SALE OF
UNSEATED LANDS.
- BY virtue of a warrant from under the
hand and seal of office of the Commissioners
of Cumberland County, and to me directed
the following tracts and lots of unseated,
Lands, situated in Comberland County, State
of Pennsylvania, will be exposed to sale by
public vendue, on Mosoav the 13th DAY or
JUND, 1864, at the Court House, in the bor
ough of Carlisle, county aforesaid, and con
tinued by adjournment from time .to time,
until they are all sold, or as much of each
tract or lot, as will be sufficient to defray
the arrearages of the State, County, Road and
School Taxes due thereon, and costs.
HENRY S. RITTER,
County - Treasurer.
Carlisle April 13, 1364.
No. Acres. Owners. '
SOUTHAMPTON
10. James Bowen's heirs,
160. John & Abr'm Roddy,
457. John Beamer,
10. Wm. Rankin,
FRANKFORD
316. John M. Woodburn,
1000. Hollenbach's heirs,
3. James McCulloch,
18. John Dunbar,
7. Samuel Kiner,
MIFFLI
200. J. M. Woodburn,
100.
160.
400. John A. llumrich,
103. John Nagley's heirs,
16. Daniel Sweiger,
554. Rhoads, Long & Eberly,
461. Christian Eberly,
.MIDDLESEX.
6. Daniel Coble's heirs,
7. David Capp,
DICKINSON
7
John Bolden,
Joseph Baker,
Jacob Grist,
Henry Keller,
Adam Lercw,
Lloyd Myers,
Benjamin Malone,
'Morrison & McCreary,
Peter Miller's heirs,
Howard Myers,
Michael Mentor,
JohnNiiiTey's — heifif,
&aright, . _
Jas. Townsend,
Jacob Wolf,
David Duncan, (Penn.)
Jacob Grove,
Abraham Stoner,
Wm. Forbes, (Penn.)
Moore & Craighead,
John S. Myers,
John Kline,.
Samuel Woods' heirs,
Widow Albert,
John Brugh,
Noah Cockley,
Win. Graham,
Samuel Gleim
Daniel Gitt,
'James Greason,
Cyrus Myers,
Henry Myers,
Rogers (Ilaskel Agt.) (Penn
Rachitel Weatherspoon,
Jacob Beeper,
Brown & Creswell,
Wesley Biteman,
Francis Corleston,
John Ebert,
John Hemminger,
Wm. B. Mullen,
Moses Myers,
Beetern, Hines & Co.,
Cornelius Myers,
Dr. Marsden,
Isaac Montfort,
John & Henry Montfort,
Philip Smyers,
Alex. Young,
SOUTH MIDDLETON.
D. H. Medcaff,
John Mateer,
Daniel Wonderly,
Sheaffer & Keller,
West,
Elizabeth Bennett,
James Barbour,
•
Deardorf's heirs,
John Nicholson,
James Nicholson,
Jacob Sheaffer,
John MrClure's sen., heirs,
John Shanefelter's heirs,
H. I. Fannus,
Alex• Nailor,
A. Richwine,
Jacob Albright,
Benjamin Lerew,
NEW CUMBERLAND.
Northern C. R. R. Company,
UPPER ALLEN.
Trustees M. E. Church,
Philip Gusler,
CARLISLE
John Calio,
John Dunbar's heirs.
George Wahl,
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280
SILVER SPRING.
Henry S. Hock,
Andrew Miller,
Robert Bryson,
HOPE WELL.
Wm. P. Smith,
David McKinney,
Samuel Miller,
PENN.
Robert MeOlune,
James M'Culloch, •
Jacob Beltzhoover,
Henry Shenk's heirs,
MECIIANICSBURG
David Lingfield,
LOWER ALLEN.
J. S. Haldeman,
NEWTON.
43
12
62
20
Cyrus Hoon,
Jane Barnbill'a heirs,
30 1 3r3r
spats°, 1864,
GREEN.FiEb D & S rt3EAFER
INYITE "the attention of buyers to their
near stock of Dry Goods. It will be found linsur ,
passed in AU those featnres which comprise a first class
Stook, All, departments of our business have been
much onlargid, especially that of
DRESS GOODS;
.
Which we are confident,
,115 the most extendse assort , .
pent ever offered In this town. We have now open,
ready for inspection all the novelties of the season. vid
poplins. all now shades and styles. Mosambiques.
Plain and Plaids, Plaid Poplins. Challis,. Do Laines,
jleo, a brentiftd stock of ALPACCAS, at astonishingly
ow prices.:
DO'M'ESTICS'
Prints, Bleached Muslim, Broad Rieslings, Flannels
Gingham!, Checks, TlcLtngs, Cottonadea, 30., 80.
' Gents , and. Boys' Wear,
Cloths, Cassimerea Jeans. •-lSummer Caseinteres,
We would call the attention of our friends more part'o
plait , to our immense stock of Muslim!, Calicoes. Cot
toriades, all bought last.winter, before the late advance
which will be cold at pricks that defy competition.—
Parsons may rely nu getting • great bargains at the
store of
GREENFIELD & EIDEAFER
: a rch 29,1664.
arc: deslrotm.or examing our stook will
re obe particular, and recollect our Store is in Zug's
balding, Corner Market Square, Second Duor, op
osite Dittoes Clotblbg 130or0. • O. ir S.
AYER'S FAMILY MEDICINES,
AT RALSTON'S
VOL. 64.
Taxes Due
$OO 55
3 82
3 77
60
Letter From President Lincoln
The Frankfort (Kentucky) Commonwealth
publishes a correspondence between Gevernor
Brantlett° and Colonel Hodges, who a000tu•
pealed the Governor to Washington, with the
following letter addressed to Colonel Hodges
by Mr. Lincoln :
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14 02
"ExnouTlvs MANSION, Washington, April 4.
.'A. G. Hodges, Esq , Frankfort, ify :
"My Dear Sir: You ask we to put iu writ
ing the substance of what I verbally said, the
other day, in your presence, to Governor
Dratnlet te and Senator Dixon. It was about
as follows:
(Boyle) 6 70
lMotit) 73
Barnes) 3 75
Wharton) 928
Marshall) 285
(Norton) 5 71
(Lake) 1 41
(A. Gardner) 2 85
(King) 2 85
W P Gardner 4 27
(S. Parker) 3 55
(L. Parker) 9 23
(W. Parker) 7 10
(Buck) 3 2
MeClintick) 3 65
(Paxton) 6 32
3 40
am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery
is nut wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot re
member when I did not sd think and feel
And et I have never understood that the
('residency con termed upon me an unrestricted
*light to net officially Upon this judgment and
feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would,
to the best of my ability, i.reserve, protect
and defend the constitution of the Uuited
Siat - es. I could not take the offum withou -
takiug the oath. Nor was it my view that I
'night take an oath to get powkr and break
the oath in using the power lquoderstand,
too that in ordinary civil adminiginvion this
oath even forbade me to practically indulge
my ptintary abstract judgecuo I on the moral
question of slavery. 1 had publicly declared
this many dates and in (Daily ways And I
have that, to this day, I have done no (Alio al
net-in-ntere- - - - diferenm-to - -- - my-attstraet jt.Ttlge -
we t and feeling on slavery.
"1 did understand, however, that my oath
to preserve the constitution to the best of my
ability, imposed upon me the duty of pre
serving by every iudispensible means, that
government that nation, of which that con
stitution was the orgattio law. Was it possi
ble to lose the nation, and yet preset ve the
constitution
3,87
3 96
El
3 62
86
1 26
3 28
"By general law, life and libab must be am
putated to save h lite ; but a life is Dever
wisely given to save a limb. I feel that meas
ures otherwise unconstitutional. might be
- dertirel awful - by lie - c - olitilrgitial fv;pen - a - alatirt - trtlie
preservation of the nation. Right or wrong.
I. assumed this ground, and now avow it. I
could not feel that. t 6 the best of my ability I
had even tried lin preserve the constitution, it
to save slavery, or any minor matter, I should
permit t-he wreck of government, country and
constitution, altogether. When earl] in the
war General Fremont attempted military
emancipation, I forbade it, bcoause I did not
then think it an indispensable necessity.
When a little later, General Cameron, then
Secretary of War, suggested the arming of
the blacks, 1 objected because 1 did not yet
think it an indispensable necessity When
still laser. General Hunter attempted military
emancipation, I again forbade it, because I
did not yet think the indisl•en_able necessity
had come.
MEI
INI3
2 73
2 30
2 46
6 51
07
1,24
4 15
92
41
76
1 20
9 30
96
••W hen, in March. and May, and July, 1862,
I made earnest and successive appeals to the
holder states to favor o‘tittpettsated ennancipa
lion, I believed the indispens tide necessity
for military etuaticipatiou and arming, the
black•.; would colne uttlese averted by that
tueaeure. They declined the proposition, and
I was in my best judgement, duvet, to the
alternative of either surrentleriug the Uniou
and, with it, the constitution, or of laying
strong hands upon the colored eletuvut. 1
chose the latter. In choosing it I hoped for
greater gain than loss; but of this I was not
entirely confident. Mote than a year of trial
now shows no loss by it, in our foreign rela
tione ; none in our home popular sentiments;
nape in our white military force no loss by it,
anyhow or anywhere. On the contrary it
shows a gain of quite a hundred and thirty
thousand soldiers, seamen, end laborers.
These are palpable facts, about which, as foots,
there can be ne civilling. We have the men,
and we could not have had them without the
11 90
20 25
1 02
1 37
3 35
1 32
1 42
1 30
12 74
99
measure
"And now, let any Union man who com
plains of the measure. test himself, by writing
down in one line that he is for subduing the
rebellion by force of arms, and in the next
that he is for taking these hundred and thirty
thousand men from the Union side and placing
them where they would be but for the welts
ure he condemns. If he cannot face his cause
so stated, it is only because he cannot face
the truth.
.1 add a word which was not in the verbal
conversation. In telling this tale, I attempt
no compliment to my sagacity. I claim not
to have controlled events, but confess plain
iv that events have contr.Aled me. Now at
the end of three years struggle, the nation's
condition is not what either party or any man
devised or expected. God alone can claim it.
Whither it is tending seems plain. If God,
now wills the removal of a great wrong, and
wills also that we of the North, as well as you
of the South, shall pay fait ly for our complic
ity in that wrong, impartial history will find
therein new cause to attest, and revere the
justice and goodness of God
..Yours truly,
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1 12
1 15
1 15
1 95
60
60
64
2 20
45
2 35
1 65
3 90
1 40
1 65
The Ladies' National Convenant . —
A Noble Address to the Women
of the Land.
A rem-,rkable meeting of the ladies of
Washington, wives of Cabinet ministers, Sen
ators, Represents ices, Commissioners, Gen
orals, and other officials was held on the
evening of Monday. Rev. Dr. McMurdy
presided, and Mrs Senator Lane, of Indiana,
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the authoress, Mrs.
Senator Wilson, Mrs. General Loan, Mrs.
IteprecentttiiVe Piko i , Mrs Stephen A. Doug.
las, and Mrs. Representative Ingresoll were
appointed a cornouit,ee to form a constitution
and prepare an address to the women of
America.
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33
1' 88
56
1 06
1 40
i 1 70
_ Article first of the constitu•ion declares
that the name of the association shall be the
Ladies' National Covenat.t —its object, to
unite the women of the country in the earnest
resolution to purchase no imported articles
of-apparel when American can possibly—be
substituted, during the continuance of the
war. The president of the executive commit•
tee is Mrs. Gan. James Taylor; secretary,
Mrs. Stephen Arnold Douglas. Mrs Vice
President Hamlin heads the list of committee
for Maine; Mrs. Senator Hale that of New
Hampshire; Mrs Senator Wilson, Massaohu•
ietts,•and so on through the grates, the whole
organizing a moral and patriotoi movement of
wide and promising influence.. The commit
tee appointed for Pennsylvania is constituted
as follows : Mrs Senator Buokalow, Mooms•
burg;
,Mrs J. W. Forney, Philadelphia ;
Mrs S. I -Bale, Philadelphia; Mrs Jut ‘ ige
e,,tr
Heil , Philadelphia,; Mrs. Bawer Cowan,
Ore sburg ; Mrs. Representative Moorhead;
Pitte urg ; Mrs. .Bliss, Erie: Mrs. , Bishop
Potter, Philadelphia, and Mrs Hon. John M
Broomall. of *Media. ..
The following well.written and eloquent ad
dress' deserves the attention of all the ladies
of the 'oyal nation :
In the capital of .the country we Ihave this
day organized a central isociety for the sup
'smelt n of extravagance,. the diminution of
foreign Imports, and the practice of economy
ia all our social relation. To this society we
.I*. - (tr . •.,To - li..3 l 'f : _iv --
A. M - RHEEMi - Editor & Proprietor.--
Piotlirateoug.
ADDEEBE TO THE WOMEN OF AMERICA
have given the name of "The Ladies' Nation.
al Covenant." Its objects is a good and gen•
erous one, which should inspire a spirit of
patriotism worthy of women who are the glo
ry of a great. nation. For this society we
have an example and precedent at once au
gust nod encouraging.
In 1770, the women of Massachusetts, no
tuated by the same impulse that inspires us,
assembled in the city of Boston, as we have
met here, and resolved to serve the country
by an effort of self sacrifice far greater than
we are oalled upon to make.
On the Oth of February three hundred mat•
runs, each the mistress of a household, met
as we do now, and signed a pledge to abstain
from the use of tea, the greatest luxury of
the time, and the very life of all the social
gatherings for which our New England an
cestors were so famous for. Three days after,
twice that number of bloominz young girls
met it the same place. and .; - I.!tied like pledg
es. From that brave assembly of women
non importation societies sprang up that pro
(lured an effect on the mother country almost
equal to that caused by the success of our
Revolutionary armies. During all the (errors
of the war these noble women held firmly to
their pledges and by their earnestness awoke
the sy mpathy and co uperatiou of every sister
colony in the land The spirit thus aroused
extended itself to ito orted goods of all kinds,
and every hearthstone was turned into an in
dependent manufactory Thus it was that
the Ilia wheel, the hatchel, and hand
loom became sublime instruments of freedom
in the hands or American women. 'The house.
mothers of seventy six not on'y kept their
6 Vrirliatttlitr- - Vvrougirr mate Hitt
the gsrments which clothed themselves, their
husbands, and children. The pledge which
they t00,k ,, , and kept se faithfully, evoked not
only great self sacrifice, but hard, land toil,
such as the women of the present dt scarce
ly dream of. I they nut endure and la•
buret while their husbands fought,- iVe should
have had no mighty Übiun to prakand strug
gle lor'now.
We, the women of '64, have the same ob
jeer to attain, and the same duties to perform,
which were so nobly accomplished by the wo•
uteu of '76. Shall we not follow their exam •
lint pie:jai - a tube up ildiidaTillty - tlfe - re - -recorrb - tie:
dens'i hat t he welfare of our country demands
They gave up the very comforts of life with
out a murmur; can we refuse when a sacri•
fice of temenine vanity is alone required P—
(Jan we hesitate to yield up luxuties that are
au unbecoudiog, when the very earth trembles
under our feet from the tread of armed men
going down to battle, and almost every root
tiiroughout the land shelters some mother la
menting the son who. has fallen gloriously
with his face to the foe, ur a widow whose
husband lies hurls I so deeply among ttte
masses of slain heroes, that she will never
learn where to seek for Ills g aye!
IVhen the wife ut a great prin.:o, whose has
hind was absent at the Beige' of Troy, was
urg . ed by her ft lends to put ou her royal robes,.
and he cheerful, sate answered : 'My husband
is under the walls of Troy; shall 1 Jiro my
hair while ho wears lk helmet P Shall I. dress
new robes while tae carries arms No !
niy raiment shall be hive his hard labors, and
iu sadirss will I puss the time of thin mourn
ful war "
Putrioti,ni is beautiful in all eymt, and was
shared alike b. the lady of classic stony and
mother of the Revolution, clad in her
homespun dress and steadily performing more
than household duties. Compare the spirit
of these women Wilt/ the reckless extiava
gance which has marked the duration of this
terrible struggle for the Union, and th e e o n.
trust is indeed humiliating. Still the women
of Ametios are uo unwurty their ancestors
Thoughtless they may be, and luxuriouly ox
travagant front long habits of prosperity, but
cruel and unjust never! Appeal to their rea
son and gentle feelings, and the women of
this day will prove themselves capable of as
noble deeds as ever marked the struggles of
the Revolution. Couvinoe them of the evils
their thoughtlessness is producing, and the
remedy is certain.
It has not yet been sufficiently impressed
upon them that the encouragement of extra:.
agent importations is injurious to the pub
lic good. Tu impress this vital truth upon the
women of the Union, we have entered into
this solemn covenant, not only lauding our
selves to a general system of economy in our
persons, but holding it as a duty to impress
upon others how unwomanly it is to make
outward display a paramount subject of
thought, when the nation is in the throes of
a rebellion such as the world Dever saw.
Gathered here in the centre of the nation, a
handful of women, intent on a single objem,
maxi /us only for the good of the country, we
appeal to the pataiotism and intelligence of
our stiller women throughout the length and
breadth of the laud. Let it be well under
stood that every ounce of gold that goes from
the c ountry detracts from the pay of the oil •
dter who is fighting for our salvation, and
diminishes the wages of our sister women,
who toil fur their bread, into a miserable pit
lance that scarcely suffices to keep them from
starvation. The precious metal that flows
from this country to Europe for the luxuries
we .dnittot need, iucreases the price of gold
liere,,,depreciates the value of the national
currency, and helps to sweep the necessaries
ut life beyond the reach of the workingman.
It is a painful truth, for which we shall yet
learn to blush, that the itnportations of the
most expensive goods manufactured in Europe
have been far greater during the war than at
anytime in tile history of our country. The
importations last week at the New York Cus
tom, House alone atuouuted to five millions of
dollars; and all that week —which will yet
find its ignoble record in history—the streets
of Washington was blocked up with weary
soldiere,'marching through mud, ruin or duet,
down-to the army of the Potomac, which now
lies with bated courage waiting for the carni
val of death which is almost flinging its criui
eon shadow over us.
A. LINCOLN
For the good of our country and the honor
of our sex let us redeem ourselves from Shia re •
proach of wanton extravagance. Let us prove
by cheerful retrenchment that the women of
the country are not so wedded to luxurious
self indulgenee that they connot fill a glorious
page in the history of this war end retain all
that is retiring end beautiful in womanhood,
In all human works they have proved them
selves charitable, kind, and munificent. Let
these comprehend that self abnegation will no
complish more than works of charity, and
they will not be less earnest to sn'orifion — tlian
they have been to act.
It must not be said to us that we have been
willing to give up our ilusbands, sons, and
brothers to fight or die for the Unicut,and yet
refuse to renounce our laces, silks, velvets,
and,diamonds. That thought , would coverus
- with shame before the nations Of the earth.-
-No; our women of the Union only look knowl
edge of the moons by which they can prtive
themselves true help motel, - of the heroes who
are fighting our battles.
Impress it 'upon them that in disoottraging
excessive importations and adopting goods
manufactured at home, they keep gold in the
couutry, reduce the rates el exohange, and
eotablieh ecntidenee in the Government, and
they will proVe how ,fai patriotism .can rise
above leminine,vanity in the heart's b' Amer
loan' women:
in order to invoke this spirit of self.eaori .
hoe, it is important that the great otdeot o
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1864.
the covenant we have madeithould be tweet: ll Y
circulated and thoroughly vittderstood
oourages profligate expenditures of any kind,
recommends the use of domestic fabrics wher
ever they can be substituted-Tor those of for
eign make, and advises simplicity of attire
both as a matter of policy a4tt good taste. It
asks the great. sister hood Of - American wo•
men to aid in this reform before' it is too late.
Thank God I science has given us the .means
of reaching thousands on thhusands in a sin•
gle hour. While we make this covenant, the
thought that thrills our hearts maryemble
-in fire along the telegraph, and awaken kin
dred inspiration throughout the entEre.lenti.
By every means of communication:in:. our
power, let us urge the necetty of prompt fic
tion. In every town and 1,441 age throughent .
the Union, some woman who loves her court
try is implored to establish an auxiliary soots•
ty, and forward the names of the ladies invi•
Led to act for the State in whicn her duty lies.
We 'ask simultaneous action, earnest work.
and general sell sacrifice nt the hands of our
sister women. With their ardent help, a work
will be accomplished so ImPortant in its re
sults, that the woman whosh , tres it may, here
after, leave the emblem of our object as the
richest jewel that she'can leave to posterity.
,qua CIOVENAINT —A BADGE, &O.
The pledge or covenant (Art. dd of the eon
stitution), is as follows:
"For three years, or for the war, we pledge
ou , selves to each other and the country, to pur
chase no imported article of apparal."
On motion of Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, It was
Resolved, That the badge of the National
-Caw enant—sh
en tnelled, according io nature, worn with a
hi colored rit bon, a little in; front of the left,
shoulder.
(.1n motion of Mrs Ingersoll, it WAS
Resolved, That while, as the wives, and
daughters, and women of America, we are
ready and determined to practice self denial
fur the benefit, oft he country and our sex, we
earnestly request the runn-of America also to
abstain front the use of imported articles, es
pecklly wines, liquors. and cigars.
Re.roived, Tout the women in the nation,
sympathizing with the great °Nem of this so•
eiedy,-he-ated-it ereby-a re-in vit ed , to-copy-the
covenant, record their own names thereto
and, obtaining as many signatures as possi
ble, forward the number ( the 'mines) so
obtained to the committee of their State:
WATKIN S STORY
Narrowidth was a rich - man at the pe
riod of which I am speaking, although
he has since gkg, into the ga2ette. Ile
was never high ur haughty to any person
in his employment, but tame he was ,
pecially.civil ; and when it. fell to my lot
to travel for the firm in Lmmashire, in a
certain Wiriter,_be.bad_e_rie_not to pass
within fifty miles - of llawthorpe Ball,
which was his country seat, without pay
ing it and him a visit Well, business
tuok we about Christmas time to Rigg
dale within thirty . miles.;,,Lliziwthrope j
and I *rote -- respealiilly to say tint
should tal.e advantage of his invitation,
if convenient, and drive over the Fells in
the double gig, or dog cart as it would
now be termed. his reply was kind as
usual "Come, by all means; but take
care, if the snow comes on you don't get
lost among the hills There has been a
terrible black frost here for a fortnight,
but there are now no signs of change.
Riggdale was duly reached, my horse
and trap put up at the Greyhound, dinner
ordered, and 1 then proceeded to transact
my business in the town. This being
done, there was still an hour to spare be
fore dinner, so I made my way up stairs
to the empty billiard room, with the in
tention of whiling away the time in soli
tary practice with the cue.
I had not been knocking the balls a
bout for more than a few minutes when
I was joined by a tall, thin, handsome
man, of very dark complexion and aqui
line features, with large, piercing black
eyes, and black hair ; worn much longer
than it is the fashion to wear it now-a
days, who, courteously saluting me, in
quired whether I had•any objection to
engage him for a game. I bad no objec
tion in the world, so we were quietly do
ing our best to beat one another; but al
though I bad hitherto believed myself to
be tolerably proficient at the game, I now
discovered, to my mortification, that I was
little better than a novice in comparison
with the stranger. There was nothing,
however, of the sharper about him ; he
was a gentleman both in manners and
appearance, though perhaps, just a shade
overtireseed, according to my notions of
the matter, and with rather too profuse a
display of jewelry about his very hand•
some person-.
" You are like myself, I suppose, bore
for the night only," said the stranger,
with a. bland smile, as he paused for a
moment to chalk the end of his cue. "I
had engaged a post-chaise-to take me a
cross the hills to Ovtrbarrow, when one
of the horses fell lame, so I was obliged
to stop shout of my object; and here that
insinuating landlord has persued me to
stay till morning."
" Suppose we dine together," said the
stranger impulsively, as 11 'Made a splen
did • carom.
Of course, I could Emilie no objection
to such a proposition, although I was be
ing igriotninously defeated at.billards, and
felt sore thereat; so the bell, was rung
and an order given accordingly.
"Let us be strangers no longer," ob•
served my opponent, as ho finished the
game with a magnificent btu* stroke.—
"Pour moi, Pin a,' ,Yankee by birth and
breeding, and there's , my name and ad
dress."
He handed Ins a .card as he spoke, on
which, in minute characters, was in
scribed: igebeil.Nottlefold, Newirerk."
" myself a holiday for a
couple Oflna,ri," said
test American, "to
see th e eee ht t y, and udy your Nal
tutionsiheteye settling down to coin dol
lars forstWieuiainder of my life,
'We - Spear: 4, vary pleasant evening, my
American friend aril I. We played
"poker" :together, we smoked, we sang;
we, coucoetcd and drank sundry _myste
rious beVerages well-known to bar-room
frequenters on the' other side of the At=
Nettlefold'had,among his luggage
a guitar,' On which he aeoompanied hint
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self while he sang, in a rich tener voice,
.a number of plaintive Spanish ballads
he had picked up while knocking about
in Di.exico. I don't know what hour it
was when we got to bed; but I remem
ber that we shook bands, and vowed eter
nal friendship for each other before par
ting for the night.
After putting out my light I drew back
the, curtain, and took a look at the state
of the weather—a fine starlit night, crisp
and cleai; With a few inches of snow on
the ground, not enough to impede our
-journey on the morrow.
It was late next morning when my new
Ariond and I met at breakfast. There
bad- been no more snow during the night,
•Inittlie clouds were heavy and lowering,
and the weather-wise landlord shook his
head . otnniously when we announced to
him our intention of setting out in the
course .of an hour on our journey over the
Fells, and intimated to us that we had
better stay where we were for the pres
ent, as there would certainly be a heavy
fall before the evening; and there was no
place in „England so dangerous as the
north country Fells during a snow storm.
" All the more necessity for our star
ting at once," I replied gayly. "Let the
mare be put into the trap immediately;
and stow this gentleman's things and mine
the same way, and will travel together."
Finally, toward noon we found u ursel ves
on the toad, going along at a spanking
pace, brimful of high spirits and ready
for any adventure. illy companion be
fore starting had brewed a steaming bowl
of some insidious compound, of which
we had partaken freely ; and to this, per
haps; was in some measure to be attribu
ted my reckless style of driving and Net
_Unfold 'aireq us Luu thug s
nigger, melodies.
The landlord's..predietioes respecting
weather quickly fulfilled; we had not
gone more than two or three miles when
the snow began to come down heavlily.—
But we were too jolly just then to think
or care much about it; we only wrapped
our rugs wore closely around us, refilled
, our pipes, gave the mare her head, - and
bade defiance to care and dull weather.—
' ei her Tir 1 - .)a --- Imd — e - v - i - ir - crossed fire Fells
before, and we did not leave the Grey
hound without full instructions from the
landlord as to the course we were to take;
but how many miles we had gone before.
we unknowingly left the right road and
got into some lane that led away into the
hills, I never could make out ; neither
can Itell 14 how l o ng a time we &id. been
unconsciously tiaveising this by-road be
fore we discovered that we were at fault
The truth dawned on us at het. We
were grave and steady enough now; and
certainly-the prospect before us was not
a pleasant one. We had set off some
hours ago, arid ought to have been at our
journey's end by this time yet there we
were, traversing an unknown road that
led away, interminable, as it seemed, into
the heart of the Fells; and the snow still
coining down as Iliad never seen is come
down before. Every few minutes a great
blast of wind came rushing and rumbling
down from the gulleye of the hills, and
halt-buried us in a swirling cloud of pow
dered flakes. llere and there, in hol
lows of the road, the drift had already
accumulated to such and extent as to be
a most impassable; and the mare began
to labor heavily. The afternoon was
closing in rapidly, and still no sign of
hamlet or farm. What was to be done?
To turn back would have been worse
than useless ; there was evidently noth
ing forit but to struggle blindly forward,
trusting to our ultimately reaching a hab
itation of some kind.
The last flicker of daylight was dying
out through the storm, so that we were
close upon the house before we saw it—a
rude, low,_one-story habitation, built of
the great rough unhewn stones of the
country, but evidently to withstand the
furious IVintergales which rage in those
parts; cheerless enough to loo; at under
any other circumstances; but just then,
to us poor, belated travelers, u very haven
of rest and safety. Above the door hung
a half defaced sign, bearing the name of
James Mattinson, with the usual declara
tion as to the sale of ale and spirits. The
door was quickly opened in answer to our
summons, and tho landlord himself came
out.
"One of The three hunchbacks of
Dithascus," whispered Nettlefold in my
ear. A thin, wiry little man, about forty
years old; with a wild mop of red hair,
and a beard to match; with an astute,
foxy sort of face, and quick, watchful
eyes ; with plenty, of energy and activity
about him, in spite of the deformity in
diJated in the American's remark.
"How fur is it from here to Hawthorpe
Hall ?"
"Fifteen good miles."
"And how far to the nearest village ?"
"Six miles aLleast."
"Would it be possible to do that dis
tance this evening ?"
"If your horse was fresh and you knew
the road very well, you might mobbe
manage it; otherwise, you'd stand a
chance of being moored in the drift. I
shouldn't recommend you to try." "Then
I suppose we shall be obliged to stay hero
till morning 7"
"I fear there's nothing else for it, sir,
though the accommodation's -only very,
poor—in fact, we never take in folk for
the nigh 4, except it happens, as it• has
with you, that they get weather-bound a-
mong the Fells for the place is only a
poor roadside publio inn for the use of farm
ers and drovers passing over the bills."
There was evidently nothing for it but
to make up our minds to pass the night
where we wore ; so we got down without
further delay, and - after taking off some
portion of our white cevering, crossed the
thresftold orthe Green Bush.
Wo found ourselves in a room of' eon.
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siderable size, poorly and sparsely fur
nished, as was only to be expected ; but
having at one end of it a cheerful fire,
blazing in a large old-fashioned grate, in
close proximity to which we quickly seat
ed ourselves. This room; as we after
wards- discovered, served the purposes of
kitchen, parlor and taproom in one. Be
yond it, on the same floor, there were
only two small bedrooms and a large pan
try, all opening out of a passage which
was lighted at the other end by a small
grated window; over it there was a loft
or lumber room, open to the, rafters and
only to be reached by means of a ladder
through a trap door, in one corner of the
kitchen. The strong, homely furniture
was, with one' exception, made of plain
deal, scoured to an exceeding whiteness.
This exception was a quaint black oak
chest, about six feet long, which stood in
a corner near the fire—a chest coverd
with carved work of fruit and flowers, and
fanciful arabesques, and interlaced letters
repeated again and again, and which at
once brought to my wind the old song of
the Mistletoe Bough and the story of
Francesca in Rogers' Italy.
The landlord entered in a few minutes,
having only attended to the requirements
of my mare, a matter which 1 verified by
_personaliospestion, tater jn theevepitg,
don't livo - VjeartliineTTaild -
lord?" said 1, interrogatively.
"No, sir, not commonly," lie replied
"l3ut my old woman and the girl went
down this morning into Overharrow to do
their bit of marketing, and there they're
likely to stop till the roads are green a
gain."
These words did not convey a very re.
assuring prospect to the American and
myself.
th-e
you can give us fur supper, landlord ?"
"-Nothing, sir, but, a rasher of -bacon,
some eggs, and a 'Welsh rabbit ; and
some middling home brewed ale.
We gave our orders accordingly; and
speaking for myself, I may say that I never
enjoyed a meal more hem tilt' in my life.
After supper was over— dinner and sup•
per in one—the landlord, with a smile,_
produced from some secret recess a brown
stone bottle full of prime old ruin ; and
then, having seen us fairly at work with
our meersehaums, and having heaped up
a tremendous fire, he solicited leave to
retire for the night ; and mounting the
ladder, disappeared through the trap-door,
having arranged the two little bedrooms
to the best of his ability for the accom
modatiotilt bie un,:xpeatvd guests '
After the landlord's departure we sat
for some limo drinking and amolcing in
silence. My companion looked pale and
haggard, and I noticed that once or twice
he pressed Lis hands to his forehead as if
in pain. "Arc you ill ?" I said to him at
length
"Not ill exactly, arni," he replied with
a melancholy smile. "It's the shadow'of an
old pain that comes over me at odd times
--a bagatelle—not worth talking about."
Grave and taciturn as two Indians, we
sat smoking fur another space; at length
the American laid down his pipe, got up,
and began to pace restlessly tibutzt the
room ; suddenly he stopped in the middle
of the floor. "I will not think about it!"
he exclaimed, grinding out the words be•
tween his clenched teeth ; and the next
moment he burst into a jovial students'
song, trolling out the verses at the top of
his powerful voice and winding up w:th
a wild 1-la-ha chorus; waking unwonted
echoes in the old house, till the night
capped landlord popped his head for a
moment through the cavernous opening
in the roof. doubtful, p..:rhaps, as to the
sanity of one or both of his guests.
"That has done me good, mister," said
Nettlefold, as he came and sat down and
resumed hispipe. "l'am iu a queer humor
to-night. I must talk. Le (liable le 'lieut.
So I will tell you of a fight I had once
with a grizzly among the Becky Moun
tains."
"Good," I replied. "Let us have it
by all means ; nothing better f',.r a long
Winter's night."
So Nettleford proceeded to tell the story
of his fight with the bear; and when
that was done, went on to relate one wild
story of frontier and Indian life after an
other, as fast as he could tell them ; as
though, like the ancient mariner, a spell
were on him which he could not resist;
and finally he finished up the evening by
reciting from memory The Hunting of
Pau-Puk-Keewis (if I heard the gentle
man's name correctly) from Longfellow's
"Hiawatha."
"And now to bed," he said, as he stood
up and yawned. 'Rouse me betimes in
the morning, for I'm somewhat of a slug.
gard ; and let. us have an early breakfast,
and try to make our way through the
snow to some civilized part of the world."
He shook me by the hand, bade mo a
hearty good-night, took up a candle and
lounged, off into one of the littlo bed.
rooms which opened out of the passage
leading to the book of the house. For
myself, I declined having anything to do
with the other chamber ; it was too small
and stuffy to suit my taste, end I had de
cided to take up my quarters for the night
on the old oarved chest; and at once pro.
ceeded' to put.my intentions into practice.
Before settling myself for the • night, I
took a 'last glance through the window.
The wind was hushed by this time, 'and
the snow bad mood to falh;.a clear, cold
night, full of promise for the marrow.
Comforting myself with this reflection, I
pushed the ()aria chest closer to the fire,
end having laid do\vn ray blaok bag to
serve for a pillow,. and wrapped a couple
of traveling rugs round me, I blew out
the flaring tallow candle, gave. a last look
to the fire, and in five minutes more had'
sunk-into a heavy, dreainless sleep.
When I amok; it 19118 still night; the
fire had; died down to a bed of glowing
embers; wbith 'diffused a di6 iiid4l(ght
around, pufficient to render the room
its furniture clearly visible, while leaving
the corners in partial shadow. I awoke
suddenly, with a sense of horror upon me ,
such as no
-nightmare had ever inspir e
i
me with ; and in my first waking mount
could not call to mind the place in which
I was; but a second glance round brought
all the circumstances of the day to try
recollection. I attempted to move, to get
up, but found that I could not do so ; I
was perfectly helpless; and casting my
eyes along the length of my body,,), saw,
with the most intense astonishment, that
I was fastened down by a think cord, wrap
ped round me again and againrto the
carved chest on which I had made my
bed for the night. Who had done
and for what purpose ?
Though my arms and legs were.atrap
ped tightly down, my chest was left suffi
ciently free to enable me to turn my head
readi from bide to aide, and thus see
everything in the room except what might
be immediately behind me.
For a moment or two I imagined my
self to be alone, but on turning my head
more fully to the right, I saw I was mis
taken -On the large fblding table whiel
stood close under the window of the room,
was squatted a figure so Atratige, so hidti
ous, that in those first waking moments it
might not unnaturally have been taken
as the self-oreated illusion of a brain dis
eased. But not for long could I repress
the conviction that the grim, dark, Olen)
figure before me was as much reality, as
much a being of flesh and blood as my
, self ; and gradually, as I
.looked more
earnestly, the clear cut aquiline features
of Nettleford seemed to evolve themselves
familiary out of the hideously grotesque
mask with which they. were overlaid.
Yes, it was certainly my Amiriean friend
and no one else ; but in what a costume I
As far as I could judge, he had divested
himself of ,every article of civilized cos
tume usually worn by him, except a red
%roller'
_shirt Lover this he now_ vroro,a_
gaudy and voluininoils red and blue tray.
cling rug, in which he had cut two holes
for his arms, and which was fastened
across his chest with an iron skewer, which
he had picked up somewhere in the house;
and held round the waist by a gay scarf,
in which were stuck a revolver, - a toma
hawk and a murderous looking bowie-knife.
His feet were covered with a pair of In
*clian moccasins, which I remembered to
have seen him wear as slippers on the
-previous even ing--rand-40----his---longr-blaok--
tangled hair he had stuck a couple of pea
cock's feathers, taken -from over the
chimney-piece of the little bedroom. But
the most, singular feature of his trans
fortnatie4rains to he told. Having
found ititliati r Aity of yellow paint in
some odl4s4ier of tne house, he had
daubed a circle-round each eye, and mar
ked an elaborate pattern with it on hie
face.and neck, which in that half light,
gi% s him horribly weird and grotesque tip.
pearan 7.13. Finally, he was sittingpross-leg
god on the table gravely smoking a lonw
stemmed pipe of red clay.
But what struck a colder chill to my
he at than anything - else was to see the
hard, cruel, murderous look in those black
glittering eyes bent so steadily and pre•
eistently om t um ; it seemed to the as though
my pleasant new-found friend had sud
denly died, and that some wandering
fiend firm' the nethermost regions, find
ing the empty shell, he crept into it, and
now mocked ms wi.li a horrible semblancia
of him who was no more.
NO. Ti.
"Nettleford, what means this fool's
trick ?" I said at length. '•Release we at
once. The joke has been carried far
enough."
He neither smiled nor spoke, only an
swered me by that steady, unwavering
gaze from his cruel black eyes. In spite
of myself my heart sank deeper within
me, and I could not help betraying my
anxiety when I next spoke.
"Come, release me ; there's a good fee
low," I snid. "Tho joke is an admirable
one, no doubt ; but upon my life I can't
see the point of it ! Release me, sir; do
you hear ? or by heaven you shall pay for
it when I am free again."
Still no answer, no light of recognition
flow those fiendish eyes. instead of ma
king any further appeal in words, I deter
mined to try the effect duly own strength;
but after a long and desperate struggle to
break away from my bonds, I sank breath
lees and exhausted, only more firmly
bound than I bad been before.
Turning my head, after a time, in the
opposite direction, I saw with surprise,
fur I had not noticed it before, that the
ladder which gave access through the
trap•door to the left was no longer there,
so that all means of commun i cation be.
tween the two rooms were removed; but
whether the ladder had been taken _ ?way
by Nettl.2ford or by the landlord I had no
means of judging. While thus looking,
I saw, and the sight made me give a start
of suprise, the white face of Mattison
peering down on us through the trap
door. fle, at all events, wasiafe for the'
present, and in some measure free. My
start of surprise did not escape the vigi
lant eyes of the American; his glance
following mine, saw the face in a moment;,
the next, his revolver was out, and a
bullet went crashing through the frame.
work of the door, missing the landreird's
head by a hair breadth only. The Amer=
ioan, with a guttural "Ugh of dlscp
pointment, put bank his revolver into• his'
belt, and resumed his pipe without anoth
er word.
_
A horrible conviction bad been, grad•
ually forcing itself upon my mind, and,
now I could struggle against - it no longer
Jaboz'Y. Nettleferd of New Yolk was nu.
doubtedly mad. There bould be no quell:
tion on the point, for on that suppositibti,
and that alone, could his' extraordinary
eonduot bo accounted for. The shot fired'
ut Mattison,who, as far as I knew, had=
'offended him'neither in word nor.deed, en 4;
lightened me as to the extent, of. my., owe,
'danger, which Only, needed,.a , ,glanee_ak,---
the fiend-like expression, in his eyes to r,g
ccive confirmation most complete:. • Ais 4
lay there, bound and' heipleks,l had, time o
imagine all that; Was likely , or `Unlikely
to happen to zee ; ondttg,li trrauttirrioa
up whatever of • fortitu'de' or `petrel:We'd?'
possessed to meet with- calmness-the/14d
whioh , loomed so closely li3foreme: 7
young, life, with all• inirimbitions; fears,
hopes and jealousies ahout to , come to:a ,
sudden - and . ignoble conclusion in a lonely ,
country inn, far away from all who knew
er loved me. ,
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