ijlje American Doluntecr. pUBUSHKI) THURSDAY MOUNINU PRATTON -Sc KENNKBY 4 orFICB-tfOVTIt MARKET SQUARE rmvrß-Two Dollar* oer vear If paid strictly «,iv/inre: Two Dollarsand Flft.v rents If paid ln in.hi three months; after which Three Dollars m hefharaed. These terms will he rluldly ad f'" i m m every Instapee. No snhscrtptlnn dis. “.nfinurd nnMI all arrearages are paid, unless at Section of Min Billtnr. prnfpflflfnnnl (JTarlrs, V | VVM. 13. PAHKEU, & PARICER, attorneys at law. Ofilco on Main Street, iti Marlon Hull, Car Pn. o*Tk - Dec. 2 KB*- .. . . JJNITBD STATES CLAIM AND BEAL ESTATE A G ENG Y! ' M. B. BUT Jj'E B , ATTOKNEY AT LAW, office In 2d Story of TnhofTs Building, No. 3 South {fonover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county Bounties, Back Pay, Ac., promptly by mail, will receive Immediate 'parti* (inlftrattentlon given to the selling orront neof Real Estate, In country... In all lot e«()f inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. July a. I«fl7-tf . n E. BELTZ HOOVER, 'ATXO It NE r-AT-LA W, CARLISLE. PA. e|-Oince on South Hanqvcr Street, opposite [jenti’s dry goods store, jipr. 1. ISui. COUNSELOR. AT I. AW. rUTH STItRET, HR LOW. CHESTNUT, Cor. Library. PHILADELPHIA. t i, ifM-ly pjats anH araps. iIESH SUMMERARRIVAL OF ALL THE A'JSfT STYLES HATS AND-.CAPS. subscriber bns Just opened nt No, 15 North in- surepf. a few doors North of the Carlisle >il Kurils one of the largest and best Stocks kT>*and CAPS ever offered In Carlisle, Hats. Cussl mere of all styles and qualities, Hrims. illiferent colors, and every deacrlp* TRnft Hals now .nade. Dnnkard nnd Old Fashioned Brush,con ran hand and made to order, all warrant- L r lve satisfaction, f A full assoxtraent of I MEN'S. BOY’S, AWT) - • CHILDREN'S. . . HATS, salso added to my Stock, notions of dlflfcr nOh, consisting of ES' AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS, fw, Suspcndrra, OiUnrx, Gloves, Pencil*, Thread, Sewim 7 Silk. Umbrellas , d ME SEGARS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND. me a call, and examine my stock as I fee] ent of pleasing all, besides saving you mo- JOHN A. KELLER, Afjcnt, No. 15 North HauoverStreet. IbGD. TS AND CAPS T fOD WANT A.NICK HAT OU CAP 7 If so. Don't Fail to call on J. G. C A L L I O , NO. 29. WES 7 MAIN STREET, can be seen the finest assortment of hats and caps Jiiglit to Carlisle. Ho takes great pleas- InvUing his old friends and customers, new ones, to hl« splendid stock just re from New York and Philadelphia, con ln part of fine . . v - iOOTS AND SHOES >FOR s and MISSES’,' DENTS' AND ROYS’,I » YOUTHS' AND T3HILDS', ft""ec , , . , . " -..fit el .. r• :,•... t , , • -.f ,' f ..lir ~,/ 1 . . . i i . . 1 ' i e . • •,-; • 1 e • .. S 4: .. N. . 01 • N . . • . Lir. L _ z ,., i 1 . - . 11111: 0 1 (1 aft BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. 30nj (Booas. E W GOODS! B. A. SAWYER, Irvine’s Corner, Opposite Market House. lS“e4 U &k U „ r f ned rr ° m 11,0 Clty wltU ““ FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS, hn Y e beeu Purchased for cash and will bo sold on short prollts, uuu Wo nave everything kept in a FIRST CLASS DRY GOOD STORE, H lO advantage of a resident buyer in w . 10 hblo at all limes to furnish us with bargains and watch the markets. OVPr y£ody to call and examine our stock before purchasing cisowhere, as you will bo convinceclwhut we Have at the CHEAT.ST ORE, and money can ho saved In buying from us. Sep. 1,1570. GOODS I . ERYGOODSI attractive specialties ' at HARPER’S PBPBL.tR DRV GOODS STORE: Pure wised during tne greatest depression In low prices ,O nt correspondingly dress goods, compriffl ug all tho noveltl* s of the season. MOURNING AND SECOND MOURNING GOODS, ' • ES. BLACK SILKS, BLACK SATIN TAMIS CuS n extra quality. Pure Mohairs, Black Alpuc (Specialty.) WHITE GOODS, Piques In great variety and latest Btylc%- Prcnch Muslins, Nansooks, Cumhrlcs, Bishop and \ ictoria'Lawns, Tarletons, &c., «to. HOSIERY AND GLOVES in great variety. Guipure Laces—best- and cheapest stock in town. Real Valenciennes. Thread Luces. In «ortmgs, Hamburg Embroideries and Lace LfNEN GOODS, Linen for suits, ~ T 1 Linen Ducks and Drills, Pillow Case Linens, .f rx i. ~ Linen Sheetings, Wliltb Holland for Blinds, Table Linens and Napkins, Doylle Towels, White Spreads, «£c., &c. BOYS’ CASSIMEiIES ANC MEN’S WEAR newest styles, less than, regnlar rates'. S P E.C I A L NOTICE! .LLAMA LACE' POINTS, g LLAMA LAOR BOCKS, .BEDOUIN MANTLES, SHETLAND H-AWLS THUS. A. HARPER. Cor. of Hanover and Pomfretbta. June 28,187 i. QREAT COMMOTION DkY GOODS, On account of the reduction In Gold, the Dry Goods Merchants who understand their business "n‘l the certain signs oi .the times, have reduced thoprlceoi tholrgoodsconespondingly. Tliesub scrUievs liavo just received from the cities a largo and full assortment of all Kinds of FOREIGN & STAPLE GOODS, which they will sell lower than they have done since 1601. SILKS, Wool Do Lalnes, Alpacas, Poplins, Borges, Bom busflues, Tamiao Cloth, Grenadines. FLANNELS OF ALL KINDS, Plain Linen Table Diapers, Cotton do., Checks, Tickings, Ginghams, Counterpanes EMBROIDERIES, a full lino; White Goods In great variety, HOdI ERY, GLOVES, TRIMMINGS andafull stock DOMESTIC GOODS, Calicoes, Muslins, by the piece or yard; Grain bugs, CLOTHS, CASSIMERB, &o„ CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, JDruggeta, Window Shades, Matting* MILINERY GOODS of all kinds. Including Ladles and Childrens Hats and Sundowns, and the heat assortment and best quality of fine Hlbbons Intho county.— ICId Gloves, (best make,) Jewelry, Fancy Goods and Notions In great variety. This MAMMOTH STOCK OF GOODS tne largest In this section of country. Is offered a. prices that defy competition, and all wo ask is a fair examination by good Judges of goods to flKtisfy the public that this Is the place to buy and save money. LADIES’ UNDER WEAR, A nice assortment of Ladles’ Under Clothing very handsomely stitched and trimmed at •reasonable prices^ l . .WOOL taken In exchange for goods. BENTZ * CO. AttheoldDrv deads stand established Feb runry Ist. PU March 30—70 J. L. HTERNEB'E LIVERY AND &AIE 6AEJ E BETWEEN HANOVER AND BEDFORD BT IN THE REAR OF BENTZ HOUSE CARLISLE, PA. Having fitted up the Stable wUh now Carri- <£c., I am prepared to furnish first-class turn-outs nt reasonable rates. Parties taken of and from the springs. April 25,1807—^y A WORD TO OOMRUMPTIVES.- Belng aaliortuncl practical treatise no the nature, causes, and symptoms of pulmouary Consumption, Bronchltl.H and Asthma, and their prevention, treatment, and euro by In- Tialatlon. Sent by mat! T/eo. Address Q. VaNHUMMELL, M D 6. West Fourteenth Street, N, Y, June 10, 1800—y {Thb following Hues are' from thepen of Gen" Stonewall Jackson, of Confederate fame. They .hreathotho truo-spirlt of pursy and tender pathos. As a beautiful expression of thought, they will no, doubt bo appreciated by our read ers.) NEW GOODS! Tho tattoo'boats—the lights are gone, Thocamp around In slumber lies ; The n Ight wi th solemn pace moves on, The shadows thicken o’er the skies ; Dpt sleep my weary eyes hath flown. And sad uneasy thoughts arise. I think of thee, dearest one, Whoso love my early heart hath blest; Of thee and him—our baby son— Who slumbers on thv gentle breast; God oftho lender, frail and .lone, Oh guard the tender sleeper’s rest And hover gently, hover near • To her, whose watchful eye is wot-r To mother, wife—the double dear, In whoso young heart have freshly met; Two streams of h vo so deep and clear— And cheer her drooping spirits yet. Now, while she kneelfrbefore thy Throne, Oh teach her. Ruler of the skies, , That, while by Thy behest ulnne, Earth’s mightiest powers fall and rise. No tear la wept to Thee unknown, No hair Is lost, no sparrow dies That Thou oan’st stay the ruthless hand Of dark disease, and soothe Its' pain ; That only h'- Thy stern commands The hattle’s lost, the soldier’s slain ; That from the distant sea or land Thou brlng’st the wanderer home again. And when upon her plllow.lono Her tear-wet cheek Is sadly prest. May happier visions beam upon The brightening current of her breast No frowning look or angry lone. • Disturb the Sabbath of her rest. Whatever fate those forms may show, Loved with a passion almost wild— By day; by night, in joy or wo— By fears oppressed, or hopes beguiled, From every danger, every foe, Oh, God I protect my wife and child ! D. A. SAWYER. NlizatintliCollo. Tt wan the hardest of'hard times. Old, well etttahltalvMt hounea were failing all a round ; no wonder Hint Hit* smaller con cerns wore fairly swallowed up in Hip crashes going on in Hip business world. No wonder Hint Harry Tyndnf. ayoung city merchant,'ant in his office gazing with pale face and despairing eyes at Hie specter ruin, which stared at him from no great distance. He had weathered the. Ptorrrfa of three brief years—he had soon hoped , to weather this, hut the loss of a thousand pounds held by a friend deprived him.of the means of making a payment due in three days, and ho felt that all was Indeed lost,' for hla efforts to negotiate a loan In the present state of the money market bad been worse than useless. The prospect before him was not a cheering pne. It is rather hard to begin life over again at thirty, especially when one has reached that age after years of poverty, toil, and self-exertion. In his younger days. Harry Tyndall had known want In its oruelewt, most savage form— he had battled its grim legions, and risen to independence ; and nowat the thres hold of a higher life, he was burled back with just a g’impse of the enchanted grounds within. As be sat confronting the heap of pa pers on his desk, the office door opened, and a Indy entered. Mechanically .Harrv rose and placed a chair; but ns. the ladv threw hack her veil, ho exclaimed, in surprise, ‘Mias Berwick.l* ‘Pardon my Intrusion, Mr. Tyndall,' sold the most musical of voices, ‘I have been on the upper floor, looking for the offices of Graves and Waldron, and was told that thev were on thi* floor. I wish to give Mr. Waldron this package. May I ask yon to deliver ft? I will remain here. Of ntl things I dislike to lose my self in these dark passages hunting for Offlopfl.* Harrv took the package with alacrity was gone but a moment, and on his re- turn found Miss Berwick standing by the window, idly looking down the street. — She turned at bis entrance, thanked him with a smile.and a how, and then took her bright presence out of the room ; and Harry was left to'hla meditations. ‘I mav ns well give it up. I have not a friend who conk! help me In this strait;’ he muttered, after a half-hour’s deep thought. ‘I wl ! l make an assignment, nr go into hankruprcv, and then depart f‘*r America, where toil la better reqult pii.* And as he spoke, he rose to Ms feet, Ms °yes falling on the floor. He was vague ly conscious,of some dark object at his feet stooped carelessly to lift.lt. and saw fhat It was a pocket hook—leather, and rather the worse for wear, but very ple thoric. He sat down again, and opened It. There were various compartments, but all of them empty save one. That contained ten one hundred » ound notes. Just the sum that would save him from ruin. If it were his, he could pay that hill falling due, sell off his stock, and seek a situation until the panic were past! He looked the pocket-book over again. Th'-re was no clue to 1 lie owner; yet he fell convinced that it must, of course be long to Clara She was theonlv person who had been In his office-that morning. It was a terrible temptation .to Harry. Had his visitor been any other than Clara Berwick, it is hard to say whether conscience or inclination would have prevailed; as it was. con science won the day, and out after Miss Berwick. •Rhe was hot to be found, however; and Harrv concluded she had gone borne.— Ro thither he bent Ms steps. Clara was an heiress; and something of a belle too. — Rhe was not classically beautiful, but she was voung and had a good figure, clear complexion, frank gray eyes, and very abundant.hair; all of which pond points she made the most of, as every daughter of Eve 1s hound to do. Rhe came down in , response to Harry’s,double knock, and looked'quite surprised; though she en deavored to conceal it, 9 When Harrv showed her the pocket hnok. she looked' of It attentively, and laughed a merry peul of laughter. ‘Why, Mi;. Tyndall, she cried, *vou must think I have poor taste to own «m*h a purse ns that. Ree, that is mv pooket-nook •’ and she drew out a dainty purple velvet purse, to which was ap pended a gold chain. ‘But no one has been to ray office to dav save yon. 1 ‘lndeed ! The pocket-book is certainly not mine,’ she responded, very earnestly. ‘What shall I do with it?’ said Hary, in perplexity. *Whv keep It, of course, 1 responded Miss Berwick, with a bright smile; and she seated herself upon the sola, and be gan to discourse of something else. • , Bhe and Harry had often metin so ciety ; hut he hail never called upon .her before, and wlau he rose from bis chair to go pho said, ‘really, Mr. Tyndall, I oueht to he grateful to the owner of that pocket-book, since It gained me the the pleasure of a call* May I hope that you will repeat it some tune when you have nostray articles to dispose of?’ Hnrrv blushed, murmured something about the pleasure being on his side, and hurried away. •O. dear,* he said to himself, ‘she actu ally believes that I trumped upthatafory of the pocket-book for an excuse to call on her. Wealth privileges her to be im pertinent. But oh, If I only dared to use It! And Just the amount too! But 1 must advertise It.’ Harry Tyndall did not advertise the lost-pocket-book, and when, three days fwfal 31V WIFE AND CIIK^.D. A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 18T0. later, his hill fell due, he paid it and was a free wan. If la not necessary to recount the suc cessive steps In temptation which finally led to the first dishonest act of a hitherto spotless life. How the pocket-book came there he could not oven guess. But it was there; it Just supplied his needs, he appropriated It. and was henceforth branded a thief in his own eyes. Those months of ..financial distress which followed were safely tided ovef, and then he devoted imnselfto his busi ness with a melancholy desperation born of conscious guilt. He went little Inta society; and especially did he avoid Clam Berwick, who, with a perversity of mock ing mischief. tortured him with allusions to the lost pocket-book whenever she chanced to meet him. • She was so tbor* otiehly good-natured about It, so utterly careless and trifling that he could not ac cuse her of malice; yet, his own con science being his sharpest accuser, he imagined knowledge of his guilt when, in reality, there was none. He did not conceal from himself that the desire to remain in Miss Berwick's sphere was the principal os use of his rash act; yet, now that he was still where he could meet her, he shrunk from making an avowal of his feelings—h© dared not approach her with h/s love. Ho be argu ed to himself, thinking that be was strong enough to withstand the tempta tion. although he kutew he had yielded to a lesser one. Rut, dfogulno tho foot as w« may, we are all creatures of circumstances. We say, ‘I will not do so and so,’ and, lot in a month or year we have done those very things; and it has become a matter of course that we. should have done so.~ JEven as. in spite of his will, Harry Tvn dall had appropriated what was hot'tiln ; •so, also, in spite of that same will, he was at l«ot thrown intojiist such circum stances as forced from his lips a'declara tion of love to Clara, though he trembled and doubted as he made it. Clara arched her brows a moment In pretended surprise (os if she had not known his struggles all alone); then her old merry, mocking smile flashed over her face, and some bantering words rose to her lips, but they were unspoken ; for there was earnestness enough, and enoughof passion and pain in his face to subdue even her. He scarcely knew whatshesaid ; but he went away, feeling as If his head would strike the stars, he* Cange Clara loved him,and would marry; hut as he walked along, he thought of file pocket-book, and liis ecstncy died away. Why should he, a common thief, rejoice because, under false colors, he had won a good woman’s heart?- But he must play th** accepted lover; and he did so, forgetting, when with her, his own nnworthlnesa. Sometimes he thought to tell her all; again, he shrank from her scorn and the loss of her re- spect. • - But one day, when they were togeth er, after a short silence between them, Clam said suddenly. ‘Harry, did you ever find out whoop purse that was thal yon found in your office?’ He turned pale as death. Was his sin about to find him out at last? ‘No,’be said, lyisklly, ‘Was there no clue—nothing to Indi cate who wan the owner?’ ‘None at all.’ ‘Have you it yet, Harry? .Well, T should like to see it. Will you go and get It ?’ ‘T have it here,’ he said. Like manv criminals, he had never parted with the witness of his crime. Clara took it in her hands. ‘Now, Harry.’ said she, ‘I have a con fession to make;. I don’t mind telling yon tlint I fell in love with you at first sight; and that when I learned from my lawyer that you wer<» on the verge of ruin, and that so small n sum would nave you, I was grieved for your suffer ings hut rejoiced to thiuk I might help you.* Here she opened the purse, slipped the penknife between two compartments, and drew out a folded paper, which she handed to Harry, who rend it:— 1 ‘Use this money to tafce up that out standing debt. • ‘A Fbiend.’ He looked at her smiling face and a light broke in upon him, V ‘So, it was your purse, after ail ?’ ‘No, Harry, it was not mv purse. I found the old thing In the garret; but it was ray money. Tell me, did it save yon ?’ ' , ‘Yes; oli, yes! And all these years I have borne about a needless burden, and morning, noon, and night called myself a thief, and dared not tell you of my Iov»- because of It. Ah, what have I not suffered? 1 •And I am the cause of it all; 7 cried Clara, cthrowlng her arms around his neck, with a burst of tears. ‘.Can you fonrlve me?’ ‘Forgive you !’ said Harry, fondly. ‘X would go" through twice as much to save you a single pang! And, at last, I can hold up my head among men with a clear conscience.’ ‘Ofcourse, you can. Don’tyou remem ber I told you at the time (o use it? You might have know it was all right.’ 'Yes, I might; hui, I did not. Tl would have saved me much sorrow if 1 had. However, Ido not regret it now.’ Carlotta, Isabella and Eugenie. —What a strange. s»d picture the three present to day. Carlotla, once Imperial and world famous on the throne of Max imilian—now bereft of her beauty and her mind, and Incurable. Isabella, the abdicated queen of Rpnin, driven from her throne, and exiled to anything but a happy life. Eugenie, regent of France, brilliant and beautiful, from her imperial throne In Paris, compelled to see her pow er not only threatened, but seemingly gradually fading away. This is the situ ation of the three queens, who ten years ago were the three representative women of the word. Who would envy them thfjr present position ? Who would be the houseless, pow-.rless, BufTering'Cor loita—only the wreck of her former beau ty? Or who would care to take Eugenie's present responsibility, watched the whole world, and not unlikely to lose her position at any moment ? Sometimes, when one’s thoughts lead him to wishing that his fortunes might have been cast in .grander places, he may profitably look around and sea the for lunes of those who sit npnn imperial thrones. Victoria is undisturbed, but she is a glorious exception. The three we have named, all of whom are more at home in France than elsewhere, have borne with every kind of anxiety and suffering. The humblest cnttagegirl and most obscure sewing woman in ail the land are more to be envied than are these hree queens. Does any one suppose that hey have not often sighed for the retired life of a private lady, away from the trap pings and machinery of courts? Alas ! these secrets are never known to the pub lic, but we can see in the poor Cariotta’s wieoked beauty, life and fortunes to wlmt sad endings queen’s may come.— Chicago Times. Not-Quick Enough.—\n amusing incident occurred one day last week, in the morning train going west from Rloh mond.on the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail road. As the train entered the Blue Ridce tunnel at Rockbridge Gap, one mile in length, a passenger sought to avail himself of the three minutes friend ly darkness for th> purpose of changing his linen.’ It so chanced that the clean shirt was stiffly starched, and the surfa ces refused to part company, and aa the tram emerged Into dayllgh the unhappy ami unshirted man was seen frantically endeavoring to tbrnat his- bare arms through the most refractory of sleeve*. His fellow passengers engaged In rather a loud smile at tile expense of tiie victim of circumstances, but before the train readied the lunatic asylum at Htanton. some ten miles d'atant, the shirt yielded to the spasms of the owner, his counte nance resumed an expression of mild sat isfaction, and no one suggested a straight Jacket. . the Memphis Avalanche, August 27.] the bloody code r: FATAL DUEL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Parilcnlnn or tho llnstllo Itlretlng no f. r.Mm.ll nn.l E. «.. Ham lin—Tlio Latter Marlally WonucleclT Touching Death Scene The community was shocked otan early hour yesterday with the announcement that Mr. Ed. F, Hamlin, a well-known and hlv hly respected voting lawyer of this city, had come to his death in a duel with’ Mr. Ed. T.Freernah, another well-known and respectable yonnir citizen. The news spread like wildfire through the city, and all day long ft was the theme of conver sation at the, street corners. In hotels, In counting rooms, and In all sorts of (daces, public and private. LikePnnoe Arthur's death, the tragic occurrence was common in the people's mouths, and when they spoke of i» It was with blanched cheeks, bated breath, and saddened countenances. Never were onr people more horrow slricken, and never were they more im iressed with the barbarism of "thecode.” But whatever the horror of the public, It can bear no comparison with the frantic tnef of the mother over the tragic fate of her first-born, or the more stolid but equally as poignant sorrow of the father and brother. Who Is there that can de scribe the sorrow of that family circle thus rudely sundered? Ah! the blood code has plunged many joyous families info theJowest depths of grief and des pair. And for what? Let the widowed wife, tlie orphaned children, the mother bereft of son, the sister made brotherless —ay, let nil concerned answer. What has it ail availed ? But let us draw a veil over this. It is too sacred, too sad a subject for the public gaze. CAUSE OP THE TROUBLE. The difference between the young.men, which was of a private character, has been the subject of talk about town for some days. It is no breach,of privacy to way that a Indy was thelnnocentcouse of the misunderstanding, if such It may he-called. -Several days ago, one of omv con tern porn Hes announced that theaffutr had been amicably nettled, and such was believed to lie the case by’’all but a few knowing ones, until yesterday morning, when the Avalanche announced that a duel had been arranged to come off be tween the pa r Mes in a neighboring State at sunrise. Influential citizens, friends of both parties, had labored for days to bring the affair loan adjustment satisfac tory to all concerned, but In vain. Blood was the only atonement for real or fan cied wrong, uud blond has been shed with direful result. Several days ago a meet ing of the parlies concerned was held across the river, Arkansas, and from this fact doubtless sprung the .report of set- tlement, when in fact It waa only for the purpose of correspondence with a view to a more hostile meeting. The parries re turned to the city, and as indicated tile closing. SCENE OF THE DRAMA came off yesterday morning, in the State of Mississippi, just across the State line, when the bright sun had just appeared across Ihe horizon and the world was hardly astir! when the grass was heavy with due and birds twittered among the trees. „ THE FIGHT. The choice of position was won on behalf of Mr. Freeman, hut from the character of the ground It proved to be of no ad vantage, the suo coming to the side of and between the fopmen. Twn saplings were cut down and transplanted after the ground had been staked off so as to af ford shelter to each. The word waa won hy Mr. Beales on behalf of Mr. Hamlin The gentlemen then took their respect ive positions. Each seemetj perfectly cool and self-posse-sed ; not a muscle moved ; never was there a sign of a qui ver when the words “ARE YOU READY, GENTLEMEN?’’ were pronounced. Each answered firm ly and audibly, “Yes.” The distance was fifteen paces and the weapons were formihte looking duelling pistols, long and with smooth bore. Auer a pause, the words “Fire,,' "One,” were pro nounced, when two sharp, loud reports liiaquicU aueeession were heard and two columns of smoke rolled upward, obscur ing fora moment.or two the principal actors in file tragedy. Our reporter and his friends sprang forward. Half way between the carriages and the ground they met Mr. Freeman and his seconds moving rapidly in the direction ofthecarriages. Aatheypassed, one of the party, as if speaking to our re porter, ami referring to Mr. Hamlin, re marked that he was already dead, or something to that effect. The reporter pressed forward to the ground and found Mi. Hamlin.snpnorted in a standing po sitlon by Drs. D. D. SandersandErakino. THE FIRST SHOT was Mr. Freeman’s; Mr. Hamlin's fnl lowed Immediately. The latter felt his wound ere he discharged his pistol. Af ter discharging it. he exclaimed, pressing his hand to his aide, “I am hit;" and then, looking towards his adversary : “Freeman, I never said aught against you nr injured you iu all my life.” After supporting him awhile the doc tors laid him gentlyou his hack and pro ceeded to examine hia wound. Dr. Ers kine held his pulse. After a brief exami nation Dr. Bounders remarked: "Ed. you are badly hurt.” Bald Mr. Hamlin: “Is It a- killing wound, doctor?” “It is a serious wound. Ed,” replied Dr. Bonrtders, “and I can give you no encouragement.” "I fired too high, dld’nt I, doctor 7” asked the dying man. "Are you in pain, Ed?” asked one of the group. ‘Oh. no. I am not in pain,’ he said, ‘but I feel such a strange sensation here,’ placing his hsnd'oo his side, the wound meanwhile having bandaged. Strong men stood around, men who hnd dared death on many a battle-field. They wept like children B"me hurried words to Dr, Saunders by the dying man, •Bay nothing to my poor mother,’ said Hamlin ; ‘but tell my father I was born a gentleman and died a gentleman,’ was ail that was head. A pause. The wounded man’s eyes began to turn glassy. He was ,-loaing consciousness. It was plain the sands of life were running out fast. Said Scales;,his second, bending over him, ‘Don't you know me, Ed ? There was no response, ‘He will never know you again, Scales,’ said Dr. Saunders, very gravely. The little group again shed tears. It was a sad scene. Above the glorious sun shown in all itssplender; below all was beautiful and tranquil, the trees in the woods skirting the field swayed lazily in Hie morning breeze; In a dis tance a picturesque farm house-broke'tho view; near by were the carriages ; on the ground near the group lay one of the Instruments of death, jn the midst of the group lay a handsome, manly form, writhing in pain, life fast passing away. The doctors were unable to do anything for the body, their was no priest or min ister of God to administer consolation to an Immortal soul. Alter a little while there was a contor tion of the body, and then an exclama tion-something like ' Oil, MY POOB MOTHER !' then all was silent as the grave again. The friends and surgeons aud spectators looked on with bated breath. A little brandy was administered. It failed to have any efieot. It was proposed to move the dying man to the house of Mr. Jovner, near by, aud a blanket was procured, into which he was lifted; but It was concluded that theohango would only hasten death, and the suggestion was abandoned, DEAD, DEAD, DEAD. In three-quarters of on hour from the 1 time when the , pistol was discharged, Hamlin lay a corpse on the spot where he’ received the fatal bullet. It entered the right side, passed through the liver, and out thn ugh tho left side. Ho was shot CLEAR THROUGH THE BODY Freeman and his friends had departed. Around the dead man stood Drs. Baud* ders and Erskine; Messrs. Scales. Belcher and Saunders, the seconds of Hamlin : Mr. Harry Hill, of Bolivar; Mr. James Speed, of Memphis, and the reporter of th e Avalanche, the only representative of the press on the ground. So ended the duel between Ed. Free man and Ed. Hamlin. Whatever may be the feeling of the public, it Is not for a reporter ot occurrences to express an opinion. All said'the light- was a fair one, and on this point there is no differ ence of opinion. The cause of the melan choly affair Is of too tender a nature to be paraded in the public print, except as it may be shown in the correspondence which passed between the two actors In the bloody tragedy. ED. HAMDIN was a rising young member of the bar of this city, and a fate partner of Judge Henry G. Smith. His flga waa about twenty-five years. Wil iam Hamlin, paying tellerof the First National Bank. Is his brother. Gentlemanly and popu lar in his manners and address, lie had many friends, add Was much admired in social circles. He was engaged to be married to a beautiful young lady, who left a few days ago to rusticate In Ken tucky. He was to hove accompanied her, but was detained on account of tins sad occurrence, which was then pending. ED, FREEMAN, the challenging party, stands equally high in the respect of the-community. He isa native of Virginia, and has resided in Memphis since the war, engaged in mercantile pursuits, most of the-time os bookkeeper In a prominent cotton house. THE BDRGEON3. T)r. Saunders attended as surgeon on behalf of Mr. Hamlin, and Dr. Erskine on behalf of Mr. Fioeman. THE SECONDS. Messrs. W. H. Rhea, C. P. Wooldridge onrl —_ Taylor, acted as the friends and seconds of Mr. freeman, and Messrs. Scales, Belcher, and Saunders fop Mr. Hamlin. THE BODY of Mr. Hamlin was removed soon after death to the residence of Mr, Joyner near the scene of the duel. Late in ihe day it was brought to his late residence, when a crowd rapidly gathered, and a «cene which beggars description ensued. The mother.waa wild with grief and would not he consoled, Friends ami neighbors shared In the grief, strong men and weak women alike, shedding tears over the occnrrencei which had tli ns de spoiled arfold and respected totally of its brightest Jewel. THE CORRESPONDENCE. Memphis, Tbnn., August 19, 1870. Mr. Edward Hamlin, ATemphU. Tenn. “Sir:—This w bl bo banned to yon by my friend, Mr. Charles K WoGlnrldge, Xwish to arrange with you. or your friend, n Bneeev meeting In. order to settle all existing differen ces. In this communication It Ik hardly neces*- ary to refer to the pmti. Let It suffice teat I shall, and do now, denounce vou as a coward poltroon, and a. base scoundrel. If this la not sufficient, to Indue yon to give me the satisfac tion every gentleman has at all times a right to ask of another, Inform me and I will eheermlly give it to you. Respectfully, E. T. Freeman. Malnr.E. T. Ark " AUB “ St IBrC -8m:-Yonr note of the loth Inslftnt line been received. I am unconscious of having done’ you any wrong or of having given vou any cause for this most exiraordlnary communlca tlon;. but the peremptory terms ofvourrmte debar me from any reply other than the ac centance of tee meeting you desire. Mv friend Mr. Scales, la authorized to represent me and will arrange tne terras of this meeting- - Ed. l. Hamlin, A Funny Bird. -A recent traveller in Australia thus describes the performances of a tame cockatoo, known by its pst name of “ the Doctor ” It pretended to have a violent tooth ache. and nursed its henk in its claw, recking Itself backwards and forwards as if in the greatest agony, and in answer to all the remedies wlilpli were proposed croaking out, “Oh, It ain’t a hit of use!” and filially, sidling up to the edge of its perch, and saving in a. hoarse but confi dential .whisper: "Give us a drop of whis ky, do It would also pretend to sew. holding a little piece of cloth underneath its claw which rested on the perch and going through the motions with the other get ting into difficulties with its thread, and finally setting up a loud song in praiseof sewing machines, just as if it were an advertisement. The “ Doctor’s” best performance Is when he imitates a hawk. He reserves iliis floe piece of acting until his mistress is feeding her poultry ; then, when all the hens and .chickens, turkeys and pig eons sre in the quiet enjoyment Of their breakfast or supper, the peculiar shrill cry of a hawk is heard overhead, and the "Doctor” is seen circling in the air, ut tering a scream occasionally. The fowls never find out that it is a hoax, but run to shelter, cackling in the greatest alarm —hens cackling loudly for' their chicks, turkeys crouching under the bushes, the pigeons taking refuge ia their house. As soon ns the ground is quite clear, cooky ohanges his wild note for peals of laugh ter from a high tree, and, finally alight ing on the top of a hencoop filled with trembling chickens, remarks, In a suffo cated voice, "You’ll be the death of me!” Unequal, Match. —A curious exam ple of compulsory marriage onee took niaee id Clerkonwell. A blind woman, forty years of ago, conceived a strong at taolimentforayoung man who worked in a house near her own, and. whose ham mering she could hear early and late.— Having formed an acquaintance with him, she gave him a silver watch and other presents and lent him ten pounds to assist him In bis business. The re cipient of these favors waited on the lady to thank her, and intimated that he was about to leave London. This was by no means what the blind woman wanted, and she was determined not to lose the person whose industrial habits had so charmed tier. She had him arrested for The debt of ten pounds and thrown into prison. While In confinement she visi ted him and offered to forgive him the debt on condition that he married her.— Placed in this strait, the young man chose what lie deemed the least of the two evils and married W» ‘benefactress.’ The man who arrested him gave away the bride nt the altar. FASHION ITEMS' Corduroy and plush customes will be very fashionable this winter. Artificial flowers are used more than ever this season for trimming evening dresses. The fall bonnets are to he trimmed with nay velvet, ornamented with ber ries or very bright flowers. The prettiest trlmmlng-for white pique or linen dresses are Swiss muslin rutiles edged with lace. Young ladies besides wearing gentle men’s neckties, have taken to largo scarf pins Instead of a brooch. A new stylo hair-pin has been Inven ted, which Is the color of the hair, with small spiral top, warranted not to move after being placed In the hair. It Is sold that experienced husbands can tell when their wives are about to ask for money, by the way they purse their mouths. VOL. 57.- • THE RADICAL I»ARTT. In a paper on,“The Civil and Social Crimes of Mongrolium,” in The Old Uuaud for August, the writer does not give a very flattering oicturo of the ori gin of the Republican organization. He says: , Tlmt party wns born of confusion and dlslnte gratlon. It comes up out of an unnnliiml com'. nfnnMon of tbo worst element* of Puritanism i with the most grotesque and licentious stylo of . IpfldoMty. Its foster-father, therefore had to bo atr nlty °f hypocrisy, duplicity and falsehood. In the whole history of this parfv, wo behold the spirit of the Puritan and brigand united. In It pravor and murder have gone hand-ln-imnd. But It all began In prayer—in the prayers of the New England Puritans ahnuf negroes, and -*sla* very ’and‘‘liberty." of which they never had the«llKh»ostconception. The ‘'liberty'* which (he Puritan has always made such a nofso about means only his own right to bond or break everybody or everything to hi sown will in Eu rope. the Puritan was a “regicidebut only be cause the kings did not believe with him on points of faith. In this country he heann his ca reer by drowning BapMstsand hu"nlngQuakers for a simple non-conformity of faith with his and .n? ll,u ? cn ‘fod with the murder of more J"”,"? 1111, 7 n of mon. because they did not en his views about* niggers. But to nccom- Vi eot * 1)0 " nl,0(l w »h all tbo social outcasts In the country—with Infidels, socialists free-lovers, BdlrltualNis, and evorv tvpo of intel lectual, social and moral renegades. What a superstructure It Is, this “Rnillcnllsm 1 A iro" on P? ,n ”<>™M™ of every species of Inti Sh&”Vth^ Brown and Jim ca!’ ,lC p r ar n ty. n 0 roW ’ Imd S' l ™ Wrtli lo tiro "KnUl- lemocvv I'roHiircu for tlio non CougrcsSi The following table exhibits the present Democratic strength in the Hnus" of Representatives, and what fall elect tons ; Cy ex^ ,ect to « nin in the Maino MnsftnchtiKPib)., Connpfflcuj New York Pennsylvania... New foray Helawnro Maryland Vtrirlnla North Carolina. South Carolina., Georgia'. A lahama Mississippi r/inlßiuua Texas Tennessee Kentucky Arkansas Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri Wisconsin Minnesota West Virglriia; California Oregon Tqtals Present nurahor of. Democratic mem bers, 66 j expected g'nn, 65 ; total, 181; necessary for a majority. 122. In Nonli Carolina the have elected, since the above table was made, five, and the Padicnla two members of Congress, a gain of three to flie Conser vatives, one better than MtefabJoclaims. TIIE FRENCH Ml riCAII.EUR. The description recently given of the French \iitrailleur ,(not Mitralilense, as tin* dispatches frequently havo it) I corresponds almost indentically with I that ofan invention of a similar kind made during our recent wnr. The first one was built by the Messrs. Winans. and was captured on its wav to Harper's Ferry. Several of the machines wore afterwards constructed, and their practi cal u»e tested at the Washington Navy Yard and at Fortress Monroe. The principle was simply that of n row of musket barrels with a movable breech piece covering all, on which the’ cart ridges were placed, and the firing was done by the turning of a crank, by which the detonating powder in the cartridges was exploded. Each of the machines was protected by a movable hood of sheet-iron, which formed p, de fence against musket bails. After re peated tests hy the most competent officers the invention was condemned being useless for field work. The Con federates also constructed an engine of destruction somwhat on the same plan, but like their opponents, never brought it into practical use. The soldiers on each side ridiculed them, and nick named them the “piano” and the "cof fee mill,” One of the machines is now rusting in thoarsenni yard at Richmond. If the French iiave notgrca'ly improv ed on the American originals, the terri ble Mitrnilleur will not greatly barm the Prussians. Tite people of Illinois Imvo inserted one section in their new 'Constitution which we would like to see in force fur ther East. It provides that every elect ed member before taking his sent in the Legislature must take and subscribe a solemn oath that hohis not used money to further his election, and that ho will not take money for his vote in favor of or in opposition to any measure. Were We blessed with "this law hero, our candidates might be relieved from the blood suckers who annualh await nominations that they may commence their blackmailing operations. It is about time this practice was stop ped, and in default of any legal excuses to set up, wo trust that candidates on both tickets a ill taken, firm stand and refuse to bo “ bled.” The Democracy want no better plat form for the coralngcampaign than that furnished- them by the Radical Con gress. Their high tariff swindles, land grabs, failure to fulfill honest promises made to the people, squandering of the public money, ns shown by their own party men, these and other violations of law and decency go to make up a record upon which not sme of them should dare face his constituents. Ne gro equality works Its own way, and this alone will drive enough honest and thoughtful Republicans from party al legiance to make the Democratic ma- Jority in the next Congress a certainty. The Radical party lias made its own coffin and dug its own grave. We have in all probability now heard the end of the proposed onnexa tion ofSan Domingo. By some singular and inexplicablo' revuMon of feeling, the Islanders themselves, who were represented as being nearly unanimous for absorption by the United States, are now opposed to the movement; and Baez, who wits the foremost champion of the treaty, is how one of its deter mined opponents. This is a pleasing and probable change on the part of thp Islanders ; they are, no doubt, better able to tatce care of themselves than wo are to care for them. And they can still have their revolutions as of yore, and change their rulers in their favorite way, —which national pastimes they would have been forcibly deprived of by the United States authorities, to their dis gust and our expense. The Cleveland Plaindenler soys the Radicals of Ohio are quarreling with each other in the bitterest manner.— They seem to bate cacti other more bit terly than they do the Democracy, and their feuds cannot bo healed. If the Democracy of that State make strong nominations for Congress, they can cer tainly gain largely. --NO. 13. The most pompous soldier over known •General Importance. A man ever ready to scrape an acquain tance—The barber. A yawn In. company generally indi cates a tenp in the conversation. WiiAT horn produces tho most discor dant music ? Tiiedrinking horn. Happiness is a pig with a greasy tall, which every one runs after, but nobody can hold. Why should young ladles never wear stays? Jlecauso it is bo horrid to see a girl “ tight,” , What arc the most unsocial things In ha world ? .Milestones—‘you never see wo of them together. , SoiT'soap, in some shape, pleases all • and, generally speaking, tlio more lye you put into it ihe bchter. Yonsci Women are never in more dan ger of being made slaves than when the men are at their feet. Present Expected nuniber. gain. I i A constant reader writes to ascertain if tile cold shoulder so often given to poor iependeuts ts baked or.roasted. It is bard to catch deer in the woods, hut out of them many a dear is secured with but little difficulty. Beauty," says a French writer, “ is all the virtue of some people, and virtue la all the beauty of others." In a tavern, here.. Bays a country paper, a man named Drum is the bar keeper. His friends call him the "spirit-stirnu'r drum.” / ° Girls sometimes put tlioir lips out poutingly because they are angry, and sometimes because they .are disposed to meet you half way. . Strange.—’There is fialil to.be a young atly in town who helps her inotherwash, Strange, if true. Alt., efforts to make hay by eas light ' mve failed ; but it is discovered that wild | oats Can bo sown under its benign and I cheerful rays, Mark Twain is married. This will •reverse scripture, and Is all wrong—for I Instead oft, he twain being made one Hash, the ilcsli are one twain. “ Dear me, how heartily tired am I of this mourning,” observed a fashionable liM)y to her maid. “By the way, Jane, who am I In mourning for?” Portland, Blaine, claims the cham pion mean man, saying he Insisted upon being admitted to a panorama thgre at half price, because he has but one eye. Ox a tombstone at Florence, Italy is this Inscription : * Here lies Salv'ipo Ar niato d’Armati, of Florence, the Inventor of spectacles. May God paidon his sins. The year iaiB.' • A Buffalo serenader lately sang: ‘l’m thinking. love,of thee,’ when the descent of about fourgallonsof water from athird story window proved that her papa was thinking of him. Is TiiE.mlllenlnm approaching? One woman offered another her seat in,a horse car the other day. The conductor was nearly by tho heat and the un paralleled incident. They any an Idaho girl puts.on style because she cleans her teeth with the butt end of a blacking brush. She says she was brought up. to be neat, and doesn't care what folks think. A veteran observer once declared that no one knew what envy, and jealousy were until he had served In the army,— The observer probably bud never belong ed to a church choir. A da a ice v gives the following reason why the colored race is superior (o the wb Retrace : —“AM men are made of clay, and, like the meerschaum pine, are more valuable when highly colored.” A servant girl asked her mistress cho Other evening for the loan of her white muslin dress to wear to a party, modestly remarking. “ I dislike to ask von for it, as borrowed clothes never Ut lie as well as my own.” A meimueu of the Pennsylvania Legis lature, in defending mothers-in-law, said: “ I know ’em, Hr. Speaker. - Have had several. They’re a good and useful class, and yet—anil yet—with the best of them there may be trouble.” There la a rumor in the court of fash ion. that the panler is coming off. Not in tire manner in which it has been st en to come olf in every burlesque and panto mime since the invention of.that article ofdross, but finally and decidedly forever. It was regarded ns a slrnng case of cir cumstantial evidence in a Pittsburg court the other day, when the plaint iff produc ed the skillet with which his wife struck him, and showed the Jury how nicely the three legs fitted Into the holes in his head. A sußScainEti writes to an editor in the West: “ I don’t want your paper any longer,” to which the editor replied I wouldn’t tnako it an}' longer if you did ; it's present length suits mo very well.” The Secretary of the Treasury order* that hereafter none hut member* of Con gress shall ho permitted to enter rooms wherein are large packages of money. He is determined that the stealage of his de partment shall not bo diverted from his own political family A n Indiana girl warns Yankee girls, irongh a Boston paper, not to com- . nt ere with the expectation of getting hus bands, ns there are ndl enough to go around. If they do come, and succeed in’ gobbling up any Hnosier, they had better take along an extra wig. Pkoplio who live In the rear of hotels, or hoarding hou-os, cannot have their shades U|>a moment without a number of eyes and opera-glasses a.e levelled at them. Eve was not the only curious per world, nor are the opposite sox one whit less curious, especially where the Eves are concerned. A young .lady from tho rural districts went to Dea Moines to see an elephant,- lu the street car the conductor said to her, “Miss your fare." “Well, if I am," aho replied, “I don't want any of your impertinence.*' Spunky gal, that ! A Dream.- Tho editor of tho Bellefonte Republican recently hud a remarkable dream. Hero it la: 1 hud a dream tho other When everythin*; was still, I dreamed that each subscriber Caino up and paid his bill; Each wore a look of honesty. And smiles wore round ouoh eye, As they handed over tho stamps, They yelled, “how la that /or high,” Hates for Sl&ncrtisin ADVKRTISRttKKTO Will hO inserted OtTflD por lino for tho first Insertion, and five per lino for each Kuhsrnnenl Insertion. Qi erl.v half-yearly. nh