®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<A r*
ly for the winter trade,
which for neatness and
durability cannot bo sur- jJrj
Wholesale and Retail Manufacturing Establish
ment, <
NO. 70 4 A Rail, STREET
AsS-Re-platlng at short notice.
August 22. 18(17—ly
J s. McClellan, .
WITH
PARHAM & WORK,
Wholesale Dealers in
HATS, CAPS, FURS
AND
STRAW GOODS,
NO. 531 .MARKET STREET,
Philadelphia.
July 18. 1867—tf
G KEAT
2000 WATCHES, Patent Lover Movements, full
Jewelled, Hunting Cnees, Sterling silver. Beauti
fully EngraVed and in every respect first class
timers. To bo sold at six dollars each, being less
iliuu tUreo-fourihs the cost of munuiuctunug.—
I'hese watches are retailed by Jewelers at troin
JlotoS/b, the actual cost to the manufacturer being
$9 each. This stock ol watches was purchased at a
bankrupt Sale In Loudon, and are now oltei »d at
such extremely low figures, that all may possess
a correct Time-keeper at a merely nominal sum.
Every waich warranted for 2years. Parties or
dering them sent by mall, must enclose, tie cents
extra to repay postage. Money enclosed in a
well sealed letter may be sent at my risk.
Address all orders Lo
MAULIN CONNOR,
Albany, N. Y
QNE DOLLAR A PIECE!
CHOLERA,
May 16.1867—-ly
A GOOD GOLD PEN AND EBONY HOLDER
FOR ONE DOLLAR.
Manufactured by the American Gold Pen Com
pany. Theae pens are now being used oxteuatve
iy throughout the Euutoru Statue und are war
ranted in each and every cube. Parties purcha
sing who are not sutisded can return them and
receive tholr money buck. All orders must be
accompanied with me cash as wo send no goods
Agent American Gold Pen Company,
May 10,1867—1 y Tuoy, N. Y.
WHISKER
A BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF FALSE MOUS
TACHES AND WHIKsEKS. of Freirth manufac
ture, so perlect they cannot be detected from the
Seuulne, will be sent post-paid by mall to any act
ress, Great attention lu paid In the manufac
ture of these articles by one of the best artists lu
Paris, M. L. Fouchk, who la the best manufac
turer In Europe. Moustaches. SI. 00; side Whis
kers, $3.00; Full Beard, $5.00.
' Address, H. DORR,
Albany, N. Y.,
. solo Agent for the United Slates.
May 16,1857— iy
tAPEBS,
COWDEN,
PAPER HANGINGS!
AN IMMENSE STOCK OF
WALL PAPERS,
NEW AND ELEGANT STYLES
FOR PARLORS. HALLS, ETC,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
HOWELL & BOUEICE’S,
Corner of Fourth and Market streets,
April 2,1638.—3 m
CUMBERLAND VALLEY R. R
CHANGE OF HOURS.
uu and alter Monday, Oci. 7th, 1860, Passenger
Trains -will run dally, as loiiows, {Sundays ex
cepted) :
Accommodation Train leaves Harrisburg 8.40
A. M., Meohunicsburg 0.18, Carlisle 0,57, Newville
10.34, BUippeusburg 11,07, Chambersburg I.IU
P. M. Greencostle 1,43, arriving at Hagerstown
2.10 P. M,
Moil Train leaves Harrisburg2.oo, P. M. Meehan
lesburg 2.33. Carlisle 3.08, Newvlllo .1.40, Bhlppeus
burg 4.10, Chambersburg 4.50, Greencostlo o.lij, ar
riving at Hagerstown 5A5. P. AL
Express Train leaves Harrisburg 4.15, P. M.,
Mechaulcsburg 4JH, Carlisle 6.21, Newville 5.53,
shinpensburg u.2l,'arriving at CluunbersbargO.so,
A* M. '
A mixed Train leaves Chambersburg 8.20, A.
M„ Greoucastlo 0.30, arriving at Hagerstown 10.15
A. M.
On and after Monday, October ~th, the Accom
modation Train will .leave Chambersburg at 5,
Bhipponsburg 5,80, Newville (3,01, Carlisle 0,35, Me
chaulcsburg 7.04. A.M., arriving nt Harrisburg
7,36, A. M., making close connection with trains
to New York and Philadelphia.
Mall Train leaves Hagerstown 8.10, A. M. Green
castle 8.45, Chambersburg 0.25, Shlppeusburg 0.55,
Newville 10.20, Carlisle 11.03, Mechaulcsburg 11.37,
arriving at Harrisburg 12.10. P. M.
Express Train loaves Hagerstown 12.00 M.,
Greencostle 12.30, Chambersburg l.iu, Bhlppens
burg 1.43, Newville 2.15, Carlisle 258, Mechanics
burg 3.20, arriving at Harrisburg 3.65, P. M.
A Mixed Train leaves Hagerstown 8.05, P. M.,
Greencostle 4.00 arriving at Chambersburg 4.50,
Making close connections at Harrisburg with
Trains to and from Philadelphia, New York,
Pittsburg. Baltimore and Washington.
O. N. LULL,
Rail Road Office, \ Sup't
Chamb'g. Oci. 4 th, 1867. J
Got. 10 1867
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
(ttitg atibmisements.
IT MAY INTEREST YOU OR A FRIEND.
HORSE,
CORNMAN & WORTHINGTON,
ASb. 7 East Main Si., Carlisle. I’a,
NEW GOODS
.JOHN BOWMAN'S
PHIL A DELPHI A
WATCH SALE!
Address all orders to
E.M. CONNER,
AND -
MO US TA CHE
Philadelphia.
WESTWARD.
EASTWARD.
fHclitftll.
HOOFLAND’S GERMAN BITTERS,
AND
Hoofland’s German Tonic.
Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jacksoh,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Groat Remedies for all Diseases
LIVER, STOMACH, OB
DIGESTIVE ORGANS.
Hoofland’s German Bitters
I* composed of the pure juices (or, as Ihoynro medld
nstly termed. A* = r ——, tract*) of Roots,
.7 er tr?V‘* Bwfjs, ligT__T6r making a prepaid
Unn, highly concen Iljj" jO tinted, and entirely
kind. ron Colo^e *33 admixture of any
HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIC,
Is of all llio Ingredients of the Bitters,
wilh Hie purest quality ot Santa Crux Rum, Orange,
etc., nmkinx one of the most pleasant and agreeable
remedies ever ollercd to the public.
Those preferring a Medicine free from Alcoholic ad*
mixture, will uao
Hoofland's German Bitters.
In cases of nervous depression, when some alcoholls
stimulus Is necessary,
HOOFLAp’S GERMAN TONIO
should bo uicd.
The Bitters or the Tonic arc both equally good, and
contain the same nufilclnii) virtues.
The slommdi, from a variety ol causes, Inch as Indi
gestion. Dyspepsia, - - Nervous Debility,
etc., Is very upt u> 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 <lc dined; hut wtth a
dear proof In varl II 'HkJ ou " Instances and
particularly in my *>■ 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
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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.
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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<i, Henry Clay fought his second
luelwitli John Randolph, just across the
Potomac, as Randolph preferred to die, if
itui(,oii Virginia soil. The hitler receiv
ed Clay’s shot and then tired his pistol in
ihe air. This was in accordance with a
(((jßlui'Ation made to Mr. Benton, who
spoke to Randolph of a call the evening
before on Mrs. Clay, ami alluded Co the
quiet sleep of her child and the repose of
the mother, llamlolph-qulckly replied,
“ I shall do nothing to disturb the sleep
or the repose of the mother,” General
Jessup was Clay’s second. When Ran
dolph fired he remarked, “I do not shoot
ut you, Mr, Clay',” ami extending his
hand,advanced toward Clay, who ru.-died
to meet him. Uundolnh showed Clay
where the ball struck his coat, and said
facetiously, “ Mr. Clay, you owe me a
coat,” “ Thank God, the debt is no great
er.” They were friends ever after.
In 1832, Martin was killed hereby Can.
Their first names were not remembered.
They were from the South.
In 1833, Mr. Key, (son of Frank Key.
and brother of Barton Key of Sickles no
toriety) met Mr. Sherhon, and Sherhon
said, “Mr. Key, I have no desire to kill
you.” “No matter,” said Key, ** I came
to kill you.” “ Very well, then,” said
“ I will now kill you,” and he
did.
l n 1845, a lawyer named Jones fought
witli and killed a Dr. Johnson.
In 18-51, R. A. Hoole and A. J. Dallas
had a hostile meeting here.vDallas was
shot in t he shoulder, but recovered.
In 1853, Daniel and Johnson, twu
Richmond editors, held a harmless set-to
here, which terminated in coffee.
In 18-53, Davis and Uingeway’ fought
here; Ridgeway allowed his antagonist
to fire without returning the shot.
Josh Billings on Chicago.— Chicago
Is the Jerusalem, the Mecca ov the West.
Everyboddy telisyew what an awful city
she iz, and that thure will be a million of
ive beings in her in a few duyz.
The growth of this city has been lively;
knew all about it when it didn’t have
2 hundred souls, nor noboddy’s in it,
mti I presume its populaslum is now
(early 200 thousand; I dure not ask the
.mount ov her folks for the same reazon
lamed above, i didn’t want tew strain
the Imagination out here; everybody
liaz nz much az they kun do now tew
keep from shouting.
While in Chicago, i had several talks
with her souls, i gathered from what they
told me, that Nu York would soon be a
seckond kluss place, if it didn’t have am
pul 1 bucks.
Chicago already exceeds Nu York In
ic amount ot her divorce tonnage, and
i Uie amount uv her play-cads advizing
.rangers lew beware uv “confidence
len.”
Yew kan read this cheerful remlndei
every 30 feet, awl over the city ; it almost
makes one think there iz “ Buueome” in
If Chicago owns herself, or one half uv
herself, she is truly a big thing, but smue
lioddy else owns her, my opinyun iz, that
the day will cum when someboddy will
have elephants to sell ami Jew buyers.
What relushun she may sustune, in the
fewlci, tew other eitys In the Union. I
don't intend to tell, hut I will bet Some
30 dollars that Saint Louis, 40 yeais iroin
hence, will he the most city uv the two,
ami over 4 times uz much az herself.
I don’t serpozc that there iz a single
'soul in Chicago. If he should ever read
this prophesy, but what would he anx-
•us to send me a bottle uv “ Mrs. Will
ow’s Soothing Syrup,” but if they do it,
certainly should see them, and go u
Lickuge uv warm lozzlngcs better.
Treat Animals Gently.— There is no
doubt but that the value of any animal is
greatly Increased by being perfectly docile
ami not constantly in fear, whether ol
the owners of strangers. Horses that are
in a state of nervous excitement, while be-
ing handled, arc not unpleasant to the
general run of drivers, but are morttor
less dangerous, because they reqire a con
stant watch upon them ; and there are
few persona that are always upon their
guard.' In addition to this, more or Jess
breakage occur, even with the best horse
men, because a frightened, nervous ani
mal, docs not know what Is wanted of
him when any difficulty occurs. Many
horses are quick to learn, and If kindly
treated have a remarkable degree of in
telligence, which one would not expect
to see In the brute creation.
How to Keep up Your Ha.y Crop.—
A farmer who had been in the habit of
selling his hay for many years in succes
sion, being asked how he kept up his
buy crop without manuring orcultlvuting
his land, replied, “I never allowed the
after swath to Le cut.” If this rule was
generally followed there would be Jess
said about running out of grass fields or
short crojis of hay. Some far in era feed
oil*every green thing, and comptr their
cattle to puli up and gnaw off ihu routs
of the hay crops. A farmer had belter
buy hay at forty dollars per ton than
ruin his hay field by close grazing. The
general treatment of grass lands in this
respect is wrong and expensive, ami
should be abandoned us a matter of prof
it and economy.— Wisconsin Parmer.
CST* The rudeness of the lower classes
in England is well Illustrated by an anec
dote oi lutraveler walking along a coun
try rode. Two bumpkins leaning over a
fence spied the stranger, and the follow
ing dialogue ensued between them:
•*’Oos Min, BUI?”
“A stranger, ’Eury.”
“A stranger, ’hey; well, ’eave ’aft a
brick at ’im.”
B£aT* A little boy,on coming home from
church* where he hadseen a person work
the bellows of.the Organ, said to his
mother, “Uh mama, i wish you hud
been to church to-day—such tun 1 a man
pumped music out of an old Cupboard.