VOLUME 2. THE REDJDWARF. 11Y WM. HKNHY PECK. Many years besore the war of the Rev olution, there stood a time worn edifice, mouldering brick and crumbling stone jjn the now magnificent pleasure ground which we call the Central Park ol New York. Isolated «id bloak, in those days, .with no attempt at ornament upon its ,rudc walls, the old house had been un tenanted for years, when Hugh Garrbolt «aw fit to make it his habitation No on* <bcn living could say to whom it belong ed, or by whom it had been built; t,bo#gl> gray haired men told that it had sprung as from the earth; unmade by mortal hands, and fit only for the lurking place />f smugglers, desperadoes, or demons The last, man, within their who had lived there before Hugh (jarr bolt made it his home, died there alone ; nor was lie known to be dead uutil a wan dering hunter, demanding shelter at ita iron-bound door and prison like windows, H.id receiving no reply, forced an entrance from the rear; and after striking a light with flint and steel beheld a human skel eton, clad iu decaying leathern garments, seated in an oaken chair in ghostly griry ness. Before this hideous figure was spread upon a table a goodly store .of silver and golden coins,which their owner perehaice was counting when the hand of death smote him, sudden and sure. The hun ter was a man of nerve, and did not hes itate to appropriate the treasure ; and though he did not fail to tell of what he had seen in the chair he said not a word .of what lie had taken from tlie table; the latter truth leaked out when the hunter became a man of money, married, and told his wife ! The honest burghers of N ow Amster dam, as its first white settlers defiantly persisted iu callii'g,Ncw ork, smoked their pipes for three iijpnths in deep cog itation, and resolved unanimously that the hunter was a tremendous liar, until a tail gaunt and evil eyed man from l°rance set the town in an uproar by declaring that he intended to penotraito to the spot, and iiiake the house his abode. I'roni the very day that tho hunter had told his taie the shunned dwelling had been cal.- .cd "The Skeleton's House, "ami no urch in, however daring, had ventured wiiliw a mile of it; and as for sensible Knicker bockers going there, the very idea was preposterous. Hut Hugh Garrbolt, with a sneer that had been grooving his thin, hard face for sixty years defied all known and un known demons with a scoff that made the good burghers' hair bristle over their heads, and went alone to"The House of the Skeleton." The burghers waited two days, and then nodded through the clouds of smoke that Hugh Garrbolt was a fool. Butwhen he returned on the third day with a of coin so heavy that he staggored under ,it, tho burghers opened ,&eir eyes and whistled that Iluglt Garrbolt „was a very wise personage. "I searched about th? place," said .Uarrbolt to a score of listeners, as his .sneer deepened arouud his lips, "and found some musty papers which told me that an old buccaneer had lived there,and jvhere to dig for this. I dug these 20,- 000 golden crowns from under the table." ' Hut," said Ilans Van Schleeper, the innkeeper, as he ftlftwly fillcjl his pipe, "the skeleton?" '•ls there," srtU Garrbolt, 'My 4ear (friends, you are all welcome to that The burghers smoked several hundred pounds of strong Jamestown weed dur ing the followiug week, and on the eighth day resolved to claim the 20,000 golden .crowns for the township. But Monsieur Hugh Garrbolt had disappeared and with him went the crowns. Twelve month* rolled on, and still the skeleton of the dead buccaneer held grim and unmolested watch over the table, •when young Albert Vandemeer pa;; 3 it a visit. Albert Vandemeer WHS the only son of a most worthy and respectable .widow whose husband had paid the great and final debt wbeu Albort was but ten •years old. Ten years wore had passed; and though the sad-hearted widow held her head droopiugly, as she thought of the past, her soft eyes sparkled with joy as she ,j;aied upop her manly son. Kind, gen tle, .handsome, apd affectionate Albert, his tall, lithe frame, ( keen blue eyes, and bounding step never pacen the street ungtceted by gossip, glance or smile from -the rosy damsels that festooned the win .dows like living garlands of beauty on cither side. But the gocd burghers and their b«t er wives shook their heads as he stepped ) gaily, and said lit was by far too dar >g, as h ,d'bscn his father, who lost his i'e in trying through Hell Qate Ithout extinguishing the file of his pipe; a exploit that extinguished pipe and life ,f<\cver. AMERICAN CITIZEN. One fine day gome phlegmatic youth, who envied Albert for his famous cour a « hanteredhim togo and spendattormy night in"The Skeleton's House" '•I have respect for tombs," said Al bert, as his handsome face flushed with indignation, "and have never made them a butt for sport. And that is the only reason I have never entered that bugbear But if you, John Bioof, will go with ine, I will stay there any night you may ap- point." John Bloof turned pale at the idea and took to his heels as his young .comrades vowed the challenge was fair; but Albert declared that, he alone, would dare the unknown horrors of the place that very nigiit. "For," said he glancing at the sky, "the clouds that scud above,foretell a stor my night to my eye." His word was as good to all who knew him as their eyesight, and none would have questioned its truth, had he return eii next day and said : "The skeleton is a jovial lad, and treat ed me to pipes and ale—using each like a hero himself" —however absurd the statement might seem to men who held it as a firm belief that lungs were indis pensable to smoking, and bowels to the relishing of spiced beer. Albert Vandcmeer cautioned liis com panions to conceal his purpose from his fond mother, who, though she would not be alarmed by his absence from her root lor anight, wouldjundoubtcdly have call ed in the aid ef her stout and stern broth er, the rich ship owner, had she dreamed of his perilous undertaking. Arming himself yith Jiis father's trus ty pistols, and sood old cutlass that had cloven the scalp lock of some dozen or more ted savages. Albert was soon on his way towards the awful spot; nor did many hours pass ere lie found iiimself before it, despite tho roughness of the journey and the tangled maze of forest ttv-J undergrowth that then covered the now well-cleared jjark. "The Skeleton's Hawse" was of one story and a half, square in shape, and built in the midst of a dense wood, here and there broken by the rugged backs of huge rocks that seemed like stony giants forcing their way to the upper air. One Iron bound door in front and two strong oaken shattered windows, all as firmly closed as tho entrance of i; tomb, met the youth's glance as ho paused before it. He walked cautiously around it, and found similar entrances in ttyo rear ; but tho door yielded to his touch, «#d cutlass in hand ho entered —not fearing forty skeletons, though brawny sinews might ckoiiic them. At first ho could discern nothing, but when his eyes ac customed to the gloom, ho saw ,tho silent and flcshlcss sentinel still gripning in terrible mockery of mortality over the worm eaten table, wliilc many a moulder ing bone of its frame lay damp and dark around it. hooking closely, the ycyith saw that wires had been used to its ghastly skull erect; and as his keep <eyo roved sharply around, he noticed a part of the earthen floor much more beaten down than the remainder; and following this slight path as his sight grew clear and tr(ie, he traced it to a corner where he saw a row of groat iron spikes driven into the wall, an* ending at a small trap door above in the oaken coiling. To loo6cn his pistols iu his belt and ascend with ready fof anything un expected, man or demon, was bit the work of an iostfttit with the active Albert. A steady pressure forced the trap, and a flood of light poured in upon the small apartment above, from a window there wide open. Entering stealthily, Albert stood erect, and looked about him. A cot bed was in one corner, and several rude articles of furniture wtre scattered about. Perceiving a door near him, Albert bold ly opened it, and found himself in the presence of a most lovely girl of some fifteen or sixteen years, whose look of ter ror and disgust, as he entered, immedi ately changed to one of joy, hope, and surprise, as her beautiful black eyes gaz ed into his frank and manly face. ' 44 Ah / '.you have come to takemeaw?y."' she exclaimed, grasping his hands. "But where i?,lie —the monster?" "Ha ? Who? What monster?"said Albert. "The Dwarf! The Red Dwarf! The monster that my uncle has placed over me to keep me in this horrible place!" "I have seen no such animal," said the bewildered Albert; "but if you wish to escape I will jilace you in safety in spite of every dwart, red, green, blue, or black, that ever breathed." A shrill yell' like the ery.qf some fierce beast, thrilled upon the ear; and as Al bert turned to greet the uttcrer, the door ,leading into the other chamber was rude ly dashed upon, and the scream of terror, that pealed from the young girl's lips, told .him that the enraged new-comer was her dreaded jailor. The Red Dwarf was a horril^ly-deform ed man, of perhaps thirty years of .age, with a savage and brutal visage, as scar- "Let us have Faitti that Right makes MigMj and in that Faith let us, to the end,,dare to do our duty as w« understand it"—A- Ltwoowr BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1865. Jet as vermillion itself; with yellow, shag gy hair and tangled beard, and arms so long that the hunch-backed monster re sembled a huge ape more than a human beiqg. With flaming eyes that rolled ferocious ly over the undaunted front of the Jath letic youth, as he placed his tall and deep chested frame before the trembling girl, and griping with its long spider-like claws this thing clad ijj Joose robes of a reddish brown, snarled. "What are you h,er£ for? Go away • She's to be my wife when Hugh comeß back ! Go away !" "Ah ! he will murder me if you go!" cried the girl, clasping her snowy bands. "Oh !if you go, take me with you. My UDcle stole me from my parents in Vir ginia—he is keeping nie to force my fath er, the husband of Oarrbolt's sister, to sighn away all his property to him to get me back—do not learc me !" "I'll /.car him to pieces if he doesn't I" snarled the dwarf. "I saw his track near the house, and here I am —true to Hugh.'' Instantly seeing that the dwarf was of low intelect, if not an idiot, Albert did not wish to shed his blood, but ordering him to get out of the way, he turned to encourage the girl, With a yell and a bound the Red Dwarf was at his threat. Manfully, then, did Albert's stout sin ews, toughened in many a wrestle witli his burly comrades, second his struggles. Tho dwarf was a giant in strength, and as active as a panther. lie howled, snap ped his sharp teeth, and tried to sink them into Albert's throat, wlio used his stroiigtli alone, disdaining tho weapons in his belt, and having cast his cut lass. For fully half an hour the contest was doubtful, but at length Vandemeer, exerting all his prowess, hurled his foe headlong down tfyc trap, just as the head and face, Hugh Garrbolt, pale and death like, was peering from below. The weight and impetus of the vanished dwarf bore Garrbolt down with him against "no of iron spikes used as a means of and there hanging jbjr the grcai. j«ggcd nuil, piercing fully four inches under right car, Hugh Gnrrgolt, shrieking with agony, was for a moment suspended, until a desper ate plunge and struggle cast him head long to the hard earthen floor below, as dead as if a knife lytd cut his throat from car to car—fit ending to his long career of atrocious villiany. Tho dwarf, sense less and bleeding—tor the spikes had dreadfully lacerated his breast and shoul ders—lay gasping under tho corpse of his father—for suc& was the relation borne to him by Hjgh Garrbolt. No' pausing to await the recovery ni tho dwarf, Albert safely with tho joyous but trembling girl, and Instead of spend ing the night in"The Houso of the Skel eton," he slept in his own snug bed, after hearing the brief story of the rescued one, who gave her name as Ella Avail, and was warmly welcomed to tho home of the kind hearted Widow Yandemeer. Ella 4 v all was tlio niece of Hugh Garr bolt, who had for many years led a life of infamy all along the colonial coasts; and she had been kidnapped by him three months before her toscue, aud hidden in that houso so eagerly shunned by all; and there the miserable offspring of her step uncle—for her own mother was dead ma ny years —kept vigilant £uard over the, helpless girl; though tfce gastly thing in the chair in the lower room left there by Hugh to terrify her and such as might venture too nearly, would have been tg, her timid mind a guard as tearful as ,a thousand savage men. When HughGarrbolt first visited the spot, its adaptability as a place of conceal ment struck him at once ; for even then he had it in mind to abduct tho only child of l.eonce Avail, his sister's hus band, a wealthy and noble gentleman of Virginia, who had often f.lled the purse of tlic ungrateful Garrbolt. Wlyeu his lite was so abruptly ended, he was just returning from Virginia with the solemn agreement on the part of the half-crazed father, to sacrifice every dol lar he had in search of Jiis lost and belov ed child. The treasure of tjic dead bucca neer he had within six months after his departure trom New York. When Albert, with some dozes,pr more astonished bprghers, returned to "'lhe Skeleton's House - ' the next day, they found the place a spioking ruin, and whether the Red perished in the flames or escaped with the body of his father, remains a mystery to this day. the very spot where the dwelling stood is unknown, though 1 have often fancied I saw the scarlet visage of the uuhappy dwarf peering from ragged rocks at the noisy skaters as they whirl and dart around his ancient home. The father of Ella soon reached New York, and in tho following year all the burghers and "goot Trows" within a mile of widow Vandemeer's house were seen one evening tlowly rolling arm in arm, and puffing with placid joy, as a frisky lads and gigling, frauleint rejoiced at the wedding of Albert Vandemeer ,and Ella Avail. INTHEMOONUGHT. Ton love me well, I know, w4(», In nptt«of frown and ton*; In the moonlight, long ago, ytf«, You didn't lookso croa*; lu your little scarlet cloak, d»v, Yon tripped Along the mots, And nil At once I spoke, dear, Though sadly at a lost. You hung your pretty head, then, And nnnwercd very low . I scar.ee heard what you said, thep. But I knew it wasn't "No. M My joy I couldn't sponk, lore, But a hundred time* or so I kisM>d a velvet cheek, love, In the moonlight, long ago. " con iti MTX ifL'vjr toar s. For the AMCRICAN CITIKK. MR. KDITOR :—On the 24th inst.,thf E. h. M. K., and U. P. Sabbath Schools, of North Washington, and the O. S. P. School,[of Annisville, assembled in their respective places of worship and pro ceeded to the M. E. Church in North Washington. Prayer being offered by Robt. Thorn, Esq., a salutatory address was delivered by W. M. Graham, Esq.— Reference was made to the origin of Sab bath Schools and the spirit of union that should characterize the soldiers of the cross, who. though fightingthe same colli sion eneuiy under the same glorious stand ard, oud led by the same jrorthy com mauder. are yet as so many different rog iments in the field of conflict. Rev. Miller, of the K. L. church, addressed the children, pointing out to them the insidious character of evil hab its; illustrating his subject in a lively manner, particularly interesting to the children and calculated to make lasting impression*. Rev. W. A. Black,of tfoo U. P. ch'ircli, was next called upon to address the par ents. The responsibility of the parental relation wuh s.pocial reference to Sabbath sctyools, was considered in this address. The whole waß interspersed with singiug by a choir of youngsters under the direc tion of their musical preceptor, Mr. Mays, which enlivened the occasion and showed the proficiency of his pupils. The assembly then prooeeded to the E. L. church, where another address was delivered by Rev. Corner, of the M. E. church, on '.'the impoitance of Sab bath Schools," which alj partook <jf a very sumptuous repast prepared by ladies. One of the greatest sources of real hap piness is, to be found in making others happy and witnossing their satisfaction.— The bright faces -and, evidently, glad hearts of tho childr nas they partook of the "good things," could not but be grat ify ing to their parents and teachers who provided them. It was good too, to see the spirit of christian Union and brotherly lovo, that seemed to prevail among the different denominations represented.— hong; jnay it continue. How befitting socman occasion the 133 d psalm : "Behold, how good n thing it In, And how lu'comiiiff well, Together such nnhrathreu are Jn unity to dwell." May parents, teacher and scholars all increase in diligence and zeal, and may we all bo one in Christ. i Oct. 31st, 18G5. Courting Death. Klondin, the famous rope-waiker, is performing at the Hippodrome in Paris. He exhibits himself on n wire cable about 150 feet above the ground. He un dresses himself at the centre of the rope, divesting himself of various articles of clothing, when he drops dowu into the arena below, and appears in flesh colored tights, with plates of shiuiug metals around his neck and .r.riste; he the hangs himself from the wire, fuut by one hand, next by the other, turning a variety of complicated syuimersaulU), and coming up now on one side ,al' the wii;e now oa the other, hanging head downwards, and so forth. He then draws himself up, seats' himself on the yrjres, places his balancing pole in rest, taking a pair of ii;9,p hoops from his waist, hooks them to the wire, and proceeds to hang himself from them by both hands; thqo by one hand, then by the other, then by one foot, then by both, throwing himself into the most in credible positions, twisting his body thro' his arms, then thiough his legs; in fact, i going through a series of evolutions thajt would be wonderful enough if perform on terra firma ; but which performed at such an altitude, with nothing but the most inviqjLle wire between him and the abyss of emptiness below him, seem al most superhuman. And, so though all this were oqt sufficiently appall ing. he next fixes the pole across the ca ble, hooks the hoops to the pole, and goes through the sajpe performances, hanging head downwards be lop the pole, which seems to shiver with every movement of the acrobat. Blondin is perfectly aware ,of the perilous nature of <hi* performan ces folly expects to be killed some day or other while engaged in them, and nev er goes np to his perilous perch without saying to himself, " Who knows if this be not the last tim*—i May goon the wire r Lord Palmerston's Last Days. The London Daily Telegraph says th* members of Lord Palmerston's family were by no means prepared for so abrupt a termination of his illnea?, and given the following account of his last mo menta : " Latterly tho gout had pauly troubled him, but ho was not suffering directly from that when the fatal week began. It was from an inflamatory ajttiwk of the bladder that the Premier died. He was driving out on Thursday last, near Brock et Hall, and he had been warned to tako great care of hinnclf; but, feeling over warm with the precautions adoptod, he imprudently exposed himself to a chill, and returned to the house in such a state that ollapße ensued, and but for the presence of the physician it is possible that he wu#id have died witliiu two hours. He recovered, however, from that, but lay in hig bc<J very weak and very much changed, for the affeotion mounte4 to the ducts and kidneys, and, the secretions being suspended, tho blood was becoming poisoued. Still his superb constitution gave hopes, especially when the difficulty of respiration became lass ; and on Tuesday afternoon a favorable bulletin was issued, but at night his con dition suddenly grew much worse, and it was soon apparent that the end approach ed. " His Btate of mind up to the last re mained unclouded ; ho was in full pos session 01 his faculties, and suffered very little pain. But thero caittc a lassitude over him which prevented any effort or wish to converse; f|Uestions put to him were either disregarded or answered by a look or sign. A silence, half imposed by weariness, half ,pf bis own inclination, possessed hi#i. On the day before his death, however, when in a dewe prccod'mg the last change, his mind was evidently still amid its old associations; for he was heard to murmur, as in a dream, 1 The treaty with Belgium ! yes, read nio that sixth clause again.' But at last a perfect peaceful demise crowned the long and se rene healthfulncss fA tyis life ; he sank away gently flickored a little, like an ex piring lamp, and then 'went out,' rather than died ; and tlicy hardly knew in the death-chamber at what exact moment the great statesman whosj name had been on every page of our history for fifty years, ceased to be among the living. " His last act of public business was an instance of his energetic maimer of deal ing jsvith facts when he had once got hold of tiicm. lie received at Brocket Hall tho Irish deputation upon the cattlo dis ease, though ho was very unwell, and ob liged to recline upon the sofa all the time ; but he at once anted upon the wishes of his visitants. If l*c would have kept to that sofa lie aright have lived ; but he was a constant terror to his doctors by reason of his energy ; although when he once promised to obey them he kept his word, as if it had been pledged to the House of CouMiions.'" The widow of tho Premier has been cheered by the cordial sympathy of the Queen. Her majesty, when the news of the sizure of her first minister was con veyed to her, instantly wrote, by General Grey, to Lady Jocelyn, who is Q(te of her women of the bedchamber, expressing her concern, and requesting to be kept formed of the Premier's state; and when the worst intelligence reached Bal moral, she wrote to assure Lady Palmers ton of her • heartfelt and deep sympathy' with her under this deep trial.' The Prince and Princess of Wales also tele graphtd repeatedly to Brocket Hall for news during the attack; and have already given expression to their great sorrow at its fatal issue. The testimonies of pri vate sympathy are of course endless, and various tributes of irnd admira tion have arrived from abroad." ( Tho Morning Advertiser says: ." Wc<will only add—at*! we make onr closing remark with greater pjeasure than we can express—that we are enabled to state on the authority of one who attend ed Lord Palmerston's bedside daring the last few days of his illness, 'that his .end was peace,' ,»ud that it was 'the firm .be lief of tte friend to whom we alluded that this peace was the result of his knowing where to -trust." With reference to the funeral arrange ments the London Globe says: ■*< There will be no pubhc funeral. The remains of Lord Palmers will be convey ed early on Monday morning from Brock et Hall to Broadlands. At the funeral on Tuesday there will be a simple hearse, which will be drawn by four horses. Fol lowing these will be the mourners, but the iu which they will be ar ranged (has not yet been decided upon. T,}m coffin will be unadorned even by black oloth, tod no invitation to the fu neral have been issued except one that is general to his lordship's tenantry.— .Lord I'almerston will be buried, uot in the Abbey ChUrch of ltomsey, but in the quiet cemetery near the town, in which the noble lord selected his own graye. r Thcie will be no lying instate." The shipping in the ports of England hoisted their colors at half—mast on the announcement of the death j tho church bells were tolled, and public bodies iu all tho large towns adopted reseiutions ex pressive of regret and The English journals unanimously ac cord to Lord I'almerston the .credit of skillful statesmanship and inteuaa na tionalality. The Times remarks: " The secret and source of his great popularity was his boundless syuipathy with nil classes of )i\a countrymen.— lie was a truly large-hearted man, and moved auu ng men aud women of every rank as one of themselves. He was ncv or so happy or so much at hom# lis when talking to a mixed audience—the merrier and noisier the better It is impossible not to feel that Lord I'almcrs ton's death marks an epoch in English politics. 'The old older changeth, yield, ing to new.' Other ministers may carry into successful effect organic reforms from •which he shrunk. Others may introduce n new spirit into our foreign relations, and abandon tho system of secret diplo macy whWJj ho never failed to support.— Others may advise her Majesty with equal sagacity, aud sway tho House of Com mons with c.qual or greater eloquence; but his place in their hearts could not bo filled so easily. The name of Lord I'almerston. once the terror of the conti nent, will longbe connected in tho minds ot Englishing with an epoch of unbro ken peace and unparalleled prosperity, aud cher'shed together with the bright' est memories of the reign of Queen Vic toria.'* Tho Palmetto Stato. Wade Hampton has been defeated for Governor of South Carolina by fivo hun dred majority, the uucccssiut candidate being Mr. Orr, formerly /Speaker of the United States House of Representee#, who was on this occason tho Union can didate. JJampton's large vote is attribu ted to the rebel soldiers, among whom he was very popular. Ho was a very ultra rebel to the last moment of the struggle, aud fought with all the desperation he could muster in a cause for which all his sympathies were most earnestly enlisted. At the cj.yse of the struggle ho was so terribly njojti,fiod Uhat it was announced that he was among tho Brazilian emi grants . but he thought better of it, and concluded to remain, hoping that the South might fare better than his secession friends anticipated. He was a member of tho convention which amended the constitution, and apparently in tho new order of thing. Mr. Orr has never been so ultra in national politic* ns the general run of tho South Carolina Politician.", though always an afHuential Democrat. At home this wjis attributed to his having aspiratious for national hon ors, but the truth was that lie lived in the mountain region of the State, where Perry did, nnd where the Union has ever befcu Kroug. present election, ta ken connection with that of Perry as United States Senator for the long term, shows how completely tho ne.jv basis of representation has thrown the power of the State into the hands of the people of the upland country. It has been said we #)Jght look for a better policy at the han't of llampt<yi than of Oyf, but wo doubt it, the prejudice of the former being too deep-seated and bitter for much present likelihood of Unionism. We must admit that Orr's well known Demo cratic partizanship is against him, but we incline to favor his election as a wise choici of evils.— North American. ILL NATURE. —The drunkard HAS been known to renonnce his darling vice ; the slave to sin and extravagance her besett ing sin ; bnt the jraspiah temper, the ir tating tone, the rude, dogmatic manners, and the hundred nameless negligencies that spoil the beauty of association have rarely done other than proceed »ill the actkn of disgust and gradual alienation iias turned all the currents of affection from their course, leaving nothing but a barren track, over which the mere skele ton of stalks alone. H/TES Bom.—"Did you attend cnurai 'o-day ?" said a planter to his slave. ''Sartin, sar," was the reply; -'and what two awful big stories that preacher .flidtell!" "What stories were they?" "Why, he tell the people no man can serve two .piasters now dis is de fuss ry, kase you see once I served yon, my ,ole massa, and also young massa John.— Den the preacher says he will love de one and hate de odder, while de Lord knows I hate you boffl" NUMBER 48 National Thuk^Tlni, Wasfiinotok, October2B,—The Pres mTti to " daJr iMUetl thß f ° llo)s ' iug P rucl J»" By the President of the United State* of America, a proclamation < W herb as, Tt hag pleased Almighty <J O d r'nj? the year which is now coming to an end, to relieve our beloved country i" scourge of civil war , and toner- W«t ijs to secure the blessing, of peace, r ■ T>\ UMny ' witl? P?l»rge,nent of civil liberty; and whereas, oijr Iloav, enly lather has also, during the year graciously preserved us from the calami ties of foreign war, pestilence and famine: and whereas, righteousness exnlteth a nation, while siq a , reproach to any peq e, now, therefore, I, Andrew JotfrfK I resident of the United States, do here hIT'T 10 ,he P®®P le thereof thnt they do set apart and observe the Fir.t Tkitndajf in Deremhtr as a day of Na tloq»l I ha.iksgivlng to the Creator of the Universe for these deliverance, and bles. IT,"? l i , ° f r ther "commend th.t on that day the whole people make a con fession ot sinsi against Ilia infinite good aesg and, with one heart and one mind implore divine guidance i, the ways of national virtue and hoiiness In testimony whereof, I hare hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of tho rul r xv CH i t01)6 nffiixed - ,)one «' 'he City o| Washington this 28th day of Oc tober, the year 1865, of the iflde pendonce of the United States the eight ty-mnth. 8 |. ANDREW .JOHNSON, Pres'T. ITY W. 11. Hk w Ann, Bec'y of State Oil lotellgonve Special CNp.icl, to Pl(l,l,„ rg Cnmm.rrl.l OIT CITV, November 2. The new well siruok on Morey Farm yesterday is gyving two hundred ar> v l fifty barrels of oil daily and increasing w. nr. M. <Jol«l and Oil on Dmiknrd. The following is an extract from a letter addressed to tho President of % Dunkard (!reek Petroleum Comapny, op orating on tho Hrown farm, Monongal> county, H est \a., by 9 A /oiifastoti, tyljp is boring the well: OcWw 28th, 1865. DEAR SIR :- » » ♦We ar« along very weH now. We are five hund red and seventy six f ce t deep. The prospect of getting oil is very favorble There is ono thing we have found aad that is Odhl. We the first lytnp at a depth of five hundred and fifty feet, ft was about one half tho size of a hickory nut. About ten feet further down wo come on it in rooro plentiful quantities.— I have got about a dozen small pioces of quartz rock very full p/gold. I have al so secured a considerable amount by wash ing (ho sand brought up by tho ra>4 pump. It has ulso been found at Davis town, anj otter p'-icas farther down tho creek. I will send yon some of what I have, to get it analysed. NOVEMBER 1, 18G&.— We are tuxq five hundred and ninety feet. We struck a vein of oil yesterday. You had bettet bo looking for tubing. A- Jobnso4- A NEW WAY OF APPLYING LEKRHE*. —" Well my good woman,"said the doc tor, "how is ygyr husband to-day ? Bet ter, no doubt." "Oh ! yes, syrely," said the woman.— • 'He in an well as eTer, and gone to the field." " I thohght so" continued the doctor. ;, Tho leeches have cured £im. Wonder ful eflfeet they have. You got the leech es of course." "Qh, yes, they did him 112 deal of good, though he could not take them all." "Take them all! Why, my good wo man, how did yoy apply them f' "Oh, I jwuiagcd nicely," said the wife, looking quite contented with herself.— "For variety sake, I hoilad one half, and made a fry of the other. The first he got down very well, but the wond made him very sick. But what be took was quite sufficient," continued she, seeing some horrer in the doctor's countenance, "for he was better the next morning, today he is veil." "Umph," jaid the doctor, with a sap ient shake of the head, "if they have cured him it is sufficient, but they would have been beter applied externally." The woman replied that she would do so the next time ; and I doubt not that if ever tate throws a score of unfortunate leeches into Jber power again, she w$ make a poultice of them. »■ m *• . A rowEE/ci. ARGUMENT.—A We«tr ern pettifogger once broke forth in the following indignant strain : " Sir, we're enough for ye, the hull of ye. and mv client .dao't u«ver be intimated nor tyrannized over • mark that. And, air, just so sure as tnis Court decide* against us, we'll filo a writ of prograncter, sir, aad we—" Here he was interrupted by the opposite counsel, who wanted to know what l)e meant by a progrander. "Mean? why, sir, a writ of progrmader is a—a—• —its a—Wal, I dout just remember thf exact word, but it's what will knock thun der out of your one horse court, anyhow 't
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