(jr|jc American Volunteer. rOJHJSHEU EVEUY THURSDAY MORNINO BKATTON & KENNKBY arricE-soiiTsi market nq^uare. ppimm*—Twn Dollars pnr vorvr If paid strictly advance: Two Dollaruund Fiftv Toms If paid lliihiii r.hroo months; nflor which Throe. Dollars 5 i lie churned. Th»**u* forinu will ho rlirldly ad hired h» In‘*vorv histunoo. No Hiihnerlpiion dih> .Vnuiioil until all arrearages ar6 paid, unless al tlli'fipMnll of the Nditnr. - professional (iTarDs. XITEL STATES CLAIM AND REAL. ESTATE A&EISrOYI M . B . BUTLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office U> 2d Story of ItilioiTm Building, IJo.SSmitli- Hmmvor Strout, Carlisle, Cumberland county bounties, Back Pay, Ac., promptly CO Ap|,n, -aliens by mall, will receive Iramcdlatp attention'given to the selling or rent inirof ll»»d Estate, in town or country, mail let ters of liKinlry, please enclose postage stamp. July 11. V’W—tf . TAMES H. GRAHAM, Jit., J attorney at law, . NO. 11 SOTUH HANOVER ST. CARLISLE. PA. OFFICE— Adjoining Judge Graham’s. March 81, IH7o—tf n JE. UEIiTZHOOVKR, ‘ ATiaitNTSY-AT-LAW, CARLISLE. Pa. Aff-Dffloo on South Hanover Street, opposite HMitz’B dry goods store, lire. I. MSA. B. HiRONS, A'rroitNUY AMD COUytifJfjOti AT L A ir. ST6TH STBKBT, BELOW CHESTNUT, Cor. Library. * Philadelphia Uot. 4, ly c. p. rnrimucu. c wm. b. barker IJUMRICH & PARKER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ofltyn on Main Sticot. In Marlon Hall, Car lisle, Pa. I)pft. 2 ISM- B. UKYNOLDS, M. D (Varlimfo of HAHNEMANN MEDICAL COL* PhilmlolplHa. • Office, West, Louther Bt,, at. residence of his mother. Carlisle.. Juno 9. TO-itm* • WM. J. SHEARER. Attorney and CouN.snbi.oii at I-aw, has removed his ollicft to the hitherto unoccupied room' In the Nurtli East corner of the Court House, Jim. *<»!>— ly WICKNN' KDV, A'J'tiihnkv AT Law , .Carlisle. Pnnna, OlHee same as Umtol ilic‘“Aniorlciin Volunteer.” Her. I iww nit. geouge s. seakight, pen- I J TIST. From the UaUiumrt fY./hye of DnUnl Olllceivi the resilience of Ills mother tost Loiithe.r Street, three doors below Bedford Carlisle, Pennu. * Dee. 1 ISlii, T.l L. .SHRVOOtC. - jWthie of The iV Peace. Ofllce No 3, Irvin's Row. L’arlla.o. April ail. iMifl— Iv 3»ats ano iffajis s H- a nil i v-a l or Abb Tim A EW ST YL AW iT A TvS AND CAPS. The subscriber has just opened at No. 15 Norfh [i'lnnirr S/wf. a few floors North of the Carlisle i>i*pt)sii BanU, one of tlie hugest ami best Stocks if ft ATS and CAPS ever ollbred In I’ar-Ilsle. Silk Bats Casslrnere ofiill styles and qualities, itlff Brims. different colors, and every deserlp imi i»i Soft '[lnis no w made, • Tin* hnnlcurd and Old Fashioned Brush, eon l.inllyon ham! and made to order, all warrant 'l to give Hal Isfaction.- A full assoi tinent of MEN’S. BOY’S. AND CHILDREN’S, HATS. nuvo also added to my Stock, notions of auror al. kinds, consisting of - LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN'S STOCKINGS., \Vr/;,v»r.T. Suspender.*, CblUir.i, Glove*, Pencils, Thread, Snvinci Silk. . Umbrella*, <t‘ PRIME SEGA lIS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND. ‘live mo a (•all, and examine my stock ns I feel [rmildeut of pleasing all. besides saving you mo-. JOHN A. KELLEIt, Agent., No. 15 North Hanover .Street. illtV. IfcGH. pjATti AND CAPS T, DO YOU WANT A NICK HAT OK CAP ? If so. Don't FA in to Cam. on J. G.CALLIO, A’O. 2!),',ir7£VS'7 MATX .S'J'IU'.KT, - I'hei'f* mn be seen the finest assortment of , BATS AND CAPS ■tr brought to Carlisle. lie takes great pleas i 1 in inviting his otr) friends, and customers, ill nil new ones, to- his splendid stock just re- Ivfid from Now York and Philadelphia, cou dmg in part of line SILK AND CARHIMEKE HATS, dihis ah endless variety of Hats and Caps of o'latest style, all oj whlcli he will soli at the iwexf Olhli Priors. Also, his own manufacture Hals always on hand, and HATS MANUFACTUKED TO ORDER, has the host arrangement for coloring Hats HS'l all kpidsof Woolen (foods, Overcoats, &e,, at I'i shortest notice (us ho colors every week) and 8 the most reasonable terms. Also,-a. lino lot of Boicc bmnds of 1 TOBACCO AND-. CIGARS.' grays on hand. He desires to call theaUention (arsons who have . .COUNTRY P HRS’ as he pays the highest cash prices for he me, live him a call, at the’above number, his »ld ‘ml, as he feeds conlldent of giving eullvesa .is man. , May IKOU Uouts anti Sbocs. TilOmi & tiI'C^BLER, Xo ).u h ffunover Sired, (VvitlJlSJjE, PA. Diinikfui for the patronage extended* them ■etidore, d i now ■mnouiice their usual lame K * of,spring .STYLES of • BOOTS AND SHOES •FOlia ’=VIIIFS , SANI> MISSES’,' ' 'GENTS’ AND BOYS’. YOUTHS’ AND'CHILDS’, * c k are tr/irlvnled for comfort and beauty io trunks and valisses, j IEN A.ND BOYS’ HATS, which win ho sold at small profits. Call ■Jh ml and got a full equivalents for your 'WI. 12 IK7o—ly IH jj A P COAL! * V cts. RE DUCT lON, On current market rates, • •. Nut. . Egg, “dEItUY, gi.no $5.75 j;X>LN HKD ASH, 1.50 5.75 lg\s valley, - us c.ho bmiOltE COA L, (Hard) * 5..‘S SAS i>alslo , j ve r (J( | to all parts ,of tho town at tho ,Mi prices. Idlers subject to any changes in the Market hw tliuuaf Bhlpmout. MMKRa and LIMISHURNBRS. along the h..li . l,io l-Uiuberluml Valley itullruad, fur tu low rate*. r Jer« llllecl with despatch. OKOUOK ZIXN r , Mmu and I'lttHls, ON 13. t/tO'VJIMIiS, >rlli Hanover street uUi Hunover stifutK iBKOTHKIiS, *ENN’A. , . r-A ~., . ~r\ Ao I i .. .: 'k ~ t 401 . - I --. 0 ! .. - ,% i ' M lir Lk It , It 0 1 „-: ~; ' , ~., r 0!, ~ I r. j ‘,4„,,. y ~•i f ,t., v BY BRATTON & KENNEDY, ZDci) <©ooDs. £)UY GOOD 8! attractive specialties HARPER’S POPtLIH DIiVMODS store. Pure msed during too greatest depression In the market, and to bo sold at correspondingly low prices. - DRESS' GO O D S , comprising all the novelties of the season. MOURNING AND SECOND MOURNING GOODS, BLACK SILKS, ■ BLACK SATIN TAMISES, In extraquullty. Pure Mohairs, Bmck Alpuccas (Specially,) • * W II IT E GOODS, Piques in great variety and latest styles.— French Muslins, Nansonks. Cambrics. Bishop and \ ictorln Lawns. Tarletous, «£c., &c. HOSIERY AND GLOVES In great variety Guipure Laces—best and cheapest stock in town. Real "Valenciennes. Thread Laces. lu serllngs, Hamburg Embroideries ami Laco Collars, ■ „ LINEN GOODS, Linen for suits, „ • Llncu Ducks and Drills, Pillow Case Linens, . .. -v .. - Linen Shootings, • \\ hits Holland for Blinds, t-. ~ m Table Linens and Napkins, Doylle Towels ft White Spreads, J:c., Ac. BOVS’ CASSIMERES AND MEN’S WEAR' newest slylcs, less-lhun regular rates, SPECIAL NOTICE! . Opening of LLAMA LACE POINTS, . LLAMA LACE SOCKS, • BEDOUIN MANTLES, SHETLAND SHAWLS THOH. A. HARPER. Lor. of Hanover and Pomfret ats, June 2:1, 1870. Q.REAT . COMMOTION DU Y . GOODS, On account of tiio reduction In Gold, the Dry Goods Merchants who undo island their business and the cerium signs -d the tln.es, have reduced* the p* iceo f heir goods correspond! ugly. Thesuh serltiers have just, received from the cities a largo and tub assortment of all hinds of FOREION & STAPLE GOODS, which they wiilsetl lower, than they have done since SILKS, ■Wool Do Lafnes, Alpacas, Poplins, Serges, Bom bu/Jnes, Tamiso CJoili, Groimdlues. . FLANNELS OF ALL KINDS, Plain and Fancy, Linen Table Diapers, Cotton do., Checks, Tickings, Gingham*, Counterpanes EMBROIDERIES, a full lino; White Goods In great variety, HOSIERY, GLOVES, TRIMMINGS and a full stock DOMESTIC GOODS, Calicoes, Muslins, by the piece or yard; Grain hugs. ('LOTUS, CASSIMERS, &o, t CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, Druggets, Window Shades. Matting' • MJLINERY GOODS of all kinds,' Including Ladles and Childrens Hals and .Sundowns, and the best assortment and host quality of fine Ribbons In tho county.— Kid Gloves, (best make,) lewolry, Funcj' Goods and Notions in great variety. This MAMMOTH 8.1 OCK OF GOODS two largest in this section of country, Is offered a. prices that defy competition, and all we ask Isa fair examination by good Judges of goods to satisfy the public that this Is the place to buy and save money, LADIES’ UNDER WEAR, A nice assortment ol Ladles’ Under Clothing very handsomely stitched and trimmed at reasonable prices. WOOL taken m exchange f >r goods. BENTZ * CO. At tho old Dry Goods stand established Feb ruary Ist. Iftl March 30—70 JQOW PRICES! -LOW PRICES'! The exceedingly low prlcesof goods at tho cheap Dry Goods store, opposite Thudium’s Hotel, are attracting the serious attention of buyers. All kinds of SUMMER GOODS arc so low that persons In peed of them have on ly to sec to appreciate them. Having Just re turned from the East with aline assortment of goods looltln« to • he Fall trade, ho is prepared to sell them at tho smallest possible proliu. Spe cial bargains in CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, All kinds of COTTON AND LINEN GOODS constantly on hand. PRINTS In great variety of styles. Tho best stock of SHAWLS in town. HOSIERY, WHITE GOODS, GLOVES. Ac, NOTIONS of every description, CARPET CHAIN of all shades at the lowest figures. The most cnieful attention paid to all ouleis, l»y mail or otherwise. Call,see and ho ronvlneed at No. 09 North Hanover street, opposite Thudlum’s Ho tel, Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 4, 1870— ly D. H. LACIIEY PATENT LANTERN CO’Y., QOice , 40 Barclay JSt„ A 7. Y. \ (Up Kta’rs.) Offer to (lie public a Lantern combining safe ly uml economy wltli elegance and usetulness,.— It, nimiot explode; It givesu good light, and consumes Jess oil than any other; it is not dis turbed by the highest wind, and It a glass Is broken it is easily replaced by means of the Keren*. Tney i ro iftiivcMsally lilted whore they have been tried. Hep. 22, 70—3 m WAN'I'KD— ApentH, ($2O per Uuy) to hell the celelimicd HU.MU SUUTILE KIiWIMJ MACHINE. Hasiho t«it/er-/trrdinakes the "lockitUch" (alike on both sides.! and is jully Ucensta. Uho best and cheapest family Sowing Machine in the market. Addiess, JOHNSON, CLAHK CO.„ lloston, Mass., Pittsburg, Pp», Chicago, 111., or St. Louis, Mo. S*p. 22,70—3 m u HiOnn YEAR uml exjiLMiheo gnur tD/wU V an iced to all ambitious men and wo men cei'ingour woiid lenowmd patent Oliver Mould Wut: clat/us Lints, i-or lull particulars address the GZHAItH Wiltß MILLS, Phllu’.Pa. • Hep. «, 70—1 m • factirnl DRY GOODS! Say, what Is Life? A fleeting dream, Half past ore yet begun, The struggling, half-unconscious gleam Of Wlnior’t clouded sun r One arid waste of caies and fears. Coeval with our breath, Which grow but with the tide of years, Aud culminate in death. A tender flower Isopenlng bloom, Beneath the sun’s strong ray. Ere n'ght has spread her shroud of gloom. To save it from decay. It pines anti fades : its lovely head Bedecks Its native earth— No moro'lts prostlno glory is shed Around its place of birth. 111. Such and so transient is our part Amidst this shadowy scene: The worm deceitful gnaws the heart, White still the leaf Is green. One hour, around our brlghtuing way Hope casts her gonial breath ; The next; wo lie the destined prey Of stern, unsparing death. Is Mils the gem so highly prized By Man’s vain, erring .heart? Which must so soon depart: Oh say riot so : ’twould 111 become Us creatures of a day. To waste our hearts on earthly scum, On fleeting dus- and clay.. 41:1 i_,s TALI MUM. The ; Raging Waters Unprecedented Freshet in the TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. PEARS UL, SCENES A T RICHMOND. LYNCH BURG, AND HARPER'S FERRY. A Nifjht of llorrorH—An 'Entire. Village Engnlphcd—ij oo Ecrsona Struggling in the Wafers, . * THE VAUBY OP TUB JAMES DCVAS . TATBII, , Richmond, Sept. 3o— I The highest fresh-’ «*t ever known hero la prevailing. At Lynchburg the passenger bridge across the James river, a quarter of a mile Jong, was washed away last, night. 'Fhe depots of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad anil Virginia ami Tennessee Railroad are submerged, Hie canal is submerged, and the .boats are g hig about over the tow puth and-through the lower streets of the idly. The wafer washed up the main'gas pipe at II o'clock last,night. Lynchburg was suddenly thrown into total darkness. A large number of etn ployees on tire Railroad are out oil* on an Island- below the city. The freshet will reach Richmond about 2 o’clock to-day, and the river here has al ready risen a font. The merc'auta are busy in the lower portion of the city re moving goods in time. The telegraph lines are down.in all.directions. i.YNcnnuuo teukidly damaged. , Richmond, Va., Sept. 3f)—Superinten dent Kales, of the Western Union line, telegraphs this morning that a number of buildings at Lynchburg have been swept away, and both gas and water Works are submerged. Houses from the country above have been flnalingby all the morn* ing ami during last night. The new iron Undoes of file Southside Railroad were carried away fids morning. A telegram .from Gordmivill.e snys the Rivanrm river is - flooding ail the ’sur rounding country, and houses, barrels of Hour, am! cattle have been washing down stream all the .morning. THE FLOOD AT RICHMOND. Richmond, Sept. SO—The flood reached here at 12.30 in a wave live feet high, and in twenty-minutes the river rose six f et. There is great excitement in the lower part of the city removing goods from places accessible to tho watei. The Orange Hole) ami Orange and Alexandria Rail load bridges at Lynchburg were swept away this morning., MILLS, CHOPS, AND lIUIDQES DESTROYED. Richmond, Sept. 30.-—The accounts that come" in of the flood are more and more disastrous. The Orange and Alex andria Railroad bridge overßoekflsh riv er is reported swept away. The bridges over the river and Moor's Creek on ihe Chesapeake and Ohio Rail road are gone. (Burley & Wells’ (wo mills are both flouting down the Rivanna with 40,0 barrels of flour floating around them. A dwelling house, completely furnished, went by tills afternoon, • The Rivanna is filled with debris of fiirnitme, barns, and agricultural imple ments, crops, etc. All the.crops on the low grounds are a total loss. The tele graph lines to Lynchburg and the West are badly damaged. Vice President Wick ham. of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail road, ii- between Greenwood and Waynes borough with two trains unable to recede or advance. Superintendent Vumlegrift, of the Ohio and Atlantic Railroad, is at the break at aioor’s Creek with a train this afternoon. The water has risen ten feet here since noon. This is the water from tho Rivan na, and that from the Lynchburg flood will be here about midnight. Tho water at Lynchburg is twenty-five feet higher than ever known before. THE FLOOD IN THE JAMES—SCENES AT RICH* MoND —IMMENSE DESI RUCTION OF PROPERTY. Richmond, Oct. I.—About, five o’clock this morning the freshet, increased by the greaf body of water from the upper James, came rushing down, brihgiug with it trees, lumber, barrels of flour, fragments of houses, millwheels, hay stacks, and the bodies of dead animals, rising suddenly several feet, until now. It bus niched twenty-three feet above the ordinary level ol the river, and is scarcely two feet from the base of the Danville Railroad bridge, and the foot bridge to Manchester. Intelligence ' from Lynchburg this morning slates that the river has had u second rise at that point, which will cause astill greater rise here ami perhaps accomplish untold destruction of proper ty. Immense crowds rtf people are massed in the vicinity of both the* bridges in duhger, expecting each moment to see them swept away by the torrent. - The river is rising at the rule of one foot six indies per hour, and the creak ing ami groaning of approaching dissolu tion are heard at the bridge to Manchester,' The fire department has been called out to render assistance to persons in the submerged district, and the pollcb urC slutioi ed at places of dan ger to keep tile excited populace back. — The Libby Prison lias caught lire and the roaring ami crackling of ttie flumes are mingled with the hissing ami seeth ing of tlie madly rushing (orients. Up to the present (lie river continues steadily id rise at the rate already staled, ihe surrounding count*y being a vast in undation, which is witnessed by over thirly thousand people, crowded on every bill and house top available. At quarter past twelve the entire por tion of Mayo’s Bridge, extending from iMauchesler to Mayo’s island, was swept away by tlie foaming torrents, and the huge mass flouted slowly down the liver. Fuilher down, lovuids Rocketts, all dt cks are completely submerged and se i riously damag'd. The sheds and store houses ol tho Yoik River Railroad are | inundated,,uß it ulbo all tho sheds below on i.ifi: Old Dominion. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1870. them, and the water Is now up to the eaves of the Old Dominion Steamship Company’s wharf sheds. Happily the energetic agent of the line had all the freights removed to places of safety by nine o'clock lasi night. The wharf sheds of the James river line of steamers have been swept away, and fears are now entertained for the safety of those of the Old Dominion. The water is up to the counters in the stores, and boats and rafts are soiling along t)ie side walks. The excitement, if possible, increases with the rise of the river. There can be no estimate given of the damage to property, which is Immense.— Half the population are moving, and the scenes are exciting aud frequently ludi crous. The Danville Railroad bridge is next expected to go. The sides of it are now being cut to let the water-pass through. All day the river has been dotted over with small houses and wrecks of houses, fencing, dead cattle, &c», drifting down stream. The gas works are submerged. AN AFTERNOON IN THE DOOMED CITY—A SE- RIE9 OF TERRIBLE DISASTERS, At Rockets, which is completely sub* merged, the scenes of suffering and deso lation w re heartrending. Hundreds of families were rescued from watery graves In their own homes by bouts. Hand* reds or others were perched on their roof tops to escape the surging 'element that each inomeiit seemed ready to swallow them up. ( Whole dwellings and stores were swept awav by the conquering water, that brought swift ami sure de- struction every hall hour of the day Wooden tenements collided with each otliei as they were carried onward by tne Hood, and In some instances people were rescued from their floating homes. During the evening.the entire popula tion of the city were on the streets.— Wagons, cars, and every conceivable sort of vehicle were engaged rem ving property from half submerged warehous es, stores, and dwellings. This created a lerrible- (|jn—now ploughing through water up to the horses' hack, now collid ing with each other; ami frequently up setting their loads. So sudden was the appearance ;of the. water this morning, and soqulckly did it rise on the streets, that ellorla to save goods were commenced when too late.— In.many cases rough estimates place the damage at nearly $4,000,000, including' till sorts of property, and but for the time ly word given by Superintendent Bates, of We«t Virginia Engineer Corps, of the approach of the flood, it would far ex ceed this. Those who regarded the warn ing voice ol Ills despatch, which' plainly stated the danger, were successful in sav ing their property! Others, believing it would not be much of a treshet, lost it. I All the large cotton, corn, and flour I mills, employing 2,000 hands, have been lorced by the flood Io stop operations The city water-works have also been stopped, having been so badly damaged that they cannot he, repaired in p.wo weeks. . The reservoir only contains live days’ supply for the city. All the ice houses of the city ate on the river bank, and are twenty teet un- der water* The water isaeven feet high' er than ever known before. -A despatch' from Lynchburg says t licit the rl\er there is lining again. From (he ordinary level'of the river the flood has reached lwe» ty six feet, and is.now about one.foot beneath the track on llie railroad bridge, with no signs of going down before morning. To add t<i the mlsloriunes of the event to-night tlie city Is in gloomy darkness, the gas works having been completely submerged. Here and there tin? sickly glare of a candle can been seen in the windowsill some of filestores. Few peo ple are on the s’reets aiid hundreds are wulerbouiid in their homes, hut the terri ble roar of ttie flood as*-it*ciamors for fresh destruction can be heard every where. From all accessible sources of informa- Hon it is believed here that the rain which .caused Hie great freshet In the James was the result’ of only .two days’ duration in the norHiwesfern portion of the State, where complaints of a drought hud existed until within a Week past.— The rapid appearance, wonderful veloel ty, ami great destructiveness of the Hood is unprecedented in the hi dory of fresh ets in this State. Of over' two hundred families, made homeless by the Hood, one hall are camp ed on the heights of C’himhorazo, over looking Rocketts, and great destitution and suffering exists uni <ng them. A NIGHT or lIOUKORS-Tllß TOWS* OP COLUM BIA SUDDENLY OVERWHELMED FIVE HUN- nujcn- I’KePLE sTiiuouLiNa ix tuk WATEUS. * Richmond, Oct. 1. I have just re ceived intelligence that the same disas trous freshet \\ hlch has deluged tliia city completely Inundaled the small town of Columbia, in Fluvanna county, in its course- here. The inhabitants of this (juiet/villuge, numberlngCOO,-having had little or no rain, retired without having any fears of a freshet. About nine o’clock last night, howev-, er, the torrent suddenly swept oyer the village in the full force of nil its terrible volume, submerging every tenement, sweeping off several houses ami currying with it l welve nr fifteen pyr-ons, all of whom have been drowned. The destruc- tion of property in this portion of the county is great ; but the telegraph-lines being Washed away it is impossible to ascertain either the loss of life or proper ty. It is feared we have yet to learn the most serious results of the flood. the" flood in THE SHENANDOAH. Wheeling, Oct. I.—Despatches from Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, via Kandy Hood, Maryland, announce u great flood in the Khenundnah river.— The lower portion of the town of Har per's Ferry is completely submerged.— Many substantial stone and brick houses have been curried away, and a grout num- ber are rapidly crumbling. Over fifty lives have been lost, and great numbers are in imminent peril, without the pos sibility of help reaching them. PORTY-SEVEN LIVES 1 OST AT HARPER'S FERRY, Baltimore, Oct. 2.—A private de spatch from Harper's Ferry this ’after noon, from a reliable source, says that forty-seven lives have been lost by .the. flood at that place Immense damage has been done In the vullev of the She* uundouh, and the Winchester Railroad is badly damaged. 'All is quiet on the Polomuo.' above Harper’s Ferry the rise and flood being confined to the Shenan- doah. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad track is uninjured. At 11 P. M. a steady rain was falling. THE FRESHET IN THE POTOMAC. Washington, Oct, 2.—The freshet in the Potomac river, which was first per ceptible here at an early hour yesterday morning, has thus far resulted in dama ges in Georgetown and this estimated at $200,000, in addition to the partial de struction of the Long Bridge, crossing the river opponite this city, and the Chain Bridge, crossing about three miles above Georgetown. The Aque duct Bridge at Georgetown, over which tiie Chesapeake and Ohio canal and a carriage read passes, is the only one now affording communication..iyJtt,h M blr© Vir ginia shore for a distance of dt least fifty miles above this pointon the river. The destruction of a portion of the Long Bridge, and the sweeping away of i*he causeway on which the railroad runs for some distance on the Virginia side has cut off ail communication with the South by rail, and passengers going southward ate compelled to take the Aquia Creek route, or go from this city to Alexandria by ferry, to take the cun* of the Orange and Alexandria line at that place. The coal and flour wharves at Georgetown are entirely submerged, and some have flouted away down river. Considera ble Injury bus been done to flour, guano, and other goods siored in the warehous es; and It Is believed that $150,000 will not cover the losses. A number of coal schooners lying at the wharves have t,reat quantities of drift wood piled up against them by the current, and alt hough secured by six and eight lines of cable eacu, it is feared that they may he swept away at any moment by the furious current, and lie destroyed by col- lisions with ea«di other. The water In the canal in this city has overflowed Its l&nks, and is five feet in depth In the streets below Pennsylvania avenue, be tween Seventh and Fifteenth streets.— The cellars of the National and St. James Hotels are flooded, as well as those of nearly all the buildings in the vicinity. The Washington wharves ,are not yet jiamnged to any extent. In the river op posite this city, yesterday afternoon, men In boats were busily engaged in picking up household furniture, drift wood, farm produce, &c. Among the at tides secured were several barrels of flour marked with the brand of the Seneca Mills (situated at Seneca, about twenty-two miles from Georgetown), and portions of mill timbers, indicating the destruction of those and other mills. by the flood- Three or four cases of loss of life are reported, and’the fate of two men who .were on the Chain Bridge when it was swept away, are unknown. THE LOSS OF LIFE AT RICHMOND Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 3.—The In iclligenccr'a correspondent at Harper’s Ferry gives the following details of the great flood in the tihenandoah : Thegreatest. flood that has been known for thirty-five years is now raging in the Shenandoah river. The damage to prop ertyut Harper’s Ferry it*immense. Some twenty buildings, mostly large atone and brick edifices, have been swept away, and forty-six persona in this immediate .vicinity alone have lost their lives, and as many more are in immediate danger. Shenandoah City, a ini e above the Ferry, Is entirely gone. The big flour milt still stands, but the machine shops have been swept away. Nearly all the families on the Island are still in their hoo es. and no rescue can reach them. Some of ihe houses will doubtless stand, and tlie Islanders are endeavoring to get into the strongest houses. Last night a, family of seven were rescued by a rope thrown through the window. A few moments thereafter not a vestige of the house remained. This morning a large colored woman was seen clinging to u tree in the midst of the seething water, where she iiad been all night. Bolivar Heights ureciowied with anxious spec tators, \vbo:arecompelled to witness what they.cannot avert. The Winchester Rail way trestles are completely gone,-'and bridges destroyed as far up nsSheiiandoah Valley Tlie Baltimore and Ohio Rail road is intact. " FASIAILY imoWNED AT THE EIIEAKFAST TAIILE. Washington, Oct.3,—Tlie Alexandria Gazette, to-day, lias the following: The Orange and Alexandria Railroad to Gor ilonsvillc is perfect. The track is dam r aged on tho Chesapeake and Ohio road utChadwell, and the bridges over Moure's creek and the Rivanna on tlie same road are gone. One spaq of the bridge at Rock fish ami two spans over Tyetri vas, on the Lynchburg Extension, are gone. Intel ligence from Front Royal to Saturday noon, says: The freshet Is gradually sub siding. The railroad bridge at Riveriou, on. the Manas-cs brmcii of the Orange and Alexandria railroad, is gone'. Mr. Blukemun, wife and three children, ami Mrs. Ri Igwuv, were at table break fasting wben'the flood canie, and all were drowned, Mr. Kaufman was saved bv seizing a limb of a tree, as it was carried swiftly down stream. Mesais. Roy, Bay ly and Ridgway sought refuge on the top of a.tree, and remained there all night- The river rose twenty live feet in four •linurs. All the'mills in the Shenandoah valley for. thirty miles, except two, are destroyed. The water in the Potomac is subsiding rapidly, and the current is now nearly exhausted. Navigation for sailing vessels is resum ed. Here, ht Washington, .the water is sub siding, ami there is no further apprehen sions of another rise' in the river, .The damage, to property is greater than was at first sup used, and it is believed that more lives have been lost than have been reported. THE LOSS AT KICHSIOXD. Richmond, Oct. 3. - The flood lias gone down, and the merchants are calculating their losses. It Is thought lids morning that half a million will cover.the loss in the city, but not in the towns nival here. The Legislature will adjourn from day. today until a quorum is obtained. FLOODS AND LAND SLIDES IX THE AT.HEMAULE A fton, Oct 3—Accountscoming from this county {Albemarle) represent the destruction of property as Immense, and many lives are lost. The 11- od in some instances swept away entire fahiilies The number ol lives lost in the county of Albemarle, as far us heard from, are 14. The amount'of destruction of grain, to baeco, barns, fences, cattle, hogs, houses and miils is incalculable. The number of mills and dams destroyed within tlie range ol the'flood is about fifty. The freshet was confined within the radius of the upper valley'of Virginia. The Hood was so great that it carried cows and hogs before it like so 'many chips of wood. It waa partimilarly severe along the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. At Bhadwell about a mile of track wao washed away. There were some dozen land slides between Cobham and Milford, and eight or ten bridges swept awav. The road.is damaged to theextent of §1(10,00(1. At the Mountain Top House, Blue Ridge .Mountains, the kitchen was Hooded with water. BUFFERINGS IN THE DELUGED DISTRICT: Greenwood, Oct. 3.— lt rained very heavy again, all day, yesterday and last night; and an augmentation of the Hood below may be locked for. Owing to the destruction of mills and the interruption' of railroad transportation much suffering among the poor in the deluged district is reported. Breadstuffs have advanced. Such of the passengers of the cuf-ofl train as desire it will be transferred to Charlotlsville to-morrow, and then fer ried across Moore’s creek and Rivannu river to connect with a trdm cm the op« posileside. The road between the While sulphur Springs and Millboro’ Is. open, but between Milluoro’ and Keswick, a distance of eighty-Hvo miles. the road is impassable, and so injured by the Hood that trains cannot be resumed on it for two weeks,although Gen. Wyekham has ail the available lorce at his command at work upon it. The weather is dear and warm. THE DAMAGE AT HARPER'S FERRY Baltimore, Oct. 3.— Despatches from Harper's Ferry to day say the loss of life by the flood at that place will not exceed thirty. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal, below Harper’s Ferry, Is badly damaged. The President of the canal telegraphs that lie ban hopes that navigation will be resumed in thirty The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has not been injured, and all trains run regularly. Rorert Hall was sometimes visited by u brother minister, a worthy lime man of uh amiable disposition but very self-conceited, who would intrude him self on Mr. Hull’s company greatly to his annoyance, and then boast to others of his Intimacy with that able divine. One {Saturday morning he begged permission (o see Mr. Hail for a moment or two on important bu-iness. Having gained ac ess to his stud,}. the little man began to make an apology for the intrusion, and to say, that being in town lie thought be must cull and see his friend Hull, &e., Mr. Hull stopped Idm in the midst dl ids harangue and said : ‘My dear friend, do not apologize. lam glad to see you ; in deed, I was never more delighted to see a man In my hte. Why, sir, X had Sir James Mackintosh here till three o’clock this morning ; and ids conversation, sir has absolutely' carried me away to the third heavens. W*'y sir, it is more than I can sustain. lam glad you have come lor you will soon compel nie to see that I am yet among the .creexflug on earth.’ (■rent' Men nml their Wive*. From the days of Socrates to Charles Dickens there nas been one long succes sion of unfortunate ex unples. Poet and painter, dramatist and novelist, philo- sopher and linguist, the Moliers, the Mil tons, the Bvrons. the Bui wars, the Dur era, the Seallgers, the Sheridans, the Thuckorays—will all marry and quarrel In the future, as they have in the past. All these men, without, exception, will. in the future, ns in the past, blame their wives for the several successive catas trophes. Ami yet what a record of heart lessuessand indifference ourgreatest men have left their domestic 'ife-* Dr. Frank lin, thatold utilitarian kite-flyer, Went to Europe, leaving his, wife btdiind, and never saw her face for eleven years. She had shared his.poverty, practiced his Poor Richard maxims, pinched and economized, patched ami darned, work ed early ami late, bred children, nursed them through 'spine jaundice, red gum, whooping cough, measles, scarlet feyer and fits, while Benjamin enjoyed' the splendors of a court, velvet couches, great dinners auj.l choice society. Of course when lie came bach the poor drudge was no match for the philosopher ; there was a great gulf between - them. That her heart rebelled is manifest in (be head strong acts nt'liis children. He quarrel ed with his sons and disinherited one of them. A just retribution for any wrong on woman is sure to come in tlie vice and crime of tier children to the third and fourth generations. Henry Clay thought he could safely’ leave his wife at Ashli to hear chlldren and make butter for the Lexington market, while he made laws for tlie nation and love to the lovely’ wo men in Washington. There his, heart stood always open as any board lug house door,, but sftjit against her who was play- tig Solomon!s wise woman on u farm in Kentucky, coiling ouflindsey and jean for the negroes. His dream of ambition over, sick and'sad, he went hack to Ash-, land to find that the domestic-drudge called by. the holy name of wife had reared up for him a moo of degenerate, wayward children. He was filled with the bitterness of disappointment. But they measured the depth of Hie mother's humiliation The angles of incidence and retaliation were but equal. Was it a sorrowful mother that made one sou ciuzy with hopeless love ; another a sour, discontented man, overcome through life with a sense of Inferiority, and jockeys and, gamblers of- the rest? . Truly, "wis dom is-justified of her children.. We do not. gather giapea from thistles nor flgs from thorns. By their fruits, we may know them. Great _ pacificator! shallow" protectionist! how could he with ills nar row ooliticul creed ever fathom the caus es of our social wrongs? Wc cannot quench our thirst at sweet and 1 pleasant streams whose fountains we have poison ed. He might despise the wife vho min istered to him In carnal tilings, but just and mighty Avas her revenge. Henry Clay is dead; ids compromise measures ire scattered to the winds; but ids mis leads live alter him There is but one thing immortal, and. that is love.— ■Jl/rs- Sfanlon, .Ileoi-sclmums. Leas than 20 years ago, meerschaum was practically unknown In this coun try. The specimens that existed .were iu the. hands of scientific men, or in tlie cabinets of traveleis, who had gatlie ed knick-knacks from every place they had v'sited. Subsequently, a sudden furore for meerschaum papes seized upon the people, anil now there is hardly a smoker who d ies not possess u cherished meers chaum, the changing com pi ex ion of which is an object of greater solicitude to him thnnau infant’s first teeth ton mother., Meerschaum—German for sea-foam—is « hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is of a soft,, porous' texture very ‘light, but of varvingspecificgravity, ami has a greasy feel. It is found in,.various parts of tioulhern Europe, in veins of serpentine and in tertiary deposits It occurs also in Asia Minor. It is easily cut. ami when lirst removed from the beds is of a cheese like consistency. • Frequently the meer schaum Is too porous, for manufacture into pipes, Hie principal use to winch it is applied. It is capable.ot- receiving a tine polish, and can be easily carved. Tlie ornamentation of nuerschaum pipes is, in Europe, a distinct branch*of"busi ness, or rather a distinct department of art; far there is no substance, nor article ol use dr ornament, which receives more artistic finish than (he meerschaum pipe. Tiielinished pipes are soaked, or boiled, In milk or wax, the (ally‘substances of wnich are absorbed by the meerschaum, and are acted upon by the nicotine of the tobacco in combination with the heat of smoking, to produce the rich yellow ami brown colors so much admired. Tlio-o which have been treated in milk have a rich, creamy white,, while those which have absorbed'wax are a delicate shade of straw. The manufacture of file meer schaum for a cheaper quality of pipes, is largely prosecuted. The«e ur'Jtlelai pre parations are from the chips, dr parings, ol thenatural mineral, which are reduced to flue powder, boiled in water, moulded and dried. Sometimes pipeclay is added to.the.mixture. It is said there is no cer tain test for•dislihgirybiug tlie artificial preparation from the meerschaum.. The tirst is generally heavier and of a more even texture, owing to the absence of foreign minerals frequently found in the latter. The maim facia red meerschaum dues not receive color so well as the nat ural block, and Is liable to chip and scale. Paper Handkerchiefs.— Thu Japa nese paper bundkerchiei.s are assuredly coming, If a colemporary.be right. The paper collar manufacture now has beep extended to less prominent hut more im portant garments of great strength and llexihillly, which can be sewed with a machine, giving seams almost as strong as a woven fabric. The inventor has particularly applied it to the production of petticoats, which are either printed in Imitation of the fashionable skirts of the day, or stamped out with open work of such beauty and 'delicacy us no amount of labor with scissors and needle could imitate. The marvel Is that these.really beautiful productions can be Sold at retail at Hfteen cents each ! Imitation cretonnes and chintz for bed furniture ure'also made, a set costing at retail about $1,50. The felted material is so flexible that a curtain may be twisted into a rope and shaken out again, show ing as little creasing as chintz similarly treated. There are also table cloths em bossed with designs of great, bounty. This felted paper may in the end have a serl ous influence on the production of the woven fabrics it is intended to displace. Imitation leather, impermeable to water, is likewise made of it, and produce a cheap ami useful covering for furniture, and even serves for shoes.—Paper Trade Reporter. Singular Freak of a Rei* Bird.— Mrs. Needham, who recently died at Salem, Ind., hud a fine red bird and a cage of canaries. The red bird refusing losing, she placed it in the cage with the canaries. Between the birds the most affectionate friendship grow up.— When the nesting season of the canaries would arrive, the red bird would suffer them to pull out his feathers to malm their nests from,and on such occasions he was almost entirely stripped of Ids plu mage. When taken from the cage of the canaries the red bird refused to sing, ami not a note could begotten Irom him un til he was placed hack among the cana ries. When Mrs. Needham was upon her death bed she ordered the red bird brought to her; »She took it into her hands , and • caressed it tenderly. She then had a window opened near her bed and placed the bird in it, saying, ‘Farewell, my heautilul pet.’ The bird sat upon the window fora few.minutes, ami m unting Into a shrub nyur by ho poured forth bis richest songs lor about a quarter of an hour, then pluming bis wings he flew away to the woods, while tiie sou) of his kind liberator almost im mediately took its departure to ihejqflrit land. VOL. 5T.-NO. 18 C'liniiffCft in NpnniNh MnnncrN Captain Townsend, mi English travel er recently revisiting Spain, writes thn the last few years have wrought import- nntchanges in the natural tone and man ners of the Spaniards, Tiie old abject Bubsmlsflldn to the'period was no longer obaervabl6 and ‘not only In religion-and form of government has the Spaniard changed, but in habit, bearing,and dress, the revolution is. very remarkable, at least among the middle and upper class es. The extreme punctiliousness ofmau ner which used to distinguish the Span- iards with whom I became acquaints six years ago has now almost disappeared;, and the haughty but poor don, who used to fast tor a week In order that he might appear Ini tine cloth garments and cloak, and tall silk hut, has now given away to the more sensiblegentleman, who conde scends to dress according to Ids means, and appears in colored garments of cheap er material and a round hat. The formal politeness which years ago, at’Seville, Induced a Sp misli gentleman to oiler me. ills breakfast, because, being seated near me at the table in the hotel, he was served with that meal before I was, has become a thing of the past, and the traveler now meets with much of the same sort of treat ment that he d»»es id any other country. Plmugh the gradual disappearance from among the ‘cosas de Easpaua’ of such pe culiarities in Spanish manners ami cus toms is in some ihlngsugain, in others it is much to be regretted. That most he comingof till national costumes, the black dress and mantilla of the Spanish ladies, and fun managed with matchless skill, is low rapidly disappearing, even in An lalusiu, and French costumes and ban* lets have done'much to detract from that :race of fonu and dress wnich, rather than beauty, used to distinguish the Spanish women.. Fortunately, the lower classes still retain in a great measure their, gay anil picturesque costume; and the guitar is as.often strummed; and the dagger as often used, ns in the days be fore the overthrow of the Bourbons.’ In (lie l>nrls, . A minister was traveling in thd buck woods, and espying a cabin, lie entered on a mission of mercy. ■ The lady of the house (she. being present, ajone, and rightly judging his errand) when she saw him approaching, seized the Bible, und as he entered was to all intents busi ly engaged in.perusing the volume- He noticed, however, that she held the let ters reversed, or in other words upside down. After the usual courtesies, the' ninlster inquired what she .was reading, ‘O, Ton the old-prophets,' was the evi lenrly self-satisfactory reply. ‘lt is very edifying to read (he sutler ngs of Christ,' said the^miuister. , ‘And so that good man is dead, is ho ?’ asked the matron evidently getting in .terc^ted., ‘Certainly He is.' ‘We'l, that isjuat the way. I-’vo been at John a long time to get him to take a newspaper, but he won’t. Everyhndy in the world might die, and wo'not hear a word ’bout it/ said the in a rapid tone. ‘Ah, woman yon are in the daik," said the preacher, with an,elongated face. ‘Yes, I know we are. I’ve been at John a long time to put a window in at the fur end of the house, but -ho won’t .do that either.- 1 T perceive that you are very weak in nowledgp..' *1 know lam weak, and I guess If yon .had had the billions fever, and hud been taking auxafrax and cutraot pills as long as I have, you’d be weak 100/ replied the woman, in ratlieraii angrv tone of voice, and half an octave higher than usual. The I’hlans. * Tiie Uhlans, who are creating so, much aria in France, by their raids upon iwnsand villages, far ahead of the line ‘march of the. Prussian army, al-o give rise to perplexing • reports ns to the pnsi-' tioh of the German forces. The Uhlans are light cavalry, of Asiatic origin,’ and were introduced into l lie nor 111 of Europe along with the colonies of Tartars who resided in Poland and Lithuania'. The name is derived from a Tartar word sig nifying ‘brave.’ Teey are mounleil on light, active'horseI*, 1 *, ami are armed with sabre, lance, and latterly with pistols or carbines. The lance, fro n six to seven |eet long, is attaelud to a stout leather, cord listened to the le,ft shoulder, ami passed mound behind the hack, so as to allow it to he Cwiiched under the right arm. immediately below the point of the lance, is attached a snip of gaudy colored'cloth, designed by its fluttering to frighten the enemy's horses. The early dress was Turkish, and the regi ments or ‘polks’-were distinguished froth eacii other by red, blue, green, and yel low uniforms. The Austrian's sians first borrowed this kind of light cavalry from the Poles, amt in 173-1 Mar shal Saxe attempted to introduce the Uhlans into the French service, and a ‘polk’of one thousand men were; organ ized, but it was disbanded after the’Mar ahais death. .Russia, Prussia ami Aus tria arc the only governmenlsTuaintaih ing Uhlan regiments, which are recruit ed from Western Russia, Poland and Galicia. A City Wall iu China- .The walls of Cowloon may have been, built live bund red years ago, ami it is possible" that The dismounted guns in the embrasures may have been cast before the year one—but I don’t believe the story. I have seen Cathedrals and Cas tles in Europe crumbling and falling that were built Jess tnan live hundred years ago, and of a like material* And guns more rusty and useless, can be (omul in the United States navy yards whose age will not exceed u dozen years. The wall from the ground to the battlements was about thirty-live feet thick. ' On the lop of this granite wad and behind the bat tlements lay rude gnus of an antique pat tern, which, if (lie rust was domed from the bores, would discharge-twelve pound shots. Hut the fortification might as well have had no guns,lor it would be suie death to the gunners to those it had. — Over the arched gateways were guard houaesof wood, in which, in the absence of soldiers, were placed the useless furni ture and. implements of agriculture be longing to the mandarin and ids vassals. The whole slructuVe, including the In closed dwellings and low temples, had a dilapidated, dirty appearance, and drove away much of the poetry which the visi tors hud before seen in the race that wrote hooks before* Moses, and invented gunpowder and the mariner’s compass while the Saxon was *as wlicl as the beast he chased. 1 ‘That’s a werry knowing u mimal of your’s,’ Bald a cockney gentlemen, to the keeper of an elephant, •Very,’ was the cool rejoinder, ‘Up performs strange tricks and haii tics, doesn’t he?’ inquired the cockney, eyeing the animal through his glass. ‘fcjurprislrrT retorted the keeper, *we’ve learned him to put money in that box you see J \vay up them. Try him with a dollar.’ [i'he cockey handed the ele phant ivhollar, and sure enough the ele phant took It in ills trunk and placed In a high box up out of reach.] ‘Well, that is very hextramdinary, liaalomshin’, duly!'said the green one, opening his eyes- ‘Now let’s see him take it out, and ’and it hack.’ ‘We never learned hint that trick,’ re torted the keeper, with a roguish leer, and then turned away to Htlr up the monkeys and punch the hyenas. Chaulks—'Tell me Laura, why that sadness? Tull me, why that look ot care ? Wh. has tied that look of gladness that thy taco was wont to wear?' Ilmira— ‘Charles, 'lls useless to dissemble; well my lace may wear u frown, for I’ve lost my largest hairpin, and my, chignon's coming down!’ Rates for 3V&DcrtisinQ. advkutiskmknts w»u oe msortod at Ten cent per lino j»r the llrat Insertion, and flvtf cent pet lino for each subsequent Insertion. Quar terly half-yearly, and yearly advertisements In sorted at a liberal reduction on the above ratci Advertisements should bo accompanied by the Cash, Wfion sent without any length of time specified for publication, they will be continued auill ordered out and enarged accordingly. JOB PRINTING, Cards, HANnim.LB.ciaoui.Aß3, and every oth er description of Jp» ami Card Printing. ©TiUs flnft 15 nlis. ' Men born blind can’t be carpenters, because they never saw. Always do ns the sun does—look at the bright side or everything. A king’s fool condemned to die, was allowed to choose the form of death, he chose old ago. • No wonder eyes sometimes look plead- ing ami norrowfni; they are under the lash all the while. Gauds and brimstone make the best matches, as the clergyman said when he married a gamester to a chrcw. Plow can there be'such a thing as an ‘uttermost corner,’ as often heard, when the earth is known to be round. What Is the difference between a church organist and the influenza? *One stops the nose, and the other knows the stops. • The most bashful girl we ever heard of was tlie young indy who blushed when she was asked If she had not been court ing sleep. They tell of a dry time. In New Hamp shire, years ago, when Imga bad to be soaked before they would hold swill. A young fellow, fond of talking, re marked, ‘lain no prophet., ‘True,’ re plied a huty, ‘no profit to yourself, or any one else.’ Two Irishmen were traveling, when they shopped to examine a guide board. ‘Twelve miles 10 Portland/ said one. ‘Just six miles a piece/ said the other. And they trudged on apparently satisfied at tne small distance. Ax urchin" being rebuked for wearing out his stockings at (he toes, replied that it couldn’t be helped—toes wiggled , and heels didn’t. ‘No Max can do anything against his. will/ said a metaphysician to an Irish man. *J5e jabers !’ said Pat, ‘I had a broth er that went to jail, and I know ’it was greatly against his will.' A slcnvANT girl who was employed to pickle her master’s cabbage, p»ok the op portunity to cabbage her muster's plck ols. Bhe is the same woman who was happy and careless whvn she was young, ami cappy and hairlets when she was old. , It’s all very pretty talk/ said a recent ly marri-al old bachelor, who hud just fi nished reading an essny» on the ‘Culture of.wo-nen/.jiHL as a heavy milliner’s bill was. presented to him It’s all very pret ty, lids cultivation of women, but'such a" charge as this lor bonnets, is ratinr a heavy lop dressing— in my judgment. ‘lsn’t there an awfully strong smell of pigs in the air?’ asked £mith of Jones. •Ves/ yes replied Jones, ‘that is be cause the wind is Irom.tho sow-west-’ Rrcv. Rowland Hill; on one occasion, seeing a number of- persons enter his chapel togain shelter from a heavy show er of rain. remarked ‘that many people Ind keen, blamed 101 making religion a cloak, but he did not think they were inuch better who made-religion an urn*, brella." AN old bachelor, having- been laughed at by a bevy of pretty girls, told them tl ai they were small potatoes. ‘We.may he uniaft potatoes/ replied one of them, *but we are sicccf. ones/ and old Hunks liud to acknowledge it. A Boston'lawyer had a horse that al ways stopped, and refused,tn cross a cer tain bridge leading out 'of the city. No whipping, or urging, would induce him to cross, so ho advertised him; -‘To bo sold for ho other reason than that the owner wants to go out of town.' r ANcnifaph on a grave siono iu a Mill waukeecemelry reads 'Here lies the body of Peter Grace, Who.dlcd from eating gweilzer koso ; > He tin Jailed six platters, commenced on . seven, He exploded, ami sudb is the. Kin g. dom ot Heaven. . ‘Have.you any fine shirts?’ asked a countryman of a shirt dealer. ‘A splen did assortment. Step in sir. Every price and every style. The cheapest in. the market sir,’said tiie dealer. ‘Are they clean,?’ ‘To be sure sir.’ ‘Then, 7 paid tiie countryman with great gravity, ‘you had better put one on, for you need it.’ An’ if. any one Is alther the reliable hishtory of the Kllkeiinev cats, here it Is * There oust. was two c:\t« In Kilkenney. Ami uhdi thought. ihbic was one cal too many Ho Jhey (iimm-lleil uml 111, ml they gouged, mill they bit, Till, excepting their nails - Ami the tins of their tails. Instead oi two eats, there warn't any. Whun one Englishmen meets another, the usual inquiry is, 'How do you do?’ tiie Frenchman would usk. ‘How do you carry youiself?’ tiie Italian* ‘How" do you slam! ?’ ‘How do you find yourself?' Is the German intenogation ; How do you fare?’ is .the dutch, How do you per spire ?' asks the Eg.vjhain ; the China man wants to know ‘How. is your stom ach ?’ ‘Have you eaten rice?’ tiie Pole, ■How do have yourself?’ the Russian, .‘How‘do you live on ?’ while the Persian, Habitation is, ‘May , thy' shadow, never grow Jess.’ A ci.kiwvman was once catechising a class of children belonging to his congre gation, and coming to a little boy, who was something of a rogue, he asked him what he knew. ‘I know something.’re plied lie with.a significant look. ‘Well, my son, what do you know?’ asked the pastor; ‘I know where there is a bird’s nest,’ said the boy, ‘but I shan’t tell you for fear you will steal the eggs,* answer ed the unsophisticated juvenile. Jo.su Hillings at Long Branch.— The biggest -thing they hav got here for the-present iz the pool of water in front of tiie hotels. The pool iz sod, hi good judgetg tew ho 3,000 miles iu length, and 5 miles in thickness. In to this pool, every day at ten o’clock the folks all retire—mules and females, and widders promiskuss. They dress in flannel attire ov menuy colors, and look az near like, when they a»e.in the pool az a flock of ducks and drakes. The water in ibis pool has stood so long it has got salty, and ought to be changed. Dyspepsia. ' Wecllp Hie following Irom'an exchange paper, which expresses much truth in a terse way . If a man wishes to get rid uf dyspepsia, lie mustgive his stomach ai\d brain less to do. ft will be of no .service to them to follow any parliculurregimen—to live on chaff bread or any such stuff—to weigh his food, &c. so long as the brain is In a constant Hlute of excitement. Let that have proper rest and the stomach will perform its functions. Hot if ho pass fourteen or fifteen hours a. day in his of fice or counting room, and fake no exer cise, his stomach will Inevitably become paralyzed, and if ho puls nothing into it hut a cracker a day, it will not digest it; In many ca*ea it is the brain that is.the primary cause. Give that delicate organ «ome rest. Leave your business behind you when you go to your home. Do not nit down to your dinner with your brows knit, and your mind absorbed in casting up interesting accounts. Never abridge the usual hours of sleep. Take more or less of exercise in the open air every day. Allow yourself some Innocent recreation. Eat moderately, Hlowly, ami of just what you please—provided it lie not the shovel and longs. If any particular dish disa grees with you, however, never touch it or look at it. Do not imagine ihut you must live on rye bread nor oatmeal por ridge; ureasonablequantity of nutritious food is essential to the mind as well us to the body. Above all, banish all thoughts of tiie subject. If you have any treatises on dyspepsia, domestic medicines, etc., put them directly into til l lire. If you are constantly talking and thinking about dyspepsia, you will surely have It. En deavor to forget that you have a stomach.. Keep a clear conscience; live temperate ly, regularly, cleanly £ bo industrious, too, but be temperate, *
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