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