®|)c American t)Munteer. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY BRATTON A KENNEDY. OFFICE—SOUTH HABKBT SQtABI. Terms Two Dollars per year if paid strictly in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if paid within three mohths; after which Throe Dollars ■will be charged.- These tertns win be rigidly ad hered td in ©very Instance. No subscription dli oontlnuod until afr arrearages are paid,unlcaa at ho option of the |Sdlt6r. ' s 1 ” lltoftaaUmal gtarfra. A DAM KKLLEB, Attorney at A LAW, Carlisle,, Office with W.M. Penrose, sq., Ilhcetn’s HallJ' October 8, IBff7-6m* ■ JpsnTED STATES CLAIM • ANI> •' - REAL ESTATE AGENCY! WM. B. : B.CTIiEB,' ▲TTO&KXY AT I^AW* Office In 2d Story of Inhoffaßulldlng. No. SSouth Hanover Street; Carlisle, Camber land county, Bounties. Back Pay, Ac.. piompUy Applications by mall, will receive immediate attention glnon to the Belling or rent ing of Beal Estate, In town ox country. Jn all let ters of inquiry, pleaao enclose postage Stamp* July 11, 15§7-« • , r. ..... ' CR. GEORGE 8. BEARIQHT; Den tist. From Oh SalUmore OMege cf Dental try. Office at the residence of nto another, UiastLouther Street, throe doors boloW Bedford* Carlisle. Ponna. Deo. 1,1805. • JM WEAKLEY. Attorney atLaw. . Office on South Hanover stroeMn the room formerly occupied by A. B. Sharpe. Esq. • TH E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney l» . and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Penna. Office on South Hanover street, opposite Bcntza Store. By special arrana emon t wltU tao Patent Office, attends to seeming Patent Bigots. .Deo! 1.1805. • CHAR. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attob unr at Law. Office In Building fonnerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Ban lion’s Hotel. Dec. 1,1805. _____ TOHN. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at • I law. Office formerly occupied by Jadgo Graham, South Hanover street, Carlisle, penno. Deo, 1,1865—ly. MO. HERMAN, Attorney at Law. m Office In Rhcem's Ball Building, . In the rear of the Court House, next door to the “Her ald” Office, Carlisle, Penns. 1 Dec. 1,1605.'' . • \XT F. SADLEB, Attorney at Law, W . Carlisle, Penno. Office In BnUdlng for merly occupied by Volunteer, South Hanover street. - • • *• 1 Deo, 1, 1865.' . \XT KENNEDY Attorney at Law. VV . Carlisle. Penno. Office some as that of i ue “American Volunteer,” South side of the Pen ile Square. * Dec. I. 1865. . . / JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law, North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa., r ob. 15, 1806— ly. • • * . : TAMES A. DUNBAR,. Attorney At • I Law. Carlisle, Penno. Office a few doors West of Hannon's Hotel. * ' ; Dec. 1,1805. . • ... BR. J.. E. BXXLEB offers hla profea atonal services to the citizens of Carlisle and. OCQ oo^*o n Main street, opposite the jail. In tho room latel^oocupled.by,l*. Todd, Esq. ( . t I3tB<sooUo. SPBINGI 1867. B AN, Q A IN S Now opening in DOMESTIC GOODS, DBESB GOODS, CAB3IMERES, SATTINETTS AND JEANS, WHITE G O ODS, dress trimmings. ZEPHYRS, RIBBONS AND NOTIONS RING’S NEW STORE, UO. 55 WEST MA TN STREET, Opposite tho Mansion House, . Next door to the Post Ofllco, Carlisle, April 18,1867. W..BE N T Z , has Just opened his second Fall purchase of : FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC , , . . DRY GOODS, NOTIONS; Ac. The stock consists of tho finest selection of French Merlnoes, Alpoccas, and Figured Repps, all colors. .Crown Poplins, Co burgs, all snakes and wldthp. Do Lames very cheap. ' • , A well selected stock of MOURNING dress goods, Black Silks, French Merlnoes, Wincey, Serge, Tamlse, Alpacoo, Poplins. Pekin Lua Plain and Striped, Doable and Single width au wool De Lalnaa, Figured Poplins. Crape .Vella and A, 1 tremendous line of Flannels, B 1 cached and Unbleached,,;. ■ • ' ' ■ j* • 1 Muslins, . Prints. , cheeks. - Tleklngs, . : . . 'fewoUlng. .. j - . and Towels, j A large Invoice of Men’s and Boy's wear em bracing Cloths, Casslmeros. KentackyJeona, &o. Notions. Buttons, every variety. Bugle mess Trimmings, latest style: Latest: CpIIa«M nd Handkerchiefs, Linen Collars and Cam, Zephyrs, alt colors of Fancy Tarns, fto.' J 1 In addition to our large stock of Dry Goods we ore now prepared to make a great display in the C A R P ET DE P A An invitation Is therefore extended to every person of the town and county to Poll'and knfuco purchases. ■, 1 Please remember ” The Old Stand,” South Han over street. . ‘ • A. W. BENTZ. Oct. 10,1807. | HOOP SKIRTS. 268. WILLIAM T. HOPE INS. " OUB OWN MAKE.” After more than five years experience'and 'ex perimenting in the'mamtlaetare of STRICTLY FIRST QUALITY HOOP’ BKlßffß, ve.offer pur Justly celebrated goods to : merchants,: and ithe public la confidence of their superiority ovef all ■ others In the American marked,and they are so acknowledged by all who wear or.deal’ln them,' os they give more sailsfeedon .than any other • skirt, and recommend themselves In' every re •spoot. Dealers in Hoop Skirts should moke a: note of this foot. EVERY: LADY* WHO BAB NOT GIVEN THEM A TRIAL SHOULD DO QO WITHOUT FURTHER ,‘r I Our assortment* embraces every style, length iand size for Ladles, Misses and Children. Also,; ■Skirts MADE TO ORDER, altered and repaired. , Ask for ” Hopkins’ Own Maks,” and be not de ceived. See that the-letter “H” is woven onjtbe tapes between each hoop, and-that theyiaret stamped ” W. T. HOPKINS, MANUFACTURER, 628 ARCH STREET, ,PHIL APBLPH I A,”. ,upou •each tape. No others are geunihe. '• ‘ j - Also, constantly on hand a'full Rpe Now York and Eastern mode Skirts, of,Very low, prices. vTH '■■■■ .In*.i ; " WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, . - MJ at tho PHILaSmPbSa HOOP SKIRT Mahu-' factory and Emporium,'No* C3B ARCH STREET,. PHILADELPHIA. ■ , . . 1 WIUjAMT.HOPKIHa pr 18,1807 10m.< .. >'■ \ j UrugSUire. T\RUGB! DRUGS I—Dr. D. Gomman XJ having to relinquish an extensive practice, as well as Bu Drug business In the city of Pitta* burg, severalyears ago; on account CMU health, nos now opened at No. 88 K. Hanover street:be tween the office’s of’ Drs. Kleflbr and Ziteer, a DRUG STORE, where be has and Is receiving few days a' pore stock' of Drags; Chemicals, Dye Btuffli and everything generally kept in a weu>regaiated City Drug Store. Prescriptions carefully compounded and family receipts will receive special care. The Dr. can be consulted at 5 n y h°ur, at his office, back of hla store, or at bis dwelling. No. 112 N. BConover street, after .store hours,.Remember the place,No. 88 N.Handver Street, OatUaleT ’ ■-•■■■■ j . •- . ■ • _ ÜB. a OOBNMAN. Sept. 13, IjW—Jy BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. gitobes, ®ntoa«, &c. NTE D I WANTED EVERYBODY Messrs. WALKER & CLAUDT, AT GOEQaS’ OLD STAND, CHURCH, ABLET, JN REAR OF RHEEATB HALL , TO fiSB TUB LARGEST ffTOOS ©Y STOVES AND TINWARE EVER OFFERED tjTN OABISLE. As the season is approaching for house-keepers and others to look for a GOOD-STOVE, wo would beg leave to call their attention to our stock of COOKING STOVES, among which may bo found tho following now in the market: REGULATOR, QUAKER CITY, NOBLE COOK, SUSQUEHANNA, NIAGARA, . COMBINATION and EXCELSIOR PENN, all of which are warranted to be tho best BOASTERS AND,BAKERS, with (dl the MODERN IMPROVEMENTS. We would call especial attention to the REGU LATOR COOK; which possesses advantages which should recommend it to all. It has a RE VOLVING TOP, by which arrangement the cook can reverse the cooking utensils to any position desired without the NECESSARY LIFTING. It is decidedly tho best cook stove in tho market. ■ ‘ Messrs. Walker A Claudy have also on hand a large stock of , . OFFICE, PARLOR dinino boom stoves among which may bo found the celebrated BASE BURNING MORNINQ GLORY!!! MORNING GLORY. | . g . SOLD DY O s § g WALKER & CLAUDY, g GJ , O Q Solo Agents o o FOB OABIiISXiB. S a( 1^ MORNING GLORY. THE HOST BEAUTIFUL OFFICE AND PARLOR STOVE BVKR OFFBBBD TO THE PUDLia Too mnch cannot bo said in praise of the MORNING GLORY, which so far has token tho lead of all other stoves In the market. It Is a gas consumer, bums its own cinder, and requires very little attention after tho fire Is made, it be ing so arranged that it will FEED 1T» OWN COAL! For proof of what we have stated wo would re fer all to the following gentlemen of Carlisle and vicinity, who have had the MORNING GLORY in use bust winter, and will cheerfully, testily to Its merits: JOHN CAMPBELL, GEO. WEISB. DAVID RHOADS, W. B. MULLIN, Esq., H. L. BURKHOLDER, JOHN DUNBAR, J.M. WEAKLEY, Esq., JACOB RITNER, Ac, . We would respectfully ask those who wish to Earohase a No. 1 stove to call at once and exam io THE MORNING GLORY! We also have on hand the MORNING GLORY HEATER! WHICH OAHHOT rAU. TO QIVK ENTIRE SATISFACTION) FISHER'S FRUIT CANS constantly kept on hand and for sale. Our stock of TINWARE Is eomplete In all Its branches and will be sold at reasonable prices. TIN RpOFINQ AND SPOUTING AND GENERAL JOBBING,, ( Sheetings,-&o # promptly attended, to and done In the most workmanlike manner. 49* Do not forget to give us AN EARLY CALI;). August 1,1867—6 m TAMES M’GONIGAL, XAHUFAemmHB AK3> BSALSB Df STOVES TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE, Blair & sba’« Grocery, 628. Carlisle; fa. The 'subscriber, thankful for past favors, ro speotfUUy Informs tils friends and the public, that he has now on handi a large supply of .the latest ansbeat.lmprove4 . COOK and RißLOtt STOVES, HEATERS and RANGES. In the Stove Department we desire to call par ticular Attention to the following. comprising as they do, the very best Cook ana' Parlor Stoves now In use: ■ ■ . NjautOD, .QUAKER CITY, EXCELSIOR, PENN, • NOBLE COOK; !! i NIAGARA, SUSQUEHANNA and IRONSIDES. To speak at length! Of the different Stoves would occupy too muon space, but ws deem' It necessa ry to call the attenuon of the public to the . EM PIB E .Q AS BUB NE B. - ‘ Thia tmlr wonderful Purlor curd Ofllco Htovo U «o toiufiraou* th»t.,tho otuftapest, qualityx>f coiU(XdmeUOTor’.). <SKi.b<J x P“«J Y-ltti masaa.— It bums continuously and tho Arc la easllr kin dled. It la capable of heating ode room-below’ and two rooms, above,. There la no dust nnd no escape ofnaa. and un actual nvlng atcoal. which In' twO’or three geasona will pay fbr the atove. • '* ■ TheKmnlre luu. many valuable qualities which can only be folly appreciated by seeing it in op eration. We claim lhaUtm/ar Buporlor to any Other Stove now In nee, and wo feel fsatlifled that we een convince ell who will favor ns with an ■examination of thaßtoveateor .hop of tbl« part. ,-We beva on hand a full assortment of i. . TINAV ABE. Repairing promptly attendedta. Roofing done at the shortest notice. BpoUting will be put up on reasonable terms and with despatch. > I iFlease give os a call at No, 83, South Hanover Street, joining Dl^bG M . m(gonigal: T)IiAIN and FANCY .PRINTXNO of f KVEuY pEscmimos neaUy executed at < the WhCKTiat oam. the American Boluntctr TO CALL ON AND WALKER A CLAUDY, ' . Old Stand, THE FAB WEST. » We give below a portion of the journal of Capt. Wm. L. Cotton, who. Is at pres ent engaged os secretary of General W. J. Palmer, secretary of the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, in a tour of exploration to the Pacific. The following extracts from Capt. Cotton's diary will.be found especially interesting at the pres ent time, when the far West is absorbing so much attention. The pages in question were not written for publication, and the reader will bear this in mind should he find many of the passages' Jotted down simply as notes: ' Monday , August 12.1807.—8r0ke camp and started forTriniaad at 7A. M. The surveying parties; in charge of Mr, Eio holtz, are to go on to the summit of the' pass, and continue the survey through to Fort Union, by way of Red river. Gen. .Palmer, Dr. Le Conte and I go to Trini dad with Gen. Wright and Capt. Cain of the escort, who go there for the purpose of laying in supplies, and will join the main party at Red river, on the south . side of the mountain. We (P., Le O. and seif) will proceed by stage road to Fort . Union, examining the contiguous coun try for coal and timber, Five miles from “Trluchero Pass," at, the mouth of 1 the “Manoho del Hutto (place where th© jackass stumbled), at General Palmer's request, I ascended the pass with a couple be soldiers, to examine a reported coal-vein. ' Wo went up.a long spur of the mountain otv tho west side of the pass,Jo a large exposure of massive sandstone near the top of the mountain,, where we found an old Indian trail which was followed, passing, nearly'on a level up the west side of the pass. While go- , ing up the mountain we saw a bl*ck-tall ed deer, which one of the soldiers fired at —and missed. At the •distance of About . four miles we passed a large canon enter ing the Manoho del Burro, and continued, about four miles further to a point in view of tho summit of the pass, wnere another 1 canon enters the pass from the west.-- Here, on the corner of the mountain mado by the canon , and the main valley (or pass) we struck, a small raviue in which appeared pieces of coal. Following this raviue up the side" of tho mountain in plain view appeared a large face of strata exposed. Here I found- three veins of coal; one ten inefies thick—good; one five inches thick-—poor; ‘ and one nine inches thick—good. , After'; examining this place, and making‘a - section of the enveloping strata, we took a lunch of hard-tack and bacon and turned our heads for Trinidad at 2P. M. Came out of the pass by the trail, and following along the side of the mountain to the west two or tbreo miles, we came down on to the plains about five' miles from the San Francisco creek, on which la the Mexi can rancho at which we stopped last week. Struck the trail of Generals Wright and Palmer whefe it crossed the creek, at 5.40 P, M., and reached Trinidad at 9 P. M. having ridden about'fifty miles since morning. We found Gen. Palmer at tho Stage Hotel. ... Tuesday , August 13.—We remained in Trinidad and took a bath In the Purga toire before, breakfast. It was election day for county officers (Dem. 200 major ity), and I was introduced to Mr. Eugene Lightendorflbr arid Judge Baird. Mr. L. says the route by the way of the Glia (pronounced “Hela") river la admirably adapted for a railway, and that the Rocky Mountains are easily passed. Judge Baird at one time was, Indian agent for the Navajos. , At 9 P. M. Gen. Wright started out with three or four wagons la den with supplies. Mr. Gardner, the photographer, who came with us by stage, went with him. He will' replace Dr. Bell, the young English amateur, who willprobably go with our little par ty from Fort Union to' Santa Fe. Dr, Le Conte went up the Eaton Pass to-day, with Judge Baird, about four miles, and found three veins of coal amounting to ten feet in thickness—good coal and bituminous. Only one other place is known where coal is found on the same formation as thlp. I refer to Vancouver's Island. Wednesdayi August J4,—At UA. M. Mr. Llghtendorffer and. Judge Baird brought out a light wagon, and we went with them up the purgatoire, six miles to Mr. Long's,; to examine coal veins.— We found‘several, but all were quite thin —from nine inches to two feet. The hills in this vicinity are low and rounded, and there is no doubt that coal exists within quite a large range. Mr. Long is a South erner (from Kentucky), as his speech and type of buildings indicate. Two orthree Mexican families live near him, evident ly once peons, and ho owns a saw-mill, a short distance up Long's Creek, which here empties into the Purgatoire. He en tertained us hospitably on plain, whole some fare. Timber In this vicinity : be comes larger and more abundant— mostly pines; farther up the Purgatoire about twenty-live miles t he saye there is a mag nificent tract of these trees. The. valley is well settled, mostly to Mexicans, twen ty-five miles above Long’s, and good crops are raised by Irrigation. Corn, wheat and vegetables flourish. We re turned in the aftgruoon to Trinidad. We made arrangements with a man by the name of Thos. Young (commonly called Brigham), to take our baggage in a mule wagon to-morrow) when we start for Fort Union. At 9 P.. M. ho came to me, and announced —for no reason—that he ‘‘threw up the contract)’’ Mr.Brans ford promised to see that wo had an out fit in the morning. ■ ■’ ~ Thursday iAugustlb.~~ AroseotC A. M., and took our usual bath. Found that Mr. B.’ had not been able to get a team. — Found Brigham again) and mado a new arrangement with him atflve dollars and fifty cents perday. - General Palmer and Dr. Le Conte started at 8 A. M., while I remained behind to start our little wagon (“outfit;” we call it). AtO A.M. wo got off. taklng the, stage road which presses the mountains at this pass, following up Raton, Creek, which emptiesXntp th,e Pur gatoire six miles up the pass, and found the party examining a coal vein. We took a section of the strata, and, went on and examined one or two more to the summit. Water is here abundant, and pine timber of good size. We reached Mr. Wooten's tou-gato at U P. M. on this aide of the summit, and ■ thirteen miles from Trinidad at 4P. M. The road up the pass la under his control, and he charges .wagons one dollar and horsemen twenty-five cents, -Ho is a Virginian, whocameoutWestin 1830 —anoldmoun- 1 tain trapper and hunter, and believes In the Chiving ton eolation of the Indian, problem. ■■'To-morrow w e remain here to examine coal veins. . . Friday, August 16.—1 n tho A. M. we went across the ridges to the north-west to examine a reported good pass, Mr. Wooten being our guide. Four miles from the toll-gate we reached the sum mit of the pass, which we named the Chicken Pass. Northward fioflfs a small stream called “ Chicken Creek,’,’ which emptlesinto Baton Creefc Six miles be low the toil-gate, and southward, flows a small stream, .emptying into Bed river ,near. Burns? ranobe, fourteen miles from the summitof Raton Boss. Tho summit of tho pass seemato. bo. two bund red, feet’ lower than thesummltofthe Raton Pass,’ <ond’by a tunnel .of half ; a mile through sandstone the grade of a railroad would bo muchleas than up Raton Pass. From' the summit £ took a sketch of the Span ish Peaks. f Passing down 1 Chicken Pass’ to tho south, we endeavored, but without.suo* cess, to find an eight-foot vein of coal des cribed by Mr. Wooten. From the,depths of the-pass,-in whose contracted fertile Valley-we found a fine bed .of, potatoes planted by Wooten as an experiment, wo climbed to the top of the mountain, on the east sldo-r-a terrible ascent of about eight hundred feet at an angle of about 55 degrees. .. We passed along a 'divide' to. the summit of Raton Pass, where we i found our wagon waiting for us. Dr. Le Conte, being a good weight, was almost exhausted by His severe climb up the CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31.1867. mountalu. We returned to the toll-gate and ate a hearty dinner at 3 P. M. 'The Baton Mountain on the east side of the pass is very hold. ' The summit, being of metamorphlo rook, has many preolpltoua sides or cllfis, and the general appearance .is of a gigantic battlement, with nil Im mense .bastion (called Fisher’s Peak) at the soutwest corner; and an elevated lodk-out tower (culled Baton Peak) at the northwest corner overlooking the town of Trinidad. From the summit of the pose we had an excellent view of the spurs of the mountalu to the sdfitheat, and of the valley of the Bed Blver flowing south wardly. Saturday, August 17.—1 n we went up on a high ridge to examine a reported coal-bed on the top. It proved, however, to be nothing but carbonifer ous slate. We saw an abundance of fine, ■wild flax; good, wild hops, and wild cherries, on which bears feed at this t(mo of theyear. Wooten says there are many bears, black, cinamon, and grizzly, In this vicinity, and that it is strongo wo have seen none. Elk, antelope, and long-tail deer also frequent the little, verdant val leys in tho mountains during the winter,, and are found there sometimes at this sea son. We left his house at IX A. M., and took up the line of march for Bed River. X forgot to mention that Dr. Le Conte is mounted on his own horse, the color of a, yellow olaybank, and the General and I are mounted on mules which we' got 'at Trinidad, and which will be sent back by Brigham from Fort Union. Half a mile from tho toll-gate we ex amined a coal vein, and, by digging with a pick found five feet of coin with two small seams of slate. Examined two or three more exposures of coal on the south side of the summit, within a distance of five miles. Here the pass became quite rapid—too much so,Apparently, fora rail road. Five milesfrom Wooten'awe pass ed through the Devil’s Gate, where there Is Just room for the road to.pass between the rooks. The view is very picturesque. We camped at 5 P. 31. in the pass, three quarters of a mile below Devil's Gate,pud ihad a light shower for half an hour after camping. Here,we supped on hard tack,' bowu, pickles, coffee, aud apple-jelley, ■witlygood appetite, and slept under the wagoh, . , Sundi,y, 18.—Arose half an hour after having slept well. General Palmer and I took our usual bath, In a pool of oleaKwator about ra foot deep.— This stream Hire agreat many others In this country, hup water only in a few places, and Is called an Aroza. The wa ter at one place slides beneath the bed of the stream, and reappears some distance below—the greater p*rt of the bed being perfectly dry. Generally by digging two or three feet, water can be obtained iu abundance. Frona,three t 0.6 A. M., the atmosphere Is quite oold, and cue Is temp ted to shiver during a bath, bui thu reac tion is delicious, and we then feel ready for any amount of fatigue. Breakfast some as supper, minus jelley. Started at 7A. M. Three miles brought us out of the pass, which was quite rough: One mile from the mouth of the pass saw a trap-dyke, very much like the dyke; at Trlnohero Pass, and tested by the com pass, running in the same direction (N. 70 deg. E). Here,the road turned to the south west, and five miles further wereaoh ed Mr. Sears’ rnnohe on Bed river. - We are now on, the plains again. To the southeast about-twenty miles distant, we saw Tenaha Mountain (Mexican for wa ter pot), arid several spurs' of Eaton Mountain. Stopping at this ranobe a lit tle while we passed on, and in an hour and a half stopped at the forks of the road, seven miles from the ranobe, to lunch and graze our animals. One road runs here to the left, and goes to Fort Union byway of Red river, nearly due south, while the scage road, the one wo travel, goes to the right, keepiug close to the foot hills of the Becky Mountolus.r-v We passed these foot hills (pretty high," some of them, say nine or ten hundred feet) one after another, having great can nons between them, some of them fertile and extending back to the main range of the Booky Mountains, some 25 or 30 miles distant. The road down Bed river is eight miles shorter to Fort Union than thestage route. (The plains are very dry, and the sun is very hot during tho mid dle of the day. There is no water on the stage road betwoed Bod river and Vernii gu creek, a distance of 23 miles.) ' Continuing our march, we reached the stage ranobe on Vermijo oreefc at'6 P. M, Just before reaching the rancho we pass ed through a shower and got slightly wet. Barney O’Donriell keeps the rauohe.— Plenty of muddy water lu Vermijo ereek. Mondai/, 19.—1 n the morning, after a bath in Vermijo, at*vhioh stewed chick en figured, wo started, with O’Donnell as guide, to see some coal exposures up the camion of tho Vermijo. The creek runs down from the southwest. Passing up the valley on the east side of the creek,, to a point five miles from the stage rariche,aud opposite Mr. Chase’s ranobe, we turned up a canon entering the valley from the south. Two and a half miles up this canon wo found, about oue hundred feet up the side of the mountain a mag nificent vein of. coal, ten feet thick —good, clean bituminous coal, said by a black smith who has used both to be equal to Pltsburgh coal. Three quarters of a mile above this is discovered another exposure ten feet thick, and judging from thechar notor of the enveloping rook, it was the same vein. General Palmer and I followed up this canon several miles till it grew contrac ted, wild, and rugged. ,We expected to see bears, but did not. Returning to the Vermijo we went .up that creek three miles, picking our way through Wild sun flowers .(which grow in all tho valleys, and bn the plains where the earth has peon stirred bywheels,)hlghasour heads on horseback. Here we found two more .exposures of . coal, evidently tho samo vein as In. the northern canon. Came, back to O’Dorinell at 3 P. M., having been slightly wet by a shower: This Is’ the rainy season In the mountains, and will be over-in two dr three weeks. It commences about July 15, and lasts some times till the middle of September. The showers generally, occur late In the after noon, say after 8 o’clock. Beds’ of coal ore said to exist in nearly all the canons In this vicinity. , ; , 1 , Tuesday, 20,—1 started^.early with a man named Dewitt, a blacksmith,'as guide, to ’ visit what Is said to be the best coal In this country. Went northwest three miles to Blaokmopr canon (southwest of Vermijo creek a mile ortwo), and up that canon about a mile to Its head. Here, an opening had been made, and a number of’ wagon Toads taken out; but stance the last was taken a wash or slide had nearly cdy ered the face of tho coal, so that drily four feet was visible. But DeWitt; who’ had made the opening, said be had gone, into It to a perpendicular depth of ten feet, and bad not then found, the bed rock. — Some fifteen yards distant; 1 saw an ent ered of what appeared to bo the bedrock, and I estimate the vein to be: eleven or twelve feet thick. Meanwhile the “ out fit,.”,with General,Palmer, had gone on by'the stage road to a point three polios from there to turn off to the right’,‘and go; up Bremer canon wUh O’Donnell as guide; Comingoutof Blackcqoor canon, I gave DeWitt a dollar for bis services' and parted’with him. — Taking a by-road/ I strubk diagonally for the stage rood; reaching it/1 vent oh to a point opposite Brewer canon,and found the. place where the .wagon had turned off. Golng'up a little further, to a little elevation‘from which! could see up the canon, ! left my mule graze and sat down under.a pinion tree to .wait for the party. I bdd beeu sitting there (on a large piece of coal which I had carried from -Blacka moor canon,dntendlng to send it to the tit. Louis offlqe) half au hour,when I saw an Indian riding along the road on a pony; behind was his little boy; on an other pony was his squaw. Ho did not see mo at first, but saw the mule and turned off towards him immediately. As Indians sire'said to be thieves X thought it was time to show myself; so, much to his astonishment, I arose and waited, for. him to , come up. I was'quite surprised (observe the facility with which a con versation could be'carried on. I greeted him: : u Oommc la va. Scnor f " He. “ How I" (very broad—tho Indian salutation). He then let off some mon grel. Spanish at me, and 1 finally made out that he wanted to know if I had come from Vermijo.. Making tho necessary re ply, I asked him, partly by sign, if he was going to Vermijo, to which he' replied, “Yes.” , Me. “You Uto?” He. “Apache”(emphatically). Me*. “How many leagues to Max well's?” Ho. “Two” (holding up two fingers). The fellow evidently knew a little En glish. . 1 was smoking at the time, and, hold ing my pipe to him, I said, “ You smoko.” to which ne replied by taking and smok ing with evident satisfaction, and getting off some more Spanish to his squaw. , I then gave a two-cent piece, which I remembered having in my pocket, to the little Indian boy, while rfao squaw ad mired the red case of my hunting-knife, and the party rode off, saying “.good bye” to my “ adloa.” I thought I was rid of them, when tho follow came bock and asked for matches. 1 hud a few in my pocket and gave him half, and the impudent outlaw asked for “more.'' X then gave him all but two. and, pointing to myself, said, “Mo two.” Me. “Youone.” Me. “Mefiuo.” (Emphatically.) Me. “You ONfe.” (Holding up one finger.) Me. “Me TWO.” (More emphati cally, putting them in my pocket with decision.) He then asked for tobacco, and giving him a couple of pipes full he rode oif, ana the villain actually carried my pipe away with him. I was utterly unprepared for this, and was so overcome with astonish ment that I said nothing. I thought af terwards tbat.tbe fellow bad a good joke on me. After waiting for tho outfit till 1 P. M., I concluded to go on, So rolling up my lariat aud fastening It to my saddle, £ took up my lump of coal and wont on. Maxwell's baclenaa, was only ten miles distant. I had heard much of it, aud was rejoiced when I saw far in the distance the waving of tho “stars and stripes” at the camp of the company of cavalry sta tioned there. I reached the place at 3 P. M., and was glad to drop my piece of coal. General Palmer ana the outfit did not get up till 5 o'clock. Maxwell is one of the wealthi est men la New Mexico, having married a Mexican lady who owned oue of the largest land grants in New Nexico, He claims under the grant from tho Mexican Government, before the war of 1848, a tract of land 40 miles square, embracing all the lands wo have passed over sinco leaving the, Raton Mountain. He lias several hundred acres under cultivation, and owns immense droves of cattle and sheep. Dr. Le Coate bad letters to him and on their presentation we were immediately ushered into the house, and told to make ourselveacothfortable. The house is built \of adobes, but is plastered outside and whitewashed, and all the work has been doue well. The Inside is well finished and papered, and is extremely spacious, there being four large rooms and au im mense bail. Tblsjs the house proper. — Fifteen yardsto the rear is another build ing of four rooms,, largo and roomy.— Everything is substantial and neat, and we see here the first fences we have seen in New Mexico. The house fronts on a large plaza, on two sides of which, to the East and the Booth, is a corn-field ;on the other is a long, low building, which is used as a store for general merchandise*. and the storehouse of the Indian agent, Dennison, brother of Gov. Denni son, of Ohio; there is also a blacksmith and carpenter shop. In the rear of these buildings run the Cimarron Creek, with a good ample body of olear prater. Up this creek, iu the mountains, twenty-five miles from here, there is now threat deal of excitement over gold. Between four and five hundred men are there washing the sand, and itis said are making money. They are called “ Placer Mines,” or “Gulch Mines,”' because no quartz is used, but sand only. Excellent quartz have been found, however, yielding well. The Pikes' Peak excitement, in 1855, built up Denver;-a k city now 6f over 12,000 inhabitants, and it is asserted that more reason exists here lending to the same result. W. F. C, A SAD STOUT. Wo take the following from the Lynch burg Republican of the flth: We mentioned a few days since that a federal officer was lying ill of yellow fe ver at Marion Depot,on the Vlrglnlaand Tennessee Railroad. From Dr. M. P. Christian, of this city, who attended the cose, and was with the,patient at the time of his decease, we learn the following melancholy circumstances that attoded it. The. officer was named Lieut. Clifford Stickney, aud at Auburn, New York. For some time previous to Ills death he had been stationed at New Or leans, but was furloughed a few days ago to go home to be married. His nuptials had been arranged to come-off on the Ist. inst.,., and every preparation had been made for tbelr. celebration. But often our most brilliant hopes are doomed to wretched fortune.. Before the unfortu nate officer left the infected district, the fatal fever had seized upon hla system,' and when he reached Marion, on his way to his home and bis bridal, he was unable to proceed further; and had to be put un der medical treatment. . For a few days itwos supposed that his malady was bu llous fever, and the physician at Marion, employed to attend the sick at the garri son there, attended tho sufferer, and ad ministered mediciue such as the case ap appeared jto require. Wheii it became evident, however, that his disease was yellow fever, Lieut. Btlokney was aban ed'by his.physician* and a perfect panic spread-through the plao©. ( One soldier at last volunteered to wait, upon' him, and used every possible means to make him comfortable,. When. Dr- Christian ar rived, the patient bad the black vomit, (the last stage ofjhe disease and the al most certain precursor of dissolution.) Oh Thurday morning he died, and a few hours after his eyes were-olosed and hia heart stilled, the young lady to whom the dead man was engageq.to bo married, ar rived with her father. It Is utterly Im possible to afford any’ldea of the agony with which she heard of bis death. She stated that if she had found him insensi ble, and with|n an hour of hla death, she would have been, married to him, and that she'considered herself as married to him in the slfeht of Heaven, although their bands were never permitted tq be joined. We do not remember ever having heard of a more distressing story of love aud grief. We trust the consolation of relig ion, and all'the rich resources of Chris tian frith, may sustain< the stricken girl in this black hour of v bereavement and passionate grief. Thinking of her antici pated happiness, and the utter betrayal that'mether’hopes, we are reminded of these appropriote llnesiof English poet: 1 The young village mpld. wlioa with flowers she HorkmfMl owing looks on some festival day. WUl.weep o’er thy fate, till, neglecting her tres- UhMubrafuUy Jturns from her mirror o,way J MeiAtnq.— A witticism by a distin guished member'of the bar, Sergeant 8,. is going the rounds ofthe London clubs. Sergeants.and Sergeant M. met recent ly in the roblDg-room ; bf W es ii lQ l nB^er » when, the latter complained of the am ount of work which was saddled with de-, daring that It was killing him. “.Why, then,” said B. “do you work so hard? Give- up some. of your practice you have made a lot of money, you know ? “Yes,” replied M. “but I have got Intq a groove and cannot get out of it.” : “ A groove 1” retorted B. “yes, a groove of love of‘money. But, remember,,M. you cannot take your money with .you when you die, and if you could, in your, case, it would be melted In a minute or two.” Illicit ! I WANT TO GO HOME. ” I want to go home,” said a weary child, | At tho close of a summer day— She was tired oat with running about And she’d none with whom to play. , , j ” I want to go homo,” said a heart-sick girl* I At the end of a promenade— At a brilliant ball In a splendid. Hall, Whore Its beauty began to fade. ” I want to go home,” said a poor sick boy. In a far-off distant land— ” 1 want to bo nurs’d ns I was at first, Aud soothed, by my mother’s band.” 11 1 want to go homo,” said a foolish maid, Who had left tho parental roof— Who had braved her foie and discovered too late That sho'd bettor have borne reproof. ” I want to go home,” said the prodigal son, Who nod alokne'd of wanton pleasure— Who had broken his truth and wasted his youth “In search of golden treasure. ” I want to go homo,” said a widow’d one. When her much-loved one had left her— Ho was called of God—laid under tho sod. And she felt ol wlint Fate bad bereft her. ” I want to go homo,” said a lonely man, When tho wife of his youth had departed. And ho walk’d toand fro, and his spirit sank low. And ho felt all broken* hearted. “ to gb homo;” is tho feeling of all, No matter how they express It— The thought Is tho same, bo what will the name, Or the words la which they may dress It. All want to go homo when this life’s done, And tho hard fought battle’s o’er— To Join that band at His right hand. To lire forever more. 4:ltivettfazato. THE MISSING U7ITKB. We were sitting on the rocks beneath the Broadway house atN ; the surf rolling up to our ; very feet, tho moon making a bright pathway across the wa ters, and the cool evening breeze playing on our brows; so delicious after the in tense beat of an August day. Phil, had Just arrived that afternoon, and my heart had warmed afresh to the companion of old days. Phil, had been a great traveler since those days—had seen all that was worth seeing in the old world and the new ; had been the for eign correspondent of some of our leading journals, and had sketched his experi-. encelu a etyle peculiarly his own—bor rowing neither from the liippaut witti cism of one class of writers, nor the sol emn, owl-like wisdom of others. Weary, and worn, he had thrown away the pil grim's staff for a brief season, and had accepted an office in the post-office de partment in Washington—in fact, his business lay In the dead-letter office. His quick and active mind caught, at once, the deficiencies of tho system, and belabored fora whole year to forward a plan to remedy them. In this time, very many serious Incidents come to bis knowledge, in which individuals had suf fered deeply from the loss ofietters. And on tills night he found a ready listener to a story which bad excited iiis sympathy, and which he had traced step by step un til its final. . As near as 1 can recollect them, I shall give itinhis own words; although my readers must suffer a-loss in the absence of Phil’s deep, impassion ed tones, and tho eloquence, not only in Ws voice, but of the great brown eyes, which even by moonlight spoke to mo of intense feeling. * About the year 1840, a family named L'Estrangc, removed from Canada to New York, and took up their abode in a street ofeomewhatqUatocrutic pretension. The father, os yousmay guess by the name, was of French Origin. Themother was air English woman. Both were deep ly imbued with pride of ancestry, and no loss with national pride. Tho v©ry name of an American produced in thea* feel ings of disgust that made itself offensive ly visible to every person that knew them. Gradually the friendly hospitali ty which bur people so generally extend ed tostrangers was chilled and weakened by the presumption and arrogance of these foreigners, aud they were thrown back on themselves for society. 4 To one member of' tho household, however, It was impossible to feel repug nance. Marie L'Estrange was asgood as she was beautiful. She was the only child of her parents, partaking of none of their arrogance, but like a sweet and sim ple wild flower as she was, giving out tho perfume and richness of her nature to all around her. Marie was barely eighteen when her parents settled in New York. With the conflnding nature of youth, she soon gave her best affections to one who bad eagerly sought them.,. John Holland was the son of a New York man who; from small beginnings, was now uppermost iu his circle. He bad traineanis sou in bis own business, and another year was to see John's name fig uring as a partner in the long standing firm of Holland & Co. * 1 He had met Marie L’Estrange at the house of a friend, and was struck with her unaffected simplicity of manner, so different to the idea ho had formed of the French, frivolity and mqnnerlsm;he bad knowp in others. * The feeling of attraction was mutual. Marie shared none of her fathers preju dice against the Americans, ana her heart was at once surrendered, without reservation. The hardest thing to do was for John Holland to ask the proud Frenchman for his daughter;.but it must be done. He had an InTuiilve knowledge of the prejudlceot L'Estrangc; but Marie was richly worth asking for, and .feeling that, after all, he was really tho,equal of her father, Imblrth, blood and breeding, he boldly came up to the mark and de manded the hand of his daughter. ‘Have you over seen a Frenchman, Karl, when his Inordinate self conse quene has been brought down, his self love wounded, and hla superiority ignor ed? He is not o lion or a tiger, attacked in his den, aqd nobly resenting his inju ries; nor even a generoualiouse-dog, bark ing out his indignation at what his in stinct recognizes as an insult. * He Is only a monkey, whose witless and impotent race spends itself In grim aces, ludicrous and ugly, exciting only. mirth and contempt in the .beholder.— Earnest as Holland felt in his purpose, he could but experience some of this feel ing of contempt when L'Estrange, abso lutely frothing at the pronounced a brolcen execration upon Yankee inso lence; and ordered him out of the bouse. ‘Holland went away; but, in bis heart of hearts, he registered au oath that, Providence permitting, he would make Marie his wife, despite her father's oppo sition; < ; * It boots not now, Karl, to tell how be compassed his purpose. It Is enough to say that oiie wet, rainy morning, when all 1 ini the house 'supposed Marie-still sleeping, there wasa.wedding iu aohurch hot far .off, with only two witnesses to the ceremony,' and Marie L'Estrauge was the bride; lnto the household of the*-Hollands, tho bride’s life flowed on like some calm, still river, unruffled by rode winds. Peace was’ the natural ele ment there—not the dull, stagnant Lethe, but the sweet waters of contentment that true love brings its votaries. ‘Mrs; Holland hod so longed for a daughter ..uli through her married, life* aud now she was experiencing a delight Unknown before/ John’s wifol ; Not 'even a daughter could, she thought, be half as dear as this near relation. ; ,‘Of course, L’Estrange was furious.— 'He haunted the square where the Hol lands lived, and swore he would have hia daughter again, dead or alive, even if she had disgraced herself. Murlocriedsoftly, when she heard of his foolish threaten- Ings, and only clung the closer to John YOL. 54.—N0. 20. and to John's father and mother. They supplied a want.which she had always known—the want of true sympathy.— Her parents loved her after their fashion ; but it was not a real love that seeks the happiness of Its object. Far from It,— They wore too worldly, too fond of style, and too eager to make an appearance, to feel anything like true love or realfriend shlp. iiii 1 .When the sparkle is on the cub— when the flower is in its fullest bloom —when the star of life shines brightest—thou is the tlhib t 6 tremble and bfafraid. Then the stars' die out of the sky, the flower fades and drops Its leaves, the foam is dashed from the cup. You think me sad and desponding,]but I have seen too much of life not to know that it is not given to us to enjoy happiness here." , ■ I had never seen Philip so deeply thoughtful as on this night. It seems os if the secrets that had come to him in his recent experience, though belougiug to others, had been incorporated into his own being. He met my glance of sym pathy and smiled faintly. In a few mo ments he went on. . ‘No doubt you are thinking, Karl, that one who, like me, Jins forsaken all homo ties of parents, brothers and sisters, and wandered around the earth alone, must have forgotten or lost the sweetness of those ties. But believe my words, old friend, Phil Dudley has a heart still, and it beats for others' woes. Pshaw 1 you will think mo grown maudlin.. Let me pass to the real sorrow’ that came upon poor Mario Holland. ‘ Some unexpected turn in Mr. Hol land's business made it necessary for either himself or John to go to Europe.— There was but a short time how to the sailing of the teamer; but, before it came. Mr. Holland became too ill for himself to attempt the voyage, and John was ob liged to go. He was to return os soon as possible, and, after a long discussion as to whether Marie should accompany him* it was decided that, for the sake of an ear lier return, than ho would wish to make with her as a companion, he had better leave her behind. Marie consented to the arrangement with her usual sweet , ness, and they parted. ‘The six weeks rolled away. It was hardly possible to expect that ho could have transacted, his business In time for the coming steamer; but Marie was real ly disappointed when be did not come.— * I shall surely have a letter,' she said, os she wiped away a tear, , But uo letter came from John. One was brought to her, but she threw It aside when she saw that it was not In bis handwriting. An hour after, she plcked lt up from the car pet, and discovered, to, her dismay, that it boro the London postmark, what could it mean? Was Jonn dead, and was a stranger's hand sending her the dread ful news? ‘Mrs. Holland, singing softly to her' eelf.-imconsclousof all trouble, looked in to the room. Marie 1 was holding an open letter in her trembling baud,-while her face was blanched to snow *white, and her tearless, eyes were fixed and stony, like those of a statute. ‘Allask of some perfume stood on the table against which Marie leaned. Mrs. Holland bathed,her face and hands until she lost that terrible look. She asked not u word. Marie should tell her when she grew better; but ail the while the mother's heart foreboded that the letter bore news of John's death. But why did they«write to Marie? It would have been only natural that Mr. Holland should have received the letter, bearing such news. But Mrs. Holland was 100 much moved to think over probabilities now.— Marie’s state demanded instant help, and she was thankful when she heard Mr* Holland’s steps approaching. He took Marie in his arms and laid her on her own bed, and then Mrs. Holland gave him the letter that had thus shaken the poor young wife. ‘ ‘ What is It?' asked the mother, as she marked the pale face grew paler at the reading. 4 What Is it? Ah, 1 know! My sou is dead! he la dead! ’ ‘ Cujm yourself, Louisa.' said Mr. Hol land. ‘John is living and well, for aught I know. But some base person has tra duced him. and sent the shaft home to poor Marie’s heart with, a malignity wor thy of a fiend.' “Traduced John! Why, husband!— John never had an enemy in the world. It cannot bo.. Let me see the letter.’ 'lt was one of that species which ma lice alone could ever have Invented—an anonymous one. By 'Heaven, Karl, I could boar anything better than one of those abominable missives that stub you In the dark. Of all the diabolical inven tions to torture quiet, unsuspecting peo ple with, these arc the wickedest. And ypt they are bo common that scarcely one in a thousand, 1 do believe, escapes with out receiving at least one of them in the course of their life. Many a one I have read, while in the dead letter olllce, and was always devoutly thankful that a blunder, somewhere, had prevented the person from receiving it—glad, too, that for oiiCO,~umHcoiul<i failed afitanutrk I But I am forgetting this letter to Marie! To be brief, the person writing it declar ed that John Holland had been unfaith ful to bis wife—that he had carried out a person with him to London, and that the two had a little child on board who call ed them father and mother. Then fol lowed a mass of evidence which, had the story been told In-court by accredited witnesses, would have been sufficient to blast John Holland’s hitherto unblem ished name forever. . 41 Marie, look up, dearest child!' whis pered Mr. Holland. 4 There Is not a word of. truth In this, believe me. No man'or woman living would dare to.nf fix n name to this falsehood. Bo at rest. John Holland’s wife never need blush for her husband, whatever may coipo.’ . * But be spoke to deaf ears. Marie, gen: tie and tender as a. little child all her life before, was goaded'now into a Jealous ragp that was perfectly agonizing tft her parents to witness., All her love for John, seemed turned to burning hatred. It was strange that one so habitually mild and placable should bo so transformed as she was. She oveu declared her determina tion of leaving the house and returning to that of her father, although all inter course between herself and him ceased on her marriage day. Never would she rlive with him another day ! . * Miserable indeed were Mr. and Mrs. Holland- Such a terrible thing to hap pen in their peaceful family. What cn~ emy would have done this? For you see, Kari, they .believed in John Holland os they did in tbe.sun Itself. < And.the first shadow between them and Marie was this; and although they treated her kind ly, still they could not forgot that she had been .willing to believe an unsupported falsehood from an unknown ami there fore worthless source. . ‘And now another trouble seized the unhappy parents. Before the time when the next steamer might bp expected; Ma rio had carried out her resolution of leav ing their house for her fathers's. Noth ing could induce her to. remain until be came and give him a chance to clear him: self.. . • i 4 1/Eatrauge met his daughter with-a grim smile, which, had she been as clear sighted as usual, might have enlightened her as to the writer or instigator of the letter. ,If I were writing .this letter, Ka rl, I should probably keep this as a mys tery to be unfolded at the very last, al though most'any reader of common in telligence, could easily guess’ that L’Es trange was tho orily enemy that John Holland had in the ; world, and it was easy for him to : devise ways and means to Injure him. A’rich' man like 1/Es trange would find uo difficulty in finding ono who. would.write any. calumny he might dictate. - And so the base deed was done, and more than one heart was made wretched. -. ■' ♦The steamer arrived, in. two .weeks more, and with it came John.' He.flung himself into the first carriage he could find, impatient to bo'at homo once more. The time which in reality was so brief, seemed almost endless to him« ; He had pictured to himself Marie watching for Hate® for AnvEnnfigMCTTß win be inserted at Ten Conn per line for tho first - Insertion, and five cenP per lino for each subsequent Insertion. Quar terly, half-yearly, and yearly advertisements lu sorted at a liberal redaction on the above rntet Advertisements should bo accompanied by tin Cash. When sent without any length of time specified for publication, they will bo continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. JOB PRINTING, Cxnne, HAinmiixs, CraociAßS, and every oth er description o( Job and Ca*o> Printing oxocq .toder the neatest style, at low prices. him at tho window, or running down stairs to meet him; out. to his surprise, uo such pleasant reception awaited him. He entered the house and made his way to the little room where bis wife aud mother had always sat in the morning.— Marie was not there, and his mother met him with an air of singular constraint that alarmed and confounded him. “Are yeti not glad to.see me mother?' ho asked. *. Why do you look at me so strangely, and where Is’ Marie? I must go toner this instant.’ ‘He ran up stairs. For the life of her, Mrs. Holland could not arouse courage enough to stay his steps. He went to Marie's chamber. All the gifts were there. Tho toilet, the bureau, even the bed, were strewn with them. You can faintly imagine how the poor fellow must have felt. Ho came down again to his mother. Something had happened— something dreadful he was sure. 11 Is she dead, mother?* he asked, hia poor, pale, quivering lips attesting to the true love he bore her. * * No, John, Marie is living and well, for aught X know, but she is not here.’ ‘Her, tongue refused to tell, him tho tale; but after Marie had gone, she had found the diabolical letter that bad caus. ed all the misery, lying twisted upon tho floor, aud she now produced it for Johu's perusal. 1 ‘ And she believes this, Mother ?’ ho asked, as a spasm of intense pain crossed his face. “I think she does, John. She has gone to her father.’ ‘ ‘Mother, I need not ask you if you be lieve this infamous lie. And O, how could Marie? Well, I must go to her wherever she is. It will be unpleasant to see Mr. and Mrs. L’Estrange, but I shall go and claim my wife.’ ‘ ‘Yes, John, go. I believe it Is your duty to see her and prevail oa her to come home. Believe the letter I You know I do not; but do not blame Mario too harshly. It was a terrible blow to her young and trusting heart.’ ‘ 1 But nothing could over have shaken my confidence iu her, mother I' said John, mournfully, as he turned away from tho door. ‘L’Estrange never, did things by halves. His wily cunning had assisted to fix the-fact of John's guilt deeply in the mind of Marie; and he persuaded her that a meeting between them would be fruitless and even wrong. Shepermittod her father to say that she could not meet him under any circumstances whatever, and John, well-nigh distracted with grief uud vague feeling of revenge toward some one, he knew not whom, went hoino to his desolate. chamber, and passed the night iu an agony that may not be de scribed. ‘After tbattime, he made numerous in effectual attempts to see her, but in vnui. Once, on going to the bouse of L’Es trange, he found It empty and a card at the window signifying that it was to be sold. He despaired now of any future reconciliation. Ho went homo, packed ‘away everything that could remind him of his lost happiness, and changed ids sleeping room to a distant part of the house. ‘Meantime, L’Estrange had removed to Canada. He was kind enough to Ma rie, but she grew every day more and more wretched. One day, her father was brongb t home dead. He had been strick en down by a carriage and trampled be neath tho feet of the horses. After his death, Mario looked over Ifis papers, and in doing so, she found the original draft nf that terrible letterl Heaven only knows what the poor girl’s feelings, were, when she saw that It was in her father’s own hand! All her Injustice to her husband rushed upon her mind, and she wrote hi m a hurried letter, explaining how she had been deceived, and imploring hla forgive ness. Her closing words were, *lf you can forgive mo, write mo at once. Let me be your wife once more—your peni tent, humiliated wife. If you do not an swer, I shall know that you will not re ceive me to your heart. But O John!— think of what I have suffered, and par don your wretched Marie. ‘Six months afterwards, this very let ter made its appearannA at th»a«o.n-lct»ui office. X remembered that, contrary to my usual custom. I read it through. I was struck-with the sad, almost hopeless strain of entreaty which it breathed. ‘Six mouths! and that letter, the very embodiment of that woman’s soul, hud never reached tho hand for which it was intended. What prayers and supplica tions had arisen to tho great white throne that it might touch the heart of John Holland! 4 Happily I was going to New York the very next day, and although nearly.all my time would be occupied with official business, I should find a moment to do* liver that letter Into John Holland's own hand. 44 The evening of that day found me in his presence. It was in the library that the servant conducted me: and the pale, shrunked figure sitting there was, I felt assured,,the husband of that pleading wo muu. * 4 He could not mistake me. Souls like his are above all petty suspicion, and bo kuow I had stumbled upon bis secret without a thought of wrong-doing. He read it with emotiou. I offered to depart instantly, but he detained me. To you, Mr. Dudley, he said, feelingly, 4 1 wish to tell the whole sad story, since you have shown such generous interest in •what you already know. You will grieve, I know, to find that your gener ous intentions can never be fulfilled.' I He then told me the talc I have told you—the last the saddest of all. ‘ This very dayj'-he continued, 4 1 have received a letter tronr Canada, written by a friend of. Marie. He states that she wrote me six months since, oxplalniugall and ask ing my forgiveness; that, receiving no answer, she had faded from day to day, .until last.week closed the struggle. Ido not mourn her death,'Mr. Dudley, for/1 shall soon meet her, but I grieve that her life should have been so. dark.' ‘ A violent fit of.coughing.succeeded his emotions, and, when he'removed his handkerchief from his mouth, 1 saw that it was-covered with blood.. I: rang for a servant and took my leatfo of John Hol land, feeling that he was not far from the eternal city. I read of his death a few weeks after. At last, then, the bride groom has found his bride! ‘ It cannot bo, Karl, that these griefs and sorrows and mistakes, that we suffer here below, are not righted in the world beyond the stars! I could not believe in a heaven, if I should lose my simple faith 'that the wrongshallbemaderlghtabove. The moon has set,' Karl, let us go in.’ I rose early the nest moral ug to bid Philip,Dudley farewell. It was the lust time I over saw him. He knows now whether his beautiful faith Is true; for hisearthly wanderings are over. ‘Task ed for him life—and God gave him long life for ever and ever.' The ancients were better men and wiser statesmen than the Christiana of our day and generation. The Thebans having overcome the Lacedemonians, in memory thereof erected a brazen trophy. A complaint was made before the Am phyctlons,' that by that trophy the mem ory of their Civil discord was made eter nal.’ Their judgment wos t that it should be demolished,because It,was not fitting that any temaln of discord between Greek 1 Qreefe. 4 r u; - fiST William,” said a teacher to one of his pupils, 44 can you tell me what makes thesun rise In the east?” 44 Don’t know sir,” replied William, 44 *cept it be [hat the yeast makes everything rise.” 86?* In the choice of a wife, take the obedient daughter of a good mother. BQ?* When are soldiers like good flan nel-? When they don’t shrink. • A oantkk will give ypo rpddy cheeks; • a decanter a ruddy nose, v l . ME
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