THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH TRIPLE SHEET. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, , DECEMBER 19, '1866. 11 INSURANCE COMPANIES. ft NORTH AMERICAN TRANSIT INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 33 South FOURTH Street PHILADELPHIA. Annus! Policies issued against General Accident 11 descriptions at exceedingly low rate, insurance cflccted lor tne year. In any srnn from I00 to Hu.OoO, at premium of only one-half per rant,, securing tbe tall amount Insured In case of death, and a compensation each week equal to tbe whole pre mium paid hUort tiuiaTlcketsfoa. I, ,7. or 10 days, or 1, , or 6 months, at IV corneal r- nsuring in theaum oft3U0flt or nlvins l per Mi'n .llsablea. to be had at the General Olhce, he. m.1 S. t Of HTH Htreet, tfhllatlol pbla, or at the various RaUioad 1 Ic a et offices. He sure to purchase the ticket oi tlie North American Iran si Insurance Company. t or circulars and fnrtbor Information apply at the Heneralofl.ce, or of any oi the autuoilzed Agent oftht rotnpany. tryrlll r nOT'PT, President JAMKH M. CONRAD, 7reasuror II K Is 11 Y V. HROWN, Secretary. JOHN C. BULLITT, Solicitor. L1RKCT0R8. I L. Eonpt, late ol Pennsylvania Railroad Company i. K. Klngley, Continental Hotel. Samuel C. Palmer ashler ot Com. National Bank. H. . Lelsennng, Nos. 237 and 2W Dock stroct. lame M. Conrad, firm of Conrad & Walton, Ho. 63 Haiket street. hooch Kewls, late Gen. Bup't Penna R. R. Andrew Mehvflcy, B. W. corner oi Third and Walnut reet. (. 0. F-anciscn Gen Agent Penna R. R. Co. Thomas K. Peterson, No. iWUi Market street. W. W. Kurta, firm ot Kuiu. A Howard, No. V 8. Third etreet. 1 S lum 1829-CUARTElt riCRPETUAL. Franklin lire Insurance Co. or I'lIILATjiKT.PIITA. Arrets on January 1, 18 G 6, 52,500,85100. Capital Acciucc Suiplu. Premiums , tim.iNio ut 44 fn i, I,i,au8-8i INCOMli FOR 1866 :iiu mi. UHBETTLED CLAIMS, 11.40153. LOSSES PAID SINCE 18D OVEB 5,000,000. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Term DIRECTORS. Charles H nanckcr, iJ-.d ward C. Dale. 1 nuiua vv spnet, Samuel Grunt, George W. Richard, Georgp ralea. Aiireu riticr, Francis W . Lewis, at. a. isaaci-pa. Peter AlcCall. CDARLKB N. HANt'KKIt. Predion! EDWARD C DALB, Vice-President. JAH. W. MCALLISTER, Sicretary protcm. 2 3tls H E M OVAL. The Girard Fire and Marine Insurance Companv IIAVF REMOVED TO TIIEIK K E W O F F I C E, JSOBlHEASr CORNER liESMT and SEVOT2I Streets, 1 m PHILADELPHIA. LIVERPOOL a vn AMD T. ONI) OS GLOBE INSURANCE COWY. Capital and Assets, $16,C00,000. Invested in United States, $1,500,000. Total Premiums lleceivetl by the Company in 18U5, 81Ji7,l5. Total losses Paid in 1865, $4,018,250 A Losses promptly adjusted without retcrence t England. ATWOOD SMITH. General AKcnt lor Pennsylvania. OFFICE, No. O Merchants' Kxcharice PUlLAliLLl'llIA l8lltOi TjROVIDUNT J,1FK AND TRUST COMPANY No. ill Souih t-uUlt'i'll Street. licoiU'DitA i kjj a i i it, m.. isgs CA1 l'i'AL. iU UW., 1A1JJ I N. liiM.ruixe on Liven by curlv Premiums : or by 5 10 or -U ear l iciiilunis, Aou-iorieiture. ' ' l-iiiiow uicniH, payab.e ai a uture ago, or on prljr dice tire, l.y Nearly premiums, or 10 ytsur lremlums bcth c a ICS Non lorleliure. Anuuitics giuiited ou luvorahle terms. Term i'O Klea Chil 'reu's i!.uUomenu Ihia Couipuuy, while giving the Inaured the security ol a puld up (., itai, win uivue the eutiro prollu of Uw J.l e LuMiueHS auionn Its Policy holders. iioneib receiviu ut ImcreMt, uu.i puiU on demand. Authorized by charier to execute l rusts, ami to act n Executor or A QuUnbiiratur. Assitiee or Ouunllun, an In other fiuueiury capacitli s. uuuui appolnuneuco any Court ol this couiuiouwealih, or of any persou orj or goiit, or bodies po.iuo orcor borate. MUKCTOltH. SAMUEL K. SHIPLKl, .JtlClIAltn CAD11CRV Ji.iit.MlAUHAeKt.lt, H1CMIV 11AUNE8, ' JOSHUA H. MORRIS, T. W1STAU Jllto WW. RiCHARU WOOIJ, WM. C. LOAGdTRJEXH, CriARLES t COFFIN. HAMTJEL BU1PJ EY, ROWLtSD PARKT, President. Actuary THOMAb WirtTAR, at. !., J. B. TOWS8EM, 115 fiieulca Examiner, Leual Adviser, F1UE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. TUB PEKftYLV..JiA I'iRt lJnsijilA.i,E COM PANY Incorporated 1825 churter Perpetual -i(o. 610 WALKIj'i btreet, opposne Independence Square. 'J inn l nnipanv, luvi ritbly kuown to the community lor over lorty years, coutiuue to insure agaitist loss or i!jn sK by tire ou Public or I'rivute Buildings, either perniuuently or lor a limited time. Also on Furniture (stocks oi Uooda, and Merchandise generally, on liberal terms. 'Jbetr Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund,! Invested iu the most cateml maimer, which ennbies them to oiler to the Insured an uuuoubled security iu tbe cae ol luss. UlBUCTOIlB- Daniel mlth, Jr.. John Deverenx, AlexuBdvr lleuson, Tboiiius Huilth, mme lia'lt huisi, Henry Lewis, ihomas Uobblus. J. t.nllagham Fell, ljunlel Haddock. Jr. DANIEL WMITH.JB., President. William i. Cbowell, secretary. 3ao5 P"llCENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OK PdlL ADELPhlA. INCORI ORA1ED 18114 CHARTER PERl'ETUAt. No. 224 W ALMJ I Bireet, opposito tlie Ezchaue. In audition to MARINE and IN LAN l.L'RA NCR, thir Company Insures Irom loss or damage by F1UE, or liberal terms od buLdiugs. merchandise, furniture, etc.. lor .lml ted period., and peruiuuout.y on buildings, by deposit of premium. The Companv has been In active operation for more than hix " Y Ealt.v during which ail losses have beeu promptly adjusttd aud paid. D111ECTOUS. Jofn L. Hodge. Lawrence Lewis, Jr. David Lewis. Benjamin Ettlng. Tiioma H. fowers, f . H. McHonrv . Edmund i astlllon, Sy ii. Mahouy, John T. Lewis. iMlara H. Grant. Robert W. I.ea nlng, 1). ("ark Wharton, Harouel Wilcox, Louis t . rioiriB. .TflHX WI'l'HI.'HPH l'r4ldlll. SAMPELjWiLCOxBecretaiy; 4 l$ 1 V Wtti&tfSh&W'&L ,n'. ,4 nir.'s . a. h .'.in. l LL BHINULE KOOSB(FLATOR HTEEP COVERED ViiU JOh V ENGLISH ROOFING CLOTU. Ant. et sted aith LIQUID OCT I A PERCH A PAINT, making them ptret tly water prool. LEAKY GKWEL KOOFH repaired with Wutta iereha Paint, audiwarranted or Ave years LK AKY HLA'I E KOOFa coateil with liquid which becomes aa brd as shite. TIN. COPPER ZlNr, or IRON coated wlih I lytiid Gutta Percha at small ex pend. Cost ranging trooi ore to two cents pe" siiuare foot. Old Board or hlnaie hools ten cents per square foot allroDip eie Malerlsls lonstantlv onhand auiiltor asleby the lu lI.Alif L1111A ANI l'K S - MYLV A MIA KUOFIM COMPANY. GFOKGB HOBART. 11 Uiii No. 230 North FOURTH ht-e Pi 11 H U t-USMi.-. GOVERNMENT SALES. QAI.E OF OOVKNNMENT VKSSKLS AND D QUAltlElfMASiKK'ft rUOl'EUlY. Depot QoABTRitMArrntn's Oppicb, Ualtimork, Mary and, Decombor 10. 18B8 Will bo sold at public auction, at ttio tiort ot Hal- tinioro (rardy'a Wharf, sotith side ot Kasln), on 1 HUliSDA V , 20lh inst., at 12 o olock SI., lhe splendid sido-wheol st.'amor "CIlY OF ALItANY," rebuilt Id 1R04, of tonj length, 203 foot; brondth of team, 85 leet i aopth ol bold, 10 luct; cylindor, 40 Inches; and 12 feet stroke AIbo, the stoain tuir "ISLANDER," of toig; lonprth, 68 foot; broadth or beam, 11 icot; depth of hold, 7 foot; and 17-lnch cylinder. Both vessels ot light draught, hill s sound and RtioDg, aua onpiucs and boilers in, good condi tion. A small quantity of Quartermaster's property, conslstine ol 11 anchors anil 22 06 pounds of chain cable, will bo disposed ol at the same time aud place to Hie hlghcM bidder. Terms Lash, in Government lund. on tbe day of sale. Inquiries respecting the same mav be addressed to the undersigned, or to the auctioneers, Messrs ADhKOJS, illOMAS & CO., ho. 18 S. CHAKEES Sircct. By order of the Quartormaster-Gonoral. A. S. KlMllALT,, Captain and A. Q. M., U. H. A., 12 14 ut Depot QuartormastL r. Q ALE OK yUARTEUMASTER'S STOKES. Ci.otiiino Depot, Schuylkill Ap.hkkal I'iiiladvlpiua, Docomber 18, 1868 Will bo sold ai pubiio auction, on ncoount of the Vriitod States, ar the Schuvikill Ar'ona', Gray's Ferry Road, I'ln'adt'lphia, on SATURDAY, Do ccmbcr 22, 1800, at 11 o'olock A. M., the following namod articksol Quarterinnnter's ttorvs, viz : Tent Cuttings Loaihor bciap?. Old Jron, Old Hope. Old Haling. Old I'apci. Linllu r Knapsack IAwuxh. ld l'ackiug Hoxes, etc The property must be removed within Ave (6) days from day ot sale, 'j eims Cash in Oovornmont funds, lly ordor of Brevet Mrig.-Gon. GBO. H. LK09MAN, Assistant Ouarteiniaster-Uoneral, U. S. Army. BEN RY W. JANES, Captain and A. Q M Biovct Major, U. 8. A. 12 18 4t Fxocutivo and Inspecting Olllcer. HALK OF OLD AND UNSERVICEABLE O C ANNON. SMALL AKMs, AND MlaCEL LANEOUB ORDNANCE STORES. ItUBEAU OR OltDNANCK, Navy Okpartmbnt, WABniNOTON City. Dccomoor 13. 1866 On the temb (lOthldav of Januaiy, 1867, 1HUUS- DAY, at noon, there will bo sold at public auction, in the NORFOLK NAVY YARD, to the highest bidder, a lot ot old and unserviceable cannon, small arms, and miscolluucous aitlclcs ol naval ordnance. '1 he cannon, shot, and snoll will be sold by the pound, and the small aims and oiber miscellaneous articles ol orouance in lots to suit purchasers. ierms One-halt cash In Government funds, to be deposited on t ie conclusion ol the sale, and the umainoer within ton davs afterwards, during which time tho articles must bo removed fioin the Navy Yard, otherwise they will revert to the Gov ernmtnt. H. A. WISE, 12 lostuth 11 10 Chief of Bureau. SHIPPING. -F STEAM TO LIVERPOOL CALLING Queenstonn lhe In man Line, sailing bcini-weukly. currying the Lnitcd (States Mails. 'CITY OF NEW y'iMR'' Suturdav, December 22 "CITY OF LC1JLIN" w ednesduy. neccmber 26 CITY OF BOSiON" Saturday, December 2D "CITY OF LUiEKlCK" Wednesday, January 2 "Cll'Y Or CORE" Saturday, Januajv 6 and each succeeding baturduv and WetlujsJay, at noon, irom Pier No. 45 North river. RA lEi OF PASSAGE By the mail steamer sailiug every Saturday t First t nbln.t.old M) tituerage, currency $35 To London !S 'i oLondou 41 vii""SV,:,Vo"weaiiV8"(Jay steamers: I"... 6? $!,0: Bteerage, $30. Payable in United states currency. fasBengeisalKO forwarded to tiavro, Hamburg, bre men, etc., at moderate lates. Meoruge passage Irom Liverpool or Quoenstown, 840, currency i ickcis can oe uougm uere uy persons seuu- lug lor their n lends. Ft or luriher luiormatlon apply at the Company's Cilices. JOHN O. DALE, Atrent 87 No. Ill WALNUT Street. Phllada. STAR LINE TO NEW ORLEANS. ' The New York M ail Steamship ompany'slflne ocean eteamois will leave I'lcr 46 NORTH RIVER, Bow York, at 3 o'clock 1. 11., as follows: MORNING hTAR On Saturday MONTEREY On Wednesday HAVANA On Saturday MlSbOl'ld Ou Wednesday All bills of lading signed at the office upon tho pier. For li'clght or passaf e apply to C. K. GAURIS0N, President, ' UAltlllSON &, ALLEN, 10 lfi ip No. 8 BOWLING GREEN, New York. II. L. LEAF. Agent. Office A dams' Exprcsu, No. 320 Chesuut street. rW.u ' a tTan"tTo coast MAIL STEAMSHIP LINES, BE11I-WEEKLY, FOB NORFOLK AND R1CHV.OND. cabins 86and8 CHARLEnlON, ciibii, t25. -ecoiid o.as i: ISAVAN.'Aii cubin 26. Secoud class 13 Every 8 A'l ULDAY, Mar line .'or NEW ORLEANS Direct JJFW ORLEANS First cubin. .fcMI Sicond cabin.. $40. beco id class. .823 Flrfct cubin.. CO. Kceentl cubin . 40. Hcco.itl class.. 28 ith uueurp uffctd accommouutiuiis toeiilier c.ass. Foi lieikht or putsnne, apply to ALLEfl K. -iilOMAS A CO., 1019 4P No. 6 HOWLING GREEN. New York. "ZT'fuR NEW YORK. PI11LA DEL im iaariiiiiairr'r deuihia bteum Piopelier Company Do puicii swiiibure Lines. via Heluware aud Raritan Cuual, leaving dm y at 12 M. and 6 p. M., couuecting with all Norll.irti aud Eustern lines. For freight, watch win be taien upon accommodating tciuia, apply to WILLIAM M. IIAIKO&CO., 8 10 No 132 S. DELAWARE Avenaa ti miiip pa ptaitms ixnnwsmns. aifii 'lhe uuderslgued having leased tho KEN- biiolON bt.REVV HUiK, begs to inioriu his Irienus and the buttons ol' tbe Dock that he Is prepared with increased laciiities to accommodate those having vessels to be lalsed or repair1, aud being a oiactical ship-cap. penter and cau ker. will givepevsoual aitentloa to the vessels entrusted to him lor repairs Captuius or Agents Ship-Carpenters and Machinists having vessels to repair, a.e solicited to cail. Having the agency for the Bale oi "Wetterstedt's Tatent Meta.lu Composition" lor Copper paint, lor the preservation of vessels' bottoms, for this cl y, 1 am pre pared tolurnlsb the tame ou tavomble terms. JOHN H II AMMITT, Kensington Screw Dock, 1 IS DELAWARE Avenue jibove Laurel strcet JpITLEK, WEAVER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Manilla and Tarred Cordage, Cords, Twines, Etc. No. 3 North Wnlt lt Street, and No. 22 North DELAWARE Aveuue, fUILAUULPUIA. Euwin II. Fitleb, Michael Weaver, conuah f. Clotuikb. 2 145 912 ARCH STREET. GAS FIXTURES, CHANDELIERS. hRONZE STATUARY. Kw. VAN KIRK Jt C . would respect ully direct the atten tion oi tueir irienus, anu tue puuno uoneruttv, to their lame aud elegaut assortment of OAS FIXTURE, 1 11 AN DEL1F.RS, and ORNAMENTAL BKONZtS WARES, 'i hose wishing handsome and thoroughly mude Goods, ut vciv reasonable prices, will had it to their advantage to give us a call belore purchasing else w here. N. B. Soi'ed or tarnished fixtures reflnlshed with special cure and at reasonable pilces. 8 4 ( in VANKIRK ife CO. ALEXANDER i. C ATT ELL & CO., PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 20 NORTH WHARVES NO 27 NOR1II w ATER STREET, PHILADELPHIA. AI.EXANDEB O. CATTKLL 2 2ji) ELIJAH O CATTELL. Q E O R GNE-PL O wTiXn, CAIU'ENTEU AND BUILDER, No. 232 CARTER Street, And No. Ill DOCK Street, ichta Wotk nod MlLwrighting proicptty attonded RAILROAD LINES. EEADINO RAILROAD GREAT 1RTJNK LINE. HtuM riULADELPHlA TO THE INTERIOR OT PENNSYLVANIA. THE SCHUYLKILL, HUHOTJE H ANNA, CIWBFRLAND AND WYOMING VAL I.I.V8. THE NOR1U, K0RTHWE8T, AND Til It CaNaDAB. WINTER ARRAKOFMENTOFPAB8EBOEB TRAIN'S, Oc ober 8, iHbS, Leaving the Company's Depot, at THIRTEENTH anj CALLOVt HILL Utieets, PhUadelphla, at the fullowiug hours; MORNING AC(X)SrMODATION, At i '30 A. M., lor Reading and mtermadlste 8tatf(rnt. Returning, leaves Reading at t UO P. M., arrivlag Philadelphia at V 10 P. M . i.,.. MORNINO EXPRER8, ,,, 8 . A' ,ot adlng, Lebanon, Ilarrlsfctn-ff, Potta vllle, Plnegrove, Tsmaqna, flunbnry, Willlamsport, Eimua, Rocheder. Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Alientown, Wilkenbsne, PlttHon, York, Carlisle, Chamberslmrg, Usgersiown, etc. etc. This train connects at REAPING with East Pennsyl vania Railroad trains f r Allentowa.eto .and theLebanoa Valley train for Barrisburg, etc, at PORT CUNTON with Catawlssa ItaLroau trains for Wllllamibtirg, IiOck Haven. Elmlra, etc.: at 11AKKIHHURG with Northern Central. Cumberland Valley, and Hehr.y lkill and Husrrue hnnna trains for Nor.htimberlaud, Wlluanuport, York, Chumbersburg, I'lnefirov e. etc. AFTERNOON EXPRESS leaves Philadelphia at II 30 P. M.,for Reading Pott, t llBTitburg, etc., comiocting with Heading and C tibia Rallroadt ruins tor Columbia, etc. READING ACCOMMODATION l eaves RfHOlrg atCdoA. M., stopping at all way Sta tions, arrtvii g at I'bllatle Iphia at 0 40 A. M. Returning, leaves PhBdt)phia at i'M P.M.tanlveiln lit aumg at 3 W p. K Train for Philadelphia leave Harrlnburg at 810 A. M., ana l ottbville at b' lo A. M., arriving in rii.laoolpLla at I00P. M, Afiemoon trains leava Harrisburg at 210 P. im.. j,1tUle at 2 46 1', M., arrlv'Jig in i hiiudelphla at ' HARHISIU7RG ACCOMMODATION Leaves Reading at 1 Hi A. M., and Harrisburg at 4 10 P. M. Count ctmg at Itehdng with Afternoon Accommo dation south at ti i)0 P. M., arriving in Philadelphia at 8 10 P. M. Market train, with passenger car attached, leave Phila delphia at 12 46 noon tor Reading and all way stations. Leaves Reading at ll l'O A. M , and Dowulngtown at 12 oC P. M for Philadelphia and all way station. All the abt ve trains run dailr, Sunday excepted. Sunday trslnt leave Pottiville at fc'00 A, M.,and Phila delphia at 8 15 P. M. Leave Philadelphia for Heading at B W A. 11., returning from Reading at 4 26 P. M. CHEelER VA1 LEY RAILROAD. Passenger tr Downlrgton and Intermediate point take tha 7-ii0 and 8-l!i A. M. and 4 30 P. M. trains from Philadelphia, returning from Downtngtown at 700 A. M. and 12'itOnoon. EW YORK EXPRESS FOR PrTTSBUEQ AND TOE WEST leaves New York at 7 and 9 A. M. ar d 8 00 P. M., passing Reading at lODand 11 p3A, M ami LW P.M., and con necting at Ilairisburg with Pennsylvania and Northern Cential Railroad express train for Pittsburg, Chicago Williamhptrt.Elmlia. Baltimore, etc. Returning, express train leaves Harrisburg on arrival o the Penns) Ivanla express from Pittsburg, at 3 and 9 05 A. M. and 915 P. M,, passing heading at4'4U and 10-62 A. M., and lrao P M.,aud arriving lu New York at 10 A.M. and 2 45 P. M. Sleeping ears accompany these train through between Jorsey City and Pittsburg, without change. A mall train for New York leaves ITarrishnrg at 9'10 P. M. Mail train for Harrisbtirg leaves New York at 12 M. Schuylkill valley railroad. Trains leave Powvillc at 7 ana 11-30 A. M and 7-15 P. M , returning fiom Tamaqua at 7 06 A. M. and 1'4U and 416P.M. SCHUYLKILL AND SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD. Trains leave Auburn at 7 M A. M. for Plnegrove and Hatrisbtirg, and 1-60 P M.l'or Plnegrove and lremont, ii turning from Harrisburg ai 820 p. M and from Tre- nioni ai I ou a. u. anu o-s r ai. TICKETS. Through first-class tickets and emigrant ticket to all '.he principal points in tbe North aud West and Camilla. 1 lie following tickets aie obtainable- only at tne oftlue of 8 MCADiORD, Treasurer, No. 227 8. FOURTH Street, Philadelphia, or of G. A. N1COLLS, Gcneial Huperuitaud dent, Reading : COMMUTATION TICKETS. At 25 per cent, discount, betweon auy point desired, for tuiiiilles and firms. MILEAGE TICKETS. Good for 2000 mhes between ad points, $32-50 each, for fauiilles and firms SEASON TICKETS. For three, six, nine, or twelve mcuths, for holders only, to all points, at reduced rates. CLERUYMEN Residing on the line of the road will be furnk'hed cards entitling themselves and wives to tickets at Lalf late. EXCURSION TICKETS From Philadelphia to principal Btatiaus, good for flatnr dav, Sunday, and Monday, at reduced fare, to b" had only at the Ticket oluce, at THIRTEENTH and CALLO W1ULL Streets. FREIGHT. Good) of all descriptions forwarded to all the abova points from the Company's Fielght Depot, BROAD aud 1, FKFIGnT TBUN3 Leave Philadelphia daily at 6 30 A. M , 13-4-5 noon, and 0 P. M., for Reaolng, Lebanon, Harrisburg, Pottbvillo, Port Clinton, and all points forward. MAILS Close at the Philadelphia Post Office for all places on the road and lis branches at 6 A. M., and for the principal ta'ion only at 3-l.i P. M. 8 16 -LpRElGlIT LINES FOR NEW YORK AND Jj all the stations on tlie CAMDEN and AM BOY aud cuiinectlng Railroad. INCREASED DESPATCH. 1 HE CAMDEN AND AMIIOY RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY FKEIOHT LINES lor New York will leave WALNUT Street Wharf at 6 o clock P.M. dally (Sundays excepted). F reight must be delivered bulore 4i o'clock, to be for warded the same day. Returning, the above lines will leave New Tork at 12 noon, and 4 and G P. M. Freight for Trenton, Princeton, Kingston, New Brans wick, and all points on iheCuuidon and Amboy Railroad; aisu, on the Belvlderc, Delaware, and Flemlngton, tbe New Jersey, the Ficehold and Jumesburg, and the llur linnU'U and Mount Holly Railrouug, received aud for winded up to 1 P. M. The Belvlderc Delaware Railroad connects at Phillips burn with the Lehigh Valley Railroad, aud at Manun kuctinnk with all points on the Delaware. Lackawanna, anu Western Kaiuoad, forntiiding to Byiacuse, Builalo and other points in Western New YurK. Tlie New Jersey Bulltotid connects at Elizabeth with the New Jersey Central l!allrad, aud at Newark with the Morris i nu r.ssex itauroau. A slip meiuoranduni, specifying the marks and numbers, sinners and consignees, mutt, in every instance, be sent wild each load ot goods, or no receipt will be given. N. B Increased facilities have been mutle for the transportation of live stoca. Di overs are invited to try tlie route. When sloe is furnished In tniantlties of two cur oads or more, It will ce dcUvereti at the toot ot Fortieth meet, near the Drove Yard, or at Pier N'o. 1, North River, as the shippers may designate at the time of bLipnieut. For terms, or other Information, apply to WALTER FREEMAN, Fretuht Agent, No. 226 S. DELAWARE Avenue, Philadelphia. J 0RTI1 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. N Depot, THIRD Street, above Thompson. i or BETH LEHEM , HOY LES'i OWN, MAUCH CHUNK. t.AS10N,VlLLlA.MM'OR'l',and WILKESBARRE. At 6 16 P. M lor Bethlehem, Allentown. Mauch Chunk. Ln,li,.rLktr.un.lk'.r,A M Q i-K. i .t 1 or Fort Washington at 10 A. M. aud U P. M. i or Lausdaie at 0 16 P. M. WMte ears oi the Secoi.d and Third Streets Line City Passenger C ars run direct to the depot. '1 RAINS FK 1'lllLADELriIIA. l eave Bethlehem at 6'2i A. M. aud 12-26 Noon, and6'U P.M. Leave Doy'estown at C-40 A.M.,3'15 and 6'30P. M. Leave LuiiBUale at 6-00 A. M. Leave Fort Washington at 10-50 A. M., and 2T5 P. M. ON BINDAY8. Philadelphia for Bethlehem at V A. M". Philadelphia tor Doy Ic.itown at 2'30 P. M, 1 o lestown tor Pliiladelphla at 7 20 A. M. Bethlehem for Philadelphia at 4'i0 P. M. Vhrough Tickets must be procured at the ticket office. THIRD Street or BERKS Street. 6 21 ELLI8 CLARK. Agent. 1 Q( PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE RAIL l.OUU.ROAD. Ihi great line traverses the North ern and Northwest Connties of Pennsylvania to the City oi Erie on Lake Erie It has been leased and la operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. UME OF PASSENGElt TRAINS AT PHILADELPHIA. Arrive Eastward Erie Mail Train, 7 A.M..; ErleEipre Train, 1-20 P.M.; Elmlra Mall, 6 40 P. M . I.euve Westward Ene Mall, 9 P. M.t Erie ExpreiS Train, 12 M.i Elmira Mall, 8 (JO A. M. Passenger cars run through on tne Erie Mall and Express trams without change both ways betvieeu Philadelphia and Erie. NEW YORK CONNECTION. i Lr ave New ork at 9 A. M., arrive at Erie 10 00 A. M. Leave New York at 5 00 P. M arrive at Erie 716 p. M, Leuve Eric at 6 30 P.M., arrive at New York 4-40 P. M Leavo F.rle at 0'10 A. M., arrive at New York 1U10. A AI. Elegant Sleeping Cars on all the night trains. For information respecting ptssenger business, anulvat corner '1H1KT1KT11 and MARKET Streets, Phha. And tor freight business, of the Company' Attent, 8. B, Kingston, Jr., corner Thirteenth aud Market street. Philadelphia; J. W. Reynolds, Erie; William Brown. Agent N C. R K., Baltimore. ' H.H HOUSTON, General Freight Agent.Phlla. H. W. tlWl NN ER, General Th ket Agent. Phila. A. L. TVLF.R, General Sup., Wilhunpiport. WEST JERSEY RAILROAD LINES, FROM Toot of MARKET Street ( Upp w Ferry), couunenu ing MONDAY, Ktptember-21, ls(i. IEAVE PHILADELPHIA AS FOLLOWS: For Bridgeton, talem, Ml'lville, and all Intermediat IlL.lins.atX A M.Mull, ! o') P. M , Passenger. i or Woonbury, 8 A. M., 8'30 and tl P. M. Vol Cape May. ut 3 ; P M. ReTLU.NING TRAINS LEAVE Woodbury at 715 ana o'40 A.M., and 4 54 P. M. BriOKCieii at 7 06 A.M. and 3-30 P. M Freight. 30 P. M Salmi attl 60 A. M. and 8-05 P. M. Freight, 6 46 P. M. Mllivll'e at 6 S.ri A. M. and St'8 P. M Freight, 6 10 P.M. 4 upe May at 11 40 A. M., Passenger and FreU ht. Fi eight wiU be received at Second Covered Wharf below Walnut street, from 9'00 A. M. until 6U0 P. M. That received hofore7-00 A . M. vt 1H go tli rough the same day. Freight Delivery, (o.22i S. 1 LA WAKE Avenue. iu j. VtN htN3tJLAEU.fliiiariiteudwt. At l ev a. ii U'.xprcss), lor uetiuehem, Allentown, Muueh Chunk, Uozletou, WuMiauisport, and Wilkesbarre. At 3 iiO P. M. (Express) for Bethlehem, Easton, etc. teaching Eaton at ti 40 P. M. RAILROAD LINES. pHILADELPIIIA, WILMINGTON AND BAL X T1MOKE RAILKOAD. TIME TABLE. Commenclrg MONDAY, Novemlier 2fi, l!!. Tralntwllt leave Uepot, corner of BROAD Street and WASHINGTON Avenue, a lollows: I.xpres Train at 418 A. If. (Monday excepte1), for r.aliimore and Washfrgton, (topping at Chester, Wilming ton, Newark, Elkton, Northeast, Perryvn a, Hav-e-de-f-race, Aberdeen, Ferryman's, Edgewoud, Magnolia, Clisse's anc Stemmer't Run. VisyMaU Train at 81ft A. M. (flundav excpted). for Baltimore. tpplng at all regular station. Connecting with Delaware Raihioad at Wilmington lor Crisiiold and imermeulate stations. Express Train at 1145 A. M. (Sundays excepted), for Baltimore and Washington. Express Train at 3 p. M. (Sunday excepted), for Bal tlniore and Washington, stepping at Chester, Claymont, Wilmington, Newark, Elkton, Northeast, Perryvllle, Huvre-de-Grace, Aberdeen, ferryman's, Kdgewood. Mag nolia, Chase's and Stemmer's Run. N Ight Ex press at 1 1 P. M . (dal y ) , for Baltimore and Wash l gton. Cot nectsat Wilmington vith Delaware Railroad lli.c (Saturdays excepted), stopping at Mldiletown, Smyrna, Dover. Harrington, Seatord. Sall.sbury, Princess Anno, and connecting at Crlsfleld with Boat tor Norfolk, Portsmouth, arc the Sotith. Passengers hy Boat from Bal (more for Fortress Mon roe ar.d Norfolk will take the 1141 A. M. train. WIlJdINOTON ACCOMMODATION TRAINS, Stopping at all Stations between Philadelphia and WU tn ! n n ton. Leave Philadelphia at 12'30, 4 00, 6, and 11-30 (dally) P M. The 4-00 P. M . train connects with I lolaware Kallroa tor Mllford and intermediate stations. The 6 P. M. train r.ins to New Cattle. Leave Wilmington at715, and 8-30 A. M., 3 and C-.'SO (dally) P.M. FROM BALTIMORE TO PHILADELPHIA. Leave Baitim ire 7-25 A. M. WAr-mali. -M A. M ' A r-mail 6 P. M., ! xprci. i-iu r. Ol., express. ti86 Exprrtv Hit f. Hi., txpress. 1 r. m I'.ttit'more to Havre-de Once and intermMiat nations at 4t0P M. TRAINS FOR BALTITHORE. Leave Chester at 4 49 and 8 e4 A. M , and 3-rj P. M. Leave W ilmlngton at 5 23 and 9 40 A. M., and 1 16 P. Jt. SUNDAY TRAIN Leave Baltlrroreat 8-26 P. M , stopping' at Havre-d Grace, l'rr villa, aua Wilmington. Also stops at ElKtoi mid Newark to take passengers for Philadelphia and leavs pariengers irom Washington or Baltttnorc, and Chester tt leave passengers from Baltimore or Washington. Through 1 ickcis t all points West, South, and South west, may be prncureu at Ticket Oltice. No 828 Chesuut sireet, u ntlcr t'ontinentnl Hotel Persons purehaslnii tit kets at this oltice can nave thcirbagvagc checked at their resilience by Graham's Baggage Express. 41G U.F.KEJSNEY, Superintendent. PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD. Wla iEB ARRANGi MF.NT. lie Train of the i ennsy.vania Centtal Railroad leavt the Depot at Thirt)-ttrsi aud Market streets, which it reach ddireoily by the cars of the Market Street Passenger Ruhvi ay. 'ihose of theChcsnut and Walnut Streots Rail wuy lun wlthiu one simare ot it. on Sundays i he MarketStreet cars leave Eleventh an Market Sts. 36 minutes before the departure of each Train Mann's Bai gage Express will call lor ar,d deliver Bag gage at the Depot. Oi-ders left at tha OlUce, No. Wl Choi nut street, will receive attention. mains llavx ukpot, viz.: Mall Train at 8 01) A. SI Paoli Accommodation, No 1 & 2, at 10 A. M. A 11 20 p. M iast Line and Erie Express at 12 00 M Pitrkcsbtirg Trail Bt 100P.il UttiTisburg Accommocation ut 2'30 " Lancaster Accommodation at 4 00 " Vlttbburg and Erie Mail at 9 00 " Philadelphia Express atll'00 P.ttsburg and Erie Mali leaves dally, except Saturday. ) hi)adeihia Expiess leave daily. All other tiaini dully, except Sunday. Passeni-ers by at nil Train po to Wllliamsport without change ol ears, and arrive at Lock Haven at 810 P. M. Passengers by Mail Train go to Carlisle and Chamber bin g without change of cars. Sleepiec Car Tickets can be had on aonlicatlon at th Ticket Ofhce. No (VJl Chesuut stieet. TKA1NS iHJUVE AT KEl'OT, VIZ. ! Cincinnati Express at 12-50 A. 11 Philadelphia Express at 710 ' Paoh Acconimodatitn.No. 1 A 2,at820 A.M. fc 7'10P. M Parkesburg 1 rain at 9-20 A M Lancaster Train at 12 40 P. u. Fast Line at 1-30 " Day Expres. , at 6-60 " Harrisburg Accommodation at 9 60 Philadelphia t xpiess arrives daily, except Monday. Cincinnati Express arrive daily. All other tt'&lni daily, except Sunday. Passe ugt rs leaving Lock Haven at 7 CO A. M., and WU llatnspoit at 840 A.M., reach Phuadelphla without chaogt ol cars, from WlUiamsport, by Day Express, at 6-60 p. M. The Pennsylvania Railroad Companv will not iiuin any risk for Baggage, except for Wearing Apparel, anc limit their responsibility to One Hundred Dollars li value. All Baggage exceeding that amouut In valut will he at tne risk of the owner, umcss takea by specla mJOriIN C. ALLEN, Ticket Agent, No. 631 Chesnnt St. SAMUEL II. WALLACE. Ticket Aient, at the Depot An Emigrant Train runs daily (except Huuduy). Foi full pertlculan as to faro and accommodations, apply u 312 FRANCIS 1 UN K, No. 137 DOCK Street. FOR NEW YORK. TUE CAMDEN AND Amboy and I'hiladeiplda aud Trenton Railroad Com puuy's Lines FROM miLADFLPIIlA TO NEW YORK and Way 1 Incts, irom Walnut Street Wharf, will loave ai iolloVtS, Viz.: EiKE At 0 A. M , via Camden and Amloy, Accommoda tion JV95 At 8 A M., via Camden and Jersey City Express 3 00 At 2 P. H., via Catniien and Amooy Express D-ofi At C P. M., via Camden aud Amboy Accommodutlon and Emif iant 1st class j-y At li P. M., via Camden and Amboy Accommodation and Emigrant, 2d class j.y; At 10 A.M., 2 and 6 P. M., for Mount Holly, Ewans vllle. Pemhertou, Birnilmtham, and Vlneeulotvn. uud at A M. and 6 P M for M milt Holly only. At 0 A. M. and 2 P. M. lor Freehold, At tl and 10 A. M ,12 .,4, 6, b, ana 11-30 P. M. for Fish House, Palmyra, Rivcrton, Progress, I elancu, Beverly, Eiifeewatcr, Rmlingtnn, Fbrence, Bordentowii, etc. The 10 A. M. nnd 4 P. M. lines run direct throiiRb to Trenton LINES FROM KENSINOTON DEPOX WILL LEAVE At 11 A. M., 41k", li-5 P.M., and 12 P. M (Night), vis Kensington and Jersoy city Express Lines, fare 3-00. The 0 45 P.M. Lice will run daily. All other Buuday excepted. At 7'3 ' and 11 A. M , 3, 3W, 4 80. 5, and 6 48 P. M. and 12 Mionlgnt, tor Bristol, Trenton, etc. At 7 30 and 10-16 a. M ,3,4 30, 6, and 12 P.M.,for8ehonck At 10-15 A. M , K, 6, and 12 P. M. lor Edillngtoil. At 7-30 and 10 15 A. M .H,4,5.6. and 12 P. M.forCorn- weil'a, '1 orretdoie, Holmesbtirg, Taoony, Itridesburg, and Frankloid.aBdat 8 P. Jtf. for Holmesburg and luter- meuhtte stations. AilU 16A.M., 8.4.8,6, 8. and 12P . M for Wisslnomlng. BELV1DEHE DEI AWaREj RAILROAD, FortheDelawsre River Vulley, Northern Pennsrlvania, una New York State, and Ue Great Lakes. Daily (Suu- uuys excepted) from Kensington Depot, us follows : At 7 30 A. M. IcrNiagara Falls, Builalo. Dunkirk Canan- tlulgua, Elmlra, Ithaca. Oweg, Rochester, Btngbamton, Oswego, Syracuse, Great Beud. Bloulross, Wilkesbarre, Scranton, Slroudsburg, Watnr Gap, etc. At 7 l.ll A. M. and 8-30 p. M. lor Melvidore, Easton, Lam bertvtlle, Flemlngton, ete The 8-dO P. M. Line connects direct with tie train leaving Easton for Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Bethlehem, etc At 6 P. M. tor Lambortvllle and Intermediate stations. December l.ltfub. WILLIAM U. GATZMER, Agent. -PHILADELPHIA, CERMANTUWN, AND X NORKItel OWN RAILROAD. On and after THURSDAY, November 1, 130G, untU fur ther notice. FOR OERMANTOWN. Leave Phlladeli hia C, 7,8, 8, 10.11, 12 A.M.,1, 8, S-. 8J.j. 4. 6. 6. 6-10,7,8, 9,10, 11, 12 P.M. Leave tlermaLtown , 7,7,8,8 20,9,10,11, 13 A.M.. l,2,3,4,4fc,6,fc)a. 7, 8, 0,10,11P.M. 1 be 8 cow n train, and 3Ji and ijf pp trains will not slop on tie Germuutown Branch. ON SUNDAYS. I.eav Phlladelntiia A. M., 2, 7, and 10Jf p, M. Leave Germontown B4 A. M., 1, C, and l) P. M. CHESS I'T HILL RAILROAD Leave Philadelphia 6, 8, 10, 12 A.M., 2, 3?f,8X, 7,9, and 11 P. M. Leave Chesnut Hill 7'10 minutes, 8,940, 11 40 A.M. 1-40,8 If, 6 40, U 40,810, and 10 40 minutes P.M. ON SUNDAYS. Leave Philadelphia o-M minutes A M., 2 and 7 P. M. Leave Chesnut Hut 7'60 unnittoi A. M., 12'40, 5 -10, anC 9-26 minutes P.M. FOR CONSHOHOCKFN AND NOKRI8TOWN. Leave Philade.phia 6,8 bb 1106, minutes A. M., li,J 4i , 6j, 64, e'Ui minutes, and lii P. M. Leuve Norriittown 6 40,7, 7-60 minutes, 9, 11 A. M., X 4, 6i,. and 8 P.M. '1 l.e 64 P. M. train will stop at Fall. School Lane, Wi ahicton,Aianay link, Spring Mills, aud Couthohockeu only ON SUNBAYH. Leave Philadelphia 9 A M., 24 and 6,V P. M. Leave Noirlstovin 7 A. M., 6 undi P. ii. FOR MANAYUNK. Iave Philadelphia 6, 8 ;i5, 11-05 mluutes A.M.,1 3, 4i, ', e4, 8-u.', and lli P. M. Leave Manayunk 610, 7,. 8 20, 0,', lli A. M., 2, 5, C, BPW. ON SUNDAYS. Leave Pblladelphis A. M.,iii and6.'( P. M. Leave Manayunk Ihi A. M.,5taud 9 P. M. W, 8. WILSON, General Superintendent, Depot NINTH and GREEN Street HARD RUBBER ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. Arms, Legs, Appliances lor 'iuiuiiij. viu. eiv. iuch uoiuiini -) transietred Irom lue In lorm audtlt; are the lightest, most durable comfort able, perleot, and artisuu substitutes yet Invented Thev are anoroved and adonted bv the llnlti'd States liovern- aieut and our principal Surgeon. Patented August 18 IrtWi; May n, 116; May 1, lbttfi. Address KIMBALL A CO., No. 639 ARCH Htreet, Philadelphia. Pampp,iet free. k 27 em PRIVY WELLS OWNERS OP PROPERTY Tbe only place to get Privy Wells cleaned andd ulected atvaryiiuw price. A. PETPON, Manufacture! of Poudrette 8105 tOLDSMITUM' HALL, L BRARY Slxeot J SURRATT A3 A POET. The Cincinnati Oaw ' publlshos what it la wured is a yi rbntini copy of a poem composed by John II. turratt, while a student at St. Char. eg College, Howard county, Maryland, June 3, 18(10. It was copied by his college chum, James Hand, of PaterROii, N. J., for his friend, Samuel Morrison, of Indiana. It was written by Buriatt originally in Mr. Hand's album: Mfe. My youthrul tearn have all been eUci, Thoac April drops which flow Like pprinulets irom the mountain's head, Aud in the sunshine glow. The tears of youtn bave ceased to guu, Like nectar from mine eyes, And bitter ones instead I brush Away with sad surprise. The currents of my lite prow deep. Ai down the stream I lloat, And all its torrents wildly sweep Around my fragile boat. Like some fair bird which wingn it-4 Might Far up tbe ozure sky, My spirits t.oar with loud deliqbl, More glowing heights to try. Then round my soul are quickly thrown Clouds black with sorrow's gloom, And sullenly the winds do moan Around some loved one's tomb. My heart is draped in dnikeU nit;ht, Mj little barque is tossed, Till in my faithlessness and lright I cry, "Ibink! I'm lost!" ArUMIKlSCEKCE OF SLEEPY HOUOV. Last August, haviug a day to t-parc, I deter mined to cat ry out a resolve made a lonjr time before, and viit the lethargic region the bor ders of which are washed by the waters of the famous Tappan Zee. An hour's ride ou the deck of a steamer not very remarkable for its speed, along a river unsurpassed by the RhiDe of the Fatherland, aud in sight of villas and country-seats of groat tate and beauty, broueht tne to Tarry town, a Dutch village of considera ble antiquity, cosily nestled among the hills, which here begin to assume proportions quite formidable. Within its boundaries Sleepy Hol low 1b situated. 1 have always found it best iu visiting a stranee lilttee to bavB a stutabejgulde ouc to the manor bt Til full of the incident and story of the locality. Such a person, I felt sure, was to bo lound in a tall, gaunt-looking man whom 1 saiv conversing verv earnestly in front of the news room ot the village. His appearance was quaint in the extreme, his garments being of ancient pattern, while his genial lace was marked with tieep lurrows, well cut iu by tho thorough ploughing ot Time. "My friend," 1 said, approaching him, "I am come to view this classic neighborhood, and want some tne to act as roy guide. Have you, tor a consideration, an hour or tw to spare?" At first I thought thnt my request would bo met with a refusal; but after a mo aunt's delibera tion my newly formed acquaintance announced that, it a conveyance were included in the arrangement, he would gladly accompany me. Ol course 1 absented to the condition enforced, and, iccling delighted that 1 had secured the guidance of one evidently so Impregnated with the very spirit ot the place, speedily began to leave the village behiud me. A short ride brought us to a plain shaft of dolomite, erected Dy me roaa-side, upon which wus plainly visible the following inscription:) ON THIS SPOT The 28d day ol September. 1780, tho spy, -.23313 OlAJOK ft ASUKfi, Adjutant-Gocural ol tho British Army, was oap turod by JOllH PAULDI NO, DAVID WILLIAMS, BUrl I91AO TAB W A tt 1 , All natives oi tins oounty. niKTOKV HAS TOt li Tnit UVHT Ire l'cople of VYostchester Countv haro ereoted this Monument, as well to coinmemorate a groat Kvont, as to testily thoir high es imatiou of toai Intemty ana Patriotism which, roieotinir overv tnmntatun. rescuod tho tinned Stales Irom most Imminent peril, by baffliUK tho arts of a Spy and tho plots of n 4iuuur. Dedicated October 7, 1853. This," suitl my cicerone, "is tho first point or interest. Poor Major Andre was captured here. On the knoli, over there, the three guardsmen were amusing themselves as they bt st could while they watched the road. Pre sently they saw him ascend the hill aoove us aud come towards them. He was on bis way noin West Tomt to Dobb'a Ferry, six miles be low tbi and supposed he was through the worst part of his journey; but the fates were uguiiist him, and he was soju taken prisoner." "Jiut why," I inquired, "do you call hiui poor Andre? Ho was a snv, and had he been sue-cc.-siul, we should have beeu, in all probability, int-parubly injured. Why then, my friend, should we closs over his offense?" "1 make, sir," answered my companion, "a bread. di-Unction between 'the spy and the traitor. The one risks all to benetit the cause which lies nearest his heart; the other does all that lie can to ruiu one which lie professos to support. Treason, to me, ever will be odious Mid I cannot make llcht of it. Rut such wad not the uailaut Andre's oilense. He did but his duty." Sly guide, I saw, was approaching a favorite htilb, aud was waxing warm. I therefore chanced the subject. " Where," I asked, are Andre's captors buried V "The State of New York provided very libe rally lor them," he replied. "It gave ench one a larm, on which he settled. Paultiintr is buried in the Episcopal cemetery at lVckskill; Van Wart lies among the (ireenburgh hills, ate miles east of ue; and Williams sleeps at Living Sione, in Scbouurie county." The s put upon which we stood was one of IJi'cat natural beauty. North aud south the toad wound, with innumerable loldings, along beautiful resiliences, while hero and there luxu riant maples and locusts meeting overhead formed waving arches of emerald green. On the east, the long corn leaves in a neighboring dcld mingled iu a most soothing maniier their rustling music with the quiet utterances of the brook which purled beneath our feet. On the west, the Hudson, bright with the reflection of rue midsummer sun, flowed lazily towards the sea. The broad Tappan looked like a mirror, no ripple even disturbing its smoothness: while iu the distance the air was full ot hazy images ol cream-like hills, which reached down to kiss the waters ot Haverstraw Bay, that wide ex panse which bold Hendrick Hudson sup. i osed was the termination ot the first upland vo age. No wonder, I thought, that Washington IrviLe thanked God that he was born upon the banks of the Hudson river. No other stream, viewed apart from the prejudices which attach themselves to another nationality, can bo com pared with it. It is matchless, superb 1 What eraudeur there is in the abrupt-looking Pali sudes! how majestically they rise out of the water! And the hills, with what picturesque beauty do they slope from their summits to the water's edge 1 We next came to a rustic bridge which spanned a silvery brook. "This," said my Iriend, "is the Poeantico, the Pot kohantes ol the Algonquius, the aborigines of i he place. And this is the bridge alongside ot liioh lchabod Crane disappeared, ne had beeu to the merry-makiug at Bultus Van Tas scU's homestead, and was returuicg, when, at the spot we have just left, whero Andre was captured, then known as Wllov's swamp, he bcnrt the stranee rider. Whipping up old Gun powder, bo attempted to turn up tho Bedford road, which led directly to his boarding-place; but failing in this, endeavorod to guin tue shel ter ot tho church bofoie us. As he reached the bridae he received the tremendous blow which threw blin from his steed. The next mewing the animal was found grazing in the chinch-ynrd, but lchabod had disappeared, and was heard leading the Dutch ladsaud lassos in tho elioir, or teaching the children their ic.t-si 'lis, no mure." Thia recital of rav well posted luformant in U'uafd me exceedingly. I was now in the Tory midst of intensely ctosnic seenos. Within a atone's throw wiw the old mill, built in 1C88, the capacious flume ol which, slowly hut surely, swallowed up the eddying waters before me; while in front, only a lew pace olT, fltood tha Dutch Church, aurrounded by locust troes anil lofty olru, from "which itadcoeni whito-wa'thtHl wails shone modestly forth, fckc Christian beauty beaming throneh thosbadegof retir rnent." I enjoyed the prospect vastly. "Can joti imagine, anything more interostlnjr than this f" inquired my guide. "Look at th old sanctuary before you. Noto how it is built. It is lull as staunch aud sound a; it was in Kiwi, the year in which it was flnl.hctl." "How came it to pnss," I asked, "th;it thf. edilice was placed here, bo tar away from the present vlllngo?" 'This waa supposed to be the snot about which the settlers would centre. The river, supplying as it does am;dc power to turn tho mill, was considered of great importance. On its bank the manor-house was accord mgly locatPd. Tradition says tout when Vredervck Vlypse, tho nrst lord of the domain, began to build the church, he IhH the foundation, and then wllidrow his laborer that thoy might repair the damaire done to dam by a recent freshet. "No sooner, though, bad tliey finished the dam than another froshost came one nmiit nrl washed it away the secohd tune. Nothing daunted, tliey soon had a stromrer s.r,ici.nr. erected, when lo! auotlrt-r freshet came and uefttrojea it. i ins ciiseoiirasoa tne proprietor, and be wuh about to give up in despair, wheat Ilnrrv, his lavorito ftlave, dreamed that the cause of his ill-sucoers was the withdrawal of his men Horn the chnrcu. Let that be tinisnc I'rst, the v Hiniiig e.dd, and the dam will tsnd. He forthwith resumed work upon tho church,' and aitei wards built the dam. which is do inn good service at thi4 duy. -itie castie, or 4iiauor-iiou-e, which vou see yonder, is full ot associations. In 17.r6 Colonel George Washington, then Coinmander-iu-Chief of the Virginia forces, had occasion to commu nicate w ilh Onoral Shirley, uud lor this pur poso left bis heatlquiirteis at Winchester ami travelled to Huston on horseback, uttondod by his nitls-dccninp. On bia way he stopped in New' Yolk for u few days, and while there waa entertained by Mr. Beveily Robinson, between whom and himself a stiong Iriendship exiated. It happened while he wa9 the guest of his host thnt ho met Mis9 Mary Vlypse, or, as we spell it now. l'hilltpsc, the daughter of Vredervck Vlypse, who was born and reared here, an4 waa deeply impressed by her rare ncconiplisti ni tits aud bounty. My hither used to tell it as a fact, well established in his day, that the young Colonel once rode up here to pay kin respects to the object of hs regard. However that may be, it is ccitaiu that hu did stop at tluj castle very lrequoutly in alter-years, when tha country wns-in the throes of the resolution. "A very singular story, which I recollect, illustrates well the bravery of the matrons of the times which tried men's souls, Tbe subject ot it was Mrs. Cornelia Boekman, the wife ot Gerard G. Beekman, who succeeded the Vlypue tiiin ily in the possession of tbe caslle. "Some time belore the capture of Andre, John Webb, an aid-de-camp of the Commander-in-Cliicl, while on his way from Now York to Peeks kill, stopped at the cattle and asked Mrs. Book man to take charge ot hia valise, which con tained his new unilorm, and a sum of gold. 'I will send for it,' he added, 'in a few days; but do not deliver it to any one without a written order from mo.' A fortnight after his departure, Mrs. Beekman saw an acquaintance, Joshua Smith, whose loyalty to tbe national cause was doubt ful, ride up to the house, and heard him ask her her husband for Lieutenant Webb's valise. Mr. Beekman was about to comply with hi9 request, when his wife advanced and demanded a written order borbre she would relinquish her custody of it. Smith replied that he had none, the officer havlwr had no time to write one; but added: 'Sfou know me very well, madum, aud when I assure rou that Lieutenant Webb sent me for the valise, you ought not to refuse to deliver it to me, w he ia in very great need of his uniform.' Mrs Beekman had conceived a great dislike for4 fsniith belore this, bis known Bjmpathy with the royalist cause being lu marked contrast to her enthusiastic devotion to the colonies, and influ enced by it, she determined to hold on to hor charge until a written order of undoubted genu ineness should compel her to surrender it. Smith was vesed at her doubt6; but his en treaties had no effect on her resolution, and, disappointed at the ill-eucces9 ol his effort, he rode away. The result proved that ho had no authority to make the application; and it was subsequently ascertained that, at the very time ui ta nviuui(ii ou uis part to secure tlie uni torm, Andre was concealed in his house. After Andre's capture the Lieutenant called iu person for bis viilise, and bore a message from Wiwh ineton, thanking Mrs. Beekman for the prudence tuat had prevented an occurrence which niiu;ht have caused a train of diiasters, for Webb and Andre were of the same behrht and form; and beyond all doubt, had Smith obtained possessiou of the uniform, Andre would hav made h's eecnpe thiough the Aineiionn lines.'' During this narration our horses had been slowly walking up the hill, past the old church, iutotbe cemoterv, where all thut is mortal f living lies buried. This home of the dead is most beuutifully situated upon a slope biob descends into the gorge ot the Poeantico. Thmuph tho trees could be seen glimpses of the Hudson, while all around us were the localities which tho mimical pen of Diodrich Knickerbocker haa made forever celebrated. Who is there, I thought, who would not liKc to sleep his last sleep amidst such surroundings an these t Wc shortly came to the Irving lot. What suiprised me was tho perfect simplicity appa leut in all its appointments. Within the enclo sure, ranged iu two lines, are. the different craves. Each has a plain ncad-stone of mar Vle, on which are Inscribed the unne and age at death of the occupant. As will be seen, tho grave of Washington Irving does not differ from those of tho rest ot the family. The inscrip tion simply tells that WASHING I ON, SON OF WILLIAM AND SARAH B, IRVltfO, DIED NOV. 28, 1859, AGED 70 YEARS 7 MO. AND 25 DAYS. . "Well do I recollect the day that we brought his booy to this place," said my companion. "What a turn-out ot notables and village people there wast It was the longest funeral that I ever saw." "Did you know him personally ?" I asked. "Yes, lor years; I was an officer of th s ceme tery when he bought this lot. Ho was from the beginning charmed with the location, aad always said that his body should rest here by the aide ot his mother. Many are the conversations I have had with him at differeut times." We now passed out ot the cemetery, and began to view more particularly the seeuery of the Hollow. Irving appears to have had a special loudness for this spot. In "Wol fort's Roon" he savs: "And now a word or two about Sleepy Hollow, which many have rashly deemed a fanciful creation, like the Luhbcrland of mari ners." In the Legend in the "Sketch book" he thus fancifully describes it: "From the listless repose of the place, nnd the. Scculiar character of its inhabitants, who are escendauts from the original Dutch settlers, this sequestered glen has long beeu known by the name ot Sleepy Hollow, aud Its rustic lads are called Sleepy Hollow Boys throughout all the neighboring country. A drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land, and to pt-rvade the very atmosphere. Some say that the plnce was bewitcned by a hieh German doctor, during the early day ol the set tlenient; others, that an old Indian Chief, the prophet or wizard of his tribe, held his pow wows there before the country was discovered bj Matter Hendrick Uiul-on. Certain it is, the pliii e still continues under the sway of some witching power that holds a spell over the minis of the good people, causing them lo walk in continual reverie. They are eiveo to all kinds oi t'larvellous beliefs: are subject to tmncea and visions, and frequently see sirauge sithts, and heuf . music ana voices in tlu air. The wbolo liei, Dborhood abounds wr.h local titles, haunted f!0 , and twil.ght superstitions; Mars shoot and lneteora glare oftener across the vulley hail in ; uy other putt ot tlie country, anil tho mr',!:',"
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