THE DAILY. EVENING TELEGRAPHPHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 18G9.
THE HALLO W-EVE MYSTERY.
A LEGEND OF THE BLACK HALL.
CHAPTER I.
' TIT HKKNEKH Or THE BUHNINO HBATiTS.
"Ttirlr love wan like the lava flood,
Tlmt burns In Etna's breast of flame."
Near the end of a dark autumn-day, not many
years ago, a young couple, returning from their
liritlul tour, arrived by steamer at tho old city of
Norfolk; and, taking a hack, drove directly to
the licet inn. ,
The eentlcnian registered himself and Ills
I arty as Mr. and Mrs. Lyon Rerners, of Ulack
lull, Virginia, and two servant.
"Wc fhiill need a private parlor and chamber
communicating for our own use, and a couple of
bedrooms for our servants," said Mr. Kcrners, as
he handed his hut and cane to the bowing
waiter.
"Certainly, sir. hat would you like for
tea ?" asked the landlord.
"Oh, anything you please, so that it Is nleo
nnd neatly served," said Mr. Herncrs, witli a
itlightly impatient wave of his hand, as If ho
woiild have been rid of his obsequious host.
"Ah-ha ! anything I please 1 It is easy to see
what ails him. He lives upon love just now;
but he'll care more about his bill of faro a few
weeks hence," chuckled tho landlord, as he left
the public parlor to execute his guest's orders.
The bridegroom was no sooner left alono
with his bride than he seated her in the easiest
arm-chair, and began with affectionate zeal to
untie her bonnet strings and unclasp her mantle.
. "Ton make my maid a useless appendage,
dear Lyon," paid the little lady, smiling up in
Ms eves. "You love me so much, dear Lyon 1
You love me so much ! Yet not too much either!
for oh ! if you should ever cease to love me,
or even if you were ever to love mo Ivxx, I I
dure not think what I should do !" she muttered
in a long, deep, shuddering tone.
"Why, Sybil, my wife you beautiful nnd
creature ! You are a true daughter of your
houi-el A Berners of the burning heart ! Accr
uers of the boiling blood ! A Berners of whom
it has been said, that it is almost as fatal to be
loved as to be hated by "
Suddenly, in the midst of their converse they
heard the sound of weeping low, deep, heart
broken weeping.
Both paused, looked at each other, and lis
tened. The sound seemed to come from a room ou
the opposite tide of the passage to their own
apartment.
"What is that?" Inquired Sybil, looking up to
her husband's face.
"It seems to be somo woman in distress," an
swered Lyon.
'Oh! sec what it Is, dear, will you?" entreated
Sybil.
She was herself so happy, that it was really
dreadful to be reminded just then that sorrow
ehould exist in this world at all.
But if she could have foreseen the woo that
was to come to herself, to her husband, and to
the object of her sympathy, she would have held
Lyon back, as with the grip of fate, from the
mission ou which she now sent him.
For the weeper was a beautiful woman a de
Fcrted wife named Ro-a Blondclle, who, al
though but a few days landed from the vessel
which had brought her-from Europe, had been
robbed of her jewels andmonev by her husband,
and then left to her fate in that Norfolk hotel.
Sybil was deeply moved by this lady's story,
and insisted ou taking Mrs. Blondclle homo with
her to Black 1 hill, and Mr. Berners gave his
assent to her wishes.
But before they got ready to set out on their
journey Sybil latterly repented of tho arrange
ment. Mrs. Blondclle was so enchantingly lovely
that Mr. Berners at once began to yield to her
charms; and Sybil, for the first time, saw him
pay the homage of admiration to other beauty
than her own.
Tills kindled the fires of jealousy in her heart,
and by the time they reached Black Hall those
fires had become fauuud into au inextinguish
able Manic.
And no Berners had ever beeu known to for
give au object of jealousy.
Black Hall, the abode of Mr. and Mrs. Ber
ners, was a palatiul old Virginia mansion, situ
ated iu the heart of tho Black Valley, a few
miles from Blackville, the county town. It had
been iu Mrs. Berners' family for generations,
and was renowned for the scenes of gayety
and hospitality which had transpired beneath
its roof.
Mrs. Berners, the liiFt of her race, to give vent
to the emotions of her restless, jealous heart,
resolved to ruinaugurnto tho festivities of the
olden time, and for that purpose announced a
mask ball for the ensuing All-Hallow Eve, and
at once set about getting all things iu readiness.
One day while she was absent at Blackville,
making purchases, Lyou and Rosa became so
ubsorbed in one another as to become oblivious
of the entry of Mrs. Wiuterosc, the old house
keeper, -who found them sitting closely eido by
fide, her hand clasped iu his. Ou Sybil's return
the old housekeeper described this scene to her
with manv exaggerations. The revelation
seemed to freeze Sybil into ice.
"Oh, my heartt my hearti' she moaned, turn
ing deathly pale. And then, after a long silence,
she bitterly added, "Deceived! Betrayed!
Scorned! Laughed at ! Well, well!" she con
tinued, nodding grimly; "well, well, since de
ceit is the fashion of the day, I too will be in the
fashion; I too will wear a mask of smiles! But
behind that mask, I will watch! Oh, how I will
watch! Not at my fancy ball alono will I play a
part, but Jieforo it, and perhaps after it! None
shall ever know how I watch, what I see, until
I descend with the fell swoop of the eagle. And
henceforth let me remember that 1 am a daugh
ter of the house of Berners, who never failed a
friend or spared a foe. And oh, let the spirit of
my fathers support me, for I must enuuhe until
I can avenge!
And oh 1 could those triflers with sacred lovo
those wanderers on the brink of a fearful
abyss have seen the look of her face then, they
would have fled from each other forever, rather
than to have dared the desperation of her roused
soul.
But they saw nothing, knew pothing, sus
pected nothing!
And thus all tho three drifted towards tho
awful brink of ruin.
CHAPTER II.
TUE FIRST FATAL II ALLOW EVE.
It was All-Hallow Eve, a night long antici
pated with delight by the wholo neighborhood,
and much longer still remembered with horror
by the whole country.
It was the occasion of Sybil Berners' mask
lall; and Black Hall, tho Black Valley, and tho
town of Blackville were all in a state of unpre
cedented excitement; for this was tho first en
tertainment of tho kind that had ever been
Riven iu the locality, and tho gentry of three
contiguous counties had beeu Invited to assist
at it.
The throng at Black Hall was great, and tho
" characters amiuied by tho maskers were various
and well sustained.
But far tho most beautiful, far tho most terri
ble figure In the pageantry of the evening was
that of , Sybil Berners. She had chosen for her
character the unprecedented part of tho imper
sonation of tho Spirit of Fire. It Biiited well
with her wholo nature. Her costume was but
the outward sign of tho Inward fervor.
Sybil had cou tided the secret of her costume
to no one but her husband, who was himself
attired as "Harold tho Saxon," while Mrs.
Blomlello assumed tho character of "Edith tho
Fair."
Sybil had not been long In the roombeforo tho
coquetting of her husband and Mrs. Blondollo
drove her nearly to distraction. Observing that
whenever the came near them they were on
their guard, Sybil exchanged disguises with oue
fif her guests and Intimate friends, Beatrix
Pendleton, and was thus enabled to watch her
liushud and Lis companion w ithout the least
restraint.
Sybil observed that a masker, representing
Death, whom nobody seemed to know, watched
X1is. Blondclle as closely us she did herself; and
she subsequently had occasion to remember aud
ch udder at that fact.
fcveluK the watched couple seat tbcuiselvea ou
a small sofa In one comer of the room, she glided
to an ottoman near them, in time to hear Mrs.
Blondclle say: , ...
"No, Lyon, your wlfo Is not my friend she Is
my deadly enemy. She is fiercely jealous of
your affection for me, though It Is tho only hap
piness of my unhnppy life. And she will make
you throw me off yet."
"Never ! no ono, not even my wifo, shall ever
do that. I swear it by all my hopes of "
Sybil glided away. She could bear no more.
Supper-timo drawing near, when all the
guests would have to unmask, Sybil and Bea
trix rc-exchanged costumes, and went down to
the drawing-room together, just as the last quad
rillo was completed, and tho company besrau to
march to the supper-room.
As each couple pas.-ed Into the supper room
they took off their masks, and handed them to
attendants, placed for that purpose to tho right
and left of the door. Thus, when the company
filled the room, every face was shown, but
"Deatli" was nowhere to be seen.
At last the party broke up. Only a few of
the guests remained all nitcht. These were
shown to their rooms, and tho others having
gone, as fato would have it, Mrs. Blondclle went
into the little reception parlor to meet Mr. Ber
ners, who assured her that thenceforth he could
never extend to her more than a brother's affec
tion. "Then give me a brother's kiss," she sighed.
"That is not much to ask, and I have no one to
kiss mi; now. So gife mo a brother's kiss, and
let me go," she pleaded, plaintively.
lie hesitated for a moment, and "then bending
over, her lie said:
"It is ihcjirst and f.ir your own sake it mu-t
lie the laxt, Rosa!' and lie pressed his lips to hers.
It was the last as well as the first; for at the
meeting of their lips they were stricken asunder
as by the fall of a thunderbolt!
Anil Sybil, blazing with wrath, like a spirit
from the Lake of Fire, stood between them:
She looked not human with her whole faeo
and form heaving, palpitating. Hashing forth the
lightnings of anger !
"Syiul! !" exclaimed her husband, thunder
struck, appalled.
She waved her hand towards him, as if to im
plore or command silence.
"I have nothing to say to you," she muttered,
In low and husky times, as if ashes were iu her
throat. "But to yen ! ' she said, and her voice
rose clear and strong as she turned and stretched
out her arm towards Kosa, who was leaning in
nil right against the wall "to toit, traitress, who
has come between the true husband and his wifo
in the morning you must leave tho house you
have desecrated: for if you do not. or if ever I
find your false face here" again, I will tread down
and crush out your lite with less remorse than
ever I set heel upon a spider! I will, as I am a
Berners ! And now, begone, and never let mo
see your form again !"
Rosa Blondclle, who had stood spell-bound by
tho terrible gaze and overwhelming words of
Sybil, the wronged wife, now suddenly threw
up her hands, and with a low cry lied from tho
room.
And Sybil dropped her arm and her voice at
the same instant, and stood dumb mid motion
less. And now, at length. Lyon Berners spoke again.
"Sybil!" he said, "this house is yours! You
must do as you please. But this I tell you: that
In the same hour -which sees that poor and
friendless young creature driven from the shelter
of this roof. I leave it too. and leave it for ever!"
if Lyon Berners really meant this, or thought
to bring his liery-hearted wifo to terms by the
threat, he was mistaken in her character.
"Oh, go!" she answered, bitterly "go as
soon as you like, Lyon Berners. Good-night,
and good-by," 6he said, and with a wave of her
hand she passed from the room.
He was mad to have spoken us he did; madder
still to let her leave him so! how mad, he was
soon to learn.
Lyon Berners remained walking up and down
the room some time longer. The lights were all
out, and the servants gone to bed. Yet still he
contiuued to pace up and down the parlor floor,
until suddenly piercing shrieks smote his ear.
In great terror he started forward and instinc
tively rushed towards Rosa's room, when tho
door was suddenly thrown open by Rosa herself,
pale, bleeding from a wound in her breast.
"Great Heaven ! What is this ?" ho cried, as
aghast withamazemcnt and sorrow, ho supported
the ghastly and dying form, and laid it on tho
sofa, and then sunk on his knees beside it.
"Who, who bus done this?" lie wildly de
manded, as, almost paralyzed with horror, ho
knelt beside her, and tried to standi the gush
ing wound from which her life-blood was fast
welling.
She opened her bloodless lips, now paling iu
deatli, and gasped forth the words:
"She Sybil your wifo. I told you slio would
do it. and she has done it. Sybil Berners has,
murdered inc." she whispered. Then raising
herself with a last dying effort, she cried aloud.
"Hear, all! Sybil Berners has murdered me.
And with this charge upon her lips, she fell back
DEAD.
Even in that supreme moment Lyon Berners'
first thought, almost his only thought, was for
his wife. He looked up to see" who was th ere
who had heard this awful, this fatal chargo.
All were there ! guests and servants, men aud
women, drawn there by tho dreadful shrieks.
All had heard the horrible accusation.
And all stood pauic-stricken us they shrank
away from oue who stood in their midst.
It was she, Sybil, tho accused, whose very
aspect accused her more loudly than the dying
woman had done; for she stood there, still in her
fiery masquerade dress, her face pallid, her eyes
blazing, her wild black hair loose and streaming,
her crimsoned hand raised aud grasping a blood
stained dagger.
"Oh, wretched woman! most wretched
woman! What is this that you have done?"
groaned Lyon Berners in unutterable agony
agony not for the dead beauty before him, but
for the living wife, whom ho felt that he had
driven to this deed of desperation.
Lyon .Berners, do vou believe mo guilty t
she asked.
Ho looked up and their eyes met. If he had
really believed her guilty, he did not now. Ho
answered, briefly and lirmly
"No, Sybil; heaven knows that I do not; but
explain this horrible business if you can."
"The explanation is this," she said, emphati
cally; nnd her voice then arose clear, firm, and
distinct as she continued:
"I was in my chamber, which is Immediately
above that occupied by Mrs. Blondclle. My
chamber is approached by two ways, first by tho
front passage and stairs, and secondly by a nar
row staircase running up from Mrs. Blondello's
room. I do not know how long I had sat there,
when I heard a piercing shriek from somo ono
in the room below. Instinctively I rushed down
the communicating stairs and 'into Mrs. Blon
dello's room, and up to her bed, where I saw by
the light of the taper she was lying. Her eyes
were closed, and I thought at lirst that she had
fainted from some fright, until, almost at tho
fume instant, I saw this dagger " here Sybil
stooped and picked up the dagger that 6ho had
dropped a few minutes before "driven to its
haft in her chest. I drew it out. lustautly tho
blood from the opened wound spirted up, cover
ing my hand and sleeve with tho accusing
stains you see! With tho flowing of the blood
her eyes Hew wildly open! Sho gazed affrlght
edly at me for an instant, and then, with the'hist
cllort of her lite, for which terror lent her
strength, she started up und fled shrieking to
this room. I, still holding the dagger that I had
drawn Irom her bosom, followed her hero. And
you know tho rest," said Sybil; and overcome
with excitement, she sank upon tho nearest
chair to rest.
Her story had evidently made a very great im
pression upon tho company preseut. But Lyon
Berners suddenly exclaimed: '
"Good Heavens ! that lady's mistaken charge
has put ub all off tho scent, and allowed tho mur
derer to escape. But it may not yet be too late'
Some clue may be left in her room by which wo
may trace tho criminal ! Come, neighbors, and
let us search tho premises."
And Lyon Berners, leaving tho shuddering
women of tho party iu tho room with Sybil and"
the dead, and followed by all tho men, went to
search the house aud grouuds for traces of the
assassin.
I But tho search, proved fruitless. No trace of
an Intruder could he found, nor was there any
evidence of robbery. Furthermore, all the win
dows wcro found fastened on the innhle. There
had been no way of entering the muritcred ino
man'srontn, except by the stairway leading from
FybiC chamber.
Captain Pendleton, an old lover of Sybil's,
and a brother of Beatrix, saw that thero was no
safety except In instant flight. He whispered
Lyon to take Sybil to her room, and then to
meet him on the back piazza. This was done,
and then the captain unlolded his already ma
tured plans. Lj'on adopted them at once; and
under the skilful management of Captain Pen
dleton and Beatrix, they got out of tho house
unseen, and were soon on their way towards a
dace ol concealment, Known as tnc uauntca
,'hnpt'l, where new and unexpected horrors
waited them.
C
CHAPTER III.
THE II At'NTED CHAPEL.
The Haunted Chapel to which Mr. nnd Mrs.
Berners were going was in a dark and lonely
gorge on the other side of the mountain.
They arrived safely at the old ruin, where
in the course of the day they were joined by
Mrs. Berners' faithful servant Joe, whoso affec
tion for his mistress had led him to play the
spy, and find out where she was going, and
secretly follow her with provisions aud means
for making her somewhat comfortable.
The fugitives felt so depressed that even tho
cheerful supper supplied by Joe could not
relieve them of the overshadowing gloom which
hud settled on their hearts. A strange drowsi
ness soon oppressed them, and they sank into
n deep sleep, as though they had been drugged
with some powerful narcotic. Mr. Berners was
aroused before daylight by Joe, who instantly
drew him outside the chapel in alarm.
Sybil, left alone in the Haunted Chapel, con
tinued to sleep soundly. How long she had
slept she never could tell, when she was sud
denly and fearfully aroused.
She felt hands at work about her person.
They were creeping under her shoulders, and
under her limbs; they were lifting her from her
mattress. Her eyes llarcd open in wild affright,
nnd she Faw two black shrouded forms, tho oue
at her head, the other at herjfeet.
She tried to cry out lu her agony of terror; but
her voice died away In her bosom, and all her
powers seemed palsied. They raised her up, and
bore her on great heaven! whither?
To the open door of the vault under the
chapel, from whose haunted depths a spectral
light gleamed!
They bore her down the dreadful steps, aud
laid her on the deadly floor!
The iron door clanged loudly to, resounding
through the dismal arches.
"e have her now!" muttered a hoarse voice.
A hollow laugh responded.
And Sybil swooned with horror!
When Sybil recovered from her death-like
swoon, she found herself in a spacious cavern
of such exceeding beauty and splendor, that for
an instant she lost sight of her terrors iu her
astonishment and admiration, and then her eyes
settled upon a figure who seemed the sole occu
pant of the place.
This was a young girl who, with her red cloak
thrown mat-liko on the moss, was seated upon
it cross-legged in the Turkish fashion. Her ellin
face, her malign eyes, her wild, black hair and
picturesque costume, were all so in keeping with
the aspect of the place, that ono might have
deemed her the spirit of the cavern.
The two women looked at each other In
silence for perhaps half a minute; and then
Sybil spoke:
"What place is this ? Who are you ? Why am
I brought hither?"
"One question at a time," answered tho girl.
" 'What place this is' concerns you little; I am a
gipsy, nnd my name Is Gentillska; 'why you are
brought here,' ail ! that concerns you very
much ! It concerns your liberty, nnd perhaps
your life."
"I do not believe it ! You have had mo torn
awny from my husband ! Where is ho now ?"
haughtily demanded Mrs. Berners.
"He is likely in the hands of tho constables,
who are by this time in possession of tho
Haunted Chapel. But fear nothing ! Him they
will release again, for they have no right to de
tain him; but you they would have kept, if they
had caught you. The constables were coming
theire for , but they would have fouud you had
we not brought you away with us. That was my
doing. I made your removal the condition of
my silence."
"But when will you communlcato with my
husband, to relieve his dreadful suspense?"
"As soon as it shall be safe to do so. Our first
enre must be our own safety, but our second will
be yours."
Sybil said no more at tho moment, hut sat
looking at the speaker, and thinking of all that
had befallen her in tho Haunted Chapel.
CHAPTER IV.
THE ROnilElt CHIEFTAIN.
J"IIo was the mildest mannered man
That ever Bcuttled ship or cut a throat."
Sybil had passed tho day In the robbers' den
with her strange companion, who astonished her
by stating that the captain of the band had been
present at her masquerade. Late in the afternoon
dinner was announced, at which several of tho
robbers appeared, with Moloch, a gigantic rulllan,
nt their head. Moloch was the lieutenant of tho
band, nnd in tho absence of tho captain ruled
with brutal sway. Becoming Inflamed with wine,
ho took a seat by the side of Sybil, threw his arm
about her and attempted to imprint a kiss upon
her lips.
Sybil struggled in terror, and tho gipsy girl
cried out:
"Men ! why don't you interfere? He is rudo
to the lady !"
"We never meddle between other men and
their sweethearts. Do we, mates ?" called out
one.
"No, no, no !" answered the others.
'Oil, if Satan were here !" cried the girl, in
despair.
"Satan is ueuic!" responded a voice close
by.
And the robber captain stood among them as
if he had risen from the earth.
Moloch dropped Sybil, nnd cowered in the
most abject manner. ..
Sybil looked up, and turned cold from head to
foot; for in the handsome, stately, graceful form
of the brigand chief, she recognized the finished
gentleman who, in tho character of "Death,"
had danced with her at her own mask ball, and
the probable murderer of Rosa Bloudello.
While tho walls of tho cavern seemed whirl
ing around Sybil, tho robber captain calmly
came up to her, lifted his hat, and said:
"Spirit of Fire, I am happy to welcome you
to your own appropriate dwelling place;" and
then, without expecting an answer, he turned
to Moloch, and said in his smoothest tones:
"Be so good as to give me this seat, sir."
But Sybil saw that the giant turned pale and
trembled like tho fabled mountain In labor, as
ho left tho seat by her side, und slunk into an
other at some distance.
Tho wine passed freely at the robbers' table,
nnd tho men grew merrier, wilder, more up
roarious. Sybil became very much alarmed;
and not so much by tho noisy orgies of these
rude revellers, as by tho dreadful ga.o of Moloch
fixed upon her from tho opposite end of tho
table where lie sat, and tho offensive languago
of Satau's eyes whenever they turned towards
her.
At length, unable to bear the trial longer, sho
arose Irom her seat, and courtesying to these
brigands as she would havo done to any set of
gentlemen of whom sho was taking leave, Sybil
left tho cavern, followed by Gentillska, tho gipsy
girl.
"I must take you to another grotto. You
cannot occupy mine to-night," said tho girl, with
evident reluctance
"But oh ! why. why may I not stay with you?
I am afraid to sleep uloue iu this terrible place!"
pleaded Sybil.
"I havo a reason, hut I cannot tell It to you
now. Yes, 1 will, too! I will tell you at all
rlbks I Then It is this: My chamber Is not sale
for you! I myself um not strong enough to
protect yon I You might be carried olf forcibly
from my side! I must hide you whero no devil
uav flud you to-night!" whispered tho girl.
Oh, do yot leave woheroalouo! pleaded
ByblL "If I must stay, stay with me! I do not
fear death; but oh 1 I fear these men I Do not
leave me!"
"I niUBt, for your own safety. They must not
miss mo, or their suspicions will bo aroused."
Then, pointing to a bed of moss, nnd recom
mending her guest to lie down and soek re
pose, tho gipsy girl glided away through the
labyrinth of caves nnd was lost to sight and
bearing.
Sybil's first Impulse was to start up and run
after her hostess, but she restrained herself, and
sank half fainting upon the heap of moss.
There was but a faint sparkling of light In the
cave, coming from a crevice in tho roof through
which the moonlight entered.
"Seek repose," had been tho advice of Gen
tillska. Sybil dared not seek It if she could, and could
not have found it if sho had. Hour after hour
passed in tranee-likc stillness and silence, when
at length she fancied she heard a creeping,
stealthy step approaching. Nearly frozen with
terror, sho listened and watched more Intensely
thpn ever. Alone, helpless, In darkness anil
solitude, what horrid fate must sho meet?
The freeping, cautious footstep drew nearer,
nearer !
Oil, heaven! it was no fancy! Tho en
trance of the cavern was more deeply darkened
for one moment, and then tho "huge form
of Moloch stood wlthiu the cavern and nearly
lilled It up.
Paralyzed with horror, Sybil could neither
move nor cry out not even when the monster
approached her and. put his profane hand u,ton
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CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS.
THK RKOI8TER VERITAS. containin the Olassi
fication of Vessels surveyed in the Continental, British
and American porU, for the year 1SC9, la FOR BALK by
the Agents in New York.
ALF MKRIAN A OO.,
JM Wo. 4H KXOH ANU ttPLAO K.
PHILOSOPHY OF M A R R I A QkZ
A A New Course of Iectarea, as delivered at tho Nun
York Museum of Anatomy, embrauinx the subjects :
How to Live, and What to Live for; Youth, Maturity, nai
Old Aire; Manhood Generally Reviewed; The Cause ol
Indigestion; Flatulence and Nervous Diseases Accounted
For; Marriage Philosophically Considered, eto. eto
Pocket volumes containing these Lectures will be foo
warded, post paid, on receipt of ' cents, by addressing W
A. LKARY. Jk., S. Jfi. corner iFIFl'U aud WALNin
Streets, Philadelphia
83!
STOVES, RANGES, ETO.
WOTIPW TIT IT. IT N It ff. Ii (4 T M XT it n
f.1 1'" .v.-. - ' -J A 'I A.
o would call the attention of the public to his
4 KKW UOI.DKN KAt.LK rlJKNAUH.
This is an entirely now beater. It ianoam.inmr
as to once commend itseli to general favor, being a com In
nation of wrought and cost iron. It is very simple in it
eoiift ruction, uud is perfectly air tight; sttll-uluanmg, bav
ing no pipes or drums to be taken out and aluaued. .1
so arranged with upright Hues as to produce a lane
amouut oi heat from the Bame weight of coal than any fur
nace now in use. The hygrometrio condition of the air t
produced by my now arraugement of evaporation will
oui e dumnustnite thut it is the only Hot Air Furnace tna
will produce a perfectly healthy atiuoxphere.
Those In wnut of a complete Heating Apparatus woult
do weU to call and examine the Golden Fuglu.
" CHAKLI S WILLIAMS,
Nos. 113-2 and 113-1 MARKKT Street,
Philadelphia.
A large assortment of Cooking Ranges, Fire-Hoard
HtoTcs, Low Uown Urates, Ventilators, eto., always on
b"wf Jobbing of all kinds promptly done. 5
THOMSON'S LONDON KITCIIENEK
or KUKOPKAN RANUK, for familios hotels, or
public institutions, in lUK.MY 1M H KKKK.NT
Kl.KS. AIbo, Philadelphia 1 tangos, Hot Air Fur
Portable Heaters, Low-down Grates, Fireboard
i;u.i. lt.,tlum Kiuw-hole Plates, ltoilors.
Btovesl eto., wholeaale aud rot J the Jn,J,,?i",,,M,1ryrt
27wfmrd No. .JtUO N. 8 KOON L) 'street.
FIRE ANU BURQLAR PROOF SAFE
Tt1 0. L. M A I 8 E 11,
IfJlibJ FIRE AND BUHGLAB-PKOOP SAFES,
IAKJK.bMJTU. BKLL-IIANGEU. AND DEALER IN
iUiLULNU ilAHDWAKB,
B 65 No. U IUC3 Street.
naces,
insurance
DELAWARE' MUTUAL- IN SAFETY 8UK-
NCR f"MpANuT.. lBoor theerated byLegie.
latnre of Pennsylvania, lB3r
Offloe, a K. comer 0PnpiJJll,a WALNUT BtreeU,
' MARINK INhUKANOES
On VN.lt, LftAVtt0t tb,WOr,1
On f oeda by river, canal, lake and land oarriags to all
parts of the I'nton.
' . . FIRE INSURANGKS
On Merchandise goaerally; on Stores, Dwellings, Houses,
ittO.
AsWtTS OF THK COWPANT,
. November 1, litiH.
, $4)0,000 United States Five Per Cent. Loan,
10-4118 NtlM fLvwtf
130,000 United SUtee Six Per Cent. Loan, ''"'w
80,000 United States Six Per Cont. Loan (for
Pacilic Railroad)
800,000 Btato of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent.
' loan
128,000 City of Philadelphia Six Per Cent.
Loan (oxenipt Irom tax)
60,000 State of New Jersey hix Per Cent.
loan.
90,000 Penn. Hail. First Mortgago Six l'er
Cent. Bonds
Sn.UOO Penn. Knil. .Second Mortnato Six Per
iaK.um
W.tXM-00
S11.376M6
121, .WOO
El.&nrou
ao,ao'uo
(,. u..,",t- ,,0,"i ai,ooo-oo
86,000 Western Penn. Rail. Mortgage Six
lor Cent. Bonds (Penn. Railroad
ii.".u,"'".n,So) no.eta-oo
',000 StMo nt Tennessee Five Per Centl
,M . 'f """ V- 21,000-00
7,oou state of Tennossoe Six Per Cent
loan (,03126
16,000 Gnrinsntown Gas Company,' prin
oipal and Interest guaranteed by
City of Philadelphia, 300 shares
in no,, i St'"' 15,00000
iu.wou Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
s.w.. w ehar.m stock 11,300 00
0,000 North lVnnvlvuma Railroad Co., lOO
JO.KW Philadelphia and Southern Mail
Oriroenr "'""""h ip (Jo., 80 Shares Stock 15,00000
w,!W Loans on Ilond anil Mortgage, tirnt
. Liens on City Properties 207,900 00
ei.liW.IJOU Par. Market value, Jl.iavsa-JB
Real Kstate - .-mw
Rills receivable for hisi"raVcomiriio?!!!."!!.'!!!r
lialancea due at agencies, premiums ou marine
policies, accrued intoroet.aud othordoiits due
the company
Stock and scrip of sundry corporal 'ions', 'itl"aii
I'.ifiiiiated value
W.SOODO
40,171? H8
1,81300
116.5B-78
".in in nana
Cash in drawer "
.illti.ir.i-' s
41305
$LH-l7,:i7H()
Thomas O. Hand.
Jolin U. Dbyis,
James C. Hand,
Tbrnphilns Paulding.
Joseph H. Soal,
lluxu Craig,
John R. Pen rose,
Jacob P. Jones,
James Trut'tiair,
Kdwnrd Partington,
H. Jones Brooke.'
Jomes B. MoFarlandj
F'dwurd Ijifouroade,
DnuccTOn'.
Fdmund A. Bonder,
Samuel K, Stukos,
I Henry Sloan,
W illiam U. Ludwig,
flloorge li. frtiiper,
iimiryu. I Elliott, Jr.,
.litlm 11 'l'....!..-
(ieorte V. liernadon.
Will,,,,,, ii i . '
-. .... ... . ruiiuu,
Jacob Kiorcnl,
Spencer Alcllvnlne,
U. T. Morgan, Pittsburg,
Joshua P. Kyre,
tjuiin n. nempio.
rw.,-... A it I'T'i"'! - .'.
iiiy;ria,-5 ,j. n il, t'rosidont.
HFKRY I.VLBURS'ryAVI8' VPreeidenU
KfrlY IA I J. A ssistant Secrotary. 10 9
1829.CIIAKTEK JP-EMPKTUAL.
Franklin Fire Insurance Comjany
OK PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CEESNUT St.
Assets on Jan. 1, 1869, $2,677,37213
CAPITAL
ACCRUKI) SURPLUS. . ,
PREMIUMS.
UNSKTTLFD CLAIMS,
r-i.J,-fvSli.
SIIOO.OOO'OO
l.llS.t,5.s-70
INOOMK FOR ISCiO.
S.iliO.OOO.
Lqssgs paii since 1829,over $5,500,000
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
The Company also issues Policies on Koala of BuiKli
i UK
DIRECTORS.
. ii Triii
Alfred O. Baker,
Samuel (.rant,
George W. Richards,
Isaau Leo,
n ii reti r itier.
Thomas Sparks,
William S. t.rant,
Thomas S. KDis,
('OHtjLVIlnX It.tnM
ALFRK
I Vr. liAKI'H, President.
JAS. W. MoALLISI Kit, Secretary.
H1KOUOKKM. RKUhR, Assistant Secretary. 89
S C U R Y
LIFE INSURANCE! COMPANY,
No. !S'l BROADWAY Cor. READE St., New York
nf.li 1 iipilnl x 1 .!(, t()0
lfcL16,0U0 Deposited with the State of Now York" as Security
for Policy Holdora.
LKM II E I, BANGS, President.
GEORGK ELLIOTT, Vico President and Secretary.
EMORY McfJLlNTOOK Actuary.
A. E. M. PI! ROY, M. D Medical Examiner.
Thomas T. Tosker,
nt.r r.nr.rn.:t.n at I'KUMlSJilON.
John M. Maris.
J. B. Llppinoott,
James long,
James lluutur,
inarios r-pencer,
John A. W right,
Arthur G. CoHin,
William Divine,
S. Morris Wain.
John H.MoCroary,
In the character of its Directors,
i'.. ii. vvurne.
ors. eeonomv nt mnnnA.
ment, reasonableness of rates, PARTNERSHIP IM.AV
O DI'.CLARLMi DIVIDENDS, do restrict ion in female
lives, and absolute non forfeiture of all policies, and no re
striction of travel after the lirst year, the ASHURY pro--aents
a combination of advantages offered by no other
company. Policies issued in every form, and a loan of one
third mude when doBired.
Spkciatc Advantaqks Ofterf.d to Clergymen.
For all further information, adress
JAMES M. LONOAORIT,
Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Offloe, No. 302 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
FORMAN P. HOLL1NSHKAD Special Agent. 4165
gTRICTLY MUT UAL.
Provident Life and Trust Co,
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE, No. Ill 8. FOURTH STREET.
Organized to promote LIFE INSURANCE amona
members of the Society of Friends.
Good risks of any class accepted.
Follcles tosued on approved plans, at the lowest
rates. .
President. 8AMTJKL K. SHIPLEY,
Vlce-rresldent, WILLIAM 0. LONUSTRETTL
Actuary, ROWLAND PARRY.
The advantages offered by this Company are un
excelled. a i e7
COMPANY.
No. 921 CIIESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
AHSETH, 2,000,000.
(CHARTERED II Y OUR OWN STATE.
MANAGED BY OUR OWN CITIZENS.
"LOSSES PROMPTLY PAIO.
POLICIES ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS.
Applications may be made at the Home Offloe, and
at the Agencies throughout tho State, 2 1S
JAMES TRAOUAIR PRESIDENT
SAMUEL F. STOKES VICE-PRESIDENT
JOHN W. llOlC.VOft A. V. P. and ACTUARY
1IORATI O S. STEPHENS .s EORE I'ARV
rVUE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY
I OK PHILADELPHIA.
OilU-e S. W. Curlier Fol'KTH and WALNUT Streets
KIRK INMIKANt'E EXCLUSIVELY.
PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED.
Cash Capital iiKi.Uiii tK)
Cuah Abbots, Way, 1W, OVER HALF A AlILLlOtf
IX ll.l.A KS.
DIRECTORS.
F. Patchfnrd Starr,
Kulhre Ernr.ier.
J. Liviniratnn Prrin,,.
John M. AtwiMid
..uiiit.n .j. ii:iKnoril,
i i . ., ;
Wlllmill (i. HeuUull,
Charles Wheeler.
lti iiianiin T. Tredick.
t.eerge il. Stuart,
.letiu H. Hi-own.
Thomas II. Montgomery,
'I bis t'einpsny insures only
first-elass tikLm tutin. nA
speoiully hazurdous risks whutever, auoh as factories,
' E. HATCH FORD STARR, President
TIIOM AS H. AIILNTOOMERY, Vice-President.
Al.BXANDiat W. VS is l lilt, Secretary. jj ti
-plIfEMX INSURANCE
COMPANY OF
J PHILADELPHIA.
INCORPORATED InW-CHARTKR PERPETUAL.
"1M AI.P.lil Street, opposite the Exchange.
This Company insures from Inns or daiuugu by
KIRK, '
on liberal terms, on buildings, merchandise, furniture,
etc., for limited periods, and permanently on huiblinus i.k
deposit ot premiums.
'I he Company has been in active operation for more than
S1X1Y il- ARS, duinin wuiuU oil loacoa have been
promptly adjusted and (mid.
John Ii. Hndire,
unil'.ijumn.
David Lewis.
M. '. mauoiiy,
John T. Lewis,
Willium S. Ciranr,
Robert W. Leu m in,
D. Clark' Wharton,
ltelljumin Ettfnft,
Thomas H. Powers,
A. R. M. H y,
Edmund ( :tillon,
Samuel Wilcos,
i J 1 Kf..Pr4u
ireute Levtui, Jr.
JOHN R. W t'CUKUEU, President.
JNSUK E AT HOME,
a TEH
Penn Mutual Life Insurance
INSURANOt.
rpiUC PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
- . COMPANY.
Wo BIOWAINcT'S?'1 -I- '-'-' Pernetasl '
Thi. rl UA. ""T,1, "Tr-wite IndspemleefVraareV
over forinj.m''JnhlT. n,,wn " o-'mmumt, for
hi tn1vhV,U"'". ,n1" awaimrt loss or damage
or foa Mmitid tim a? lin. .ith.r permanenDf
i I. '"J11 ,, lim A Iso on K urniture. Stocks of Uood.
"lM1,,";h" r"nnrally, on liberal trni. " UaV
Their Capital, together with a lame Surplus Fnnd, I ln
?S '?. i m""'re'ul manner, which enables them to
offer to the Insured an undoubted eooriti la the ease ef
Piinlel Smith, Jr., John THivermii.
Alexander Hen son, Thomas Smith?
Isaao liazlohurst, Henrv Lewis,
Thorn- Kobtatj Hn(ldoJ. OllWhen, Fell. ,
WM. O. CROWRLLVSr""1' J"-'
("OFFICE OF T 1 1 E I N S TRANCE COMPANY
PllKaRT" AMHI0A. N WALNUT Street,
Incorporated 17M. Charter Perpetual.
At!tf,u Capital, If-HKI.OOD.
"l A ii I N E, I N L A N I ) A N D K j R E INS U R A NO KL
OVER $20,00(1,000 LOSSES PAID SINCK ITS ORGAN.
irihii.n rum..
DIIiECTOim.
Sninuel W. Jones,
John A. Prnwn,
Cbnries Tiiylor,
Anihrose W hite,
"William Welsh,
S. Morris W sin,
John Mimon,
l.iM-trirn I.. HurrlMnn
r rannis R. Cope,
Edward II. Trotter,
J'.'iward S. Clarke.
1 . Charlton Henry,
A bred I). Jessup.
John P. Wlntfl,
'-puis U. Madeira,
Charles W. Cushmaa.
C U ES Pf f T- Ident.
Matttttah MAr!"!;','?,,1 Vice relent
I
'IUK INSITJIANOE
LONDON.
CO.
ESTABLISHED 1MW.
Talil-up Capital ami Accnmnlafel Ponds,
8,000,000 I IV GOLD.
PREV0ST & HEIIRING, Agents,
2 4 No. 107 8. TIIIKD Street, Philadelphia,
ciiAS. m. ruKvosT. CIIAS. P. HKRRINQ
SHIPPING.
CHARLESTO:, 8. C.
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
ITllISIGIIT
EVERY THURSDAY.
The Pteamstilng PROMETHEUS, Captain Gra? J
W. KVKRMAN, Captain VanT 7' J
V-1LL FORM A RKUULAK WKKKLS LINK
1 htfuiiiHlilp ,f. W. KVEUMAN Will Ball on
Til 1SI)AY. June 17. at 4 P.M. m 00
'1 1 ; nisii bills of liidinfr jriveu in connection with S.
C. 1 U. to points In the South and Southwest
It -ut-anct' at lowest rates. Rates of frelKtit as low
as by any other route. For freight, apply to
ii. A. SOLDER A CO.,
POOH STREET WHA R.
2 22tf
tf OIrLT DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE
BfcSnM KW VtiRIi AND UAVRK. OAIJJNO If
The splendid now vessols on this favorite ronte for the
Continent will sail irom Pier Io. 60 North river, as to
fl :?fv wttr nuchesne Ratnrday. Ma, I
KT n J IkV u Saturday M ay 15
SI. LAI K EN r I.emarid Saturday M.i ou
V1LLK UK PARIS Surmount ."..V. SatnrW.' U
.' lAr , a, pRIC,K OF PAS8AGB
in Kola (including wine),
TO BREST OR HVT-fn
rrat Cubin TO PARI?snd Cbi"-m
... 4 (Including railway tickets, furnished on board.)
K1"' Cabin lio Second Cabin JRai
I lieso steamers do not earrv xlnuni. ,. "
Medical attendance free nf h.n.a I
American travellers going- to or returning from the eon.
I n Milt, nf l.tr.iiin In (..bin.. -.i .
.A.K m Dieiujiors oi uiu line avoid
orossiud the channel, besides saving time, trouble, and
eiponso. UEOKl.K MACKKNisii. Annt,
: - ....... ..nuniv i-.iiKotiu rouwava mn
, , BROADWAY, New York.
I or passage in Philadelphia, apply at Adams' Express,
Company, to HI. I.K A if
l a:' No. .'WO CIIESNUT StreeL
Ggdtj& PinLADELPrilA, RICHMOND.
UK SOUTH AND WK.ST UBB T
Street "m IKST WUAR' above MARKET
THROUOn RATES to all point in North and Ronth'
RA Tlifs THAN AN'? VRSSIV W
JPr!'!?.?ul"ty'ill0 f-"'$ d'eouness of this route com
mend it to the uublio aa the most desirable mediinfo
crryin every description of fremht meujuin lor
triSnJste1r'lr,te fF conuui8ion' rm or any expense) ol
Steumships insured at the lowest ratosj,
i'reiKht received daily.
w No. S WARVf4ePr f ST wTi A RV&&.
. Il Ol II 14V
LORILL-.RD-8 STEAMSHIP
LINE FOR
MEW YORK.
; Sailing Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
REDUCTION OF RATES.
Spring; rates, conimeneiiif? March 18.
SnlllnR Tuesdays. Thursday-, and Saturdays. On
and after lfith of March frei(lit by this Hue wUl be
taken at 12 cents per 100 poiuidu, 4 cents per loot, or
1 cent per gallon, ship's option. Advance charires
curbed at oillce on Pier. Freight received at all
times on covered wharf.
JOHN P. OHL,
885w . . rier 19 NrU Wharves.
W. B. Extra rates on small packages iron, metals, eto.
JNEVV EXPRESS LINE TO
Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washington, D.
connections at Alexandria from the most diroo Troute for
IJurtt. Bristol, Knoxvuie, Naehville. Daitoo. Mid the
Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon from the
first wharf above Mai-ket street.
Freight received daily.
W I LLI A M P. OLTD Tft ft OO.,
in-T.lt ft TYLER
EU1R1DUK ft CO, A;enUlexandria!'taUm''t 1
.?-,9aR LIVERPOOL AND
;QUKKNSTOWN. Inman Line of MJ
Steamers are appointed to sail a fol.
t.ltv t fTt,Mt..ti vi. T.tir. 1 - v . ....
f nil ni fv ; cz:. ""Tf.''.".".'?-'.-0' " a. as.
.... i ,i i l,aJ If. Ml r. M ,
City of Bns.kiyn, Saturday, June -M, at 1 P. M. .
Etna, via Halilax. Tuesday' June 29, at 19 A. M
fnfm pterNott6l?i5fve'r,,,UrdH' 4lt9m" TuM'
RATES OF PASSAGE.
BT rH MAIX STICAMJiH iAlUNl RVEUT SATtTRDAT.
TRST W mPm" t"J'd- PyW in Curreno
1 l,r $100 STEEHAtilS. " eja
io Losxlon us j To jondon
loFttr" llol To Paris. 47
PASSAGE BY THK TUIBDAY STBAMKB, VTA HaWaV'
1 Payable in tioid. Payable inrW
Liverpool $SU Liverpool T.
Hahiax Stui Halifax u
St. John's, N. F., ) .- St. Jobo'sNF.'. '
' ' h Steamer. by Branch Steamer. . . I
' ?.''. l.,.lrlUfcr information apply at the Company's Offlnaa.
JtlilN O. DALE, An.ml. No. 1j, ItllOADWlY N V
or O'lMi.NNEl.L ft FAULK, Aenti
No. 4 HCHKSNUT Street, Philiulelphia.
NOTICE. FOR NEW YORKVIA
DELAWAKK AND RARITAN OANAT
'Ibe
7 Ii pa pest TS n i? -w V-iS 1L rw. .
ti. n between Philadebihia and New York" Ummamo'
Steamers leuve dally from tiret wharf below Mk
trett, Philadelphia, and toot of Wall street. New York
C cods forwarded by all the lines ruutou out of No
Y01 k. North, East, and West, free of commission. w
l'rtmiht received and forwarded ou aoooiiimodatinv tm.
I WILLI M P. CLYDE ft Ot . Aaenu'
! No. 1 4 a DiiLAWA H K A venue. PhiU.teTphU.
5 35 No. lllwliVtrinX
5 fc NOTICE.FOR NEW YORpT
Y7 via Delaware and liaritan flAn.l Lnii?
gal ntWf"11 I
The bumness by these liues will be resumed j
the H.h of March. Eor E reiKhts, which wii VL .n? afUl
accouuuodaun tenus, apply to " 11 UJ"n
1 25
-tJTT SuthW harvest
T ODGERS AND W 4 ENFIOLMOrnFi
I KNIVES, Pearl and StAjl Handles ni K fyCKET
RODC EHS- and W A lK 'ft TU n uVivtiTi "ni-
below 1 tiHMiut. oo. iunirlalissi
tela i'lsTf-a
sfcrgaSTr-r-i-
T)EAFNE8S -EVERY INSTlUJNTnTr
, eoienoe and skill have invented to assist tb- h A
In every decree of deafness: also Ke7.itr . hnnai