ijlje American Volunteer. f i!Hi,rsni!U every Thursday mornino BRATTON .t. KISN-iS-I.'.TIV ,rrM!E-»orin jhkkbt sitiitnc rwiMs:—'Two Dollars por year if paid strictly ...advance: Two Dollars ami Fifty Cents If paid liilhln three months: after which Three Dollars %■ ho charged. Thesa terms will ho rlclrtlv ad u' rP i| to In every Instance. No subscription tits* Sin tinned until all arrearages are paid, unless at of the I'M I tor. lUrotessionai crams. [TNITED states claim AND II HA L EST ATE Aor EA T Cl' M. B . BUTL ER, * ATTOTINKY AT PAW. - OlHco in Franklin House, South Hanover Street (Mrllstn. Cumberland oojquv, gonna. I Applications by mull, will receive Immediate !' attention. piirtlcnlanatlmUlon given to the selling or rent ing of Heal Estate. In town or country. In all let* -wsof-Jnqnlry,nl.e.a^Q.hßl.osb.POsLaKe.stamp..^-.;, July li. 1870—tf TAMES 1-r.G RAH AM, Jr., lj ATTORNEY AT LAW, NO. II SOTUII fIANOVEU ST.. ‘ OAnr.m.R. pa. OFFICIO— Adjoining Judge Graham’s. 1870-tf. ‘ n B. D£LT7i2IOOVF.K, * ATTO It 2YE Y~A T- L A W 9 CAHLISLE, Pa, cj-Oihco on South Hanover Street, opposite flentr.'s dry goods store*. Dec. 1,15G5. T rUMRICH & PARKER. . 1 1 A TTOItNEYS AT LAW. Ofllcu ou Main Kt-ioot. In Marlon Hall, Car lisle, Pa. Dec. 2 1838— n E O. S. EMIG, ATTORNEY- AT-L A W, Office with S. Hopburn, Jr. East Main Sired, OARLIBLIS, PA. Feb. 2,71—1 y W KENNEDY, Attorney at Law , Carlisle, Ponnk. OUlco same as that of tlio "American Volunteer.” Dec, I, .1870. DR. GEORGE S. SEARIGHT, Den,- tist. From the Baltimore College o/ Denial 'iwgerj/, Office at the resldouco of bis mother last Leather Street, threo doors below Bedford Carlisle, Penna. Dec. 1 1805. 3gatß atilt «Haps pIKESH ABRIVA.L » OF ALL TUK A DW'STYLES OF LI . A T a AND CAPS, rue subscriber Ims Just opened at iVo. 15 Eorfh Hanover Street, a few doors North of the Carlisle Deposit Bank, one of the largest and beat Stocks lIATS and CAPS ever offered in Carlisle. t Silk Hats, Casslinere of all styles and qualities, 3litf Brims, dilferent colors, and every descrip tion ofSbft Hats now made. The Dunkard ami Old Fashioned Brush, con dnutly on hm,td and made to order, all wnrruot ert to give satisfaction. A full assoi tment of MEN’S. • BOY’S, AND CHILDREN'S. ' HATS. I nave also added to my Stock,'notions of dliler ent kinds, consisting of LALuSS’ AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS .W-.v / fr.s, SusjientTn's, Collars, , Gloves, Pencils, Thread, Sewing Silk. Umbrellas, itc PLUME SEGARS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND. ‘live mo a call, and examine my stock as I feel confident of pleasing all, besides saving you mo- JOHN A. KELLER, Agent, No. 15 North Hanover Street , de!. IW). JJATft AND CAPS: J)D YOU WANT A NICE HAT OR CAT If so, Don’t Fail to call on J.RCALIiIO, ,VO. 29. WES’I MAfX STREET. .Vhoro win be aeon the linnet nssortirioul ol , HA T.B AND CA P S ever brought to Carlisle. He takes pleas ure* la Inviting his old friends and customers, and hM now one.'-, to his splendid >*ooll re ceived from Now York and Philadelphia, con sisting la part of tine SILK ANT) CAHHIMF.RB HA’fS. bi-shles an endless vnrlolyof Hats an.d Caps nl tlio latest stvle, all ot which ho will sell at tho inter*/ CViv/f Prices. Also, his own manufacture . Hals always on hand, and HATH MANUFACTURED TO ORDER, do has the best arrangement for coloring llata and nil klnufl of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, *£c., nt liiu shortest notice (as Itc colors every week) and 011 tho most reasonable terms.. Also, a line lot of •jliplco brands of • , ' , TOBACCO AND. CLOAKS always on hand, ilodesires to call (healtenlinn of persons who have COUNT U Y F U If S lusoll, ns ho pays tho highest cash prices for ho ' wine. Give him a call, at the above number, his -Id stand, ns ho feels conlhhmt of giving entire hji 'S footlon. 'ct, 1.570. , • |?lumt.stS. &c. 9 -'I Si ‘ ’ S In the town, nil of whleh wo mo selling cheaper ami at smaller profits limn any other big store ju the United Stalls. Give us a call and you will save a good deal of money in your purchases. „ liEiN T 55 & CO. CAMPiiisLL & ummroo v, Nov. 10 70. JAMES CAMrBKLL. I W. F. HUNSVOOji PLUMBERS, GAS AND STEAM FITTERS, No. 18 North llan vevSt. U A R LISL E. P A. I ATI! TUBS, WATER CLOSETS, WASH BAH I NS. HYDRANTS, LIFT AND FORCE BUMFS. CISTERN AND DEEP WELD PUMPS, GAS FIXTURES. ■ lAS SHADES AND GLOBES Are., itc. ■ .ead, Iron and Terra Coltajipe, CHIMNEY TOPS mid FLUES, A ll kinds ol BRASS WORK irStaim ami Water cottalanUy on Imlul, WORK IN TOWN OR COUNTRY promptly attended to. tfjMmmodlntG attention given to orders tor material or work Irom a dlstance.-ey laving special advantages we are prepared to urnlsh COPPER WORK laall descriptions for HLtU Houses and. other purposes at homo or at a distance. COPPER PIPE arnlshod to order either drawn or bra/.ed.J Hop. I, 70—ly . ■ PEEB AND PRIME! EAN, FAT AND JUICY. SMITH’S OYSTER SALOON, IN.TIf-/- VOI.VKTM-'K LLILDIKCJ South Market Square* “JoU(, t ;y”fimJih.Ja now opening superior Oys ters, received, twice * week, which ho Hells ul great redaction In, price. . . , His tables nro kept treat and clean and fur nished with all tho necessary accompaniments. Families supplied with llrst quality of Ovatera ou shirt not co. Tho celebrated NEWARK. ■BEBU, and MATSEY& COLLINS’ PHILADEL PHIA AILE ou draught. , . , (Jive bmatalal and ho will endeavor to give mtlafaotlon to .1). JNa B BMIT „. Oct. (i, IS7D-Iy JOB WORK, of every description, ox ecutod nt this oftlce. ,•... , . „ . • :. '••• ~. , _ i• . • ‘ II . -.. . A " .L.l I . 0 . . ' j . .-...— ' ' • .. 1 : : : • .1 0 I : 1 . • s ' 'a ' ': .. ': : - ..: f. .. ,•%.,, ; i 11' . 1 4,. , ... l , ),' :, .'L ' i• . . . . . . . •, • • BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. 3Pra (SooUs. D RY GOODS! —AT— HARPER’S South Hanover &t., NEW; STOCK OF PALL GCfoDS. .hV?!;£ ) roiTre 1 1 " 0 '} irerlng to,n - v dry GOODS, m> l n n i , u. C r to i!r every-branch, imd n-t excelled In qualltj, beaut}, and cheapness. T have non’ open a beautiful stock of FASHIONABLE DRESS GOODS, wS? l5 ,I,EI i lnol f slll “> Week and i •> .red All ,un<l I’elored All 00l Pop ni W 1? 9 <>l ' ,ve d Wool Delitlxee, Blnclc nnd Colored Merlnncs, Rich I'iald I’o.Alnn. Hcr nes. yolourH, Pino Tomls.? Boinlmzincs, Pure Muhnlra new brand Of Double Warp Hindi Al- PAOn. for beamy ~ weight of texture, end lO ejl d of any Alpacas in the airf n pinl’dß lbl ° Slm ' vls - ln new styles of SWpos r s ') un r° TWliot Shawls, all of which I offer exceedingly cheap. BLANKETS, While antTGraj'. Bargains guaranteed. FLANNELS, in every variety. LADIES’ CLOAKINGS— BIack Beaver'* Volvo for aVonlars 0 C;ol '‘ lul ' oy - °P l ’i a Flannels. Plaids WATER-PROOF! WATER-PROOF ! House Furnishing Dry Goods, Table' Linens •Napkins and White Goods. . All the pomilar brands of Domestics, at prices to meet the lowest quotations. 1 Merino Vests. Shirts, and Drawers, for Ladles Misses, Men. and Boys. .* Knitting Yarns, Zephyrs, Germantown Wool Persian Wool, and Balmmal Yarns, Uainburir Edgings and fnserllngs, Thread Laces, Golpuo Laces. Linen ana Luce Collars, Kid Gloves Handkerchiefs, Felt, Balmoral, and Hoop Skirts' Corsets, and a general variety of notions. ‘ ’ CLOTHS AND OASSIMEBES, Furs ! Furs ! Furs ! No hesitancy In saying that the prices will be as low as anyGn town. All goods bought at. the head of . the market, for cash, and superior Inducements will c offer ed at the Cheap Cash Store, Cor. Hanover and Pomfret Ms., -Oct. 20,,70 ■ T,I ° S - X “A***l3ll E ROODS! We have Just returned from the city, wild another very heavy stock of Goods, mnklngour stock flip largest ever held In Carlisle, by ahv othei House. Wo have extra good and thick ‘ LACK SILKS, COLORED SILKS, .SILK POPLINS, of nil shades. SILK AND wool. EPLNOLINES WOOI, REPS, WOOL PLAIDS. ALPACCAS AND DELAINES MOURNING 'GOODS. all kinds. PLAIN A»n pawov BACKING FLANNELS. WATER PROOFS AN D CLOAKINGS, CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, QUILTS AND COVERLETS, Carpet s and Oil-Cloths, ]) O M E S T ICO Op D R in «roat variety Shawls, Gloves, Hosiery, Ac. Wp hnv« us a whole the most splendid assort ment of Goods outside of tho cities. Wo have the very host atul most handsome SASH RIBBONS, fJIHE OLD ESTABLISHED SIWIS Ml) TIiWUI! STORE, James McGonigal, iVo. S!i, A'ou/h Hanover At., (Adjoining Blair & Komi’ Grocery Sioie.) BAULISLK. I’A Aft. i-an experience ot over thirty yeaia In Hi stove ami Tinware business, i n Carlisle, tho un dorslmied feels contldent that his locommondn tlon u( Stoves has. some weight with the ooih mij iji y, lie now oilers the celebrated E M P 1 R E GAS 11 URN E R which ho feels satisfied la the heat Base Burner in the market. U is handsome, throwing a cheerful light around tho room; there are no /•linkers oven with tho worst coal; the hent is reHecied to the floor and strikes the feet Instead of the lace: tho gas la entirely consumed; all dust Is carried ollhy,a back pipe; Uhasa ven tilating damper by which rooms may bo kept thoroughly ventilated ; and It produces as gteat heat from ns small a quantity ol coal as anj stove ever offered to the public. Ho also oners the “OOZY LIOUI and the “ BEACON LIGHT" both Base Burners, hlghlv recommended by ah who havo used thorn. AH these Base Burners aro Insured for three years, and If they do not work satisfactorily may ho returned. y Also tho following well known COOK STOVES 9 : NIMUO "i“rA R M ER , DIAMOND SLATE ami others These are all warranted and may bo returned Ifunaallsfactory. Hundreds of them have been ImVup by mo In this community, and theii P TlVlte‘U“rraTn“v'beonE6sn a t my ealuh. Ilshment and references can bo gl w «n to parties using them. SPOUTING AND ROOFIN' allcMlcd to in town or country. iU'iiairlnc done on Oi-f. I I. 70—Cm No, W. South llunovor St. J L, STERNER & RIIO., Ll\ EBY AND SALE STABLE BET .VISION HANOVER AND 11 HI I TOR 17 ST.. IN THE' rear of bentz house • CARLISLE, PA. Jllivlufl; tilted up tho Stable w lth new Carrl ... jtu *i .m prepared to lurnlan hrat-clasa Turn-out* reoßonablo rates. Parties taken to and from tbo spring*. April 35,1537,— i!y DRY GOODS! 1871. ' CARPETINGS ! H OU&E'"EIJRiSI ISH ING G OODS, A u.st received at the DRY soots STORE. A run lino of all grades of CARPETS, LOWELL THREE PLY, best In the market, In new and elegant styles. LOWELL EXTRA SUPERFINE. ENGLISH TAPESTRY in beautiful styles. TWO PLY CARPETS from 05 to $1 00 per yard. Stair Carpets, FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES, all new colors and patters. - TABLE LINENS AND DAMASKS, Great bargains In Bordered Tnv r ela, Sheetings: Pillow Case Muslins, Tickings, Blankets, Coverlets, Quills and everything else in the bonao-furulsliing line. LADIES' DRESS GOODS, suitable for the present season. MUSLINS. &c; t In greaPvhrlely, suiting m, the lowest-**— 1 ble prices. 1 SPECIAL ANJfOITNCHMENT TO ALU—Bo not fail to give us a call, as wo can' prove to you that you cun save money by buying your Dry Goods ami Carpets at the Central Dry Goods Store. March 0, lt-71. LEiniCir & MILLER. R I K G , IST] D. A. SAWYER’S! D. A..SAWYER Novy opens a frcsli SAWYER D. A. SAWYER stock of goods suit- SAWYER D. A. SAWYER, able for the season. SAWYER D. A. SAWYER Having just return- SAWYER D. A. SAWYER *‘ll from the Eastern SAWYER D. A. SAWYER market?, we are now SAWYER A. SAWYER prepared to oiler SAWYER I\ a. SAWYER bargains at unheard SAWYER D. A. SAWYER low prices. A choice SAWYER D. A. SAWYER lot of prints, glng- SAWYER X>. a. SAWYER hams and dress SAWYER D. A. SAWYER goods. A superior SAWYER D. A. SAWYER brand of Black Al- SAWYER D. A. SAWYER paecas, which for SAWYER D* SAWYER price, Quality,lustre SAWYER D. A. SAWYER and wear cannot ho SAWYER D. A. SAWYER excelled. Our house- SAWYER D. A. SAWYER keeping goods very SAWYER D. A. SAWYER low. Cheap Table SAWYER D. A. SAWYER linens and towels; SAWYER D. A. SAWYER Great bargains In SAWYER D. A. SAWYER Marseilles Quilts. SAWYER D. A. SAWYER A choice lot of SAWYER D. A. SAWYER Hamburg edgings SAWYER D. A. SAWYER very low. A fiupe- SAWYER D. A. SAWYER rior lolot Laces and SAWYER D. A. SAWYER Lace Collars. Wand- SAWYER D. A. SAWYER kerchiefs Ac. - SAWYER I). A, SAWYER Cheap Linen Hand- SAWYER D. A. SAWYER kerchiefs. Latest SAWYER D. A. SAWYER Myles linen collars SAWYER D. A. SAWYER and cull‘<. Cheap SAWYER D. A. SAWYER Hosiery. A splendid SAWYER D. A. SAWYER selection of men’s SAWYER D. A. SAWYER and boys’ wear. SAWYER D. A. SAWYER Everybody call find SAWYER D. A. SAWYER examine for your-SAWYER D. A. SAWYER Keif, and save SAWYER D. A. SAWYER money. SAWYER i March 10.71. - - (Carriages. pARRTAGE BGILDING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, AND REPAIRING o promptly and at reasonable rales CARRIAGES. . _ BUGGIES, AND SPUING WAGONS, Aiwnvri on hand or made to order. 1 Will exchange CARRIAGES. BUGGIES, or SPRING WAGONS for GOOD HORSES. Second Hand Wagons of all Kinds Taken in exchange for work. A. SENSBMAN, S um T pibih! m gSoml to give p, Tleniomber tho old-fashioned pl‘^ o, ,P? ” street, north of tho Railroad Depot. Carlisle. A FIRST CLASS' livery In c-onneotim with tho above aalabllahment, IL K. PEFFER.' Mm- e>, K7O-Iy. . fTIHE OLD ESTABLISHED Furniture nnd Beddßi^Wnrerooms, nro tbo ohcapcHt hi lbo'<bp-.Hol»now»el,lh>B Parlor Suita In Plush, Hair Cloth, Rope or lor ry; Walnut Chamber Suits In Cotlngo Furniture, nil styles • Hotldlng amt Mat tresses, various sizes; cheaper than Auction prices, Carnets, every variety. ... P come nnd see and bo convinced. You will save money by giving us a call before pmchns lug elsewhere. n LEWIS. / No. H3O nnd M3I Market St. Next door to corner of Fifteenth Street. March if, 71— 3m Urg <ooo®s 1871 and all other Kinds of Central BRUSSELS ALL WOOL all widths. in all new style*. CALICOES. GINGHAMS. „ coi’tqn a des, =SZE CARLISLE, MARCH 23, 18TI poetical. HER LETTER. I’m silting alone by the lire,- Dressed just ns I came ffora the dance, In a robe even you would admire— It cost a cool thousand in France; I'm bC'diatnoncd out of all reason. My hair Ik done up In a cue; In short, sir, “the belle of Uje season” ■ t T«rwfrsring rfmionrforyou.— A dozen* engagements I’ve broken : * I left In the midst of a set; Likewise a proposal, half spoken, That waits- on the stairs—Tor mo yet. They say lie’ll bo rich—when ho grows up— And then lie adores me Indeed, And you. sir, arc turning your nose up, Three thousand miles off, as you read. :And how do I like my position.?”, “ And wlmtdol think of New York •” ‘And noW. In ms'higher ambition, With whom do I waltz,'flirt or talk ?” ‘ And Isn’t It nice to have riches, And diamonds and silks, and all that?’ 1 And nri-n’L it u change to the ditches And tunnels of Poverty Flat?” Well, yes—lf you saw ns out driving Each day in the park, four-ln-liaml— \ Ifyou saw poordear mammy contriving ' To look snpcrnaturally grand— Ifyou saw papa’s picture, ns taken By Brady, and tinted at that, • You’d never suspect ho sold bacon And Hour at Poverty Plat. And yet, just lids moment, when sitting In the glare of the grand chandelier— In thebustlo ami glare bellttlng Tho finest *• soiree of the year,’* In the m>ldstof a gazo dv Chamber)/, And tho hum oftho smallest of talk— Somehow, Joe, I thought of tho “ Perry.” And the dance that wo had on "The Fork. Of Harrison’s bars, with Its" muster Offings festooned over the wall; Of the candles that abed their soft lustre And tallow on head dresses and shawl Of the steps that we took to’one fiddle; Of the dress of my queer vto-a-v/jr, And how I once went down the middle With tho man that shot Sandy McGee. Of tho moon that was quietly sleeping On the hill, when the time came to go; or trie itew tmi»y punka that were peeping From under their bedclothes of snow: ■ Of that ride—that lo mo was tho rarest; 01—tho something you said at the gate Ah. Joe, then I wasn’t {in heiress To " the best paying lead In the State.” Well, well, It’s all past; yet it’s funny To think, as I stood In the glare Of fnshloft and beauty and money. That I should bo thinking, rlght thore, Of some one who breasted high water. And swam tho North Fork ami all that, Just lo dance with old FolUnsbee’s daughter The Lilly of Poverty Flat. But goodness!.what nonsense I’m writing! . (Mamma says my taste still Is low,) instead of my triumphs reciting, ‘ I’m spooning on Joseph—helgh-ho! And I’m to be H finished” by travel— Whntovev’slthQ meaning of that— O, why did papa strike pay gravel In drifting on Poverty Flat? Good night-* hero’s tho end of my paper ; Good night—ll the longlUipe please— For maybe, while wasting my taper, Tom- sun’s climbing over tho trees. But know, il you havn’t got riches. And are poor, dearest Joe, and all that, That my heart’s somewhere there in the ditches, And you’ve struck It—on Poverty Fiat Mtsccllancffujs. HUNTED TO DEATH. Two individuals stood together under tlie Irens healde n ranche on the outskirts of a Texan settlement. One, n.young girl in the Hush of .youth and beauty, with glorious dark hair and speaking eyes, the .other a young man in the irarh of a Texan ramdiero. A durk-hrowed and heavily bearded .man,, with a look in his fane wliie.li was not apt to win the confidence ■of ids kind. He was standing witli liis right arm thrown across (lie saddle of a beautiful mustang, of a coal-black hue, with only one wliito mark to relieve it, and Unit was a single white brief. ' ‘So yon cast me oft. do you lie said, savagely. 'I warn you to lie careful. It. isn't Unit I threaten you, Madge Wilson,' because I could do you no bnrm,.if .1 tried ; but there are those you care for wlio mav lie made to suiter.’ ■ What do you menu, Clare ?’ she said, in an eager tone. ‘Von know that if T loved you, nr there was any hope that I ever could iove you, I would not tell you to leave me It is better so, Clare Sea man, far better. You have been' a good friend to us ; and I am only surprised that you should care fora volatile, trifling girl (inch as I am.’ ‘I came too late, it seems,! lie replied, preparing to mount his horse: ‘(dare Beaman is not a foot, and can see who luia'done this wrong; James Tracey.’ ' The sullen hate with which lie spoke the mime could only proceed from an intensely idtter heart. He stooped, and tightened ilie heavy spur upon bis right, foot, ami then bounded into tile saddle. ‘Don’t think that I shall forget this, my girl,’lie said. ‘James Tracey ; yea !’ Why do yon repeat Ilia name, she said. ‘Surely lie never wronged you.’ ’That is as I choose- to take it,’ replied the oilier quietly, as lie soothed the mus tang, which was eager logo. ‘lf I think lie lias done me wrong, and yon do not, it is only because we have a dillereut Opinion of Hie young man. Good day ’ He rode hard for two hours, and at noon halted at a tavern in the little set tlement, where lie fastened ids lioiho ;,lid went into the ■bur-rodnv. He remained there over an hour, drinking treaty, tint! boasting of his prowess. Half a dozen men wlm were in the bar room drinking, smiled, and whispered amongthomselves that Glare Seaman was ‘full’ to-day. Af ter a while.he rose, and went nut to tlie green In front of the house, where a |i ar ty of young men were ‘pitching quoits.’ Among them was a tall young fellow, with an open, jovial face, who took the lead in the sport, hiugliing boisterously wbeu he made a good pitch. ‘Hullo, Clare V lie cried. • Come ami pi toll. I cun boat any man in Texas. ft was James Tracey, the young man of whom Clare had spoken so bitterly to Madge Wilson. ‘You can’t beat any one, Tracey,’ re plied Beaman, in asurly lone. ‘You think too much of yourself In every way.’ ‘Do X, Clave ? Well It don’t matter, as Jong its I can beat. I always did like to win at everything I undertook.’ ‘Yon may win too much for your own good, one of these days,’ replied Clare, fiercely. ‘You had belter take care.’ ‘I see,’ said lames,’ replyingtoa whis per of one of tlm men. ‘I did not notice It before, or I would not have asked him to pitch.’ Beaman snatched up a pair of quoits, and challenged Tracey to n game. , T don’t know that I care about it,’ re plied James. ‘l’Ve pitched a good while, and some other hoys want a chance.’ No, they dont! You said you could bent any one "in Texas,’ roared Seaman. •Dun I be a sneak, whatever you do.’ T don’t pitch, Seaman,’ replied young Tracey. ‘Take some one else.* ‘Do yon mean to say that I am not in a fit condition to pitch ?’ ‘I eay nothing about it, except that I will not pitch with you,’ said James. ‘Do you think X am drunk ?’ shouted Beaman. ‘ Dare to say it, and you will never see another sunset.’ Without speaking a word the young man turned to leave him, Seaman follow ing, gesticulating fiercely, and holding the quoits In his right hand. They were circular In form, flattened upon one side and spherical upon the other, with a hole In the centre, weighing together nearly eight pounds. He held them with the flattened sides laid togeth er, bis band passing through the centre, nnd, ns he came opposite his horse, to the horror'of all he lifted his hnndnnd struck two rapid blows at the defenceless head of Tracey, who fell bathed In blood. Be fore a hand could be raised to stay him. Seaman had cut’the lurjat which "bound his horse to tho.post, ami was away at full speed, bending forward to escape' a shower of* pistol bullets which leaped after him ; frtr nearly every man In the panly carried a weapon. But, by great good fortune, not n shot louched him ; 'a'ncrheMlunid'efed'Oiit 'tipnn 'Hm prairie; going like the wind, though he felt that forspme reason the mustang did notseern to bear his weight ns easily ns lie usually did. , While some 'mil to get out horses for the. pursuit, others lifted James Tracey, and carried him into the house, where a doctor was called in to look at the wound —an ohl man, who had learned what h° knew of surgery while riding with the Rangers-in the Mexican wars, and who shook his head as lie parted the curllhg' hair of the wounded man, who had been the pride of that section lor all mat vw manly mid strong, true of heart and ready of hand. ‘Away, hoys,’ salt! the old man, savage ly. ‘Hunt flown the murderer, and give him frontier justice. You know how.* In ten minutes every available man way in.the saddle, and on the trail of the Hying murderer, each one eager to be the man to bring him down. ‘S’poso we catch him alive, Jake?’ said h young man. who rode by the side of the grizzled rangei who had taken charge of the affair, and who had served through all the Texan .wars, under rare Ben’Mc- Cullough. ‘Take him alive ? No need to do that, I reckon. But if we do ’He touched significantly the’coil of lariat which, hung at the pommel of his saddle. ■Meanwhile the Hying man began to niiderstand that there was something wrong with his horse. He faltered in his pace, and staggered under the weight of bis ridei. Bending forward, Seaman saw a line of blood behind his shoulder, and a small round orifice from which the dark tide was slowly streaming. One of the builds had hit him, and, just as they readied tho verge of a great wood, he .fell, nearly falling on his rider. Seaman bounded to his feet, and buried himself in tlie thicket, just as tho foremost of tho pursuers came in view. It was impossi ble to force their horses .through the thicket; and, dismounting hastily, they took their rifles and broke through the tangled brake and thick underbrush, stumbling over logs fast going to decay, splashing through stagnant pools and running brooks—eager, remorseless, as man-is apt to be. when he hunts human game. For this was the game they sought to-day—a panting,pale faced wretch run ning desperately onward, caring nothldg for the brambles rind the low hanging -branches which tore 1 the skin from his face, and left ’long,‘ragged iurro.wmrpmr it. Behind him and on’each side roso shouts of pursuing men, and.their tones spoke nothing hut desperate hate. It was a wild country, in which civil law hud very little hold. The men who commit ted crime within their borders, suffered punishment at the hands of the most stern of all magistrates, 'Judge Bynch.’ This was the law of Texas in fSst>, and, in the herding districts, this is the law of Texas to-day. *' Hunted like a hound of tho forest.’ 1 Tho man panseda moment in a sheltered deil, worn out, and gasping for ' breath. His wild eyes roved from side to side, hoping to find some avenue of escape, yet hearing those wild cries and stern com iiramln r.».n -Ul« nv-iny ~0. A liutidicil men were in the woods armed to the teeth, and uv.dy to shoot him dov. n.at a ■moment’s warning, each eager to be the one to execute judgment upon him ! 11© hud almost reached tho open prairie; hut when there, what hope was left for him? Without a horse, he,would lie speedily brought lo hay by Ills pursuers, who fol lowed him so savagely He went on at a rapid puce, and, just as he reached thej edge of the cover, ho lieard'lhc. ranid beat of coming hoofs, and his heart sank within him, for he feared that some of hi* enemies had made (lie ciicult of [hi' woods, mid out him off from the plain. Then lie decided That hut a single horseman was here, ’ami, as he could strike him down and take Ids horse, escape was yet possible. Now that blood was on his hand, he did not hesitate to shod more, and the hand with which lie grasped hishowie knife did- not-tremble, as he waited, for the coming of the horse* man.' Creeping cautiously forward* he could see the form of the horse, now standing motionless at the verge of (lie thicket, ami. rising suddenly, he sprang oat with uplifted.knife ready for a blow. Why docs he hesitate and stagger, back, covering his luce with ids hands ? It is no grizz'ed ranger who stands before •hini.'bufi Madge, with paio face and wiid. eves, regarding him with a mingled look of horror and pity. . ‘Oh, Clare, Clare, how could you do it? Your hands are red with the blood of your brother, and, like Cain, you must 1 wander fortli alone.’ ‘I didn't mean to do it,' replied (Mare, hoarsely. ‘The weight was in my hand, and I struck him before I thought. Havo some pity, Madge; it was for your sake I did it.’ ‘For mine, Clare Beaman ! James wasi to havo been my husband, and I loved him dearly, and now lie lies dead, and Ins murderer is before me, and I ought to give him tin to vengeance.’ .... , •Do it,’ replied Seaman. ‘I Citfi't resist anything you may choose to tjp, and I have not the strength to run. (live me up, and let them kid me.' ‘Keep silent ; give mu a moment to think, or I shall do as you say.’ She remained a moment wito bowed bead, and tliou sprung lightly from the saddle. • Take my horse,' she said, ‘ upon con dition that you leave Texas forever. Do 1 ot thank me, for I do It not for your sake, but for the sake of the man you baVe murdered, mid •because I Ibiuk that you will suffer more than if your pursur evsoutyou down (onlay. James Tracey would have done as I do.’ He sprang into tlm saddle, and rode iinril, until 'ho placed a thick island of limber between him and the'woods which, yet shrouded his enemies, while Madge turned back, sick at heart, toward tier home. On her wav alio met a negro boy riding at the top (if ills speed, and who pulled up as ho saw her. ’Oh, Missie Madge ; got good news.— Maasa Tracey he no die, doctor says.’ Madge turned deadly pale, and was not able to speak fora moment, and then laid her .hand upon the bridle of the horse, nerving lieraelf to do it. ■Got down, Pomp ; I want tills horse. Don’t hesitate a moment.’ ' The boy sprang down, mid she took his place, and rode to cut offthe pursuers of Clave, who hud already emerged from the woods, mid were scattered over the plain. She remembered Hint she had left In the holsters of her saddle an elegantly mounted pistol, loaded. As she neared the woods, in the shelter of which she had seen Beaman disappear, she heard a single pistol crack, and, breaking thro’ the bushes, saw Clare Beaman lying on the sod, shot through tlm heart, Hem med in by his enemies, and hopeless of eecnpe> ho had committed the crime for which there is no atonement, and lie lay dead hi the abort prulrlo grass. Years after, when James Tracey and Madge Wilson were man and wife, they stood together on the spot where they made the grave in which Clare Seaman slept. And above it u little marble slab boro his name and age. A Dutchman, the other day, reading an account of ft meeting, came lo Inc words, ‘ tlie meeting then dissolved.’ He could not define Hie meaning of Hie lat ter, so lie referred to ids dictions ry, and was satisfied. In a few minutes u friend came in, whon Hans said: “Doy must have very hot vedder in Now York ; I ret nn ngonntof a meeting vero. ail tier heebies melted away.’ CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION LAWS. Speech of Hon. John T. .Slllco, of Penn sylvnnln, in the House of Representa tives, February 15, 1S7I! The house having under consideration the bill (H. R. No. 2 031) to amend amVct approved May 31, 1870, entitled “au act to enforce the right, of citizens of the United States to voteln the several stales of this Union; and for other purposes, M Mr. Stiles said : NJr. Speaker, some of us on this side of the house remember tjie debate at the "lnst-sesffl6fV“hn*'lhe'”bin,"i)rn|yosed-to-be amended by tills act. We then Believed ■ami said to the house ami the country, that the bill conferred unwarranted pow ers upon the federal government; that it was an attempt to interfere with the freedom of elections. To meet our objec tions, and to quiet the public mind as to t lie purposes of the measure,’Judge Davis, then a member of the judiciary commit* lee,.not now. a member of this hous**, in defense of the bill, said : ‘‘lt undertakes to.preserve the rights of man, and to in fringe upon the rights of no inan. : ’ And the chairman or the. committee, [Mr. Bingham,] with his usual eloquence ex claimed.. Let the people speak by the ballot unawed ; let them exercise their equal right to the ballot,’’ &e. Such were declared lo be the purposes of the bill, and every radical member of this house voted for It. I then regarded it ns the most important, the moat dangerous bill that was ever placed on tho statute book; and in the discussion upon it I said : ” Never before did tho radical party venture upon so bold an nc;t to subvert the rival of 1110 HtalOH,” ft was an attempt, disguised to some extent, to interfere by congressional enactment with elections, to place in the hands of tho President, the army and navy of the United States to be used at tho beck and bidding of some miserable tyrannical deputy marshal on some pre tense to control the elections in all the states of the Union. Tho framers of that bill intended to exercise' a‘ jurisdiction of the states unwarrantable and’wholly unnecessary .by the-condition of a flairs at the time it became a law. It should have been our policy to have peace at the elections. The presence of soldiers at the polls was not a thing unknown tb tho people. They had been used during the war to carry elections, und discontent as to these outrages came nr* horn from more than one or me states north and south. Sir, the law of May last, which this iniquitous amendment adds to, greatly and seriously changing Us provisions, was tho authority under which United States soldiers were quartered, in a num ber of tho southern stales, and In some of the northern states, on the day of elections. In North Carolina and Georgia and other southern stales it is charged •that the people were overawed and over-' powered by military power. In tho state I have*the honor in part to represent -federal-t-mops seiU-ffom-distant-postaAvetn. quartered at Philadelphia without tho knowledge or consent of cither the state or municipal authorities. £>ir, the radi cal governor of Pennsylvania felt that hia state had been disgraced and her gallant, lawabiding citizens humbled, ■and dishonored. Ho had been a gallant oillcer of the army for the protection of oar Hag and defending our honor in a for eign war, and in thef unhappy struggle ho was in many a contest, and was at Gettys burg on the soil of hteown state defend ing more bravely than ever tho integrity and honor of our people from the rebel in vader. ‘ Governor Geary In his annual message lo the legislature last month, echoing rccuiioini; tne aeiUlmeuis or an classes of our people, called the attention of the country to the alarming usurpations of the .federal government over a sovereign state. I send to the clerk’s desk to have rend a portion of that message. The clerk read as follows : “The employment of United States troops at elections, without the consent of (lie local and. state governments, inis recently received considerable attention and reprehension. It is regarded ns an interference with the sovereign rights ot tile slides, whifh' was not contemplated by Hie founders of the general govern ment, mid, if persisted in, must lead, to results dlsas'rous to peace and harmony. Tlie practice is one so'serious in Its char acter and so injurious in its tendencies ns to merit prompt doiisidcrnlloo.mid delus ive notion, not only by the Hie general assembly, hut by congress. Due of the coni' taints by colonists against tile Rtit isli King wiis tlie oppression growing out of the assumption of this power. They said ‘he lias, kepi among us in times of pence standing armies, without the cnnseiit of our legislature ;’ mid, what, is especially pertinent. In the case in, point, ‘be Inis ntjected to'render (lie mil itary independent of amt superior to the civil power.’ The alleged authority for the use of troops at our state elections is derived from the tenth section of an act ofcongress, approved May 31,1570. entit led ’an act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the sev eral states of the Union, mid for other, purposes,’ which mi thorizes United States.; marshals to call to their assistance ‘such, portions of tlie land and naval forces of Hie United States, or of the militia, a»- may bo necessary to tiie'performanee of tlie duty will! which they are charged, and to insure a faithful observance ol tlie fifteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States.’ Rut it must be a forced construction of this law Unit will Justify the presence (if armed national forces at our places of election when no necessity exists therefor, and where their presence is calculated to provoke collis ion With a good President, the exercise of tlie power referred to might have no injurious results; but in tlie bands ol a, bad man, governed by personal ambition it might prove exceedingly calamitous. Unconsciously a good Piesident might be induced to employ it wrongfully; a bad one would bo almost ceituin to use it, for his own advancement. Under, any cir cumstances, in my opinion,, it is unsafe and antagonistic to the principles that should govern our republican institu tions. . •• At the last October election U. b. troops were stationed at Philadelphia for the avowed purpose of enforcing tlieelae tion laws. This was done without iho consent or oven the knowledge of the civil authorities of either the city or the state, and without any expressed.desire on the part of the citizens ; and, us far as cun be ascertained, without existing necessity. From a conscientious convic tion of it? importance, I havo called your attention to this subject. A neglect lo have done so might have been construed as an endorsement of a measure that meets my unqualified disapproval. The civil authorities of Pennsylvania have aiways- been, and are still, competent to protect Us citizens in the exorcise of tlieir elective franchise, ami the proper and only time for U. S. military lorces to in tervene will be when the power of tl|e commonwealth is exhausted and tbbir aid is lawfully required. ■ Mr. Stiles. This is the language, sir, of n radical, but an independent execu tive olllcer of a great commonwealth in his official character. What a commen tary upon the speech of the gentleman who to day seeks to enlarge tlie powers of the President and his military satraps by this amendment! What a rebuke from a radical governor lo tills congress ! The governor of New York, too, adds the voice of that great stale against mili tary Interference in the elections of that state. In the city of New York soldiers were stationed, marshals, armed with the arms of the United States, paraded Hie streets in multitude, ships of war were anchored in the harbor of New York ; and it was feared in a conflict be tween the legal authority of Hie state and city and the usurped authority, Hie mil itary, there would be a fearful loss of property ami largo sacrifices of human life. It was only the determined spirit of of Oov. Hoffman that prevented both. Mr. Speaker, the two great stales of this Union have spoken against this moatout • rageous attempt to control and corrupt VOL. 57.—N0. 41 the ballot box. Whenever and whore ever the people have been denied the elective franchise and the ballot, so dear to them and so formidable in their hands against abuses of power, they have al ways rebuked the man and the party that dared to take away one jot of that inalie nable right. You now by this bill propose to en large your jurisdiction over the states, and to establish another bureau, an,elec tion bureau. It contains more than 20 pages, and makes it the duty the •judges of the unite'd States courts to ap poiiU^two„AV.l)f.,LV.jf,9Js of ejections in cities and towns o( and inhabitants and for every election precinct‘and district, giving‘them com* plete control over ihe registration of vo ters and. the elections. I have time only to refer to one or two sections. Section six provides, That the better to enable the said su pervisors of elections to discharge their duties, they are, and each one of them is, hereby authorized and directed, in their or his respective flection districts or vo ting precincts, on the day or days of reg istration, on the day or .days when regia- ’ tered voters may be marked to be dial- lenged, and on the day op day* of elec tion, to take, occupy, and remain in such position or positions, from lime to time, whetherbeforoor behind the ballot boxes, ns •will, in .their judgment, best enable them er him to see each person offering himself for registration, or odering to vote, and ns will best conduce to their or his scrutinizing the manner in which the registrad'ng or voting is being con- ducted : and at the closing of the polls for the reception of voles, they are, and each of them is, hereby required to place them* telves or ’himself in such position in re lation to the ballot boxes for the purpose of engaging in the work of canvassing tlie ballots in said boxes contained as will enable them or him to fully perform the duties in respect to such canvass provided in this act, and shall there remain until every duty in. respect to' this canvass, certificates, returns and‘statements shall have been wholly completed, any law Of any state or tenitory to the contrary notwithstanding. 1 Other sections of .the bill compel the supervisors to 11 guard and scrutinize the registration and the manner of con ducting the elections.. . v Sections eight and nine give the power with or without process, for alleged • violations of. the law of congress, and they are to bo tried before United Stales courts and commissioners. Thus the whole control of elections Is taken from the states and placed In the hands of su pervisors, an olllcer heretofore unknown. These supervisors can call Upon the mar shals of the United States, who have un limited authority to appoint deputies, to aid the supervisors in guarding and scru tinizing the voters and ballots. The tenth and fourteenth sections of the act of May to which this is a aupplo ment is nob repealed by this bill. Under . r -' , "«nn vou give to ch" hafs — pr those sections yuu - dibimrndin. mul president the control of the military to carry out the provisions of these laws. Sir, I cannot' enter into all the details' of tho bill as I would like to do. But it cannot fail. to be read, by tho whole country. It is attracting attention from these galleriesand as ituftcctstho rights of all classes it will not fall to attract'the attention its importance demands. I consider it more dangerous than all your legislation in the forms of reconstruction. Honestly or’dishonestly executed it will cause more alarm ami discontent than all your other unconstitutional and arbitrary legislation. You will give the President and th« oncers created directly by him the power , •to con trol by force the popular elections . all over 'the country. ' The first election under this act will he next year, when a president, vice president ami members of this house are to be chosen. You place in the hands of a military chieftain, now occupying the presidency, and who is seeking a reelection, they sword and bay onet, who can wield it with despotic will for'his ambitious purposes. He is now seeking, in the dispensation of his pat ronage,’to alienee tho opposition In ids party ; aiid when the time comes to strike for a new lease of power ho will use till the means placed ’ ithin his control.— Give to any one,'with or without fame, who has ambition, the powers conferred by this bill, and witli an 'unscrupulous party behind him, it will require .such stent resistance ns becomes a patriotfe. people against these encroachments upon th'eir reserve*!! rights. The love of power, the love of fame, the thirst for renown, the grasping.spiiit—- “ Howe'er concfiiUHl I>V ai t. Utiigns more or less in every human heart " Ami in him who sits “ at the other ond oflheuvenuc” thtatruth is more than ever exemplified. Sir,-vve should 'mid nothing (o the powers already conferred upon the exec utive department of this country ; cer tainly none such as are lien* given, wild out limitation or restraint.' The time is coming when such' legislation null re ceive the just condemnation Of the peo pled I know how patient we have been, jpnd hdw we have yieMcd obedience to .ihe demands of power. 1 know the reslk'.s.s ami aggressive spirit that prompts the enactment of such a law as this. The power conferred upon you is fast, rapidly passing from your hands, In a few more days a hundred conservative men will, fill these seats. Steadily and certainly the power wielded, by an unscrupulous partv will pass from you, and this is the last struggle to hold your waning, sink ing fortunes Hurriedly, in the lapsing days of this congress, casting about for the last plank, after you have .been re pudiated ami condemned, you seek to hold on to Unit power you have so long abused by blackening the records with the mos! infamous proposition over con ceived. ■ Will gentlemen on the other side toll us where the power is given to congress to revise the i eglstratibn of voters? The stales, until now.it was'always supposed hail the right to llx -the (jualHlcatJou of voters. In all the slates we have election laws which the states have enacted. No congressional interference with the man ner of conducting elections until this' congress, In its wisdnm, has umletaken to throw in this firebrand to invite tbo people t<> riot, bloodshed and murder ; because, if the people were ever determ ined upon the (juestion of their political riirhls, it is now. They have had enough •of your interference, too much of your arrogance, and in the coming presiden tial election there must ho no trilling with the people. These, sir, are perhaps the last words of protest I.sliaH ever utter In my place here. And, protesting as I do,.in the name of a patriotic people who have honored me with a seat In this house, I shall return to Hint people feeling assured they will join me in demanding that you ahull not abridge tho right of Iho humb lest citizen locust his vote in accordance with his own Judgment. The way to elections must not he surrounded with supervisors, marshals'or -the military, and if sucli-is the intention of this parti san this administration, you have timely notice hero, ami the voice of Mute after state, that these constant at tempts to interfere with the freedom of elections will never'prevent the people of this country from exercising the high privilege of AmericnnWltlzens in choos ing their public servants by the peaceful means of the ballot. A Tbacuek ANSWEUKU.— -I Was teach-' Ins hi aquJel country village. The second morning session over, I found leisure to noto my surroundings, and among two scanty furniture, I espied a three-legged stool. • “I a that the dunce block?" I said to a little girl of live. The dark eyes sparkled, the curia nodded assent, and Iho lips rippled out, “I guess so; the teachers slum that!” The stool watt un occupied that term. Evklin truly remarked, that all is vanity, which Is not honest, and there is no solid wisdom but In real piety. Botes for 2liu«rtismQ. advertisements vfiil bo inserted at Ton coni per lino for the lnsertion, and five cent pot lino for each subsequent Insertion. Qnar orly half-yearly, and yearly advertisements In erted at a liberal reduction on the' above rates Advertisements should bo accompanied by tho Cash.* When sent without any length of time specified for publication, they will bo continued tmtllordcrod out and onarged accordingly. JOB PRINTING. CAHds, Handdilt.s, orucotatis, and every oth cr description of Jon and Card Printing, ©bus airtr 35nlrjJ. ‘The rose that all are praising*—Her ose. The sheet anchor of our liberties—The Press. While King William is about 'to as sume the imperial purplo, tho Emperor Napoleon is weighed down by tho Impe rial 1 blues. 1 Tun dresses of the ladles the present season can scarcely bo described*. Every, year tho drosses of our becoming ..morjii.oxpaußlvc.aa. well A«..exp*Bualyei, A Chicago music publisher has issued a song entitled, ‘Father will settle the Hill.* And the young ladies practice it at the stores. Mbs. Atkinson, of Providence, thus sums up her three years' experience of married life; ‘The first year my hua* ‘hand called mo 1 dear;’ tho second year. Mrs. A.;' ami the third year, * old sorrel top. This last I could' not stand.* A qOaint old gentleman of an active, stirring disposition, had a man at work in his garden who Was quite the reverse. Jones' said ho, ‘ did you over see a snai?* ‘Certainly,’ said Jones. ‘Then,’ said the old boy, ‘you must have mot him, for you never could overtake him,* If you nags a' house at ten o’clock at night* nnn seo a young man and young lady standing inside, the front door, and. you hear something smack like a horse pulling hi.s foot out of the mud, then you can just hut all you’ve got that tho young man'don’t live there. What would yon like to bo when you become a man? said a fond mother to her young hopeful. ‘Would you like to bo a merchant, or a doctor, or.a lawyer, or.a preacher?’ ‘I think* mamma,’said the urchin, *l’d rather be a candy shop!’ A school teacher spelled out the word «g-r-a-c-c,’ and asked a scholar to pro nounce it. He gave It up, when the teacher, lo refresh his' memory,. asked him, ‘ What did your father nay tills morning before breakfast?’ The boy thought a moment, ami finally said, ‘ Pa said, d—n these eggs, they’re rotten !’ A' major in tho United Stiries army was crossing f»om England in <me of the Cuuard when one afternoon, a gruff Englishman who stood by In quired whether that was the tune tho old cow of. '* Not at all,’ retorted tho major, ‘ that Is tho tune the Old Bull did of! 1 A sick man who noticed his little daughter looking eagerly at some fruit at Ids bed side, said lo her, ‘ You would not take them away from ydur’sick papa, would you?’ She replied hesitatingly. ‘No. I wouldn’t,’ and then colored up and ingeniously added, ‘But, papa, I tell a story when I say so.’ He gayeher tho fruit/ • A JlALiFAxnil ata falrofiored a young indy SlO fdnrgml~frourhor headr-Tairiß surprise ho promptly cut it off and trana ferrod it. A friend subsequently blasted . tho purchaser's triumph by tolling him that abb made a good thing of it, as the whole wig only cost her $3. A young gentleman, not long since, was endeavoring to. enjoy an evening in the company of. a lady, upon .whom he had called, but found a aorioua objection in the presence of her,not cordial father, who nt length ventured to intimate, very plainly, that the hour for retirement had anived. ‘I think you are correct, my dear air,’replied the young man. I We have been waiting for you to retire for over.au hour.’ The old man was tired and the young one re-tired;. ‘ My dear Maggie,* said Mr* Myers to the young Indy whose smiles he was seeking, * I have long wished for this sweet'opportunity; I can hardly trust, myself to speak the deep, emotion of ray palpitating heart, but I declare to you, my dear Maggie, your smiles would shed I say your smiles would shed—-would shed —would shed— * ‘Never minH the wood-shed/ said the entranced Maggie, ‘go on with the pret ty talk.’ . ‘Fought to Guoax.— lt is well remem bered-by our army ofllcera ttiat various’ delicacies distributed by the civilian del egates to the various commissions and relief agencies, the major part were ob tained by a-class of .patients who'made the most noise, and not by those who wore the sickest. It was after Gettysburg, when thecorpa hospitals were crowded with wounded, that, while dressing a slight wound, a patient suddenly started up, ns a delegate to the Christian Connnisaitmpasscd the tent, and asked : 4 Warn*t that a Christian ?’ ‘Yes/ ‘.fovo ! ‘ hut I forgot (o groan ! Well, that is lhc first one of them I’ve missed yet. I-wonder had /* i Sam Houston’* L'ovi: KoMAjrcE.—Thie-* i most singular incident in tho eventful life of Sam Houston, and .on© never hith erto explained, was his abandonment of the Governorship of Tcnnesseo.only three days after marrying a young wife. He became a voluntary exile among the In- . diaus of the plains thereafter; was made a great chief, and only reappeared in pub lic life when Texas was struggling for independence.' Tho Galveston lifts the veil from this secret chamber of Gen. Houston’s heart by tills strange narra tion : “What we know about this matter is so honorable to him that wo shall for tho first time put it in piint. We may premise that our information cornea di rectly from one now, deceasod, and who during her life had a right to know what caused lids strange episode in the life of the great man. Gov. Houston's lirst wife was a Tennessee hollo of surpassing beau ty and pf considerable social rank. Bbo was,' if not tlio.-a!llancod bride, at least tlie sweetheart of a neighboring gentle man when Governor Houston sought her hand. Her family, being \ cry ambitious, forged the match, and she was married. After retiring to her bridal chamber, her deportment was such as to cause him to suspect that, while her hand was his, her heart was another’s. She.confessed tbo truth when interrogated, ami, while promising fidelity and wIMy duty, ahe declared herself unable to love him. Ho at once retired from the house. He then resigned his position and went among tho Comanches. In duo course of time the lady sought and obtained a divorce.” Sl’nnv Rooms.— Every woman is wise enough and careful enough to secure for her house-plants every bit of available sunshine during the cold winter months. Great care is taken to get a southern ex-, posuro for them. Indeed, if one can secure no other than a north window for her plants, slio has too much love for those unconscious, inanimate thing's-' to keep them at all. She would leave them la the cold to'die outright, rather than Hu ger out a martyr existence in the shade. Folks need sunshine quite as much as plants do, Mon and wouito who have a fair degree of strength and the use of their legs can get out into the world and get a glimpse of the sunshine now and then, and if they choose todo so let them llve'in rooms with only a northern ex posure; but if It is possible, let us secure rooms into which every ray of sunshine that falls in winter may outer, for the little babies who areshutupln the house, invalids who cannot leave their rooms, and aged people who are too infirm to get out of doors. Let us reflect for a mo ment that these classes of persona, if kept In rooms with only north windows, will sutler just as much from the absence of sunshine as green, growing plants would do In the same rooms, and their suffering is of account in proportion as a human being is better than a geranium or a fu , chela. Everybody Ifclows how a bright, sunny day In winter gladdens every one who is situated so us to enjoy It. Let us make some sacrifices, if need bo, in order .to give the feeble ones tboir pleasure of u iishlne
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