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llje 'American "boluntecr.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
BT .
BRATTON Sc KENNEDY.
OFFICE-JOBTH MABKEI SaCAfiE.
Terms Two Dollars por year if paid strictly
In advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid
within three months; after which Three Dollars
will he charged. These terms will bo rigidly ad
hered to In every Instance. No subscription dis
continued until all arrearages ore paid', unless at
the option of the Editor,
ifrofcaafonal dartre.
f M WEAKLEY, Attorney at Law.
tf s Office on South Hanover'street. In the room
formerly ooqnploti by a. B. Sharpe. Esa
■pp E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney
P , AND CoDKSELon AT Law, Carlisle, Penna,
nalco on South Hanover street, opposite Lentz’s
store. By special arrangement with the Patent
Office, attends to scouring Patent Rights,
Deo. 1,1865. *
butler,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
UNITED STATES CLAIM AGENT,
CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND CO. PA.
Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay, &c., promptly
collected.
Applications by mail will receive duo attention,
and the proper blanks and Instructions forward
ed.
In all letters of Inquiry, please enclose postage
ut«mp. '
Marche, 1807—tf
CHAS. E. MAGLATJGHUN, Attor
ney at Law. Office In Building formerly
occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han
non’s Hotel.
Deo. 1,1865.
aM. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney
, at Law and Real Estate Agent. Sbephords
lown, West Virginia. Prompt attention given to
all business in Joflbrson county and the Counties
adjoining it.
.. Fel?. IkiBBS-rlg.
TOHN. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at
m Law. Office formerly occupied by Judge
Graham, South Hanover street. Carlisle, Penna.
Deo. 1,1805— ly.
MG. HERMAN, Attorney at Law.
« Office in Rhoem’s Hall Buildlngi In the
rear of the Court House, next door .to the “Her
ald" Office. Carlisle, Penna.
Deo. 1, isto.
WM-. J. SHEARER, Attorney &o.
at LAW, Carlisle. Pa, Office near Court
House, South side of Publio Square, In *' Inhofl’s
Corner." second floor. Entrance, Hanover Street.
43** Practicing in ail the Courtsthis Judicial
District, prompt attention will be given to all
business in tbe Counties of Perry and Juniata, as
well os of Cumberland.
May 21,1800—ly*.
\T T F. SADLER, Attorney at Law,
V Y # Carlisle, Penna. Office in Building for
merly occupied by Volunteer, South Hanover
street.’ \
Deo, 1, 1805. j*r"
WJ KENNEDY Attorney at Law,
VV • Carlisle, Penna, Office same as thatot
the "American volunteer," South side of the Pub
lio Square.
Dec. 1 1805.
JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law,
North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.,
Fob. 16,1800—1 y.
TAMES A." DUNBAR, Attorney at
Deo. J, 1805.
iPWU. J* R« BIXLBR offers his profes-
I / sional services'to the citizens of Carlisle and
V Offlce y *on Main street, opposite thojail, In the
room lately occupied by L. Todd, Esq.
April H, 1807—ly '
S NEWTON SHORT} D. t Physi
, man and Surgeon, MeohanlcsbuTg, Pa.—
nlfful lor past favors, would most respectful
ly inform his friends and the public generally,
that be is still practicing Medicine ana Surgery
In all their branches.' 1 Special attention given to
tbe treatment of diseases of the Eye and Ear, and
all other ohronlo affections.
Office In Wilson’s Building, Main St., up stairs.
Nov. 29,1800.
BR. GEORGE S. : BEARIGHT, Den
tist. From the J Baltimore College of Dentaj
erg. Office at the" rfcSfdence of his mother,
East Louther Street, throe doora below Bedford,
Carlisle, Penna.
• Deo. 1,1806.
BkENTISTRY— Dr.W.B. Shoemaker—
f Practical Dentist, Nowviile, Pennsylvania,
oo in Miller's Building.
Feb. 22,1800.—ly.
TYAVID F. MILLER,
■SURVEYOR AND DRAFTSMAN
MOUNT ROOK, CUMBERLAND CO., PA
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CABINET MAKING,
in. oH'ltd Beau*
reaus. Secretaries, Work-stands, Parlor Ware,
Upholstered Chairs, Sofas, Pier, Side and Centro
Tables, Dining and Breakfast Tables, Wash
stands of all kinds, ITrench 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, kepi constantly on hand. 4
His workmen are men of experience, his ma
terial the best, and his work mode in the latest
city style, and all under his own supervision. It
win be warranted and sold low for cash.
He invites all to give him a call before purchas
ing elsewhere. For the liberal patronage here
toflre extended to him he feels indebted, to his
numerous customers, add assures them that no
efforts will be spared in future to please them In
style and price. Give us a call.
Remember the place, North Hanover street,
nearly opposite the Deposit Bank, Carlisle,
DAVID SIPE.
DOM EST I C/GO ODS , I 1
30rg ©actus. /
186 T. Bi,RING! y!867.
BARG A IlfS
Now opening it
DRESS GOODS,
OASSIMERES, SA.TSINETTS AND JEANS,
whitHe gooes,
DRESS'TRIMMINGS,
ZEPHYRS,
HIBjOm AND NOTIONS
RING’S NEW STORE,
NO. 55 TViSSr MAIN STREET,
OppoUtolUe Mansion House.
Next door to tlio Post Office, Carlisle.
April 18,18C7.
£OOK OUT DRY GOODS MEN I
TO THE PUBLIC.
I havo just returned from the East -with my
Spring Stock, and os usual. lam selling Goods a
little cheaper than any other Dry Gqoda.House
in town. Ido not think it necessary to occupy a
column ofnewspaper to endeavor to keep np my
reputation tor selling Cheap ao i
wish to resort to any other clap-trap to gull the
public. All X ask of them Is to call and examine
for themselves, and it not satisfied with the pri
ces, not to buy. Remember the stand. No. 32
North Hanover street, next door to Dr, Kleuer a,
and Miller & Bowers' Hardware store.
WM. A. MILES.
P. 8. i will soy nothing about my third and
fourth grand openings.
April 18,1857.
£2B HOOP SKIRTS. 628.
new SPRING, STYLESi
“OUE OWN MAKE.”
embracing every New and Desirable size, stylo
anu Shape of Plain and'Trail Hoop Bklrts,—2,
2M, 2k. 2 8-4,8 1-4,3 1-2.3 3-4 and 4 Yds., round
every length and size Waist; in every respect
Fwst Q,wai£ty, and especially adapted to meet
tne wonts of First Class and most fashionable
Trade.
“Our Own Moke," of Hoop Skirts, are lighter,
more elastic, more durable, and really onoper
uian any other make of either Single or Donnie
Spring skirt in the American Market.' They are
Warranted in every respect, and wherever Intro
anoed give universal satisfaction. They are now
oeiog extensively Sold by Retailers, and every
should try them,
• oftTi tor “Honkla'e Own Make," and see thaV
irx«§i tlrt laßtamped* , W.T HOIteINtSMANU-
Vch Street, PhUadolphla."-
uontilne A uatoiognecontaining.
otylo. Size and Retail Prices, seat to any address.
A uniform and Liberal Discount allowed to Deal
ers. Orders by mall or otherwise, promptly and
carefully filled—Wholesale and Retail, at Manu
factory oud Sales-rooms.
B No. 828 AROH Street, PHILADELPHIA,
ouirte mode to order, altered and repaired.
Terms, Net Cash, One Price Only
. „ „ * WILLIAM T. HOPKINS,
April 18, 1307—10 m. . - t
j'UN'POB ALIil!
b nil instructions by which any person, mole or
wmale, can master the great art ofvantriloQulam
py a few boars’ pmotice, making a world oi fUn,
ana after becoming experts themselves, con teach
thereby making it a source of Income.—
f-Sl* }Astractioas sentby moll for 60 cents. Bat
inaction guaranteed.
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BY BRATTONKENNEDY.
■ 3£teal Eatate.
ESTATE FOB SALEM
W. J. SHEARER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND AGENT FOR THE SALE OF
Cumberland Co. Real Estate,
OFFERS THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE FOR BALE
AT REASONABLE PRICES t
IN THE BOROUGH OF CARLISLE.
No. 1. SIX of th 6 finest BUILDING LOTS in the
Borough, on South Hanover Street.
No. 2. The six most elevated BUILDING LOTS
In the Borough, situated at the head ol South St.
IN TUB COUNTRY.
No. 8. A TRACT OF THIRTY-SIX ACRES,
with small hut comfortable BRICK DWELLING
HOUSE, Frame Stable, «fcc., and a young and
thrivlngOrohard ot CHOICE FRUIT, situate on
the Rallroitd, In North Middleton twp.. West, and
within a mile of, tho Borough of Carlisle. This
property na a HOMESTEAD and for general or
Truck Farming, Is the most desirable tract of its
size to be found anywhere in tho vicinity of
Carlisle.
The certain extension of the town West
ward," partly consequent upon the Improve
ments mode 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 the future owner, for any
purpose whatever, rendering it a safe and profit
able investment.
' Feb. 28,1800. - )
JFutnitute, &c- /
B. EWING, .~J.
CABINET MAKER /■' '
AND UNDERTAKES,
WEST MAIN STREET, j
CARLISLE, PENN’A.
A Sfenfuid Assortment op
NE W FUR N IT UR E '
fortho Holidays, comprising •
Sofas, Camp Stools,
Lounges, Centro Tables, ,
Rocking Chairs, Dining Tables/ .■
Easy Chairs, Card Tables;
Reception Chairs, Ottomans/ >
Bureaus, What-Nits.
Secretaries, &c., dc. f
Parlor, <
Chamber, >
Dining Room, I
' Kltchm
f and Office
.Mm
of tho,Latent Stylo'*
COTTAGE FURNITUREdN SETTS,
Splendid New Patterns. /
BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSES,
' GILT FRAMES AljTy PICTURES,
’ ingreatywlGty,
Particular attention gpen to Funerals. Orders
from town and count?/ attended to promptly
and on reasonable loV^s.
Deo. 48, IB6o tf /
WARE HOUSE.
TOVN and country.
The subscrßw respectfully informs his friends
and the publw generally, that ho still continues
the Undertaking business, and is ready to wait
auou cuswmurs either by day or by night. Beady
mode Colins kept constantly on bond, both
Eifrtn aBd ornamental. He has constantly on
and Fife's Patent Meialio Burial Case; of whfbh
he ha# been appointed the sole agent. This case
is fetommended as superior to any of the kind
' now l n use, It being perfectly air tight.
po has also furnished himself with u new Rose
w6od Hearse and gentle horses, with which he
.will attend funerals in town and country, per
sonally, without extra charge, ,
.Among the greatest discoveries of the agd Js
Well's tipring Maitnus, the beat and cheapest bed
now In use, the exclusive right of which I have
secured, and will bo kept constantly on hand.
oil day
AND
WEDDING PRESENTS!
A Fine Lot of
GOLD, AMERICAN,
SILVER, AND IMPORTED
WATCHES,
A Splendid Assortment of
SOLID AND PLATED SILVER WARE,
Gold Pens,
Gold Chains,
Fancy Goods, d’c.
Fine BErra'oF
KNIVES AND FORKS,
CLOCKS IN GREAT VARIETY,
GOLD RINGS,
GOLD AND SILVER THIMBLES.
Particular attention given to repairing
•WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.
TBOS. CONLYN, AgL
No. 11 West Main St., opposite Marlon HoU.
Deo. 20.1808—Dm
piPER’S
. BOOK AND FANCY STORE,
and general news depot,
83 WEST MAIN STREET,
OABUSLE, PA,
A fine assortment of Goods on hand, such os
Writing Desks,
Port Folios,
Ladles Companions, »
Work Boxes,
Satchels,
Ladles* Purses, '
Pocket Books,
Begar Cases,
Cord Coses,
Gold Fens,
Pen Knives,
** &0., &o.
A LARGE SUPPLY OP
FAMILY BIBLES
and PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,
AT REDUCED PRICES,
DIARIES FOB 1867
Subscriptions received for all Mogazlnea, Fash
ion Books, Papers, Ao., at publishers prices. Yon
save postage and always sure of receiving your
Magazmesby subscribing at PtpKß’s.
Special attention Is paid to keeping always on
hand a supply of
SCHOOL SOCM?S r ..
for town and country schools.
Boons oud Music ordered when desired.
May 23,1807—tf
■pHOTO GRAPHS
FOB THE HI ELIONI
I Wiu send, past-paid, 60 Photographs of tho
moat celebrated Actors for 60 coots; BOAotrssaas
for 60 cents: 60 Union Generals for 50 cents; w
Rebel Generals for 60 cents; 50 Btatesmen for 60
cents; 60 beautiful young Ladles for SO cento; W
fine-looking young Gentlemen for 60 h
large Photographs of French Dancing Girls, In
costume, beautifully colored, exactly aa,th®y *Pr
n*’
Bend all ordera to F, O* BOX 177, TTOyiN.Y.
May.w,ißffr-iy
Buautanvk (gontpantea. '
.. EASTERN DETECTIVE
j MULES,
/ CATTLE,
. / AND sheep.
/gainst LOSS BY THEFT,
/atJVZ> DBA TH B Y FI BE,
\ ACCIDENT OB NATURAL CAUSES.
/ This Is tho only Detective Live Stock Insurance
Company in the Stale: and, moreover, It Covers
/Ann Bisks, while others insure only against cer
tain circumstances. _
SAM’!/ K. HUM RICH,
Special Agent,
Offlca.26 West Main SU, Carlisle, ■
Sam'l Hoover, Local Agent, Meobanicsburg,
Pa.; J. A. 0. McCune, Local Agent, Bhipponsburg,
Pa.
May 80,1887—Cm
gPECIXL INSURANCE AGENCY I
Over 825,000,000 of Capital Represented.
Home, Metropolitan, Manhattan, Artlo, Secu
rity. North American, Germania, all of New
York. Aetna and Phoenix of Hartford, Conn,;
North American of Philadelphia, Pa.; * armors
Mutual of York, Pa,; Columbia Mutual of Lan
caster, Penu’a.
•The main element te bo desired In Insurance
Companies is ■ ■
BEOUEIT Y .
If wealth, experience, intelligence and probity
exist, perpetuity and honorable dealing will be
likely to ensue.
Insurance creates independence. A person
pays for his own indemnity, and need not be a
tax on his friends.
Every man should insure; tho burning oi
whose property would injure or Inconvenience
himself, his family, or his neighbors.
Insurance effected at this agency, no maltei
bow large the amount, in either wtook or Mutual
Companies. Policies issued, losses adjusted and
1 k. HUMRICH,
. especial Insurance Agent.
Office In Marion Hall Bunding, West Main Street,
Carlisle, or to tho following local agents ; J. E.
Korree, Nowvllle; John R. dhiUor.New Bloom*
Held, Perry. County, Pa.; or A. H. WOldman.
Mifflin town, JUmata County, Pa.
Jan. B,lBo7—Urn
Mutual life insurance co.
OPNKWYOKK.
CABB ASSETS $15,000,000.
This Is strictly and entirely a Mutual Company.
Itmakes-lis dividends annually and pays tnem
at tho end of each and every year. Its assets are
not diluted, nor Its strength weakened by any
doubtful premium notes or stockholders notes,—
Doubtful securities hud no place In its list oi
cash assets, it clnn&es its policy holders no in
ti-feat, and furmsaos insurance at exact cost.
Twenty-four years 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 largest assets,
the largest amount insured, the largest income
and the largest surplus over liabilities, as shown
by the official reports of the Insurance Depart
ment of New York, and which will bo shown to
any persons wishing to determine foe themselves
tho true condition, and standing of different com
panies by applyihg to the agent,
" - SAMUEL K. HUMRICH.
Office No. 28 West Main Hu, Carlisle.
Jan. 3. xm—bm.'
$2OO REWARD J_
PENNSYLVANIA
MUTUAL HORSE THIEF DETECTING AND
' INSURANCE COMPANY.
From three to five dollars will insure your
horse against thieves for five years.
. Persons desiring to become members wiU apply
to BAM'L K. HUMRIOH,
Special Agent.
Office 20 West Main 81., Carlisle.
Jan. 8, JSOr-rto* •
The railwayjpassbngbrs as
surance COMPANY, of Hartford, Conn,
unmres against all kinds of Accidents.
CAPITAL 4304,800.'
For five thousand dollars in case of fatal acci
dent, or $25. Weekly Compensation In case oJ
disabling bodily injury, at 25 cents per day. For
SAMUEL K. euMIUCH’S,
Office No. 20 West Main St., Carlisle.
Jan. S, 1867 5m
Hartford live stock insu*
RANCB COMPANY.
C API TAL $500,000.-
Horses Insured against death from any cause,
or against theft. - • , .....
Working Oxen, Cows and Sheep may be token
at 8 to 4 per cent on two thirds their cash value.
Losses promptly adjusted at the Office of the Car
lisle Agency.
SAM’LK. HUMRIOH, Special Agent,
Office No. 26 West High St., Carlisle.
March 14,1867—ly
TjUBE INSURANCE.
"Tthe ALLEN AND EAST PENNSBORO’ MU
TUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, of Cam
besland county. Incorporated by an act of As
sembly, In the year 1843, and having recently bad
Us charter extended jto the-year 1883, Is nowin
active and vigorous operation under the super*
intendence of the following Board of Managers;
Wm. R. Gorges, Christian Staympn, Jacob Eb
erly. Daniel Bailey, Alexander Cathcnrt. Jacob
H. Coover, John Elohelberger, Joseph Wickorra,
Samuel Eberly. Rudolph Martin, Moses Brioker.
Jacob Coover and J. C. Dunlap.
The rates of insurance ore os low and favorable
as any Company of the kind in the State. Per
sons wishing to become members are Invited to
make application to the agents.of the Company,
who are willing to wait upon them at any time.-
Presldentr—W. R.GOPGAS, Ebgrly's Mills, Cum
berland County. „ ...
Vice President—Cimit. tan Carlisle,
• Secretory—John O. Dunlap. Meohanlcsburg,
Treasurer—DANTEX Bailey. DUlsburg, York Co,
AGENTS.
Cumberland County—B onn Bhorrick, Allen: Hen- ■
ry Zoaring, Shlremanstown: Lafayette Pefler,
Pennstooro*; Samuel Coover, Mechaniosburg; J.
W. CookUn, Shepherds town; D. Coover, Upper
Allen: J. O. Saxton# Silver Spring jJohn Hyer,
Carlisle: Valentine Feeman, New Cumberland;
James MoCandUsh, NewylUe.
York Cbuniy—W. 8. Picking, Dover;/James
Griffith. Warrington ;T. F. Deardorff, Washing
ton; Richey Clark, DUlsburg; D. Ratter, Fair
view: John Williams, Carrou. ■ .
Dauphin County— Jacob Houser, Harrisburg.
Members of the Company having policies about
to expire, can have them renewedby making ap
plication to any of the agema.
Deo. I 1805
Q.REAT J
WATCH SALE!
2000 WATCHES, Patent Lever Movements, full
jewelled, Hunting Cases, Sterling Silver, Beauti
fully Engraved and in every respect first class
Timers. To be sold at six dollars each, being leas
than three-fourths the cost of manufacturing.—
These watches ore retailed by Jewelers at from.
816 to 8 * 8, the actual cost to the manufacturer being
, 80 each. This stock of watches was purchased at a
Bankrupt Bale in London, and are now offered at
such extremely low figures, that all may possess
a correct Time-keeper at a merely nominal sum.
Every walob warranted for 'l years. Parties or
dering them sent by mail, must enclose 8c cents
extra to repay postage. < Money enclosed in a
well sealed letter may ne sent at my risk. ,
Address all orders to
MAJBLIH CONNOR.
■ - " At»OWV,N.V
JIALSB WHISKER V'
May 10,1807— 1 y
r , AND
MO UBTA CUE
A BEAUTIFUL FAIR OF FALSE MOUS
TACHES AND
tore. so perfect they cannot be detected.from the
aenolneTwUl be Bent postrpaidby maUtoanyad
dress. 6roat atientlon.it* paid Jn
loro of these articles by one
Paris. M. L, Fouohb, who Is the best Eoanamc
tarer ia Europe. Moustaches# SI.QO» Slde Whls
kora, 83.00; pull Baord. 05.0 Q. -
' ■- AJfcSSKV. :
’ sole Agent for the UnitedfitMw,
May 19, 1867-^ly
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 20. 1867,; ¥v
fottirai,
LOTE.
AY T. K. HARVEY.
There mo those who say the lover’s heart.
Is In the loved one’s merged;
O, never by love’s own warmtart
So cold a pica was urged I
Not—hearts that love hath crowned or crossed,
Love fondly knits together;
But not a thought or hue Is lost.
That made a part of either.
Expanding in the soft brlghfheat
That draweth each to other,*
Each feels Itself in every beat
Though boating for another;
It Is their very union’s art
The separate parts to prove,
A man first learns how great his heart
W hon ho has learned to love.
The loving hearty give back ns due
The treasure It bn* found—
As scents return to him who throw
Tho precious things around—
Tlio mirrors show, because they’re bright,
Vtoat shadows o’er them move—
Receives the light, and by the light
Reflects tho form of love.
As lie who, wrapt In fancy’s dremu.
Bends o’er some wave at even,
Yet deep wllhln the sunlight stream
Secs but himself and heaven—
So looketh through his loved one’s eyes,
In search of all things rare,
Tho lover—and amid love’s skies
HJ msolf Is everywhere.
It is an 111-told talo that tells
Of “ hearts by love made one V
He grows who near another's dwells
More conscious of his own; -
In each spring up now thoughts and powers •
That, 'mid love’s warm, dear weather,
Together tend like climbing flowers,
And turning, grow together.
Such fictions blink love’s hotter part,
Yields up its half of bliss;
The wells are In the neighbors heart
When there Is thirst In this:
There flndoth love tho passion flowers
On which It learns to thrive;
Makes honey la another’s bowers,
But brings It homo to hive.
Love’s life Is in Its own replies—
To each low boat it beats,
Smiles back tlio smiles, sighs back the slftlis,
And every throb repeats.
Then, since one loving heart still throws ‘
• ■ two snuaowrm love's sun,
How should-two loving hearts compose,
And mingle into one I
fitiluttleittou6.
MY PLAIN LOVER.
. I waa.a coquette. Many alover’sheart
I ha'l lacerated by refusing his oiler of
marriage after 1 bad lured him on to a
declaration. My last victim’s natna was
James Frazer. He was a tall, awkward,
homely, ungainly man, but his hea.'twas
true as steel. I respected him highly,
and felt pained when I witnessed bis an
guish at my rejection of him. Bat the
fact was I had fallen in Jove with Cap
tain Elliott, who had been unremitting
in his attention to me. Mr, Frazer warn
ed me against Mr. Elliott, but £ charged
him* with jealousy r and took his warning
'os an insult.
A few days after Mr. Elliott and I were
engaged, and my dream of romanticlove
seemed in a fair way of realization. I
had a week of happiness. Many had not
so much in a lifetime. Many awake
from the bright short dream to find,
themselves In a life-Jong darkness and.
which there .is no escape.
Thank God, 1 was not to be so miserable'
os they!
. My mother was a widow of good cir
cumstances, but having very baa health.
She was also of an easy, listless, credu
lous nature-bating trouble, luid willing
to take things just as they happeu to pre
sent themselves. She therefore made no
inquiries about Captain Elliott—but
fondly believed that Inasmuch ns he was
a Captain, ho must necessarily be a man
of honor also, especially as he had served
in the Crimea and in India, and won
medals. His regiment was quartered In
the neighborhood, and ho had the repu
tation of being one of the wealthiest, os
he was certainly the handsomest officer
in it. I remember well the day we be
came engaged. He was on duty, but be
managed to ride over to our house in his
uniform, and while we were walking in
to the house he made the tender avowal.
I referred to mamma; he hastened to her
—returned jn three minutes, and led me
into her presence to receive the assurance
that the material consent had been read
ily and freely given. My dear mother
hated trouble, and moreover loved me
tenderly, so that she was well pleased to
find a husband presenting himself In a
form and manner apparently so eligible
for her beloved aud only daughter.
AVell, a week passed quite delightfully
os I have said, and at the expiration of
this there might have been seen a gay
equistriaa party winding throughourold
Devonshire woods and quiet country
roads. Elliott and I led the cavalcade. I
rode my own beautiful brown Bess. Cap
tain Elliot was mounted on a handsome
black horse that had been sent him from
London. Following us was a bevy of
merry girls and their cavaliers.; and
among them was tall, awkward and silent
James Frazier. Hispresencehad marred
all the pleasure of my ride, and I was
glad to be in advance of them all that I
might not see him.
And so we rode on’through the woods,
and I listened, well pleased, to the Jow,
animated words of the gallant Elliott, who
wished himself a knight and me a faire
ladyeof the olden times, that ho might
go forth to do battle and compel ail men
to recognize the claims of his peerless
love. Very eloquently he spoke of his
Inspirations of love, of the deeds
ana perilous exploits it had prompted,
wishing again and again that he might
proclaim his love before the world. It
pleased me to listen to this and believe it
sincere, though I surely had no wish to
pottnyiover to buctt-atCTt. A-obot otid
aenly rang thiough the woods, and a
wounded bird darting past, fluttered and
fell at the feet of Brown Bess. With a
bound and a spring that nearly unseated
me, she was olf.
Struggling to regain my seat, I had no
power to cheek her, and even as she flew,
the fear and madness of the moment grew
upon her. X could only cling breathlessly
to mane and bridle, and wonder helpless
ly where thie mad gallop woe to end.—
She swerved from a passing wagon, and
turned Into a path that led to the river.—
In the sudden movement the reins had
been torn from my hands, and X could
not regain them. I clung to the mane
and shut my eyes that I might not be
hold the fate that awaited me. How
sweet was life in those precious moments
that I,thought my. last! How all Us
Joys, Its affections, Its last crowning love,
rose up before me? I thought of the
paug that would rend Elliott’s heart as
he saw me lying mangled and dead; and/
then the thought would come If he were
Eursulng and trying to save me, even, as
e said, at the risk of life and limb. I
felt a sudden shook, a fearful rushing
through the air, and I knew no more for
days afterward, when I awoke to a faint,
weak semblance of life In my'chamber at
hotae. ■'
I never saw Captain Elliott afterwards.
The last words I ever heard from his lips
were those of a knightly king. The last
action of his, life, in connection with
mine, was to follow In the train of fright
ened youths who -rode after me, to con
.template the disaster from afar, and ns
bcoo aa.heaawme lifted from the shallow
bed of the river, Into which I had been
thrown when my frightened horse stop
ped suddenly on Its bank, to ride hastily
off. . That evening he sent to make in
quiries, and learulug that I was severely,
but it was hoped, not fatally Injured, He
thence-forthcontented hlmselfwjm
tidings of my condition and imarWvei
aajcould be gained by mefb rhqjor.
At last It was kttown thjSMl would nevck
recover entirely worn fc® effect of mjl
injury, aild th\t very (my captain ElUotv
Buddcfalw\epyfcfaA from tbe neighbor-**
hood. no attempt to see me,
nor sent me any farewell. When X was
onco more abroad, and beginning with
much unalloyed bitterness, to learn the
lesson of patience and resignation that
awaited me, I received a letter from him,
in which he merely said he presumed my
own judgment hud taught mo In my al
tered circumstances our engagement must
coin© to an end; but to satisfy his own
sells© of honor (his honor!) he wrote t«»
say that while entertaining the highest
respect for me, he desired a formal re
nunciation of the claim. Writing on tbe
bottom of the letter, “ Let It be as you
wish,” I returned It to him at once, and
thus ended my brief dream of romance.
v I beard ere this of Mr. Elliott’s coward-*
ly conduct on that day; but now I first
bethought me to Inquire who had rescued
mo from that imminent death.' And then
I learned that James Frazer, his arm al
ready broken by the jerk with which
Brown Bess had torn away from him as
he caught at-her bridle, had ridden after
Iceland was the first to lift mo from the
water. Many times dally ho had made
inquiries concerning me; bis had been
the hand that sent mo the rare flowers
that hud decked my room, his were the
lips that breathed words of comfort and
hope to my poor mother; his were the
books that Xhad read during the days of
convalescence: and his, now, the unn
that supported me, as slowly and pain
fully I paced the garden walls. ,
I have been his wife for many a year.
I have forgotten that he is not handsome—
or rather ne is beautiful to me, < hecause I
see' his graud and loving, spirit shining
through his plain features and animating
figure. I have long since laid aside, os
utterly untenable, that beautiful spirits
dwell only in lovely bodies. It may be a
Providential dispensation that, in deny
ing physical perfection, the soul Is not
dwarfed or marred by petty vanity or
love of the world’s praise.
A Child Starved to Dentli'in Its
Mother’s Arms.
Yesterday morning a family of Ger
mans, consisting of a man, his wile and
three children, evidently in very poor
circumstances, arrived here on the At
lantic and Great Western train, en route
for Clncinuatti, to which place they bad
secured transportation from New York.
Aa-ihe train lulled iav cumirci wiv\i uiw
forenoon train on the Olnclnattl, Hamil
ton, and Dayton road, the family was
obliged to lay over here for the evening
train.
For a while the poor family remained
on- the platform until some one invited
them to. go into the ladies’ room aud bo
seated. The people seemed to shrink
from observation, and were grouped to
gether in one corner of the room. The
woman was holding an infant in hor
arms, and a lady who happened to pass
close to hor noticed that it looked like a
corpse, and as she could speak tho Ger
man language, she asked the woman
what was the matter with her child. At
this question the poor Woman burst into
uncontrollable lamentation, declaring
that her child was dead..
Ah soon as the grief stricken mother
could partially control herself, she in
formed the lady that they were very
poor; that they had just means enough
to get to New Jerk, and purchase a sec
ond-class ticket to Cincinnati, where
they had friends; that they hud no mon
ey to purchase food, and were afraid to
ask anybody for something to eat; and
that they had suffered in silence, without
a morsel of food for themselves and chil
dren from tho time' they loft Now York
they reached this city.
About three hours before they reached
here their babe—a child about a year old
—died from starvation. And that poor
starving mother carried her dead child
upon her bosom, hoping to reach their
friends in Cincinnati before they should
bo starved, v
Tue countenances of the man ahd wife
bore painful evidence of the progress of
starvation, and their uncomplaining chil
dren looked little belter than the corpse
o. tho little sufferer that had just passed
through tho gate of death to the land of
plenty.
The moment the terrible condition of
this poor family was made known they
found friends in everybody around them.
The mother was instantly relieved of her
dead babe, and while a. messenger was
dispatched for an undertaker the survi
ving members of the sorrowing family
were taken to tho waiting-room of the de
pot and given all they could eat. By
standers tell us that the scone in tho de
pot, when the suffering mother gave vent
to her pent-up grief, was one of the most
affecting they ever witnessed. Every one
was affected to tears.
• Tho child was burled yesterday after
noon, and the bereaved family, after be
ing made as comfortable as possible, were
sent mi by the evening train to their
friends in Cincinnati. A word about
their situation at any point on the route
would have secured these suffering peo
ple all tho food they desired; but they
were actually so diffident among stran
gers that they would all have starved to
death before they would have made their
situation knowu-orasked for food. —Day.
ton (Ohio) Journal , June I.
An Unfortunate Prize-Holder.—
A man who lives In one of the rural coun-,
ties of Ohio, drew the prize of “20,000
notes of land in'Pike county, Kentucky,”
in tho recent gift enterprise scheme In
that vicinity. Ho called upon the mana
ger of the enterprise and told them he
didn’t want the land, and they might
keep it by giving him $20,000. They de
clined tho offer, gone-ous as it was, and
then he dropped to $15,000, and finally to
$lO,OOO, declaring that he hoped pever to
see his wife and children If hi? would take
a cent less. The gift-inen didn’t want
tho land. It was worth double the price
ho offered to take, for it, of course, but
they had other uses for the money and
couldn’t invest. Ho took the deed for
tho land—would gladly have taken the
will for the deed, that is if they willed to
lii»» tb« m«n«^ — aiiTt—vrmrtr to I J iRO
county to viewhisposscsslons. Ho found
20,000 acres of barren rock aud mountain,
that would hardly afford subsistence for
a rattlesnake HecouldnTfindalevelspot
of ground that afforded sufficient space
for the most economical garden patch,
but he could.instead
——“Bee rudely swell
Crag over orog, and fell o’er foil.”
And nothing else. He wended his way
back agMn—“dll the way from Pike” —
and offered to let the gift managers have
the land for $B,OOO— hoped to die if he’d
fall another cent. They declined the offer,
singular as it may appear, but finally
agreed to lake it off bis hands and . pay
him $5OO. This he Indignantly refused'
and so he still remains one ot the great
land monopolists” of the day, the owner
of an exceedingly picturesque and un
dulating farm of twenty thousand acres.
— Turf, Field and Farm.
A Compromise.—A citizen of Nashville,
Tennesaue, requests the half-million of
intelligent people who read these pages
to' take note of the enaul ng:
A jury In Alabama had been empanel
ed In the cose of a Mr, Johnson, charged
with billing his wife. The evidence was
positive and conclusive, leaving not a
doubt of speedy conviction. To theamazo
meut of all, the Jury, after nshortabsence,
returned a verdict, " Guilty of horse-steal
ing I” The Judge, astonished, asked an
explanation, stating that the indictment
wasnot for horse-stealing, but manslaugh
ter. Tho foreman, with his band upon
a huge law-book, and with an amusingly
dignified air informed the Court that •• ft
was not a case of manslaughter, but wo
manslaughter, for which the < law made
no provision ; but satisfied the man de
served to bo bung, they had brought In a
verdict of horse-stealing, which, In that
county, would be sure to swing htm!”
•h | FASHIONABLE AND PERSONAfi,
Etiquette of parties.
“All the world’s a Stage, *
And all the men and women merely player*.
I Wo publish the following for the bene
fit 8f the uninitiated who wish to enter
the enchanted precincts of the “World
of Fashion.” The instructions hero giv
en may bo relied upon ns strictly ortho
dox ;
The degree of style which you design
• for your party is to be shown by the
length of time the cards are issued bo
beforehand. From one to three weeks is
the limit, which gives guests ample time
to arrange their engagements and pre
pare their dresses for your entertainment,
invitation cards are twice as large os
common visiting cards, and bear the
iiam,e of the hostess, and the words “ At
home,” followed by her address, and the
hour and evening. Balls, masquerades
aud soirees musicalcs are indicated by the
words “ music,V “ mask” or “ dancing,”
on the lower left hand corner of the card.
“Compliments,” “the honor of your
company,” and such flourishes of polite
ness, are out of style.
On the evening of the reception, a ser
vant should be in attendance at the head
of the stairs to direct guests to the dress
ing-rooms for gentlemen and ladies,
which are at some distance from each
other. The escort conducts the lady in
his charge to the door of the dressing
room, and afterwards waits ior her near
It. Forlorn damsels who are detained In
the balls, vainly waiting till some auto
craticbrolber or ignorantatfcendanfc pokes
bis head out of the gentleman’s room to
see if she is ready, are held to be justified
in requiring his attendance at once to her
own doorsteps, and dismissing him there.
3 Giving his right arm to the lady, her
escort leads her down at once to the hos
tess, to whom the first salutations are al
ways due. To receive these, the ladyof
the bouse should stand near the door by
which the guests enter. It is an assump
tion lu decided bad taste for her to staud
in the centre of the room, compelling her
guests to come forward and salute her
like a queen. She is to look and speak a
welcome to each person, even if she ring
the changes on “Pleased to see you,” and
“ Hope you’ll find tbeeveniug pleasant,”
till they fall mechanically from her al
• most paralyzed lips. One cannot but ad
mire the ready wit and tact of those
queens of society, whose best commenda
tion is that 11 they always have some
thing new to say to everybody.*’ It is
the duty of the guesPto second theeffurts
made to give mm pleasure, in compa
ny, one should look cheerful, if not gay.
Learn the* versatile disposition that suits
itself to the occasion. No matter if you
are in an inward shudder of bashfulness,
keep out of tho corners, and say. some
thing to somebody; but, If possible, let It
not bo about the weather, Yourself,
your occupation and anxieties you leave
behind, aud be careful not to suggest the
same personalities to others. The rule of
conversation is, that If you wish to be in
timate wltn your companion, you talk of
yourself and youraffalrs; if you would be
kind, speak of his interests; and if you
would be agreeable, too, make the third
parties and general topics. In society an
even corteous poise toward all is best, and
more effectually stimulates and preserves
interest than showy expressment of man
ner. Prejudices, dislikes and peculiari
ties should disappear under a veil of smi
ling politeness.
The duties of the hostess are but begun
when her guests are welcomed aud re
ceived. At least, it used to be held in
the polite old times that she should cir
culate among t her guests, diffusing gra
cious attentions about her, especially on
the uninteresting and diffluent. Her
daughters and sons emulated her la so
cial charity ; and the smiling behests of
the lady mistress were laid upon the gen
tlemen to search out the neglected wall
flowers for at least one dance apiece.—
Modern society is more heedless
fiah. Many a snobbish*hostess dismisses
from thought any regard for theinsignift
. cant majority of her guests as soon as the
insincere flattery of welcome has left her
Jins.
The first duty of a gentleman is to the
lady he escorts; to see that tho best pos
sible place is provided for her: to give her
the preference as partner of his dances;
to promenade wltn and wait upon her;
introduce her to his friends and see that
she dances all that she would like. This
is to be done without making one’sntten
tion conspicuous. Probably on the same
grounds that you rolused to be helped
more than twice to daiutlcs, you are not
to dance more than twice with the same
lady. The proper form of asking a lady
to dance contains some recognition of
“the favor,” “the honor,” in true knight
ly style; but Young America, in its short
hand of politeness, comes up, mutters
“dance?" interrogatively, sticks out its
elbow, and marches off with its prey. A
cool, uncomprehending look is a good
counteraction to such impertinence.—
Equally modern is the unconcern with
which boys in tho ball-room (they cannot
be called gentlemen)deposit their charge
in the nearest seat after having danced,
rush off, without even a bow to acknowl
edge the lady’s favor.
Quadrilles are walked through, as light
bend or courtsey marking changes in the
figures sufficiently for grace. Violent
waltzing, polkaing, or chasseeingare very
illbred. Americans usually waltz too fast.
The highest grace of that dance is an even,
gliding step, iu which the waltzers seem
circling on pivots over the floor.
It is perfectly proper, If you find your
self with ono-you don’t know, at a party,
and you are both socially inclipedi to
speak without an introduction. To draw
up and look surprised at being casually
addressed by a stranger, is to showyour
want of good feeling aud ignorance of so
ciety. You are due of tho most selfish
persons alive, if you cannot be agreeable
for a few minutes, because your compan
ion may possibly not be one of the moat
“ desirable acquisitions” in the room.
The principle suggestion for the supper
room is, that you preserve as much as
possible of the same propriety you would
show at lunch In the.busement at home.
Anything further iu the way of elegance
Is not attainable In thelnsufferablecroird
and eaxsbiug about at party suppers. A
gentleman is to see that tho lady he at
tends is eared for; when he has secured
tho last glass of champagne and last
spoonful of Jelloy for hor, and has made
the circuit of the room for orange Ices lu
her service, he may consider himself at
liberty to think of his own tastes. Rath
er the popular way is to see the igdy safe-
Jy lu the drawing-room, and return to tho
supper-room for, “ further consumption.”
Neither be the first to arrive, nor the
last to go, on reception evenings. Half
past eighths the hour usually named, but
an hour later is- good time. Supper yrlll
be served at midnight and carriage call
at two,. If tho company is large, don’t
think of saying good-bye to your hostess;
depart as quietly and quickly as you like.
1 it is proper to call within a week on
1 your hostess, and compliment her on the
■ success of her party, you may use your
choice about recognizing acquaintances
made on such occasions, but an ungra
cious “ cat” will be avoided by every
, well-bred person.
A New Haven clergyman recently
refused to marry a divorced woman to, a
man on the ground that the woman had
been divorced without sufficient cause.—
The notion of the clergyman being an
nounced to the mother of the divorced
woman, the mother died in a fit brought
on by the news. In the meantime the
couple were married by another, clergy
man, and the pair attended the funeral of
the deceased mother ns man and wife.
jgyA wee bit of a boy having been
slightly chastised by his mother sat very
quietly In his chair for some time after
ward, no doubt thinking very profound
ly. At last he spoke out thus:
“ Muzzer, I wish pa’d got anuzzer
housekeeper—l’ve got tired o’er seeln’
your round."
VOL 1.
THE QUALIFIED HOUSEWIFE.
Many parents expect their daughters
to marry and thus bo provided for; the
daughters themselves expect It. But it
may be well for both parent and child to
consider the changes against the provis
ion. Marriage may come, and a life of
pecuniary adversity, or a widowhood of
penury may follow ; or marriage may not
come at all. ASiCiyllization (so called)
goes on multlplyjSK, T wauta, and convert
ing luxuries into necessities, the number
■of single women fearfully increases, and
is in greatest proportion where there is
most refinement - whereby women are
least qualified to take care of themselves.
In the simple lives of our ancestors,
men wore not deterred from marriage By
the difficulty of meeting the expenses of
their families. Their -wives were help
mates. If they could not earn bread
they could make it. If they could not
comprehend the' 1 rights of women,” tlnty
practiced her duties. If they did not
study political economy and algebra, they
knew the calculation by which ” tiie
penny saved is the penny gained.” In
stead of waiting to ho served by costly
and wasteful Milesians, they “ looked
well to the ways of their household, and
ate not the bread of Idleness,” The Pn-.
ritan wife did not ask her husband to be
decked in French gauds, but was truly
Thu gentle wife who decks his hoard,
And makes the day to have no night.'-
In giving the reasons that restrain men
from marrying ot the present day. and
thereby diminish the chances of this ab
solute provinion for women, we beg not
to he misunderstood. Wo would not re
strict women to tho humble offices of ma
ternal existence. The beat instructed
and moat thoroughly accomplished wo
men we have ever known have beat un
derstood and practiced the saving ni ts of
domestic life.
If parents, from pride, or prejudice, or
honest judgment, refuse to provide their
daughters with a profession or trade, by
which their independence may be secur
ed ; if they persist In throwing thsm on
one-chance; if daughters themselves
persevere in trusting to this “ neck-or
nothing” fate, then let them he qualified
in that craft in which their grandmoth
ers excelled, and which is now, more
than at any other preceding time, the
necessary and bounden .duty of every
American wife, whatever be her condi
tion. *
Never by .women in any civilization
was this art so needed, for never, we be
lieve, were there such obstructions to
prosperity and comfort os exist in our do
mestic service. ’And how are the you*ur
women of the luxurious classes prepared
to meet them? How are tho women ol
the middle classes fitted to overcome
them? And how are tho poorer classes
trained to rejoice in. their exemption
from them ?
* If a parent look forward to provision by
marriage for his daughter, he should ai
least qualify her for that condition, and
be ashamed to give her to her husband
unless she is able to manage her house, to
educate hoi children, to nurse her sick,
and to train her servants—the inevitable
destiny of American housewives. If she
can do all this well, she is a productive
partner, and as Madame Bodichon says,
does as much for tho support of her hus
band.
It may or may not be the duty of a
mother to educate her children in a tech
nical sense. But if her husband isstrain
lug every nerve to support his family, it
would be both relief and help if she could
save him the immense expense of our
first-rate schools, or the coat of a govern
ess. If she be skilled in the art of nurs
ing, she may stave off the fearful bill 01
tho physician. . •
If she knew the cost and necessary con
sumption of provision, the keeping
accounts, and in short, the whole art and
mystery of domestic economy, she will
not only preserve her husband from an
immense amount of harrassing care, but
secure to him the safety, blessing ami
honor of living with his means.
If she bo a Qualified housewife, the
great burden, perplexity, aud misery ol
housekeeping, from tho rising to the set
ting sun, from ou. Canadian frontiers to
the far South of Mason & Dixon’s line,
will be—we will not say overcome, Inn
most certainly greatly diminished.— C.
M. • Sedgtoick.
He Had Him There.—Some years ago
in a town not far from the shores of Lake
Erie, in the State of Ohio, lived a shoe
maker named A., and a ship carpenter
named B. The shoemaker was aknow
{»g man. He knew so much about eve
rybody’s business that he didn't have
time properly to attend to his own and he
was oftpn a witness at court. It was his
custom to promise faithfully the comple
tion of work at stated times, only to dis
appoint his customers when the day came
around. The carpenter, 8., ordered a
pair of boots, with the usual promise from
A. that they would be done on a certain
day. The day came and with it came B.
He didn’t get the boots, but received an
other good promise. The next, and re
peated visits brought a repetition of the
promise, but no boots. Finally, one day
the carpenter happened in at the court
‘room just as the unreliable shoemaker
was being sworn as a witness in some
case. The magistrate had barely pro
nounced the words, “ you solemnly swear
that you will tell tho truth, the .whole
truth and nothing but the truth, so help
you God,” when the carpenter sang out
at the lop of his voice: “ Now, old fel
low, I've got you where I want you.—
Now, sir, tell me when my boots will he
done.” His boots were finished the next
lime he called.
Steep.—Uncle Lyman It—— —, who
lives in the vicinity of Qruvcsvilie, Wis
consin, is somewhat given, the people do
say, to useless ornamentation in the way
at' stating things. One day our corres
pondent found him at. the post-ollice,
mourning over the manner in winch ho
had been slandered :
“Why,” said he, “don't you think
they say that I said I had, while a hoy,
mowed a hundred swathes of hay, a mile
long, in one day—and that would he a
hundred miles!”
I, of course sympathized with him, but
spoke of the folly of a person of his years
telling such absurd stories. And I men
tioned Ids having asserted that he had
dressed a thousand feet of siding one
morning before breakfast, when three
hundred was a day's work.
“ I did do that,” said ho, “ and can
whip any man who says I didn’t, I not
only did It, but had breakfast in pooty
good season too!”
A Jealous Man.—A jealous man, who
was on a visit to London, was induced to
call on a clairvoyant to ascertain what
his wife was doing at her residence, some
ninety miles away.
“She iB*ittlug'in her parlor,” said the
lady, “ otid she looks out of the window
as If in expectation.”
“ Strange” said the gentleman, ” whom
can she expect?”
“Some one enters the door, she sees
him and caresses him fondly.”
“Horrible!” interrupted the gentle
man, thinking of the divorce court.
“Now ho lays his head on her lap, and
looks up tendordy into her eyes.”
“ Dreadful! she shall suffer for this,”
“ Now he wags his bushy tail I”
And its this explained the story, old
Jealousy decamped, and resolved not to
be inquisitive, again in regard to his
wife.
j(Hay A man who came home drunk on
a cold night, had vomited in a basket
containing • goslhis, which his wife hud
E laced before the fire: upon seeing which
e exclaimed, “My Goa, wife! when did
I swallow them things ?”
$65" An Irishman, on bejng asked
what he came to this country for, said :
“ Is -It what I came for, you mane!—
Arrah, by the powers of mud I you may
be sure that It wasn’t for V3ant } tor I had
plenty of that at home.
mm
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JOB PRINTING.
Cards, CfEciTLABa/and every oth
er description ol Jon and Card Printing exccn
tciVlu the neatest stylo, at low prices, >
Tho lingo of Wnll Street.
The Journal of Commerce thus tries to
educate an inquirer:
“A Baltimore correspondent asks an
explanation of the terms used in quoting
the rates for loans of gold. We will try
to give it, although we wish it understood
that these technical phrases are employed
chiefly for the benefit of tho initiated,
who readily comprehend them,.and are
not designed for miscellaneous readers
who are less Interested in the question.
In explaining, we will suppose thajb A
lias gold on hand, kept for a, rise or fu
ture use, and wants to borrow currency
upon it to make it available as capital for
present payment without losing his title
to it. Ho can deposit the gold with a
bank or other capitalists, and borrow
money on it to about its market value at,
say, five percent, peranum interest. But
if he finds that B has currency to spare
and wants the gold to use, he makes an
even transaction. That is, A lends B bis
gold for its equivalent in paper money at
the market rate of the day, on the prom
ise, of B to return the gold for the paper
again upon demand, neither party to pay
any Interest. This even exchange is
called “flat.u It makes no difference
whether the owner of the paper or the
gold haa a right to call for a settlement,
If each party the use of the other's
money until the call Is made, the rate In
street parlance is flat.
If there Is more gold offering tbhn pa
per, the owner of the gold may have, ‘to
pay partial interest for the use of tho cur
n ncy, and this la called a rate 41 for car
rying”—that Is, A borrows the currency
of B, giving the latter the use of bis gold,
and agreeing to pay him besides, say two,
three or four per cent, per annum inter
est when the transaction is closed. Of
course the rate for carrying, even at the
highest, must be less than full rates fora
call Joan, because the owner of the gold
can always borrow upon it at that any
where in the street.
It sometimes happens that gold is scarce
and wanted. Then the borrower'pays
for its use, and this is called a “ borrow
ing” rafe, as distinguished from the “car
rying” rate. This in always reckoned by
the day, A few weeks ago wo were quo
ting from 1-32 to ,3-10. as the borrowing
rate. This means that B lets A have his
cuirency, and pays him this fraction of
one per cent, a day for its use. .The flat
is the even balance between a rate to bor
row and a rate to carry. If there is a
borrowing rate the owner of the gold re
ceives so much per day for its us© and
has tho currency besides. If there Is a
carrying rate, the owner of.the currency
receives no much car annum for the use
of his paper money, and bos the use of
the gold besides. If the rate is fiat, each
has the use of the other’s money, ami
neither pays anything. Wo think this is
intelligible to thosirapiestunderstanding,
Wo quote daily the opening, highest,
lowest, and closing rates, and these terms
expfaln themselves. Tho term “ highest
fiat" means that the highest price for the
uso of gold during the day was an even
exchange with currency.”
Where Booth wns Bpirled.
m
All will recollect the mystery that at
tended the final disposition of the remains
«of John Wilkes Booth, Stories were
afloat that the body was strangely muti
lated; that the head was removed, the
heart taken out, and that finally tho poor
corpse was mysteriously buried with a
number of other felons, and the ground
smoothed over, so that the grave might
never again be recognized. The facts, as
stated by Colonel Baker in his recent
work are that when the body Jay upon
the gunboat at Washington, great pains
were taken to ascertain Us Identity be
yond a question. This done, Surgeon-
General Barnes removed about two in
ches of the cervical col unin, containing
the vertebrae, through which the bullet of
Boston Corbett passed, and had it prepa
red as a surgical specimen, which can be
seen by any curiosity-hunter in the Ar
my Medical Museum at Washington, du
ly labelled aud numbered. By this time,
the body of Booth had become very of
fensive [we quote] “owing to the coudl
tion in which It had remained after death;
the leg, broken In jumping from the box
to the stage, was much discolored and
swoleu, Ibe blood from the wound having
saturated his under-clothing. With tho
assistance of Lieutenant L. B. Baker, I
took the body from the gunboat direct to
the old Arsenal grounds. The building
had not been used as a prison for some
years previously. The Ordinance De
partment had filled the ground floor cells
with fixed ammunition—one of the lar
gest of these cells was selected us the bu
rial place of Booth—the ammunition was
removed, a large flat stone lifted from itg
place, and a rude grave dug? the body
was dropped in, the grave filled up, the
stone replaced, and there rests to this
hour all that remains of John Wilkes
Booth.”. , •
Military Speech.—ln a copy of the
United States Gazette , published in 1770,
we find an account of a dug-presentation
which may edify that large portion of our
population who have latterly participated
In tittle affairs of that sort. On the'day
after the battle of Fort moaltrie, in 1779,
Mrs. Elliot presented to Col, Moultrie’s
Second South Carolina Regiment a ban
ner. Surrounded by the beauty and fash
ion of the day, the colonel stepped forth
and, receiving the flag from Mrs. E., ac
knowledged it in a very appropriate and
eloquent speech. In closing ho turned
suddenly to his men, and said: “My
gallant companions, you see the reward
of cou rage and fortitude 1 You have fought
and have conquered, and the brave fel
lows who feli in the carnage of yesterday
arc now in heaven riding their chariots
like the very devil I”
Old Sedlitz.—A correspondent at
Lynn, Massachusetts, where al! the shoes
arc made, pegs out the following:
One of. those grumbling* creature who
“enjoy miserable health’’ walked into
our drug-store the other day, and asked
if we had any of Sedlitz’s Powders?
“ Certainly ; will you have a box?”
“ Are they genuine ?”
“ Yes Sir! No mistake about that.”
11 Widl, I didn’t know; 'cause there’s a
good many counterfeits around.”
“ Can't ho any counterfeit about these.
V? e, got ’em straight from old Sedlltz him
self!”
Satisfied on this point, be handed over
the requisite cupon and left. We efferve
sced.
Too (iuiCK.—When Mr. Livingston,
the American minister, who was quite
deaf, was introduced at the Court of. Na
poleon, be had prepared to answer the
question he supposed the emperor would
ask in regard to his passage across the At*
lanlic. Napoleon accosted him thus:
“How la Mr. Jefferson? “Very boister
ous! very boisterous! replied Mr. Liv
ingston, to the great amusement of those
present.
A Gentleman called on a miser* and
found him at the table endeavoring to
catch ally. Presently ho succeeded in
entrapping one, which he Immediately
put into the sugar bowl and shut down
the cover. The gentleman asked for an
explanation of this singular sport, “ I’ll
tell you,” replied the miser, a triumph
ant grin overspreading his countenance
os bespoke, “t want to ascertain if the
servant steals the sugar.
CST’ An IntfUeeper observed a postil
lion with only one spur, and inquired the
reason.
. “ Why, what would be the use of an
other?” said the postillion ; “ if one side
of the horse goes, the other can’t stand
atlU.”
jerOld gentleman (affectionately).—;
“ My son, why do you ctiow that nasty,
filthy tobacco?"
- Precious youth (stiffly)—'
juice out o£ it, old codger!"
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