(Elje American Volunteer.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNINO
BITT ON Sc KKNNEBY.
#*TICE—SOUTH H4BKET SQVABE.
Two Dollars per year if paid strictly
in advance: Two Dollaraaaa Fifty Cents if paid
•lihUithree month*; oner which Three Dollars
will bo charged. These terms will be rigidly ad*
hnred u» In every Instance. No subscription dio-
AMiiinaed oottl nil arrearages aro paid, unless at
tbooptlou of the Editor, -
profesßtoual ifiacis.
0. P. HUMRICH. | WM. B. PARICEK
TJ UMRICH & PARKER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office on Maln r ßtieet. Jn Marlon Hall, Car
lisle, Po.
. liec. 21. 1808-
CHAti. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, ATTOB
NKy at Law. Otllce In Building formerly
occo Volunteer, a few (Joors South or W
iV.rri! Vmvs '
U NITED STATES CEAIM
AND
BEAh. Esta te ,a gencyi
M. B. BUTLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office In 2d Story of Inhoff’s Building, No. S South
Htmuver Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county
Ptfuna.
Pensions, Bounties, Back Fay, Ac., promptly
collected.
Applications by mall, will receive Immediate
Particular attention given to the selling or rent*
log of Real Estate, In town or country. In all let*
Un of inquiry, please enclose postage stamp.
July ii.lwff—tf
T.I £. BELTZUOOVJbR,
* 'ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
CARUaLis. Pa.
Office on tiotti Hanover Street, opposite
Beau's dry guods bioro,
DM.1.1885.'
MO. HERMAN, Attorney at Law,
9 ■ itllce in Rheem’e Hall Building, In tho
renr of Ihn Court Houko,-next door to the*'Hef
lin" • Carlisle, Penna.
Dd’i 1*1866. ;•
M. J. WHEARIJR, Attorney and
Counsellor at.-Law, has removed his
}fllce-to, the hitherto unoccupied room In the
VortU East corner of the Court House.
Jan. JW,'flfl—lv
KENN EDY, Attorney at Law
4 , Carlisle, Pen no. Offlcesamo da that of
jp "American Volunteer.”
Dec. 1*J866
Ufa BHRYOOK, Justice of the
j t Pence. Office No 3, Irvin's Row, Carlisle,
ipnl 2». IHRfl—ly
\R. GEORGE 8. BEARIGHT, Den-
J tist. From tfye BaUivtnrq College of Dental
i rgery. Office at the residence of ills mother
ast Louther Street, three doors' below Bedford
arlUlo. Penna,
Deo, 1 1865.
DR. J. 8. .BENDER, Homoeopathic
Physician, .Office No. fl, South Hanover st.,
Dnnfrly oc«supled by, John Lee, Esq.
Jui e i IBCU-ly.
'ES. J 3. HIRONB, Attorney and
COUNSELOR 'AT LAW', . .
FIFTH STREET, BELOW CHESTNUT,
Cor, Library,
Philadelphia.
Oct 14, 1800-ly
OBEBT OWENS,
SLATE ROOFER,
ND DEALER IN HE A TE,
LANCASTER, PA,
All Work , Guaranteed.
&■ Orders Left at this office will receive
tempt sttrullon. October M. 1860—ly.
3i?ais ana (Saps
BEBH SUMMER ARRIVAL
- OF ALL THB .
AJBIK BTYLEB
‘ OF
hats and caps.
™ e subHoriber has just, opened at No. 15 North
mw Street, a few doors North of the Corlisle
oneof the largest and beat Stocks
Sf?? nd n '' A 1 p3fiver offered In Carlisle,
luk Hats, Casslmere of all styles and qualities.
I Brims, different colors, mau everjraeaumj-*
uo/Soft Hats now mode; ->
fo* Duukard and-Oid Fashioned Brush, con
iQlly on bund and made to order, all warrant*
to give satisfaction. i -
A. full assortment of
HEN'S,^
BOY’S, AND
CHILDREN’S.
HATS.
:ave also added to ray Stock; notions of diflor
l kinds, consisting of
HUES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS,
tkTia. ■ Suspender
Guitars, Gloves,
Pencils, Thread,
Sewing Silk, Umbrellas, dee
PRIME SEGAKB AND TOBACCO
1( ALWAYS ON HAND.
Hve me a call, and examine ray stock as I feel
“fluent of pleasing all, besides saving you mo*
r.
JOHN A. KELLER, Agent,
, No. IsNorth Hanover Street,
fay, m
ATS AND CAPS 1
so YOU WANT A NICE HAT OB CAP ?
ir bo. Don’t Fail to call ojt .
J. G.OAILIO,
NO. 29. WESI MAIN STREET, .
berecao be seen the finest assortment of >
.hats and caps
=r brought to Carlisle. He takes’gceat pleas-,
in Inviting his old friends and customers,
2.® w °nea, to his splendid stock Just re
vttl from New'York and Philadelphia, con
ting in part of flne v
BILK AND OASSIMERE HATS,
Hues an endless variety of Hats and Caps o
6 , all ol which he will sell at th
0 . v a , 3fi Nrlcet. Also, his own manufactor
Uaia always on hand, and
HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER.
1 tW* lllO °est arrangement for coloring Hats
nail kinds of Woolen GoodP, Overcoats, «ko., at
esDorteal notice (as he colors every week) and
toe most reasonable terms. Also, a fine lot ol
oice brands of
tobacco and cigars
™ys on bund. He desires to call thoattentlo
persons who have
COUNTR Y FURS
os he pays the highest cash prices for he
Iveblma call,at the above number,bis >ld.
Uonf Ponfldent of giving entire sa-ia*
ilay.hJCO.
ISoma anb Sdjaefs.
)AYID strohm,
,W. D. SPONSLER,
JOHN W. STROHM.
SEW AND POPULAR
OOT, SHOE, TRUNK AND HaT
STORE. ■ A
N°. 13. BOOTH HANOVER STREET.
Carlisle, Pknn’a.
?X°. or ?' South of Inhofl'B building,
bavejnst opened the largest and best stock
boots and shoes
ily£?rlf d i ,n Carlisle, and continue almost
Iv Buoh goods In our line as every
fieitMof* ° Ur Btoc * c consists In all kludg and
oes?u£; isa ®Band Childrens’ strong Leather
Misses and Childrens* Lasting
iroeftft. iS 10 ® 1 ?® Glove Kid, Turkey and French
ffliJn* and Boys’ Calf, Buff and Kid
lten». w* ‘, nd B oys* Call and Buff Congress
oeani. m OB . and Boys Lusting Colters and
i- 0, i? e^ 8 and Boys’ Coif and Buff Oxford
m 1 ’ ftt H. Ul Sandals, Buskins and Oyershoes;
,°i n ® nB 'aoat, Welt and Carpel .Sllp
-1 hats? 8 * Boya ’ and Children** Fur and Bax*?
sites and prices; Traveling
Qfßn (l ?i he a , and Valises, together with a flue
lUlosr&* w Al oh we W IH “dr bull the times,
AND..M ALLS PROMTS’
laian.iij Therefore, in issuing our card, It
edtnil, 0 1 M a personal Inflation to ail In
!11db ,?nii and lo °l£ through <ror stpck without
Uj e aa dP r ice, ; We shall always try to deal
iafcfy' one lh~h straight forward manner,
mv customer u full equi volant for bis
tlrLi 6 bopfirall wllf avail themselves of
<ai opportunity to call and see us.
iprll 8. IljB9_iy . S . TROUM 4 BPOfISLER^
CORNER,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Swmer’Baiidingr, near Rheem’e Hall, Car
li*hLaaa Just returned from the Eastern
< "Vr the largest and most
WM|»LETE ASSORTMENT OP
p ALL AND WINTER GOODS,
CLOTHS,
CASSIMERER.
w U. VB-TING 3,
lanuta lW* n ? Ooods, *c. ever brought
'QUH3 HlB °* otha comprise
f ? HENOH. and
h efl AMERICAN MANUFACTURES,
r. tww* texture and of all shades,
t it!fcS er himself a practical cutter of
1 s£fVi!js nco j 1“ prepared to warrant perfect
l e^ a f V r crai){ flllfog of orders.
Uwyard.oroattoord«% itou't
flit Imericati Boluntm’
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
JiHiscrllaneous.
jgXTRAOBOi NARY
INDUCEMENTS!!
■:* -»
PUL MB WINTER ROODS,
J? ow upon for the inspection of pur-
Sriwa 8 * we closed out all onr Sum*
£ ~?i ,B atl *nctlon, and we will now continue
to sell all our Fall and Winter Goods at
AUCTION PRICES.
n d^ rml ? ed to olofio out this stock o
fv2rv « c .^T. dIeSH °J CoRt * We guarantee to save
hX rc lV? Be / tw©nty»flve per cent, oh every
of B°° ds - Now take warning, and
prices urc^ Qse on til you see onr goods and
wnSffiw Bf steoo5 te oo &. F » n °y Silks at 81.50 to 81.75.
Merlnoes, 60c.; best
'lnf twmH 2i°o?' ? all wool Cashmeres, 60c.:
) w>,i ,B, i® , *ML ßluclc Alpacas, 86c,; all wool
A fimliae aWIB ’ * 3 '° os beautiful doth Coats, $5,00.
MOURNING GOODS,
bo sacrificed! in prices. Shawls, Flits,
-M.otns, Cosslmereu.-Blankets,-'Flannels. &c„ at
such prices ns will astonish .you, 300 yards
BEST HOME MADE RAG CARPET,
IfJZ, cheap. Wo are still taking more Carpet
Rags at full market prices.
Do not neglect tocollandseehowrancb money
we can save you. *
, (t „ W. ORAWYER&CO,,
„ In the Bentz House, East Main St.,
September 80,1809. Carlisle, Penna.
C ITI COUNT B y. ° F CUMBEBI,AND
*K%?. av ® n ®w on hand and Just received from
tne cities, and from manufacturers, the largest
f™?* . neW .* °heap, and good goods to be found
In any iwostores In the valley.
, We have the best assortment of
CLOTHS. CASBIMERS, BATINETTS,
JEA -S. TICKINGS,
GINGHAMS. PRINTS.
MUSLINS,
DRESS GOO D S,
JS*PPS, Delaines, Alpacas,
Coburgs, Plaids and Stripes, .
RIBBONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES,
Zephyrs,
Towels,
Yarns,
Linen and Cotton Table Diapers,-
CLOAKINGS, low prices ahd fine
HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLARS and CUFFS,
Velvets, Trimmings and more notions than
can bo found anywhere under, one roof.
M UMS AND CAM PETS,
Oil Cloths. Druggets, Blinds. Coverlets, Qdlits,
Hoop and Balmoral Skirts,
SHAWLS,
of every description. In fact a splendid assort
ment of goods, and more given for the dollar,
than any where else,
WOO
at the highest price taken In exchange. Give us
a call
Oct. 28.1869.
p ROCERIES, &o.
The subscrlbier begs leave to inform the oitl
zeosof Carlisle and vicinity that be boa pur
chased the Grocery. Store of D. V, Keeny, No. 78
South Hanover Street. Carlisle, where be will
carry on the Grocery Business as usual. His as
sortment in varied, and consists in part of
QUEENS W A RE,
GLASSWARE,
STONE and
EARTHEN WARE,
CEDAR and
WILLOW WARE
TEAS,
COFFEES*
SYRUPS.
SPICES.
FANCY SOAPS,
ROPES.
TOBACCO,
, FISH.
OILS,
BAXTERS,
bEGARS,
SALT,
POTATOES,
DRIED AND CANNED FRUIT,
COHN MEAL, BUCKWHEAT, FLOUR, PEED,
and a /nil assortment of articles usually kept In
a flrst-clasa Grocery store. Give him a call, and
satisfaction will be guaranteed.
Oct. 10,18fi0. JOHN HECKMAN.
fJIHE BABY'S FRIEND.
TWO MONTHS 'Q.RATIB !*t
The Lady's Feibnd announces the following
Novelets for l870:“ZKd He Forget Herf” by Louisa
Chandler Moulton; “ 77ie Caseannous* Aunt." by
Elizabeth Prescott, author of “ Between Two," &0.,
,l itolid Silver ; or, Beane's Bridal Gilts,'' by
Amanda M. Douglas, author of “ The Dcoarry
Fbrtune," Ac., with numerous shorlci' stories by a
brilliant galaxy of lady writers.
A finely executed Bteel Kngravlng.a handsome
double-page and a.
large assortment of Wood-Cut-*, illustrating the
Fashions, Fancy Work, &0., are given In every
number.
It will give a popular piece of Music In every
number. *■
POKTRAITSOF DISTINGUISHED AUTHORS
—The January number will contain Portraits
(engraved on titeel) of Mrs. Hoqry Wood, Flor
euce Percy. Lonlse Chunuler Moulton. Elizabeth
Prescott, Amanda M. ilouglas. Mrs. Margaret
Hosmer and August rell.
NEW SUBSURiUBHS who send In their names
for ISTObefore the first of Novern ber, shall receive
the November and December numbers of this
year in addition, making fourteen months In
all I And new subscribers Bonding la their
names by the first of December shall receive the
magnificent December Holiday number, making
thirteen months In oil!
TERMS.—B 2 60 ayear; Two copies, 84 00; Four
copies, 80 00: Five copies (and one gratis), $H 00.
One copy of The Lady’s Fiuend and one of Thb
Post, 8i 00.
A copy of the lame and beautiful Premium
Steel Engraving—” leaking the Measure of the Wed
dfnp.iWnp”—- engraved in England at a cost of
s2,oo—will bo sent to every lull [B2 601 subscriber
and to every person sending a club. This En
graving Is a gem of art. Address
DEACON A PETERSON.
819 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
49* Specimen copies sent for ten cents.
November 4,1800.
"MO HUMBUG! NO HUMBUG!!
Christian Inhoff. of Carlisle, has the sole right
as Agent for Cumberland County, Pa., for the
sale, wholesale, of a new Burning Fluid called
Kino’s Non-Exploszvx Blilliant Illumina
ting * turn, whlob.lB superior to anything ever
luirddnoed, and can supply the trade through
the County wholesale. This Fluid is'cheaper
Chan Kerosene or any other oil or compound in
nse, emlia no bad odor or smell, and Is perfectly
harmless. Merchants and all others wishing to
sea and to test the article will please coll at my
store, in Carlisle.
. Oct, 7, 1gf19.-tL CHRISTIAN INBOFF.
1 A AHA Agents wanted for the Priest
Ivi vUu and Nun. This most exciting and
interesting book, by a popular authoress, is now
ready, and those who wish to canvass for It
should apply Immediately for circular, (with
stamp enclosed,) stating territory desired, expe
rience, Ac. Agents wanted everywhere for this
and other flrst-olhss boohs and engravings, by
CRITTENDEN A MoKINNEY, 130» Chestnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Oct. 21,1869—8 m
I)EMOVAL,~E. SHOWER, dealer
r\> in all kinds of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
LIQUuRS, has removed his store to tne spacious
room In the “ Volunteer Building.” directly
South of the Market House. Carlisle. His as
sortment of liquors Is very complete, and much
larger than heretofore. Ills old customers and
the public ingeneral, are invited to give him a
cad at his new stand.
Oot 7» 1869.
THE LAND OF MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
All unknown In that fair land
Are the ills that hearts endure,
Sinless every tongue and hand
Man la true, and wbmnn pure,
And Misfortune’s hitler blast.
Shame, despair and Sorrow keen,
Are but memories of the past
■ In the "Land of Might have been.”
All the dreams oar Childhood nursed,
.Ere we woke‘to sin,and care.
Which the touch of Life
Have their bright fulfilment there.
All the hopes that Earth h,os crossed,
Wear the freshness of their sheen,
Notbne ray of glory lost
ths“Land of Might have been,”
There the Friends, whoso love beyond
Woman's love, to us. was true.
Till our treason broke the bond,
Prayer and sear could not. renew,
With his clasp, no longer cold,
With nlsobeerfal voice and mien,
Lo, the friend we loved of old,
1., the “Land of Might have been.”
There the girl we wooed in vain,
Deafto Passion's lOHtappoal,
Whoso remembrance Is a pain
, Which no aftorjoys cun heal,
With her crown of bridal flowers,
On ourbreesl behold herlcim.
Ah I her eyes look love to ours,
, In the “Land of Might have been,”
All the sobs of Adam's line,
Fain would seek to enter there,
Fain would throng its shores divine,
And Its s veet repose would share;
But the mighty Angel’s hand
Waves hla fiery sword between.
None may tread the wondrous 1 md»
■ The “Land of Might have been." -
atifircitattoa%.
THE BROKEN HOME,
" Trntb Stranger than Fiction."
In San Francisco, oil the north side of
Folsom street, overlooking Mission Bay.
stands a palatial residence.
The interior of this house is even more
beautiful than its exterior, every apart*
ii eut being in its way a gem of mmruifi
ceuce and refinement.
The library especially realises the moat
Eerlect ideal of an elegant and cultured
ome.
And yet, at the moment we look in
upofr'liim—one August afternoon, as he
occupied his library—the proprietor of all
this wealth; appealed of all meu the most
miserable;
ye are afeatJnTg Banker oTSau Frariciaco. I
It was in vain that the'broad buy-wiu* I
do > at the south end of the room hud
been opened, giving ingress to the.sun*
shine and tbe P iragrance of rare flowers—
iii vain that the walls were lined, with
richly carved book-cases and paintings—
in vain that soft couches and luxurious
chairs had been gathered around him.
He was wretched.
He lay on a sola, in the depths of the
great bay-window, the wreck of a once
powerful man. His figure was thin
and gaunt ; his.face while as marble; bts
eyes Laving an expression of wofut ap
prehension, of harrowing anxiety, of
dreadful expectancy. '
It was evident at a glance that no
merely physical ailment hud made him
what he was*
BENTZ & €>o.
By what withering secret, by what de
stroying affliction, bad be been, thus
agpuized? thus haunted? thus hunted?
he so noble and good ! he so wealthy and
distinguished!
As he mpved restlessly upon his luxu
rious cushions the pretty clock on the
maut)e*plece struck live, every stroke
seeming to fall like a hammer upon the
heart of (be nervous invalid. He aroused
himself, struggling feebly to a sittimr
posture.
'Oh, will this fatal day never, never
pass ?be murmured: ‘nor bring us re
let?’
' Noticing with a nervous start that be
was alone, he touched a bell upon a ta
ble before him, mid called:
'Helen, Helen ! where are yon ?’
Be fur ■ the echoes 61 his voice had died
outaslep was heard, and his wife en
tered his presence.
M left you only for a moment, Morion,
she said, advancing to the bunker’s side.
'You were duzlug, 1 mink. I wished to
send forthe doctor I’
She was a beautiful woman, of some six
and thirty years, graceful, with broad
white brows, and loving eyes, in which
the brightness and sweetness ot a sun
shiny nature were still perceptible, under
a grief and anxiety no less poignant than
that evinced by her husband.
‘The doctor.!* he echoed, half-reproach
fully.
'Yes, clear,’ she said, in a calm and
cbeerlul voice, us she drew a chair to the
side of the sofa, and sat down, stroking
the corrugated* forehead of the invalid
with a magnetic touch ‘He will be here
immediately. Your last nervous crisis
alarmed me. You may become seriously
1111*
Mr. Preble bestowed an affectionate
look upon .his wife, but said despondent-
ly:
'The doctor I He cannot 'minister to a
mind disceased 1' Oh, it' these long hours
would on.y pass ! If I only knew what
the day has yet In store fur us!’
‘Look up, Mortuu!’ enjoined Mrs. Pre
ble, with a revereutly trustful glance up
ward through the open window at the
blue sky, and aa if looking beyond the
azure clouds chereiu. ‘Let us appeal
from tile injustice and wickedness
of earth to the goodness uud mercy uf
Heaven I’ ■
The bunker gave a low, sobbing sigh.-
'X cannot look up, Helen,’ heauswerpd,.
with u passionate tremor in bis voice—:
'only down, down at the grave that 1,
opening before me!'
Mra. Preble continued to stroke hi.
forehead softly, while she lilted her paid
face to the sunlight streaming into the
upurtment. ‘ • '
‘Look up, Mor’on—always'look up I'
she again eujoiued 1 upou the Invalid.
'During all these fourteen yeura of agony,
1 have not mice doubled either the good
ness or me Justice of! Heaven,' ' 'Blessed'
are they thut ujouru ;for they . 'shall hot
comforted. 1 ' I behove that we Shull yet
rejoice moretkeehly than we huve niiour
ned, and that we. shall come to a glorious
day of joy beyond alt this’long night of
sorrow! 1 ,
The face of the invalid lighted up with
an answering glow, and he murmured:
‘Glorious luiih ! My wife, you are in
deed a blessed comforter ! Perhaps, after
all, you are right!' >5,
A knock resounded on a side-door at
this juncture, and the next moment Dr.
Hutton, me family physician, fur whom
Mrs. Preble had sent, entered the room!
He was an old man, portly in ilgure,
with white hair and heard,'hut with a
fresh uud ruddy complexion, a pair uf
shrewd blue eyes, iaud with an exuberant i
fWliniL
■BY H. C. ABAUS,
Far beyond the Uccah’s bound.
Far beyond the purple West,
Where, in ancient song renowned,
Bloomed the Islands of the Blest;
’Neath the bloom sapphire skies,
Robed in woods forever green.
A wondrous land there overlies,
The “Lund of Might have been.*'
In the Summer’s golden hours.
When the sunset hues enfold
All this gloomy world of ours
In their crimson and their gold,
Or when Winter’s Are burns low,
Oft by Fancy’s eve Is seen,
’Mid the embers’flying glow,
•The "Land of Might have been.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY,- DECEMBER 2, 1869
boyishness of manner that eat well upon
him. He had a hind heart and a clear
head. . He approached the sofa, aflergree
ting the husband and wife, and llfted the
tbin restless baud ot the invalid, reeling
his pulse. , ■
‘Quite a high fever,’ he said, after a
brief pause. ‘Worrying again, eh, Mr,
Preble 7 You are wearlng.yourself out.
Medicine will do you no good so long as
your mind is In Us present condition. 1
must give you an opinio—’
‘Not uow.dootor,’ interposed the ban
ker. ‘I cannot—must not—sleep to-day I
I need to be broad awake now, tot I can
not tell at any moment what, the next'
may bring forth. lam looking for the
culmination of all my years of anguish—
lor the crowning agony of the whole.
Perhaps even now—Ah, wliatwua that i"
He started up .wildly, and then, as the
sound ilmt hud disturbed him was not
repeated, be sank bacs again on his cush
ions, pallid and panting.
The doctor looked at Mrs- Preble wi
an anxious, questidniugglance.
‘lt is the auuiveruary,’ she replies to
his uuspokeu inquiry—‘the annlvorsarv
of our loss.’
■ ‘Ah, yes, 1 said the doctor. ‘I remem
ber.'
. ‘Yea, It’s anotherofthose terrible days,’
cried the banker, in a hollow whisper.
'Sit down, doctor, and I will toll you the
whole story. I can think of nothing else
■ to-day. and uni almost wild wlttf'appre
hension and anxiety. Sit down.’
Mr. Hutton drew up a chair and seated
himself, his face expressing the double
solicitude of a friend and physician.
‘You knew us 'ourteen years ago, doc
tor,’ said Mr. Preble. ‘We lived then
where we do now, In a cottage on the
site of this great mansion. There yv ere'
but the three of us—Helen and I, : a'ud
our three-year old Jessie. And-it was
fouiteeu years ago to-day that our litlle
Jessie was stolen from us.’
•1 leniember it„’ said the doctor softly.
‘Yet might she not hove been lost, Mr.
Pieble ? Bhe went out to play In the gar
den, if I remember rightly, and was nev
er seen by you again. Bhe might have
strayed away—'
'Bo we thought fora whole year, doe
tor,’ interrupted the bunker. ‘We never
dreamed that she had been stolen. We
seaiohed everywhere for her, and offered
Immense rewards forher recovery.- I em
ployed detectives, but all to ho purpose.
When ourlittle Jessie ran down thesteps
into that-liower-gurden, and he pointed
to the front of the house, ‘as if the earth
had opened and swallowed her up, we
never saw her again.’ r
'She must have found the gate open,
arid wandered out,’suggested Dr. Hutton.
‘Bhe might have strolled down to the
waters'and been drowned,’
The banker dxed his burning eyes upon
the physician’s face, and whispered:
‘I said ive never saw the poor ehil
again. I did not say we hiid not heard 01
her. Bhe was lost on the Oth .of August,
1854. Biiton the anniversary of our loeii
we received a written message concern
ing her.’
•A message!’ cried Dr. Hutton start
ing. • ■ ' ' .-T
* A mere scrawl—a single line in a hand
evidently disguised/ said the) banker.
‘Heieitis.' /.
He produced a dingy- scrap qf paper
from a drawer in the table, and beld itup
tp the view of the physician, who read as 1
follows:
'August 9,1853. Jessie, ba,ha! Jessie.’
, Dr.. Hutton, looked, with a puzzled air,
from the scrap of paper, which he turned
over and over, to the countenance of the
banker.
‘I can make nothing of this.’ be de
clared.
‘lt is merely a date, with the name of
j(JgUiune UuW'V'.l
bJe. . - -
‘Then that name and that date, with
the demon laugh connecting them, set
us to thinking. A whole year we agon
ized over the dreadful problem, and then
we received another message, which you
shall See.’
He thrust a second slip of paper, iden
tical in hiiupe and appearance with the
first, before the gaze of Dr. Hutton, who
read it aloud :
‘August. 0 1850. Your JeSsle Btlll lives.’
Tim physician started, as it'electrified
•Ah !* this is something definite - some
thing decisive,* be muttered. Ml con
vinced you that your daughter waa still
living.’ ,
‘Yes, doctor,* said Mr. Preble, ‘and
every anniversary of that day bus brought
us some message. The disappearance of
ide child, mysterious as it Ms, does nut
seem to me half so strange as that the
villain who took heraway could contrive,
to communicate with us every year since '
and always bn a particular day—the an
uiver-ary ol that on which she was sto
len—without our being able to discover
who he is. And a still greater wonder to
me is what can be his motive. It seems
incredible. If it. was stated in a novel
mauy people would not believe it- Hut
.‘truth is stranger than fiction.*
Mrs, Preble drew from her husband's
breast-pocket bis note-book, opefied it to
the proper page, and presented It to the
physician.
JJr. Huttou adjusted his spectacles,
glanced over the page, and then slowly
read the group of entries ulouu. The en
try the first year is us follows :
. ‘August 0,1855, Jssle. ha, ha! Jessie !'
Ami the next year it la—
• August!), 1858. Your Jessie still llv r c»!'
Ami the next—
• August D 1857. She Is In good hands !’
Ami me next -
‘August 0.1*58. She Is well as ever!’
Aud the next—
•August 9, lu5U, I saw lieryesteidaw J’
And the nexc— 1
•August 0, 1880. She's growing rapidly!'
Ami the next—
• August 0,1881. She coutlunes to do well!’
And liie next—
• August t), IbtJ2, I've seen her again!’
And the next—
•August9, iMiJ. She’s becoming a woman]’
Ami the next—
August i), bBl. Your child is thirteen
And the next —
Augusto,lBos. bhe's lovelier than over T
And the next—
• August 9,1868. She's really charming!'.
And lust year'll is—
Augustl), 1807. My reward Is at hand!'
Aud what shall we get to-day !
The physician looked up and fixed bis
thougbtlui uaze upou the bereaved hus
band and wife.,
•How did thefle messages come to you ?’
be demanded.
‘lnvariably by post,’ replied Mr. Pre
ble. ’Usually to Ibe house, bat some
times to tbe office!”
'And you have never seen tbeir au
thor ?’
‘Never I*
‘The lost of them is dated, I see, a year
ago to-day!*
•Yes, yes,* faltered the banker, ‘and
the time baa come for another message.
This Is tbe 9th of August, 1808!’
*1 see;’said Dr. Hutton. ‘And this Is
the secret of your terrible excitement I
You are expecting to receive to day anoth
er of these strange messages!’
There was a brief silence. Mrs. Preb
le’s band fluttered in its task, and her
face grew very pale. The bunker breath
ed" gaspingly. -Xlie physician regarded
them both in friendly sympathy..
‘We shall bear of her again to-day, 5 '
said Mr, Preble; ‘and what will the
message be?*.,
Tbe mother. averted her face. Her
brave heart faltered as ■ that question
echoed lu her soul. ,
.‘The writer of these letters Is unques
tionably the abductor- of your child I'
said Dr. Hutton. ‘Have you any suspi
cion as to his identity?’
‘Not the slightest,’ said Mr. Preble*—
‘We have puzzl *d ov.er the problem for
many years, but we cannot guess who
be is.*
‘Think,’said the doctor. ‘Have you
no enemy ? Ido not mean.people with
whom you are not IrleiiUly—every stir
ring man bus* plenty of these—but a
downitgbc enemy I Is there no man
wboiu*you knew in the East who hated
you? No one against whom you , were
culled upon to testify—no one whom you
possibly injured?’
I The banker shook bis. head. He bad
asked himself all these questions repeat
edly.
‘I have no such enemy, doctor,' ho an
swered with sincerity of voice and man
ner. .
‘And Mrs. Preble?’ suggested the
doctor, turning to her. ‘Have you no
rejected suitor who might he revengeful
enough to desolate your home ?'
‘No,’ sold the lady, 'I was married
early. Mortou was my first lover!’
This is strange-very strange !’ mut-
tereil the doctor. ‘You are not conscious
of having an enemy In the world, and
yet you have an enemy—a hidden foe—a
(lend In human form—who. la working
out against you a foarlul haired ! And
you have not the slightest suspicion as
to whom he Isl’
‘Not the slightest, ‘declared the bank
er,’
‘Not the slightest!’ echoed Mrs. Preb
le. ‘My hualmud hud a step-brother who
might have been capable of this Infamy
—but he isdeud 1’
‘The handwriting is not familiar V
‘No. It is merely a rude soraWl, us you
see/'sald the banner. ‘lt suggests noth
ing—except that It Is evidently disguis.
ed It
Again there was a profound silence.
*Oiir child is seventeen years old now,’
at length murmured Mrs. Preble, her
voice trembling. *fc>he is on the thres
hold of womanhood. Ho doubt, during
all these years, she had yearned for ua,
wherever she may be, as we had yearn
ed for her!’■
‘But where Is she ?* asked the physi
cian—und liis voice was broken by his
deep.sympathy with the agonized pa
rents. ‘Where can she ho?’
‘Heaven ouly knows.' unswereiV the
mother. ,‘Perhaps in San Francisco— ~
.'perhaps in some rude hut in
with some obscure farmer, aml uuder a
name that is not her'a 1 I think her ab
ductor would have carried her to some
lonely region of the interior, among the
valleys and mountains. Yet i never see
a young girl in the streets without turn
ing to look at her. I never h *ar a girl
ish voice without Hsteniug eagerly, half
fancying that it may prove the voice of
my lost Jessie!'
‘Oh, pitying heaven P-sighed Dr. Hut
ton, dashing a flood of tears from his
‘Will this long agony never be
over?'
‘Wu h«pe so, and even believe so,' an
swered JVlra. Preble, with the firmness
ol an unfaltering trust, in God’s mercy,
‘The Just message we received from bur
enemy seems to point to some kind of a
change/
. ‘True,' assented Dr. Hutton, looking
at the messige in question. ’*lt is unlike
tiie others, it says that his ‘reward is
at hand.’ He means either that he in
tends to marry your daughter, or that
he intends to money of you for
bringing her buck—or both.'
‘We shall soon know,'said Mrs. Pre
ble, with forced calmness. ‘To-day we
shall have another message, no doubt.—
‘What will it be?'
The banker turned restlessly on his
sofa, and his face grew even paler.
‘Whatever it Js, let it came! 1 he mur
mured. - ‘Anything can be borne better
than thisawful suspense. Let it come!'
As il his impatient words had precipi
tated a crisis, a step was heard on the
walk at this moment, amPa ring at the
front door followed.
, ‘Another message!’ breathed the bank
er.
A servant soon entered, bearing » let
ter, which he extended to Mr. Preble,,
saying;
- ‘The bearer is in the ball.'
‘With an eager gaze, the banker glanc
ed at the superscription of the missive.
*Xt is from him /’ he faltered. .. '
it contained a sup of paper, et well
known shape and ap| earuiice. upon which
was scrawled a single line, in an equally
well known hand-writing, which the
banker exhibited to his wife und the
physician.
This line was as follows:
‘AiigustO, 186*1. At six I will call,'
A shock of wonder and horror shook
the three simultaneously.
VV ill call 1’ ciied Mr. Pebble, staring
to bis feet, and glaring wildly around.
*ls coming here?' cried Mrs. Pebble,
also arising.
l lt seems so/ said Dr. Hutton, his
eyes again reverting to the message. ‘He
will be here at six o’clock, and see l it is
six already!’
Even as he spoke, the clock on, the
mantelpiece commenced striking ,the up*
pointed hour, and at that instant heavy
footsteps lesounded in the hail, approach
ing the libraiy.
‘lblis he /’ cried the doctor, also arising.
As the last stroke of the hour resound
ed, ilie door leading from the hull again
opened.
One long add horrified glance oast the
banker and his wile in that direction, and
then she tell heavily tonbe floor.
Her senses had left her. The above we
publish as a specimen chapter; but the
continuation of this story will be found
only in the N. Y. Ledger. Ask for the
number dated December 4tb, which can
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none but the very, very best. Its moral
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er lor having it. Leon Lewis, Mrs. Harriet
Lewis, Mrs. Southworth, Mr. Uobb, Pro
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Mr. Bonner, like other leading publish
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magazines; but he prefers to.concentrate'
all his energies upon one, and in that
way to make it the best. One Dexter is
worth more than three or live-ordinary
horses. , • , ....
Ono science only can one genius IH,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Pebbles. —Never siaro any body full
in the face, it is rudely impertinent.
Insolent or haughty words, even to the
meanest, always degrades the person who
uses them, in the eyes of sensible people.
Never interrupt a person when he is
speaking, wait till he is done and then
answer respectfully.
Churlishness will render any man disa
greeable, while good humor will gain
love and esteem.
Never seek to be witty at the expense
of others, it discovers an uncultivated
mind.
Avoid unprofitable discussions, they
engender strife.
Mere external beauty is of little value,
and deformity of person, when associated
with excellent qualities of mind and
heart, should preclude our respect and
approbation.
When wo sutler ourselves to bo ruled
by passion, our minds resemble tbe pud
die m a storm, and as oil poured upon
tbe waters will allay tbe waves, so reason
if we bear her volce;wiil calm tbe tumul
tuous, ravings of passjon.
Crawled UP.—Once upon u tiine u
gentleman found in uia bea roost a sim
ple-minded soul of the vicinity, who
lived without visible means of support.
‘Wbatare you doing here, you raHO.I?
Stealing my chickens?’ ‘No, 1 sir,? was
the response; ‘I ain’t thought of doin’
nothin* of the sort.’ It unfortunately
happened that tbe simple-minded iudl :
vicTuul wore a high straw hat, of the di
mensions of a beehive, mid the crown
taereot was dilapidated to a serious ex
tent. Just as he had pstln his denial,
the head of a half-grown pullet was seen
to protrude from tbe aperture, ‘fcjee
there,’ s id the gentleman;'‘how did
that chicken get in your hut?’ ‘Well!’
exclaimed tbe simple-minded individu
al, with ah air of nouest Jhrpnse and
embarrassment, ‘that is the strangest
thing tnat ever happened .to me. I
suppose tiie darned critter must have
crawled up my trowear's leg!' -
TRIPLE HERDER Inf inly KVODOIV
CDI'JV IY. ,
An Aged Han and Wife and a Boy Shot—
They are Kilted while Eating Snpp r
Their Bodice Committed to the Flames—
The Object of the Murder Money—
'J he Perpetrators in Prison -Excite
ment in Huntingdon Borough.
Pleasant Grove, a quiet place about
seven miles from Huntingdon borough,
on the Huntingdon anil Broad Top rail
road, was the scene on -Wednesday oven
ning, Nov. 17;of oneof the most Inhuman
murders that have over been committed.
In an humble house there lived on ages
man named Peightal, his wife and a boy.
the son’of asnldier’s widow,whose mother
had placed him under tho charge of the
I above couple that she might better sue
ceed in combating tho adversities of life.
While the three were eating their even
ing meal, without any Intimation of their
untimely fate, two men entered their
peaceful abode and one of the intruders
shot them in the head, destroying the last
vestige of life, while the other (lend sta
tioned himsell at the door of the en trance
to givolhealarmshould they be detected
After tho commission of tho horrible and
heartrending crime the victims were
thrown on the bed, which was set on fire
with a view of burning the bodies.
The murder wqs discovered by several
persons returning to their homes, who,
haying occasion to pass Mr. Peightal’a
house and noticing an unustial light
through one of the windows, proceeded
to the,house, knocked at the main dem
and called to the inmates. Eeceiving no
response they rushed to the inside,-where
a bed in flames met their visidti. They
soon extinguished Iheflre, when they uu
,covered the bed and found. Mr. Peightal
and wife and the boy somewhat burned
and dead ! The parties immediately af
terward. started for Huntingdon and ar
rived therebetween three and fouro'olook
on Thursday morning, directly after the
Cincinnati express west bad left, on
which tlie murderers were supposed to
have taken passage. Tho authorities at
Altoona were promptly informed by tele
graph of the facts in ttie case, who, on the
arrival of the train, searched the cars and
arrested two men whose movembnta-were
rather suspicious. On one of them were
found about two hundred dollars in cur
rency and in one of. the stockings of the
other a small quantity of gold. In his
mouth was also discovered several pieces
of gold, a ten dollar coin of which he
swallowed, all thq property of Mr. Pejgli
lal. The two men were taken to Hun
tington as soon thereafter as possible, ar
riving some time duiing the forenoon.
The people of, Huntington were greatly
excited and exasperated when the sup
posed murderers alighted, and loud cries
were made for a -‘rope” to lynch them.
Had the populace been fully convinced
of their guilt the parties wqulgl -no doqb:
have been summarily executed.
LATER PARTICULARS.
The men arrested at Altqonaand incar
cerated in the Huntington county jail
confessed their guilt on Thursday even
ing. . Ode of them stated that he shot the
three persons and the oiher that he stood
guard and otherwise participated in’ the
heinous crime. They ulsoaddmitted that
they carried the bodies to the bed aud set
lire to It.
The old gentleman murdered was aged
adout sixty and his wife about fifty years.
The boy was ten years of age.
The murderers are two Germads named
Gotlieb Bobnerand Oliver Baughberger.
There object iu committing the atrocious
deed was the procuration of the money
which Mr Peightul. was known to have
had in his possesion!
The men are both wanderers, haw JIo !
no fixed residence. Bohner has served
three years iu the penitentiary for com
mitting ’ larceny in Huntington county.
He is a repulsive specimen of humanity
aud seems unconcerned. He says he ex-,
pects to be.hung and is anxious to have
the execution lake place ns soon as possi
ble. He treats (be whole thing as a joke
and laughs heartily. Baughberger, on
the other band, is,greatly depressed, very
reticent on matters pertaining to the mur
der and indulges in much lamentation.
A LOVE KOnANCR AND AN UNKIND
I'AI'UEB.
In April, 1860, while the young and
lovely daughter of tlm Earl of D ,
was enjoying her usuaWafteruoon airing
alongthe “ Lady’s Mile,” her fan diopp
ed Irom her baud over the side of the
carriage, and she ordered her coachman
to stop and recover it. (Jouchy curbed
high-steppers to a halt as quickly as pos
sible, but before he could descend from
his perch a gentleman of resplendent
black whiskers ana immaculate costume
appeared at the side ot the vehicle, and
with a courtly bow presented the fan.—
A blushed “ thank you, sir,” rewarded
the act, and the coachman was directed
to head his horses for Belgravia tiquaro ;
but the Earl’s.daughter carried home in
her bosom a vivid mental photograph of
the knight of the fan, and could uot help
fancying that a something in the ex
pression of. the fine black eyes bad si
lently pleaded,for a further acqualntaucc.
To employ the term best understood by
her sex, she was, in fact, “struck with
his distinguished appearance,” and
couldn’t get him out of her head. It was
one of those cases of instautaaeousdufatu
utlou which are quite us common with
the gentler as with the sterner sex. The
young Judy drove in the park at the
same bourou every succeeding afternoon
of the week for the particular purpose of
catching another glimpse of the elegant
stranger. All hbr efforts to that end,
however, proved vain until one evening,
at the R‘>vai Italian Opera, where she
ucciden Ily dropped her lorgnette from
her box. Upon that exciting occasion
several white eruyutted gentlemen
sprung to pick up the pearl-und-gold
bijou ; but there was a quicker one be
fore them all, and the lorgnette was pre
sented by the whiskered unknown of
Hyde Park. Our susceptible heroine
blushed celestial rosy red as she received
it, and the dark-eyed cavalier gave her.
such a look of homage in the act that her
own eyes dropped prettily under the ar
dent glance* Bowing . gracefully, the
unknown retired to a station at the back
of the box, and there worshipped with
hi-* look until the performance was over.
For a mouth after this several silent in-
terviews of the kind took place, until at
length the peer's daughter felt her right
baud slightly clasped one evening as
she was stepping into a carriage from the
opera-house, and on recovering from her
alarm found a sealed note in the hand
thus abased. In a moment she had
guessed who tbe writer was, and had
scarcely patience to gain tbe privacy of
tier own room before ascertaining its con
tents. Tbe missive was written iuu flue
Italian hand, and the writer avowed hia
honorable passion in Ibe exaggerated
style natural to a fellow countryman of
the Cencis. He called her his idol, the
light of his soul, the star fcg, be worshipp
ed from afar by the idolatrous wretch
who.da ed not to draw near. .
The English of the wording was just
execrably bud enough to heighten the
romance and suggest ungeiioized marble
villas beside the murmuring Po. He
should “kill himself,I’said 1 ’said the knight,
if “miludi” did not conceal a “ leetle
nota" for him in the. folds of her fan, on
a certain night, and manage to drop it
for him os she entered her box at the
opera. <Slid,did so; and thus began a
secret correspondence which ended in
her promising to elope with the man.
She had repeatedly endeavored to gain
some information respecting his rank,
though not until it was too late to sav-i
herself; and when ho assured her that
peculiar bub nob dishonorable circum
stances rendered “ uu open courtship im
possible,” she could only give him his
own way. Another.month passed on,
and upon a certain afternoon the young,
lady’s carriage returned to Belgravia
without her. For better, for worse, she
had Joined her adorer at a sea*
VOL. 56.—N0. 25
timi, and gone with him to the nearest
Gretna Green. They knew each other
very Intimately In sentiment, but now
the fond foreigner had such hard facts to
I disclose as came near throwing-his love
ly captive into a swoon. Sinking upon I
Ids knees in the inn of the village to
which they had come, he confessed that
ho was a hirer-out of hand organa to the
more needy of his countrymen about
London ! In horrible English he abused
himself unstintedly for daring lo protend
•to so fair and noble a hand, and oflered
to escort bis victim back to London, II
she desired, and then oast himself head
long from the top of the monument in
Trafalgar Square. The E irTs daughter
was shock“d, but had gouetoo far to re
cant; so she gave him absolution from'
Ids sins against her, and went with him
to a clergyman.
Next day there was asensation in fash
ionable circles—because the Earl of
P ’s daughter had run off with an
Italian Count whose membership in the
Roman Catholic church had made him
distasteful to her “noble parents.” Such
was tlie Court Journal's neat way of put
ting the ease. After Writing a friendly
account of her misalliance to her family
the young wife made hasty sail with her
doting husband to Italy. She found that
her new relatives there-were not patri
cians; by any means; hut they received
her with great respect; and as the ex
organizer was the (enderest of liege lords
she managed to paSs a joyous honeymoon.
Before “ setting down for good,” how
ever, she wrote another letter to her fath
er for forgiveness,,and thereby threw
that noble lord into fresli paroxyms of
wrath. He sent a crushing answer, re
fusing to longer recognize her as. a child
of his, atid heaping curses upon her and
her Italian. Like a sensible English
girl, our heroine took this all very philo
sophically, and sang merrily tra, la, la
•to the music of a guitar until the pecu
liar purity and freshness of her voice at
tracted the critical attention of her hus
band. He called iu a celebrated maestro
to hear her sing, and was rejoiced to learn
that his wife had a voice woith a fortune
to her. j). good master was at once se
cured for the lively lady ; she studied
the Italian language and artistic method
with avidity, and, at the request of her
lord, consented to sing in public. As are
suit, the whole city was wild with enthu
siasm over a new diua, and she received
an invitation to become second chdnieuse
atLaScala. Accepting, she gained such I
aseries of triumphs that her husband
was frantic with mingled pride and joy.
On the occasion of her benelltheevinced
this spirit by giving a grand supper to
tlie dilettanti of Milan, retired to bed in
an exalted state of Intoxication, and died
of apoplexy before morning. His lady
buried him with sincere sorrow, and wuo
hardly conscious of what would be her
next step, when she received an offer of
an engagement at tlie English Royal
Italian Opera. With subdued joy she
took advantage of tlie opportunity to see
»nce more her native laud, and under
her fanciful Italian stage name was soon
captivating, tlie musical Londoners by
her glorious voice. When her Eiigiisn
fume was at its height, the Earl of D ,
hearing particularly of her beauty, went
to the opera to observe for himself. He
recognized his ungrateful daughter, and
even swelled with paternal pride when
showers of boquets and whirlwinds of
applause greeted her at the termination
of each actof the ‘-‘Eigiia.” Asurprising
magnanimity took possession of his no
ble breast. He would reclaim the organ
grinder's widow ; he would raise her to
his own sphe e again; he would restore
hla fatherly favor to ihe idol of art and
the haul ton; and would finally marry
her off to some titled poodle. Filled with
generous Intentions, lie, deputed a
aslohfahed’ey tier refusaF to see him.—
“She fears my reproaches,” said he, after
due consideration, and on the morrow
caused .the same friend as before to bear
his offer of parental recognition to the
goddess of song. The friend wasreadi
ly admitted to an audience, and became
therefrom astonished for the remainder
of his.life. The iody'said: “Aly father
cast me off for marrying the gentleman,
of my choice. He refused to recognize
me in my days of poverty and obscurity. _
Now that Fam rich and famous, I refuse
to recognize him* Let us be strangers to
each other.” All lurtber advances were
unavailing, and my lord and bis daught
er remain strangers to this day.
Mosjby
Colonel Mosby, the famous partisan
cavalryTeader ou the con federate side du
ring thp.late war, was in Philadelphia a
few days ago, and was “interviewed ” by
.a reporter of the Morning Post. We give
the following Irom the. report in that
newspaper, viz.:
HIS OPINION GENERAL M’CLELLAN.
“Who do you consider to have been ihe
ablest general mi the Federal side?”
“General McClellan, by all odds. I
think he is the only m.wn ou the Federal
side that could have"organized the army
as it was. I further think that he is the
only military man of any brains you
had.”
iIOYD,
“Last spring all persons holding office
were obliged to take the “ironclad” or
leave, and one named Boyd, from Penn
sylvania, was appointed Sheriff'of Far
quier county, an office in which he had
passing through bis hands over $lOO,OOO
in revenue, and otherwise, according to
the laws of the State, he would have been
obliged to give bonds in thesum of $90,000
but General Can by reduced this toSSO 000.
The man was insolvents and hip bond
was us well, worth five dollars os it was
five millions. Boyd is a defaulter to the
State of Virginia fora large amount of
revenue collected and not accounted for,
and he has sold his office to Hume, the
former Sheriff’,, whom General Canby
displaced, because ho could not take the
iron-clad oath.”
CANHV
“When Boyd was appointed the mem
bers ol the bur hold a meeting at Warreu
ton, uud drew up u politoly-toned protest
against the appointment of the man, and
it tell to my lot to carry itGener d Canby.
Ho received me kindly, and assured mo
the mutter would be attended to. I re
turned to Warreutou, and told my col
leagues that the whole thing would bo
fixed. A few days afterwards Canby sent
down troops and hud the whole bar of
Warrenton tried for couspiracy to defeat
the reconstruction laws.’'
SHERIDAN.
“What is your opinion of Sheridan ?”
“I don’t think he Is a mun of any
ability at all j I never did think so ; I’ll
teli you why. At Winchester Sheridan,
hud as much cavalry as Early had men
altogether. This the official records
show. The battle was fought in a fair,
open tleid from uoon till dusk. Early,
of course, was defeated, but he made a
well-ordered, retreat with the loss, of but
three guns. Now, any nian of ordinary
ability ought to havecaptuted every man
that Early hud with him* He bad it in
bis power, If he bad followed It up, to
bavo ended the war in two weeks, for
Early could not have made auotber
stand, and Lynchburg could have been
taken, and thus all of Lee’s communica
tions with Petersburg would have been
cut off. Now, whnt do you think is his
miserable excise?” said the Colonel,
“That he would have had to detach half
his army of 60.000 men to guard his com
munications from me, when all the, men
I had at the time was about two or three
hundred. Sqch was bis explhnatlpn be
fore the Committee on the Conduct of
the War.
JB©*Ye who are eating the
lings uud treacle of wealth should nut
forget those who are sucking the
herring bones of poverty.
Bates for 3Ufoertieing.
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i i., Til i oro /t re fe, f “ore curious subjects of
/ Inquiry than the distinctive dlffereqceg
I between minds and characters of men
l aud women, and the manner In which
those differences have affected the Ideal
types of different ages, nations, philoso
phies, and religions.
Physically, men have the indisputable
superior ty in strength, and the women
In beauty. Intellectually, a certain in
feriorty of the female sex can’ hardly' be
denied, when we remember how almost
exclusively the foremost places in every
department of science, and art. have been
"m«ff'i eU n by “ en i! How influllesimally
mail is tbe number of women who have
shown In any form tbe very highest order
of genius. bow. man* of tbe greatest men
have achieved their greatiiesain defiance
of the most,adverse circumstances, and
now completely women have failed in
obtaining tbe first position, even in- inu
sic or painting, for the cultivation of
which their circumstances.would appear
most propitious; It Is as impossible to
find a female Raphael, ora female Han
del, as a female Uhiikespenre or Newton,
*vomeu are more desultory and volatile
inau men ; they are more occupied with
particular instances than with general
principles; they Judge rather by Intuitive
perceptions than deliberate reasoning or
past experience. ,
They are, however, ‘dually superior to .
meu in uimuleut" md rapidity of
thought and in tbe glit of tact, or the
power of seizing speedily and laitiifullV *
the finer inflections of feeling; and they
have, therefore, often attained very great
euiineuce as conversationalists, as Jetter
writers, as actresses and as novelists.
Morally, the general superiority of wo
men over meu is, Ithluk usque-1 tollable.
II we take tbe somewhat coan-.- aud in
adequate criterion of police stu ißtios, we
find that, while th© malCand ft iiuil© pop
ulations are nearly, tjie same in mumoer,
the crimes committed by men arJusually
rather more than five times os numerous
as those committed by women, and al
though it may be justly observed that
meu, as the stronger sex, and the sex
unon whom .the burden ofsupporting the
family is thrown have more temptations
than women, It must.be remembered, on
the other hand, that extreme poverty,
which verges upon starvation, is. most
common among women whose means of
livelihood are most restricted, one whose
earnings hre small, and most precarious.
deiPsacrlfice is the most conspicuous ele
ment of a virtuous aud religious character,
ai diets certainly far less common among
men than among women, whose whole
lives are usually epeut in yielding to thS'
will and consulting' the pleasures of
uuother. There are two great depart
ments of virtue; the impulsive, or that
which. springs spontaneously from the
emotions, and the deliberate, or that
which is performed in obedience to the
sense of. .duty, aud in both of these I im
agine women are superior to meu. Their
sensibility isgreater, they are more chaste
both in thought and act, more tender to ,
the erring, , more compassionate to . tbe
suffering, more affectionate to all about
them. Du the other hand, those who
have traced the courseof the wives of the
poor, and of. many who, though in nar
row circumstances, can hardly be called
poor, will probably admit that in no oth
er class do we so often find entire lives
spent in daily:, persistent self-denial, in
the patient endurance of countless trials
iu the ceaseless and deliberate sacrifice of
their owu enjoyments to the well-being
or the prospects of others. ’■
Iu active courage women are inferior
to men. In tbe courage of endurance
they are commonly their„superlors; but
their passive courage is not so much for
licude which bears and defies, as resiena
lerior.-” "
To repeat an expression I have already
employed, women very rarely love truth,
though they love passionately what they
call “ the truth,” or opinions they
have received from.others, and hate ve
hemently those who differ from them.
They are little capable of impartiality,
or of doubt: their thinking is obieily a
mode of feeling; though very generous
in their acts, they are rarely generous in
their opinions, and their leaning is nat
urally to the side of restriction. They
persuade rather than convince, and value
belief rather as a source of consolation
than as a faithful expression of the reality
of things.
They are less capable than men of per
ceiving qualifying circumstances, of ad
mitting the existence of elepaenteof good
in 8} stems to which they are opposed, of
distinguishing the personal character of
an opponent from the opinion he main
tains. Men lean most to Justice, and wo
men to mercy. Men are most addicted
to Intemperance and brutality, women to
frivolity and jealousy. Men excel In en
ergy, self-ieliauce, perseverance and mag
nanimity} in humility, gentle
ness, modesty and endurance. The- re
alizing imagination which causes us to
pity and to Jove is more sensitive in wo
men than in men, and it is especially
more capable of dwelling on the unseen.
•Their religious or devotional realizations
are incontestably more vivid; and it is
probable that while a father Is most moved
by the death of a child in his presence, a
mother generally feels most the death of
a child in some distautland. But though
mure iutense, the sympathies of woman
are commonly less wide-than those of
men. Their imaginations individualize
more; their affections are, in conse
quence, concentrated rather on leaders
than on causes; and if they, cure for a
great cause, it is generally because it Is
represented by a great man, or connected
with some one,whom they love. In poli
tics their .enthusiasm Is more naturally
loyalty than patriotism. In history they
are evcu inure iucliued than men to dwell
exclusively upon biographical incidents
or characteristics as distinguished irom
tho march of general causes. In benevo
lence, they excel in charity which allevi
ates individual suffering, rather than in
philanthropy, which deals with large
masses, and is more frequently employed
In preventing than In allaying calamity.
A Pleasant Dream.—A Scotch umu
and Irjsmnau happened to be journeying
together through a most formidable
forest, aud by dome mishap lost
their way and wandered about in a pitia
ble cou-iitiou for u while, when they for
tunately came across a miserable hovel,
which was deserteu save by uione chick
en. As this poor biped was the only
thing eatable to be obtained, they eagerly
dispatched it for supper. ‘When lain be
fore them, Pat concluded that it was
insufficient for the support of both him
self aud Bawney, and therefore a proposi
tion was made to his companion that they
should spare the chicken until the next
morning, and the one who hud the most
pleasant dream should have the chicken,
which was agreed to. In the morning
Sawney told his dream. Ue thought
uugels were drawing him up to Heaven
in a basket, aud be never before was so
happy. Upon concluding his dream,
Put exclaimed, ‘Och, sure, and I thought
you couldn’t come back, so I got up. and
ate the chicken myself.’ 1 k *
- jjgy A little six-year old girl who at
tended church in a meeting-house recent
ly remodelled, was enlarging eloquently
ou the beauties of tne edifice, when a
young frieud interrupted her by iuqulr*
lug if she supposed the minister preach*
cd any belter than ho did in the old
hou-o. ‘Well,* said the enthusiast, r I
guess bo dues; at auy rate, a dinner
tastes better when you have a nice clean
plate to eat off of. 1 This settled the mat
ter.
fiSy Snook says there is .a marked dif
ference between birds and women. As
an illustration of this he , cites tho fact
that a bit of looking glass on a fruit tree
will, frighten away every bird that ap
proaoueajt, while the some article would
attract mure fair ones than a load of oher«
rles.