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Over the Btver.
This beautiful poem, by an American
writer, Miss Priest, has commanded the
admiration of all readers during the many
rounds it bos made of the newspaper and
magazine press, the last ten years. To
those who have lost intimate friends—and
who has not?—some of the allusions are
inexpressibly affecting. Many a mois
tened eye will fallow the lines:
Over the Tlver they Reckon to rae,
Ifoved ones who r ve passed to the other side,
The glcum of their snowy robes 1 see,
But their voices are lost iu the dashing tide.
Thore’s one with ringlets of sunny go7d,
And eyes the reflection of Heaven's own blue;
He crossed in the twilight gray and cold,
And the pale mlslhid him irom mortal view.
We saw not the angels who met him there,
The gates of The City we could not see;
Over tno River, over the River,
My brother stands ready to welcome me.
Over the River the Boatman pole,
Curried another—the household pet;
Her bright curls waved in the gcntld gale—
Darllug Minnie, i see her yet I
She crossed on her bosom her dimpled bands.
And fearb ssly entered the phantom bark;
We watched It glide from the silver sands,
And all our sunshine grew strangely dark.
Wo know she Is safe on the other sldo,
WhereaU the ransomed and angels bo;
Over the River, the mystic River,
My childhood’s Idols ure waiting for me.
For nono roturn from those quiet shores
Who cross with the Boatman cold and blue;
Wehear the dip of the golden oars,
Wo catch u gleam of the snowy sail,
And 10, they have passed from our hourt—
They, cross the stream und are gone for aye I
Wo can not sunder Iho veil apart,
That lades from our vision tho gates of day;
We only know limt their barks no more
Shull sail will) ours on life’s stormy sea,
Yet somehow I hone on the unseen shore,
i hey wulou and beckon and wait for me.
And 1 sit and think when the sunset’s gold
Is Hushing rlvor and hill and shoro.
I shall one day stand by tho water cold,
And list to tho sound of tho Boatman’s oar;
I shull watch for the gleam of the Happing sail,
I Ahull hour the boat us it gal ns the strand,
I shall pass from sight with the Boutmitii pale
To tho better shorn of the .Spirit band I
I shall know the lovbd who navo gone before,
And Joyfully sweet will tno mooting bo,
When over tho River, tho peaceful Rlvor,
The Angel of Death shall carry mol
ptttwy.
Homauce of Royalty
Tho Now C hapter in tlic Story of the
Koyal House of IhigJaml.
[From iho London Star.]
The “ Romance of the Peerage," has
been written for ourinstructian in more
forms than one, and we have got oertaln
enticing though unsatisfactory glimpses
at the skeletons which have -their dread
abode in the closets of our aristocracy.
The "Romance of Royalty,” however,
is, we believe, as yet a field untllled,
and in all kindness we commend it to
some of the industrious book-makers of
the day. We need not go back to an
other dynasty, nor abroad to another
country for our material. Common
place as tile political history of the
Guelph family has been, their domestic'
history lias not wanted in "many In
stances the painful interest and the
perplexed intrigue ofa modern sensa
tional story. Nothing hitherto known
or suspected approaches, however, In
strange incident and involved plot, a
chapter—we can scarcely call it a new
chapter—in the history of the Royal
House, which, though it lias at differ
ent times aud in various forms attracted
some public attention, has never up to
the present been put forward in a sim
ple and taugible Hliape. We allude to
the extraordinary claim to the position
of a Royal Princess advanced by a pri
vate individual, Mrs. Lavina Ryveß, a
claim which It is probable will' be
brought to a legal issue, in the course
of next month, and which will then be
supported by documents that establish,
if they are genuine, it must be admitted,
a most astonishing series of facts.
Since the details of the case, whether
in the claimant's statement or in the
attempts made to impugn it, all bear a
certain aspect of confusion, it may be
well to select in brief the important
points relied upon by both sides, and to
weave them, as far tis we may, into a
clear and connected tale. This is not
easy, for so much value of both claims
and answer depends upon the genuine
ness of an immense mass of documenta
ry evidence, that we cau only argue the
question pendente litc, in a very super
ficial way.
It has always been known that the
immediate cause of the passing of the
Royal Marriage Act was the openly
manifest displeasure of George 111. at
the union of hisbrother, Henry Freder
ick, Duke of Cumberland, with Lady
Anne Horton—a displeusure which re
mained unchanged until the Duke's
death. This feeling in the King has
usually been attributed to the German
pride of birth, by which his family had
always been distinguished. If, how
ever, the documents produced in the
case above mentioned be genuine, it
will he proved that George 111, was not
offended with his brother because lie had
married an inferior, hut because he had
committed deliberately a most serious
offense against morality and law—the of
fense of bigamy. Papers are set fortli
which demonstrate thatwhen the Duke
of Cumberland married Lady Aune
Horton, his wife, OlP’e Wilmot, to
whom he had been privately but legal
ly married four years previously, was
still alive. As a legitimate descendant
of this last mentioned marriage, the
petitioner iu the pending cause
claims the style and honors of
a Princess of the blood royal.
The fact of this marriage is supported
by two remarkable certificates, signed
by Dr. Wilmot (the lady's father) as the
officiating clergyman, and by the King
himself, by Lord Chatham, Lord War
wick and Lord Archer, as witnesses.
The plea put forward by the Crown on
all former occasions, and which will
probably be again restarted to at the ap
proaching trial, is that these certificates,
aB well as the various other documents
bearing on the case, are forgeries, and
on this point we anticipate the decision
will turn. The Duke’s second marriage
having been made public, the King,
partly influenced by a wish to hush the
matter up, and partly by another more
personal reason, prevailed upon Dr,
Wilmot,_it is asserted to keep his daugh
ter’s marriage secret. i n the meant
time, a child, Olive, was born to the
hapless, deserted wife, and the birth
certificate, signed by Lord Chatham
and Mr. Dunning, Solicitor General at
the time, also forms a portion of the evi
dence in the case. The infant was
duly baptized in private by Dr. Wil
mot as the Duke’s daughter, in the
presence of Lord Warwick; but at
the King’s request, means were taken
to pass her off - as the daughter of one of
her uncles. For this purpose she was
baptized as Olive Wilmot, merely. Of
all these transactions, certificates, pur
porting to be signed by the King, Lord
Chatham, and others of high position,
are in existence. They may be proved
to be forgeries, hut, ifso, they display fa
skill and audacity utterly unparalleled
in our criminal "fecords. Though the
King desired, for peculiar reasons, to
,keep,the child Olive’s legitimacy a se
cret, he was not disposed to act un
kindly toward her, ■ - Besides numerous
private acknowledgments of Jiet kue
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VOLUME 67.
position;And grants of money for her
use, he proceeded, when she was less
than a year old, to confer upon her the
title of Ducheßs of Lancaster. The pat
ent, which is also to be produced, was
deposited with Lord Warwick, who de
livered it, in the presence of the late
Duke of Kent, to the owner, then Mrs
Serres.
It is needless to follow "her the addi
tional documentary evidence which ip
put forward by thepetitioner,lnoluding
an alleged will ofGeo. lll.,bequeathing
to the infant Olive a sum of £15,000 and
a long series of letters and papera from
the Duke of Kent acknowledging his
cousin’s claim. We may briefly Indi
cate the steps that were taken legally
and otherwise by Mre. Serres, and after
ward by her daughter Mrs. Eyves, the
present petitioner to obtain rights. Pro
ceedings were first taken in the Prerog
ative Court to obtain Probate of the
King’s will, but Ehe application was re
fused upon the technical ground that the
Court was hot competent to deal with a
royal testament. Foiled in her resort
to law, Mrs. Serres resolved to submit
her claim to Parliament. She found a
champion, unluckily for herself, in Sir
Gerard Noel, achivalrousbutsomewhat
craoked-bralned member, who after in
troducing the lady’s cause with much
frothy fervor, succumbed meekly
enough to a little argument and a great
deal of banter from Mr. Peel. Both
during Mrs. Serres' life and after her
death, many attempts were made to
move the royal family by petitions, but
naturully enough, these were for the
most part fruitless. In the year 1845
after some difficulty arising from laok
of funds, a chancery suit agalnßt the
Duke of Wellington, George lll.’s sur
viving executor, was undertaken, but
failed on the ground that the will had
not been proved. As we have Been,
this necessary step had been found im
possible, and for a long time the matter
remained at a dead look. The Legiti
macy Declaration Act, passed in 1858,
offered an opportuuity of opening up
the question anew, and after a consider
able delay, Bought by the Crown, the
trial has been definitely fixed for May,
1806.
Besides the deeply interesting details
which we have briefly noticed, another
and yet more extraordinary question,
will, it is gravely affirmed, be brought
iuto discussion in connection with the
case. It is only vaguely indicated iu
the statement published on behalf of the
petitioner, and its improbable character
Is, we feel bound to say, calculated to
throw grave suspicion upon the whole
claim. We shall therefore only say that
this collateral question raised by Mrs.
Byves touches the ’ legitimacy of ail
George lll.’s children. Her statement
is briefly this : that George lll.’s mar
riage with Queen Charlotte was an act
of bigamy, his former and lawful wife,
Hannah Lightfoot, being still alive.
Upon this astounding assertion we need
not comment; but from the circum
stances of the case, we anticipate that
the trial will prove an interesting and
curious addition to our collection of
causes cclcbrcs.
A Romance—How an Esquimaux Woman
Became the Wire or an English Hoblc
man.
fFrom a Paris Paper.]
Amid these specimens of feminine
archieology, grouped, as we have said,
before the windows of the shops, you
can not fail to remark a pale young
woman, of small Btature, and expressing
herself in English with a silent accent,
which gives to this language a charm
hitherto unknown. A lady of a certain
age and a gentleman who accompanies
her, do not cease to regard herj and,
according to a popular expression, “to
drink her words."'
This young woman, who' has borne,
for six months only, one of the most
aristocratic names of the three king
doms, was called, but a short time ago,
Tookoolita. Three years ago she in
habited with the Esquimaux, her coun
trymen, the Bay of Ookovlear, called
by the English Grinnell’s Bay, and
which is situated about the sixtieth de
gree of north latitude. In the place of
the elegant costume which she now
wears with such ease and grace, her at
tire in her native land consisted of a
vest of seal skin, embroidered on the
seams with red and white ■ worsted in
arabesque; a pantaloon, made of the
same thick materia], confined hersmall
waist and descended to the knee, leav
ing to be seen, in all their exquisite pro
portions, her legs and diminutive feet,
cased in boots of pliant red leather.
Finally, her abundant head of hair, of
a jet black, was tied at the top of the
head by a broad blue band, made of the
skin of the Isatis, and colored by the
unctuousjuiceofacertainkind oflichen,
An adopted orphan of one of the
women of her tribe, she passed the short
summer under a tufu, or tent, made of
the skins of the reindeer, and nine
months of the year in an igloe, that is
to say, in ahousebuiltof blocks of snow,
soldered toge ther by the cold, and capped
by a dome of the same material. In the
center of this strange dwelling, a stone
lamp, supplied with the fat of the seal,
burned uninterruptedly during nine
months of the year—a long and dreary
night.
The light, among other things, served
in lieu of a fireplace for drying her
clothes, penetrated by the humid at
mosphere, and for warming her hands,
benumbed by sewing in a cold twenty
degrees below zero, with needles made
of bone, and thread composed of the
sinews of animals.
The Esquimaux have no other means
of combatting the rigors of a winter,,
compared to which ours is but a sum
mer. The debris cast upon these shores
by the too frequent shipwrecks ofEuro
peau vessels, are never burned by the
natives for the purpose of warming
themselves, but are employed by them
in making sleighs. In fact they leave
unmolested the numerous heaps of coal
which Lady Franklin has caused to be
placed at different points, in the hope
that they might be of service to her hus
band, whom she long believed lost and
wandering in these frozen regions.
Three years ago, Lord Frederick Fitz
—made, as ensign, one of the crew of
the George Henry, sent in search of Sir
John Franklin, This- ship wss built
expressly for this voyage, and was con
structed after the manner of the whale
ships; for a ship with high sides can
not navigate these seas without great
danger. t
On the approaefe of winter the George
Henry was suddenly frozen uj i in the
ice. This mis fortune produced t he most
seriotxs inquietude, the more S’ >, as the
stores of the ship were gettin g short
being now reduced to tainted a alt. meat
and the uncertain' chances of th e chase.
Ope day, or rather one night—for in
winter the night reigns for nine months
in the Bay of jroung girl,
on thedee alongside the George Henry,
climbed with uncommon agility to the
defik of the ship, and commenced ex
amining, with the greatest curiosity,
“ the great wooden house ” o(thestran
gers. After having visited every cor
ner, she perceived Sir Frederick
stretched upon the Captain's bed. Tears
came to her eyes at the sight of the poor
young man, about to die without hope
of relief. She immediately proposed by
gesture to take the youDg man with her
and to nurse him at her own house.
Theofflcers eagerly accepted this chance
of relief for their companion, lmproba
ble as his cure seemed to be, aiding
Tookoolita (thiswas hei name) to re
move Frederick to the sleigh of the
kind-hearted girl.
She gave the signal for starting to the
dogs by a peculiar slapping of the
tongue against the roof of the mouth,
and drove rapidly away with the en
sign. Having arrived at her home
after a two hours’ ride, she. entered a
few minutes sfter-vvith a wooden vase
filled with the blood of the seacalf. To
her great surprise Frederick refused this
singular drink. However, he soon
overcame his repugnance, and "found
it excellent.” This is his own ex
pression in the volume he has pub
lished of his voyage. He partook every
day, not only wlthoutdistaste, but even
with uvldlty, of this medicament, and
he felt Ills strength return so fast that,
in tlireo months after, dressed in the
cosutme of the natives, he rivaled them
in daring and address, in driving a
sleigh, chasing the sea-calves, scaling
the rocks, and carrying away birds’
nests across shoals and broken ice, not
to mention that he managed in the most
Intrepid manner, with a single oar, Ills
long narrow bark made of skins, and
called a Kias. Tookoolita accompanied
him in all these excursions and did not
quit him for a moment. Endowed with
the marvelous facility of thepeople of the
North in acquiring foreign languages,
she not only spoke English purely, but
thanks to the lessons of Frederick, she
read and wrote it. About the month
of April following, the George Henry
was disengaged from the Ice which en
vironed her, and began to prepare for
weighing anchor and returning to Eng
land. When Tookoolitta learned this
news,sheretiredtoher tupio of reindeer
skins, pitched on the seashore. Freder
ick came to her and found her bathed
in tears. "Bister,” said he, for he called
her habitually by this name, "Sister,
my mother expects you in England
come.”
Tookoolitta dried her tears, gave him
her hand, and accompanied him with-,
out hesitation, on board the George
Henry, which arrived unexpectedly
three months after iu England.
Some time after that, Lady Fitz ,
who did not quit the young stranger
for a moment, still prettier with the
European than in her nativecostume,
presented her to Queen Victoria as
her future daughter-in-law.
The Queen declared that she would
sign with her own hand the marriage
contract between the officer of marines
and Tookoolita. “In the meantime,”
added she, smiling, "os this name is
alittle strange, I ask of my young friend
to renounce it and take that of Victoria.”
Tookoolita, now Lady Fitz , may
may be seen every day promenading in
the Palais Royal, offering the singular
spectacle of an Esquimaux, becoming
an English ladv of distinction.
An Ecclesiastical Protest Against the
Tilting Hoop.
The tilting hoops have at last aroused
the indignation of the clergy. Last
Sunday one of the Jesuit fathers, con
nected with the church of St. Francis
Xavier, in Sixteenth street, spoke Ills
mind pretty freely on the subject. He
admonished the female portion of his
congregation that they must give up
the abomination altogether, or cease to
come to the confessional. Nothing half
so immodest or immoral had ever been
witnessed in New York before. A
stranger might be forgiven the suspi
cion that our wives and daughters
were all turning courtesans. He did
not know what the fashions were at
the theatre or the opera, because he did
not go to such places; but he could not
shut his eyes to the nuisance, as it ex
isted before his eyes, in front of God’s
holy altar. He was determined to abate
it so far as the church of St. Xavier
was concerned; other clergymen could
■do as they liked. As you may infer,
this clerical blast against the garment
in question has created an immense
sensatiou. A party who manufac
tures them, iu order to protect his
business, has hired a Protestant
preacher to deliver a lecture to
morrow evening in favor of it. He
proposes to show that the tilting hoop
Is conducive to health, comfort and
cleanliness, and as "cleanliness is next
akin to godliness,” he will be prepared
to demonstrate that the allegations as
to immorality is all moonshine. So,
you see, there are two sides to the ques
tion. It's a delicate one, at least, and
perhaps it is better that the parsons
should deal with it than the newspa
pers or newspaper correspondents.
Sot Bad.
A short distance from the city of
Montgomery, in the State of Alabama,
•on one of the stage routes running from
that city, lived a jolly landloid by the
name of Ford. In fair weather or in
foul, in hard times or soft, Ford would
have his joke. It was a bitter stormy
night, or rather morning, about two
hours before daylight, that he was
aroused from his slumbers by loud
shouting and knock at his door. He
turned out, sorely against his will, and
demanded what was the matter. It was
dark as tar, and seeing no one he cried:
"Who are you there ?”
“Burder, Yancey and Elmore, from
Montgomery,” was the answer, “on our
way to attend court. We are benighted
and want to stay all night.”
“Very sorry I can’t accommodate you
! so far; do anything to oblige you, but
i that’s impossible.”
The lawyers, for they were three of
the smartest in the State, and all ready
1 to drop down with fatigue, held a brief
consultation, andastheyeoulddonobet
: ter, and were tootiredtogoanotherstep,
1 ’-they asked:
! “Well, can’t you stable our horsesand
| give usohairsandagoodfireuntilmorn
' ang?”
“Oh yes gentlemen, I can do that.”
i Our learned and legal friends were
j Eton drying their clothes by a bright
I Are, as they composed themselves for
■ the few remaining hours in their chairs,
dazing and nodding, and now and then
| swearing a word or two of impatience,
I as they waited till daylight did appear,
i The longest night has a morning, and
I at last it came along, and then in due
j time a good breakfast made its appear
j ance; and to thesurpriseofthelawyers,
1 whothought the house was full of guests,
. none but themselves sat down to par-
I take.
“ Whyj Ford, I thought your house
was so full you couldn’t give us a bed
last night ?’’ said Burder.
“I didn’t say spJ’replied Ford.
“You didn’t? Whatinthe name of
thunder did yoii say ?”
“’You asked me to iet you stay here
all -night, and I said it would be impos
sible, for njgbtwasaighunto two-thirds
gone .when you came. If you only
wanted beds, Why on earth didn’t you
sfiy'So?’' 1
• The lawyers had to give ithp.. Three'
•ofthem on one side, and the. landlord
i alone had beat them. a^1.......
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 30,1866.
Fillipo Palms.
[Translated from the German of Waldbrneta.
The rlch old miser and pawnbroker.
Griffo, was about to close his store and
retire to his solitary sleeping apartment.
He threw a quick, searching glance
about Mm—pianos, guitars, household
furniture of every kind and description,
which the necessities of the poor, or the
extravagance of thq rich, had gathered
there, strewed the room in strange con
fusion.
After cautiously surveying the whole,
and satisfying himself that no thief was
concealed within, who could despoil
him of his hoarded treasures, he turned
to close the door, when a young man
stepped upon the threshold. His ele
gant mantl? only partially concealed
the richness of his dress and the sym
metry of his form; he might have been
about, twenty-five years of age, and
withal looked so gay and glad, and life
loving, that the old miser drew back
amazed, Gracefully raising his hat, he
disclosed a profusion of glossy, raven
curls, and a face thatmlghthave served
apainter for an Adonis or Endymlon.
His eyes fell upon the grave, parch
ment-like features of the old usurer, and’
though he could not restrain a smile,
yet he failed to banish the traces of care
which saddened his brow.
"Bravo, my young lord,” exclaimed
Griffo. "I call you a man of your word.
I have always said that the noble lords
of Rome, and Indeed of all Italy, might
safely take for their model Signor Fll
llpo Palma—none know so well os he
how to live—how to circulate money,
and none bo punctual to return a bor
rowed loan.”
"It grieves me much, Signor Griffo,
that this time I so ill deserve the praise
with whiohyouoverwhelm me. Ikuow
that to-day lshould have paid the small
sum!”
"Small sum ! small! you owe me a
hundred ducats, and to-day I counted
uponlt. I lent it, too, withouta pledge,
bethink you, upon your honest face;
but certainly you have brought it with
interest, and you wish to joke me.”
"Would to God it were so,” rejoined
Fillipo, "but believe me, we singers
carry empty pockets while the Carnival
lasts; our opera-managers cannot pay
us until Shrovetideisover. Meanwhile
we must live ; therefore I have come to
beg you to double that loan, and let me
have another hundred ducats upon my
honest faoe.”
"The d 1 take me 1 if that is not a
rare joke,” said the astonished Griffo.
"Do you think I have found my money
or stolen it, that I can throw it after
you as you scatter your light songs
among the silly crowd ? No, no, I will
teach you better, I have yourbond, and
if I cannot J ingle both money and in
terest in my purse this day, you shall
go the debtor’s prison and there celebrate
your carnival, unless, indeed, your man
ager, or the foolish song-loving rabble
redeem you.”
"Pray listen to reason Signor Griffo.
If you should stand me upon my head,
not a single ducat would fall out of my
pocket; wait only until the carnival is
over, and you shall see ; the manager
will then pay me my arrears, and per
haps, also, I shall be the bridegroom of
a rich lady, whose love I seek now to
woo. Ido entreat you, good Griffo, let
me have the money, draw up the bond,
and I will sign.tt.”
"A wife,” said Griffo, thoughtfully,
"a widow, perhaps an heiress, who is
she, and how far has the matter gone?”
"Not so far as you think, neither do
I know who she is. I have seen her
only twice, but more is not necessary to
fall desperately in love—the thing is
soon finished, for she seems to be un
married, and to all appearance is bless
ed with eyery earthly good.”
“I will listen to you no longer, you.
young madcap ; you shall go to prison
to-day if you cannot give me full satis
faction or furnish me responsible secu
rity ;” and hereupon the old niggard
flew into a paroxysm of rage, and pour
ed forth a perfect torrent of curses, all
of which Fillippo received with the
most,imperturbable gravity. Resolved
upon obtaining the loan, and hoping to
gain his point as soon as the storm had
passed by, Fillipo meanwhile stepped
to an open piano and began to play a
favorite aria which had lately gained
him much applause. Seeing, however,
that Griff'o’s wrath was rather in the
flow than in the ebb, he seated himself
aud began to sing the aria, which he
supported with a vigorous accompani
ment. He had at first no other inten
tion than to show his firm resolution
and to appear as unembarrassed and as
much at his ease as possible, but when
he perceived that the old man listened
with delighted astonishment, he began
to sing in a style worthy of Fillipo
Palma, the most celebrated singer of
his time.
A mirror Paging opposite reflected
the face of the miser, andFillipo watch
ed the anxious interest the various
emotions which passed through his soul
and warmed into life his stern, rigid
features. At first the muscles ofhis
face relaxed and expanded as the full,
deep tones trembled through the hall;
then, as the swelling waves of rich
melody rose and sank in the wild sport
and play, the angular features gradual
ly formed themselves into a sweetsmlle,
and the man of gain, who had until
now listened only to the Bound of gold,
stood spell-bound; a light was in bis
leaden, soulless eyes, and his lips trem
bled. It was as though an angel of
beauty had touched him with his magic
wand, so complete was the transforma
tion ; the clear, rich tones of melody
fell upon his soul as the warm, bright
rays of the sun upon the earth after a
long rainy season. As Palma at last
with a lively emotion and brilliant
passages drew toward the close, Griffo
could no longer remain quiet in his
corner; he strove to express by the
motion of his limbs the spirit of music;
noiselessly he moved that he might not
by an unlucky step interrupt the sweet
toned stream of enchanting melody.
As the aria was concluded, and Griffo
stood panting, wiping the perspiration
from his forehead, the singer stepped
up to him with a smile and said:
“ How is it, Signor Griffo ? will you
loan me the ducats now ; or will you at
least listen to my explanations, and not
interrupt me with your curses t"
“ Curse, I curse ?—no, Heaven forbid
—the money I will count out directly,
my son. You are a magician, and have
bewitched me. Upon your honest face
or your golden voice, I loan it without
interest, if it must be so.”
" No, no, that is more than I ask, my
worthy sir. Be assured you do me a
great favor, which I shall not forget
after the carnival, when I am a happy
bridegroom and a rich man.” Fillipo
quickly gathered up the money and
vanished through the street door, and
Griffo awoke as if from a heavy dream
to a consciousness of what he had done.
At first he seemed to repent his gener
osity, then, shaking his grey locks, in
voluntarily exclaimed, “ He hasa voice!
he can sing and bewitch with songs.
Ha shall teach mv Elisetta.”
The carnival was brilliant and mag
nificent, but passed far too quickly for
Fiilipo. He had not, as formerly, cele
brated It with his gay companions. He
was seeking his unknown loved one
amid the crowd of masks, and too often
found himself sadly disappointed. His
gold at last engaged an old woman to
bring information of her, and also de
ceived all watching eyes which guarded
the beautiful unknown; through her
he received a few lines from the lady,
containing, however, nothing but a
promise to meet him on the coming
Sunday. True, hehad seen and spoken
with her on the evening of the last day
of the carnival, and confessed his love;
but while he listened to hear the sweet
Words of life that trembled unexpressed
upon her lips, thedensecrowdseparated
him from the fair one; and instead, the
bravos of a hundred mocking voices
greeted as they looked on and boister
ously applauded the'farce.
Flllipo sat In his lonely room In Borrow
and silence, when the door suddenly
opened and Griffo stood before him, the
sight of whose face, recalled his uncan
celled obligation, and ptruck new terror
to the unhappy lover. ! The object of his
vislv however, 1 was by no means such
as Flllipo had anticipated ; 'he came to
assure his young friend that the sweet
strains of his golden song were yet float-
ing through his brain, and to request
that he would give his daughter lessons,
with which she might gladden and
solace his old age. Palma was not more
surprised at this request than at' the
news that he had a daughter, whom he
had never seen or beard of, though he
had been a long time a regular customer
of the old man. Then Griffo told him
how, long years ago, the persuasions of
his friends had Induced him to marry,
and how in a year’s time his young wife
died, leaving him a daughter, whonf the
tender care of a prudent aunt had reared.
“ I have had notice," he added, “ that
many flatterers and idlers, attracted by
her beauty, seek to ensnare the girl; so
that it is doubly necessary that she be
suitably employed, that evil may not
take root in the soil of her heart."
Thenextmornlng.lncompliance with
Grifl'o’s request, Fillippo was on the
spot at the appointed hour, and followed
him with no little curiosity into the
upper apartments ofhis lodgings.
Who shall describe his astonishment,
when, from a side door entered the
long sought,unknown object of his love.
Forgetting all else, he threw himself at
her feet, kissing her beautiful hand,
and covered it with kisses, which she
very graciously received, believing the
approbation and consent of her father
had been gained.
But it was far otherwise. While the
young pair abandoned themselves to
joy and delight, the old man foamed
with anger and rage, and a storm of im
precations soon convinced the lovers of
the true state of the case.
All seemed lost. Griffo seized the
girl and led herintotheadjolningroom,
and was about to kick Fillippo out of
the door, when suddenly the remem
brance came to him, how, on a former
occasion he had, by the mysterious
might of music, subdued aud conquered
the terrible auger of the old churl. He
quickly seated hlinselfattheopen piano,
and if before he had been singing in
joke, tkiß time he suug witn the earn
estness of desperation, and not in vain.
Orphesus wrung from the miser his
Edrydice, and became bis son-in-law.
No Bon ofsougßlnce Fillippo Palma, has
eveivwon from a miser gold far less El
settu.
From Dicken’s Once a Week,
The Three Wishes.
There was once a wise Emperor who
made a law that to eveiy stranger who
came to his court a fried fish should bo
served. The servants were directed to
take notice if, when the stranger had
eaten the fish to the bone on one side,
he turned it over and began on the other
side. If he did, he was to be immedi
ately seized, and on the third day there
after he was to be put to death.
by a great stretch of imperial clemency,
the culprit was permitted to utter one
wish each day, which the Emperor
pledged himself to grant, provided It
was not to spare his life. Many had al
ready perished in consequence of this
edict, when, one day, a count and his
youngson preseuted themselves atcourt
The fish was served as usual, and when
the count had removed all the fish from
one side, he turned it over, and was
about to commence on the other, when
he was suddenly seized and thrown into
prison, and was told of his approaching
dobm. Sorrow-stricken, the count’s
young son besought the Emperor to al
low him to die in the room of his father,
a favor which the monarch was pleased
to accord him. The count was accord
ingly released from prison and his son
thrown iuto his cell in his stead.
As soon as this had been done, the
young man said to his gaolers—" You
know I have the right to make three
demands before I die; go tell the em
peror to send me his daughter and a
priest to marry us.” The first demand
was not much to the emperor’s taste ;
nevertheless he felt bound to keep bis
word, and he therefore complied with
the request, to which the princess had
no kind of objection. This occurred in
the times when kings kept their trea
sures in a cave, or in a tower set apart
for the purpose, and on the second day
of his imprisonment the young man
demanded the king’s treasures. If his
hrst demand was a bold one, the second
was not less so; still an emperor's word
is sacred, and,havingmadethepromise,
he was forced to keep it; and the trea
sures of gold and silver and jewels were
placed at the prisoner's disposal. On
getting possession of them he dis
tributed them profusely among the
courtiers, and soon he made a host of
friends by ills liberality.
The emperor began now to feel ex
ceedingly uncomfortably. Unable to
sleep, he rose early the third morning
and went, with fear in his heart, to the
prison to hear what the third wish was
to be.
“Now,” said he, to the prisoner, “tell
me what your third demand is, that it
may be granted at once, and you may
be hung out of hand : for I am tired of
your demands.”
“Sire,” answered his prisoner, "I
have but one moie favor to request of
your majesty, which when you have
granted, I shall die content. It is mere
ly that you will cause the eyes of those
who saw my father turn the fish over
to be put-out.”
"Very good,” replied the Emperor,
"your demand is but natural, andsprings
from a good heart. Let the chamber
lain be seized,” be continued, turning
to his guards.
"I sire?” cried the chamberlain, “ I
did not see anything—it was the stew
ard.”
"Let the steward beseizedthen,” said
the king.
But the steward protested with tears
in his eyes that he had not witnessed
anything of what had been reported,
and said it was the butler. The butler
declared that he had seen nothing of
the matter, and that it must have been
one of the valets. But they protested
that they were utterly ignorant of what
had been eharged against the count; in
short, it turned out that nobody could
be found who had seen the count com
mittheoffense; upon which the princess
said: \
"I appeal to yolq, my father, as to
another Solomon. If nobody saw the
offense committed, the count cannot be
guilty, and my husband is innocent.”
The emperor frowned, and forthwith
the courtiers began to murmur; and
then he smiled, and immediately their
visages became radiant.
“ Let it be po,” said his majesty, " let
him live, though I have put many to
death for a lighter offence than his. But
if he is not hung, he is married. Justice
has been done.”
The heaviest shipment of gold eve r
recorded from the portof New York was
made last week. The total by the
steamers of Saturday was $0,280,096, and
for the entire week, $8,703,296. If this
were kept up for fi year, we should lose
over $500,000,000; that is to say, a good
deal more than we ever had in use and
circulation. In view of this enormous
export, wbuld it not be wise for the
Treasury authorities to reconsider their
action in endeavoring 1 to artificially
cheapen gold by free sales of their sur
plus of the preolous metals? It certain
ly is not a healthy state of affairs to be
importlng flour from Prance and wheat
from England, while sending abroad
gold. , ~
Cromwell*! Sword.
It appears that at the capture of
Columbia, S. C., by Sherman’s army,
there was lost an article of great an tiquity
and highly treasured by South Carolina
Masons, as a relic of a great man and of
the past. A South Carolina paper says:
This was the famous Sword of State,
called among our Masons “ The Crom
well Sword,” and commonly believed
among them to have been oneepossessed
by the Lord Protector of England. We
draw attention to the fact of the loss,
and to the descriptive particulars which
follow, in the hope that, public atten-
Vn being draw to its history, it may be
recovered, drawn from some obscure
hiding-place, and restored to the Grand
Lodge ot'South Carolina, to which it be
longed.
Tills antique weapon was a subject of
peculiar interest as a relic rather than
for its Use and beauty. Its history is
given by Dalcho in bis Masonlo reader.
It was a large, once elegant, and curi
ous two-edged weapon, in a rich, velvet
scabbard, highly ornamented with Ma
sonic emblems, and with the arms of
the Grand Master. It had been pre
sented to the Grand Lodge by the Pro
vincial Grand Master, after the instal
lation of the grand officer; was given
os a consecrated sword, and received
with reverent assurances to keep it
safely, so far as human effort could ac
cord safety. The weapon had been
long in tlie possession of the Grand
Master’s family, and was said to have
once belonged to Oliver Cromwell, a
legend to which some degree of proba
bility may be given, from the fact that
the Provincial Grand Master was a de
scendant of Sir Edward Leigh, who
was a member of the Long Parliament
and a Parliamentary general iu the time
of the Protector, irom whom perhaps
he received it.
“The further history of this sword
may as well be given here, From the
time of the presentation it continued in
the possession of the Grund Lodge, and
was borne by the Grand Sword Bearer,
or in later times the Grand Pursuivant,
in all public processions. At length,
in the conflagration, which in the year
1838 destroyed so large a portion of the
city of Charleston, and with other
buildings the Masonic hall, the sword
was with great difficulty saved by
brother Samuel Seyle, the Grand Ty
ler, with the loss of the hilt, the Beab
bard, and a small part of the extremity
of the blade. In the confusion conse
quently by the fire, the sword thus
mutilated was mislaid, aud for a long
time was supposed to be lost. In
1852, a committee was appoint
ed by the Grand Lodge to
make every exertion forits recovery, and
at length, in the beginning of the year
18-54, it was accidentally found by the
GrandTylerin an outhouse on his prem
ises, and was by him restored to the
Grand Lodge in its mutilated condition.
The lost piece of the blade was ingeni
ously replaced by a cutler in the city of
Charleston, and being sent to New York
was returned with new lillt and velvet
scabbard, and was used in its appropri
ate place during the eentenial ceremonies
of thatyear.
“With such a history, aud blended
with such a tradition of its origin, we
need not feel Surprised at the universal
and keen feeling occasioned by its loss.”
ppl Uatirw.
Estate of James buses, i.atk of
Manor town-hip, I.ancastor county, dec'd.
—Letters of Administration on tho estate o!
said dec'd, Laving been granted to the sub
scribers residing in Conestoga township, all
persons Indebted to suid estato are hereby re
quested to make immediate payment, and
those having claims will present them, without
delay, properly authenticated for settlement.
WILLIAM W. RONES,
SAMUEL W. WRIGHi,
apr 16 Otw* lo Administrators.
Estate of pavl suekick, dk€*d.
—Letters Te'ta'irentary on tho estate of
Raul Sberick, late or Washington Borough,
Lancaster couuty, dec’d., having been granted
to the subscriber residing tn said borough : All
persons Indebted to said estate are requested
to m ke immediate payment, and those hav
ing claims will present them, without delay,
properly authenticated for settlement.
JOHN EVANS,
Executor.
may I) Gtw*lBj
Ai ditoii n notice.—estate of
Esther Bartholomew, late of Strasburg
township, Lancaster county, dec'd.—Tho un
dersigded Auditor appointed to distribute the
balance remaining In the hands of John Smith,
Administrator of said dec’d, to and among
those legally entitled to the same, will attend
for that purpose,(on TUESDAY, the 29th day of
MAY, 1860, at 2 oxlock, P. M., in tho Library
Room of the Court House, in the City of Lan
caster. where all persons Interested in said dis
tribution may attend.
BENJ. HERR, Auditor.
4lw IS
Estate of human shkaffek,
(Widow,) late of the City of Lancaster,
deceased.—Letters testamentary on sakl
estate having been granted to the under
signed, all persons indebted thereto are re
quested to make immediate settlement, and
those having claims or demands ugalnst the
same will present them without delay for set
tlement to the undersigned, residing In the
township of Penn, said county.
DAVID HOCKSTETTER,
may 3 6twl7] Executor.
A' VO HUB’S NOTICE.—ESTATE OF
George Weldler, late of East Earl town
ship, Lancaster county, deceased.—The under
signed Auditor, appoint’d to distribute the
balunce n malnlog In the hands of B. F. Kin
der and W. W. Kluzer, Executors of tho lust
Will of said dec’d, to and ainoug those legally
entitled to the same, will sit for that purpose
on FRIDAY, JUNE Bth, 1806, al‘2 o'clock, P. M.,
in the Library Room of the Court House, In
the City of Lancaster, where all persons inter
ested in said d.Mtrlbuilou may attend.
MARTIN E. STAUFFER,
may 16 4lw 10] Auditor,
Estate of william dcgan, dec'd.
—Letters of Administration on the estate
or William Dugan, late of Conoy township,
Lancaster county, dec’d, hav.ng been granteil
to the subscriber residing In said township :
All persons indebted to said estate are request
ed to make Immediate payment, and those
having claims will present them, without de
lay, properly authenlcated for settlement.
JOHN KOB,
may 18 6tw* 10] Administrator.
Mary M. Miller, by ]
her next friend, ; Of Nov. T. 1885, No. 14,
vs. f Summons in Divorce.
Godfrey Miller, j '
Notice .—the defendant will
take notice that Depositions will be taken
on the part of thePlaiuuff, beforeC. M. Brown,
Esq., Commissioner at his oflice In the village
of Maytown, on FRIDAY, the 22nd day of
JUNE, 1886, between the hours of 10 o’clock, A.
M.. and 4 o’clock,!P. M., of said day.
D. W. PATTERSON,
rnay23 stw2o Attorney for Plalntlir.
Accounts of trust estates, «&c.
The accounts of the following named Es
tates will be presented for confirmation on
MONDAY, JUNE 18th, 1860.
• John Krelder-s Estate, Thomas Robinson,
Trustee.
Samuel Good’s Estate, Henry B. Graybill,
Trustee.
Gideon Kaufftnan’s Estate, John Quigley
and John Kanffman, Assignees.
Fanny Kendlg’s Estate, George Kendlg,
Trustee.
David Landis’ Estate, ,'A. S. Landis and
Martin Rohrer, Trustees.
David Mellinger’s Estate, Daniel Danner,
Trustee.
Joseph L. Wright’s Estate, Joseph Ballanco
Assignee.
John 6toek’s Estate, Martin C. Weave
Trustee.
Samuel Huber’s Estate, Henry Burkhart,
Committee. JOHN SELDOMRIDGE,
Prothouotaiy.
Prothy’s Office, Lancaster, May 21, 1860,
may 22 4tW
AND SCHAUH,
DEA-LBBS IS
STOVES,
HEATERS,
A full aud complete assortment of every pat
tern and design constantly on hand, at greatly
reduced prices, at their Old Stand.
DEANER A SCHAUM
No. 7 East King street.
QAS FITTING AND PLUMBING,
The subscribers having secured the services
of superior mechanics respectfully solicit a
share bf public patronage. They are prepared
to execute all orders that they may be entrusted
with in a superior manner, and at very moder
ate prices.
HYDRAULIC RAMS,
WATER WHEELS,
HYDRANTS,
LIFT & FORCE PUMPS,
BATHING TUBS, WASH BASINS and all
other in the trade.
: PLUMBING AND GAS AND STEAM FIT
TING promptly attended to in the most ap
proved style.
County work promptly attended to.
S3.AU work guaranteed.
DEAHEE'A BCHAUM,
No. 7 East King street, Lancaster,
apr W . tfd4w
immfttog, <Sag Jffltag, tit.
IJIIS Aftß SHEET-IRON WAKE
Every variety of
COPPER AHD
constantly on hand and man u&ctured to order,
at the,Old Stand.
QOPPEB.WABE MANUFACTORY.
STIIiLS,
BREWER’S KETTLES,
AND EVERY VARIETY OF COPPER-WARE.
Having had over twenty years’ experience
In the business, and employing none but first*
class workmen, we are fully prepared to exe
cute all orders we may be entrusted with.
DEANER A BCHAUM,
No. 7 East King street.
star's ®xi«nniuator.
OLD HONG, SET TO A |NEW TUNE.
«M 8 0 6 , -a
At spring approaches ,
A nts ana Roaches
FYom their holes ooms out,
And Jdice and Hats,
In spits oi cats,
Gailp skip about,
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For Bats, Mice, Roaches, Ants, Bed Baas,
Fleas, Sloths In Fnrs and Woolens. In
sects on Plants, Fowls, Animals, etc.
“ Only infallable remedies known.”
“ Free from Poisons.”
“Not dangerous to the Human Family
“ Rats come out of their holes to die.”
4®* !II Beware !!! of all worthless imita
tions.
4®*See that “Costar’s” name Is on each
Box, Bottle, and Flask, before you buy.
S»-Address, ILENRY K. COST AIL
482 Broadway. N. V.
4®* Sold In Lancaster by all Druggists and
Retailers.
INCREASE OF RATS.—The Farmer's Gazette
English) asserts andproves by figures that one
pair of RATS will have a pregeny and decend*
ants not less than 681,050 In three years. Now
unless this immense family can be kept down,
tbey would consume more food than would
sustain 65.000 human beluga.
4®*Soe “ Costar’s ” advertisement above.
RATS versus BlRDS,—Whoever engages in
shooting small birds is a cruel man; whoever
aids In exterminating rats Is a benefactor. We
should like some one to give us the benefit of
their experience In driving out these pests.—
We need something besides dogs, caul, and
traps for this business.— ScientQUs American,
43* See “ Costabs ” advertisement above.
‘‘COSTAR'S RAT EXTERMINATOR Is
simple, safe, and snre—the most perfect RAT-
Ideation meeting we have ever attended.—
Every Rat can get it, properly prepared, will
eat It, and every one that eats it will die, gen
erally at Borne place os distant os possible from
where it was taken. —Lake Shore, Mich., Mirror.
49* Bee “ Costaa’s” advertisement above.
A VOICE FROM THE FAR WEST.-Speak
lng of “ Costae’s ” Rat, Roach, Ant, Acs., Ex
terminator—“more grain and provisions are
destroyed annually lu Grant county by vermin
than would pay for tons of Rat and Insect
Killer.’’— Lancaster, Wie.. Herald,
49* See “Costae's ” advertisement above.
FARMERS AND HOUSEKEEPERS should
recollect that hundreds of dollars’ worth of
Grain. Provisions, Ac., ore annually destroyed
by Rats. Mice. Ants, and other Insects and ver
min—ail of which can be prevented by a few
dollars' worth of “ Costae’s ” Rat, Roach, Ant,
Ac., Exterminator, bonght and need freely.
49*See “Costae’s” advertisement above.
49- Sold in Lancaster by all Druggist and
Dealers. fapr 6 StndAW
JMMENHE GIFT DISTRIBUTION I
TOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
UNION STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 1.
WORTH OF MAGNIFICENT PRESENTS
To be given away without regard to value, for
ONE DOLLAR EACH!
EACH TICKET DRAWS A PRIZE.
LOOK AT THE LIBT OF GIFTS !
1 Handsome Trotting Buggy, valued at... 8200 00
1 set of Carriage Harness, on exhibition
at Haberbush's, valued at 00 00
1 Magnificent Sewing Machine, on ex
tlon, at H. L. AE. J. Zahm’s, valued at 55 00
5 Handsome Dress Patterns from $5 to 20 00
MUSICAL.
1 Splendid Melodeon, valued at 8150 00
1 “ Guitar, “ 80 00
1 " “ “ 20 00
Imported Violin, 75 00
Lot of Violins, each “ 10 00
2 Elegant Set of Cottage Furnltnre, valued
1 Elegant Set of Cottage Furniture,valued
at 75 00
1 Lot of Washstands, each valued at 10 00
1 “ Cane Seal Chairs, (setts; “ .. 25 00
1 “ Rocking Chairs, each “ 750
Sofas. Lounges, Ac., each valued “ to 10
1 Large Lot of Brittannla and Tinware,
valued at .. .. .. $3OO 00
A Lot of Fine Engravings, valued at CO 00
Splendid Gold Watches, each val. at... 5100 00
10 “ Stiver “ •• 25 00
1 Large Lot of Watch and Guard Chains,
each 5 00
1 Large Lot of Watch Chains, each val.
at from 25c. to 3 00
40 Setts Ladies' Jewelry, each valued at
from~ So 00 to 25 00
1 Large Lot of Bilver-Plated Butter
Knives and Spoons, setts, valued at
from $2 50 to 5 00
1 Lot Gents’ Breast Pins, each valued at 300
1 Large;Lot Gold Pens and Silver Hold
ers, each 8 00
RANGES, Ac.
Also, a large lot of Miscellaneous Articles,
varying In value from 45c to $2O 00
Every part of this enterprise will be con
ducted with Honesty, Fairness, and In Good
Faith.
EVERYTHING ADVERTISED WILL ££
GIVEN AWAY.
The Drawing will take place, at Fulton Hall,
as soon as all the Tickets are disposed iof, due
notice of which will be given la county
TICKETS,.
Sent to any address on receipt ot 81.
Eleven Tickets will be sent upon receipt of
810.
Tickets for sale at the Company’s Office,
Agents wanted everywhere to sell tickets, to
whom a liberal percentage will be allowed.
The prizes were all purchased In Lancaster,
and can be seen every day.
J. F. DOWNEY,
General Agent
Box 397 1 Lancaster, Pa,
may 19 2nulftw£o<i
NUMBER 21.
MANUFACTORY.]
SHEET-IRON WARE
DEANER A SOHAUM,
No. 7 East King street.
COPPER KETTLES,
1866.
1866.
1866.
1866.
1866.
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AT LANCASTER, PA.,
8 0,000
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HOUSEHOLD STOCK.
JEWELRY.
MISCELLANEOUS.
NO POSTPONEMENT I
.81 00 EACH.
MISHLER’S NEW BUILDING,
Southeast Angie of Centre Square,
flm,and4 oc&U for Meh mhjfiuent lnitf*
fci!r£i# Itoianra and other ;adt ( W*» h|r the
l year,— fiw
Half oolumn, l year 1 *
Third oolumn,l year,^.MM.M~...Mi...... S ,
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Executors’nnq of.y M LOO 1
AdmlnlJtraicT»^noSsoj K ,..^.. w^. i a.ro
Assignee*’ notice* LOO
Auditors’ l.OO
Other u Notloes,”te& Hues, or less,
three time*, .60
Ifttotofl ffompantj.
31HE VIRGIN OOID MinVO COH
. PANY OF COLORADO, 1250 »■ Original ln
rests”—sK» each, of which 250 art reserved
lot Working Capital.
Subscribers elect their own Officers, and
themselves manage the affairs of the Com
pany; each subscriber being eligible as one of
its officers.
The President
Is to be chosen front among the Board of Direc
tors.
The Directors
are to be selected by tbe subscribers from
among themselves, at the first meeting for
organisation.
The Secretary and Treasurer
Is to bo a suscriber and selected by tho Direc
tors.
Bankers ,
THE CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK,
Philadelphia.
Solicitors.
THEODORE CUYLER, ESQ.,
ROBERT D. a OOXK, ESQ.
Americans are proverbial for tbe avidity
and commendable zeal with which thoy par
ticipate in enterprises having for their object
the development of our national resources. At
one time “Railroads”—at another “Coal”—
then “Copper” or •'lron,”‘and more recently
“ Oil ” have been the all-absorbing topics.
In all these several enterprises, as will be
recollected, those who JU-st took hold of them
made mouoy; some larger amounts than
others, according to their investments.
Mining operations in the fields of Colorado
and elsewhere now mainly ougross tho publlo
attention. Considering that several such com
panies have been already organized—that they
are now at work—that tno reports from their
mines aro highly favorable—that it is kuown
that at tho prosont time tboro aro on the way
from the lodges of Nevada and Colorado numer
ous “bars or silver ” and “brloks of gold,” It
Is believed that tho enthusiasm already mani
fested ou tho subject will, la u llttlotlraq. bo io
greatly lncronsou on tho receipt and exhibit of
these “ roturus,” that Inuumarablo companies
will spring up, whoso stock, being based at tho
then greatly infiated prlcesof lodges, will neoos
sarily be less destrablo than that now to bo had
—thoroby giving to thoso who avail thotnsrlvrs
of tbe occasion now presented, of securing
“original Interests,” on 'opportunity of then
disposing of the largo amount of slock each
holder receives, at a uuudsomo odvauoe.
With these preliminary remarks tho follow
ing Pbospkctuh is respeotfally prenontod.
The property of the Company proposed to bo
organized by the sale of thoso ” original Inter
ests.” consists ol the following Ledges, alisltu
(tied within a radius of five mllos of Central
City, Colorado.
TRAIL CREEK DISTRICT.
Mammoth Lode,*.
Never Fall Lode.t,
Vanderbilt Lojo.f.
Union Lode,
Gold Ophlr Lode,.
TRAIL RUN DISTRICT.
Holman Lode.jj
BANNER DISTRICT.
St. Loulb Lode,
Pensacola Lode, of 100 feel.
UPPER FALL RIVER DISTRICT.
Abo Lincoln Lode,.
Washoe Lode
Minnie, or “ Louisa ” Lode of 200 fret.
Riddle L0de,§..... of 200 feet.
“ Being a total of 2.000 feet or nearly half a
mile In length Uorlzoutallv, of rioh Gold-pro
ducing territory, of unlimited depth, together
with all the dips, spurs and augles, uud also all
the metals, ores, gold, silver aud othor metal
bearing quartz, rock, anil earth theroln, and
all the rights, privileges and franchises thereto
Incident, appendant and appurtenanoed, or
therewith usually had or enjoyed, under and
subject to the Jurisdiction or the Government
of the United States.”
The titles to all of which claims have been ex
amined by a member of the Bar, resident in
Colorado.
His opinion is as follows
This is to certify that I have carefully exam
ined the titles to the foregoing lodos ur ledges,
and am satisfied thut they aro perfect.
THOMAS MASON,
Attorney at Law.
Central City, Colorado.
Professor Edward N. Kent, of tho Now York
Assay Office, says:
“ As to the extent of tho gold mines of Colo
rado, I am not prepared to glvonn estimate, as
I found enough lo folly employ my- time
within a radius of five inlius of Cou
tral City, (the location of the above
Ledges,l but as to tho richness of yinax, I bavo
no hesitation in saying, that I believe them to be
the richest ever discovered, With science, capital
and the Pacific Railroad, Colorado is destined
In my opinion, to rival or supersede Californio
and Australia, and beoome tho El Dorado of
the World.’
As the purchase of oitherof the above lodes
would require more money than the majority
of persons have at command, it has beeu deter
mined to consolidate thcm.and to divide them
Into Twelve Hundred and Fifty
ORIGINAL SHAKES
which will cost the subscribers hereto
ONE II UN DEED DOLLARS EACH,
thus affording the man of limited means, as
well as the capitalist, an opportunity to secure
an interest in this region of “ practically inex
haustible” wealth.
As all are aware, the usual plan adopted for
the development of such a property Is to form
a company and Issue certificates of stock. The
plan here proposed may be considered prelimi
nary to the formation or two or more Companies
on these properties, which are subject to no
royalty, leases or mortgages.
The Subscribers can then upon this solid and
substantial basis, elect officers from among
themselves, each subscriber being eligible to
tbA.positlon of an officer of tho Company.
Id order that handsome roturns may be
Bpeedlly realized, these subscriptions are based
upon tho proposition tnuL the subscribers
immediately on rocolptofthe Deods(now ready
for delivery, and which may be examined at
Lheoffico or the an lerslgned before subscrib
ing,) may leaso their landß on heavy royalties,
or at once organize Companies in tho usual
way for which there Is an ample basis.
To accommodate those of mod- rate means,
hose “ interests” are put at sluo each, in o der
to get the list filled at ooco, and to prevent any
delay in the organization of the Company.
Considering tuo numerous valuable I, Ledges”
which constitute the baeit of this enterprise—
the fair and equitable features—the low prices
at which “ interests ” In it are offered, ana that
each interest entitles the holder to his pro rata
share of stock In all the Companies that may
be organized upon them—also recollecting that
in all, there are only I,(XW interests to be sold,
and It would only require one hundred gentle
men each to take ion \ 1,000»to absorb the whole,
it is presumed that it Is hardly necessary, to
suggest to those desiring to secure ont or more
of these original interests, to at once send in
their subscriptions.
Checks or Drafts should be drawn to the
order of the undersigned, whose endorsement
will be a receipt, in addition to the one that
will be promptly senton receiving them.
United States 5-20's—10-40’s—7-3Crs and other
Government Bonds taken at par, and any pre
mium or accrued Interest thereon allowed.—
Bonds may be sent by registered mail or by
express.
The Books are now open. Subscriptions re
ceived by DUNCAN M. MITCHESON,
Northeast cor. Fourth and Walnut Hts.,
Philadelphia.
REFERENCES.
His Excellency, 1 His Excellency,
AND. G. CURTIN, L MARCUS L. WARD,
Gov. of Pennsylvania. | Gov. of New Jersey
HON. ELI SLIFER, I HON. W. B JOHNSON,
Sec, of State of Penna. | Sec. of State of N. J.
HON. MORTON McMICHAEL,
Mayor of Philadelphia.
Geo. M. Troutman, Pres’t Central Nat. Bank,
Philadelphia.
Geo. K. Zelgler, Pres’t National Bank of Com
merce, Philadelphia,
Robert P. King, of King <fc Baird, Philo.
Benjamin Orne, of J. F. & E. B.Orne. “
Edmund A. Bonder, of E. A. Souder iCo "
L. Montgomery Bond, of Bond A Biddle, “
John Welsh, of 8. A W. Welsh,
ttj*. In sending subscriptions, give name and
address plainly, lu orler that it may be cor
rectly entered in the Subscription Book, from
which receipts are Issued, and from which
Notices will be made out for the first meeting
for organization.
* This Lodo Is very well developed, with vein
of ore 4 feet in width; ore prospects-well.
t There is one shaft on this Lode 20 foet deep
and 50 feet long, and the crevice Is 8 feet in
width.
j This Lode is well developed, and oonsidered
one of tbe best in tbe district; there is a shaft
on It 60 feet In depth with a vein of sulpherets
four feet in width. Assays mode of tnls ore
prove it to be very rich.
j This is an A. 1. Lode, and has a shaft of 75
feel in depth—vein of ore three feet in width
and of good quality. Ore taken from this lode
yielded $lO6 per cord in gold.
flhla is really the richest Lodeyetdlscovcred
In the district; it is well developed, and ore
taken from this Lodee yielded upwards of SbOU
per cord,
may 21
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