The American Volunteer PUBBISHBD EVERY THURSDAY MORNING John B. Bratton, OF!ICE SOUTH MARKET SQUARE. ' Terms.—Two dollars por year If paid strictly In advance, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents. If paid wltbln three months, after which Three Dollars will be charged. These terms will be rigidly adhered to In every Instance. No sub scription discontinued nntll all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. Jejjal notices. ORDINANCE, Relating to the Sale of Meat, Be Itenaolod and ordained by the Town Conn ell of the Borough of Carlisle,and It Is hereby enacted and ordained bv the authority ol the same: See, I. That the Inner stalls and area of the market house, and all stalls on the outside, now in nse.ortha* may hereafter ho appropriated for the sale of moat, shall be exclusively appropri ated to butchers and retailers of moat, who shall use the stalls nr benches for the purpose of exposing their moat for salec and all the uter stall* or benches except those set apart for meat stalls, shall be exclusively appropriated to the venders of proviHl'Mis, and articles other that* fresh meal by lees quantity than a quarter; pro vided, however, that the privilege of soiling fresh meat by the quarter on the • uter stalls or benches, shall only extend to, and beenjoved by farmers and others who may kill for market stock of their own raising. And further provided that all parties offering meat at retail hn any of the stalls except those set apart ns meat stalls, shall pay an additional rate or tax for every such sale, to the clerk 01 the market, of twenty* live cents. Sec. 2. No butcher or retailer of meat by ie«s quantity than a quarter shall occupy any stall of the market house without first having tb talned a license therefor from the borough treasurer, and having paid the said treasurer the sum which shall be fixed bv Council as the annual rent of such stall, as ho or she may se lect. Any person or persons violating thl* or the foregoing section shall forfeit and pay the the sum of Five Dollars, which may be sued for and recovered before any Justice of the Peace resident In the borough. See. 3. It shall be the duty of the High Con stable and the clerk of the market, to be vigi lant to prevent a violation of either of the fore going sections; and If either oftbem shall pros ecute any offender to conviction he shall bo en titled to one half the penalty. See. 4. That all ordlnam es passed heretofore regulating the sale of moat, be, and the same are hereby repo ded# Enacted Into an ordinance this 3rd day of January, A. D, 1873 Attest: GEORGE E. SHEA PER, A. J. Wetzel, Bres't 1 own Cbuncil. Sec'yto Cbrpar’n. JOSEPH BAUTZ, Jan3o-4t ■ Burgess. aOTICE IN PARTITION.—To the heirs and-legal representatives of Robert n, lute of the Township of Penn, County of Cumberland, deceased, time notice that in pur* suance of a writ of partition and valuation is sued out of the Orphans' Court of Cumberland county, and to mo directed, an Tnquesl will be held on tbe real estate of said decedent, to wit: A lot or piece ground situate in the township of ' Penn and County of Cumberland, bounded by lands of Jacob Kellar, the late 1..0. Miller, the •State >oad and land of Duu’l Kellar, containing Eighty Perches, neat measure, onHaturnhy, the Isth day of March, A. D. 1873,at 11 o’clock, P.M„ on the premises for the purpose of making par tition and valuation of the Real Estate of said deceased. J. K. FOREMAN, SnKKiFF’a Office, ) Sheriff. Carlisle, Feb.6,78-(Jw. i IN the matter of the District Court of the United Stales, Eastern District of Penna.: John 8. Dougherty, of Newville. County of Cumberland, a bankrupt, having petitioned for bis disch irge.u meeting of creditors will be held on Wednesday, the filth day of February, 1873. at 2 o’clock, p. M.. before Register Chas. A. Bar nett, ut his otllco, In the Court house, at Cur isle. Cumberland counti; Pa., when and where the examination of the bankrupt may be finished, and any business of meetings required by see tions 27th and 28th of the Act of congress,trims acted. « A nearing wPI also bo held on Wednesday, the.lOih day of February, 1873, balore the Courl, at Philadelphia, at Id o'clock, a, m., when and where parties Interested may show cause ngalust the discharge. CUAS. A. BARNETT, JanlO-Ot Register, EXECUTOR’S NOTlCE.—Notice lb hereby given that letters testamentary on the will ot James Hamilton, late of the borough of Carlslo, dec’d., have been Issued to tbe under* signed Exebatora, the first named residing in South Middleton towns' ip, and the latter In Carlisle. All persons Indebted will please make payment without delay, and those, holding claims will present them to • JOSEPH A. STUART, ~ A. BU3BEK, Feb. (1-Ct Executors. A UDITOR’B NOTICE.—The Auditor /xnnpolnted by the Court to distribute the biimuce In tbe hands of Abraham Bonier, Se questrator of tbe Haaovcr and Carl Isle Turn plue Company, among tbe creditors or buid Company, hereby gives notice to . those inter ested. that he will attend to tbe duties of his op polbtmeutut his residence, In the Borouuh of Carlisle, No. SO East Main Street, on the (Btb day of February, 1873. J. K. IRVINE, JauBo-3t* Auditor. EXECUTOR’S NOTlCE.—Notice in hereby given, that letteis testamentary on tue estate ol Mrs. Melinda Sites, late of Carlisle, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, residing In Carlisle. All persons knowing themselves Indebted thereto are requested to make pavtnoni Immediately, and tho*e having claims will present them for settlement to > . THEO- UOHNMAN, H. L. HECK KR; Executors. Jan3o-6t ATOTiCE.—Notice is hereby given, J_l.thftt.tho undersigned hnfl been appointed the assignee of William Bhlinp, of Frunltford township, Cumberland county, for tho benefll of the creditors of the said Win. Hhlmp. Persons Indented to the said assignor are requested to raaUo immediate payment, and those having claims against him to present them. LEVAN H. ORRIS, AMfpnce. Jan3o-3l* A UDITOB’B NOTICE.—the Auditor J\ appointed by the Court to distribute the balance id the bands of Jacob O.Atebman, as signee of VVQslilDe'on Wolf, of South Middleton township, under deed of voluntary assignment for benefit of Creditors, hereby gives notice to those interested, ihut ho will attend to (he du ties of his appointment ut his ofllce, In Carlisle, on Saturday, tho 22d of February, at II o’clock, a. m: u. w. foulk, oFeb73 Auditor, A DMINISTBATOB’S NOTICE. "wotlce Is hereby given that letters of Admin* Istratlon on the estate of Mlobael G. heltzhoov er. late of, the borough of Carlisle, Cumberland county* Pa.,deceased, have beed granted to the undersigned, residing In said borough of Car lisle. \II parsons therefore having claims or demands oaalnst.the estate ot thosuld dtcedent. are requested to matte the same known to the said uudersighed without delay, and those In debted will make paymoutimmedlately. ' A. HuSLEB, AdminivUator Jan23-OL* A DMXNIBTBATRIX* NOTICE. Ifotlce Is hereby given that letters of Admin istration on tho e lute of Jacob W. Waggoner lateof Pena township, dec’d.. have been grant ed to the undersigned, residing in said town ship. All persons having claims or demands against the estate of the said decedent, are ro queted to make'the same known to the said undersigned without delay, and those Indebted will make payment Immediately. JEMIMA WAOGnNBR. Administratrix, FeblB 6t* A UDJTOR’S NOTICE.—The Auditor by the rourt to distribute the Bauinco in the hands of James Clendenm.iisslg nee of Ellas Whistler, of Middlesex township, under deed of voluntary assignment for benefit of creditors, hereby.glves noi Ice to those Inter ested, that he will attend to the duties of his appointment at his office. No. 18 West Main street, Carlisle, on Saturday, the Ist day of Mi.roh, at 10 o’clock, A. M. THEO. COKNMAN, Assignee, Fobl3-8t AUDITOR’S NOTICE. N the matter of the estate of J. W. Common, into of Silver Spring township, de ceased. The auditor appointed by the Orphans' Court of Cumberland county to distribute the balance in the bauds of William Benseman, surviving Adtnl-mtrulor of the said estate, will meet the parlies interested for the purposes of his ap pointment.y calling at the oQlceof the late Wm.M. Penrose, in Uheeiu’s Hull, V. M. PENUO3B. ‘ *aovT2lyi-* TIARLIBLE LAND ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of this aisoolatioh will PjO.held at the office of A. L. Hpon*ier, Esq., in v l - 0 ',‘rough, on the first Haturday of February, , • 1 073, u being the first day of said mouth, at “■ c. miiuacu, Junu-st tKt'rn El? JOHN B. BRATTON. IpMical THE SEASONS ruoM' rt( n o rum Air Hay and corn, and huds, and flowers, Snow and Ice, and fruit, and wjae, Suns and seasons, sleets and showers, Brlng.-ln turn, these gilts divine. Spring blows, Hummer glows, Aulumu reaps, Winter keeps. Spring prepares. Bummer provides, Autumn hoards, and Wlnterhldes. Como, then, friends, their praises sound Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring, As they run their yearly round, Each in turn with gladness sing! Time drops blessings as ho files— Time makes ripe, and time makes wise, ||mellancMJs. A HAUNTED HOUSE. Five Months Mystery in Allegheny Oity. The usual quiet which has prevailed in Allegheny for some time past, has been considerably disturbed the last, few days by the report of the existence of a “ haunted house” in the eastern part of the city. It forms now the general topic*of conversation, and the wiJdest rumors concerning Hare afloat. The noises occurred for two months between the hours of seven and eight, and the remaining months about four o’clock in the morning. One evening the occupant beard a knock at the door which leads from the hall Into the kitchen, but When the door was opened.' be found that no person was there. He closed the door, but had no sooner ta- ken his seat than another knock was heard. He inquired who was there, when a voice representing a female answered, “Me.” He next asked, ” What do you want?” when the an swer, •* I want in,” was received. He then walked lightly to the door and quietly opened it, when he heard’ soft iootsteps glide up the stairs, but could see no foim. He then rushed up stairs and searched the rooms, but found that no person was near. At another time a lady visitor rushed into .the kitchen, pale as a -sheet, and was unable to speak for some time.— Atfter recovering somewhat from her fright, she stated (it was about seven .o’clock), that she had come to spend the evening. When she entered the hall, and was walking towards the door leading into the sitting-room, some person pushed her violently against the wall, held her there for a moment, and then fled upstairs. The search for the person, however, was fruitless. And another time bo was visited by his brother-in-law. One evening, while he was laying awake in bed, he felt a hana as cold as a corpse touch his face. He jumped out of bed,; struck a light, but saw no person around. Being afraid to go to bed again, he.reclined on the sofa, but be fore many minutes the sofa rocked like a cradle. Tho most wonderful occurrence re mains to be told. One, night .a very singular noise was heard. When the parents arose a strange sight presented itself. The child, who was lying in the cradle, was naked, all the bed clothes having been scattered about the floor, and the clothes taken oil the child and also scattered herennd there. Another time, while he was stairs, he heard a crash down stairs, as if a person had a very heavy ax, and with it was strik ing the table with all his might. He rushed down stairs, when, singular to relate, he discovered nothing unusual not the faintest noise was heard. He was astonished, however, to hear the same noise, but not quite so loud, from' the very spot up stairs which he had left. He then went up stairs with a revolver in his possession, when he heard light footsteps, as if some person was walking around the room. He could, aa on every other occasion, only hear sounds, but could not see any thing. The above are only some of the main Incidents that have taken place there. Sometimes it would be continual rap pings, sometimes talking or whisper ing, groaning, walking, etc. Some old residents in the vicinity state that the house had been haunted for twenty years past. Sometimes a year would elapse and nothing unusual would oc cur. It is also said that there have been a large number of deaths in the hou^e. — Phi Ca. Telegraph. Extensively Visited. Chiaelburst, where the late Emperor Napoleon breathed bis lust, continue? to be visited by many persons, both Eng lish and French. The mortuary bang ings in the little church, which contains the remains of the late Emperor, have all been taken down, and the Interior bas resumed its wonted aspect, which, though simple, does not lack solemnity and grace. While 'Uie decorations were being removed a continuous stream of visitors passed Into the church for the purpose of getting some little remem brancer of the sad event. Immortelles were sold outside the church yard gate, and numerous emblematic devices found ready purchasers at every turn between the railway elation and the churob. A largo box tilled with wreaths of violets and other flowers stood open at the side of the porch, and every one who entered was invited to detach a small bunch of spray and parry it off. A beautiful wreath of oameJJos, violets and Jlliles had attached to it by a ribbon of black silk a little card; ou which was written, in n clear, flue bund, 11 l)e la part de la Princess Beatrice.” Next to a white amaranthine wreath sent by Queen Vic toria wtsone which bore the name of Prince Leopold. In an distinguishable heap were wreaths; from ail the mem bers oi the English royal family, and the repose on such a bed of flowers as a hun dred different hands at least must have helped to spread. Mass is said dally In the church, anC the utmost reverence is perceived in the conduct of those who attend the exercises. New York has 250 miles of paved •treela. the Aitimjm Baluntwr A correspondent rif the London Morn~ ~ ing J?ost gives u lively account of 'wolf hunting, which is one of (he favorite sports in those purls of Btissia where the animals have not disappeared before ad vancing civilization. At some abnormal hour between night and-morning you are aroused by 'a vigorous shake and a hoarse admonition to "tumble up and look sharp about it, for there's no time to loose.” You make a hasty toilet, and, sallying forth, see in front of your hut, in the dim light of the coming dawn, a huge, dark, shapeless mass, which, as your eyes get used to the darkness, as sumes the form of a broad, heavy, three , horse sledge with very high sides, not unlike an enormous washingtub, around which flit three or four spectral figures with lanterns—the fitful glare making their grim bearded faces look grimmer and less human than ever. Guns, am munition, haversacks, &c<, are stowed , away in the bottom of the conveyance; and last, but not least, a young pig, pro ■ testing against bis abduction with a i loudness and fluency that would do hon or to a Hyde Park meeting. All being, now ready, the hunters squeeze them selves Into their places, the driver shakes his reins with a wild whoop, and away we go into the darkness. Mile after mile of. the frozen waste goes by like a dream, till at length thespeotral shadows of the forest begin to gather round us, and the squeals of our unlucky pig, (whose ears one of our party is now pinching vigorously ) begin to be answer ed by another sound, which no one who has once heard It will easily forget-rnot the long melancholy howl wherewith a supperlesß wolf may.be heard bemoaning himself on the outskirts of our village any night la the week, but the quick, 1 snarling cry of one who sees bis food coming and wishes to hasten it. And there they.come at last, the gaunt, wiry, slouching fellows, with their bushy tails and flat narrow heads, and yellow, thiev ish, murderous eyes. Crack I the fore most of the pack rolls over on bis side, kicking convulsively ; but (he rest gal lop on unheeding. Crack I crack ! and two more fall dead, blotting the snow with a smear of dull crimson. Some of the boldest pursuers swarm up to ’the sledge, and attempt to leap over Its pro jecting sides, while we pound their heads with the butt, ends of our pieces, and chop their paws with hatchets, and slash them across the eyes with bunting knives, the two hindmost of our party, meanwhile, blazing away over our shoul ders as fast as they can load. And so, for a .time, the running fight goes fierce ly on, making altogether a very striking tableau. But "the pace la too stiff to last," as -our leader remarks with a , knowing grin. A run at full speed thro' deep snow tries even a full grown wolf too severely to be continued beyond a certain time: and in face of a stout re sistance the beast’s inherent cowardice is sure to come to the surface sooner or later. Already three or four gaunt, shag gy veterans, who have probably hud a good supper over night, begin to bang* buck as if doubling the wisdom of risk ing their lives for a hypothetical break last. .The speed of'the rest slackens by degrees; and ut length the whole pack drop off as if by tacit agreement, leaving us to pursue our way unmolested.. As we emerge again upon the open plain, across whlah the'flrsl beams of the rising sun are just beginning to full, we see the < last of our grim followers slinking like a beiated.spsccre into the gloomy shadows of the forest which we have quilled In a recent letter from a correspon dent in Borne, we And the following in teresting item : A remarkably interesting discovery has been made here in Home in these fast days. On Wednesday, when the workmen were busy removing, brick by brick, the high altar in the Church of the Twelve Apostles'—which edifice Is under going a thorough repair—they came up ou the relics of .St. Philip aud St. James minor, the cousins of the Savior. It was known that this Basilica, which dates from the days of Constantine, did receive In the fourth or fifth century, from the East, Che bodies of these martyrs, and that they were Interred within its limits, but the precise spot was not known; in deed, according to tradition, the relics bad been so concealed that they were, never to be discovered until the day of Judgment. An ancient MS., also found lately among the venerable arebieves of the convent attached to the Caslllca, did say that the burying place of the two apostles—claimed to be among the spe cial protectors of Romo*—existed beneath the steps of the high altar. But this bad only been read by a few of the monks, so that It was a great surprise to most people when that morning's work brought to light a great stone slab with an equilateral cross in alt-relief, reaching to either side, covering in an empty chamber with rough hewn walls. And to one side and exactly beneath the site of the altar, another chamber, plated with Phrygian marble, contaiog a beech wood coffin in a very decayed condition, but having within it the bones and ashes of the two apostles. That same after noon the Commission of Sacred Arche ology visited the sire and drew up their statement before anything was disturbed. The coffin was then caretully taken up and placed in a new one prepared to re ceive It, and (hey then came upon a slab or marble with a round hole in it>.suoh as used to be placed before the tombs ot - martyred aaiots. The aperture was made to pass a handkerchief or bunch of flow ers through till they touched the venera ted remains that laid within. The legal documents having been drawn up and signed by all who were privileged to be present, the outer casing was sealed up and put in charge of the monk who has the care of the relic department in the Basilica. A Frenchman In tbe employ of Al van Clarke, Jr., tbe eminent optician, has succeeded in imitating many of tbe precious gems so perfectly as to deceive eveu skilled experts; and a ruby, tbe ac tual value of which was not over five dollars, was pronounced by a celebrated Boston Jeweler to be worth one hundred and fifty dollars, tbo Jeweler regarding it as a real gem, and giving him reasons for this opinion- WOLF HUNTING IN EUSStA, Interesting Discovery. CARLISLE, PA.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20.1873. TEOPIOAL. - HUEBIOANES. Among the recent ©fleets that certain hurricanes have produced, there are sev- eral which would seem quite incredible, if tbe genius of man could not by means powder and other fulminating matters ipspress on the air a still greater rapidity, and give it thus, though in very limited spaces, a force of destruction superior to that of the tempest. On tbe 2Gtb of July, 1825, during tbe hurricane of Uuadaloupe, a gust of wind seized a plank an inch thick aud sent it through the trunk of a tree sixteen inches thick. In the same way, in a lesser-whirlwind which passed near Calcutta, a bamboo was burled through a Wall of a yard and a half iu thickness ; that is to say, the breadth of air In movement over this point, had a force equal to that of n ftix-pounder. At St. Thomas, in 1837, the fortress which defends the entrance of tbe port was de molished as if It bud been bombarded. Blocks of rock were torn from a depth oi thirty or fourty feet beneat h the sea and flung on shore. Elsewhere, solid bouses, Corn from their foundations, have glided over the ground as if flying before the tempest. On the banka of tbe Gauges, on tbe coasts of the Antilles, and at Charles, vessels have been stranded far from the shore in open plains or in for ests. In IGSI a vessel from Antigua was carried up tue rocks three yards above the. highest tides, and remained like a bridge between two points of rock. In 1825, at tbe time of the gieat hurricane of Guadeloupe, the vessels which were in the road of Basse Terre disappeared, and one of tbe captains, happily escaping, recounted how his brig bud been seized by the hurricane and lifted out of the water, so that be hud, so to speak, “been ship-wrecked in tbe air.” Broken furni ture and a quantity of ruins from the houses of Guadeloupe, were transported to Montserrat over an arm of the sea fifty* miles wide. From tbe mountain of St. Thomas the immense black whirlwind was seen from afar to pass across tbe sea, and over the island of Porto Rico ami Santa Cruz. The most terrible cyclone of modern times is probably that of tbe 10th of October, 1760, which has been specially named “tbe great, hurricane.” Starting from Barbadoes, where neither trees nor dwellings were left standing, it caused an English fleet anchored off St. Lucia to disappear, and completely rav aged this island, where six thousand per sons were crushed under tbe ruins. Af- ter this, the whirlwind, tending toward Martinique, enveloped a convoy of French transports, and sunk more than forty ships, carrying four thousand sol diers; on land, the town of St. Pierre aud other places were completely razed by the wind, and nine thousand persons perished there. More to tbe north, Do minique, St. Eustatius, St. Vincent, and Porto Rico were likewise devastated, and most of tbe vessels which were on the path of tbe cyclone foundered, with all the crews. Beyond Porto Rlo> the tempest bent to the north-east,, toward the Bermudas, and though its violence had gradually diminished, sunk several war ships returning to Europe. At Bar badoes, where the cyclone bud com menced its terrible spiral, the wind was uuohulued with such fury that the in- habitants bidden in the cellars did not bear their bouses falling above their heads; they did.not even feel the shocks of earthquake which according to Rod ney, accompanied the storm. The rage of man was arrested before that of Na ture. ' The French and English , were then at war, and all the ships which the sea swallowed up were laden with sol diers seeking to destroy one another. At the sight of such ruin the hatred of the survivors was calmed. The Governor of Martinique caused the English soldiers who had become bis prisoners in conoe quence of the great shipwreck, to be eel. at liberty,'declaring that, In the common danger, all men should feel ns brothers. Be Brief.— Long speeches, long let ters, long communications are out of place in these stirring times. We have a whole world’s news to look after and putin or der for our readers every night. Remem ber that kind correspondents and con tributors, avoid parenthesis. Drop the semi-colons altogether. Make tho spaces between the periods as brief as possible. Shake out the adjectives without reserve. Sacrifice the pet metaphors. Be not led away by the love of antithesis or allltera tlon. Be clear and crisp and pertinent alike in your fuvectlves, eulogies and recommendations. Think of the Lord’* Prayer, and then of the awful substitute served up by sensation loungers in too many pulpits. What fights of tawdry rhetoric and volleys of expletives ; what endless repetitions of tedious details weary and disgust the h. arer. It is fright ful to think of the time wasted by these self-p irading petitioners and long-wind* ed iuditers of many-beaded sermons. Life Is too short, too full of cares and du ties, to be thrown away thus. The best advice, tho brightest wit, the deepest wisdom, come ever in small packages. Black Bnow.— The Keokuk (Iowa) Constitution of the 18th says: “On last Tuesday afternoon commenced the great snow storm of the winter, and the greatest storm of. the West for many years. It continued until Wednesday afternoon ; then set in a furious wind, which took the snow from the hills and piled it up in the valleys. On Thurs day morning the inhabitants of the northern portion of this State, when they awoke, were not a little surprised at seeing the earth covered with a black instead of a white garment, as it was on the night before. This strange and unnatural phenomenon is accounted fur on the supposition that after the wind had swept the snow off the hills then the dry earth was taken up and scat tered over the face of the snow, giving it this peculiar coloring. This would be a satisfactory explanation if this un usual appearance had been confined to localities but accounts say it was general. Gnu of the new branches of Industry that demands no capital and no special euduwnments, Is the mat trade. The way to obtain a stock In trade Is to walk up to the front door of a dwelling, take a mac, go borne and wash it, and then g» back and sell it to the former owner. The profits are immense. WHAT THEN 7 After the Christian’s tears, After bis lights and fears, Aftorhls weary cross, " All things below but loss”— What then ? Oh. then, a holy calm, Resting on .rasas’ arm; Oh; then, a deeper love . For the pure home above. After this holy calm. This rest on Jesus’ arm, After this deepened love For the pure home above— What then? Oh, then, hard work for Him, Immortal souls to win; , Then Jesus’ presence near, Death’s darkest hour to cheer. And when the work is done, When the last soul Is won, When Jesus’ love and power Have cheered the dying hour— What then? Oh, then, the crown la given ! Oh. then, the rest In heaven! Then endless life In endless day. While sin and death have passed away K. J. Brazilian Purest Life. The broad, rounded outline of tbe Bra zilian forest is not so unlike that of our native woods as may be imagined; but it is the immense size of the trees, the deep green color of the leaves, and the strangeness of each individual, form, that distinguish it. Palms of a hundred specie are mingled with the swolleu stemmed cetbn; while the gigautic mora, the berthulletra, or Brazil-nut, aud the cowtree, tower, with several Palms, above their fellows, two hundred feet from tbe ground. In some places, there is a thick growth of underwood aud ferns; in others, tbe ground is a bare swamp, rank and steaming, where no plant grows among tbe tall trunks but gloom-loving fungi. Few trees bear flowers; indeed, it seems to be a law ol uatuie, tbe great mother, that trees con stantly bearing leaves should seldom produce flowers; and there would be lit tle color la tbe variouely-shadded mass of green but fur the lianas, which forms its distinguishing feature. To call them creepers is to describe them feebly, they are rather climbing-trees, and aotullmes of a large size. Twining their lithe, rib- boQ-Uke arms round the nearest iruuk, they obtain a Arm support, and spread from tree to tree in labyrinthine festoons, displaying a wealth of brilliant flowers that irradiates tbe dimness of the forest. Often tbe trees dies in tbe mur- derous hug of its beautiful parasite, and hangs suspended in tbe act of falling by the llnia, now scarcely smaller than itself. . Nothing Is at rest; but every living thing is fighting Its own battle for exis- tence. Heat and moisture are two great agents who are ceaselessly at work nour- ishing them all; no slight labor, when it is remembered that tbe equatorial rains, constant though they be, have to feed the Great River and its tributaries, as well as the forest that clothes their shores. To this excess of sunlight and rain does nature owe Us marvelous fresh ness, life perpetually springing forth, hiding and sweeping away decay. . At every hour of the day and night some living creature awaken to activity. Sunrise ie announced by a general.chorus especially of loud-volce animals, as monkeys and parrots, whose varied cries continue in bursts, until the forest rings with an uproar. This gradually ceases as the sun rises higher in the sky; till at noon, a deathlike stillness prevails. The snake and cayman lie basking in open places, drinking in the fierce beat that drives other animals to seek shade. Only a solitary cry is heard until sunset, when the chorus Is renewed; but tbla time by different voices—those of the hungry jaguar and panther, the tapir, peccari, aud others, besides noisy frogs, and those creatures that always accompany night, owl and bat—the latter being often, in the topics, the formidable blood sucking vampire. It is at this time that fruit aud flower send forth their most delicious fragrance, and swarms of goat-suckers appearohasing night-insects. That much maligned but' innocent bird, the goat sucker, sleeps on the ground or on a low branch, and makes no nest, laying its eggs on the bare soil. The sounds of the night are nearly the same, but even fewer than those of the day; the crash of a fallen tree; the mournful wall of the sloth, that seems to Implore pity as it crawls slowly along the under-side of a branch; the cayman’s cry, hideous and terrible, for it means that the monster is seeking for ptey. Sometimes, too, there, is the roaring of the Jaguar on the same quest, or perhaps lost in the wilderness, a thing which not unfrequeutly happens, and the perplexed animal lives for weeks in trees, the ter ror of monkeys and birds; while that pe> collar species of monky called the how ler, makes a terrifl&noiae, moat depress ing to (ho spirits, generally before sunrise. A GHASTLY SIGHT. A MAN EATEN BY A DOO. New YoBK, Feb. G.— At Imlsy and Commerce streets, South Brooklyn, In a miserable shanty, a German, named Ja cob Knoop, for over six years kept a dram shop. Bast June, Knoop closed the shop, but continued living tu the bouse with his dog, and was rarely seen about. For the past two months there were no signs of life in the shanty, beyond the bow ling of a dog, and the children living In ihe surrounding tenements tore down Ibe steps leading to the bar-room, andcarri • d away the wood for kindlings. The pro perly was sold by the sheriff, nnd (be purchaser, Mr. Miller, yesterday went to the place with another party. Not hav ing any keys, the party entered through a window,and were a 1 most overpowered by the stench which arose. A large dog came to them from an tipper room. They went up stairs into the room, and there found Ihe head of a man In the centre of th floor. Puiteof the body with the flesh gnawed t« the bone were aleo found, and ,-vert ihe bones had been crushed by the sharp teeth uf the dog. The supposition is that Knoop died suddenly in a fit, or from starvation, and that the dojjf being unable tu obtain food or escape from tbe building, bad, in its hunger, aevoursd tbe body. What a; barber must do—lather his wife- A TOUCHING HISTOBT. NAPOLEON 11., THE DUKE OF REICH- BTADT- There is something exceedingly touching in the history of tbe unfortu nate duke, who, during hisfinai illness, thus composed his own epitaph : " Na poleon Francois Joseph Charles Bona parte ; born king of Romo—died -lieu tenant in the Austrian artillery.”— Handsome, accomplished, brave, tbe inheritor of a spoudid name and dazzling glory ; loved almost to idola try by the country in which his child hood was passed ; a magnificent future stretching before him—fate .frowned upon his brilliant prospects, gave him a weak constitution, wretched health, bitter disappointment, and was only kind in leading him to an early grave. Ho breathed his lastnt Scronbrunn, iu tne chamber one occupied by bis father, and iu the neighborhood of the imperial chateau where he was wont to take his solitary walks. He seems to have been completely blaze from his childhood, and of so melancholy a temperament that ’scarcely anything gave him pleasure. Everything was done to curs him of his glqomy Indif ference ; aud when all else bad failed, he met in one of his lonely rambles a beautiful peasant girl, with whom he fell in love at first sight. She appeared to return his affection. • Her society aroused him from his lethargy, and en dowed him with new life. She first taught him, it is said,, the nature of happiness, and by her presence the dreary emptiness of his being was de lighfuily filled. Peasant as she was, she was graceful, accomplished, witty, aud, to his fond fancy, she was as a goddess on the earth; He revealed to her all the sources of his discontent, poured intfi her confiding ear the secretest of his thoughts and the sacredness of his feel ings. She was the single beak of blue in his clouded sky, and in that blue was set tbe star of hope. One evening he was in the city, and attended the opera. When the ballet came on, among all the dancers suddenly flashed a form of wondrous beauty and grace, agile as a fawn, lithe as a spirit, and the theatre echoed and re-echoed with welcome to the new divinity of tho dance, The pale youth flushed, and his heart beat quick. Was he dreaming, or was the sylph-like creature bounding and whirling on the stage his beloved Ma rie, whom he had preferred before ail the ladies of his court? He rubbed his eyes aud leaned forward, his very soul burning in his face. He could uot be mistaken. . The ■ lovely, and guileless peasant whom he had worshipped and admitted to the innermost sanctuary of his spirit and the magnificent dancer of the opera were one and the same.— The blazing theatre grew dim; tho tumultuous applause was no longer heard; the unhappy prince gasped, struggled swooned, and amidst much excitement was borne to his carriage. The charming dancer who had fasci- nated him was tho famous Fanny Elssler, then at the beginning of her extraordinary conquests and career. She had allowed herself to be used by his relatives as a bait to ensnare the young duke’s affections, in the hope that through her some interest in life might be awakened. The ingenuous and handsome boy pleased her; no doubt. Her vanity wasgratified at the expense of hiis final faith. He never recovered, it is said, from this sudden and terrible shock, and she—was liber ally paid. An Old Fashioned Brigand. Brigands of the old-fashioned type are fast dying out, but some very fine speci mens of the romantic sort are still to be found in Corsica. A correspondent of the Paris Temps mentions that, besides some thirty-four very doubtful characters, who systematically elude the police of the Island; thete are three Individuals,named Germaul, Suzzoui and Alberti, about whom very sensational legends are toid. The exploits of the brigands, however, mere child’s play compared to those of Suzzon’s predecessor, the famous Santa luccia. He was perhaps the last of the old race, and was a power in Corsica some thirty years ago. lie took to the woods in consequence of what happened to one of bis brothers, who was convicted on the evidence of false witnesses, and sent to the bulks. Buutalucola gave himself no rest until he had got those men into bis power. The first of .these he tied to a tree and addressed as follows: ‘•Yours is a lying tongue; you 1 are about to lose ir which assertion he In stantly made good. To the next he said; “ You have declared tbatyoureyesbeheld that which they have.not seen ; you are going to lose your eyes.” To the third he said : *• You have sworn that your ears heard what they bad not beard ;you will lose your ears.” He then tore out the eyes of one and cut off the ears of the other. A Kentucky society Item : “On Fri day of last week, near Owe'ntown, Thorn os Health, Incompany with nine other young men, went to within a short die , tunce of tbe bouse of Miss Lena Ballard, whose father opposed her marriage with Health. One of tbe party anvanced and gave a concerted signal. The girl started, with the old gentleman in hot pursuit. The race was close and determined, but the girl got In ahead and was bomb off on tbe bores behind Health, amid tbe obeers of tbe party, while tbe disconso late father returned to console those of his household. Tbe party hastened to tbe residence of a magistrate, where they were soon pronounced man and wife.” Anooba cats, which used to be com mon drawing room pets in tbe days of our grandmothers, lire said to be coming Into fasbion again. They are valuable In proportion to tbe pure wtalteoess anil tbe length of tbeir silky faalr, and Ibelr purr la softer and more musical than that of tbe ordinary cat. Think upon sin, and repent; think upon Ood, and return; think upon grace, and bope; think upon glory, and presa onward. TOL 59-N0.37 PEOELIAB PEOPLE. People who like the bag-pipes. People who dislike oysters. People who at this period of our commercial prosperity, when writing paper costs next to nothing, cross their letters. People ■ who say. leesure, inter esting, Inhospita’ble, and appllca’bte. People who have no poor relations.. People who have more money than they know what to do with. People who dye their hair. People who always know where the. wind Is. People who like getting up early in the morning. People who give donations to street beggars and organ-grinders. People who send conscience-money to the Secretary of the Treasury. People who take long walks before breakfast. ■ People who spend an income on flowers for the button-holes. People who light and leave off fires on fixed days. People who like paying income tax. People who go to hot, utacomfortable theatres. People who buy early and costly as paragus—nine inches of white stock to one of green head. People who have no sense of humor. People who give large parties In small rooms. . People who lavish money on the heathens abroad, and leave the heath ens at home to take care of them sehes. People who have the ice broken to enable them to take a cold hath In winter. People who Keep all their old let ters. People wit.iout prejudices, weak nesses, antiphathics, hobbies, crotchets, or favorite theories. People who have nothing the matter with their digestion, and can eat any thing. People who take snuff. People who hold their tongues. Bamum's Gorilla—A Touching Tribute to His Memory. BY ONE WHOKNEW HIM WELL. It is seldom that we are called upon to note a more painful fact than that which we now record, and which is nothing more nor less than the rumor ed death of Barnum’s gorilla, who is supposed to have perished in the flames of the museum recently consumed.— The news of his untimely and fright ful end end, will cause a feeling of heartful, agony to thrill the bosoms' of his many friends throughout the coun try, who witnessed his playful antics in his cage wherever Barnum went on his last summer’s tour, or enjoyed Ids society at a beer saloon when the labors of the day and evening’s exhibitions were ended. The deceased gorilla was a young man of exemplary habits, and by his versatile industry supported an aged father and mother in Jersey City, who can hardly bear their present loss. His original name was Briggs, arid he was of Yankee, not Celtic origin, as has been erroneously stated. Mr. Barnum became acquainted with young Briggs many years ago, and, keen observer of human nature that he is, he soon saw the boy had talents which would if rightly applied, bring him into public notice. Mr. Barnum first employed Briggs as a mermaid, but his nervous sanguineous temperament unfitted him for wearing a wig and cod-fish skin, and ho was shortly after promoted to the position of wild man. In this he achieved no success, arid it was not un til Barnum put his great traveling show on the road until 1870, aud gave Briggs the position of gorilla, that ho devel oped those eccentricities that have made him famous. For two years no better specimen of the.gorilia tribe has neen seen on this continent. 'lhough naturally convivial and social in his tastes, ho has sat in his cage an object of wonder and admiration of thousands, and submitted to being stirred up with a long pole for the benefit of country clergymen, who stood by explaining to their youthful Sabbath school scholars how fearfully and wonderfully we are made. No murmur of discontent ever escaped his lips, except at Terre Haute, Indiana, last July, when he was heard to remark that he’d “ bo d d if he could stand it much longer wearing a hair overcoat; in hot weather, on a salary of $lO a week.” His salary was at once elevated to $12.50 a week and he was allowed ice in his don thereafter, and no better behaved specimen of his tribe was ever placed on exh bit ion. Mr. Barmitn, we are informed, with characteristic energy, has telegraphed to Africa for other specimens of rare wild beasts, to supply the places of those destroyed by the late conflagra tion. He may procureelephnnts, lions, tigers and cockatoos, but he can never fill the place of Gorilla Briggs. Not even Dr. Livingstone, with all his ex perience in African jungles, can capture ao fine a specimen, one who could ca per so nimbly around his seven by nine cage, and dance to the lascivious tick lings of his keeper’s club with such pa tience. Gorilla, adieu! and may the hairy four legged Phoenix who arises from your ashes possess your noble qualities of mind and heart, and give entire satisfaction to a deluded public for the usual price of half a dollar. Habits.—Like flakes of snow that fall unperceived upon the earth, the seeming ly unlmportautevents of life succeed one another. Ae the snow gathers together, so are our habits formed. No single flake that Is added to the pile produces a sen sible change ; no single action creates, however it may exhibit a man's charac ter ; but as the tempest hurls the ava lanche down the mountains, and over whelms the inhabitant and bis habita tion, so passing, acting npon tha ele ments of mischief, which pernicious habits have brought together by imper ceptible accumulation, may overthrow the edifice of truth and virtue.' Rates ot Advertising. No. times J sq. 3 sq. 8 eq. 4 »q. K 0 | 54° 1 CO*. 1 week. II l» >3 00 «3 00 M00»I 00 tilt 00 *23 2 " ’ I{o SOO 1(0 6000 00 IiDO 2ioo 8 " 200 400 600 80011 00 10 00 30 0» 1 •• 2 31) 4766 74 67612601800 33 6“ 6 •• 8(0 SSO 0M 750 I*oo IOM gW 0 •' 850 660 730 830 15 301 23 60 87 60 2 months (00 7 60 86C 060 17 60 25 00 436, 3 " 600 860 0601060 20 00( 80 00 60 On 0. “ 7601000126016 00 28 00 40 00 75 6“ 1 year. I ion 16 no 20 oo 26 mto 00l 76 00 100 oo Twelve U to a square. For Ezeoi lin'ra’. Notices. $1 jO For Audi 2 00 For Awl Holes consulate colors’ and Adn liters' Notices, . igneeb’ aod slmll irly Cards, not exi □oouceraenla five racted for by the j lines* and Special For Yeai For h and lime compost. Piaster-sprinkled on the potato vines, soon after they ap pear above ground, and once or twice, after, will exert a good influence in re taining the health of the potato. Some years since a tenant of ours faaultd ' muck, mostly vegetable matter with a reddish cast, and when dry about as light us a sponge and needed picking to pieces or wetting and turning to crum ble, and threw it into bis hog pea, on a floor, and left it one or two days for the hogs to work over, and threw it out to remain through.the winter.— Some of this was applied in the hill for potatoes, bn a somewhat light sandy loam, and as good potatoes, in size, fairness and yield, resulted as I recollect any time since the first appearance of the potato disease; the muck was taken right from its bed and hauled into the pen, a two-horse load at a time, and only two hogs kept on it; shelled corn was scattered in, to Induce the hogs to work it well.— W. H, White, in Coun try Gentleman. ASPARAGUS .AND ITS OULTUEE. How shall I prepare the land for as paragus and how plant it? I want to plant one acre.- Marylander. To raise asparagus from seed, sow in rows, one foot apart in a finely pulver ized soil, well enriched with old man- ure. Keep the bed perfectly clean and mellow, and the young plants will bo large enough to set out after one sea- • son’s growth, arid will be much better than plants two or even three years old that have grown feebly from a want of proper care. To obtain plants enough for an acre five or six pounds of seed will be re- quired, which will give 15,000 or 16,000 plants for this purpose. For setting out finally, the ground should be well plowed and' subsoiled, so ns to give a deep bed of mellow earth, and well on rished with manure worked in by plowing and harrowing. In setting out the plants allow plenty of room; a common error is in planting too closely especially if the beds are deeply dug.— It is better to give more horizontal space, and the shoots will be large and fine. For extensive plantations, the rows should be about three feet apart, and the plants not nearer than nine inches in the row. Stretch a line, cut a trench beside it seven or eight inches deep, or deep enough to receive the plants, and set them nine inches apart, spreading out tbs roots evenly, and covering the crown about two Inches below the surface. This work should be done as early in the spring as the ground can ba got ready and the plants will make a bet ter and stronger growth than when planted later. Then, to save labor, and have a clean plantation, go over the whole surface with a rake every’few days, and stir the whole surface well, which will break and destroy the young weeds as they are just peeping at the surface. If the rows are marked, this work may be done more rapidly with a horse and a light and fine-tooth har row (a smoothing barrow would be the best), the teeth of which will not go down more than one inch. A common harrow will not answer at all. As the young sprouts approach the surface, which will be In two or three weeks, the cultivation must be confined be tween the roWl, and any weeds in tha rows pulled out by hand.— Country Gentleman, About Betnb.—"J. R.,” New Cas co. Mich., raised a crop of beans, and from one stalk picked the pods, In Which (here Bio beans. rotlcea; 3 00 Ifag six lines* 7 00 *~porline an* lai- N< :oeedi >ceot rear. NotJ ticca, 10 cm” i (a extra. jraeni