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TH E EAG LE. I PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY PHILLIPS & SPEACEiI, Office, oa Hair. Strset, If. he vid School House, otsSqna.T. Nori of J i, F Grats' Store. Terms of Subscription s for one year, $1 50, in advance; 7\ within the year, and $2 00 after the year has expiled EZifo paper will bo discontinued un'il all arrerajes are paid, except at the option of the Publishers. Terms of Adyertisins: One square, (ten lines) three insertions, gl 00 Each mfbsequent insertion, 25 (t.7*No advertisement will he considered less than one square; over one square will be counted and charged as two; over two, as three, etc. JOB PRINTING: We are prepared to do all kinds of job-work, n a neat and workmanlike manner, on tlv most reasonable terms. Our material for the comple-; tion of Job-v\ ork, being - new and of the latest ( styles, and we feel cpufidei t that satisfaction, can be given. THE TWO CROSSES. from the unpublished chronicle of a TRAVELER, On Laving the capital of Mexico, with my pack-mules and a guide, for Chihuahua, I took the regularly traveled route to Durango, and thence northward to the city mentioned. Until 1 had passed the latter city, I met with no further personal adventures worthy of seperate narration: but a tragic'taie, which was related to me pn the way, may not.be without its interest to whomsoever may peruse this transcript from my journal. 1 had traveled all through the heats of a scorching day down the beautiful valley of the Rio Florida, when, toward evening, I came in sight of a well-ordered hacienda, where, my guide informed me I could remain for the night - Meeting a horseman near the gate, I accosted him tn Spanish and learned that ! he was the proprietor of the place, I re-i quested permission to remain with him till morning. With the warm cordiality ; for wnie.h the tin- Spanish gentleman is noted, he replied.: •Welcome, Senor! In all that I can do to serve you, command me.’ Riding into the patio, we gave our an- ' inials in charge of the attendants, and Dun Alberto de la Mangua conducted me into his dwelling, where after partaking of some refi siimer.ts, 1 was introduced to his wife and daughter, the latter being a viry pretty and fascinating young 1.r.1v of some twenty years ol age. In tb.e course of our conversation, I requested the Senorita to give me tb.e history of two crost s which I had observed erected together bv the roadside, not far| from li.e d v liirg —the custom in Mexico being to erect a cross on 'he spot where any person has been murdered, at tb.e font of which each passer-by deposits a stone, at the same time repeating an Ave for the rest of the soul ot the person murutre d. ‘AL! Santiscima Virgin!* exclaimed my fair companion: ‘there is a sad, sad tale attached to those crosses, Senor. It is but a few years since, tliat a worthy man by the name of Pa-quel, a cattle-herder, resided in a rancho some forty miles off having eight sons, all noted for their skill and dexterity in their calling. ‘The two eldest of these sons, were the principle actors in the scene lam about to relate. The first, Leopoldo bv name bore off the palm of rancheral superiority —he being considered the handsomest of the two, and moreover possessing the advantage of having been educated in the city of Queretaro, which, in the es'imation of the inhabitants of the tierra calierte ranks second only to Mexico. The second son, Huberto, was less polished than Lismore favored brother, but of a generous, noble heart. Leopoldo could sing beautiful songs for the amusement of the Senoritas, but Huberto could lasso and throw the wildest bull; and while the former wasted his time in frivolous converse with other idlers, the latter was engaged in some ardous and useful labor. ‘Now Huberto, who had always been the winner at the various athletic sports of the peasantry, invaribly laid his trophies at the feet of one Senorita Claudina a girl of sixteen, who was celebrated for her great beauty. During the absence of Leopoldo, she had beer in a measure

I won by Huberto, by his presenting her with the prize which he had well earned at el gallo, and all the inhabitants rejoicled at the union which they thought must, result; but on tire return of the educated brother, he became struck with Senorita i Claudina’s beauty, and resolved to supplant Huberto in her affections. ‘About this time Huberto was called away’ by business, and was absent severI al months; and during the interval, Leopoldo succeeded, by flattery and a smooth address, in gaining the consent of Claudina to wed him instead of his brother. ‘When the latter therefore retured, judge of his anguish on learning that she whom he had loved so fondly, whom he had adored so blindly, had forsaken him for a less manly, but more honeyed and polished, suitor. Deep and terrible were . his feelings at first against that brother who had so dishonorably supplanted him; but the saints gave him their aid; and after a long struggle, he at last become re : signed to bis fate. Yet still his love for the fake one remained, to burn even brighter with the lapse of time, for he was one who loved truly, and there was never a moment that lie would not cheerfully have laid down Lis life for her. ‘At last, the wedding-day being fixed I upon, Huberto so far conquered his feelings as to resolve to take a part in the ceremony which was to make her, who had pledged herself solemnly to, him the bride of another. The nuphtials were to take place at this hacienda, then the residence of the bride, and all the neighbors ' around were invited to participate in the festivities of the occasion, while Pasquel i and his sons were to be special guests. ‘Some two or three days before the one settled upon for the wedding, the latter rodt into the hacienda, arrayed in their best producing of buzz of wonder and admiration from the collected rancheros; i and the next day the company, all except Leopoldo, proceeded to plains to drive in the bulls for the sports of the morrow. ; ‘I:, was at the soft close of this fatal day : that Leopoldo and his intended bride were sauntering, arm-in arm, at some distance from the hacienda. The sun was I trembling at the gates of the west. Afar I off on the distant plain arose the rugged ; crests of life Bolson, which went towering upward to the heavens, and catching in i golden spangles the last rays of the deputing god of day. Nature had provided the scene luxuriantly for the lovers, who wiapped in their own happy dreams iof present and future bliss, seemed to think of nought but themselves. Evening deepened as they walked and talked and the Bolson grew dimmer in the darkening shadows which stretched cold and , gray on the plain below. The shrill notes of the quail sounded clearly on the i still air—the melancholy tones of the grugus came down from thaclouds where they were wheeling their ariel flight—while the lowing of the cattle floated over the plain to their ears—the whole producing that harmonious blending of sound and scene which so sweetly lulls to a dreamy, poetical repose. ‘Dearest Claudina!’ exclaimed Leopol- ’ do; ‘what, a lovely scene!’ ‘Most sweet! most beautiful!’ returned his fair companion. ‘And yet Leopoldo,’ she added, with a long, deep sigh, ‘I feel sad, very sad—something oppresses me as wi'ii the weight of coming danger!’ ‘Ha!’ replied her lover, as with his arm he encircled her form, what danger can reach you, with Leopoldo by your side? Know you not how devotedly 1 love you? that all I have is yours?— that I would giv .ay life for your happiness?’ ■She raised her dark eyes, and, brushing away a tear, murmured gently: ‘Forgive me, dear Leopoldo, for being sad when you are present! It might have been the weight of coming happiness which my superstitious nature wrongly interpreted! Ha! see! she added, in more cheerful tone, and pointing to a cloud of dust near a line of Distant chapparai, yonder come the bull-fighters, and to-morrow is our wedding-day. Let us return and give them a happy greeting!’ •Her thoughts were even then of the

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wronged Huberto—-but his name pissed not her lips, and Leopoldo knew it not. ‘Yes, they are my brothers, he replied ■ glancing at the approaching horsemen, j ‘and we will give them the greeting of' two happy hearts.’ ‘Suddenly, with a wild shriek of alarm Claudina threw herself into the arms of him who was in honoi bound to protect her, exclaiming: ‘They are Indians! they are savages! Save mel save me!’ ‘Leopoldo again turned quickly, and saw with horror that they were indeed savages-a large body of fierce Canunehes who, naked to the waist, were brandishing their weapons and rushing toward them with demoniac fury—and with the sight the real nature of the cowardly youth became manifest. Reckless of the fate of the fair trembler by his side, and thinking of nought but his own miserable existence, he disengaged himself from the clinging girl by force aid bounded away at the top of his speed shouting as be ran: ‘Los barbar os! I os barbaros!’ ‘He was met on the way by a single horseman—his wronged brother Huberto — who had been riding toward the hacienda—but had heard the wild cry of the coward, and perceived his brother flying alone. •Wheeling bis burse, he had dashed quickly to his side exclaiming as he roach ed him: ‘Claudina! Claudina! what of her?’ •Yondei! log barbaross!’ gasped the whitelipped and trembling coward, pointing back to her he had deserted •Huberto followed with his eyes the direction to the spot where tb.e fair Claudina was still standing terror stricken, gazing helplessly towards her approaching foes. ’Coward! her blood be upon your das- 1 tarilly iier.ril’ shrieked Huberto; and burrying the rowels in his horse’s sides, the next moment, with the speed of the whirlwind. he was thundering over the plain to the rescue of her who had played him false. ‘Claudina beard bis stentorian voice, as heneared and shouted to her to fly to him; but para'ized with terror, she stood root- ■ ed to the ground, and could only clasp her hands an 1 shriek: ‘Salva me, Huberto! por Dios! ‘On, on rushed the lover to his lost love —nearerand nearer drew the savages to their victim —he straining with all his 1 might to reach and save her he adored, and they rushing forward to her destruction. ‘Suddenly, one fiercely-painted warrior shot forward ahead of his band, with his sphear readv poised for the fell work of death. His horse, urged to his greatest peed, Huberto saw with agony must reach her in advance of his own. •Father in Heaven, save her!’ hoarsely j shrieked the agonized lover, as again and again he plunged the rowels into the blee- , ding sides of his gallant, steed. ‘Now came a wild, fierce yell of triumph from the Camanche Chief, as he saw that the prize was his - ; and as the awful sound rung shrilly over the plain, Claudina dropped upon her knees, clasped her fair hands in a mute appeal for mercy prayed fervently for salvation, and awaited her doom. ‘lt came —not mercy, but the doom. — The savage was too near—the lover too distant—and the eyes of the former glistened like two living coals as for an instant he pointed the glittering steel of his spear. The next moment driven by terrific force, it went crashing through her delicate breast, literally pinning her to the earth. Wheeling from his horse and bending from its body, the Cumancbe buried his murderous fingers in the raven locks of *he fated Ciaudtna, aud another moment saw the gory scalp swinging in the air before the eyes of the now maddened and infuriitrd Huberto. ‘But the triumph of the savage chieftan was only momentary; for scarcely bad his fiendish yell announced his victory, when, with a veil even wilder than his own, the avenging lover proclaimed himself within a fatal distance —the almost unerring las- ‘ so, thrown by his strong arm, encircled; the neck of the savage with a snap—and

the next moment, torn from his own hi ost |he was being dragged over the plain at j the heels of that of his foe. ‘But alas for the brave Hubeito! who had been too intent upon rescuing or i avenging the fair Claudina to save him- . self from the yelling band who had managed meantime to cut of his retreat, and who now begin to close around him! — drawing his short sword, he turned in his own fence, and clove the nearest throu’ the Grain; but a dozen arrows at the same moment hurled from as many bows, and the poor lover found himself pierced with many bleeding wounds. Still seeking j vengeance, and caring nought for life, now that she he loved was no longer .among the living, he continued to charge the savages, who gave ground before his single arm, though showering upon him their arrows from beyond his reach, till nt length one buried itself in bis breast, and he fell from his horse to rise no more. ‘Meantime, with loud shouts of encouragement to him and defiance to his foes, his father and. brothers bad been rushing to his aid; but they’ reached the ground I only in time to see bis scalp toin off in triumph. Dauntless they charged the Indians in turn, and the fight became fierce and furious. Six Camanches bit the dust f and two of Huberto’s brothers lay bleeding on the ground, when darkness begin>ng 'o settip over the earth, and the Infinding their foes were about being re-inforced by a party of rancheros from ; t.he hacienda, turned and fled, leaving their enemies masters of the fil l 1. 'lt was a sarf scene which followed, Senor—but I need not dwell upon it. A rude I litter was constructed, and, side by side in death, as they should have been in life, the bodies of Huberto and Claudina were in solemn procession borne back to the mourning hacienda; and the next day, at i the hour which would have otherwise witnessed her nuptials with another, saw the beautiful form of the girl laid’ in its ; cold, narrow home, beside that, of him who had loved her best in life and proved it by his untimely death. Over their j double grave the two crosses rise to mark their awful fate and demand from the pas- ; sing Christian a prayer for the rest of their < souls.’ i ■A Smart Woman’ atStawart’s—One way j to Bay a Shawl. On Fri lay evening, an elegantly dressed woman entered Stewart’s and asked*; lo see some shawls; After assorting and i comparing, she a', length made a selection : the price being five hundred dollars.— j Gracefully producing her portmonie, she ; tendered the clerk a two thousand dollar, bill in payment. He took it immediately to the cashier, who examined it carefully, and then to make himself perfectly sure, ! he sent a clerk out with it, to see an exI pert and obtain liTs opinion. Meanwhile the lady became very indignant, and resented the afront which I she said had been put upon her. She was not a character to receive or pass off ban currency, and would never come again to Stewart’s to do any shopping.— Presently the messenger returned with the intelligence that the bill was good.— i She caught it from him, declaring that she would not lake the shawl. Alter a little while, however, she seemed to relent 1 and said that she had been to a large number of establishments, and that the shawl was the only one that had suited her, she remarked that she would take it adding her determination not to expose herself again (o a similar affront. The i clerk profuse in apologies as he did up the article, and the two thonsand dollar bill was taken by the cashier and fif-| teen hundred dollars promptly paid back to her, when, without bidding good night she look her leave. The bill this time proved to be a counterfeit. She had paid the c]i-rk a different one from the one first exhibited. — New York Post. An Irish magistrate, having occasion to write the word ‘usuage,’ contrived to spell it without using a single letter of the oiigmal word, his improved orthography was yow zilch. When some remarks were made on similar facts, he averred that I nobody could spell with pens made from Irish geese.

Danger of Rubbing ith Brandy. ,i AVe heard the other day of a singular, ami. We believe, a new effect ol the application of brandy as a medicine. A gentleman, convalesceing from an attack of sickness, was recommended by bis physician lo rub himsi-li ail over ev. ry morning and evening with the very best brandy. The invalid accordingly sent to hi' family grocer with whom he had dealt for years, and ordered a sample of the old cognac. Home it came, and that very evening it was tried—outwardly, of course The convalescent felt better,' much better, and he continued to feel better for a ■ day or so, until he awoke one morning, ■ and, to hi - horror, discovered that his en- i tire cuticle—at least where it had been rubbed with the old cognac—Lad become of a deep crimson color. He sprang out ol bed in alarm.. The family was aroused; a servant despatched in hot baste for the doctor. The invalids : wits were terribly shaken by this never-before-heard-of-catastrophe. AVI,al could be the cause of it? He looked a pie'ure lor a painter, as he sat before the large , looking-glass in an arm-chair, and ruefully surveyed his crimson covering. It , was almost ludicrous; it was quite as bad as Mr. Tittlebat Titmouse’s predicament about his purple-green hair. But this could be no laughing matter; it must be sola? ex'raordinar'y phenomenon, as lie explained it to his Wondering and alarmed family. ‘And just imagine, my dear, how I shall look all my life, if this confounded I thing isn’t cured. Like a boiled lobster! like a b >iled lobster! 1 shall go by no ' Other name! Oh dear! Oh dear!’ The door-bell rang; the front door opened; in rushed the doctor. For an instant he could not contain himself—he had to drop into a chair and laugh it out ‘Oh, it’s very funny to you, no doubt, Doctor; but how would you like logo about all the balance of vour davs lookin'' • J o like an overdone lobster?’ i The doctor burst out again at this; but he saw that his sick man and family were really alarmed, and he soon sobered down into his usual pulse feeling gravity. i ‘May be it’s the iodine, Doctor?’ suggested the anxious wife. j ‘Oh, it’s ironed in, no doubt,’ said the patient, indulging the ruling passion, • strong in death. The doctor shook bis head. ‘Had that rubbing been as he prescribed?, ‘Yes, faithfully.’ ‘Good brandy?’ ‘Yes, the very best—we use no other.’ ‘Let. me have it. The brandy was brought. The doctor tasted it, and shook his head again. ‘l’ll take it home to examine it chemically. There are so many tricks among the liquor dealers.’ ‘Oh, no fear of that with our grocer.— He sells none but the hest itn- ; ried direct by himself. ’ | ‘No doubt. I'll look into it, nevertheless.’ And calming the family alarm, the good doctor departed, the pure old cognac in his pocket. That evening came a note from him: i ‘Dear L , make yourself perfectly easy. The cognac is first-proof whisky, | and won’t hurt you. It was the log-wood I in it that did your business. ; One of the Boys.—Neighbor T i had a social party nt his house a few evening’s since, and the ‘dear boy,’j Charles, a five-year-old colt, was favored i I with permission to be seen in the parlor. , ■Pa’ is somewhat proud of his boy, and Charles was of course, elaborately gotten up for so great an occasion. Among other extras, the little fellows hair was treated to a liberal supply of eau de colonge, to his huge gratification. Ashe entered the parlor, and made his bow to the ladies and gentlemen — ‘Lookee here,’ said he, proudly, ‘if any of you smells a smell, that’s mt!’ The effect was decided, and Charles, having thus in one brief sentence delivered an illustrative essay on human vanity wan the hero of the evening.

A Fheakof Nature.—Mr. Vestal yesterday i i quested us to go to the Com- . mercial Hotel to See a rare lusus natural. He has a girl who has four legs and feel, i and two heads, lour arms, and the upper part of two bodies, perlecljy formed, with the * xce Juon that the heart of one of these bodies is in the right side instead of ilia i ieft, but though it is doubtlul as to its heads, arms and legs, yet in its spinal and pelvis arrangement it is one. Its two : heads are very inti.'ligent, and answer and sing togethi K In answering questiona - asked by anyone, both answer together, • and in the same words, or, if different .questions are askel.e’.ch answer disI lerenly. In walking, the girl uses two or - four legs, which ever happens to be the most conveninet. In eating, she uses both mouths, though it is supposed that one . would ari'Wer the purpose as well, j as there is but one set ol digestive organs. . Il is more wonderful than the Siamese i Twins—they were two persons joined toI gether by a membrane. This girl is two [persons with one body— in unity, - Cincinnati Gazette. Gone up Under the Hoop.—The west Point (Gt.) Crizen tells the following of a married man at the commence i-Z' icises of a certain college in Georgia this summer: He started up the stairway at a swift pace, not noticing any further until he came nearly to the top of the steps, when suddenly he found himself enveloped in darkness, as though the lights had been extinguished. He was astonished and bewildered. But the mystery was soon explained; and it appeared that a lady wearing a very large hoop had met him at the top of the stairs, and was just in the act of descending, when eur friend, being a small man, had, without noticing, so easily gone up under the hoop. Gen. AA asbington seldom indulged in a joke or sarcasm, but when he did, he always made a decided hit. It is related that he was present in Congress during the debate on the establishment of the Federal army, when a member offered a resolution limiting the army to three thousand men; upon which A’,Washington suggested to a member an amendment providing that no enemy should ever invade the country with more than two thousand soldiers. The laughter which ensued smothered the resolution 'yThe Baltimore people are out with a call for a general meeting, ‘irrespective of party, ’ to take into consideration the best means to be persued in regard to the existing Know Nothing political demoralzation in that city. The signatures of many of the most respectable and influential citizens are appended. They go for purity ot the ballot-box, and for promoting, bv all lawful means, the vapious offices of miinieipijl, judical and executive trust. A writer in the Chicago Tress and Tribune says that while the apple crop is almost a tatol failure in the north part of the State, he can point to one small orchard in that part of the State loaded with fine fruit—about two thousand bushels—and -’.iply from the fact that it is completely protected by an artificial growth of ! y oung timber. The Boston Post has the following: ‘Good morning, , how do von feel?’ I asked Jenkins of one of our badly defeat;ed Democratic candidates, as he met him near the head of the State st., just after 1 breakfast, yesterday morning. ‘Feel!’ re- ■ plied— , very feelingly, ‘Feel!’ why I . feel just as I suppose Lazarus did when | he was lickeel by the dogs!’ The first number of the Toledo Daily Herald made its appearance on Saturday. Ii has run up the flag ‘Douglas for tha Presidency in 1860.’ AVe once heard of a Kentuckian, whose I amazing strength was attendee! with very fatal consequence. He was cutting a ' slice of bread and butler, when the kuife slipped, nnd cut himself in half; and two ; men behind him. AViutet has begun.

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