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Year: 1865

another bed which was in the room unten.


anted-the door flew open, and in glided the
white specterl Without pausing to ascertain


what it might attempt on approaching the


other bed, towards which it directed it;
course the two men rushed in their nigh
clothes out Of the room; and by the alarm
they created, confirmed more fully than -evel
the evil repute of the house.


Unable longer to sustain the cost of so un-
productive an establishment the poor land
lord advertised for sale the house in which he
and his father before him were born and had
passed their lives. But bidders were as scarce
as customers; the Inn remained on sale for
nearly year, during which, from time to
time, the white specter reappeared.


At length an officer of the garrison, who
had formerly frequented the house, and re-
collected the excellent quality of its wine,
moved to compassion in favor of the poor
host, undertook to clear up the mistery by
sleeping in the haunted chamber; nothing
doubling that the whole was a trick of some
envious neighbor, desirous of deterierating
the value of the freehold in order to become
purchaser.


His offer having been grateful accepted,
the captain took up his quarters in the fatal
room; with bottle of wine and brace of
loaded pistols on the table before him; de-
termined to fire at whatever object might en-
ter the door.


At the usual hour of midnight, the door
swung slowly open, and the white spectre,
bearing lamp and bunch of Keys, made
its appearance. The captain seized a pistol,
when; fortunately, as his finger was on the
point of touching the trigger, he made the
astounding discovery that the opparition was
no other than the landlords daughter, a young
and pretty girl, walking in her sleep. Pre-
serving the strictest silence, he watched her
set down the lamp, place her keys carefully
on the chimney piece, and retire to the op-
posite bed, which, as it afterwards proved,
she had often occupied during the lifetime OF
her late mother, who slept in the room.


No sooner had she thoroughly composed
herself, than the officer, after locking the door
of the room, went in search Of her father and
several competent witnesses, including the
waterbaililf Of the district, who had been one
of the loudest in circulating the runorS con
cerniug the Eaunted Inn. The poor girl was
found quietly asleep in bed, and her terror on.
awaking in the dreaded chamber afforded suE-
Gcient evidence to all present of the state Of
somnambulisn in which she had been en-
tran ced.


From that period the spectre was seen no
more, and the tale Of horror so freely circula-
ted to the bewilderment of the poor neigh
bors, ended in the simple story of young
girl walking in her sleep.
Year: 1865

HERE lies a Peck who some men say,


Was first of all peck Of clay;
This wrought with skill divine while fresh,


Because a curious peck Of flesh.
Through various forms its maker ran,


Then adding breath made Peck a man;
Through fifty years Peek felt life's bubbles;
TIL death relieved a Peck Of troubles;
Then fell poor Peck, as all men must,


And here he lies, q peck Of dust.
Year: 1865

stands alone and motionless for stairs, carriages
and crowds it is simply iaadmissibe, to sly
nothing Of the amount Of uudar-clothing it nee
essitstes if the wearer would be warm at this
season. The rage for scarlet isas marked as that
for metallic trinkery and with a wse economy,
both ere brilliant and pleasing in effect, and
both are extremely liable 90 DO 0Verdono. In
deed, it is almost impossible for a radically yul-
gar nature TO pass the ordcalof the present sea-
son without betrayins that Inbred coarseness
which it is the aim Of civilization to obliterate
or conceal
Year: 1865

Whoever intends to purchase good Family
Sewing Machine, Of any kind, will do well to
call at the News Office. We can furnish them
ut all times upon the most advantageous terms


f PRopRIEToRs OF THE News.
Year: 1865

"A few days ago, while taking little
trip into the country. we noticed an OF
chard, apparently thrifty and 10 most res
pecis we'll cared for, buron almost every
tree there were one or more nests Of cat
Ierpillars. Now, We take il that the farm
Ier who owns that orchard, is not reader
Of the Western Rural, or amy other ag-
ricultural paper orlhs would not have dis
regarded tho many directions he must
have seen in relation 10 tile destruction Of
these pests. That one who has been at
the expense aud lrouble Of setting out
and caring for an orchard, should thus al
low the trees to be, seriously injured and
his prospect Of a fruit crop destroyed,
seems almost incredible, yet we often see
want of care manifested by those who are
In other respects good farmers.


Many modes Of destroying yaterpillars
may be practiced. For small trees the
neatest and best way is to cut off or rub
off the eggs before they are hatched.-
Some nests may be overlooked in this
way, and for large trees IL is not advisa-
bic. The nests are sometimes washed
off with strong suds, burned off with. pa
per, shot off with powder or scraped off
with sticks. Any one Of these opera
tions is exceedingly disagreeable--to the
caterpillars, but unless great care is used
there will some survive the catastrophe
and live to avenge the departed, Per
haps the surest way, when the nest is on
a small twig or branch, as is frequently
the case, is to cut the branch of and burn
il. When this cannot be done, we would
advise putting stout gloves on and using
the hands to thoroughly remove every
particle Of the nest. This work should
be done 10 the morning before the cater
pillars have left the nests.


If all the farmers in the neighborhood
would unite in taking vigorous, measures
in this work, they could soon free their
orchards from this great annoyance; but
while some neglect TO take any steps at
all, the Others will have to narrowly watch
their trees every year Western Rural.
Year: 1865

*.*Devoted to the cause of Republicanism,
the interests Of Agriculture, the advancement
Of Education, and the best good of Potter
county. Owning no guide except that Of
Principle, it will endeayer to aid in the work
of more fully Freedomizing our Country
Year: 1865

The Goshen, Ind, Democrat records the
death of Mr. Frank Lyman, of that place, a
liberal and respected citizen under the follow
ing painful circumstances


" BE had just partially recovered from an
attack Of lung fever, and was yet very weak
and probably suffering from slight alteration
OF mind, and on Saturday morning last attend
ed Catholic church, and took sacrament, after
which be went and purchased q rope, stating
that he was going to the conntry after cou
pie Of calves but soon afterwards he was dis
covered In bis barn, Just as he had swung
himself off beam, and was almost immedi-
Ately cut down, but too late TO restore him full
y to life. He survived in an unconscious
state until Sunday morning, when death came
TO his relief


4" Mr.. Lyman has carried on the butchering
business in this place for the last ten or twelve
years and had accumulated snug little com
potency, was q liberal and respected citizen,
and his untimely death will be regretted by
many. He leaves wife and two children"
Year: 1865

In the village Of W lived man
who had once been the judge of the coun-
ty, and was known all >oyer by the name
Of Judge l. He kept a store and
a saw mill, and was always sure to have
the best cf the bargain on his side, by
which means he gained an ample compe~
tence, and some did not hesitate to call
him the biggest rascal III the world. -
He was very conceited withal, and used
70 delight in Dragging of his business ca
pacity when any one was near to listen.
One rainy day, quite number were seat
ed around the stove in the store, and he
began, as usual, to tell of his great bar
gains, and wound up with


Nobody ever cheated me, nor they
can't, neither"


Judge" said an old man in the compa
ny, Il have cheated you more than you
ever did me-


"How so p asked the Judge


"If you promise you'll not 90 to law
about it, I'll tell you, or e'se won't; you
are too much Of law character for me"


Lets hear lets hear " cried ha'f a
dozen voices. "We'll bear you out in it ;
20 on"


'I'H promise, and treat into the bargain
if you have, said the judge.


"Well, do you remember that wagon
you robbed me OFF,


II never robbed you Of any wagon
only got my own" said the Judge


"Well, l had made up my mind to have
it back. and"


"But you never did, cried the judge


"Yes did, and interest too"


How p thundered the now enraged
Judge


"We'l, you scc, judge, sold you one
day very nice pine loG, and barrained
with you for a lot more Well. ! stole
that loc off your pile, down by the mill,
and sold it to YOU That night drew it
back home, and sold it TO you again the
next day, and so ] kept on until you had
bought your own leg from me twenty-sev-
en- times"


That's a lie - cried the iratc judge,
running to book and examining his log
accounts you never sold me twenty
seven logs of the same measurement


81 know it, said the vender of logs,
':for by drawing it back and forth the end
wore off: and as it wore off kept cutting
the end off, until it was ou'y ten feet long
Just fourteen feet shorter thar when
you first bought it and it got so short
drew it home and worked it into shingles
and then / conc 'uded that had got my
money back and in my pocket.


The exclamation of the judge was
drowned in the shouts Of the bystanders,
and the log drawer found thc door without
the promised treat. To see a mad man
you have only to ask the judge if he was
ever shaved
Year: 1865

From the ~ Y Journal OF Commerce.i


The high prices demanded for the or
dinary exhilarating beverages Ia which
the mass of the people have been ac-
custOmed in past years, have led Ia the
introduction of a new class ot stimu-
lants of far more dangerous character.
Tea is still retained, although neither IN
quantity nor quality is the consumption
equal to the average of former seasons
Coffee. in its purity, is hardly known in
majority OF private families; and eX-
cept in first class hotels or saloons, the
decoctions furnished to the public under
this name are notOriously either adulter-
ated or wholly spurious The vegetable
kingdom has been ransacked for sub
stances which can he made to take on
the appearance of ground coffee, and no
sooner is IN article discovered that can
be successfully used for this purpose,
than it. too is initiated, so that we have
authorizations of the adulterant, and
counterfeit mixtures to resemble the first
limitations. Chiccory is not unwhole-
some, when pure, and may be added to
the coffee berry, as an economic measure
without injury to the digestion. But al
most every species of root is now used
to initiate ehiccory. and these prepara-
tious. made pungent with aromatics. and
swcetened with liquorice, are sold by
wholesale to the adulterators. until even
m expert chemist could hardly tell By
analysis of what the final compound is
composed


But the greatest changes have been
made in alcoholic drinks The manufac-
ture and adulteration of wines has been
carried on for long period; but until
recently the more common liquors could
be purchased comparatively pure. For a
generation past West India rum was ac-
tually what il purportcd TO be-the pro-
duct of the cane; brandy was little
more suspicious, but good article could
still be bought of any well known im-
porter of liquors at price which left a
handsome profit to the retailer and a
Gust omer who insisted on his dram could
find AZ all the better class of tayerns a
reasonably pure article under the name
of any ordinary alcoholic drinks We
should be far from recommending the
habitual use of any Intoxicating bever-
age but we cannot agree with those who
argue that sudden death from an over
dose of fiery corn whisky, is a far better
fate for the dran,-drinker than a forty
years campaign with the best Santa
Cruz" as the old ST. Croix rum is still
called in New England Since the high
tariff, almost prohibitOry, has been levied
upon imported liquors, very few of them
have been sold from first hands here !;
and there must either have been heavy
stock stored in the retail shops. or the
latter are selling much more dangerous
article to their customers than they have


But this is not the most. dangefsss
use of stimulants. II may not be knoFSn
Year: 1865

A walking match Tor two hundred dollars aside, two
miles came of after tho trottng match at the Fashion
Course yesterday afternoon, between Pryor and Adams
Pryor won the match by sixty yards protest against
the stakeholder giving up the money made by tho
losing party, the plea OF unfair walking On the part
nr prv,r
Year: 1865

THE WONDER OF THE WORLD RETURNED
THI WONDER OF TIE WORLD RETURNED


THA WOEDER OF THE WORLD RETURNED,
THE WONDER OF THE WORLD RETURNED.
THE WONDER OF TIE WORLD RETURNED
The WONDER OF THE WORLD RRTURN1D.
Year: 1865

BIZ authority of the Secretary of the Treasury,
the undersigned the General Subscription Agent
the public the bird series of Treasury Notes. bear
ing seven and three tenths per cent. interest per
Year: 1865

BLuBBERING.-Thc Gazette is still blubber-
ing about the Extra Session. The Govern
or has decided not to call one until he secs


it will be Of some practical benefit. Dry


up not stand there like some verdant BOBBY


who misses the cars, and thinks that bawl


ing will bring them back.
Year: 1865

ORGANlziNG.-Gen.A Alfred Sully is now in
this city, actively engaged in organizing
regiment or two Of rebel prisoners who have
taken the oath Of allegiance to the United
States and are anxious to see how it will
Stem to do little fighting under the Stars
and Stripes.
Year: 1865

The French Government is just now en-.
gagged in negotiations with Germany for the
purchase of an extensive coal mine, immedi-
ately on the French frontier, the avowed
object Of which is to have coal at command
in case Of maratme war. This tract Of
country is about twenty.f five miles long and
ten wide. The coal is very near the surface,
and is in fine stratas, the lowest being but
sixty yards below the surface. Water is
supplied by system of subterranean CALLER
les, so. that steam power is not needed
Labor in that part of Germany can be had
at twenty cents per diem per man, (poor
wretchesD and each man is calculated to
get out thirty,fye tons of coal per day
The acquisition viii make the Government
quite independent of a foreign market.
Year: 1865

A capital satire on many criticisms Of art
is the following: "Picture Of a Peasant
Girl Stirring Fire. A rare specimen OF
rural simplicity. The figure is remarkably
graceful, but the poker is rather too stiff
A curvilinear delineation from right line
toward the line of beauty would have given
to this useful kitchen utensil much more
picturesque effect. Domepichino, Salvador
Rosa, and Michael Angelo would have avoid
ed this defect. The chiarscuro of the tongs
in subdued shadow, is wonderful effort o.
art. The shovel, on the contrary, lacks
depth and buoyancy."
Year: 1865

Two enterprsing geniuses in the Army of
the Potomac, being desirous Of furnishing
their winter quarters with chimney lately
chose Schenckle shell for one of the corner
stones of tho edifce. The chimney drew
beautifully till one night, when, during the
absence of the architects, it exploded. de
stroying chimney and tent, but fortunately
injured no one.
Year: 1865

The Indians in Mexico have brought an
ancient Aztec crown to place on Maxmilian' S
head. 1t seems that there exists among
them an ancient prophecy, from the time
that Cortez went to Mexico, that fore On
prince would one day come from over the
sea to be their ruler. They look upon the
new Emperor as the promised Prince, and
hence their singular coronation with a crown
three centuries old.
Year: 1865

The Paris Cosmos describes an apparatus
rated by him for freezing water 10y means
of the evaporation of ammonacal gas. The
details of this process are too elaborate tc
be repeated in full in this place; but it may
be stated that the generator contains in its
lower part, which is called the boiler, l9C
pounds of ammonacal solution at 2S degrees
Under the action Of the heat, the ammoni-
acal gas is diseugaged and passes into a
second compartment, which encloses series
of superposed horizontal tubes, with large
vertical tubes in the middle. This set OF
tubes performs The functions of rectilier;
that is, the gaseous ammonia disengaged by
the heat comes in contact with these tubes
with the liquid returning to the boiler, gives
up to it its vapor Of water, and passes TO a
state of almost purity. After passing from
rec,ilier successfully into a iqnifer and
regulator it goes, thus condensed, into the
regulator The ice forms very rapidly, and
is very solid and Opaque; its temperature is
about twelve degrees Fahrenheit, SO that it


is not necessary to wait until the water OF
the cylinder freezes to the center, as the
action goes on after the cylinder is withdrawn
The cylinders are removed every eight min
utes, and the ice Of each ono weighs about
nine pounds. With an expense of five and
a half pounds Of coal burned, there are OBJ
tanned fiity-fve pounds Of ice per hour, this
ratio increasing with the capacity of the
apparatut so that when two hundred or two
thousand pounds are made per hour, the
price Of the ice will not exceed 50 so pei
ton.
Year: 1865

NATIONAL TOBACCO CoNvENTIoN.-
The National Tobacco Convention, under
the auspices of the Kentucky Board of
Agriculture, was held at Louisville on
the second Wednesday of September
The object of this Convention is stated
as follows: The prime object of the Con-
vention is to get together, from all Sec
tions of the Union, the practical minds
of trade, with view to such modifica-
tion of the present excise law, so far as
tobacco is concerned, as will lnventuate
in the passage by the next Congress, of a
thorough and well digested plan of taxa
tion that will yield the largest possible
amount. of revenue to the Government
with the least embarrassment to the
culture and manufacture of the article.
Year: 1865

The Shoddy organ of this city having
lost all faith in President johnson, with
shocking profanity claims that the Al
mighty has taken the leadership of the
Republican party-taken the place An.
drew johnson, it appears, is not desirous
of occupying. The profane Shoddite
says:


1.-THE party of progress in the United
States fight beneath banner sustained
by God. Their principles are in sympa-
thy with His laws, their ends are in the
direction of the great truths OF His piov-
idence, so far as it is allowed to human
instincts to divine and seek those truths.
We may as well remember this IN
our dealings with the Democracy; and
however PLAUSIBLE its professions aud
unscrupulols its trickery, look upon
them as the Vaccinations of the evil
Power which never yet failed to sue
cumb to the right, for which God cares.


This is very impious. There Is, We
know, some doubt as to the true Repub-
lican leader at the present time. 1t Is
claimed for Ben. Butler, whose name is
a synonym with truculent brutality in
every Christian land Sumner the eulo-
gist of John Brown the Martyr" who
failed in getting the blacks in the then
happy valley of the Shenandoah to muir
der their masters and TO massacre women
and children, all unconscious of danger.
In this State, Greeley land Weed (the
fathers of the lobby have been contend
ing for the ascendency and, judging by
the result of the recent primaries, Weed
seems to be the favorite, but that the
Almighty has got anything to do with
sustaining the "banner" which those fell
lows are quarrelling about it is shocking
impiety to suggest. The attributes of
the Almighty are mercy, charity, for
bearauce. His desire is, if we may rever-
emily interpret it, peace on earth and
good will to men. We will not venture
to say that any political party enjoys
any especial protection from the Ruler
of the World, but if any does, it is not
the party which stands in the way of
mercy to those who have erred and are
repentant; to those who ask from us
return of that good will and peace at
heart so becoming in man, so pleasing
to God. Our shoddy cotemporary had
better stop its rreverent use of the name
of the Almighty, and trust for the pres
ent in political matters to Andy John
SON
Year: 1865

There was very large crowd in atten.
dance at the Christian Church last Sun
day night, to hear Elder A. Proctor's
views on the Convention oath. He gave
very satisfactory reasons why he could
not and would not take said oath, and
why he would for the present suspend in
part the functions of his calling.


The Ministers of this county have re-
fused to take the Convention OATH and,
we believe, have, with great unanimity,
suspended their functionsfor the present,
so far as sermonizing or solemnizing the
rites of matrimony. Father Phelan,
Pastor of the Catholic Church at Eliza
bethtown, we understand, has determin-
ed to pursue his calling as usual, without
any regard for the oath-not being viii
ling to take the oath nor to stop preach
ing
Year: 1865

NEW YoRK.-The Herald's Rio Janario
correspondent furnishes additional inter
esting intelligence regarding the South
American war. We have already an
nounced the visit of the Emperor to the
scene of hostilities in the Province OF
Rio Janario, from thence he started for
the frontier to have conference with
his two allies, the Presidents of the Ar
gentine confederation and of Uruguay.


A large steam ram for the Brazilian
Navy had arrived from France, Others
had been nearly completed at Rio jana
rio, and it was said that an American
General, who had just left there for the
United States, carried with him COM
mission for the construction of iron clads
for the Emperor in this country.


Volunteering for the Brazilian army
was very active and spirited in the Pro-
vinces on the first call for troops, but in
Rio Janeiro it had become necessary to
commence conscripting, which was be-
ing carried on with great vigor and little
ceremony. Officers attended by guards
stationed themselves at the most fire.
quented places in the principal through
fares, and seized and sent to the army
rendezvous. all passing men and able
boys who could not show clear cases o
exemption. Civil officers of the Govern
ment who did not volunteer would b
drafted and be forever after incapable o
holding similar civil positions


Prospects of the coffee crop in Brazi
were most cheering, but the experiment.
so far made in cotton culture had not al
forded much encouragement


A party Of emigrants from Mississippi
who were % welded to the institution o
slavery, that after its destruction the
could not remain in their own country
had arrived in Brazil and gone to th
yoyincs of Para to ssttle.
Year: 1865

A correspondent, who evidently thinks
no small beer Of himself, puts us this
question:


"Do you think that twelve Ignorant
Jurors are better able to decide upon a
mans guilt or innocence than twelve ed
ucatcd military officers"


Of course not! There never should
have been any trial by jury. 1t is all a
mistake. So are civil courts and judges.
Twelve educated military officers should
dispense Military Justice everywhere
and to everybody. How could We have
been so stupid as not to see it from the
first2-Nelr York Tribune.
Year: 1865

Is richly assorted. Being exclusively IN the
Clothing Business, We can furnish the above TO
better advantage TO dealers and on better terms
than can be had elsewhere.


We have the most complete stock and largest
assortment Of goods Of any house In our line In
the city.


We are selling goods lower than any othor
house in the city, as we bought our goods when
gold was at the lowest.


We have a largo stock OF
Year: 1865

New BRIDGE AND TURNpIKE.-Wora on
the road and bridge, crossing from Auburn
to the El Dorado SIDE of the the river, below
the forks of the American, is going steadily
forward, and will probably be completed by
bridge will be wire suspension, and its
erection will take longer time than was orig
iually anticipated, as until the grades are
completed on each side of the river, all the
material has to be taken over the rough
trails leading down the steep hill Sides
When completed, this road will be the line
this place. for Georgetown and other places
oftbsl vicinity on the El Dorado side.