sl)t toplunteer.
I PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNINU
BRATTON* KENNEDY
nli’ICE.-SPPTH MABKET SQUARE*
kKIIB : _two Dollars per year If paid strictly
\s .‘advance s Two Dollargand Fifty Cent* if paid
ithln throe months; after which Three Dollar*
■W\ n he charged. These terms will be rigidly ad"
a . ereil to In every instance. Kosub crlptlon dls
I ° otlnucd natll all arrearages are paid, unless at
| ih.nntlonof theEdHor. ,
33toKggionai grams.
JJNITED STATES CLAIM
AND
It Xa L ESI A TE A.O EEC T.
■WM. B.'BUTXjER,
’ i ATTOimXT AT UV. , > ' .
'% nnlce iq Franklin House, feouth Hanover Street
Cumberland county,- Pentia. .
mall, will receive Immediate
tParlVoolar attention given to the selling or rent
-1? of R«al Estate, In town or country. ' Ip all Ist
.rsiis, of Inquiry. ploflso‘enolose postage stamp.
% ■ \ -• -»
| p E. BErTZIIOOTER,
I 'ATTORNEY-AX-LAW;
CARLISLE.>A.
% 4 .j-office oh South Hanover Street, opposite
"'{ penis’* dry goods store.
:ipoc. 1.18&.
jjUMRICH & PARKER,
I*l ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Oillce on Main Street. In Marlon . Hall. Car
iq|e. Pa.
Dec. 218 M-.. . '
o. 8. E MIG . ■
S J attorney- at-law,
Office with S. Hepburn, Jr.
East Main Street,
CARLISLE, rA.
Feb. 2. 71- ly .
trr KENNEDY, Attorney at Daw
W Carlisle, Penna. Office same aa that ol
U"American volunteer,”
[Dec. 1, IS7O. ■ . . ■
Kr. GEORGE S. £EABIGHT r *»»-■
U TIBT. From the Baltimore o/ ZteritcU
hracru Office at the residence of ms mother
bat iSuther Street, three doors below .Bedford
Jnrllslo, Ponno. '
t Dec. I 1805. ' ‘ ’
jjata ant <Ha»»
B E S H A R R I Y A 1
OF ALL THE
A EW> STYLE&
OF
HATS AND CAPS.
' \lriie subHcrlher nos just opened at No, 16 North
;iinwer doors Notthof the CarliU#
•SeDOfllt Bank, one of tho largest arid Dfest.Stocks
■St HATS and CAPS ever offeredin Carlisle. *
itTglllc Hats. Cassimere 6f all styles and qualities,
'Blffßrlmn, different'.colons, and every descrip
tion ofSoft Hata now m0de..... •
f I'unkord and Old Faahioned.Brush, con
ntly on hand and,made to order, oil worrant
lo give satisfaction. *
1 A full assortment of
\ GENTB,
I BOY'S, AND
J CHILDREN'S, • ,
i HATS.
/ iave also added to my Stock, notions of differ*
«i it kinds, consisting of
ABIES'•' AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS
Me* jus, - • Suspenders,
m Collars, Gloves,
■ r Pencils, 3 bread, . .
•j Sewing Silk, Umbrellas, <to
9EGABS AND TOBACCO
■V ALWAYS ON HAND, - \
■ me a call, and examine jny stock,as X
« nfldent 6f pleasing all, besides saving y’ou mo?
■;T y ' JOHN A. KEEKER. Agent, ..,
No. 15 North Hanover Street.
''.' l Oct. 1870..
ATS AND CAPS I
00 YOU WANT A NICE HAT OR CAP ?
(F SO. DON’T pAZIi TO CALL ON*
J.'Q.’O ALLIO.
NO. 29. WESI 'MAIN STREET,
here can be seen the finest assortment of
HATS AND .CAPS
■>* er brought to'Carlisle. .-.He takes, greatpieafl
c ’kj re in inviting his old friends nnd;ciuWm6rSi ’
'.'jj d all new ones,to his splendid brock 'lust,re-,
> ‘<l ved from New York.and Philadelphia, con-
ln part of fine •.
§BIKK AND CASaiIiERB HATH, : ;.
Ides an ondlesa variety bf Hats and CapfiiOl
•-.mb latest style, all .ol which he Will sell ol.tht ’
■.■t&ueil Cash Prices. Also, his own manufacture
.ftfi.Hats always on band, and •
.J!- '; HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER,’:
boa the best arrangement for coloring HaU >
and oil kinds of Woolen Goods, Overcodts;*o.,-at,
Ike shortest notice (os.he colors every -week) and >
«s the moat reasonable terms. Also, a fine lot of
ibnolce brandaof
3 TOBACCO AND CIGARS;
ys on bond. Ho desires to call the attention
Mpeisons who have
OOBKIIIYJFCBS: ~
as he pays the highest cash prices for lie
’•lplvehima call, at tho above number, his - >id .
mad, as he feels confident of giving entire sails*
/fiction.
liDct.lMO.
| i?lurotirg; sec.
| $ $ M' ? I■ <
JiMES OAMI-BELL. | W. P. HENWOOD.
QAMI>BEJbL~& JBOENW^OD,
PLUMBERS,
(AS AND STEAM FITTERS,
No. 18 North JECvnover St.,
OARIISLE, :P A,
ITHTUBS. •
WATER CLOSETS,
WASHBASINS.’
HYDRANTS, .
LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS.
•CISTERN AND DEEP WELL PDMPB, ‘'
GAS FIXTURES. ‘
S SHADES A ND GLOBES 40,, So.
Ip, Iron and Terra Cotta Pipe;
, TOPS and FLUES,
■: All kinds ol •
# R ASS W O R K
Iteara and Water constantly on Hand.
|| OIIKUN TOWN 08, COUNTRY
4i qrdtirs lor
'M ferial or work Irom a dlstohce.-ce
■ni n £ Bpec **d advantages We ’lire prepared to
4;'4 4' 4'4 44 4
leD.'l. 70—ly
OTIONS WHOLESALE AT
CITY FRIGES;
jOVES oonstQn^J'oll bond saoUas’ ’
SUSPENDERS, ’
NECK TIES and ’' 7 ■ ,
KS T F? ONTS ' camtrio and When ItandSw- 1 '
l' r “. L2n<m ond Pnpor Co) i ar , \sg“c3a,
fe? 1 ;?' Braids, Spool Cotton. \VaJlGtt«
S rtSf?B l u nar> » Wrapping Paper arid Pdpter
avk B t oa P. 8 Au £ Jrarfumery, Shoe Black,
° vo Polish, Indigo, Segors. <cc., &a.
COYLE BROTHERS, .
daron SO. mi-6 N m°; MBoUth
L, STERNER & BRO.,
IVERY AND SALE STABLE,
pTWBEN HANOVER AND BEDFORD BTB
p the rear op bentz house,
L CARLISLE, PA.
e s av '“« attod up the Stable with new Canl-
Prepared to mrnlsa flrat-cla»«
Id Strati at reasonable bates. Parties taken to
the springs
aprllas.iBol.Zay- . . ,
Dividend,
p rlisle IDeposit Nauk,\
BAj Board of Directorate«*lw»
--,Y.. leil d or nvo por conu for the pMt^hS'
“M's.en'the Capitol Block, free front-Bute
id National Token, payable on demand. ■
. J. P. HAHBLEtI;
day t. lß7l—Bm Outlier,
j’OR BALE OR BENT.-A good
: tw°-Bt°»y nriok JHod«o: No. OS Eaat North
y rll. t ?,?f ,BYbHyDER ’ « »«*
lB7l —if *
€le r I 0 limiteer
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
flJUDfcal.
QrnrMiLLioN of lTyes ba ved.
It is one of the remarkable faota of this re*
markable age. not merely that so many persons
are the victims of dyspepsia or Indigestion, but
Its willing victims. Now. we would not bo an
derstood to say that any. one regards dyspepsia
with favdr, or feels disposed Ur-rank It among
the luxuries of life. For irom It. Those who
have experienced Its torments would scout such
an idea. All dread It. and would gladly dispense
With Its unpleasant familiarities. Mark Tapley
who was Jolly under all the trying circumstan
ces In which he was placed, never had an Attack
of dyspepsia, or bis Jollity would have speedily
suffer its tortures uncomplainingly, hot whoev
er heard pf a person who enjoyed them 7
Of all the multifarious diseases to which the
human system is liable, there is perhaps no one
so generally prevalent as dyspepsia. There are
diseases monf acute and painful, and which
more frequently prove Jatal. hut nope, the ef
fects of which are so depressing to the mind and
so positively distressing to thebody. If ibere Is
a wretched being In the world it is
A CONFIRMED DYSPEPTIC.
Bat It Js not our Intention to dlscant on the hor
rors of Dyspepsia. To describe them trutblhlly
is simply an Impossibility, but It Is possibly to
ptolhl opt a remedy. We nave said that dyspep
sia iatferbapa tjm most universal of human du
eahQ& This ,lq ; emphatically lh© case In the
United. Stated. Whether this general preva
lence IS <dtf© totha character oi the food; the
method of Us preparation, or the hasty manndr
in whichilt is usually swallowed. Is not our pro
vince to explain: The great fact with which we
are called to deal'ls this:
; DYSPEPSIA PREVAILS
almost universally; •
Neartyjeyeryiptfier person yon .meet is a; vie
tim, anapparentlywifUng were tmauol
the case.iWhy soinany faflerers.whCn a'certain:
speedy and safe remedy Is within:;the easy,
reach of all who desire to avail themselves of it?
But the majority vflll not.. Blinded by preju
dice, or, deterred by some other unexplainedin
fluence, they refuse to accept the relief profer
.ed them.; They turn a deaf ear to the testimony
of the thonsands whose sufferings hnvb hedn al
leviated,'and with strange.lnfatuation, appear
to cling with desperate determination to their
ruthless tormentor. But says a dyspeptic:
What Is ibis remedy ? to which we reply: This
great alleviator of human suffering is almost os
widely known as the English language. It has
allayed the'ogonles of thousands.and is to-day
carrying comfort and encouragement to thou
sands of others. This acknowledged panacea is
none other than
DB, HOOFLAND’S GERMAN BITTERS...
Would,yon know more ol the merits of this
wonderfqVmeaioine than can be learned. from
the experience of others? Try and
when ft ;has failed to fulfil the assurance of its
efficacy given by the proprietor, then abandon
faith in It. , ' s
LET IT BE REMEMBERED,
first bf all, that Hoofland's Gorman Bitters is
not a ram beverage.
They are not nlcobolio'ln any sense of the
term. They are composed wholly of the pure
Juice or vital principle of Toots,. This Is not a
mere assertion.* The extracts from which they
are. compounded are prepared by oho of the
ablest German chemists. Unlike ■ any other
Bitters ip tho market, they are wholly free from
spirituous ingredients. The objections which
holdwith'so much force against preparations of
this class, namely—that a desire lor Intoxicating
drinks is stimulated by their use, are not valla
in the case of tho German Bitters., So far from
encouraging or Inculatlng a taste or desire for
Inebriatfa'gobveroges, it may be confidently os"
sorted, that their, tendepoy is in a diametrically
opposite direction. Their efforts can be
, BENEFICIAL ONLY
in all cases of the biliary system Hooflondh.
German;-Bitters stand without an equal, acting
promptly and vigorously upon the-Liver, they
remove ,1U torpidity,and cause healthful secre
tion -of; bile—thereby supplying the. stomach
with tho most Indispensable elements of sound
digbstlofa in proper proportions. They give tone
to tbo-.stomaoh— stimulating its functions, and
enabling it to perform ite duties as nature de
signed It’Should do. They Impart vigor and
strength to 1 the entire system, cansing -the pa
tient to reel likfi anbthor.belng—in fact, giving
him a new'lease qf life; ~ ,
THEY PURIFY THE BLOOD,
cleansing' the vital fluid of ail. hurtful Impuri
ties andlsupplylng them with the elements'of
genuine; heaithfulness. In a word, there is
scarcely) a , disease: in ,which they cannot be
safely apd honeflcloUy employedj. but in that
most generally prevalent dlstrosslngand dread
ed disease, Dyspebsla, • 1
THlfir STAND UNRIVALED.
Now, there are*, cef tain. classes of persons to.
v horn extreme liters are not. oniy unpalata
ble, but;who find-It,lmpossible to. take them
without positive discomfort. For such •
” , DJI, HOOFKAND'S GIERtIAN TONIC
bns.been specially-prepared. It Is intenddd for
use where q slight alohbhal etimuiant Js requir
ed In connection with. ,tb© .wellrknown Tonio,
hat bo flavored as to remove the extreme hitter
-1 ness. This, preparation ,is, not. only palatable,
out combines, in. modified form, all the virtues
of the German Bitters:-The'-solid oxtifeots oL
some of Nature’s choicest: zestoiA|lyes K held
>ln solution by a spirituous agent ol thq purest
'quallty.l In cases of langhor.or’ excessive' debit-
Ity. whccro thesyitem appears to have become
exhausted of Its enengles, .
HOOFLAND’S .TONIC
acta with almost marvelpus. effpot, It not only,
stimulates f the flogging and'wastlng energies,,
but invigorates ana permonetly strengthens its
action, npon the Uverand Btomdch.UiorotJgh‘
perhapsllesp propapt than the Bitters, wjtien.ibe
same quantity is,taken is none the less certaip:
Physical or Nervous
Prostrotion, ? laid readily to its potent influence.
It gives the invalid a new and,stronger hold
upon ure, removes depression pf spirits;,and In
spires-oheerftildess. *lt supplants ttie-pain of
disease with the ease ond comfbrti.of;perfect
health, jit gives strength toweakness, throws
despondency ?to the winds, and starts the re
stored invalid upon a new and gloßome career.
But Dr. jioofland’s benefactions to ithe human
race are not conflnedto hiq celepra^ed
, JITTERS, ; ,
or his Invaluable Tonic. H© has.prepared,favi
other xaealfeliio, wpioh is rapidly winning Its
way to popular favor because of its intrinsic
merits. |Tnis is
HOOFLAND’S PODOPHYLLIN PILLS. •
a perfect anbstltule for merqury, without any of
mercaryfs evil qualities. ~
These (wonderful Pills, which are Intended to
not upon-the Liver, are mainly composed of
Podophyllin, or the
VITAL THE MANDRAKE
, ROOT. ,
Now w|e desire the reader to distinctly under
stand that this extract of the,Mandrake lamany
tlmea rnpre powerfttl than the Mandrake Itself.
It Is the medicinal virtues of this health-giving
plant ina perfectly pure and.highly concentra
ted form., fienccft is that two or the Podophyl*
iln Fills constitute n full dose, while anywhere
six to eight or a handful of. other preparations
of the Mandrake are required. The Phodopby 1-
lln- _ - ‘ •
ACTS DIRECTLY ON THE LIVER,
bllmnlatanglts fanotlonsand causing it to make
Its billafy secretions :iu Tegular and proper
quantities.. The injurious results which invari
ably 'follow the use of mercury is entirely
avoided) by their use. - Bat it is hotupbn the
Liver only that their; powers are exerted.- The
extract df Mandrake contained in them is skill
fully, combined with four other extracts, one of
! Which acts upon the atom&oh, one upon the up
per bowels, one upon the lower bowels, and;one
prevents any griping effect, thus producing a pill
that luflen'cesthe digestive and alimentary sys
tem, lr qn eqdal ana harmonlonfl manner, and
its action entirely free from nausea* vomiting or
griping pains common .to all other purgatives. .
Possessing these mnoh desirable qualities, the
Podopbyllln becomes invaluable as a
FAMILY ‘JrEDICINE.
No household should he wlthpat them.. Thfey
are perfectly safe, require but tweiforan ordina
ry dose, are prompt
when, need in connection, with JOr, Hoofland’a
German) Bitters, or Tonlo; maybe l regarded as
icertaln speolflos In all oases ofUrerComplalnt,
DyspepsH or-gny.of thpjdlsordeis to which the
system is ordinarily suhJeo. The*.
; PODOPHYLLIN PILLS,
act upon tbo stomach and bowels, carrying off
improper obstructions, while the'Bltters or To
; ulc purify the blood, strengthen and Invigorate
the iraraojJy.e-tone and appetite to.Jh* stom
ach, dm* thus build up tbelnvaUd’ anew.
Dr, IJopfland, having provided Internal reme
dies for qlsoapes, has given, the world one maiuj,
Ty for,,external application, In tho'wonderfu
preparation known as .. ) . , v \
1 y Bit. HOOFLAND’B GREEK OIL.
This QlitoAiisoverelgn remedy for pains and
uobesqfi all kinds.
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Toothache, Cbil-
Paip in the Back, and
Loins,^rifffiwm^‘<W, l all yield to.m external
The numberoPchres effected by it
is .astonishing and they are increasing every
itjsa cure .(or Heart-burns,
Kidney diseases;Blok Dysen
tery, Cholera Morbus, Cramps, Fains in the
•Stomach, Colds, Asthma, do.
" The Greek Oil is composed entirely of healing
gums and essential olla.. The principal engredf
' eat is an oily substance, procured In,the tiouth
'em part l of Greece. Its, effects as a.destroyer of
imlnard trnly magical,' Thonstrads havo been
benelltttd by Its use, and a trial by those who
are skeptical will thoroughly convince them of
its inesQmablbivaiue.,
These remedies will be sept by express to any
locality,upon application to the Principal Office,
at the German Medicine Store, No. 681 Arch Bt-,
Philadelphia,
remedies. «r« for sale by druggist*,
Hlorekeepera. and medicine dealorsaveiy where.
Chas. M. Evans,
Formerly O. M. JACKSON * CO.
)
. "BIfIHTIfIOS DVtBMUCH ,, -MEBB.
DEACON ADAUO"READS HIS TITLE CLEAR,"
Brethren, I used to be os vile
A sinner, flail of wicked guile,
As ever flourished in this part—
Before my change of heart ;aC
I try to keep my walk asst 1 night
As any walk I know of lif*
Thls'wllderness of sin.
The righteous used toabake their heads
At some of my rapacious trades;
But now they say;admiringly, •
That Heaven prospers mo.
And sometimes It does seem tome—
Isay It with humility
And consciousness of little worth—
That I’m the salt of earth*.
And yet, with Jeers I’ve been, sainted;
By evil tongue been persecuted; ,
But, brethren, I make no complaint—
I’m a long suffering saint.
Folks hint that I am dreadful small—
But; In my way, I’m liberal;
I’d share tho last cent of my pelf
, With—hem—ahem I myself.
My hand, at tole of other’s woes,
Straightway Into my pocket goes;
And—while I weep warm tears of char
t Ity—l keep It there I
But, I’ve too many righteous qualms
To blow my horn when I give alms;
20/ loft hand never yet hath known .
What alms my right hath done;
They say I took thirty per cent
From Widow Joneq, for money lent;
As true as I am going to Heaven,
■'--Itook exactly seven. . •
Besides my perquisites, to wit:
■Fifteen per cent for finding itr-
Discount on note, five more—and three
Per cent gratuity !
Folks ought to stand a little shave
From us who toil and pinch and save,
And wrestie with the Assessor which is
The "primal enss" of riches 1
"Who lendeth to the poor," the Word
Says—-don't 11 ?—‘ 'gi veth lot h e Lord 1”
I’ve given up all to Him T Tls lent
At twenty-five per cent!'
Still I’m not a perfect man—
And, brethren, yon may search from Dan,
To Beersheba, without seeing
A truly perfect being I ,
I only claim to bo the chief
Among ten thousand. I’d as lief
Be called a sinner, and have done with it,
% A B called a hypocrite!
Ipstdlaittm
Many have heard of its origin. Ita his
tory iojEngland runs back to the time of
William the Conqueror, who ordered a
.bell tojbe ning about'sundown in sum -
mef, and at 8 o’clock in the evening in
winter, at which time thtrftrcffand llgbta
were to be. put out, and the people to re
main witb|u doora. and penalties were
impotjeil upon those who neglected or re
fused to coin ply with the law. This was
called'the "curfew " a word derived from
ilia j... uyu xfKrvvr-.uSrurSi* loro;
r «o l ,thp of the hanip. Ia
readily seen. In the sixteenth century,
,“bellm iu’’ were added to 'the night
wato.h a XiOndon. They went through
the stroeta.ringing their bell, and crying,
'Take 1 dare bf nte and candle; be kind to
the poor, and pray for the dead.' It .was
the bellman’s duty, also, to bless the
sleepers as he passed their doors. “II
.Penserosb” Hilton refers to this custom :
"The bellman’s drowsy obanu,
To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Poets have often referred totbeonrfew,
or cover-fire bell. Gray begins bis beau
tiful “Elegy” with
"The oprfew tolls the knell of parting day.".
Lopgfellow, too; baa a pretty little poem
telling jtbe story of this bell with charm
ing simplicity:
"Solemnly, mournfully, dealing its dole,
The oarlew bell lfl beginning tb toll. '
Cover the emberg, nut out the light.
Toll comes with the morning, and rest with
the night.
Dark grows the windows, and quenched Is the
llro.
Bound fSdes Into silence, all footsteps retire.
No voice in the chambers!- no sound in the
hall.
Sleep and oblivion reign over aU,”
King .William died, and the original
obligations of the curfew were at last re
moved: about the time of Henry I. In
UOO; hint the custom of ringing an even
ing bel| la still ktptup in England, with
variations as to the hour. The “nine
o'clock] bell M —fatplllar to most Eew En
gland ’people—which sends so many
young | people home and to bed, and
which,;in tne early history of our coun
try, was almost as rigidly obeyed by all,
old and young, as the old curfew, traces
its origin almost directly to the cover-fire
bell. TCn Longfellow’s “Evangeline” the
custom is well described
.. i“Anon,the bell from the belfry
Rang out the hour of nine—the village curfew—
and straightway
Rose the guests and departed; and silence reign
in the household."
But now the;cufitoms have changed: 1
and thoughThfe I HHng£ oil t tfn tfie■
air, in the country village and city street;
it has lost-its power, save as a tell-tale or
passing time. Let the old bells ring on.
• **lllolo evening! bells 1 those evening bells!
How,many a tale tbelr.mnsio tells; .
Of youth, and home, and that sweet time
When last I heard their soothing chime t"
Monkeys— ;A letter from Africa relates
how monkeys are caught there': 1 In Da
four and'Senriear the natives makea fer-.
mentetj beer, qf which the monkeys are
passionately fond.. Aware of this, the
natives: go to, the parts of the forest, most
frequented by the,monkeys, and set on
the ground calabashes full of'.the liquor,,
As soon as the monkey sees it and taste*
it, be qtters. loud cries pf.joy that soon
attracts his comrades. Then the prgle
beginsjjaod in a short time theyabow sill,
.degree* ofjntbxloatibn. Then the negrdas
appear. The few monkeys that conle to’6
late to get toddled escape. The drippers
are too; far gone to .distrust the negroes!
bat apparently take tbemlpr larger spe
cimens of their own. species. when a
negro takes one by the band to lead him,
ofl, the nearest monkey will cling to tne
one that thus finds .a support, and en
.deavor to go off also, Another: jvlll grasp
at him, and so bn, until the negro lead*
a staggering line of ten or fifteen tipsy
monkeys, when finally brought to the
village, they are securely caged and then
gradually,sobered down;.but for two or
three days a gradually diminished sup
ply of liquor Is given them, so as to re
concile them by degrees to their state of
captivity. •
An old Spanish writer says, that A -wo
man Is quite perfect aqd absolute In her
beauty If she .hove thirty good points.—
Here they ore:
Three things white—the skin, teeth,
and hands. ,
v Three black—the eyes, eye brows, and
eye lashes.
Three red—the lips, cheeks and halls.
Three short—the teeth, ears, and fqet.
Three.bread—the chest,,the brow, and
the space between the eye brows.
Three narrow-rthe mouth, the waist,
and the Instep. . . •
Three large—the arm, the hip, and the
calf.
Proprietor.
Three free—the' fingers, the hair and
tbellps.’. . ,
■ Three sma{l—the breast, the nose, and
the bead.
I^etical
THE CDRFEW 6 ELL.
CARLISLE. AUGUST 3, 1871.
THE BALTIMORE MYSTERY.
i. T
Society Gossip In the Men-
uyicntal City.
OISSATISFAbTIOM WITH’ THE CITY AUTHOIITIES:
X Leaf the Private
Life of Mi’s. Wharton.
A WEDOINQ ANO- NO BRIDEOROOM.
■ Baltimore, July 16.—1 f Baltimore
values itself Upon one thing more than
another it is the exclusiveness of Its soci
ety. Nowhere In the world do North
and Bouth meet upon such a peculiar lev
el; not even In Europe, since au encoun
. ter of people there who have crossed the
sea ls top frequently a ground;far mutual
intercourse that may possess any amount
of volcanoes beneath. But since the war.
the influx of strangefs In Baltimore from
eithereidhbaslnatituted an orderof things
possessing for its main features toleration
of opinjou, sympathy of .taste, Ac... that'
must beimpartially deemed dh paralleled.
All of which conslderatlons'throwa halo
around the Wbarton-Ketchum poisoning.
case hefe.tbat in several respects perfect
ly eclipses the Sherman case further
North, i
With the main particulars I believe
your readers are already familiar. The
matter resolves itself into the fact that
either Mrs. Wharton is a much-abused
lady,or'sdolally a deadly upas tree, blast
ing all within her reach. In her favor
the lady possesses influence' North and
South which most people under her
circumstances would deem sufficient to
fling into mortifying obscurity afad con
tempt all accusations against her. Btili,
ou the other hand, among certain cool
and extremely unbiased people there are
innuendoes, amounting in the aggregate
to much more than innuendoes, which'
almost anybody, however unconcerned'
aboptt|ie opinion of the world, would
consider very serious matter's Indeed. I
do not conceal the fact that there Is
MUCH DISSATISFACTION
expressed with regard to the action of the
authorities Id dotcommitting Mrs. Whar
| ton immediately to jail. Advantage was
, taken! of a legal quibble to protect her
. from this mortification ; but few are ac
quainted with the fact that the lady
might have have been placed in durance
• with the. same ease and inexpensiveness
with which many a poor wretch crosses
Jones’ Falls every Sunday morning—sent
upon this passage for no more serious a
matter ithan Impudence to a policeman.
The administration of the poisoned beer
Is viewed in some quarters as about as
terriblp a matter as Mr. Pickwick’s chops
and tomato sauce. Baltimore beer is at
best by, no means purer than the Berlin
article—at’least many here have an in
sane suspicion to this effect—and if one
gets $ pain in one’s stomach and grows
very ill after drinking it—to say nothing
of concomitants, precedents, and subse
quents-j-he is-not, ad a general thing, the
object of a very startling amount of sym
pathy. ;/
To b.e sure $40,000 of insurance may
deservq a thought in this quarterbut
the question invariably arises whether a
lady Wharton—a star in New
Yofk, Philadelphia ahd'Baltimoro soci
ety—jvpuld for thrice that much put her
very pcefty neck so closely within. the
shadow)’of the halter. As to the beer, it
is taken; as a basis for.morp arguments
than orta r Various social iconoclasts have
hinted {that the hops of which this re
freshing form of excitement is supposed
to be made are positively nothing to the
In'wpiph/the Wharton coterie has been
accustomed to take part. It la at - least
known that there has been in respect to
these people an extravagance in the pur
suit of novelty and pleasure quite unusu
al ; Bo much so, iu truth, as to excite re
mark from persona much less curious
than the local Paul Fry. Throughout
ail, however, there is pity for the daugh
ter. Nobody, truly knows, apparently,
whether Mrs. Wharton is guilty of the
crime for which she stands accused, or
not- Either way, her daughter suffers,
and coUsequently from the community
has sympathy. • As yet the main basis
for the whole business is the
ANALYSIS OF DR. AIKEN.
This is the old gentleman who was
Suite prominent not long ago In-.the
ohoeppe- case. Because he Is imposing
in figure, possesses a grave manner and
deep voice, and weais a beard like Jeffer
son’s in thelastaotin “Hip Van Winkle,”
he is in several, quarters looked upon as
the very choicest sort of authority.. Oth
ers, however, who have bad occasion to
read his analysis of patent soaps, substi
tute for coffee, beef extracts, condensed
soups, &0., are cruel-enough to turn out
bints about Inflated gallipots, .air syrin
ges, &c., which are by no means much
to bis advantage, and consequently quite
likely to effect the value of his testimony
in this case when it comes before the
Grand Jury.-
' H9W the matter will end no one can
conjecture. One half of Baltimore looks
upon Mrs. Wharton as a guilty woman - ;
tbe,otlier half consider her an Injured in
nocent to whom no reparation in the end
will be sufficient compensation for what
she endures now.
The discontented are all furious, how
ever, at the fact that she is merely de
tained in her bouse and not sent to jail.
The city employs three detectives to stand
sentinel daily before her door. For whom
else, is asked in Old Town, would this he
done? ' ' •
LEAF PROM THE LIFE OP Mbs. WHARTON
—HER LOVE FOR DRESS—A -WEDDING
n and no Bridegroom—buns away to
AVOID AN ASYLUM—A LOVING WIPE—IB
SHE INSANE?
[From the Philadelphia Telegraph, July 16,]
For woman.this is certainly the age of
promise and prominence. We And them
on every band leaving the hearthstone
and storming the intrenched positions of
male humanity. They have carried the
rostrum and pulpit by force, and-are now
thundering at the portals of the franchise.
But in a graver and decidedly a traffic
sense we find them latterly entering
boldly into competition with man. We
allude to the simoon or .tidal wave of
murder that has but lately swept across
our continent, and has left at this Very
moment three prominent women, with
blood upon their bands, stranded upon
the breach of justice. We allude of course
to Mfs- Laura D. Fair, the California
murderess; Mrs. Lydia Sherman, the
Birmingham Borgia,and Mrs. Maj. Har
ry W. Wharton, who is the latest sensa
tion of the day in connection with the
groat Baltimore poisoning cose. Our
present purpose is therefore to lay before
the public some facts that are not known,
facts culled by laborious search in private
avenues of information, and wbiohi com
bined, contain to a certain extent the
private life of Mrs r Wharton, and throw
a great light- upon what will most neces
sarily be her only ground of defence.
BIRTH AMD PARENTAGE.
Ellon O. Nugent was born in this city
about forty-five years ago. Her father,
George Nugent, was a most prominent
and successful merchant of the day, do
ing a large importing business of fine
goods, siltcs, & o. In character be was
strictly uptight and honorable, livings as
It were, by a set rule of firmness and
justice to all. His daughter, Ellen, was
by bis second wife, be having been pre
viously married to a Cuban woman, by
whom be bad two children, both boys,
qne of whom Is now a respectable and
prosperous member of our community.—
There were six other children, by tbeseo
ond wife, four eons and two daughters.—
Both of . the daughters are married and
living.ln the city. Mr. Nugent did not
remain, long, in : Philadelphia after tbe
birth of his daughter Ellen, or Nellie.—
He bad been very successful in business,
and finally Concluded to retire, which be
.did, purchasing a lovely place about a
mile this side of Conshoheokeni at a spot
'colled Gulf Mills, where, with bis fami-
1
*1 *,•
lly growing up around him,, he settled
down to; pass the closing hours of his life
amid' the sylvan scenoay of our beautiful
Schuylkill banks. Of all the children
hla daughter Nellie waa hie idol. He
lavished every attention upon her that
money could command. Especial pains,
were takeu-<wlth her education, and she
spent considerable time at Bishop Deane's
seminary,in Burlington, N. J. And now
the real interest of our story commences.
Nellie has grown up under our pencil in
to beautiful womanhood, and her mature
character Is-beginning" todetermluoif-'
seif. The cfcene Is the Gulf Mills House,
and thp time is about twenty-live years
ago. By the universal voice of those who
knew her at that time she. was certainly
.a most lovely girl. About twenty years
of age, of slender and graceful yet queen
ly bearing, with magnificent Jet-black
hair of unuabal length, dark eyes and fair
complexion—such washer physical beau
ty. Buf. those who know her well say
that thqt was the least Of her attractions.
It was rather her engaging manner, her
: winning ways, her dashing Inspiring dis
position that bound captive at the chariot
of Oupid so many of her male
acquaintances. ■
• , LOVELY WOMAN FOND OP DBESS.
It was about 'this time that she began
to develop a passion - that bag ever sinqe
been i Inordinate with, her, and that was
the des|re to dress magnificently. Hep
fatherspared no expense to gratify her
lightest,'whim, and gave, her money,
enough {to clothe a duchess.' As a conse
?iuence,i there'was no more regular at
endant at the then fashionable bazaars
of our city than Miss Nugent, whose car
riage got to be familiarly Known, no
dpnbt to. the salesmen within. As we
have said, her father allowed her to carry
the purse of a duchess, and, consequently
the reader can Judge.of his surprise when
outside bills that bad been contracted by
bls.dangbter to the amount of thousands
of /dollars were sent in-to him for settle
mont, and all this heavy running into
debt had taken place in a comparatively
short time, and without thesligbtest pre
monitory intelligence. Where bad the
money gone? Hardly upon herself, since,
although always elegantly attired in obe
dience .to fashion's latest mandate, this
debt excess was too absurdly large to be
answered for on the ground of personal,
expenditure; But a little investigation
showed. It was found that this money
had been expended for laces, silks, Jewel
ry, &c., which were lavished with an Im
perial band its presents upon her young
friends,' This was certainly a little ec
centric,! And quite enough to cause the
eyebrow to raise l Beautiful young ladles
do not : generally run Ihelr fathers into
debt simply to give away indiscriminate
ly costly gifts. ‘ But something more
strange was yet to . come. The debts
were paid by the father, and the current
of events drifted along'towards the most
remarkable feature of this remarkable
woman’s life.
As we have. intimated, and os may.
have naturally been supposed, Mid Nellie'
was the brilliontcontroof aiargo circle of
pebpie of the best class in that vicinity.
Bo that when, shortly after, each and all
of them received an invitationCTA the
marriage of that young lady youTWy be
sure it created some little stir of excite
ment. In the first place it was so entire
ly unexpected that it almost took away
the people’s breath, and secondly, What
caused the most surprise win that the
happy man bad not been selected from
the large number of country gallants of
wealth, and position who constantly sur
rounded her, but was a Mr. Williamson,
of the olty, who was but a casual visitor,
ahd who B g^EuafccOTOa^lie‘/fai ! ‘t ! .““ltapC:
also, that be had been so in
discreet and Impolite'as not even to have
spoken; to Mr. Nugent about it, and,
knowing the character of that old-time
gentleman, we are somewhat surprised
that the marriage was allowed to'go on
did wejnot also know that whatever his
daughter. Nellie had set her, heart upon
accomplishing she could most certainly
do, especially where the father’s consent
was only to be gained.
A WEDDING FEAST BUT NO BRIDEGROOM.
Weil, at length the auspicious hour
rolled round, and ail the invited guests
assembled at the Nugent mansion to
Witness the marriage of the beauty;—
Great preparations bad been made for
the event.. Mr. Nugent was determined
that the daughter who Was the queen of
bis heart should be mated in a regal man
ner. .Never bad the young’girl.looked
so lovely as did the bride, seated in her
satin-and lace, with her. attendant maids,
nboutlber, and waiting, with the.love
light in her eyes, for the happy groom,.
It was nearly the hour for the ceremony,
and still he bad not come. “ Where is
Mr. Williamson ?" .and “ Why don’t he
cofhe ?" were now frequently asked by
those* who were present The hour at
which tbenuptuai knot was to have been
tied struck with a dismal clang, and yet'
no bridegroom. The minister was there
with book and gown. The guests were
there, (he beautiful bride was there, and
everything was waiting for the appear
ance of the tardy gentleman from the
city. The father’s brow began to darken,
and the bride’s cheeks to pale. Another
dismal hour wore away, and its death
knell was tolled by the clock, and still
no groom.' .Another hour, and still no
groom.. ‘‘Possibly he may have met with
an accident; let messengers be sent.”
And messengers were sent in haste,
while the guests sat in silence, and the
bride, now thoroughly convinced that her
lover was false, raved and sobbed like one
mad. The minutes dew away on wings
of lead until the messengers returned,
who, Instead of bringing with them Mr.
Williamson, or announcing at once some
reasonable'cause for bis non-appearance, -
beckoned the father mysteriously apart;
and whispered in his ear. The news
could not be kept secret, and in a mo
ment it was known. Mr. Williamson
had not contracted the marriage, and
•knew noihing.aboutlt. Slowly and sad
ly, asif from a funeral, the guests departed,
glancing askantiy at the bride, who eat
weeping before them, and shaking their
heads' significantly, .This was certainly
the maddest freak that it is possible for
a younk lady to-commit, - and the Inci
dent leads like a chapter from Mrs,
South worth. Subsequent investigation
sbowedlconclusively that the marrioge
had not the slightest foundation, so far
as any Intention of Mr. Williamson was
concerned, and taking this fact into con
sideration, it is not strange, that the peo
now began to speak mysteriously about
.theyouaglady, and -- to intimate forcibly,
that something was wrong in her head.
This hitter suspicion began now to shape
Itself into the solemnity of a fact in the
mind of Mr. Nugent, and aftercareful
pondering of the matter, it was resolved
to have Nellie removed to an asylum for
the insane. < , :
A RUNAWAY MAIiJH.
As a key to subsequent events, it Is to
be presumed that she knew tbelntentions
of her family at the time. It wanted but
a day or two of the execution of tbe asy
lum project, when it was found that
the beautiful bird had flown in tbe night
from tbe parental nest. But in a very
little while tbe father received intelli
gence that bis daughter had sloped with
young Lieutenant Harry W. Wharton —
bad proceeded with him to Philadelphia,
bad been there married, and that now, as
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Wharton, they
frere living at Jones’ Hotel, in Chestnut
street, above Sixth, Just where the office
of the German Democrat now'stands.—
This was almost as strange and unac
countable a movement as tbe burlesque
marriage, and Chased a great deal of com
ment. Although of. acquaintance there
had been considerable between the par-
ties, of courtship there bad been little or
none, and furthermore, at tbe time of tbe
elopement and marriage tbe young lieu
tenant knew full well that his lovely
bride was Intended by her . friends for a
temporary seclusion In a mad-house: but
tbe runaway couple bad not been long
from home until they received assuran
ces of forgiveness,And returned to-tbe
house at Gulf Mills, They also for a
time lived at and in Phila
delphia hgaln., It wasn’t long after mar
riage until Mrs. Wharton was in finan
cial difficulties again, which were again
settled by her indulgent father.
I A LOVING WIPE.
After this her husband, who was cap
tain' was stationed at Fort Kearney
for soma five or seven years. Mrs, Whar
ton accompanied him, as indeedrebe did
in all his wanderings, even going down
into Texas with him on one occasion; bat
"while out- on the plains -the eyesight of
tbe captain had become defective, and be
and hla wife returned to Philadelphia
again. They put up at Glass & Co.’s ho
tel, on Chestnut street, during such time
as the captain was under the bauds of ad
oculist. I At the breaking out of the war
the captain got a commisslon in a Dela
ware regiment, and eventually was ap
pointed (general disbursing agent, having
his headquarters in Entaw 'street, Balti
more, right near his house in Hamilton
place. With, the exception 1 of . a abort
time theyllved In Washingtonr-this waa
hla home up To hts mysterious death lu.
1807. . ■■
■ Such aroaome of the salient, points
aad bolp Wt dioca in the. career of this
most remarkable woman. Notwithstand
ing, the I growing suspicion that she also
poisoned her. husband and son, it is the
universal testimony that never whs there
a‘more loving wife. She was almost pas
sionately devoted to him, and followed
him everywhere.
fHE PENH PENSION IN ENOLAND.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has
announced that it is “ impossible to dis
continue the pension of £4,000 a year
granted to the descendants of William
Penn.”;
This little statement shows what great,
difficult)esareinherent in a system which
makes pensions and gratuities hereditary.
The services of Admiral Penn to Iting
Charles I. were the foundation of the
claims of William Penn upon Charles 11.
If the'latter bad been blessed .with a full
treasury he might have granted a money
payment to the Quaker; and that-would
have been an end of the business ; but,
insteadi he gave to the descendants of the
Admiral a large tract of land in North
America, which belonged to the Crown,
under the claim that, it was discovered
■by an Englishman.. With those lands
he conferred the power of absolute rov
ernnaeqt. A centuary later the American
Bevalution put an end to the proprietary
government in Pennsylvania. The Btnte
succeeded to the lordly rights which had
been exercised by the Penn lumlly. For
their landed estates compensation was
made by the State of Pennsylvania,'but'
for the hereditary right of government
overthrow!), the Legislature, believing
that in the people resided that power;
would grant nothing.' The British Gov
ernment, which had guaranteed, through
the original charter of the family, the
Penn rights,'were called upon, by the
heirs, for remuneration, and it is thus the
pension of £4OOO, granted ns indemnity,
arose.
The Penn family has died out in the
male branches. No legitimate descendant
of William Penn, bearing his surname,
is living, but in the female line there are
various descendants. The Mr. Stuart,
who now receives the pension, id the son
of. Archbishop Stuart.of Armagh, and of -
Sophia Margaret Penn, 'daughter of Thos.
Penn, son of William Penn.hy his second
marriage with Hannah. Callowhtil. Mr.
Stuart is the present representative of the
house of Penn, but if be should have no
who will be ready to
sand pounds.. The Cremorne family, the
Banfurry family, the Gqmm family, the
Penn Gaskills, 1 and the Penn Gosklll
Halls, the Lardnels, . the. Paynters, the
Barons, the Newcombs and the Bawllns,
and several,other .families could trace
their descent to William Penn without
any difficulty. Thus it would seem that
a' pension once granted by the British
Government bos as many beads as the
hydra. Mr: Gladstone is not the Hercules
who can destroy the monster.
ggyEvery now and then a fresh snake
item “comes to pass,” and it’s sure to bb
oneof the proverbial class of snake stories
that afequite taxingto a man’s credulity.
Of this order is the following, clipped
from the Bldgewqy (Pa.) Elk Democrat,
and attributed to a Texas correspondent
of a New York - paper;
One night my wife and myself were
awakened by a noise from the shelf
which contained our small store of crock
ery, followed by a crash, which showed
that a great portion of our cups and plates
bad-been flung to the floor. Springing
up to discover the author of this “attack
upon : Ghlna,” I found a large snake In a
somewhat unpleasant “flx”. He bad
crawled npon the shelve, attracted by a
number of eggs which were scattered
about. One of these he bad swallowed,
and In order to get the next he bad put
bis head and a portion of bis body tbro’
the handle of a jug which happened to
stand between the coveted delicacies.—
The handle was just open enough to let
his body, in the.natural state, slip clever
ly through, but not sufficient to let it
pass when puffed out by the egg. In
this position be had swallowed the sec
ond egg. His snakeshlp thus found him
self unable to advance or retreat; and in
floundering about to escape from bis nov
el stock, had caused the accident which
had aroused us. lof course proceeded at
once to execute' summary justice upon
the interloper,, but the eggs be bad swal
lowed were a dead loss.
That story may or may not be so. “It
depends,” as the knowing ohes say; but
whatever doubts bur readers may have
about that, here’s a “clip” from the
Edgefield (S. C.) Advertiser, which we
feel well assured wili.be readily digested
by even. the most radical sticklers for
truth :
They Use guano down in-Alabama to
coax the crops along, and the man who
sells the best guano always gets tbe most
trade. Tnero is one kind That la awful
soon. A farmer put a sample of it in his
pocket aud.started for home, Thera was
a carpet tack in his pocket when be put
the guano in there, and when be got
home there was a bar of railroad iron
sticking out of bis pocket which almost
weighed bis horse dawn. He said be
thought he felt something heavy iu -his
pocket the last half of tbe Journey.
jgyrCol. John W. Forney writes the
following sketch of a once distinguished
man, to the Washington Sunday Chron •
“The short career of Mr. Felix Grundy
McConnell, of Alabama, who died by bis
own haid, in Washington City, D, C.,
in September of 1848, in his 37th year,
was in some respects a memorable one.
He was a singularly handsoma man, and
possessed abundant animal spirits, and a
native wit that made him popular with
all parties. His speeches were not very
numerous, but were original and forcible.
He was. elected to- two Congresses, but
had not served out bis full term when he
died. When James K.. Folk was Inau
gurated President on the -4th of 'March,
1845, one of bis first visitors was Felix G.
McConnell, and I shall never forget tbe
way he introduced himself: 'I have called
to pay you ray respects, Mr. President,
ana to say that if you believe in tbe Vlr
ignfaand Kentucky Resolutions, love tke
Union, and follow in the footsteps of
Captain Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee,
now at tbe Hermitage preparing to go to
heaven, then, sir, hang my hammer on
your anvil,’
Though too careless of himself, he bad
many sterling traits. Once, in a bar room
of tbe National Hotel, be heard an infi
del blaspheming the Bible. IStop, sir I’
said tbe angry Felix—‘stop I lam not a
good man, out my mother used to read
the Bible to me, and prayed that I might
always believe in It: and, -d—n me, if I
will ever nltotv anybody to attack It In
my presence? It must be ail right, for it
was ner guide and comfort. ’’’
♦
( VOL; 58.—N0. 8.
A (THAME (TORT.
My greatest friend among the studen ts
at the Zi'elpzig Medical‘College was a
atrangeplerratlo genius, named Hoffman,
a philosophical enthusiast and scientific
man.
His room was filled with electrical ap
paratus, and ail its adjuncts., T was often
at a loss to know how he could afford'so
much extravagant research, as I. knew
that his father was a broken merchant,
. who.llvedvery-plnlnlylnasmnll cottage,
some fifteen miles frorfl the sea, original
ly a porter’s lodge to a gentleman’s seat
in the,neighborhood.
I accepted Hoffman’s invitation’at the
first vacation wo were together, and spent
a part of my holiday at the cottage, where I
I became acquainted with his family, ■
consisting of his father, mother, and an
only sister. v ■
The father Was a large, athletic man,
of apparently forty-five years of age, with
a bold but scornful look, and treacherous ,
eye. The mother -and sister were more ‘
like Hoffman. - Belli I noticed that hit I
mother hud a constant habit of Olasoidgn
her hands as If-in nT jc£ and lurfliagrd
uer eyes Heavenward., This surprised
me very much, as Hoffman bad never
■ professed any religion whatever; but, on
the contrary, he would sometimes scoff
at me for being.a believer. He wanted
mb to lend him a certain sum to pay for I
the making of an electrical apparatus of I
great size, with which he intended to I
restore life. I could hot assist him; but I
two days after our return to Leipzig he I
called on me to say that bis father would
furnish, him with the requisite amount I
in a few days.
This was the acme of bliss for him;
and justtbree weeks after the evening be
received the money from bis father, he
Informed me, that the'machine was fin- I
isbed, and be would have an opportunity
of using it on the following day, as a I
notorious murderer was to bebung;apd I
he bad made arrangements to obtain his I
body. 1 I
, 'Strange, is it not,’ said he, ‘ that this
scoundrel will furnish the means where- I
by the scientific World will learn to honor I
me?' .
The hall at the college was a fine,large
square room, which you entered from a
wide stair on the outside, near the cell
ing ; and on looking' down you would
perceive a semi-circular areua.
The stal rs led down among the seats oh
either aide to this arena, in which stood.
the electric apparatus, and a long mabog*
any table, bound in brass, with a number
of binges and foldings, which could be
swung around in all directions by means
of a ball and socket joint in its pedestal.
On this table was a small box, mounted
with silver, which contained dissecting
instruments; there were also several
basins of water and a bundle of towels.
Soon after we bad taken our seats, sev
eral elderly gentlemen entered the arena
also, one' of them completely covered
with his black gown; this was the de
monstrator .of anatomy, and be it was
who would to-day operate upon the dead
body of Bcammel, the highwayman.
The old church bell had pealed out its
twelve strokes sometime before any news
reached us; but at fifteen minutes to one
a young man entered hastily, whispered
something In the ear of the doctor who
was enveloped in the black gown, and
everything was excitement. The ma
chine was put in action and the table
prepared, and in another minute several
men hurried into the room, bearing a
body with a sheet thrown loosely over It.
A loud murmur was heard throughout
the ball, and each one sprang to his feet
to try and get a look at the body, which
iWUB uinvmi uu mV muiv.Wim.lla luCOTiu J*
•ww-Anaiv’pusmUD, '
The sheet was at once removed, and I
shuddered as I satv before me ail that was
mortal) of the highwayman Bcammel.—
Hoffman clutched my arm as the prepar
ations were being made. Every fibre in
the body seemed to be in a state of rigid
tension, which displayed - the strength
and elegance of his muscular frame to
great ad vantage.
Hr. Bremer, the anatomical lecturer,
stepped forward immediately and com
menced to address the gentlemen in the
room. He informed them that, very for
tunately for the experiment about to be
made now, the neck of the criminal did
not seem to have suffered any very great
perceptible injury. He then explained
what be was going to do.
With bis scalpel, be made incisions
upon important nerves in various parts
of the body, and applied the wires; and
under their influence the limbs were
contracted, the muscles seemed clubbed
in knots, and the legs were drawn up and
thrown out with great force. This elicit
ed repeated applause:
The excitement was now intense. The
wires were applied to different' portions
of the body with the same effect, ana the
result was so fearfully strange that many
fainted in their seats.
The wires were then applied to the
phrenic nerve, and almost immediately
respiration began; low at first, then more
natural, and in proportion as the current
was kept up, it became very hurried,and
at last gasping. - , '
The wires were now applied to the
nerves behind the thigh, and a powerful
current from the huge voltaic pile car
ried to -them.. The result was fearful.—,
The body turned suddenly around and
sat up perfectly straight, every muscle
fixed with that terrible appearance of a
rigid spasm. Its neck was thrust for
ward; the hair seemed to stand out, each
Individual one in tegular order. Its eye-**
lids were drawn out, while the eyeballs,
with their dead,-glazed pupils, protruded
in a hideous, glassy stare. The nostrils
were dilated, as if breathing heavily, and
a horriblejjreoulah foam oozed out of the
corners of the rapidly working lips.
I could not remove my eyes from it for
a moment. Never was Iso spell-bound,
and never'did I behold such a terrifically
hideous object. My whole soul was bound
with a feeling of unutterable horror.' It
turned suddenly towards where Hoffman
and myself were sitting, and convulsive
ly pointed itB^ ffngeMn ; that direction,
torted by aTghastly, diabolical, gibbering
grin. I swooned. The ball seemed to
swim around me; but still my ears were
pierced by-the most agonizing cry I bad
ever heard, and I distinctly caught the
words, ‘My father!’ , • '
I could not think at once whence it
proceeded,-and before I bad any time for
reflection, a heavy body fell against me.
It was poor Hoffmati; he bad sprung up.
Into the air like a stag when the hunter’s
bullet enters Its.heart, when he met that
gaze. It was his father I
The gentlemen went onwith their ex
periments, but with qo success.
.Hoffman. liever recovered from the
shook that bo received that day, and for
several months be was a raving maniac.
About three days before ho died, be
asked lor his father and mother, and his
sister. The mother and sister came, but
they told him his father was ill. He
fortunately had no recollection of it until
a few days before lie died, when it all
seemed to come home like the recollec
tion of some horrid dream; and bis last
words to me were: ‘My dear friend,
there Is an avenging Oocl, instead of a
system of nature.' .. '
: I made inquiries, and'discovered that
his father was a notorious highwayman;'
and, moreover, that the robbery and-mur
der for which be was sentenced were the
crimes which enabled him to furnish his
son the necessary means to complete his
electric apparatus.
How varied are the talents required
lu,llfel’ Here's one from the Fort Wayne
(Ind.) 'Jlepublitan, which smacks of
freshness:
A play is acted In a Chicago theatre lu
which a man Is hung for fun. The other
night the gearing got out of order and,
tbey.tipme near banging him for good.—
When they out him down he said be
guessed they bad better get some one to
take his place, as "bis neck was’not tal
ented enough to play that part.”
Beauty In tears is irresistible.
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Jj WITfIHBRAH' J -IH4LUllolt.—..I
( A cotrespo’nllentbf pajior I,J
I writes las follows from Iftaukford, 111.
under date of June 19; Two young la
| dies, daughters of James Williams, liv
ing nbbut eight miles from here! have
been attacked In a singular manner, by
what is said to be witohdraft. Witch
craft, or whatever Draft it may.be, it puz
zles the physicians. Tho young ladies
•were affected about the flist of April. I.
thinkM.wfia,known among the neighbors ...
that there was something wrong with
diem, butany strangeness in their actions'"'
was generally attributed to insanity.—
Matters remained thus until last Wed
nesday; when their father called upon a
physician of this place, and got him to
visit them.
Since that time their actions have be-,
come generally, known, and both men ; ,
and women have gone to see them'.—
Some fifty or a hundred persons are there
every night, and they say it is quite en
tertaining jo witness their performances.
They are perfectly sane during the day,.,
hfit ait the approach of night they become
perform.' Scaling the house, they dance.
upon the cotub.of the building, apparent
ly With perfect ease and Impunity, utter
ing, 'at the same time, the most hideous
and frenzied screams. Very frequently
they take something Ilke.lits, or spasms,
and fall perfectly stiff; but if they chance
to he on the house-top, they never fail
off, however near the 'eaves they may be.
They are aged respectively sixteen and
eighteen years, and are both rather small,
being below the medium height. During
the day, at which time they are perfectly
sane, they seem to be rather reserved and
modest, but will converse freely with any.
one. They are fond of music and play up- -
bn the dulcimer. The spell'comes, upon
both at or near the same time, generally
between sundown and dark, and flrstman-
Ifests itself by both of them breaking
into a run. They always run north, in
the direction of an old lady, who, they
say, has been practicing witohcraft-uppn,
them. They say she has - recently put
harder spells upon them on account of
their telling something tbatshe had for-,
bade, and that she and a pat are with
them in their dances upon the housetop.
They have a language whiebrthey use Jh'
conversing with each other, and which,
they seem to understand, but.it’s'“Cbm
anche” to everybody else. 1 There are
some . strange things connected, with . ’
them. They catch and eat all the flies
they can.get hQld o'ft unfal nauseate.pro
duced; when theyi both, vomit at the sams
time. What one does the other is doing.
Their gestures are alike and simultaneous.
They seem to both be moved by one con-'
troling power. You can imagine the ex
citement when I tell you that, since'l ■■■
began to' write, nearly fifty people have ,-
passed through our little village on their,
way to see the girls.
A CHINESE DEATH BEDi
The Chinese have many customs pecu-
liar to their nation; aud which strike the .
“outside barbarian" as being unnatural:
and strange. Their religious traditions '• .
are so deeprobted aud so strongly fostered
by. superstition Os to give little encour
agement to missionary laborers.. The
most.striklng of these superstitions are'
those pertainingto the disposition of their
dying and dead relatives. Very often the
dead bodies of Chinese men and .women
are foundin unteuanted buildings'in the
Chinese quarter of this city, and those,
unacquainted with their superstitions
are prone to set the desertion of dying
fi'flßtffeiJ, as 1 flO "C.Hi iiiouo hollo, a that if
lersons die in a house that they lived in
before death, their spirits will haunt the
places ever after, and give unpleasant
evidence of their presence to those who
remain. In order to prevent the mani
festations of the restless spirit, as soon as
the doctor gives it as his opinion that a
patient cannot survive, lie' is. taken to
another place and left alone to die. On
yesterday a case of this kind was reported'
to the Coroner. A young Chinawoman,
who had been given up.by the attending
physician,, was carried by her relatives to
an untenanted house on'Ellis Place, oft
Pacific, above Dupont. They then dres
sed her in her best clothing, spread a
new matting on the floor, and laid heron
it. They brought in preserves meat,
fruit, candies, boiled rice, etc,, lighted
some punks, and retired, leaving the girl
alone to await the coming of the common
destroyer. During the day she died. and.
was found last night. Cofoner Letterman
removed the body, and it is nqw at the
Morgue, awaiting the further action of
the relatives, who will probably leave
her to be disposed of by the oity, as is
generally their practice in such cases.—
Many Chinamen—those of -the wealthy
oldsses—do hot desert their dead friends,
and for the furtherance of this desire,
there are several hospitals fitted up in
order that those about to die may be re
moved there until they have paid the
debt of nature, after which they are bur
led with all thp ceremonies prevalent,
among the disciples of Confucius.— Snri J
Iranaison Bulletin,
EFIFTEEN YEARS IN A DUNGEON,
We find in an old French volume, the
“ Memoirs of Count Goofallonce,” the
following account of how long the lamp
of conversation will hold out to burn be
tween two human beings only. He says:
“I am an old man now; yet by fifteen
years my soul Is younger than my body.
' Fifteen years I existed, but I did not live
—it was not life—ln a dungeon ten feet
square. During six years I had a com
panion ; for nine years I was alone. I
could never rightly distinguish the fea
tures qf him who shared my captivity in
the eternal twilight of my ceil. The first
year we talked incessantly together; we
counted our past lived, our joys forever
gone; over and over again. The next we
communicated to eachotber our thoughts
and otir ideas on all subjects.’ The third
we had no ideas to impart; we began to
lose the power of reflection. The fourth,
we opened our lips during the interval
it were Indeed possible that the world
went on as gay and bustling as it.was .
wont to do when we formed an integral
part of humanity.' The fifth we were si
lent. The sixth he Was taken away, arid
I never knew, orrivon inquired, whether'
it was to execution, or .to the holy .air of
freedom. But I wa£ glad ho was gone ;
even solitude was preferrabie tb.'tbe dim
vision of that pale, vacant face! After 1
this I was alone, only one event breaking .
on my nine years’ vacancy. One day—
it must have been a year or two after my
companion left me—the"dnngeon-door
.was opened, and a voice—wherice.it pro--
ceeded X know not—uttered these words:
“By order of his majesty, I intimate
to you that your wife died a year ago.”
“The door was again shut, and I hoard 1
no more. They had thrust this great
grief upon my heart, and left me alone
ip struggle with all Us bitter agony." \
-A Doctor as is a- Doctor.—
sufficient humbug, who had taken up the
business of a physician, and pretended
to a deep knowledge of the healing art,
was once called upon to visit a youpg
man attacked with Dr. Bolus
gazed long and hard, felt hlsipulse and .
pocket, looked at. bis tongue/and at his
wife, and finally gave vent to'the
ing sublime opinion,: - 1 . "
•I think he’s a gone fellow.’ ,
‘.No,no!’ exclaimed the sorrowing 'wife,
‘do not say that!’
■Yes,’ returned Bolus, lifting up his hat ,
and eyes heavenward at the same time,, -
‘yes, I do say so; there arn.’t any hope,
not the leastest mite—he's got.au attack
of nibll fit In his lose fronds—’ ,
‘Where?’cried the startled wife. .
‘ln his lose fronds; and. can’t be cured
without some trouble, add a great deal Of -
pains, You see bis whole paletry system
is deranged ; fustly,his vox populy |>
press!a’ on bis advalorum;'secondly, bis
oulacarpial outaneaut has swelled very . -
considerably, If uot piore ; thirdly, and *
lastly, bis solar ribs , are In a concussed -
state, and he ain’t got no money, and \
consequently he’s bound to die.' . ' -