CARLISLE, Pa. 7\\ South Ilanovor Street., opposite T* store. . rVIMc/VM&T' f & I’AUKER, . , X AT LA IP. - /1 Street. In Marion Hall, Car EMX G . V .VImTTOBNEY- AT-I.A.W, with S. Hopburn, Jr. . East Main Street, Wh/V& CARLISLE, PA. s&toSte*- : ■I I gBNNEDY, Attorney at Law Carlisle, Penna. Olllco same as that ol itftcan volunteer." ’ |S7O. ' ' • akSMEORGE S. SEARIGHT, Den fii>SfFrom the Baltimore College of Dental p«y;)?ODlcent the residence of his mother it LontSor Street, throe doors below Bedford Carlisle, Penna, :I)ooajl865. ®ats alii* «aj)g h" ark fvTT t7 OK A lilt THE NEW STYLES nr- / ‘ \ $ s v ft AT S AND CAPS.- I^vT&o’subscriber has Just opened at N 0 .15 North Street, a few doors North of the Carlisle ; ->:DeDOStt Bank, one of the largest and best Stocks and OAFS over ottered In Carlisle. Cassimere of all styles and qualities, v£fltUEßrJnas, dtllbreut colors, and every descrlp • t .HlbnlqfSbfc Hats now made. ’ ‘ '•ThO l’nnlcard and Old Fashioned Brush, con • ' . stoutly ,pn hand and made to oriler, all wnrrnnt - edtoglyo satisfaction, A full nssoi Uncut of ; -GENTS, ■ BOY’S, AND ' CHILDREN'S, - • HATS. . c ■. cave Also added to my Stock, notions of diher- V consisting of • -LADIES’ AND GENTLEMENS STOCKINGS v 1 'ifeotextex, Suspenders, • Glove*, 5C,•) -u- Pencilst 2bread, Sewing Silk, Umbrellas, dc t PRIME SEGARS AND TOBACCO GP;s's ; v; ; : ' ' auvayb on hand. ■ pi' : aiV'6 : mo a call, ftnd examine ray stock as I feel of pleasing all, besides saving you mo ney, . JOHN a; KELLER, Agent, H-il: •- .y.,- No, 15North Hanover Street, - OotrlßTO, r‘ gATS AND CAPS T I DO YOU WANT A NICE HAT OR CAP V : Ik so. don’t Tail to Cat,i "ok J. G.OALXiIO, * NO. 29, WEST MAIN STREET, ■ ?.v, Whero Can bo seen the finest gssortiueni. of H ATS.AISTD CAPS ijaever brought to Carlisle; He takes great plens ggaerela Inviting bis old friends and customers, ffiFaPd.4U.new ones, to his splendid >*ook Just re tUtflttVcir*from New York and Philadelphia, con , partofflne and cassimere hats, bMddta an endless variety of Hats nud Caps of thA<est style, all of which he will soli at the >. W«SjW Cash Price*. • Also, his own manufacture always on hand, and MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. the best arrangement for coloring Hats 1 yaiaMl klnus of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, &c., at :tti« shortest notice {as he colors every week) and ■ on the most reasonable terms. Also, a flue lot 6f v.-. .;ohoice'brands of E .fi': TOBACCO AND CIGARS always on hand. He desires to call the attention or persons who have j.COUNTRY PURS Si* to sell, as ho pays the highest cash prices for he ; , s)iJ ijOlvo him a call, at the above number, his dd kf; stand, as ho feels confident of giving entire sa .Is tv, faction. * tV. ;; Cot; lb7o. -• •ft*- . Mnmtivs, scc. .$. $ $ - f .'s■ r 9 ~ $ y’ : JAMES OAMt'BELL. f W. F. HENWOOII CAMPBELT7& henwoob, PLUMBERS, ’f? f ;k’,(JAS AND STEAM FITTERS $ r JVo. Jf£ Forth Hanover Sf- 9 ’ ||^^^teb S 6losbts, . V'O' WASHBASINS. WIM 1 . HYDRANTS, ■gSJf'V ' LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS, SKfe-V CISTERN AND DEEP WELL PUMPS, M 3 i* „. ’ „ GAS FIXTURES, ■«&»’■ IHADES AND GLOBES Ac., Ac. CARLISLE, PA, lion and Terra Cotta Pipe t TIMNEY TOPS am} FLUES, All kinds ol R A S ,S- WORK ira ami'Water constantly on Jmnd. ,K IN TOWN OB COUNTRY promptly attended to. mmedlato attention given to ordera for [al or worlc Irom n dlatnuce^c*^ special advantages wo arc prepared to & k I k & k kb 70-1 v 'T-CONS wkOLBSALE AT IT Y PRICES, constantly on hand such or r E3, SUSPENDERS, NECK TIES and ■ BOWS FRONTS, Cambric and I inon Handker- L2nen and Paper Collars and Culls, Ings Braids. Spool Cotton. Wnlletts Stationary, Wrapping Paper and Paper •ruga, Soaps and Perfumery, Shoe Black, 'ollflh. Indigo, Segura, «to., Ac. COYLF, BROTHERS. No, 2-1 South Hanover street, ih 80,1871—flm, Carlisle, Pa, STERNER & 880., ‘■BY AND SAbiE iSTAELM,, *■ vVEEN HANOVER AND BEDFORD STS. THE REAR of bentz house,' CARLISLE, PA. !; ‘ f.l-WJHavlng fitted up the Stable with now carri ages, &0.,l am prepared to furnlsn llm-class at reasonable rates. X’artles taken to ora the springs II 25. lWir.—2y EA NECTAR is a pure Blade Tea /Ith Ujo Green Tea Flavor. Warranted to all tastes. For sale everywhere. And for •wholesale only by the Groat Atlantic and lo Tea Qo« t 8 Church Bt., New Vorlc P o .500. Bend for Thea Neotar Circular ’ * ' 1,1871—1 t 'TlCE.—Notice is hereby given to ill those who know themselves indebted 3 Carlisle rind Hanover Turnpike Co., ot iato No. 6. (near Carlisle.) to settle up their mt« with said Gale, be/ore the SOthof Juno •wise the' will bo dealt with according to Settle and save costs. », lig order of the Sequestrator, ;ncau Volunteer, ERY THURSDAY MOKNINU tN to KKNOTfIDY, JTJI MABKEI SQU.4BE. Ulara per year Ifpald strictly Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid Us; after which. Three Dollars 'heso terms will bo rigidly ad lustanco. No subscription cl is. \ •arrearages are paid, unless at Wltor. ißionai cram. 'ATES CLAIM AND ATE AGENCY. . .BTIVtBR , , , )IINRY AT LAWV . a - Housp, South Hanover Street .ml county, Ponna. mall, will recolvo Immediate given to the selling or rent in town or country. livall lot !Ase enclose postage stamp.. ZIIOOVUU, WET-AT-LAW, , Nine yearn before the public, aud no prepara tion for the hair has over been produced equal to Ifnll's 44 Vegetable Sicilian £falr Kenewor," and every honest dealer will Bay It gives the .bc.st salis/acllou. It restores GUAY HAIR to Ua original color, eradicating and preventing.dan diutr, curing BALDNESS rind promoting the growth of the hair.. The gray and brushy JmJr by a few applications Is changed to black and silky locks, and wayward hair will assume any shape the wearer desires. It la the cheapest HAIR DRESSING in. tho world, and Its elleots last longer, ns it excUcs,tho glands to furnish the nutritive principle so necessary to the life of tho hair. It gives the hair that splendid appearance so mnch.admlred by all. By Us tonic and stim ulating properties It prevents tho hair irom fal ling out, and noro'need'he without Nature’s ornament, a good head of hair.’it js tho first x*eal perfected rcxnedy everdiscoveredfor curing diseases of tho hair, and it has never hecu equalled, and wo assure the thousands who hav used It, it is kept up to its original high stand ard. Our Treatise on the Hair mailed free , send for it. Solti .by .all Druggists and Dealers In medicines. Price One Dollar per bottle. AGENTS WANTED For the History of the War in Jturajw, It contains over 100 ongravlngs.of Buttle Scenes and incidents In the War. and is the only authentic, and old* clal history of that great conflict. Published In both English ard German. CAUTlON.—lnferior histories are being circu lated,; Kco that tho book you buy contains 100 tlno engravings and maps. Bend for circulars -and see our terms, and a full description of tho vlork. Address, NAT’L. PUBLISHING CO., Pblta., Pa. June 1,1871 -It I JTO FOR MINNESOTA.—IGO Acre tX Farm Free. Tho Northwestern Coloniza tion and free Homestead Company. (Chartered by tho State of Minnesota,) jtmiisWa cheap Hates of Faro, and Locates Free Homesteads.— Bend for Freo Pamphlets, giving History of Min nesota. Its Itesources. Progress, Fertility and AU tmntnges. Address JC. Pago Davis, Commission or of Immigration frit the State of Minnesota and General Agent foV the N. W. Col. Co., No. l')'l Broadway, N, Y. Active and reliable Agents wanted in every locality, • ■ •Juno 1,1871—1 t <CO7K A, MONTH—Expenses pahl | O Male or Female Agents-Horso and ouiilt furulUicd. Address, Saco Novelty Co.. Saco. We. rpHIS 18 NO HUMBUG.—By sending I 3", cents with ago, height, color of eyes and hair, you will receive by return mail, a correc* picture of your future busbaud or wife, with uarao, and date of marriage. Address W. J-'OX. r, O. Drawer, No. 21 Fnllouvllle, N, V. Junel, 1871—« 1 ■ ■ 'I Ihe Amnicgg Bo l uniter BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. SlHtfcultutat implements. P GARDNER & CO., CARLISLE MACHINE WORKS. New Machines for 1871. Seeding, Heaping, Threshing- THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY Thresher and' Separator. Wo oiler thla now Thresher and Separator; (Cnsho & Co’s. Pdtont) to the farmers of Cumber land and adjoining counties ns fully equal. If not superior to any mnchlnonowhjQnufactured, It has the great advantage of being plnlu and simple in construction, it Isa VERY RAPID THRESHER AND A PERFECT SEPARATOR AND CD I* ANISK. -In using It the farmer will bo sure of making the moat lie possibly can out. of his crop because it ' Wastes No Grain, btu saves all that goes through the machine, and separates entirely the chaff from the straw. It Is an easy running machine, and will dolts work thoroughly. This we guarantee, itja at the same time the cheapest machine In the mar ket. Tho HORSE POWER which wo furnish to run the Cumberland Valley Thresher Is also new and entirely different In construction from what we have heretofore built, securing much greater power aud speed, with lighter draft, so that four norses only will be required, where many other machines require six and eight horses. Tho Cumberland Valley Thresher and Clearer was tried on the ‘ prounda of tho Cumberland County Agricultural Society at the Fair ol htfU, a largo crowd of fanners being present to wit ness its operation. The trial was completely successful and tho machine proved Its ability to thresh clean and.separate grain in the most sat Isfactory manner. All who witnessed the trial expressed their approval In. the warmest terms. The committee on agricultural Implements, also gave tho.machlnea special notice In their re port, strongly recommending It. Tho Cumber land Valley Thresher and Separator,has also ■been recently used byCol.Wm, M. Henderson, at bis farm near Carlisle, lb threshing and clean ing a largo crop. So fully |s he satisfied of its great merits that he allows us to use ills name as a- reference. Farmers who wish further and fuller particulars as to the working qualities of this new machine are therefore respectfully re ferred to Col. Henderson, one of the most wide ly known farmers ot Cumberland county. The Cumberland Valley Thresher will always bo well and substantially built, of tho best ma terial, solidly framed in every part, and pre senting a handsome external appearance.— (■'rice of machine, with 8U Inch cylinder, 8200- without wagon. - A great advantage of this ma chine is that Itcnn be readily repaired at any good shop without trouble. THIS CUMBERLAND VALLEY PATENT SELF RAKING MOWJEJt and JtJEAPJEIt. ■We will also build tills new machine, with changes and Improvements fully remedying the defects and weak points of those built last sea son. Our aim is to supply farmers with a good home-made machine, which if not superior in all respects to those brought from a distance will nevertheless prove in all essential points, a good and reliable harvester. All wo ask for It Is a.fulr trial. THE WILLOUGHBY PATENT GUM SPRING Grain Drill. We build this well known Grain Drill now with or without guano attachment, and tho shovels in str light or zlg zag rows, Just as the fanner prefers. Wo now have,also, a new and Im Droved plan of attaching the gum tubee, for which we have obtained Loiters Patent, which with other improvements makes the Willough by the moat complete and perfect Drill manu actured in tho country.- ALWAYS.ON HAN D 1 a lull lino of agricultural implements both.of our own mnmifncture and from other establish ments, Including every useful machine needed by the farmer. Wo may enumerate Hay Hakes, old fashionea Threshers and Horse Powers, Corn Shelters, of which we have three kinds ami live different si7.es, Cannon Corn Shelters, Fod der Cullers. Cider Mills.and otlier articles too numerous to aneclfy. Orders taken for all kinds of IRON WORK In our extensive Foundry and Machine' Shops and for BUILDING MATEIUALtf of every de scription In our Door and Sash Factory. A full stock of well-seasoned LUMBER always on hand, enabling mb to nil all,orders promptly, at the lowest prices. Farmerslbulldersand manu facturers are Invited to give us a call and see our facilities for turning opt good work, F. GARDNER & CO, Jan. 19,71—Gm , 31)a(t <Hcnetoci- ■JJ-SE THE BEST'! HALL’S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RENEWEE, R.P. WALL A CO., Proprietor. Laboratory, Nashua, N. 11, S, A. Havfjjstick, Arcdl, Carlisle, Pa. March 30,1871 —ly Juno 1,M871-Jt ~QCüCNL THE CHEAT HARVESTER. Thorn is a harvester and bold. Who harvests In many lands, And all hla help in the harvest time Is the help bl his two white hands. His two white hands, as sort and white As the winter's driven snotf, Yet ever ho brings his harvest home To the garner down bolbwl .Sickle and cradle and swinging scythe • Are,,aU.UiQ,,samc,tb.hfrn l i ’ A nrt steady he goes from floid To Stroking his gray beard grim. * Stroking his beard as ho clips tho grain, Binding it up In sheaves, And pity the gleaner who thinks to thrive On the grain that tho harvester leaves. Death 1h the harvester bravo and bold, Who harvests In many lands, And life is the gram he cuts and sheaves, With the help of hla two white hands. The tender grain Is tho cradle's share— ■ if . Tho child Is In the lop oftlmV- • • / The sickle gathers tho age ripe stalks, - The scythe Is for mankind's prime. Gently the childhood field ; is dipt, And softly the ago ripe again, But the bearded stalks of manhood's prime, Bond to the scythe in pain. By, quiet hearths, and soft beds of down, The harvester's swath Is cast, And many a blood-red field he reaps To the song of the battle’s blast. Over the earth and sea he goes—- The harvester bold and brave— Nor ever shall rest while a grain Is left For his garner; the clay cold grave. IPmdlanmis. MR. SMALLPIECE'S LEGACY. When people wanted to get to the of fice,of Mr. Bmallpiece, they were obliged to go up a dirty street and then under a dark and.gloomy archway into a little, open court, where a brass plate revealed the fact that the occupant of'the otttee, on whose door it was nailed,, was mdn Bmallpiece, Solicitor. The bfflce itself was quite pleasant and cheerful when you Once got inside of it, for he back windows opened upon a aiiriny lit tle bit of common, green with and waving trees in summer, and jptlt lesa pure with an expanse of virgin eiow in Winter. f ; On many an afternoon had MK Spall piece, sitting at his worm-eaten oldfdeik in the antique window-space, idokk up from his work, and, catching sight if a bird hopping.about among the routing, leaves outside the open window, became lost in dreamy reverie, which’led him to waste whole hours in following the'tin restrained vagaries of idle thought.: In fact, dreaming was the only recreation Mr. Bmallpiece ever had now. He'cdßld remember—aud that easily time when he was not the childless old man which life had left him years\go. There had been, a day when a cbetrfql home, graced with the luxuries hfl life and rendered sacred by its love of wife and daughter, was not the least lof ibis worldly possessions ; and now hjs trife was Bleeping in the churchyard yonder, While his daughter ,‘Worse oven than dead!’ exclaimed .Simon Bmallpiece, clenching his hand as ho thought of hpr. ‘Worse even than dead. May, flaw cut-se go with her, and with the mab wnojrob bed me of her.' Mi ■'athe Aud then be sat back in' his Ijaflier eovered chair; biting the end of his dulll pen savagely, aud thought, with'bltter nesa in his heart, of the day, so long ago, when she had come to him holding Will Allen by the hand, and whenfw ill, standing proudly before him in the full nobility of stalwart manhood, he asked him for Nellie as his wife; Mr.'Smnli piece remembered, too, with a chuckle of exultation, how he bad shown Will Al len to the door at once, and forbiliohim ever to enter his house again ;' bob’ he sent Nellie to her room in a flood of fears, and how he himself returned fo Will Allen all the foolish letters and sakes whioh-he ever had the aUdijcity to send to Simon Srualiplece'fi daughter.— The old lawyer could not but acknowl edge to himself, as he sat thinking, of these things, that he made somewhat of a donkey of himself, after all; fo i Nellie bad obstinately refused te marry the wealthy suitor whom he had seleofed'for her, and had persisted in this silly at tachment for this farmer’s son, whom she ultimately ran away With ami-mar ried. But Simon Smallpitce ,had;sent his loudest curses after tb(m.- apdihad never seen the face of. his only child: from that day to this. Ha never would forgive her, and there was tom fort in as suring himself of that at all'events. i And old Simon had lived aioneiever since, bis temper soured ' against' all mankind, and his heart—if'lie ever had one, which Is doubtful—oh/lled loathing of atone. He was reputed rich, hup few ever saw the color ot bis money.. His apartments, in the ripper part of tbesame old building with his ofilot, were mean in the extreme. His clothda were thread bare, and his face was pindbed with the hard lines of avarice add selfishness. With no charity for the ehft'erlng, with no feeling of kindness for tho unfortu nate, with his hcait closed to every ap peal from womanly tenderness, orqhild isb innocence, Blmou Bmallpleee avowed himself the enemy of fete world., and nassed hia life in picking quarrefe'with it. ; Oue lazy afternoon Mr. Smallpieoe, chancing to look up from the misty deeps of a long chancery hill Inwhichhe was just then submerged, caught sight thro’ the open window of a little child stand ing upon the steps of a-house oqithe op posite side of the common. There, was nothing interesting to Mr. Smallpieoe in children. As a general ruin lip haled them; but as be happened to gmnee at this wee little lady standing, so plump and rosy upon the doorstep, she suddenly clapped her bands together, arid gave snob a joyous little scream of delight that Simon actually smiled. Yes, be did; and it was something he had not don* Tor a long time. 1 Looking in the direction in which the child was gazing, he saw a man, {lad in the dress of a workman, coming apriss the common. And this person, when he came to where the child was atafdlug, caught her high above his head’hyith a laugh, and bringing her down into his anna again, kissed her. . ’< Whether Mr. Bmallplece'sTieiirt was a trilie more tender than usual,'Just then, I eannotsay ; hut it seemed to hjm.tbere was something In the movement of the workman very pleasing and pretty. Ho remembered the time when he wits wont to do tho same thing to the child him self. The child, catching a glimpse of Mr. Bmnllplece’s buhl head shining brightly at the open window, said something to the man who held her; and dlife latter, putting her down on the ground) led her slowly across the lawn to the attorney’s olHce. f ‘Whose brat is that?’ said pimon, when they had approached near enough for conversation. 1 ‘Sho is uot a biat,’ replied (be man, quickly. ‘Doesn’t she look pretty enough to be called something better thanthat?’ ‘Huml’gruntedMriSmallplece. ‘Well, child, then. Whose is'lt,? Yours?’ ‘She’s mine now,’ replied 'lhe,;mun, ‘hut Inm oot her father. ‘Sho js mv brother’s child, sir.’ ’ ‘Sheseeme very fondofyou,’said Simon, ■seeing tliat you're not her natural pa' rent.’ -I; ‘Sho is foud of me, ain’t you, Daisy ?’ rejoined the workman, stooping down to pull her yellow curls through hie ftpgers. For an answer, the little girl put her 1 ,1 CARLISLE, PA.; THURSDAY, JONE 15, 1871. Uttle round anna about hla knee, and laid her dimpled cheek close against it. , ‘Why don’t your brother take care of her?’ asked Mr. Bmallplece, looking at the girl a trifle less sourly than he usu ally looked at people. *My brother Is dead, sir/ said the mao. ■jThe child has no father but me.' ‘Where’s her mother?? ‘Her mother was left very > poor,' he replied; ‘She had one little boy besides this little .child, and was hardly able to support them witb.her unaided hands.— She lives many miles off, sir; and once in a while Daisy and I go down there to see her—on holidays and such like. ‘What does she do for q living?’ __‘.Bhe.uoeB ; plaiii needlework, when she can get'TP" " ‘A hard way of earning a living,’ said Mr. Bmallplece; ‘very hard; But I dare say she don’t work any harder than Ido —not a bit. not a bit.*- *1 I ‘Perhaps not,’ said the is a womau. lam a bachelor, Mke your self, sir, and I offered to take this little one and care for her while I lived. lam very glad I«’did‘it, for she has made all the world bright to n^p—a-great deal brighter than it ever was.before.' ‘Bah T said the. lawyer, with a gesture ofdisguali ‘ATI humbug! I don’t want young ones about me, I can tell you* Those that waut.them can have them. I don’t.’ Theranu laughed, and caught the child up in bis arms again. ‘She’s a pretty child enough,’said Si mon, looking at her through his glasses, I’ve got an apple in my desk here. Do yoa think she would like it ?’ The little child held out her fat hands eagerly* ,'Here,’ said Mr. Sraallepice, taking a red apple out of his drawer,"and tossing it to the.man, who gave it to a little lady In bio arms. s Now go away quick. X am very busy.’ The man laughed again, and. taking his,hat, withdrew, holding one of the chubby fists in his great brown band, and making believe to bite it, while the child munced the apple which she held in the other. , When they had gone, Mr. Smallpiece leaned back in bis chair and reflected on | his, unparalled weakness. What interest had he In cblld>en, that'he should feel soft-hearted towards this little one. Was he getting childish in his old age? He did not know. Possibly so. At all events a new feeling, or rather an old feeling re vived, had sprung up in his breast, and caused him to look upon his own cynical nature in something of a new light. . The next afternobn the child appeared again upon the step, and again did the man toss her high above his head when be met her. Looking across the little common, the workman recognized the lawyer with a nod and a smile, and then began an..uproarous romp upon the soft grass with the child. He fay down and allowed her to roll over him.— He made believe to chase her, and then, when she turned upon him, ran away, feigning great terror, so that the cbildV clear laughter rang but in the still afternoon air like a peal of little sil very bells. He went down upon his j hands and knees, and, putting the little ! one on his back, trotted aboufthe lawn, pretending to be a horse, and otherwise conducting himself in a manner so ex travagant. and/ and sending his companion into such convulsions of merriment, that Bimon Bmallplece, quite before he was aware of it/found himself leaning back in his chair, apd laughing almost as heartily as they. ‘I sbould.llke to do that my self,’ thought Bimom . And although you' may not believe it, it is actually true that the old lawyer left his work, and, putting on his hai, left his office by the back dobr* and walked across the common to |oln them. To be sure, he took no part in theirsport, and only stood under the tree fo Wa.tch the proceedings ; but before he went back to his writing— the child had another great redapple, Dig ger, this time than both her chubby fists together. And so;betweeu these people a sort of half familiar acquaintance sprung up, which gradually became.to Bimon Small fuece so- pleasant and agreeable, that at ast, whenever the Workman and his niece failed to appear on the pleasant af ternoons, the lawyer would experience a shade of disappointment. TToconsolously to himself, the attrition with the Inno cent nature of the child was rubbing off some of the hard protuberances of selfish ness and uncharity upon bis own char acter. Somehow he could not think of this little one and bis own daughter, who was once a child, too, at the same time, —and when one was present in his mind so also was the other—with opposed and different feelings. When he laughed at the gambols of the workman’s niece or pinched her rosy cheeks playfully, he could not find it in his heart to utter his accustomed curse upon the memory of bis own child, whom ho bad driven from him years ago. And as one thought led to another, be began to reflect at times when he sat alone in his chamber at night, that It would be a. pleasant thing to have a wo man’s or even a child’s presence there, to brighten 1 his declining years and to make him feel more kindly toward the world. But who was there to do for him what the workman’s little charge had uncon sciously accomplished for her uncle? He had no brother to bequeath to him child-- ren. Hisdaugnter bad, found a better shelter than he could give her, although he knew not where it was; happy, doubt less, and in her daily thoughts and pray ers he never found a place.. Yet be could almost have wished to see a little child or two* whisking about his room, and perhaps calling him grandfather. It would have been pleasant, after all, to have a rosy elf, all smiles and dimples, climbing into his lap after supper, and burying a pair of pink cheeks in his Waist coat. Bufthat, alas! although it might have been, was pot to bo thought of I now The Summer waned and Autumn came In. her rustling robes of brown aiid gold, strewing the grassy space behind the of fice with a loose carpet of crisp and with ered leaves. _ The Intimacy between the child and Slmoji, eiitending now even to taking her into his arms and kissing her, had clandestinately smuggled an ele ment of kindliness into the lawyers na ture, which had kindled in his heart a warmth which it had not known for years. On every Sunday afternoon he walked across the common to meet the workman and his uiepe, and sometimes stooped himself to gather a handful of the rustling leaves with which to play fully cover the child’s flaxen curls. One afternoon be saw a man approach ing with a -singular, halting gait, as though it were painful for him to walk. The hour was a little earlier than that of his usual return from work; but the child was waiting lor him under the trees. As 'she saw him coming, she clapped her hand with her characteristic little shout, and ran toward him. But he did not catch her In his arms as usu al, and os bo took her hand, put his great brown one up quickly to his heart, and staggered a little unsteadily. Then, without a word, he fell forward sudden ly upon the grass. ‘My goodness!’ said Simon, leaping at once out of the low, open window, and runningacross the common toward them. ‘Something has happened to the man.’ When he reached the spot the work man lay upon his face, and the child was clinging to him with screams of terror. Several persons who had seen him fall, came quickly up and tried to raise him to, bis feet: but when they recognized the truth, they laid him back again, and tried to unclasp the arms of the little girl. It was heart disease,’ said one. softly. ‘ls be dead ?’ said piraon, bending over le prostrate form in awe. 'Quite dead,’ replied the other, who was a neighboring physician. 'ls the child hie?’ ‘The child is mine, bow,’ said Ur, Smallplece, firmly, raising her In his arms. ‘Will yo». come with me .little onei?' ’ 'ls the world coming to an end ?’ ask ed one of the bystanders, grimly. /S/V ‘4. part of what X have been to the world baa already come to ar/rtniw re plied Simon, presslngfila libs Mtho fear stained Ups of Urn lltt\oiidVi/bls arms. ‘Take the poor fjsnpw (Aids bouse. Tbe child shall 60 wltliSne.’ And he toOK her home, and looking the office, sat .down in his big chair and tried fo comfort her. he held -her In his arms, all the feelings of paternity,-so long dead within bla breast, came sud denly ur"~rmost; and greatly to his as .fonishme .t, he found himself doing, without ■ .ie least awkwardness or em barassnn.it, the things" which seemed best to draw her mind away from -what hod happened When be had quieted her-sobs with chqery stories, he summoned his house keeper, and bade her attend to all the child’s Wants. The woman was fortu nately kind-hearted, and she did so. Meanwhile, Mr. tr.mallpiece sat down to ponder what he should do with her It was evident that ho could riot keep her with him. as her uncle had done Why not ? Because—well he was a stranger to her mother, and she would never consent to It. And-that led hiin to think that ifher mother were only here, he could perhaps provide a home for her and her children, too. He certainly was able to do It, and the loss of the money would never be fait by him as the loss of the child would be. And then, perhaps, the world would remember, after he was gone, that he had done at least one kind ly act during his life lime, and recollect ing that, would forgive him many of his more selfish ones. Yes, he would keep the child, and he would keep the mother too. But how was he to get word of her?— The workman had told him of the town where she resided, but had never spoken of her by name. He might have asked theebild, but although Simon Smallpiece was an experienced lawyer who usually thoughtof everything, singularly enough he never thought of this. Ho he.went to the child's bedroom to inquire, At that moment a tiny voice came tip from out of the bed-clothes, reminding him that something had been forgotten by his housekeeper. ‘And what is that?’ asken Simon. Dear little heart! Bb had not said her prayers. ‘Did your uncle always wont you tosay your prayers ?'• asked the lawyer, going to the bedside. ‘Yes, always.' ‘Then say them fo me, little one,’ said Simon; and kneeling down by her side, the old man rested his scattered gray hair upon the counterpane while the tiny voice repeated a simple prayer, and tile chubby bands were fast clasped to gether. And in the prayer, following every word, Simon. SmallpieSe’s heart was touched, as it never had been touch ed before ; and from his lips there went up, with the supplication of the child, an earnest prayer to be made better and more worthy of the charge which had been placed within his keeping. He returned to his office, and, wtitfng the letter, directed'it to the postmaster of the town in. which the object of his search resided, informing him of the fa tal eventof.the afternoon, and requesting him, if possible, to forward the informa tion to Daisy’s mother. A few days passed; the preparations for the poor man’s funeral were simple and few, for he had no friends in the neighborhood where he lived, and little seemed to be known about him. Simon offered to bear the expenses, whatever they might be, and one afternoon when the man bad been laid in his coffin, took Daisey with him for a farewell look at his peaceful face. But Daisy shrank from the cold .and awful form in terror, at which the lawyer was glad, for it proved that her love for her former friend would alt be given to him in life, and that there was still room for a little affection for himself, after the. workman had been lorgotten. But o%fhe fifth day, which, was the day of the funeral, there came a knock at the door of the lawyer’s office, and there stood upon the threshold a woman, close ly veiled, and holding a little boy by the hand. ’ ‘My husband’s brother is buried to day,’she said, a little sadly. ‘I am told that you have kindly cared for my little girl.’ . Great Heaveu 1 That voice 1 It seemed to Simon Smallpiece like the peal of a sweet, sweet bell, ringing back to him the sad changes over a half-forgotten .world which had fallen from the firma- ment many long.years ago. He rose from the seat, trembling with a strange emo - ‘Your little girl la quite safe, he said ; JI shall haveaproposltion to make to you in regard to her, after to-day’s sad cere mony la over. May I ask your name ?’ ‘I think you know it,’ she said, raising her veil. ‘O, Nellie! my daughter Nellie! cried the old man, falling suddenly down up on his knees before her. ‘May God for give mo for the wrong I have done you and yours! O, my child, be merciful toj me, for I ask your forgiveness at your feet. 1 ‘1 have nothing to forgive, father,’ she said, assisting him to his feet—‘whatever there was between us baa been forgotten long ago,’ ‘And you will stay with me always?’ asked Simon, half incredulously. ‘Always, if you wish it, father. ‘The hand of the Lord is in. it,’ cried he, catching up Daisy in his arms. ‘lt is Ibis.little one who has prepared the way, and she has made my path straight.’.- And who can say that Simon Small* piece’s legacy was not belter than gold or silver, since it brought him a new heart? , Where the Sun Never Sets-— The following graphic paragraph Is from the description of a scene witnessed by Mr. Campbell and his party in the north of Norway, from a cliff one thousand feet above the sea ; “ The ocean stretched away iu sllerit easiness at our feet; the sound of the waves scarcely reached our airy lookout; away in-the north the bugnold snn swung low along the horizonylike the slow heat of the pendulum in the tall clock in our grandfathers parlor corner. We all stood silent, looking at our watches. When both hands came together at twelve, at midnight, the full round orb hung tri umphantly above the wave—a bridge of gold running due north spanned' the water between us and him. There he shone In silent majesty that knew no set ting. Wo involuntarily took off our bats, and no word was said. Combine, if you can, the most brilliant sunriseand sunset you ever saw, and its beauties will pale before the gorgeous coloring which now lit up the ocean, heavens and mountain. In half an hour the sun had - swung by perceptibly on his beat; the colors chang ed to those of morning, a fresh breeze rippled over the flood, one songster after another piped up In the grove behind us —wo had slid into another day 1” A Boy’s Composition on the Goat. —A goat is longer than the pig, and gives milk. He looks at you. So does the doc tor, but a goat has four legs. My goat butted Deacon Tillinghast in a bad place, and a little calf wouldn’t do so. A boy without a father is an orphan, and if he ain’t no mother ho is two orphans. The goat d<u't give so much milk as a cow, but more than an ox. I saw an ox at a fair one day, and we went in on a family ticket, Mick picks geese in the summer and the gout eats grass and jumps on a box. Some folks don't, like goats, but as for; me,give me a mule with a paint brush tail. The goat is a useiul animal, but don't smell as sweet as bear’s oil for the hair. If I had too much hair I would wear a wig, as old Captain Peters does.' I will sell my goat for three dollars aud go to the circus to see the elephant, Which is larger than five goats. The prettiest lining for a ladles' bonnet la a smiling countenance. THE DESTROYED PARISIAN PALACES. The following Is a list and brief sketch of the history of some of the palaces and other public buildings destroyed by the Communists In Paris during their short but destructive sway ; THE TPIEEBIES. Tills palace, which was destroyed by the Commune, occupied the site of a rubbish shoot aud some tile fields which existed in the time of Charles. VI., (1476) aud had furnished Paris with tiles for centuries. From this circumstance'its name was derived. In„151S Francis X. purchased a house here for his mother, Louise de Sa voy, .who, found, the.air.P.Lhbr residence, the Palais des Tournelles, in the Marais, .unwholesome. In 1525 the Princessgave the Hotel des Tulierlcs to Jean Tlercelin, maitre d’hotel to the Dauphin and it subsquentiy became the - property of the celebrate'd Catherine de Mediois, who bad the edifice just destroyed begun as a resi dence for herself in 1564. Here her work stopped, for being alarmed by a prediction I of an astrologer, bidding her beware of St. Germain, and the Tullerles being in the pariah of 6t. Germain I’Auxerrois, she fixed her abode at the Hotel de Sois sons. Under Henry IV. the palace was enlarged by Duoerceau and Duperab, who raised twoother ranges of buildings faced with composite pilasters, and erected lofty pavilions at each end. - This King also began the long gallery along the , quay; Louis XIV, caused Levan, and d’Orby to complete it, and to add an attic to the central buildings, but he soon after neglected the works and transferred his court to Versailles. The Eegent, Duke of Orleans, resided at the Tuileries during the minority'of Louis XV., but from that period until the forced return of Louis XVI., the families of persons officially attached to the court occupied it, DURING THE REVOLUTIONS j This palace was inscribed on almost every page of the history of the First Eevolutiou. The mob entered it on June ; 20, 1792, and on August 10, of the same , year, it was attacked and Swiss Guards massacred. It was the official residence of the First Consul, and subsequently the Imperial Palace. In 1808 Napoleon began the northern-gallery to communicate with the Louvre. After the restoration, the Tuileries continued to be the chief residence of the King and royal family. After the ‘revolution of 1830, when the people attacked and took the palace, (on July 29), Louis Philippe fixed his resi dence in it, and continued to inhabit it until the 24th of February, 1848, when it was again invaded by the people, and the King made Iris escape. By a decree of the Provisional Government, dated 2Gth February,lB4B, which was never put into execution, this palace was from thence forth to be transformed into an asylum for invalid workmen. During and after the insurrection of June it was used as a hospital for the wounded. In 1849 the yearly exhibition of paintings wds opened in it,- Up to the fall of the Empire it was th- official residence of the imperial family. The extreme length of the facade was 380 yards, its breadth 30. The reconstruc tion of the southern portion of the palace, .called the Pavilion do Floye t commenced a few years ago, was soon completed, and was remarkable for its rich sculpture.— This and the adjoining edifice bad been subjected to the process of washing with ] silicate of alumina, which hardened the I soft stone used in. the building. The I other pavilion in theltuede Flnoii, called I Pavilion Marsan, was also reconstructed. I The columns on the lower story of the I central facade were lonic; on the second, I Corinthian ; on the third, composite.— I Those on each side of the Pavilion de I' I JSorloge consisted originally of a long I gallery to the south and the grand stair- I case to the north. Towards the garden I vaulted arcades extended in front of these I from the central pavilion, forming terra-1 ces on the top. The apartments which we have spoken I of as the King's, were once occupied by I Marie Antoinette, who was beheaded, J and Madame Adelaide. The Prince and Princessde Joinviile and their respective suites lodged in the same pavilion. The Pavilion Marsan at the northern end) with part of the lateral gallery, which was called the newgallery of the Louvre, was occupied by the Duchess of Orleans, the Count de.Paris, the Duke and Duch ess of Montpeusier, and the Duke and Duchess d’Aumale. Up to the fall of the recent Empire, these state apartments were occupied by Napoleon and his con sort, the Empress Eugenie, THE LOUVRE. A castle which existed on the site of this palace is said to have been used as a hunting seat by Dagobert, the woods there extending over the actual site of what is now Northern Paris down to the water's edge. Philip Augustus formed it into a stronghold in 1200, and used it as a State prison. It was not enclosed within the walls of the city for nearly two centuries later. Francis I. began the building in 1528. It was variously im proved and beautified, down to the be- ginning of tile present century, when Napoleon I. resumed the work, and under him the Louvre was finished, and the surrounding streets and palaces cleared. The architecture of the Louve was un equalled in Paris, its eastern part not being excelled by any work of any age. Its grand colonnade was composed of 28 completed Corinthian columns, fronting a wide gallery. The basement story af forded an admirable contrast by its great simplicity. The court of the Louvre is one of the finest in Europe. The design of the building is a perfect square, each side being over five hundred feet in di- Tbe order of architecture of mensions. the four facades is principally Corinthian or composite, The interior court is one of the most beautifully decorated in any country. Many persons of great histori cal celebrity have inhabited the palace, Including Henry 111., Henry IV., Louis XIII., Louis XIV., Charles IX., and Henrietta, the widow of Charles L, of England. ‘ THE INTERIOR- Almost all the interior was given up to the museums collectively known under the title of the Musees Irnporiaux. Their destruction is a greater loss than that of the building itself. We can give but the briefest description of the museums.— They comprised the rarest works of art and articles of vertu. Stored in the several salons were tile most precious antiquities, the trophies of the victories of France, and the productions of her genius. The destruction of the Louvre means the ex tinguishment of all these. THE NEW I.OOVBE connects theTuiieriesand theold Louvre. Its general plan comprises two lateral piles of buildings. It was partly occupied under the Second Empire by the offices of the Ministers of State ana of the In terior. It contained also the barracks of tbe Cent Gardes, the apartments of the palace domestics, the imperial stables, and the library of the Louvre, formerly the private library of Louis Philippe, which comprised about 90,000 volumes. Tbe entire palace is of vast extent, and covers, altogether, over sixty acres of ground. THE HOTEL DB VItLE. This building, another of Paris’ grand structures, was also destroyed. In the earliest reigns of the third race of kings, the meetings of the corps de ville or mun icipality, were held In a house called la Maison de la Marchandize, situated in the Vallee do la Uisere, weatofthe grand Cbateiet. In 1357 the municipality pur chased for 2,880 llvresde Paris the Maison de laOreve, which hod formerly belonged to Philip Augustus, aud was frequently the abode of royalty. Upon the site of this the building destroyed was erected. The work was commenced in 1638. and finished in 1841. THE EXTERXOB. The Hotel de Ville consisted In 1628 of a beautiful large building la the style of VOL. 68.-NO. Renaissance, two stories high, euoloalng a single court, ami having its western front towards the Place de Grove, with two elevated pavilions at the northern and southern extremeties, each flanked by an elegant square overhanging tower. THE COURTS. This vast edifice comprised three large courts, two Internal ones of Corinthian and composite architecture, and the cen tral and most ancient, one, which was approached from the western front by a flight of steps. An lonic arcade ran ail around It. Under it, to the left, on entering, was a fine full-length bronze statue of Louis XIV., with bas-reliefs; representing Charity and Divine Ven geance, and adjoining was a flight of -stairs desoendinginto the northern-court... The building also contained several most magnificent state departments. The work of the Commune in destroy ing these buildings Is nothing less than the actsbfabodyof men crazed by defeat, who seek for revenge and get it by any means in their power. The destruction which was accomplished in one day will take years to repair, if the buildings can ever be made as grand and beautiful as they were. VERY HARD TO SWEAR TO. A skilled penman writes to the N. York Mail, concerning " signature experts," (be occasion being the late "Taylor will case,” which turned in a great measure on the genuineness of the testator's sig nature, ■ More than twenty years ago, in Cincinnati, I copied the Declaration of Independence, appending fao sitnllies of the writer’s names. Mr. Thos. Stevens, at that time editor of the Cipolnnati At las, took occasion, in a pleasant way, to doubt my assertion that X bad copied the signatures with a pen. To convince him, I asked him to sign his name on a sheet of paper, which he did, I immediately wrote ten copies of bis signature, above and below the ori ginal, and handed him the paper for him .to select his own. After a careful exami nation, be selected one. He was wrong. He tried again and again, with, the same result, and finally, by mere guess work, be hit the right one. And it was a most remarkable fact, that after be bad dis covered his own, be could see the most astonishing absurdities in all the others I Borne years ago I was speaking with a well known publisher of this city, who was at bis desk signing some checks that had been prepared-for him. The signa ture was of the firm, and was a peculiar one, as he wrote it. X casually remarked thatrit was an excellent signature for a forger. He promptly responded that there was no forger could sign that name so as to deceive him. 'Oh, yes, there is,’ I said, 'Where is he?’ 'He is standing at your elbow.’ ‘Do you mean to say,’ said he, 1 that you can imitate that signature so I cannot detect the forgery?' ‘I mean to say,’ said I, ‘that I think I can do it, and am willing to try it.’ ‘lf you will write that signature,’ ho replied, ' so that I cannot distinguish it from my own, I will——’ 'There, don’t be rash; I should dislike to take advantage of your present excite . ment. If you will write the signature at the top of that letter sheet, we’li see what a little impudence can do.’ He did as requested, I took the sheet and went to the desk- Here I exchanged it for another of T tbe same kind, and- in the same reluUve'poaition I imitated the signature In a very free, careless way, not attempting a servile copy, but pre serving the nharacteristiesiroke. I then very carefully wrote underneath it three faithful imitations, making four signa tures, all my own. These I took to the proprietor, and told him to select bis own signature. With surprisingly little effort be pointed out the first signature, and at once began to criticise with severity my base imitations. ‘Well,’ said I, ‘X will confess they are not as well done as I expected to have done them, of as I could do them if ray nerves were steady. But, really,' said I, ‘dont you think that if one of these sig natures were placed at the bottom of your ordinary check your bank would honor the check?’ ‘Well, no,’ said he, ‘I don’t think it would.’ ‘I suppose,’ said I, ‘there is no doubt about the top signature—that would bring the cash?’ ‘Oh, yes, I should like to see our bank refuse that signature for any ordinary sum.’ I then went to the desk and produced lie original signature. ‘How about this?’ said I He looked at the signature—then at my ‘base imitations’—then at the crowd of interested spectators.who bad quietly gathered around, and who were begin ning to take in the richness of the joke,, and finally be brought out an expression which was a mixture of astonishment, chagrin, merriment, vexation and per plexity, and holding out bis hand with' unconditional surrender written all over his face, he exclaimed “ soj.ij.’’ An Ohio Ghost. —They have a little colony of spirits out in Wayne county, Ohio, that rivals the famous Cock Lane ghost of ancient memory. The demons confine themselves to one family, (Mr. Hofiinan’S,) and the " goings on" that lake place in It are both dark and vain. They began by the disappearance ot mo ney from the pocket of the head of the family, and gradually worked themselves up to the smashing of crockery, throwing of stones, eggs, and other small objects, and the tossing in the face of the bewil dered family of sand and gravel. Removal from the haunted home was of no avail, for In the new domicile, whither they went, the same persecution took place. Here the clothes of the mother and eldest daughter were first abstracted, and then returned in a out and sloshed condition that would have driven a montuu maker wild. At other times they would be hid lu out-of-the-way places, and there is a continued sound of pounding on the walls, throwing of stones, and other like cheerful deeds. Several missives have also been sent to the family by the spirits, one of which stated that if, on a certain day, the mother were to coins down the cellar stairs backward on her knees, she would find a box containing $2,000. This the lady declined ta do, and ever since the noise and crockery smashing had be come more numerous. The most careful watch, ft is said, has been kept upou the premises, but no-clue has yet been found to the curious,events that have just been transpiring. The famous French orator, Mirabeau, in the chamber of deputies, made a long and powerful speech, the object of which was, to describe the proper person to be placed at the head of the finances. Keeping up, in the whole outline, a pretty faithful transcript of his own traits aad qualities, he wound up by saying that the head of the finances, should be a great Orator. Talleyrand, as soon as be. sat down, arose and complimented the ora tor highly. He said, the speaker’s de scription of the bead of the finances was exact—the picture was perfect—but for one little circumstance omitted. He should have further stated that the head of the finances should be “ strongly poet marked." Mlrabeau had had that dis ease ! “It may be very gratifying to our rea ders to know that scientific men predict for us a summer of unexampled severity, when disease and death will be plenty, and the chances of a general carrying off the population quite cheering to under takers, But it will be more gratifying to our readers to know, that our "scientific men” are quite as Ignorant, as the rest of us on this subject. There is a young lady in Carlisle who puzzles the occullsut.' Instead of A. mere pupil, it is said she has a full grown college graduate in her eye! , Hates for ADVxanffKMXMTs will be inserted at Tenants per line for the first Insertion, _ah A five cents perlinofor each '•Q,uar erly half-yearly, and ln* erted at a liberal Advertisements should by the When sent without r^lsngth 1 ot tune speoifled for pnblleaUon, they will be continued ontilordorea out andonaiye d accordingly ioßpanmira. ' CiAnna, HAsmniLza.Oinonxjats. and every other or description of Jon and Oax&p Printing. . ©ims antJ iEnDa. WHO T Who marched to battle for the right .When North and South began to fight, When darkness pall the land like night? The Soldier. 1 Who smoked away his good cigar When battle grim showed many a scar. When freemen bled both near and far? The General. ’ Who gave the General house and land ? . Who shook the General by the hand? Who made him President high and grand ? The People. - ■ _ Who asks for cuarltysomo bread ? ' “The crippled soldier r Who gets no bounty till he’s dead ? The Soldier. A Western editor reports money * close,’ but not close enough to be reach* ed. Statistics proves that a handsome widow 4)db three chances for marriage to a maiden’s one* . Tate Cincinnati Times and Chrpnicle says, “ the lawyers mast live/’ Possibly, they must; but, really, we can’t see why they should. At a recent railway festival, the fol lowing striking sentiment Whs given: “ Our mothers—the only faithful tenders who ever misplaced a switch." A wife In San Francisco lately put a petition for divorce in the court, on the ground that her husband was a “ con founded tool-" The Judge, who was an old bachelor, would not admit the plea, because, he said, every man who gets married would be liable to the same im putation 1 ’ The Danbury. (Ct.) News tells this story of a new boy in ope of the Sunday schools. The prec'ooiousyouth was asked who bad made the beautiful bills about them, and remarked that be did not know,, as bis parents only moved into town the day before. In a large proportion of the Boston marriages, last year, the brides were older than the grooms. ,Tbis was-only natural. Boston maids rarely get married until they are old enough to terrify innocent, and nervous young men into it; A quaint old gentleman of an active, stirring disposition,'bud a man at work in bis garden who was quite the reverse. ‘Jones,’ said he.‘did you ever see a snail?’ ‘Certainly,’ said Jones.. ‘Then,’ said the old boy, ‘ you must have. met him, for you never could overtake him.” A LAB arrested a few days ago for theft, when taken before the magistrate was asked what bis occupation was, frankly answered: ‘Stealing!’ ‘Yourcandor as tonishes me,’said the judge. H think it would,’ replied the lad, ‘seeing how many big ’uns there be in the same bus iness, os he is ashamed to owu up to his trade.’ The Portland Frees announced in a recent number that a “ public breakfast of ministers and members of some of the Evangelical churches will be held this morning," etc. That would be good news for Cannibal Islaaders. The style of wedding presents at Fari bault, Minnesota, may be inferred from the fact that at n marriage there the other day, the bride was presented with one dozen oranges, one dozen lemons, five pounds of figs, five pounds of assorted candies, and six cans of fresh oysters I A man in Bowling Green, Ky., bos trained bis dog to carry a bank note to market for meat. The result is that whenever the dog is hungry bp picks up a piece of. paper and runs with it to the market man expecting a meal in return.- A Chicago woman, whose husband promised to bring her home a new bon net and didn’t do it, took bis $lO silk hat and placed it upon the floor at his feet, sat upon it—whirling herself round until the ruin was complete, ‘There,’ said she, as she arose to her feet, ' If you can’t raise me to your level in point.of drees. I’ll put you down to mine.’ GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA, A Circuit of 400 Miles Devastated—Three Thousand People Killed—The Earth Rocks , Rolls and Splits —Terrible Destruction of Property. Our ministerin China, Governor Lowe, has forwarded to the Secretary of State the following translation of a report of a terrible earthquake, from the Chinese Governor-General of the province in which it occurred: Buief account op the Eakthouake at iia- THANO IN BKOmiEN. I have ascertained that Bathang lies on a very elevated spot beyond the bor ders of the province, about two hundred and sixty miles west from LI Tang, and more than thirty post stations from the district town of Ta-islen, on’ the high road to Thibet. About eleven o’clock, A. M.,'on the llth of April, 1871, the earth trembled so violently that the government offices, temples, grannaries, stone and store hou ses and fortifications, with all the com mon dwellings and the temple of Ting lin, were at once overthrown and rained, the only exception was the bail in the temple grounds, called Ta-ohao, which stood unharmed in its location. . A few of the troops and people escaped, but moat of the inmates were crushed ana killed under the falling timber and stone. Flames also suddenly burst out in four places, which,strong winds drove about until the heavens were darkened with smoke, and their roaring was mingled with the lamentations of the distressed people. On the IGth the flames, were beaten down, but the rumbling noises were still heard underground like dis tant thunder, and the earth rocked and rolled like a ship in a storm at the mercy of the waves. The multiplied miseries of the afflicted were increased by a thous and fears, hut in about ten days matters began to grow quiet and the motion-to eease. The grain collector at Bathang says that for several days before the earth quake the water had overflowed the dyke,, but after it the earth cracked in many f daces, and black, fetid waves spurted out n a furious manner. If one poked the earth the spurting immediately followed. Just sis is the case with the salt-wells and fire-wells (in the eastern part of the prov ince,) and this explains how it happened that fire followed earthquake in Bathang. As nearly as is ascertained there were destroyed two large temples, the offices of the collector of grain tax, the local magistrate, aud the colonel, the Ting lin temple, and nearly 700 fathoms of wall around it, and 3-51 rooms In ail inside; six smaller temples, numbering 221 rooms, beside 1849 rooms and houses of the common people. The number of people, soldiers and/ latuas killed by the crash was 22081 Among whom were the local magistrate and bis second in office. The earthquake extended from ' Ba tbnng eastward to Pang-Chab()muh, westward to Han-tun ; on the south to Lin-tash-shib, and on the north to the salt wells of A-timtsb, a circuit of over 400 miles. It occurred simultaneously over the whole of this region. In soma places steep billssplltandsunk Into deep pits; in others, bills, on level spots, be came precipitous cliffs, and the reads and highways were rendered impassable by obstruotons. The people were beggared and scatter od like autumn leaves, and this calamity to the people of Bathang and .vicinity was really one of the most distressing and destructive that has ever happened in this country. The Governor General twice-demoral ized the emperor respecting it, who granted aid to relieve the misery, reopen the roads between the poat. houses, and rebuild or repair (be offices and dwelufig* us they Mand ate now areeverywhere passable. -.: *° * * IFSIfi
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