®l)c American Volunteer. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MO :\’INQ BRATTON Ac KENNEDY. OFFICE—SOUTH *TABKET SQUARE. Terms:—Two Dollars per year If paid strictly in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid within three months; after which Three Dollars will be charged. These terms will bo rigidly ad hered to In every Instance, No subscription dis continued until all arrearages are paid, nnless at the option of the Editor. IJtofesaioual (laris. J. U. WBA.KLBY, & SADLEH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, NO. 10 SOUTH HANOVER BT. Deo. 18, 1887.—1 y jJNITKU BTATEtj UIiAi.AU AND BEAL ESTATE AGENCY. b. butleh, ATTORNEY AT U¥, O/Hco la 2d Story of InholTs Building, No.SSouth Hanover Utreot, Carlisle. CumberAund county, Ponnn. Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay, 4c.. promptly collected. Applications by mull, will receive Immediate attention. Purtlcularattentlon given to the soiling or rent ing of Real Estate, In town or country. la all loi ters of inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. July 11,1*07—tf * W KENNEDY, Attorney at Law, • Carlisle, Penna, Olllce same as thntol the “American Volunteer,” ttuulli side of the Pub* lie Square. Deo. l ISOO MO. HERMAN. Attorney at Law. • Office Id Rheem’s Hull Building, in the rear of the Court House, next door to the "Her ald” Office, Carlisle, Penna. Dec. 1,1«J5. JOHN'S. MILLEA, Attorney at Law'. OtUco in Huumm'a Building, opposite tue Court House, Carlisle, Pa. Kov. U, iaU7. JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law, North Hauovor Street, Carlisle, Pa., heb. 15, 18uo—ly. TOHN. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at 0 Law. Office formerly occupied by Judge Graham, South Hanover street, Carlisle, Peuua. Dec. I, H-H. TAMES A. DUNBAR. ATTORNEY at tl Law. Carlisle, Penua. Office a few doors west of Hutmou’s Hotel. Deo. 1. 1&15. T7\ E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney P , and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Penna. Office on South Hanover street, opposite Bentz’s Store. By special arrangement with the Patent Oillce, attends to securing Patent Rights. Dec. 1, 1865. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor ney at Law. Office In Building formerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han non's Hotel. Dec. 1, 1860. Pill. GEORGE S. BEARIGHT, Den- I / tist. From the Baltimore Ootleue oj Dental Surgery. Olllee at the residence of his mother, East Leather Street, three doors below Bedford, Carlisle, Penna. Dec. 1, 1805. ; piIAiNKLIN HOUSE, OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE, CARLISLE, PENN’A, GEORGE WETZEL, Proprietor. Feb. G, 1803.—1 y , OUMBERLANO VALLEY HOUSE, CORNER.OF EAST HIGH ■ BEDE ORD STREETS, CARLISLE, PA. J. B. F L O Y D , Proprietor March lii, 1808.—ly • itiisccUaucous. A. jyS TONES' AROMATIC CORDIAL, A SAFE, SPEEDY AND RELIABLE CURE FOR TUE WORST CASES OF DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY, PAIR'S OR CRAMPS XIV THE STOMACH OE BOWELS Tills remedy has boon used with unparalleled success lu tuu cu-ilem seasons of Ikm—it>iu and Itoi. THOUSANDS Off DOTTLES HAVE BEEN SOLD in Philadelphia; and references can also be glv* on to porsuas residing lu this town—who have used the madiciuo aud who speuK m the high* oat terms of ita PROMPT AND EFFICIENT RELIEF. FBI 012 FIFTY CENTS, BREPAUED ONLY n't THE PRpPIETOR AT PRINCIPAL DEPOT CORNER DRUG STORE, SHIPPENSBURG, PA. For snlo by WM. CLARKE & SONS, LEES * ROADS. COYLE & CO., USOUTH HANOVER ST., CARLISLE. HAVEBSTKJK, DRUGGIST, CARLISLE. S. A. STO NER, MIDDLE SPRING. GELWICKS & CO., CHAMBEBSBURG. CRESSLER, DRUGGIST, CHAMBEBSBUBO. & 002 ARCH ST., PHILA. AND DRUGGISTS GENERALLY. March 5,1808.—0 m piPER’S BOOK AND FANCY STORE, *.j YD OJpfUrJfLL NEWS DEPOT, 33 WEST MAIN STREET, CARLISLE, PA. A fine assortment of Goods on baud. such as Writing Desks. Port Kollos, Ladles Companions, Work Boxes. 'Satchels, Ladies’ Purses. Pocket Books, Begar Cases, Card Cases, Gold Pens, Pea Knives, &c., &o A LARGE SUPPLY OF FAMILY BIBLES and PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS AT REDUCED PRICES. DIARIES FOR 1868 Subscriptions received for all Magazines, Fash* lon Books, Papers, at publishers prices.. You save postage and always sure of receiving your Magazines by subscribing at Piper's. Special attention is paid to keeping always on hand, a supply of SCHOOL BOOKS, tor town and country schools. ■ Books and Music ordered When desired. May 21 IHG7—tf. QELLERB & FOLWELL, kJ WHOLESALE CONFECTIONERS AND FRUITERERS, • NO. 101 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. «a-OHDER3 promptly attended to. Fob. 'ilk Bnu THIS THRU UUH 1 VT. F. HAULER, TO THE PUBLIC AND THOSE IN TERESTED IN HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, &c., &c. Carlisle, Penn'a. THAT THE CELEBRATED DR. BARBER'S CATTLE AND HOG POWDERS, Prepared and sold by CYRUS BROWN. Druggist and Apothecary, Broadway, Upper Milton, Pa., la the BEST IN THE WORLD. When the Horse '8 In very bad condition, use the following Physic first: Two Tablespoonsful of the Powder and One ‘Quart of Linseed Oil. Mix and Drench. REMEMBER THE RED HORSE, On Each Pack and prepared as above. ' THEBE POWDERy uro prepared From the or iglnal Dr. Barber’s Recipe, with additions from the Recipes of the Best Horse Farriers In Europe and America, together with the experience of the Proprietor of over Twenty Years with Horses and Medicine. The following diseases are cured with tbelr use: All Singes of Coughs and Colds, Even FirstStngcsof Glanders and Farcy, Distemper, Gripes, Colic, luflnmatlonn, Jaundice or Yellow Water, Hidebound, Removes Worms, Ac., Ac.. Ac. Those Powders by occasional use. say once or twice per week, will bo a preventive of disease, when the animal does not come in contact with nostril of the diseased Horse. THESE HORSE POWDERS are a sure preventive and dure for diseases so common with chickens—Danes, Ac. Directions - Mix In corn meal., Also-Mlx with the water they drink.' Feed It to your Block and they will be healthy and fat. REMEMBER THE RED HORSE ON EACH PACK. TAKE NO OTHER. For Sale by Jan. 23, 1863.—dm QEEING IS BELIEVING! AT 704 ARCH STREET NEW PRICES! RICH SILVER AND SILVER PLATED WARES, t Including every stylo and - . description, made oxpresa-fl hove Us functions denrnaed. ThermiU VIHL JM) of which is, that the patient suffers from several oi more ol the following diseases: Constipation. Flatulence, Inward Files. Fulness of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea. Heart burn, Distrust for Food, Fulness or In the Stomach. Sour Eructations, Sink ing or Fluttering at the Pit of the Btoma< h. Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Buffoon tlntr Sensations when In a Lyintr Ponture, Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Dull Pain in the Head. Defi ciency of Perspiration, Yel lowness of the Skin and .E 7 os, -y— 7— Pain In the Side, Back,Chest, - —Limbs. et0 *t _ Jfo 8 u d d e n Plushes of tieat. Burning In the Flesh. Constant Imaginings of EviL and Qfeat Depression of Spirits. These remrdic* will oirectnally cure Liver Complaint, Jaundice, Dyanepalu, Chronic- or Nemuia Di-lilllty. Chnmlr Dmrrlm-a. OiHCHxr of (Ik- Kidney*, and all Dlmmuw* arlalog from a Dbordcred Liver, tdiomsch, or loisstinus. deosijlity. Resulting from any Cause whatever£ PROSTRATION OF THE SYSTEM, induced by Severe Labor, Hard ships. Expoeuro, roverp, ©to. There I* no medicine extant equal to these remedies In aueh enm-a. A tom* and vigor In imimru-rl in ths whole Py*ti*m, tho Appetite la Strength enwl. fiHßj In enjoyed. the atoimwh dlgeots promptly, the hfood 1» purilh-d. the com plexion become t OHB sound and healthy, the yellow ting* la cmrilnitud from the even, a bloom I* given to the check*. mid the weak and nervous in valid becomes a strong and healthy being. Persona Advanced in Life^ And fcellmi Hit hand of Unn? weighing heavily npou (bum, wlili nil lt> Hltenduni lIIn. will And In the use of this BITTKRB. or the TONIC, .m elixir that will Instil new life In o their vein*, restore In a measure the enemy and anlor of more ymilhful daya. hnl.d up their shrunken forma, and give health ana happiness to their remaining year*. NOTICE. It Is a well-established fact that fully ono-half of the female puritan of our • population are sel dom Intheunjoyrrient tHT of good health; or. to me their own cx Jpa /j pre-sslon, “ never feel .well.'* They are Inn fisStSH guid. devoid of all energy, extremely nervous, and have no apputito. To thli clar* of persons the BITTEUB, or the TONIC, la especially recommended. WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN Are made stronghy the use of eltherof theae rcmedlca. They will cure every case of MARASMUS, without foil. Thouaands of ccrtlflrntca have accumulated In the hunda of the proprietor. hut apace will allow of the publication of nm a few. Thoats, ll will he observed, are men of cote and of such standing that they must be believed. TESTIMONIALS. Hon. Geo. W. Woodward. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pa., write*: Philadelphia, March 10,1807.. **l find ‘TToofland’s German BltteraM* Igixxl tonic, useful lu diseases of the dlgesilveorunns, and of great henellt la cases of dehiilty.nnd fisßS wont of nervous ac tion la the system. Ywttrs truly, GKO. W. WOODWARD." Hon. James. Thompson. Pudge of V\e Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia) April 28, 1868. “I consider 1 Tloofland's German Bitlera’ a valuable eif/ftcinsln case of attack a of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. X enn certify this from my exjtenenre of 1L Tours, wttli reaped,* JAMES THOMPSON." From Bov. Joseph H. Eennard, D. D., pastor of tilt Tenth Daplitt Church, Philadelphia. Dr. Jackson— Pear Sir : I have been frequently re quested to connect tny name with recommendation* ot dltlerent kinds of iiicdlrluvs, but regarding the prac tice aa out of my ap pioprtute sphere, I have In all cases ■ own family, of the usefulness of Ur. lloolland’s Herman Bittem, 1 depart for once from my usual course. to express my full conviction that, for grnrrnl drhiltlp ij f (hr syttrm. aud tsjieciaUy for Liver Complaint, if is a tafe and ealuahU preparation. In aomo cases It may fall; hut usually, I doubt not, it will he very IxmoUcial to those who staler from the above causes. Youn, very reapectfnlly, J. 11. KENNARD, Eighth, below Coates fit. From Rev. E. D. Fendall, Uttirtanl Editor CTiriritan Chronicle, Philadelphia. X have derived decided benefit from the use of IToof land’s German RUu-rw, and feel it ruy privilege to re* commend tIM-m a* i» mini valuable tonic, tool! who are •offerlns from general debility or from aiaeoace art ting from derangement of the liver. Vmira truly, E. D. FENDALL. CAUTION. TToofland’e German Rotbcdlea are counterfeited. Bee that tfaealgnatun* of O. M. JACKBOIf la on the wrapper. of eucb bottle. All other* are coun Jterfeit. Principal Office and Manufactory at the German Medicine Store, No. 621 AIiUU Street, Philadelphia- CHARLES M. EVANS. German Unigidat, Proprietor, Formerly C. U.-laccsna A Co. For sale by a. Sirugginta and Dealers In Medicines. PRICES. SToofland’a German Bitten, per bottle 00 ** “ •* half dozen 6 00 Boofland’e Genian Tonic, put up la quart bottles, 1 60 per bottle, or a half dozen f0r.... 1 H KF* Do not forgot to examine well the article jro« toy* In order (o get the genuine. Juu. iB6o.—ly • CARLISLE, PA. r THURSDAY, XPRIL 30, 1868, iWHcaL SPRING. Now comes the Spring from Southern lands, And look upward from the sod, Sits Nature, holding empty hands, For fresh replenishing from God. The birds now sing on every spray, That late had not ono song of l?opo To sing of love on lovely day. Is clearly nil their vocal scope. • The brooks, too, warble ns they run, They sing together, brook and bird, And always In such unbon. ’Tis often doubtful which is heard. And even with each other play The Hooey clouds In highest sphere, As through tho dreary winter-day They wept together, tear for tear. Soft winds prevail, sweet scents are rife, And every day freshpgonns doth bring; More than a match for Death Is life. More than a match for Winter—Spring. IRlsalknmi*. THE LEG. BY A. M. MILLER. lii tho fall of 1782 the celebrated sur geon, Louis Thevent, then practicing at Calais, received an anonymous letter, asking him to come on the next day to a country house near the road to.Puris, and to bring with him everything necessary for an amputation. Thevent was known at that time far and wide as the most .skillful man in his profession. It would have been nothing strange if he had been culled across the channel to England for the sake of his professional services, but still ho won dered at this letter. Time, hour, place, were all specified with the greatest exact ness, when and where lie was expected; but, as we have said, the note had no sig nature. Probably some one wishing to send me on “a fool’s errand*," thought he, and did not go. Three days afterward he received a similar invitation oven more pressing, adding that at nine o’clock the next morning a carriage would stop at his house to convey him to the place desig nated. In fact, as the clock struck nine a pretty, open camageuppeared ; andThev enf.with no further delay, sprang into it. “ Who sent for me ?" he asked as he got in. “ I don’t know’," answered the driver ; “ ami I don’t care." “ A pleasant beginning," thought The vent. • The carriage stopped at last at the country house which hud been described in the letter. "Who lives here?" who Is sick here?" asked Thevent, as he got out. The driver gave the same answer as before, and Thevent, not being satisfied, turned towards the house. At the door a handsome young man, appearing to bo about twenty-eight or thirty years old. received him, and conducud him up stairs into a large chamber. The young man’s language showed him to be an English man. " You have sent for me?" said Thevent in English,after the usual salutation had been courteously given on both sides. “ I am much obliged to you for com ing,** answered the Englishman. " Take a seat, sir; here is chocolate, coffee, wine. You had better take a lunch before you. commence the operation." ** Thank you ; but I must first see the patient and decide whether amputation is necessary" “ It is necessary, Dr. Thevent; take a seat and hear me out. X have perfect confidence in you. Here nurse ol two hundred guineas. I promise them to you as your fee for the operation which you are to perform. Jt makes no differ ence whether you are successful or not. On the other hand, «f you hesitate to exe cute my wishes here is a loaded pistol, you are in my power, I wiii blow your bruins out.” lam not afraid of your pistol. What do you want? Only say the word with out any more circumlocutions. What am I to do here ? " You must cut off my right leg.” “Very willingly, sir, if ..you wish it, and your head too. But, so far as I can see, the leg appears perfectly sound. You sprang up the stairs before me like a rope dancer. What is the matter with the leg ?” “ Nothing, but I want to get rid of it.” “ You are a fool.” “That is none of your business, Dr Thevent?” “What crime bus the beautiful leg committed?” “ None; but are you going to lake it off?” “ Excuse me, sir, I do not know you.— You must give me proof that you are in your right mind.” “Are you going to do what I ask. Dr. Thevent?” “ As soon as you give me a reasonable ground fordoing it.” “ I cannot tell you the truth now, per haps I can in a 3*enr or so. But I will bet you, Doctor,, that you yourself will suy that my reasons are the noblest pos sible.” “I will not bet sir, for you have not told your name,.your place of residence, your family or your business.” “All that you shall know presently, not now. However I will tell you that I urn a nobleman.” “A nobleman does not threaten his physician with a pistol. I have duties even toward you unknown as you are.— X will not maim you unnecessarily. If you wish to murder an innocent man shoot on.” “Very well, Doctor,” said the English man, taking up the pistol. “I will not shoot you, but I will compel you to take off my leg. What you will not do out of kindness, nor for the love.of the re ward, nor from fear of the bullet, you myst do out of pity.” “ How so, air?" “ I will break my own leg with a bul let herebeforoyoureyes.” The English man sat down and put the muzzle of the pistol to his knee. Thevent was about to spring forward and take the pistol from him. “Don’t move,” said the Englishman, “ answer ‘mo one question, will you needlessly increase and length en my pain ?” “ You are a fool sir, but all right, I will take off’your cursed leg.” All was prepared for the operation. As soon as the Doctor, was ready to begin, the Englishman lit his pipe and swore it should not go out. He kept his word; the leg lay on the floor, the Englishman was still smoking. Thevent did his work like a master. — By his skill the patient was cured in a tolerably short time. Ho paid the sur geon, whom he prized more highly every day, thanked him with tears of Joy for the loss of his limb, and sailed back to England with a wooden leg. About eighteen Weeks after his depart ure, Thevent revolved a letter from Eng land, running about as follows: “You wlllffnd enclosed, as a mark of my gratitude, a check for two hundred guineas, on Messrs.. Penchard, bankers, iii Paris. You have made me the huppi piest of mortals in depriving meofu limb which alone stood In the way of my com plete felicity. “ Now you can iearn the cause of my foolish whim as you call it. You main tained then that there could be-no rea sonable ground for crippling oneself. I offered to bet witli you, you acted wisely and declined the bet. “After my return from the East In dies, I became acquainted with Emily Harley, the moat beautiful of women. — Her wealth and family connection de lighted my relations. I saw only her beauty, her heavenly grace. I joined the crowd of her admirers, and was for tunate enough to become the most fortu nate of her suitors. b>he loved me, mu alone of all men. She did not deny it, and for that very reason rejected me. “In vain I sought her hand. In vain her parents, her friends all beged for me. Silo remained Inexorable. I was unable for a long lime to find tile reason for her declination to a mar riage with me whom, ns f»he herself con- fessed, she had loved to distinction. One of her sisters told me the secret. Miss Mnrley was a wonder of beauty, but hud one defect, she was lame; and, on ac count of j,hla deformity, she feared to be come my wife. She thought my feeling toward her would change entirely when I discovered this. My resolution was immediately taken. There should be no difference between «s. Thanks to you, my dear Thevent, there is none. “I came buck to London with my wooden leg, and my first act was to visit Miss Hurley. They had heard already, that I had broken my leg by falling from my horse, and had it amputated. Every body pitied mo, Emily tainted whe.n she saw me for the’first’time, hut she mar ried me. On the day after the marriage, I for the first lime imparted to her my secret; what a sacrifice I had made in or der to obtain her. She loves me more tenderly. My dearThevent, if 1 had ten legs to loose, I would give them without hesitation for my Emily. All my life 1 will thunk you; come to London ; visit us ; see my noble wlie; and then say, if you can, that I am a fool. Charles Temple.” Thevent told the story and showed the letter to his friends laughing till he was red In the fane each time he told it, "And he still remains a fool,” said he. Tills was his answer : " Snill hunk you for your valuable present, for such J must cal! it since I cannot consider Ha reward for my slight trouble. I congratulate you on your mar riage with the most lovely of your coun try women. It is true a leg is much to give even for a beautiful, virtuous ami lender wife, but not too much, If you are not cheated in the bargain, Adam had to give u rib for his wife. Others of us, too, pay for their wives with a rib, some with a head. Nevertheless, permit me to remain obstinately of my old opinion.— True, for the present, you are right. You are Jiving now in the paradise of the honey-moon. But I, too, am right only with this dlllerence, that the truth of what I say comes to light slowly, as those facts which men hesitate a Jong while to receive. I am afraid in two years you will regret having had your leg amputated above the knee; below the knee would have done as well. In three years you will lie convinced that the loss of a foot would have been enough. In four years you will consider the sacri fice of the great toe too much, and in six years you will agree with mo that the parting of the nail would have been sufil cient. All this, without disparaging the worth of your amiable wife. The ladies .may preserve 1 heir beauty and their vir tues as men do their opinions. In my youth I would at any time have given my life for my lady-love, but not my leg. Tlie former 1 would never have regret ted; the latter I would certainly regret now. For if I hud done so, I would be saying to myself to-day, “Thevent you are a fool." " 1 have the honor to be, sir,your most ‘obedient servent, G. Thkvknt." In the year 1703, during the reign of Teiror, Thevent, being accused of aristo cratic tendencies, lied to London to es cape the knife of the great leveller, the guilotine. From wautof .-omethlng bet ter to do, or in op'er to renew their old acquaintance, lie inquired for Sir Charles Temple. He was directed to the palace and, sending in his name, lie was imme diately admitted. In an armchair, with foaming porter on the side-board, sur rounded by twenty newspapers, sat a corpulent gentleman. He could scarce rise, so fat had lie become. " All! happy to see you, Dr. Thevent," said the fat gentleman, who was no oth er than Hir Charles Temple. " Don’t be qflemhd, if f do not get up, this cursed wouileu leg hinders me in everything.— Well, my Iriend, you come, X suppose, to see if you were not right?" “ J corneas a refugee, and ask shelter with you." " You must stay with me, for truly you area wise man. You must console mS, Thevent. I tell you I might to-day be admiral of the blue flag if thiscoufounded wooden leg had not made me worthless for the service of my country. lam read ing the newspaper now to curse myself black.and blue that i can be of no im portance. Come console me.” " Your lady wife can console you bet ter than X can.” “Not at all; her lameness kept her from dancing, and so she has Uevoied herself to her garden and her gossip; there is no getting along with her. in other respects, she isu very line woman. ” “ fcso I was right, after all ?” “Oh, perfectly, my dear Thevent. But don’t speak of it. I’ve acted like a block head. If ] had my leg back again I would not give so much pf it of the pair ing of a nail. Between ourselves, 1 was a fool. And keep this to yourself." A WILD U’OHANIXTEXAS, The Liberty, Texa<, Gazette is respon sible for the following. It is a little Munchaukenish, and we have only to rely on the well established reputation of the Gazette for verucitv lor its correct ness: In the Grand Cane neighborhood In this county, a short time ago, a gentle man in tiie depths of the forest, suddenly came,upon a woman, as wild and almost as ffeet, as an untamed deer. After a brisk chase of some distance, the gentle man on horseback overtook tho'Avonder fnl creature, when she halted, and lie found her to bo a medium sized, middle aged, well formed woman, ‘with long hair and clear blue eyes, She was in a state nuiidlty save a girdle of gray moss about her loins. ’ Her body and her limbs were covered with a beautiful coat of hair about four inches long. She was much frightened and seemed unable to talk, but must have comprehended signs as in reply to mo tions of the gentleman, by which he* sought tpinduce her to accompany him out of the woods, she constanly pointed to her forest home. Finally, the gentle man endeavored to compel her to go the way he desired, by getting before her, am! by threatening gestures with his gun, and she became enraged and seized a club and turning upon him with the fury of a deumon, and itwus only by the speed imparted to his steed by a liberal use of the spurs, that he kept out of her way. After driving off her pursuer, she resumed the direction she hud so con stantly pointed, and was soon out of sight. The gentleman followed and af ter going some distance, came upon her home. The trees, standing near each other in a triangular form, with the t-pascs be tween them walled up with brush and moss, made her moss bed between them, secure from the rude blasts of winter, and comparatively* secure from the piti less ram. The only stores that were dis covered were a few nuts and some four or five bushels of acorns. Very wild stories of this wild whrnnn have been rife in the upper part of the county for some* time, but sjie was believed to be u myth, by all except those who claimed to have had glimpses of her. Now howev er, her existence, description, and the vi cinity, at least, of her whereabouts, is es tablished beyond controversy. Her cap ture rtiay be regarded as within the range of probability, as concentrated efforts are being made to that end. JEtes" In a neighboring city there lives an ill mulched couple who seldom allow a day to puss without indulging in violent quarrels. One day, alter the wife bud exhausted her stock of invectives, she pointed to a cat and dog which were ly ing together near the stove, and accosted her husband with, *• Look at them beus's they don’t quarrel.” “Ah,” replied the confident husband,'“ tie them together and then see.” A BEAR HUNT 1Y ALASKA. Afore than twenty yearn ago Ben Ring bolt and I shipped on board the North Star, fora three years* whaling voyage. Ben and I hud been brought up boys to gether; and the first time we went to sea it was on tho same ship, and we never parted until poor Ben went out on that long voyage that wo all have to take, sooner or later. Well, the North Star sailed away, and in due lime wo rounded the Horn, enter ed the I'uclfio, and in duo time readied our fishing grounds. Tho season was well along, so we had but little time for work, and almost before we anew it, the long nights and the cold were upon us. We bore away for Alaska, where we were soon snugly housed, for the long and dreary winter that was coming over the Ice ami snow, with the speed of a ship willi her sails all set, before a spanking breeze. Here we lay cooped up for two good months, with only now and tho.ii a run on shore to pay a visit to the natives.— Tho sun had scarcely shown his face at all, and only a few moments at a time when he did. Soon came the continuous night of the Arctic Circle, a night as light as. day, for tho sky was all ablaze with great llamiug swords that seemed to wave to and fro as you, looked upon them. There wore no clouds, and tho (lames eon Id he seen flushing far over the snow and ice. Nothing X ever saw could com pare with It. One day, or rather night, some of the natives came on board and reported that a hugh white bear had been seen near the coast, and was now making oil* over the ice towards the hills that we could see sparkling in the light some four or five miles away ; and every one, from the captain down to the cook, was to go in pursuit of the animal which wa described as being a monster in size. Of course all could not go, ami as an example to those who must be left behind, the cap tain remained, and the first mate led the part>' ; among which were Ben and I, thanking our stars that we had got a chance to stretch our legs ashore. We were not long in being put on the trail by the natives, and had not got a mile from the ship when we saw our game slmmp. ling along before us some distance ahead, making its way in no hurry towards the the hills or rather cl Ilfs of Ice that stretch- ed themselves along the horizon. The snow and ice were so firm that it seemed as though wc were traveling on a mar ble lloor, and so hard was it that the bear hardly left trail enough lor us to discern where it had passed. It was sport tor us thus to have free use of our legs, and will) loud shouts, which we hurried on In hopes of getting near enough to the bear to send a shot af ter it before it could reach the hills, and elude us. But in spite of all our efforts it reached the fool of the dills and began to climb the jagged masses, while we were still so far distant that a shot could not have reached it. Once or twice the bear had turned and looked towards us, as if scenting pursuit, and then had gone on again at the same puce as before. After climbing a jagged ;*litf, as high as a ship's mast-head, where it could obtain a good look-out, the beapt stopped and look u deliberate look at us ; and although we came hurrying on, showed no haste to proceed. At last the mule determined to risk a shot, and bringing his piece to hear hesent thebul lot lining in the direction of the monster, which, rearing on its hind legsjiud utter ing a fierce growl, showed that the ball had struck. A shout of triumph broke from our throats, for we felt sure that the bear was now in our power, and incapa ble of leading us much longer chase. But in this we soon found that we were mis taken ; tor with another growl at us, it went on at an increased puce, and In a few moments was hidden from our sight amid the Jugged masses of ice, that, as we neared tile loot of the hill, seemgd impos sible lor us to surmount. Though the way was steep and slippery, we found that we could secure a foothold where the bear had gone, though it had the advantage of us as regarded its claws. Ben was in the advance, X next and the iesfof the parly straggling behind; and after while we managed to read) the spot where tlie snow was marked by a crimson streak, giving us a trail that we could not mistake. Encouraged by this sign, we gave another shout and pressed on. It was iuird climbing, ami more dan gerous even than running up to the must bead with the ship threatening every mo ment to be tossed on its beam end. There were no ropes to cling too, and a misstep would have sent us down like a rocket.— Once I slipped, and had it not been for Ben’s hand held outat the same moment, I must have gone down and been dashed to pieces on the solid ice* a hundred feel below. We got at last to the top of the first range of cliffs which overhung the plain below, and to the spot where the bear had disappeared from our view. It was no where L“ be seen ; but before us was a narrow Held filled witii great musses of ice that hud fallen from the high dills which overhung it in therear. Thecrim son trailed in among these broken irag menls, and with another shout, after we I mil taken breath, we pressed on, Ben still keeping in the advance, and I fol- lowing him close keeping an eye out for danger, for I expected every moment that the monster would spring upon us from behind some of the iee boulders that were scattered so plentifully around. A call from the male caused me to pause until ho came up, but Ben, eager to be the first, went on alone, and before we again moved lorward he was out oi sight. Eager to be yith him, I increased my pace, as did also the mate, but hardly had we taken a dozen Steps when the re- port of Ben’s postol startled ns, and the echoes rolled among the cliff’s, followed by a terrible howl of savage rage, and a human cry for aid, that was well-nigh drowned by the roar of the -beast that seemed to shake the solid ice upou which we stood. Foi a moment the cry fastened me, as it were, to the ice, without the power of motion ; but the spell was broken by the mate, us he shouted : “ Forward, men, and rescue your com rade. But be careful.” The men did not need* this to cause them to press forward as fast us possible, but it had the effect to waken me from the sort of trance into winch I had fallen when the cry for aid had ill led my ears; and with a hound, I sprang forward. A few steps revealed to me a sight so terri ble that for years afterwards it haunted me in my sleep, and even now sometimes appears as vividly as ever. The space before was nearly clear of the great ice-honlders that were strewed so thickly behind us; and the way to the foot of the cliffs, that we were now close upon, descended at such a. slrarp angle, that one used to it could have slid upon ids feet down to the very base, had it not been for a great chasm that opened near the centre of the field, and which appear ed to run along its whole length. We could tell nothing of its depths; but the dark line that revealed it to us allowed that from its width, it would be impossi ble for us to cross it. It was a deep crev ice, that had been opened by an earth quake, or by some, strange movement of the great glacier. But we beheld on ihe edge of the chasm nearest us a sight which froze our blood—the hugh white monster we had been following, sitting erect upon its haunches, with poor Ben. lying close to ids side, and the snow about them stained with blood that had ilowed from both their wounds. For a moment neither the mate norrny scdf could hardly think or stir, while the monster helore us uttered a succession of growia that a.mnded a-* deep and threat ening us the howling of the tempest.— For u moment the beast would look al the victim, stretched so helpless at in fect, and then glare at us, uttering deep growls continuously. The spell that was upon us was soon broken, and the mute slowly biought bis piece to bear upon the monster, widely suddenly dropped down upon all lours, and, stiii growling, seemed to bo about to VOL. 54.—K0. 46. commence a meal upon poor Ben, who now, by u motion ol' his huml, gave ns to understand that he was still alive, and sensible of his terrible danger. “For heaven's sake, take good aim, Mr. Jones,” I said, as I saw the mate »as about to fire. “Aim at Us head, but not too low, or you may hit Ben.” There was a loud report, which seemed to shatter the icy crags about us; and, when the smoke cleared, we saw the hear standing apparently unharmed. The bullet had gone wide of its mark. “Parker, gi.vo me your gun,” called the mute to Lite man behind him, he reabhed out to fake it, the bear sud denly claspdd poor Ben In a fearful em brace, and, uprearing upon Ids hind legs, took a few steps in our,direction, then quickly turning,sprang high into the air directly over the fearful chasm, where, fora moment, both man and brute seem ed suspended, and then came down upon the other side at the very edge of the abyss. The bear made a frantic etlbrt in secure a foothold, hut to our horror, both man and beast rolled over tile brink and disappeared in the depth of the horrible chasm. A cry of horror broke from our lips at. we thus witnessed the terrible fate of oui comrade ;'then we made our way down us best we could, to the edge of the chasm ami gazed into its fearful depths. All was gloom, so dense that even the vivid aurora borealis Hashing across the sky could not penetrate it. We called upon Ben by name, though we know that there was no chance of his being alive ; and the echoes answered us, as if mock ery. ♦ They were sad hearts that wo carried hack to the ship. We left poor Ben in ills ghiclurgrave, ami when, in the spring we sailed away, it seemed as though we hud left him there alive. The N i:w Bonnkt,—After Governor Gilmer. of Georgia, returned from ofllce, •he went to his old home in Lexington, tie had a penchant for oid Irons, such as plough-shares, old carriage irons, grind stone cranks, old shovels,' and the odds and ends of plantation tools. Attending tile safes of e.-dates, lie accumulated an ox cart load or two of such stuff, which he dumped down in a corner of Ids yard near his d welling, very much to the an noyance of his wife. The pile kept in creasing. She determined to make away with it, and one day (Sheriff's sale dayj sent it to the courtyard (with the knowl edge of the Sheriff, who hived a Joke) to lie sold to the highest bidder. Governoi Gilmer that morning rode out of town a mlio or and was returning as the Sheriff was proceeding with his sales.— Catching the eye of the Governor, who ,waa looking on, he pointed out to him the lot of old iron, and requested him to make a hid for them. “ Good” said Governor Gilmer, “ 1 will; I have some pieces at home that will match exactly. I bid ten dollars for them.” “Ten dollars! ten dollars!” repeated t!io {Sheriff—(nobody bids more) —“ They are yours, Governor.” Delighted with the purchase, lie paid ten dollars, ami left them in the yard for future movement. The Sheriff paid the ten dollars to Mrs. Gilmer. In u few days she bought a handsome bonnet, and the Governor, admiring it very much, said : “ My dear, where did you get that pret ty bonnet? It is beautiful and become* “ Don't It, husband, don’t It ! I bought it with tlie ten dollars you paid fur your own iron trash I” The Governor wilted—he was sold by iis own wife. But time cured the chagrin, and tin* ;ood Governor had frequently to join in lie laugh at his expense over this little neidcnt. CIIIM>IIOOX>. lam will to-day. Memories of the past come buck to my mind—memories of my youth. A friend has visited me, a dear old friend—u friend whom I have not seen for many a year; ami he brought with him (he remembrance of long past times—the happy days of childhood— those brightVlays that have goneand can never return. Gone! gone forever. Boy hood, the only really happy period in a man’s lifetime—no cure, no trouble, no thought of the cares of the world ; all pleasure and sunshine; all happiness.— When manhood dawns, then conics sad ness. No more childish games ;no more youthful pleasures; no more roving and romping in the Woodson a holiday, and enjoying nature in innocent glee. All this passes, ami in its t place come the temptations and the trihulatiohs of the world. Oil! give me back my boyhood days ; let me bo a boy again—give me but one day of the past, and let me forget the miserable follies of life. Alas! it cannot he. Memory can only bring back the pa-it. What Is past is gone forever. We may reflect upon past pleasures, but nev er restore them again. There is another childhood that we may enjoy—that which we enter on the eve of death—the feeble childhood that We enjov after the miserable Journey through hie~-lhe rest ing place between manhood and the grave —tile time that makes children of us again, innocent and five, until death comes and takes us to the final home be yond (he stars, where only true happi ness is known. A Bashful. Man.— Cousin Kale was a sweet, wideawake beauty of seventeen, ami she look into her head to go to Lodge Island to see some relatives of hers, who had the misfortune to live there. Among those relations there chanced to be a young swaiif who had seen .Kate on u previous occasion, and, seeing, had fallen deeply la love with her. lie called at her house on the evening of her arrival, and she met him on the piazza, where she wasenjoyiagtheeveningair, in com pany with two,or three of her friends. The poor fellow was so bashful that he could not llnd his tongue for some lime. At length he stammered out: “ How’s your mother?” “Quite well, thunk you.” Another silence on the part of Josh, Liring which Kule and and her friends did the beat they could to relieve the monotony. After waiting about fifteen minutes for. him to commence to make himself agreeable, lie again broke the al ienee by— “ How’s 3’our father?” Which was answered alter much the same fashion as the Ural one, and then followed another silence, like the pther. “ How’s your father and mother?” “ Quite well, both of them.” This was followed by an exchange of glances, ami u suppressed smile. Tills lusted some ten minutes more, du ring which Josh was lidgetting in his seat, and stroking his Sunday hat. But tttieiTgth another question came: •• How’s your parents?” This produced an explosion that made le woods ring, during which Josh left. USSf** Well, Mr. fcJuow, I wants to risk you u question.” “ Propel it den.” “ Why am a grog shop like n counter feit dollar ?” “ Well, Ginger, I gibs dat right up.” “ Hoes you gib it up? Kuse you can't pass it.” “Yuli! yah! nigger, .you talk so much about your counterfeit dollars, just suc ceed to deform me why a counterfeit dol lar is like uu apple pie ?” “Oh, I draps the subject, ami doesn” know nothin’ about it,” “ Kuse it isn’t current.” “Oh! crackle, what a nigger! Why mu your head liken img of gold do! am?” “Go way trom me why am it?” “ Why, Rase dare’s no sense tcents) in it.” “Well, you always was the blackest nigger I eber seen—you always will have de last word.” JsST*When is a young man s arm like the gospel? When 1 It maketh glad the waist places. Hates for advkrtiskmknts win Uo inserted lit Ten cent* per line for the ilrst insertion, ami live cent* per Hue for each subsequent Insertion. ti«ur lerly,half-yearly, and yearly advertisement* in serted at a liberal reduction on the above rates. Advertisements should bo accompanied by lh* Cash. When sent without any length ol time for publication, they will bo continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. JOB PKINTING, Cards, Handbills. Ciuculails, and every ot h or aynuripiion ol Jon and Oahu I‘rlnitng execn ted in the iieutest stylo, at low prices. A FIELD OF BLOOD. Thosoil of Bladenburg, Md., hasabloody record. It has been the-ecene of many a refined murder in days past. One who visits tlic place now will find the fields green with vendure, which a few years since was trampled by the feet of men arrayed in deadly hostility. Here, on a beautiful grass-plot, surrounded by tree?-, forms made after the image of God came to Insult nature ami defy Heaven, In 1814, Edward Hopkins was killed hero in a duel. This seems to have been ihe lirst of these fashionable murders on this dueling ground. In 1810, A. T. Mason, a United States .Senator from Virginia, fought with Ids sister’s husband, John McCarty, here. — .McCarty was averse to fighting, and thought there was no necessity for it; but Mason would fight. McCarty named muskets loaded with buck-shot, and so near together that they would hit heads it they Jell on their faces. Tills was .‘hanged by the seconds to loading with nullels,uiul taking twelve feet as the dls- iunee. Mason was killed instantly, and McCarty, who bad bis collar bone broken, still lives with Mason’s sister in George town. His hair turned white so soon af er the fight us to cause much comment. He has since been solicited to act us sec uni in a duel, but refused. In accordance with u pledge made to his wife, soon after -tilling her brother. In 1820, Commodore Decatur was killed here in a duel by Commodore Barron.— At the first lire, both tell forward, and lay with their heads wb liin ten leet of each other; and us each supposed himself mortally wounded, each luliy and freely .orgave the other, still lying on the ground. Decatur expired in a lew days, out Barron eventually recovered. In 1821, two strangers, named Legu and Sega, appeared here, fought, and Sega was instantly killed. The neighborsomy this much of their names from the marks on the gloves left on the ground. Lega was not hurt. In 1822, Midshipman Locke was killed here in a duel with aclerk of the treasury department named Gibson. The laltei was not hurt. Jn 182