®|)e American llohmtcer. ! PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BRATTON & KENNEDY, OFFICE—SOUTH 9IABKET SQUARE. TERiis:—Two Dollars per year If paid strictly in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid vlthln throe months; after which Three Dollars fill bo charged. These terras will bo rigidly ad hered to In every instance. No subscription dis continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at he option of the Editor. professional GtarUs. A DARI KELLER, Attorney at ZAI Law, Carlisle. Cilice with W. M. Penrose, Esq., Rheoin’s Hall. October 3,lBo7—Ora* CHAS. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor ney at Law. Office In Building formerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of I [Mil lion's Hotel. Dec. 1,1805. Hi E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney Jj , and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Pennn. Office on South Hanover street, opposite Bcntz's Store. By special arrangement with the Patent Office, attends to securing Patent Rights. Deo. 1, 1805. TAMES A. DUNBAR. Attorney at f} Law, Carlisle, Pennn. Office' a few doors, west of Hannon’s Hotel. Dec. 1,1885. JOHN, C. GRAHAM, Attorney at Law. Office formerly occimlcd by Judge Graham, South Hanover street, Carlisle, Ponua. Dec. 1, 1885—ly. JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law, North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.. l5. DR. J. R. BIXLER offers his profes sional services .to the citizens of Carlisle and vicinity. Olllco on Main street, opposite thejall, In the room lately occupied by L. Todd, Esq. April 11, 1887—ly finsutance (Companies, jypu tul iTiTiTe INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. A C C EMULATED CAP!T A L $22,000,000! (TWENTY-TWO MILLIONS,). All In flrst-clnss Mortgages, Government Secu* rltles, Cash and Real Estate 11! IT MAKES NO DIVIDENDS TO STOCKHOLDERS I Uut Uh Cash Dividends of February, ISB7 amounted to 82,12-1,000 to Its Policy Holders, which Is nearly four times as much as any other Company In the United States declared for same year. * it has the LARGEST AMOUNT INSURED of any Company in the United States, and its Divi dends arc made annually In CASH, not put off till thoSlh payment, ns is done by the leading nolo companies. It has THE LARGEST INCOME $6,217,03 5.88.' From Business and Interest. Ha Tables of Rates are from 10 to 33 per cent, lower on the 10 year and endowment piaus than the Connecticut Mu tual and many other of the Note Companies, All Policies are or may bo exchanged for non-for feltabio ones. It has over 50,000 POLICY HOLDERS, uud is patronized and recommended bv the best authorities In the United States. SAMUEL K. HUMRICH, Special Agent, Office Wo. 28 U'cai Jfain Street, Carlisle,Pci,' October 3.1807—0 m gPECIAL INrfQRANCE AGENCY Ovfitt $25,000,00 of Capital Rkphesknted, HOME, MANHATTAN, SECURITY, NORTH AMERICAN, nil of Mew York. Aetna and Phceulx, of Hart ford, Conn.; North America, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Columbia Mutual, of -Lancaster, Pu. The mala element to bo desired In Insurance Companies is SECURITY If wealth, experience, Intelligence and probity exist, perpetuity and honorable dealing will bo likely to ensue. Insurance creates independence. A person pays fur his own indemnity, and need nut- bo a tax on his friends. Every man should Insure; the luirnlug or whoso property would lujuro or inconvenience hlmsoli, his family, or his neighbors. Insurance eUuuted ul this agency, uo mattef how largo the amount, lu either tJtooh or Mutual Companies. Policies issued, losses adjusted and promptly paid at this ollico. SAMUEL K. HUMRICII, Special Insurance Agent, QOlcc iVo. 20 BVsf MuUi Street, Carlisle, l J a. LOCAL AGENTS J.E. Ferroo, Nowvlllo. John R. sliuler, New Bloomlleld, Ferry coumy. A. H. Weldman, MilUlntown, Juulata couuiy, JURE INSURANCE, iho ALLEN AND EAST PENNBBORO’ MU TUAL EIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, of Cum berland county, Incorporated by an act of As sembly, In the year I£l3, and having recently had Its charter extended to the year Itutf, is nov in active and vigorous operation under the super intendence 01 the following Board of Managers: Win. R. Gorgus, Christian Stayman, Jacob Eb erly, Daniel Bailey, Alexander Cathcart, Jacob H. Coover, John Etchelberger, Joseph Wickerrs, Samuel Eborly, Rudolph Martin, Moses Bricker, Jacob Coover and J. C. Dunlap. The rates of insurance are as low and favorable as any Company of the kind In the State. Per sons wishing to become members are invited to make application to the agents of the Company, who are willing to wait upon them at any time. President—\v. R.QOPGAB, Eberiy’s Mills, Cum berland County. Vice President —Cnim. tiAN Stayman, Carlisle, Secretary—John C, Dunlap. Mechanlcsburg, Treasurer—Daniel Bailey, Duisburg, York Co. AGENTS. Cumberland County—3 onn Sherriclr, Allen; Hen ry Zearlng, Shlremuustown: Lafayette Petier, Dickinson; Henry Bowman, Churchtown: Mode Griffith, South Middleton; Samuel Graham W. Pennsboro’; Bamuol Coovcr, Mechanicsburg: J. W. Cooklln, Bhepherdstown ; D, Coovcr, Upper Allen: J. O. Bllver Bpring; John Hyer: Carlisle: Valentine Fooman.Now Cumberland; James MoCandllsh, Newvllie. York County— W. 8. Picking, Dover: James Griffith. Warrington: T. P. Deardortf, Washing ton; Uicbey Clark, Dlllsburg; D, Rutter, Fair view; John Williams, Carroll. Zktuphin County— Jacob Houser, Harrisburg. Members of the Company having policies about to expire, can have them renewed by making ap plication to any of tho agents. Deo. I 1805 qumberlakb VALLEY HOUSE, CORNER OF EAST HIGH AND BEDFORD STREETS, CARLISLE, PA J. B. FLOYD, Proprietor. March 12,1SG8.—Jy * BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. give bargains in, 10- i (M .*-4 4-4 and ;w. whits: a UNBLEACHED MUM.INrt A SIIIBJTNOS, 5.00 yards of DARK LIGHT and MOURNING PRINTS, 1.000 yards of SCOTCH AND DOMESTIC GING HAMS, u a x it i, o o if Irish Table Linens, Linen Table Cloths in patterns, Wool Table Cov ers, Plano Covers. Napkins, Crash and Towels. Damask for CurtahiMvnd Lounges. Curtain Ma terials, French anytEngllsh Counterpanes, manu als, Feathers, &c., Ac. CARPETS I CARPETS ! ! CARPETS! » • W. C. SAWYER & G 0., u\ake Carpets u special department m their largo trade. REST ENGLISH BRUSSELS, LOWEL & HARTFORD THREK-Piv £L INGRAIN CARPETS, P H I L A D E li P H I A 1 N G U A 1 N IirTCH AND I.INKS C’AUI'KIS, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN, PLAIN AND TWILLED VENETIAN, arnii'KD ton jiai.i. and staius. 1,0(11! yard** ol HOME MADE RAG CARPETS. Rugs, Mats, K-1 rt-4 4-4 O]LCL O T H S , popular make*. SHADES. N’ K W S T V L E S LOOKING OLAHBES, Ac,, Ac. r NEW CA llPhTfi HKI.I.INU KOH I.KS-iTHAS VII „*4T COST pi < ‘at poll* bought before the llrst oi fhcycnr NEW DRESS GOODS for early spring trade, BLACK SILKS, all color® of fancy silks, ALPACCAS, POPLINS, MOHAIRS, & DELAIN ES. ■ All kinds of White Cambrics. Swiss, Mar sallles, Brilliants and other white goods, A largo stock of NOTIONS. ■ Housekeepers and nil persons are respectfully invited to call. W. C. SAWYER & CO. buy for (’ASH and soil at tho LOWEST Market rates. Feb. 27, 1868. v * CARLISLE, PA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 19. 1868, HOOFLAHD’S HERMAN BITTERS, K K A D ! Hoofland’s German Tonic. Prepared by Dr.'o. M. Jackson, The Great Remedies for all Diseases LIVER, STOMACH, OR Hoofland’s German Bitters 1# composed of the pure .mlc <- (ui, n* ilicv i.ie medici nally tunned. Lx ■ . f----, l,.irts'i'r>t Hoots, Her bound Harks, __i frjf 4 making u pn-pnra tJon, highly concon lE'l"'“'pj (niir-i, and entirely frnfrom Alcoholic runni.r'in 4 ' of nm; kind. EOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIC, Ib ti combination of nil tlic Imp-i-db-nt< nr the Hitters, with the purest quality ot Santa Crut Sinn, Cramp*, etc., making one of the most pleasant and ru;r< , i , ablo rcmi'dles ever ollered to the public. Those preferring a .Medicine tree from Alcoholic Ad mixture, will use Hoofland’s German Bitters. In cflsca of ncrvouH depiction, when some alcoholic lUmulud is necessary, HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIC The Blltera or the Tonic are Loth equally good, and contain the same medicinal virtues. The stomach, from a variety of causes, sucli ftfl Indi gestion, Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility, etc.. Is very apt to (jfir 'TCTt have Its functions deranged. The result ifigv JRh of which Is, that the pftUcot Buffers from several or more of Constipation. Flatulence, Inward Plies, Fulness of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart burn, Disgust for Food, Fulness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sink ing or Fluttering at the Fit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Hoad, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before - the Sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi ciency of Perspiration, Yel lowness of the Skin and Eyes, ——- Pain In the Side, (ffJr vwA Back,Chest, Limbs, etc., \B». JM& Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burning in tbe Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits. Those remedies will effectually cure l.ivcr Complaint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or Nervous DeliilUy. Chronic Dlurrnicn, Disease of the Kldm-js, and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver, tilomach, or lm«s lines. Heaulting from any Cause whatever; PROSTRATION OP THE SYSTEM, Induced bv Severe Labor, Hard ships. Exposure, Fevers, etc. There Is no medicine extant equal to these remedies In ,u«li V—,—. A •vile mil viynr Is Imiwrlwl u» the whole Bystem, the g===a Appetite Is Strength ened, food Is enjoyed. the stomach digests promptly, the blond IH"® Is purified, the com- B tenon oeco m o s fiWii sound and healthy, 10 yellow tinge Is eradicated from the eyes, a bloom is given to the cheeks, and the weak ana nervous in valid becomes a strong and healthy being. Persons Advanced in Life t And feeling the hnnd of time weighing heavily upon them, with nil lu> itUomliuit ill*, will finu In the une of Ibtn BITTERS, or the TONIC, nn elixir that will Instil new life in o their veins, restore In a meunure the energy and ardor of more youthful days, hulid up their shrunken forms, and give health and impplncai to tholr remaining yean. It Is a well-established fact that fully ono-holf of the female portion of our population are tel* dom In the enjoyment ita of good health ; or. to uso their own ex JHn presslon," never feel well.” They are lan iwai gold, devoid of all energy, extremely nervous, and have no appetite. To this class of persons the BITTERS, or tbo TONIC, Is especially recommended. WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN Are made strong by the use of either of these remedies. They will euro every coso of MARASMUS, without &1). Thousands of certificates have accumulated In the hands of vhu m(>j>rivt»r, but space will allow of tbo publication of lull a few. Those,.it will he observed, are men of aoto and o! sucu standing that they must bo bellowed. Hon. Geo. W. Woodward. Chitf Justice of the Supreme Court of Pa., writes: Fhiladttph\a t March 10,1607. “IflndTTooflnnd’a «= German Bitters M> • gmnl tonic, useful /JJSI In dlseosen of tho dltfcstiveoruHiis, and of great benefit In cases of debility, and »“ M™ wont of nervous sc* tlon in tho system. Yours truly, Hon. James Thompson. Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, April 28, 1600. “ I consider ‘ Tloonand’s German Bitters ’ a valuable m'dict'nrin case of altacksof Indluusllnn or Dyspepsia. 1 enn certify this from my experience of it. Yours, wilri respect, From Eev. Joseph H. Kennard, D. D., Parlor of the Tenth Baptist Churchy Philadelphia. Dr. Jackson— Dear Sir: I havo boon frequently re qurstvti >u vumina m tj immo with rccommenduiions ol dltlurunl kinds of medicines, but the prac tice as out of my ap rsa propriate spheru, I have In all cases do i| dined; hut with a clear proof I" ou * In.wncc and particularly in my tsM ws own family, of the usefulness of Dr. lloutland's German Bitters, I depart for once from my usual course, to einress my full conviction that, /or general dtbihty of We tytjrm, and tn»ee\aHy for Liner CSmipfat'nf, if is a safe and valuable preparation. In some cases it may fail i but usually, 1 doubt not, It will tw very bcnolidol to those who suffer from the above causes. Tours, very respectfully, J. n. KENNARD, Eighth, below Coates Bt, From Eev. E. D. Fendall, Assistant Editor Christian Chronicle, Philadelphia, 1 have derived decided benefit from the owsof Hoof land’. German Bitter*, end fed It my privilege to re commend them a* a moat valuable lent* to «l! who are ■nflhrinjt from general debility or from dla»*a.oa analog from deißiigemeot Of the liver. Youra truly, E. D. EENDALL. Hoofland’s German Remedies are counterfeit*! Bt* th»ttha«»imnturuof . _ O. U. JACKSON U on the wrapper of each bottle* All other* are coun IW JM I teriejU Principal Ofllco 1 1" l and at the German Uedjclno Store, No. 631 ARCH Street, PliUadoipnia* .... - CHARLES XX. EVANS, German Dniprist, Propriulor, Formerly C. U. Jaoksov & Co. For ealo by el_ 3>nigßißia and Dealers in iledlelnM.' Hoofland’s German Bitters, per bottle ....«*....|1 M « 11 11 half dosen 600 Qoofland’s German Tonic, pntnplnquart bottles,! M per bottle, or a half dozen (or. 1 W K7* Do not forgot to examine well the article you tay,ln order to gel the genuine. Juii.n, Iww.—ly ilflcnical. PHILADELPHIA. PA. DIGESTIVE ORGANS. the following diseases DEBILITY, NOTICE. TESTIMONIALS# GEO. W. ’WOODWARD." JAMES THOMPSON." CAUTION, PRICES. THE WEST. S-prrHl C\i,re.tj)un 1 out Mon avk, AutzoNA, Jan. 2. 188*. j In my last letter I promised that this should be devoted to giving an account ol the country passed over by the zealous, energetic ollleer who directs tho surveys, General Palmer, and also an idea of tho lines run by the three divisions under Col. Greenwood, since Nov. 1,1808. Ow ing to the press of business incident to making out necessary reports, I have been unable to collect from these gentle man the data required, but us the subject must bo of interest to every intelligent reader, I promise a full account at an early day. In truth, ilie general public seem to be so mystified ou tlie subject of Pacific railroads, that every ray of light or informing circumstance should be giv en to it. The mass of our newspapers, usually so well posted on other subjects, seem to have but the faintest idea of the grand enterprises now being pushed far beyond the line of settlements and civili zation. I refer to the two grand trans continental railroads. ,k Butof this more anon.” I have an abundance of material, and if it docs not interest your readers, tho fault lies in tho writer, not his sub ject. I did not intend my letter descrip tive of a trip from La Puz to Port Mo have, along the Kio Colorado, to by any means exhaust the information about the Colorado valley. I butspoko of the Indi ans I met, and in whose history 1 felt your readers would bo interested. jiauuy’s IMKI-: Prom Prescott to ilardyville, on Uu* Colorado, one hundred ami fifty miles westward, there Is a fine wagon road, improved hy the energy of Mr. Hardy, one of the mo&l enterprising men we have ipet in the Territory. This road General Palmer declares to be “ the host mountain road lie ever passed over,’-' and lie has had much experience in hill climb ing. The liardyville Pike traverses some beautiful valleys, adapted to agriculture and well watered, while the greater part, of the road intersects natural meadows, even at this season of the year t whiten, afford an abundance of nutritious grass for our animals and those of the freight trains going to Port Whipple or Prescott. Tin-: COLORADO VALLKV Wt range as it may appear, the country bordering on the Colorado is the most sterile that we have met in the Territory. It is tossed into volcanic peaks devoid of vegetation, or raised into iiu-mir, cut by, deep wastes or arroyaa, and covered with detritus through which the lurrw and yucca protrude in company with great varieties of f.rfofrfw/’. Exempting the Im perfect cultivation of the (’him hue vis ami Mohaves, but little has been done to re claim the rich bottoms which the rally Spanish explorers found cultivated. t >.i Dent thinks thuti)oo,doo acres might be cultivated .in the valley above La Pa/., which Is admirably adapted for sugar and cotton. The (’hlmhuevis valley at present yields the finest liny, and has a cultivated aiea of forty square miles. - The Mohu\Je valley is the richest I have seen, it Is covered with the beamue/quit and cotton-wood, the soil i« very rich, ami by proper irrigation one hundred square miles could easily be cultivated. — Above the Mohave valley the mesas for some distance from the river banks, leav ing no bottom worthy of note till we reach Cottonwood Island, eighty miles above, this covers an area of twenty square miles, which the Mormons, whoso settlements extend near It, are anxious to secure it in order to raise cotton, and thus help to make themselves as nearly independent as possible. CLIMATE OE THE VAU.K\. • All idea of the climate may he laid when you learn that the treed are still green on tho river banks at Fort Mohave, which is nearly on the thirty-fifth paral lel of north latitude, with au elevation of five hundred feet above tide. The Mo have Indians are selling watermelons at the Fort every day, and the writer lias flowers in press gathered ou Christmas day. Tho heat iu summer is intense, having, according to observation, made at the Fort Hospital nn average of 110 deg. Fab. in the shade for July, and 00 at night. Snow never falls on the river on south of this parallel, and frost is of rare occurrence. Tbeollicersat the Fort com plain of the summer heat, and look upon a summer scout to the San Francisco mountains as au undisguised blessing.— While on the question of climate, I will reiterate what X may have said before: the climate on this parallel, despite its crossing an elevated plateau from the Ilin Grande to this point, is unsurpassed. We left Wingate, eighty-two miles west of Albuquerque on the lirst of November, and during a severe snow-storm, which made us fear the rigidity of the winter ou this route. But the snow disappeared next day, and since then I have seen none, save the while peaks of the Sun Francisco mountains in the distance. We have had, occasionally, cold winds, and during December some nights with sharp frosts. I have slept the greater part of tlie winter with no shelter hut my blank ets—as have many of the party—and I have slept warm and comfortably com pared with the winter quarters of our ar my iu 'G3-’(H around Chattanooga. The advantage of climate cannot be overesti mated iu the building and working of a trans-continental railroad. The stoppage of a train in a mountain drift for hours, days, perhaps, weeks, out in this wild region would he .something terrible, but of which there is not the slightest danger on this parallel. the imKit A feeling of disappointment i* felt by the explorer when he first sees the Colo rado river, with its steep canon like banka, and occasional flat bottoms, cov ered with a rank ami tangled vegetation. The river varies from four hundred to six hundred feet in width, and flows with a current, almost uniform, of three miles per hour. - The water is about the color of the Missouri at Kansas City, and varies from six to ten feel in depth, at low wa ter. The fall is one foot to the mile from HardvvlPe to tho mouth of the river, distant fivchnndred miles. NAVIGATION OP THE COLORADO. Tlui navigation of this river was deem ed a cjuestion of as much importance by the Government, that in ’57 Lieul. Ives was sent out to explore it, which he did In a small steamer constructed in Phila delphia, and transported to the month of the river for that purpose. Lieut, fye.s followed up the river some SOU miles to the mouth t.f the grand canon, through which the water rushed with such force as to preclude the possibility of his tra versing it for. any distance. Much ex citement lias recently been caused by the statements of an individual who delights in the sobriquet of “ Colorado Adams/’ ; he asserts that the great canon can" be navigated, and he can even succeed in getting some capitalists to form a compa ny for the purpose of.constructing suit able steamboats for the purpose. Adams in looked upon her as a cra/y dreamer, and men living on the river, well ac quainted with the canon, laugh at the idea of navigating it; still Adams may be right. Tho only living being that ev er passed through this canon la a map named While, who came through to es cape the Indians last summer on a raft. His story is said to be wonderfully thril ling. I am to see him in a few days, when 1 will give you a full account of his unsurpassed adventure. ' 4 Hardyville is the present head of navi gation, and them are some six steamers in the -orvice of the transportation com pany. These steamers arc b'ern-wheeled and* flat-bottomed, drawing frouvtwo to four feet of water. The freight is carried on barges of 200 tons, winch are towed astern going up, and permitted, under the guidance of two men, to float buck to the point of starting by themselves. A ves sel like the Cocopah, which now lies at the landing near the fort, costs, at the river, $15,000, aud the two bargee $5,000. making a total of $21,000 in gold, and having a carrying power of 450 tons.— The barges can be loaded from the ocean vessels at the mouth of the river, and thus, at some inconvenience, obviate the necessity of landing. At the mouth of the river is Port Isabel, but unfortunate ly it is on Mexican soil. It is much to he regretted that the United States Gov ommentdoes not own the territory at tho month of tho river and for some distance down the eastern shore of tho Gulf of California. X town would soon spring up at Port Isabel. As it Is, a landing there would occupy the anomolous po sition ofaporton Mexican territory, sub ject to Mexican laws, without any Mexi can trade or business transactions.— Americans doing business there would be liable to have their goods seized by the Mexicali authorities for violating tho revenue laws of that republic, when they had never exported a single article or production of Mexico, or imported one ounce of freight for consumption therein. . For there is not a Mexican set tlement within one hundred miles of Port Isabel. Our Government would also look with suspicion an goods when taken up tho river after having been stored on Mexican territory. Now that we are purchasing up tho world ns fast ns it comes into market, it certainly would be a wise economy to secure a slice of this part of Mexico, and give us an American port on the Gulf. Such an outlet would be of immense benefit to tills country, and consequently to the nation as a whole. The advantages which tills fiavi gablc river affords in the construction of our railroad are very great, enabling the company to work with running lines from the different points, viz.: from the Plains west,.and from the Colorado east; from tho Colorado west, and from Cali fornia cast. The line on the 85 parallel is a success, presenting fewer obstacles than the most sanguine expected, and with advantages unequalled. However, this is to be tho theme of coming letters, and J will only add in this connection that the line will cross the Colorado river thirty miles south of Fort Mohave, and live miles north ofashort canon formed by aiiLimb rof metamorphic and porphyrit ie pillars known as The Needles,’' that rise straight up from the water for 200 feet. This bridging point has a line landing or landings made by tho bluff formations on cither side. Steamers travel up the river In day time, laying by at night.— Stiil they can easily make the trip to “ Tho Needles’' in four days and n half. Each steamer, with barges* would bring up 400 tons of rails, machinery orsupplica from the vessels that shlped them at New Yor or Philadelphia, and at an expense much less than the same stores could be transported for from the places named to the end of the track on the Plains. In deed, if the company controlled its own water transportation the railroad supplies could he landed at the Needles with lit tle, ii any expense above that paid for tho same stores on tho wharfs of the East. Tho steamers now trading on the river .return loaded with copper from Aubrey, soim* llfty miles below “ 'Die Needles •” this oro- pays them Sl5 per ton, and is shipod to San Francisco by sea and smel ted at a handsome profit.- The return ves.-el could take buck this ore, and thus lessen, if not obviate, the expenses of railroad supplies transported. The steam ers burn wood, which is delivered on the river banks at an expense of SO per,cord, £4 being paid for chopping and piling it. I find it impossible to close this subject without making my letter 100 long ; and as 1 am anxious to have this and every other letter t write read, you must wait till to-morrow for another I- ng letter from . Auc. THE LIVE MAN The live rami iz like a little pig, he iz weaned young, and begins tew root arly T . He iz tho pepper suss of creation—the allspice ov the world. One live man in a villagez like a case ov itch at a distrikt skool—he sets every baby two scratching at onst. A man who kan draw New Orleans molasses in the mouth ov January, thru a half inch augur hole, and sing, “ Home! sweet home!” while the molasses is run ning, may be striekly honest, but he ain’t sudden onufT for this climate. The live man Izas full of bizziuess az tho conductor of a street kar—ho iz often like a hornet, very bizzy, but about what the Lord only knows. He lights up like u cotton faktery, and hain’l got any more time to spare than a skool-boy huz Saturday afternoons. lie iz like a dekoy duck, always above water, and lives at least eighteen months during each year. He trots when he walks, and lies down at night bekaus everybody .else has. The live man iz not always a deep thinker; he jumps at knonkln-ions, just azthc frog duz, and don’t nlwn/ laud at the spot he iz looking at. He is the American pet, a period mys tery tow foreigners; but he luiz done more \vith charcoal tew work out. the greatness of this kmitry than enuy oili er man In it. He izjustaz necessary az the grease on an axeltree. He don’t always die ritch, but always dies bizzy, and meets death a good deal like an oyster duz, without making any fuss. —Jonh Billings. Ho.w Muskrats Swim Under Ice. — Muskrats have a curious method of trav eling distances under the ice. Irr their win ter excursions to the feeding grounds, which arc frequently at great distances from their abodes, they take in breath at starting, and remain under the water as long us they cun. They then rise unto the Ice, and breathe out the air in their lungs, which remains in bubbles against the lower surface of the ice. They wail, till thisair receives oxygen from the wa ter and ice, and then take it. again, and go on till the operation has to be repeated. In this way they can travel almost any distance, and live any lenght of time un der the ice. Tho hunter sometimes takes advantage of this habit of the muskrat in the following manner; When the marshes and ponds where the muskrats jtbomui are first frozen over, and the toi ls thin and clear, on striulng into their houses with his hatchet for the purpose of setting his traps, ho frequently sees u whole family plunge into the water nnet swim away under the lee. Following <»m -of them for some distance, he sees him come up to renew his breath in the inan m*r above described. After the animal breathed against the ice, and before ho has lime to take his bubble In again, the hunter strikes with his hatchet di rectly over him, and drives him away from his breath. In this case he drowns in swimming a few rods, and tho hunter cutting a hole in tho ice, takes him out. Mink, otter and beaver travel under tin me in this way; and hunters have fre quently told mo of taking otter in the manner I have described, when these animal.- vjmi ihr Umws of the musUran for pro'. Tin* beautiful exturct below in from the pen of George S. Hillard: I con fess that increasing yours bring with them increasing respect for men who do not .succeed in life, as those words are commonly used. Heaven inlaid to bo a place for those who have not succeeded on eailh.and it is sure that celestial grace does not thrive and bloom In that hot blaze of worldly prosperity. 11l success sometimes arises from a superabundance of qualities *iu themselves—from a con science too sensitive, a taste too fastidi ous, a self-forgetfulness too romantic, n modesty too retiring. I will not go so hir c- to v;)y. with a living poet, “the w>>rl»i biin«v-. nothing of its greatest men,’ on iiu-ie are forms of greatness, at least excellence, which die and leave no sign ; there are martyrs that mis* th«* palm but not the stake ; heroes without the laurel, and conquerors without tb 1 triumph. ' jpajT We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing from our xperlence unless wo muse upon It. VOL. 54.—N0. 40. IWlfaiX Liri'u: FEET. UY n.OUKNCE PERCY Two llrilc fret, no small that both mny n*'«Uu in one caressing hand, Two tender feel upon the untried boidei Of Mfe’s mysterious land; Pimpled iiml soft, and pink as th*' ii blossom* In April's fragrant dayb— Howvun they walk among tho briery tangle* Fudging the world's rough ways? Tln-su while rose foot along the doubtful future Must boar a woman's load Alas! •ineo women have tho heaviest hunfru, And walks the hardest rond s for u while, will mnke the paih before thorn AH dainty, smooth, and fair— Wiil eull uwuy llio brambles, letting mils , flie roves blossom there. Hut Wli.ni Iho mother's watchful eves are *hruud ml Away from the sight of men, Ami those .lent- foot are loft without her mUdlng, Who shall diroot thorn thou? Knw will they bo allured, betrayed, deluded, Poor little untaught foot » Into whnt dreary mazes will they wnmU-i. What dangers will they inert Will they go stumbling blindly in the darkness Of Sorrow’s tearful shades ? Or tlnd tho upland slopes of Peace and Ih-uuty, Whose Kunllght'novor fades? Will they go tolling up Ambition's Miininii,- , Thocommon work! above? Or In soiAo nameless vale securely sheUf*r*-il, Wulk side by side with l,n\»'? 8 '>me reel there he which walk I.lie's truck an wnnmlod. Which itml hut pleasant ways; Some heart there he to which this Hie Is only A round of happy days. Blit tla-y are few. Far more th.-iv who wan der Without a hope or friend— Who find (helrjouriioy full of pains and h-.5.-s. And long to reneh the end, How shall It be with her, the tender .-linnaei. Fair-faced and gentle- eved, Before whose untrained feel the u-nM«. rude highway Stretches hi Ktrange ;l. I was then engaged in organizing a regi ment for .the service. You, Mr. (’hair man, can never forget that mighty up rising of the people, when, by hundred* and thousands, they crowded the Capital of tho State, importuning you by day and by night for the privilege of raising troops in defense of our imperiled land. There was no necessity for exertion to obtain recruits, no need of conscription in that grand epoch of our country’s history.— When young men and old rushed with glistening eyes and throbbing 1 carts to brg permission to oiler their services, if need be their lives, upon the altar of their country. It was at this momentous period that J met Miyor-General McCall. 1 found him in the midst of all this wild enthusiasm and excitement, with Iho grave responsibilities, and necessary labor imposed upom him, calm, dignified, and coilcous. No bluster ; no‘assumption of dignified superiority; no harsh words for those who too often intruded themselves upon him, without sufficient cause. He seemed to understand, ami deeply sympa thize with the young men of the Com monwealth who were throngingthe Capi tal, and with hearts full of enthusiastic love for their endangered country, were intruding upon everyone in authority, begging the privilege to go to her defense. He received and treated all with the kindness of a father, with the gentleness of a woman. My intercourse with him at that time and subsequently in camp, convinced me that his selection, at that particular juncture,, to organize and com mand tho’“ Reserve Corps of Pennsylva nia” was, in and eminent degree, wise and judicious. A soldier trained in the best military school of this, or, indeed, of any age. With longand brilliant service in the army of the United States, with ripe experience as a soldier, witlj the calm judgment that follows early years of laborious study, and virtuous manhood profitably spent in the duties of life, he was I repeat, pre-eminently fitted to dis charge the grave,duties assigned him.— General McCall possessed another advan tage over nearly all the other educated soldiers of the country, and which under the circumstances was absolutely i cqnir cd—namly, an intimate knowledge of the nharacterand habits of our people, acquir ed by years of familiar intercourse with I them. It was into the hands of such a | man, combining the highest qualities ot j citizen nml soldier, that you, sir, intrust-. eil the delicate task of organizing the : “Pennsylvania Reserve Corpsof inms -1 forming the free anti independent citizen , into tho thoroughly disciplined soldier. ; That this work entrusted to ids hands i was ellleiently and faithfully performed, j we would answer by pointing, as we do 1 with pride, to the glorious deeds of the . men ho organized into regiment* am) led Ito the held. They were not oigunlzed : 100 soon for tin* wants of the nation. Xo man with a patriotic heart can fm-get th-o I day they were called into the —■u-vicc jof the United Stales. The 111*1 great , battle of the war hud been fought on ' the ** Plains of Manassas,” and the cue j miesof thecountry were victorious. With disorganized and shattered column* flu army ofM’Dowell thronged the road* lead ing to Washington. That proud army, which but a few days before hud march ed out with floating banners and swel ling music, came crowding into tin* streets of that city a disorganized mob.— The panic spread from the soldier »o the citizen—distress won written upon the face of every loyal man. Tho lightening flushed the direful news from Maine to Minnesota. The Capitol of the‘nation lay helpless within the grasp of the then victorious Rebellion. (Room and tie spomlency hung like a cloud over the nation. It was then, sir, at this period 1 of our greatest extremity, th-n (h-iowal . 1«m a.., .’.i l li»* head of the niu Reserves, fifteen thousand strong, of picked men, splendidly armed, thorough ly equipped, und In a measure disciplined, took up his lino of march for the nation al Capitol, and in hut u very few days af ter the buttle of Bull Run, ho inarched with his splendid corps through its streets, and by his timely presence gave security to that endangered city, and closed the only opportunity theßeb- Bates for advertisements win bo inserted ftl Ten cents per Uno for tho first Insertion, and flvo cents per line for each'subsequent Insertion. Quar* terli*, half-yearly, and yearly advertisements in* sorted at n liberal reduction on the above rotes. Advertisements should bo accompanied by lbs Cash. When sent without any length of lims specified for publication, they will bo continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. JOB PRINTING. pr C im l !^r. , i, l . AN ' DUl h , ' s * Circulars, and every oth ?X,i V„ c . r » ,plhm ut Jou and Card Printing execn lodln tho neatest stylo, at low prices. clsever luul, of entering and occupying it I lie wisdom of our Slate authorities iu organizing the “Reserves” was com pletely vindicated, not alone in their op portune arrival in Washington, in July, IbUl, but hi their whole subsequent con duct during. tho war. They were a marked organization in the army, con sidered as, “par excellence,” the repre sentative of the commonwealth. By their patient endurance of all the priva tions of the camp, tho hardships of the march, and by their lofty valor and he roic endurance, of Buttering exhibited on every buttle-lleld, from Draiiisvilie to the Wilderness, they have exhibited the no blest traits in our human nature, and have engraved the name ol the “ Penn sylvania Reserves” upon the tablets of our State and nation’s history, where U will remain to be read with pride so Jong as virtue is honored, valor esteemed, and the republic lives. I would not be under stood, for one moment, as drawing an in vidious distinction between the “Re serves” and the other gallant men that went from this State in other regiments. They are all alike entitled to the highest honor that wo can bestow upon them; but 1 am led to speak directly of the " Reserves” in alluding to the eminent service rendered to the atute and nation by tho distinguished soldier over whose death we are here this day to mourn. Gen. McCall was Induced to enter the service from motives of the purest and most patriotic character. Ho was living in comfortable retirement, surrounded by all chut conduces to make life pleas ant and happy, at that age when the llresof ambition burn but feebly in any breast, and of him, I thlnk.it qan bo truthfully said that no personal ambi tion influenced or controlled hisaction.— He loved retirement; his highest delight was in his home am* family, and yet from all these sweet and endearing Intiu cnces ho turned away, and yielding up comfort, peace, retirements, home with Its dear ones, all for the great Jove he bore his country,stepped forward and of fered his services, his sword, and, it need be, liis life an the altar of the republic.— This exemplilles the highest human vir tue, and beyond it no man can step. Before the ouen grave of this good man, this bravo ami accomplished soldier, wo stand to-day ; and that heart must indeed be cold, devoid of the noblest and sweet est emotions of our nature, that does not bow down in sorrow, that so good and true a man Ims fallen in our midst. It will be a sad day In the history of this Republic when those who fought and suffered for its preservation are permit ted to die unregrciled, and be buried without a single tear fulling upon their last resting place. So long as the service of the men who risked their all for tho preservation of our free Institutions is recognized and cherished by the people, so long will tho love of the people for om institutions be a sure defence against all foes. But if gratitude for their inesthnn ile services should ever die out, and the men who did so much and suttered to much for the nation be forgotten or per mitted to die, ami their virtues be “ un honored and unsung,” then will public virtue have ebbed so low, ami the love of liberty Le flickering so faintly, that in the midst of its pretended friends tlie Government of our fathers will cease to be the heritage of the people. This meet ing here to-day is not only a just and proper tirbuto to the illustrious dead, but un assurance to the living that their ser vices iu behalfof the country will ever be remembered. They may feel assured that, as one by one they pass away to that “ bourne from whence no traveller re turns,” and “ 'When beneath the cold red earth are sleeping, I.Ko's battle o’er, There will lor them be aad eyes weeping That they’re no mot o There will bo sad hearts, swoct memory keeping Of heretofore.*' A Heuarkablr gentle* man, Ju \Wiose credibility the most Im plicit confidence may be placed, relates the following singular story, the par ties lo which, and the material facta in volved, are personally known to him : A young lady named Helen Hunter, living between Dyonsburg and Prince ton, Kentucky, during a protracted re ligious meeting held during the mouth of November, under the influence of re ligious excitement, fell into a trance, arid remained in a stale of apparent un consciousness for a period of five days.— When she was aroused from the stale ol lethargy into which she had fallen, she related the experience of the five nays, during which she professed to have pass ed into the other world and witnessed the glories of Paradise as well as the hor rors of the bottomless pit. But the re markable feature of the story is that she predicted that throe young men, then ap parently in the nYost robust health, would die before the year was out. A week af ter the prediction was made one of the young men took sick and died In a few days. A week or ten days later the sec ond died, and on the first day of the new year the third one expired. —Evansville Journal. Tools or tiir Table. —Now if there la anything which I specially affect, it is a refined and pretty table arrangement, ami at our house for years and years such hud prevailed. All of ns had rather a weakness for china, and the attractions of the fragile world, as presented in the crockery-stores, hud been many times ton much for our prudence and purse.— Consequently we had all sorts of little do mestic idols of the breakfast and dinner table—Bohemian glass drinking mugs of antique shape, lovely bits pf buscuit, choicely’ moulded in classic patterns, beauties, oddities, and quaintness in the way of especial teacups and saucers, devo ted to ditierent members of the family, wherein each took a particular and in dividual delight. Our especial china or glass pels of the table oiten started In teresting* conversation on the state of the plastic arts as applied to every-day life, and the charm ;of being encircled, even in the material act of feeding our mortal bodies, with a sort of halo of art and beauty. A Temperance Anecdote.—* 4 Once upon a time,” a young theological stu dent was delivering a temperance lecture in Boston, and proving by the Bible, which lie hud open before him, that strong drink was injurious to man and a sin against God. Now, in that city lives a man known as Cooper K, t a' former Congressman, who is very fond of hla hitters. Just as the young man got fair- Iv warmed up in his subject, old Cooper K came in, pretty well poisoned, and took a seat. After sitting a few minutes, he arose In his seat, and steadying him self. lie pointed his* linger at the speaker and said: “Young man, (hie) young man, (hie) don’t you know that that Book (hie) only mentions one man (bio) who asked for water, (hie) and he was in h—II, (hie) where he ought to be !' Iha converts to the cold water cause were not numerous that night. igj?* Charles Dickens a high authority —leans to a position that first impres sions are usually correct and also says ; “ I have known a vast quantity of non- House talked about bad men not looking vou In the face. Don’t trust the conven tional Idea. Dishonesty will stare hou estv out of countenance, any day in the week if there is anything to begot by 11. ’ Ifcg* Abyssinia is now the Mecca of wandering English newspaper corre spondents. It is said that the publishers prefer dark-skinned men, and that one of the correspondents lately tried to change his color with tincture of iodine. Thus transformed, he took a quiet walk j In thesunshine, and was rather surprised r to find himself photographically tattooed j with an exact reflex of the trees and I flowers around him. 1 COT Rubhi Joshua once met a boy car l the boy, “ it would not be covered."