ills undo. “ Hush-sh-sh I” said Polly, who had crept like a shadow into the room, flash ing her big, black eyes full into his face. “Hush-sn-shi” said Bay, ad vanning on the offender, from a dark corner, “ Come and see it!” said his slater after and awful silence, of about a minute. The miserable man stepped towards the bundle of yellow flannel she dandled in ■ her arms. You would have thought, to see the difficulty with which he moved, that there were cannon balls attached to his feet. The three terrible children drew near; they watched Uncle narrowly, aslayeraf-, ter layer of yellow flannel.was rolled.off the baby. . • ' * “I must say somethingerdie,” thought he; so out loud he said, “ It’s like an on ion with so many peels to be taken off, ain’t it?” But the children looked at him so black and savage, that he thought, “I wish td| heavens, I had held my tongue.” J. 11 Aint it sweet, Tom ?” asked his sister at. last, takiug off tbe last wrap. “ The nasty, red thing,” thought Uncle Tom. You see he thought this time— that's where he was wise. “ O—so—very 1” said he, with a fright ful smile. You mind that’ts what he said. The children seemed to be pleased, they unscrewed their noses a little. “ The obristeningcomes Sunday,” Pol ly condescended to remark. “ And who do you suppose is going to be godfather?” asked Bay. “And give the babyapplid silver mug?” said his older brother. I don’t know, I'm sure,” answered. Uncle Tom, but even then, an inking of the truth barst upon him. Horror of hor rors I could it be ? He caught his sister’s eye. “Yes, Tom 1” said she. “i see you understand!” He shut his mouth hard; ho was go ing to stand it like a man, but the baby wriggled,. Yes, the baby wriggled) the baby made a bard-knot of its nose, and eyes, and mouth, and wriggled again; the baby gasped like a fish, that has been hooked in the gills and flung on dry land, and wriggled, and wriggled, and wriggled! The perspiration rolled like beads down Uncle Tom’s face, it was like the going ofi of a torpedo to hear him’ cry out as If he were beside himself, “How it squirms ! It’s no use, I can’t, no, no, I can’t!” Hereupon, as was to be expected, the baby woke and began to scream. Such an unearthly noise Uncle Tom had never beard; he stuffed hie fingers In his ears and looked round imploringly. But no body had any mercy for him. “ Juatsee'what you've done?" pouted Polly. The screeching grew worse and worse. The baby choked and strangled and grew purple in the face Uncle Tom thought. “What If it should get into such a tan trum at the christening 7” • He Imagined himself with it in his arms; he imagined it kicking and wrlg- Ungand yelling; It woa was too much, apd he burst out a second time: 11 Good heavens I take ,it away, I can’t, I can’t, can’t.” “ Hush-sh-sb ! said everybody, indig nantly; os the baby went at it again, hammer and tonga. The children .put im their backs at Uncle Tom “ I should dhluk he was old enough not to be such a goose,’’ they said, angrily, so that he might hear. How he wished be could sink right down in bis boots; how he wished he. had never been born; how.be wished he was deaf, and dumb and blind. “ 1 will never be godfather. Nothing on earth shall make me I” thougbthe des perately. He meant to say just these words aloud, boldly, but somehow they stuck in bis throat. “ B-r-r—” was all. be could get .out, and then bis courage oozed completely away. He felt os if he were drowning, and the dreadful “ Hush-sh-sb I” .that filled his ears, seemed'like the last rush of waves closing over bis head. The children clawed at him in disgust, and found him as limp os a wet rag; they bustled him from the .room, out of the house; they left him standing on the stone stoop, looking like a schoolboy ready to cry. For about five minutes passers-by took him for a statute, then like a flash he fie w down the street. He raced full tilt into the first Jeweler’s shop.be came to, and VOL. 63.—N0. 47. bought a silver mug as big as a slop-bowl* “Here goes,” said he,'as he paid dowii the money. * Little Yankees guess the rest. A PATH OP FORTUNE. ' BY THEODORE TILTON. I used to think that Mr. Greely was un generous in advising young meu not to seek their fortuues iu the great cities, but in the country districts; particularly as he himself had come from a country district aud found bis fortune in a grea city. Bpt a winter’s travel through both country and city has convinced me that his oft-repeated views on this sub ject, and his special earnestness in their advocacy, are abundantly Justified by the fkets. , I left behind mo in New York thou sands of young men, struggling hard to get a footing iu the world, earulug scarce ly enough to keep soul and body together, yet who, if they had the courage to con quer a new country, might easily achieve lor .thehiseives that moderate wealth which is always and everywhere the best of good fortune. Every great American oltyvat the pre sent moment, is overrun witu applicants for something to do. Chicago, like Mew York, is crowded with young men who have flocked to it, like moths to a caudle, only to be devoured by the flame. The devil’s chief temptation to a young man in the West is to prompt him to keep u store. “ Buy a stuck of goods,” says the great adversary. And of the multitudes who listen to the suggestion nearly all are ensnared. The prospect appears bril liant; but the result proves fatal. It is an understatement to say that the majority of Western farmers succeed. A more accurate statement would be, that, with the exception of a small minority ol Western merchants, all tail; while, with the exception of a small minority or Wes tern farmers, all succeed, lu view of these undisguised and warning facts, it is astonishing to see so many young men who, on coming from the East to the West, to begin a career, wreck themselves at the outset by deliberately choosing the wrong channel to success. I was walking with an experienced merchant around the market square of a Western town, to whom 1 happened to put the question, "How many of the hundred and twenty business Arms around this square do you personally know ?” “I know them ail,” he replied. "How many of them are thrifty lu theii business?” “Only three.” He then ex-, plained that these were growing rich; that a dozen others.were earning a living; but that the great majority of the remain der must sooner or later, one after auoth* er, drop Into bankruptcy. On the contrary, almost every old-es tablished farmer whom I have met in the West bos told me somp such tale as this: “I came here ten (or perhaps fifteen) years ago, worth flve hundred dollars, (or perhaps nothing,) and now I could sell my property for a dozen or-tweuty thou sand dollars.” Thus it almost seems a* if a store were an open gate to failure and a farm an.open road to.success. It requires an unusual aptitude of mind to couduct mercantile business. Thlsap tltudo is possessed by so few that every beginner ought to take for granted that he does not hold the talisman until he finds by an unmistakable instinct that he is really one of the few and fortunate mas ters of the knack. Ido not mean to say that a man who cannot be a merchant can be a farmer. Mother Earth is a good Judgeof men; she wiA nofcyield lifer crops to the shiftless and the inefficient. But the farmer runs fewer riqks than the mer chant. The farmer gives a safe credit to God and Nature; the merchaut%ives an, imftafe credit, to man. knows that Its promise will be fulfilled by the harvest; butapromisory note of hand never can know whether its promise is to bo broken or not. CATS AND UONS. Here is a good story, which has a smack of Western humor; The thriving, town of Richmond (III.) one day recently whs the scene of a sensa tion and a catastrophe. The sensation caused by the advent of Van Amburgh & Co.’s mammoth menagerie. On the day in question, an immense crowd had been attracted to see the liv ing giraffe, and the other wonders of the menagerie. The caravan had made its grand procession through the streets; the tent had been erected, and a throngof ex pectant sight-seers were gathered at the entrance, awaiting the opening of the |doors. 'Just then an odd-looking genius Strove up to the lot,.seated upon a rickety lumber-wagon, carefully boarded over, drawn by a pairof spavined, wind-galled, dilapidated steeds, eagerly inquiring for the manager. Upon that person making his appearance, he was saluted with: “ Halloo, squire, I’ve brought vou a load dfcatal” • *\ “A load of what?” said the astonished manager. ** A load of cats to feed your lions on 1” “To feed our lions on ? The deuce you have I We don’t feed our lions on cat meat; they eat nothing but the best beef.” “Shol I know better than that; I’ve read in the newspapers that cats are the favorite food of lions. Besides, I’ve got a contract with youragentforaload of’em, with a revenue stamp ou to It, and I guess you can’t go back ou that.” Saying which, the cat merchant pro duced »greasy slip of paper, which read as follows: “Tills contract witnessoth that I have this day contracted with Simon Wiggins to furnish a load of cats to feed lions on, for which you will pay him the hereinafter prices, to wit: For A 1 prime cats, 75 cents; for store-cats, 60 cents. _ Jonas Bung, "Cat Agent, Van Amburgh <t Co.’s Menagerie. To the Menagerie," • ‘iMy friend,” said the manager, after reading this document, “you have been imposed upon. Ido not know any such person as Jonas Bung, and I don’t want any cats.” _ “-You lie; now, you know you do,” re torted Wiggins, with imperturbable good humor; “you.are only trying to beat me down, and get ’em cheap. I’ve got a prime lot—seventy-five of ’em. JustloOk at ’em 1” And, hastily descending from his.perch, he commenced shoving at the tail-Doard of hie wagon, to allow the man ager a chance to examine bis load. By his nervousness. however, he man aged so awkwardly, that the board drop ped completely out, and, with a terrible sputtering, his entire load of cats sprang Into the crowd, A score of worthless curs, that were, on the ground, made a dash tos the cats, and away they went, helter-skelter, among the throng, upset ting women and children, and creating dire confusion on every side. Towards the town, the streets were filled with peo ple proceeding to the menagerie, who, seeing the commotion, and hearing the shouts, at once imagined some terrible ac cident, The next instant, some rumor spread through the crowd that the royal Bengal tiger -was loose, and a scene ensued that beggars description. “Every one for himself, And devil take the bindermost,’’ was the motto acted on, and a general stampede followed, in which an astonish ing display of agility was made. People ran into houses and bolted their doors; ladies in tilllng-hoops performed extra ordinary exploits in the way of climbing fences, and, what with sputtering oats, yelping dogs, screaming women, and howling children, it really seemed for a while as if Bedlam bad broken loose and taken possession of Richmond. In a short time the truth of the matter became known, and the excitement qui eted down. But Mr.' Wiggins refused to be comforted for the overthrow of the great expectations be had built upon his cats, anddisconsolateiy drove out of town, muttering terrible vengeance, if he caught him, upon the depraved individual who had palmed himself off as “ Cat Agent of Van Amburgb & Co.’s Menagerie.” / Wisdom is repose-in light. Happy the minds that are high enough to sport in its beams. _ z~_ '^XWtSfci E:22 BatcoforH&tJcrtieing. APTXHTientpnawul Uelneertaa at Tea oenta per Una far tio flrat taiertlon. and are cenla per line tor eaeb ctibaognent Ingertlon. tj,nar terly, hair-pearlp, mud pearly mdrercuemetiOi lu eerted nfa Überml.re4nctldn on tbe’mUnre.niet.- Advartlaementa ahead be pcoonjpaWad britUa Cabh. When sent Wlthoatanyienjdli ol Urno •pacided tor publication, they eentlnyed nntu ordered ont end enariej , JOBPiUimNO;- - OAjtne,HAitoßinM. CißOTiAßaJendeTerj >th er deaorfpUen pi Jon and OAnn Printing akeen ted In th e n eatcs: alyle, at low priori. m -TT. [Jtyom the fTi**tJAV HOW OTHEBS BCfe Vl 7 -A» Enclbh OHnloii «rttw rm imw of Ute BadieaUOad tbe Work ofthoßuno coa* sree*» If 'the American Constitution had so stood tbe test of troublous times, and pos sessed ini tself such olementsof perpetuity as to enforce respect forlts provisions on the men, whoever they may have been, obtained tbe upperh'dnd after a disastrous period of civil strife,-.tfbtab. shook the citato to its foundation, aq,d threatened the very existence of the common country, then it might still have gone well with the American people. Emargingfrom its fiery trial purified from that base., dross which gathers upon a nation too absorbed in commercial pursuita.andtoo exultaM in Its wealth, it might have gained, in the addition of the ohivalroUselemeota to its character, more than ail which has been iostiutbetorrentsof blood and mon ey which in its dispolring energy it has poured into theguifof its forum. But the Americans, to their great loss, have fail ed to profit liy their experience, and have cast aside in their haste the sterling fruits of victory. The motto oftho Epirote con queror bears the palm, in his. eyes,./tom those of the wise and more polished Homan of the later day. History teaches ns that this an error which has invariably brought its punishment, ifnot on tbe er ring generation, at least on that which succeeded it. When the cry of a warlike people is Vce viclia / we know what will become of it.: When its rule Is pwroere subjects, we may safely predict thedura billtyof Itsconquesta. The Assyrian and the Persian were erne) and: tyrannous; they and their races have been swept away into darkness. Tbe Homan was hu man to those who submitted to him his influence and bis government were emi nently civilizing; it subsisted fora thous and years, and lts-traces. have not yet passed away. The Norman conquerors pf England were not dispossessed;' they had a respect for law and left undisturbed the old institutious of the country. The rule oi the English in France waa marked by rapacity and violence; they were swept out of the country with havoc and in a' torrent of blood. The bitter injustice which tbe States of the late’ Confederacy luive eufibred and are doomed still to suf fer, at the hands of tbe triumphant ma jority of tbe American .Union, is a griev ous thing, of course, for tbos&Who have to submit; it is in one respect a still great er misfortune for those by whom itls in flicted. America is entering into a bope less.groove ol bad government. She is Il lustrating for us the very worst of the evils which can spring from democracy, She is teaching us that this foriQ, of gov ernment affords more opportunity than any other for'tbe full indulgence of de praved and vindictive passions. A laud boosting of its freedom, she exhibits to us a third ofher citizens in chains. A na tion which makes a parade of its intelli gence and boosts of Us Christianity, com mits blunders universally condemned, by men of sane minds, and shows itself in capable of the cardinal virtueof fo/giving. We say advisedly that, whatever appear ance there may be that all else..is going well with her, whatever prospect may ap pear to us on general grounds of a grand future for America, that future will never come to pass, that horizon will be darken ed, unless she speedily retraces her errors of tlie Inst two years. A country which is viciously gbvsrued can never thrive. The Thirty-ninth Congress has done about,as much mischief as could well be accomplished in that brief period of time. Under the leadership of two unscrupulous demagogues, Elevens and Eumner, deter mined to maintain the South. ip a condi tion of subjection and to crush the Presi dent because he interposed'to shield the millions committed to Ids care, it has vio lated, in letter and spirit, every article of the Constitution of the United States. — .file members fur the North have voted themselves to be the Congress, and exclu ded the representatives of eleven States, or one third of the Union, The seven millions of Southern whites haveii'o share in tlie government. They are deprived of all civil as well as political rights by the bill just passed over the President’s veto, whieh establishes military government in all tlie Southern States, and does away , with ail law courts and -meal' magistrates whatever. -To this .act of gross wanton tyranny over their millions of fellow sub jects the Radicals have added every pos sible outrage to tbe chief of the State.— They have passed all manner of outrage ous bills over bis veto, they have with drawn from him the.power of displacing public functionaries; they iiavq grossly slandered him on -many occasions; they have threatened to impeach him for no one knows what crimes. A power in tended by the Constitution to hold Con gress in check has been setat nought and nullified by these revolutionists. States which were allowed the management of. their internal afiairs have been denied this right by those who are strong enough to withhold it. The maintenance of pub lic order by the counterpoise of North and South In the legislature is indeed Impos sible, by the exclusion of the South alto gether. Seven millions of men who have in the.eye of the law the same right as cilizens of New. York or Philadelphia, are not only/permanently disfranchised, but actually enslaved. Such a condition of things must lead to continued oivilstrife, to anarchy and violence, to rottenness of the core of the body politic. Yet If we' may judge from the known character of the men. who compose it and their lead ers, there is but a small chance that the Fortieth Congress now sitting will do anything or attempt anything to amend , Dialogue with, a Fenian.—A good thing originated.with “Mark Twain," -siiowing up a dialogue wi.h a Fenian. , I hunted up an old friend, Dennis Mc- Carthy, who Is editor of the new Fenian Journal in Ban Francisco, The Xrisn Peo ple, I found him Bitting on a sumptuous candle box, In his shirt sleeves, -solacing himself with a whlffat thenational dhu deen or caubeen.'or whatever they Call it —a clay pipe, with no stem to speak of.— I thought ft inight flatter him toad dress him in his own .native tongue,-and so I bowed with considerable grace and said “Arrahl” * ■ ' ■ And he said. “be jabersl” ' “Och hone!” said I. • ' . “ Mavourneeh dheeiish, ncuahla, nia cree," replied the McCarthy. ' - “ Erin go bragh,” I continued with vi vacity. “Ashorel” responded the McCarthy. “ Tare an’ ounsi” said I. “Bhedhabustb; fagarogbarbalums!’’ said the bold Fenian. . “ You have me there, be me sowl ” said I “ for I’m not up in the niceties of the language, you understand; 'I only know enough of it to enable me to “ keep my. end up” in ar\ ordinary con versa tion.” Buried Alive,—A horrible caseof bur ying alive Is said to have occurred la Jack sonville, Illinois. A beautiful young lady of seventeen, engaged to. be married, was found in her bed one morning to all ap pearance dead. Several physicians ex amined the body and pronounced her so. “he had taken chloroform for her teeth, and there seemed no possible doubt that the dose had been a fatal one. She was purled. A few days since, her relatives, being about to remove to another titate desired to take the remains with them,— °P oDe{ l the coffin and were horror stricken to find the corpse turned over both hands full of hair andithe olothlni torntoshreds. Chloroform badplaced her In a deep trance from which she aWoke to find herself in her coffin and her grave A. co untry man in Savannah, Ga., ob served that a gang of darfajlea.were work ing on the streets, each wearing a bail and chain,'and asked one of them why the ball .was chained tohia leg? “To keen ■RWIe from stealing it,” said the darkey, heap of thieves alout here, mas^a.”, risked,, nothing won— notulng risked, nothing lost. ’
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