ADVERTISING KATES. ~ wtyUi!“' Un * (» woida,, One equate changeable once a week 1 year, m nu, *• -£«■-'- 5 if « JUj*» si » •» ;i i.« *. *• - *f. *£?; oa.ixjy roB t , ‘ 'IF m * n - * , > <Kl F tr f™ • einereuin tho city, at 20 ooati per ?1* >IV EEKLY l-x> & v . •'ingle tulnoriptlon*.., < Mi e eoiiJea, eash V-“ Iwi oopie,, each ' Forty y 00 R le *i' e< Jofi. land one to goiter up,) 1 nHun.lred ' (I II II ■-'! JAS. P. BAH®,* Editor and Proprietor, | j EKIVIA OK K( PTUKK. ' ""'■'"or Kuptarecnrod. -UfaptarocurMi. K«P<«.c,M.r.rt ‘Hersyf * Itoptur.ca i.,rt tr °l* ftr R*iptare cored J Bar.!,'. Ra.llral Oi.r« Tm«»: Patent Trass upporter Truaa; - 4&5 l---', '* . n>*n& u »,i 8 ., tare Eodr Brae, U.c of Praia,mu Ulorl, Pile, A M nmi, At>fl Kpiif&l Wesknessea. ° r ' 9 * S - Silver PUterl Sup. FUe.Orop., ror the nupport and cure ol SW, t Stock,ngr, for w , llk 4nJ V4ncole MUuUc H.iee Cap., for weak knee Join,.. Aukll Supporter., for Ull „ ’"■l'uuwf Baait.^ar Belf-lpjei<ln ? Springe, every kin of SyWnije*. Dr. KfiVS-KR ho. also a True. w AdloaUv cure Hernia or Uuptnro. OJ OtKce at hie Dnuo Si-onir, N O . ho vvfii TKEKT.t.ignof the tloldon Mortar. P, writing, for Trueeee ehrmid tend the nutn! nchc. around the hr.dy in,mediately „ PH. KKYtSKK will give hie peraonal attention to the ajlication of Truese.ln adullanndcl.ll.lrr amlhc ie .atlrted that, h ith an t venty yeare, he will he enahlej tn P ,i e Belf-Injectlng Springe.. Self-Injeetinrf Springe. Sell-Injecting Springe.. Self-Injecting Springe. Sold at HR. KEYS Kit's, no (rood street Unapeu.ory Bandag fca, Sn.peiioorp Bandage., Sn.pen.dfp Bandage., S'npenthry Bnudagea, At DR. KKYSKII-s, 116 Woo.l at reel. OpIO-lyd&tr P l£ ICS Otr TWfNTy YEARS STANDING CURED, Below unit be found a certificate from the one o mod i erpectabte citizen* of WitHm township, in regard jp, Dr. Keytar's Lind,ay'. mood■ tj eavrhr, The DoUor’t certificate, are within reach, and no one need be deceived in regard to hi,prejmation,. . Da. Übo. H. IfHTean :-i became a dieted with Pllea aikntt. twenty year, ago, and Briery yea, they were growing #sr.e, ao a. to trouble me very much, .omuoh Boat time. a. to nntlt me or work. 'Sometime. I wa. e 0 bad '{hat I could doot anything account of them, they oame o out on me a. large a. a hickory nut. I had ti ie< » great deal of medicine for them. J used to hoy »nd whatever I could hear of or read.of J n clroiiUra anrfyiamphletc that fell In my Way, hui I oould not get cured, sometimes they would do h e lome good for * littj« white, but. atterwa'S they would return again aa bad aaeccr. [ a |„, applied ''to two" Doctor* who vlaitcd me at 'mj hou«o »ml gave me acme medicine hut it wou not <l6, Leonid not get well Over a year age not an advertlaement of your Lindaay'a Blood- Searcher, made by youraelf-when you cold It t me you told me one bottle would not cure me' and that my whole ayatem would have to be re' neweia bf the medicine before I go t well ] bought'tine bottle and took it home with me ami uaed It according to your direction.. I then call " t*9 *** rw »C*4n. when you .aid 1 could n expeot much benefit from one bottle. I bought it on, one bottle at a time, until I Isa bottlea. After tld. quantity had oeeu used, wan-entirely well of the pile., which had tortnr- d we.for.; twenty year* In other reapect. my health 1. Improved, and I am a. well u could be expected for one of my age, being aixty year. P. «t. I have been well now foralx monU.a. and there 1 A noappearance of a return of the dlaca.e; I can do any kind oi farming work now without the Pile, coming down and hurting me. lean pltqh 'hay, chop wood, lift/or do any kind of' wol*' Which before uaed to hurt me. When I ouad out your Blood-Searcher I kept on taking until i got entirely Well. I eonaider it my du ty to'make niy caa« kuowu to the country for the benefit ofdthera who may be miffering a. I wa. and do not knowthe value of your medicine. 'You may puhilah thi, if ynulike-t live In IFOttn, Townthip, and will be pleaaetf to aatlafy any one oi the truth of thta eertifleateif they wiah to call ELLIOTT DA*IS. December 24th, 18ga, Oa-tnot out the name of DR. GEORQEH. BEi’SEB on We cover oj the trgttle and potted over Ike eork ; atm for hi, damp on tie etamp on the top of the bottle to prevent being i.-npoi d Pon by a epuriou, article which is In the-martel. edo-lydhw MEDICAL ** or Rupture « iirrd. or Hnjnurf ci' rp.ti or Kiiptme ctirM Rupture #r. Ilerula cit ,<| Rupture or Ileinln umh Ruptiireor llcniln cio eit Rupture o» Hernia ciii /»t. Hiiptuript llcrnla,eure<r Rupture or Ilerula cured Rupture or H«rnti'cni «i| Rupture or flrmU cured * ( h ' to all conc'kknku Tie the-e VJ 1 "' ? Clafiß ° f w ‘l*-"»*|'»rtant pe„- { ,' ? a J’ecuttar teeliru; ot coDtecint attach ; ;?,«■<« =*';>-< <i?"S™!r ™ v „ A „;*e;?« Si’ A 11» t hey not aware that ail phyaiciana treat mi* ea.PB n e\ cry .i-nominat mi!, ii S'.oiK.t jurt V !eiliiM < n«rtl'U"' 1 i a l In those • l.uml.ur »/ h» ~ „ h e" ' f ,'* m d ll ' |,hl " k ' ,,ui '"S' l l'.ri. »jmoat depnead tl,sp*, ,y ,rf‘'Mßi|jn“ t B r . lir.H and ~n c£SK'»=r".u ,saniaf«S tn-itment is confine.! to the vrretalile a* l think it i. the U-ct a .u n. -at cmair ‘ Una" hri,,K <>f corticate. l, ° m I I 1 ’“a*?’ “"aloe Iroin It are entad in a mn ri, aliortor Hme than heretolora. It tiehnove! ?'' 1 ' "“P* In “" 'o* l "'Oman to lie carotin m ... L ; n %"'n ly r’' n ' Vl,e ‘“'"'"■‘■t »■« ait iciia, t. m , ,n ,r n , UOUr l>*|W"»reor nowortti and a •lane .t u. ill atma 1,..m anawera tlmu oulv iujj ol iiealtl, and money. Hundred* niouuieu atim, all, ! v niynew retuediee, Addfeai J ' n ' y,! HUtat.unrli I'liatoßoo. (>1 every A dozen different A dozen different A dozen different kinds A dozen diflfcrent kinds AI.BU3IS, A LBWlls, A LAUBlisi, CARD PHOTOGRAPHS CARD PHOTOGRAPHS, CARD PHOTOGRAPHS, : 0L(OS, INKS & STATIONERY, OLIOS, INKS & STATIONERY, OLIOSj INKS & STATIONERY. DIARIES Foil luor.. DIAIIIKS FOII |»c:,, DiAlllKS FOR m,|y. Mmni clear creek G OLO AND SILVER MINING CO,, Gilpin County, Colorado Territory. HOHIV A. Dix. - i:i'WAi:i) pi>- KKKpnrvr .. f. KKA\CIS I 1.. M.-M !N,j, A. (}. He U»1 isii, (’n] or -ulo i i>A<ln ' rr < afturer, hKA*iVII-.N .S*KlvL]\lJ Sf.^Nn. l-HAKM-S K, ItUKh'roSC 11 ' l his Oomp.any owns b kj-ji iect nf tvur,i »» « Other cclehratcu devt'Jo'pe! OoIVL »Htun: Lntes in the hent. Minin* Y„ .••lorndn. Also, the “HKNJ)KHso.\ ftSIU ’’ H,u tm luinpßll( | In excclh-nt order Capital Stoclr^l.OOO.OOO, 'Vovbangj 1*1335*000, rHOI£ NUMBER SHARES 100,000 PAR $lO OFFICE OF THE COMPAWV, Wo. 69 Beaver Street, Wew York number of .hare, can be oh! IhSScf'teuSr. 1 ” may obtained at. ■A nd be Genvinced BANKING EXTRACT. RUCfIU, Sold by all firuggicta, at tine foliar. , JUB Wood atreet. f 5# ji| /HAitiii f - I MEDICAL M A w ir <3TcS * Tno "“- Robert E, BoD, M. D %a» sara *,&‘>f*TPMPI.ATIWU MAHRIAUB. A mail, post paid, on receipt r.f tan cents. } « r f U *,f 01 this small hook has l»een a ' t° the afflicted, and has ,a.ed thmiSti Ir .iu a life of misery anil an untimely grave, rt tleats on Lhe cvfls Of Yonthlul lmPlscretiou Se t-Ahuse, Seminal weakness, Kmiasions Sci' uai inscases. (ienital llebility, Loss ot Pmver niustrate. the mean, “ d DR. BELL’S SPEOTPIG PILLS, an.l other treatment TiPeissareTii sss-iB? USED WITHOUT DETECTION. a^^e°^l er feh W -wJX^e B „i'® l, t“s neeeaaary. /hey are warrantedTn a I? c », e . t-M’.vart«'o| l iwo“ih', i , n , g fc&SSftS! St * -own Mo Cnae of Failure ever Oreura. IMPORTANT NOTICE, BELL'S SPECIFIC PILLS A rethe original am I only genuine Spline Pills I'S" » h “«‘ O' initiators—iihVi'AKi-i UK These are Warranted. • are adn£\o,\ tor male or fern'll? cLI nr j AU.t nrflprhe only rcljihlo remedy’ known ‘ l %? § Ur S i3C **‘ a arißing , VOTThWoL " In DISCRETION/" tun* u\eet XU ' tl, l lh8 n aBP& ’ ne r ' OI 'Orrhefl, Stru> ’ Wn MI l " nftr V ami KiJih-y cm- ‘A-CtsXjlift a T • >'lJ hy lininrUto iren.Talli- in i.nv.- a „ : >;•'■■« aix ,mllb, pride |l JJ.' llle c ” i/- e ~n" " 3 ' '"»r "f H.e ..ual * pr.« iaV.4?"-, <,r U,C PIJ1 '- cut !hi. ;; ss re B«*i upon bj any other teim-.ly hut cuclm* linnne V ‘n a letter to the promt -tor * lIKVAN 1 , Hr,s’ So™, I*->r sale at KLKM INf rs. °Ll> HV PKLGUISTS OKXF.RALLY Magazines, Books auJ Papers, Magazines,-Books and Papers, Magazines, Books aud Papers. AT PITTOCK’S, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE '* l, ' r ' for promptly attended to THOSTEES USB XT, OP the SBPBHIOR EFTieA<h DRY GOODS, HOSIERY. &C SALE (IF dry goods, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14th. And Continuing .tln-ougch the holidays. 47 Pieces Dress Goods 21 Pieces Scotch Plaids One Case Coburg Cloths French Merinos All Wool Plaids, Beaver Cloth Cloaks, Heavy Woolen Shawls, Woolen Blankets Balmoral Skirts, Best Kid Gloves Will be piven to those who call GARDNER « SCHLEITERS, Market Sti-cot. lel3 JJ'SnsOMIC PRESENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS, SIACRUM & or.v L.ir~i "■ho have now open and yet IKn vc ,Uily n prewly for Holiday Sal.-., a Urge aud beaut,im apartment ot Hoods. I,oth u.e1.,1 and mental, oomprt.log Breast-Pins, Ear Drupe. Taney Tuck anil Slue l Sun in. Pearl, Steel, Jet and'lilt Belt Buckles, Belts and Belt Kibhon. S >H- Sc„f», Hmrt DrcißO. Ni-ts, Larc Veils, Lace aud Kmbroiderc.l l_i.j and Handkerchiefs. Worked Slippers and 'Cushions, BK BOXES, LADIES’ I'OMI'ANIUNH, PI‘R I'E-MONNAIES, SATCHELS. Ami a very fine assortment of I’HOTOGRAPII AMI |j MM, itesldea our usual full Stock of HOSIEHT, CiLOVKS, THIMIUIKUM notions and SMAI.I. IVAUKS. At LmrcHt t’aslj l»rloc>«, JjlOlt THU H () L I I) A Y S MEW SHAWLS, Wc arc now receiving a heavy stock l those Extra Fine Long Shawls, hich n will snil at a Great Roductiou '-•■'.-i in Ncav Olonlts, I ClolliH, anti I>i ’c«s (ioodg HUGUS & HACKE.I Corner Market & Fifth. ' co * ■/. « i— J e o' z 5 s o £2 s 3 < = •• I a. g H„- -2 h * 2* 5 * ui Ed *3-- ? u i ; * % 3° * i - _ S <SZ CM fi 2 $ o®3 ~o d 5 n Z 2 Si's- *? ** I " * J J-“ H «| I sc ®-£ s -- s © 5 »Ji3 * 0 i: HE *§2 ,Ji ;r w » j; = o£-j J r ;oW " ~ f/5 • © a rs at "~ 22 « isS «WC W c 5 2 OS-S 5 •** s ® s fc7>3s "£ n j 3*B CQCQC3 £ -2 A* » 3 H. be« * © ■■( ,© o ••© iie;s-lnni p WE APPldfi CHEESE . 60 Boxes Choice Pine Annie nh«—' Rraeived thie day, and for sale by “P* REYMERfcBBOS. LTSBU Beginning on at *1 cents; former price 44 cents. at 50 cents; former price 75 cents. at 621-,' cents; former price #!,30. at #1,60; former price 2,26. at 75 cents; reduced from $1,25. at $lO,OO and 12,00 from 4,00 to 12,00. Great Bai-ffniiiN Onti be secure<l at 78 Market Street. On former prices. INDEMKITY i&GAINST LOSS' mrjfrxuid. ||S®r»«SMßa)rtg 4J5 Mld W CHESTNUT &T., *j« sjg^£ r - ( ‘ ,re “®“ t vl >l'le .»Sd,'lHn'' ri,) Note, anil' BnuifeMtvitte'V' iiaui * wiSSpsss-SSs siaassi won paid Jnnae tiM!jfe*f tuso, *B9,ISH in i»H> K« ;ti !=£:£*“ ms**. iwas 1 * 1 Secretary pro teni. L'i.'l" I '. WPFIN, Agent, Northeast cnr. ThinUml Woo, l PHILADELPHIA PtEEAED LITE insurance Company Il'J < HKSWIi'fJSTRKKi:, . ’ <‘'ietoin I to lino capital. *aisM«><) ,*3o*,iix HOHT. P. KIN . ' rfalijrut. « W -«AM,v.v |iSM p re . l<t()n , • . I«. NAVKav, I'Anr * V‘ : ' U “ HBAM - Jw«m Cuvto* ’ *«^'|^ AWAK< ‘ K » fc. w ILJttt. I r. iiLATICftriJ-.N, J Aseul. Corner hui| M'ood streets. it rn lu«!,r»noeOompabf cfTiUsbureh r. /VI. Umii.oN, Secretary, *r A o-V^ L 4 K ' Uou’J AfituU 04 * W nj» ttsirso Htt*bar*h. IL» L *NBIJ KK AG/ilflMT Al I kinds o/ tJKE nru} MAKING. KINkV a uomelnsmutlnn by Lhitctr>ri U )k br [iromptneaH and liheraiit* 1/ iJ!1 K *" T :",V‘7 R - ftiiiier, jr, J»n,w m'Aal.i Nrttbjuue. lUdmcs. Aluxunlei fsuujvk baraie, o am pt.p|l V Heir...,, (I,u ilLk rvr- ‘^“Twr. M i 'uj.p """"*'■ Hem. Halrcu-dl. ,!r.t ALLEQHENIiNSUJiAFuE UO ox’ r»mc, No.3TKifrn 5t.,.;!, B » ut „, oek BSJS tJ ti Wil A(«AI V>'f K|%n>> iti rnu: and mxuixt: ki*£s. in nAk’li A< i- ■ l, l f ' KS ' Pfni'lmtj Jl 111 Nlt V . oVm L ‘- ?• »>«'«■• SMtitirfi .f .v\ l»i-AN,(ieaofA) AgeuL UIKVTOUH— <’Fl Ifiiaa*'? n - w» «»“*••«’»i*. H. i. MJOrrw, ii, M . MILITARY ANb NAVAL K. T MATHEWS & CO “• T. MATHKW9 of Treat. ) t'.’Tii. ( " S6hin s-( Airo K. IV EY S, A&U *?■»*« * 0 ev ' tU> a of ‘ ,alajB gainer the T’nlirv: • tales or auy .state <lovernmeut. PRINCIPAL, UFH( E, biiM WALIVI T STRKKT, PIIII.ADKI.PUIA. ILIANCH OFFICE 98 QUANT STREET, PITTSBURGH. M’MASTER & GAZZAM, A 1 fromc-j-M-nt-l jiw. I’KNSIUN, linr'N fY, HADK-PAY. PKIZK WONtYCOT.I.KOTKf* ito., Ac . Ac. ,H p,lher 'oo.vtf 10 "’•"trtmcula.in Washington, |i. c. EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS DRY GOODS, BOOTS .Sr SIIOKS, MO I, ELL AN I)’S AUCTION HOUSE, Tail’lli Sfiv ( .f POURTIst STREET. g, HOLIDAY GIFIS. $ rMnßomTjnKD tr) PI ANO COVERS..^ O, Tlir Fiiichl Imported MOSiAK; ‘RTrcJfi! .' i S' {-rj A \*rry Urge variety of o VELVET RtScs, Now iii Storr. JC - * 1 ° Fourtli Street, g s -laattvo lip™ C;tt'Rajik, I . _»J^ lTT i"'ra»H, Nor. ;i, isoi 4?“»“ o“.' ‘to y %c\*; £&tt3TSSS&£S2 the powers conferred by the Act of the t ienel?? thr^aa^oTtrVc -i£~° "*• _ ' '• Caatitei'. IIDREIKi TOOLS FOB. OH. WE i f “>, M „x f r^ re<l - n thß T^w/^: ,y,e WooU street. « ; • ; ; . INSURANCE r- O V A Nil Ol] N .. i'’KKASHKY dfpartmfvt UITHiOK oyy OMPTHOLLM OP UDRiracf, ' w ashington, December roth 1864 W HKfIEAS, satisfactory evidence presented to the on u r 'rz n *> »p~« tiSt {“e'iiK.i: 7.» ns National Panic. of pitt«hii»-«ri« *» *» 111 Of Pittsburgh, In “,’hty dt All“X™ anflß '/ 'lpssss-s^i aml IiAB complied u'ith ah »k 0 , * 1‘" “ c” do C hJreby ,> Mni?y lepheny awlbtateor feiiiylvania la authori, BuB ‘™ .jg&&2flSSgg h , Boots, shoes, gaiters n»r MORALS ANIi GUMS tT? i BAL ' I> Bt selected and cheapest stoeli l,^n° ■forlSnd'a, 98 Market street J‘ 11 ‘ e <“ K; sremss^K 1 ?? .sio.perr^"r , iioot,' l "Si?a”L rß r l r r n v ) ti ß ? noy Jolt a HlHchuii!, kL lactorv iiHpdu n a call belore purchasing elsewhere as vou ?v?n sai e money Rememher the right place. at * . Ui.KLANI.'S, !16 Market afreet, A 1 tlocrr from Fifth. , .. UiTizitNH Hank, > I Rnn, Not iDri > NT.&rrv b,, *V , '' i> « s ** ESSixvSHSSS i,ay jSK; U£o. T. VAN I>O7?EN, Cashier. | no23Jjud Cherry Eun and Pitt Hole Petroleum (Jo NOTIUE UF KJ.tX.’TIUN. TO TUB NTnf’lr m, lET™tEUMnn» PANY A a>e l b P, r r to attend a meetinß hr Vhe^Ss,^M hy no , tißed purpose of orijauizstlon, election »r PrelkW H. McKKI.V Y ' President pro tem. no'iSultf C°s vlf A t? aVd~spkpac k Foil e , h rnS& a TI' l o°: rt i 2' KA^U^ O^ EUEM^E '»*«, containing about T-V. V^"'' t.o.n OEORGEM. TEEN AN? JA IVIES MURRAY CLARK. Candor, Washington Count Ad “‘ I>lrtr * tora - ; 1) 80/’S «nd «hUdma’i ’ Boou »t *au national banks. FntST NATIONAL BANK OF PITTSHCBQH. -waSSSSSsM Kttia°„ F { J ATI,) “aifIANKOI?P?K r MRHI ifirsirSaSlSraSl qSaSsSSS-'S OomptrbUer of tb« Ourwmy. THE FIRST NATIONAL B. f)F PITTSBUHCHI, PA., Late Pittsburgh Trust Company. VmpU *L\V >, !± ooo *“ »>th n,„„. *** *° •■•««*» to *1,000,000/ a^^iSßp&^-jrjas Tra.t Vwf* WhM ‘ ,,M Attemled the Pittobunrb sr£EST’ ; ' r^^^^^ r ul mU * Ull *° ,h ““ om^rr^ ,< ’ coQ ' ,oo * M *■*»• t , DIBBOVWBS ■UU&I XtAuamjx w „ o S* *&*{,"• £*’**'' .una" D f B " L “ T ' SAKBrL KKA. •h.H« k s;:^Uler'“‘-' N ' ,>r “- *UR.wI& U'tf ' • HOLIDAY GOODS. ALBUMS,, PORTFOLIOS, POCKET BOOKS, CHESS & CHESS MEN gold pens, , BOOKS and STATIONERY, IYERJ«, SCHOYER & CO.’S, 39 FIFTH STREET. <SEI« Sailg |Jflsi. SohMule «.„Adg^r^Si One time...; Two time... Three times Pour times.. Plve times.. week,. Two weeks Three weeks.... -One month Two months...! Three months.. Six months Nine months... j One year....... r nr °® A * 6KA ® L * AimiffTTSKIOCTO gg&mmsa. 8 nmeal a ttmerfTl time _ l>aUy. *reeck a week fcweek ;r,a-- fc SSf °"’ “» oS-” 90 -=-- .«T» j; Captain Spekey Adventure with a Boa Constriptor. At the earliest possible ihotnentr after our camp had been pi I cheffTh netif set afoot and Captain Grant; myself and wa m v e ,o^ n t? Bn,S r re ' Bbstt S U ' way to “the path.” There wert animals there when we atrived.except h.re W nUiZT'?""' and * e were- there iore, obliged to await tbe'gominrr of “'me more palatable game. On™ tience, however, was severelvfeaxed- T^:!° De ™ were^abont ' a h 'PPopotamns, when one. of our attendants, perched Iff a tree about hranket rai TbU BtaDt began was approaching 88 ing'of the ?attcr'. “ d awaited ‘««> «>",>- Wowere not delayed long for pres eutly a column oj animals, from the P cle phaut to the hoo-doo, appeared in view The 'rlnt 8 g °° d P“ ce to Hie* river’ I heir flanks were soon presented to ns £?, e shot 8 a e fl Ung h ' S ob j Me’ Coil shot a fine young Buffalo cow 1 whilst Captain Grant was equally sne- : cessfnl with a hoodoo, a7d sev Cra | spears cast hy our attendants, stuped I or spurt for that day, I had sprung for w ard immediately after firing, inltdh to obtain a fair shot afin hs?fi pionho«« of 8 )! 1 wanted 10 bring down on. account of his immense tusks. 1 got the desired aim, and pulled the.trigger with mv second barrel At the mnmJt of my doing so a wild Cry ..of alarm, filtered Uon° ne GW bla cks cglled my attend Glancing round, my eye chaficed orange up into the foliage of thltree beneath which Captain G?ant and ml sell had lain for several hourspreyioua as¥hih!pF KB may P ossil: 'ly i)eJmagjned as i beheld an enormous boa constrictor whose hideous head and neck projected some d'stance into viewahoiSing he was about to make a fatal spring, ffisdirec tion was certaigly towards «&; andas der fl bofl ed i fom bia posuion like a thun •erijv' ■‘Save myself up, for ere aid the reached me, fold after fold ot the monster would have crushed mv , lDto a Airing pnl p “I of d,“ t emin , gly cau e ht in s whirled Of dust, and a strange, indegcrih&blc struggle ensued, Jn the .midst- of* thio 1 auddenl * bec *me Con scious oi the presence of another victim and even after the time that C e ?aps“d since then I still recollect with what " "“‘ I. thought shot across mind, that this secoqd victim wa9 CaD ,ta'f ln y noble companion At iaSt, after being thus whirled, about for several seconds, each secopd seeming to bemterminabje, there ensued a?ulf a stillness as of death, and I opened mv cxnlore^f Ct: !f g ‘ P lo ° k UBOil! those Utl^ < xplored,landscapes whit* are seen onlv^ lh . e “Palry beyond .tbe tomb In stead of that, I saw Captain Grant level ling his rifle towards me,, while standing beside and behind him,where the black * inl^ t V en , wbil ' h an d Wm I had un luckily placed myselfat the moment of firing upon the elephant; lar good fortune, had attended; mfe, how ever, for instead of being crushed into a mangled mass: with the unfortimate cow, my left fore arm had only been caught in between the buffalo's body and one single fold of. the constrictor, limb laid just in front of the shontder at be . T l „‘ ll , tte neck > am* thus haSasof bed of flesh, into which H was jwnmed as it were, by , the immense; preSure of Imrdnesa 8 b ° dy thtfe wasdron-ilke In rn^i S JL Saw Gra “‘ about to "toot,-a ter ror took possession of me,, for. if he re frained j might possibly escape after the boa;released the folds from'the. <fo>ad ! Cl 1": should he fire and. strike-the repiile, It would in itacnnvolsionff. crusti or drag, me to pieces. Even as the idea came to me . I beheld Grant, pause® h| appeared to lully comprehend all - He could see how I was .situated, that I was stiUJivmg, and that,my delivery de pended on the wm of the constrictor We could see every line on each other’s ace, so close and 1 wotfd have shouted or spoken, or even whisp er edat him, had I dared, but the boa’s an!| d |h Va3 'i W f* liJ ftar ““ 1 * e 8 «f‘*nine, and the wink of an eyelid would per haps settle my doom; so I stared dike a dead -man at Grant and the blacks. , • “resentiy the aerpent began to relax his folds, and afrer. re-tightening, them several times as the crtmhedlrafialo quivered, he unwound one fold entirely Then he paused. The next iron like hand was the one that held urn prisoner; andas I feU.it little by little,unclasping my heart-stood still with- hope and-feSr.’ Perhaps, upon being freed, the- henum e. arm uncontrolled Iby my . will might fall from the cushion-like bed ini which it lay. And such a mishap might bring the spare fpld around my neck or cheat 1 ° the of the Nile. Oh, how hardly, how desperate y, I struggled to command myßei/i I glanced at Grant apd saw him handling his nfie anxiously. I glanced at the negroes and saw them still gazing as though petrified with astonishment I glanced at the serpent’s-loathsome head and stw its bright, deadly eyes Tyatch ing for the last sign Of life in it# prey Now, then, the tehtile fold upon my arm a nair’ahreaatli and now a space separated my af* 4fid W' inpttl^ stiii J^uUyI*»euf»hJpped 1 *»euf»hJpped out mv Ages, fttrd a ShnifoTi !th ®- aett 1 ODfc.jJwSßiiieMing. aspßamw^m^ h * AmfiSn - "SSS*®S®sjs srs s «%* monste? wh™ ' ißHtt¥ Wsnsaihiß the body ite glrtliWi ! tßt&fM" Miqajirpyijig,,! twJJere* taibenib^ttrg^ heir ' !•»•■■■-■ - * - » » _ ISqr, 1 Sqr? iffi 500 1 7 60 | 8 16 4 13 86 6 Iff 00 9 M 88 10 ■Jj OI,IDAV PRKBKSTS,"''' ' '****. ,;i. -Jt; ciii day & wtmrn raEmiDMKßiXßl'JfjilttftiiJßßs PIWK OOBMOS BUFFALO HPBKS, •'• i • [,3Ji > # •LATjas., gtocij^ SK4VS STBAPS, BU^totoma.qmanje,. ot"er&d»TsKT-^ l ‘ * f “« WQFtßMfeof all P^f n “ °?e of «^nr 4nd'sllD^ E i|4 i |^^; needed uticle*; on. «fj h i“ a “ 7 ’ . v - • ~-.=;■ r;i ia.fiairjt £i;! ,;f day & mm%v i ■■_ • . . . 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