ioitt PUBLISMED MIRY WEDNZSDAY BY , . 0.,.A111T8. ,* 00. H.'o, SMITE. TERMS—Two. Dollars ,per annum, payable all candela advance. TUE LA:KUMMER Manx Dormamtozacia publithod ovary evening, Sunday excepted. at 55 par Annum in glitlipco. orrlcur,-Bounmerr coin= or Maim 8417A.1111. fat* MIMIC IN CAMP. BY JOHN n. Tnottraorr. Two armies covered 11111 and plain, Where Rappahannook's waters, Ran deeply crimsoned with the stain Of battle's recent slaughters. The summer clouds lay pitched like tents • :n meads of heavenly azure; And each dread gun of tho elements Slept in lie hid embrasure, The breeze so softly blew it made No forest leaf to quiver, And the smoke of the random canonado Roiled slowly from the river, And now, where circling hills look down, With cannon grimlyplanted, O'er listless camp anti silent town, The golden sunset slanted. When on the fervid alethere came A strain, now rich, now tonder ; The music seemed itself a flame With day's departing splendor. A Federal band, which eve and morn Played measures bravo and nimble, lied lust struck up with flute and horn And lively clash of cymbal. Down flocked the soldiers to the banks, Till margined by its pebbles, One wooded shore was Clue with " Yanks," And ono was gray with " rtebels," Than all was still and then the baud, With movements light and tricksy, Made stream and forest hill and strand, Reverberate with "Dixie." The conscious stream,With burnished glow, Went proudly o'er ite pebbles, But thrilled throughout Its deepest flow, With yelling of the Rebels. Again a pause, and then again The trumpets penled sonorous, Aud Ynnkee Doodle was the strait] To which the;ohore gave chorus. The laughing ripple shoreward flew To kiss the shining pebbles; Loud shrieked tile swarming Boys In Blue Defiance to the Rebels. And yet once more the bugles sting Above the stormy riot; No shout upon the evening rang— There reigned a holy quiet. The sad, low stream Its noiseless trend Poured o'er the glistening pebbles; And silent now the 'Yankees stood, And silent stood theltebels. No unrosponalve soul had heard . That plaintive note's appealing, Ho deeply Home, Hwcet Home, bud stirred The hidden founts of feeling., Or blue or gray, the soldier so. s, As by the wand of fairy, Ttto cottage 'neon the live oak trees, The cabin by the prattle. Or cold or warm, his native skies Band in their beauty o'er him Heen through the tear•mist In him opti, lily loved ones stand before him, As fades tile Iris after rain In April's tearful Weather, The vision veuished 54 the strain And daylight, died together. But memory yenned by MllBll3'B art, Exproxsed in eimpleet, nun:therm, Hubdued the eterneat Yanitee.ei heart, . . . Made light the Itebel's slumbent And fair, the form 01 music shlues, That bright, colonial creature, Who, slill'd war's embattled lines, (lay° MN ono touch of Nature. Xiteravg. Mow Peebles Asked the Oki Man. BY JOHN QUILL Peebles had Just asked Mr. Merri weather's dam/liter if she would give him a lift out of bachulordom, and she had said "yes." It therefore became absolutely necessary to get the old man's permission, so as Peebles said, that ar rangements might be made for hopping the conjugal twig. Peebles said he'd rather pop the In terrogatory to all of old Merrlweather's daughters, and his sisters, and his female cousin, and his aunt Hannah In the country, and the whole of hie female relations, than ask old Muni weather. But It had to be done, and so he sat down and studied out a speech which he was going to disgorge to old Merrlweather the very first chance he got to shy It at him. So Peebles:drop ped in on him one Sunday evening, when all the family had meandered around to'class-meeting, and found him doing a mum In beer measure, trying to calculate the exact number of quarts his Interior could hold without blowing the head off of him. "How are you, Peeb ?" said old Mer rlweather,as Peebles walked hi as white as a piece of chalk, and trembling as if ho had swallowed a condensed earth quake. Peebles was afraid to answer, because he wasn't sure about that speech. He knew lie had to keep his grip on it while he had it there, or it would slip away from him quicker than an oiled eel through an augur hole. So he blurted right out: "Mr. Merriweather, sir: Perhaps it may not bounknown to you, sir, that during an extended period of some five years, I have been busily engaged in the prosecution of a commercial enter- prise—" "Is that so, and keeplu' It secret all the time, while I thought you was tendin' store. Well, by George, you're one of 'em, now, ain't you?" Peebles had to begin all over again, to got the run of It. " Mr. Merrlweather, sir: Perhaps it may not be unknown to you that dur ing an extended period of some five years, I have been engaged In the pros ecution of a commercial enterprise, with a determination to procure a sufficient maintenance—" "Sit down, Poch, and help yourself to beer. Don't stand there holding your hat like a blind beggar with the paralysis. What's the matter with you, any way? I never seen you behave yourself so in all my born days." Peebles was knocked out again, and had to wander back and take a fresh start. "Mr. Merrl weather, sir: It may not be unknown to.you that during au ex tended period of some five years, I have been engaged in the prosecution of a commercial enterprise, with the deter mination to procure a sufficient main tenance—" "A whloh.ance?" asked old Merrl weather ; hut Peebles held on to the last word as if it was his only chance, and went on : "In the hope that some day I might enter wedlock, and bestow my earthly possessions upon one whom I could call my own. I have been a lonely man, sir, and have felt that It is not good for man to be alone; therefore—" "Neither is it, Peebles ; and I'm all fired glad you dropped iu. How's the old man ?" " Mr. Merriweather, sir," said Peebles, In despairing confusion, raising his voice to a yell, "It may not be unknown to you that, during au extended period of a lonely man, I have been engaged to enter wedlock, and bestow all my com mercial enterprise on one whom I could procure a determination to be good for sullicient possessions—no, I mean-- that is—that Mr. Merriweather, sir, It may not be unknown—" " .And then again it may. Look here, Peebles you'd better lay down and take something warm : you ain't well," Peebles, sweating like a four-year-old colt, went In again : " Mr. Merriweather, air: It may not be lonely for you to prosecute me whom you can call a friend for commercial maintenance, but—but—oh, daug it— Mr. Merriweather; "Oh, Peebles, you talk as wildly as a r jackass. I never see a more first-class idiot in the whole course of my life. What's the matter with you, any bow?" "Mr. Merriweather, sir," said Peebles, in an agony of bewilderment, " It may not be unknown that you prosecuted a lonely man who is not good for a com mercial period of wedlock f.,r some five years—but" " See here, Mr. Peebles, you're drunk, and if you can't behave better than that you'd better leave. If you don't I'll chuck you out, or I'm a Dutchman." " Mr. Merriweather sir," said Peeb les, frantic with despair, "it may not be unknown to you that my earthly pos• sessions are engaged to enter wedlock five years with a sufficiently lonely man who Is not good for a commercial main tenance—" "The bloody deuce he isn't. Now you just git up and git, old hose, or I'll knock what little brains out of you you've got left." With that old Merriweather took Peebles by the shirt collar and the part of his pants that wears out first if he sits down much, and shot him into the street as if he had just run against a locomotive going at the rate of forty miles an hour. Before old Merriweather had a chance to shut the front door Peebles collected his legs and one thing another that were lying around on the pavement, and arranged hitneelfltra vertical position, and yelled out,: s e'v "Mr. Merriweather, sir: Itoplay not be unknownlp you—" whiOlfifiade the .old man sotekedanad that he went °Wand set a bullterrier. 'Peebles be fore habad a chance to lift a brogan, and therewas a scientific dog fight, with odds iniavor of the dog, until they got to the fence, , and even then Peebles would luttea c arried bull-terrier home; . Pike a clamp on to• his leg, if it , . ' . ..... , • . , . . t • . . . '.. . • . . . , . . . , • . . . . . . , ___ _ ____ :, . '., '`' 1 /"... . 1 . T 5'i.'1 . :"... -7 :: - .."',..': „'' ;:"- 1 , ..(1 . .' f ": 7 '7 .- :" . '": T:'' ,.. " - .7 .: , ( t - 172: - .` . 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Merri weather said : " Peeb, sorry about that muss last night, but if you didn't behave like a raving maniac,l'm a loafer. I never see such a deiberate ass 'since I was born. What's the meaning of it, any way?" "I was only trying to ask you to let me marry your daughter," groaned Peebles. " Great—what 7 You didn't mean to say—well, I hope I may be 'shot: Well, if you ain't a regular old wooden-head ed idiot—l thought your mind was wandering. Why didn't you say it right out? Wby of course you can have her. lam glad to get rid of her. Take her, my boy ; go It, go it and I'll throw a lot of first-class blessings into the bargain." And Peebles looked ruefully at his de fective leg and wished he had not been such a fool, but he went out and mar ried the girl, and lived happily with her for about two months, and, at the end of that time, he told a confidential friend that he would willingly take more trouble and undergo a million more dog bites to get rid of her. A Singular Story. A Strange Freak of Nature In the West. [From tho Brodhead (Wisconsin) Independent of February 1.1 About the year 1856 there moved.lnto this village a family by the name of Burnham, consisting of Dr. M. L. Burn ham, his wife, and two children, a daughterl aged sixteen, and a son three or four years younger. Dr. Burnham was a man of some property, and of the highest respectability. The family soon became active members of our village society, the doctor being an active mem ber and one of the deacons of the Con gregational church. Dr. Burnham was a well read physician, and did some practice in addition to keeping a drug store, in which his daughter, Ellen, assisted him as clerk for the first two years of the doctor's residence here. Miss Ellen Burnham was by no means a beautiful girl. Her hair' and eyes were dark ; features re• gular, but rather coarse and mascu line ; form tall, square shouldered, an d wanting in that grace of outline which Inspires admiration. If a stranger were tempted to look at her a second time, it would be from surprise at the strong masculine appearance unnatural to a woman, especially one so young. Miss Burnham was not a favorite with our young men, nor did she seem anxious to be, Her time, outside of her domestic duties, was devoted to instrumental musk) or to horseback riding, in both of which she was decidedly accomplish ed. Her life for the four years subse quent to 1856 was not unlike that of other young ladies of the place. She had a large class, mostly of young girls, whom she instructed In instrumental music. In the fall of 1858 a young man by the name of Powell came here and was employed as principal of our village school. Powell resigned the leadership of the school In the spring of the year 1851), and started the Reporter, the first paper published in our village. During that summer he became Intimate with the family of Dr. Burnham, and became engaged to Miss Burnham in the fall of 1850. The engagement soon becarrie known outside of the family. The only surprise excited on account of it was surprise at the taste of Mr. Powell in selecting a girl of such mas culine appearance. Miss Burnham's parents seemed particularly pleased at the prospective marriage of theirdaugh ter, whom they believed well qualified to make a good wife for an editor. In February, 1861, L. W. Powell and Miss Ellen Burnham were married by Rev. Mr. Cochran, the Congregational minis. ter. The happy couple took a short bridal tour, preparatory to settling down for life. After an absence of a week they returned to the residence of the bride's parents, who, in honor of their daughter's marriage, sent out invita tions to large numbers of our citizens to welcome the bride and groom. We were present at this weddingparty, and could not but think that both the bride and groom appeared remarkably sol emn. We did not kiss the bride, al though that was the fashion. Our ob jection to the kissing part of the pro gramme was a dislike to come in contact with an unusually heavy and black moustache which marred the upper lip of the bride. Mrs. Powell became more and more masculine in her appearance as she grew older. She took a case in the Reporter office, and learned the printer's trade rapidly, In a time she proved to be the best Jour in the office. She also took to smoking, in the culti vation of which she proved herself a printer. In the spring of 1863, when Powell had been married about a year and a half, the 7th Wisconsin regiment was organized. Powell's wife not having presented him with an heir to make home dounly pleasant, he resolved to go to the wars. He sought and through the influence of friends obtained the position of State agent or "get nurse" for the gallant 7th, then ordered to Washington. Mrs. Powell, being of a tougn and hardy make, resolved to ac company her husband to the front. No objection being raised, she fitted herself out and went to Washington. The regi ment was for a time detained at Wash ington' and Mrs. Powell made herself happy by working up that moral town. A few weeks after her arrival there, while she was riding on horseback one day, her masculine appearance attracted the attention of a government detective, who made up , his mind that Mrs. Powell was a man, a rebel spy. The detective followed her about the city to her quarters. He dogged her steps for several days, until, just before the regiment was ordered off, Mrs. Powell took it into her head to return to Brod. head. She packed up her rig took leave of her husband and the regiment, and started for home. The detective accom panied her to Chicago on the same train, and at the Briggs House, where the lady booked her name, he placed her under arrest as a rebel in disguise. In vain ho claimed to be a woman and the wife of a member of the 7th Regiment. She called in the landlady, who asserted that she had seen Mrs. Powell at the house before. Mrs. Powell finally in duced the detective to telegraph to-Gov ernor Randall, of this State, and to her husband at Washington. Governor Randall telegraphed back that there was ouch a lady. A similar telegram ar rived from Washington. In a few days Mr. Powell reached Chicago, and the un happy couple made their way home to this village. Language cannot describe the feelings of this unhappy pair. Hard ly over the first flush of connubial fe licity, and the wife had become an ob ject of suspicion to strangers, and was in constant danger of being arrested as a man. They_ remained here a few days, when Mrs. Powell informed her parents that she was going to visit some relations east. The fond parents, little dreaming of the arrest and subsequent scenes at the Briggs House, urged her to remain and replenish her wardrobe. She readily answered that she could procure more becoming and stylish garments at the East. After her departure Mr. Pow ell procured some cloth, and went to Mr. Morney, one of our tailors, and in. formed him that he wished to present his brother-with a suit of clothes. He informed the tailor that his garments fitted his brother, and a suit made to flt himself would be just the thing. The clothes were made and expressed to Chicago. Soon after Mr. Powell in formed Dr. Burnham, the father of, his wife, that Ellen had changed her dress, and was now wearing man's attire and living in Chicago. The,. doctor was ,thunderstruck and the, mother half `Crazy. The only satisfacticin they could get out of Powell wasthat his wife was not a woman, and would'not dress as a woman any longer. The doctor request ed Powell to accompany him, and im mediately went to Chicago, where he found his daughter. dressed in a suit of clothes which Powell had had made for his brother. Mrs. Powell informed him that she was not a - woman, and would no longer try to act the part of one. The doctor in elated upon an examination. At length, r to satiety her father, she Consented that the late Dr. Brainard should examine j her. Dr. Brainard did so and Inform -1 ed the father that his dau ghter was not . a female, and had done t he beet thing l that could have been done in changing her attire, After much solicitation Ellen permitted her father to examine her, and satisfy himself that she was not a woman. Dr. Burnham then procured a situation for her, under the name of Edgar Burnham, in the wholesale drug house of J. H. Read &Co., in whose employ he remained about one year. Daring this time he roomed and slept with a young man by the name of An drews, now doing business.in Crosby's Opera House block. He also became engaged to a young lady on State street, the daughter of his landlady. We fre quently visited young Burnham at his room orr Wasnington street, being our selves at the three in the law office of March & Redfield, then officiating on Dearborn street. Young Burn ham made up in appearance as a man for all the beauty and grace he lacked as a woman ; Chicago had few better looking young men than the former Mrs. Powell. He was a portion of this time an organist at the Plymouth church, Rev. J. R. Shepherd, pastor, and for a time organist of one of the Baptist churches. We were particularly amused at his hearty admiration of the girls. He would leavahis piano or work anytime to look at a woman. In 1808 young Burnham returned to Brodhead and went into the drug businebs with his father, He was at this time engaged to the State street lady, who was entirely ignorant of the story of her lover's life. We have it from the best authority—a young man who resided in the family of theyounglady—thatßurnham was ade voted lover, and, even after he removed to Brodhead, corresponded regularly twice a week with his betrothed, and paid her visits of two or three days' duration. After his removal to Brod head he was a decided favorite in the society here, both on account of his good looks and his skill as a musician. Men, women and children flocked to the drug store of Burnham & Son to trade, for the purpose of seeing the young man who was once a wife. At length Dr. Burnham sold out his prop erty here in 1804, and removed to Water. 100, lowa, taking Edgar with him, and there opening a drug store. Soon after the removal of the family to Waterloo Edgar sought and obtained in mar riage the hand of Miss Gerta Everette, one of the prettiest girls in Spring Val ley Rock county, Wisconsin. The Chicago engagement had been broken off. They have now been married about three years, and living at Waterloo. They have no children as yet, all sto ries to •the contrary notwithstanding. Should they have children, or either of them, we shall make haste to inform our readers of the fact. It is simply ridiculous to suppose that Edgar Burn ham was ever a mother, and quite as insane to believe that he can be a father. From the best authority, namely, from Mr. Powell and from the surgeon who examined him, wo know that Edgar Burnham is an It, and will never be anything else. It is due to the young lady to whom he was engaged in Chi cago to say that she never knew the make-up of her lover from first to last, and that the engagement was broken off by her before his history became known. Miss Everette his present wife, knew the facts of this remarkable case, sub stantially as we have related them, and married It willingly of her own ac cord and against the wishes of her parents. She undoubtedly knows the facts more definitely than we do, and can comfort herself accordingly. We wish her Joy of her union with au It, if there is any Joy in it. Smuggling Devices. In the days when the high-heeled French boots were in the pride of fash ion, there was a shoemaker in London who made a fortune by the sale of the best Paris boots at a price which all his fellow-tradesmen declared ruinous. He understood the trade, and obtained troops of customers. These boots must be stolen, said his rivals ; but there was no evidence that they were; certainly they were not smuggled boots, for any one could satisfy himself that the full duty was paid on them at the custom house. The shoemaker retired from business with a fortune. Afterward his secret was accidentally discovered—al though he had paid duty for the boots, he had not paid dutyfor everything that was in them. There was a heavy duty pay able on foreign watches, and every boot consigned to him from Paris had con tained in its high heel a cavity exactly large enough to hold a watch. • The great profits obtained by the trade in smuggling watches made it possible for this tradesman, when he had fluted up their heels, to sell his boots under prime cost. This is worth while, again, be cause of course by the extension of his boot trade he increased his power of im porting watches duty free. gime years later an elderly lady and a lap dog traveled a good deal between Dover and Ostend. It came to be gen erally considered at the custom-house that her travels were for the sole pur pose of smuggling Brussels lace, then subject to exceedingly high duty ; but neither the examiners of her luggage nor the female searchers at the custom house who took charge of her could by the narrowest scrutiny find matter for a single accusation. At last, when she was about to resign the smuggling business, this lady accepted a bribe from an offi cer to make him master of her secret. Calling to her side her lap dog, who was to all strangers a very snappish little cur, she asked the officer to fetch a knife and rip the little creature open. Like a few of the dogs (which have sometimes even proven to be rats) sold in the streets of London, it gloried out wardly in a false skin ; and between the false skin and the true skin was space enough to provide a thin dog with the ordinary fatness to a lady's pet by means of a warm padding of the finest lace. In the reign of Louis the Eigh teenth—it may be noted by the way— fierce dogs were taught to carry valu able watches and small articles under false skins across the frontier. They were taught to know and avoid the uni form of a custom-house officer. Swift, cunning, and fierce, they were never to be taken alive, although they were sometimes pursued and shot. Not very long ago a great number of false bank notes were put into circula tion within the dominions of the Czar. They could only have been imported ; but, although the strictest search was made habitually over every vessel en tering a Russian port, no smuggling of false notes was discovered. So strict is meant to be the scrutiny at Russian custom-houses that the ship captain, who is bound to give an inventory of every article on board, may fall into unheard of trouble if ho for get even so much as his own private canary bird. Several crates ' of lead pencils arrived one day from England, and were being examined, when one of them fell out of a package, and the custom-house officer picked it up, cut it to a point and used it to sign the order which delivered up the, cases to the consignee. He kept the one loose pencil for his own use;.and a few days afterward, because IC needed a fresh point, cut it again, and found that there was no more lead. Another chip into the cedar brought him to a roll of paper nested into a hollow place. This paper was one of the false notes, engraved in London, and thas passed into the do minion of the M ovate.—Ex. A Remarkable Telegraph Printing In- struthent. For some time past there has been going the rounds of the newspapers a paragraph stating that an individual in Harrisburg had invented an instrument for use in telegraphing, by which mes sages could be sent at a much greater rate of speed than by the best of those in use at the present time. We have taken occasion to ascertain to whom belongs the ored it of this valuable invention, and we find the originator in the person ofMr. C. Westbrook, formerly thesuperintend ent of the American telegraph lines, and at present a resident of this city. His instrument is an actuality, capable of transmitting from two hundred words a minute to five thousand words an hour, according to the capacity of the opera tor. Mr. Westbrook is at present en gaged in the manufacture of a number of these machines for use in New York. The instrument prints the words of the message in plain letters as fast as they are received, - so that the party to whom the message is sent has the privilege of reading the first copy of it just as it was received. "This invention is certainly a remarkable one, and will, no doubt, work a great revolution In telegraphing. imifarriaburg State Guard. LANCASTER PA. W , EDNEg 4 PAY,'[3tO=OOEBIttiARir, 26 1868 More Dogi;or Note. For many pole lioriore have an ir resistible charm, and the more horrible the horrors are the better they like them, especially if founded on a groundwork of fact. Amongst these, the sale and serving of huinan flesh in unsuspected forme has ever been a favorite topic with the lovers of the hideous and the terrible. From the time of the Arabian Nights to the present date, many a lis• toning ear has been fascinated by ac counts of how monsters In hun:durshape (a race 'of criminals, it is believed, now quite extinct) beguiled honest and healthy appetited men into acts of un conscious cannibalism. It Is a pleasure analogouato hearing the rain twat, and the tempest howl,w - hile you are snugly ensconced in your chimney corner. It is so utterly unlikely, so im possible, now, that you should be made, under any • conceivable cir cumstance, to commit true and real anthropophagy, that it merely gives you a pleasing shudder, a delightful fright, when you hear of such things occur ring in bygone times. They are legen dary lore, you think, no more authentic than Bluebeard'ablography; their actors are imaginary beings; as unsupported by fact as European ogres or oriental ghouls. Such legendary tales , have, nevertheless, beep almost always taken from history. •In suoh.oases, to arrive. at thehlstorical fact, it suffices to strip it of the details superadded by popular credulity. Thus, many a child has been fright ened by nurses' tales about butchers and pastry cooks selling human flesh in Paris. Those tales were doubtless greatly exaggerated; nay, we might utterly refuse to credit them, if such facts were not attested by authentic documents. Inarchment records, several centuries ol d, it is stated that a butcher at Tournus, a small town in Burgundy, publicly sold human flesh, passing it off for veal. Another mem orable instance occurred in the year of grace 1200, when Louis IX., commonly called Saint Louis, was king of France. At that time there, dwelt at the corner of the Rue des Deux-Ermites, at the entrance of the Rue des Marmousets, a master barber, whose name was Oliver Galipaud. With the usual obsequiohs nese and gossip of his brethren, he han dled the razor with unusual dexterity. His reputation, consequently, stood high, and hie customers were well-to-do and numerous. M. Galipaud's next-door neighbor was apastrylcook named Grimaldi, a native of Florence, who drove, in his way, as flourishing a business as his friend Gall paud. His shop was one of the best frequented in town. Certain little pat ties, made after a receipt of ,his own, were sought by epicures from ever quar ter. The patties, in fact, were prepared with considerable skill; they were bet ter seasoned, and more delicately flavor ed, than any to be had of other pastry cooks. He sold an enormous quantity every day. As a matter of course, he made a deal of money by them. One Christmas Eve, as it was getting dark, a bell-ringer at the cathedral of Notre Dame named Lefevr ,e as he was passing down the Rue des Marmousets, had the unlucky idea of getting shaved, He stepped into Galipaud's shop, ac companied by a little spaniel called Carpillon. At a sign from his master, the dog lay down in a corner of the shop near the door, while he himself went into the back shop, where the barber awaited him, napkin in hand. A few minutes afterwards Carpillon suddenly heard a groan, immediately followed by a dull, heavy Bound, like that of a door shut firmly to. The dog pricked his ears, jumped on hie feet, and rushed into the back shop, barking loudly. He searched for hip master, but no master was to be found. The bell ringer had disappeared. Something strange and horrible must have occur red, for the dog could not be made to cease from howling. Galipaud, in a rage, seized a thick stick, with the evident intention of knocking the dog on the head. Carpillon avoided the blow, and becoming furious in turn, attacked the barber's legs, which he bit severely in several places. After wreaking this par tial vengeance, he retreated under a heavy piece of furniture, where he recommenced his cries and yells. While this was going on two of the bell-ringer's friends entered the barber's shop. Carpillon, recognizing them at once, crept out of his retreat, ran towards them, and renewed his plaintive lamen tations " Why, it's Carpillon I" one of them exclaimed. " What is the matter, Car pilion 7" Where is your master? These words redoubled the dog's ex citement. He rushed again upon the barber and followed him to the further end or his back shop. The two men followed, thinking to calm him ; but they stopped short as if petrified, at be holding Galipaud hastily pick up a bloody nightcap. The barber's fearful pallor, his haggard eyes, his strange embarrassment, were a complete reve lation for these two witnesses. They turned pale, and trembled with horror themselves. " Lefevre has been mur dered!" they involuntarily exclaimed. The words struck Galipaud like a thunderbolt. He saw that he was lost, and tried to escape. The bell-ringer's friends barred the passage, shouting for help. In a few minutes the shop was crowded. The legal authorities soon arrived. They then set about search ing the premises, which speedily result ed in a frightful discovery. Olivier Galipaud was a practised as sassin, and Grimaldi, the pastry cook, was his accomplice. In the barber's back shop they found a trap-door, swinging on a hinge, and opening into the cellar beneath. As soon as the wretch had cut a victim's throat, he threw him down backwards upon the trap door, and the body immediately disappeared. At night, after the com mission of every murder, Galipaud went down into his cellar, and out up the body into joints, exactly as a profession al butcher would. The head and the bones were put into the Seine at the first opportunity. The flesh was sold to his gossip Grimaldi; and it was with this meat that the wretch made the famous patties which all Paris enjoyed with so keen arelish. A small door, ex cavated in thefoundation of the building established a communication between the adjoining cellars occupied by this couple of cannibal accomplices. The number of persons murdered by Galipaud could never be _precisely ascer tained. When the officers of justice searched the cellar they found, besides the Notre Dame bell-ringer's corpse, two heads separated from their bodies, They were still lying close to the butch er's block on which the monster used to out up human flesh. Probably he had not had time during the preced ing night to go and throw them into the river. A few days after their arrest, these atrocious villains received the chastisement due to their crimes by be ing burnt alive in the Place de Greve. The house where such deeds had been committed was demolished. A large square stone marked the accursed spot; and on the stone was sculptured the liketiesS of-the faithful dog, who had avenged his master by denouncing the criminals to justice. The dog obtained the preference, and Goethe's resignation was accepted. Another Denunciating Dog, bearing the singular name of "Bristol," is re corded in the judicial annals of the South of France. It dates from. the year 1718. A Marseilles paper-merchant went make purchases at Toulon. That done, he left Toulon to return to Marseilles. His wife and son, apprised of his departure, awaited his coming.— For four long days they waited in vain, in a state of fearful and ever-increasing anxiety. On the morn ing of the fifth day, their dog, who had accompanied his master in his journey, arrived, alone. The poor creature was in a pitiable state. Every sound of his voice, every movement he made an nounced the deepest grief. He licked his mistress's hands, lay down at her feet and began to howl. "Misfortune has come to the house," she said. "A presentiment of evil chokes my breath. Ifyour fathershould be dead! The Lord have pity on us!" "If you wish mother, lam ready to go in search of him." my boy ;go by all means. ake Bristol with you. He will be sure to lead you to his master, alive or dead." Bristol, hearing what was said, rose to his feet and walked slowly towards the door. The young man saddled a good horse, and set off at once upon his mis sion. He did not return until the fol lowing day. During the whole time of his absence his mother had prayed and wept. " You are alone," she said ; " I undet. stand whit t e, oUr er I the sib" ; 1 h no more, and I ant len *Moir:" ' He knelt by; ber elder 'end Brlittd! t lloked their hands whtlehhey/wept gather.; ;, ‘,; " Whit information have yuit„ ttb• Mined ?" she apked. ",* ' " My father biti beentanrdere4ln'tlii forest of Cogrdou." , . For a whole,mOnthi„the authorities on one hand, and, be, widow, , and her son on the other, made every efibrt to discover the murdeker; buta il in vain . ; they could not even Mind oat any indi vidual on whom they oottld.flx area. sonable suspielon. Six months elapsed. The attention of the officers of justice being directed to more recent crimes, they thought no. mord:of the paper merchant. But thoge he 'had left still mourned his low. Bristol had lost all his gayety. He spent **hole hours sor rowfully stretched ,on a little straw In the court-yard of the house.. One evening, while following his young master about the town, he en.; , tered with him into a cafe in which several strangers were assembled. The , young man took his seat' at a table be' aide a couple of'acquaintances,: and Bristol having nothing better to do, be gulled the time by walking: up ,alid; down the room. 'Suddenly, after utter, ing a low growl, he furiously . flew 'M a tall thin man who was amusing himself with a game of ilraughte; The man, in alarm, called out for• help. The guests rose from their seats and crowded round him. They tried to keep the dog back; they beat him se verely about the head and loins; but all to no purpose. It only redoubled Bris tol's fury, He paid no attention to the persons who maltreated him; all his rage was directed against the man who was playing draughts. As soon as he was driven off, he attacked him again. He tore his clothes and bit his legs. "This is insufferable, abominable I" shouted the bystanders, addressing Brietol's owner. "Call offyour dog, and take him out of the room,' With some difficulty the young man succeeded in making th e enraged animal loose his hold, and could find no other means of calming him except by carry ing him quite out of the cafe. But be fore they had set a hundred steps, Bristol left his master returned to the cafe, and again attacke d the tall thin stranger. Once more the young man was obliged to employ force to separate the dog from his enemy. Amongst the witnesses of this terrible scene there happened to be a commer dial gentlemen who had formerly been intimately acquainted with the paper merchant. Pale and trembling with emotion, he approached the young man, and inquired in a whisper, " When your father took his unfortunate jour ney to Toulon, had he this dog with him?" " Yes," replied the paper-merchant's son. "Bristol even reached our house before the disaster which has ruined us was known." During this secret conversation, Brie. tol, whom his master held in cheek by means of a rope tied round his neck, made extraordinary efforts to get loose. " I may be mistaken," the other con. tinned,' but it is Just possible this man may be your father's murderer. Remain here while all these people are talking amongst themselves about what has happened; I will run to the Commis stare de Police for a force sufficient to arrest the man." In a quarter of an hour he came back with a posse of men, who surrounded and filled the public house. The sus pected individual was at once arrested, and conducted forthwith to prison. On searching him, they found upon him the paper merchant's watch and several other trinkets which were identified as havicg been his property. The posses sion of those articles was a strong pre sumption of the prisoner's guilt; but it was also proved fiat, on the day of the murder, he had been met by a little girl as he came out of the forest ofCogniou. Other corroborative evidence turned up. He was found guilty, and condemned to death. After strong and reiterated pro testations of innocence, he avowed-the crime to his confessor at the last moment as he was mounting the very steps of the scaffold: At the present day, dogs are not a whit the-less capable of indicating who Is the culprit. A grocer at Boulogne. sur-Seine, near Paris, M. T—, found out that he had been robbed for some time past without being able to dis cover the offender. As it was during the night that his shop was entered, he had it guarded by hisdeg, an intelligent animal who usually slept in his private apartments. One night (in FebruarY, 1867), being awakened by furious barking, he im- mediately rose, went down to the shop, found the street door open, and search ing in all directions could find nobody. He therefore unchained his dog, who soon hit upon a scent, followed it into the street, and then, after stopping at a neighboring house, came back to his master, gave a peculiar and significant ,growl, and then returned to track the same scent several times over. His whole behavior seemed to indicate that the individual who had entered the shop had taken refuge in that house. This circumstance confirmed the sus• piclons M. T— entertained respecting his nephew G—, who lodged in that house, whom he presumed to be the author of the various thefts. Consequently, while acquainting the Commissaire de Police with the robbery, he at the same time communicated his suspicions. G— was sent for and in terrogated. He denied -all knowledge of the matter, and was highly indignant at the accusation. There being no proof whatever against him, he was on the point of being dismissed, when the Com missaire had the ingenious idea of making an experiment which might help him to discover the truth. He re quested several persons to come into his office, and amongst them he placed the defendant G—. He then caused the grocer and his dog to enter. At a signal from the Commissaire, the grocer said to the dog one single word, " Cherche !" —"Find!" The clever creature went several times round the circle formed by the persons present. Each time he stopped in front of o—, giving the peculiar growl which he had uttered when he found the trace of the thief. "You see," said the Commissaire to o—, "it is useless to deny it; the dog knows you again." • Completely upset by this singular evidence, G— avowed that he really was the guilty party, and was left to be dealt with by the law. Poodle—for such was his name, and it is carious how fond foreigners are of giving' English names to their dogs— Poothe was a dog of note in every sense of the word. Frederick Schwartz, a merchant, re tired from business in Darmstadt, occu pied his leisure hours, which were many, almost exclusively with music. His passion for the art acquired such an in tensity that he required every oue about him to fall in with his musical Wedileo tions by either vocal or inserumental co-operation. There was not* member of his - household who could liot i take a part in the family concert. Ev n the maid of all work, in case, of rimed could make out one of Schubert'snal i odies or an opera cavatina. Poodle;,the og, was the only one unable to render a y Dillss. cal assistance. As worthy Herr Schwartz felt the ut2 ter impossibility of making Poodle af ford any practical aid, he determined to train him to fill the office of critic in his own - harmonious community. He succeeded, too, by an ingenious method. Whenever a note out of tune proceeded from a voice or an instrument ; every time that a musical fault was comofit ted by any member of the family—and such faults were committed purposely —the rod was applied to Poodle's book, and he naturally began to bark and howl. He was exactly in the position of the whipping boy, who pursued his studies with the royal prince. When the prince made a grammatical blunder, the whipping boy hadto smart for it. Before long, simple threats were sub stituted for smitings of his (Poodle's) back ; afterwards a look sufficed to set the creature barking; and little by little Poodle familiarized - himself with wrong notes and other musical atrocities, un til at last a mistake could not be com mitted without his rebuking it either by a bark or a growl. He thus became, as far as music , was concerned, the most impartial judge, the most conscientious critic in the whole grand duchy of Hes se-Darmstddt. Unfortunately, his appreciation of musical art was completely and solely negative. He bestowed no praise, but only blame. Sing with exPression;per form with talent, the' dog would remain inapasolve and cold o but at the slightest ~- :, .iii ......, Inoorreetneed of intobetiOn 'he ground his teeth,. lashed his tall, growled, yelpl 'el, and barked aloud So long as he fiburlshed,and he may flourish still, of a conoert organ amens wse rehears. ed in•Darinstadt Without inviting Herr: Frellerldk .Schwartz' end his dog,—but' libru opeolidly this dog, If the rima , , denqa,made the 'lightest slip, .th e dog !baked et mister with an air of Ws apprtibetion: • If the hautboys came in too. fate, Poodle pricked up his ears; if the eta:lone& ihurried the movement, Ptiodleildgeted on, hie. bench; if the kettle-mer broke the time, Poodle uttered drum audible murmurs . In fact, no "piece• Wis considered properly executed unless ,the canine connoisseur remained quiet on his seat. • t Nor must it be supposed that Poodle's instinct was limited to, forming. a Judg aunt of the execution only. His Intel ligenoe; trained by bearing classical works, seemed to have penetrated some of , the secrete of composition. An ab rupt, modulation, a false resolution, Would • prbduce symptems of doubt on Pciodle's muzzle; consecutive fifths ,made him shudder, and a belting me iody , set his teeth on edge. Some times Herr Schwartz , and his intimate .friends;in the privacy of a snug little quartette party, would amuse them delves by producing discordant sounds, for the sake of tormenting the sensitive animal. On such occasions Poodle lost allself-command ; his hairstood on end; his eyes became bloodshot, and fright ful howling. answered to the discord produced by the fiddles of the mystifl oators. Moreover, they were obliged to keep within certain bounds. Poodle possessed only a limited stock of for bearance.' If the cacophony was too intense or too prolonged, Poodle, carry ing out his sense of duty, upset every thing. Musio-stands, music -stools, and instruments, were strewed in confusion about the room. Finally, negotiations are in progress for the engagement of Poodle—or, if he be superannuated and retired on half pay, of one of his descendants—to attend the musical entertainments to be given In London during the current winter. We shall see to how many the four footed critic will listen with placid and undisturbed attention - - Begging dogs are far from rare; we find them at every fair and every mar ket; but they are beggars of low de gree, and if not poor, (probably often the contrary,) at least professing pover ty. Genteel beggar dogs being more uncommon, we produce a good speci men of the class. Sandolet, Chevalier de Saint Louis, after serving for nearly forty years un der the greatest captains of the age of Louis XIV. found - himself forced to hang up his sword upon a nail.— "" Forced" unfortunately was the word ; for he had grown old and feeble, with out reckoning a score of wounds, the least of which, now, would procure his admission to the Invalides. One of his contemporaries has sketched his por trait:" His wrinkled face le that of a mummified frog. He lost his nose at the battle ofFleurus ; his right eye at the passage of the Rhine; an arm on the field of Steinkerque ; the left thigh at Malplaquet ; and his lower jaw, carried away by a ball at the siege of Valen ciennes, has been replaced, more or less efficiently, by an artificial substitute." It would be difficult to find a alieva- Her of any order more completely di lapidated, and at the same time contin uing to exist. It appears that, in spite of his defective Jaw, Sandolet had an excellent appetite. Unfortunately, he has only a franc and a half, or fifteen pence, per day to supply his wants. That moderate income was insufficient; and it often happened that he had neither roast meat in the cupboard, nor bread on the shelf, nor a Bonin his purse to keep the Devil out of it. Nevertheless, Sandolet had a dog who answered to the name of Capucin. His tory not having recorded why this name was given him in preference to any other, we are obliged to do as history has done. Weary of fasting and of wai ting for the larks to fall into his mouth ready roasted, Sandolet came to the logical conclusion that, since he had a dog, which dog helped him to con sume his revenue, it was only fair that the said dog, for his part, should render some service in return. To the dog's collar he therefore fastened a leather purse, into which when he put a letter, Capucin carried it to its address. It was a petition for pecuniary assist ance from some generous person of the old soldier's acquaintance. When the cupboard was bare, Sando let opened the door, and calling the dog, said to him, " Come, Capucin, you see the hutch is empty. You must set to work, mon ami, and try what you can do." At which Capucin mornfully bowed his head, shook his ears, tucked his tail between his 'egg, and began to bark—a pantomime which, interpreted, said, "I understand, Master is hungry, and so Is his dog." The letter deposited in its receptacle, Sandolet said, "Go to such or such a place." The docile messenger obeyed, and presented himself to the party in dicated with a humble and submissive air. He then raised his head to show the letter. Often, while waiting for the answer, Capuoin, to beguile the time found his way to the kitchen, where they rarely refused him a morsel of meat. When at last he got the answer, always inclosing a piece of money, he returned to his master as fast as his legs could carry him, and would contrive to make ten or twelve such visits in the course of a morning. The collection ended, the master and the dog embraced each other. Sandolet then made a grand display on the tableof six, twelve and twenty-four sea pieces, and sometimes even of three and six-franc crowns—all of which now are obsolete—Capucin looking on with an approving air. The veteran, slapping his wooden leg with his only hand, would exclaim, " Bravo Capucin I bravo, my dog ! You have' brought me Balm of Gilead this morning." The rack was stored and the manger filled with provisions for several days to Come. A Plea for Mean Men. A correspondent undertakes the de. fence of " mean men," as close calcula. tore are sometimes called, as follows : "Who makes the better husband? At the risk of bringing down a torrent ofmalediotions on my unprotected head, I shall still adhere to the man who is supposed to have no heart or genuine human sentiment. The good fellow for a lover, the mean man for a husband. The latter will rob all creation to supply his household—the former will rob his family to accommodate his friends. Form all the married women in a solid column up and down Second street, and if I don't get ninety-nine votes out of one hundred in favor of my proposition, I will treat to a barrel of gin and water on the occasion of the first election for a female President. Good fellow, all love —mean man, all business. One takes his wife to the opera in a four horse car riage—the other rides triumphantly in a street omnibus. The good fellow never can be cross to anybody but his wife, for fear of making himself unpopular—the mean man is so sour with all the rest of the world, that he has not one particle of ill-temper to spare at home. Love stales the court, the camp, the grove, For love is Heaven, end Heaven is love." a but it won't buy beef. The mean man seldom gets salubrioue,', he is too mean. His wife is never jealous. She knows all woiden hate him, because he is mean, and-she rather 'likes it. She laughs and grows fat. i Good fellow drinks—too kindhearted to refuse—and he loves everybody. Good fellow's wife pale and emaciated; and , fall of sorrow. Ale= cuss's wife hale,and hearty—fat, red-fated—and weighs__d ton. Am I right?"—Harrisburg Patriot, • A Temperance inecdate. , • " Once upon a-time," a young theo logical student was delivering-a tem= perance lecture in Beaton, and proving by the Bible, which he "bad opini*be fore him, that strong drink was inju rious to man and a sin against GOd. Now, in that city liveg a man knosin , as Cooper 11., a former Congress man who is very fond of his, bit ters. Just as the young man got fairly warmed up in his subject, old Cooper IC came in, pretty well poisoned, and took a seat. After sitting a' few minutes, he arose in his seat, and steady-, ing himself, he pointed his finger at the' speaker and saki: "Young man, (hie) yours man, (hie) donut you know that that Book (Mc) only,i mentions one man (hie) wh o asked for water, (hie) and he was in h—ll, (hie) where he ought to be!" The converts to the cold Water* cause were not' numerous that night.' General. Grant. some Seamus or Itti UM In Galena. __ LP= the Gwen', OIL) Democrat.) Wo, are .repeatedly called. upon, in • common with others of our fellow-,citi ; sens by'letters - from' dlarent parts of , the iTalotr forinforrnation in regard to the Wooden* murals, social and po• lineal, of General.l7:l3b Grant, or Gen eral Samuel Ulypses Grant, according to slate newissiner writer, who says he deriventheiniblmation from Sam's own father, Who,' if -he , knows anything, ought. to know his own son's name. Having l no personal feeling against U. S. Grant, or S. U. Grant, we have con sequently no objection to an answer to these queries, and •to state fairly all that is known, or can be brought forward, in regard to the political "pinions of thL . gentleman. As to his social and moral etaftoi, we have little to say at present ; but as to politics, we have excellent authority to whom we can refer for proof—that is, if General Grant ever had any fixed opin ions while he resided in Galena. U. S. Grant or S. U. Grant came to this city nine years ago. His father • was a resi dent of Covington, Ky., had a leather store here, and was engimed, through his two sons, Orville and Simpson Grant in the purchase of hides, which were shipped to Covington. Hither came Ulysses, after he wandered out of the United States army, and was employed as a kind of porter about the establish ment. He was equally unknown to fame or to society here, and so remained until his good luck came into play with that of the Black Republican dynasty of A. Lincoln. It has been, repeatedly stated that Grant voted for Douglas at the Presidential election of 1880, which resulted in the triumph of— " Black old Abe and the eternal nigger!" Again, it has been said that he and his brother voted for A. Lincoln. His brother did vote the Republican ticket, but Sam did not vote at all. He told one gentle man that if he did vote, he would:prefer to do so for Bell and Everett, thelKno w- Nothing candidates. To another:gen tleman he expressed his preference for Judge Douglas, adding, however, that he did not like to oppose the wishes of his father and brother, who were Re publicans—thus exhibiting the same vacillating course in politics that he does at present. Know-Nothinglem appears at all times to be his predominating political characteristic. But few of our citizens knew U. H. or S. U. Grant dur ing his residence here ; and it was not until the title of general was attached to his name that they began to enquire: " Who and what is this General Grant who is announced as a distinguished citizen of Galena ?" "We never knew him I" " What is he, and what did he do here ?" Everybody seemed astonish • ed to find that we " had a Bourbon among us," and had ignorantly been nursing a militaryenius in our midst, who was destined ( politically at least) to overslaugh all competitors. It is generally understood that there is, and has been for some time past—in fact, ever since General Grant loomed up in the political horizon, quite a contest or rivalry as to the particular individual who first lent Grant a helphing hand— both E. B. Washburn" and Dick Yates claiming the merit of being his bene factor. It appears that on the breaking out of the rebellion, U. S. or S. U. Grant (we had better call him Sam. for short) wandered to Springfield, and obtained temporary employment as a clerk or peace adjutant in the office of that moral, sober, and exemplary chief magistrate Governor Yates, then busi ly attempting to organize the militia of Illinois. It was hero the first stroke of good luck occurred to him. A regiment was being organized and Diok was about to appoint a certain A. B. colonel there of, against whom the officers of the em bryo corps rebelled stoutly. " Who then shall I appoint?" said his Excellency. "Anybody but a politician," respond. ed the captains and lieutenants present. There's Capt. Grant, how will he do— he's a West Pointer?" says Dick (Sam was writing at a table in the room.) "Content," answered the officers, and Grant was immediately commissioned by the Governor colonel of the Twenty first Illinois Regiment, and, who prob ably, in that capacity, was the best ap pointment that Dick had made. Ulysses Sam or Sam Ulysses, after his singu larly accidental fortune In getting the regiment, had next to raise the funds to equip himself. His present admirers were not the men to assist him ; they stood aloof, although manz of them at the time were making money out of army contracts. He was poor ; they were rich. His own family refused to aid him ; and, had it not been for the kindness of a gentleman who was a Democrat, and had_ been at one time connected with his father in business, he would not have been able to pur chase his outfit. Up to this time it is said that Sam Grant had never known E. B. Wash burne or Washburne known Sam, al though some members of his family had politically stood by Washburne. The Congressman had often passed and re passed the unknown hero in 'blessed ignorance of who and what he was. When and where they found out their respective merits, is unknown to us. So, also, others of our citizens, who now adulate, fawn upon and worship Grant, hailing him as the "Agamem non" of the army, never recognized him, patronized him or extended to him the right hand of fellowship, until Wash burne led the way, after he had been manufactured into a general, and then it was that he was first deemed worthy of their distinguished consideration. Such is a brief sketch of the Galena career of " Uncle Sam" Grant, as be was wont to be called by his old comrades in the Regular Army. We have "naught extenuated or set down aught In mal ice." His good luck in things personal has adhered to him thus far. As we have before remarked, the very men who knew him not, who never extended to him their hands in friendship or their hospitality to him or his family, even visited them—who, in fact, while he was the humble employee of his father, under the direction of his younger . brother, gave him the cold shoulder—are now his most obsequious servants, and, in conjunction with and at the nod of E. B. Washburne, pur chased for him a house, at the enor mous expense of some sixty thousand dollars, making the whole country ring with their generosity. On the other hand, the few who, out of pity for his poverty and forlorn con dition, showed - him kindness, appear to have been totally forgotten by this dis tinguished "citizen from Galena." We speak only of Grant in connection with this oily. Although he has shown a Christian spirit in forgiving his enemies and doing good to those who despite fully used him, this fact may entitle him to an election asan honorary mem ber of the Young Men's Christian As sociation, but certainly does not fit him for the office of dictator over the ten Southern States, or President of the whole Union. It is premised here gen erally and there are those among us who 'troll the sweet morsel under their lips" daily and nightly, that, should Grant's good luck elect hini President, our city of Galena will be highly bene fited. The cabinet, in whole or the greater part, is to be selected from among our citizens. The Hon. E. B. Washburne will be Secretary of State; our gallant oborigi nal Parker, Secretary of the Interior; while our former Democratic counselor, J. A. Rawlins, will receive the Depart ment of War. We have even great bankers, who might be persuaded to accept the Treasury Department, such as the gentleman lately elected Presi dent of the Grant Club, of Galena. In fact, we have men fit(or who think themselves fit) for any position ; and why should they not be rewarded for their life-long devotion to Sam Ulysses or Ulysses Sam Grant? The Florida Communion. • TaLtanasstra, Feb. 19.—The convention to-day, by a vote of 25 to 17, declared Bil lings, Saunders, Pearce, and Richardson inelligible, and their seats vacant. Billings, brpermission, defended his eligibility in a violent speech. Excitement ran high, and declared his ability to, control the 'negro vote. The lobby was crowded by whites and blacks, who manitested but little interest for'the overthrown delegates. After the adou rn ment, a colored delegate wakattacked by, utside. negroes, support-. era of the Billing's party„ and struck for :voting 'against the expelled menibers: One Nsif the , assailing , Iparty wasshot in the hip by a delegate, when the difficulty was sttp dead theparties arrested by the police. is thtk second time this delegate has Chairal :Meade and daft. left for Atlanta this morning, It la nom probable ghat the work'lfist; which' the coaveo/04 wfukciuq, oonumunateil:' • - NUMBER 8 News itissih. • ' ' The assets of Elk ociunty show an excess of 1,17,848.03 over liabilities. : loop-year balls ire quite common In the miWatts and lesploar sleeigh rides in ths tts Governor Bullock hats vetoed the bUI pas aedtby the Massachusetts Legislature, re• pealing the State Oonatabultul law. Ti.i Fontana of the Pacific ooaat are se =ta be preparing for a raid on the at territory. Three men . were drowned by the nymi flag o f a host italiehilagara river, atluf falo, on Tuesday. The New Jersey Senate has passed the re solutions withdrawing the ratification of the fourteenth amendment. The United State: 41=e Court has sustained the will o Loring, of Boston, leavmg $l7l, various charities. Phmbe Wilkie, a notorious woman, was burned to death by the breaking of an oil lamp, in Fall River, Mass., on Tuesday night. A French woman living In the suburbs of Memphis was ravished by two negroes a ler dap since. The pollee are after them. The 31S9w Orleans Picayune says that the freedmeh begin to see that freedom does not mac idleness. trot horse was sold by. weight in Chicago. 11111 $14,50 per pound he realized for his owner $15,080. The State Capitol of California bast °oat, up to the present time, $ BOO,OOO in gold, and will require as much more to complete it. The French Prince Imperial, who is a great subject of gossip, Is said to be losing his beauty. His nose is long, his eyes are gray, and he is short in stature. It Is said by an Indiana paper that up. wards of ten thousand persons have become 'church members In that State, as the results of the revivals experienced there. Prof. Geo. Comfort, of Allegheny College, in consequence of the inability of the college to pay his salary, has been allowed leave of absence for one year. Dr. Robinson, Esq., has sold blame bank farm, containing 250 acres, situate near Holidaysburg, to Messrs. Dysart, Lloyd and Loudon, for $24,000. Many of the hotels built In Plthole during her palmy days have been pulled down and removed. The Bon ta House, built at an ex pense of $BO,OOO, was recently sold for $OOO. The Mississippi Convention has adopted seven sections of the new bill of rights. The first section, extending suffrage to all per sons, irrespective of sex or color, was refer red to a committee. Tho mayor of St. Louis has vetoed a bill repealing the Sunday liquor law passed by the councils of that city. He says he would sign a bill allowing the billiard saloons to be kept open on Sunday. The large tannery of C. K. Sankoy, at Lockhavon, Pa., was burned on Monday morning. Loss estimated at $7,000. No insurance. All the books and papers of the establishment worn burned. Inflate the currency to borrow money for the Governrnont so that Uhl worth but forty cents on a dollar, and then contract It to pay at one hundred cents. Thin Is the Radical financial idoa. Mra. Palmer, of Potters Mille, Centro county, while gathering kindling In her wood holm recently, was instantly killed by the roof failing in, breaking her nook and arm. The famous English raoo horse, Poppor's S Ghost, arrived In New York on Sunday In the steamship Erin, from Liverpool. The animal bore the voyage well, and is ropor tod In excellent condition. Capt. L. S. Cantwell died at Kittaning, after a lingering illness, on Sunday last.— He was a well known lawyer, and was pos sessed of rare abilities. His remains wore taken to Blairsville for Interment. A dark reddish atone which abounds In North Stonington, Conn., has turned out to be glass in a natural state. Near the same place a lot of disintegrated quartz, In the shape of white sand, and of great value In the manufacture of flint glass, has been die covered. Prof. Delisser, of Philadelphia, predicts for the 27th of this month electrfcal dis charges, heavy gales, high tides, earth quakes, and a general confusion of natural laws and phenomena, the occasion being the conjunction of the Moon with the planets Jupiter and Venus. Naples is frightening Europe by manu facturing red shirts presumably for Gari baldians. They all have an immense letter Vln black cloth on the breast, which it is said stands for vendetta, and means that the wearers are to execute vengence against the French. Bishop Cambell's will case, involving half a million dollars, commenced at Wells burg, W. Va., yesterday morning. The best legal talent of the country are employ ed, among whom aro Judge Black, Gen. Garfield, Hon. Benjamin Stanton Hon Geo. W. McCook and Hon. Wm. Kennon A Committee of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia, report that there exists a mong the fishing population of twelve counties, a great and wide spread destitu tion, and that unless. extensive and per manent arrangements for their relief be made, many will perish from starvation. The Fort Sanders Index says: An army of two thousand Indians are marching into the Sweetwater country from Idaho and Montana. They are on the war path, and havo burned all the ranches north of Soda Springs, and driven off all the stook, com pelling the ranohmen to seek refuge in canons. The Maine Historical Society has a piece of paper taken from the solid wood of a saw-log, received for sawing at Augusta, some time ago. The paper bears the words; " 1776, J. B. Dunkirk, with Arnold." Ninety circles in the wood were counted outside of it, the precise number of years since Arnold's expedition up tho'Kennebec. Sergeant Bates, carrying the United States flag, reached Montgomery, Alabama, on Monday. He was met by , a large num ber of citizens in carriages, decorated with United States flags, and by a band of mu sic. About three thousand people turned out to hear the reception speeches and to welcome him. He is the guest of the city. All the speakers and marshals of the day were Confederate soldiers. After the death of Bishop Polk, In his left breast pocket was found his book of com mon prayer, and in the right four copies of a little manual entitled "Balm for the Weary and Wounded." Upon the fly-leaf of three had been written the names re spectively of "Gen. J. E. Johnston," Lieutenant General Hardee," " Lieuten ant-General Hood." with the "compli ments of Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk, June 12, 1864." Upon tho fourth was his own name. The writer of a London letter, speaking of the arrest of Train, says: Ordinarily, I will admit, Mr. Train would have been fair game. But I was in London when that gentleman was in his glory, and I have not forgotten that the very men who are now ridiculing and reviling hint, were then glad enough to be his guests. They ate his olin• ners, drank his wine, smoked his setters and vied with each other in personal lauda tions of his character and his protects. Al one limo ho had the entire London press ut bin disposal. It is a little unkind that these men should now be the loudest in their abuse of the man they once almost deified. It isnot, however, surprising. It is, I fear, a characteristic of London literary mon of this stamp. A Strange Case of !Waldo A. singular case of suicide occurred in Allegheny on Saturday afternoon. It ap pears that a few days since a young woman, named Elizabeth B. Rush, appeared before. Alderman MoMasters, and entered a com plaint against Philip Showers, charging him with being the father of her Illegitimate child. Yesterday afternoon about three o'clock officer Biondin visited Mr. Shower's residence, in the Seventh ward, Allegheny, near Gerst's brewery, and served the war• rant upon him. Mr. Showers requested the officer to wait a few minutes until he changed his clothing, and then went up stairs.. — The officer remained in the room for a few minutes in company with Mrs. Showers, when he heard the report of a gun. They then ascended to Mr. Showers's room, and found him sitting in a chair, dead, be having committed suicide by shooting him self in the head with a gun. At a late hour in the afternoon Coroner Clawson was sum moned and held an inquest on the body. The deceased was regarded to be of sound mind, and bad drank but little during the day. The jury concluded that he bad com mitted suicide to avoid arrest, and render ed a verdict accordingly, Mr. Showers was about sixty years of age, and leaves a wife and family of grown up children, He was formerjy one of the proprietors of the Lafayette Foundry, on Ohio street, Alle gheny, and possessed considerable means,— Pittsburg annmercial. A Bloody Affair In Ohio. MONROEVILLE, 0., Feb. 17, 1868. Quite an exciting affair occurred here on Saturday night last. An escaped convict, by the name of Richard Bolton, who bad been missing from the Indiana penitentiary since November last, was tracked to a house near this place, and on Saturday night, at half past eleven o'clock, a constable named Chas. Green, assisted by two men named respectively, James Beeler and I). Berry, made an attempt to arrest him. They sta tioned themselves around the house and de. mended admittance, but Bolton told them to go away, or he would shoot them. One 'of the men replied, " you will shoot lathing," when Bolton tired; .the' ball striking Baylor just back of his , right ear, makingawound,froni the effectsofwkileh he died in half an hour." The constable, Ogreen, then came n i p, when Bolton lired - iguiln, hit+ tin Grew nit - above the eye; making:an rrat nct 740;11thip awne. • thiriageothen • Boltoti Arad htui, MATZ OP ADIIMINIXO. .6_4•011t1111/ (Iwo - of ODIUM"; per ;fur , fe , tri ea - 7 gliblnalagt 4 4/ . 11•••11,1•27 4 1 4.1•313=40,j00ent• • ilai4fdt, lama, andante tot HAM inbleiltlllat•SZ7 • S VPOnt i arsAL Arriornarmo 7 cents Lao kr Ms first, sad cents tbr matt subtoquertt Low • tlon, . o= . grooux Nan= inialAd 42 Load CoWaal giants pa ibaii. . , BIAMAZ NOrm a in*lditil =MAO. ma . uttul,lo4oo4l Hsi tar .first Insurtiao. attdeenktillgil Antsectagit Asiatic*. O OLIIIH2III ....... 4 . 0. . . 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THE Eirrnua MEDICAL cmormunow sat: UNITED IN their desire for aomegeneral remedy, at once certain, safe and uniform in Its operations, for owe of the hundred and one complaints and diseases that arise from an Impure condition of the Blood—whether caused by the Inhalation of the oeUd vapors or noxious gams, that in. lest certain localities, or by the functional de. rangement of Some of the organs of digestion, assimliaUon or excretion. Nine-Lentils of all diseases may be traced primarily to the above causes, and In a large majority of easel the prompt appreciation of a simple remedy in, the earlier stag would, by removing the maim, es prevent what, If neglect ed, might prove a dangerous and lingering ill. bele. The science of edicine has reached Mich a point of perfection, that the treatment of acute and decided forma of diocese hoe become al- most a certainty. In Inflammation of the Stomach, Bowels or Lungs; in Pleurisy, Intermittent:RoVers, etc., the remedies proper lu such cases ore so well authenticated that the intelligent phYstOkiti will apply thorn with an almost absolute eel , . tainty of attaining certain results, and hence In diseases of this nature wo and a uniformity of practice pervading the profession, and pro dnatng results similar inmost cases. The same remedies are used by all, the same results on sue and what really is in itself o severe and dangerous sickness Is made subject to, and bows motor° the experience and knowledge gained by long years of study, observation and ex_periment. But such is not the caw with many of tho diseases which are most common to all, and which at lint sight may appear trivial In them. selves. Those arising from the causes before enumerated, barns the skill of the physician who copes successfully with .disease lu Ile more violent forms. What complaint Is there more prevalent and common than Dyspepsia, yet there is scarcely a disease that so thoroughly and per sistently defies the skill of the medical man. That the various schools of medicine haven° weildellnedtmethodlof treatments or this disease is evident, and any dyspeptic can vouch for the truth of this statement. He will tell you that of probably twenty different physicians under whose care he has placed himself, no two of them pursued the same course, or used the same rot:indica Temporary relief may be ob tained, but as soon as the system becomes no customed to the modeiof treatment, the disease returns in lull force, and the patient Mel to COMO other physician whose treatment Is dif ferent, with the same result, until after trying every physician. within roach, the attempt is given up In despair, and we find him to 'lschia own word. a confirmed Dyspeptic. This !Nolen true of many other diseases, and the same cause of failure Ic applicable to all. Livery physician acknowledges the want of a General Remedy applicable to Just such Meg. The ingenuity, shrill and knowledge of every physl- Olen, botanist and chemist in the country las been taxed to supply a remedy of this nature, and even the general public' has contributed its lull 'there as is evinced by the Immense num• ber of patent medicinal that flood the country. Tire emitted naturally fly to any remedy that promisee relief from aufferlucand seldom stop to enquire whether it ill really entitled to the credit which Ic claimed for it. Many of those preparations are frequently far more iniurlons than beneficial from the that that they are compounded without any regard to tholaws of Pharmacy, and are In mot merely the produc tions of ignorance and pretence, imposing on the credulity of the public, and are therefore generally discarded by educated physician.. L'hey, like the prescriptions of the doctor, ef fect but little Hazy good and do not supply the want of a general remodY. In common with other physicians, Dr. Hart man keenly felt the want of this general reme dy in his practice. Always noted for his liberal and independent views, he although a graduate of Je ff erson College of Philadelphia, one of the best schools in the world would not permit himself to be trammeled by the strict lines that are drawn around the various' schools of meth erne. Practicing and occupying a high position as a physician,lie was not content with what Allopathy taught him, but earnestly and thoroughly Investigated Homeopathy, Hydro pathy, Electropathy and other systems of medicine', selecting from each what he found to begood; e ff ective and reliable, and discard lug what, upon actual experience, ho proved to be erroneous.. This extended research greatly facilitated his success as a physician, but In none of Rio schools of medicine did he find a general rem edy applicable to the ;almost Infinite number ot obronlo cases before alluded to. He then turned his attention to the many patent medi cines so-called, which were largely advertised sa reliable, ao. In some cases lie found cures were afflicted while using these remedies, but their success was so slight and uncertain that he was not sure whether thepaUent would not have recovered In the entire absence of medi cine by simply leaving nature to pursue her own coarse. AMOUR' all these patent, medl• eines he found none that were really beneficial except those preparations termed Bitters,Lheso had more effect on disease than those prepare tions which contained no alcohol. But even with these he found that the effects produced were not equal to those produced by the ad ministration of Pare Rye Whiskey. In fact he found that their sole virtue was derived from the whiskey they contained and as Rile war invariably of poor quality selected donbilesui for thalowness of Its cost, ho concluded that Pure Rye Splrite,waalinffnitely to be preferred to the various preparations that contained alco hol or spittle of a lower grade or quality. The Pure Bpirit obtained from Rye by die tillation is acknowledged by all physicians to be as a stimulant far more benefialul;than any other one remedy, and having failed In die covering anything that surpassed or even equalled it in lie applicability where such • remedies were needed, It was not under the most encourageing circumstances that ho took 'k p the investigation of the motile of Idishlor'm 'kerb Bitters, a preparation then recently pre sented to the public by tile gentleman whose name it bears. The ante!. twits ant brought faints. to hie notice by some of his patients who had by the advice of some of their friends used It and had been benefitted thereby. He was prank:dug medicine at Millersville and bearing so many reports inns favor concluded to inveatlgaie the matter. Knowing the opposition to Patent Medicines evinced by the medical profession he was naturally dextrous of keeping the fact o his using the p r eparation secret. He therefore through a friend. procured a quantity suffi cient to enable him as he thought to give tilt, preparation a thorough teat, and in all cases where no absolute form of disease wee really developed and but a general complaint of not feeling well, Dyspepsia, Derangement of the Liver, and in fact many cases not well defined as alluded to above, he would administer Misidat's Herb Bitters, but so disguised by the addition of some simple aromatics that the patient was not aware that he was taking Mishler's Bitters. These cases he made parti cular note of, and Ending that the use was at. tended with such good results be extended his experiments administering it in cues which had defied the use clad other remedies at his command. Ha became satisfied that in With. ler's Herb Bitters the profession would End what they had long desired, a general remedy. Bo thoroughly convinced wag he that, when, after having peed it for over a year, he telin guished his practice, he recommended it to his successor Dr. Davis. Again resuming practice, Dr. Hartman con tinned administering the Bitters with uniform MUCUS, and the opportunity occurring he be came the purchaser, feeling confident that the merits of the preparation would commend it to the notice of the profession, and when once assured that It was skillfully compounded In accordance with Pharmaceutical Law, would have no hesitation id using It In their practice. With this view, the establishment has been re- modelled, and we assert that bliehler's Herb Bitters ea by lu presect proprietors compound. ed with as Imuch skill and J udgment, audwith as strict en observance of the laws of Pharmacy as any preparation of the Pharmacopeia. That their efforts are appreciated is evinced by the fact that tee prejudice existing in the medical profession against Patent Medicines so.called, is rapidly being removed in reference Withal. ler's Herb Bitters. THIS GREAT HOUSEHOLD REMEDY IN sold by all Druggists and Unions. • Dlt. HARTMA.N tr. 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