®|jr 3lmfricon Volunteer. r. PUBLISHED EYPBY THURSDAY MORNING BY BRATTON *5 KENNEDY• office-south jubke squabe, I tbbks:— Two Dollars per year It paid strictly I I n advance i Two Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid I witblnlliree months; .after whlcty Three Dollars I w m bo charged. These terms will bo rigidly ad- I acred to In every Instance. No subscription dls- ■ continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at thooptlon of the Editors , ii&&ootorial atattrg. Ift P. HUMRIOH. !• WM. B. PARKER IgrUMRICH & PARKER, A TTORNEYB AT LAW. , ’ Office on Main Street, in Marion Hall, Car- Il8l Seo“21. 1808- OHAS.0 HAS. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor ney at LAW. Office Hi Building formerly yv U apleii by Volunteer, a few doors South of Wet- Ird'aHote/. Dec.JLU6S • * ' A%TOB2TEY~AOO~IjAW, CARLISLE, Pa. js> Office on South Hanover Street, opposite Bentz's dry goods store. Deo. h 1886. - * p HERMAN GOETZ, 'j'I'TTOBNEY AQ. LAW NEWVILLE, PENN’A. patents. Pensions and other claims attended to. May Si, 1868. ' , . TOHN B. MILLER, Attorney at 1.1 Tiaw. Office InWetrel’s Building, opposite the Oonrt ■ , 1 NOV.U 1807. . H/T C. HERMAN, , Attorney at Law. I VI. Office In Bheem’s Hall Building, in the rear or the Court House, next door to the ••Her ald" Office, Carlisle,Peima. 1 Wl.lsfe. M. j. SHEABBR, Attorney and . CounSei/lob at Law, has removed his iceto the hitherto unoccupied room In the forth East corner of the Court House. Jan.'2y^63—ly (TTT KENNEDY, Attorney a. t Law I YY • Carlisle, Penna. Office same as thato the “American volunteer,” [Deo. 1.-18 M . . Ti L. BHRYOOK, Justice of the li»j. peace. Office No 3, Irvin's Row, Carlisle, [ipril 29, 1860—ly ’ ' ,R. GEORGE S. SEARIGHT, Den- J tist. From the' Baltimore College of Dental irgery. Office Otthe residence of nls mother ast Leather Street,-three doors below Bedford arllsle, Penna. ‘ Deo. 1 1865; v .R. J. S. BENDER, Homoeopathic Physician, Office No, 0, South Hanover st,, formerly occupied by John Lee. Esq. Junes, 1809—ly;. , NITED STATES CLAIM AND REAL ESTATE AQEJSTCYi WM. B. BUTIjER, .ATTORNEY AT LAW, ifflce In 2d Story of InholTs Building. No. 3 South lonovor Street, Carlisle, Cumberland countv ’enna. • . . • ** Pensions, Bounties, Back pay, <to., promptly ollecled, . * AppUcatlona by mall, will receive’ Immediate Iteatlon. ** Partlcnlarattentlon given to the selling or rent ing of Real Cstate, in town or-oountry. Inalllet ert of please enclose postage stamp. mp anir drains RUSH SUMMER ARRIVAL or Alili THE .. NEW HfTYLhUS OE hats and caps. rSS.S? J lOO ■l ost opened at No. IB North Tamer street, a few doors North of (he Carlisle fflTO B i?o Il rt k }i4 l iSa 0f the '"■Best and best Stocks “ n 4°APa ever offered In Carlisle. : ißih™’°( aU “W® mfl qualities, “ eVOryUo<io"'lll - Old Fashioned Brush, eon- XTi“sat£raouo “ ad ° 40 ° rdor> 1111 w “ rrant -’ BOV’S, AND ' CHILDREN’S. . —/ . HATS ’ Iwp also added,t6 my Stock; notions of difler nl kiHdfi, consisting of , AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS, ft* 2*M. Suspenders, (tolars,- . Gloves, Pencils... Thread, . Sewing Bilk, , Umbrellas, do PRIME BEGAES AND TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND. 2ft? “oacaU, ana eianilnemy stock ns Ifeol influent of pleasing all, besides saving you mo* , JOHN. A. KELLEEi Agent, May. 1869 No. 15 North Hanover Street. ATS AND CAPS I DO YOU .WANT A NICE PAT OR CAP ? If so. Don't Pail to Call on J. G. CALL lO. t N - . WBS2 MAIN STIiJAET, i here can he seen the finest assortment of , ; HATS AND . CAPS sllOElniiattoffliio ™ d phlil »lolpMa. eon 3|(, «U£,AND OASaiMERE HATS id all kinds^ 0 r a JJ irr 1 CLU SMneat for coloring Hata « “liwtm??, n! Got i da ' Overcoats, att.nt a 1M iffiSSS??!??.hooolors every week) ana roles trmSST"" nnolot of , TOBACCO and CIGARS teoMwKav?^ 031^t 0 o “ Uthoat ‘«M“ OOUNTRY PURS ftt the above number hia old gas he fools confident of giving.entire! antis- Jlfty, 180 H, - 33tmt0 antrstjoea. avid strohm, , w. D. SPONSOR, JOHN W; STROHM, *®lV' AK» POPCIA ®OT, SHOE, TRUNK AND HaT * STORE. no ' 13 I SOUTH Hanover street. r™ _ oarusx, Ei pen H . a . Way B lnW™ of s*°< rs buUdIDK. B juat opened tho largest and beat stock boots And shoes luiytorecolv^BnJh and oontlnuo almost Ry wants 1 K°ods In our lino aa every- IffiflUwor' our B f°°k consists in all kinds and Wornfii^' G Childrens’ strong Leather New* wJSSf-i 3^®B Children? Lasting Turkey and French fWifaS?slrt l 8? w^ J ?.CaIA Buff and Kid raltera; an^‘Bn ? Congress J> o P “ a _ co “Pl»to assortment of ou tho Web, w* 1 A B STYLES, POSSIBLE PiUOES.' SHOE TJPprb fob hat, pi , JOHN mviN. I ireaaurrr, j ' p, Ha,-iBoiU3m. €lif Amfrifflu BY BRAXTON &; KENNEDY. 0,4114 tiitis JDERRY DAVIS' PAIN KILLER. l « e . following from the Providence B° llBoll of tUo year, when %?«? 5, ands °? it at ia moment’*;.warnitm; 868 Jn to. the Summer month!, will prove fatal if notimmedlately check s' th?pS?n p ™i£? y £ nre<t *>7 «no or two doses h«wr«Jf a \? On more than one occasion S2S r ®Veved:of Intense suffering by timely use of the above named' preparation. dealers 7 djrUffglsta ' BTO cers » and medicine August 5, IS6O—4W U. . 'argents, wanted foe, the 48&&r$£ »MS l^ttS r ' • YcnUla^A Yo* N °wYol-k M05c0., I<s Nassau Si.. Now Augusts, IBC9-8W consumption, bronchitis, V/ Afitnma and Catarrh, oared by Inhalation. Abbotta-■ Inhaling Fluid la - thp only reruedy known that operates on the the tubercles, which-are thrown crfK the cayltlea, heal,and fcctwateeflbotod/ .Trbatmontiby letter or In personcan be bad only or- : / if D„ IS/wW 14th St., HcVxorfc * < t August 5, ISW^-lOm fortirat. THE SADDEST . SOLDIER POEH IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. ' The following poem was written by an Irish officer in the English service while on duty In a city In East India. In which theplague was doing Its terrible work. The Inhabl touts, particularly the foreign residents, were dying every day by hundreds, when twenty officers of the English army, without tho shadow of a hope of ever see ing their country or Wends, formed a club and sought to drown their senses In the wine cup, and by Jest and song divert their thoughts from the terrible and Irrevocable ffite which each'on© know awaited him. The author of this poem died almost before the echoes of “Hurrah for the next that dies J" had ceased to reverberate; and in less than a week every member of the club hod crossed tho “sable shore.” Wo meet *ncath the sounding rafter, And the walls around ore bare; As they echo our peals of laughter. It seems tbatithe dead are there. But stand by your glasses steady• We drink to our comrades’eyes; * Quaff d cup to the dead already. And hurrah for tlie next that dies f t Not here In the goblets glowing; Not here in the vintage sweet; ’Tls cold as our hearts are flowing. And dark as the doom wo must meet. But stand to your glasses steady, . And soon shrill our pulses rise; A cup to the dead already— Hurrah for the next that dies! Not a sigh for the lot that darkles,- ■ Not a tear for the friends that sink * We fall midst the wine-cnp’s sparkles, And mute as the wine we drink. So stand to yonr glasses steady; 'Tls this that the respite buys: A cup to the dead already— Hurrah for the next'that dies! Time was when wo frowned on others; • We thought wo were wiser then; Ha! ha! let them think pi their mothers Who expect to see them again! No! stand to your glasses steady! The thoughtless are here to hewlad; A onp to the dead already— . • Harrah for tho next that dies ! There’s many a hand that's shaking; , There’s many a heart that’s sunk; But sooni through ohr hearts arebreaking, , They’ll bum with the wine we’ve drank. So stand to your glosses steady t ’Tis here the.revlval lips I A cup for the dead already—. Hurrah for tiie next that dies I There’s mist on tho glass congealing— *Tis tho hurricane’s fiery breath; And thus dies the warmth of feeling— Turns to lep tho grasp of death! Ho I stand to your glasses steady! - For a moment the vapor files; A cup to the dead already— ■* . Hurrah for the next thatdios I Who dreads tp tho dust returning? Who shrinks from the sable shore ? Where .tho high-and hadgbtyyearning Of the soul shall sting nomore. So stand to your glosses steady 1 This world is a world- of Best A cup to thedead already , • Hurrah, for the; next that dies i- Cut off from the land that Joyes Betray ed by the land wo find,.■ , When the origntest nave gone beiore us r And the dullest remains behind. So stand by your glosses steady I • ’Tie ajl we have to brize; A cup to tho.dead already—'•»* . . HurrahforthonexttbatdiesJ HUscfllaucmts. [From the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury;. AMONG TUB KC-HLIX 'Phil, what under the sun could have Induced you to ithrow.oflhon that charm ing creature for. whom you manifested 00 much devotion during our stay ntthe Cape'last season ? !,- in common with eve: - rybody ,-,‘thdughe' it would; surclytermi nato, as such affairs ihave a.tendency to do, In wedding'oaKo and carda.’ . , - Philip Lennardand Mark-Bates, broth er reporters and particular chums, had come south to spend a short vocation, and at this , particular . time 1 were smoking their cigars and indulging in a conflden tial ohat on.a Richmond hotel balcony. * • I did not throw off on heiyMark.; The fact is, I am {be one who suffered in that waV.’ • . ~ ‘ . 'Oh, no, Phil. I can’t bolleve that unless you gave her some good cause to treat yoa so. If appearanoeS'go for any thlng, she was.too deeply devoted to you to trlfle with you.’ - . 1 Admitting even as much as that, itho fact that my attentions .were considered entirely superfluous remains unchanged.’ ‘ You may have been too diffident; though It is not a common fault of yogra, my dear fellow. Why, in the name'of courage didn't you propose?’ . . ‘Precisely,.what I old, my boy ; aqd for my trouble I received a polite refu sal'.’ •Ah I Were there no explanation—no grounds for hope ?’- - 1 There: was a sort of an explanation:— In hl» reply he said ’ 1 Bin reply ! What in the deuce had he to do with your proposal io*ber? And who is he ?’ 1 Her guardian, Uriah Brown, senior partner of the widely celebrated, firm of Brown, Smith & Jones, shoe-peg manu facturers in Massachusetts. You see, my dear little Bessie’s father founder of the business, pudwhenbe died leav ing her an orphan, he placed her and her. fortune under the charge of his partner, Brown, until she shquid complete her twenty-first year. Bessie; like ourseiyes, was only on a visit to the Gape, -ami re turned; hump before I made up,my mind to risk a pioposal;’ '. 1 You did it by letter, eh—and made it to the guardian instead of to the girl di rect ? : Egad I I like the spirit of the girl in refusing you when yqu. hadn’t cour age to make your advances to herself,’, * Not so fast in your conclusions, Mark, if you please. My proposal was addressed h> Bessie, and in dua tlme a letter came 'from ' the guardian acknowledging the receipt of my favor,- and; for self and ward'declining*-the. proposal expWsged (herein: pn'.the grounaHhat my worldly possessions were inadequate:> and, 1 furth er, that ascertain nephew of bis own,also, of the name'of Brown, had been-chosen for her -life companion. To all of which he sighed himself my obedient servant to' cofklinand.’ So, ho,'you have a rival, and of coursb you have relinquished 'all hbpeih that quarter.’ . j, .... . ‘I did not at once, on thereoelptof this letter from Bessie’s guardian, for I ooqld not believe ttyatlt expressed her wishes, Und.X was surd that ehe badono-attach ment for youh&Browhl ‘I haVe-written frequently to.her slued, hut have never received any reply, and lam at.last at-.' most lnellued to believe that she is Mrs.,' Brown ere this, or bps forgotten all about the frlendsblp rormed'at the Capo. 1 ' ■ • Or, ’mpstlpifpbablyy'tliat .your letters went Into' the pocket of,'old Brown, of shoe-peg fame 1 / and*was -never seen by Bessie fforrlp. Put the whole afßili'down, Pbiljius on# of life’s romances ended, and 1 prepare tor the nbjctbne. ,: . ■<! '' M)irk,l cannot forget Bessie so easily as' that. • The, fact Ip, : I love thoglrl.and I wish to heavens.-I bad gonb up’to'Mas sachusetts In. search of her instead of ta king this objectless trip to here. 1 ' ■ • • In whloh base,- my dear’ fellow, you would.bavo'been runulngadverseto fato ; for, aa’l Cm a sinner,., thatlrioomparablo creature stepping Intb yonder barouche, Is none other than your Bessie Norris I’ CARLISLE, PA., AUGUST 26,1869. (•" ‘ Miss Norris here, in Richmond! Im possible, Mark—your imagination is lead ing you wild.’ „ • Here, Phil, look for yourself; it is Miss Norris, surely. '•By heavens, Mark, you are right!’ And the excited young man sprang over the intervening chairs, through the read ing room, and down the stairs, ranching the pavement in.time to witness the car riage containing the young lady disap pear around the nearest corner. When' Phil Leonard returned to his particular friend and traveling chum, Mark Bates, who continued to occupy the balcony, and smoke Lin cigar in un ruffled peaoei he. had more' to tell htm about the young lady, Miss Norris. She was stopping in the same bouse, he had learned from the Clerk, and was accom panied by a maiden sister of h'ergdardian, Brown, and the nephew Brown referred to as her chosen' husband. The maiden lady, who acknowledged to thirty years, and hence it.may be correctly inferred was fifty, had been quite communicative about their affairs. It appeared that her brother Brown, of shoe-peg '.fame, had purchased a landed estate away down in Georgia, and; having a gnawing desire to win new'fame by learning the benighted people down there how their domestic in stitutions should be managed, he deter mined to take up his residence, on this property. He relinquished the active management of tile shoe-peg business, andqjrepared to move his entire establish ment- Including Miss Norris, his ward, and the aforesaid nephew, Brown, to this Georgia plantation that be bad bought, ,not from personal inspection; bat simply from such representations ns were made to him about it. ‘ Old Brown has gone on In advance to prepare the place for the proper reception of the ladles, and Bessie and Jrer com panions will continue their journey on the morning train,’. Phil said in conclu sion to the attentive 'Mark. And the girl : .is she single yet ?’ Mark questioned. ‘.Not only.slngle, Mark, but'singulnrly -adverse'to tfiepoor nephew’s devotions. She snubs him terribly; ,if rail ;that' the clerk has told me ban be relied upon. X* am Inclined now to believe with'you that my letters have been withheld from Bes sie by her guardian, and that ‘ she may not be quite Indifferentto me.’ . . ; Mubh.more the. two friends had to say to each other relative to this particular heart affair of Phil's, and before the an nouncement of supper interrupted them, It was unanimouslyagreed by Mark that ‘lt was Incumbent on himself atfd all other members of the reportorial corps, at whatever place stationed, collectively, and Individually, toglve all possible aid and assistance to Philip Leonard in de ■featlng the plans and purposes of ail per sons of the name: of Brown, or of auy, other name or denomination whatever, to the end that he might peaceably mar ry a certain described Bessie Norris.' The Brawn party, to wit: Miss Miran da Brown,, sister; Mr. Nathan Brown, .nephew } and Miss Bessie Norris, ward of Uriah Brown, of shoe-peg fame, and more recently landed proprietor in. Geor gia, had secured conifortable seats in the train bound South. Mr. Nathan shared Miss Norris’ seat until he tired her with hissiU&prattle and sickened herbyhia ; efforts to play the devpted," when she ex tended ah invitation to him that he could not fail to understand, to jpiu his aunt, who occupied a sent forward,, and leave her in peace. “So, w.hH© the old Iddyex phtiated with her nephew* upon , the grandeur of the ‘Burning-Ford,-’-their -now home in Georgia, and of the addi tional dignity they must assume' Jir con versation and manner,to give their South ern neighborsa just conception Of f the importance of the Browns, the young lady seemed interested imnothingin par ticular but her own thoughts. * ‘How little Charlie became an angel.’ It is the title of this very interesting tract; Miss. May >1 beg to recommend It for your perusal ?’ Sne wa?Btartled from her thoughtful ness by these words, and, looking up, she saw oending over her a individual, with white cravat and speb-' tacles. . She mechanically took the. tract, and at the same moment the clerical gen tleman raised his spectacles. . 1 Philip Leonard 1’ she exclaimed, drop ping‘the tract in. the extremity of.her surprise.: . * . His only answer was to drop into the seat beside her, and tenderly take her hand; 4 Can this be real ?’ she said. What pur pose can actuate you in assuming this, disguise?’ . • IA desire, Bessie to avoid the evident vlgilancoof your friends, the Browns, ov er your movements. * Ah I Bfessie, can you have-forgotten those {toy o at the Cape so soon ?’ ‘Forgetfulness seems to have existed on • more sides than one,’ she said dropping her eyes* . , . * .. 1 Forgetfulness I k Good heavens, Bessie, have I n6t.wrltten‘you letter upon letter, believing that some one of them *woul i win an answer from you? But your si lence remained unbroken.’ I never received a line from you,’ she uttered with pleading anxiety.? ' .‘ Then you did not dictate that letter of refusal which* your guardian sent me? Tell me, dear Bessie, that you did not;’ he demanded in excited tones., * I—l don’t understand what you have reference to,? she stammered^fortb. 1 Shortly alter your departure from the Cape, Bessie, I addressed you a letter, re vealing.to you the love that had grown up in my heart for you, and begging that you would become my wife.’ 1 Oh, Philip, I never received it. I—’ but here she checked herself, and hung her head in confusion. ■ It was at this moment that the old la dy, who was in the midst of a.dissertation on,the ignorance- and' barbarity of those Southern people, and the immense civi lizlng-and christianizing influence of the presence of the Browns would have upon r ihem, that she bethought herself to see how" Bessie engaged, and was terribly alarmed to find a strange gentleman be side her, earnestly conversing with her, ‘ Bessie, how can you forget propriety so far as to converse with an entire stran ger, and- consulting my judg ment,. too?’, the aged maiden whispered m her ear.lu a voice that could not avoid being audible, to the gentleman. ‘Theg your pardon, madam,’ he said, 'lam an humble dispenser of the rich fruits of the Gospel-to the benighted peo ple of * this portion' of the Lord’s vine yard. Ah, if we found such noble, intel ligent, superior people os the Browns, for instance, of that seat,of all excellencies, Massachusetts, settled here, we would find lesa heeds for the gifts we Perhaps, madam, you will be Interested* in this little tract, that you will .flnd to bo a compendium of all the wisdom con tained in Holy Writ. It is entitled ‘Wen dell Phillips’ Last Utterance.’ Again I beg your pardon for having thought you marripd. One so young, beautiful, and yourself cannot be wedded so early*in life, ! should think.’ Miss, Miranda forgot everything but the agreeable words of the nice, pious young and.she bowed very, conde scendingly to him while she took his tract. Yon mentldned the Browns,’£he said to him! ‘Afq you acquainted wlth thom ?’ , ‘ Yes ;■ as all of polite society are: that is, I am acquainted-with their high rep utation. X pad-just been-mentioning to, this other young latfy, your Mend, I pre sume, some news about them that deeply distresses mo.’ - , /‘DistressinguowslOb. dear me I please tell usslXnbout it, sir.’ •,- ■ -i.... • , ‘ Wpll, you-see, wheh dbwh in' Georgia dispensing totbe nerseoutcdsuoh Gospel ▼lews on Amir domestic relations its owe their, origin to ■ New England brains, I learned that millionaire Brown had pur chased the ‘ Burning Ford’ plantation, dnd was intending-to take up his resi dence,(boro with blsyoungand charming sister. The dreadful ICu-Klux have heard of his coming among them, and I are preparing to take a terrible revenge I ‘My gracious I I have heard of the aw- | ful things they do on their enemies. But Mr. Brown is a stranger to them, and has never done them any harm. Surely they will not injure him.' ' * The chief of the Ku-Klux has discov ered that the pegs In the shoes of the eral soldier who killed his brother, were made at Mr. Brown's manufactory, and he has sworn to have revenge.' > Oh, sir, what will they do with him?'. * They will probably either tffke a slice of flesh off him’ every day to feed their dogs upon, or tie him up in a sack and hunt him to death with bloodhounds, unless, indeed, bis beautiful sister shall be made the victim; 1 1 Mercy ! what will they do with her?' * The chief may take a notion to make her his wife. Please, Miss,, do not speak very loud, or manifest any excitement, for I am sure some of these people around us are spies of the Ku-Klux, and the least word of alarm might bring death upon us.' * * Gracious 1 1 feel like fainting. Is this chief of Ku-Klux very old,?’ Miss Mi randa whispered, with utmost intensity of attention; ‘ fie has not seen more than thirty years I should think, v * Dear me I I am - Mr.' Brown’s sister, I just going to meet him, X fear it is my Christian duty t 6 offer myself a victim and be married to this chief, so that my poor brother's life will be spared. Is he good looking?' ‘passably so,< Beport says that he has twenty, wives living, and he always treats’ the last one kindly until he gets another, l am very sorry Indeed that you must be the victim of the cruel and blood-thirsty Ku-KJux, aud the twenty-first wife of their chief.' I Twenty wives and only thirty years I old! Oh, he isa monster! I—l never shall be his wife. 0 # Bessie, lam killed, .murdered, and I shall make brother Uri ah leave this barbarous country at once. My poor brother fed to dogs and my, poor self made the twenty-first wife of an as sassin chief! It is too dreadful to think of, and I shan't ever submit to.it!' The veracious clerical gentleman with drew, having arrived at bis destination, while Miss Miranda indulged in smoth ered lamentations that would have risen to a higher pitch had she not been in terrof of the Ku-Klux spies around her. 111. , Uriah Brown, of shoe-peg fame, had been delayed by bad roads and accidents to his , conveyance in* reaching his hew botue, Burning Ford plantation; What he saw of the country adjoining in his journey oyer it, leading, as his course did, through a section devastated. by Sher man;- or amid lonely, desolate swamp and forest, did not prepossess him favorably with it.- His first view of his new home was not more satisfactory. Burning Ford man sion was a low, straggling mass of build ing that must have presented a very plo- : tureaquo appearance at one time, when the* building itself was cared for, and the grounds sufroundingit kept in condition. It had been used for a barracks during some 'monthamf the war, and, at a conse quence, its'lawns and shrubbery were trampled down, its trees and fences used for fuel, its cbimnies blown down, and many of its rooms windowless. It pre sented a most cheerless prospect to one appearing before it with as exaggerated views as Its grandeur, beauty and" high state of preservation and sumptuousness as'its ne\y. owner had been led to enter tain*,. * 1 Dear, dear me 1’ be exclaimed, • there, 'has been a mistake. ’ I fear I* have allo wed ■myself to be 1 deluded in this purchase, for, if I may credit what is before me, Burning Ford is not the paradise I pic tured it; but an inside view may prove more palatable.’ He went upon the. portico and ham mered away at the door until almost in despair, A voice coming along the hail 'aflosOanawered him. /■iQor a mighty, don’t knock $e door in; now fast d’ye ’speot a ohilo to come ?’ the voice said, Impatiently. • 1 Who be you? What does yob'-want?’ the stout negro wench, who had opened the door and now stood before him, ques tioned. . ‘X am Mr. Brown, your new master.’ he said. ‘De new masse! ,You bode new mas sa? Yah, yah, ho.’. He could not understand why the black woman should laugh so uproariously that she had to hold her aides, unless it was occasioned by delight at seeing him. ‘What is your name, eh?’ he contin ued* ‘ Dinah.’ ‘ Well, Dinah, I want you to call all the people on the plantation together, bo that I may introduce myself to them as their master. Some members of my family will arrive to-morrow, and the house must be thoroughly cleaned and prepared for their reception—so you had better begin It at once, Dinah. You can show me to the parlor now.’ ‘ He, he, ho, ho;’ continued Dinah, in her loud mirth! ‘ Come, come, woman, why don't you obey me at once?’ angrily demanded the new master.' ‘ Ca’se why, dero’s no peoples about de place only.my oloman an’ de ohilder an’ myself. All de rooms air occupied loept de cellar an’ kitchen ; au dia nigger don’t do nothin’ for common white trash from de Norf; I spec not, as I knows on !' ‘ Gracious 1 what do you mean 7 .All the rooms occupied by whom? Demme! black wenon, dear out,of my way—get out of my house, too, if you can’t talk re spectful to yoursuperidr.’ ‘Superior! he, he, ho, yah. Don’t de laws ob do land declare dat you are our brudder and sister, an ’ no better’n we 7 1 Then she checked hqr mirth and set her arms a-kimbo In a very decided manner, while she continued: ‘ See hea, sar, don’t you dar to swar at a ’spectable colored woman like me.— When my dear ole marster lef. dis beali place hesez: ‘Dinah, jes you go inter de parlor, an’ de dinin’ room, an’all dem nlee sleepin’ rooms, and jes you make dem yer home,'ah take yer ole man an your ohilder wld you, too; and if any Norferu white ' trash comes a bossin’ around heah, jes you send ’em to de kitchen, an’ if dev grumble at dat; pitch ’em out of doors;' yes, sah, he said ‘Pitch ’em out a doors.’ And the black wench, in her excite ment, drew herself closer to the terrified, Drown, and swung her arms so vigorous ly (hut ho really feared she would begin the pitching out at once “Come, come, Dinah,i my good wo man," she said, with an attempt's! a laugh thatonded In a groan,“please don't get excited, for I didn’t mean pll I -said, you know. I wouldn't offend such re spectable people os you and your family, for all the world. But you were joking just now, weren't you, when you talked of making me live in the kitchen ? Come you’re a funny soul, he, he, oh-h I” .“Wall, now,-I do-kind o'pity you,” Dinah said, considerably mollified. ‘lf , you will promise to conduct yqrself like a quality nigger; an hot 'Socials wld dem common niggers o Grubblus," X sped as how mayba my ole man won’t Object to yer occupying doparlorwld us.” ‘My.gracious ! these people are heathen and savages," Mr. Brown groaned as ho hurried ofifin bis terror to find the loca tion of and examine the kitchen. ‘Dear mo! I fear I have been mistaken in be lieving these colored people harmless, doolie, inoflfensltfe creatures, who would be ready:to worship me as one of their deliverers, who fought and bled for them ’ through'my substitute.' . They will surer ly murder mo, the wretches I and P do wish sister Marlnda and nephew Nathan were here to help protect me. Nephew is a stout fellow, and maybe he cun turn: this saucy negress out of the house.” ' • W They were long, fearful hours that stretched before the new master of the Burning Ford plantation until he could hope to sep his sister and. her oompau- lons. But they were not leas fearfql. to Miss Miranda and Nathan; for the young lady seemed' to be unmoved by aught of a startling nature that she aaw. or heard.' • After arriving at their railroad destina tion it became necessary for the Browns to continue their journey in a carriage, and at nightfall they were obliged to seek entertainment for the night at a desolate looking habitation that stood in solitary loneliness. The apartments furnished the ladies wore, however, very com forta-* ble, and even the young man, Nathan, thought better of the place as he roamed around it, and found ,the landlord so at tentive as to accompany him. ‘My God! is that your footmark?' the landlord suddenly startled the young man by exclaiming, while he fell* upon his.knees to m -re closely scrutinize an imprint in the soft loam. ‘lt is very probable that it is,’ the young man replied. 1 Your boots are pegged; for here, by examining closely, you may see the marks of the pegs. O, unfortunate young man, those pegs doom your soul to de struction!’ ‘You are mistaken, sir,* the young man exultingly exclaimed. ‘We can produce numberless certificates from eminent statesmen and others showing that a sole will iast much longer with these pegs than they will do with any other make of pegs.’ v* You misunderstand me,’impatiently exclaimed the landlord. ‘Your days of power are few; the sturdy oak will be uprooted!’ ‘ There, sir, you are misinformed again. Uncle has lust got his patent extended, and the oak may be uprooted, for all we caTo, for we make our pegs out of hicko ry.’ ‘Alas for such blind ignorance!’ the landlord moaned. ‘Do you not know that the Ku-Klux have sworn to be re venged on all who wear those pegs about them, or in any way countenance the. manufacturers of them? Como with me.' He dragged the terror-stricken youth to an apartment at the back of the house;’ within which he saw a number of armed, desperate looking ruffians brandishing their arms, carousing and conversing to gether in an excited manner. ‘They’re Ku-Klux,’ whispered' the landlord to the.terrified Nathan. 1 List-, eu, and you will learn their purposes.’ ‘ This man Brown has dared to como among us to live,’ he, who seemed to be .chief of the Ku-IClux, said. ,‘The pegs in the shoes of the Northern hordes.that trampled upon our rights and the lives of our brethren were furnished by him I What shall be done-with the monster ?’ 1 ‘Hunt him to death with blood hounds!’ was the cry from all the ruf fians. ■ 1 And this nephew of his, who accom panied him here, and is his aider and abettor—what shall be his fate?’ , ‘ Tie him to the tail of a horse, and drag him to death I’ was the answer from the Ku-Klux. , ‘O, Lord! that’s me. I’m dead and buried. I wish X was home ; I wish I’d never comb south,’ moaned poor Nathan, as he dashed away to toll his auntMirau daali the'fearful things be bad over heard. , • That lady was in a terrible stew of fright, and, with Nathan, desired to leave the place at once, but the driver would not consent to move a step before morning. The landlord somewhat paci fied their alarm by assuring them that the Ku-Klux should not learn of their presence, but the night was passed in meanings over their sad fate, and tirades of abuse at Ihe hearMessness of Bessie gbitig to her bed and giving herself up to peaceful slumber in the. midst of such danger to her friends. •, They did succeed in getting" started early the next morning, and they arriv ed in good time at Burning Ford,'but there was no one to receive them, and Nathan was obliged to rouse Dinah by I rattling at the front entrance. ‘ Go roun’ to de kitchen,’ Dinah direct ed angrily. ‘De colored gentry occupies de parlor.’ 1 Good gracious! What can the black thing mean?’ demanded. Miss Miranda.- Before she could receive an answer, Mr. Brown-appeared from the kitchen,' and advised thgm to seek shelter with him In it. ' ‘ Oh, Uriah! Uriah!’ blurted forth his sister; ‘is this your great plantation, where we were to live in luxury and rule like princes and ether noble people ? The master is in the kitchen ai\d those nasty niggers living in the parlor! O! I shaH die of shame !’ ■ • ‘ Come; come, now, Miranda, don’t grieve so,’ Mr. Brown-said, soothingly. — 1 We will have everything right now, sincu Nathan is here. That nigger wench wouldn’t leave the parlor for me, and I was afraid that if I insisted on it, she might murder me. But you wout be afraid to go right off and turn hepmi ivill you, Nathan ?, there’s a good fel low, ’ ‘ I shouldn't dare to touch her,'Nathan bleated, ‘ She looks as if she wanted to eat me up ; and then tbere.are the Kit- Elux that are going to tiomo to ahorsea tali and drag me to death ! Oh, T want to no home ; I can't stay here.’ ‘ And, brofner Uriah, you're to be eat en by dogs, and I’m to. be the twenty first living wife of that awful monster, the chief of the Ku-Klux. Tell him all, Nathan.; tell him how we are doomed to awful destruction. ’ Whereupon Nathan delated all that he bad seen and heard the evening previous, and Miss Miranda added the knowledge' she had received from the polite clerical gentleman tbey had met in the cars. ‘My heavens!’ exclaimed the alarmed, trembling Mr. Brown; ‘ this is a terrible conspiracy to murder us all. We must esoapeat once—we must fly from thjs barbarous country. Nathan, you see to Bessie, and I will help Miranda at once to the carriage.’ , - They were too late. The clanking of an armed force resounded through the bouse. Dinah and her half dozen child ren dashed through the kitchen and I across the fields, the very personification of terror, shouting ; ‘Lord sabe up,; the Ku-Llux bez come 1’ and following close after them; came half a dozen armed ruf fian-looking men, bearing with them a banner representing a skull and I'cross bones over a coflln, and other strange devices. A codplo of the men pointed their weapons at the throat of the shoe-peg manufacturer; a couple more, did the same office for poof Nathan, while their chief took charge of the Indies. ‘Prepnrethe punishments,’the chief commanded. ‘lf the prisoners have anything to. say, five minutes shall be given to them.’ ‘l—ldo not. understand what my of fence is,’ the alarmed proprietor stam mered out. The shoe-pegs you made,’ the chief hundered out, ‘ were used as Instru ments in trampling down the liberties of the South. Our slatu brethren call for revenge—for your blood.' ‘ Indeed, sir, I assure you that had 1 known my shoe-pegs were doing you any Injury 1 would at once have stopped manufacturing them.' Is there no repa ration, no'sacrifice that I can make, and thereby save my life ?’ ‘ There is one, You have a sister; let her become my wife and you shall not be molested further. 1 1 He Is a real nice man after all,’ Miss Miranda commented to herself, ' and if he hadn’t those twenty other wives, I might consent to'make a martyr of my self by marrying him. But I will have a whole man or none, I’m determined.’ ' Mr. Chief,’Miss Miranda spoke up’ wouldu't‘-you just as soon have this other little girl. She Is' ever so nice and good, and you are quite welcome to her, I km sure, after nil our kind treatment of you ü ßossio dear, that you won’t re fuse to save us all from this awful fate.— It won’t make so much difference, you know, us to what becomes of you,' ‘ What has the young lady herself to say,' questioned the chief. ‘ If it is the wish of iny dear guardian, r.> I Will gladly make this sacrifice to' save film, 1 Bessie said, strangely blushing, ‘Heaven eyor bless you, my dear girl,' the delighted Mr. Brown cried. 1 Mr. Chief, as her guardian, I gladly.glve* her to you, and beg to wish you both all the happiness in the world. If you should ever make a .visit to Massachusetts, I will be glad to. show you through the shoe-peg manufactory of Brown, Bmith & Jones, of which, sir, I am the senior partner. About Bessie’s fortune, I will account to her for it at any time she may desire, and I shall ever remain yours, very truly. Come, Nathan and Miranda, let us be off.’ ■ ‘ Will not you and your friend remain, Mr, Brown, and witness the marriage of Miss Norris and myself, which, with the lady’s consent, will take place this even ing, at the residence of my friend, Colo nel Bascom, of the neighboring planta tion ? You will there have an opportu nity, before your departure North, of enjoying Southern - hospitality,” the chief politely said. ‘lndeed you must excuse us,’ Mr. Brown said; hurriedly, as he backed out of the room. ‘ I would accept your kind invitation, blit—but my busfnesa North requires my immediate attention. * 1 Mrs. Bascom and other ladies are waiting in the grove, just hack of the bouse, for.a signal from us to make their appearance,’ one of the Ku-Klux whis pered to Bessie. She recognized in him ° ther than her old time friend, Mark. Bates. She had, also, on his .first appearance, discovered the Ku-Klux chief and Phillip Leonard to be one and the same .individual.' Bessie, therefore, was well satisfied to remain behind, and neither herself nor he? husband, Phillip Leonard, in the happy months of married life that have followed, have ever recalled their strata gem, whereby the Browns wore deceiv ed, with any but liveliest emotions of satisfaction. ■ • Mr Brown has only quite recently dis covered the hoax played upon him : but, to avoid the ridicule of his friends, ho will remain quiet .about it. Miss iMi ranua stilldefights in telling wondrous tales?! 1 the lawlessness of the Kh-Klux, and of their vindictiveness ip, thlrtlng after the bloodof those even who fur nished shoe pegs for the shoes worn by Federal soldiers. Her statements, it is probable, will find a place in history, A Fewjral Lcsen^i There is a legend among the.peasants of Dalataatia, of a fell ' and, malicious . spirit which, at certain periods of: great prosperity; emerges from Its lair within the earth, to blast the crops', perturb .the minds'of rulers; and descend to Individu al, and petty malice, The legend goes, that this demon who always is as first unseen, decoys the victim who wanders near his neighborhood,: with a voice of such wondrous sweetness, and accents so musically toned, that the bearer is una-’ hie to resist its spell, and. walks insensi bly towards his ruin. Step by step it leads him from the true; road into the mazes of the forest; and finally,■‘when night has overtaken him, and be is ex hausted by his efforts, leaves him alarm ecrand trembliug at the dead .sea of si lence which wells darktyall around him. While he stands thus mute with terror, he feels an ley hand press upou his fore-, head; then pass down; bis cheek, aud fi nally it is thrust into his bosoni and laid upon his. heart, with a touch so cold as to almost freeze it in his body. As he is thus transfixed, the unseen hand is gradually withdrawn and tbe stricken victim beholds before' .him the.pale de mon of tUo-oUme,, with'his.,finis«r lev eled, aud its strong eyes rlvlted consu'm -' ingly within his own, until he sinks [in sensibly before 1 ’ the unearthly 1 gaze.— From the moment he is smitten with a hateful atrophy ; his youthful bloom; 1 gives place to a consumptive' palor. and hopeless, nerveless; speechless, he is soon carried to tbe tomb. Image of asbnMeftof God to become the victim of the evil, one I Its deadly touch has been .stealthily laid 1 upon the heart! The stricken victim lives, but it ■is .yet dead I Nothing will arouse him and recover him 1 He has sunken iuto a fatal insensibility. One of the queerest and funniest things to thipk of in after life, is boy love. No' sooner does a boy acquire a tolerable stature than be begins to imag ine himself a roan, and to ape monish ways. He casts side glances at ait the tall girls be may meet, becomes a regular attendant at aburob, carries a cane, bolds his bead eregt, and struts alittlo in his walk. Presently and very soon, he/aits in love; yes, falls is the proper word, be cause it best Indicates bis happy deliri ous self-abasement. He -lives now in a fairy region, somewhat collateral to the world, and yet blended somehow with it.' He perfumes bis hair wilh -fragrant oils, scatters essences over his handker chief and desperately •• shaves, and ■ auuoints for a beard. He quotes poetry in which “love".hnd “dove,” “heart” and "dart,” peculiarly predominate; and he plunges deeper into the delicious labyrinth, fancies himself filled with the divine afflatus, and suddenly breaks into a scarlet rash—or rhyme. He feeds upon the looks of his beloved; is raised to the seventh heaven if she speaks a pleasant word ; is betrayed Into the most aston ishing ecstasies by asmile; and Is plung ed into gloomiest regions of misanthro py by a frown. Ho believes himself the most devoted lover in the worlcj. There never was such another There never will be. He is-the one great idolator! he despises the groveling thought. Pov erty, with the adorable beloved, he rap turously apostrophizes as the first of all earthly blessings; and “love in a col lege, with water and crust, is his beau idea Pnrsldlse of dainty delights. Marked Changes at Niagara Falls.— The Utica Observer, says: Va rious accounts agree that there has been a marked change, in.the appearance of the fails since last year. The theory in regard to the caving in or wearing away of Niagara has 1 never had stronger cou , Urination-before. The Horse, Shoo, has . evidently given.way some thirty feet in that part of the cone where the “green wafer" is seen, so that the Jiorse shoe ap pearance is metamorphosed to that of a triangular shape. It is thought that about one hundred tons of rock must have fallen in on the Horse Shoe alone, and old habitues are taking land marks; to notice the recession that may take place before another year. The American fall hasoWdcutly given way at points to a' considerable extent. There is ho doubt but .that Niagara is al ways crumbling away and falling hack, but the present recession is probably the greatest ever witnessed by any one gen eration. The heavy ice fields which puss over in the spring, the Strong currents and ceaseless wbarand tear of them, and the mighty, thundering cataract, must inevitably tell heavily .upon the rocky crest of toe grand old shrine; but of course its falling away must be so slow as not to be observable to the eye, except when, from'time'to time,'some of the im mense boulders - are torn from their place. . jJQr A gentleman wnaoue day arrang ing music fora lady, to whom lie was paying his attention. “Pray, Miss D.,” said he, “what time do you prefer?” “Oh," she replied, carelessly, "any lime will do—but'the quicker the-better." down-easi girl being bantered one day by some of her lemale friends in regard to her lover who has the misfor tune to have but one leg, replied : “Pooh, I wouldn't have a man with two legs— they are too common 1” " " \ UST A cranky bachelor says that there aro.not half so many, sell-made men,, now-a- days, as there are “self-made” women. ‘ ' VOL, 56.—N0. 1 Boy lore. Much on the Military.— Wo have seldonl'if over heard the peculiar idiom of a drunkard's conversation so striking ly described as by John G. Saxe, (jurlug a late visit that we had from that gentle man. .We were speaking of the multi plicity of ideas of the inebriate, and of his inability to connect or arrange them in proper order, when Saxe, related the following by way o f illustration: Boturning home late one night, after being on a "bender,” and receiving a, Caudellzing from ids better and sober half, the toper suddenly threatened to revenge himself by enlisting in the Mexican army. The wife now relented, add told her staggering husband that ‘if he Joined the Mexicans ■ would kill him. Leaning against the half-opened door, the the husband replied; “W-u r-1, I guess, Molly, there’s two , that can (hiccup) play at that game, I ain’t afraid of ’em lot ’em kill 1 I kin kill us many of them as they can of me!’’ A Young Lady's opinion of the bon net of the,season“Oh, the bonuets of my girldhood—the kind I wore at school! I really thought them pretty; I must have been a fool. And yet I used to think myself on hats a jaunty miss- Per haps ,I was, as fashion went; but what was that to this? Oh, the lovely little pancake—the charming little mat! ft makes my head so level, and so very, very,flat!” • JtSr A darkey-gives the following rea son'whV the colored race Is superior to the while race. He reasoas thusly ; “That all men are made of olay, and like -the meerschaum pipe, they are mure valuable when highly colored.” Kate® for 3ltocrtiotoQ. advkrxisbkkmts will be inserted at Tux cent per lino for the hriit 1 insertion, and live cent per line for each subsequent insertion. Qnar terly half-yearly, and yearly advertisements n ortod pt a liberal redaction, on the above rates. Advertisements should be accompanied by the Oahh. When sent without any length of time specified for publication, they will bo continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. . JOB PRINTING. Gauds, Handbells, Oibculabs, and every ot ti er description of Job and Gaud Printing. PARSON* KEyDALT/8 DISAPPOINT. 2UEIVT. , JS^ re * s ons thohomoroup touches of Oldtown Folks.” b'am Lawson, the village ne're-de-well, tells the story: Wal, ye see, you /member old Pujsoji Jeduthum Kendall, that lives up in Stony foint; ho iost his wife a year ngo Iwt Thanksgiving, and he thought *twnV, about time he had another; so he comes down ftpd oonsults'our Parson Lotbrop-. Says ho, “I want a good, smart, heat economical woman, with a good proper ty. I don’t care nothin about her bein’ baudsom. In fact, I ain’t particular about anything else,” says he.. “ Wai ” Parson Lonthrop, says he, "I think ’lf that’s the case, I know just the woman to suit ye. pho owns-a clear, handsom property, and she’s neat and economical; but she’s no. beauty.” “Oh, beauty is nothin’ to me,” says Parson Kendall; and so he took the direction. Wal, one day he hitched up his old one-hoss shay, and kind o’ brushed .up, and started oft 1 a ' courtin.” Wal, the Parson he come to the house, and was tickled to pieces with the looks o' things outside, ’cause the house Is all well shingled and painted, and there ain’t a picket loose nor a nail watin’ nowhere. “ This ’era’s the wom an for me,” says Parson Kendall. So he goes up and raps hard on the front door - I with his whip-handle. Wnl, you see, Miss Sphyxy, she was jin-i yiin’ out to help get in .her bay. She bad on a pair clompin’ cow-hide boots, and a pitchfork in her hand, just goin’ out when she heard the rap. Bo she come just as she was. to the front door. Now you know Parson Kendall’s a little midget of a man; but he stood there on the step o' smilin’and genteel, lickin’his lips' aid looking so agreeable! Wal, the I .ml, door kind o’stuck—frontdoors gen’i illy do, ye know ’cause they ain’t opened very often—and Miss Sphyxy she had to null and haul .and put to. all her strength and finally, it como often with a bang, arid, and she ’peared'totheParso 11, pitchfork and o’ frownin’ like. ~ “ What doi you want?” says she; for .you see Mlss'Sphyxy ain't noway tender JO’the men. . J " ; l P want to see Miss Asphyxy Smith,’’ 'says he veiy civil, thinkin’ she was the .hired gal. “ I'm Miss Asphyxy Smith,” says she. Whatdoyou want o'me?” , 1 ,Parson Kendall, he. jest took one good , look on her, from top to toe. “ Nothing,” says be, turned right round and went down tfte like lightnin. . ’ way she' banned thWt ’ere door, Sol said.lively. Hejumped.into iris shay, and X tell yoir histoid;boss was wakened tip for once. ..The Way that ’ere old shay spun and bounced was a sight. And when he came to Oldtown. Parson Lothrop was walkin' out in bis wig and cookedyhaf and ruftiea, as se rene as a plotur’,’and he took off his hat . to him. as handsome as .a gentlemen could; but Parson Kendall, he driv right by and never bowed. He was awful riled, Parson Kendall was; but he couldn’t say nothing,’, ’cause he’d got all he’d asked for. - ' ~-• . A Touching Incident. —We have ne ver read a more touching, beautiful inci dent than the following, which .occurred a short time since In one of .the French' courts. The natural nobility of the broth er and the affectionate faith of the sister, - are examples to be followed by the unfor .tunate youth of our own or any country, and an evidence, however dark .the day, an honest heart and a' firm resolve will overcome the greatest obstacles. ' A French paper says that Lucillo Kou en, a pretty girl, with blue eyes and fair hair poorly but neatly olad, was brought before the Sixth Court of Correction, un der the charge of vagrancy. ‘ Does any one claim you ?’ asked the magistrate. ■ ‘Oh I my good sir,’ said she, ‘ I have no;longer any friends; my father and mother are dead, and I have only my brother James; but he is as young as I am. O, sir what can he do for me ?’ ‘ The court must send-you to the house of correction.’ ‘Here l am, sister; here I am, do not fear;' cried a childish voice from the oth er end of the court, and at the same in stant a little boy, with a lively counte nance, started forth from amid the Crowd and stood before thejudge. : ‘ Who aro you ?’ said he. ‘ James Rouen, the brother of this poor little girl,’ , Your age?' 1 Thirteen; 1 ‘ And what do you want?'' ‘ I come to claim my Lucille.’ * But have you the means of providing for her?’ . ‘Yesterday I had none; but I now have. Don’t he afraid.! ‘Oh 1 how good you are, James.’ iWeli, let us see, my boy,” said the magistrate ; ‘ the court is disposed to do ail that it can for your sister; but you must give us some explanation.’ ' About a fortnight ago, sir,’ exclaimed the boy, , ‘my poor mother died of a bad cough, for it was cold at home. We were in great trouble. Then I said to myself, 1., will become an artisan, and when I know a good trade, I will support ray sister. I went apprentice to a brush-maker. Every day I used to carry her half of my din ner, and at night I took bet, secretly to my room, and she siepton my bed while I slept on the floor. But it appears that she had not enough to eat. One day she begged on the Boulevard andV.was taken up. When ! beafd that, 1 said.to my self, ‘Come, my boy; things cannot last so ; you must find somothing belter.’ I soon found a good place, where I am fed and clothed and have twenty francs a month. I have also found a good woman, who, for these twenty francs, will take care of Lucille, and teach tier needlework. I claim my sister.’ ‘My boy,’ said thejudge, 'your conduct is very honorable. However, your sister cannot be setat liberty till to-morrow.' ‘Never mind, Lucille,’ said the boy, ‘1 will com# and fetch you early to-mor row,’ then turning to the magistrate he said, ‘l.may kiss her, may I not, sir?’ He then threw himself into the arms of bis sister, and both wept fond tears of affection. ■> S6T Klslug with‘ the lurk—getting a Ipsy person up Stairs.
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