6 THE DAILY EVENING 'TfcLEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY , 2 G, 186G. ASSASSINS AM THEIR W.ORK. William of Orange-Full, particu lars of the Events W hlch Led to his Assasslna Jon-How the Culprit was. Executed. ' It vim the afternoon f the 25th day of Octo ber, in the year 1585 In the o!d dncal palace of Brabant, in the ay city of Brussels, a, newly rrctcd 8tce or p',,tform stood at the western nd of the creal Mil. In the centre of this tape was a aplendid canopy, erected ua a tem porary throne. Around it, on tapestried seat?, eat an assemblage- of dietaries, prave nmglj trates, and executive officers, arrayed in the pic turesque and brilliant uniforms peculiar to the ancient Ncthcilnnders. In the body of the hall a Krcat -multitude was gathered. All ware waltinjr the appeal anco of Charles V, their em peror, who was on that day to abdicate the throne in favor of his son, Pliiilp II. Thelock struck three. Charles V entered, a prematurely decrepit old man, with white and bristlinp hnlr, shncrc.V gray beard, wide lore head, and dnrk-blne eye, totterinsr on crippled lees, and Mippcrtpd on one side by a crutch, on tbe other by a tall and handsome younir man of twenty-two, then sitnoly tho emperor's pare Bnd confidant, but afterwards the grandest lipnre in tho history of his country. II is fea tures were dark, symmetrical, and well ch'selled; his head small, but sturdily set', his hair, moustache, and peaked beard of a dark brown hue hid eyes brown and thoughtful: his lorehead expansive, and even at that early aec, walked with lines of thought; for he was tno enneror's adviser iu all cares of state. His dress was magnifi cent in the hiuh.-st degree, as tho times in geno tbI, and the present ceremony in particular, ren dered necessary. This young man wns William. Prince of Oranaro; nnd thut occasion was his debut, as the hero of the long nnd cventiul di aina which has ren Jered his name one of tho most illustrious in modern history. Philip II on that day took the Nether lands throne. The abdicating monarch recommended to his son's confidence tho Prince who had served him so ably. Philip, at first adopting tho recommend ation, was afterwards led to believe that William was his enemy and the encmv of his throne. In the following vcur Charles V also abdicated the throne of Spnin, in favor of Philip. When Philip, in 15rt, left the Netherlands to make his residence in Spain, he publicly insulted William, on the eve ot his departure. Tho government ot the Netherlands was bes'owed upon Margaret of Parma, a woman wholly under the iniluence of Cardinal Gmnvelle, nu ambitious, unscrupu lous pielnte. Under the Government of this wily minister ol evil were the Dutch doomed to Buffer. In 15.r,9 William of Oramre, then still in Philio's confidence, was despatched to I-'rance,to negotiate with the French Kiner a treaty of peace. The Frenchman indiscreetly communi cated to William a plan which w;as on foot, whereby the Inquisition was to be introduced iuto the Netherlands, with all its most horrible machinery, when.to use the Prince's own words, "It would need but to look askance at an image to be cast into the llamcs." He made no sum, before the French monarch, of his horror at this news; but, from that hour, bis purpose was firm, to set his life against this monstrous ini quity. Himself a Catholic, it was sot a leelinar of religious opposition that animated him, but simply one of sympathy and companion, as he avowed, "for so many virtuous men and women thus devoted to massacre." From this time forth, the lire of William of Orunge exhibits a etrikinpr likeness to that ot Abraham Lincoln, which we shall seek rather indicate than to illustrate, by comparison. Although he ultimately became the instrument of the Dutch Republic's creation on a free basis, emanc'pated forever from the shackles ot that slavery of conscience which had cursed the land, it was not with a purpose to reach that end that he was tiist animated. Hid primary motive was to conibnt encroachments upon the rights of the Netherlands to balk the tvrauny of the bigoted monarch in his efforts to obtain an unbounded iniluence over his Dutch empire. When, at twenty-six ? ears of age. W illiam stood arrayed against tho nquisition and against the proscription of re ligious freedom, he simply stood where he was placed by the inevitable loaie of right and Jus tice. IIo wos not widely known anions his countrymen: he only awoke their admiration, their love, their devotion through successive stages, until, at lost, he was recognized bv them as their champion, and was looked upon by them as the saviour of his country, in the hands of God. Through the fire of trial put upon his country, in which he stood as the central figure, he struggled upward and onward apainkt enemies aud obstacles the most bitter and the mo. appalling, but never quailed never faltered. Throughout his whole public career, he was the mark for slanders the most cutting nnd contumelious, although his life was one steady and consistent refutation of slatder. From the hour when he was charged with having murdered his wife, Anne of Egmont, on ward. he was accused of every mean, base, cruel and detestable vice and crime known to hu manity; but a purer man perhaps never lived. To these charges he seldom gave any notice, and never bestowed angry words upon any one about him. His manner, whilo never cringing or fearful, was gentle and kind to every one. A hihtorian, who spoke most bitterly of the Prince, gave his character just eulogy, saying: "Never did an arrogant or indiscreet word tall ' from his lipe. He upon no occasion manifested anger to his servants, however much they might be in fault," etc. He also was natu rally gay and lively in disposition, fond of genial conversation, and posseting a familiar, yet dig nified manner with all who bad to do with him. Caution was one of his most predominant char acteristics, so that by the radicals of his day he was deemed too slow; but he did not espouse the side of freedom In order to convert that lreedom acaln into slavery: and when the religious reformers, who hud succeeded in banishing the Catholic Inquisition, sought to introduce a milder, but no less repre hensible slavery over those who relected the now popular faith, William's was the land which restrained these radicals, and pre vented the outrage. He cherished no malice against enemies, and seemed ulwas too lenient with offenders. His unimpeachable honesty was another striking trait in his character. In 15C4. when a gancrene had spread tbroutrh tho whole (Jovernment, nnd corruption and fraud TuieU witu a nigu natm wneu all public tunc .tionaries were notoriously and outrageou"ly 'venal William of Orange set his breast aaaiut the sea ol poison, and was uucontatnmtited bv it. "Of all the conspicuous men in the land," say Motley, "lie was the only one whoso worst enemy had never hinted throutrn the n holnconrHn of his public career, that his hands had known coutaminntion." Aud thin, not through mere negative virtue, which is almost no virtue at all; ior uo u orciy tempted, oeiug piung.:U la a deep sea ot debt and m-tMiniarv omhurrimq. nient throughout his public card r, tb.oup.li wealthy enough, while still in private lite. A picture ot the prince, when the cares of state ana oi tne great cause m whxdi he was cham pion had b-pm to tell upon lua phique, repie- xcntsliiin us csirewnrii iV i-.nr. t.,,....i r,..,,r v - HI I,, nr,ui , and slecple.-s ol habit; ami iummii Kt.iil lwih aud eenile to all, a deep badm could hi read in h s face. How Wee an exposition of tin- tnu's and eiitr acter of Abraham Llnci.ln does this read! To it, with singular tidelity of likpur!s9i niunt be added the bit-torv of his life-labors, with thulr result, and the linal gome onto! this bcuuMful licht before the breath of tbe assassi nation neiid. i.. .r.rt ii'tii: - r r . . , .i ... in i.'K.i, 1 limn ill m .i:ii:c unnttu wit i t m o'her noblemen of the day in an eilort 1o inancse I'hi'ip (now in Spain, of which country he whs King, as ell as Emperor ol the Netliwlaads), to withdraw Cardinal Granvelle, representing tbat there was danger or a rebellion among me people unlefs this ollenslve prclace WM removed from the power he held, through Margaret of Parma, his tool, regent of the province; ' Philip, wtiowasoneol tne most earnest advocates oi the Inquisition, was enraged at this action ot LWillwm of Oiantre. but dared not refuse to comnlv with the neoole's wish.- Bo Gran- velle was withdrawn; but to recompense himself, muip sent to m insuoorainate jNemerianiu-, Irbm Spain, an army of Spanish and Italian sol diers, nnder the Duke of Alva. Philip by no means relinquished his purpose of introduclag the Inqubiiion into the province. In 16B0 a remonstrance ngainst the proposed introduction was offered to Philip by three noblemen, headed by Louis, brother of William, but it was relected with scorn, and the petitioners stvled gncul.t, or beggars. This treatment ot a band of the first gentlemen ot tne country created great indignation among them. "They cull us bepgars l" cried Urederode, a tall, blnck-hearded nobleman of commanding mien; "let u accept the name!" Putting on a leathern wallet, such as uenears oi turn uay wore, and takinc a large wooden bowl such as the beRfors carried, he tilled tho bowl with wine, and draining its entire contents at a araugnt, cried out, "Long live the beggars I" Th excited noblemen took up the cry; each donned the wallet and drained the bowl in turn, and with shouts and laughter they repeated the thrilling cry w hich often thereaiter rung over fields of blood and carnage, " Vitent lea ffnevlzV "Long live the bepgars l" It became then? shibboleth, and in alter year" their enemies learned to dread the ramo ot "tho beggars." The Duke of Alva, with his soldiers, advanced Into the excited nnd rebellious Netherlands. Several noblemen of consequence were arrcnel Bs ti tutors, and executed, liranvele, the deter mined cardinal, who was in Bpain, at Philip's elbow, was rejoiced at this; but demanded that William of Orange be also arrested and exe cuted. "If this fish is not caught," said Gran velle. "the duke's fishing Is good lor nothing." Accordingly, illiam, together with other no blemen, was summoned to appear before the iniamous "blood council," with which trial was a mockery, and death almost a certainly. ipear, and denied the juris diction of that unholy body. Thereupon Alva declared Willinm outlawed, seized the Prince's estates in the Netherlands, and quartered his soldiers thereon also seizing William's only son. and sending him to Spain as a hostage. This was the commencement of a long and bloody war. William of Orange took th? Held against the Duke of Alva not against King Pnilio, towards whom William still professed entire loyalty. The Prince held the duke to be a satrap who had invaded his (William's) domains, and had acted in his late behavior without the king's orders. Dut cliorts subsequently male to etlect a .peace, showed that Philip would not permit a peace that left the Netherlands freedom oi conscience, unless tney would accept tne Inquisition, the war should continue. In 1581. it having become apparent to the Netherlands that ihey must either accept tho I no minion at last, or separate uoidly iroin ineir allegiuDca to Philip, they chose the latter alter native; and on the 2Cth of July, in that year, they promulgated their Declaration ol Inde pendence. On the 5th of the same month, Williutn of Orange had, after being urgcutly pi essed, accepted the "entire authority as sov ereign and child of tho land, as lojig as the war should continue." Without this limitation as to time. William would not accept the sovereignty. Soon alter, this limitation was secretly cancelled by tne States, without the knowledge ot William. Ihey were determined that the man who had served them so well should continue permanently to serve them. Aud he did so coniiuue until his death. In the nrevious vear Cardinal Granvelle had drawn up a paper which is known to the world as the hideous Ban, one of the most infamous papers that ever disgraced the annals ot tyranny. liy it, rump oiiereu a niagninccut prize to tne muiderer who should assassinate the good Wil liam of Orange, whom it charged with being a great criminal and a "wretched hypocrite." The dastard who should take the life oi this man was to be rewarded with two hundred and titty thousand dollars in ca?h (equivalent to a mil lion in the present day); "ii he have committed any crime," coutiuuca tne uan, "nowever heinous, we promise to pardon him;" and. strongest temptat'oa of all to the vulgar mind. the assassin wns to be rewarded with admission into Ihe ranks of Spain's nobility the haughtiest nobility on the face of tho globe. 13y this mon btrously infamous scheme did Philip seek to be rid of the man who fought h.s tyranny with hard and bitter hand the man who had resisted every ellort ot the king's emissaries to win him over by bribery. But here shone forth the lustre of William's honest and incor ruptible nature, with pure and steady light He had been approached when, his cause .seemed tottering to decay, when he was overwhelmed witu cares, r.arossea wtin trials, plunged In a wide sea of doubt and dis tress; and even in that hour, when distinctly given to understand that he had but to name his own terms, and forsake the cause to which he had piven his life, be turned his back upon his tempters, and wooed freedom with renewed vigor. "Neither lor property nor for life," were the words of William of Orange, "neither for wife nor for children, will 1 mix in my cup a single drop of treason." It was but natural that the glittering prize offered by the Ban should pet to work a host of murderous but ambitious men, each seeking alter his own fashion in what manner he could compass the death of the Prince ot Orange. It may be supposed that whenever William moved, his path was lollowed by the bloodthirsty wretches who sought his lite. But the Stales provided for' Father William (as he was now .affectionately styled), a body guard, which left no hope' of a public assassina tion, with a subsequent escape for the murderer. So that the attempts made upon William's life were most probably in very small proportion to. the number of men who Watched night and day tor an oportunity fo make that attempt. On Sunday, the 18th day of March, 1582, the first open attempt on the Prince's lite was made. In some respect, which the reader will hardly fail to observe, the manner of this attempt was strikingly like that which the assassin Booth made with such terrible success on the lite of Lmeoln. The Prince dined with a company of "noble gentlemen" at his own house, on that day, and was in tine spin to, having participated with all his accustomed geniality in the lively conversation at the table. On leaving tho table, William led the way to his own apartments, pau&ii-g on the threshold ot the antechamber to show the guests a piece of. tapestry on which some Spnish soldiers were repre sented. At this motneut a young man of small stature aud sallow complexion appealed and handed him a petition. As he took the paper, the young man suddeuly held a pistol close to the I'rince's head and fired, the boll entering the neck unaer tho right ear, pass ing thiough the rool ot the mouth, and coining out under the lelt jaw, carrying with it two teeth. The Prince's beaid was set on fire, so closely was the pibtol held to his head. Buj at the sunn; time the tire from the weapon cauter ized tho wouud, which otherwise would proba bly hava caused his death by bleeding, before the wound could have been dressed. T!ie Prince, on recovering his consciousness, which he did as he stpof , thouaU at first i blinded aud stunned, caller out quickly, "Do not kill him 1 lorgive him ley death ;" thus illustrating tho kiud and forgiving disposition he possessed in such a remarkable degree. Hut before uis words were uttered., the young muii had been pierced in thirty-to vital places by the weapons of the halberdiers, while two ot tho noblem. n pret-eut had a'lva'iy run him through with their rt' piers. The Prince lay long in a critical con dition, his life bo ng alternately hoped for and despaired ol; but he recovered at lust, and oil the becoiid ot May tollowing, went to ihe great Cathedral, where ho offered up thanksgiving, surrounded by a y&A multitude, sobbing for j6v at the deliverance of the man they so loved. The would-be assassin, in this ins tance, was one Juun Jumeguy, a servant ot a Spanish merchant in Antwerp, no had entered iuto the ailuir purely as a commercial speculation. , In the folio wing July a second attempt win D'ude this time by poison. One Basu, an Kalian, aud bulsxiiii, a Spauuu'd, undertook the murder by this means, but were early detected and im piisoncd. Saixeda was torn fx pieces by fanr horses a bor beiiijr, fastened to . each of Ws limb, and theri stripped of ll harness, thetoiir whipped till tbey ran in different directions wuh the mutilated remain. In liarth; 1583. Pictro Pordogno was executed for the third attempt to assassinate the Prinze, he having confessed that he came lrm Spain expressly tor that purpose. In April, 1584, Hans 11 an 7.o if was executed for the fourth attempt to accomplish the base deed, by means ol gun powder placed unW William's seat in church, and under his houe In Flushing, where Han roon lived. The fifth known attempt was Irus tratcd by the honorable conduct ot Le (loth, a French ollicer whom the Duke of Parma re leased fiom prison on condition that he would poison William: but Le Uoth. rightly holding '. that a compact so villanous was of no binding etlect upon mm, exposed tne plot to too Prince, and became OhftAf his most faithful adherents. It is with tXZ oith attempt that we now have to deal, tor 1 1 was successful. In the diowsy little city ol Delft still stands a plain, two-r.toiied brick nouse, with ared-tiie t rool, oppotdto the " old kirk," a plain, old-fashioned brick church yilth lancet windows. In that house, in the summer of 1584, William of Orange resided, having removed thither from Antwerp in the previous year. The stillness of thai canal-intersected old city, whose trallic was mostly conducted on tho noiseless waters of the canals, and whose clean and sdaded streets were seldom disturbed by the rumble ol wheels, was about to be broken by an event of the bloodiest and most cruel character an event which should carry grief aud lamentation into many a peaceful household, and whose horror should come thrilling down the lapse of centuries, to stir the blood of the living in our day. - At V illelnns, in Burgundy, several years pro ceding the war of tho assassination, the prince of durkness had been at work In tho breast ot a . young nan of insignificant at-pect and seemingly Inoffensive nature, named Balthazar Oerard. This young mau had long cherished the purpose ol murderinr W illiuin. When but twenty jears ot age, he ono day st luck his dagger iuto a door, exclaiming, passionatelv, "Would that this were the heart of Orange 1" The publication of the Ban seemed to give directness and force to his purposes. From that hour, he devoted himself to the oue object ot hi lite. He proceeded to Luxembourg, and there learned that the anamination already had been performed by Juan Jaurcguy. But, this pioving untrue, Le was again aroused to action: for. he had, meantime, become a clerk in the em ploy of Count Mansiield, (ioveruor of Luxem bourg. His tiist work was to secretly take im pressions in wax ot the (ioveruor's seals, in order to offer them to the Orange party, aud thus win their confidence. He was detained in Luxem bourg for some lime, by various circumstances,! nut ut last, in Marco, lMt, he departed. Arriving at Treves, he confided his plan to a couple of Jesuit lathers in the college there, who did not disapprove of his determination, whilo one of them was warm in his approba tion, promising Balthazar a place among the martyrs should he re killed in the attempt. At Touruay, he was greatly comforted and encouraged by another Jesuit to whom he made conlession. His next step was to address the Duke ot Parma' a letter, most carelully worded, laj ing be ore that person a general plan ol his project. This letter he presented in per son to the duke; but Parma was almost dis heartened in his long-maintained ellbrls to have William killed. He had paid money to nume rous cutrthroats of villanous aspect, on the promise to perform the deed, but without result. When he, therefore, lookel upon this "obscure, undersized, thin-beaidcd runaway clerk," he bestowed little attention on tho adventurer, and dismissed him with no encouragement. Learning more about Balthazar afterwards, he consented to hear his plans in detail. After hearing them, Parma so tar modified his opinion of the clerk as to promise him tho offered re ward in cae ot success; but it is notable that tho uuke reitised. to luruish Balthazar even the sum of filly crowns to dcirav necessary expenses. Balthazar was, therefore, unable to buy himself so mueu as a weapon with which to commit tne murcier. urn, nothing daunted, he set himself to work with the means at his command, and by skilful maiKcuvriug and tbu practice of an actor's shrewdest arts, he succeeded in finally getting into the service ot Noel de Curon, adherent of Orange, then setting lortu on a mission to the uuice ot Anion, soon alter this, while in France, Balthazar obtained permission to convey to William of Orange the news ot the Duke of Anjou's death. With this important miss'.on, Balthazar confidently relied on eventually obtaining access to William's person. Arriving In Delft. Balthazar left his despatches. It was early in the morning of a Sunduy, and the Prince was yet abed. To Bullhazar's surprise and no little agitation, he was introduced into Wil liam's bedi oom.in order to relate fuller particulars of Anion's death. What must have been the emo tions ol this bloodthirsty assassin at finding him self lor the lirt time face to lace with the man whose life he had sought for so many years with such an unflinching purpose. There he lay, in bed, alone, helpleas; while his assassin, through his guise of a pious, psalm hinging Calvanistic youth, gloated with eager eyes upon the spectacle before him. But in his wildest moments of hopefulness, Balthazar had never dreamod of an hour like this; hence he was unprepared. He had provided no means of cscupe in sucu an event; ne naa no weapons, in tact, he had not even money to buy weapons. Aud it was with the monev that the kind Prince otOranse gave him in charity, that Balthazar went on ana purchased tne pair or pistols, one wnicn toon that rrince's me. It was on Tuesday, the 10th day of July. 1584, at high noon, that William of Orange, with his wife on his arm, led the way to the dining-room In the old brick house at Delft. He wore a wide brimmed hat. with a cord of silk about the crown; a ruflled collar surrounded his neck; a meddle of the never-to-be-forgotten beggars, or gnevix, rested on his breast; and over his well worn leathern doublet was a loose gray fiurcoat; while the wide, slashed underclothes of the period made up his dress, in the plainest f ashion ot his time. At the doorway Balthazar uerara presented himself, with pale and agitated face, and asked for a raasnort. William, although he had been informed by residents of Cologne of the attempt about to be made on his lite, was as serene and undisturbed as usual, and took no notice ot Gerard's manner; but his wile, more keenly awake to the dangers which beset her husband, anxiously questioned the Prince, and remarked in an undertone that "she had never seen so villanous a countenance." But William was undh-turbed; directed a secretary to give Geraid (or Francis Guion, the orphaned C'al vinist, as he supposed bun) the passport. He then went on into the d'niug-room, and re mained over his dinner till 2 o'clock, conversing cheerfully with his family and his guest, the burgomaster ot Lewarden. The dining-room was on the ground-floor. The in nee s private apartments we.ro aoove. me wooden btairwny leading up to them had its foot in a little square vestibule opening off from the dining room. This vestibule had on ono of its sides an obscure aich, sunk deep in the wall, and communicating by a portul with the narrow lane at the bide ot the house. A flood of lit lit streamed over the stairway from a large window half-way up. but the arch .lust mentioned was completely iu shadow. In this arch Balthazar Gerard awaited Ids victim. The clock struck two. Tho good Prince entered the vestibule, talking pleasantly to the old burgomaster, with a benevolent sn'dlo on his lace. He passed ti- tho loot of the stairway and placed his loot on the lowest step. Gerard crept from his place of concealment. The Prince's foot was on the second stair, when there rung through the little room the report of a pitoi, and he fell backward into the nrius of Jacob Vun Ma'ciere, ono of his attendants exclaiming- "Jun him, oijet pttie de mon ume! ?dun J)U u, ayez pttie de ce paucre peun'e !" ("M God, have P'ty on my soul ! My God. have pity oil this poor people P These were his last words. In a lew minutes ho wss dead. Balthazar Gerard bad poisoned the bails of the pistol, and he did not pause to noto the re-ult of his shot, lor bo knew it was fatal. Iuto the arch he spniug, aud throneh tue side-uoor out into the narrow lane. He had thrown away his wen pons, and ran swiftly up the htue, de signing to scale the ramparts and leap Iuto tho iiiomI. He had provided himself, with bladders, having pipes attached, so that ho could blow them lull ol air and they would help mm in swimming ac.roFS the moat, where he had a horse In waiting. But )nst an the ramparts were close before him, he stumbled over a heap ot ru bblsh. The misstep was fatal. A number ot pages and haiberdiers red Riven eha.se when ne ran, ana as he struggled to his knees alter falling, tliey selred him and returned with him to the house. He did not deny the deed, but gloried In it. The city magistrates immediately convened a court in tne rrmce's house, and neia a preliminary examination of the prisoner, after which he was heavily ironed and thrown into a dungeon. The popular grief at the death of this man, and the popnlar rage against the fanatical assas sin, may be appreciated more fully by us Ame ricans than by any other people of the present day; for a like grict prevailed among us, with like occasion, but recently; and it is doubtless true that our first lury ot indignation against Booth was equal to that which theNctherlunders lelt against Gerard. But the tortures our auger would have led us to inflict upon Booth would never have been put in practice by us had he been captured alive, for our civilization would have revolted at it, as It now ie volts at the sulltrings of Balthazar Gerard. William of Oranr;A had saved from tori ture other men" who had attacked him with the same deudly intent, and he would have done as much for Gerard; but the Prince was gone, and there was uo man in the Netherlands who could or would intercede lor his assassin. He was put upon the rack, and trom day to day endured the most Irlphtttu pains with a compo sure eo astounding that his judges believed ho was protected by witchcraft. In the iutervals ot repose In the torture, ho conversed calmly and Intelligent ly, and avowed that the pros pect of djing a thousand deaths would not deter him from again attempting the crime, If he were free and William liv ing. A shirt Irom the body ot a hospital patient, supposed to be a sorcerer, was put upon Gerard, but, as may be supposed, it had no etlect in breaking up hils wonderful composure and fortitude. He would raise bis bloody head from the bench and cry, blasphemously, the words Christ uttered on the Cross, ''Evoe liomol" ("Be hold the man I") To the judges, iu returu for the food they gave him in prison, he said that he would serve as their advocate in the courts of heaven. He wrote deliberately a lull uccouut of 1hc motives that had impelled him to tho com mission ol the crime, tnd the means by which he had succeeded in bringing it to pass; but he took care, in what he said, to avoid implicating the Duke of Parma. The trlghtful sentence which was finally passed upon the assassin wus carried out to the letter, with a cruelty so fierce that tho gentle spirit ot the assassinated Priuce might almost have been expected to riseRlrom the grave to protest against it. It was on tue 14th ot July that the horrible spectacle took place, in the presence oi a iccring crowd of spectators. His joints had been ulreodv put out ard iu place by the rack. and his body was scarred and roasted by the flames of previous torture, but he mounted t he scnllold with calm and unshriukiug nerves. The pistol which had sent tho fatal bull into the Prince's body was broken in pieces by the ham mer ot one ot the executioners, as tne hist step in the ceremony. In doing this, the execu tioner was hit upon the ear and hurt, by tho flying nfT of the head of the hammer. Tho crowd laughed over this mishap, and the culpr.t joined in tho laugh. Gerard's right baud, which haa pointed tue latai weapon, was ourneu ou with a red-hot iron, and even this excruciating torture wrung no cry from ihe man. His flesh was then torn from his body with pincers, in six different places. His legs and arms were then chopped olf close to his body, nnd his bo wels torn out by cuttin? open the abdomen. Still Gerard lived. It was not until his heart was cut out and thrown in his face that his lips ceased their motion. His head was then chopped off; and the sentence Avas executed ! Thus was the crime of tbe fanatic avenged for fanatic he was. While animated to some de gree by the reward offered by the Ban, it is true that Baltnazar Gerard believed himselt serving the cause of bis king aud bis God, bv ridding the earth of an enemy ot religion and humanity. For himself, he was upheld in his sufferings on the scaffold by a firm belief that ho should reign With the saints and martyrs in Paradise. The reward promised to the anfassin was paid to his lather and mother, for what Parma termed "the laudable and generous deed" their son had per formed. They were niado nobles of the lubd, and received the three FeinnoTies of Livremont, flostal, andDampmaitiu formerly tho property of William of Orange, At a later day, on the union of Franche Comte with France, the patents of nobility the Gerards held were torn in pieces and trampled under loot by the French Governor. The Prince wr.s laid in the tomb, amid the tears ot a weeping people, on tbe 3d of August, 1584. But ho had lived long enough to establish the emancipated commonwealth on a secure foundation, and to give existence to an independ ent country, liberated forever from Spanish ty ranny. His'death, however, prevented the union ot all the Netherlands into one republic, a pur pose which would doubtless have been accom plished had his life been spared. That life stands to all coming time as its own noblest testimo nial. He accomplished a great and glorious work, and enshrined himselt forever in the affec tions of his people. "As long as he lived," says Motley, "he was the guiding-star of a whole brave nation, and when he died the little children cried in the streets. "Beadie's Monthly. PIANOS, &o. fffl E S T E Y ' S COTTAGE ORGANS, , Wot only CN EX CELLED, bnt TJK EQUALLED la Wirier m Tone and tower designed ei-necUily for . 0 tin roll t and Schools, but found to be uU; well adapted to ibe Parlor and Drawlng-Kuom. Kor aula only by E. M. HRTJCE, No. S. SEVEKTH Bireet. Also, a complete asoitmtut of tbe ferieot Meiodeon e tips tantlv on h b4. TUttip FLAGS, FIREWORKS, &o. I. J. - M c G U I G A M, Importer and Wholesale Dealer n FAKCT GOODS, K0TI0N8, ElO. FIREWORKS, FLAGS, Ktc MATCHES AND BLACKINO, NO. S RTHAWJIKHliY STRF.KT, Tim Klreet above betond between alurketand Chosna ' 54 rmLADKJ-rtUA- DENTISTRY. ISAIAH PKICK, DENTIST, GRADUATE OK HiliailclnliU Coll(ie of Dental Sundry, clmte lttfiM, lormtrly oi Went Chester, Ta., having aervea three yean in the Jrmv, lian lesumed the practice of his profeaaluu BtKo.!i41 l. i-LEVEVrH Street. Philadelphia, where he lil endeavor to stive satlsiaetory atieuUon to all who may requUe hl piolf ssloual eerykses. 11 8 ly Q ii-L 1Tan s ifo j s e, No. 531 CHESNUT STREET rHILADELTiHA, J STEITACIIKR, Propiubtor, Cfiinuctl on the European p'an. 11 25 Bm l O NU MEN T S, TO M BS, GRAVE-STONES, Eto. . Just completed, a beaut!' ul variety ot ITA1JAN MAKBLE MOKCMENrS, TOMBS, AND li HAVE-STONES. W ill be void cheap lor cash. Work tent to any part ot the Cmted State. HENRY S. TAltlt. MARBLE WOKK3. 124wtn Wo. 710 GRKEM Street. JUadjMpttift QEOROE r L OWMAJT, AJtPEXTEB AND BUILDER, No. 833 CARTER STREET And No. Ill DOCK Bl'EEEl. Machine Work and AUiwrbtutUig promptly euae W. i SlilO PROPOSALS. AfchAMlKY DHAIU.! y.NV, OFUCB Llulir. W AHMi.NUTOK ClTV, January 6, llofl. Staled rmpi iaiR win bo lecmvedat this otiieo nnm 1 o'c ccK 1' M., rn HilKAV, the lkh oay ot Ftbinurr, lMUf, l r auppiviuir ihe JH?nt-liouo l.sU olithnient wllh alxtv ilionoaiid radon of tho best quality our Winter Strained Oil, either lard or ttpcim. tote tlivl .rd into tonr iota, and to tedo livoied at th tlmea ntdeiniontionoo, alongside of the Government supply voiwe a, or at tho warononse or oilier placn of deposit, to be doalgnated oy tno Inspecting (.fllcer, or othor aui orlrod aitout ofti o Llght-lioU' e Hoard, In atronir. tieht, irou-bound, we l-made oaka, miiiible for Mitppitiir. in pood order, of a eaoacliv taon ot from fllty to eicbty r11ohb not to exceed tbe Intter. The 0 1 may be de ireroj at lloaton or New Yoik, at the option oftbt- bidders. lliei lKCoot delivery iu each cave must oa li ti net y ttarud in tbe bioa, ana will be embraced in tho contiacia. Tbe four lots will bo delivered as foltowi, viz. : Lot tio. 1. Fifteen thousand (15,0X10) gallons on the 2o clay oi Aprti, 18(H), or aa toon tlieroattor as tho proper teala and (Taurine ran l e completed. Lot No. 3. intern thousand (16,100) irallona on (lie 10th riav ol April. 1HU6, or aa soon thereafter as tlie piopcr tests and ranging can be completed. Lot No. 8. Fifteen tbiusaa (If), (MX)) rallonson the 1st day of June, 1800, or as soon thoreal icr aa tue pro per te.ts ana ganging can be comple ed. Lot No. 4. Viituon thousand (15,000) gallon on tho lat day of Aupuxt, 1Hi6, or aa soon tueieaitor as tbe prof cr U'ta and gauging can be completed. tkparato proposals will be received at tliesamo tiuio lor Mrt.O gallons of Colza or Lard till, to be do livtied aa abovo stipulated, at Detroit, liicliigau, on the li-t day ot Hay. JSt'iO No bid will bo considered unless liom a manufac turer ol tho article. No part of the Oil proposed for and to be embraced In tbe contracts under this advortisvmont will bo accepted, received, or paid tor, until it shall have been proved, to the enure sat sluciiou ot the portion or erf ens churned with ita examination, teni, and inspection, o la of the beat quality pure Winter 8 ruined Oil and tree from mixture with other or interior oi s and adu teraiions. 1 lie usual means lor determining tho ca'acter and quality ot the 6)m,Oi will bo employed, viz : spo citlo eiavity, burninr, tbe amouutof roiduum. and any oi her proper to.ns, to arrive at oorroet conclu sions (hat mnv be doomed necosnary. Ihe J.nrd O.l will be nuljected to sjieclal touts, and Will be rejeolf d unless louud to bo, In rcirard to burn ing and fluidity under reduouon of tomperaturo, aud in every other respect equal to that of the staudard adoptod by the Buaid, ot which a sample will bo lur rushed on application to the Light-house En.incer at llo-ton, Ma-ipacliusotts. The casks must be guaged, nnder the direction and poiaoiial supervision of tho Inspecting Ollicer, by a custom, house or other legally authorized aud sworn gauter, accordiug to tho United biates standard, anil must bo marked and accepted betoro thoy aro re moved turni tho cellar or warehouse of tho contrac tor. The temi erati.ro of the Oil will bo accurate v noted, and the uieotuieuirnt roriuced o tbe standard ten. ncrat uro ot 60 dcg. Fahrenheit, by tabios pro pared lor the purpose. 1 roposals will be received and considered loroach lot separately, or tor all oi tho lots, at tho ouiioii of tne bidder: but no bid will be considered lor a leas (luantily than that f DecUlcd aa ouo .ot. to bo do- livtied at ono tin e and place. Each bid must s'atn explicitly, written out in lul1, trio Kind ot oil otloroci, whctiicr ISpptm. l ard, or Colza, the rate Tier tra Ion. tho number of the lot or lots hid tor, and the placo of delivery, conioinnng to 'his advertisement, liida suhn Kti d by different members ot tho same firm er copiirtceihip will not he considered. Tho Liclit-houso Hoard, nnder the authority of tho Department, reserea tho riuht to nject any bid, ul- tiicun it may be tho lowost, lor other cousidora tieus than the price. No bid will bo considered for any othor kind or drscnption oi oil than thou specially called ior In this advertisement. A bond, with security to the satisfaction of the Depai-'U cnt, in a penalty equal to one-fonrth of tho amount of each cunt i act mudo under those pro posals, will be required of each contractor, con- umoi.cd ior the luitniui pertormnnce ot me contract, to be execuico wuhm ton days alter tue acceptance- OltliO Liu. Each offer must be accompanied by a written guar antee, tlaned b one or nioi e responsible persons, aud known to tne Depar uient as such, or certified by a United States district judco, attornoy, nary agcnt.or collector ol the customs, to the effect Ihuu if the bid be acctptrd, the bidder will duly exocuio a contract in rood latth, according to the piovieious ana teuns of this advertisement, within ten davs afior accept ance; and tbat in case tho said party ollonutr shall tail to enter into the contract as iiloresaid, be or they guarantee to make good tho diflbrenco between tho offer of the said i arty and tho next lowost bidder. All bids must bo sealed and endorsed l'roposals ior on lor Litght-houstw," and then placed in another envelope, ai d directed, piepaid, to tho Secretary ot the Lk'ht-liouto ISoard. Washington City. All bids will be opened, publicly, at tho hour and on the dav snecuied. Payments will be made for the several lots of oil VlllUlll II11ILT UH)fl H'LUi IUCJ GlltUi uuvu uwu IV ceived by the United Mates. By order of the Light-house Hoard. 1 1125t ANDREW A. 11AHWOOD, Secretary. 0 FF1C E OF TDE DETOT QTJARTEBMASTEU 0111 JUCAVXHWOItTIl, KANSAS, I ueoembcr rj, lbU. J I'EOrOSALS FOB AUUY THAN srOETATIOX Sealed Proposals will bo received at tins ofliee until 12 o'clock on tbe Wst day of January, 1800, for tlie 't ransportation ot Military Supplies during tlie ycal lotio, on mo lonuwiug rnuics: X',-. 1 L.nnt r T . .CTAfltlTAI. T..dtnl. and Riley, and other depots that may bo estab.ished durintr the above year on tb west bans of the Mis souri jiver, porth ot Fort Leavenworth and south of latitude 42 degrees north, to any posts or stations that are oi may be established in the Tern tones ot Nebraska, Dacoiab, Idaho, and Utah, south of lati tude 41 decrees north, and east oi longitude 114 de grees west; and in tho Territory of Colorado north ot 40 degrees north. Bidders to state the rate per 100 pounds per 100 miles at which they will trans port said stoics in eacn ot tne monrns irom April to number ino.usive, ot the vear 1800. liocTK No. 2 Fiom Forts Leavenwotth and Bilev, in the Mate of Kansas, and the town of Kan sas, in the State of Missouri, to anv posts or stations fhht are ht mav he established In t'he State ot Kan sas, er in tbe Territory of Colorado, south of lati tude 40 degrees north, drawing supplies irom Fort Liavenwoith; and to Fort Union, N. M., or other i depot that may be designated in that Territory, to i Firt Oarand, and to any other point or points on the route. .Bidders to atate the rate per 100 pounds per 100 roues at which they will transport said stores in each of Ihe months flora April to September in clusive, c! tbe year 1806. Route No. 8 From Fort Union or such other depot aa may be established In tbe Territory of New Mexico, to any posts or stations that are or may bo established in that Territory, and to such posts or stations aa .may be rlesimined in the Territory of Arizona and btute of Texas, west of longitude 105 devreea west. Bidders to state the rate per 100 pounds per 100 miles at which they wi 1 transport saia stores iu each of the months irom June to No vember inclusive, oi the year 1866. The weiuht to be transported each year will not exceed 10,UU),000 pounds on Routo No. 1, 15,000,000 pounds on Route No. 2, aud 6,000,000 pounds on Routo No. 8 No additional percentage will be paid for the transportation oi bacon, lard, bread, pine lumber, khingiea. or any other stores. Bidders should give their names in full, as well as their places oi rfnlence, and each proposal should be accompanied by a bond in tbe sum of ten thou sand doliurs, signod by two or more responsible persons, guaranteeing that, In case .a contract is awaroed tor the route mentioni d in tiio proposal to the parties proposing, the contract will bo accoptod nnd entered into, and good and sulliolent security lurnisbed by said parties, in accordance with the terms ot this advertiwaieni. '1 he amount ol bonds icquti ed irom tho contractor- will be as follows! On Kcutc No. 1 100,00f) " 2. 200,000 " 8 60,000 Sadf factory evidence of tho loyuUy and solvency ot ench tiduer and person ottered as security will be i quired. 1 ropoi-ale roust be Indorsed : ' . 1 roposals tor Army Transportation on Route No. 1,' -2 ' or '8 ' " as tbe ca may bo, and none will be sutertauied unless they lully comply with all tho ro auiM'Dionts ot I lun odvoitisemeiit. ruitica to w tu.m awards are mrtdo mint bfl pro piiriHi to execute contracts at once and to give. the n quired bouus lor the laithiu pt-rioimunce of tho si. 1110. Contracts Mill be made subject to the approval of the tnuriciniiiMerUeiicral ; but the rin tit is ro.sorved to i eject any or nil bids Ibat may bo oflorcd. ;iutnictors must bo iu rt'adino-s tbrsorvioe bv tno 1ft cay of April, 1S00 and they will bo required to linve a place or ijus.uoss or;ouc at or iu iho vici niti of flirts Leavtuworth and Union, aud otuol depots that may be established, at which they may b Communicated with promptly ard readily. By oiuei of the QuurtoruiusUjr General. J. A l'OITER. 12 22 8 ' ' Colonel aud Chief Quartermaster. THE STAMP ACENCr; NO. 301 CHESXUT (VI P FT, A HOYi. Till hi), 'WILL RE CCNTLNCEW AH HkltKlOFUkK 1 STAl'8olKVr.HY PKBCRIPTIOH COSSTAVTXT ON HAND A&li IU AN If AilOUNT. 11 II FINANCIAL. H IS M O V A. L. TO NEW O FT ICE. V u niv' MJ BUI llir-v. TV V nail rvilllTV II Ulll QOr t ninorary Ofllca, so. 903 CHKSLT Htreet.toooroti) location, No. 114 S. THIRD STREET rTltb greatly enlarged facilities fo rimciIASK AND AI715 OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER SECURITIES, And the transaction of a general Banking business. JAY COOKE & CO, Philadelphia, January 1. 186(1. Ulra pOrARTNEKSHIP NOTICE. FROM THIS date. 1IENET I). COOKE. IURRI8 C. FAUNB BTO( K, riTI COOKE, JOHN W. 8EXTON, and Gl OR;E C. THOMA8 are partners with us In the Firm of JAY COOKE A CO., Philadelphia. JAY COOKE, WM. O. MOORHEAD. rhllodclphla, January 1, 1P05. 1 6 lm XJ. S. SEC UlilTIES. I A SPECIALTY. 1 SMITH, RANDOLPH, . & CO., f BANKERS & BROKERS, 16 S. THIRD ST. PHILADELPHIA. 3 NASSAU ST. NEW YOltK. STOCKS AND GOLD BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION. IK1EREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. 12 STOCK BROKER, No. C9 S. THIRD STREET, " (ROOM No. 4). Government, State, and Other Loan and Stocks Bought and Sold on Commission. BI'ECIAL ATTENTION G1VLM TO 1 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. JJAlirEIl, DURNEY & CO., BANKERS, STOCK AND EXCHANGE BR0KEA8, No. 55 8. THIBD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. ' Stocks and Loans bought and sold on Commission recurrent Ban It Notos, Coin, Etc., boairlit and sold. Special attention paid to tho purchase and sale of Oil Stocks. Deposits received, and interest allowed, as per agreement. 121 8m 7'30S, WANTED. !1)E HAVEN b BROTHER'. IT No. 40 8. TH1KD STREET. HAIR ESTABLISHMENTS. AKER'S rOPDLAR IIAlIt ESTABLISH MEKT. The aaaortment ot Rraida W Irs. Toupees Danaeaux, Bauillons, Itonleanx, Tonaues. Frtxes Crinip.CB. Curie, IiluHlve Beams ior ladle, cannot be equalled by any other house In the United States, at ' prices lowerthan eiHewhtre 1) 8f 3m o. tOacHKwSTJT Rtrcet. Philadelphia. STOVES. RANGES. &o. C U Li V E R ' S New Patent Deep Sand-Joint HOT-AIR FURNACE. RANGES OFALL SIZES. Also, Phlegar's New Low Pressure Steam Heating Apoaratus. TOB SALE BT 641r CHARLES WILLIAMS, No. 1133 MARKET STREET. LIQUORS. CHESNUT GROVE VHISKY. i MERIT ALWAT" ITS OWN BEWATtD. An article possessing Merit will always conquer preja dice, abuse, vilification, and auvht that envy, hatred, or malice can impose upon t CHESNUT CROVE WHISKY Is a strong evidence ot the fact Decried by numbers for what simply if its merits were known aud appre ciatedIt could not tall to become popular othor tiling leas so in proportion. There is no stimulant giving evi- . flcnee of so much purity as to produce certificates from such hlelfly respectable parties as Messrs. Boota, Gar ret, and Camac, oi Philadelphia; L. H. Chilton, Mew York ; and Dr. A. L B ayes, Boston. For Nervous Debllltj , and ail diseases requiring a pare, mild stimulant, there is nothing like lc. For sale by bottle, demijohn, or barrel, at IU NO. jjQ5N. TIIlltD STHEKT. NATHANS & SONS, IMl'OllTEIIS OF OF DEANDIES, WINES, GINS, Etc, No. 19 N. FRONT STREET, ' PHILADELPHIA.' MOSES NATHANS, ' IKlUATk. A. NATHAKS. OltLANDO D. NATHANS VJ R 1 D E 8 B C E li ACIIIfl E WORKS , JTO. intONX'sTREET. PHILAUKU-UIS. We are prspared to nil orders to any extent for our MAOhTnKHT FOlt COTTOIt AND WOOLLES KILLS, Uii'liKllnff recent improve nieuts In Carulnir, BpUuiIuk. ud weavlntr. We iu' "e h attention of manatactarers io our extern atve worLS, l .a. AXFBED fESKS A BQXt i
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