®I)C 3Vtnerdgn Volunteer. rUBLISUBU EVER* THURSDAY MORNIN BRATTON KENNKJY. OK fH3!-(l*BTI» MABMKT IKJIARK. , , Two Dollars por year If paid strlol.y In advauae; Two Dollar. and Fifty Cents If paid -ItUln tliree months; aner which Threo Dollars will bo chareed. These terms will bo rigidly ad •d t 0 m every Instance. No subscription dm. o.lluued until all arrearages are paid, unless at fl,e option of the Edltois. ffiatos. r'fwTßD STATES CLAIM ' AND ■ ■ ti J.JAL ESTATE AEENCY. WM. B . BUTLEE, ATTOnNKY AT LAW, ln Franklin House, South Hanover Street etfllsle,Cumbeiland pouuly, Peiina. Application. by mall, will receive Immediate ‘artleoiar attention given to the selling orrent of Real Estate, In town or country. Inall let ters of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. July H. ISlti—tf 0 E. BEIAJiIIOOVEK, 1 w, CARLISLE. PA. Borneo (m anovcr"’fe’i'rcot. opposite . p 6 „iz’s dry goods store. Jiuc. 1. IWW. [ rUMIUCH & BARKER, I I - A TTOIt HEYS AT LA IF. OrtUr* uii Multi atieet. lu MArloa Unll. Cur lisle, Pn. D«f. 2*981 n E O. 8. E M I G , ATTORNEY- at-law, , ■ Office with S. Hepburn, Jr. £ont Main Street, CARLISLE. PA. Full, a, 71-ly _ W KENNEDY, Attorney at Law ' Carlisle Penua. Office same an thatol he "Amortcau Volunteer.” Dect I. 1870. . DB. GEOBGE S. SEARIGHT, Den Tiar From Vie JiaUUnvrt OntU'i/r, oj Dcnta *firrnrru Office ftt the residence of Ilia mother halt Loulhor Street, three doors below Bedford Carlisle, Penua. Dec. 1 IWJS. SJ'atjas anii <Eam -gABGAINS IN HATS AND CAPS! At KELLEU’S. 17 North Hanover Street, We have received the latest styles of HAT--* nnd CAPS. Silk Flats, New York and Philadel phia stylos, Cosslmere Hats of all shapes and prices. Soft Hals of every kind, from To cents np Cloth Hats. in. HI. o. Velvet, La .tin*:, Mixed Cass and Black. Also a Hue hit. of Boys’ and Children's Hats, Clcith and Poll, and at all pri ces. MEN BOY'S. AND CHILDREN’S. HATS. In slyi H ß too numerous to montion. all ot which will he sold at the lowest Cosh prices. Call and examlnoour stock, you cannot fail to lie pleased lu price and quality. TIAT-S of auy kind made and repaired to order on short notices , orucr, o JutlN A . KELLER, .Agent, No. lONorth Hanover Street, Sept 28, 71-tf. \ ■gATS AND CAPS T TIO.YOU want a nick hat oh cap ? v if so, TJon'T'Fatlj to Oau. on J. CK GALLIC),. .VO. 29. WES 7 MAIN STRJIET. Where cau be neon Hie lineal nasonmoul ol HATS AND GA. PS ~vur brought to Onrllale. Ho taken great picas aero la Inviting Ills old frlenils iib'l customers, ami all now ones, to hla splendid s'Ocls Inst 10- olfvcrt trout Now York and Philadelphia, con- nno AsRiMEBB , ha m.sitlps an endless variety of Hats and taps o I o latent stvlo. all ot wlilcb bo will sell at tb tmraS oifc A-i At. Also, h a own niapufacturc H HAra fiIOTKAotDRBD TO ORDER, flo ha* Deal arrangement for coloring Ilata A ndall kltmaof Woolen Goods. Overcoats, &c., fha RhortPßt notice (as ho colors every week) and on the most reasonable terms. Also, a line lot oJ ’ bo ‘c'Tobacco and cigars Iways on hand. Ho desires to call thoattontlon io persons atalg™, n Y E U R S tosoll.as he pays the Highest cash prices for He 11 Ot™ him n cnll. at thn above, number, bis dd diud; ns be feels cOiltldent of giving entire sn .Is faction. Bept. 28, 71—If. . , DRY i®®DS BEAL YALTJB HARPER’S ! SO VTB BANG VER STREET, If yon wnnta. nic« CALICO DRIiBS, If you want a nice I)o Lame WRAPPER, If you want n nice ALPACA LUSTRE, If you'want a nice, PURE MOHAIR, If you want a nice CASSIMERE SUIT II you want a nice CLOTH SUIT, v Ifyouwant a nice TABLE LINEN, if you want a nice FELT or HOOP SKIRT, if yon want a nice OPERA FLANNEL, Ifyou want a HANDSOME SHAWL, If you want a Handsome LACE COLLAR Ifyou wnnta Handsome Lace Handkerchief Ifyou'want Hamburg EDGINGS CHEAP, Ifyou want GUIPURE LACKS CHEAP, Ifyouwant Linen Handkerchiefs CHEAP, If you want DR.’» GOODS CHEAP, CALL AT HARPER’S. Yow will find ati extensive and superior va riety In Dress Goods, comprising Cashmeres Australian Crape. Silk and Wool Repp-, Plain and Plaid Poplins. Black Silks, and a complete assortments staple Dress Goods. Also, Blan kets. Flannels; water-proof Repelhuits, Volvo* teens (Black and Colored )'Merino Shirts and Drawers, Ladles’ Merino Veals Twilled Sheet-, lug (a new article,) and Full lines of Notions White Goods and Ribbons, If you would save money call at my store, where prlceswlll compare favorably with auj on this sidooflheEastein Cities; Joseph Kids, SI.OO. Oct. 5 ’7l—6w. IjIAEMERi’S BANK. CnrHalß. Penn- Jj- has facilities for the transaction of, every Variety of BANKING BUSINESS that may ho required,by Its customers and correspondents. Makes collections ouali points In the United States. Buys, sells, ami attends to all orders for the sale or purchase of Gold, Government and Slate Bondt, and all other flr-t class securi ties. Negotiates loans and discounts commercial paper. Attends to the collection of interest coupons and dividends. Furnishes drafts to persons wishing fo remit money to any part of the United States, Ca nada or Europe, Receives deposits In inrgo'or small sums .and pays Interest on special deposits. Is empowered to act as ireasurer and finan cial agent for Mate, county and city govern meats, corporations and individuals. R. GIVEN, President. J. C Hovfkr, Cashier. Aug. Rl.-7l—Bm IN THE MATTER of th© assigned I Kstiite of M. H. ZEIGLER: The Auditor appointed bv tbo Court of Com mon Pleas of Cumberland County, to dlstr’bnto Jim balance of assets in the bands of Lovl Zeis* lernnd J. *C. Belcller, assignees of said M. H. Zotgior, will meet all persons Interested for tin* pnrpoKQ of his appointment, at his office, in the borough of Carlisle, on Saturday, October 2Uth A. D., 1871 Q.OOD NEWS FOR THE PEOPEB. J. ELLIOTT, (Successor to J. W. Smiley.) No. 33 NORTH HANOVER STREET, Carlisle. Pa.. . * ,(i “ Just opened a large and splendid assail inontof MIL AND WINTER GOODS. CLOTHS CONSISTING ON (jASSIMERES, OVERCOATING, , . . , VESTINGS, &C, he will sell by the yard, or make up Into ‘- uU to order, on short not co. and at unusually .‘owprlcos. Having secured the sorvlcesof ono of the . BEST PRACTICAL CUTTERS ' m Carlisle, together with a number of tho best Practical bands to make up, he promises to giyo outlro satisfaction In fits, stylo and workmatt- Always on band : a largo and complete stock of ri heady-made clothing. of home manufacture, which ho will Bellas cheap the cheapest. Overcoats on band or made to °ra er, i ■will let no man undersoil mo. A largo «nd complete stock ofprlmo Winter Boots. Shoes. ’Gaiters. «c., of every variety, style and quality, for gouts Ladles’, Misses’, Boys’' and children, made to mder. All to be sold cheap, cheaper, cheapest. Also, a great variety of ~ MATS, of latest styles and best qualities, together with a general assortment of NOTIONS and Gent’s *urnlahlnc goods. Do not fall to give men call. -'*y motto la “ Quick sales and small profits." JOHN ELUOTT. 21, 1871—8 m. BY BRATTON & KENNEDY QKh: MI.LLJ.OjS OK LIVES SAVED. It Ls one of the remarkable facts of this ro* markable nge not merely that bo many persons are the victims of dyspepsia or Indigestion, but its willing victims. Now. we wouhl not bo «n derstood to say ttmtuny one rogiiMln dy.sj>epsia with favor, or feels disposed lo ninli it among the luxuries of life. Fui Irom it. Tho.so whr> nave experlonced-ils torments would scout such an idea. All dread it, and would gladly dispen o* with its unpleasant.fainlllarltfes. .Mark Tapley wlio wasjoily under all the trying elrcumMim ces In winch ho was placed, never had an attack . of dyspepsia, or his jollity would have speedily forsaken him. Men and women sometimes suffer Its tortures uncomplainingly, hut whoev er hoard of a person who o.njoyed (hem ? Q( nil tho multifarious diseases to which The imman system Is liable, there is perhaps no one so generally prevalent ns dyspepsia. There ifre -diseases-inore-neu te-antlrpninfiilr-nnd--wlrtc.tr , TOOf , cYirqntmfTy”piTlV6~nTlmrCiTf”i7c)ne , t , ' , Llje''o f foots of which are so depressing, to the mind rind ■ so positively distressing to the body. If there is 9 wretched being In tho world it is Rut It is notourinieuUonto dlscautoulhe hor rors ofDyspepslo. To describe them truthlully s simply an impossibility, but ll Is possibly to point out a remedy. Wo have said that dyspep sia Is perhaps the most universal of human dis eases. This Is emphatically tho case in the United Stales. Whether this geneial preva lence Is due to the character oi the food, tho method of Us preparation, or the hasty manner In which it Is usually swallowed, is not our pro vince to explain. Tho great fact with ■which we are called to deal is this : DYSPEPSIA PREVAILS almost universally. •.Nearly every other person you meet Isa vic tim, an apparently willing one, for were this not the case, why so many.' uilerers, when a curtain, speedy and safe remedy is-within iho easy reach of all who desire loavull themselves of U? Hat the majority will not. .Hliiulud In preju-. • lice, or deieued by some other unexplained in- Huoncu, they reiusu to accept the relief prolur cd them. They turn u deal ear to the le.-aimony of the thousands whose i>ui)crmgs have been al leviated, and with .strange inlaiuaiu.ii, appear to cling with d spuralu ileleriuuuuioa to ineir ihuhlcss lonneiut.r. Hut says a dyspeptic. What is this remedy? to which we reply ; J Ins great alleviator ol human Millunbg is almost as widely Known as me English language. It has allayed the agonies of thousands, and Is 10-diiy carrying comfort, and encouragement to thou sands ol others. Tills acknowledged panacea Is none oilier than Bn. UOOI-HAND’S GERMAN HITTERS. Won - d you Know more ol the.merits ol inf wonderful medicine lhan can lui learned from the expenome of olheis? 'lry It y ourself, and when it has failed to Jiillll the assurance ol lls .oUh’ucy given by the proprietor, then abandon lullli in it. first of all, that Iloolhuul’s G-ThmuHlUers iV not a rum beverage. They arc not alcoholic in any sense of tin* term. They* arc, composed wholly ol tlie pure juice or vtial principle of roots, This Is note mercassertlou. Thu extracts Ironi which they are compounded arc. piepund. by one ol iho ablest German chemists. Unlike any other Bitters m the market, they nrn wholly free irom, spirituous Ingredicds, Tho objections which hold with so much force against preparations ol this class, namely—Unit a desire for intoxicating <1 rinks is stimulated by iheir use. ai n not valid In tluscDsool iho German Hitters, solar limn oticouraglngor mculaliug a taste or desire foY Inebriating beverages, it. may’ be conlldenilv a«» sorted that iheir tendency is lira diametricnlh opposite direction. Their dibi ts can be - BENEFICIAL ONLY In all cases of the biliary system Hoollaml’s German Hitters stand wiihoutan equal, tiding promptly and vigorously upon thoniver, they leinpve Its torpidity and cause healthful secre tion of bile—thereby supplying the stomach .with the most indispensable elements ol Hound digestion m proper proportions. They give tone to the stomach-sthnuiallDg Us fund ions, and enabling it to porlorm lie duties as nature de signed it should do. They impart v gor ami stieugth to tho entire system, causing the pn .tlent to feel like another being—ln. fact, giving him a new leii'C of life. THEY PURIFY THE HLOOi). cleansing the vital fluid of ail huriftil impuri ties and supplying them with iho dcmonis of genuine heallhiulncss. In a word, there In scarcely it disease In which Ihev cannot be Hiiiely and beneficially employed ; “but In that most generally pievuleut distressing and dread*, cd disease. Dyspepsia, THEY SI’AND UNRIVALED. Now, thoie are certain classes ol persons to whom extreme Hillers are not only unpalata ble, but who llml it impossible to* take them Without positive discomfort. For sueh HU. JIOOFLAND’.S GERMAN ToXfC has been specially prepared. His intended for use whore a slight ulchohol stimulant is requir ed in connection unn the weii-known jumc properties of the mire German Hitters. Tins Tonic contains all tho ingredients of luo Hlttcrt but so flavored as lo remove the extreme Inner-. ness.- This prcpuiatnm Is not only palatable but. combines, m modified fonTi. ull'lho virtues of the German Bitters. The solid extracts ot some of Natuic’s choicest restoratives are held in solution by a spirituous agent ot the purest quality. In cases of languor or excessive debil ity; whore the system appears to have become exhausted of its energies, lIOOFLAND’S TONIC ' acts with almost marvelous effect. It notony stimulates the Hugging and wasting energies, but Invigorates ami pernumetly strengthens Its action upon the Liver and Stomach thorough, perhaps less prompt than the Bitters, when the same quantity is taken is none the less certain. Indigestion, Bllllousness, Physical or Nervous Prostrotion,»leld readily tolls potent influence. -It gives the invalid a new and stronger hold upon life, removes depression of spirits, and In spires cheerfulness. Jt supplants the pain of disease with the oavo and comfort of perfect health,Jittgiyc9 strength to weakness, throws despoDififlffijft&Q the winds, and starts the re stored imßßmmpon a new and gladsome career. But Dr. BSSHB^d’s-benefactions to the human race arenQfSbnflued to his celebrated GERMAN BITTERS, or his Invaluable Tonic. Ho hasprepared an other medicine, which is rapidly winning its way. to popular favor because of Us intrinsic .merits. Tills Is lIUOFLANU’M PODOPHYLLIN PILLS. a perfect substitute for mercury, without any of mercury’s evil qualities. Tueso wonderful Pills, which are intended to act upon the Liver, arc mainly composed of Rodophyllln, or the VITAL PRINCIPLE OF THE MANDRAKE ROOT. Now wo Jeslro the reader to distinctly under stand that this extract <>l the Mandrake is inair.v times more powerful than the Mandrake Itself. It is the medicinal vlitues of this health-giving plant In a perfectly pure ami highlv conceal ia* led form. Hence it M hat two of 'he Podophyl iln Pills constitute a full dose, while anywhcie six to eight or u handful of other piepa’ruilons of the .Mandrake are required. The Phodophyl -11 ii ACTS DIRECTLY ON THE LIVER, stimulating its functions a ml causing It to make Us biliary seo’eltuns In regular and proper quantities. The Injurious results which Invari ably follow the use of mercury, Is nnthely avoided by their use. But It Is not upon the Liver only (hat their powers n»o exerted. The extract of Mandnikeeontuimul In them is skill fully combined with four other extracts, one of which ads upon the stomach, one upon the up per howe's, one upon too lower bowels, and one prevonisany griping olleel, thus producing a pill that mfiuuocs the digestive ami aliment ary sys tem, If an equal and Harmonious manner, and A. HARPER. Us action entirely free from nausea, vomiting or griping {mins common to all other purgatives. • Possessing these much-desirable qualities, the Podophyllln becomes Invaluable as a No household should be wltjiout them. They are periectly safe, require but two for an ordlnu r.v 'doso.aro prompt and efficient in action, and when, used In connection with Dr. Hoolland's German Billers, or Tonic, may be. regarded as certain specifics In all cases of LlvcrCpniplalnt, Dyspepsia, or any of the disorders to which the system Is ordinarily subjec. The PODUPHYLLIN PILLS. act upon the stomach and bowels, carrying off improper obstructions, while the Bitters or To nic purify the blood, strengthen and Invigorate the frame, give lone, and appetite to the stom ach, and thus build up the invalid anew. Dr. Hoolland, having provided internal reme dies fordlseases, husglvi n the world ono main ly for external application, In the wonderful preparation known as Du. HOOrLAND’S GREEK OIL. This Oil Ih a sovereign remedy for pains and aches of nil kinds. Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Toothache, Chil blains, Sprains, Burns, Pain In the Bade and Loins, Ringworms, «Sc„ all yield to Its external application. The nmuberufcifies ofiecled by it Is astonishing and they are Increasing every day. GEO. S. KMIG, Auditor, Taken Internally, Ills a euro for Heart-burns, Kidney Diseases. Hick Headaches, Colic, Dysen tery, Cholera Morbus, Cramps, Pams Tn tho Stomach. Colds, Asthma, i&c. The Greek Oil Is composed entirely of healing gums and essential oils. '1 ho principal ongrcdl oni Is an oily substance, procured In the Honth orn part of Greece. Its effects as a destroyer of Esiiuuro Irnly magical. Thousands have been ouellttecl by Its uso, and a trial by those who are skeptical will thoroughly convince them of its Inestimable value. These remedies will ho sent by express to any locullty.upon application to the Principal Office, nt tbo German Modiclno Store, No. B3L Arch Ht,, Philadelphia, ttSTTheso remedies aro for sale by druggists, st orekeepers, and medicine dealers every whore Chas. M. Evans, Formerly 0- M. JACKSON & CO. . • e' . V • t ,)/ ti A c 41i TIC • 1 H,lVii. I " - •1113. •1. , . j/Uctnc.tl. A CONFIRMED HVSPEPXIU. LET IT HE REMEMBERED, FAMILY MEDICINK Proprietor. ■ , THE WITHERING LEAVES. The summer Is gone and the autumn Is here, And the Rowers are strewing their earthly bier; A deadly mist o’er tno woodland swims, While rattle the nuts from t[io windy fimhs : Prom bough to hough tho squirrels run At the noise of the hunter’s echoing gun, And tho partridge Hies whore my footstep heaves The rustling drifts of tho withering loaves. Tho Hocks pm sue their southdWi flights ■Some all the day and some al 1 the* night ; And up front 4ho wooded mavshes come mj— 1 On the highest hough tho mourner orow Sits on his funeral sdlt of woo ; All nature mourns—and my spirit grieves At the noise of my font In the wlthorlngieavoi Oh, I sigh for tho days llpit have passed away When my lire nice tho year hud its season o ‘ May ; . . When tho world was all sunshine and bosun j and truth, And tho dew .bathed my feet in the valley oi youth ! Then my heart felt-the “wings, and no bird tho sky,. Sang over the Howors more Joyous than I But youth Is a. fable, and beauty deceives ; For my footsteps ‘are loud in the wltliorin leaves. And T sigh for the time when the reapers a morn Come down froiii tho hill’at Iho sound of tin horn ’ Or when dragging the' rake I followed (hen ’ , out While they tossed (he light sheaves with the! laughterinbuilt; Through the Held with boy daring, barefontCi I ran ; Hut the stubbles foreshadowed the path ol th man, Now the uplands of Hie He all barren e sheaves-- Whlh* my footsteps are loud lu the withering leaves. IHisccllancous. HOW [ RODE FROM ST. JOE TO SWAMP CITY, A FRONTIER STORY Few English travelers have ever visited Pt, Joo ; few. perhaps, have over heard .of its existence; ami yet it in a town o; ■some note —a town which stands as tin outpost of civilization ami Anglo iSnxoi supremacy, Jar down in lonely Kansas far down on the turbid, surly Missouri On one side of it stretch away for thou sands and thousands of miles tho federa ted States of the great Republic; on tin* other fide lie the broad prairies, tin grassy pampas and the prim and bound less forests, where the Red Indan'stil holds his lordly sway—the battle-ground of the Comnriches, Pawnees, Rlackfeet, Crows, Asslnibones ami Sioux. Time* have changed since the days "•lion the St, Joe of the present was the San Joesf of tin* past: when tho. Hal root haciendas of the opulent American dot- ted the green slopes outside the town > and the shovel hatted priests and man tillated donn is, ami pretty bare necked,' bare armed little poblanas, with then earthen pitchers poised so gracefully on their plumb, nut-brown shoulders, saun tered aloni' the pavtunents, or gosslpped at the fountains ; when the Angelos so sweetly sounded from tho groat lower of San Pedro, and the dance and ihesniifL the tlukllngof the guitar, and the clash ol the'castlnet welcomed the soft ligiit of the warm southern, evening:. A I this passed away in a single night : /or be tween sunset and sunrise, five thousand blood thirsty, howling Assiniboioea and Comnnches stormed, pillaged and lived the city; and ot its .inhabitants, neither, man, nor woman nor child escaped.— Daybreak discovered a plain of.levelled, blackened, smoking ruins, where the night before a fair city had stood, and.a few miles distant an army ot pillage-la den, blood drenched, half b sotted savu Res, each led-skimml demon staggering on with a great bunch of gory sca l ps dangling at his waist belt. Fifty years have come and gone since that terrible night. Notone stone of the old San Josef remains upon another, bin a busy (own occupies its site—a long and straggling place, with almost ns many streets as houses, hut presenting not one single object of interest to the poet, the' painter or the architect. What brought mo to Rfc. Joe lean now scarcely remember. I know I had been a wanderer for years over the face of the earth, and had won my dally bread with my rifle in every Suite of South America, from Patagonia to Panama. On this particular occasion I had made tracks Irom Denver Creek, on the other side of the, Rocky .Mountains, and as the season was-early Bpring, and game very Scarce on the ronjl. I had Innf starved on the way, and entered the town bootless and almost li lei ess? Though weak In body, V had, however, plenty of pluck left, and having bargained my ride for a week’s board and lodging, 1 begun at once to look about me for means of subsistence after (hut week should have expi red,, Well, luckily the St. .Incites don't set much value upon a suit of broadcloth or a pair of kid gloves Seek a situation In rags, and they won’t militate against you getting it, provided you are the proper tiling in yonr.-eif. I applied fora berth, where u resolute brow, an eagle eye, a broad chest, a stro.ng arm, and about five feet four of firm flesh, gwod bone, blood ami sinew were (he chief requirement' l , and from a hundred and twenty candi dates I was selected as the most fitting. The questions put to me were pretty curt, and. my answers just as brief. ‘Cun you ride V ‘I have Jived all my life in the saddle.’ ‘Can you fight V ‘I believe I’ve fought u representative >f every nation, .Republic, State, and ribe on the American continent.' ‘ Are you intimately acquainted with every'caravan ami mall track between this and the Rocky Mountains?’ ‘As per/ectly#usuL am with.overy patch and reut of this old jacket of mine.' ‘Can you endure a life of continued hardship, danger, anxiety and broken rest?’ ‘Better than I could one of ease, afflu ence, luxury and , idleness, for I have never known any other.’ ‘Then you’re the man to suit us. I won’t ask you whether you’re houestund trustworthy, because I’d as soon take that for granted as trust to a man’s own word ; and here, in St. Joe, we set no value in characters or testimonials from different States, that, for aught we know, may be forged. You will go at once to the Company’s oultUter in Johnson at., and order your uniform, arms and ac coutrements, to bo ready by Monday morning, of which day at noon, you will attend at tho post office, to enter upon your duties.’ And with these iustruc (ions I was dls missed. The reader may, by this time, bo cu rious to know on what service I was en gaged, and who were my employers.— Both questions ore easily answered. I was merely appointed a postman,and nil that I had to do was to curry the mall hags on the back of a strong and sturdy' pony, a fifty mile stage to (Swamp City, a dreary collection of log huts, built on the edge of a'vast morass, and constitut ing the first transfer station on the long and weary track to Salt Lake City, or the Oregon. .My employers were Messrs Russell & Co., o firm well known in both Kansas and Texus, and, indeed, for that matter* through the whole length and brendtli of tho Union, in every hank in which heir bill for ten thousand dollars would have been deemed «s satisfactory as the euirency itself. They were at that tlifie the moit extensive curriers of goods and passengers In the world, often Blurting CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1871. a one year from St. Joe, Leavenworth, «nd Nebraska City two hundred and •ightcen trains of wagons, twenty-six yagons to a train, making In nil ,tivo housnnd,, tdx hundred and sixty-eight, . j a«h drawn by twelve bullocks, conse quently requiring between sixty and sev -nty thousand bullocks, besides relays uni substitutes for those breaking down, ■'Phis firm executed.large transportation contracts for tho United States govern ment, their business with it prior to the formation of the great Union Pacific rail* road, sometimes amounting to $5,000,0p0 in-a single year. In 1864, the year in which t entered their service, they had In theft* employ no less than 5.00() men* Near tho foot of the Rocky Mountains LS a place called LvfirreXJst:! ii?J ts m eaf; neighborhood, and ns several thousand 'orsons live there who produce nothing but the precious metals, the whole of the • applies had to be earned in these wagon mins, This was a large portion of their ‘airiness during the summer, but anow 'rifts cut oft this digging city from all •applies during the winter months, Before the opening of the railway, St. f 'H was in’fact the great eastern termi ms of the various overland expresses, >nd the principal point of arrival and 'ep iriure of ihe vast overland trafTlc to a d from .the eastern and western terri \t„ H les of (ho U'don; for these wagons not p iv went to Denver Creek, but to huu .df'dsof equally isolated places, journey la : oven mh far as the Oregon in one .roc?ion, and California in another, and •ver thousands of miles of prairie, wood uni 'mountain. . For mutual protection the wagons tra ded in trains across tin* plains, from 10 o 20 making up'-a train. Each large ‘•agon carried about six thousand pounds weight, and was drawn by oxen or horses. They started early in the morning and •raveled until midday ; the cattle were then unharnessed and allowed to graze on the plain in charge of a herdsman, •vliiie the travelers hunted and shot, plenty of game being found on the prai rie**, .as well ns elk, deer, antelopes and buffaloes. At night the wagons were daced together, so as to form a square or triangle, the cattle being kept within the mclosure. The camp-fires were then lighted, and after eating and drinking their fill, the men slept on the ground mound them, wrapped In their blankets', sentinels being first (Inly posted, who were relieved at intervals during the night,, the greatest caution being neces sary when traveling acn ss the plains, us tiibes of wilil Indians still frequently : fravoi>e them, who steal, kill and scalp, wherever they have a chance. They are, ho" 6ve r , afraid of the terrib’e weapon *vhich white carry, and will seldom ‘Pack them unless they can effect a sud den surprise, or are immeasurably supe rior in numbers. Besides their great wagon budnesa, Messrs IlnsseM & Co. were the mail coj - tractors of the celebrated ‘Pony'Expres*,’ by means of which a frequent and rapid communication was maintained in doz ens of different directions between the far divided territories of. the ilocky Mountains—the longest and most peril ous of these routes being that to Salt hake Cifv, the abode of the Mormons, and from thence on to Plucemlle, in California, or in other words, rlghtacross the great Northern Continent; the whole journey, with the' exception of when crossing mountain ranges or other diffi cult ground, being performed at the rale of nine miles an hour, or two hundred and sixteen miles in the twenty-four hours, and necessitating upward of a hundred relays of horses and men cn ronftc ■ The first stage on this wonderful line of communication it was henceforth my duty to ride, Rt Joe being my port of departure, and Swamp City, some IKty miles distant, my port of arrival. This stage, was perhaps one of the least dan gerous ones along the whole line of the route; and yet, inasmuch as never a year passed without one ‘Pony Express’ man meeting a violent death, while on the -spur between the two cities, it may be concluded that the trip was a hazardous one after all. Peril, however] was my natural heritage so I took no account of it, and as I had about forty hours tf> spare before T need betake myself to boot and saddle, I determined to have a good look at the town into which fate had cast me. • There was not much to be seen—an ugly, dingy town, straggilnland scatter ed, built on the red sandy bunks of a reft, turgid river. A line hotel, or “ Palee House,” with the only goods shop in the place, (flustered closely around it, a busy market place, no end of gin palaces— though they don’t call them that there —and a great wooden bridge crossing the Missouri to the village of Pembroke, con stituted the chief features of the scene. There were sometrecfi, too, looking weak and sickly, probably from being treated like spoiled children, which they roost undoubtedly were ; clouds of sand and dust to any amount, myriads of mosquit oes. at d every other winged and - un winged entomological abomination that could sling nr bite, and last, but by no means least, for they alone seemed to give n transient life and spirit to the place, an occasional steamboat calling on its passage up or clown the river. Well, that forty hours passed slowly and wearily enough; and T was not sorry when the Monday morning came, and ! found myself mounted cm my steed, and which I judged to be a crov* between a Norway pony and a Mexican mustang-, outside fl»e door of the wooden post of fice, and only waiting for the mail bags in order to ho off. I presented a very different appearance now from what I had done in my rags and tatters two days previously. My uniform, which was both handsome and serviceable, lifted to perfection. In the broad, silk flush that girt my waist was stuck both knife and revolver, while In addition there was slung at roy back a short, carbine-shaped, six chambered re* volving rllle, that I doubted not would prove a right trusty friend in time of need. Five minutes later the mail bags, by no means a weighty load, were thrown across the pony's broad buck, and secured to ihe saddle behind, and I was trotting down McAdam street, fairly en route for Swamp City. It was one of those lovely mornings so common in America at that period or tbe year, when nature wears her freshestand im nt delicate tints—when the Spring flowers exhale their-sweetest od« rs, and the wild birds warb'e their most joyous strains. I was as joyous as either bird or flower, as most men would who suddenly found themselves well clothed, well fed, well mounted, and well paid, after fighting with cold and hunger and grim want for many long and weary months. I therefore rode gaily along, whistling as I went, and ere I had left St. Joe nine miles in the rear, I entered upon a wild prairie, which stretched away before me as far ns my eyes could reach, like n sea of waving grass, without a tree, bush, or undulation to vary the level monotony of the scone. I had now to'bo on the alert, for I was leaving Kankee for Indian territory; in fact, I was already upon the debatable ground of seven distinct tribes. Hun dreds of battles had been fought on this very prairie between rival Indian forces; and about noon I came upon a patch of barren land, of about six acres in extent, (Hied with hundreds of holes about two feet square, and live or six feet in depth. I learned afterwards that this spot was known as ‘the battle gVound, 1 and that hero some nine years previously a strong body of Sioux had dug these holes and hidden themselves in them, to lie in wait for a smaller body of Pawnees, whom they knew to be approaching from the southward. The unsuspecting foe drew near and encamped in the neighborhood for the night, and when they were all asleep, the crafty Sioux loft their hiding places, crept into their camp, and there slaughtered and scalped the greater part of them. In crossing this prairie live express riders bad at different times been killed ; two of them by 'white savages, for any Jreasurothnt the mall bags might con tain, and three by red , savages for ihe sake of their scalps. I did not at the time know nil these dismal records of the track that I was pursuing; had I done so I might not have taken matters qnlto so coolly, and I certainly should have been more on the qut v/vc as It ■was, howuVer, my faculties were estln ed soon to be aroused by dangers iu the present, If not by knowledge of perils in the past, for as I was speeding along at an easy hand gallop, an arrow sud denly whizzed by my ear and quivered In the ground some fifty yards liheau* of me. My hand was on the stock of ray revolver ip ap instant,Tor 1 did not care Jo drop my reins in order to unsllng my —tj ni c kly' ~ g lai ioi- ug around* I saw a clump of tall tussocky gross slightly moving on my left- -T fired three charges of my revolver right into it, and was rewarded by hearing a smothered groan. Rather incautiously, nerhaps, for the bush was capable, of concealing half a dozen savages at the least, X wheeled around, rode up to it ami, dismounting, entered it on foot. As it happened, no one had been hiding there but the vlcim ofmy bullet v who lay stretched on his back, with his glazed eyes fixed on the blue vault of heaven, and Ids dark red skin already growing pale and ghastly beneath the blue mid led streaks of war paint. A stream of blood was welling forth from a hole in his naked breast, through which the leaden. messenger had sped straight to his heart..' I know by the way that his scalp-lock of coarse black luiir was twined and braided, and by the colors of his war paint, that he was a Pawnee, by his hal tered and broken eagle plume, his richly embroidered wampum* belt, and his heavily fringed moccasins, that lie was a chief, and by the raw circles on his wrists and ankles, and two or three very recently revealed wounds in different parts of his body, that he had taken part 'in some great fight, had been made pris oner and escaped. I had never before heard of a single.lndian attacking a sin gle white man and I felt convlnceed that such a feat would only have been at tempted by one who of two deadly perils chooses tho least. I therefore concluded ’that the Pawnee, under the impression that Ills bloodthirsty and remorseless foes were close on his trade, had been hiding., not to waylay me. hut to conceal himself from them, and seeing mo un expectedly pass had discharged ids ar row, hoping to bring me down, and then escape on my hofro. This conclusion once arrived at deter mined me upon pushing on as speedily as. possible, for if this dead red skin’s .foes happened to be Assiniboinos, the best mounted Indians on tho plains, I should stand a very good chance of fall ln <r into their hands myself, and a 1? these Inhuman tiends always tortured their prisoners before they killed them, in or der (so I have heard old trappers say) to make them tender for eating, it was clearly (inadvisable to let the grass grow under my feet all the way to Swamp f’ily, from which I was still distant about twenty miles—open, short-grassed prairie all the way. I must say that I felt rather nervous, for if I had a dread of 'anything it was of Indians ; so. as I galloped along, I kept continually looking over one shoul der or the other. ISuddehly my pony sided at 9omethlng and then stood slock still, trembling like a leaf. I was not long in discovering the cause of its alarm, for the skeleton of a horse ami Its rider lay right In our track. I know hy the ghastly grinning teeUi of the latter that he had been a white man, for many of them were decayed and an In dian’s teeth never decay. I knew, too, hy the skeleton of his steed, that it must -Imve-boen a pony of about tho size of mine, while a round hole in the dead man’s skull, which the birds or beasts of prey, or probably both, had cleared of every vestige of flesh and hair. Indicated that he had met a violent death. Neither arms nor fragments of apparel lay about him, as might bo expected; but there were plenty of pieces of cut leather eca - tered about the grass, some having blotches of ceiling wax on them; so that I pretty well guessed them to be frag ments of a mad hag, such as I myself was the bearer of. * “What was your fate yesterday may be mine to morrow, old fellow; and ho good by,“ I muttered, half addressing the bleached corpse, half in mental sol iloquy as I forced my pony past. Again T pursued my course with a gallop, but I was destined to meet with strange adventures on this particular day, ami presently, on glancing behind me, I saw about a dozen horses about two miles in rny roar, coming on the level prairie, right on my trail. Now, had I been a green horn, 1 should have imagined these horses to have been riderless. I certainly could perceive no one on their backs, but I could Instantly tell, both by the way they galloped and the steadiness with which they hold on their course, neither diverging to the right nor to tlio left, that they were guided by invisible yet firm hands. Their riders were lying prostrated along their bucks to escape observation, an I they were all in pursuit of one scalp, and that scalp was my own. I knew that no men could ride thus but Indians, and no Indians* but Assinlboines, the boldest and most brilliant horsemen in the world. If I fell Into their hand? the chances were that I should be butchered without pity. But I wasn’t In their hands yet, that was one comfort ; and though their long b ailed, long limbed mustangs were fleeter of foot than .my own little steed, yet they had not the strength and endurance in them that I ho Norway cross gave to the pony I be- Mtrodo ; and as a stern chase is prover bially along chase, whether on sea or land; except perhaps when a locomotive under a high pressure of steam is in pur suit of a black beetle, I did n’t give up all hopes of escaping from their knives. “Go it the pace, old girl! there’s In juns after us,” I cried patting my pony on the shoulder-. As if she understood my words, she bowled away right mer • rily over the soft prairie, and after a lapse of ten minutes or so I came to the conclusion that if my toes were gaining on the—a fact I almost doubted it was, at all events, very slowly indeed. The Indians were not long In observ ing my increase in pace, and knowing therefrom that I had not been deceived by their ruse, they quickly assumed an upright position in the saddle, and treat ed me to n terrible war whoop, that made my blood run cold, and every hair fairly rise on my head, although in an ticipation of coming off’, which they undoubtedly woUid do within the next hour unless my usual good fortune at- tended me. , T In the midst of all my danger I could not help admiring the Arm centaur like and yet graceful riding of the pursuing Aeslniboiues, whose naked bodies shone In the sunshine like statues of bronze. Broad chested and powerful fellows they were, looking warlike and picturesque enough with their head dress of gor geous feathers, and their, brightly color ed mangas or cloaks floating behind them on the wind. Over the right shoulder of each appeared the barrel of a rifle, for the Assioiboiuea are the best armed In dians on the American Continent, and have discarded the how for nearly a quarter of a century. , Thus we swept on, pursurera and pur sued. for more than one hour, and then the prairie was nearly crossed, and a«» the sun sunk below the vast plain I saw the wooded country just in my Irdut, a seven miles’gallop through which would bring me to Swamp City. My foes had, however, by this time, gained upon me very considerably, and I know* they wpuld not he shaken off until tho town was fairly in sight. Luckily my pony showed no signs of distress. I therefore had still a hope left of saving my scalp, though it grew fainter and fainter every minute. At last I was fairly amougthe trees, but tho track was perfectly plain, ami so I had not to draw rein for. n mo ment. Little did I think that, I had- foes in my front as 'veil ns in my rear, yet of the fact I was somewhat abruptly con* vlnced by several men springing put of the hushes on each-side, and forming across the road. I saw at a g/anco that they were armed bribe teeth, and that •four or five revolvers covered me; yet I felt delighted to see the-o- men, rascals though they were. “We don’t want your life, stranger— wo want the mall bags; but /if you don’t give them up quietly, why, we’ll precious soon take both,-” shouted a fel low. who seemed to leader*. “Don’t ask for the hag,-or talk of* ta- • Jkingjny_flfeP_.l,*aii3wered t -.-fijr-ln-iU fo w "ini notte’- t.tmo-yoiT^ll-lmve^rron'gtrto'ilO^' to save your own. I am dying from the Indians, who arp close behind ; so let mo pass.” “Injuns.” said they, “that’s a likely yarn. Injuns -don’t come within live miles of Swamp City, so none of your tricks upon travelers. If you don’t drop that mall bag before I count throe, PH shoot you as dead as a clam ; there now! One.” These felloe had appeared so sudden ly upon the scene, and now covered me so completely with their weapons—their leader especially—that I saw thnt'before I could handle my own rifle or pistols I should be riddled hy a dozen of balls at least. Lucidly however, at this crit ical moment the Indian war whoop ran" out shrilly close in my rear, and that wild and terrible cry produced a magical effect upon the white'banditti. "Now will you let ms pass ?”■ I cried. “Pass?" said they. “Yes, why of course, hut surely you won’t leave us to the mercy of these Infernal rod skins? We’ve no horses to oscipo on, ami your rifle might turn the day in our favor.” “I don’t know why I should risk my life lu.your defence, for you would, have taken mine without a scruple,” I re plied ; yet as I’m dying to have a shot at these dogs of Assinihoines, who have worried'me so, T’ll stop and empty one or two saddles for you. at all events. - There was no time to sav more, for the Indians were upon. us. They seemed surprised at perceiving our numbers, but they had no thought of shirking the contest on that account* We were seven to twelve, but onr,revolvers and my six shooter rifle, especially, gave ns great advantage over them. Directly as the red Sklnscame within range, the robbers fired a volley at them, not a shot, how ever. taking effect. In return tlie Assi niboines drew rein, and unslung their rlffes, brought them to a present as calmly and collectedly as English soldiers would have done on parade; hut before a single trigger was pulled, two had fallen victims to my riffle oir bine, and of the remaining shots one grazed my shoulder, and another killed one of tbe robbers—that was all. I had hy Ihjs'Mme worked myself in to the rear of the half dozen rascals on •whose side I was fighting, and again faking deadly aim., I brought down an other Indian, and then shouting, “now I guess you’re an equal •match, for I've wiped out throe red skins, and having kept my word, will leave you (o light it out fair and straightand wheeling round mv pony, I once more struck out Into a gallop for Swamp City. For several minutes f he vrd shots and cries and aM the noises of a desperate conflict, hut I never stopped to listen nr look around ; and in 1 -as than Ivlf an hour I saw lights gleaming ahead, and oresenlly drew uh before the voidcn Post Office in Swamp City, where I found another expressman mounted and wailing to .carry tho mail to the next stage, Soloman Town. 4 I. was In the Pony Express service at St. Joe, for five years after this my first ride, hut I don’t remember ever eiicoun teringso perilous a ride again. I discov ered. on my next journey, that tho Assinihoines had beaten their white opponents, rud killed and scalped every man of them. Beautiful Ireland.—We know, oi course, that Ireland is called the ‘Emer ald Isle,’ and the color of the emerald Is green, but never had it entered into .our imagination that there was anything in this world to ho seen such verdure as it charmed nnr eyes to look upon in the rural districts of Ireland. The slopes, the knolls, the dells, fields of young grain, over which the breezes creep lik a play ful spirits of the beautiful; the pastures, dotted over with sheep of the purest wool; the hillsides, rising up Into mist shrouded mountains, are all covered with think. carpets of smooth velvet green. Hut Ireland should also be called the Flowery Isle. There is not a spot in Ireland, I believe, where blessed nature can find an excuse for putting a flower ; but she has put one—not only In the gardens and in the meadows, but upon the very walls and la the crags of the sea, from the great blooming rhododen- drons down to the smallest flowret that modestly peeps forth from its grassy cover. The Irish furze, so richly yellow, covers all places that might otherwise be bare or barren; the silkworm delights everywhere, from thousands of trees, to rop Its webb of gold;’ the bio lifting hawthorn, with the sweet scented pink, and especially the white variety, adorns tiie landscape and the gardens; wall flowers of every hue and variety, clam ber to hide the harshness of the mural supports; the beetled cliffs of the’iNorth Sea arc fringed and softened with lovely flowers; and if you kneel anywhere al most on the yielding, velvety carpet,''you will find little, well-nigh invisible flow ers, red, while, blue ard yellow, wrought into the very woof and texnre. Ireland might to be called ihe Beautiful JMe.— The spirit of tbe beautiful hovers over and touches to living loveliness every point.— Pall Mall Gazette . The Traveler in the Snow.—A traveler was crossing a mountain height alone, over almost unlrobb-n snow.— Warning had been given him ifslumber pressed down his weary eye lids they would invariably bo sealed in death. For a time he went bravely on his dreary path; but with the deepening shade an freezing blu-ft at night there fell a weight upon Iris brain and eyes, which seemed to be .Irresistable. In vain he tried to reason with himself; in vain he strained his utmost energies to shako off* that fatal heaviness. At this crisis of his fate his foot struck heap that lay in his path. No stone was that, although no stone could have been colder or more lifeless. He stooped to touch it, and found a human body, half buried beneath u fresh drift of snow. Tho next moment the traveler had taken a brother in his arms, and was chafing his bunds, and chest, and brow, breathing upon the,4llll cold llpsthe warm breath of a Hying soul; pressing the silent heart to the beating pulse ot his own generous bosom. The effort to save another had brought buck life.and warmth, and enei gy. Ho was a man again, instead of a weak creature, succumbing to despairing helplessness, dropping down in dreamless sleep to die. ‘He sayed a brother, and saved himself. ’ Du Ckaillu, the famous African ex plorer, wbeu last heard from, whs at rlammerfest, Norway, whether ho had just returned from tho North Capo, tho extreme point of tho European continent, which juts into the weird, wild Arctic Ocean. Since ho left us last spring, lie has visited Sweden, Finland, Lipland,- parts of Upper Uussia,,and hits been far up the Gulf of Bothnia. It is reported that ho likes his old “stamping gropnd” fur better than tho scenes of bis recent travels. He misses tho oharmArf tfie barbarians ho has heretofore visited and described. He loves the forests, the. tig ers, the apes and the gorillas, where he was far away from his species, and was the only “ other man” in and among them ; and ho longs to he hack again in the midst of his blessed baboons* Ap propos of that; lie announces Ids return 10 New tfork some time in November or early In December. VOL. 58.—N0- 23, HOW TO WOO AHD WIN hy johx c. s v.vn n Wou'd you play tho manly lover?' Suit! a graybeard to his sou, “ List ray son while I discover How a maiden should bo won. “ Woo her not.wlth boastful phrases, Lr ast you teach her lips to sneer; Still a suitor’s warracstprnlscs In appear. “ Woo her not with senseless sighing Maidens love a laughing ej*c: Toll her pot that you aro ‘dying,’ Lest she, mocking, bids yoWlle ! n’Woo'he'fnot'VvltU wcaiciywMiiing'"’ O’er your poverty or poll, Lest she answers by<lccllnlng Iloth your sorrows—and yourself! rk Woo her with a manly wooing Giving hostages to rate. All the heart’s devotion showing By Us strength to work and wait. “ Woo her not with idle prattlo Whom yon fain would make your wife ihitwlth proofs that In life’s battle You aro etmoi lo tho strife. Like tho knight whoso simple sucln; • Won the hicly (says the tale), When tUsplio their wordy wooing AM the rest wore doomed to lull. * Lady !' quoth tlio bold Knight Errant, ' Brief 1 ho story I shall tell; F would wed thee—here's the warrant— ' I shall love ami serve theo well!’ " “ And behold ! his dexter Ungers Crush a horso shoo like a reed ! Ami within her lap there Ungers All the gold the twain can need ! “COUfITIN’S HOT.” (Correspondence of the Syracuse S(andard( A party of • us were chick hunting the otlier day on the Missouri bottoms.— Night overlook us almost before wo were aware of it, and we were obliged to seek, lodging at the first dwelling we could find, [t was a small, one-story structure of throe rooms, and occupied by a family of six—father, mother, daughter and three sons.’ The sons .wereall unmarried, and from the calls that were made after' ward we judge the daughter was unmar ried also, Wo hadn’t been in the house five minutes wnou some kind of a vein cle drove up., and two young men wore ushered into the parlor. .Sf.aightway the mother and daughter held a whispering consultation,'which closed with an invi tation to the sittin’ room for supper. It was evident that the young men callers had been to tea, as they stayed, in the parlor with ‘sweet sixteen.’ Scarcely hud wo taken our seats at the table when a howl from the dogs out doors announced another comer. .He sm-mml to avoid the front door, and knocked at that where our party was just settling to supper.— The mother rose to answer the .summons, when we were surprised by the daughter opening, the parlor door and rushing forward with ‘Don’t gil up, mother! it’s one of my fellows! Come iu, Jim ; how do you do ?’ , * And .Jim entered iu response to the cheery salutation. He made himself as comfortable) as possible till we had fin ished supper, when another whispered conversation proved that the ‘parlor Is full as ilort to be,’ which was whispered by Miss in response to some motherly suggestion. The old gentleman solved the question by inviting us into the kitchen to smoke. It was evident Jim dijn’t. smoke, for ho remained in the sit ting mom. \Ve would have doubtle-a enjoyed a quiet cigar had not the old huiy opened the back floor, and shouted at the top of her voice: ‘Come round here to the hack door.* II was another young man, and. we fancied he looked as if he had came rather late. Two young men within the parlor, one in . the sitting room, and one in the kitchen. \Vbat should be done? courting business was getting hot. There was another talk between mother and daughter.* It was evident.their devices had been exhaust ed. The old gentleman was called info the corner. He settled the question with a whisper: ‘I’JI lie damned if I'll move again till th*> sitting room’s full F Into the sitting room went number four, and .wo smoked, ftwas fully ten minute- before the next disturbers came, and they entered the kitchen 1 with an air of oid acquaintances. Wo looked anxiously at tho host. Taking his pipe froth his mouth, a-single sentence re lieved ua: ‘Them’s the widowers ! Slick !’• And we ‘stuck and smoked on. For the next half hour the girl must have been kept busy. Thu widowers certainly had a third of her lime. It was 0 o’clock.— We wished to go to bed, and the only bed we had discovered was in the parlor. The old gentleman ' divined our wishes and said : T am sorry, gentlemen. lint this is one of the regular courtin' nights ! Them two fellers in the parlor-never'leave be fore midnight, and the widowers alius stay all night. And that ain’t tho worst of it! .Dan ’ill be here at 10 o’clock ! I and tho boys alius sleep in the haystack 'Friday nights* Ver welcome to that 1* Tho parlor, sitting room and kitchen full, wo retreated to a haystack. I sponse to a question on the point, theold gentleman said, that— ‘Friday night il‘s purly bad, hut Sun day Its wuss. Last Sunday night there was ten on ’em, ami the -girl is gittln’ more amkmore parlikilor. The more she gets, the more she wauls!’ On the haystack, with a stilt* breeze driving away the mosquitoes, we heard Dan drive up. One of the lust remarks of tho old man before ho lull asleep was, ‘Yes, gentlemen, courlin’s hot in Nebras ky!’ And wo believed him. There is only one territory of any size and never lias been but one, occupied by any considerable population, from which woman is absolutely excluded. Yet such a place exists to-day, and has existed for centuries. As far back us history reaches to all females it has been a 'forbidden ground. This bachelor’s Arcadia is situ ated on a hold plateau between the old peninsula of Acte, in the Grecian Archi pelago and the mainland. Here, in the midst of cultivated fields and extensive woodlands, dwell a monastic confedera tion of Greek Christians, with twenty three convents, and numbering more than seven thousand souls, and not one of the monasteries dates from a later lime than the twelfth century. A few soldiers guard tho borders of this anti female land, and no woman Is allowed to cross the frontier. Nor is this all ; the rule is extended to every female creature, and from lime immemorial no cow, or mate, hen, dude or goose has been per mitted to make acquaintance with hill or valley of Mount Athos territory. A traveller was startled by tho abruptques- Uon, ‘What sort of human creatures nr© tho women?' Tho very idea of woman, whether os mother, wife or sister, is al most lost. To ail woman-haters; to bachelors of oyer forty years' standing; to all men who seek refugo from the wiles ami ways of tho opposite sox, this region can ho safely recommended-as a haven of refuge. A widow, a boarding-house keepc r out in Kansas, who entered a complaint against a border, gave her ago as twenty three, when she is fifty if she is a da-, when the enraged Justice dismissed IhO case without inquiring any further. An old farmer, who was asked by an Impertinent attorney If there wore any pretty girls in his neighborhood, answer ed ; ‘yes sir, lots of 'em ; so many that they cunt all find respectable husbands ; and lately sumo of 'em’s been taken up with lawyers.’ Hates for advertiseueni'u wm uo inserted at Ten Ce n per lino for tho first Insertion, and five cci, per lino Tor each subsequent Insertion. Q,m t?rly, half-yearly, and yearly Advertisements orted Atn liberal reduction on tho above rat. Advertisements should bo accompanied by ih< Case. Wood sent without any length ol lime specified for publication, they will be continued nniilordercd out And ouargtid accordingly JOB PRINTING. C’Aiin'i, handbills. Circulars, and every olh cr d(s riptlon of Jo» and OarO Printing. ’ ©iTDs anti ffints A black bird—a raven huo ollicer. Fascinating ladies—Arch duchesses. Thr cup after the cup that cheers—the iic-cup. IT wit is bad in age, what must it be in 'outh? The stouo to do a good turn—thegriud stoue. A man ought to keep out of trade, if he can’t get in. .* Ho\f to test the Weight of awr fi scal© It. .. WirAT....oughf Jalways t0...b0 up.to the - When is a smile behind time? Whoa it’s a littio laughter. A western gentleman advertises for a ‘self-supporting wife.” Honey bees aro winged merchants— They cell their honey. Is it possible for a garret window to suiler room-attic panes? “2th piUs” appears on a vase in a Dan bury boarding house. Barbers make many • friends, but scrape more acquaintances. How on earth is it that, at a party, the. guests grow thin after supper? New Orleans girls complain that the young men don’t ‘tease them enough.- Why is a tight rope dancer like an ep lemic? Because he’s poison in the air. Judy asks whether women are neare; angles since they r:ave worn high heel.* / “Figures won’t lie.” Won’t thfW Docs,a fashionable woman’s figure toil ie truth? ‘I want to bo an angel’ was played as an introduction t;- Bon Butler’s Havet-. ill speech. • Why is a donkey that cannot hold his bead up like next Monday.? Because it’s neck’s weak. Ph • dle are always advised to put the best foot forward. , What is to be done with the other?’ It is the approach of dinner time that we feel most sensible ‘the emptiness o; things below. ’ Fashionable boot, makers cannot al ways cure ladies' boots if they are bad ; but they heel them. Bald-headed men are advised to util ize the shiny place by painting their monograms there-on. A‘DRUMMER is the fastest time world because time beats all men, but a unimcr beats ilmo. A man named pledge, seventy-three years old,-is in the Virginia state prison. Of course it’s Old Sledge. Mrs. Gubkins says her husband is like a tallow cmdle, because he always will smoko when lie is going out. A Cincinnati horse doctor advertise to teach a horse to slug. But we have enough one-horse singers already. , An Irish Judge said, when addressing a prisoner: ‘You are to he hanged, and i pe it will proven warning to you.’ An exchange tells us that Mr. Chase experiences a little difficulty in speaking. This is a me it which too few few politi- cians possess. A Boston lady declares she is guilty of downright falsehood a dozpu times a day by saying to the people she meets, ‘I am glad to see you,’ and cannot free herself of the habit, The ‘Neglected Married Woman’s Bo .ciety ’ passed h resolution inviting respect able young men to attend the weekly meetings. Josh B llings say’s : ‘Never do any work before, breakfast. If it is necessary to work before breakfast, have, your breakfast first.’ A correspondent wants to km w whether, considering the great utility ,<»t the, ocean, poets are not wrong in calling it a ‘waste of water.* The difference between a watch-key and a captain on the look out for squalls is, that one winds the watch, and the other watches the wind. A Mr Day wished to*Join theKnighu Templar, but was rejected on the grounu that the days never did and never 0...1 mix with tho nighty. Many ladies have ruined the shape m their ears by wearing heavy, massive,ear rings, wliich not only spoUathe shape « 1 the ear by elongating it, but also produo headache and pains in tho face- An Illinois lover closed his letter to his lady sentimentally as follows: My best loved one, I ebawed tho postage stamp on your last letter all to thunder, because I knew you licked it on, A Duiu/que farmer putout a fire in his mrn with a deluge of milk. Dubuque is mt'tho only place where milk differs >ut little from water. A shrewd waiter at one o. our water ing places says that, ‘Them as is most plain in what they eats, are the most ac complished and ladylike.’ >!i BiLLtN'GS says: 'Courage with iscretion is like a ram with horns, it ends—he will have more lights -i iand than ho can do Justice to.’ Jns: iut di A Milwaukee widow married a wool; fter tlie death of her first husband, ‘to ifevont 1 orself from frettcn to dull ■■'i' he sake of poor Mike, the dear sow!- 1 Brown, the other day, while looking at the skeleton of a donkey, made a very natural quotation : ‘Ah,*said he, ‘we are feunnlly and wonderfully made.' The Memphis Appeal bowed down with woe, makes inquiry; • ‘VVhat can fill an empty pocket with greenbacks or' pluck from the memory a rotted sorrow?’ ‘Mary, I am glad vour heel has got well.’ ‘Why ?’ said M irv, opening wide her largo blue eves with astonishment, ‘Oh. nothing,’ said John; ‘only I see it's able to be out.’ A German advocate is said to have pleaded for his client in the following way. ‘Ho has killed his father and mother, and now he U an orphont. Poor fellow I We ought to protect him.’ An bid sailor, finding'a corked bottle [oating on the sea, opened it, with the allowing soliloquy : I hope; gin, think; tracts, by jingo!’ and then threw hem buck into the water. tJoMEHODY wrote to H. G,, says the Lowell C’onW«r,inquiring the best method of preserving-farm tools. The philoso pher advised the best loaf sugar, pound for pound, and boll one hour. Two PnoHtANS, living on the same street, unblessed with tho same name. Both are married ; one has a large, tho other a small wife. They are known as ‘Big’ ami ‘Little’ wifed ‘Brown.' A couuksi’ondknt wants to know the best way to become a literary man. Well, the quickest way U for him to take-a short voyage to sea. He will then very likely become a contributor to the At lantic. A LIVKLY girl had a bashful lowr whoso name was Locke. She got out of patience with him at lust ami In her an ger declared that Shakespeare-hud not said half as many things us lie ought u» about Shy Locke. What class of workmen ou Hu i..e French government' to employ for ti ; \ purposo of restoring the Veu dome to Us original position ’ Composi tors. of course, for,liny are ia luq habit of setting up columns.
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