SElje Volunteer. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING & BRATTON &c KENNEDY, OFFICE—SOUTH MABKET SQUARE. Terms Two Dollars per year If paid strictly Jn advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid TVllUln three months; after which Three Dollars will bo charged. These terms will bo rigidly ad hered U> In every Instance. No subscription dis continued until all arrearages are ptrtd, unless at the option of the Editor. tttarlJS. TUHJS I'UBH MAN , A TTORNE Y AT LAW. Office in bulldlpg attached to Franklin House, opposite tho Court House, Carlisle, Fa. Juno ■!, luuB.—ly ' CHAB. E. MAGLAUOHXIN, Attob ney AT Law. Office in Building formerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han non's Hotel, Dec. 1,1K(15. TA E. BEL.TZHOOVER, Attorney Jn # and Counselou at Law, Carlisle, Peuna. Office on Houth Hanover street, opposite Bentz’s Store. By special anuugemont with tho Patent to securing Patent Rights. Dec. 1, I«US. p HERMAN GOETZ, Vi TTOHNE Y AT LA W, NEWVXLLE, PENN*a. Patents, Pensions and other claims attended to. May 2H, 18(W. Q.KO. S. EMXG, ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. ft RouLU Hanover street. with W. J Bhcnror, Ksq. • April au, Isus.—ly. JOHN 11. MILLER. Attorney at Law. Olllee la iluuumvH Building, opposite lao Court House, Carlisle, Da. Nov. 14, iB(J7. JOHN LEE, attorney at Law, North liuuovor aired, Carlisle, Pa., i< ob. 15,18wL-Iy.* TOHJS.C. GRAHAM, . Attorney at M Law. Olllee formerly occupied by Judge Graham, South Hanover street, Carlisle, Peaua. Leo. 1, idOj, JAMES A. DUNBAR., ATTORNEY at Law, Carlisle, Pouua. Olllee a few doors West of Hannon's Hotel. Doc. 1. IcUlo. Me. HERMAN, ATTORNEY at Law. , Olllee in ’Rheum's Hall Handing, In the rear of the Court House, next door to the “ Her ald" Olllee, Carlisle, Penna. Ded; J, iSUo. J. U. WKAKLIOV. • W. F. KADLKII. '& SADLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, NO. 1(1 SOUTH HANOVER ST. Carlisle, Punn’a. Due. 19,1807.—1 y W KENNEDY, ATTORNEY AT Law. , Carlisle, Penna. Olllee same us that oi the "American volunteer,” aouth side of tho Pub lic Square. Dee. 1 IMO JJNITiiID STATES CLAIM AND REAL ESTATE AGENCY! WM. B: BUTLKK,* ATTORNEY AT LAW, Olllee In 2d Story of InholFs Building, No. 3 South Hanover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county, Penna. Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay, &c., promptly collected. ' Applications by mull, will receive immediate attention. PartlcUlaraUontlon given to the soiling or rent ing of Ileal Estate, In town or country. In alj let ters of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. July H, ldd7~tf f\R. GBORGB S. SBAIUGHT, Den i / TXST, From Uie Baltimore Culleae of Dental buiyvry, Olllee at tho residence' of his mother, East Leather street, three doors below Bedford, Carlisle, Penan. Doc. 1, Ifitio. JtteMcal A. 1810 £ TONES' AROMATIC CORDIAL, A SAFE, SPEEDY A ND RELIABLE CURE toil TUB WORST CASKS OF DIABBHCEA, DYSENTEBY, CTIOLEBA, JPsiIJTS OR CRAMW THINE STOMACH OB BOWELS This remedy has been used with unparalleled success la the ctulera seasons of IS32—is ID and THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES HAVE BEEN SOLD in Philadelphia; mid references can also be giv en to persons residing la this town—who have used the .a i liclue and who situate in the high est terms of Its PROMPT AND EFFICIENT RELIEF. PBICE FIFTY GENTS, IJUKPAUED ONLY BY THE moriETOR AT PRINCIPAL DEPOT, CORNER DRUG STORE, SHIPPENSBUKG, PA. For sale by WJM. CLARKE & SONS, ■ LEES M HOADS. COYLE&OO., 11 SOUTH HANOVER S'l\, OABLIS HE. HAVERSTICK, DRUGGIST, S. A. S T O N E R , MIDDLE SPRING. GELWICKS & CO., ‘ CHAM I3EH.SBUHO' CREgSLER, DRUGGIST, CIIAMBERSBUHG. JOHNSON, HOLLOWAY & COW DEN, CO2ARCHBT., PHILA. AND DRUGGISTS GENERALLY, March 6. IMiS.—llm THIS THROUUH I IT SLAY INTEItKST YOU OU A FRIEND. TO THE PUBLIC AND THOSE IN TERESTED IN HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, &c., &c. THAT THE CELEBRATED DU. BARBER’S HORSE, CATTLE AKD HOG POWDERS, Prepared and sold by CY RUS BROWN- Druggist and ApolUecary, Broadway, Upper MiUon, Pa., tb “ BEST IN THE WOULD., , When the Horse «s In very bad condition, use the following Physic first: Two TaWeapoonsftil of the Powder and One Quart of Linseed Oil. Mix. and Drench. REMEMBER THE RED HORSE, On Each Back and prepared as above. THEHE POWDERS are prepared from the or iginal Dr. Barber's Recipe, with additions from tbe Recipes of tho Beat Horse Farriers In Europe and America,together wltb theexporlenceof die Proprietor of over Twenty Years with Horses and Medicine. Tho following diseases are cured with their use; All Stages of Coughs and Colds, Even First Stages of Glanders and Farcy, . Distemper, Gripes. Colic, • luflamnttons, Jaundice or Yellow Water, Hidebound, Removes Worms, &c., &c„ &c. Theao Powders by occasional use, say once or twice per week, will be a preventive of disease, when tho uuima) dues nut come In contact with nostril of the diseased Horse. THESE HOUSE POWDERS are'a sure preventive and cure for diseases so common wild chickous—Gapes, «tc. Diuections.- Mix lo corn meal. Also-Mlx with tho water tbey-drlnk. Feed It to your Stock and they will bo healthy and tat. REMEMBER THE BED HORSE ON EACH PACK. TAKE NO OTHER. For Sale by cornman & Worthington, No. 7 Ea&t Alain bl., CXirlislc Pa. Jan. 23,1868.~Um EAD T Y , COMFORT AND DIXRABILIT Y ALL THE LATEST STYLES IN CUSTOM-MADE boots ahd shoes Box TOES AND other' NOVELTIES PRICES FIXED AT LOW. FIGURES, A. DY 8 E.R T, 1 No. 84 East louther street. Carlisle Penn’a. April 0, IboB,—Bia BY BRATTON & KENNEDY, ! GREAT DECLINE IJV PRICES AT THE NEW AND CHEAP CASH STORE. CORKER OF JIAKOVEU AND I'OMFttET STREETS. Thp subscriber .would respectfully Inform the nubile that be Is receiving almost dally from tbo Eastern Cities, a large flivolco of Nowand Cheap Goods, such as. LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, PLAIX. BLAOY AND PASCX SlBKfl.' French Merlnoes, Mohairs, Poplins, Black and Fancy French Repps, Plain and Fancy Do Lalnes, " ‘ Plain and Fancy Alpaccas •• " Poplins SII A "TC LS ! SH AAV S ! BROCIIA LONG AND SQUARE, LONG AND SQUARE WOOLENS BREAKFAST SHAWLS In great variety and very . CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES! Ft'cnch , German anill American Cloths, Blackancl Fancy Oussimcrcs , Doeskins, Black and Fancy Cvcr Coatings, Saliinctls, Kentucky Jeans, Undershirts and Drawers. DOMESTICSI Bleached and Brocha Table Diapers, xs Counterpanes, . and Quilts, * Cotton Flannels, Bleached and . Unbleached Muslins, Tickings, Checks, Towels, Napkins, Ac. REMEMBER THE PLACE, ON THE COUNEU OF HANOVEU AND POMRREX* '6TIIEETS, tho room formerly occupied by B. U, Jameson a Co. THUS. A. HARPER. Nov. 7. JBl>7—tf 1868. SPBING! 1868. BARG A IN S DOMESTIC GOODS, DRESS GOODS, OASSIMEBES, SATUTNETTS AND J BANS, WHITE GOODS, dress tkuijiijjgs, ZEPHYRS, RIBBONS AND NOTIONS RIN G’ S NEW STORE, NO. 53 WEST MAIN STREET, Opposite the Mansion House, Next door to the Post Office, Carlisle. April 18,1868. 628. HOOP SKIRTS. 628. WM. T. HOPKIN’S “OWN MAKE” “KEYSTONE SKIRTS,” are thoheat aud Cheapest Low Puichd Hoop skint in the market. Trull Skills, 25 springs, Si.UO; ausprluga, $1,20; and U) springs, SUo. Plum Skirls, o lupus, 2u springs, t.O Cenis; 25 springs, Do Cents: 36 springs, $1.15; and 85 springs, 51.20. Warranted m ercry respect, “Our OWN MAKE’’ ol “.UNION SKIRTS” Eleven Tape Trails, irom 20 to 50 springs, 81.20 to &2.50, Plum, six Tapes. 26 lo 50 springs, from Do Lents to 82.00. TheseMtlrls are butler than those sold by other establishments us first class goods, aud ut much lower prices. "(lur OWN MAKE " of “ CHAMPION SKIRTS" or worn to convince every one ol the fact. Manu factured of the best liueu-llmshod English Steel Springs, very superior tapes, aud the stylo oi metulio fastenings and manner of securing them surpass forduiauiUty and excel once any other Skin in this country, and are lighter, more elas tic, will wear longer, give more satislucUon, aud are really, cheaper than all others. Ji eery luay fkhuiilu try them. They are being sold exten sively by Merchants throughout this and the ad joining slates ut very moderate prices. 11 you want the best ask lor “Hopkln’a Champion' Skirt;" H you do not llud them, get the Mer chant with whom you deal to order them lor you, orcoiuoorsemi diroctious. Merchants will til d our duiereui grades of skirls exactly what tl oy need, aud we especially invite them to cull aud examine our extensive assoiameul, or send lor Wholesale Price List. To be hud at Retail at Manufactory, and of the Retail Trade generally, and at Wholesale ol the Manufacturer only, to whom all orders should ho addressed. CAIILUSLiIST MANUFACTORY and SALES ROOM, - C2B ARCH STREET, Between Oth and 7th Sts. Philadelphia. WM. T. HOPKINS. March 5,1868.—10m05. jQRY GOODS. RICKEY, SHARP & CO. No. 727 CHESTNUT STHBET, Have now the most complete and elegant stock of SPRING GOODS, • Which they have over offered, and Invite special attention to their stock of SILKS, comprising a full line of HEAVY BLACK GKOS GRAIN and LUSTERLESS SILKS, FUR SUITS. Plain Brown and Mode TaObttas. Plain Brown and, Mode Poulte de Soles. - , FULL LINE OF MOHAIR AND ALPACA POPLINS, Of the choicest coloring, together with an Exten sive Variety of DRY GOODS, embracing Cloths, Casalmeros, House-Furnishing Goods, Ac, RICKEY, SHARP & CO., 727 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Fob. 0,1868.—1 y £Uber a liit g>Ub£r=aima«, O BEING IS BELIEVING ! AT 704 ARCH STREET. NEW PRICES! NEW GOODS! HIGH SILVER AND SILVER PLATED WARES, « Including every stylo and , description, made 6X P rcs3 '(\@A ly for the winter wbleh for ueoiue.ss and YW durability cannot bo sur- 'JTy’ JOHN BOWMAN’S Wholesale and Retail Manufacturing Establish-, cnent. NO. 704 ARCH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ASpKe-platlng atshort notice., 22,18U7— ly MXS ©OOIJS. Now opening In AT Jftetical. ____ HOOFLAND’S GERMAN BITTERS, AND Hooflahd’s German Tonic. Prepared by Dr. 0. M. Jackson, rniLADELI’HIA, PA. The Groat Remedies for- all Diseases ■LIVER, STOMACH, OR DIGESTIVE ORGANS. Hoofland’s German Bitters Ib composed of the pure Juices (or, as they tiro mcdlcl* nnlly u-rmed, hx ■ Uadi) of Roots, H erhaund links, *W-— TW" making ft prepare* tlon, highly concen Jr3*' "10 tmtcd.iuid cmlrvly Alcoholic cOvtH SflMB admixture of any ■HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIC, Ib ft combination of nil tho.lngrcdlenls of the Bitters, with the piuvat quality ot Santa Urut Hum , Orange, oUu. making one of the moat pleasant and agreeable reinedh** ever ollercd to the public. Those prefetring a Medicine free from Alcoholic ad* mixture, will use Hoofland’s German Bitters. In cases of nervous depression, when some alcoholic stimulus Is necessary, HOOELAND’S GERMAN TONIC should bo used. The Billers or the Tonic arc both equally good, and contain the name nu-dlclnnl virtues The nuimneh, from a variety of causes, such ns Indi gestion, Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility, ’etc.. In very apt to (ffjf have Its fuiuilloni demnged. The result 1U JH of which is, that the Datieot sutlers frmn several ox more of llio following dlßcnseß: Constipation. Flatulence, Inward Plies, Fulness of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart* burn. Distrust for Food. Fulness or Weight in the Stomach* Sour Eructations, Sink ing or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stoma, h, Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when in a Lying Posture. Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight* Dull Pain in the Head, Den* oienoy of Perspiration, Yel lowness of the Skin and E y 0 s, Fain in the Side, Ajr Back,Chest, Limbs, eto,, vRSL JltS 8 u d d e n Flushes of Heat. Burning In the Flesh. Constant Imaginings of Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits. These remedies will cftcctnally euro Liver Complaint, Jsimdlro, Dyspepsia, Chronic or Nervous Dnhllity. Ohmtiir Diurrmcn, Disease of the Kidneys, and -all DlM'AAff. arising from a DR-ordered Liver, btoxnach, or Intestines. DEBHJTY, Resulting from any Cause whatever; PROSTRATION OP THE SYSTEM., induced by Severe Labor, Hard ships, Exposure, Fevers, ‘ eto. There to no medicine extant equal to these remedies In «itsh cuki'h. A tom* and vigor Is Imparted to the whole Pysi.-m, Uio GESSSri Appetite IsßTrengtb* ened.foool* enjoyed. lilt* stomach dlgt-ou promptly, tin* hlmitl Jra’ 1 * Is purified. the com* fijpxmn hf(o mc r tSiai , Bound and lu-utthy. In* yollow tlngi* Is eradicated from the eyes, ft hln«m |» given to the cheetts, and Ur* weak and nervous In* valid becomes a strong and healthy being. Versons Advanced in Life, fooling the hand of tlm«* weighing heavily open limm, wuli hM lU> uttuiiiliuii Ills, will find In the m»o of this RITTERS. or tin* TONIC, nn elixir thui will Instil now life In o their veins, roHiore In a measure the energy and aplnr of more youthful days, hol'd up their shrunken forms, and give health aud happiness to tholr remaining yean. NOTICE. It U a wcll-cfltnhllflhcd fuel that fully one-half of tbo female portion of mir r __. papulation are sal-, dum in the enjoyment of good health ; or. to u«e their own ox lEI >= presslon, *'never foci well.” They nre Inn guld, devoid of all energy, extremely nervous, and have no upnulltc. To this chins of persons the BITTERS, or tho TONIC, is especially recommended. - * WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN Are made strong by the use of either of these remedies. They will cure every case of MARASMUS, without fall. Thousand* of ccriltlcntes have accumulated In the hands of the proprietor, but space will allow of tho publication of but a few. Those, It will bo observed, arc mm of pole and of such standing that they must no beuovca. TESTIMONIALS. Hon. Geo, W. Woodward. Chiif Justice if the Supreme Court of Pa., writes? JThiluiUlphia, March 10,1807. “T find‘TToofland’a /S» German Bitters’ It a guod umlc, useful In diseases of tho digestive annum. and or of great benefit In casein! debility, and ■fisa want of nervous no tion hi tho system. ' Yours truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD.” Hon. James Thompson, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, April 28, 1860. “I consider * tloofland’s German Bluer* 1 a fcafuaMs medicine in case of attacks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. 1 can certify this fmm my eximnenw* of It. Tours, with respect. JAMES THOMPSON.” From Hev. Joseph H. Kennard, D. D., Pallor qf the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. . Dr. Jackson— Dear Blr : 1 bavo been frequently re quested to connect my name with recommendations ol itinerant binds of medicines, hut regarding the prac tice a* out of my ap ggk proprlalc sphere, I have In si) case* de cllned; hut with a clear proof In varl 11 whl ous Instance* and particularly In my »■ own family, of tho usefulness of Dr. Uootluud's German Billers, I depart for once from my usual course, to express my full conviction that, for general debility rf the tyrlcm, and especially for Liver it is a safe ‘and valuable preparation. In some cases It may fall; but usually, 1 doubt not. It will be very beneficial to those who aimer from the above causes. Tour*, very respectfully, J. H. KENNARD, Eighth, below Coates 6t> From Rev. E. L. Eendall, 4ui*tani Editor ChHtHan Chronide. Philadelphia. J have derived decided benefit from the nee of Hoof land'* German Bitter*. and fool It my privilege to re commend them a* a moat valuable tonic, to all who are •nfferlng (mm general debility or from mM*aaee art ling from derangement ol the liver. Your* truly. B. D. FEND ALL. CAUTION. Hoofland’* German Remcdloe are amnferfelted. See that thealgnatur** of O. 6L JACKSON, la on tho wrapper of each bottle* AH other* are ooun 1H ‘MW tcrfeit. Principal Ofllce and Manufactory at the OoraiM Uadlclne Store, No.-631 AUOQL Street, Philadelphia. OHABUBB M. EVANS, German Drugiri»L Proprietor, Formerly C. U. Jioasoe A Co. Tor gale by o_ iruggUt* and Dealers in Medicine*. PRICES. Hoc Hand’s German Bitten, per bottle .... 00 « “ “, .half dozen ...6 00 Hoofland'* German Tonic, put op In quart bottle*, 1 60 per bottle, or a half dozen f0r.....•»...««. 7 60 nr Do not forget to examine well the article yon tay» In order to get the genuine. - Jau.XeUe.~ly CARLISLE,. PA., THURSDAY, JULY 3,1868. fVfinil. THE LOST LOVE. BY JEAN INOET.OW When sparrows build and tbo leaves break forth, My old sorrow walces and cries, For I know there’* dawn In the far, far North, And a scarlet sun doth rise; Like a scarlet fleece the snow Hold spreads, And the ley founts run free. And the bergs begin to bow their heads, And plunge and sail in the sea. Oh, my lost love, and my. own, own love, And my love that loved mo sol Is there never a chink in the world above, Where they listen tor words below? For I spoke once and I grieved thee sore; I remember all that I said; And now thou wilt hear mo no more—no more TUI tho sco gives up her dead. Thou didst sot thy foot on tho shlp-and sail To the Ice fields and the snow; Thou wort sad, for thy love did not avail, And tho end I could not know. How could I toll I should love thco to-day, Whom that day J hold hot dear? How could I know I should lovo thoo away, Whoa I did not lovo thco aucnr? Wo shall walk no more through the sodden plain With the faded bonis u’ersprend : Wo shall stand no more by the seething main, • While the dark drives o’erhead ; Wo shall part no more In tho wind and thoraln Where thy lust farewell Was said, But perhaps I shall see and know the again, When the sea gives up her dead. jUfecgllattgotts, KNOWN TO HAIG IBF.EN MURDERED. CHAP. I. “ Felix Ruthven is known to have been murdered ; there is no doubt about that/' The speaker was a slim, sallow man, with a thin, coal-black moustache ami a lurking, scrutinizing eye. The man he addressed was about twenty-seven or t wenty-eight, at least ten years the junior of the speaker. His complexion was heavily bronzed ; his beard was long and Tull, and of a dark brown ; his eyes blue, dreamy and beaming. “ Indeed,’’ answered the younger of the twd. “You’seem to know the circum stances well. I suppose I shall llnd Criekctowu hardly the sumo place. Tell me all about the circumstances, if you please.” The stage coach, of which tho two gen tlemen were the only occupants, was rol ling over a smooth country, so that no extra exertion wus necessary to conversa tion. It was getting towards evening now, and in the course of half an hour the coach would reach New York. Stage coaches were in use then,- for the time was more than fifty years ago, in the summer of the year 1810, about a twelve month after the conclusion of our war with Algiers. • •* Well,” answered the slini man, ‘‘to make the story as brief as possible, you must know, or probably do know, since you say you once lived at Cricketown, that there were quite a number of fami nes of the name of Ruthven, ali brunch es of one family. Out of all these branch es, however, three Individuals -only have anything to do with the story. These arc Archibald Ruthven, or Captain Archi bald, as he wus called, from bclngcuptam of one ol the lake boats that plied between Cricketown and of the Canadian forts, called Coon Creek Point, on Lake Supe rior; MudeUilno Utuhven, his daughter, when I—when she, that is, was seven lec-n.years of age, I have heard—and this Felix Ruthven, who was murdered. •“ On the nightof June,“3o, 180-i, Captain Archibald and ilia cousin Felix—they were first cousins, although Felix was engaged to bo married to the Captain’s daughter—stopped at Coon Creek Point on their way buck to Cricketown to ob tain a lading of wood to freight their boat with. Somehow or other the Cap tain and the young man had been quar relling all day long. .Both were high tempered.- They were the sole occupants of the boat; but one other lakehoat with a solitary man abouid,who was after wards the principal witness In the case, was moored near them against the whur ling. At about eight o’clock at night— the night was a dark one—this man heard the Captain and hiscousln quarrel ling violently. The altercation lasted some quarter of an hour. All at once eame a heavy thud, as if of an axe grind ing through a skull; then a heavy splash was heard, as of a body thrown into the water. Then all-became silent us the grave. “The next day the Captain appeared sullen and moody, undid the bout from Iter mooring, and taking the tide, reached Cricketown alone. To questions that -were_puL to him about hl« -cousin ho- re turned contradictory and unsatisfactory replies. Suspietion was.aroused. Blood was found upon the Captain's axe and upon the bow of the boat where it was discovered lie and Felix hud last been board talking together. Add to tills that Felix’s hut was next day found flouting in the stream near Coon Creek Point; and a few hours after fils dead body, not far ofl’, with the skull cleft in twain, re ducing the face to an almost nndistin guishable npiss, and the opening to the very base of the neck, and you will have some idea of the state of popular feeling in Cricketown against Captain Archibald Iluihven. He was ihereiure arrested on the charge of murdering his cousin Felix, and ho mould have inl'aliubly have been hung by the neck till he was dead, had not hia ingenious counsel discovered that the whole* affair, having -taken place In Canada, neither the authorities atCricke towu, nor of Cricket county, nor Slate of New Y* rk, hud anj tiling to do with the matter. The criminal was therefore re leased from custody, but the scandal wag so great that it reached the ears of the Canadian authorities, and a formal requi sition was made for the delivery of one Archibald Ruthven, accused of a capital crime committed within the borders of Canada, to be dealt as directed by the laws he had violated. The Captain was again arrested, and taken to Montreal, where be remained in prison for.oneyear. I cannot begin to tell,you of the amount of money spent ami Influence exerted by the various brunches of the Ruthven family to obtain his release. It Is enough to know that he is said to have been tried by ajury who failed to aaree. It is on record, indeed, that ho was tried by a ju ry and acquitted, on the charge of the Judge, that the evidence was not suf ficient to convict. In the month of July, therefore, a little more than a year after the murder hud ben committed, the Cap tain was again re’eased and returned to his home at Cricketown—think of the brazenness of the thing!—intending- to live the scandal down. But though his friends and family, for shame’s sake, were willing to spend their money and use their influence in his behalf they would.not have him live with them or among them. You may imagine how strong was the popular feeling against him when his veiy counsel advised him to change hia name and appearance, to llee to his native country, to cross the seas and the mountains, and to com mence life anew in some obscure and lit tle visited portion of the world. In spite of all tliis, lie maintained his inno cence to the very last. Ho was obliged to leave.Crickelown, but ho went no fur ther than New York, where lie has re mained over since. .Throughout the whole t>f these proceedings not a single friend stood by him, except”— “Except hla daughter," interrupted the younger stranger, for the first time. “ I mean," he added, In answer to the other’s look of surprise, “ U 1« natural to suppose that an only daughier would atiek fast to her father at such a lime. Yes,* women arc fools anyhow," an swered abe'sallow man. "The g»ri did stick fast to him, and does now, though they are In the greatest poverty, and the Captain is so reduced that he actually— well, what do you suppose he does for bis living now?” By this time tho stage-coach was rat tling over one of the principal streets ol •he city, and a turn In the road brought them In sight of the hotel where the travelers intended staying. “ I cannot guess,” answered the young man. “ But you are sure that he isguiUy, are you?” *‘ As sure ns there is a God in Heaven, or a Bofnn in hell. Do you see yonder man with that great cork jacket strapped about him this warm night?” The younger of the two strangers look ed In the direction of tho elder’s finger, und uttered a half-repressed exclamation. Advancing down the street in the direc tion opposite to that in which the carri age was proceeding, was a man of sixty venr» of age. His complexion was of n burning red ; his white locks flowed loosely behind and on either side of him. Tn the warmth of the evening he carried, his hat- in his hand, and tho drops -doodon his forehead. But the curious tiling about him was a largo cork jacket similar to those with which tho steam boat ceilings are packed now-a-dnys, in case of accident. In fact, the modes of advertising were not very different fifty yCars ago-.from what they are. to-day; and this mnn was nothing more than a walking advertisement for Buoy & Bea con’s Patent Life Preservers, which in their day obtained such wide pupularlt.y. “That’s tlie' way Captain Archibald Unthven, under tho name of Mr. Archi bald, makes the two ends meet,” pursued the yellow-visnged stranger. “ I see ihni 0 •cuslonally on the streets, hut of course 1 never recognize him. Hallo! old gen tleman !” he shouted out,- as the uncouth figure parsed them. “ How ridiculous a man looks in these cork Jackets, don’t he?” Tho man In the cork jacket turned and darted after the speaker with a look so black, so menacing, so meaning, so full of sudden and secret intelligence, that theotherejuuiled before it. . “ Drive on ! drive like h —1!” heshouU ed to the coachman ; and throwing him self hack on tho cushions, did notice that the man in the cork jacket wus walking after the stage-coach to the top of his fe ble speed. They got out at tho hotel dopr. “ I will be with you inahulfan hour,’] said the younger of tho two strangers before mounting the steps. “ Very well,” answers! the other. “ I will enter your name on the books, only T haye not the pleasure of knowing it.— Y"U hnvo -no luggage I believe you said. Mine is Col. Jaquess.” “ And mine is,” and, wrlting.hls name on tho back of Col. Jaqucas’s card, he made his way rapidly back in tho direc tion whence "they had come.’ Co’onei Jaquess remained looking at the back of the card, like one struck mo tionless and dumb. Tito name thereon was Felix Ruthven-the man who was known to have been murdered. CHAP. 11. By tfie time the man with (he cork jacket had reached the hotel where he had seen the conch stop, the Colonel had somewhat recovered from his surprise, and was no longer visible. Tho old man marked the place well, however, noticed the name of Colonel Jaquess on tho bag gage, that was being removed, and passed on as rapidly ns be could, but hardly less agitated than when the Colonel’s insult ing words had first broken on Ida ears. At length lie reached a mean ami nar row street, in the middle of which abroad alley opened at right angles with it. The alley, in Us turn, conducted to a court, known as Pleasant Place, and containing ten or twelve decent two-slorv brick houses, consisting of two rooms each. At the house at the furthestend of this court, the.muu with the cork jackelslopped and entered. He had scarcely time to remove Ins cork jacket, and hung it against the wall, ere tho young stranger who had written his name on the buck of Colonel Jaquess’ card, stood before the open door and ask ed to be allowed to enter. “Sandy, surely,” said tiie old man, from whose face the red flush' had now abated, ami who seemed to have other wise composed himself. 1 1 was past elght o'clock ; but the moon ami the stars, those glorious eyes of night, were so refulgent that even Plea-ant Place was illuminated with them, and the clean, white table-cloth, upon which the‘old man’s frugal supper was spread, fairly glistened in (ho beams. There was another occupant of the room, a sad-faced woman, who looked to lie thirty yearsof age. A brighter light would have brought to view the lustre ol the eye ami the flush of thechuek. which told of hopeless disease. She seemed to have been wailing for the old' man’s ap pearance before she eat her supper. She poured out the tea and waited upon him .in a manner beautiful to see. They were simp!© things to do, but she did them with unimaginable tenderness. “ I was not mistaken, then,” said the stranger, seating himself upon the set tea, which at night became the old man's bed. “This is Mr. Archilmlji, then?”, But. ho did not look at Captain Ruthven, but ut his daughter across the table. At that look, and at that tone, the daughter started, and gave a short, but penetrating gaze in the direction ofthe stranger. He on his part, half turned away bis'head ami pressed his hand for an instant to his eyes. “I have something to say, Mr. Archi bald, and Miss 'rchilmld,” he began, “which will be painful, for it will carry your memories hack to twelveyeursngo.” The old man started to his feet. His hands commenced trembling, and tin* water gathered in his weak eyes. In an instant his daughter was beside him. her arms around Ivb’n, her chock preyed to his. So soothing him, she coaxed him hack Into his chair. With one arm around his neck, and stroking ills hair with the other hand, she addressed the stranger tfjus: “ You are a stranger to us, sir; and if what you have to say can shed no ray of light upon events tiiat happened twelve long years ago, have pity upon this poor oh! man, my father; have pity upon me, and in God’s name go in peace !” O! the tenderness of that broken sup plication! 0»! the humiliation of the ppectoe’e of that weeping old man up held and strengthened by the dying wo man. The stranger raised his hand as though to entreat sympathy on hts own behalf. His voice was far from steady when lie said : “ Hear me out but for a few moments. The help that God has withhold for twelve long years, I think has come at la*t. May I close these doors and win dows? What I .have to say will not do for other ears than ours.” The woman was whispering to her father. “ Let us hear this stranger, father; it may bo that after all these years (h>d has sent us help at last." In another mo ment all the doors and windows were closed.- Madelulno still stood beside her lather, soothing and caressing him, whose tears had hardly ceased to flow, and the stranger thus begun: “ Please hear me without Interruption. Felix Ruthven, who disappeared on the night of June3o,lBo4, is, I believe known to have been murdered, fcjec whclln r I get the common version right. On that evening lie and his uncle moored their boat at Coon Creek Point. They were the only occupants of the boat. The sound of quarrelling was heard by the sole occupant of another lake boat, moor ed near, who afterwards became the prin cipal witness against the murdered'nmn’s uncle, Captain Archibald Ruthven. — The sound of a ,heavy blow, as of an axe, and of a splash, like t hat of a body thrown Into the water, were heard. The Cap tain returned to Crlcketown, whence he had come without his cousin, and could give no satisfactory account of him.— Blood was found on the Captain’s axe and on the bow of the boat wheie ho and his cousin had lost been seen together. A bat identified ns that of Felix, and a body identified ns that of Felix, were subse quently found floating In tho river near Coon- Creek Point, where the murder was committed. The Captain was arrest ed and tried by the Canadian authorities, underwent imprisonment for one year at Montreal, but was set at liberty on the ground of insufficient evidence. Any other man would have been hung. The wealth and the influence of the RuthvVn family saved him. But public opinion was tonstrong against him atCrickelown for him to remain there. He came to this city, failed* in everything he turned his hand to ;ond at this day,under the name of Archibald, addfa little to ids daugh ter Mudelaine’s earnings by advertising cork-jackets along Broadway. Am I cor rect?” Tho old man was trembling and weep ing violently. “ For GoH’ssnke stop sir, M sald tho wo man, flinging heiself on her knees beside him ; “if you have no better words to give us than these. Where is the help you believed God had sent us? You have indeed told us part of the truth. If, hy any of God’s secret dealings, you know the whole, and can bring proofs of it, sneak then, In God’s name, and soften this old man’s pillow for him before lie dies.” “ I have these proofs,” replied tho stranger; “the time has come when Cap tain Huthven’s and Mr, ArohihaKl’s in nocence shall he established ns clear ns day. Now listen to me,once again. And if what I say seems strange ami incredi ble, and too good to be believed, pray heaven to give you hearts of courage to endure joy ns you have endured anguish. It is true that the,Captain ami his cousin had quarrelled all day long on that day of June 30, 1804, for both were irritable men. Early in the evening, however, at about six o’clock, Felix, partially intoxi cated—for he always drank when his pas sions were aroused—left the boat moored at Coon Creek Point, and spent the eve ning at a neighboring tavern with n par cel of other lakemen as tipsy us Iqmsclf. Becoming embroiled with some of them, ho was arrested, brought before tl»e mag istrate and fined. Having no money to pay tho fine, he was about to lie placed in close confinement, when a man step ped forward, and offered to take him asa seaman, ; iving an advance of wanes to nay tlie fine. Felix at once accepted, for lie had already half resolved never to re turn to Cricketown in consequenroof the Captain’s refusal to allow his attentions to his cousin Madelaiue, and was shipped on an English vessel. Ho subsequently went uk iv \»riv»ito AtUlnr to China, A.um tralla, and various other points of tho world. In one of his cruises in the Medi terranean on an American vessel, the en tire crew were seized and made prisoners by an Algerine frigate ot twenty-two guns and a humhvd and eighty men.— He was taken to Algiers’ and, along with other Americans, reduced to sla very there, underwent ail the horrors of such captivity, until six or nine months ago. About a year ago, he, in company with the other prisoners, were released, in accordance with a treaty, whose terms Commodore Decatur dictated to the De.v, by which all American prisoners were re leased and till future claims of the Dey to tribute from tho United States relinquish ed. Felix Ruthven lives, as truly as I live. He will come home to Madelaiue, if, Indeed, she remembers him—as tru«- ly as I have come hero to—no—notyet,” he continued, putting forth his hands as though to prevent some effort that was being made to tomdj him. And, drawing a match from a pocket safe, he crossed the floor, lit the lampupon the chimney, and placed his deeply bronzed face be neath the light poured down in concen trated radiance by the green shade. “ Felix Unthven,” he repeated, “ lives. Ffe will come buck ns surely as I have come back. Madelaiue! Cousin Archi bald! don’t you rec—” He had no time to say more. In anoth er second (hero was a rushing sound, as though of people making toward one an other’s emnrnee. Then there were Inar ticulate sounds, then sobs, then silence, which no speech nor tongue can inter pret aright. * When that had passed away, and the the three were full of the delicious pain which comes with overwrought happi ness, Felix continued; “ And now one more mystery remains. Whose was the body that was Identified as mine ?” Who was the murderer of the man that lies buried in the Cemetrv at Cricketown, under the name of Felix Uuthven?” A stern light gathered in Captain Ruthven’a eyes. His hands ceased to tremble. Mis voice was deep and steady. “ I saw him to-day,” was all that he said.* Madelnine and Felix looked at one an other in silent surpris-e. Tl»c\ leared lor the old man’s mind. “.I am not dreaming, children,” in* said, in answer to Die lo**k. " Wind .1 am going t<» say now, I said on my trial, but. no one believed melhen. After yon, Felix, had left the host at six o'clock that Juneevenin there came on board it man with sal ow features, who had form erly been a friend of mine, and a friend who did mono good. I used to gamble with him a great deal. The dav before, tin ring your temporary lie had come on hoard to where ourboat was moored a little higher up, ami wanted to borrow money from me, which £ relived. I knew lie wanted it for gambling pur poses ; I had long given up eiftiouraging anything of the kind. He then reproach ed the in such bitter and ollenslvo terms Unit I took upa rope’s-end, and making use of my superior strength, heat him as r would a dog. He ran away sweating he would lie revenged ; but although la wns a desperate character, I thought lit tle of that at the lime. When lie came on board the next evening, I was surpris ed to see him. He said he wanted to borrow an a:ie, and seemed to have recov ered his good humor. More to get rid of him than anything else, I let him take it, and thought so little of the matter, that I left Coon’s Point without it, and never-thought of it until a few days af ter, upon reaching Cricketown, it was discovered bysonieof my accusers In ttic how of the boat covered with blood. On.* thing I do particularly remember, though, and that ia, that while this man was talking to me, I was busy mending an old cork jacket that wo always used to carry with.ua in the boat; for you know, Felix, though a boatman, I could never learn to swim, and was mortally afraid of the water. Seeing, ut Icuiglh, how spiritless and wretched my old chum—for so lie used to be—seemed, that I remem bered that just as he was leaving I held up the cork jacket before him,.and ex claimed jocularly ; 4 How rediculous one does look in these cork jackets any how I ’ ” • Felix started and grasped the old man’s hand. •‘1 see It all!" he cried, “The man who called out to you In the street this evening! The stranger who was with me in the couch! The man to whom 1 handed my name to-nlghtl Let us go round to the hotel at once, and arrest this Colonel Jaquess.” “ Jaquess, or Altamont, or Briefly, for ho has u hundred aliases” said the old mam “ Patience for a few moments, re* lix. lie would be as safe in our hands now, a thousand miles away, as In* Is here. I have little more to say. In re turning that axe, unseen ami unsuspect ed, to Us place in the bow of the bout, Jaquess, so wo will call him, had his re venge upon me. So much for the mur derer. From that night, twelve years ago, until this, I never laid eyes upon him ; but those few words he shouted to me tlds evening were.sufficient to make me remember him, |f nothing else had been. Now for the man who was mur dered. “In the first place, Mnhldnino never saw the body, and I am sure could not have, Identified it us yours, for the face was beyond recognition. The. dress was such as any common boatman would have worn.. The hat indeed, was yours ; and I remember, Felix you struck it from your head in a passion when you rushed VOL. 55.--NO. 3. from the boat, ami It fell Into the water. After I had been liberated by the Cana dian authorities, and. bad returned to Crieketown, some little sympathy was raised to me by a poor wonijin who had lately appeared there, and came, fdie«ald, In quest of her lost boy, who had disap peared .from his homo on the night of June 20, 1804, the night before the # mur der Was committed. She and be had lived together at one of the small forts a little up Coon Creek Point—ln fact, at the same port where wo had moored on the 2ftth. and w-hero I had given Jaqness ids drubbing. The boy, however, ac cording to her statement, had been sadly troublesome, ami had dually run oil* from her, taking with him all the little money she had saved. fihe had lived in a very retired spot, and a whole year had elaps ed since the news hud come to her ears of my arrest on the chargeof having mur doted you. The Identity of the date of that murder with the date of her hoy’s disappearance had caused her to come to Crieketown in the hope of discovering something of her hoy’s fate*—she scarce knew wlmt. Her story awoke some grams of sympathy at the'time. But she was looked upon as an old, poor, half idiotic woman; the "weight of evidence was against me; her story was dually laughed at. She remained In Crieketown, earning a scanty subslstnnce, ami Malde lalneund I came here. Yesterday mor ning, as I was opening the door to go out, who should I see before me, but this poor creature, that I hud not seen for years. She had a bnndle in her arms.— 4 asked her in. She said, * You were ev er kind to me when others were not. I never believed you guilty of the murder of Felix Ruthven, and now I know you are not.' She then proceeded to toll me that the remains in Crieketown church yard were being removed, in order that the site might bo occupied for building purposes; that in the dead of the night, cheiishing the thought that her son might have been the mysterious victim instead of you. she had repaired to the pointed grave in which the bones wore actually exposed, and that there she had had recognized her son. ‘But how?’ I asked, ‘when nothing remained to Identify him with.’ ‘By this,’she an swered, and upheld ashruliken and twist ed hone—one of the two lower hones of tho leg. ‘This bone was twisted when my son was a child, and lie walked a Ut ile lame.’ That old woman, Felix, has been with us ever since. She is sleeping up stairs now. One point in evidence of my innocence was therefore established yesterday. The oilier point, before I ev r Itiiil uyuii on you, X gulltvrud from the murderer’s own lips tins after noon 1 ,” The render will have anticipated what little remains to bo said. Before Captain ami Felix lluthven could make their way to the hotel in search of Colonel Jwjueaa, that notorious individual had already been arrested by the detective there on numerous otherchargea, sulliclent to con sign him to the penitentiary t for life.— It is pleasant to mid, however, that ho was tried, convicted,'and hung for the murdering of the widow's runaway boy ; that Captain Kuthven’s innocence was established and clear as day, and that Madeluine ami Felix, the man that was 1% iiown to have been murdered, lived long ami happily together, in spite of the In curable nature of Madelalne’sdlsense. The. .Colonel confessed, upon his trial to have ing laid wait for the hoy, of whose de signs he had possessed himselfof, and of having wreaked ids revenge upon the Captain by secretly returning the axe when suspicion hud so tirmly'fastened upon him. Hit or miss was his rule In life, lie said, ami he had calculated on the chances of Felix Uuihven never turning up again. t lf Queen Victoria lives as long as her grandfather, George, 111, her reign will extend info the twentieth vvuwiy. Though the Queen has been nearly thir ty years on the throne, she is not yet for ty-nine years of age; and should she prove as Jong lived as nil others of life Hanoverian British Sovereigns, she will remain on the throne long after the greater part of this generation lias pns-ed away. George I. died at sixty-seven, George 11. at sevcMity.-seven, George 111. at eighty two, George IV. at seventy-eight, ami William IV. at seventy-two. They are a long lived race, the Ouelpha, one of them George 111. dying in thesixtieth year of his reign, the longest reign in English History. He was ofghty-one years, seven months and sixteen days old when he departed tills life, and the same number of years, months ami days vouchsafed to Queen Victoria, won hi caiiM* her death to fall en the 4th of Jan. 11MH. By -that time Wales will have sown the most of his wild-outs. luisn Ktoiiy. —Dr. Woods, tells a hit. of an Irish story, which, however, is not a .-.lory hut a veritable fact. The Doctor i,u (mining up from Oxford la-l Thursday, chanced to halt where a couple of Irish men had just met, one of I hem wit li a face looking like a.inup of Mexico, when the following conversation parsed: "Michael, what hurt ye?” " Winn's it any of your business about that?” “ Michael, what hurled ye?” , “ Now, thiu, sir, look at this. I grab bed at a domed post and there was no post there at all at all. Thin fell wid all rue might, be jabers, upon the sturate, and thats what hurl me. The la’e Reverend Dv Sutton, vicar of Bh«*dlcld, once said to tin* hue Mr. Pceeh, a veterinary surcoon : " Mr. Pceeh, how ia it that you have not railed upon me for y<-ur account V” "Oh,” said Mr, Pceeh, " I never ask a gentleman for money.” "Indeed!” said the vicar'; “ then how do you get it if lie don't pay?” “ Why,” replied .Mr Pceeh "af ter a certain time I conclude that he’s not a gentleman, and then I ask him.” “ What’s the matter, my dear?” said a wife to her husband, who had sat for half an hour with his face buried in his hands, apparently in great tribula tion. “Oh! I don't know," said lie " I have felt a like fool all day.” “ Well” replied the wife, consolingly/ 1 1 am afraid you will never get any belter; you look the very picture of what you leei.” • CMeigytuan, who was sadly an noyed by incessant coughing among his congregation, paused in lus discourse and remarked that** if ladies would wear their bonnets on tluir heads, and tie the strings, coughs would not be so preva lent.” BSyOuc the editors of a New Orleans paper, soon after beginning to leant the printing business, went to court a preach er’s daughter. The next time he attended meeting he was taken down at hearing the minister'annonnce as his text: “My daughter is grievously tormented with a devil.” shall beat home on Sun day,’’said a young lady as she followed her beau to the door, who seemed to be somewhat wavering in ids attachment. “So shall I,” was the somewhat tart reply.. tSTOId Kise Blurted lor home the other night, pretty well tangled, and mislakng a red haired girl fora lamp post he c« immeed to hug her; but was brought to reason by u smart slap. little girl was lately reproved 'or plavjw •• n •«:' dnt'i-j with the buys, and informed that, being seven years old, she was too big for that now. “ Why, grand ma, the bigger we grow, the better we like’em.’* . tody" 1 * I say, Tmomas” remarked un enquiring spirit, “ what brotd duyou call that dorg o’ yourn ?” Timmins—** Well he’s of two breeds, piuter and’setter. He sets all day and pints his nose at the die. hates for Advertisements will no inserted at Ten Cents .per lino for thb first Insertion, and flvo per line for each subsequent insertion. . Quar terly, half-yearly, ami yearly advertisements m -erted uCft liberal redaction on iho above rates. Advertisements should bo accompanied by* (be Ca«u. Wiißttsent without any length ol time specified for publication, they will 1)0 coutinm d until ordered out and charged accordingly. JOB PftINTIN». Cards, Handiules. Uircoi.aks, and every oili er description ol Jon and Carp Printing execn fed In ibo u**ntf*«t nt low t>rlc r s. OI>I>H ANl> ENDS, —We ore told that a contented man is happy, and wc might Jmvo been told nt (ho same time that annul turtle could lly if it had wings. —Red noses are like light-houses to warn voyagers on the sea of life off tin* oon«tof Malaga. Janmcla. Santa Cruz and Holland. —ITon Putler was a soldier brave, A soldier bravo was ho; lie bud for silver spoons and slob A p-a-r-M-u-l-l-t-y. —What reason have we to believe Noah brewed beer in the Ark? Because a.Kangaroo was scen-golng on board with imps. —“ I know well enough,”*aid a follow, “ where fresh fish comes from, but where these salt ones are catcher!, I’ll he banged if I can tell.” . - Why are young ladies at the brack fng up of a party like arrows? Because they can’t go ofl without a beau and are in u quiver until they cun get one. —A man In Cincinnati once advertised for a wife, and the next day ho received letters from twenty-seven husbands say ing ho might have theirs. —Give a man brains and riches,'and ho is a king; give him bruins without riches; and ho is a slave, give him riches without brains and he is a fool. —The arm of a pretty plrl wound tight around your neck has been discovered to lie an infallible remedy in case of sore throat. It beats pepper tea all hollow. —“Pa,” said a little friend of ours, ” what’s the use of giving our Tittle pigs so much milk? They mike hogs of themselves.” Pa walked away. —Josh Billings, in a burlesque answer to a correspondent, says: “Your idea that frogs grow more bolttailed ns they grow older, is 100 cussed good lo be lost.” —An eccentric clergyman lately said in one of ids sermons, that about the com monest proof we have that man is made of clay, is the brick so often found iu ids hut. —Eye was tho only woman who never threatened to go and live with her mamma. And Adam was the only man that never tantalized his wife about “ the wuy mother used to cook.” —Tho wildest piece of table talk was surely that of a man to whom u lady com plained of her upholster for not having come for a table that needed . repair.— “ Mivilum,Uo \» im uucomc-for-table per son.” —A man out west says thakhc moved so often during one year that whenever a covered wagon stopped at Ids gale, ids chickens would full on their backs ami hold up their feet in order to bo tied and thrown in. —Two gentlemen were conversing about wealth when one observed, "I don’t care to be rich, but I would like enough so that ! could live on four per cent, of my property.” “ lam not so am bitious ; I should be satisfied with sulli cient for two per cent, to maintain me.” —lf a man spends two hours with a young lady every night, and her old folks don’t make any fuss about it. the two young folks may be said to be engaged. —“ Hallo, Frank, I thought you were dead.” "Oh,” said Frank, “they did get a story around that I was dead, but it was another man. I knew it wasn’t me as soon as I heard it. —Apropos of Butler’s offering an ’ab stract, of something in the Benate l a en temporary remacks that Boiler was en gaged lu making abstracts during the whole period of the war. —Two boys fought out n (juarrel the other day, and the bigger proved the best-man. “ Barn ye,” said No. 2, when he found ho was used .up—“darn ye, if 1 can't lick yo, I’ll make mouths at your .slater.” ' { —Drink for agardnor, rum shrub ;‘drink I foran undertaker, beer; drink fora bailor, port; drink fora railway traveler, por ter; drink for a prize-tighter, punch; drink for a deserter, brandy ; drink for a doctor, champagne, —Punch says, “ Women arc said to 1 have HtrongeratUchmenta than men. 11 is evinced in IHtle tilings. A man is often attached lo an old hat; but did yon ever know of a woman having an attachnu nt ,to an old bonnet ?” Acute young wife says: “when I want a nice snug day all to myself, I tell George dear mother is coming, and- then I see nothing of him till night.” —“ Ma, has aunty got bees in her month ?“ “No, why do yon ask such a queer question ?” “ Cause*the little man with a heap of hair on Ids face cotehed hold of her and said he was going to tak" thedioney from her lips. —A notorious toper used to mourn about not having a regular pair of eye —one being blade and the* oilier hazel. "It is lucky for you,” replied n s friend, “ for if youreyes had been match es, your nose would have set them on lire long ago.” “ Ma,” said n little girl to her mother, do the men want to get married as hud as the women do? Why, child, what aiv you (alklnguhout? Why,am, the wom en who come here are always talking abou getting married ; the men never do so.- - The terrible infant was sent to bed to rest her powers of observation. —Somebody iv-ka why lien Butler is like the dish mentioned In the famdkii' melody of Mother Goose, beginning with “ Hey, (fiddle, diddle, the cal’s in the fid dle,,’ etc., uml answers it by saying be cause it “ ran away with the spoons." —Thackeray said the drollest thing be heard while In this country, ami the most characteristically American, was the remark of a New Yorker: "Oh. I have no objection to England. Mr, Thackeray, the only thing I should he afraid of would be to go out at night there, lest I might step oil.” —A Juror having applied to tle judge to he excused from serving on a**- count of deafness, the .judge said; “ Gould you hear my charge to tin* jury, air?” “Yes, I heard your honor’s charge,” said the juror, “ hut I couldn’t make ’any sense out of it.” Ho was excused. Gen. 7j was one of those very’ prim, polflo and methodical people. At an evening prayer meeting, not wishing to prevent any one from addressing Mho throne of grace,’ he arose very slowly from his sent, and looking cautiously around, said in his blandest tone, accom panied by a wave of his hand, “If agreea ble, I wish to make a few remarks to the Lord.” —Who is there that will not sympa thlzo with the young gentlemen of three years, “a child of freedom, whoso home is with the setting sun,” in California.— In the locality mosquitoes and sand burs are many'in number. One day aforesaid little man got one of the burs in«lde the roar portion of his little pants. Running to his mother and holding the minute unmentionable ns far us from his person ; lie cried out: “ Oh, mamma, I’s got a skeetk-blte in my—my—a—back room l” —Touching Valkpictory.—The fol lowing Is the farewell address of a wes tern editor to his- readers: The ‘Under signed retires from the editorial chair with complete conviction that all is vani ty. From the hour he started his paper to the present time he lms been solicited to lie upon every given subject, and can’t remember ever mivipgtohl a wholesome truth without diminishing his sub'-crip fclon list or (baking an enemy. Under these circumstances ot trial, and having a thorough contempt for himself, he re tires in order to recruit hia moral constb tutloa.
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