slje 2lmmcan Volunteer. ÜBLISHEDBVERY’ THURSDAY MORNING, by BRATTON Sc. KICIfNTBUDY. omcB~SOvm;KABKETH<krABE, Tkrhs :-Two Dollars per yegr if paid strictly j n advanoe{ .Two Dollars add FiftyConta if paid within three mopths; after which Three Dollars (vHl*be charged!- TbeaetenUß wttl.be rigidly ad hered to In every instance. Np subscription dls-, nontlnued until aU arrearages are paid, unless at (he option of the Editor,. ; •' • professional fflatbss. B. BUTLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND UNITED STATES CLAIM AGENT, CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND CO. PA. Pensions, Bounties, Book Pay, «feo., promptly collected. ‘" Applications by mall will receive due attention, and the proper blanks and Instructions forward ed. In all letters of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. s March 28, 1867—tf' ' , T M WEAKLEY, Attorney at Law. fj , Office on South Hanover street. In the room formerly occupied by A. B, Sharpe, Esq. OHAS. E; MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor ney at Law. Office in Building formerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han non’s Hotel. Dec. 1,1805. a M. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney • at Law and Real Estate Agent. Shepherds town, West Virginia. Prompt attention given to all business In Joflerson county and the Counties adjoining It. • • * Feb. 15,1800—1 y. . -- TOHN. 0. GRAHAM, Attorney At pj Law. Office formerly occupied by Judge Graham, South Ha&over BtrMt. Carlisle, Perm a. Deo. 1,1805 TTi E. BELTZHOOVEB, Attorney JP , and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Penna, Office on South Hanover street, opposite Bentz’s Store. By special arrangement with the Patent Office, attends to securing Patent Rights. Deo! 1, 1805. • ' • MC. HERMAN, Attorney at Law. • Office in Rhoem’s Hall Building, In' the roar of the Court House, next door to the , ‘H er * ald" Office. Carlisle, Fenna. Deo. 1,1865. . • ; WM. J. SIIEARER, Attorney &o. at Law, Carlisle, Pa. Office near Court House,>south side of Public Square, In 11 Inhofi’s Corner.” second floor. Entrance, Hanover Street, 4sr Practicing In all the Courts of this Judicial District, prompt attention will be given to all business lu the Counties ofPerry ana Juniata, as well as of Cumberland. May 24, 1800—ly*. \\T F. SADLER, Attorney at Law, V,Y , Carlisle, Penna. Office in Building for merly occupied by Volunteer,' South Hanover street. Doc. 1, 1805. \KT KENNEDY Attorney at Law, VV • Carlisle, Penna, Office same as that of the “American volunteer,” South side of the Pub lic Square. Dec. 1 1805. Toni} LEE,. Attorney at Law, tl North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa„ • Feb. 16,1880—ly. , TAMES A. DUNBAR, ATTORNEY AT gl Law, Carlisle, Penna, Office a few doors west of Hannon’s Hotel. Deo. 1, 1805. , DR. J. R. BIXLER offers his profes sional services to tbo citizens of Carlisle and vicinity. 1 Office on Main street, opposite the Jail, in the room lately occupied by L. Todd, Esq. April 11, 1887—ly NEWTON SHORT, M. D., Physi , oian and Surgeon, Moohanicsburg, Pa.— Liltful ior post favors, would most respectful ly inform his friends and the public generally, that he is still practicing Medicine ana Surgery In all their branches. Special attention given to the treatment of diseases of the Eye and Ear, and all other chromo affections. 1 Office in Wilson’s Building, Main St., up stairs. Nov. 2», 1800. DR. GEORGE 8. BEARIGHT, Den tist. Jb'rom the Baltimore College of Denial tsuryery. Office at the residence of nls mother, East Louther Street, three doors below Bedford, Carlisle, Penna. Deo. 1,1885.. P| ENTIBTR Y—Dr. W. B7shoemaker— \J Practical Dentist, Newvllle, Pennsylvania. Office in Miner’s Building. m Feb. 22,1888.— ly. , f. miller, bJRVEYOR AND DRAFTSMAN, MODNT’ROOKV CUMBERLAND COV," PA, April 18, 1807—3m* • y -j insurance (Companies. gPECiAL IN SCRANUE AGENCY! Over $25,000,000 of Capital Represented. Homo, Metropolitan, Manhattan, Artie, Secu rity, Worth, American, Germuuiu, aii of JSew York. Aetna and Piioemx of Huvit'urd, Conn.; .North American of Philadelphia, Pa.; Farmers Mutual of York, Pa.; Coiumoia Mutual of Lau coster, Penu’o. ' . ' The mam element to bo desired in Insurance Companies is - SECURITY. If wealth; experience, Intelligence and probity exist, perpetuity and houoruoie 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. . . ■ : •Evert* man should Insure; the burning oj. whoso’Tproperty would-injure or Inconvenience hlmseli, nis family, or his neighbors. > i Insurance effected at this agency, no mattei how large the amount, in either Stock or Mutual Companies. Policies issued, losses adjusted and promptly-paid at this office. ! ' SAMUEL K. HUMRIOH, ' tspeclal Insurance Agent, Office In Marion Hall Building, West Mum street, Carlisle, or to the following local agents; J. E. Ferree, Newvillo; John H. Shuler. Now Bloom- Hold, Perry County, Pa.; or A. H. Weidman, Miiliintowu, Jumata County, Pa. Jan, ..... — — Mutual life'insurance cp. UXi’KKW YOKK. • " CASH ASSETS $15,000,000. This Is strictly and antirely a Mutual Company. It mates Its dtvldeiAls annually and pays mein at thoond ol each and every year, lla assets are not diluted, nor us strength weakened by any doubtful premium notes or stockholdersi notes.- Doubtful securities find no place In its list of cash assets. It charges its policy holders no In ti-rest, and furmsuea msurauoe at exact cost. Twenty-four yearsol straight forward, honora ble dealing, has made its name the synonym ol Strength among business men, and la to-day the leading life insurance company of this continent. Possessing the largest assets, the largest amount insured, the largest income and the largest surplus over UablUties.M shown by the official reports of the Insurance Depart ment. of New York, and which will be shown to any persons wlshmg to determine lor themselves the true condition and standing of different c«jmi* panics by applying huMRICH. . Office No. M West Main St., Carlisle. Jan. B,lBo7—wn s2oi) EEWAED — ‘■PENNSYLVANIA MuiflAl. HORSE THIEF DETECTING AND INSURANCE COMPANY. From three to five dolors' will insure your horse against thieves for five years,. . -Persona desiring to become mornborawm apply tn „ pA M’li !£, JttUiilKlUxi. . tipeoial Agent, Office 20 West Main Bt., Carlisle. Jan. 8,1867—6 m . - ; The railway passengers ab-„ SURANCB; COMPANY, of Hartford, Conn., insures against all kinds of Accidents. „ CAPITAL $804,800. For five thousand dollars In case of fatalapel dent, or $26 Weekly Compensation In case ol disabling bodily Injury, at fc cents per day. For “ a ! 0Bt - SAMUEL K.HDMWOH'S; ' . , Offloo No. 28 West Main St., Carlisle. • Jan. 8,1887—6 m ; . XJORBB INSURANCE.— The under n signed takes this method of expressingJda thanks to the ‘‘Great Western Horse Insurance Company*' for the promptness wltii whlon they paid nlm the insurance on a horse b X The horse' died on the 6tb Inst,, and on the-19th ln a t.ra™rB| pcffi>r & Brotber^be.entorprlaln* Aironta of the Company, paid roe tbe amount oj »»KW . Insures against death, theft' or accident to Hot* ses* and I take pleasure in recommending It to the’pnbllo os a safe, sellable and promntCgmPJ ny.- Farmers and others wIU And it of vantage to insure their stock against deatby theft or accident, The office of the Agents is at the’old Stand of Geo. W. Hilton. ■ man April 16, . A. B. BWINfi. TTABTEQRD, LIVE STOCK XKSU RANOBOOMPAN Y. v ; (KJ ..,.pAPXTAXiS6OO,Op0 t Horses Insured agahist death irbm any cause, °^^rk^Vox f en, Cowp may be token afc-3to4per cent on two lhlrds their cash Vfdaoi' Losses promptly adjusted at the Office of the Car 7 Uala - K H DMRIC|b ®»ctol Amt* . Office No, 23 Weat Sign St., Carlllle. Mnrob M, 1887-ly ’ " ' ' ' ' • - * . ..- ... .-, ... .v ■.■••''' '"'• - ■*/. -: ■; * ” y '/ ’ - --* ' V• | ■’ -<fc- || -’■■•■ J|_ ■■■ , it #■ ftllllf ff .JMM . A'V lll'JV / & %* !» JP♦ ~. SSS^asi .■■; .-■ -y , V. -,' ',' ’ ; ■ % ■ J • ' apaclfled for publication, th«T r wiir t» odttUnood BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. • 3Rcal iEstate. ESTATE FOR SALEH W. J. SHEARER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND AGENT FOR THE SALE OF Cumberland Co. Real Estate, OFFERS THE. FOLLOWING VALUABLE REAL ESTATE,FOR SALE AT REASONABLE PRICES HTTHR BOROUGH OS' CARLISLE. No. 8. A Now and Well Built TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE, with Two-atory Back Building, oontolningln all Seven Pleasant Rooms, together with NEW FRAME STABLE, GARkIAQE -HOUSE and other out-baildlegs: situate on East side South Hanover Street. This Lot, on which there Is some very Choice Fruit; contains 42 feet in. front by 220 feet In depth. ' No. 4. MIX of the finest BUILDING LOTS In the Borongh, on South Hanover Street. N0.,6. The six most elevated BUILDING LOTS in the Borough, situated at the head of South St. No. 6. A 00 ACRE FARM In North Middleton township, IK miles from Carlisle. This farm has - but a TENANT HOUSE and STABLE, but It af« ftrds the-finest site for a Mansion House and' Bank Barn that we know In Cumberland 00.. No. 7. a tract op thirty-six acres, with small but comfortable BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, Frame Stable, Ac., and a young and thriving Orchard oi CHOICE FRUIT, sltoatp on the RalXroud, lu North Middleton twp., West, and within a mile of. the Borough of. Carlisle. This property os a HOMESTEAD and for general or Truck Farming, Is the most desirable tract of its size to: be found anywhere in the vicinity of Carlisle. The certain extension of the town West ward, partly consequent upon the improve ments made and contemplated by the Railroad Company in that direction,, drawing, as they necessarily will, nearly the whole trade of the town to that end, will very greatly enhance' the value of this land to tbo. future owner, for any purpose whatever, rendering It a safe and profit able Investment. Feb. 28,1888. &c- B. E W I.N (L, CABINET MAKER AND UNDERTAKER,- WEST MAIN STREET, CARLISLE, PENN’A. A Splntdid Assortment of NEW FURNITURE for the Holidays, comprising • Sofas, Gamp Stools, Lounges,. . Centre Tabled, Booking Chairs, Dining Tables, Easy Chairs, Card Tables, Reception Chairs, Ottoriaons, ' What-Nots, Ac., Ac., Parlor, Chamber, Dining Room, Kitchen F U R N I T.U R E*, of the Latest Styles. 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. < Deo. 43,1800-tf- CABINET WAR E HOG S;E TOWN AND COUNTRY. . and the public generally, that ho still continues the Undertaking business, and is ready upon cusumiftrs either by day or by night. Ready made Coffins kept constantly on hand., both plain and ornamental. He has constantly on hand Fisk's Patent MeUtUo . Burial Case, of which he has been appointed the sole agent. This cose is recommended as superior to any ofithe kind now In use/lt being perfectly air tight. ' He has also furnished himself with a new Rose wood FTBAnag and gentle horses, with which he will attend funerals in town and country, per sonally, without extra charge. - Among the greatest discoveries of the ago is Well's Spring MaUrass, 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 Beau reaus. Secretaries, Work-stands, Parlor Ware, Upholstered Chairs, Sofas, Pier, Side 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, andlali other articles usually manufactured in this fine of business, kept constantly on hand. • p|w workmen ore men of experience, his ma terial the best, and his work mode in the latest city style, and ail under his own supervision. It will be warranted and sold low for cosh. . i Ho invites all to give him acall before purchas ing else where. For the liberal patronage here toure 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 us acall. - • ' Remember the place, North Hanover street, nearly opposite the. Deposit Bonk, .Carlisle. DAVID oXPE. fIABIN'ET MAKING! v ifhe undersigned respectfully informs his old friends and patrons that be nos resumed the business of . CABINET MAKING, In all Its various branched, at hts old stand. Nos. 56 and B 7 South Hanover Street, two doors below the Second Presbyterian Church, where he is prepared to manufacture BUREAUS, SIDEBOARDS, , , ’tables, DINING TABLES, ' CHAIRS. HAT-RACKS, . .. WHAT-NOTS, CENTRE TABLES. SALOON TABLES. TEAPOY TABLES, WASH STANDS, BEDSTEADS. . BOOKCASES. 1 WARDROBES, Ac. and COTTAGE FURNITURE, 1 of every variety, Looking Glasses, • , Sofas," - Rooking Choirs, and Upholstered . ■ , and Cane Chairs, ‘ ’ of all kinds kept constantly on.hand. CANING, REPAIRING AND VARNISHING done onshort notice and at reasonable rates. 43-Countby Produce in Exchange, ! JOHN LISZMAN, Fob. 14, IBEfJ—Bm. , gOLIDAY AITD WEDDING PRESBNTSI ■A Fine Lot of AMERICAN, GOLD. SILVER, AND IMPORTED W A T O H p S , , A Splendid Assortment-of SOLID AND PJCiATED' SILVER WARE, • Gold fm. Gold Oiaint. AT REDUCED PRICES. We have a lot of second band work which Uoffered at. exoeetllßgly low raws. > -. ; ■' REPAIRING-AJSI);PAINTING done at short notice and on reasonable terms. : pn Boqtl- Pitt Street, peaply pppoflUo top MtUJHlon Huuso>. ... :A. B.*N.BHEtIK. CLOCKS ™.»™a*T VARICTY. " [ , J ftn,a.Uo7-ora ‘ . _ Fancy Goode, dw. Ftne Setts op KNIVES AND FORKS, GOLD .piNGS, QpiJD AITD BILVEB THIMBLES. Particular attention given to repairing •i. WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY, vV ‘ ' :; V . THOS. CONLYN.Afft No. ll West Main Bt., oppo«lt9'Marl‘onH«U.‘ .Deo,9o,lSW-4m. =MEE JotB.©ootJ». 186 T. SPRING! BAM GAINS y Now opening in DOMESTIC GOODS, DRESS GOOD , CASSIMEBEB, SATTINETTS AND J BANS, WHITE Q OOBS, DRESS TRfMMINGS. ZEPHYRS, RIBBONS AND NOTIONS RING’S NEW STORE, NO. 05 WEST MA IN STREET, Opposite the Mansion House, Next door to tlio p os t Ofllce, Carlisle, April 18, 1807. OUT DRY GOODS MEN I TO THE PUBLIC. I have Just returned from the East with my Spring Stock, and as usual. I am selling Goods a little 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 wish to resort to any other clap-trap to gall the public. All 1 ask of them Is to call and examine for themselves, and 11 not satisfied with the pri ces, not to buy. Remember the stand. No. 32 North Hanover street, next door to Dr. Kiofler’s, and Miller A Bowers’ Hardware stofo. . WM. A. MILES. P. S. I will say nothing about my third and fourth grand openings. April 18,1867... HOOP SKIRTS. 623. 628. NEW SPRING ST Y'L E-S . and Office u OUR OWN MAKE.” embracing every New and Desirable size, style aa<l Shape of Plain and Trail HoOp Skirls,—3, 2 1-4,2 K. 2 8-4,8 1-4,8 1-&3 8-4 and 4 Yds., round .every length and size Waist; in every respect Frrax Quality, and especially adapted to meet the wants of First Class-and most fashionable Trade. •' • “ Our Own Make,” of Hoop Skirts, are lighter, more elastic, more durable, and really 1 cnaper than any other make of either Single or Double Spring Skirt In the American Market. They are Warranted in every respect, and wherever Intro duced give universal satisfaction. They are now being extensively Sold by Retailers, and every Lady should try them.' Ask lor “Hopkln’s Own Make,” and see that each Skirt is Stamped” WiT HOPKINtS MANU FACTURER, 028 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-; ere. Orders by mall or otherwise, promptly and nr-i*-“r s «— l p -f a| l. rt ftrfp.n**- factory and Sales-rooms.. - No. 828 ARCH Street PHILADELPHIA. ’ Skirls mode to order, altered and repaired. Terms. Net Cosh. One Price Only WILLIAMO? 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, Monongahety Whiskey, Apple Whiskey, Pittsburg and, Common. Whiskey,' Old Sherry Wine, , ’ Old Madeira Wine, . Port Wine, Lisbon and Muscatel, Malaga and Claret, Cherry Brandy, - — *.' • ' c * - ■ - Raspberry Brandy, -■ Lavender Brandy, Rum Shrub, ’ Wine Bitters, DR. STO EYEB’S CELEBRATED STOMACH BITTERS Also a largo and superior stock of GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, AT WHOLESALE AND 1 RETAIL, embracing everything in that line of business. — Invoices of Fresh Goods constantly arriving. April 25, IW7--iy E. CORMJIAN., ■,.. DB, G. M. WOBTHINGXON, DR U.G STORE The subscribers ha vo opened anew DRUG AND OHEMIOAii STORE, * JS r o7 1 7, JEkut Main Street, .OarlUle,' - where they have just received a large andflresb supply of the very best 1 - ' ’' DRUGS AND MEDICINES to bo found In the City Markets; to whlob they invite the attention of the public. ’ , Also, a largo variety of I PERFUMERY AND FASfOY ARTICLES, Dye Stuffs find aU ifta various Bfljteni Medicines. All Drum aqd Medicines pare, jagg* Prescriptions carefully compounded. ' , COKNMAK <fc WORTHINGTON. April 25.1867 p AiR BX AQESI undersigned have how on band and ore a. large assortment of all kinds of ■ ) ■ T ■ •warranted of the beat material, and mannfac tured by the beat workmen, ail of ■Wm ch. Will bo aold ; • . . ,■ : T L. STEBNER’S: IN BEAB;SSiTSB JAIL',. . Havlng.fltted gpSte^e^^n^Caiga^ p£rtlk and; K> • -’> >•'. i. 1867. Tansey Bitters, AGENT FOE ' CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY' MAY 23,1867. tottical. PEEPING THROUGH TOE BLINDS. In place of books, op work, or play, Some ladles spend the livelong day In scanning every passer-by, . ' And many a wonder they descry I They And among the mdtloy crowd, . That some are gay, that some aro proud; That some are short and some are tall; They get their Information all, 1 By pooping through the blinds!- You walk the stioola, (a common pace), You catch the outline of a face; The faco seems strange, again you look, Doarslrt.sAsknowsyoulikoa.hookl ’ - She knows the color of your hair. The very style of clothes you Wear; She knows yoar business, I’ll be bound, ' And all your friends the country round, By peeping through the blindsl 4 . She knows thp Smiths aprosa tho way, And v?hat they dlno on every day; And thinks that Matilda Jane . . * Is growing very proud and vain I She knows tho Browns atrNumbor Four, Jnstopposito her very door; Folks quite os poor as they can be, For don’t they .sit and sew, while she Is ppe'plng through the blinds I Dear ladles, if you don’t succeed In gaining knowldlfee that you need, Then at the window toko your scat, And gaze into the busy street; ■» FuU soon you’ll resd your neighbors wel|, And ban their tastes and habits tell; And know their Easiness to d T, . Much bettor,than your own, you-sco, By pooping through the blinds 1 THE HATCH THAT 1 DID NOT HAKE. ‘Now,Dick, that'll never do. You are going- right straight to destructionj by the shortest out, and it la my duty os o friend, much more os a brother, to warn you.’ . ‘ Ah, Indeed I’ That was Dick, my brother, the hand*. Eomest, best-hearted fellow to be found iu the country. He looked at me, smiling ly, holding his cigar daintily between his middle fingers, so that the smoke curled lazily u'paround his handsome face. ‘ You think I'm going to destruction, eh, Jim?’ „ ■ i ‘ ‘took at these bills, Dick, aud then calculate how long it will take to run your property through, at the present fate you're traveling.’ And I pushed a pile of slips of paper across the table. ‘ what’s (he use?' I always hated bills. If they’d sum it all up, and give me the amount on a slip of paper, I should like It so much better than this horrible de tail—so much for this and so much for that; why, it's enough to drive a nervous man crazy.’ ‘ But If you had to earn the money, Dick-’ ' ‘ But I don’t, so we'll have no Ifs aboui it.’ , ' ‘ But you may have to.’ ‘ How ?’ ‘Why, Dick, If you go to the devil, or your property, rather, what then ? You are spending it os fast as you convenient ly can.now.’ ‘That-so? Why,'J thought I Was drawing it uncommonly mild. What’ll I do, Jim ?’ ‘Do ? Why, 11 ve within your Income.’ , ‘Well?’ ‘ Settle down.” ‘Ah 1 You wouldn’t recommend mat rimony?’ ‘ Certainly I do 1’ Now I couldn’t help blushing when I said that, for you see I’m a bachelor, of forty-live. I always feel, when advising young men to marry. Just as I did. during '{nerebellionrwnenlwaßTnuviaing’alT my friends to go to the war, but remain ed at home myself. ; ,i ‘ Were you ever in love, Jim ?’ . ‘Hove? Why—O no, of course not.’ And my thoughts went rambling off.iu search of a pretty damsel, whom, If I did not love, I greatly admired. Dick burst out laughing.; I “ I should say, from the woe-be-gone expression of your countenance, Jim*; tpat you have been disappointed.’ : I sighed. Thoughts of sweet Annie always cause a sigh, and sometimes a tear. ‘ No, Dick, upon mature deliberation, I don't think 1 ever loved-runless I Ido now,’ oxide. . Dick laughed again: Itis comical: to bear an old bachelor talk soft nonsense'; and my brother always laughs at me' when he finds lam.in themelting mopd, as he calls It. ' ; - ; “ You’re ‘so confounded serious, Jim,, one-would think It was a matter of life, and death. Fudge, I've been In lovO a dozen times* more or less.’- I I stared at Dick. That was quite be yond my comprehension. Fact is, the boy boa always puzzled me. ' You don’t mean'if, Dick?’ I cried.; . V Of _courae.-X-dm -WV, -if- you - doubt my word. I can give you the names, all iu black and white, mid tell you exactly how long the hallucination lasted, than hour, in each particular case.’ 1 Hallucination !’; ‘ Yes. Why, Jim, in this enlightened age, you are not so foolish as to believe that this passion, called love, is any more than a disorder of the brain, which all young people are liable to.’ ‘Disorder of the brain 1' : ‘ Yes, of course. What do you repeat my words for ?’ - ‘ Tli% puzzle me.’ Dick smoked for some time in silence. I burled my face in my bands and tried to think. Was Dick right? Ps'-awl a boy of twenty teaching a man of forty live 1 What a deuced nandsome fellow. I was watohingJhim through my fingers. I could not help loving him; for. he was my only remaining brother, and I had been both father and brother to him since our own father died—now,- nearly , ten years ago. We were the last of a large family. I don’t know that we had a sin gle. relative living. For the : last five years, we had hoarded here with, Mrs. Brown. >We had the two front cham bers,, and-were allowed quite as much liberty as though in our own house. ; .• Hallucination,' ! muttered. . !Ha! ha! ha I haven’t you digested that yet V- broke In Dick. 1 ; Disorder of the brain I’ ■ Nothlng else, old fel, I assure you, on my honor. But you'll not believe.’ *.ls marriage a—a—or the desire to mar-, ry;. a'disorder” ■ : • Dick ‘ looked ■ exceedingly wise.' He twirled bis moustache for a minute, be fore he spoke;; 1 j... :’ ! ‘I opine, not. Ahem, I think that matrllnOhy ,p sad reality.' ; A newly-married man may labor under a haliuolnatlop for a short time, but Itnev er lasts oyer three months. I think' tljat ‘marriage Is honorable’—here Dlc(t looked: very grave— 1 It baa always been a'source of gratification to me Ip think that our mOtjVer was:. married. I, thlnlp I, shall miirry ; ’ ~ 1 A.h, I’m glad to hear It.’ : i . ‘Do you know,why. matrimony is like a snifter of . whiskey taken; In thp-morn-' 'lngyt ; 1 ,I,' . ’ What; Is It a conundrum . ' ‘■Yes.’ i,- h■ 1 Well; I'll give it up.' . . ‘ Because It’s an 1 eye-opener.’ ’ ■ t Hal haf Yes;. both,.parties ■ .wake sometimes,b . ■ r . f There’s the dinner-bell. I.say,Jlm,' I’m .going over to Minton after dinner; oa'qTddanything fpr you?’ i ~, V.No,.thank youvb , ■: ■■■ I was; going* myself. ■ Annie lived in Mlnton. iWe called it two' miles around by the road, hut only across lots, and through,tbe woods., The :path came but Justin the reanof .the. Widow Toutl gal’e .house, and'ip,going to see Annie '(her daughter) I generally took the.path, and In-flne days Annie, came but to meet, I‘mQ. 'j : . •> i j.‘>; : !, *.■ - Dick, took .the ihorso-after dinner and ,started for Minton. 'He.dtdnitknfiW that I intended to w?. . Fact Is, I was, rather ashamed to letDlok know what I was up to. He thought It queer.that I should advise any one to marry—what would he have said bad he known that I thought o£ taking the advice to myself I It was a warm, drowsy afternoon In the mouth of June. Istrolied offdown though the meadows, after Dick bod left. Farm er Bqbson had commenced his haying. It was rather early to be sure, hut he always cut two crops from the Blgly meadow. I am fond of baying—that is, I like to see it going bn. It’s pleasant sport to watch the work\ lying comfortably stretched in the shadevof an oak or an dm—a white birch is belter than nothing. The occa sional bird note, the fragrance of the hay* and the drottay hum of the insects, danc ing upon nothing, gives me a feeling of mild rapture,- In fact, I/draw almost everytting mild. It’s a habit I’ve got. I was trying totnitiato Dick into the same habit, particularly on account of his prop erty. You see We both had the same amount of money left us upon the death of : my father.' It was well invested, and the Interest,was quite sufficient to sup port a small family, in what would bo called, in Minton, good style, Btlil, you see, there was not a great deal to spare.— It supported me, however,-handsomely,; while poor Dick felt it necessary to draw on the principal. 1 I was thinking about Diok as I walked along toward Minton. l lf be could only marry some smart sensible, young Indy like my Annie, what a help spe would be to hlm,’ I said. ‘lt would bo money in Dick’s pocket. Now, if I could think of some such a one, that be .would like, some pretty, agreeable little creature — like my Annie, for instance —I'd endeav or to make the match I’ I had reached the edge of the woods, and throwing myself iu the shade qf a tall pine tree, I laid my hat beside me, and brought all the young ladies iu re view before my mind’s eye. ‘Miss Minnegan, why, there’s some property—a few thousand.' But then she’s dumpy,- and twenty-seven—slie’ll never do., Bell Puggerty is pretty, ,but what a temper! Don’t I remember the time when she clutched her fingers in my hair?’ .1 groaned audibly. I had paid some attention to her once. ’ She’s twenty-five. Miss Molly Figglns, ugly ns sin, never’ll do. Jennie Highly, pret ty genteel,sensible,butO! what a breath! ‘ The breeze that blows through orange groves,’ etc. No, she'll never do.’ ■, In this nineteenth century every one knows the necessity of good air._ ‘Mias Flora Dumpling, flue young lady, rather pretty, except that one eye is always gazing in tently upon the bridge of her nose Then she’s got bad' teeth, and would have to get a new set the day after marriage.— Miss Hodman, handsome and strog-miutl ed. She’s exceedingly independent, also very frank and out-spoken—She called me_an old fool once, but I like her. By- George! why didn’t I think of her be fore? She’s just the woman for Dick—if he could only see it. But lie wont —boyg never will see what is the best for them..’ I got up and walked on then. Part of this affair was settled. I had selected the woman that I thought Dick ought to mar ry, and nothing remained now butl to make him think so. Perhaps he pd mireddier already. I wondered It was from that to love, or, what Dick called a disorder of the brain. ’Twos only a short distance through the woods. The path came out within four rods of Mrs. Pootigal’s back -door which opened on the veranda. It was a pretty little cottage, painted white, with green blinds and white chimneys tipped witli black—a sort of half-mourning cos tume. The veranda fronted the east, so you see It was cool and shady iu the long summer afternoons. Perhaps it was all on account of this veranda that I found ply calls at the cot tage so very pleasant. It is qulteas Ulte "iy, tiionglr, 'tttnttflnnCCrmrClDn lay ill the widow or her daughter (strange as it may seem, at one time, I found it difficult to say which).- Between the widow, w,ho was culled In the village, Mrs. Julia, and her daughter, Miss Annie, there was a verystrongresemblance. One was thirty six, and the other seventeen, and yet it was bard to say which was the most beau tiful. In the evening they were often taken for sisters. However, youth con quered; I found myself In love with Miss Annie. As Dick-would have expressed it, for three weeks I had been troubled with a disorder of the brain. Now this particular afternoon I inten ded to give the ladies to understand, my designs, in a delicate sort of a way; you know. Perhaps I would ask Miss Annie to ride out with me upon the following day. Yes, X would. You perceive how necessary it was that something of this kind should be done? Here I was visit ing two ladies, who resided together, as often as three times a week; Of couite, they felt that! came to see one of them. It was a duty that I owed to myself, to the widow and her daughter, also, to come, to an understanding upou this all-important question os soon os possible. Just os X expected, the ladies were put upon tile veranda whep, I arrived. The widow was engaged upon'some fine' sew-, ingj and the daughter was reading the lost new novel aloud to her mother. ■ ‘ Why, how do you do, Mr. Jones?’ That was the daughter. X never liked the name of Jones, but how sweetly it sounded upon'her lips! If she would only learn to call me Jeems or some pet name 1 ‘ What a stranger you are, Mr. Jones!’ That was the widow.. She had a sweet voice, too. I thought she was quizzing me, for I was there only the day but one before. I told her so. ‘ Can it be possible! Why, it seems an age.’ The wldovy said that. Her daugh ter only smiled; but it was the sweetest smile—like liquid sunshine condensed, and double refined. I 1 took a seat upon a low ottoman at the feet of Annie,- asking her at the sa)no time to continue her reading, and she did so. ■l' listened entranced. Let me see, I’ve forgotten the title of tile story now. Perhaps it was a volume of poems. Well, we won’t mind that, as it has nothing; to do with my story. I don’t. read novels, — All on account of my being a musty old bachelor, X suppose. But as I said, X was entranced, .but only with-tho-'reader..- I wish I could describe her to you, but Eshaw! Just imagine the most perfectly eautlful woman that you can oonoejve of, tall, well formed, with dark hair and eyes, and you may have a faint idea of (he beauty of Annie Poetical. At lost she closed her book. ‘l've read enough for this afternoon.’ 1 Miss Annie,’ I-began, ‘l’m going to Kaulelgh to-morrow afternoon. If it is as pleasant as to-day; perhaps you woqld like to go?’ Mother and daughter glanced hastily, at each other* ‘Coming, to an understanding,’ thought The widow blushed and the daughter turned pale. ■ 1 ‘Why, ye-s, yes, I shall be pleased to go,, thank you—lf It Is fair,’ Annie an swered, i 1 O, It will be. I’m sure. -The wind is west,’ I-replied, .delighted with mysplf, with Annie, her mother audevery one else. 1 don't know that I ever did feel quite so elated. I arose to my feet. I’ve wandered ever since, why I didn’t out a pigeon: wing, right there and.then, 1 felt so eldted. ■ ! The ebadows were growing long on the grassy plat that rolled back from the ye randa. p The bright glare of the sun was turning to niore rosy hues, and I be thought myself that It was time tha( I was on my way home; and so bidding the ladies adieu I strolled leisurely down through the woodland path toward home. Happy as I was X.oould not keep my mind from poor Dick. Perhaps It was be cause I was In such good luck that I pit led him the more. r Dlok must be mar ried,’said I, ‘ and that aeon, too.’ i l hoped to find him at home, but I was mistaken; he bad not returned from Min ton'. That'was not very strange, for he was often away fortvvbor three days (o-. getber. ' Moreover, I determined to wftlt .patientlyluntll-his return, but not to al low one moment more to go by without speaking to him upon this all-important subject. It was ten o’clock that night when he arrived. I beard his step on Che stair. I thought how Dick and Miss Rodman— soon to be Mrs. Dick —would tlmiik me Tor this night’s work. Bah I Republics are not one half so ungrateful as husbands and wives are to those disinterested match-makers who labored so zealously to bring them together. Dick seemed to be out of temper, to Judge from bis face, when he entered the room. I was half a mind to say nothing upon the subject until ho should bo in better humor. I passed him a cigar. ‘Thankee.’ 1 What’s the matter, Dick?’ ‘ Nothing.’ It was a regular growl. ‘l’ve been thinking of you all the af ternoon. I’ve some very important sug gestions to make.’ ‘Umphi’ ‘You remember what we were speaking of this morning?’ 1 Reducing expenses, eh?’ , , ‘ Yes, and matrimony.’ ‘ Faugh I’ ‘l’ve picked out a wife for you, Dick.’ How his face brightened. ■ ‘That’s it, eh? Why, I wondered what ‘Yes, yes; it’s all right, tny boy. Sho’li have you, I know, and she'll make an ex cellent wife. I mean Miss Clara Bod man.’ ‘ The deuce!’ Dick began to grow black in the face. He threw nla cigar out of the window and sprang to his feet. ' , ‘ What do you mean, Dick?’ ‘ By George, old fellow, we've had hum bug enough. I’m going to have square work now, I tell you. X just wantyou to understand that I’m engaged! D’ye mind?' 1 Engaged I Whom to!' ‘ The Widow Pootigal’s daughter An nlel’ • ‘ By Jove!' ‘That ain’t all. You’ve been humbug ging Annie’s mother about long enough. Just make up your mind quick, what you mean', and let us have a fair understand ing. But there’s one thing more, you old rascal’—hero Dick placed his fist very near my countenance—‘if I hear of your going down to Miuton again to ask An nie to ride out with you, I’ll’—here he signified that my neck would be wrung. ‘Why—why, Dick, whatdoyou mean?’ ‘O, brother! don’t say anything mure, you old sinner. I should think you’d be ashamed of yourself—an old sardiue like you, trying to court agirl seventeen years old! ‘Dick!’ ‘No, not another word. Juatsay you’ll marry the widow, or by George! I don’t want to hear another word from your mouth. Au old rut like you; trying to come your gum-games over two unpro tected and unsuspecting females—l blush for you!’ And with that, Dick turned and .left the room, leaving mo perfectly bewildered. I took a solemn vow that night never to. attempt to make a match for “buy one except myself, and I think I shall keep that vow. I haven't seen Dick since, though I understand his weddiug is ex pected to take place next .week. As ; for myself, after mature deliberation, 1 have concluded that the passion known as love is merely a disorder of the brain, conse quently, I don’t see how I can do better than to marry the widow. ■ A Queer Courtship.—,Tho period of courtship is not always a time of romance aud affection as may be supposed. If the wooer-is a romantic sortof a chap and the wooed a sentimental damsel, then In such .acase.thereare-many hours of ecatucy aud bliss enjoyed by two loving hearts. But it takes ail kinds of people to make up the world, aud it is uot to besupposed that ev eryone who indulges in the bliss of court ing is disposed to look upon love making as a period of sentimental enjoyment. No, not much. An Illustration uf this fact oc curred which we cannot forbear relating. In a small country town in Hartford county a widower who bad acted the part of brute and tyrant to his wife, wentshortr ly after the demise of his dpouso to pay his respects to a.buxom widow, who, like her suitor, had not the best reputation for sauvity of manners and meekuessof tem per. The following colloquy ensued: “Well, madam, lam come to nee you.” “ Well, you may-Just clear out again, for I’ll have nothing to do with you,— You needn't think to get me. You abus ed and whipped your first wife —and I know what kind of a fellow you are, — You cau bet high on that.” “ Yes, .I did, and if I had you, I'd make you toe the mark. I’d give you a d——d good thrashing every time.you needed it, and I wouldn't lep, you vote if every wo man in town ran to the polls with ballot in hand.” Strange as it may appear, this very lov ing and romantic couple were united in the “ holy bauds of padlock” three days afterwards. , " Was ever woman In this humor, wooed ? Woe ever woman In this humor won 'l'' We think not. —Hartford Post, An Anecdote Worth Preserving.— A Paris correspoudentguarantees the fol lowing: A Frenchman, a prisoner in Edinburg, having managed to escape, took refuge in the powder magazine. When the authori ties Wished to seize him, they found him sitting on a barrel with a lighted match, and threatening to blow up the town. — The authorities reflected prudently, and the result.of their deliberations was that it would be better to starve the French man out. But they reckoned without their prisoner, who loved good cheer, and was determined to live well. In consequence he called out that he would blow the town to pieces if ho did notget three meals a day; he would write but the, bill of fare: Sawney-succumbed, and the demands of the prisoner went on increasing. Some times he had a serenade'under the win dow : then a review of the.garrison, after wards a sham fight, in which the troops representing the French army beat: the Highlanders: At last he exacted that every Sabbath morning, before.breakfast, the Lord Provost, In full uniform, should make his appearance and read him an ad dress. This lasted untill the allies enter ed Paris. Spicy.—There was a knot of sea oapn tains in a.storeat Honolulu, the keeperof which had Just bought a barrel of black' pepper. Old-Captain— ~.of Salem, came in,and seeing the pepper, took up a handful of It. “What do you buy>such stuff os that for?’’ said he to the storekeeper; “it’s half peas.” ' “Peas!’’ replied the storekeeper; “there Isn't a pea in it.” Taking up a handful ah ho spoke, he appealed to the company. They all look ed at it, and plunged their hands into the barrel, and bit ft kernel or so, and then gave it as their universal opinion, that there wasn’t a pea in It., ' “I tell you there Is,” said theold captain, again scooping up a handful; “and I’ll bet a dollar on It.” The old Boston argument all over the world.* They took him up. ■ Well,” said .he, “spell that,” point- Ing'to the word “ P-e-p-p-e-r,” painted ou the side of the barrel. “If it Isn’t half p’s then I’m no judge, that’s all.” The bet was paid.- taJ'Tltcie.are two young Japanese in a sohoul atProviucetown, New Jersey, who came from the province of Htgo, near Na gasaki. The six who were studying "at Munson, Massachusetts, came from the province Of Satusma, which has been the most advanced part of Japan ever since Father Xuvler’sday. There is one at An dover, Massachusetts, from Yeddoj one en route to outer Vale College, via. Cali fornia, and; there are'.slx tu Now York who were sent fb study naval architecture and gunnery in behalf of a future Japa nese steam navy. VOL. 53.—N0. 49. A SXHANOE SIOBT. One of the most extraordinary stories of married life we ever heard of has Just been made public. The incidents are -more improbable than a novelist or dra matist, with a strict regard for bis repu tation,-would dare to use. The story, as it originally appeared, was that a Mr. Wight had married a Miss Chamberlain, having just obtained a divorce front his first wife on the sole evidence of bis sec ond. The first wife then acted as brides maid at Miss Chamberlain's marriage, standing there, as we ore told, “like a living corpse."' The “curse and blight of the. Almighty” were invoked by the agonized reporter upon tho newly mar ried couple. These are not pleasant tilings to bear, and Mr. .Wight has come forward witli a long statement, in which the assertions of the reporter are contradicted, but a nar rative in every way more strange and re marable is substituted for them. The husband tells his own story, and it far transcends the wildiat dreams of Depoe or Sue* In 1864 Mr. Wight returned, to this country from Europe in order to mar ry a lady to whom he was engaged. . He came sooner than be intended, because the lady’s parents and ail her family-bail died, and left her unprotected. She was twenty-three years old* and afflicted with a nervous disease which her mother de scribed as hysteria. The pair went to England, and whllent Keswick one night, a month after their marriage, the hus band was horrified to see his wife fall at his feet in a fit.of epilepsy. She had Sev enteen fits before the morning. Shocked at the discovery that bis wife was afflict-, ed with this most awful disease, knowing; that it was incflrabie, and despairing of escape from bis terrible position, he that night, asshe states, “ adopted her os his child.” From that time to this he has nursed her and taken care of her, but he has nev er resumed the relationship of their mar riagh tie. He calls her in his narrative, “ his patient”, and “ his ward,” Once, when she thought he proposed to treat her as his wife, she was rendered “ ex tremely unhappy,” Her disease, grew worse—the very servants and nurses fled from the house In horror. Six years ago Miss Chamberlain came as nurse, and as Mr. Wight says, his “patient” herself proposed that he should marry this lady. “She,” (the first wife) “had come to! re gard it religiously wrong to think of ful nllfng the relations of wife in her condi tion.” She pressed him to marry. Miss Chamberlain.. Let us imagine what she must have suffered ere she could bring "herself to this.- They tried to get a 1 di vorce in Indiana, but failed, for reasons which Mr. Wight, a little inconsistently, declines to mention.'. At last, they suc ceeded—for the wife helped—ana Chamberlain was the solitary witness; on« whose evidence the compact was dissolv ed. Of what nature that evidence was, we are not informed. The divorced wife was present at the marriage ceremony, and she is to live with the couple for the future. Was there ever such a story? One scarcely knows which to pity most, the man chained to a scarcely living woman for thirteen years, appalled.night and day by the terrible visitations to which she was subject, or the woman doomed; to witness the misery which she had caused, loss of his affections and his marriage with another, and to bear in addition lue remorse which herown deception andsin must necessarily occasion her,. Verily, the tragedies of real life are more ghostly than those which the imagination con jures up,— Times. FAUMEB’S WIVES. .. The reading of essays by the ladies is one of the exercises which give life and interest in 'the meeting of Springfield ( yt.) Former’s Club. From one of the essays by Mrs. Daniel Bice, published in the Vermont Farmer , we copy the following paragraphs. “Did you ever think of the amount of thought requisite to plan three meals a day for three buudred and sixty-five days in succession? To prepare enough and not too much, and for those living at a distance , from the village 1o remember that the stock of flour, sugar, tea, etc., eto„ is replenished in due time? 'D» you ever think of the multitude of her cares and duties? She must rise early to prepare breakfast or oversee it. Perhaps there are children to wash, dress and feed, or to get ready for schools with their dinners. t .There la baking, sweeping, dusting, mi^k- 1 ing beds, lunch for the men, may dlnner and supper to be made ready, at the proper time—the washing, starching, folding and ironing of clothes —the. care of milk, including the making of butter and cheese—and the inevitable washingof dishes. In autumn there is additional work of picking, preserving, canning of fruit, drying apples, boiling cider, mak ing apples sauce, with still more unpleas ant tasK which falls her lot at butchering time. Then there is haying, harvesting, sheep-shearing, etc., when more help is needed, bringing'an increase of her'la bors. Twice a year comes house cleaning. By the way, of all the foes a housekeeper has to contend wjtb, dirt is the greatest. She . may gain a complete victory. ;ahd repose upon her laurels after her semi-annual engagements—but it is only temporary. The enemy soon returns, and even daiiy.skirmlsbing does not keep it at bay. “There is the mending too. Sewing machines'are a great blessing, but they can’t set in a patch or dam theetocklrgs. I uo not mention these things by of complaining of woman’s lot in gener al, or aking for her any rights which she does not possess. • I don’t know as there is any remedy in the present state of (he world. It seems to be oneof the evils of life which must be born as we biear other ills—but what Ido ask Is a.due apprecia tion'of the' important part that woman acts, and a concession ihkt her labors, mental and physical are..jjs great, all things considered, as those of the, other sex. Woman are not so childish that a little sympathy now and then or- ac knoidgemeut of their sacrifices make them imagine their case worse than it is. I tell you, men and husbands, “ It dpeth good like a medicine,” and many a poor, crushed, broken-down wife and mother is dying for want of it.’’ Dead Beats.—No man ever jumps az fur nz he can but once. If the wiokedreally stand on slippery places, the beat thing tnerightyus kan;do Iz to keep .oph.from the Ice. ' ‘1 Position Iz everything:” position qf a comma, for instance. “ Thare Iz a divin ity that shapes our ends, rough hew them az we will.” i If I was called upon to say ho w I iho’t the devil looked and asked, I should ko(n pare him to the man who sells rum by the glass and never drinks enny himself. Wits are like hornets—they have hut few intimates. * Thiers are remarkable for their taking ways : Bagham for their light “ weighs;” Dairymaids for their sweet “ wheys' Boston for her “byways;" Courting—home on a furlough. I maid up mi mind, more than six mouths ago, that this world wa'u’£> raado for phools; and.when 1 see a man deter mined tew go to the devil, 1 generally Jet him went. .1 ■ .! . I kqnslder marrying for money no bet ter than stealing It. Sharp.— The pastauramer, a lady.mod estly attired, wasou her way to New Yoflt, on board of one of the Hudson river boats: when a fashionably dressed dame, mis taking her for a servant,.rather rudly ae-' costed hey with— : “ Do you know thlscabin is for the la dles ?" ■ , : ; “Certainly I do,” was,the answer, and I have been wondering for- some time why you were here." ' . i ■ SSf Judge -Cady, was strongly “ Anti-woman's rights,' used tO;address his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth CndyStan ton, as " My Dear Sir.” _ until orderodoat and - OABDB, Haotbuxb, cnictmißttina rrerj rth erdeuoriptionofJoß.and Card Printing exeou~ ted lu tbe neatest stylo, at low prloefc • the STonT or iiieitiAD.' Thestory of- the Iliad Is very simple,— It begins with the quarrel of Agamemnon mid Achillea about a captive girl, in the ninth year of the war. Achilles in auger withdraws from the Grecian camp. A series of battles' foliow,, in which the Greeks deprived lof their swift-footed champion, suffered defeat and, slaughter. Then the secondary heroes press forward, and become the leadihg; figures in the martial picture.' 11l separate chapts, the valiant deeds of Diomedes, Ajax, Mene laus and Agamemnon,' are commemora ted. But the Trojans, led ma by th'e creat ed Hector, drive the Greeks dowh' to the very ramparts of the ships. One By one the heroes are wounded and. disabled; and the prospect of disastrous overthrow stares them in the face.' . Agamemndb, at length, convinced of his fatal error, and anxious to recall the atigrwhoro; sends an embassy with (, he offer err ample repara tion. . . - * The proposal is haughtily rcTeoted. The war again proceeds with varying fortune. The Greeks are driven within theft; walls, and the Trojans, led by Hector,- threaten to Are the ships. The battle l wavers J Hector is wounded and the Trojans are driven back. Aohllles at length consents that.Patroclus, bis brothef-ln-arms, -hall put on bis armor aud.go_fortb.td battle. — The appearance of this champion,’ clad in the complete steel of the-son of Thetis, at Brst strikes terror Into tbe hosts of Troy and gives heart to the Argives. Sat he is slain and spoiled of his arms, by Hec tor, and fierce combats tor the i possession of the bodyrfellow. The Greeks prevail and bear the slain hero back tofhe camp. Achilles, overwhelmed with sorrow, aban dons himself to unrestrained lamentation. This calls bis mother up from the sea.— She finds him prostrate with grief, yet eager to exact a bloody' vengeance-from Hector and the Trojans; Hector has the armor. She goes to the smithy of Hepha istos, who readily forges a Hew shield of divine workmanship, a breastplate bright er than the blaze of lire, astroug wrought helmet wltbobt, with a golden crest and metal greaves Aohllles receives the arms, becomes re coucib d with Agamemnon,, who sends him I precious gifts and restores the Bri eels. After lnmeuting over the dead Pa troclus, he mounts the car and rushes to the field, careless of life and iongingonly .for vengeance. And now the war comes to ils terrible turning point. 1 The Trojan and Grecian .champions: are arrayed in deadly strife,, and' the divided deities share, according to .their, likings in the battle. As the action approaches a close, the description rises ,iu grandeur.. At lengtli both armies are withdrawn from the field, and Achilles and Hector alone remain. A single combat follows and Hector fails. Achilles insults, the body of his foe, lasi .of him to bis car UUd drags him down to his tent; in the aighcof Pri am and the Trojans, ■ who - gaze heart stricken from the walts-upon the dreadful spectacle. ... The Greeks returning to"the camp, fu neral games are performed in honor of Patroolus, and ’twelve Trojan youths are slaughtered to appease bis shade. Thus .twelve days are consumed. Pijanr re solves to visit the hostile camp and to Im plore of Achilles the restoration of bis dead son.: An auspicious omen inspires him With the hope. He:departs, taking , with him costly gllts'by which ho thinks to'apperse his vindictive enemy. He is metjby Hermes, in the form-of a young man, who. guides him':to ; the, tent of Achilles. The, Grecian hero, astonished at his sudden appearance, gives him a hospitable reception, and, overcome by pity-fof bis unequalled woes, consents to surrender the body of Hector. . It is borne -back to the city; the inhabitants receive it with load lamentations; funeral rites are performed, and so the poem closes. AN Attempt to Bob the State of $800,00(1! —When will the unfathomable rascality of the late Legislature be sound ed to Its lowest depths? ■ The Pittsburg Gazette, the'principal Radical daily in Western Pennsylvania, says that an at tempt was made, in that body, to rob the Sinking Fund of sBoo,ooo,’’ and the same paper, adds, for preventing this, the people' seem to be indebted tt> Sena tor Wallace! Chairman of the Democrat ic State Committee.” ; What moire la wanted to damn to evorlastrag infamy the men who controlled the Legislature? By the admission of their.own partisans, those men were robbers of tbs treasury and their thieving was prevented only by the vigilance of the Democrats. Will the people return such men as their'represen tatives? That’s’the question. l —Bedford Gazette'. ' ' - The Abolition op Slavery in Bra zil.—A cable dispatch to the (New York Herald from Bio Janeiro, by way of Lon don, announces that slavery nos been abolished in the empire of Brazil by an imperial decree of Don Pedro 11. ,Thede cree provides that all children bom with in the limits of the empire after the Bth day of April last shall be - absolutely free, by birth| and that fn a-period of twenty years thereafter slavery and in voluntarily servUdde .shall forever cease. In 1856, Braziriiad a ’population of : 7,077,800, or which it was estimated that 3,000,000 were wbUes, 1,121,00tf mixed free people,-800,- civilized Indians,, 600,000 , mixed'slave population, and 2,000,000 blacks, «r Afri can slaves. ' How Russian Sables are Caught.— Provided, with a pitcher of'water, the hun ter stations-himself in atreeoverthe hole leading to the habitation of the animal, and when the latter comes out, and stands -looking about the hunter pours'some wa tor on the creature’s tall,- which, almost instantly becomes frozen to the ground. The hunter then descends, and with his knife slashes the sable’s face.' The fright ened animal struggles'to getaway ami finally escapes through the opening made in its countenance by the hunter’s knife, leaving its skin in the possession of the hnnter while it-returns to its hole to await the growth, of a new skin.—J/hs chausen’s Narrative if.. , “ Mb. BMiTB, you once officiated in a pulpit; did you uieatr that you preach - “ No, sir, I held the light for the man. what did." ... , ( v “Ah, the court understood you differ ent, they supposed that the. discourse came from you.” " “No, sir, I only throwed a light on it.” “No levity, Mr. Smith, tlrler wipe your, nose, ana call the next'witness.” - Splendid Times Ahead.—ty hat glori ous ..imes we shall. have wlien a-full equality of the races is .established I when the radical tnilliehlum shall have reached its full meridian, and ■ “Aimdgiunatlon shall extend from pole to pole." Beautiful young-lady ,ln street car, sand-witohed between two very lusty American citlzeus.df African descent—a diamond set In' ebony; Black mother and tv bite father, with einahogany-color ed picaulnnles. Isnlt it.pleasant to con template? aSST The medical uuthorltlea'of the' Au burn State jprlson, being tender of. heart, have declared tbe.child.murderer,'.Linds ley to be of unsound mind in consequence of spinal disease of many years’ standing. The effect)', of. this decision was to cause the prisoner to be placed at an avocation ,that will.not be laborious. , ESr A" woman In Elgin, Canada Bast, a few nights since hearda dbg barking fu riously at the door. ■ BhofoUowed theani mal about a quarter of a njila through the ;snow, and found .her father dying from exhaustion aud exposure.' Tire dog would scarcely'allow duybheto approach the .corpse. >; following question Is now be fore the Bund Luke Lebating Society;— " Which do’ wbrneuTovo the bcat?—to be , huggadlaapgikdofiqtMHzedlaaslslgh?”
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