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
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