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.