American volunteer. (Carlisle [Pa.]) 1814-1909, August 10, 1871, Image 1

Stye American Volunteer.
MSHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNINU
& KKNNKDr
orflCß-NOUtn MABHBT IQViBEr
4 kkud Two tDdiuars. per year If paid strictly
l,,' lvn nce: Two Dollars and Fifty Cents It paid
within three moStba; after whlph Three Dollar*
Kill bo charged. . Tlieso terms will bo rigidly ad
hered to in every Instance. No aabjOxlptlon dis
continued until all arrearages aro pijld, unless at.
tbe option of tlio F.dUor. ■;
iionai ctai
idrotwl
J-JWITBD STATER CLAIM
A.NI?
kKA h EBi ate A 'VJmtJTu:
wm J;:b . bittb e Ev ‘ •
ATT^RNKX'!a.T LAW.r
offlco In Franklin llourcj South HjmovetSlree
iflrs of inquiry, please cnWoso
July H» 1870—ti . f ,’f ( ".• : ••'*
pi k. iu:r/r/iio6vKß, : „
’ ,4
CARLISLE, PA> ' ;
s ,i<- oinco on South Kahovi;r Htront^eppoflUo
Peutz’a dry goods store.l
Dec. 1.1805. , ». r | - * • «•' ■
j rUMBTCH> VAOKEB, |;
** attornbys'at lawi' ... . . ..
onice on Main Streot.ln MariOU * Hall. Car
lisle, Pa. ; I
. Dee. 2 ISCB ■ ; • .4 • •
heo; s.lblm: ra.. >V(li;f
** ATTOBNEYrkT-LAW,,'
Office wltn S. Btoburd, Jr. "
.ESm£ Nedi\‘Street\\
GABLISLi:, P|Afi | V. ■
Feb. 2, 71-ly : ' . . 1 ! r T ,
W r Attorn& y a.t Law-
Carlisle, Penna. 'pffloe kame.aa fcbatof*
me “American VolnnUer.” *1 j. .
Dec. 1. 1870. i ) ' ■ • '
ER. GEORGE S. SEABIGHT, Den
tist. Prom the Baltimore Colleqe of Dental
torn. Office at tlie residence; ,of his mother
Scat leather Street, throe doors below Bedford
Carlisle, Penna. • ' • |
Oec. 1 1805. t . •
jpats att» :€ai)o
pi B E S B> A EJR I V A'L
OF Alii, THE
,y Ely STYLES
op
(I AT S AN D CAP S. ;
The subHorlberi hafl Just opened at No, 15 North
Hanover Street, a few doors North of. the Carlisle
Deposit Bank, one of tho largest and ,bost Stocks
of HATS and CAPS ever offered In Carlisle.
Silk. Hats, Cassimefe of all styles and .qualities,
StUTßrlms, different! coldrs, and lo'vory dcaorlp-.
Mon of Soft Hats how mode.. 7" ,1. ‘
Tho I unkard addvpld Fashioned-Brush; con
stantly on hand andbiade to order,-all warrant
ed to give satisfaction. ' . I
A fall dßSOitment of I ■
• GENTS,'" ,1 - : "
BOY'S, AND
CHILDREN’S.
• -HATS,
aiwe also added to my Stook, notions,of
eut kinds, consisting of
LADIES’ . AND GENTLEMEN'S STOCKINGS
NscK'ixea, -- - Suspenders,-
. Collars, ..... Gloves, . ' > ■
, ‘ Pehoils,: Ihread, '
Sewing Silk, . Umbrellas, dec
PRIME SEGSRB \AND TOBACCO f
ALWAYS,ON HAND../ . • • -
f iive me a call, and examine my stock as I feel
confident of pleasing all; besides saving yon mo
n*y- : JOHN A. feKLiKB, , ,
No.-16 North Jlanoverßtyeet,
Oct. 1870. ’ . • -. ■'
nfATB AND CAPS J. t . -- - T
1 no YOU WANT A NIOB HAT OB'CAP 7 . : ‘
• "tv,. i - - ‘
[F 80. DbN’T pail to call Ql».
J. G. CALLIO,
.VO. 20. WESI‘ MAIN STREET, .
Where can be seen the.flnest u-srortnifiUt-t)f
HA T S A, NT) “CAE B . ■ '
ever brought to’ Carlisle. He takes great, pleas
aero In Inviting his old frlondsaD-lonstomoM,
S ail new ohS, fo ,hl» SWeMld: >| fif.
dived from’ Phllad^^Ta,.?bh -i
sisllng In pa.rt.6f find 1 J r y', - V
BILK* AN3> OAB9IMERE HATO.; _■ .
nesldesan Hqte | and-fijPftJPjj
the latest style, OR PfVrnCh ,he Willlseßat thOr.
Cash mas,- .'Alb'?, his. own mapnfaoturd,
Hats always add.'• r’ : ‘ ; ••
HATS xMANUFACTURED TO -ORDER, •
Ho Ua» the neat, arrangomentfor coloring Hatftr
aud all kinds of Woolen Goods, Oyercoata, &a;at;
the shortest notice (as-he colors every weekVtmd:
on the most reaaqnablq.tdrtas, : ;Alsp, affine lot,qx
choice brands of ‘
TOBACCO AND CIGARS;
always on hand. He desires to call the attention
to persons who have V *
COUN.TR YFURS 0 1
to sell, as he pays tho highest caa’fi prices fpr. .lie
* (five him a call, at tho above riUmber.his »Id;.
itauti, as he feels confident of giving entire sa tls- •
faction.
. fet, 1870. ~ , . ,
iglumtsps.; s?c.
;4 ; ;
JAMES CAMt-BELL. I W. F. -HENWOOD.
CAMPBELL & HENWOOD,
PLUMBERS,
GAS AND STEAM /FITTERS,
No. 18 North Jlmi' ver Bt.;
CARLISLE, PA.
HATH TUBS, ■
WATER OLOSEHB. '. ! -J:
WASH BASINS.""'• '
HYDRANTS, ■
- LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS,
CISTERN .AND DEEP WELL PUMPS,
GAS FIXTURES. r .... .
GAS SHADES AND GLOIfES <Sf,i<Ec.. ! • /Iu ' •
Lead, Iron and Terra Cotta Pipe,
CHIMNEY TOES and FLUES,
Ail kinds 01 \*
BRASS W O R K
or Steam and Water constantly on Lund,
WORK IN TOWN OB COUNTRY
promptly ftttonded 10. -, • •
43?*Immedtate attention -glyen to orders for
material or work Irom a dlstance.^ffiy
HaTliag special ndvantages.we life prepared to
furnish
k k-k-y'k -fc • k k k
. & -
t3ej>; i, 70—iv
WHOLESALE AT
CITY PRICES,
constantly on hand such ns.
GLOVES,
SUSPENDERS,
. , , NEQKjTIES and rv
’ • - • > ■.. ■ ;BOWS;
SHIRT fronts; Cambric and
chlefs, L2non and Paper Collars and Cuffb,
Trimmings Braids, Spool Cotton. Wallett*
Combs, Stationary, wrapplng-Poper and Paper'
Bags. Drugs, Soaps and Perfumery, v Sh6e Black,
Stove Polfsb, Inalgo, Bezars. dto., &o.
COYLE .BROTHERS,
No, 24 South Hanover street,
March .10,1871—Ora. Carlisle, Pa,
J L. STERNER & BRO.,
LiVEBY, AND. SALE St ABLE,
BETWEEN HANOVEII AND BEDFORD SIB
IN THE BEAR OF BENTZ HOUSE,
CARLISLE, PA.
Raving fitted np the Stable with new Carri
ages, Ac., I am prepared to farnlsn first-class
turn-outs, at reasonable rates. Parties taken to
and from the spring*,
Aprlj 25,1K07,—2y •
47 th Dividend,
Carlisle Hank,
CAIU.IM.K. PA.. May 2,1871.
The Board of Director? have this day
a Dividend of J livo per cent, for; the pdst fill
months, on the'Capltal Btopk, free.from State
and National Taxes, payable on demand. •
J. ,P. HABSLER,
May 4,187L—3m Cashier, ■
EUR SALE OR RENT.—a good
two-story Brick House. No. 03 East North
et. Apply to HENRY BnY ER, or GEO.
WETZEL. Carlisle. Pa.f -
April W» iSH9'
the ’Jliumain Dolnutffi
ME
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
JBrtifcal.
OF LIVES SAVED,
-It is ohe of the remarkable facta of this re*
markable ago-. Dot merely that so many persons
are the victims of dyspepsia or indigestion, but
~lts 'willing victims. Now, wo would not bo un
derstood to soy-that any one regards dyspepsia'
with favor, or feels disposed to rank it among
the luxuries of. life. Far, irom 1U Those who
have experienced lts torments would scout such
an Ideth All dread It, and would gladly dispense
who wqa Jolly under all the.trying clrourastan
• oes in which he was placed,never had an attack
of dyspepsia, or bis Jollity would have speedily
-forsaken him, Men and women sometimes
suffer its tortures uncomplainingly, but whoev
er beard of a person who objoyea them 7
. Ofall the multifarious diseases to which the
humanisyatem is liable, there Is perhaps no one
so generally prevalent ns dyspepsia. There are
‘disease more acute and painful, and which
more frequently prove fatal, but none, the ef
fects of which are so depressing to the mind and
so positively dlstresslngto the oody. If there Is
a'wretphdd Doing In the world It Is /
» a confirmed dyspeptic. ■
Rut It Is not our.lntentlon to dlscant on the hor
rors of Dyspepsia. To describe them truthfully.
Is simply an Impossibility ,'but it Is possibly to
■point out a remedy. We have said that dyspmK
.sla Is perhaps the moetuni versa! of human du
,eases. .This Is emphatically the, caaa in the
United 'Stales. ' Whether this general-preva
lence la, duos,to the character ot the food, the
method of Ita-preparatlon, or the hasty manner
In whloh.it Is usually swallowed. Is not our pro
vince tolexplaln. The great fact with which wo
are called to deW 1b thls<
DYSPEPSIA PREVAILS
almost universally.
Nearly every other person yon meet Is a vic
tim; ah apparently,willing one; for were this not
-the.caao.-why so many f offerers, when a certain,
speedy-knd safe .remedy is within the easy
reach oflall who deslraLo aVall themselves of it?
But thoi mojbrUy will not. Blinded by preju
dice, of deterred by some other unexplained In
fluence. they refuse to accept the relief profer
ed.themj ‘They.turn a deaf ear to the testimony,
of the thousands whose sufferings have been af
levlated.nnd with strange infatuation, appear
to cling determination to their
ruthless tormentor. ■ But says a dyspeptic:
What is (his remedy ?, to which \yo reply; This
great ajievlator of human suffering Is almost as
widely known as tho English language.. It has
allayed' tbC agonies of thousands; ana is to-day
carrying 1 comfort and encouragement to thou
sands ofiothers. This acknowledged panacea is
none other than
Dn. HOOFLAND’S GERMAN BITTERS.
. Would you know more of the merits of this
wonderful medicine than can be learned from
the experience of : others T Try Itayourtelf.and
-when ir has failed to fulfil the assurance of its
efficacy given bytho proprletor.’then abandon
fulth.lnJi. X • -
'LET IT BE REMEMBERED.
Jlr&tof -all,' that 'Hoofland’S' Gorman Bitters Is
not a-rum beverage.
They are not . alcoholic In. any sense of the
'They are composed wholly of.the-pure
Juice or vital-princlple-of roots;- This is nota.
mere -The extracts from which .they
are compounded*; are prepaid -by one of the
ablest German'chemists. Unlike .any: other
■Bitters In the rqarket, theyaro wholly free from
spirituous ingredients^^The objections which
hold with so much force against preparations of
this class, namely—that adeslre for Intoxicating.
drinks is sllmnlated by their-usd,- are not valla
In the cose of tho German Bitters. ~Bo,far;fTom‘
encouraging or moulatlng a. taste dr desire for
Inebriating beverages, It may bo confidently as*,
sorted that their tendency Js In a diametrically ■
opposite direction. Their efforte'can be,
’’ I BENEFICIAL ONLY , .
In all cades of the biliary system Hopfland'i.
-German Bittersistand without an equal, acting
promptlyjand. vlgoroasly upon the Liver', they
1 emove Rs torpidity und cause healthful secre
tion of pller-thereby supplying l the stomaoh.
•with the most Indispensable elements of.'BOund'.
digestion [in proper proportions. They giye tone
to; the BtdmachT-'stfmnlaiibg'HhTaucuons, and,
enabling [it to perforin >ite duties qs nature..de
signed ,Ttj should >do. They. Impart vigor l .and,
strength to the system; causing. the pa
tlent to feel-like another being—ln fact,,glvfng-
lease oflifd; , (i
, BLOOD. •
cleimßlhgithevltai fluld pf all hurtful ImburL'
tIeB aud. flppplylng them with the: elements l of
scarcely a 'disease in -which: they cannbf be
safely'and .beneficiallyemployed; but in thdt*
most generally,prevalent,distressing arid dread- 1
eddtseaset Dyspdpalori;-: T •••': *
V T^EYSTANbUNBiyALED.
- Now,there are■-certain classes of persons to,
, whom extreme'liters are not oniy unpalata
ble, but Who find It’lmpdsslbld ,to take them
: Wlth.out positive diECorrilort. Fob such
/: TOJNiO'’ • •
haabeeh speciallyprepared l . Vlt Is - interided- for
use wherePa'aUght alchoholstlmuiarit -larequlrs!
ed tn.conbectron with Ihe.wdUtknbwnMTonla
propertlesTof the ,pure n Germon BlUeta. JThla
fonlh'fadhtama all. the Ingredients df theßlttort,
tint sd flavored as Jo renio.Yd the extrefhehltter
ness; :THls preparatioriVls, notionlypalatable
but comtilpes r inimodjflod;form.all'the virtues'
of tbe. Germqh'Bitteya.jjiT'he’ solid:extracts or
' some df.Ndtlire's cholcestirestocatlves; ’are-hem
in solutlpri thy asplrltupus. iogent of rthe puteat,
■dualUi*:*'.lp cas ®s of languor,or excessive. dbblL
lly, whore Itbe system r appearsito have become ‘
'****
acts with almost marvelous efTe,ot. -:it not, only
stimulates; the; flagging :arid wasting-energies,
but invlgorafces:an(L permanetly strengthens its
action upon tbe Llveri ondStoraach thPronght.
perhaps less prompt than the Bitters; when the ',
same quantity is taken is none the less Certain.,
Indigestion, Blllloasness, Physical or -Nervous/
Proatrotlod, j lald readily to lls potent Influence. 1 ,
It gives the-invalld a*»ewond : strdnget.hold 1
upon life, removes depression of spirits; and in-',
spires pheirftaldess. It supplants the ppln of r
(flseaserwim theloa*o'ririd' r cotoforV of perf6ot
health.- It Igives) strength l -to throW
despondencytd; the winds; and starta'the re- .
stored Invaliampori-a newnrid glßdsome.career,
But Dr. Hodflond’s beneftifetloris to the human
race are not confined to his celebrated , t r ..
!- -
or his invaluable ,Tonld,> He baa prepared an
other medicine, wolch la,rapidly winning Its
way to popular, favor-because: of ltd intrinsic
merits. Tnjs ls ; :■ - ; :'-
HOOFLAND’S PODOPHYLLIN PILLS.
a perfect substitute for mercury, without any of
mercury's evfl.qaalltles.
These wonderful Pills, which are intended to
act upon the Liver; are mainly composed of
Podophylllq. or the. . . • ,
VITAL PRINCIPLE OF THE MANDRAKE
T. ; - ROOT,
Now we desire the reader to distinctly under
stand that this extract of the Maudrakeis many
times more faowerfnl than the Mandrake' itself;
It is the medicinal virtue* oMhishbiflth-givlng,
plant In a perfectly bure ftnd highly concentra
ted form. HehCalt 1* that tiro pr IhAPodbphyl
lln Pills constitute a’ fall dose,* while anywhere
six to eight or a handful of other preparations’
of tlie ate required. - The Fhoddphyl? ‘
Un ACTS DIRECTLY! ON THE LIVER,
stimulatlng)ts fhnctlongand causing It to malic,
its biliary *ecretj()n*, J in v ' regular :ond proper
.quantities. The.iqjhslousresultswhlchinvari
ably follow! Mb use;;of ,mercury IS, entirely,
avoided, by their. use.‘ Bqt it Ir not upon- the
Li ver only that thClr.’po'weralaro exerted;: The
extractor Mdndralcecontatned in them is skill
fully combined with' four other extracts, one of
WhiCh acts upon the stomach, one upon the up
nei* bowels, phe upon- the lower bowels, and one.
prcvont&any griping effect;, thus producing aplU
that Inflences thedlgesUveand.alimentary sys
tem, ir an equal and harmonious, manner,,and.
its action entlrely free frefcn nausea,vomiting or,
griping pains common to. all other purgatives.
Possessing these much desirable qualities, the.
as.a>.
/ ; FAMILY. MEDICINE.;
“ No household should be without them. They
are perfectly! safe.reqnire but two for an ordina
ry dose, are prompt and efficient in action, and.
when used In connection with- Dr, Hopfland’a
German Bitters, or Tonic, may be regarded as'
certain specifics in all cases of ldver Complaint,
Dyspepsia, or anyof the disorders-to which-the
system I»ordinarilysuhJeo, The , '■ l ; 1 '
‘ . PODOPHYLLIN PILLS.
act upon the! stomach ; ond bbwela, carrying off*
improper obstructions,.While the' Bitters or To
nic purify the blood, f ßtrengthori'nnd Invigorate
the frame. glVo tone and appetite to the stom
ach ond thus build up-th© involld-anew.'
• Dr. Hoofland.havingprovided.internal remc ;
dies for diseases, h’as glveh the world one raalnj,
ly for external application, in .the. wondorfu
nreuarattOn fcnowh as -
P P GREEK.OIL. .
This 0111*4 sovereign remedytbr pains and
aches of all klptotl 5 . ;'! > ‘ ‘
Rheumatism. •Nenralgia, Toothache,' Chil
blains, Burn*; Palp ih the; Book and
Loins, Rlngwptm*,Ao,.,«U yield-
Application. Tho npraparDCanrfis'cflfedted bylfc
Ib astonishing and, they are increasing
day. 1* ''' '' " ''' ll r> ' J l' 1 '/■ u
Taken Internally. It is a curb for >
Kidney Diseases, Sick. Headaches, Colic, Dysen
• tery. Cholera Mprbus, Cramps,- Pams In the
Stomach, Colds, Asthma. Ac.?/ n . ;• I 'I , 11
' The Greek Oil Is composed entirely of healing',
euros and essential oils^-The principal engredl
.entris an oilyßubatance,
i ernipart of Greece. It* effects as a destroyer of
noln are trnljr magical; - Thousands! hfcv© been
benefitted by Its.use. and a trial hy; those -who
are skeptical w|l| thoroughly;convince' themof
italueBtimab > qyajbe.,u .4 v-i.r
These reme HeawtU Ue sent by express to any;
locality.upon applicatlontothe Principal Office.-
at the derma 1 Median© Storoj No; 631 Afohßfct
Philadelphia.
- . i. - '■!'./•
' - ' . / •.. 1 - • '' .
remedies are for sale by. druggists,
storekeepers, and mediolnedeolera everywhere.
Oiia?. M. Evans,
Formerly C...M* JA.OKBON & CO<
: IpuetixaL
BY; JOHN Q, WHITTIER.
My jold' Welsh neighbor over the way,
Crept slowly out In ttie sun of Spring,
Pushed from herearathGlo ok a -
Anil llMened'to hear the robin sing.
1 | ' ' v . ’ '
Her grandson, playing atmarj)les, stopped,
And crqel In spbrt, as boys *wlU be,
Tossed a stone at the bird, who hopped
From bough to bough In the apple tree. .
"Nay,” said the grandmother, have you not
s hoard . . .
.My poor, bad boy! of the flery.ptt,
And how, drop by drop, this merciful bird
■ Carries the‘wator that quenches it 7
He brings cool dew in his little bill,
. And lota. lt fall on the souls of sin; -
You Jean] see,the marks on his-read. breast still
• Of Urea that scorch as he drops It In.
My poor Brdn rhuddyh! my breast-burned bird/
Sltiglng so sweetly from limb to limb, *
Very dear to the heart of our Lord ! ‘ ’
Is he who pities the lost like Him V ' ■ K
‘ Amenl” I said to the beautiful myth;
"Sing, bird df God, In my-heart as well;
Each good thought Is deep wherewith - -
Tpicoot aud lesseu the fires othdlL.
Prayers df-jove like ralndrdps r fall,,.
Tears of pity are codling dew, sr'r*
And dear to the heart of our Lord are.all
.Wtio sijfferllke Him In the good they do.”
||lkellanmto.
> SHARES. VERSOS AUIQATORB,
It was the middle'watch on board the
good ship Cfttharaides bound,from.Boston
to Calcutta.' A fine northeast trade wind
was bldwlrig, tepmast and top-gallant
studding sails were set/aiid the ship was
running smoothly a'nd steadily along at
the rate of nearly; elgh f knots.
-‘Keep a good lookout there ahead !’ ex
claimed the firat iifflcer in a peremptory
tone. ' „
~ ‘Aye, aye, sir-aye, aye, sir,’ lazily re
sponded the.tnan;, ’ . ,
; Tfi I catch any of you asleep in your
watch oh deck,’ continued- the mate, I’ll
And woijk for.you until the watch is call
ed, and an hour, afterward, that will hoop,
your lint ba in motion like it jumping Jack,
and your eyes, as wide open as Mt. peaart
lobsters. 1 ;
■ - The sailors,spme of them seated comfor
tiibly on the heel of,the bowsprit, and
others Op;the w,iudlass-ehd, opened their
eyes,at this burst of , eloquence, yawned
aud uttered something, which fortunate
ly fqr; the men, , the. mate did not' hear,
and:which wgs far: from being compii
meutary-, and more rentarkable for pro
fahlty.than piety.. - '
j o'Comeifhls wop’c do,’ said Jonas Harts
,horn. ‘Tlie mate will Be as good as his
word if be catches us.napping again, and
get npa real slserara. must have some
thing to.open our.peepers—a song, a sky
lark, of a story. Jack lirindle spin us a
yarn;’-;] ' .
, : T don It know about that,’replied Jack
Brludle.ia shrowd, quizzical-looking llt
tle fellow,‘ butja vetoranisallor, who had,
seen a great deahof the wofld, had picked
up lots of Intelligence in his travels, and
had k tongue which was slung in the
middle, knd when one end was tired of
wagging] it took a resting spell while the,
other entered on duty.
‘Ob, yes, give us a yarn, Jack —give us
a yarn I’l shouted his shipmates ip full
chorus. !
,‘The.faot is,’ said Jack, ‘ray stories are'
all true, and it is time you should
it. : ,1 never describe any event Or ,make
a /sfatemont that I'can hot voufilr for. . I N ;
■ never exaggerate or eulargo. or deal in;
?oetry or fiction, orriibbish of that kind,
confine; myself to plain matter and fact.
And yet,[when I told my story the other;
night in the dog-watch, ahput Silas Limr
pert,', who rode a porpoise half a mile for
q wager; without saddle,' bridle; crupper,
of a’martingale, and kept the Ash’s bead
above water-by holding on, to his gills
with a boat book,;Jonaa, tkero/tojfl me
to my faob that he did not belleve a word
oflt.’ [
. ‘Ohi.’ said Jonas, That was all in fun.
Although! somewhatstrange, and,assomß
would aay,.lnorcdlblo, I hav6 no,doubt it
was true, j I really think you- would not
Stretch the.truth to be made boatswalh of
an Indlamnn. Come, heaveabead, Jack.
Give us a-good rousing yarn, and I prom
ise beforehand to believe every word of
it, and what is more, ! will never again
question the truth of any of your yarns,
however wild and improbable they may
seem.’ ■ : ' .
’Jack was.mollified by this liberal con
fession, and, telling Jonas that he would
be careful land not put his credulity to too
sevefe a test, shot ahead as follows:
I ouce made a voyage iu a little brig
called the Nutmeg, to Para. You all
know, or ought to know-if you don’t,
that Parp Is a town in Brazil, situated on,,
-ode of the mouths of the Amazon, a
river, more than' a thousand leagues in
Ibngth, which has a souree in a lake
five hundred miles broad, on the peak of
one of*the - highest 1 mountains in South
America.,
Wo found Pora a rather queer place.—
At'first we thought the fogs were very
frequent; add..that the climate must be
uxiheaithyi. >Bdt we soon found to our
sorrow that what we took to be fogs were
neither more or less than thick clouds of
mosquitoes, which floated about morning
and evening in' every direction anddark
onedtbcalr. They held a perfect jubilee
whenever a vessel arrived in port with
full-blooded Yankees on board, and work
ed with a will to reduce a plump, healthy
looking sailor to p skeleton, and were of-,
ten successful.:. . r . "
■ Para is a-hot place. Indeed I may
safely say that it la Very hot, the mercury
rlsiug to one hundred and twenty in the
Shade. This la owing to tho situation of
the town, which lies directly under the
equinoctial line. This line may be seen
sometimes at night when the moon does
not shine, and the mosquitoes are only
moderately abundapt, It looks like a
narrow light colored cloud, or a pale
ribbon stretched serosa the heavens from
east lowest., ... ....
' Para has not much to boast of by way
of trade. The town looks like a menag
erie- Indeed,-its, principal, or staple pro- ’
duotlons, st> ;farj'as J' coillcf learn, were
parrots, macaws;.: mongousaes, . raarmo
'zets, serpen ts and India-rubber.
■ 1 -When lying Ip' pdf t. our captain, whose
‘name was :Nathan, Crewlt, a native of
Barnstable; fitted Up tho Nnlmeg'S yqwl,.
a tight little boat,' by'.fh.e.way.fhr'A
boat.; • She Was,rigged as a sloop; .with the
malutop-gallaii'tstuddlrtgoallaatbo main
this j'k/v.°S fasnlphed'.dtit of
soroo'dld 1 oahvass put on board for par
:oeUn'gi its dpok 1 being fastenedl 'to a bow
shfit about two feet, 10ng.' : , . [ : ■ ; !
' oftep in.the morning or evening when,
the eun’s.rays were not too powerful,-
Captain CreWlt.sometlmesplone.butmQre
frequently with a little negro cabin boy,
named Pufflkln, for a dompaplon, would
take a sail around the harbor, or even
venture a short distance up the river; but
he never dafod to land on its bushy banks, •
for fear of wild beasls, alligators and tho
terrible boa, which is the pame of ,tho,
snake'as bid roitnd osltlie malnmasp’knd'
as long Bs'the deep sea line. ,Tha people
gaed to'tell iffigbtfal stories about, these
interesting prsatnres.
It haa a'waya been* weakness with mo
to know what was grtng.on in every place
I have beepi to.' ‘This disposition to pry
into other folks’ aflfairs has,.led me into
many unpleasant scrapes, and.-I never
could learn wisdom from experience. ~!
longed to tkke a sail tip the river, go
ashore on Us! banks and find out by means.
of’my own: eyes and ears whether'the'
tales told by ihe natives were true, or were;,
os I half suspected, manufactured out of
the whole cloth.'
Accordingly, one Sunday, soon after
dinner, Capt. Crewlt being on shore, and
Proprietor.
CI
THEfIOBIN.
'CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST, 10. 1871.
the boat, which 'I knew would not .be
wanted until toward sunset, towing quiet
ly astern fastened to the taffrail and while
the sun seemed to be pouring down red
hot shot on the decks, I went aft and
asked the mate, a quiet, easy-going, good
natured sort of fellow, who wus'smoking
a cheroot on the quarter-deck,'to let me
and Puffkin, the little negro cabin boy,
take a short sail up the river in the boat,
Mr. Elkhorn expressed surprise at my
'Wlshlng'ttroxpoßOTnysßlf unnecessarily
to the sun’s fiercest rays, but graciously
remarked: 'You are a fool. Jack | yes, a
double-distilled fool, to think of taking a
salfthis time of,day. You would b»bet
ter off under the awning, mending your
old duds, or reading your Bible, than be
sailing about the river.’
* Seeing that I looked blank and disap
pointed at his kind suggestions, he some
what changed In tone, and added: ‘lf
you are really bent on going, Jack, you
may have the boat,.for au hour or two
and take little Puffkin with you into the
bargalp. He will be glad of a change,
and I.’liave no -fears for him. His head'
Is casebardened. He can stand the heat
and latjgb at. it, even were it enough to.
set tbe;rlver on fire.’
X made, my best bow to the mate and
calling |to little Puflklri, who grinned,
with delight, displaying every one of his
teeth in the most ostentatious manner at
the prospect of having a sail, we started
off on jour cruise, steering with a light
breeze and a flood tide up the river.
We were clad io the fewest ami tliineat
possible of garments, in consequence of
the beat, and carried with us no wea
pons, offensive or defensive. Although
not lacking courage, I would have you
remember, shipmates, on any proper oc
casion, 1 don’t profess to be a lighting
man. And though a man never looks so
mean and contemptible as when be is
running away from danger, I determined
beforehand, to have no contest band to.
band with any of the wild inhabitants,
whether bird, beast or, reptile, we might
fall in with, but to keep, a sharp lookout
ahead, and when matters looked squally
bravely turn my back upon them and
trust; to.my heels. , .
Wlthiwlndand tide in my favor, we
sailed,along pleasantly for a while keep
ing pretty 1 Close to the shady side of the
river. We'soon got clear .of all the
dwellings and cultivated spots and saw
on either side only a thick forest of tali
trees, with a thicket of underbrush and
vines, and here and there a sort of open
ing, probably a pathway made by wild
aolmaisl Inhabiting the land and water
•when eiohangirig social visits or taking
a fancy ]to pounce upon and devour one
another!
In this way we sailed along some five
or si* miles—beyond all symptoms of
civilized life—and reached a spot which
seemed comparatively free from trees, and
an easy entrance into the woods.
The place was quiet, not a sound could be
heard, riot even the prattle of a monkey;
and ail the. surroundings, looked invit
ing.'
I ran tile boat ashore, told Puff kin to
make fast the painter to. the root of. a
tree that projected from the bank, and
wait patiently until I returned, unless I
called to him. I then jumped out, re
joiced to find myself on the firm sod
once more,, surrounded by trees, shrubs,
and flowers. From a boy I bad been
fond of I rural life, and I concluded to
wander a-short distance into the woods
aridiexamirie the lay of the land and the
lOok of jthe inhabitants, enjoy the frag
rance ofi the flowers, or .recline beneath
the shade of the lofty trees and thus real
ize a foretaste of Paradise, .As I stepped
on shore! a flock of parrots Interrupted a
.silence that could almost be felt, aud
stunned me with their noisy clattering':
but whether this was intended as a kind
greeting -,to a stranger or a note of defiance
,to an enemy, I was unable to make but!
As I 'was leisurely making my way
along, arid had got some rilstritice from
'the bank of the river, keeping my eyes
stretched wide open to ! espy dangers
ahead, I was startled by a rustling among
-tbe bushes; and to ray utter horror and
disgust there rushed, or rather waddled
out,from the swamp hole I bad Just pass
ed on my star-board side, a monstrous al ;
llgator. 1
With mouth wide open and liberally
supplied with teeth ns sharp as needles,
and long as marlin-spikes, the grisly
monster came straight towards me. It
was as clear ns noonday that he took a
fancy to the. out of my jib, and deter
mined that we should be better acquain
ted.
. To say I was not frightened would be
telling,a lie, a detestable act, which I
always scorned as much as George Wash
ington did when be was a little boy, and
when I first got a glimpse of the 111-fav
ored vagabond, with his ugly phiz and
open countenance, ! lost my presence of
mind, and gave a yell that might have
been heard a mile off, and which set the
parrots and their feathered friends in
motion again.
The long-visaged rascal bad silly man
aged to let me pass, and then, getting
between me and the boat. I was com
pletely out-generaied, caught in my trapl
and took to my heels in the opposite di-;
rection Although 1 made superhuman
efforts to get away,‘roy progress was but
slow through the rank grass and thick
bushes.
The alligator, who is a creature of
wonderful endurance, being well provided
with bottom, overcame such obstacles by
a kind of hop-skip-and-Jump step, and
soon came so near me as to make me feel
decidedly, unpleasant, and regret that I
had not taken Mr; Elkhorn’s advice and
passed the afternoon on board the Nut
meg reading my Bible. Now and then
he . uttered a loud, snorting roar,'and'
snapped bis jaws like a hungry cannibal
in chase of a missionary.- ■ 11
Terrified and exhausted, I was about to
'give up the ship,’ and, like a Christian,;
resign myself to my horrible fate, when*
by. a great fortune I found myself beneath
a tall, india-rubber tree. Grasping with
convulsive strength one of the. limbs, 1
swung myself'up among the branches out
of the villain’s reach. "1
I thus gained a point to windward
which my hungry pursuer did not bar
gain for. He raised himself nearly up
right on bis tail, and threw bis head and
fortlegj up into the tree, and uttered a
dismal, prolonged bowl, like a horse ma
rine troubled with toothache. But an
alligator is hot good at climbing.—ho
would make a poor sailor. T quickly
shinned up higher out of his reach, and
he dropped down again to bis natural
posture at- the foot of the tree, ■
: At that critical moment my little, but
faithful friend Puff kin came running tou
- ward'us from the .boat. He had heard
my terrific screams; and he was bound to
see what the trouble was, and to lend a
helping- hand. X saw him coining, was
‘awafeof his peril,and would have warned
him, but my nerves were in such a state
’that I"could not utter a sound,,.
',As ; he drew’pear;'the alligator spied
him, crawled a length or two toward him,
and cunningly nestled himself among the
tall grass, and kept perfectly still, until
the little negro, who did not see the per
fidious monster, came so slow upon him
that he might have kicked, him with his
foot. Thenithe.alligator, opened bis tre
mendous Jaws. ggy.e.a snort and a spring,
and before Pnflkln could say 'snakes I’ bla
little hulletlbead:'was in:the alligatorla
-mouth. [ ...
'From my sout ln the branchea of the
ndla-rubbep tree, which, .being gume
iastlo.j kept! contracting and expanding
in,‘a singular am} somewhat troublesome
manner,. X was witness to the wholo of
this nwfdl-aoenp. Poor little Puffkln!
.The hideous creature .bad got it terrible
grip upon hlm. nnd thinks X to myself,
of course he wlll cruiih his bead like an
egg shell; ahrt bolt'hind .as 'easily,'as an
albiCp're would bblf it flying ffs|i. 'Nothing
but a mlraole pouid save hlm.And as
true Cs ybtf are; alive, my friend, ai mlra J
'cld'difi sdyd hi ml. ■ ■ '
■" While the alligator, having fairly got
little Puff kin's , head in.his mouth, was
rolling It over and giving H a nip now
and then, In vain attempts to-crack it,
his eyes sparkling with Joyous exolfo
mentin anticipation of a oonnaiouoh , as
11
aFronohman would Bay, there was; be
sldo. himself, a concealed witness to' the 1
outrageous proceeding, whope preeenoe X
bad no suspicion of until lie become an
dotor in the scene.
This looker-on was a large serpent—a
real live snake I some thirty or forty feet
long, with a head as large ns a nun-buoy.
He was a sight to behold, his skin being
brilliantly mottled, and gorgeous with all
..colors of a rainbow. He had been snugly
bill tiena way! ii-tho hill age of a troe,'tho
branches of which oVerhung the spot
where little Puffkin wak suffering tor
ments enough-to rouse'the sympathies of
a red handed pirate, or even a member of
the holy Inquisition. ' . ,-r
It is probable,that the snake had seen
little Puffkin as be came running along,
unconscious of danger to himself and
anxious only to help me out-of my trou
ble, and being.charmed witli his wooiy
bead and sable skin, marked him for his
own particular eating; and was indignant
. at being forestalled by a hideous alligator;
or, what.ls full as likely, he may have
owed the ugly brdte an old grudge- for
some real or fancied injury; and thought
this was a good obance to pay him off.
- His true motives, however; fpr- good •
arid sufficient reasons; I was never able'
to discover.-' I bnlyknow that before-ther
alligator bad time to do more than begin ’
his experiments on-little Puffkin’s crart
ium, and vpas wagglng his tail in ecsta'cy,'
as If be wouldiput it out-of joint, the
monstrous python came to the rescue;
and darted his head like a thunderbolt
from the tree, and opening his deep
mouth, well garnished with ivory, and
without saying, ‘By you leave, my good
sir,’ fastened like novice on the alligator’s
tali; and in a twinkling stowed away at
least half a fathom of it out of sight.
.The feelings of the alligator must have
been severely wounded by this unexpec
ted and dastardly attack on his rear, for,
notwithstanding thehardness of the skin,,
the teeth of the snake penetrated to the
bone, lacerated the flesh, and aroused into
action all the devil within him. He gulp
ed forth a snort and nronf'whlcli was any
thing but-musical, and threshed or tried
to thresh his tail about to shake off the
weight which was clinging to him closer
than a brother; and now a desperate
struggle and squirming took' place be
tween these two powerful reptiles direct
ly before my dyes, and as If intended for
ray special amusement and instruction.
It was a sight which I shall never forget
to my dying day. The alligator obsti
nately held on to little Puffkin all the
while, being loth to be so shamefully
tricked amt-cheated out of his promised
feast.
The snake now uncoiled his, tail from a
branch of the tree and I- had a chance to
sde him in his full proportions. But he
did not stand Idle to be gazed at. He had
work to do and he did it in earnest. He
switched his long and supple tail at" a
great rate, and tried to get a turn round
the bo'dy of the. alligator, in which he
would have squeezed all the breath out of
his body without giving him time to say
‘scoldings!’ But the alligator handled
his paws llke-.a prize tighter; or when
his. enemy succeeded in getting half a
turn found him, adroitly shpok him off
as if be despised him.
Such a contest could not last long. It
was.only a few minutes when, by one of
those unexpected, contingencies which
sometimes decide the fate of armies, the
tail of the snake came io contact with the
jaws of the alligator, who saw his advan
tage, and. with wonderful presence of
mind, dropped little, Buff kin like a hot
potatoe and In his stead seized thrisqulrm
ipg tail of the boa. The letter end of the
long reptile now rapidly disappeared, as
following the example.of bis antagonist,
the alligator coiled it away in some mys
terious . deposit behind - his monstrous
mduthV ; . .
The serpent, although he began the
fight and attacked the alligator in a das
tardly manner, pouncing on his unde
fended rear, was greatly enraged at such
scandalous proceedings on the part pf the
alligator, who in such a friendly compe
tition was determined not to be outdone,
lost no time in drawing in arid stowing
away fold after fold of the enormous boa
constrictor.
The desperate struggle, so far as it was
confined to a trial of strength, was over.
It was now a match, against time; The
question was,iwbloh could swallow the
other one first! The snake bad tbe tough
est, roughest and the hardest morsel to
dispose of, while the alligator had to tuok
away the greatest number of fathoms.
1 gazed on admiringly from mystation
aloft, and speculated bn which would
win, I finally made up my mind that if
I were to bet, I would bet on tbe snake,
and his task would be the most formida
ble; If I had steked my money on either,
I should have lost, and to say the truth,
they deserved equal credit for their brave
perseverance, energy' and rapacity, and
the complete success that attended their
unheard of effor ts.
The contest turned out to be a drawn
game—n tie ! Both lost and both won !
They actually sivattowed each other! And
reversing tbe well authenticated story of
tbe Kilkenny cats, nothing was left but
their heads ! ■ -
The conflict was ended, X was so as
tonished at the result, which completely
capsized all my calculations, that I was
unable to leave at once m.v seat in tbe
gumolaatio tree, butsat for some moments
pondering on the vicissitudes of life and
the mysteries of human nature. When
my nerves were a little quieted, I then
leisurely let myself down, for I bad little,
to fear now. I picked up little Fuffkin,
who still breathdd, notwithstanding bis
forehead and face were coyered with
gashes and blood. I took him on ray
'shoulder and carried him down to the 1
boat, cast off tbe painter, spread tbe sail,
and it being how ebb tide, got to the brig
‘ Nutmeg’just before sunset, safe and
sound, as far as myself was concerned.
.And I must say ihe old brig never looked
so beautiful and Inviting as wbenT step
ped over tbe gangway, after having tossed
little Fuffkin upon deck.
■And what became of the little nigger?’
eagerly inquired Jonas Hartshorn. • Did
he ever come to bis senses, or was his
skull cracked by the Jaws of the alliga
tor ?’.
'How can you ask such a very foolish
question, Jonas? It would takesomething
stronger than the Jaws of an alligator to
crack an African’s skull. No, the fright
confused his intellect fora while; his face
was wqfully scarred in many places, and
looked as if he had undergone the process
of a fancy tattooing by a South Sea Is
lander. Bis nose was squeezed broader
and flatter than nature over Intended,
and there were uglv dents In bis woolly
cranium, but Mr. Blkhorn very kindly
bathed his head and face In good strong
pickle from the harness cask, and In a
couple of weeks he was running about
the deck as lively as ever.’
Long Sermons.—So you came to hear
me preach last Sunday, did you?’ said a
minister to a little boy whom he met
while visiting at the house of one of his i
church members. ‘I sow you at'.church’
sitting in the pew with uncle;’ and be
lifted the little fellow, to his knee;
‘Yes, I ; went,’ said the child, ‘and I
never was so tired in my life. I thought
you would never get done preaching I’
and the clear, truthful eyes were raised
in full confidence, while the poor obild’s
accents seemed weighed down with the
weariness he had experienced,and so well
remembered.
The minister looked In surprise.
'ls that so?’ he said. Did I preach too
long a sermon?’
‘0 yea,’ said the child; ‘I was so very
tired.’ . ..
‘The minister could not forbear smiling
■at the .simplicity and sincerity of the
criticism;'’
; 'You come next Sunday,’ he stipulated
with the child, ‘and I won’t preach so
long, X promise you. Will you come?','
The boy promised i and the minister
-kept his word. The sermon the following
Sunday'.was shortened just fifteen min
utes, and to the satisfaction of the whole
congregation.
\
l&M IN THE TREASURY.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ABSTRACTED.
My stales Brought to Light.
lAstsi o±‘ Wnn nutK
; nn|l n« t, AccoimtOil for.
DESTRUCTI ON Of LEDOERB
PMm^iTu”s"i)rscu
It is now positively known that every
department of the government is reeking
with corruption, and that millions of the
public ; inondy have been abstracted from
'the. treasury .*• Every effort has been made
to coveii up the frauds to which we refer,
but our indefatigable Washington correa?
pohdents are now engaged in ferreting
out facts, and they will from time to time
be spread before our readers.
ONE OF THE HIDDEN MYSTEIttR*.
: It is supposed that,the colossal transac
tions . njhioh are now for the first time
brought, to light commenced during the
year 1867, when the quarrel between con
gress'an 1 the,administration and tbe sub
- seqpput tenure-of office law, .deprived the
latter;of all power over eubh officers of
the treakury as were appointed ‘by and
with the advice of: the senate.’ There Is
reason tp-believe that these transactions
continued up lo last May; but as tbe sec
retary of the treasury absolutely refuses
to permit tbe hooka of the department
to be examined, there is no means of
verifying this presumption.
ONE OF THE GOVKHN3IENT OFFICE7IS SUSI’EOTED.
' Suspicion was first directed to the oper
erationsof a certain officer in the treasury,
-whose immoral practices have rendered
his nar|ie infamously 'Conspicuous io
Washington. This officer'has long en
joyed injmuuity from detection, but his
mode, of| living was so costly that those
who knqw of his habits pointed to him
as a> dishonest official. He had a weak
ness notjonly ftir money but for women;
arid some of the prettiest girls employed
in the treasury printing department were
engaged lat his special request to enable
him to carry, out his vile purposes.
THREE MILLION'S OP DOLLARS AUSTKACI’ED FROM.
.THE TREASURY,
It may, be that this official Is not guilty
of all the robberies of money from the
treasury;! hut it is positively known That,
during the year 1868 either himself or his
associates,drew out no less than three
milliorisjof dollars.of the public money
without accounting for the same, although -
much of it is supposed to have been de
voted to party, purposes. In order to take
out this money, it was entered as against
the treasurer, under the pretense that it
was needed for disbursement; but it has
never been accohrited for. It is alleged
that certain;officers lihOthe bureau ofthe
first- comptroller apd- lirst auditor were
long privy ,to these transactions, but
such was fc?pinner’s‘infiuence with con
gress, aud such his power'with the party
whom he supplied liberally with funds,
that they feared to expose the facta. The
officers of the treasury have made every
eflbrt to prevent'this information from
reaching the public, and upon being
questioned on the subject stoutly deny
the truth of it. , But the number, date
and Amount of every warrant for the
money:drawn are known, and this bold
front of partisan and'office-holding brass
will not |ava|l. .. The Tacts are but Too
plain and] Irrefutable,' aud.it is only to be
feared that they are merely the begin
ning of numerous arid greater peculations,
particularly in the navy and war depart
ments-of! the government, and that a
large portion of the whole
FOUR HURDREtf'AND TWENTY MILbIOES OF, DDL-
- ‘LARSEXPENDED. .
ennualiy ! by the government will turn
out to have been expended for the benefit
of the gigantic ring of radical Swindlers
which centres in Washington city.
GROSS VIOLATION OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS;
What Was done-with the $3,0000,000
which were , drawn from the treasury 7
Hq record of the. disposition of this yast
amount appears on the books, and this
omission is a gross-violation of the fol
lowing resolution- passed by the house of
representatives on December 30, 1791 ;
‘lt shall be the duty of the secretary of
the treasury to lay before tbe bouse of
representatives, on tbe fourth Mqnday of
October in each year—if congress should
betben in session,orif not then.in session,
within the first week of the session next
following the said fourth Monday In Oc
tober—an accurate, statement and
ACCOUNT OF ■ THE HECEIPTS AND EXTENUI-
TORES
of all tbe public moneys down to the last
day, Inclusively, of the mouth of Decem
ber immediately proceeding tbe said
fourth'Mqnday in October, distinguishing
the amount of tbe receipt of each state of
district, and from each officer therein, in
which statement shall, also be-distin
guished the expenditure which shall fall
under each bead of appropriation, and
shall be shown tbe sums', if any, which
remain unexpended, and to bo accounted
for in the next statement ,of each qnd
every snob appropriation. ' ' ' L " ; .
[By not of August 2G, 1842, tbe pefiod
to which this account sboqld extend was
changed from the Slstof December to.the,
30th of June following, while the time
for publication (the fourth Monday of Oc
tober, of tbe first week of tbe session of
congress next following)
as before.] $ •
The following is a
BTARELINO ARRAY OP PAMNINQ FIGURE*
being a list of warrants for moneys drawn
out of the United States treasury by Fran
cis E. Spinner, and hot accounted for
, Wo. Date. In whose favor
Warr't: Craxm.
8,455 ' Sept. 1867 . P. E. Spinner. 52,062 87
3.779 Sept. 1867 P. E. Spinner. 647 19
8.457 ’ Sept. 1867 P. E. Spinner, !2,6G8 08
3.780 Sept. 1807 P. E. Spinner, 30,000 00
8.113 Sept, 1807 P. E Spinner, 500,000 00
8 082 Sept. 1807 F. E. Spinner, 34,410 40
3.459 Sept. 1807 F. E. Spinner, 7,487 £9
3.460 Sept. 1807 F. E. Spinner. 088 27
3.781 Sept, IKC7 F. E. Spinner, 104,730 80
1.023 July, 1807 F. E. Spinner, 433 44
1.024 July, 1807 F. E. Spinner, 470 00
1,121 Aug, 1807 F.E. Spinner, 3888 00
1142 Aug. 1807 F. E; Spinner, 12,835 00
1,163 Aug, 1807 F, E. Spinner, 4,713 00
1.100 Aug. 1807 F. K. Spinner, • 587 00
1,167 Aug. 1807 F. E. Spinner, 10,000 00
1,181 Aug. 1807' F. E, Spinner,. 1.402 00
1,193 AUg. 1807 . F. E. Spinner. 9,087 00
4 Aug. 1807 F.B, Spinner, 3,100.00
1,282 Aug. 1807 P, E. Spinner, . 5,604 00
1 261 Aug. • 1807 P. E. Splnnur, * 83.776 00
3 479 Aug 1807 F. E. Spinner, 500,000 00
4.190 ■ Hug. 1807 P.'S, Spinner,
4,421 Aug. 1807 F.E. Spinner, 21,559 00
4,451 Nov, 1807 ' P. E. Spinner, 78,044 60
4,650 Nov. 1867 F, iJ. Spinner, 636 88
4,000 Nor. 1807. F. E. Spinner, 830 01
4,079 Nov. 1807 F.E. Spinner, 20,000 00
4,704 . Nov. 1867 F. B. Spinner, 1,075 91
4,973 Dec. 1807 F.E.Spinner, 2,<99 55
6.088 Deo, ,1867 P. E. Spinner. 3,500 00
5.173' Dec. '1867 ,' P. B. SplnnOl*; 500,000 00
5.183 ■ Dec. 1807 F.E. Spinner, 20,000 00
5,m Dec. 1807 F. E. Spinner, 487 05
6 301 Deo. 1807 . F.E:Spinner, 1 537 80
5,802 Dec. 1807 P. B. Spinner, 1,710 57
6,303 Dec.- 1867 F.E.Spinner, • - 080 44
5,301 Doc. 1807 F.E.Spinner, , 810 4*
32 Oct. 1867 P: E. Spinner, 30,81183
"35««xQot. 1807 . F. E. Spinner. 120 72
1,272 Oct, 1807 F.E. Spinner, 1,157 00:
1.503 Nov. 1807 P. E. Spinner, 101.601 59'
1,594 Nov. 1807 F.E. Spinner, 4,20139
341 July, 1868. F.E. Spinner, 300,000 00
471 July, 1808 F.E. Spinner, 300,000 00
022 July. >lBOB F. E. Spinner. 15,000 00
001 July, 1808 P. E. Spinner ‘ 1,00192
4 July, 1808 F, E.'Splnnor, , 78 92
801 July, 1808 F. F, Spinner, 55,202 90
948 July, 1808 ; F.E.Spinner. ' 48165
949 July, 1860 F. E. Spinner, . 354 72
950 July, 1868 F.-K. Spinner, 414 99
951’ July, 1808 F.E. Spinner, 105,594 23
952 July, 1868 F.E. Spinner, 1,12175
953 July, 1868 P, E. Spinner, 275 58
954 • July, 1803 P. E. Spinner, 1,029 27
055 July, 1868 F.E. Spinner, 355 49
1,057 July, 1808 F. E. Spinner, 3,733 50
1,517 July, 1808 F; B. Spinner, 127,070 28
002 July, 1808 F. E. Spinner, 82,030 08
003 - July, 1808 ‘ F.E. Spinner, 1,130 58
Total, ' ' w ’ ,-F ’ 83.103.057 03
These warrants refer to the war and
navy departments alone. The are. tri
fling In amount compared to the sums
unaccounted for in the other departments..
We refrain from comment for the pres
ontbn this startling exhibit, until the au
thorities at Washington have hadan op
portunity of investigating the facts. If
the Secretary of the treasury and his as
sociates were democrats, the radical Jour-
nals woUld call them thieves, even though
the charges should admitof explanation.
NO ACCOUNT OF STOCK KEt-T—FACIMTIES FOR
ooitjJrmNO frauds. ’
It is currently reported that no Account
of stock is kept in the United States treas
ury; that the hooks are not kept by double,
entry; and that a number of the account
books have been allowed to be destroyed.
If these statements are true, If any one of
.themJs.true.,JUa*hardly..to.ha..wpnde'red,.
If wholesale {Ullage of toe treasury bo the
result;. . ’ ' >
UNACCOUNTED ABSENCE OF SPINNER.
It Is a significant fact that Mr. Spinner
is now absent in Europe— and he, per
haps, is the only otllcer who can shod
light on the; mysterious abstractions of
public moneys td which wo have referred.,
‘We use the word abstraction, because the
moneys have not been accounted for to
the public. Mr. Spinner sailed for Eu
rope on the 6th of May last, having ob
tained leave of absence from the secretary
of the treasury, and permission to nego
tiate part; of the hewdoan in Europe:—.
He-arrived in England on the 20th of
May anp proceeded to Baden, where he
parted from his companions and'disap
peared. I There is but little doubt that all'
the money taken was.used to promote
and carry, out the corrupt purposes and
objects of the radical ring In Washington.
Mr. Spinner'ought to. return-at once.—
There is no occasion for his remaining
In Europe—as the new loan is,regarded,
as a failure in the old world—so that his
long, absence is regarded as unaccounta
ble. HC has given' bonds in $150,000 for
the faithful performance of his duties.
SIX CA T.T LOADS OF ACCOUNT BOONS DESTROYKD
One reniarkdbie circumstance adds great
force to wbat we have said in relation to
the suppression of accounts which ought
to have been made public by the officers
;of the treasury department. A large
number of ledgers are missing. It seems
that six cartloads of,account books were
permitted to he iuutilatediand then taken
out.of the treasury, building to bo sold
for paper stookp and that nothing now
remains of them but two boxes, full of the 1
red labels,, which were, torn off - ,
of them with tbe'iulentlon'of destroying'
the same by fife.• ■" ' ■
.. The. people are not allowed To .know
anything about the dlsposition~of the
revenue [of.-.the country, 'amounting to
oyer; $400,000,000, beyond such facts as
the .ofllcers of'.the.-treasury may. vouch-,
sofo-.to elye.' Tjef.thC boots OT the treas-'
ury department be examined-at once,
that the pepple may know, what,has been
done with their.money. Federal thieves
bave.been’employed in the greenback
bateau' fop years; and they have becotlfe
wealthy jon moderate salaries. iDet ,the
nest of corruption be cleansed at. any
cost.—iV.' Y. Mercury. .
A Goop Dog Story,—Mr. Beecher, In
his Christian Union, vouches for the truth
of this story.:.
A narrow log lay as a bridge over a
ravine. iTotn the oppositeends of the
log, at the same moment, there started to
cross it ai'big Newfoundland and a little,
. Italian gfeyhound. Of course they met
in the middle ;.of course there was not’
room for them both to pass; neither could
they go back. The height was a danger
ous one jfor the greyhound, and to the
Water at! the'bottom he was extremely
averse. [The Newfoundland could have
taken the leap in safety; but evidently
did not Want to. There was. a fix! The
little dog[sat down on bis haunches, and
stuck his; nose straight out into the air,
and howled. The Newfoundland stood
intent, his face solemn with his inward
workings! . Presently he gave, a budge
with h|s nose to the howling greyhound
—as if to, say, ‘Be still, ybpn'gsthr, and
listen.’ Then there was silence akd a
confabulation; for a second or. two. Im,
mediately* the big dog.spread his legs
wide apart like a Colibssus, bestriding
the dog cln. its extreme, outer edges, and
balancing himself carefully. The little
dog sprang through the opening like a.
flash. When they reached the, opposite
shore.the| greyhound broke info frantic
gambols of.delight; and the Newfound
land dog,iafter the more sedate fashion,
expressed {great complacency in bis late
achievement—as he surely had a right to
do. ,
A Walking Match,—ln the town of
Williamsport, Mr, Bangles, it appears,
laid a wager that he could walk a thou
sand mllesin a thousand hours, and there
were a godd many heavy bets in sporting
circles In bis favor and against him.
Mrs. Bangles was known to be opposed
to the undertaking; and so when the
work began,and it became apparent that
Bangles was not doing himself justice,
his friends went round and told Mrs.
Bangles that her husband was disobeying
her positive orders not to attempt that
pedestrian feat. Well, Mrs. Bangles at
once put on her sunboqnet, and seized a
bed slat, and started for the tent. As she
entered, it was observed that Mr, Bangles
accelerated his pace, and in a very few
moments he and Mrs. B. were moving
around that ring with singularly encou
raging swiftness. Everybody said It was
the best time on record.; and once in a
while Mrs. Bangles would vary the mo
notony by taking a short cut across the
ring, so as to head off the pedestrian, who
would immediately turn round and glide
in the opposite direction. They walked
over hthe hundred miles in one evening,
and on the last quarter of the nine hun
dred and ninety ninth mile Mrs. Bangles*
caught up, l and after tearing out two or
three handfuls of the' noble sportsman’s
hair, she bruised him with the bed slat
and took h(m right home. If be gets well
in time, he expects to finish the other
mile before the thousandth hour elapses.
Bangles has since Intimated ton friend
that Love’s young dream bps been dissi
pated. ;
Amount.
Celebrating the Fourth.”— The ’
Hartford Post tells the story of a deacon:
who got drunk In New York on e Fourth - '"
of July. It was at a time when ice was.,
unknown in the summer in the country.
The deacon confessed bis fault, blit he
pleaded in |pal)iation that itWaaamost
prodigiously hot day, and the lemons and
the ice in the phnch did look so cool and
inviting that be couldn't resist the temp
tation, and he supposed be did actually
drink' to intoxication. A brother on a
back seat listened very attentively; but
incredulously to the defense, and at.its
eonclusion rose. ‘I hain't no objection,’
said lie, ‘to a man’s getting drunk if he
owns up to it, and is sorry for it;Hhat's a
thing a roan’s liable to, and p’raps some
times he can't help it ; but when the
deacon comes in here and undertakes to
excuse himself in any such way as that
—talk about seeing 100 in July—l go in
for jerkin’ him right out for lyin’. 1
Earn What You Spend.— Afore than
three-fourths of the difficulties and the
miseries of men come from the fact that
most want wealth without earning it,
fame without deserving it, popularity
'without temperance, respect without vir
tue, and happiness without holiness. The
man a bo wants the best tilings, and Is
willing to pay just what they are worth,
by honest effort and hard self-denial,will
have no difficulty (n getting what he
wonts at last. It is the men who wont
goods on credit that are snubbed and dis
appointed, and overwhelmed in the end,
Happiness cannot be bought by the bottle
nor caught up by the excursion train,
nor put on with any robe or Jewels, nor
eaten at any feast. It. does not exist in
any exhileratlon, excitement, or in any
ownership, but comes from the use of the
faculties of body and mind. - ■
A cohort ed memberof the Legislature
of Texas was met upon.the street with.a
large roil of greenbacks in his hand, and
cackling so loud that be attracted the
attentioaof a bystander, who said to him,
‘What are yon laughing at, Jlm?’V Jim
replied;‘You see that money ,?’.. V Yes.’—
‘Wellj Boss, I Just got that for my' vote;
I’so been bought four or flve times in my
life, but dis Is de fust time I ever got the
cash myaelfl’
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ortfldat a liberal reduction On the above rates •
Advertisements sppnld.be .accompanied by the
CASH". Wucn sent.without, any.lCDith ol time
specified for publication: they will bemontinned
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JOBPKINTINa; •
. CARDS, HANBBaas,OXHonjA®s,andorery oth
er description of Jon and OAsn Printing.:, .
High toned men—Tenor singers.
,How to distinguish a' wealthy man:—
By the Crcesus in his face.
History repeats Itself. Paris and ’L
•N. again ’ave been separated.
■, The, key to Darwin’s, theory which Is
apparent to us all—Mon key. - ‘
■— young physician' askcd permlsiron
of a lady td kias her. She replied, ' No,
sir;:-!,never like a doctor’s bill thrust in
igy face.’ - ' ',
There. Is reason to believe that some
of the; prevailing blonde chignons are
made of the llght'fantasfic tow-11.
‘Now, then, fust boy in ’rith'metlc ;
how ipeny white beens air, their in ten
biaok-ouea? ‘Ten, sir, if you skin 'em.’.
’Boarder.—‘This teaieemsvery weak,'
'Mra.Bfeimp.' Landlady.—‘Well, I guess
ft.must be the warm weather; I feel very
wealf,myself.,.. In faot.almost everybody ~
complalna.’-- - - ■ “ -- ■ • 1
A little boy, upon whom-fals mother
-was ' indicting personal. • chastisement,
said; ’Glve me two or. three Jioks
mother; 1 don’t think I.'can bolTavo well
enough yet.’ ' '
A most excellent old lady tip town is
much! exercised iumlndto kßowhbwMt
Is that a little quicksilver ima.giass tube
dan'make such awful hut weather by Just
rising it an inch or two.
An officer oh a .review day happened;
lo be thrown from his horse... As he lay
sprawling on the ground, he said to a
friend, who bad ran to his assistance, 'I
thought I had improved;in my;riding,
but I find I have fallen off)’
SoME men make a great flourish about
always doing What thoythelievo .right,
but always manage to believe that is right
which Is for their own interest'!’.
AN Irishman, leaning againsta lamp
post ,os n funeral procession was passing
by, w'as[asked who was dead ? I cannot
exactly'say, air; but I preslimeit is the
jintlemau,ln the coffin-’. -
'll. AiitrsnANP advprtlsßß'.thus: 'My. wife
«;has , strayed or been stolen,' and
■ef returns her will get his. head
broke. |As 'td' trnStirig her, anybody can
do so if ( they .see fit; for as I never pay "
my own debts,- It’s not, very, likely I'll
paynur’ii.'
When a mah la unable to tell the time
of.,’day by, bib watch,' because there are
two hands.atid he doesn't know ‘Which •
ter-be-lleve,' it is a tolerable sure sign
that he has partakon of more refreshment
than nature requires.' v( . ,
■A Washington editor is mad because
a.compositor headed his editorial “The
Champagne Opened;’* when he wrote it,
"Campaign, Opened.’’- He says that the
-printers are always thinklng about some
thing to'drlnk.’ a
A short time since a-Jlr. Knott was
arrested In an interior County' of Georgia
for a violation of law. The verdict of the
jury was, ‘Wo find, the defendant Knott
guilty.’ (The Judge was'at q.losa f whether
to senteUce Knott of not to sentence. He
took time'th odnsidef.
,A poor toper; as' a last resort fort more
drink, took his Bible lb-pawn for liquor,
but the landlady refused to take it, when"
tho-man remarked,-‘Well, if she won’t
take my* word or God's word, It’s time to
■give it .up.’ And he went away and
signed the pledge and kept it.
A dyspeptic read that by sending a
dollar by mail he.wouid receive a cure for
dyspepsia. He sent the money, .wben.be
received a slip with the following printed
'on it: ‘ Stop drinking, and hoe in the
garden',! {Theman was mad at first, theif
laughed, and finally went to hoeing, and'
stopped drinking, and is now as well as
ever. .; • ' • : •
The. Illinois Independent , edited by a
Mr. Steeile, says : ‘A printer, last week
prbpoaedjto go into partnership with us.
His.name is .Doolittle.. The. arm, name
, would sound very bad, either way you
put it—‘Steal and Doo little,’ or ‘Do little
and Steal.’,- Wo can’t join. One of us
would soon be in tbe'workhouse and.tbe
other inthe penitentiary.’
A thin old man, with a rag.bag in his
hand, was picking up a large number of
pieces, of whalebone which layabout on
the street. The deposit was of such a
singular nature that we asked.tho qualnt
looking igatherer. how he supposed they
came there. ‘Don’t know,’ he replied in
a squeaking voice, ‘I 'Speot some unfor
tunate female was wrecked hereabout.’
Rev. Dr. West, of New Bedford, once
beard that bis choir would refuse to sing,
on the nextßundny. When the.day came
he gave out the hymn : ‘ Come we who
love the lord.’ After reading through, he '
looked up very emphatically at the choir,
and said ‘You .will begin at the second
verse, ‘Letthose refuse to sing whenever
knew our Lord.’ ’ The choir-sung.
A good story is told .at the expense of
a young .lawyer in San Jose, California.
He was very anxious, to defend a China
man in the police court against the charge
of petty'thieving. Having assumed that
position, what was his astonishment to
find his client using a handkerchief with
his own’ name upon it I
An Indiana husband,, who was fond of
trying experiments upon his wife, told
her one day, that be was going down the
cellar to commit suicide.' Down.he went,
and fired into a pork barrel. ' His wife
kept.rlghtjon with her knitting, and after
waiting, fop some demonstration until he
was iire’d,thoman came up stairs, swear
ing the woman hadn’t any feeling. -
Two little girls, one eight and. the
other ten years old, were gravely discus
sing the question of wearing ear rings.
One thought it wicked. The other was
sure it could not be, for so many good
people wear them. The other replied,—
‘Weil, I don’t hare; If it wasn’t wicked
God would have made hoies ln our: ears.!
Long .prayers furnished the theme of
a discussion, at the recent YouagMen’s
Christian' Convention in Washington.—
One of the delegates asked, ‘What do you
do with those people who persistently
indulge In 1 long prayers?! The answer,
promptly given by another, was:‘Never
give themja chance to pray ;’ Instantly
qualified by another, who said: ‘Except
in private.’
‘Who dares spit tobacco Juice upon the.
floor,of this;oar ?’ savagely exoiatmed a
large' and powerfully built passenger, os
be rose from'his seat and stalked down
the. aisle, frowning defiantly upon the
passengers. ‘I dare,’ said a burly looking
fellow, as he deliberately squirted a,large
quantity of the noxious saliva upon the
floor of the aisle. ‘AU right, my, f)rlend,
said the first speaker, slapping the other
In a friendly manner on the shoulder,
‘glye us a chaw of tobacco I’ . .
The following anecdote was given at
the Edwards Reunion, in Illustration gf
the absent-mindedness of the great Hr.
Jonathan Edwards: At one time he rode
after the. c6ws, and a little boy very re.
speotfuliy, tlowed and dpsned the gate for
him. ‘Whose boy are you, my little man?’
‘Noah Clark’s, hoy, sir.’ On bis return
with the’eows, the same boy appeared
and opened the gate for hlln. Edwards
thanked the little fellow, and again he
asked, ’Whose boy.are you?’ ‘The same
man’s boy I.was half an hour ago, sir.’
A Colorado saloon-keeper said of a
rough crowd: ‘I couldn’t get their whisky
strong enough. for Ihem,. so after trying
.every way ,11 at fast made a mixture of
poison. oak bud butternut, ' That fetched
them- I called it the sheep' herder’s de
light, and' ft,was g populgrdrink- The
first PikeT jriedltjbu yelled with delight;
the next oqo.to6ktwodrlpks and turned
a double somenst.iu the,road before the
house- A peddler came aiong, and after
be took several drinks of my.sbeep herd
er’s delight, he ‘went off and stole his
own pack and hid it In the woods.’