The Lebanon advertiser. (Lebanon, Pa.) 1849-1901, June 07, 1865, Image 1

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JOB PRINTING OFFICE.
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Neatly and Promptly Executed, at the
ADITZRTIOER OFFICE, LEBANON, PEN'N'A
Thus establishment is now supplied with an extensive
assortment of JOE TYPE, which will be increased as tho
patronage demands. It eon now turn out PRINTING, Of
overy description, in a neat and expeditions manner—
aryl on very reasonable terms. Such as
Pamphlets, Checks,
Business Cards, Handbills,
Circulars, Labels,
Bill Headings, Blanks,
Programmes, Bills of Fara,
Invitations, Tickets, dm
.tom DUDS or all kinds, Common and Judgment BONDS.
dehool, Justices', Constables' nod other BLUM, printed
correctly and nently on the best paper, constantly kept
for sale at this office, at prices "to suit the times."
Rates of Jl.clvrertiosiirk.g.
Sloe. It. Bt. Bm. Gm. ly.
1 Square, 12 lines, $ .50 $l.OO $B.OO $5.00 $ 8.00
2 " 24 liner, 1.00 2.00 5.00 8.00 12.00
3 " 30 lines 1.50 300 7.00 10.00 16.00
For Executor's arid Administrator's Notices, 2.00
For Assignee, Auditor and similar Notices, 1.60
For yearly Cards, not exceeding 0 lines, 3.00
For column advertisement, 1 year, 50.00
Po r ' ?2, t, au in n ". " " ?glib"
For Annonnoingeandidates for office, in advance, 2.00
For-Announcing sale, unaccompanied by &Wt. 1.00
For. Loyd Notices, Society resolutions, he., 8 cts
per line,
For Bishops or Special Notices, 80 cents per line
per year.
Yearly advertisements for Merchants and Baei•
nem men as agreed upon.
1. 4 ,* Subscription price of the...LEBANON ADVERTISER
One Dollar and a Half a Year.
Address. Wrt. M. Bineanni, Lebanon, Pa.
DENTISTRY.
.0 B. Wagner
aims&
NS M'S Artificial Teeth on Gold, Silver, Vulcanite,
T
at from $5 tos4o. Teeth filled at 75 cents and up
wards. Residence and Mee, Cumberland street, East
Lebanon, opposite Benson's Hotel. where he has been
practising the last eight years. •
Lebanon, April 5, 1885.
JOHN P. BOWMAN,
Surgeon
33eri.tirst
65Y ROOMS over Mr. Ad
a
* am Rise's Hat Store, Mo
t I beriand St., Lebanon, Pe.
Lebanon, March 29, 1 865
REMOVAL.
S. T. MADAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HAS REMOVED hie Mee to Market Street, one door
South of the American Mouse, better known as
Matthew' Hotel.
Lebanon, April 12,186 A.
JOSIAH FUNCK,
t tcyr ma.fo 73r At& Mil no svr.
VFICE text door to the - First National Dank, (late
Deposit Dank ,) Cumberland etreet, Lebanon, Pa.
March 29,18136.
J. HOFFMAN.
(Late Oapt. in the 142 d Pa. Vet ~)
3Elcriamut3r, 331a.a15. pay
AND
Pension Agent.
OFFICE WITH HON. J. W. HILLINGER,
LEBANON, PA.
Lebanon, March 16, 1866.—t.f.
ARMY AND NA VY
pENAToIt, NTY LA OUNTV. RACK PAY
n AND
ta BOUN-
ND AGENCY.
aatatLElß ug,
t t r mi. v• ca. t Xi "t:717 .
q lIIE undersigned, UV/mg been licensed to prosecute
claims, and hiving been engaged in the Bounty and
Pension boldness, offers hie services to all those who
e thereto entitled, In accordance with the various
sets of Congress. All such should call or address at
mote, and make their appi Icat ions through
HASSLER BOYER, Attorney at• Law,
OFTICIi removed to Cumberland St., one
door East of the Lebanon Valley Bank, opposite
the Buck Hotel, Lebanon, Pa. Ran. 6, '64.
JOHN BENSON,
ATTORNEY - AT -LAW.
OFFICE with A. R. Boughteri Esq., Cumberland
Street, nearly opposite the Oattrt Blouse.
Lebanon, February 8, 1865.
- -
H. T. BlBlGititVg -----
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW)
IMICE in Stlehter's Building, Cumberland Street
O
nearly opposite the Court House, Lebanon,
Lebanon, June 16, 1864.—tf.
CIERCS: P. mittEß
Attorney-at-Ea-vv
olftet7 a tia t u w t o or d e o ct o t 4 ne s a o % ro i t i dte k - a th rm e Leek
hardware store.
Lebanon; April 6,1864.4 y.
ISJASSAGER ILBOYER,„
A;L:tt4c)x-xx Pir t XJ.O4, k
IFFIGH removed to Cumberland street, one door'
kir Haat of the Lebanon Valley Bank, opposite the
Buck Hotel, Lebanon, Pa. Van. 6,44.
CA RANT WEIDMAN
ATTORNFIV AT •-.IE,AW.
IFFICE , In Cumobecland street, a few doors east of
II the Eagle Hotel, In the office late of his father
Capt. :John Weldman,dec'd.
Lebanon. Sept. 8,1863.
HENRY J. LIOHT,
alrizsitioe , of the. Pormze.
r UE eabecrlber, having been elected anotlce of the
Peace, would respectfully inform the public that
he la tiow•prepared to attend to the dotter of hie office,
am well no the writing of Deeds ' Bootle, Agreenteuto,
and all liuminesm pertaining to aScrivener. at 614 reel.
derma In North Lebanon Townehlp, about two talks
from Lebanon, neer the Tunnel, on the Union Forge
11 ItNILY 3. LICIIIT,
N, Lebanon townebtp, May 3, 1365.-310,
RBINIOV4IL.
A. STANLEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
IMs removed lib °Mee to the betiding, 0111.1 door Vail
of Lendermileh 'ekitore, opposite the Washing ton 'Home
Lebanon, Pa.
BOUNTY end PENSION claims promptly attended
to [April B,
L. R. DE
LIQUOR STORE,
Market •Illuare, oppositeibe Market House, Lebanon, Pa.
pima undersigned respectinily Informs the public
1, that lie has received an- extensive stock of the
choicest Nial purest Liquors of all descriptions. These
••••
Litionle ho le Invariably disposed to sell at an
.. ••••preeedentedly law prices.
V Praggintni Partners, It Mel Keepers, and oth•
era will conduit their own interests by buying of the
Undersigned. L. K. DERG.
air Also, for sale, Mitilitailt'S II KKK MITERS-
Lebanon, April IC., 11303.
COOPERING•
rutilkl subscriber respectfully Informs the public
1, that ha has corammteed the tIftoCBRING Masi
- nese at h is residence on Plank Road
17„,.. 41 " . /2,1' ' street, Ftbnia 11l square sm i th o f t h e
' 1 11 . = ~...-", , I First Betbrmed Church. Tubs
(
~' ' •..-.."'--
--.,
',
ill Bletnitt, Barrels, hogsheads Casks,
'' ,-- : - '--; - 1 . , - . - IF 'or anything in his lino mad'e or ilk:-
PAIRED lit short notice and on rea
sonable tetras. lie solicits the patronage of the pub•
Ile, feeling confident that his work will compare fav
orably In workmanship and price with any other.
- JOS 11 pu if. 0 ASS totp.
Lebanon, April 5, 1855. .
THE NEW BAKERY,
1111 E undersigned would reopectfully Inform the eit-
L sena of Lebanon, that he has coremenced the BAK
ING BUSINESS, In all its varieties, at his.stand, in
Cumberland street, baremon, nearly opposite - the Buck
Hotel, and will supply customers with the boot BREAD,
CANA!, & 0., &o. Fleur received from customers and
returned to them in bread at short uotice.
CONFECTIONERIES,
or all kinds, fresh and of the best quality, constantly
on hand, sod furnished at the loweet prices.
Th 3 public is invited to give me a Irbil.
Lab no% May 4,1881, F. 'P. IL EMIR.
For Rent.
ROOMS on tho second-Moor of Bunch's Building
J. adjolnyug the Advertiser Oftlee, are offered for Rent
Mem the of Aprll. These rooms ere well located
or nu oftlog, or meohankel business. Apyly to
J. YOWL
petitioa, Feb. 16,1855.
'cb anon
VOL. 16--NO. 50.
IMPORTANT
TO ALL
INVALIDS.
IRON IN THE BLOOD•
IT le well known to the medical profession that
IRON is the Vital Principle or Life Element of the
blood. Thia is derived chiefly from the food we eat ;
but if the food is not properly digested, or if, from
any cause whatever, the necessary quantity of iron le
not taken into the circulation, or becomes reduced, the
whole system suffers. The bad blood will irritate the
heart, will clog up the lunge, will stupefy the brain,
will obstruct the liver, and will amid Its disease-pro*
ducing elements to all parts of the system, and every
one will pilfer In whatever organs may be predisposed
to disaiee.'
The great value of
IRON AS A MEDICINE
Is well known and acknowledged by all medical IWO.
The difficulty has been to obtain such a preparation of
it as will enter the circulation and assimilate at once
with the blood. This point,says Dr. Ira'yes, Massachu
setts State Chemist, has been attained in the Peruvian
Syrup, by combination in a way before unknown.
The Peruvian Syrup
is a protected solution of the PROTOgIDE OP IRON
theM E TAVYNRY IN iIIFIDICINE, that Strikes at
is Vital PrincipieTirraelaiiiiffiktriite- 14 “no ,v;th.
The Peruvian Syrup
Cures Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Dropsy. Fever and
Ague, Loss of Energy, Low Sp/rite.
The Peruvian Syrup
Infuses strength, vigor, and new life into the/vs/sin,
and MAIM/ up an "Iron Constitution."
The Peruvian Syrup
Cores Ohroniu Ltiarrtnon, Scrofula, Built, Scurvy, Lo
of Constitutional Vigor.
The Peruvian Syrup
Cures Nervous Affections, Female Complaints and nit
diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder •
The Peruvian Syrup
I. a Specific for all diseases originating in a BAD
STATE OF THE BLOOD, or accomplutied by Debility
or a Low State of the System,
Pamphlets containing certificates of cures and recem•
niendations from some of the most eminent Physician
Clergymen, and others, will be sent free to any ad
dress.
We select a few of the names to show the characte
of the testimonials.
JOHN E. WILLIAMS, ESQ.,
President of the Metropolitan think, New York,
REV. ABEL BTEVENS,
Latta Editor Christian Advocate and Jonrual
REV. I'. CHURCH,
Editor New York Chronicle.
Rev. John Plerpont, Lowie Johnson, M. D.,
Rev. Warren Burton, Roswell Kinney, M. D.,
Rev. Arthur B. Buller, S. K. Bendel], M. D..
Rev. Gordon Robbins, W. It. Chisholm, M .D.,
Rev. Sylvania Cobb, Francis Dana, M. D.
Rev. T. Starr King, J. Antonio Senates, M. D.,
Rev, Ephraim Note, Jr., Abraham Wendell, M. D.,
Rev. Joseph 11. Clinch, A. A. Hayes, N. D.,
Rev. Henry Upham, 3. It. Chilton. ill. 1).,
Rev. P. O. Headley, It. E. Kinney, M.D.,
Rev. John W. Olmstead, Jerem Jab Stone ,M. D.
Prepared by N. L. CLARK & CO., exclusively Or
J. P. DINEMORE,No. 01 Broadway, Now York.
Bold by all Druggists
Redding's Russia Salve.
- Beals Old Sore?.
Redding's Russia Salve
Cures Burns, Scalds, Cuts.
Redding's Russia Salve
Cures Wounds, Bruises, Sprains.
Redding's Russia Salve
Cures Bala, Ulcers, Cancers.
riedding'S fitlbeicc - earc,
Cures Salt Menem, Piles, Erysipelas.
Redding's Russia Salve
Cures Ringworms, Corral, &c.,
NO FAMILY SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT
Only 25 cents a box
FOR BALE BY
J. Y. DINSMORE. No. 491 Broadway, Now York.
S.W. FOWLS & CO. No. IA Tremont St., Boston,
And by all Druggists and Country Storpkeepers.
June 28, 18434.—1y.e0w.
The Phoenix Pectoral
WILL CURE YOUR COUGH,
THE PIHENIX PECTORAL
OR
COMPOUND SYRUP OF 'WILD CHERRY
AND SENEKA SNAKE ROOT,
- WILL CORE THE DISEASES OF THE
THROAT AND LUNGS.
uch as olds, oughs, Croup, Asthma,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Sore Throat,
Hoarsness, hooping
Cough, &c.
ITS TIMELY 15SE WILL PREVENT
pulmonary Consumption
ND EVEN WHERE THIS FEARFUL DISEASE
A
has taken bold it will afford greater relief than
any other medicine.
Miss Kate Vanderslice of Pottsville, says, "I was
benefited more by using the Phoenix Pectoral than
any other medicine I ever used."
Elias Oberhaltser, Lionville, Cheater comity, was
cured of a cough of many years' standing by using the
Phoenix Pectoral.
Joseph Lukens, of hall street, Phoenixville, certifies
that ho wos cured of a cough of two years standing,
when all other medicines bad failed, by the use of the
Phoenix Pectoral.
Jacob Powers certifies that ho has sold hundreds of
bottles of the Phoenix Pectoral. and that all who used
it bear testimony of Its wonderful effects in curing
coughs.
John R.syer, editor of the Independent Piton - ix, hav
ing used it, has no hesitation in pronouncing it a com
plete remedy for cough, hoarseness and irritation in
the throat. .•
The West Chester Johrersonitin says :
"We have known Dr. Oberholtler personally a
number of years, and it gives us the greatest pleasure
to recommend his medicines, inasmuch a' the public
rarely bare the benefit of family medicines prepared by
a physician of his acquirements and experience.
"Dr. Oberhultzer is a member of the Alumni of the
Medical Department at the University of Pennsylvania,
at which institution Ito graduated in 1854."
Parrsrows, January 3d, 18135.
This certifies that I have used the Phoenix Pectoral
In nvy family,and I recommend It to the public ae the
Tory best remedy for Coughs and Colds that I have
ever tried. One of my children was taken with a cold
accompanied with a Croupg.Cough • so bad indeed that
it could not talk or scarcely breathe. Having heard
so much said about the Phoenix Pectoral I procured a
bottle of it. The first dose relieved the difficulty or
breathing and before the child had taken one•fourth of
the bottle it wax entirely well. livery family should
have It to their house.
Signed, ' D. I'. CILOSIIY.
Mrs. Mary Butler. mother of 'Lion. Wm. Butler,
President Judge of the Chester and Delaware Districts,
says that she cannot do without the Phoenix Pectoral.
Dr. George B. Wood, Professor of the Practices of
Medicine In the University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
and ono of the anthers or the United States Dispensa
tory, Rays of the Soneka Snake Root : "Its action is
osOolally directed to the lungs."
The proprietor of this medicine lott so much cenfi
dance in its curative powers, from the testimony of
hundreds who have used it, that the money will he re
funded to any parelta.er who is not satisfied with its
effects.
It is SO pleasant to hike that children cry for it .
It costs only 35 cents—large bottles ONE DOLLatt.—
lt is intended for only one class of diseases, namely
those of the tunas and MOAT.
Prepared only by Levi Oberholttor, M. D., Phcenix
villa, Pa. Johnston Holloway A Cowden, No. 23,
N.Sisoth et. Philadelphia, and T. O. Wells & Co. N0.,115
Franklin at,, New York, General Wholesale Agents.
Bold wholesale and retail by J. L, Lemberger, Dr.
Oeu. Roes and D. 8. Reber, Lebanon, and by nearly
every druggist and storekeeper In Lebanon county.
N. B.—lf your nearest druggist or storekeeper tdoes
not keep this medicine do not let Ilia put you off with
some other medicine, because-Is makes more money
on it, but send at once to one of the Agents for it.
March 8,1885.-6 m.
---
The Bridal Chamber.
A NOTE of warning and advice to titan suffering
11, with Seminal Wealth efts, General Debility, or
Premature Decay, from whatever mum produced.—
Road, ponder, and reflect I Be wise in time.
Sent FREE to any address, for the benefit of the af
flicted . Sent by return mail. Address
JAMES S. BUTLER,
420 Broadway, New York.
Axil 19* /8610,4 m
-ffii%rtflaitfou.
ADVENTURE OF A RANGER.
We do not know that we can fill a
column more profiNiltdy, than by re
lating an adven.tureeof our neighbor
and friend Mr. Higgins, as we have
heard it from his own mouth. He
resides within a few miles of Vanda
lia, and receives a pension from the
United States for his services. Mr.
Higgins is a man of strict veracity ;
his companions _have corroborated
his narrative, and his wounds afford
ample proof of his courage and suf
ferings%
Tom Higgins, as ho is usually call
ed, is a native of Keutucky; and is
one of the best examples extant of
the genuine backwoods-man. During
h h lifthad lei:ll 6 l'TO 01.11, 4 - nin Aktfre
of mounted men, raised expressly for
the protection of the western fron
tier. On the 30th of August 1814,
he vas one of a party of twelve men
under the command of Lieutenant
Journey, who were posted at Hill's
Station, a small stockade, about eight
miles south of the present village of
Greenville, and something more than
twenty miles from Vandalic. • These
towns were not then in existence;
and the surrounding country was one
vast wilderness. During the day
last mentioned-, Indian signs were
seen about half a mile from the Sta
tion, and at night they were seen
prowling near the fort, but no alarm
was given. On the following morn
ing early, Mr. Journey moved out
with his party in pursuit of the In
dians. Passing around the fence of
a cornfield adjoining the fort, they
struck across the prairie, and had
not proceeded more than a quarter
of a mile, when in Crossing a small
ridge,
which was covered with a ha
zel thicket, and in full view of the
station, they fell into an ambuscade
of the Indians, who rose suddenly
around them, to the number of 70 or
80, and fired: Four of the party
were killed, among whom was Lieut.
Journey; one other fell badly wound•
ed, and the rest fled, except Higgins.
It was an uncommonly sultry
morning, the day was just dawning;
a heavy dew had fallen the preceding
night, the air was still and humid ;
and the smoke from the guns hung
in a heavy cloud over the spot. Un
der cover of this-cloud, Higgins' sur
viving companions bad escaped, sup.
posing that all were left dead, or that
at all A-V4ll - 11F.-.; t—w-au Id. be....rash•naaa—to.
attempt to rescue them from so over•
whelming a force. Higgins' horse
had been shot through the neck, and
fell to his knees and rose again sev.
oral times. Believing the animal to
be mortally wounded, he dismounted,
but finding that the wound had not
greatly disabled him, he continued •
to held the bridle; for as he now felt
confident of being ale to mike good his
retreat he determined to fire off his gun
before he retired. He looked round for
a tree. There was but one, and he
made for this, intending to shoot from
behind but at this moment the cloud
of smoke•rose partially before . him,
disclosing to his view a number of
Indians, none of whom discovered
him. One of them stood within a
few paces loading his gun, and at him
Higgins took a deliberate aim and
fired, the Indian fell. Mr. Higgins
still concealed by the smoke, re-load
ed his gun, mounted and turned to
fly, when a low voice near him hailed
him with, Tom, you won't leave •me?
On looking round, he discovered the
speaker to be one of his companions
named Burgess, who was lying
wounded on the ground, and he re
plied instantly, no, I'll not leave
you; come along, and I'll take care
of you.
I can't come, replied Burgess, my
leg is smashed all to pieces.
Higgins sprung from his saddle,
and picked up his comrade,
whose
ankle bone was broken, in his arms,
he proceeded to lift him on his horse,
telling him to fly, and that he would
make his way on foot. But the horse
taking fright at this instant, darted
off, leaving Higgins with his wound
ed friend on foot. Still the cool bra
very of the former was sufficient for
every emergency, and setting Bur
gess down gently, he told him now
my good friend, you must hop off on
your three legs, while I stay between
you and the Indians and keep them
off—instructing him at the sometime
to get into the highest grass and
crawl as close to the ground as possi
ble. Burgess followed his advice and
escape , ' unnoticed. History does
not relate a more disinterested act
I of heroism, than this of Higgins, who
having in his hands the certain means
of escape from such imminent danger
voluntarily gave them up, by offering
his horse to a .wounded comrade;
and who when that generous inten
tion was defeated, and his own re
treat was still practicable, remained
at the hazard of his life, to protect
his crippled friend. The cloud of
smoke which had partially . opened
before him as he faced the enemy,
still lay think behind him, as he
plunged this, ho, left it together with
the ridge, and the hazel thicket be
tween him and the main body of the
Indians, and was retiring unobserved
by them. Under these circumstane-
I es ' it is probable that if he had re
treated in a direct lino towards the
station he might easily have affected
his escape; but Burgess was slowly
crawling away in that direction, and
the gallant Higgins, who cooly sur
veyed the whole ground, foresaw. that
if he pursued the same track, Burgess
should be endangered. , He therefore
LEBANON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1865.
took the heron resolution of diverg
ing from the rue course, so far, as
that any of tit enemy who should
linger behindvould not fall in with
Burgess. Wth this intention,
he moved stealthily - along
through the saokc and bushes, in
tending when he emerged, to retreat
at, full speed. :But as be left the
thicket, he biheld a large Indian
near him, twctothers on the side in
the direction ofthe fort. Tom coolly
r l
surveyed his ft) , and began to chalk
out hie track, f although fn the con
fidence of his •tivity and courage,
he felt undismayed at such odds, yet
he found it
.neceissary to act the gen
eral. Havinganenemy on each flank,
he determined to separate them and
fight them singly. Liking for a ra
vine, which was not far off, he bound•
ed away, but soon found that one of
his limbs failed him, having received
a ball in the fit.47 - 1,17 - ticeti l l l- lif;
- 11nebr - -I`ad,,ioAß as following him
closely. Higgins several times turn
ed to fire, but the Indian would halt
and dance about - to prevent him from
taking aim; and Tom knew that he
could not afford to fire at random.—
The other two were now close upon
him and he found that unless he
could dispose of the first one he must
be overpowered. He therefore halt
ed determined to receive a fire, and
the Indian, at a few paces distant
raised his rifle, Higgins watched his
adversary's eye, and 'just as he
thought his finger pressed the trig.
ger, suddenly threw his aide to him.
It is probable that this motion saved
his life, for the ball entered his thigh
which would have pierced his body.
Tom fell, but rose again and ran, and
the largest Indian certain of hisprey,
loalled again and then with the two
others, pursued. They soon came
near. Higgins bad fallen, and as he
rose, they all three fired, and he re
ceived all their balls. He now fell
and rose several times, and the In
dians throwing away their guns, ad•
vanced on him with spears and knives.
They frequentlY charged upon him,
but upon his presenting his gun at
one or the other they fell back. At
last the largest Indian thinking prob
ably from Tom's reserving his fire so
long, that his gun was empty, charg
ing boldly up to him; and Higgins,
with a steady aim shot him dead.
With four bullets in his body with
an empty .gun, two Indians before
him, and a whole tribe but a few rods
off, althost any other man would
have despaired.. Bat Tom Higgins
had no such notion. The Indian
whom he had laSt slain was the most
er-....i5q-cnre-rur "a,R: Vas u -
little fear of the others. He bad
been near enough to see their eyes,
and he knew human nature sufficient.
ly to discover that he was their . su
perior in courage.• He therefore
faced them and began to load his ri
fle. They raised a whoop and rushed
on him. They liept their distance
as long as my rifle was loaded, said
he, but now whefi they knew it was
empty they were better soldiers. A
fierce and .bloody contest ensued..
The Indians rushing upon Tom, stab
bed him in many places; but it hap
pened, fortunately, that the shafts of
their spears were thin poles rigged
hastily for this occasion, which bent
whenever the point struck a rib, or
encountered the opposition of one of
Higgins tough muscles. From 'this
cause and the continual exertion of
his hand and rifle in warding off their
thrusts, the wounds thus made, were
not deep, but his whole front was
covered with gashes of which the
scars yet remain in honorable proof
of his valor. At last one of them
threw his tomahawk ; the edge' sunk
deep in Higgin'a cheek, passing
through his car which it severed, laid
bare his skull to the back of his bead,
and stretched him on the plain; The
Indians rushed on; Tom instantly
recovered his self possetsion and kept
them off with his feet and hands, un
til he succeeded in grasping one of
their spears, which, as the Indians
attempted to pull it from him aided
hi in to rise; and clubbing his rifle
he rushed upon the nearest of his
foes, and dashed his bruins out; in
doing which, he broke the stock to
pieces, retaining only the barrel in
his hand. The other Indian, howev
er warily lie hpf - fitight before, now
came manfully into battle. It is
probable that he felt his character as
a warrior at stake. To have fled
from a man desperately wounded and
almost disarmed, or to have suffered
his victim to escape would have tar
nished his manhood. Uttering a
terrific yell, be rushed on, attenipt
ing to stab the exhausted ranger,
while the latter warded off the blow
with one hand and brandished his rifle
barrel in the other. The Indian un
wounded was now by far the most
powerful man. But the moral Liner: ,
ago of our hero _prevailed, and the
savage, unable to bear the fierce
glance of his untamed eye, began
slowly to retreat towards the place
where he had dropped his rifle: Tom
knew that if the Indian recovered
his gun his own case was hopeless;
and throwing away his rifle barrel,
he drew hie hunting knife, and rush
ed in upon him. A desperate strife
ensued, and several deep gashes wore
•
inflicted, but the Indian succeedecrin
casting Higgins from him, and ran
to the spot where be had thrown
down his gun, while Tom searched
for the gun of the other Indian. Thus
the two, bleeding and out of breath:
were searching for arms to renew the
conflict.
•By thig time the smoke which lay
between the combatants and the
main body of the Indians had passed
away, and a number of the latter
a •
~ . ,t it
Alf . ~
having passed a hazel thicket, were
in full view. It seemed, therefore, as
if nothing could save our heroic
ranger. But relief was at hand.—
The little garrison at the station, six
or seven in number, had- witnessed
the whole of this remarkable com
bat.
There was among them a heroic
woman, a Mrs. Parsley, who when.
she saw: Higgins contending singly
With 'the foe urged the men to go to
his rescue. The rangers at first con
' sidered the case as hopeless, as the
Indians out numbered, them ten to
one. But Mrs. Parsley declared that
so fine a fellow as Torn should not be
lost for want of help, snatched a rifle
out of her husband's hand, and junip- ,
ing on a horse, sallied out. The men
who would not be outdone by a wo
man, followed, full gallop, towards,
the place of combat. A. scene of in
idatigAlkust ensued. The Indians
Tom, and were rushing down to
wards him with savage yells ; his
friends were spurring their horses to
reach him first—Higgins exhausted 1
with loss of blood had fallen and
fainted. While his adversary, too
intent on his prey to observe any.:
thing else, was looking for a rifle.-
The rangers reached the battle
ground first. Mrs. Parsley, who
knew Tom's spirit, thought he had
thrown himself down in despair for
the loss of his gun, and tendered him
the one she carried ; but Torn was
past shooting. His friends lifted him
up, threw him across a horse before
one of his party, and turned to re
treat just as the Indians came up.-=:
They made good their retreat; and
the Indians retired.
After being carried into the fort,
he remained insensible for some'days,
and his life was with some
- difficulty
preserved by his friends, who extract
ed all the bullets but two, which re
mained in his thigh ; one of which
gave him a great deal of pain for
several years, although the flesh was
healed. At length he beard that a
physician had' settled within a day's
ride of him, whom he went to see.—
The physician was willing to extract
the ball, but asked the moderate sum
of fifty dollars for the operation.—
This, Tom flatly refused to give, as
it was more than a half year's pen
sion. And as he rode home be turn
ed the matter in his mind, and deter
mined upon a cheaper plan. When
he reached home he requested his
wife to hand him a razor. The exer
cise of riding so chafed the part, that
the ball which usually was not dis
covered to the touch, could be felt.—
IRA t tiVindf l ijaub-Oleas%
thigh until the edge of the xazor
touched the bullet, and inserting his
two thumbs into the gash, fired it
out, as he assured us, without costing
a cent. The other ball remains in
his limbs yet, but gives him no trou
ble except when be uses violent exer
cise. He is now one of the rpost suc
cessful hunters in the country, and it
still takes the best kind of a man to
handle him.
RODS An JEWELRY.
A prominent featurein the person
al appearance of all men and women
is the hang. It is, also, one of the
most neglected.
In fact, the only two classes of
men I know of who invariably care
for their hands properly are the
gamblers and chiropodists. The in
herent good taste of the other sex
shows up brilliantly in this particu-
I ar.
But people generally hack off their
nails with dull knives, and scrape
the roots so that they are rough' and
one-sided and fluffy. A very little
care, even when one is engaged in
manual occupations, will suffice to
keep the nails smooth, regular, and
rosy ;and that a great deal.
were
absolutely
have seen many hands that were
absolutely an indecent exposure,
Some of my readers will say, per
haps, that I wish to encourage and
promote foppishness. :•
I don't know but that they are
right.
The foppish man is a clean man,
and in these days-it is better to be
clean than to be rich.
The dangerous people are ' never
foppish. The drunkards, the thieves,
the pot house politicians, the 'rioters
—these are not the felloWswhestand
before mirrors half an hour .every
morning and require two glasses to
part their back hair by.
The amount of uncleanliness that
0)1C encounters, even amongrother-'
wisp respectable people, is appalling.
The average morning ablution,
among a majority of men, is merely a
superficial rinse, in cold water, of the
thee—and of the hands, from the
wrist 'downward. Once a week, -it
may be, they are more thorough, but
it would take a purer man than
. 1 ever
saw, to keep reasonably clean on one
bath a week.
The only deduction I can draw
from all this is, that most people are
dirty.
There is no excuse for it. The
poorest, as well as the richest, can af
ford soap and water ; 'and it is by no
means the poor alone that I am writ
ing about.
In the matter of dress, we arc
naturally somewhat hampered by
pecuniary circumstances. A cheap
tailor can hardly take as much time
to devise an elegant garment as
should be bestowed upon it, and
• cheap cloth is not so agreeable to the
wearer as a finer fabric.
There are some poor devils who
never can look well dressed. 'We
have all known snob. They may go
WHOLE NO. 832
to the most fashionable tailors and
pay the most awe-inspiring , priers,
but somehow, when fully rigged, with
all the care that they are capable of,
they have an undeniable air of hav
ing slept in their clothes. These, we
can only pity, and pray for. There
is no help for them.
Others again,, have a happy facul
ty of looking llest in ancient habili
ments. I know a man who can take
a hat a year old, brush it and go forth
to be selected by his intimates as the •
wearer of•a new one. If he hangs up
a classic coat for two months, and
then wears if, again, the more pordus
of his friends insist upon his 'wetting'
it at the nearest bar-room.
The truth-of the matter is,. as a
crony, of mine enunciates it, when one
feels well ,dreeSed one looks so, and
only then: •
It is not, -a difficult matter for a
man whose costume, is irreproacha.
lA. smoil all by a single
_piece of
- •
Our diamonds are the precious
rocks on which we are apt to split.
The cluster diamond—either as a
pin or a ring --should be deft sacred
to the Ethiopian delineator. It be
longs to . him; I wouldn't give six
pence for him without it ; and for
any one else to pirate it, is a cruel
imposition at the least.
The purple amethyst seal-rine is
very admissible. So is any other
seal save that cheap looking white
one with a masonic emblem on it. I
don't object to emblems at all, but
that is not the way to wear them.
Neither do I love the seals engrav
ed with mysterious and occult hiero
glyphs. They suggest nothing, ex
cept, perhaps, that other learned seal
at Barnum's.
After - the seal ring, wear a single
stone only; a diamond is the bright
est and best of its race. I need not
say that a large one is to be pre
ferred.
Never purchase a scarfpin rashly.
Give your days and nights to the
choice of a design, before you buy.—
Let it be small, simple, and have
some color about, it. If you must
rush into the gorgeous and startling
anywhere, waste
: your money on
sleeve buttons. Occasional glimpses
only are seen of these, and they may
be like glimpses into the mines of
Golconda, if you choose. But keep
your heart pure and your scarf-pin
simple
Recollect that it comes at about
the height of your lady love's oyes ;
and further, recollect that it has, so
to speak, your whole personal appear
ance by the throat.
- haYbeStyob dAiegrgb
this article of ornament. If you
,do,
be sure you draw it mildl •
By strict attention to these few
mandates I have here laid down, those
who are beautiful may increase in
beauty, and those who have been
homely, may cease to be so longer.
If eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty, it is also the price of good
looks. By unremitting attention on
ly, can we arrive at the fulfillment of
that part of the whole duty of man,
which demailds that we shall present
agreeable emotions to the optic
nerves of our neighbor.
Amnesty Proclamation By the
President.
By the Prestclo,nt of the Unites States of America,
A PROOLAM.A.TION.
Whereas, the President of the United '
States, on the Bth day of December, A.
D , eighteen hundred and sixtyithree, and
on the 26th day of March, A. D. eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, did, with the ob
ject to pappress the existing rebellion, to
induce all persons to return to their loyalty,
and to reatote the authority of the United
States, issue proclamations offering amnea
ty and pardon to certain persona who had
directly or, by implication participated in
the said rebellion;
And whereas, Many persons who had E o
engaged in said rebellion have, since the
issuance of said Proclamation, failed or
neglected to take the bent tits offered
th , reby ;
And whereas, Many persons who have
been justly deprived of all claim to am
nea'y nod pardon thereunder, by reason of
their participation, directly or by implica
tion, in said rebellion and continued hos
tility to the government of the United
States since the date of said proclamation,
now desire to apply for and obtain amnesty
and pardon.
To the end. therefore. that the authority
of the government of the. United States
may be restored, and that peace, order and
freedom may he establiabed.:
I. Andrew Johbsoy, President of the
United States, do proclaim and declare
that . I hereby grant to all persons who have
directly or indirectly participated in the
existing rebellion, except as hereinafter
excepted, amnesty and pardon, with resto
ration of all rights of property. except as
to slave:, and except in ca-eit where legal
prat:et-dines under the laws of the United
Suites proviaine for the cot flea :lion of
property of persors eitgaged, i rebellion
have been inetituted ; but upon the 4,,untii
Mon, nevertheiess, that every s: deb person
shall take end eobser.be to the I' ilewieg
oath or uffirmetion, and theeceforward keep
and maintain ialld oath i violete ; sad
which oath hull be registe-ed tor perm.A.
tient preseohitieti, and shail be of the tenor
and effect folio lihg, to wii :
Ido solemily eweer o r affirm, in the
presence of Almighty G,d, that I will
henceforth faithfully eupport, p7oteet, end
defend the Coostitution of the, Uuittd
States awl the Union of the. States there
ander, and that I manner, abide
by end t support ail laws and
proclarnetiona which i have been made dur•
log the eamiting rebeflion with ref, rence to
the emancipation of slaves. So help me
God.
The following' class& of pereona are ex
cepted fiom the benefite of OMB proclama
tion :
First. Alt who are or shall have been
pretended civil or diplomatic officers, or
otherwise domestic or fomign agents of the
pretended confederate. government.
Second. All who left judicial stations
Wit Affittrfititr.
A FAMILY PAP.F.R FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY,
IS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY
- - .
By Wk. BRESLLN,
2d Story of Boners Now. Building, Ciunberlatia St
At One Dollar and Fifty Cents a Year.
AnviiaIISESERNTS inserted at the usual rates. 'VA
4dIANDBILLS Printed at an boors notice.
BATES OF POSTAGE.
In Lebanon County, postage free
In Pennsylvania, out of Lebanon county 5 .cents pet
quaiter, or 20 cents a year.
Out of tbie State, 63,4 cta. per quarter, or 26 cte, a yew
If the postage is not paid in advance, rates are double
under the United States, to aid the rebel
lion.
Third. All who shall have been military
or naval-officers of said pretended confed.
erate government, above the milk of colo
nel in the army or lieutenant in the navy.
Foarth. All who left seats in Congress
of the United States to aid the' rebellion.
Fifth. All who resigned or tendered
resignations of their commissions in the
army or navy of the United States to evade
duty in resisting the rebellion.
Sixth. All wbo have engaged in any
way in treating otherwise than' lawfally,
as prisoners of war; persons found in the
United States service, as officers,•soldiera,
seamen, or in other capacities. "
Seventh. All persona who have been,
or are, absentees from the United States
for the purpose of hiding the rebellion.
Eighth. All military and naval officers
in the rebel service who were "educated by
the government in the Military Academy
at West Point or the United States Naval
Academy.,
Ninth, All persons who held the pre
tended offices of Governors of States in
insurrection against the United States.
-- Tenth.. j #.llpersons who left their homes
within theurisdiaiotr and protection of
the United States and passed beyond the
Federal military lines into the so-called
confederate States for the purpose of aid
ing the rebellion.
Eleventh. All persons .who have been
engaged in the destruction of the com
merce of the United States upon the high
seas, and all persons who have made raids
into the United States from Canada, or
been engaged in destroying the commerce
of the United States upon. the lakes and
rivers that separate the British provinces
from the United States,•
Twelfth. All persons who at the time
when they seek to obtain the benefite
hereof by taking the oath herein prescribed
are in military, naval or civil confinement
or custody, or under bowie of the civil,
military or naval authorities or agents of
the Un:ted States as prisoners of war or
persons detained for offences of any kind,
either before or after conviction.
Thirteenth. All persons who have vol•
umarily participated in said rebellion, and
the estimated value of whose taxable pro.
party is over twenty thousand dollars.
Fourteenth. All persons who have
taken the oath of amnesty, as prescribed
in the President's proclamation of De
cember Bth, A. D. 1863, or an oath of alls•
giance to the government of the United
States 'rune the date of said proclamation,
and who have not thenceforward kept and
maintained the same inviolate. Provided,
that special application may be made to
the President for pardon by any person
belonging to the excepted classes,and such
clemency will be liberally extended as may
be consistent with the facts of the case and
the peace and dignity of the United
States.
The Secretary of State will establish
rules and regulations for administering and
recording the said amnesty oath, so as to
insure its benefit to the people and guard
the government against fraud.
In testimony - whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of 'the
United States to be affixed.
"nnno _Abst_ _c„,432.-cd.,121r..
} year of cur Lord one thotaurrrd
iL. S. eight hundred and sixty-five, and
of tue independence of the United
States the eighty-ninth.
ORBW JOHNSON.
By the Presideot :
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
[From the Springfield {Base.,) Republican
A RELIGIOUS CIVILWAR.
The question seems to be an ab
surd one and yet, some of the secta
rian newspapers are discussing it and
attempting to prepare the public
mind for it. They could hardly un
dertake a more wicked and mischiev
ous work ; but they assume to be
merely giving needful warning of
what must soon come. The pretense
is that the Roman Catholics have a
deep plot to get possession of the
Government of the United States,
destroy her free institutions, make
their religion the state religion, and
in fact establish a despotism, with
perhaps the Pope in person at its
bead ;at any rate with all the hide
ous machinery of the inquisition to
torture us into support of its faith
and authority. The description giv
en of the frightful things to be done
by the Pope's government of the
United States, when Billy establish
ed, are enough to make one's blood
freeze with horror, if read with seri
ousness and credulity. The mon
strous barbarities of the darkest of
the dark ages are all to be reproduc
ed here. What do our protestant
editors mean by attempting to ex
cite such sectarian alarm and hostili
ty ? It is impossible to suppose that
they believe there is any cause for it.
They bring no facts to show that the
Catholics of this country seek politi
cal power as a sect, or that they car
ry their sectarianism into politics.—
In fact, they are less obnoxious to
this charge than the Protestants, for
while in many parts of the country
a Catholic cannot be nominated for
any office because of the fact that
Protestants will not vote for Catho
lics, we never heard of an instance of
a Catholie.refusing to vote for the
candidate of his party because of his
.being a protestant. If there is any
bigotry in this matter, the Catholic
is by no means the chief offender.—
But let us see what some of the
prophets of evil have to say. This is
from the Boston Recorder, the organ
of the first' proof Orthodoxy in Mas
sachusetts :
"The real extent of Romish.control
at this moment is unexpected. It
may be sufficient in 1866 to give us a
President, two-thirds of both houses
of Congress, and the Governors and
a Majority' in both houses of three
fourth's of all the States. An Amend
ment of the Constitution could thus
be effected, making Papacy the na
tional religion and the only one to be
tolerated. But the most Sanguine
may not hope so much so soon.—
Rome may see it safe. to aspire no
further in 1868 than for a Vice Presi
dent. To make a President of him
would need but a skillful dose of poi
son—a trifle that Rome never want
ed when the motive was adequate.—