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SAINS on CRAMPS THINE STOMACH OR BOWELS This remedy has boon used with unparalleled success la the chjlera seasons of 1832—XMD and I!£4- THOU3ANB3 07 BOTTLES HAVE BEEN SOLD In Philadelphia; aad'reforeaoos can also be giv on to persons residing in this town—who have used the me iiolne uni who spaas in the high est terms of its PROMPT AND EFFICIENT RELIEF. PRICE FIFTY CENTS, BRET ABED OiVX»F BY THE PBOPIETOB AT PRINCIPAL DEPOT, CORNER DRUG STORE, SHIPPENBBURG, PA* For sale by WM. CLARKE & SONS, LEES X HOADS. COYLE & 00., U SOUTH HANOVER ST.. CARLISLE. havebstick; druggist. CARLISLE. B.A.STONEB, MIDDLE SPRING. GELWXOKS & CO., CHAMBERSBDRQ’ CEESSLER, DRUGGIST, CHAMBERSBURG. JOHNSON, HOLLOWAY & COW DEN, 002 ARCH ST., PHIL A. AND DRUGGISTS GENERALLY. Match. 6, IMP—Cm JJEAD THIS THROUGH! IT MAT INTEREST TOtf OR A FRIEND, TO THE PUBLIC AND THOSE IN' TERESTED IN HORSES, ■CATTLE, BOGS, &c., &o. THAT THE CELEBRATED SB. BARBER'S HORSE, CATTLE AND HOG POWDERS, Prepared and sold by CYRUS BROWN. Druggist and Apothecary, Broadway, Upper Milton, Pa., 181110 BEST IN THE WORLD. When the Horse is In very bad condition, use the following Physio first: Two Tablespoonsfal of the Powder and One Quart of Linseed Oil. Mix and Drench. REMEMBER THE RED HORSE, On Koch Pack and prepared as above. THESE POWDERS are prepared from the or iginal Dr. Burner's Recipe, with additions from the Recipes of the Best Horae Farriers in Europe end America, together with the experience of tne Proprietor of over Twenty Years with Horses and Medicine. The following diseases are cured with their uft: AU Stages of Coughs and Colds, Even First Stages of Glanders and Farcy, Distemper, Gripes, Colic, Inflamatlons, Jaundice or Yellow Water, Hidebound, Removes Worms, &0., «£c., &c. These Powders by occasional ase, say once or twice per week, will be a preventive of disease, .when lbs animal does not come in contact with nostril of the diseased Horae. these horse powders ’ are a sore preventive and care for'dlseases so common with chickens—Gapes, Ac, Dubgtxoms.~ Mix In com meal. Axso-alix with the water they drink. Feed It to your Stock and they will be healthy and Cat. remember the bed horse on each PACK. TAKE NO OTHER. For Sale by CORNMAN & Worthington, Ho, 7 J&ut Main &. t OwrlUle JPa, Jan, 23,1868. —8m ■JJBAD.TY, COMPORT AND DDE ABILITY. allthk latest styles in CDS T O , M - M .A D E BOOTS AND SHOES.' ( fi O X TO X 8 AND OTHER NOVELTIES. PRICES FIXED AT LOW FIGURES. A . DYBERT , No. 81 East lqiither street. Carlisle Pexux'a. Apiu»,im-Sni BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. QOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! , GREA T DECLINE IN PRICES AT THE NEW AND CHEAP CASH STORE. CORNER OB* HANOVER AND POMTRET STREETS. The subscriber would'respectfully Inform the public that he Is receiving almost dally from the Eastern Cities, a large Invoice of Now and Cheap Goods, such as, LADIES* DRES.S GOODS, , Tlain, BLACY AND FAN(X biles, French Mcrlnoes, Mohairs, Poplins, Black and Fancy French Repps, Plain and Fancy Do Lalnea,. Plain and Fancy Alpaccns m Poplins SHAWLS! SHAWLS! BROCHA LONG AND SQUARE, LONG AND SQUARE WOOLENS BREAKFAST SHAWLS in great variety and Very cheap, / CLOTHS AND CASSIMERESI FVcnch, German and American Cloths, Black and Fancy Oassimeres, Doeskins, Black tmdFantfy . Cvcr Coatings, SallineUs, Kentucky Jeans, Undershirts and Drawers. DOMESTICS! Blenched and Brocha Table Diapers, Counterpanes, and Quilts, Cotton Flannels, Blenched and Unbleached Muslins, Tickings, Checks, Towels, * Napkins, <6c. REMEMBER THE PLACE, ON THE CORNER OF W. F. SADLER. HANOVER AND POMFRET STREETS, the room formerly occupied by B. B. Jameson a Co. THOS. A. HARPER, Nov. 7,1807—If 1868. SPfiINGH , 1868. DOMESTIC GOODS, DRESS GOODS, OAS3IMEREB, BATTINETTS AND JEANS, WMI TB Q 0 OB 8, DRESS.TRIM MINGS. G. .RIBBONS ANB NOTIONS RING’S NEW STORE, NO. S 5 WEST MAIN STREET, Opposite the Mansion House, Next door to the Post Office, Carlisle. April 18,1808. 628. HOOP SKIRTS. 628. WM. X. HOPKIN’S “OWN MAKE’* O F “KEYSTONE SKIRTS,” are the best ond Cheapest Low Priced Hoop akim in the market. Trail bklris, 25 springs, 81.UU; ausprmgs, $1.20; amUusprings, 81.45. Plum bums, o tapes, 2u springs, bU Cents; 25 springs, 85 Cents: SUsprings, 81,16; and S 3 springs, $1.25. Warranted in every respect. “Our OWN MAKE” Oi “.UNION BKIBTS” Eleven Tape Trails, irom 2U to 60 springs, 81.20 to 82.50, Plum, six Tapes, 20 to 60 springs, from U 3 cents to 82.00. Theseokim are bettor tbun those sold by other establishments os first class goods, and at much lower prices. belure the Public, and only pave to be examined or worn to convince every one ol the fact. Manu factured of tue best imeu-fiolsbed English bteel Springs, very superior tapes, and the style oi motaiic fastenings uhd manner of securing them surpass lordmuuuiiy and excol'euce any other blurt in this country, and are lighter, more elas tic, will wear longer, give more satlstucliou, and are really cheaper tuuu all others. Every lauy should try them. Tuey uro being sold exten sively by Merchants tbrougbout tuls and the ad joining states at very moaor..le prices, li you want tne best ask lor ••Hopiuu’s Champion UkirU" if you do not find them, get the Mer chant with whom you deal to oraer them lor 1 you, orcomourseuddireettous. Merchants will find ourjdiUereui grades of skirts exactly what they need, and we especially mvlte tbem to cull ana examine our extensive assortment, or sand lor Wholesale Price List. To be hud at Retail at Manufactory, and of the Retail Trade generally, uud at Wholesale of the Manufacturer only, to whom all orders should be addressed. MANUFACTORY AND SALES ROOM, 628 ARCH STREET, Between 6th and 7th Sts, Philadelphia. WM. T. HOPKINS. March 6,1808.—10m05, GOODS. RICKEY, SHARP & CO. No. 737 CHESTNUT STREET, Havo now tho most complete and elegant stock ot \ SPRING GOODS, Which they have ever offeree?,and Invite special attention to their stock of SILKS, comprising a full line of HEAVY BLACK QROS GRAIN and LUBTEBLEBS SILKS, FOR SUITS. Plain Brown and Mode Toffettas. Plain Brown and Mode Poalte de Soles. ruuc. UNB OF MOHAIR AND ALPACA POPLINS, Of the choicest coloring, together with an Exten sive Variety of DRY GOODS, embracing Cloths, Cosslmeres, Goods, Ac. ItICKEY, SHARP & CO., 727 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 0. 1868.—1 y , ‘ ■ S>i\m an* &Hm=aaaacc* QEEING IS BELIEVING ! AT 704 ARCH STREET. NEW PRICES I NEW GOODS men SILVER AND silver plated wares, » Including ©very style and i description, made express- A ly for the winter which for neatness and v>y durabUity cannot be sur- JOHN BOWMAN’S Wholesale and Retail Manufacturing Establish l ment, NO. 704 Alt OH STREET PHILADELPHIA* atshort notice. August 22.1WJ7— ly 30*2 <®aosW, BABGAINS Now opening In ZEPHYRS, fßeldcal. HOOFLAKD’S GERMAN BITTERS, AND Hoofland’s German Tonic. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, PHILADELPHIA, PA. The Great Remedies for all Diseases LIVER, STOMACH, OR DIGESTIVE ORGANR Hoofland’s German Bitters Ib composed of tho pure Juices (or, as they are medicl rally termed, hx m trad*) of Roots, Dcrbsund Barks, IH. Ifei making a prepara tion, highly conccn Ifl"""Ittl traWd, and entirely fT**£ron Alcoholic teats admixture cf any HOOFLAND’S GEEMAN TONIC, Is a combination of all tho Ingredients of tho Bitten, with the purest quality of Santa Cm j Rum , Orange, etc., making one of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Those prefoirlng a Medicine freo from Alcoholic ad mixture, will uso Hoofland’s German Bitters, In cases of nervous depression, when some aicoholU stimulus is necessary, EOOPLAND'S GEEMAN TONIO ahould ho used. The Bitters or the Tonic arc both equally good, and contain tin* mime medicinal virtue*. The stomach, from a variety of ns Indi gestion. Dyspepsia, -■ ——. Nervous Debility, etc., ts very apt to ffJf. have ■'lts functions deranged. The result Wgl JJOT of which is, that tho patient suffers from several 91 more ol tho following diseases: Constipation, Flatulence. Inward Files, Fulness of Blood to the Head, Acidity - of the Stomach, Nausea. Heart* - bum, Disgust for Food, Fulness or Weight In the Stomach. Sour Eructations. Sink** Big or Fluttering at the Fit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart. Choking or Suffocating Sensations when In a LylngFosture, Dimness of Vision. Dots or Webs before the Sight. Dull Pain in the Head. -Deo,* oienoy of Perspiration, Tel* lowness of the Skin and IS y ea. — —— Fa i n in the Side. Back. Chest. Limbs, etc., \Bl Jp& S u d d e n Flushes or Meat. Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits. Theie remedies will effectually euro Liver Complaint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or Nervous Docility. Chronic Dlarrnusa, Disease of the Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver, Stomach, or Intestines. DEBILITY, Resulting from any Cause whatever £ PROSTRATION OF THE SYSTEM, Induced by Severe .Labor, Hard ships. Exposure, Fevers, etc. There (• no medicine uxiani equal to these remedies In such cases. A tone and vigor Is Imimrtod to the whole System, the QSHHSSi Appetite IsStrvngtb* ened. food Is enjoyed, |Ma w the stomach digests promptly, the blood Is purilled, the com pletion neoo m e r !■■«» sound and healthy, the yellow tinge Is eradicated from the eyas, a bloom Is given to the checks, and the weak ana nervous in valid becomes a strong and healthy being. Persons Advanced in lAfc% And foiling the hand of time weighing heavily upon thorn, wjth all It* attendant H]*, will fine In the use of this BITTERS, or the TONIC, *n ollxtr that will Instil new life in o their vein*, restore In a measure the energy and ardor of more youthful days, hol'd up their shrunken forma, and giro health ana happiness to tholr remaining years. NOTICE. It Is a well-established fact that fully one-half of the female portion of our' population are sol; dom In the enjoyment TbT of good health; or, to use their own ex lEI >g preeslon, “ never foci well.” They are lan wHKu gold, devoid of all energy, extremely nervous, and have no appetite. To this class of persons the BITTERS, or tho TONIC, is especially recommended. WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN Are made strong by thoueo of cltherof those remedies. They will euro every coao of MARASMUS, without fall. ’ • Thousands of certificates have accumulated in the are men of note and of such standing that they must b« believed. TESTIMONIALS. Hon. Geo. W. 'Woodward. Ckitf Justice of the Supreme Court qf Pa., writes! Philadelphia, March 10,18G7. “1 And ‘Tloofland’s *=» German Bitters 1 Is a p>*>d undo, useful i/yk In dlwuises of the digestive organs, and of great benefit In eases of debility, and ÜBi want of nervous oo (ion In tho system. Ywurs truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD.” Hon. James Thompson. Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. , Philadelphia, April 28, 1865. u I consider* Hoofland’s German Bitters ’ a valuable medians in cose of attacks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. Icertify this from my expertence of It. a- Yours, Wltn respect, JAMBS THOMPSON.” From Rev. Joseph H. Kennard, D. D., pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. Dr. Jackson—Dees Sir : I hove been frequently re quested to connect my name with recommendations oi difisrent kinds of medicines, but regarding lh« prac tice as out of my sp proprlale sphere, I have In all coses de • cllned; but with a clear proof In varl Jl ous Instances and particularly In my B*a own family, of'the usefulness of Dr. uourtuud’s German Bitten, 1 depart tor once from my usual course, to express my full conviction that, JOT generat debility of w ryx/rm, and especially for Liver Complaint, il is a safe and valuable preparation. In some coses It may fall; but usually, I doubt not, It wIU be very beneficial to those who saner from the above causes. Years, very respectfully, J. H. KENNARD, , Eighth, below Coates BL From'Rev. E. D. Fendall, Assistant Editor Christian Chronicle, Philadelphia, I have derived decided benefit from the nee of Hoof land’* German Bluer*, and-feel It my privilege loro commend them a* a moat valuable tonic, loall whoar© ■offering from general debility or from arising from derangement of the liver. ‘ Yonra truly. B. D. FENDALL. CAUTION* Booflasd'a German Remedies are counterfeited. See that ibealgnalurf of O. M- JACKSOtf la on the wrapper of each bottle. ah other* are conn terfeiu principal Office and Manufactory at the Germ**) Medicine Htbro,' No. 631A80H Street Philadelphia. CHARLES M. EVANS, German Druggist, Proprietor, Formerly C. M. Jioxsoa St Co. Tar e a,w by o-jhuggists and Dealers In Medicine*, aentrcEßß. , Hoofland's German Bitten, per bottle 00 « « “ half dozen 000 Hoofland’t German Tonic, put up in quart bottles, 1 60 per bottle, or a half dozen f0r............ 1 M K7* Do not forget to examine well the article yo® boy, la enter to get the genuine. Jan.lbty,—.y CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY. JUNE 18. 1868. JOHN IUKLBTCUny. j BY KORBUT BURNS. There wont three kings Into the East, Three kings both great nnd high. And they ha’o sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn should die. They took a plow, and plow’d him down, Put clods upon his head, And they ha’o sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful spring enmo kindly on, A'ud show'rs began to fall, John Barleycorn got up again And sore surpris'd them all. The sultry suns of summer came, And bo grow thick ondatrong, His head wool arm’d wi’ polntcd spears That no ouo could him wrong. The sober autumn entered mild, When ho grow wan and pale, His bending Joints nnd drooping head Show’d ho began to foil. His color sicken'd more and more, Ho faded into ago. And then his enemies began To show their deadly rage. They’ve la’cn a weapon long and sharp. And cut him by the knee, They tied him last upon a cart Like a rogue for forgerle. > They laid him down upon his back, - And cudgclM him .full sore, , They hung him up before the wind And turn'd him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit, With water to the brim, They heaved In John Barleycorn There lot him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor. To work him farther woe, And still us signs of life appeared They toss’cl him to and'f^b. They wasted or a scorching flame, . The marrow of his bones But a miller used him worst of all, ForJio crushed him ’tween two stones. And tfioy ha’o ta’cn his very heart’s blood, And drunk ft round and round And still tbo more ami moro they drank, •moir-joy. am more abomut. ~ ■ John Barleycorn was a hero bold, Of noble enterprise, For If you do but taste his blood, ’Twill make your courage rise. ’TtvlUmnko a man forgot bis woo, ’Twill heighten all his joy, ’Twill make the widow’s heart to sing, Tho’ the tear wore ir. her eye. Thou let ns toast John Barleycorn, Each man a glass in hand, And may his great posterity, Ne’er fail In old Scotland. Misi’i-ilaiiEmis. A CONVICT AND HIS DAUGHTER. A terrible murder bad been committed, and the Hotel de Barren, situated on the Rue S»int Saviour, in Paris, was in a ter rible ferment. A thousand reports were in circulation, but they all differed very materially. Some declared that during -dhe night a dozen savage looking men bad entered the hotel, armed to the teeth, had bound the servants, and then com- deed of blood. And yet the domestics wore all free. Others said that a single robber had done the work, but as nothing valuable was missing, the lie was given to this assertion. Still others affirmed that a band of immortals had made the visit upon some mission of ven geance, and had taken a soul away with them, leaving an inanlmatebody behind. But there was one among the number who gave an account with some degree of calmness. Ho said that eariy in the evening he had seen a strange, but beau tiful looking woman, evidently belong ing to (he poorer classes, enter the hotel, and although he had kept a close and constant watch, he hud notseen her come forth again. Once he«thought he bad seen her form flit by the window of the apartment where the murder’had been committed. But this information was very indefinite,.for the woman could not be found—neither had any one else ob served such a character. All that was positively known, was that Jerome Dea i molines bad been stabbed in his bed, and was now a cold and bloody corpse. Later in the day it was announced that an arrest bud been made by the people. Rome time before a man by the name of Jean De Rodna hud been arrested by the officers of justice, at the instigation of the .JDesmolines family. He hud been found concealed-»,* UiaJiotel under suspicious circumstances, am) he was convicted of an attempt at robbery and sentenced to the galleys. But he had escaped, and was known to have breathed dire ven geance* against his prosecutors. The night of the murder he hud been seen near the hotel, and now that he was ar rested, his conviction and death was beyond a question. The trial came, and De Rodna was con demned to be guillotined. A young girl had watched the progress of the trial, with a pale and anxious face. When the death penalty was proclaimed, she left the court with a faltering step, and proceeded loan oiiscurenparlinentin an obscure street. > Here she sat until darkness came on. but she was busily engaged during all this time. She was weaving a silken cord of considerable length, but quite small; yet a sufficient strength to sustain, suspended in the air, the weight of any ordinary sized per son. About every twelve inches the rope was knotted, which would prove a great advantage to any person wishing to as cend or descend it, In climbing by Its aid, up or down a high wall. As darkness came on theyounggirl en tered tiie street having concealed the cord about her person, and then she’ walked rapidly until she readied the Rue Saint Saviour. She entered a dwel ling without even knocking, but as she was ascending the stairs, she was met by aid woman, who asked: “Does be come here to-night, Matil da?” “ I expect him," was the brief reply. “ I thought that affair ended matters between you.” u lt may be so; but I will wait.?’ “ Very well.” The old woman continued her descent, while the girl passed on upwards, blie did not stop on the third or even the fourth .flour, but passed on through the scuttle to the roof. Then she crept cau tiously forward until she came to the lust building in. that row of houses. . cihe approached the very eaves, having first affixed her silken cord around, a chimney, and clinging to it to prevent falling. For two hours she remained In this position, and by this lime the street was dark ami silent below. She could see that a light was burning In ouo of the rooms of the third story, and upon the window of this, apartment her gaze was fixed. Presently she began her ascent on the cord.' It was a fearful situation, for there she hung upon that giddy height, sus tained only by that which appeared to be a single thread. If Chat should break she must be dashed to pieces upon the pave ment below. Carefully the girl crept down on the rope, and at.length she placed her feet upon the window ledge.' It was a sum mer night, and the was open.— She gazed in, and saw . a young man seated in au easy shuir, puffing bis cigar at his ease. Ue bad not discovered hen us his buck was towards the window, and had attracted his attention. In a mo ment after the girl was standing by his side, and leaping to his feet be exclaim ed; • ‘ “ Matilda D© Rodna I You here 1” “ Yes I am her©,** aho replied with a frown. ’ '* Haw did you enter ray apartment? I 6m suroA locked the door when I came In.” Yet, he continued, for he ascertain* ed by trying that ho hud done eo. “ Perhaps I came in before you had entered.” ” Ah. I [suppose so. But what do you want?” J “ I want to talk with you, Henri Des molines.” “ Very well; be seated and let mo hear what you have to say.” The girl took a proffered chair, and flxingher eyes upon the young man,said : “ Henri Desmolincs, when I met you three years ago I was an Innocent and happy girl. I believed all the world to be good and truthful. When you cable to me vou represented yourself to bo u poor artist. I received you. Had I known that you were one of the rich and p'oud men of the city, 1 should have re* fused to receive your addresses, because my father was only a tradesman, and the wealthy never stoop to wed daugh ters of such. But as a poor man, 1 loved you, nnd 1 llrraly believed you intended to make me your wife. Innocent and confiding, you deceived me ere the echo o*f your promises died away j you forsook me, and then IJearned all, I did not re proach you, but on the contrary I endeav ored to shield you with all my heart. I tried to keep my father in ignorance of my betrayal. But he learned it from an other. Then I begged him not to injure you. He promised me that he would not, hut he determined to see you. He called at your hotel, but you denied him admittance to your presence,*and ordered your servants to thrust him into the street, which they did. But, bent upon l»ls purpose, he returned again, and you caused Ids arrest. Your menials swore falsely nt your Instigation, nnd I became the ruined daughter of a convict. You thought by lids step you could be rid of him—myselfyou did not fear.” “You have sung this all in my cars be fore,’ 1 was the heartless response. “ I will soon aing you a new song,” “ Well, go on, and hasten the conclu sion.” “ My father is to die to-morrow.” “ He deserves his fate, for he murdered my brother, Jerome.” “ He did.” “ You confess it, then ?” 44 I do. He escaped from the galleys almost a maniac. Smarting under the nnhlio wrongs which had been Inflicted upon him, is it a wonder that ho snouio seek for revenge?” 41 But why did ho kill my brother?” 44 It was through mistake. The blow 'wins intended lor you, Henri. Desmo liues.” 41 Well, are you through with what you have to say?” ** No. I want you to save my father’s life. You can and you must do U.” 41 You may retire now,” replied Hen ri, as he raised and pointed to the door.— The girl sprang to her feet, and her eyes glittered as she exclaimed : “ Henri Desmntines, listen to my words and heed them well, for us I speak so i will act—so I can accomplish. I have never thought of shedding blood. But 1 shall watch to-morrow, and if my father dies, I shall return to you, and ! shall stab you to the heart, even as he did your brother. Before my God I have sworn to do this.” 14 Oh, you threaten, do you ? I think to-moirow will find you in the prison cell. Not that I fear you, for you will not be able to reach my room again with out discovery. But 1 will punish you lor your threat.” He stepped towards the bell-pull, and even while his buck was turned, Matilda passed out of the win dow, ascended her slender cord, and was again on the roof. She saw her former lover thrust his head out, and look down towauis tho ground. Then she heard him say: 41 She could not have escaped, except by lids window. If she has fallen, she certainly has been dashed to pieces, and so I shall bo rid of her forever.” Oh, how those cruel words rankled in that poor girl’s heart, os all that long and dreary night she sat iu her lonely room. Each passing hour she counted, as pro claimed by a distant clock, until tho morning came. Then the hour for the execution arrived, and soon she knew that site was fatherless—the guillotine hud done its horrible work. Tho night came on again, and it was beuntiiully brilliant. It was one fitted rather for love than for .vengeance, but still that girl did not hesitate, for the oath had been taken, and must be kept. Again she entered the same dwelling where a hundred times she had met her lover, and ascended to the roof. Again she stood upon that of the Hotel de tta voin, and affixed her cord. She looked down towards the window, and saw lazy wreaths of smoko, rolling out. She be lieved that Henri was seated there with ihls cigar, and soon she knew this was the. case, for she beard him singing a lively air. Presently his head appeared in view.— He gazed around in every direction, and then felt downwards with his hands, as If searching for something. After this he disappeared. Quickly did Matilda slide down her coni. She gazed into the apartment, and she saw Henri examine every corner where a human being could bo possibly concealed. Thou lie locked and bolted the door, and retired to his couch. The avenger'wutched him until she thought he was sleeping, and then she entered and approached Ids side.' She took up his revolver, which was lying upon the table, and cocked it for use. The click of tiie hammer aroused him, and start ing up he cried: 44 Here again ! My God ! How did you enter?” The only reply was the leveling of the weapon at his head. He yelUd for help, but with the sound of Ids voice came the' pistol’s report, and tho betrayer fell back dead. In a moment after, the avenger teached- tho roof, and returned from thence to her home. Of course there was another terrible expitement at the hotel, hut this time tho affair remained shrouded in mystery, — Six months after, a poor creature died in a lonely , attic, of a broken heart. Her name was Matilda do Rodna, and dying she gave to a friend the secret of her re venge, which until that moment had re mained unexplained. A Witness. —A Yankee told an en plishman that he shat on one occasion, nine hundred and ninety-nine snipe.— His interlocutor asked him why he didn't make it one thousand at once. u No,” said he, “ not likely I’m going to tell a lie for one snipe.” Whereupon the Englishman, rather than be outdone, began to tell a long storyof a man having swam from Liver pool to Boston, • . . “ Did you see him ?” “ Why, of course I did. I was coming across and our vessel passed him a mile out of Boston Harbor.” “Wellf I’m glad that ye saw him, stranger, ’cos yera witness that 1 did it. That was me!” BgyTho managers of a country thea tre looked into the house between the acts, and turned with a face of dismay to the prompter with (ho question : “ why good gracious, where’s the audi ence? . *• Sir/’ replied the prompter, without moving a muscle, u he is Just gone to get some beer.” The manager wiped the nrespiratiou from his brow, add said, “ will he re turn do you think ?” ■ ““ Most certainly ; ho expressed himself highly satisfied with the play, and ap plauded oa one man. • “Then let the business proceed,” ex claimed the manager proudly j and it did proceed. jSf Ships are feminine, because they are manned. THE DUEL Bmm:v CLAY AND BAN noLPit. BY JAMES PARTON. Mr. Clay was Secretary of State at the time Mr. Randolph was a Senator from Virginia. John Quincy Adams was Presi dent of United States. John Randoph, to prone to believe evil of ail men, and es pecially of his political opponents, wav persuaded that Henry Clay had gained the ollieo he then held by n corrupt bar gain with the President. Helirmly be lieved that Mr. Adams had said to Mr. Clay in 1821, when the election of a Pre sident devolved upon the House of Rep resentatives : “Make me President, and I will ap point you Secretary of State, and adopt you os my successor.” Tims heiievlmr, it was bard for a man of Mr. Randolph’s unscrupulous fluency to avoid betraying his belief. According ly, in April, 1825, in the course of one of his wandering, saroasticul hnraugucs, after insinuating that Mr. Clay hud forg ed a public document, Randolph conclu ded with the following words In refer ence to a recent vote: “After tweuty-six hours’ exertion, it was time to give 1n. % I .was defeated, horse, foot and dragoon—cut up and clean broke down by the coalition of Bldll and Black George—by the combination, un heard of till then, of the Puritan with the blackleg.” Blifil and Black George are two char acters in Fieldinga’ celebrated novel of Tom Jones; Blifil being a sniveling hy pocrite, and Black George pa audacious robber. Kvery one who heard Mr. Ran dolph use these words understood Blifil to be iho Yankee President John Quincy A iams who, however, was no Puritan but a Unitarian, like Ids father before him. Black George could be no other than Mr, Olay, who early in life was known to have been a gambler, as most gentlemen of the time were. The pas sage of Mr. Randolph’s speech relating to the alleged forgery was as follows : “ A letter from the Mexican Minister at Washington submitted by the Execu tive to the {Senate, bore the ear-macks of having been manufactured by the. Secre tary of State.” 9 On reading the report of this most insulting and most unjustifiable speech, Mr. Clay wrote a challenge uud sent it by his friend, General Jesup. General Jesup called upon ’Randolph, informed him that lie wak the bearer of a message from Mr. Cloy, in consequence of an attack i' H noiuly-tnMili» upnn him In tlm KiUmiH. both as a private and a public man. “I am aware,” said General Jesup, 44 that no one has a right to question you out of the Senate for anything said in de bate, unless you choose voluntarily to waive your privilege as a member of that body.” Mr. Randolph replied that he would never shield himself .under the protection of the constitution, and held himself ac countable to Mr. Oluy. 44 1 am remly to respond to Mr. Clay,” said he, “and will bo obliged, to you If you will bear my note in reply, and in the course of the day I will look out for a friend.” Gen. Jesup declined bearing the note, saying that he thought Mr. Randfllpii owed it to himself to consult his friends before taking so important a step. Mr. Randolph seized General Jesup’s hand, uml said: “ You are right, sir. I thank you for the suggestion ; but as you do not lake my note you .must not bo impatient if you should not hear from me to-day. I now think of only two friends, and there are circumstances connected with one of them which may deprive me of his serv ices, and the other iu in bad health. He was sick yesterday, and may not be out to day.” General Jessup requested him to take his own time, and bade him good morn ing. This was Saturday, April 1, 1825. Mr. Randolph immediately went to the lodgings of Col. Benton, of Missouri, and upon finding him, asked him bluntly, without giving him any reason for the question : “Are you a blood relation of Mrs. Clay’s” 44 1 am,” said Colonel Benton. 44 That,” rejoined Randolph, “putsan end to a request which I had wished to make of you.” He then related to Colonel Benton the Sarliculurs of the interview with General esnp, and as lie was taking his leave he told Colonel Benton that he would make his bosom the solo depository of an im portant secret. He said that ho did not intend to fire at Mr.'C/ay, but meant to keep this intention a secret, and enjoin ed secrecy upon Colonel Benton until after the duel. In the course of the day Colonel Tatnall, of Georgia, conveyed Mr. Randolph's acceptance of the chal lenge, which >vas couched iu tho follow ing terms: “ Mr Randolph accept* the challenge of Mr. Clay. At the time he protested against the right of any minister of the executive government of the United States to hold him responsible for words spoken in debate ns Senator of Virginia, in elimination of such minister, or the administration under which -be shall have taken office. Coi. Tatnali, of Geor gia, the bearerof this letter, Is authorized to arrange with General Jesup(the bear er of Mr. Clay's challenge) the terras of the meeting to which Mr. Randolph is invited by that note.” Some further correspondence took place between the parties, relative to the cor rectness of the report ppon which Mr. Clay's action was founded, Mr. Ran dolph admitted Us auht-tanlial correct ness. He acknowledged that ho did apply to the administration the'epithet puri tanic, 'diplomatic, biuok-tegged adminis tration ; but he peremptorily declined to give any explanation whatever as to the, meaning or application ofU]o?dd ho, " It is no mercy to shoot a man in the knee, and my only object was to disable him.” He then added, in his most impressive manner: " I would not have seen him full mor tally or even doubtfully wounded, for all the fund that is watered by the king of. floods, and all his tributary streams.” The men were placed a second time, and the word was given to fire. Mr. Clay’s bullet passed through Randolph's coat. Randolph raised Ida pistol, dis charged it in the air, and, us bo did so, said : “ I do not fire at you, Mr. Clay." With these words ho advanced, and offered his hand, which Mr. Clay took with the codiality which became him. “ You owe mo a coat, Mr, Clay/' said Randolph gaily. “ I am glad the debt is no greater,” was Mr. Clay’s happy reply. The parties now all returned to the city with light hearts. On reaching his lodgings, the eccentric Randolph took the nine pieces of gold from his pocket, and said to the three for whom he lind designed them: “Gentlemen, Clay’s, bad shooting shan’t rob you of your seals. lam going to London, and will have them made for you.” And so he did, taking great care, too, to get upon them the correct armorial bearings. On the Monday after the duel, the antagonists exchanged cards, and they remained oa terms of civility dur ing the rest of their lives. Seven years after, when Mr. Clay was In the Senate, and was expected to deliver an Import ant speech, poor Randolph, who was near his end, went to the Senate cham ber to hear once more the voice of the great Kentuckian, As Mr. Clay rose to begin his speech, Randolph said : “ Help me up, help me up. I came here to hear that voice.” When the session was over, Mr. Clay offered his hand, and they had a brief but cordial interview. A Tory 014 Ladj, I recollect returning from school on© evening when a child, and .finding my self, ns I entered -the door yard, at home, In the midst of a group of visitors, who were taking leave of the family. A very old lady, in a neat blank scoop shovel” bonn-*t, was leaning on the arm of her daughter, who was also an aged woman. Several others were standing .about—my own dear grandmother, among the rest— and all of them seemed to -be.otld enough to be daughters of Methuselah.. I stood peering at them curiously,sun bonnet In hand, when the very old lady came slowly forward toward me. v How old are you. little girl?” she asked. * ' “ Six years old.” “ Are you ? I was six years old a hun dred years ago.” How I started and looked up wonder ingly under thd deep black bonnet. She smiled as she added, “ My dear child, 1 am one hundred years older than you areand as she kissed my forehead, and laid her thin, band tenderly on my bare head, I felt even then that It was a bene dloton. How honored we all felt by her pres* cnee! JNo one was spoken of lora week ; umi we children nil leit that it would be very pleasant lo live a hundred years longer, and to be still good uutured, and to have everybody proud of us. Lot iuo live to an old age, but let me not outlive the free use ot all my faculties, should be the prayer and jinpirutiou of every child. 'Let us point him to that goal and bid him seek to win the race. Heaven often forces us to answer our prayers; and we must undoubtedly do so In this case, or they remain unanswered. We ought to live for old age hi the splilt, we are con stantly exhorted to live for inuven, that is to think of It, take measure to attain it, and provision for it. I do not mean merely thelaying up of much goods for many years. An houest old age has a right lobe independent, and to be no more cumbered with “much serving.” • It often needs chguge. Lei the old man be free to leave his home oc casionally, and with his old wife, hand in hami, let him go travelling to see llip world and enjoy it. They muy thus add years to their length bf days, much to their stuck of happiness, and more still lo their vigor aim restoration of their de caying faculties. 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