be American Volunteer, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING DY BRATTON 6c KENNEDY. OFFICE—SOUTH MARKET SQUARE. Tffiuas—Two Dollars per year If paid strictly In advance; Two Dollarsond Fifty Cents If paid within three months; after which Three Dollars will bo charged. These terms will be rigidly ad hered to In every instance. No subscription dis continued until all arrearages ore paid, unless at the option of the Editor. JOHN CORNMAN, A TTOMNE Y AT. Is A W Ofllce In building attached to Franklin House opposite the Court House, Carlisle, Pa. Jane 4,1868.—1 y /■'IHAS. E. MAGDAUGHLIN, 1 Attor \J key A.T Law. Ofllce In Building formerly occupied by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han non's Hotel. Deo. 1,18)15. Til E. BELTZHOOVBR, Attorney P # and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Penna, Omco on South Hanover street/opposlto Bentx’s Store, By special arrangement with the Patent Ofllce. attends to securing Patent Rights, Deo. 1,1805. ip HERMAN GOETZ, TTOJRNE Y AIL A W NEWVILLE, PENN’A. Patents, Pensions and other claims attended to. May 28,1808. JOHN R. MILLER. ATTORNEY AT Law. Ofllce in Hannon’s Building, opposite tno Court House, Carlisle. l*a, Nov. 14,1807. JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law, North Hanover Street. Carlisle, Pa., Fob. iy. MC. HERMAN, Attorney at Law. v OlUce la Uhcom’s Hall Building, In the rear of the Court House, next door to the “Her ald” OlUce, Carlisle, Peuua. Deo. 1,18U5. J. M. WEAKLEV & SADI/ER, ATT-ORNEYS AT LAW NO. HANOVER. ST. Dec. 10, lSG7.~’y TXT KENNEDY, Attorney at Law YY • Carlisle, Penna. OlUce same as thatol the ‘'American Volnuteer,” South side of the Pub lic Square. Dec. 1. iB6O JJNITED STATES CLAIM AND BEAL ESTATE AGENCY! WM. B. BUTLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office In 2d Story of JLnholTa Building, No. 3 South Hanover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county, I'Ollllll. Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay, Ac., promptly collected. Applications by mull, will receive Immediate attention. Particular attention given to the soiling or rent ing ‘of Real Estate, In town or country* In all let ters of inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. July 11,1807 tf £kU. GEORGE S. SEABIGHT, Den " tist. From the Baltimore College of Dc 71 la !/rr}/. Office nt the residence of Ills mother East Loutbor Street, three doors below Bedford Carlisle, Penna. Dec. 1,1805. teat# anfc ®apj3. JTRESH ARRIVAL OF ALL THE NEW SPRING STYLES OF n A T S A CAPS. The subscriber has Just onenod nt No. 15 North Hanover Street, a few doors North of the Carlisle Deposit Bank, one of the largest uud best Stocks of HATS and CAPS over olfored In Carlisle. Silk Hats, Casslmere of all styles and qualities, Stiff Brims, different colors, and every descrip tion of Soft Hats now made. The D.uukard and Old Fashioned Brush, con stantly on hand and mndo to order, all warrant ed to glvo satisfaction. A full assortment of STRAW HATS, MEN’S, BOY’S. AND CHILDREN’S, FANCY DO. 1 hnvo also added to my Stock, notions of differ cut kinds, consisting or LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS, JS T cck Ties, Suspenders, Collars, Gloves, Pencils, Thread, Seioini 7 Silk, Umbrellas, d*c. PRIME SEGARS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND. Qlvo me a call, and examine my stock as I fee! confident of pleasing all, besides saving you mo ney. JOHN A. KELLER, Agent, i No. ISNorth Hanover Street. Juno C, 1808—ly pfA T 8 AND CAPS Hats, Caps, and a great deal more, Kept for sale at Boos’ Store, Wool and Far, both coarse ana fine, Slllc and Brush hats In his line. Beaver, Nutra, largo and small, Hats to lit and suit you all, Only call and lot Idin try, Though you should not wish to buy Gladly ho will show you round, Through his hats till ono is found, To suit your taste, and fltyou well, Then kindly all your neighbors tell What hats you saw atßoas’ stove, He keeps at corner number four, In North Hanover stieet Carlisle, Where you can llnd him all the while, Heady to sell to great and small, Doctors, Lawyers, Preachers, all Students, Merchants, Farmers too, And please, kind friends, likewise to you. Ho keeps constantly on hand a large assort ment ol Hats, latest styles of Bilks, soft and stiff brim. A largo, assortment of ladles and gents, Trunks, Valises, travelling Bags, Leather batch els, and a fine lot ol ladles Cpllurs and Boskets. Also gents Furnishing Goods, such us Collars, Shirts, Hose «Sc. An extensive and carefully selected assortment of ladles Furs, also ladies Fur Hoods and Fur Trimmings, and a regular line of gents, fur Caps, iiuiliers and Gloves. Also, Umbrellas, Canes and a variety of No tions. Thaukful for past favors, bo sollcltls a contlnu nuco'of the same from his numerous patrons and kindly invites the public In general to vavor him with a cull before purchasing, feeling confident df his ability to suit all.both in quality and price. Don’t forget the place, No. 4, North Hanover street, opposite the Carlisle Deposit Bank. Theiilgnest cosh prices paid for shipping Furs, such as Muskrat, Mink, Fox, Raccoon and ail other fur skins, J. BOAS. Oct. 8. IbOS— Gm jIJATS AND CAPS ! DO YOU WANT A NICE HAT OR CAP ? IF SO, DON'T FAIXi TO CA&Ia ON J. G.CALLIO, NO. 29, WESI MAIN STREET, Where can be seen the finest assortment of HATS AND CAPS over brought to Carlisle. Ho takes great pleas ure In inviting his bid friends and customers, and all new ones, to Ills splendid stock Just re ceived - from New York and Philadelphia, con sisting in part of fine SILK AND OABSIMERE HATS, besides an endless variety of Hats and Caps ol the latest stylo, all ot which he will sell at the Lowest Cask Prices. Also, his own manufacture offals always on band, and HATH MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. He has the best arrangement for coloring Hats and all kinds of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, <£c., at the shortest notice (as ho colors every week) and on the most reasonable terms. Also, a lino lot ol choice brands of TOBACCO AND CIGARS, always on hand. Ho desires to call the attention of persons who have COUNTRY PURS to sell, as he pays the highest cash prices for the same. Give him a call, at the above number, bis old stand, as he feels confident of giving entire satis faction. Deo. 20.1867 J. JL. BIEBKEE’B LIVERY AND SALE STABLE, BETWEEN HANOVER AND BEDFORD STS. IN REAR OF THE JAIL, CARLISLE, FA. . up the Stable with new Carria ges, Ac., 1 am prepared to furnish first-class turn outs at reasonable rates. Parties taken to and from the springs. April 26,1807—2 y EEMALE MEDICINES.-—Diseases of women successfully cured by annlvlntr to Oct. », irn-ly* B. E W I N G , CABINET MAKER AND UNDERTAKER, WEST MAIN STREET, A Splnfdid Assortment of NEW F-URNITURE for the Holidays, comprising Sofas, (’amp Stools, Lounges, Centre Tables, Racking Chairs, Dining Tables, Easy Chairs, Card Tables, Reception Clmlrs, Ottomons, Bureaus, What-Nots. Secretaries, «tc., &c,, Parlor, of the Latest Styles. COTTAGE FURNITURE IN SETTS, Splendid New Patterns. BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSES, GILT FRAMES AND PICTURES* .. - Particular attention given to Funerals. Orders from town and country attended to promptly and on reasonable terms. Dec. 43,18G0—tf W. F. SADLER, QABINET WAREHOUSE The subscriber respectfully informs his frieuas and the public generally, that lie still continues the Undertaking business, and is ready to wait upon customers either by day or by night. Ready made Coffins kept constantly on hand, both Elalu and ornamental. Ho has constantly on and Fitk'e Patent Mctallc Burial Case, of which ho Ims been appointed the sole agent. This ease ls recommended as superior to any of the kind uow In use.lt being perfectly nlr tight. Ho has also furnished himself with u new Rose wood llEAUSEand'gcntlo horses, with which he will attend funerals In town and country, per sonally, without extra charge. Among the greatest discoveries of the age Is owcll'aSprinp Math-ass, the best and cheapest bed now In use, the exclusive right of which I hnvo insured and will bo kent coustantlv oudmnd. Carlisle, PennU. in all its various branches, carried on, and Rerih-: reaus. Secretaries, Work-stands. Parlor Wave, Upholstered Chairs, Sofas, Pier, Side and Centro Tables, Dining and Breakfast 'Tables, Wash stands of all kinds, French Bedsteads, high and low posts: Jenny JLlud and Cottage Bedsteads. Chairs of all kinds, Looking Glasses, and all other articles usually manufactured In this lino of business, kept constantly on hand. His workmen are men of experience, his ma terial the best, and his work made In the latest city stylo, and all under his own supervision. I» will bo warranted and sold low for cash. Ho Invites all to give him a call before purchas ing elsewhere. For the liberal patronage here tolire extended lahim ho feels indebted to his numerous customers, and assures (hem (hat no efforts will bo spared In future to please them lu style and price. Give us a call. ' Remember the place, North Hanover street, nearly opposite the Deposit Bank, Carlisle. DAVID HIRE. Dec. X. 1805. ■ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN CHINA. THE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY’S OFFICE, NOS. 23 AND 25 NASSAU STREET, rgmlzed under special charter from the Slat CAPITAL. 50,000 SHARES, $lOO EACH, Hon. ANDREW G. CURTIN, Philadelphia. PAUL S. PORBES, of Russel & Co„ China, FRED. BUTTERFIELD, of F. Buttortlold «t Co., Now Ttork. ISAAC LIVERMORE,Treasurer Michigan Cen tral Railroad, Boston. ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer Ameri can Express Company, Now York. Hon. JAMES NOXON, Syracuse, N, Y. O. H. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Tele graph Company, Now York. FLETCHER WESTRAY, of Westruy, Gibbs & Uardcnstlc, New York. NICHOLAS MICKLES. New York. A. G. CURTIN. President. N. MICKLES, Vice President. GEORGE CON ANT, Secretary. GEORGE ELLIS, (Cashier National Bank Com monwealth,) Treasurer. Hon. A. li. McCLURE, Philadelphia. Solicitor, The Chinese Government having (through the Hon. Ansou Burlingame) conceded to this Com pany the privilege of connecting the great sea ports of tUeEmpuo by submarine electric tele graph cable, wo propose commencing operations in China, and laying down aline of nine handled miles at once, between the following ports, viz; Canton Macoa Hong-Kong. bwutow Amoy Foo-Chow Wuu-Chu Niugpo Hang Cheun. shanghai Total. These ports have a foreign commerce of SWK).- OOO.uut), uutl an enormous uouicstio trade, beside which we have the immense Internal commerce of the Empire, radiating from these points, through it-i canals uud navigable rivers. The cable being laid, this Company proposes erecting laud lines, uud cstablisnlng u speedy/ and -trustworthy means of whiolftuast command there, us everywhere elsy, the communications of the Uovcruinent, ol busi ness, and of social luo, especially in China, bliu has no postal system, uud her only means now of communicating iniormutlou Is by couriers on laud, uud by steamers on water. The Western World knows that China Im, very large country, in the mum Ucusiy peopled; but few yet- realize that she contains more than a third of the human race. The latest returns made to her central authorities for taxing pui puses by the local magistrates muku her popula tion 2'itur Jhmdred aiuil'vurWvn Millions, uua Lius is mure likely to be under than over tue actual aggregate. Nearly all of these, who aremver ten years old, not only cun but do read uud w'Vite.— Her civilization is peculiar, but her literature Is us extensive us that ol Europe. China is a laud of teachers uud traders; uud the latter are ex ceedingly quick to avail themselves of every proffered facility lor procuring cany informa tion. It Is observed in Canioium that the Chi nese make gieul use.of the telegraph, though It there transmits messages in English alone. To day great uumbersof Uuet sieumei sure owned by Chinese merchants, uud used oy them exclusive ly for the transmission of early Intelligence. If the telegraph we propose, connecting all their seaports were now lu existence, it is believed that Its business would pay the cost within the first two years of Us successful operation, and would steadily Increase tbereuitor. No enterprise commends itself us in a greater degree remunerative to capitalists, and to our whole people. Itlsof avasiuutionailmpurlunco commercially, politically, and evangelically. 43*lhe stock of this Company bus beeu un qualifiedly recommended to capitalists and busi ness men, as a desirable investment by editorial articles In the New Yard Herald, Tribune, World, 'limes, Host, Express, Independent, and in the Philadelphia A'vrth American, Prcssi Hedger, In quirer, Age, Jiullctin and 'l'cicgraph. ahares of this Company, to a limited number, may bo obtained at SSU each, (flu payable down, Sl6 on the Ist of November, and $25 payable lu monthly Installments of ?-’.50 each, commencing December l, mgs, on uppl.cutipu to - DREXEL & CO., 3-4 SOUTH THIRD STREET, Shares can bo obtained In Carlisle, Pa., by ap plication to J. P. HASSLEU, Cashier Carlisle De posit bank, who is authorized to receive sub-* Horiptions, and can give all necessary Informa tion on the subject. Oct, J, iWW.—Uiq JUNE CUSTOM MADE „ BOOTS AND SHOES FOR GENTLEMEN. All the LEADING STYLES on hand or m.do 0 pleasure. JPHces Fixed at Low Figures . An Illustrated Price List with Instructions Jor self measurement sent on receipt of Post Office ad dress. * WSr. P. BARTLETT, Agu. 20.—1 y Philadelphia. 4TTENTION I! 3 the undersigned, having purchased the right from Levi Albert, are prepared to drill wells In this and adjoining counties nt greatly reduced rates; Orders promptly attended to. Orders should be addressed to f JACOB ALBERT Jr.. & BRO. Nov. 10,1863—3m* BY BRATTON & KENNEDY, c sc- CARLISLE, PENN’A. Chamber, Dining Room/ - Kitchen FURNITURE, In great variety TOWN AND COUNTRY CABINET MAKING, NEW YORK. of Now York. DIRECTORS , OFFICERS. Population, I,bOO.UOO .1)0,000 SO, 000 2UO.UOU JSU.UUU 1,250,000 (00,000 100,000 1,200,001) 1,000,000 PHILADELPHIA . ffilelilcal. HOOFLAHD’S BERMAN BITTERS, Hoofland’s German Tonic, Prepared by Dr. C. m! Jackson, PHILADELPHIA, PA. The Great Remedies for all Diseases LIVER, STOMACH, OR DIGESTIVE ORGANS and Ofllce Hoofland’s German Bitters 1b composed of the pure juices (or, &s they are medlol nMly lermc, £* —g r _ J <raci*) of Root., t T&j—-J&a making a propnra tlon, highly eoween (|si tmted, and enursly -Atohoh o aiiafl ttKla adm>x(ur« of any HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIC, In n combination of all Hie Ingredient* of Hie Bitter*, with the pored quality ol Santo Crut Bum, Orange etc., nmking one of the most pleasant and agreaabl* remedies ever oflered to tlio public. Tlima- pri ft-irlng a Medicine free from Alcoholic ad mixture, will use Hoofland’s German Bitters. In cases of nervous depression, when eome alcoholl* aumuhifl la necessary, HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIO should bo used. The Bitters or tbo Tonic tiro both equally good and contain the same medicinal virtues. H 3 * The stomach, from a variety of causes, such &a Indi gestion, Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility, etc., la very apt to have Ha function* deranged. The result jW of which Is, that tb* naUcnt suffer* from several or mote 0/ the following diseases: Constipation. Flatulence, Inward Files. Fulness or Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart-' burn. Disgust for Food, Fulness or Weight in tho Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sink ing or Fluttering at the Pit of tho Stomach, Swimming of the Hoad, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart. Choking or Suffocating Sensations when In a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision. Dot* or Webs Wore tho Sight. Dull Poin In tho Head, Defi ciency of Perspiration, Yel lowness of the Skin and Eyes, ygas. Pain in the Side, /grXft Back,Cheat, Limbs, eto., 'SIL JSS Sudden , FJuaHeat. Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits. Th«s« remedies will effectually euro Liver Complaint. Jaundice, Dysriepsla. Chronic or Nervous Debility! Chronlr DlarrhtEa, Disease of the Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver, Stomach, or Intestine*. debility, Resulting from any Cause whatever PROSTRATION OP THE SYSTEM, Induced by Severe Labor, Hard ships, Exposure, Fevers, eto. .*5,000,000. There Is no medicine extant equal to these remedies In such cases. A tone and vigor Is Imparted to the whole System, tho [==== Appetite Is Strength ened, food Is enjoyed. p- a U the stomach digest* promptly, the blood JjSfSI Is purified, the com- Blexlon become* ***B sound and bcaiihy, 10 yellow lingo Is eradicated from the eyes, a bloom I* given to the cheeks,'and the weak ana nervous in valid becomes a strong and healthy being. Persons Advanced in Life* •nJ feeling the hand of time welching heavily upon them, with all Its atleii-buit Him wifi find In tin' use of this BITTERS, or the TONIC, an elixir ll.iit will inntll now Ufa Imo their veins, routers In • in<-nimr>- the energy and ardor of more youthful days. bui <1 ..[• their shrunken forms, and give health ana imprint—* to their remaining years. NOTICE. It Is n well-established fact that fully one-half of the female portion of our l^— , population are sel dom In theenjoyment W of good health ; or, 10 “fo their own ex prcsslen," never fee) well." They are> lan mQSBBx&I guld, devoid of all energy, extremely nervous, and have no appetite. To this clast of persons the BITTERS, or the 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 fail. Thousands of certificates have.accumulated In the hands of the proprietor, hut space will allow of the publication of nut a few. Those, It will be observed, arc mm of nolo and of such standing that they must be believed. ~ TESTIMONIALS. .5,010,000 Hon. Geo. W. Woodward. Justice of the Supreme Court of Pa., writs*: Philadelphia, March 16, 2567. “I find‘Tloofland’s jy. J German Ritters’ Is • good tonic, useful // SBV-J In diseases of the digestiveoruann, and of great benefit In eases of debility, and fi® MHB want of nenous ac- tion In the system. Years truly, Hon. James Thompson. Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, April 28, 1806. “I consider ‘ Uoofiand’s German Billers’ a valuable wudicineAn case of attacks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. 1 can certify this from my experience of it. Tours, witli respect, From Eov. Joseph H. Kennard, D. D., Pastor the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. Dr. Jackson-Dcar 0lr: I have been frequently re quested to conned my name with recommendations of dlfloroat kinds of medicines, but regarding the prac tice os out of my ap r==x esa ptoptiate sphere, I have In all cases dc nTwVji dined; but with a dear proof in varl II 'SsJI oas instances and particularly la my SOS own family, of the usefulness of Dr. Uoofiand’s German Bitters, I depart for once from my usual course, to express my full conviction that, for general debility of (A« system, and' especially for Liver Ctimplaint, it is a safe and valuable preparation. In some cases it may fall; but usually, I doubt not, it will he vary beneficial to those who suffer from the above causes. Yours, very respectfully, J. H. KENNARD, Eighth, below Coates fit. From Rev. E. D. Feudal!, Assistant Editor Christian Chronicle, Philadelphia. I have derived decided benefit from the use of Hoof land's German Cuter#, and fed It my privilege to re commend them a# a most valuable tonic, to all who are snSotag from general debility or from disease# arising from derangement of the liver. Yonn truly, CAUTION. Hoofland’# German Remcdlee are counterfeited. See that the signature of M. JACKSON le on the wrapper IB Iffil of each bottle. All others ore coun IB )&3 terfait. Principal. OQleo i and Manufactory at the Gorman Medicine Store, No. 631 Alton Street. Philadelphia. \ > CHARLES LL EVANS, German Drugnist, I*roprietor, Formerly U. M. Jxoebos A Co. For sale by a. sruggl#t» and Dealers In Medicines. PRICES. Hoofland'e Gorman Bitters, per bottle 00 u “ “ half dozen ft 00 Boofland's German Tonic, put up in quart bottles, 1 ftO per bottle, or a half dozen f0r..... • . 7 00 Do not foriy*. to examine wall the article you buy, la eider to got .ue genuine. Jan. 1808.— ly AND or TDi pectation, and all that kind of bosh —not a bitof it. I did not care much. If Fan ny did not rise at my lly, I would throw for Margaret; and if I could not hook and land either, why, after all, I could, I suppose, get an old cook at Aukland, who would, for a time, do for me. At lust the fourteen days elapsed, I waited one day longer to make sure. No answer. So it wns clear Fanny would' not have me. Well, then I proceeded to try and lasso the other Ally. I thought of applying to tho parson to write the other letter for me to Margaret because all that kind of thing and gammon was inhisline. Butlhcn t thought that either Margaret would smell a rat, or, perhaps the parson, who was unmarried, would pot her for himself, So I wrote myself to Margaret, pretty much the same epis tle as I sent to Fanny, but I left out tho .fortnight part of tho business. A few days afterwards I received two letters by post, one of which I thought looked like a don; the other was from Margaret, full of whatsomo people would call gushing sentimentally. She accept ed me. I wasut length berown darling; could I over have been bo silly as to doubt GKO. W. WOODWARD." JAMES THOMPSON." it ? Papa and mamma wero delighted,aud she wasdlstracted with happinessorsome such thought, at being able to sign herself my dear Margaret. Bo that job was set tled. I was to marry Margaret. Corres- pondence was never much in my line. In two months I was to sail, so I made up my mind to get at once down to Dev onshire, and settle everything vcxivocc / I rang the bell for my servant, ordered my portmanteau to be got ready, and preparations made for my Journey, Xtben carelessly broke the seal of my second letter. It bad been misdirected, bad traveled half over England, and was cov ered with very many post macks. It was dated Bath and begun : “*My dear Dick.” f looked at the envelope closely; instead of Glover. Moore & Co., to whom I knew I owed a bill, found printed on the seal, “ I love you more and more,” with a heart, or something, in the middle. I nrn not much of a coward, but I burst in to a cold perspiration as I read something to this effect—“ My dear Dick —We left home before the arrival of your dear let ter which I shall forever keep, and have been traveling Incessantly, so that It was not till last night I received your offer.— I, at once, referred the matter to my dear papa, gained his consent; and now let mo tell you that you have made mo the happiest of women. Ido not believe that any girl in Ireland can he happier than I am.” And then went on talking about the oak and the Ivy united in a foreign laud, and braving together the storms of adversity; said she would cling to me forever, and winding up with “always my dearest darling Dick, your mo>t fond ly affectionate Funny.” Now this was pleasant, 1 was engaged to two women at once. B. D. KENDALL. It will readily be perceived that I was in a fix, and how to get out of it was the question. 1 could not sec my way to do it creditably, but 1 determined that I would not be a blackguard. Marry two CARLISLE,. PA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1868. fWlital. AUTUMNAL. Can this bo sadness? this forbodo decay? Are these the vestments of funereal woo! Sure, hues that pale like these the dawnlng’s glow The rather deck some dryad’s festal day! Hall radiant hour] thrice welcome, gladsome ray, That kindling through these bows, with golden flow’, Streams Joy and summer to tho shades below! And thou, brown-dappled onk and maple gay, In rippling waves of many-tinted flame," DHhc birch, gold luted, thin ash, whoso dyes might shamo Tho trodden vintage reeking on the lees, And ivied beech, with sanguine cinctures fair— Ah In tho long days past, fraternal trees— With you, whate’er your gladness, let mo share! O’er banks of mossy mould how lightly strewn All tho wan summer lies! Tho needless tread Awakes no sound; and had not pale leaves fled, As soft It canto, the low wind wore not known. How strange the shnrpnud long-drawn shadows thrown Prom lank and shrivelled branches overhead, While from |thclr withered glories, spollor-shed, The earthly autumn-scouts are faintly blown! Ah! reft and ravished bowers; the garish day Pluimts' through the hidings of your dewy glooms! \ And thou, tn leafy twilights wout to bo, Shy maid, sweet tboughted sadness, come away, And hero beneath this hemlock’s drooping pUmie«, With pensive ivlrosp n-tlon. muse with me Why holds o'er all my heart tills dreamy hour A sway that spring or summer never know? Why seems this ragjcd gentian, wanly blue, Of all the circling you? tho fairest ilowor ? Whence has cadi wandering leaf this mystic power, That all my secret being trembles through— Or sounds tho black bird’s note more human true Thau all the songs of Juno from greenwood bovv er? Beep meanings haunt the grove -and snnny glades, Blrango dearness broods along tho hazy slopes A vague but tender awe my breast pervade*, That hints of shadowy doubt, yet Is not fear, While musing quiet stirs with drowsy hopes; And Nature’s loving heart seems doubly near. Iftecellatieou^. GETTING INTO A FIX. Some fourteen years ago I wanted to marry. I did not cure lorn bit of pink and white first as most fools do. I would ’rather have kissed ray rillo than any bride under the sun ; but I wanted to marry. I was going out to New Zealand, and wished to take with me one who would cook my meals and talk to -a fel low when smoking bis pipe at night, and mending his bags when torn. Now lam as bad a hand as the late Bishop of New Zealand himself in patching my breaks, but formerly was not. Well, I saw clear ly that no one could do this for me but a wife, so I determined to marry. I said nothing to any one about the matter first, because 1 knew that I should get so roasted on the bare possibility of being in love, that my life would be made misera ble; secondly, because my time was short, and I was determined to make quick work, and choose for myself, instead of letting others make a fool of the thing forme. On turning the matter over in my mind the only two ladles I could think of who would suit my hook, were Fanny Fitzpatrick, a jolly young woman, whose father was a kind of Irish Squire, and Margaret .Leslie, tho fast daughter of a fast Devonshire Parson. Tho ques tion was, which should I propose to lirst. Margaret had the best seat on horseback, and would make the best settler’s wife as far as outdoor life, horse catching, and horse breaking, &c., were concerned ; but then, somehow Fanny seemed to have more “go” in her. She stuck at nothing, outdoors, up stairs, down stairs, with friends, with strangers; she was able to do everything,simply, I believe, because she had pluck to go at everything. Time was getting on, however, and I could not make up my mind which suit me best, Fanny or Margaret. At last I was obliged to decide, but not easily; so T tossed up a shilling—heads Margaret; tails, Funny. The bob came down tails, so it was a case with Fanny. What I wrote to her, ••xai'Uy, I forget; but it was to the point —namely: That I had so much money ; was going to New Zealand; wanted a wife and would take her if she would have me. I added, to save her the both er of writing a refusal I should conclude, if I did not hear in a fortnight, that she <!id not mean, to accept my oiler. Well, day after day passed, and I heard noth ing. I suppose most persons Would think I was on iho tender hooks of ex- women I could not. Prefer one of the Innocent little dears to the other I could not. I wish both of the"'affectionate lov ing lambkins at Jericho, but I could not choose one before the other, nor could I bear the idea of tossing up, now that I had hooked them both—or rather I should say, they had hooked mo. Then, again, ugly ideas of irate fathers, gunpowder, ? and horsewhipping big brothers loomed In the distance. What on earth could bo done? At one time I thought of sailing 1 off to New Zealand prematurely; mid then I remembered all at home, the 1 tarnish to the family name and the an athemas that would be launched at me across the waters by those I loved. Well, I made up my mind to go through it all, to see every one, and explain the matter 1 fully. Surely, thought I, they must see ■ it was a mistake, and will make allow ance for me. What allowance they made you shall hear. About three o’clock the next morning I knocked at a certain rectory, not many miles from Exeter, the residence of Rev. Henry Mortiake Leslie, The footman answered the door, and on inquiring if his master was at home, showed me into the dining room, which was empty. The wretch knew mo well enough—probably knew what ho was up'to, and certainly was acting under orders. Xu a few min utes Miss Margaret came in with a sheep ish smile, and, having shaken hands, be she expected something more—expected gan in her demure way to show signs that me to kiss her, or do something of that kind; called me dearest Lick; cooed about her happiness; evidently wanted but the faintest sign to fall on my neck and kiss mo. I backed around the room, she followed, I with my hands behind me. However, this would never do. At last f brought up suddenly on the rug.— She subsided into a kind of hang-dog po sition, head down, fore paws trembling. “ Ahem, Miss Leslie,” said I. ‘‘Miss Leslie, Dick, dear Dick, what do you mean ? “Why, you see, Miss Leslie, the fact is—” “Miss Leslie, Dick, the fact. Why, what?” she gasped. I then burst into an explanation. What I said, I know not, the next thing I re collect was thatshe lay on the rug shriek ing. I rang the bell hard twice ;in rush [ ed the servants, papa and mamma. “Oil! the wretch,” howled Margaret, “he has married another!” Then she fainted again. Water dashed into her face made her to shrink once more.— “ Papa, mamma, he is going to bring his wife hero; ho has got her in the hall.— Oh-o-o!” Things were at a pretty pass. “ Per haps,” said I to father, “you will let me see you in another room, ami I will give an explanation.” “ Certainly, sir, if the matter admils an explanation. James,” added he to the footman, ” be close in attendance In the hall. Now, sir,” turning to me “ come this way-” We entered the study. Ho heard me through with compressed Ups, and a face pale with rage; and his rubicund nose became white for the once. When I had all but finished, he burst out, “Sir, you blackguard, you brute, you villain, ym scoundrel!” “Allow mo to explain, sir,” I said. “ You rascal; you have tried to explal 1 You dog, you traducer of my poordaugi ter’s .innocence !” What ou earth h meant exactly, I do not know, nor proba bly did ho in his rage. “ You come here to steal my daughter's affections; I would horse-whip you were jt not for my cloth. You dared not have thus outrag ed my feelings if I had not been a cler gyman* Be off, sir, or I shall soon forgot myself and swear. Be off, T say, or James shall kick you out!” He rang the boll for tbo footman* “ James, kick this rascal out!’. James hesitated. “ Allow me to explain, sir," said I. “James, kick him, kick him to the front door and down the drive.” I was gutting angry. James looked at both of us. He did not know what to do. “Allow me, sir, to explain again Don’t you see that it Is my misfortune, not 1113’ fault?” “James, kick him. I will double your wages, a sovereign for every kick you give the rascal;” and he threw three or four sovereign on the'table. James elevated his foot at the sight of the gold and advanced. “Sir, 1 am,” said I, circumstances.” “ You and 3*our circumstances be , and that was the last X heard ns I bolted out of the room of my oxasperalcdfather ih-law that was to be, and from his foot man’s toe. The parson said I all but made him swear. The fact was lie had used ver3 T linclerleal language. What is meant by swearing I hardly know, but his language had been much worse than I have repeated or probably than lie had imagined. I bunged the hall door after me, and was soon on my road back to town. Well, thought I, if this is the fu-sthc clergicai makes about a mistake, what on earth will the Irish Squire say ? f was half inclined on second thought, to marry Fanny Fitzgerald, but then it struck me, that if such u course was not right before I had seen Leslie, it could not be right now, ami besides, my worst enemy could never bh,v that four drove me to take any step 1* disapproved of.— However, thought I, the next affair shall be differently managed; and I will see papa first. He will listen to reason if he hnsnft got any daughter howling in the next room. In three or four days I was at a country town in Ireland, await ing the arrival of m3’ No. 2 father-in-law 1 that was to be, to whom I had dispatch ad a note. When he came in he embrac ed me and called mo his broth of a boy, &c. I found out afterwards tliat he was in debt, and wanted through his daugh ter to get hold of my money. After .a short time I sobered him, and then wo got to work. “ Sir,” said he, when I had finished, “by the powers, you shall hear of this again, I will light, I will kill von, v»m spalpeen.” lam not a good hand at Irish, so I will puss over bib expletives, merely ad ding that while he was howling' with rage, had all but struck me to compel me to give satisfaction, the landlord entered; people separated us and he was taken away, declaring that I should hear from him again. In an hour or two his friend came; who he was I neither knew-or cared. At day break we were paraded at. twelve paces from each other. My second was a lawyer whom I know In the neighbor hood, and who camo out to back me up. for the Irish fun of the thing. Just an I was going to bed the previous night, a hostler, belonging to the inn, came into my room with a bow and scrape, ami gave me a note:—“ From the young huly, sir.’ Thoughtlessly I tore it open, read it, although itbegan, “ My dearest Fred,” and then, looking at the address, It was nor directed to me. When Mr. Fitzgerald and I stood op posite each other, ho fired, and the ball seemed to go near me. I fired in the air. I thought he would be satisfied ; but I know little of the Irish duel. Our seconds decided that under the circiun stances there must bo at any rate three shots. Mr. Fitzgerald -fired again ; the ball went through my hat. I then with out ceremony, walked up to him and gave him the note. “ Itead that,” I whispered; “act on it at once, if you like, or else I will return to my place and fire with sure aim.” He read the note, turned pale, said he was quite sat isfied, and rode off at full speed. The note was from his daughter Fan ny, my affianced bride, was dated prior to my first interview with her father, and was addressed to some Irish pauper, who, pretending to ho rich, had won her so-called affections. It was, moreover, to the effect that she agreed to her dar ling Fred’s proposal, and would meet him at his post chaise at 4.40 a. m., at a certain place. It was about 5.15 when her father fired his second shot, through ray hat. I left Ireland as soon as I could.. The respective ends of the two girls I afterwards heard wore thedo—Fanny got safe off with her lover, Fred. Margaret, in a month’s time married tho Rev. George Smith. All parties for their flakes kept matters quiet; and the first they hear of this subject again, as far as I am concerned, will be through the pa ges of this periodical. I have been snot at by Marios, struck in a drunken row by settlors, have 'a mark where I was knocked over by a furious bull, but nev er was in a greater fix than with these two girls. Do you wonder that I am a bachelor ? The extent to which a charger can ap prehend the perils of a battle field may bo easily underuted by one who confines his observations to horses still carrying their riders; for, as'long as a troop horse in action feels the weight and hand of a master Ills deep trust in man keeps him seemingly from great terror, and he goes through the fight, unless wounded, as though it were a field day at homo ; but the moment the death or a disabling wound deprives him of his rider, ho seems at once to know what a battle is— to perceive Us real dangers with the clear ness of a human being, and to be ago nized with horror at the fate ho may In cur for want of a hand to guide him. Careless of the mere thunder of guns, he shows plainly enough that he nioro or less knows the dread accent that Is used by missels of war while cutting their way through the air, for as often as these sounds disclose to him the near passage of bullctor round shot t he shrinks and cringes. His eyeballs protrude.— Wild with fright, ho still does not most cominonlygallop home inlocamp. His in stinct seems rather to tell him that what safety, if any, there is for him must bo found in ranks, and he rushes at the first squadron he cun find, urging piteously, yet with violence-, that he, 100, is willing to charge—but not lobe left behind—that ho must and he will “fall in.” Some- times a riderless chargor thus bent on aligning with his fellows, will not be con tent to range himself on the flank of the line, but dart at some point In the squad ron which he seemingly judges to be his own rightful place and slrlve to force himself in. Riding, as it Is usual for the comman der of a regiment to do, some way in ad vance of his regiment, Lord Oeorge Pa get was especially tormented and pressed by the riderless horses which chose to turn round and align with him. At one time there were three or four horses ad vancing close abreast of him on one side and as many as five on the other. Im pelled by terror, by gregarious instinct, and by the habit of ranging in line, they “ closed in upon Lord George so as to be smero his overalls with blood from the gory flanks of tho nearest Intruders, and oblige him to use his sword.” —Kinglahe Invasion of (he Crimea. “ That Tarnkl Stuff.”—To hear Gough toll th© “drugg©r n etory is worth a quarter at any time. The story is a capital one, but it takes tho man* to tell it. This he does in some such words ns these; A long, lean, guant Yankee catered a drug store and asked : “ Be you the drugger?” “ Weil, 1 s’pose so; I sell drugs.” “ Waal, hev you got any uv this ’ere scentin’ stuff’ as the gals put on their handkerchiefs ?” “Oyea.” “ Waal, our Sal’s gwine to be married, and she gin me ninepence and told me to invest the hull amount in scentin’ stuff’, ao’a to make her sweet, if I could tlnd some to suit; so if you're a mind I’ll just smell ’round.” The Yankee smelled round without be ig suited until the druggist got tired of im, and taking down a bottle of harts orn, said : “ I’ve got a scentin’ that will suit you. A single drop on your handkerchief will stay for weeks, and, you can’t wash it nut,- but to get-Che strength of it you must take a big smell.” “ Is that so, mister? Waal, just hold <m a minute till I get my breath, aud when I say neow, you put it under my smellers.” The hartshorn, of course, knocked the Yankee down, as liquor has done many a man. Do you suppose ho got up and smelt again, as the drunkard does? Not he; but, rolling up his sleeves and doub ling up his list, he said ; ** You made mo smell IhattarnaLever lastiu’ stuff, mister, and now I’ll make you smell lire and brimstone.” “the victim ol Wisdom in Smat.d Lots.—Sum men are great by chance, but I know a darned sight uv ’em that are mean from choice. There ain’t no man Uhu'm wise; sum ain’t as big fools as uthers, however. A rale strictly konseenshm honest man won’t bet—unlea he's got a sure thing. I hev always thot that ef the kollery could be managed with discroshun it might prove a public blessin. A wise man don’t want to go to Kon gress ; and mlty few uv ’em do it. A man that’s got the itch can alius cum up to the scratch. ■About all the difference I can see in Koiirts is that the biggest Kourt has the last guess. T know some of the best kind of men that never hud an office. f never will patronize a lottery as long as T can hire anybody else to rob me at reasonable wages. Home men that do a great deal of bizl* ne*s in their line, J notice, do a great’ deal of lien in their bizlncss. Death, taxes and the grave you can’t escape, and I’ll bet jmu four dollars that you have to hi your wife a new bonnet if she wants it. I knowed when all them fellers in Ohio and New York was running for office, that there wouldenjt more’en i of em be elected. ", . None but the brave deserve the fair, id none but tlie brave can, live with une of them. It’s my (pinion that aman oughten’t to have nary a confidant. People can come near enough a findin’ out yure bizlness by pure gcssln’. —Jonh Billings, Vain Man. —Whilst thou art building castles, the carpenter is building thy cof fin. While deceitful influences aregulld inglhv future prospects, the painter is lipaurely putting the varnish upon the casket that is being fitted for thy recep tion. While thou art striving hard to distinguish thyself among thy fellows, the marble worker Is fitting the slab that shall mark thy grave. While you ’are querying as lo the wherewithal you shall be clothed, the materials for your burf&l suit are upon the tradesman’s shelf. You ■ add field to field, and anxiously reach out for more; hut goto the graveyard and stake out the lot to which death will soon consign you. “Then whoso shall those things be which thou hast provid ed?” ZEST* The days come and pass, and life is soon ended. Is it worth while, then, to hate or He at enmity with each other ? Life has little enough to give, and wo should give to our fellow pilgrims all the charity ami love poor humanity Is capa ble of. Time will glide swiftly by,,and the young and joyous will soon be knock ing at the gloomy portals of the land of Silence. Then will the mind wander back, and through the famished years will gleam the white frees of those we hated. Will the retrospect soothe our last hours? No? Then la it not better to love than to hate? 6S?“ “ My hod, know thyself /” solemn ly said a father to one of his offspring.— “ Thank you sir,” replied the son, “ but my list of acquaintances is sufficiently large already.” 66?“ In view of the tortures experi enced by those who affect the Grecian' Bend, it may very appropriately bo term ed the “latest agony.” Humes In Rnttlc. AST* A. little boy seeing a drunken man prostrate before the door of a groggory, opened tho door, and putting lu his lined said to tho proprietor: “ See here, sir; your sign has fallen down!” physician, asking per mission of a loss to kiss her, she replied, No sir; I never like a doctor's bill stuck In my face. - Where should one always expect to find a beautiful supply of the milk of human kindness? Within the pale of the church. figr A hard lock to unfasten (except Chicago.)—Wedlock, BS?*Au early spring-jumping out of bed at 5 o’clock lu the morning. AST* A; popular work of; art—Drawing one’s pay. . YOL 55.—N0. 26. COURT O'liATirN OX BOYS. Some things may be said in favor of boys; sorao trades would hardly live without them. The glass-put-in-men wouldn't have much to do, and putty would decline if thero were no boys to break windows. There would be no customers for the cast-iron peaches and green apples which come in early in the season, but for the. boys, and the doctors wouldn’t have so much to do curing coses of cholera-mor bus arising therefrom- Boys can be Jus6ful when they have a mind to, 'and can sell newspapers, black boots, hold horses and do chores. In printing offices, the boys arc known as devils—printers have a plain way of speaking. Boys individually ore belter than boys collectively. If there was only one boy In the world, I think ho would bo a good boy; it gen erally takes at least two boys to get up any mischief. Have one boy in a store, and you can make him useful. Hire a second boy, and their time will be chiefly devoted to chasing one another over the counter, and firing the dust brush and directory at each other’s liomis. A boy begins to be a nuisance when he is eight years old. How, soon he irrows out of it depends upon circumstances. Some hover do. It ia a question’whether boys lead an enjoyable existence. They take a great deal of fun at other folks expense, but they have most always got grievances. They would like to have their way a little more, and a pretty way it would be. Give a boy his choice of an occupation in life,|and the chances are that he would prefer either to bo a Robinson Crusoe, on a desert island, or captain of a band of robbers, such as ho has read about, and seriously thinks of goiifg into one or the other of these desirable occupations when he gets to bo a man. He has great respect for the stage dri ver and the captain of a canal boat—there is an air of command in these positions that takes his ideas. His idea of being a man is having plen ty of money, doing what you please, and being able to smoke or chew tobacco without getting sick over it. Somebody wrote a song, “ I would I were a boy again.” Those who had the bringing up of him are not likely to have echoed the sentiment. Raising a boy once is os much os anybody wants to undergo, and fortunately when they once grow up, they stayed growed up and have boys of their own to afflict them. AConrt onn Bnst. The Texas papers have for some days been alluding to the exciting conduct of Judge Babiu, military appointee to the offlee of Judge of the Circuit Court. The Brenham Inquirer thus describes the conductor his Honor at Brenbam, includ ing his entrance and his exit: On Saturday night’s train arrived the Judge slightly fainting. On Sunday, and especially at night, the Judge be came beastly drunk, using'language to good citizens unbecoming his position which alone saved. him from a sounc pummelling. Cm Monday morning re ports were rife of the departure of tbo Judge. Shortly, however, it was ascer tained that bo had departed for the coun try in company with a freedman in search of buttermilk. Jurors and wit nesses were pouring into town. During the evening the Judge returned, and af ter imbibing attempted to reach the court house, in whieji he finally succeeded.— After conning the steps of the court-yard and climbing up the steps, he succeeded in reaching the bench. The court was called, but adjourned until four o’clock the following day. The Judge was cer tainly the muddiest man over seen, and exhibited the appearance of having wal lowed with the hogs. By tho assistance of an attorney he was enabled to reach the hotel, amid tho laugh and jeers of thousands who witnessed the strange procedure. The next evening found tho Judge in no better condition, but he finally managed to reach the stand, short of the extra mud. Court was called, the Grand Jury with little or do change, court adjourned, and the Judge called at the bar, took an other smile, and reached his hotel. Du ring tho night ho became no better. On Monday night, about aydlight, In a bar-room he announced his inten tion of going down on the train. When asked what he would do with the Court, he said let it go to b—ll. “ Then, Judge, what will you do with the Grand Jury, now sitting?” “Let them sit till they hatch,” he answered. The train con veyed (he Judge ou his homeward trip. The above is a plain unvarnished state- 1 ment of facts, as wo hear and have seen, and needs no comment at our hands.— The Judge is a military appointee. A New Scene in Norm a.—Parcpa-Ro ea was singing Casta Diva at Sun Fran cisco. Folding* her white hands on her bosom and raising her tender eye, she commenced with her iEoilan notes, the melody swellingand breaking intoagush of plaintive, supplicating harmony that vibrated through every chord of the heart. I glanced at my friend at my .side, radiant in her magnificent dress and halo of golden hair, sliver powdered, and there was a sweet, pensive look on her downcast face. The music ceased, and the audience, wild with enthusiasm, was demanding an encore, when my beauti ful companion raised her large, serene eyes to mine and said, “ Isn’t It sad “ Yes,” replied I, quickly, sharing her feeling, “ although so glorious, it touches a melancholy chord.”* “ Oh, nonsense!” she replied ; u I don't mean that I You know very well that I don’t protend' to appreciate this kind of musical jargon*— I mean, Isn't it smi to see so many young men in California bald-headed ? - 1 won der If It’s dissipation, or trouble, or the climate, or wlmt? Do you know that I have been picking out bald-heads down in the parquette, and, would yoil believe it, I actually counted twenty-nine?” S&* A calvanistic old lady, on being asked about the Unlversalists, observed, “ Yes, they expect that everybody Will be saved; but we look for better things.” • B6r“Why is i the happiest of the vowels?” “Because iis In the midst of bliss; eis in Ja —11, nod all the others are in purgatory,- BSf An irritable mau, having been disappointed in his boots, threatened to eat tho shoemaker, but compromised by drinking a cobbler. AST* Some one asks very innocently if It Is any harm to sit in tho lapse of ages. It depends on tho kind of ages selected. Those from 17 to 25 are extra hazardous. AST To- morrow Is the day on which idle men aud fouls work. Holes for 2htoerliotnQ. wll ‘ 6o “»<««<« at Ten cent* Per line {ql the first Insertion, and flee cent tcrlr hnlr Ca f h Bllbs cquont Insertion. Qnmr and yoarly advertleemeat. In- A action on tho above rate Cash wh’™'*' ‘ honld bo accompanied by Us J'? ont without any length of time until n^J° r P ICatlon ’ “* e y will be continued red out and charged accordingly. _ J °B PRINTING, ordcacrlm.e^fr™' and every oth. ODDS AND ENOS. rooma! nd,llff * S proJectinff free reading tora. Sn ° W St ° rms “ re reported *« all quar- tonri C a ?do r nco Gratlt ha 3 hU Washln «- ri ~on!v fl 0“ 18 oI ? eop in Western Mlasou n only five cents a pound, BWe l 'B dy<> thelr moUB ' Lawrence, 6 empl ° yed ta e«Tn C e i i‘?e n a Tnest! beSinnlng to Bta “« hta «’ at Hous o ton?Tex" n ■l'aly 1> the Internal Revenue receipts have reached $52,333,333. —lt is said that more money is naid for cigars in the United States than fo r bread. , ,7 Qo , n ; M’Ciolian 1s about to take up his residence permanently at Hoboken, —Six miles a day is the rate of track laying on the Paclllo Railroad. -Aybung woman’s Christian Associ ation has been formed in Cincinnati. —Thero fa a lady in Columbia Ohio sefonff 0ld ’ ' Th ° l3 outtin B h6r third 6 Bt ?n° of Alexander Hamitfon, by btone, of Borne, has arrived at Washlng- It is said that Harriet Beecher Stowe Asylum" " the Bin S ham P to “ Inebriate ~ ~A“J. ricau ,, missionaries are working hard at the church a t Tarsus, the birth place of the Apostle Paul. They use lumps of silver ore for cur **?*??? l evada, and also to gamble with at faro” and “ poker.” 7"A western farmer has imported and from°l iußa^ ty ' 8 ' X hUndred - °PP IO trees f„,7An d / at , Sa nt Louis gave birth to four chßdren last week, three girls and a boy. Two of them have died. —A young Gothamite claims to have received an autograph letter from the Prince of Wales. „,74. M . i3s . 1 , Bsl PP 1 Paper says the crops of that btate that have not failed this soat oo, aro "pumpkins and boy babies." -Powdered charcoal will fatten tur keys, wearetaformed, now when Thanks giving 13 over. ,—Tho " Gentiles” at Salt Lake city on ejection day voted 83 for Grant and 71 for Seymour. Omaha has a street railway, and ia as proud us lf it wore the first one laid in America. —A Now York church proposes to have a full band, string and brass, in tho place of an organ. r —The census of 1870, it is said, will to 4" 000°00o! at °" ° ftUo UDltod State ‘ “A plautation fn Mississippi, which for * en J eare a £°i was sold lately —Professor Throne, of Nebraska Col iege, predicts that Pennsylvania will be aflected by earthquakes. --Cattle over a year old, which hay* not boeu marked or branded, are every body’s property in Texas. rr.St. Paul, Minnesota, has expended a million of dollars in new buildings this year. • T® xa3 P a P Gr asserts that not a town in that State except Galveston uses any thing except gold and silver. . T A soldier who served under Napoleon at Waterloo, celebrated his golden wed ding at Now Haven last week. * /T^°f e . tlmn °ue‘seventh of tho State of Mississippi is advertised for sale under execution. i i Louisiana negro be allowed by his Radical friends to take his seat in Congress? —The new bridge across the Susque innna at Columbia will be completeu by he first of January. A deed has been recorded in Topeka, Kansas, covering thirty pages, and trans ferring 335,245 acres oi lanu. - California has one woman to three men. Nevada has one to eight and Col orado one to twenty. —Gen. Prim, the hero of the Spanish revolution, in early life played a flute in a small orchestra in Germany. Ho was afterwards a groom. —A Kentuckian was poisoned the oth er day by chewing bark which he mis took for slippery oim. Prontico says he barked up the wrong treoi” —Among the mail matter recently re turned to thedead letter office wasashirt which had been franked from Washing ton. —Mary Hoys; of Louisville, It Is an louuced, has ” fallen heiress to $300,000 n gold,” left by a grandfather, in Eug and. —Geffc Grant will have control of 53,- COO offices and officers, whoso annual compensation amount to thirty millions of dollars. —A Sunday paper says It is In favor of women voting if they want to. • Wo should like to see the man that could make them vote if they didn’t want to. —An editor referring to patent metal lic air-tight coffins, says: “No person having once tried one of those coffins will ever use any other. ” —lt is thought that If the Florida fruit supply continues to increase, the United States need no longer look to the West Indies for oranges and lemons. —A New York paper suggest as mean* of paying tho national debt that every of fice seeker pay a dollar a week towards it? liquidation until ho gets an ofQco. —The people of Augusta, Georgia, em ploy guards to watch their milk cows while they are feeding during the day, to protect them from negro hunters. —Five children, two boys and three girls, carry on their deceased father's newspaper in Liberty, Miss., and ono of the girls Is the editor-ln-chlef. •The Liberal majority in the new House of Commons, it Is conceded by tho London Times, will be 117—a gain of about GO in the new elections. —A man was killed by a horse-thief, near Holly Springs, Miss., on Monday, and as the homicide was being taken to [ail, he was lyuobed by a party of horse men. —The greatest blast on record was re cently made ou tho proposed site of a fort in San Francisco harbor. . Twelve tons of powder were fired at once, dislodging 80,- 000 tons of rock. —Geu. Sheridan, it is said, reports that he baa seen a herd of buffaloes ninety miles,in length and twenty.five miles in width, aud estimates the number it con tained at three million. —Anna Dickinson, in her lastscold on woman’s rights, said: “It is time to stop preaching, and commence fighting.”— Ah I if they only would. .We have hot half the fear of their arms we have of their tongues. —Said a negro tax-collector to atyhito man in AlabamK, “How de debll does you white folks s’pose we culled people Is gwyne to live or you doeen’t pay your taxes?”. jggf"* Can the grief of a mulatto be con elded yellow pine.
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