Father Abraham. (Reading, Pa.) 1864-1873, February 12, 1869, Image 1

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    PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY,
RAUCH & COCHRAN,
No. 13, South queen Street, Lancaster.
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And '1.50 for each additional subscriber.
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in advance.
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Of every description, neatly and promptly oxe
euted, at short notice, and on the mo.t
reasonable terms.
Rit ilronds.
pENNYLVA NIA CENTRAL R. R
Trains leave the Central Depot as follows:
EASTWARD. WEST WARD.
Cinc1n.Ex....12:17 a. ru. ICrie Man..... 1:50 a. in
rbilit.Express 5:12 " Phila. Exp... 2:40 "
Fast Line 7:02 " Mall 11:15 "
Lane. Train.. 9:05 " 'Fast Line..... 2:35 p. m
Day Express. 1:45 p.ni.:Columbla Ao. 2:45 "
ilarrisb* Ac..5:51 " Harrisleg Ac. 5:54 "
,Lauc. Train.. 7:29 "
Cincin. Ex....10:43 "
READING AND COLUMBIA B.
• ON AND AFTER
THURSDAY, NOV. 26,
PASSENGER TRAINS WILL BE RIJN ON THIS
ROAD, AS FOLLOWS
LEAVIC
Lancaster WOO a. in
a 3a5
p. m.
Columbia .....8:00 a. m.
.....3:•20 p.m.
REIT
LEAVg.
Rending 7:00 a. m.
.....6:15 p. m.
7:30 a. 111.
14 6:15 p. m.
Trains leaving Lancaster and Columbia as
above, make close connection at Readimg with
Trains North and South; on Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad, and West on Lebanon Valley
Road. Train leaving Lancaster and Columbia
at 8 A. IL connects closely at Reading with
Train for New York.
Tickets can beobtained at the Offices of the
New Jersey Central Railroad, foot of Liberty
street ,New York;and Philadelphia:lml Reading
Railroad, 13th and Callowhill streets, Phila.
Through tickets to New York and Philadel
phia sold at all the Principal Stations, and Bag
gage Checked Through.
Trains are run by Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Time which is 10 minutes faster t
Pennsylvaniaßailroad Time.
CEO. F. GAGE, Supt.
E. E. I{Exviot, Gen. Frt. and Ticket Agent.
nov 20-ttl
READING HA I 1,1{0.‘
WINTER AiIIiAN“EMENT.)
MONDAY, DECEMBEIt H, 1M.3
Great Trunk Lint !row the Sort/t
-wist for Philwl4 , lplaa, New York, lieml
big, Pottsville, Ta mayna, Ashland, Sha
mokin, L Lr,n,,,+, ,111entown, Easton, Eph
rata, Litiz, nruster,
T ra i ns i navt; thirrt.antvg fur New York a* fol
lows: At 3.50, 5.50, 8.10 a. in., 12.45 noon 2.04 and
10.50 p. in , connecting with similar trains on the
Pennsylvania Railroad and arriving at New
York at 11.01 a m ,12.20 noon, 3.10, 7.00,10.05 p.
and 0.15 a. in. respectively. Sleeping Cars ac
company the 3.50 a. 10. and 10.60 p. m. trains
without change.
Leave Harrisburg for Reading, Pottsville,
Tamaqua. Minersville, Ashland, Shamokin,
Pine Grove. Allentown and Philadelphia, at
8.10 a. m., 2.05 and 4.1 u p. In. stopping at Lela*. n o n and principal Way stations; the 4.10 p.
m.
train making connections for Philadelphia and
Columbia only. For Pottsville Schuylkill litt-
Yen and Auburn, viii Schuylkill and Susque
hanna Railroad, leave Harrisburg at 3.30 p. m.
Returning: Leave New York at 9.00 a. m 02.00
noon, 5.10 and 8.00 p. in., Philadelphia at 8.16 p.
m. and 3 30p. m ; sleeping cars accompany the
9.00 a. in., 5.10 and 8.00 p. in. trains nom New
York, without change.
Way Passenger Train leaves Philadelphia at,
710 a. m. connecting with shnilartrain on East
Penna. Pailroad, returning from Reading at
825 p. ut. stopping at all stations; leave Potts
ville at 7:30, 8 45 a. m , and 2.45 p. m.; Shamokin
at 6.25 a. m.;Askland'at 7.00 a. in., and 12.30 p.
Tamaqua at 8.30 a. in.; and 2.20 p. for Phila
delphia.
Leave Pottsville, via Schuylkill and Suslue
'Manna Railroad at 7.10 a. m. for Harrisburg, and
11.30 a tn. for Pine Grove and Tremont.
. - -
Reading Accommodation Train : Leaves
Reading at 7:30 a. in., returning leaves Phila
delphia at 4:15 p. tn.
Pottstown Accommodation Train: Leaves
Pottstown at 6.45 a. returning, leaves Phila
delphia at 4.00 p.
Columbia Railroad Trains leave Reading at
7.00 a. m. and 6.15 p. in. for Ephrata, l.itiz, Lan
caster, Columbia, &c.
Perkiomen Railroad Trains leave Perkiemen
Junction at 9.15 $ in. and 5.36 p. ii.; returning,
leave Skip pack at 8.10 a. in. and 12.43 p. tn., con
necting with similar trains on Reading Rail
road.
On Sundays: Leave New York at 8.00 p. m.,
Philadelphia at 800 a. m. and 3.15 p. m., the
8.00 a. m. train running only to Reading; Potts
ville 8.60 a. m 4 Harrisburg 5.50 a. m., 4.10 and,
1.0.5014. m.,and Reading at 1.05, 3.00 and 7.15 a. m.
For Harrsburg, at 12.60, and 7 . 31 a. in. for New
York% and at 4.2.5 p m. for Philadelphia.
Commutation, Mileage, Season, School and
Excursion Tickets, to and from all points, at
educed rates.
Baggage checked through; 100 pounds allowed
each l'aseen ger.
G. A. NICOLLS,
General Superintendent.
Been, wo, PA., Deo. 14, 1508. [deolt4ltda w
NORTHERN CENTRAL RAIL
WAY.
Trains leave York for Wrightsville and Co
lumbia, at 6:20 and 11:10 a. m., and B:30 p. m.
Leave Wrightsville for York, at 11:0J a. m., and
1:00 and 6:50 0. in.
Leave York for Baltimore, at 6:00 and 7:15 a.
m., 1:05 p. m.; and 12 midnight.
Leave York for Harrisburg, at 1:39, 0:25 awl 11:35
a. m., and 2:W and 10:15 p. m.
TRAINS LEAVE HARRISBURG.
GOING WeilTß.
At 8:25 a. m., and 1:20 and 4:20 p. xn.
• 31NO stnrria.
At 3:45 and 5:26 a. art., and 12:30 and 10:45 p. m
decll4fd
Drugs and Chemicals.
DR. WEAVER'S
DRUG STORE!
The subscriber baviug Parehased and taken
possession of the Drug Store of Dr. Samuel
Keneagy, Northeast Corner of Centre Square,
Strasburg, Va., respectfully solicits the patron
age of the people of Strasburg and vicinity, to a
large and carefully selected stook of
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PAINTS,
OILS, DYE. STUFFS, VARNISHES,
FANCY ARTICLES, WALL PAPER, &c.
Besides every other appale usually kept by
Druggists ; and all of the best quality, which
w~illbo sold at the LOI.IIIIT
J. G. WEAVER,
feb6-IW] Strasburg, l'a.
Washing, Machines.
POSITIVELY NO HUMBUG.
The Patent Right for the Stateof Pennsylvania
• for the Celebrated
UNITED sTATES WASHING MACHINE,
THE REST EVER OFFERED,
IS NOW FOR SALE
Those who wish to make one of the moat pro
fitable investments they can make, will find one
of the best opportunities for doing so by call
ing on
C. F. WALKER,
TILE INVENTOR AND SOLE PROPRIETOR,
AT THE EXCHANGE HOTEL,
jan2B4ll LANCASTER, PA.
$ 6.50
12.00
16.50
AND
MILITARY AND NAVAL CLAIM AGENT,
No. East Kilig-st., Lancaster, Pa.
Being duly licensed as a Claim Agent, and
having a large experience, prompt attention
will be given to the following classes of claims:
BOUNTY and PAY due discharged Soldiersand
Sailors.
BOUNTY (additional) to soldiers who enlisted
for not less than 2 or 3 years, or were honors
bly discharged for wounds received.
BOUNTY (additionnl) to Widows, Children, or
Parents of soldiers who tiled front wounds re
ceived or disease contracted in said service.
, PENSIONS for invalid Soldiers and Sailors, or
to their widows or dren.
ARM{ , PENSIONS for fatherc hil s and mothers, brothers or
10:20 a. in. sisters of deceased soldiers, upon whom they
5:40 P. in- were dependent.
10:20 a. in. I PENSIONS and GRATUITIES for Soldiers or
5 : 40 P. tn. , their Widows from Pennsylvania, in the War
of 1812.
PAY due Teamsters, artificers and Civil em
ployees of the Government.
PAY due for horses lost In the United Slate§
service.
CHARGES.—Fees fair and moderate, and in
no ease will charges be made until the money
is collected. [dee 25-Iyr*
:tending
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Lancaster.....9:ls a. in
F:25 p. in
Columbin .....9:25 u. ni
p.
, e right, let us strive on to finish the work
Ire are in; to bind up the nations (Wounds; to
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Cla lin Agency.
JAMES BLACK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Insurance.
rIE OLD PENN MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DE PHILADELPHIA
ACCUMULATED CAPITAL, 52,000,000,
after paying Losses to the nmonnt of f 120,000
CITA RTER MAU' ETUA
All the .S'urplas Dividend amongst the Pulicy
Holders every year.
THE ONLY TRULY MUTUAL Cfr+IPANY IN
THE CITY OR STATE.
For further Information apply to
JOAN J. COCIIItAX, Agent,
I'. 0., Lancaster, Pa
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WORLD MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO
NEW YORK,
NO. IUO BROADWAY
J. 1. FRUEAUFF, General Agent for P 'a
NORTH QUEEN STREET,
(Above J. F. Long & Son's Drug Store.)
Tide Company offers more SOLID and REAL
inducements than any ether Life Insurance
Company in the country.
Send or call and get a Circular.
Active solicitors, male or female. wanted In
every township in the state. (Jan 141 n•
Sewing Machines.
THE HOWE SEWING MACHINE,
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EVERYBODYI
As a Holiday Gift to a Sister, Wife or Friend,
they are unsurpassed.
The Farmer wants it for his Family
The Dress and Cloak Maker prefers It
The Seamstress wants it, because its work is
sure to give satisfaction.
The Tailor has long ago decided it to be the
beet for Ma business.
The Carriage Trimmer cannot do without it;
and the Shoe Fitter finds that, after all, the
HONK is the machine for him.
Sooner or later, everybody will have the
HOWE MACHINE.
Every Machine is warranted.
Every one may be the possessor of one of these
unrivalled maehines, as we endeavor to make
the terms of sale suit all our customers.
We earnestly invite all, whether they purpose
purchasing or not, to call and get specimens of
the work executed by with
the work
MA
CHINE, and compare it the work done by
other machines. %Ve are willing tonblde by the
result.
C. FATE, Agent,
25" North neon street
deo 18.
Book Bliuling.
GEORGE WIANT,
BOOK-BINB.EB
AND
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER,
NORTH QUEEN ST., LANCASTER, PA.
BLANK BOOKS,
For Bank*, Merchants, County °Moos, do., made
to order.
BOOT( BINDING, In all ite branches prompt
ly attended to. 4-Sm
lice towards none, with charity Or
nness in the right, as God giver us
Don't you remember the old Tom eat, John
Smith,
The old Tom cat whose notes were so high,
As he used to serenade us each night, John
Smith,
When the stars were bright in the sky?
Down to the old Niagara's shore, John Smith,
Where the elm stands silent and lone,
Some naughty boys threw in the river one day
The old Tom cat, attached to a stone.
Don't you remember old Towzer, John Smith,
Old Towzer, who belonged to Bill Gale,
And how many times, in our childhood sports,
We have tied oyster cans to his tail?
Old Towzer would have lived with Gale , John
Smith,
Until he had grown helpless and old,
But they caught him stealing sheep one night,
And old Towzer's tale was soon told.
Don't you remember the old pond, John Smith,
And the bridge across built of loge,
And how many times have we stood on the
bridge
And pelted with stones the p3or frogs?
The bridge and pond are gone, John Smith,
And all things are changed that I view,
But I rind no change in my pocket, John
• Smith,
Could I borrow a dollar from you?
Miss Vernon sat thoughtfully at her
window plunged in deep thought. This
need be scarcely wondered at, for the
ytestion upon which she was pondering
affected her nearly.
She was all heiress, having conic into
possession z at her majority, of fifty thousand
dollars. ll , he was pre-possessing in her
appearance, and this, as was natural, as
usual, was considerably exaggerated,
brought her suitors in plenty. Among
them she made choice of William Winsor.
and in a few weeks they were to be married.
William was engaged in the wholesale
clothing business, and had..the reputation
of an active, sharp man of business. lie
was of good appearance, and so far as
could be judged, was a good match for the
heiress. Nothing to his prejudice bad
come to the ears of Miss Vernon, until the
day before. A poor woman had come to
the door in evident poverty, and asked for
relief. On being questioned, she said that
she had been employed in making shirts at
twelve cents a piece for wholesale dealers;
that after making a dozen and carrying
them to the store, she had been roughly
told that they were spoiled, and that
nothing would be paid her for the work;
but that she might have some more, if she
would agree to make them better. She
added that this was one of the small ways
in which the firm made money out of poor
women by pretending that their work was
unsatisfactorily done, when really no fault
could reasonably be found.
The sum, small as it was, of which she
had been defrauded, was all important to
her, as it represented nearly a week's
work.
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"Only a dollar and forty-four cents for
a week's work!" exclaimed Miss Vernon
in dismay.
" That's all," said the poor woman.
" How, then, do you live?"
"It can hardly be called living. It's,
just barely keeping body and soul together,'
said the poor woman.
"And who is this extortioner that first
oilers you starvation waqes, then defrauds
you of them?" asked Miss Vernon, very
indignantly.
" Villiam Winsor:"
" Who?" demanded Miss Vernon, firm
ly, quickly.
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`• William Winsor.' ,
" I can hardly believe this. I know the
gentleman."
" It is true, and if you will investigate
the matter you will find it to be so."
"I will investigate the matter. Here is
five dollars for your present needs. Come
here to-morrow at this time, and I may
have sonic work for you to do."
The poor woman departed, invoking
blessings upon the heiress.
"I will look into this," said Margaret
Vernon, resolutely, "and, if it proves
true, the engagement between William
Winsor and myselfshall be broken. I will
not give myself to such a man."
"Nancy," said Miss Vernon, the next
morning to the chambermaid, " have
you an old dress and shabby cloak and
bonnet, that you can lend me?"
" I hay e Sot some that are so poor that
I am not going to wear them again," said
Nancy, surprised at such an inquiry.
" Will you lend them to me?"
"Of course, Miss; but what would the
likes of you want with such old clothes?"
" A little fun, that is all," said Miss
Vernon. "I am going to disguise myself,
and see if I can't deceive somebody.
With this explanation Nancy was con
tent, and produced the clothes. Miss
Vernon put them on and in addition,
borrowed of another of the servants a
thick green veil, somewhat the worse for
wear, and then set out on her mission.
No one, in her disguise,would have recog
nized the usually elegant and richly
dressed heiress, Miss Margaret Vernon.
Miss Vernon slipped out of the base
ment door, and took her way to a large
store, on which was inscribed the name id
Winsor, in large gilt letters.
She entered, and after a while a clerk
spoke to her in a rough voice:
" Well, what do you want?"
" I wan't to get some work," she said,
in a low voice.
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LANCASTER, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1869.
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THE DISGUISED HEIRESS.
"We can give you some shirts."
" Anything."
"Can you sow well?"
" I think so."
"At any rate, we will try you."
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A half dozen shirts were given to Miss
Vernon, and she was informed that if
satisfactorily done, she would be paid
twelve cents a piece. These she carried
home, slipping in at the back door.
About two hours later the poor woman
called.
" Here are some shirts tin• you to make,"
said Miss Vernon.
“Why, they are the same as 1 have been
making,” said the poor woman in great
surprise.
" That is true, and they came from the
same place."
"Am I to take them back there?"
"No, you will bring them here. I will
pay for the work, when done, double the
price you have been receiving."
" Thank you, Miss, you are very kind."
"Sew them as neatly as possible. I
wish to see whether they will be rejected
as poor work. o,
" Yes, Miss Vernon. I will take pains
with them."
Three days later the poor woman re
turned with the work completed. Miss
Vernon paid her for them, and requested
her to call the next day.
"Nancy," said the heiress, after her
protege had departed, " I shall wish to
borrow your old clothes again."
"Certainly, Miss," said Nancy, " it; it
is not ashamed you are to appear in such
miserable rags."
"No one will know me, Nancy."
"Shure, Miss, you can take them when
ever you like."
I don't think I shall need them again,
Nancy, but thank you all the same."
Not long afterwards Miss Vernon, in
her shabby disguise, entered the establish
ment of William Winsor, with the bundle
of shirts under her arm.
She walked up to the counter and laid
them down.
“ What have you got there?” demand
ed a pert young clerk.
"Some work, sir," said Miss Vernon,
very humbly.
" Well why don't you open the bun
dle?" said the young man, picking his
teeth with his knife.
Miss Vernon did so.
The young man deigned to fumble over
the shirts, and sneeringly glancing at
them carelessly.
"Shocking! shocking!" he saki.
"What's the matter, sir!"
"They're wretchedy sewed. That's
what's the matter. flow do you expect
we are going to sell such shirts as these?"
I any sure T thought they wen well
done," said Miss Vernon.
You thought, did you?" repeated the
clerk mocking her. "Well, I think dif
ferently, and that's all about it. We
shan't pay you for these shirts. They will
have to be sold at a loss."
"But what shall I do?" asked Miss
Vernon, in seeming distress.
"That's your business, not mine. We
will try you once more, and give you
another half dozen shirts. If they are
done better, you will be paid for them."
" These are done well," said Miss Vern
on, savagely, snatching the bundle from
the counter, "and I will show them to
your employer."
To the indignation of the clerk, who was
not used to such independence in the poor
women who worked for the establishment,
Miss Vernon took the shirts to another
part of the counter where she saw William
Winsor himself.
"Mr. Winsor," she said, "your clerk
will not pay me for these shirts. He says
they are not well done."
Mr. Winsor took one up, and pretended
to examine it.
"No, it is poorly done. We ()ain't pay
you for these s but you limy have another
bundle, and, if they are satisfactory, you
will then be paid."
"Didn't I tell you so, said the clerk tri
umphantly. "Now, young woman, how
much did you make by that operation?"
" More than you think, perhaps," said
Miss Vernon, quietly.
"Do you want any more work?"
" No, I don't wish any more," she an
swered, coldly.
"Oh! you are on your high horse, are
you? Well, you may be glad to get work,
some day, when you can't have it."
That evening was the one which Wil
liam Winsor usually spent with his be
trothed. When he was introduced, he
went forward warmly, as usual, to greet
Miss Vernon.
She drew back coldly, and did not offer
her hand to grasp his.
- " What is the matter, Margaret?" he
asked, surprised and startled. " What,
have I done to entitle me to such a recep
tion?"
" My hand has taken yours for the last
time, Mr. Winsor," said Margaret.
"Good heavens! what is the meaning
of all this? Margaret, explain yourself;
I cannot understand it."
"I cannot take the hand of one who
grows rich by defrauding poor women out
of their scanty earnings."
" Who says this of me? Some one has
been slandering me. Confront me with
my, accuser. There is some mistake here."
" I will do as you desire. Wait just
live minutes."
Miss Vernon left the room, and soon
re-entered iu her disguise.
The young man strode up to the woman
angrily.
" Are you the one who has slandered
me to Miss Vernon?" he demanded.
"I told her the truth."
The young man reflected. Violent con
tradiction he saw would not avail him; he
would try another course.
" Hark ye,young woman," he said in a
low voice. "There was a mistake. I will
make it up to you richly. I will give you
tendollars on the spot, and all the wk. rkyou
want at double rates, if you will tell Miss
Vernon it was all a mistake.''
care for him who shall have borne the battle, and
for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may
achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace
among ourselves and with all nations."—d. L.
itA
100 late. Mr. Winsor," said the veil
ed figure, throwing up her veil, andshow
ing the contemptuous titre of Margaret
Vernon. Your bribe is offered in vain.
Good evening. sir."
Confounded and astonished, William
Winsor found his way to the door, and
has never ventured to enter the house of
the heiress since, lle was paid for his
meanness in his own coin.
e f Aker thipo.
Ii z who stumbles twice over the same
stone deserves a broken shin.
LAFAYETTE College, Easton, holds
daily revival meetings.
MAsKED highwaymen make it lively
about Cincinnati.
ENGLAND has 3,799,000 cattle and . 20,-
930,000 sheep.
Do THE best you can, whatever you
undertake. If you are only a street
sweeper, sweep your very best.
JA(K'' says that Andrew .Johnson is
certain to be erected Governor of Tennes
see next year.
STItANOE as it may appear to Northern
people, such a thing as a clover field is
almost unknown in North Carolina.
TILE wife and daughter of at lately-be
come New York millionaire receive daily
instructions in reading, writing and spell
ing.
IN Dallas county, Ala., recently, 4,152
acres of valuable land (as good as any in
the country) were sold by the Sheriff at
$1.50, $2.25, $3, $5 and $10.50 per acre.
A MAN in St. Louis recently got married
on Tuesday, got the chills ou Wednesday,
wrote his will on Thursday, got mad on
Friday, and died en Saturday.
THE Newport, (IL 1.) N - ter. says there
is a family In that city in which the father
is seventeen years of age, the mother six
teen and the 'baby three weeks old.
DlTatmi the last thirteen years 105
murders hayu been committed in New
York City, the perpetrators of which were
never discovered.
Fnor the year 1778 to June 30th, 18t9,
it is estimatetl that our Government will
have spent $107,137,6813 in the care and
protection of the Indians.
" VACCINATE your children and kill
your dogs,” is.the advice of a country
paper in Ohio, which State has small-pox
and hydrophobia in unpleasant quantities.
THE most interesting eclipse of the sun
that has occurred, or will occur in the
17nitell States for many years, will be
visible on the 7th day of August next.
Ax exchange says: `• The wickedest
.John Allen of York has signed the
pledge twelve times since Christmas, and
is now, when sober enough, lecturing on
temperance." •
SMALL-Fox is committing dreadful
ravages in Calitbrnia. In San Francisco
the pest houses are full, and funerals are
of constant occurrence, the burials in
many cases taking place at night.
AT a meeting of the Republican State
Central Committee it was determined to
hold the State Convention to nominate
candidates for Governor and Supreme
Judge, in Philadelphia, on the 23d of June.
A. WILOLE family was poisoned in Le
banon, Wisconsin, last week, by eating
pie made out of canned pie-plant. Most
of the family were sick for several days,
but finally recovered.
Tim small-pox is raking liercely in a
number of western cities. Cincinnati,
St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukie are be
ing scourged by it, though the fact is
carefully kept out of the newspapers.
TUE Legislature of Delaware granted a
divorce to Josiah and Sarah Anderson, of
that state. It was afterwards discovered
that the parties were colored! Rather a
good joke on the gallant Delawarians.
WiscoNslN has a population of nearly
half a million, of whom 300,000 are Ro
man Catholics, and not over 50,000 are
connected with Evangelical Churches.
Fully one-half the population arc foreign
ers.
GENERAL GRANT lately expressed him
self as unequivocally infavor of the Suf
frage Amendment just passed by the house
of Representatives. He is opposed to the
manner of the settlement of the Alabama
claims as proposed by Reverdy Johnson.
The Presbyterian says: " We know a
church that pays two thousand dollars a
year for fashionable singing, and one thou
sand dollars to spread the gospel in be
nighted lands." If the devil don't get
nine-tenths of that congregation he ought
to be bung! Tle'm's our sontiments.
Lucy STONE is trying to influence the
Democratic Legislature of Ohio, by soft
words, to
. extend the right of suffrage to
women. tihe is reported as whispering in
their ears that all pure and honest men
vote the Democratic ticket, and such like
nonsense. It if= a nice *A rue —but we
think not a winning, one.
THERE huts been an unprecedented
freeze in Florida this winter. Oranges
were frozen solid on the trees. The cause
of this surprising change in the climate
is thought to be the recent immigration of
New 'Englanders into that State, bringing
their Northern ideas of weather with
them.
Ham. G. A. Gnow was severely burned
by a car on on the .Lackawanna Railroad
being thrown front the track on Friday
last. He was a passenger, and was sit
ting near the stove, and came into con
tact with it, as the car went dowii an em
bankment ten feet in height. Ile proceeded
to his home.
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first insertion, and Seven cents a line for each
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No. 13.
WALL KINDS or JOB PAINTING executed
with neatness and despatch.
"POUND PARTIES" are the latest Boston
notion. Those incitrd are expected to
contribute one pound at least of something
to eat.
JOHN U. BIIE.I K1N1{11047,, ex-Confeder
ate, arrived in Baltimore on Saturday,
and is the guest of his brother-in-law.lßev.
Dr. Bullock.
THE body of Mrs. Surratt, one of the
assassination conspirators, has been sur
rendered by President Johnson to her
friends, for burial.
THE recent _Democratic State Conven
tion of Connecticut, " Resolved, That we
view the progress of Radicalism with in
creasing alarm." No doubt of it.
Tim. Lancaster Express very truthfully
remarks that "the Democratic party was
the firmest, and at last the only friend
and ally of Slavery in its life, and 4s now
the sole mourner over its remains."
AN application for a writ of habeas cor
pus has been made to the Supreme Court
of the United States, for the release of the
assassination conspirators at the Dry
Tortugas. The ground taken is that the
President's amnesty proclamation releases
them.
THE Rev. W. 11. Rice, of York, Pa., is
one of the seven delegates appointed to
represent the Synod of the Moravian
Church of North America in the General
Synod of the Moravian Church, which
will commence in the month of May at
Herrnhut, Saxony.
THE Legislature, we are sorry to see, is
getting into the habit of years ago, of ex
empting from taxation a large portion of
the property of the Commonwealth. We
cannot but condemn this policy, and re
gard it as violating both the letter and
spirit of the Constitution.
As was predicted, when the bogus con
fessions of the conspirators to assassinate
President Lincoln were palmed oil upon
the public, the pardon of those who es
caped hanging is soon to 1X granted. At
this writing that of Dr. Mudd may have
received Executive endorsement.
IT will be a matter of surprise to most
people to know that the Mormons at the
present day are said to number 1.20,000
souls. Utah is divided into about twenty
counties, and although Salt Lake City is
the great central city, the people are
scattered over a territory of eighty miles
square.
SPAIN has declared that heneeforlh nn
slave shall l held on Spanish soil. Thus
surely passes away the barbarism of our
century ; and we may justly take credit
for our great share in the glorious work.
The first blow on the shackles of the
Spanish slaves came from the pikes of old
John Brown.
THE friends of Hon. Caleb N. Taylor,
Republican Representative in Congress
from the Vtli district, are confident that
he will be able to unseat Dr. Reading
(Democrat,) who holds the certificate for
the new Congress. The exposure of the
false voting in the Twenty-second Ward
of Philadelphia, will show that Mr. Taylor
was duly re-elected in October.
WHEN the colored citizens are invested
with the ballot they will be no longer the
objects of execration and ridicule from
democratic politicians. Tim " woolly
heads" and the "crooked shinbones" will
become lovely in the eyes of the Democ
racy, when Manhood Suffrage shall pre
vail throughout the land. •
AT last a use is found for portions of
Alaska. It is a good place to establish
"district courts, with the usual judicial
and ministerial officers." This only
applies to the southern portion of Alaska,
where the oranges, figs and bananas grow,
but to the northern part no one seems
desirous of going. They think there Is
just-ice enough there already.
A ROY in Michigan recently had his leg
amputated, and a few days afterward said
that the great toe of the amputated limb
was cramped, and that it pained him, and
insisted that his father should disinter the
amputated limb and straighten the toe.
To quiet him, his wishes were complied
with, and he said hg was relieved from
the pain.
Jaux M. LANGSTON, of Ohio the dis
tinguished colored lawyer, will be an ap
plicant for the Ministership to Hayti,
under Grant, with every prospect of suc
cess. This is the same position tendered
him by President Johnson, but declined
for the reason that ho would not dim his
political prospects by accepting an office
under the present administration.
GOVERNOR WISE, in one of his recent
long-winded letters on the late rebellion,
reconstruction, &c., utters the following,
which is not bad, considering its source :
•`For myself, I praise God for the war
every day, notwithstanding its disaster
and deaths, as a special providence, indis
pensable to free me and my heirs forever
from the weakness of African sin very.”
TWENTY-NINE fitshionable balls are
said to have come MY in New York last
we.k, at which over tirteen thousand peo
ple were in attendanee. The expenditure
of money On these little amusements is
estimated at i?:245,it00, thus: Carriage hire,
t 25,000; suppers and wines, $40,000; toi
lettes and dresses, t'?•180,000. The jewels
worn on the several occasions are put
down in the aggregate as worth $850,w0.
THE old Moravianmill in Bethlehem
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was burned down the37th nil: It was
built in 1744, by Imekenbaell & Sou, and
has continued in possession of the family
ev.r since. It was lmilt of massive stone.
The first miller was Christopher Christian
son, who was played in charge of it under
Count Zinzerdorf. Ile was :I man of skill,
and projected the present water works in
Bethlehem--the first works of the hind in
the State,
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