®|je 3Vmcricaft jDoluntccr, PUULIHHKU EVEKY THUBSDAY MQtININU '< PV 1 BRATTON Jc KENNEDY OMABKET NQVABE. •i hK.vsr—Two Dollar* per year if paid strictly in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if paid throe mouths} after which Throe Dollars will he charged'. These terms will bo rigidly ad hered to In every Instance. No sub crlptlon dis, cont.’uued until all arrearages tiro paid, unless at he option of the Editor. , 1 Caras JjNITKI) STATES CLAIM AND if hA 1. -A ,S 'J ATE A O'A ACT WM. B. BUTLER, ATTOKNKY AT LAW, IOIIU'f in Franklin House. Spuih KnnoverStreo Carlisle, Cumberland county, ponnn. Applloationn by mull, will receive Immediate QllflltlOU, * Particular attention given to the soiling or rent ing of RealEslato, In town or country. In allleU 'era of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. P K. UEmiIOOVKR, 7 . CARLISLE. Pa. ' , « nip Ofllce on South Hanover Street, opposite pciit/.'s dry goods store. Due. I, 1805. ; & PARKER, A TTOKSfErs A T LA lr. iisVc 11 ™!!*" 1 M,lln Htleot .- 111 Miwloii Hull. Cur Bee. 2 Q. E 0. 8. E.M J G ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Olllce with S.,Hepburn, Jr. East Main Street, CARLISLE, PA Feb. ?, 71—ly Wit hNtiEDY, Attorney at Law , Carlisle, Ponna. O/H co saute afi that of ihc “American Volunteer.” Dec. 1. IS7O. r\n. GEORGE S. SE ARIGHT, Den 1/ tist. From the linllimore College of Denial «ui'f/cri/, OlUcii at the residence of his mother East Leather Street, three doors below Hertford Carlisle, Ponna, . , Dec. J, JKU3. l&ats anir Cans pi .R E S H A R R'l V A E OF AM. TUB *EW STYLES fl- A'T 8- A N D CAPS, The subscriber has Just opened at No. 16 North Hanover fUrrat, a fejv doors North of the Carlisle Deposit Hank. one of the largest and best Stocks of HAT'S and CAP3‘ever offered in Carlisle; Silk Hats. Oasslmero of all styles and qualities, BUirßrhns, different colors, and' every descrip tion of Solt Hals now made. The (umkard and Old Fnshldned Brush, con stantly or. hand and made to order, all warrant .cd to give satisfaction. . . A full nssoi tme'utof OENTH, BOY’S, AND CHILDREN'S. * ' HATS, nave also added to my Stock, uotlohs of diller ent kinds, couslstlng.of LAD.23’ AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS Nvck i nw, •' 1 Su'xpenacra, • CbUarn, Olovee, Pencils, 'I bread, . . iSeivlnu &‘ilk. ■ Umbrella*, dc iPRTAIK SEGAHS AND TOBACCO, ALWAYS ON HAND. *nv« me a call, and examine my stock us I fedl nWfltJcrH of pleasing all, besides saving you mo ney/ JOHN A. KELLER, Aaent, No. 15 North Hanover Street. Oni, ihyy, •jjATB AND. CAFBT • XiO you WANT A NICK HAT OK CAP ? j f so, Don't Faii. to Cali. on ' J. G.CALLIO, yO. i'O. WJSS'J M.4JJV STItJiET, Where can Heon Me flnortt assortment ol HiiTß AND CAh {•'c<.f«trauc?ht i‘o Carlisle.. He takes great pleas ~,r/ ».,vitlni7 old friends and customers, on 1 .» 1 new ones, to his splendid s.ock lust re ceived from New York, and PkJJmJfiJphln, con sisting in pun offla* . SILK AND CASBIMERB HATS. ueshi«*H ail ondldstf variety of Hals uml Caps o 1 the latest style, all Of which lie will sell at, the Lowed Cash J'Hccm. Also, his own manufacture Rat« always on hand, and HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER.. Ho has t!»*» heat arrangement for coloring Hale wad nil klndsof Woolen Goods, Overcoats, Ac., at the shortest, notice (as ho.colora every week) .and Kin the most veaflpuable terms. Also, a flue lot ol choice brands of TOBACCO AND CIGARS always on hand, lie desires to cull tUcailuntiou. to persons who have COUNTRY FURS to sell, as he pays the highest cash prices for he snme. ' Give him a call, at the above number, hl« dd stand, as he feels confident of giving entire hq.lb-- faction. • ('ct.lh7o. IHumfcjrs. &c 9;4 ; ; •JAMES CAMPBELL. i W. F. HEN WOOD. i)AMPBBLIT& HEmVOOJ), PLUMBERS, tfAS AND STEAM FITTERS, So. 18 North Mancvor St,, a a b n a l !•;. ;p a, hath runs, , WATER CLOSETS. WASH BASINS, ' HYDRANTS, LIFT AND FORCE PUMFS. CISTERN AND.DEEP WELL PUMPS, GAH FIXTURES, ' GAS SHADES AND GLOBES Ac., Ac. - [lead, Iron and Terra Colta Pipe, .CHIMNEY TORS and FLUES, All kmdH ol BRASS WO R K or Steam and Wafti.r constantly on hand. WORK IN TOWN 08. COUNTRY promptly attended to. -Girlmmedlato attention Riven to orders for material or work Irom a dlocance.~£fr Having special advantages wo are prepared to famish 1 & k :k k k- i\k Hep. 1, 7C—lv TV OTIONB WHOLESALE AT CITY PRICES, constantly on hand such as (J LOVES, SUSPENDED, NECK TIES and BOWS. FUONTS. Cambric and J.lneu pandkor- I/hjon and Paper Collars and Cuflk, Trimmings - Braids, Spool Cotton. WaUotta Combs. Stationary, wrapping Paper and Paper Bags. Drugs, Soups and Perfumery, Sboo Black, •Steve Polish. Indigo, Sugars, Ac. Ac; CUYijm IiBOTHERS, No, 21 South Hanover street, -March SJ, JB7l—Bm. Carlisle, Pa, J - L. STERNER & BRO., &fVEMY , AND jSALE iSTAN/.£, BETWEEN HANOVEBANP BEDPOIir; STS XX THE BEAR OF BENTO HOUSE, CARLISLE, PA. Having fitted' np the Stable with now Carri ages, speruto determination To iholr ruthless tormentor. 'But*says a dyspeptic: What is this remedy ? to which wo reply! This great alleviator ofhuman suffering Is almost as widely known os tire English language. It has allayed the agonies of thousands, mu) ks to-day carrying comfort and encouragement to thou sands of others. This acknowledged panacea is ; none other than D«. HOG* LAND’S GERMAN BITTERS. Would you knowinomot the merits oi mis wonderful medicine than can bo learned from the experience of others? Try lt»yourself, ami when ft has failed to fulfil the assurance of its elllcncy given by the proprietor, then abandon faith In It. LET IT BE REMEMBERED, flrft of all, that Hoolland’s Gorman Bitters Is not a rum beverage. ‘ • They are not alcoholic in any. sense of.the term. They are composed' wholly of the pure Juice or vital principle of- roots. This is not a mere assertion. The extracts from which they are compounded ore prepared by one of.the ablest Gorman chemists. Unlike any other Bitters In the market, they .are wholly fre.o from ‘spirituous Ingredients, The objections which hold with so much force against preparations of this class, namely—that a desire for Intoxicating drinks is stimulated by their use,'are not valid In the cose Of .the German Bltlel s,' Bo’fur from encouraging or inculnting a Justo or ueslro lor Inebriating beverages, It may be confidently ns« sorted that their tendency fs-ln a diametrically opposite direction. Their efforts can be . BENEFICIAL ONLY in all cases of the biliary system Hoottand’. German Bitters stand without aii equal, acting, promptly and vjgorously upon lire Liver, they remove Its torpidity and cause healthful secre tion of bile—thereby supplying, lire stomach with the most Indispensable elements of sound digestion In proper proportions. They give tone to the stomach—stimulating its .functions, and enabling ‘lt to perform >ito duties ns nature de signed it should do.. They Impart vigor and strength to the entire system, causing IbC; pa tient to feel like another being—in fact, giving him a new lease of life. THEY 'PURIFY THE BLOOD. cleansing the vital fluid of nil hurlful Impuri ties and supplying them with the elements of genuine henlthlulness. in a word 1 , there Is scarcely n disease-in which they cannot bo safely and beneficially employed; but In that most generally prevalent dlstresslugaml dread ed dlseaso, Dyspepsia.,, THEY BTANJO,UNRIVALED. , Now, there,arc certain, classes of persons to v In u> extreme'liters are not oniy unpalata ble, but who-llnd it impossible to take them .Witlmut posltive dlscomiort. -For such Bib HOOFLAND'S GERMAN,TONUJ Ims prepared. 'ltlpi Intended for use whero a sUght plchohol stimulant Is requir ed’in connection with the welpknown Tonic' properties of the pure German Bitters. This Tonic contains all the Ingredients of the Bltlert. but so flavored as to remove the extreme bitter- ness. Tills .'preparation Is not only palatable, but combines, In modified form, all the virtues of the German Bitters. The solid extracts of. some of Nature's choicest restoratives are held in solution by a spirituous agent 01 the purest quality. In cases oflanguor or excessive debll-, liy, where the system appears to have become' exhausted of its enenglfeS,' I i t' , HOOFLAND'S TONIC ' ' acts with almost marvelous ellect. It not only stimulates the flagging and wasting energies,' but Invigorates ami permanetiy strengthens its actiofi upon (ho and Stomach thorough* perhapsf less prompt than the BHters, when the same quantity Is taken Is none the less certain. Indigestion, Bllllousnoss. Physical or Nervous Prostrotiou, yleJdreadllytoUs polentinllueuce. It gives the invalid a new and stronger hold upon life, removes depression of spirits, and in spires oheerfuUless, It supplants the pain of disease 1 with the ease and comfort of perfect health, Itglves strength to weakness,-throws despondency to the wlnds;und starts the re stored invalid upon aiiew.and gladsome career. But Dr. Jloo/land'a benefactions lo the human race are not confined lo his celebrated GERMAN BITTERS, or his invaluable Tonic. He has prepared an other medicine, Welch Is rapidly winning Us way to popular favor because of its intrinsic merits.' Tnlsls HOOFLAND’S PODOPHYLLIN PILLS, a perfect substitute for mercury, without any of mercury's evil qualities. • These wonderful Pills', which>are Intended lo act upon the Liver, are mainly composed ol -podophyllln, or the * VITAL PRINCIPLE OF THE MANDRAKE ; ROOT. t *- Now we Jeslrelhe reader, lo distln.cdly nnder stiuidllmt thfeextrutslbrihe Mandrakclsmany tlnieß'moro powerful than tho Mandrake Itsei/. H is the medicinal virtues of this health-giving plant In u perfectly pure and highly cdncenlm ted forhi. Hence It Is that two of the Podophy l lin Pills constitute a full dose, while anywhere six to eight,or a handful of, other preparations of Ihe Mandrake arerecjuh'Cd. . Xho Phodophyl- Hn ACTS DIUECTLY ON THE LIVEH. Btlmnfatinglls functlousuiul causing It to make Its'biliary secretions iu regular and proper -quantities. The injurious results whlfdi invari ably follow the use of mercury Is entirely avoided by their'use. But it Is not upon the Liver only that their powers are exerted. I' he extractor Mandrakecoutiiined in them is skill fully combined wHh four oilier extracts, one «l which acts upon the stomach, one upon the up per bowels/ one upon the lower bawels, and one prevontsany griping ellect, thus producing a pill ilmt Inflonoeuibe digestive ami alimentary sys tem, Ir an equal and harmonious manner, and Its action entirely free from nausea, vomiting or griping pains common to all other purgatives. PosHCKslnglhesc much desirable, qualities, the Podophyllln becomes Invaluable us a . r FAMILY.MEDICINE. , No household should be .Without thein. They are.perlectly,safe, require but two for un ordina ry dose, are prompt ami eillcleut In action, and when used in connection wllhj Dr. Hooiiuud s Uermau Bitters, or Toulo, may bo regarded us certain specifics in aJI cases QfXdver Complaint. .Dyspepsia, or.any of the dUordois to which the. system Is ordinarily subjec. The PODOPHYLLIN PILLS. net upon the stomach uud bowels, carrying oft improper obstruciiona. widio the Bitters or To nic purify thq blood, strengthen Und.invigorate the Jramo, give tono and appetite to The stom ach- and thus build up tbo invalid anew. Dr. Hooilaml, having pfovUledTnternal.rpme-. dies fof diseases, has given the world one mnhu,, lv for external application,, In the wonderin' preparation known as . , D«. HOOFLAND'9 GREEK OIL. , v This Oll'lH ft Sovereign remedy tor pains tmi m'lieH of all kinds. " 5 Ifheumatlsm, Neuralgia; Toothache, Cblte hlulns; Sprains, Burns, Pain In the Back, aw 1 Loins, iungworms, 4o. t all yield to Iti. external 'upbllcatfdn. The mimberofcures eflccttd by it 1h Wo'nlshlng and they aVe ducreuftln*’every Kidney Diseases, Sick Headaches/Colic, pysert— ll .tery, Cholera Morbus, Crumps, Bams in the Stomach, Colds, AHthma, itc. " The Greek Oil Is composed ontlrply of Ural Ing gums and essential oils. The principal engredl eut is an oily substance, procured In the South*- orn part of Greece. Its eliccts os a destroyer Qf Enin are Irnly magical. Thousands' have been fueflUed by Its use, upd a trial by those who are Kkeiptlcai will thoroughly convince them of hii Inestimable value. ' Thcso remedies will be sent by express to any locality,upon application to tho. Principal Olllco. ut the German Medleinp Slope, No. 031 St., Philadelphia. ' . . ' , ', • remedies arc fur »ale by druggists, -storuUoopars.iand medicine dealers everywhere. Chas. M. Evans, Formerly 0» M. JACK6ON& CO. A SUMMER DAY. ' ' ' There's a gaping rent In the curtaliv • ’ That longs for a needle and thread’; Therd’s it garment that ought. to bo finished,’ And a book that wants to be.road. There’s a letter thafought to be'answered. There are clothes to fold awayT~~^ And I know these tasks are waiting, And ought to be done to-day. i But how can I mend the ourluTu While watching this silvery cloud? 1 And how can I finish the garment . , >■ When the robblu*calls so loud?,, :%And.,tUo,.w,Ulsponn.g .trees ‘ Such stories above my head J Thatl can but lie and.listen And the hook is all unread. if I try to write the letter I am sure one-half the words ■ • Will ho In the curious language Of my chattering. friends, the birds. The lilacs bloom in the sunshine, , .The-roses anq pmlle,. j > And the clothes that o’Vipbf to'bo IblUed ; And Ironed must wait a while. I.lie in tboche.stnnt shadows, Ami gaze at ilia summer'sky, Bidding Hie cares ana iroumcn Ami trials of life pass by, Tli© beautiful chestnut blossoms Are falling about my foot,; Ami the dreamy air is laden With their oders rare ami swoel The honey bees hum In the clover 'life graasesTlso and fall, The robin slops and listens . As ho hoars the brown thrush call. And the birds sing to me softly. And the butterfly flits away— Oil, what oan be sweeter than living ‘This beautiful summer day/ ||liscellane,oiis. THE BUCCANEERS Ot THE AOaiATIC, Dating the years 1834, , 36 J aml ’3O, there wejreviuany,daring committed ujjdri the, waters of theAdnitfUc Sea, and mostly upon, the Ttaliah coast>between - Fort Fermo^ariU v SidigagUa,'» These dep- upon vessels of aU natidns", amlCthe pirates always came ouOm’bonts. -.'To-day a vessel would bo boarded «1T tlje betuMan J v of Loreto; and to-.movrow, above Ahona* and-yet people bad reason to believe that. one gang did it all. Various expeditions had been fitted but agtypsfr the bold and daring .buccaneers, biit without avail. Once, in. the aiimin-erof } 35, a small vessel was .filled with soldiers andsent out from Ancona as » decoy.— She cruised up and* down the- coast for some weeks, but the pirates did .not show themselves., One afternoon she passed the high promontory ofPorleMou to Wan to •anti fn two hours afterwards; a V enetian brig was boarded'at that point by four boats and robbed of everything she hud. ou board worth taking. The government vessel got the newsstand put'back ; but she could not find either pirates nor theft* boats. ‘ , Thus matters went on until (he spring ?3G- .During the,month of May; ;a few private individuals, merchants of Crevia, fitted out a small lelucca with seventy five well armed men concealed beneali) the deck; and this! craft took her wav .southward along the coast- 'WUeit oil' Falonara, at I lie moiltbp f the EsirPo; Jour boats were'seeh-coming but of the'river. The felucca.was $ olumsey tiling at btpt, .for ah© 1 1 adnot;l^eeu• aent out for the pur -Ixp an-, uef.,hnd(p<> :iear;of : .croypdTng on,sail. In aiillibhplthe bbafs wpift-.albngaide'^aiid in all lbey colitaibed about fifty liiei); The three of ; thepQ' W v ere' allowed to \lhe piratesfbUntf themselves m Aljght.place, but s they:Werev cool," brave 'mfciv.emil’tbey rbtrbated-lo ibeir boata in good order, fighting desperately urf they went. Eight of them 0 were slain.and the rest reached theii' bouts and pushed away. .The crew 6f tberdfcjuocar might have done- more their mu*k.eta. upon the retreating foe.; but, us it was their object to give chase nowJ|i tt^r^atldlearn,U possible,whether the rascals went on shore, they put about and got out their sweeps. The pirates for a while, seemed to have the best of it; but, by-und-by, the felucca’s sails caught a fresh puff of air, ami. she began to gain. The pirates ran up the river nearly two nutes, where they left their boats, ami took to the shore, quick ly disappearing within, n thick wood.’ The pursuers were not long behind, nml the wood was thoroughly searched, but the villains were not'there. Beyond this the soldiers found a 'high hill, with a large convent at the lop. They ’made their way to the building, the site which comman ded an ekTeuMvo view, and thence gazed around upon the open country, anil upon the distant sea, but they could see noth- ing of the pirates. They knocked at the gale of the convent, where they asked of tiie porter—an old Capuchin —if lie had seen a body of armed men pass that way. He had seen nothing of the kind. So the Cervian odicers returned boot less to their homes, for they could not hope to inveigle the pirates out again. - The people ajl up aud dpwn the shore of.the rich'and poor, began now to take an interest in this matter, for it was very evident that these high ofleml ers were multiplying, aud their depreda tions becoming more hold and extended. And the astonishment was great, too, that these parlies could not be captured, Some of them had been seen by the fiab erman upon the coast, who pronounced them a fierce, bold and savage looking set of men. It was a general source of wonder how they had thus fur escaped. The amount of their robberies could not he estimatedr" .- ■" ■**•";* >‘\ . It was npt.until July. l .ofv f 3sUhat-ftn ef fective ppyer came upon them. At that lime’a; secret, pldn was. entered into by merchants, fishermen ami others, who could he trussed, for entrapping, tij© pir ates/ A letter was written from'Port iFermo, directed ,to uu Im.agltulry mer ‘chant in Venice,‘containing Intelligence that at a certain time a large sum of gold would be forwarded by a stout then lay afFermo/ Thls , k l tict if waa'given ‘to Uip cflijlaiu of a large felucca,'-.who had 'ofteuiearned; 'yalhariltf dargdefc along the coast, and he was directed t« place it where the Jo get hold ofU, iPflfey floaided m?n' SoJfp tobk I > kjc k jt?. q p imaatpnb nd 1 fox,‘ln wlflcii ne liairbeeri wont to keep his money and other;y&UmldM.;. T When thfetfoUicdai vfm bffithe-iuoulh of the Vomeri. a little slrearn dhat laved ~the.bdae djf thy hlii*ide)qnFJatouia, the pirates boarded her, and ouo of ihe llrst things that attracted their attention was. ihecnptnin’a strong box. They demanded thekeyi u.nd having opened It, they found only papers, The letter they read, and they asked tbo captain it he knew its purport- Ho said he did not. It had been given to him by a banker at Port permo. They kept the letter, mid suffered him to go hla way» - At the appointed time the brig was got under way at Port Fermo, her force of 'one bundled meu having gone on board, secretly during the night. Close by the brig lay a small felucca, with seventy five mi n more secreted In her hold ; and when the larger vessel had made sail, the felucca followed at the distance of about a quarter of a mile which distance it had been agreed should be kept good until the -time came for action. The biig Mocd to the northward, and when she had reached a point about half-way between Loreto and Auchonft, she saw the The wind was light, and from the east ward; bo when she put down her helm ami stood to sen, her hgadway was but slight. The boats gave chase with a will, and in half an hourthey were alongside, aud the pirates,*lo the number of fifty or more, begun to clumber over the Bide.— Pi-Qprielor, Ipodkl. CARLISLE, PA., They were met by the brig's full and once more they beat a hasty roltat. The adventurers did not seek to slay be pirates unnecesahirly, for they had a tore important object In view, * [ . Meanwhile the felucca had kbpt n shore, astbough afraid of the boatsjjad as-soon ns the pirntea had left the ork she hove to, as though she would bvet for them to get out of the way. The btjjga boats were all In readiness—five oMbei. —and as soon ns they could bo luuhcbet, the erew filled them, and starteddnj lut pursuit. The piratical borbfreached tl& shore first, but ithe crew of the feldcca which had been run in upon a boll Ihpti. ing, were nt hand n nh ready for The Buccaneer'll gazed in-astonifliipenl upon this.now enemy,lhua unexp cljeUly appearing not slop to consider. At a call froh their chieftain they started off at a swijr pace, up the steep bluff that oyorhu g! the beach, and by the time they badeniued the summit, the crew of the landed. ’ - * '• / lu this first part the pirates hid) the gaining hand, for they Were usedtto the rocks, and could select the host fooholda; but beyond this their pursuers were even with them. Still the pirates hadagood quarter-mile the start, and that dns too much in their favor. They stack towards the Inland town of Udinio,;and wi,.i, uivymui gntntd Iho high roadtliey took it. At length they came in light of the gray walls of an old Capichin convent, and soon afterwards struck into the place thereto. The pursuers say Hie pirates pass around to the wcst-wn:d of the convent walla, and then they; lost sight of them; but within five mh/utes afttrthe freebooters had thus disappeared, the pursuers were on the spot. ! They looked to the right,’ and b the deft, but no pirates were to be seen. Ope of two things might have happened :*p Either, the rascals had sunk into the earth, or they had gone Into the convent. As the latter-seemed most probable, tile officers made application nt the gate; bjit the old Capuchin on duty there shade his head, and declared that the sanctity of the place must not be disturbed! /He knew nothing of the evil men of wllopi they spoke. Now alb this might have passed nir- rent, and the officers have been aaciond time turned away from'the convent—for jii .that country religious houses arc-far beyond the reach of civil force— bud not the captain of the felucca discoverel.in this seif same.pretended Capuchin, .1 pi .rate.’ivhpjimd.boarded his vesael.nettwo weeks ago., ide gave the signal, ami the exasperated adventurers would not be stayed. They .rusheVl into theyard, and in the inner court they found a scorb or more of the.pirates just donning monk ish habits. While a .portion of i our friends' wereeugaged in securing thesfe fel lows, others entered the convent, : and commenced tour of exploration ; for they knew theremust he a mystevy-at the bot tom of all this.. By-audby, low groans and- calls for help, fell upon .their ears. Deep vaults far under ground were opened, and Capuchin monks,faint, wan. starving toMered forth. Ami, in the end, oyer. 70 of these monks were set free. . And now- the story, was told. villaius—most of them robbers from the mountains—had taken the convent, and locked the monks up in the cells,'where they had been fed scantily upon bread and water. The robbers had-first learned the religious manners and customs,'ami hud then commenced their-freebooting career—ami with what, success we have seeu. They had many ways of reaching their convent from the coast, ami could easily gain their cover before they could he overtaken Ami even in the-present instance they would have escaped had dependence been- placed entirely upon the.crow, of the brig for.pursuit. .. ■ Rut-their piratical (jamo was. up, nmJ they were in turn Incited up in Under ground cells, and fed upon bread and wa ter—ded so for,.two weeks—and then the people gathered from all quarters, and mine up to Femio lo .see Ihe end of lhe.se Buccaneers of the Adriatic*. THE GYPSIES. Children of the summer in a more pre siafent sense than, any of these are the gypsies,'who' early in the spring: take themselves ’to their Wagons, and move slowly from camp to camp along the road aides all thei summer Ipng, asking noth ing of the season hut its pleasant weather, well knowing that their lazy shrewdness can provide, the rest. Their condition has wonderfully improved in these later years. Whether as a people \ve have be - come sufficiently wealthy and succulent for the better encouragement of this par asitic life, I can only guess; hut certain ly the circumstances of those whb'stand ■raritest in'my 'nroranrjr'were-scant and shabby to a degree even beyond the pic turesque. The wretch ed J and i(I-co\ered hone work they drove for horses sorted well with thelrrlcketyandoverhurdened vehicles, ami one was mover! to associate the ereaking/that attended their painful nabob with the.motiofi of the one n:» the other. It was a question also, whether to.-consider at least unhappy those whose fortune it was toridecouched upon their piled up trumpery beneath the low rounded covers of the, wagons, or they who, from infant to patriarch, muddy with' sweat' and dust, trudged alongside, or struggled with choking .desperation in 'the smother behind.— Fearful of openly trespassing,elsewhere, they made their evening meal by the un cleanly road side, ami slept within of beneath their wagons, their guanc dogs keeping needless guard, and their teth ered horses gnawing the turf within their reach down to the very quick long before the morning came! I think that their hqr?o trading at tin's, time inust have been of a very humble andfarcicle kind, and that- the easy art of basket making arid‘fortune telling did not flourish in (ho main. Certainly they seldom tarried in one neighborhood longer than a'mght; and the evident uncertainty of their 1 in come lent enough of color to the suspic ions that had attached themselves to the' gipsey character to servo (o put all the neighborhood in- a. forbidding attitude toward them. Jiiit sustained hy some inscrutable economy- of their own, and secure in the inviolable the season, they aak no favors, but v offered their slender baskets.from door to 1 door, silently parading their prolific squalor through all the land, ■ The sleek and abundant horses of those • who for the past-few years.have passed the whole summer in this and few neighboring towns, and their new and commodious wagons (arranged with -bunks, and ideally upholstered and deco rated with wrought fringes and tassels, the interior half hidden by moderately while curtains of lace) evince a material, if not social, progress beyond what- the appearance of the people themselves would lead one to expect. Their bitter ‘fooling in the world lias lent a brayerand lazier slugger to.lhoir gait, and they are now bold to look the horses of the very dignitaries in (he mouth with a shrewd and speculative ey e.—Harper's Magazine for Avf/ust, ’ * . Gram AN StniEWDNESS.—A oorrespoa dent of. the London A’eii's was told by a Gorman naval officer, with whom ho was lunching lh a'Berlin restaurant not -long ago, some iupalatahlo news. 'Upon' ray word, I ‘remarked the Teuton, T know the ships of your fleet better than your own young officers.' After stating that every German ship \vas provided with ac'curate charts of the naval ports of the world, the officer remarked'L’Oi'ieni Is a very difficult port to make j X would nftt like to' try that without a pilot. Ply mouth! there Is not a lieutenant In the German army whooould taken ship into Plymouth 111 the night time.’ The cor respondent learned further, muoli to ids astonishment, that 'every ship in the German service, oven the smallest gun boat, is provided with detailed drawings and seeliona of every foreign war ship.— Its weak points are specifically staled; and details given as to the spots to boj aimed at with most likelihood of Hie machinery.’ 'HtftSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7.: 1871. C'ArrAIX JAMES lE, COOFEB. We have waited In vain for a single word in criticism of the claims of the Democratic nominee for Surveyor Gen eral to the suffrages of the,people. Cnpt. Cooper seems to Ijear a charmed life, In the estimation of his political opponents, forthey have not dared to attack him in any manner whatever. We think We know the reason of this kind forbearance, on the part of the radical managers. A little matter occurred at the organization of the last legislature which estops them completely from assailing'dipt. Cooper. Their mouths are hermetically sealed from all utterance against the gallant young soldier who occupies the Second place on the Democrat ticket. > . Jaat the Senate oFl?ennay 1 vuiila proceededTo'Uie’ election of officers, when Mr. Nagle (Dem.) of Philadelphia offered a' resolu tion naming certain persons for the-var ious offices. Mr. Alien (Rep.) of Warren, moved to amend by striking out the name of John P. Coulfhan, presented for the office of Sergeant-at-A nns in Mr. Nagle's resolution, and inserting the name of Capt. James H. Cooper. Upon 1 this a . debate sprung up, in which It whs stated that Capt. Cooper’s name was presented without his. authnritv nml nmilrarv .In nia wish. But Gen. Allen .-persisted,in the nomination of Capt. Cooper, and sup ported It in a speech which is reported in the Legislative Journal as follows.: “Mu, Allen. Mr. Speaker, in pre senting the amendment which I have sent to the Clerk's desk, I feel that I am , not only representing the wishes of the Democracy of Western Pennsylvania, but the Wishes of the Democracy of the House' of Representatives, the other branch of our organization, us expressed by u vote to-day on the merits of the gen tleman whose name I have presented. I desire always to endorse the wishes of the majority ; feeling thatsympathy with my .friends who are in the majority in their protestations of friendship for the deserving soldier, I now present a deserv ing one of that class, with the wishes of the Republicans of the Senate, the De mocracy of .Western Pennsylvania, ami of the other House, that lie be elected to the position ,of Sergeant-at-Arms. I know the. gentleman tocll. I know that he was'a true and gallant soldier in the laic war , following all his 'successes and mis fortune*, and is one of the best young men the State can jirescnt.' Nb Democrat caff do himself injustice—no JZcjniblican can do himself injustice—by voting for as ; deserving a yomig tnan as this ; be hav ing participated iu-all the battles of the war, defending the rights of Republicans and Democrats. Let me ask my Demo cratic friends, when in the majority, to be magnanimous mid endorse the princi ples you have advocated year after year* We claim it as our duty, and are willing to join , you in endorting this young man.” , The vole was* then taken ami on the question. Will the Senate agree to-the . amendment offered by Senator Allen ? The following named Senators voted in. the Affirmative: Messrs. Allen, Ander son, Blllin'gfult, Brooke, Connell, Delam nter, Evans, Graham, Henz’y, Kerr, Momma; Olmsteud, Osterhout, Rulan and'White. Tims every Radical mem ber endorsed by his vote the speech of Senator Alien recommending Captain Cooper as “ one of the best young, men the State can present,” and declaring that no Republican can do himself injustice by voting for ed deserving a young man .as this.” - i This aciiou of the Radical party in the Senate, accounts for the reticence of the organs of that parly with the candidacy of. Capt. Cooper. Although the Demo crats of the Senate, having previously nominated tor the office of Sergbant-at- A.rmtt,. Mr. Coulihan, also a soldier nfoa cellent record, amt Capo.’Ow«»jjci announ cin'; that he was not a candidate for that office, did not vote for Gen. Allen’s amend ment, they afterwards took the Radical Senators at their word, by presenting for a higher office the narpb of the deserving soldier so justly eulogized in the speech of Gen. Allen. Of course the Senators who voted for. Allen’s amendment, will support Captain Cooper at the polls,— They cannot afford to bo inconsistent. We expect to hear that the magnanimous Brooke is brim full off enthusiasm for Cooper ; that houeet Es.aias . Blllingfelt will insist on Lancaster returning a ma jority for the Democratic candidate, for 1 Surveyor General Uutan will quar rel with Quay and the ring rather than cast his vote against hia gallant young ' neighbor;, that Olmatead will make the 1 forests of Potter ring with eloquent ap- « peals to the Radicals of that region to I sustain him in his endorsement of the young soldier for whom he voted for riergeant-at-Arms of the Senate; and that Hurry White wilimake thirteen speech es per day for. the fighting Democrat lie so sincerely admired on the third of January last. t As-foii Gen. Harrison Al len, he will be satisfied with nothing short of stumping the whole State in the interest of ids former fellow-soldier.,— Harrisburg Patriot. , .This barker's Joke.— The celebrated Hpnry first. Viscountof Mellville, was on a visit.*to Edinburgh, shortly after the passing of some unpopular measure to which he had given support. On the morning after his arrival, he sent for a barber to shave him at liis hotel. This functionary, a considerable humorist, re solved to indicate his sentiments respect ing hip lordship’s recent proceedureas a legislator. Having decorated his lord phlp.jWith on apron, lie proceeded to lather his face. Then flourishing the ra zor, he said : ‘We are obliged.to you, my lord, for tlte part you lately took in the passing of that odious bill,’ \ ‘Oh, you’re a politician !’ said bis lordship.. ‘I sent for a barber.’ .‘l’ll shave you directly,-’ barber, who, after shaving one half of the beard rapidly drew the back of the in strument across Ills throat, saying, ‘Take that, you, traitor!’ and rushed out of the room. Lord Mellville, who conceived that his thronthad been cut from ear to ear, placed the. apron about bis neok; and with a gurgling noise shouted ‘Murder I’. .The* waiter immediately appeared,and,at bis lordships entreaty, rushed to procure a surgeon. Throe members of the medical faculty were speedily in attendance j but his lordship could scarcely be. persuaded byi their joint solicitation to exposd his throat, around which he flrmly held the l)ar\ier’s apron. At length he consented to an examination; but he could only bo convinced by looking into a mirror that his throat had been untouched, lordship, mortified by the merriment, which the occurrence excited, speedily returned to London. Moitt'.'N V"I■ i.i. —Brnoo years ago an -old sign painter, who was very cross, very grolf, and it little deaf, was engaged l« paint the Ten-Commandments on some tablets in a ehurch not five miles from Buffalo, lie worked two days at it, and at Hit!"end- of the second day; tfie paslor ortlie bburch came to ate how the work progressed. The old man stood by smoking a short pipe, ns the reverend gentleman ran his eyes over tho tablets. ‘Uli'!' bald'the'pastor, ns his familiar eye detected something ■ wrong-in. the wording of tho precepts'‘why, you Care less old person, you have left a {inft of one of the commandments entirely put; don't you see'.” •, ' ATNo; no such thing,’ said the Old man, putting on his spectacles: ’no; nothing left out—whore ?’ ». iWhy, ■ there,’ persisted the pastor ; Took at them In the Bible; you have left some of the commandments out.’ ■ ‘Well, what if I have?’ said old Obsti nacy, ns he ran his eye complacently over his work. ‘There’s moro there than you will keep !•’ Anpther and a more correct artist was employed on the next day. ! . ■ Tup plettlestlluing forniadies’ bonnet is a smiling countenance, AORIOUTURE A FRAUD. Tlio basest fraud on eartli isagriouture. Bbe has made me a thousond promises and broken every one of them. She has promised me early potatoes and tho rain drowned them; late potatoes, and the drought has withered them. She baa promised cherries, and the curculiohas etung them, and they con tain, living things uncomely to tho oye and unsavory to the taste. She has* promised . strawberries, and the young chickens have enveloped them and the eye cannot sea them. She has promised tomatoes, aud tho old hens have ehcpmpassed them. » No wonder Cain killed his brother. He was a tiller.of the ground. Tho wonder !s that he didn’t kill , his Father, aud‘ to kill. No doubt his Early Rose pota toes, for which be paid Adam seven dol lars a barrel, bad been cut-down by tho bugs, from the head waters of the Eu pbaates. .His Pennsylvania wheat had been winter-killed and wasn’t worth cut ting, .His Norway oats bad gone to straw, and would not yield five pecks per acre; and his black Spanish water melons bad been stolen by the boys, who bad pulled-up tho vines, broken down .hi« . picket fence, and written scurrilous doggerel un.ov.hr iiwuucu gim*- No Wonder ho felt mean when ho saw. Able whistling uloug with his fine French Merinoes, worth eight dollars a head, and wool going up ever day. No wonder he wanted to,kill somebody and thought he’d practice on Able. . And Noab'a getting drunk was not at all surprising. He had become a hus bandman; He had thrown away mag nificent opportunities. Ho might have had a monopoly‘of any profession or bus iness. Had he studied medicine there would not have been another doctor within a thousand miles (o call him ‘Quack;’ and. every family would have bought a bottle of 'Noah's Compound Extractor Gopher Wppd and Anti-Del-" uge Syrup.’ As a politician, bo might have carried his own ward solid, and controlled two-thirds of the delegates in every convention. Asa lawyer he would have beep retained in every case tried in the Ararat Quarter Sessions, or the old Ark High Court of Admiralty. But he threw .away all these advantages and took to agriculture. .For a long time the ground was so wet he could raise nothing but sweet flags and. bulrusheH,-and these at last hecume.a drug-in market. ,\Vbat wonder that when,at last he did get half, a peck of grapes that were not stung to death by Japhet's honey boes he should have made, wine and drowned his sor rows lu a ‘flowing howl.’ .... AN INDIAN JUGGLER. While the tomtom was beating and the pipe playing, the juggler, singing all (he time in low accents, smoothed a place in >the gravel, three or four yards . before us. Haying thus prepared a bed for the plant to grow in, he took a basket and placed it over the prepared place, covering it with a thin blanket. The man himself did not wear a thread of clothing, except n strip round bis loins. The time seemed now to hove come for the detective’s eye ! So just as he was becoming more earnest in his song, and while the tomtom beat and the pipe shrilled more loudly, X stepped forward with becomingdignity, ami begged him' to bring the basket and Hanover to me. He cheerfully complied, and I carefully examined the, basket, which was made of open wicker-work. T then examined the cloth coverihg, which was thin, al most transparent, ami certainly it had nothing concealed in it. I then fixed my eyes on bis strip of clothing, with such intensity that, it was not-possible it could hiivy beep touched without discovery, and bade him go ou,.feeling sure that the trick could not succeed. Sitting down, he stretched his naked arms under the basket, singing and smiling ns he did so; then lifting the basket off the ground, we beheld a green plant, about a foot iu height! Satisfied with our applause, be went on with his incantations. After having sat a little, to give his plant lime to grow, he again lifted the basket, and the plant'was now two feefc high"! He asked us to wait a little longer, that we might taste the fruit! But on being as sured, by those who had spen the trick Eorformed, before,,that the result would e obtained, X confessed ni3’self “done,** without the slightest notion of the bow. I examined the ground, and found it was •smooth and unturned. Apparently de lighted with my surprise, the juggler stood up laughing heartily, when one of his companions chucked a pebble to him, which he put into hie mouth. Directly the same companion, walking backward, drew forth a cord of silk, twenty yards, or so In length; after which the juggler, with Ins hands behind his back, threw forth from his open mouth two decanter stoppers, two shells, a spinning top, a atone, and several other tilings, followed by a long jet of lire ! If the wise reader regrets so much space being.occupied by such a story, let him pass it on ta the children,, foolish ns myself, who will bo glad to rend it. —Peeps at the Far Fast' The First Forged Bank' Note.— Sixty-four years after the establishment of the Bank of England the first forged, note was presented for payment, ami to Richard William Vaughan, a Stafford linen draper,, belongs the melancholy celebrity of paving led 1 the van in this new phase of crime, in the year 1768,—• The records of his life do not show want, beggary,'or starvation urging him, but a simple desire to seem greater than he was. By , one of artists, employed (and there were several encaged in differ ent parts of the no(es) the discovery was made'. The criminal bad filled up to the number of twenty and deposited them ip tho hands of a young lady to whom he was attached, as'a proof Of hi's weultb.— There is no calculating'how .much longer bank notes might have been free from imitation, had this man not shown with what, ease they might be counterfeited. From this period forged notes became common. His execution did not deter others from tho offence, and a neck was forfeited to the halter before the late abolition of capital punishment for chat crime. . The following story is told by the New Orleans'” Picayune” of the recent annual celebration of the Voiidols: Titbit slnuige-euperstitiou requires an idol; not havlnsoqp.on haptl, for Saturday’s cele bration, they persuaded iii well known citizen tp personate it. For this purpose he mounted a pedestal; arrayed In hie 1 robes of .office. It was oouvenientto ait out in the boiling sun and fecejyafho pe titions of ills worshippers all day long; but when night closed he was’ somewhat surprised to learn thatdt was the custom of the Voudoia to sacrifice tbcif idols. Cin one side of him Maria Leone was prepar ing the sacrificial robe, while oh the other Dr. Anoline was whetting the knife That was dealgned to- Kill him. Matters looked serious. Thecitlzen looked around to appeal for help.' Everywhere he met the upturned faces bf the Voudoie. It wad more than be could endure, and wllh .r. yell of affright, and a wild jump, for lib erty, be cleared the circle at a bound, and made for the Woods; the whole yel ling pack at his heels. But torrent lent him lleetness, and diverging towards tho city he soon found himself traversing Eljyslan Fields direct, in the direction of Washington Square. Hero ho met a po- Jifloniau, who look him in. , A Judge and a, joking lawyer wore conversing about the doctrine of eransmi gratlon of the souls of men Into animals. ‘Now,’ said the judge, ‘suppose you,and I were turned into a horse and ass, which would you prefer to be ?’ ‘The ass, to bo sure,’ replledtho lawyer. ‘Why V’ asked the judge. ‘Because;. 1 ' was .the reply, T have beard of. on ass bpiug judge, hut of a horse, never.’ A clear coneoience is tho beat Com. paulon a man can have. VOL. 58.—N0. 13, THE TWO MDOHEYS. I lu Md,, a short time; ago, tbO; d.?atli of a William P. Mooney- wad announced, and a day was fixed ib£ his funeral, to which Ills friends were invit ed. ft seems there were In the city two. WJ/Ilam P. Mooneys, each of whom had many acquaintances. Now the friends of the Jiving Mooney got an Idea that ho was dead; and so upon the day appointed for the funeral, they all repaired to the house named in the .advertisement, for (;he purpose of shedding, a regretful: tear or'two 6ver the remains of their departed friend.-/The existing Rooney also took a notion ; fo call around* partly to see his namesake,,and partly also that lie might ascertain’ fiow It felt to'alien'd a funeral 'st'whicttlti r WlWibm P. Mootjpyofllclated ' He w when "the,.services, were nearly ended, and he stood out in the vestibul©,waUing for them' to conclude. When nil was over, some of own misguided friends started for the street. They wereamazed and alarmed to perceive, right in the dbbr-tfdy, l the figure of the man whom they supposed to be dead I One of the party; thought it must beithe apparition of Mooney;,so he poked it with his.um brella' td.’aßcerlaln if It was real.' This •hurt Mr.'*»*»d made hlmeomad that fie.struck tho.prober;of ghosts wun his cane. Then another of the party sail to him: I! 1‘ Why, Mooiiey, what are you doing on here? A man ought to conduct himael better than this at his own funeral.’ ‘Whose funeral V said Mooney, uope.of mine!’ ‘See here, Mooney,’ they said, ‘why don’t you behave ? You ought not to carry on so, after all the good things the minister said about you. It Isn't right." ‘Who are you talking about?’,,William P. exclaimed, indignantly. ‘l’m aslively as you are.’ ‘Mooney, this is nil wrong!’ urged the crowd; ‘rhis ii wrong. You'know you are dead; -you know that yourYamily is roostiug around up slairsthere, crying,- and going on like mad., Youought to have more respect for their feeling's than, to he standing around here fighting.— Now, Just yod go and get l?ack into your coffin, and let the procession go quietly to the cemetery without any moreTass,’. ‘ Durn the procession,’ ejaculated (he j incensed Mooney; ‘l’m iio thore dead than you are.’ ‘Now, It Is of no use arguing the point, 1 William,’ safd friends, ‘The notice . has been published in the papers; the undertaker has fixed you up comfortably In ice; crape has been tied on your door knob, the Board of Trade has passed the customary resolutions of respect to your memory; they have bougbta bice marble monument to bold you down, and done everything; so you must be dead. You; can’t go back on the Board of Trade, Mr. Mooney; now, can you?’ * ‘lt’s a mistake,’ said Mooney; ‘it’s all a mistake. Let me explain It to you/ ‘Ob, there’s no neea of explanation,’ said the friends; ‘the corpse is not in or der ! The simple fact is that you are a dead man. Here’s the weeping family; there is the hearse, the undertaker, the minister, and the mourners, and in the parlor stands the coffin. Now, you have got to ,go in and be packed up in that’ coffin, whether you want to or noth Some men never know what is be/st for them, anyhow. We came here to have a funeral, and a funeral we are going to have, no> matter if you don’t like.it. There la no use of saying you won’t, for you’ve got to; so come along 1’ . . Thereupon they seized poor Mooney, and dragged him into the parlor. Those who witnessed the encounter say it was terrific. The report soon spreadtbat the; corpse was loose, and the undertaker aud . the. pall-bearers «U. ioiaeu in u»o fray, nml.the comoat thickened, until Mooney broke from his tormentors, and darted . into the kitchen, where the undertaker, knocked him down with a flat iron, and pinned him to the floor with a poker through his clothes, until assistance had been secured. The truth was developed then, and Mooney was carried cMrefully to the hospital in a push cart.. When ho gets well, he intends to search through the directory, to ascertain If another man narnfed Mooney lives In Baltimore. ' If there j* such a being, Wm. B. proposes to ask the Legislature,/© furnish him with a Chinese name in eighteen syllables, and warranted unlike any otbfcr in the whole.realm of nomenclature. Lii'k rs'DKFiNmstiV Suspended.—A diatinguiabodSwedish chemist .Professor Uriißselbach, a professor of the University ofUpunl, has comeTo’the conclusion that those Egyptian mummies which have been found in th 6 ancient tombs on the Nile in a complete state, that is tosay, without having been deprived of their brains and entrails, like most mummies, are not embalmed at all, but “are really the bodies of individuals whose lives have been momentarily suspended, with the intention ofrystovingthemat some future time, only lire secret of preservation was lost.” Profes&or 'Gruaselbach adduces a great many proofs in support of bis idea —.among others, his experiments during the’ last ten -year*, which, he snya, has Hwnys been successful. He took a shake and (rented it in-such a manner as to be numb it as though it had been carved la marble, and it was so brittle that had he allowed It to fall, it woqld have broken into fragments. In this slate he kept it for several years, and then restored It to life by sprinkling it with a stimulating fluid, the composition of which Is yet a secret. For fifteen years the snake has bren undergoing an existence, composed of successive 'deaths and resurrections, apparently without .sustaining harm.- 1 - 1 The professor if reported to have Bont a; petition to his government, requesting that a criminal who had been condemned to death may ho given to him to bo treat ed in the same manner as the snake, promising to restore him to life again in two years. It is understood that the man undergoing this experiment is then to be pnrdbned. Of course, if a tn'dti cap -tie kept In a state of suspended animation < for two years, be may be ; kept for two., thousand; years, and,, if the professor' sppc'eedsj'we’may lay up a few specimens of ohf'cotelnporariea for’exhibitioh in tbo thirty-ninth 'century tyAppletov^B . slfft KOIi A JIQM.ENT.— All, unger,imj.lhe Friendly Visitor, recently; m.blished the following : ,’ ’,( The ship *< Britannia,” which,struck on tile rocks off the coast of Brucil,' had, on liimfil a larceqhantity of Spanish dol lars aS freight.-" They were packed in 1 barrels, ami na.euon as thy ship struck,-B ’ number of these barrels were brought on dock, in the hope that some of them might be saved:; but soon.it was found that (he vessel was sinking sp very fast, that the only, hope for the crow was in fdkhig at once to'the boats; The last boat WttH about to push off, when u young midshipman rushed back to gee if any one was still on board. To liis surprise, there' sat a man dp deck with q hatchet,! In his bund; will)'which ho had brbkvu open several-of the casks, the con (cots of whicty lie was now heaping, up übbut him. 'What are you'doing'.” demanded the youth. ‘Escape for your life! Don’t you know the ship is fast going to pieces? 1 ‘The ship may,' said the man ; T have lived a poor wretch all my life, and lam determined to die rich lt was in vsin the other called him bmadman, an idiot. He was ops.wered only by a Uourish 6f the hatchet, and, a satisfied nod’toward 'the glittering heaps. ‘ *1 tellyou the ship can’t' hold’ together another moment 1’ screamed the midshipman, looking back at him from the vessel's edge. 'Hiuick, you can yet he saved 1’ ‘ N6l without leaving my gold!’ roared back the man. glaring wildly at him. .‘Goyour ways.’ The byat load would wait no longer, and lie was left to bis fate. In a lew moments no ship was to bo seen—only the-great’ dark waves of tho ocean, rolling sullenly over the poor rich ssllor and his gold. Hate© for advehtiskkirts bolnsorwa at, Ton Cent, per lino for the first Insertion, anil five’ cents per lino for each subsequent Insertion. Quar terly half-yeiirly, and yearly advertise menu in cried at a liberal reduellon on tlra'aliovo rates Advertisements shoufd bo accompanied by the Cash, Woen sent without any length of time fpeolfied. for publication, they will,bo continued hntlrordoted ont and ensrged accordingly. JOB PRINTING. OABps.HAHnnixotg.ptncTOJjts, and every otii cr description of .lon and Cakd. Printing. a Valuable duo. ■ A' letter 'from Pino Tree;‘Mew York, saya : At,lo o’clock on,Friday morning a week, a doff belonging to John Felter, n wood-chopper, .wad.. Heard barking In tbo mountains, some distance from tbo bouse. Mr. Felter’a little son, 12 years old, knowing ,by tfie bark of the dog that some important gafne was on foot, set out'for the mountains. His mother felt a little anxious after the boy bad gone, and for some time Hstenedto the barking of tlio dbg. rafter half an hour or so the barking ceased; and, as hour after hour passed, away,.and the,boy did not make his appeanmeb/tba mother set out to go to one' of the" neighbors to secure their help i]n'f*-searob for the-boy. On tbo road she met her husband returning from tbo village, wberejie bad that morhlng 'Been' alfending lo listened, to his wife’s story, and, trying 'to calm her fears/iwent back with her to the house, and taking his gun started toward the place indicated by his wife. Mr. .Felter traveled about through the mountains until late ifa’ttie-afternoon, seeing nothing; hearing nothing, and he was about to return borne when be almost stumbled over the dead carcass of a wild cat. it wdu a' very large male cat, and .everything Indicated,a terrible conflict. The snee.tadle gave Mr. Felter an appre hension ■ that some terrible thing nad happened; to : Ills, boy., ...F.xamliiing the leaves and underbrush, he bad but little difficulty in finding a trail of blood, and this be followed nearly a hundred yards. Then be came upon the dog, standing over the body of Ids' son, wbo was lying prostrate upon the ground. Tho dog was > earnestly looking at tbo boy, and occa sionally licking bis face and bands. On Mr. .FelteNs'approach, be gave a loud bark, and manned about with joy. The ' father knelt by tlie side of his son, and placed bis band’ Over the heart. With ’ joy he found 'the little ‘fellow alive, but terribly wounded; as it appears by tho claws of the wild cat. The little fellow’s clothes were almost torn to'threads, ami his flesh was terribly lacerated from head to foot. He was also suffering from the loss of blood, but his wounds bad been handsomely dressed by the: faithful dog, which had for hours been standing by him, licking them.— Taking lils boy in his arms,'the father raade bia way to his homp, followed by , tho,ever faithful dog. After reaching the house, restoratives being administered, the boy'wak abloto tell his story. Ho came upou tbe wildcat; and seeing .that his catsbip held the dog at bay, and haying an advantageous position, he had attempted' to dislodge him, 'first with stones; but these the beast did not seem to mind. Then he got a polo and at tempted to poke him out. At this the wildcat became enraged, and, springing upon the bdy; scratched and tore his flesh •It’s as above related; AC this the dog dashed at the cat and eoou despatched it. The boy attempted to go home, but slink to the ground exhausted. The little fellow Is doing well. The good nursing of the.dog, had done much toward allaying the Inflammation ; the licking of his wound by the faithful dog has undoubtedly saved the boy’s life. THE BRAVEST SOLDIERS AT WATERLOO. A British officer has been favored with the following anecdote.; apropos of the Waterloo anniversary: Some few years ago two gentlemen waited bn the Duke of Wellington at the Apsley House, and told him.thata friend of theirs had died, leaving them execu tors to his. will, in which, among other bequests, he had left £5OO to the bravest man in the British army, and so they had called to hand’over to him a check for the money. The compliment paid to him, but declined to receive the money, as he said there were many other men in the British army who equalled him in bravery. He was then requested to decide on whom the money should bo bestowed. This was a difficult point; but at length he proposed it should be given to Major General Sir Jamies MacDonell, who so resolutely de fended Hougomont, the key to the Brit ish position in the memorable battle of Waterloo. The two gentlemen then called, on Major General MacDonelii telilug him the decision of the Duke of Wellington, and tendering him the 3But Sir James, in his turn, declined to'receive it, knowing, as he soldi a man who, in the battle of Waterloo, had shown him self equal to any one in bravery. The Major General then described that when the French troops made one of their rushes at the gat© of the farm-house call ed Hougomont, in that critical paomeut when victory and defeat hiing evenly in the balance,’ Sergeant Major Fraser, a very powerful man, boldly assisted him to close the gates, thereby shutting out the French, who wore noon driven back with groat Thus'was the for tune of the day decided. ' The Duko-of Wellington considered Major General MacD.onell deserving of tho meney, on account of'hls resolute de fence of Hougomont, and-Sir James'coh sidered that Sergeant Major Fraser was entitled to sbnre it with him, on account of the great service he had rendered him on that occasion. The money was divi ded between the General and‘Sergeant- Major, and tlf© generosity of the Duke of Wellington; and Sir James-MacDonoll will not soon he forgotten., A Chinese Funeral.—A Chinaman who was murdered in San Francisco re cently was given a grand, funeral, noinu fifty carriages of Celestial sympathizers parading in a longprocesstan/headed by adlscordant band of Chinese musicians. That murdered man had been, laid out in a,new suit of clothes, with a,quantity of feathers placed around his head. In his bauds were placed adlrk'knlf©and other weapons, with- which, be is expected to pitch into bis murderers when they ar rive’ in another world—lf he can find them. From the shoes the soles were removed,i the uppers being left. This was done so that might,.step softly and reverently Into the presence of his Joss. ; Aa usual, a quantity of Chinese provisions were put into the coffin, and left at the-grave.-Chinese wine—rich spirit—was also left at theigrave; but uias! those profane Molican , rufllaus of tho Golden city always follow these procea sionfl, and ruthlessly gobble all 1 they can find eatable arid drinkable as soon as the backs of the Hying Celestials are.turned. Healthy CiriLDKBN.—To raise healthy children give them an abundance of out door exercise, fop and frolic; make them regular in tbeir'bnbita; and feed them on plain, nourishing'food. But keep them overtasked in school, confined closely to the house flie rest of tbs UUxfe, .frowning down, every attempt at play; feed them upon rich or high seasoned food, candies, nuts, &0., allow them to,eat between meals and late in the evening, and you need not expect them to be healthy. Do not cram tUem. witU.fbod when they- do not want, or have no appetite for it—such a course is slow murder. If they have no iippetltek, encourage, and, If need lie, command . them to lake exercise in the open air. Do nytallow,then} toatudy too much, and especially keep them from rending the exciting light literature which so much abounds in our book stores and circulating libraries. A SquiuiiEL Hunter,— There is a man in Contra Costa county, California, who may bo,regarded as the champion'squir ■ql killer of all creation. He Is' said to have killed,no less than ten thousand in a single seasons From. tlyia it,may be inferred that thosquirrel crop of the Gol den State isoone of - the heaviest of tho iudq«trial resources of the Pacific, slope. The, young - niuu iu question gathers his crop not for the fun of the thing,’ nor be cause his family is habitually out of meat, but as a matter of business. Ue sells tho skins of tho squirrels for .IJftcen cents each to‘tho agents of foreign kid glove manufacturers, aud the county pays him a bounty of ton cents a head,lor every squirrel killed.