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Bill Arp is Called Before the Recon
struction Committee—Suppressed Tes
timony.
To the Editor of the Metropolitan Re
cord :
Mr. Editor— Murder will out, and
so will evidence. Having seen Ban
Rice’s testimony before the Destruction
Committee, I have felt sorter slighted
because no mention aint been made of
mine. I suppose it has been suppressed,
but I am not to be hid out in obscurity,
Our country is tile special jury, and by
and by this business will go up before
it on appeal. The record must go up
fair and complete, and therefore I’ll
take occasion to make public what I
swore to. I said a good deal more than
lean put down, Mr. Editor: and at
times my language was considered im
pudent, but they thought that was all
the better for their side; for it illus
trated the rebellious spirit—l heard one
of ’em say: “Let him goon—the ruling
passion strong in death. He’s good
State’s evidence.”
When I was put on the stand, old
Boutwell swore me most fiercely and
solemnly to spmk the truth, the whole
truth, and notlang but the truth ; and
I observed that'he was then entertain
ing about a quirt of double rectified,
and it looked like it had soured on his
stomach. Old Blow was settin off on
one side with a memorandum book,
gettln ready to note down some “garb
led extracts.”
Old Iron works was chairman, aud
when he nodded his Republican head,
old Boutwell says he: “Your name is
Arp, I believe, sir.”
“So called,” s4ys T.
“You reside ill the State of Georgia,
do you ?”
“ f can’t say exactly,” says I. “I live
in Rome, right ?n the fork of two Injun
rivers.”
“In the State of Georgia,” says he
fiercely.
/ “In astateofnneertaintyaboutthat,”
says 1. “We don’t know whether
Georgia is a StaJ,c or not. I would like
for you to state [’ourself, if you know.
The state of country requires that
this matter should be settled, and I will
proceed to statu”—
“ Never mim|, sir,” says he. “ How
old are you, Mj. Arp ?”
“That depeiils on circumstauces,”
says J. “ I (Un’t know whether to
count the last five years or not. During
the war your folks said that a State
couldn’t secede, but that while she was
in a state of rebellion she ceased to exist.
Now you say wti got out, and we shan’t
get back again Vntil 1870. A man’s age
has got soinethfag to do with his rights
—and if we are Dot to vote, I don’t think
we ought to eclint the time. That’s
about as near as I can conae to my age,
sir.” ■
“Well, sir,” stys he, ‘are you familiar
with the political sentiments of the cit
izens of your Styte.”
“Got no citizens yet, sir, that we know
of. 1 will thank jou to speak of us as ‘peo
ple.’ ”
“Well, sir,” says he, “I’ll humor
your obstinacy. Are the people of your
State”—
“Don’t speak it as a State, sir, if
you please. J’|n on oath now, and
you must excuse lie for being particular.
Call it a ‘section’ ”
“Mr. Arp, are fhe people of your see
wtion sulficently litmbled aud repentant
'to come back inio the Union on such
terms as we maj think proper to im
pose?”
“ Not much tlni' aint,” says I. “I
don’t think they ire prepared for it yet.
They-wouldu’t voluntarily go it blind
against your hanh They say the deal
wasn’t fair, and you’ve marked the
cards, aud stole tie trumps; but at the
same time they dm’t care a darn what
yoh do. They’v* become indifferent,
and don’t care nothin about your Guy
Fawkes business'. I mean no respect
to you, gentlemch, but I swore to tell
you the whole tiuth. Our people aint
a noticein you/only out of curiosity.
They don’t expfet anything decent, or
honorable, or /noble from you, and
they’ve gone to work diggin, and plow
in, and plantib, and raisin boy chil
dren.”
Right here tie man with a memoran
dum scratclieddown a garbled extract,
“and old Boutwell ” says he : “ What
do you mean ly that, sir? What infer
ence do you iitend?”
“I’m stntiA facts,” says I, “You
must draw yflur own inferences. They
are raisin boy children. Any harm
about that? Any treason? Can’t a
man raise bot children ? Perhapsyou’d
like to amenil the Constitution and stop
it. Old Phiiroah tried to stop it among
the Israelites, but it didn’t pay. He
finally caught the dropsy in the Red
Sea. We are raisin boy children for
the fun of it They are a good thing to
have in the house, as Mrs. Toodles
would say.”
“Mr. Arp, are not the feelings of
your people very bitter towards the
north?”
“I beg your pardon, sir, but you’ll
have to split the question, or else I’ll
have to split the answer. Our people
have a very high regard for honorable
men, brave men, noble-hearted men ;
and there’s a heap of ’em north, sir,
and there’s a heap of widows and or
phans there we are sorry for ; but as for
this here Radical party, they look upon
’em like they was hyenas a scratchin
up the dead for a livin. It’s as natural
to hate ’em as it is to kill a snake. It’s
utte'riy impossible for me to tell the
strength, and length, and bight, depth,
and breadth of their contempt for that
party. They look upou a Radical as—
as—as—well, as a beggar on horseback
—a buzzard sailin round a dead eagle—
a suck-egg dog creeping up to the tail
of a dead lion. The talk about liirin
Brownlow to abuse ’em, to use language
on ’em like he did a few years ago when
he spoke against Pryne. If they do
hire Brownlow, he’ll spatter ’em, he’lJ
daub ’em all over, and slime ’em and
slobber on ’em about right; and it will
stick, for the pores are open, and their
morals spongy. I’d like to stand off
ahout ten rods and hear him spread
himself. It would be worse than a
squirt-gun full of cow slop, and I have
no doubt would give general satisfac
tion.’’
“That’s sufficient, sir,” says old
Boutwell. “Ef it was in their power to
do so, would your people renew the
fight.”
“Not unless they could fight the
Radicals all alone, and all the world
agree to hands off. Even then there
wouldn’t be no fight, for ws couldn’t
cotch you.”
“ What do your people say upon the
subject of negro equality ?”
“They say it’s a lie, sir—it don’t ex
ist by nature, and never can in practice.
Folks were not created free and equal.
That may be a theoretical truth, but
it’s always been a practical lie. There’s
grades of society everywhere. There’s
men I give the sidewalk to, and there’s
men that gives it to me. There’s men
that I vote, and men that vote me, and
the grades go up, up, up, step by step,
from my sort to Mr. Davis, and Mr.
Stephens, and General Lee, and Howell
Cobb, and Ben Hill, and their sort ■ and
then again it goes from medown down
down, to the niggers, and the Republi
cans and Radicals, aud that’s as low as
they run. There ain’t no equality and
you can’t make one. We’ll vote the
niggers certain. I’ll vote Tip, and
Tip’s a ‘ head center.’ He’ll vote about
forty, and the first thing you know
we’li elect seven big, black, greasy
niggers to Congress. We’lldoitcertain— !
seven of ’em eighteen carats strong
with African musk. The other rebel
States will do the same thing, and
you’ll have about fifty of ’em to draw
seats with, and you can all stick your
legs upou your desks together, and swap
lies and vermin, and be shampooned at
the same Bhop, and the fair Bexes can
sit together in the galleries and mix
odors, and fan their scent about pro
miscuous. We’il give you a full benefit I
of your Civil Rights bill, see if we don’t.
You go on—play your cards. We are
bidin our time. Weare payin your taxes
and your duties and back rations for !
1864, and licenses, and your infernal
revenue, and obeyia your laws without
flavin any han4 in makin ’em, and we
&X 6 cut off from pensions and public
J. M.Coopsb,
VOLUME 67.
lands; and you sold a poor man’s still
in my county the other day because he
couldn’t pay your tax on some peach
brandy he stilled for his neighbors two
years ago; and soon you’ll be sellin the
land for the land tax; and you're tryin
your best to play the devil generally ;
but you’ll catch it in the long run. See
if you don’t. Talk about Fenians.—
When the good men of the north and
the south all get together, they’ll walk
over the track so fast that you won’t
have time to get out of the way. You’ll
subside into obscurity, and your chil
dren will deny that their daddies ever
belonged to such a party. Excuse me,
fentlemen, but I’m a little excited.
'ive cents a pound on cotton will ex
cite anybody that makes it. Tax on
industry—on sweat and toil. Protec
tive tariffs for Pennsylvania, and five
cents a pound tax on southern cotton
half its average worth—and your folks
will manage some way or other to steal
the other half. My advice to you is to
quit this foolishness, and begin to travel
the only road to peace. 1 '
Old Blow couldn’t keep up with his
garbled extracts. \
“What makes the President so popu
lar at the south?”
“Contrast, sir—contrast. The more
he ain’t like your party, the more pop
ular ho is. He would treat us about
right, I reckon, if you would let him
alone, but you bedevil him so thatsome
times he don’t understand himself. I
don’t think he knew fora while whether
his peace Proclamation restored the
writ of habeqs corpus ornot. Butdoyou
go on and impeach him, and that will
bring matters to a focus. I’ll bet you’d
bo in Fort Delaware in a week, and
the southern members be here in their
seats, and they’ll look round at the po
litical wreck, andruin, and plunder, and
stealage that’s been goin on, and they
might exclaim, in the language of the
poet,
“ Who's pin here since I’sh pin gone?”
“Mr. Arp, suppose we should have a
war with England or France, what
would the rebels do ?”
“They’d follow General Lee, and
General Johnston, and Longstreet, and
Bragg, and old Bory. My opinion is,
that General Lee would head tlie Union
army, and General Grant would be his
chief of staff, and General Buell would
rank mighty high, and”
“What would you do with General
Sherman ?”
“Sorry you mentioned him. We’d
have to hire him, I reckon, as a camp
fiddler, and make him sing ‘Hail Co
lumbia’ by firelight, as a warning to
the boys how mean it is to burn cities
and towns and make war upon defence
less women and children. No, sir, our
boys wouldn’t fight under no such.”
At this time the man with the mem
orandum put down some more garbled
extracts.
“Do you think, Mr. Arp, that if the
South should ever hold the balance of
power, they would demand pay for
their negroes?”
“ I can’t say, sir. But I don’t think
the South has lost anything that
way. We got their labor before the
war for their vittels and clothes and
doctor's bills, and we get it now for
about the same. It's all settled down
that way, and your Bureau couldent
help it. The only difference is in the
distribution. Some of us don’t own as
many as we used to, but everybody has
got a nigger or two now, and they’ll all
vote ’em or turn ’em oft'. A nigger that
wouldent vote as I told him shouldent
black my boots.”
At this time the Committee looked at
one another, seemin to be bothered and
astonished. Garbled extracts were put
down with a vim.
“ Mr. Boutwell,”says he. “ Mr. Chair
man, I think, sir, we are aboutthrough
with the witness. I think, sir, his tes
timony settles the question as to what
we ought to do with southern traitors!”
The chairman gave me a Republican
nod, and remarked, “ Yes, sir, I think
we do. The scoundrels burnt my iron
works.”
AVliereupou I retired, having given
general satisfaction
Yours truly,
The “Artemus Ward and wife” who
were suffocated by gas in New England
turned out not to be the parentsof“The
Babes in the Woodbut there is no
mistake about the fact of another dis
tinguished man of letters, without a
wife, having been nearly asphyxiated
by gas one night during the week.
A careless fellow —one of the kind
that would drop a coal into a powder
barrel by stealth, and call it fun —he
retired to his humble but virtuous
couch, and, according to his usual cus
tom, read until his eyelids trembled be
tween a sleep and wake. Then, too in
dolent to get up and turn off the gas at
the chandelier, whose crystal prisms
quivered in the centre of the room, he
put forth his hand and stopped it at the
portable, which stood upon the tableby
his side.
Oh, that portable ! More fatal it came
near proving than any potable that
ever before was drunk ! The flexible
iube that connected the portable with
the burner above, lay in supine coils
upon the table, inert in look, but more
deadly in fact thau the hooded snake
;hat lurks in tangled grasses.
I should have said more deadly than
:he worm of the Still, but then I love
the Still —aye, indeed, I love thee, Still,
and it was thy Worms, I fancy, that
furnished the Diet of that celebrated
convocation to which so frequent refer
ence is made.
Deadily, I say, lay the folds of that
long, flexible gutta-percha pipe upon
the table, and little did the occupant of
the humble but virtuous couch, one©
before referred to, dream that he was to
enact the part of a Laocoon in its em
braces.
About the third hour of the morning
he awoke, imagining that a large beano
lay across his chest againßt which hia
heaving lung strove in vain, powerless
to effect a respiration.
Assured by the sense of touch that
there was no beam upon his chest, be
concluded that it must be in his eye,
aud, though strangely uncomfortable
from a buzzing in his ears and -a wild
throbbing of the temples, he again
turned himself to the wall, and sought
sleep as a duty.
In the morning when the faithful boy
came with a feather-brush in one hand
and a cocktail in the other, to dust the
furniture and the clothes and prepare
his master for his daily wrestle with,
the'world:
There in the twilight cold and gray.
Lifeless but beautiful be lay,
Wnlle in the room gas smelled by far
Worse than petroleum or tar.
All methods to bring the asphyxiated
to failed, until I happened into the
room. Knowing the habits of my
friend X hesitated not a moment. There
upon the table stood the cocktail, com
pounded by Tim, struggling with its
fragrant breath to overpower the noxi
ous fumes that had done all the mis
chief. The room was already redolent
of lemon peel, mingled with a sniff of
Angostora. .
You remember tne ideuwhich a poet
ess her name escapes my treacherous
memory so beautifully embodies in
verse. A wife bending over the bed
whereon her husband lies stretched in
the silence and immutability of death
but unwilling to believe that life has all
departed, cries wildly for his harp to
awake him with his favorite air; tremb
llngly, wistfully, her fingers sweep the'
chords, but idly the sounds fall upon
the dull ear of him who lies before here
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A Touching (story
EXSMEXLSIOa I
and the pale .eye-lids do not unclose.
“ Hang up the harp, he’ll wake no
more,” is then thedesparing wail of the
wife, for love has done all that it can do.
As already intimated, I borrowed an
idea. The cocktail, which the faithful
hand of affection had early brought,
stood upon the table before me.
. “Bring me that glass I" I weeping cried,
“And If one spark of life remain.
He'll waken wnen its spell Is tried,
Or never wake again “
In accordance with my modest but
firm request, it was brought me —by a
strong eflort of self-control and a stern
immolation of natural inclination upon
the shrine of friendship, I did not drink
it myself.
Tenderly I neared it to his lips—they
faintly quivered, as you may have seen
needles when a magnet approaches. I
was not rash—for a too sudden move,
ment might have upset the tumbler and
dissipated all our hopes at once. Pres
ently the eye lids began to twitch, and
his finely chiseled nostrils dilated as
though they smelt something good.
The moment was auspicious, and I
touched the goblet to his nose. The ef
fect was miraculous. As though a pow
erful galvanic battery had suddenly
been applied to his back-bone, he sprang
up in bed, extended both arms, and
emptied the glass at a gulp.
“ Too much sugar,” he moaned ; and
feebly falling back, we thought that in
deed his spirit had fled. But careful
attention and much rubbing brought
him to.
“Just one more rubber,” he cried;
evidently under the impression that he
was playing whist, dollar points.
The first indication of convalescence
was his reply to the remark—" How
pale you are!”
“Yes,” Baidhe ; “ I’m a little bucket.”
Then he turned his face to the mirror,
and observed that it was no wonder he
looked ghastly.
After a long-drawn sigh he added that
if he had kicked the bucket he supposed
they would have .published his death
in the Oas-ctte.
Silence ensued for five minutes or
more. In a voice tremulous with emo
tion hethen propounded a conundrum :
“ Had I died and had my epitaph
been written, what metre should have
been used?"
Everybody knew but nobody spake.
It is pleasant sometimes to lend oneself
to a delusion if it pleases a friend. He
smiled that pensive smile which his
friends so well know, shouting:
“Gas-meter!”
He fell back exhausted. Slowly and
sadly we all walked down from his room
in the uppermost story; a candle we
placed on the cold hearthstone, and we
left him alone in his glory.
The qnly person unaffected was the
landlady, Signora Triphammersmith.
His rent was paid in advance, she said,
and in any event it was none «of her
funeral. Indeed, on first discovery of
the accident, “To Let” had been con
spicuously posted in the windows of the
apartment. To the gentlemen, however,
who immediately applied for the eligi
ble rooms, she explained that he could
not move his trunk in until the coffin
was carried out, whereat he manifested
considerable chagrin and went away
without concluding the negotiation.
My friend has not yet fully recovered
from the effects of that nearly fatal
night, and for the greater part of the
week I have watched beside him. For
merly, while in vigorous health, he
was watched by the police, but now
they have thrown oft'on him, and the
performance of that duty rests wholly
with me.
Oflate, my reflections have been upon
the instability of human life ; how man
that is born of woman, his days are
short and full of wool.
I have also thought sadly of the ter
rible prices the Gas Company charge
the citizens of this metropolis for the
privilege of being suffocated. Incredi
ble as tlie story may seem, on learning
of the accident which had occurred,
they sent around their agent, measured
the number of cubic inches that my
friend contained, and sent him in a bill
for that amount of gas. Who hence
forth will say that fiction is not some
times stranger than truth ?
Irrepressible.
Late developments seem to indicate
that the “ pretty waiter girls ” of New
York are more than a match for the
Legislature of the Empire State, and
the Metropolitan Police combination.
The Legislature tried to put them down
by interdietingsrefreshments at places
of public entertainment, and the “waiter
girls ” instantly changed their base to
free concert saloons and evaded the law.
The Excise Commissioners next thought
to squelch them by refusing to grant
licenses to places where females were
kept as “waiters.” Yet the “pretty
waiter girl ” still lives, adapting herself
to circumstances ; has taken the tem
perance pledge and now openly defies
Police Superintendent Kennedy. In
other words, the “pretty waiter girl”
saloons on Broadway have decided to
keep open and sell ice creams, cordials,
soda, pastry, fruit, segars, etc. At the
“Metropolitan,” the “ Oriental,” and
the “ Zouave,” the leading concerns of
this kind in New York, a bounti
ful supply of these things were retailed
on Saturday night. The Herald says :
“Another new feature is the dressingof
all the lady waiters alike. In one of
thesaloonsthey appear in white dresses
every other evening and in black alter
nate nights. On Saturday evening they
all appeared in their new costumes, no
low neck dresses beingallowed. All the
saloons were crowded on Saturday
night and did a thriving business, the
Oriental keeping open till near two
o’clock. Everything in the eating line
was disposed of, and fully as much soda
and sarsaparilla dispensed as when
liquor was sold. In fact the receipts of
two or three of these places exceeded
those of any night when they disposed
of liquor.”
The exasperated police authorities
appear to be fairly outwitted in their
efforts to break up the “pretty waiter
girl” system, and will have to wait until
next January before tney can make an
other strikeatthem through the Legisla
ture.
A Warning to Fat Women.
A French paper related the case of a
young lady in Lyons, who was engaged
to be married, and who was predisposed
to corpulency. Some of her young
friends ridiculed her stout figure, <Ssc.,
which at the time only exoited her
laughter. Her health subsequently de
clined. and she finally died rather sud
denly. As there was no apparent cause
for such a quick death, the account
states “with grief the parents resigned
themselves to having a post mortem
examination. They then found what
they never before suspected—her intes
tines were burned up by acids, which
she had taken unknown to them, to
stop the growing fatness, which reduced
her to despair. The young girl died the
victim of ridiculous vanity.”
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1866.
Curious Wills.
From Chambers' Journal.
Some, who in life would not have
given a cup of water to a beggar, by
their wills leave enormouß sums to
charities, to secure for themselves a
kind of posthumous admiration. Others
allow not their presentments to sleep
with them in the grave, but leave be
hind them wills which excite the bit
terest feelings and animosities among
their surviving relatives. Some wills
are remarkable for their consciseness
and perspicuity; others for their un
precedented shapes andcurious contents.
One man provides for a college, another
a cat; one gives a legacy to provide
bread and herrings to the poor in Lent,
and kid gloves to the minister; while
others provide for bull-baiting, the wel
fare of maid servants, and the promo
tion of matrimony. John Hodge has
kept his name out of oblivion by giving
twenty shillings a year to a poor man to
go about the parish church of Trysail
during sermon time to keep people
awake iind dogs out of the church.
Henry Greene, of Melbourne, Derby
shire, gave his property for providing
for green waistcoats for four poor wo
men every year, such waistcoats to be
lined with green galloon lace.
In the same neighborhood, and in
spired by a similar feeling, Thomas
Gray provided gray waistcoats and gray
coats.
John Nicholson, stationer, of London,
was so attached to his family name,
that the bulk of his property was given
in charity for the support and main
tenance of such poor persons in Eng
land as should appear to be of the name
of Nicholson.
David Martinett, of Calcutta, while
giving directions to his executor, says :
“ As to this fulsome carcase, having al
ready seen enough of worldly pomp, I
desire nothing relative to it to be done
only its being stowed away in my old
green cheat to save expenses.” Hethen
bequeathed to one man all the debts he
owed, and to another his sincerity.
A Lancashire gentleman, in the last
century, having given his body to the
worms of the family vault, bequeathed
an ounce of modesty to the authors of
the London Journal and Free Briton,
giving as his reasons for the smallness
of the legacy, that he was “ convinced
that an ounce will be found more than
they’ll ever make use of.”
Another testator, after having stated
at great length in his will the number
of obligations he was under, bequeathed
to his benefactor ten thousand—here
the leaf turned over, and the legatee
turning to the other side, found the
legacy was ten thousand thanks.
A testator, who evidently intended to
:hwart his relations, and be a benefac-
tor to the lawyers, gave to certain per
sons “ as many acres of land as shall be
found equal to the area enclosed by the
centre of oscillation of the earth in a
revolution round the sun, supposing
the mean distance of the sun 21,600
semi-diameters of the earth from it.”
An uncle left in his will eleven silver
spoons to his nephew, adding: “If I
have not left him the dozen, he knows
the reason.” The fact was, the nephew
had some littie time before stolen the
twelfth spoon from his relative.
Sir Joseph Jeykell left his fortune to
pay the national debt. When Lord
Mansfield heard of this, lib said : “Sir
Joseph was a very good man and a
good lawyer, but his bequest was a
very foolish one ; he might as well have
attempted to stop the middle arch of
Blackfriar’s Bridge with his full-bot
tomed wig!”
Lord Pembroke gave “notliiug to
Lord Say, which legacy*l gave him be
cause I know be will bestow it ou the
poor;” and then, after giving other
equally peculiar legacies, he finished
with “Item. I give up the ghost.”
Dean Swift’s character is exemplified
in his will. Among other things he
bequeathed to Mr. John Grattan, of
Clonmethau, a silver box “in which I
desire the said John to keep the tobacco
he usually cheweth called pigtail.”
The celebrated Sarah, Dutchess of
Marlboro, leftPittilO,ooo for “the uoble
defense he had made for the support of
the laws of England, and to prevent the
ruin of his country.” A somewhat
Bimilar bequest was not long ago made
to Mr. Disraeli. •
Bacon left a will appointing six ex
ecutors, but no property except his name
and memory, which he bequeathed to
“men's charitable speeches, to foreign
nations and the next ages.” .
Lord Clarendon had nothing to leave
his daughter but his executor’s kind
ness, and Lord Nelson left neither a
will of real or personal estate behind
him, although he bequeathed his adopt
ed daughter to the beneficence of his
country.
Milton’s will was nuncupative--that
is, by word of mouth—he being blind at
the time he made it. Shakespeare’s
was maae in regular form; so was
Byron's.
Chatteron’s will was a strange one >
consisting of a mixture of levity, bitter
satire and actual despair, announcing a
purpose of self-destruction.
Others wrote their wills in verse, and
as a specimen, we will give thatofWil
liam Jacket of the parish of Islington,
which was proved in 1787, when no wit
nesses were required toawillofpersonal
estate:
I give and bequeath,
when I’m laid UDderneath
To my two loving sisters so dear,
The whole of my store,
Which God’s goodness has granted me here.
And that none may prevent,
This my will intent,
Or occasion the least of raw racket,
With a solemn appeal,
1 confirm, sign ana seal,
This, the act and deed of Will Jacket.
Some wills contain a kind of auto
biography of the testator, as well as his
thoughts and opinions. Such was the
will of Napoleon, which gave a hand
some legacy to the wretch Cantilllon,
“who had as much right to assassinate
that oligarchist, the Duke of Welling
ton, as the latter had to send me. to
perish on the rock of St. Helena.”
Such also was Sir William Petty’s,
which states, with certain amount of
self pride, that <( atthe full age of fif
teen, I had obtained the Latin, French
and Greek tongues,” and at twenty
years of age, “had gotten up three score
pounds with as much mathematics as
any of my atre were known to have.”
Tbe Farmer Should Know His Business.
The farmer must know what he is
doing—and he must know beforehand:
the thing must all be a plan in his mind
—else it will be a hap-hazard thing,
which will result in disaster. It is so
with all business. And the further one
sees into his plan, the better he will
succeed, if he prosecutes It diligently.
A clear view, seeing the thing success
fully and harmonious inallits bearings,
then vigorously carried out—that is the
business man’s way. It Is the only Way
to success. A hap-hazard business will
not do. That is the way with tqo many
farmers—mere plowing, harrowing, sow
, ing, .careless of the condition of the soil,
and the time of treating it, As we sow,
so we reap.
The Fisheries or ?Tew England.
MACKEREL.
As an item of political economy, the
fisheries of Gloucester are of first-rate
importance as to the people of New
England, affording as they do, em
ployment to thousands of our citizens
at good wages, and furnishing the peo
ple with plenty of healthy and nutri
tious food at comparatively ci}eap rates.
Besides, they are the nurseries of our
seamen, ready without preliminary
training, to Bend forth men in case of
war, competent to build up at once a
navy without a superior in the world.
The Reciprocity Treaty, whatever may
have been its effects on the interests of
the country as a whole, was of undoubt
ed profit to the fishing interests of this
place, and its abrogation is greatly to
be regretted. In order to appreciate
the advantages heretofore derived from
the operation of this treaty, it is neces
sary to bear in mind that four or five
hundred American vesselsareemployed
in the mackerel business, catching from
lot) to 2-50,000 barrels of mackerel each
season, and that some seasons more
than one-half are caught within three
miles of the British shore, from which
limit, according to maritime law, we
are now excluded.
Mackerel fishing commences about
the Ist of May, by some vessels going
south as far as Block Island, or even
farther. But the catch is of poor quality
—mostly No. 3. About the Ist of June
they start for the Banks and Gulf of St.
Lawrence, aud make two or three, aud
sometimes, though seldom, four trips
in a season, which extends to the last
of November.
In fishing for mackerel, the vessel Is
hove to, as it is called, which is done
by hauling in the jib—the foresail and
mainsail remaining hoisted. The main
boom is guyed out —being brought out
nearly at right angles on the larboard
side and fastened. Then letting off the
foresheet aud putting the helm to port,
brings the vessel in the wind, and she
lays steady and drifts square off to lee
ward. The men are stationed along the
starboard side, each having two lines
with hooks attached, on which are
fixed the pig, an article made by
running pewter or lead ou the hook.
The Captain, or Skipper as he is called,
stands in the middle of the vessels
and “tales” the mackerel at first, by
heaving out the bait, which consists of
salt Pehagen or “ Porgies,” ground fine
in a mill made for that purpose. The
fish bite eagerly, and are drawn in ra
pidly and snapped off the hook. When
they slack up biting, all hands turn to
and dress them, which is done by split
ting them on the back alongside the
back-bone. After soaking sufficiently,
they are put in Darrels and stowed away
in the hold. When brought into port
they are taken out and culled —those
measuring thirteen inches or more, and
fat, are called No. 1; those between 10
and 13, No. 2; smaller, No., 3 —other
divisions being made ou account of fat
ness. They are then branded by the
Inspector aud put into market.
Mackerel are fat about the Ist of July
aud after that few No. 3’s are taken.
The l's are mostly sent to New York,
the 2’s to Boston and the country towns,
and the poorest to the West or the West
Indies. Mackerel in small quantities
are taken in Ipswich Bay and all along
the coast at spine seasons by amateurs,
but this forms no part of the regular
fishery.
The first fishermen of the season are
the George’s fishermen. They com
mence about the Ist of February and
continue till July, and some even
through the season till December. The
fish are tak;en with the hand line; that
is, a line with a heavy lead and hooks
attached, the lead weighing usually
about nine pounds, thus heavy on ac
count of the strong current running on
George’s Bank. It is perilous busi
ness, many ships being lost yearly, as a
general thing—the past winter being
an exception. The most of the vessels
lost are rim down by larger vessels, the
Banks being in the track of outward
and inward bound ships. Others be
coming weighed down with ice form
ing outside and in, are engulfed by a
sudden gale or heavy sea; or again,
parting from their anchors, two come
in contact and both are sunk.—
The fish taken are mostly cod —very
large—and some halibut. The cod iu
the first of the season, are brought into
port fresh, and split and salted onshore
by people who buy them—the owners
of the vessel usually buying the cod,
and the halibut being fresh by being
kept on ice, is sold to small buyers or
smoked by the owners. The cod are
salted very heavily into large hogsheads,
where they lay through hot weather,
when they are putout of doorsou flakes,
and allowed the sun one day , aud then
shipped to market. After the Ist of
April the fish are split and salted on
board. These vessels use for bait fresh
herring brought from Newfoundland,
the first arriving here about the middle
of January, packed in snow and ice.
After the middle of May the fishermen
do not depend on others for bait, as the
herring appear all along the coast and
on the fishiDg grounds, and are caught
in nets carried for that purpose.
The next branch of cod fishing is
trawl fishing—a trawl is made by a
number of cod lines, from one to four
dozen being joined together, with hooks
attached to them—about three or four
feet apart. It is lowered to the bottom
of the ocean and anchored at each end,
with buoys connected to show Its posi-
tion. After the trawl has laid a few
hours it is under-run, by commencing
at one end, and hauling up the trawl,
and taking off the fish, and dropping
the trawl on the opposite side of the
boat. This method of fishing is carried
on in schooners, carrying usually nine
men, and four cfonea. Two men usually
go in one dory and use one trawl.
The fishermen who go in the winter
and fish along shore, furnishing fresh
fish generally, also use trawls, using
clams for bait, of which there is an in
exhaustible supply in our flats and
coves. The fish usually caught in win
ter are haddock.
I have mentioned the principal
branches of the fishing business. Be
sides these, are the hake, and others of
the poorer sort, prepared for the West
India market. An important branch
of the business for the past few years
has been the preparing of cod liver oil,
which sold at one time for three or four
dollars per gallon, but now brings only
about $1,25, yielding but small profit.
Annisquam, Mass.
A wabrant for the arrest of William
R. Roberts, President of the Fenian
Brotherhood, was issued on Wednesday
afternoon by the U. 8. Commissioner
for the Southern District of New York.
Mlssoarl Politics-Frank Blair on the
Stomp-Stlrrlng Appeal.
Major General Frank Blair, who did
more than any other man living, to
: keep Missouri in the Union, is now
stumping that State for the purpose of
effecting a bold and thorough organiza
tion against the Radicals, who he says
are attempting to rob freemen of their
rights, and convert them into more
subjects of despotic power. The repor
ter for the St. Louis Republican gives
a full sketch of his speech it Palmyra,
from which we clip the following :
“The principal point in the speech at
Palmyra, was upon the course to be
pursued with regard to the registry law.
Heretofore, a mere difference of opinion
even on the pari ofhimwhowassincerely
attached to the Union, has been consid
ered treason and the milUiain the hands
of Radical leaders have driven the legal
voter from the polls. When threatshave
not deterred men from voting, the poll
books have been destroyed. Thip is all
changed now. Every legal voter must
determine he will vote, and when any
one voter is oppressed, the entire com
munity must make his cause their own.
It will uot do for any one man to be
permitted to be registered and a dozen
other legal voters to be excluded. The
dozen must demand that that excluded
one shall be considered and registered.
If he is not, all must join in assisting
that one iu his legal prosecution against
the register, who dares to reject him.
There must be brought to bear the force
of public opinion, and in addition, the
power of thorough organization.
“There should be a Johnson club in
every township in every county—every
body in favor of the maintenance of
the Union should be urged to combine
in the plan for the general defense of
republican freedom—the liberties of the
people. No one should stand back in
this eventful period, but all should be
brave aud enthusiastic. If the Radicals
carry out their threat aud refuse to re
gister any but Radicals, the Union men
must choose their own judges and clerks,
and in another place vote. These poll
books must be preserved, and when the
Supreme Court declares the oath to be
unconstitutional aud void, the ballots
thus deposited will be declared legal,
and will be counted in any contested
election. The Supreme Court will de
liver its opinion before the meeting of
the Legislature, and the immense ma
jority which will be exhibited in favor
of the Constitution and the Union will
teach the cabal that rules Gov. Fletch
er that this is not the era to trifle with
a free people. It is no time now to
talk about minor points, while a malig
nant and inhuman party, in possession
temporarily of power, threaten to de
grade and extinguish those who enter
tain differences of opinion from them.
We must work, we must organize, we
must assert our rights. Away with this
truckling to fear. Let us assert our
manhood. Let us despise their threats,
as we will brush away illegal opposi
tion. The law itself fixes a penalty
which stares that Registrar in the face
who dares reject a legal vote. He is to
be disqualified from ever holding oflice
again, and if he has property, he is lia
ble to be sued for damages in the Courts.
If a Judge refuses to do his duty he can
be impeached. We can rest assured the
day will speedily come when publicopin
ion will ostracise and abandon these
miserable tools of this disunion cabal,
and there will be no respectable citizen
who will admit such a one in his house.
No violence will be necessary—the peo
ple themselves will arrest the evil. The
oath could be taken by no man who
lived in Missouri in 18(31 without perjury,
and Drake, intended it for none but per
jurers. But it was unconstitutional,
aud to take it was like the promise made
to the robber who robs you and then re
frains to take yourlife because of an oath
be extorts from you that you wilLnot
complain of him. You make the oath,
but you do complain, and society will
not permit you to keep your oath ; it
forces you to disclose the crime. So,
then, knowing from one of the Judges
of the United States Supreme Court,
that that court has decided this
oath to be unconstitutional, I, said the
General, mean to take it, and demand
my right to be registered. And (he
continued) I call upon all men who did
not actually aid the rebellion to go for
ward and take that oath and restore to
themselves that liberty which has been
taken away from them. Why, you call
yourself freemen! Youarcnot freemen !
The 4th section, 11th article, of the new
Constitution places your lives and
property, whether you be Radical or
not, in the hands of the Governor of the
State, and you have done this thing
yourselves either by voting for it or re
fusing to vote at all. The man that
now stands back and refuses to aid in
the restoration to him of that liberty of
which he is deprived, does not deserve
to vote, or to be considered a man. Let
no man stand back; let every man do
his whole duty aud these renegade reb
els who now control the Radical party
will be swept from their places and de
prived of their power to inflict any
more outrages upon us.
Estate of f*ui. shkkick, uec’u.
—LeLters Testa century on the estate of
Paul Sherlck, late o' Washington Borough,
Lancaster county, dec'cl., having been granted
to the subscriber residing in said borough : All
persona Indebted to said estate are requested
to in .ke Immediate payment, and those hav
ing claims will present, them, without delay,
properly authenticated for settlement.
nifty 9 6tw*lBj
Notice.— a meeting of the stock
holders In the Lancaster and Venango
Mutual Petroleum Association, will be held at
the office of Company, No. 21 North Duke
street, Lancaster city, Pa., JUNE 18, 1800, at 9
o’clock, A. M., for the purpose of making an
assessment upon the capital stock of said com
pany. By order of the Board.
AND. M. FRANTZ,
June 6 2tw 22J Secretary.
Estate of Frederick gramm,
late of Balubridge, Conoy twp., dec’ll.—
Letters of Administration on said estate hav
ing been granted to the undersigned residing
in Bainbridge aforesaid: All persons Indebted
thereto are requested to make immediate pay
ment, and those having claims or demands
against the same will present them for settle
ment to the undersigned, residing in said
township. FREDERICK M. GRAMM
Administrator of Frederick Gramm, dec’d.
June 6 Utw*22
Estate of william dugan, decd.
—Letters of Administration on the estate
of William Dugan, late of Conoy township,
Lancastes«county, dec’d, having been granted
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 authenticated for settlement.
may 16 6tw* 191
Mary M. Miller, by]
her next friend, 1 Of Nov. T. 1805, 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 the PlalntMT, before C. M. Brown
Esq., Commissioner, at his office in the vUlage
of Maytown, on FRIDAY, the 22nd day of
JUNE, 1866, between the hours of 10 o’clock, A.
M., and i o’clock,;P. M., of said day.
D. W. PATTERSON.
may 23 otw 20 Attorney for Plaintiff.
Estate of adam sheaffer, decd.
—Letters of Administration on the estate''
of Adam Sheaffer, late of Mount Joy township,
dec’d, having been granted to the subscriber
residing in said township: All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to make
Immediate payment, and those having claims
will present them, without delay, properly
authenticated for settlement.
ABRAHAM SHEAFFER,
may 30 Gt*w 21] Administrator.
TESTATE OF JACOB WEAVER, BATE
JCi of Lancaster city dec’d.—Letters or Admin
istration on said estate having been granted to
the undersigned, all persons indebted thereto
are requested to make Immediate payment
and those having claims or demands against
the same will present them for settlement to
the undersigned, residing in said city
GEORGE A. WEAVER,
may 30 6tw 21j Administrator.
Assigned estate of Jacob
Bncher. of West Cocalico twp., Lancaster
county, for the heneflt of creditors.
TO THE CBEDITOBB OF SAID ASSIGNOR
PleuseandtaSenotice that household furniture
and things of domestic use, to the value of $3OO
have been appraised and duly set aside for the
benefltof said assignor and his familyi that
said appraisemqnt was connrmed and approved
by ft® £?S*1 of Common Pleas of said county,
01 . MAY, 1866, Nisi, am} will
finally confirmed, unless exceptions bellied
thereto within thirty days after the day of said
Nisi. J ,
By JOHN BELDOMRIDGE,
may 50 4tw 21J Prothonotary,
Tom Cod.
fgtpl gotiffS.
JOHN EVANS,
Executor.
JOHN KOB,
Administrator.
NUMBER 23.
jtottMttfl, <Sag lifting, &t.
JJEANER and scuauji,
DEALERS IN
STOVES,
HEATERS,
A fall and complete assortment of every pat*
tern and design constantly on bond, at greatly
reduced prices, at their Old Stand.
DEANER & SCHAUM
No. 7 East King street.
f£IIN AND SHEET-IRONWARE
MANUFACTORY.
Every variety of
COPPER AND
i
SHEET-IRON WARE
constantly on band and manufactured to order
at the Old Stand.
DEANER A
No. 7 East King street.
QOPPER-WABE MANUFACTORY,
STILLS, '
BREWER’S KETTLES, j
COPPER KETTLES,
AND EVERY VARIETY OP COPPER-WARE.
Having had over twenty years’ experience
in the business, and employing none bul first
class workmen, we are fully prepared to exo
cate all orders we may be entrusted with.
DEANER £ SCHAUM,
No. 7 East King street.
QAS FITTING AND PLUMBING.
The subscribers having secured the services
of superior mechanics respectfully solicit a
shore of publlo patronage. They are prepared
to execute all orders that they may be entrusted
with lu a superior manner, aud at very moder
ate prices. j
HYDRAULIC RAMS,
WATER WHEELS,
HYDRANTS,
[LIFT A FORCE PI^MPS
BATHING TUBS, WASH BASINS aiid all
other articles in the trade. j
PLUMBING AND GAS AND STEAmI FIT
TING promptly attended to In the most ap
proved style.
49“ County work promptly attended to^
*2»An work guaranteed.
DEANER <& SCHAUAI,
No. 7 East King street, Lancaster,
apr 14 tfdj*w
star's (gxtmuinator.
SONG, SET TO A NEW TUNE,
49- 1 8 6 6. 'ah
As spring approaches,
Ants and hooches
From their holes come ovl,
And Mice and hats,
In spite oj cats.
Gaily skip about.
“COSTAR’S” EXTERMINATORS.
EXTE RMINATORS,
“COSTAR’S” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTER MIN ATORS,
“COSTAR'S” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTERMINATORS,
“ COSTAR’S ” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTERMINATORS,
“ COSTAR’S ” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTERMINATORS,
“ COSTAR’S ” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTERMINATORS,
* COSTAR’S” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTERMINATORS,
“COSTAR’S” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTERMINATORS,
“ COST A.R’S ” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTERMINATORS,
“ COSTAR’S ” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTEKMINATOKS,
“COSTAR’S” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTERMINATORS,
“ COSTAR’B” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTERMINATORS,
“COSTAR’S” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTERMINATORS,
“COSTAR’S” EXTERMINATORS,
EXTERMINATORS,
“ COSTAR’S ” EXTERMINATORS,
For Rate, Mice, Roaches, Ante, Bed Bags,
Fleas, ndtbs In Fare and Woolens, In
sects on Plants, Fowls, Animals, etc.
“ Only InfaUable remedies known.”
“ Free from Poisons.”
“ Not dangerous to the Human Family/’
“ Hats come out of their holes to die."
43“! 11 Beware I!! of all wortiiless imita
tions.
43“ See that “Costar's” name Is on each
Box, Bottle, and Flask, before you buy.
43“ Address, HENRY R. CoSTAIt,
482 Broadway N. Y.
43“ Sold in Lancaster by all Druggists and
Retailers.
) 1866.
INCREASE OF RATS,—The fhrmcr’a Gazette
English) asserts and proves by figures that one
pair of RAT 3 will have a progeny and decend
ants not less than (#1,050 In three years. Now
unless this Immense family can be kept down,
they would consume more food than would
sustain 65,000 human beings.
43*See “ Costar’s ” advertisement above.
RATS versus BIRDS. —Whoever engages in
shooting small birds Is a cruel man ; whoever
aids in exterminating rai» is a benefactor. We
should like some one to give us the benefit of
tbelr experience in driving out these pests.—
We need something besides dogs, cats, %pd
traps for this business.— SctentiflQ American,
N. Y.
43* See “ Costars ” advertisement above.
1866.
“COSTAR’S RAT EXTERMINATOR Is
simple, safe, and sure—the mpsl perfect RAT-
Iflcatlon meeting we have ever attended.—
Every Rat can get It, properly prepared, will
eat It, aud every one that eats it will die, gen
erally at some place os distant as possible from
where It was taken. —Lake Shore, Mich., Mirror.
43“ See “ Costak’s ” advertisement above.
1866.
HOUSEKEEPERS troubled with vermin
need be so no longer, If they uro “Costab’s’
Exterminator. We have used It to oor satis
faction; and if a box cost $5, we would have It.
We have tried poisons, but they effected noth
ing; but ** Costar’B” article knocks the breath
out of Rats, Mice, Roaches, Ants, and Bed-
Bugs, quicker than we. cau write It. It Is In
great demand all over the country.— Medina.
Ohio, Gazette.
1866.
A VOICE FROM THE FAR WEST.-Speak
lng of “ Costar’s ” Rat, Roach, Ant, <tc,, Ex
terminator—"more grain and provisions are
destroyed annually in Grantcounty by vermin
than would pay for tons of liat and Insect
Killer.” — Lancaster, Wis., Herald.
43“ See "Costae’s” advertisement above,
1866.
FARMERS AND HOUSEKEEPERS should
recollect that hundreds of dollars worth of
Grain, Provisions, <£c., are annually destroyed
by Rats, Mice. Ants, and other Insects and yer
raln—all of Avhich can be prevented by a few
dollars’ worth of “ Costar’s ” Rat, Roach, Ant,
&c., Exterminator, bought and used freely,
Costar's” advertisement above.
43“boltt in Lancaster by all Druggist and
DealersV fapr (TSmdaw
J 'gttfimloml (Rui&s.
gs/ai. SCHAEFFEK,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SADDLERY
NOS. 1 AND 2 EAST KING STREET,
LAN ASTER, PA.
H. “• B,OKTH .
At’tORNEY-AT - L A W
COLUMBIA, PA.
»ng29 tfdiwl
J O. MOORE’S
DENTAL OFFICE,
On the South Vast Cbmer of North Queen and
Orange Streets,
Over Westhaeffkb’s Boos Stoke.
N. B.—Entrance to office, 2d door on Orange
street. septtttfd&w
J B. LIVINGSTON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW',
No. 11 North Duke Street,
(A few doors north of the Court House,)
LANCASTER, PA,
JnlyM taw
square of ton lines; ten per cent, lncreaaeior
fractions of • year.
first, and 4 oenu for each subsequent lmar
tlOOe ‘ ■ r ~ '•} • i. t
PAnjrr MaDiannrs and other adver-a by the
oolomn: ■
One oolomn,! year,..-two
Half oolomn, lyeer.—.™^-...®
' Third oolumn, 1 pear, 4o
Quarter column,.. - 80
-oumssOAßDs, often lines or leas,
_one 10
Bniluti* c»rdj, D.e line, or loss, one ■
i.e..'... e4....e.e..eeee. •• ee.ee. he. *e 5
LIGAIrANu OTHXB NOTIOIS-
Executor*’ notiees„...~ aOO ♦
Administrators* uotloes a,OO
Assignees' uotloes, ................. a,OO
Auditors’ .. 1,50
Other l, NotlcoBe , 'ten Hues, or less,
three times, .. .go
T' H lv^rsS lN 001,0 HIRING COH-
A PANY OF COLORADO, 1260“ Original ttt-
JKtS 8 lU oeaoh or,which 260 are reserved
for Working capital.
Subscribers . elect their own OHlcers.
themselves manage the affairs of the Coni'
caoh subscriber being eligible as one of
RANGES, &c.
Is to be chosen from among the Board of Dlreo*
tors.
are to be selected by the subscribers from,
among themselves, at tho first meeting for
organization.
The Secretary and Treasurer
is to bo a suscrlber and selected by the Direc
tors.
Bankers*
THE CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK,
Philadelphia,
Solicitors.
THEODORE CUYLER, ESQ.,
ROBERT D. C. COXK, kSQ.
Americana are proverbial for the avidity
and commendable zeal with which they par
ticipate In enterprises having for their ohjeot
the development of our national resources. At*\
one time “ Railroads "—at another “Coal”—
lir?S.V ir°PP® r " or “ Iron," and more recently
Oil have been the all-absorbing topics.
In all these several enterprises, as will be
recollected, those who Hrst took hold of them
made money* some larger amounts thou
others, according to their Investments.
Mining operations In the fields of Colorado
and elsewhere now mainly engross the publlo
attention. Consideringtliatseveralsuoli com
panies havo been already organized—-that they
are now at work—that tho reports from their
mines are highly favorable—that It Is known
that at the present time there are on tho way
from the ledges of Nevada and Colorado numer
ons" bars or silver" and “brtckH of gold," It
is believed that the enthusiasm already mani
fested on the subject will, In a little time, be so
greatly increased on the recoipt and exhibit of
these “returns,” tliatlumuaerable companies
will spring up, whose stock , being based at the
then greatly Inflated prices of ledges, will neces
sarily bo less desirables than that now to be had
—thereby giving to those who avail themßelves
of the occasiou now presented, of securing
“original Interests,” an opportunity of then
disposing of the large amount of slock each
holder rocelves, at a handsome advance.
With these preliminary remarks tbo follow
ing taosPECTUs is respectfully presented.
'lho property of the Company proposed to bo
organized by the Rale of these *• original Inter
ests” consists of the following Ledges, all situ
ated within u radius of fis*e miles of Central
City, Colorado.
TRAIL CREEK DISTRICT.
Mammoth Lode,* oflQO feet
Never Fall Lode.t of 200 feet.
Vanderbilt Loae,; 0 f 200 feet.
Union Lode of 200 feet.
Gold Ophlr Lode, of 100 feet.
TRAIL RUN DISTRICT.
Holman Lode.l
' banner district.
Bt. Louis Lode of 100 feet,
Pensacola Lode of 100 feet.
UPPER FALL RIVER DISTRICT.
Abe Lincoln Lode, of 2001eet.
Washoe Lode ...of 200 feet.
Minnie, or *• Louisa ” Lode „ of 200 feet.
Riddle Lode,g of 200 feet.
“ Being a total of 2,000 feet or nearly half a
mile iu length horizontally, of rich Gold»pro
duelng territory, of unlimited depth, together
with all the dips, spurs and angles, uud also all
the metals, ores, gold, silver and other metal
bearing quartz, rook, and earth theroln, and
all the rights, privileges and franchises thereto
Incident, appendant and appurtonanced, or
therewith usually had or enjoyed, under and
subject to tbe jurisdiction or tuo 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 havo carefully exam
ined the titles to tho foregoing lodes or ledges,
and am satlslled that they are perfect.
THOMAS MASON,
Attorney at Law.
Central City, Colorado.
Professor Edward N. Kent, of the New York
Assay Ofllcc, says:
“ As to tho extent of the gold mines of Colo
rado, I am not prepared to give an estimate, os
I lound enough to fully employ my time
within a radius of ttvo miles of Cen
tral City, (tho location of tho above
Ledges,l but as to the richness of theh, I havo
no hesitation In saying, that I believe them to be
the richest ever discovered. With science, capital
and the Pacidc Railroad, Colorado Is destined
In my opinion, to rival or supersodo California
and Australia, and become the El Dorado of
the World.’
Am tho purchaso of either of tho above lodos
would require more money than the majority
of persons havo at command, It has boea deter
mined to consolidate them, and to divide them
into Twelve Hundred and Fifty
ORIGINAL SHARES
which will cost tho subscribers hereto
ONE HUNDRED DOI.I.AJLI EACH,
thus affording the man of limited means, os
well as the capitalist, an opportunity to socuro
an Interest In this region or “practically Inex
haustible” wealtn.
As all are aware, the usual plau adopted for
the development of such a property Is to form
a company and Issue certificates of stock. The
plan hero 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 Lblssolld and
substantial basis, elect officers from among
themselves, each subscriber being eligible to
the position of an officer of the Company.
In order that handsome returns may be
speedily realized, these subscriptions are based
upon the proposition that the subscribers
imm'edlatelyon recelptofthe Deeds(nowready
for delivery, and which may be examined at
the office of the undersigned before subscrib
ing,) may lease their lands on heavy royalties
orut once organize Companies In the usual
way for which there Is an ample basis.
To accommodate those of moderate means
hese “ Interests’’are put at sloo each, In order
to get the list filled at once, and to prevent any
delay In the organization of the Company.
Considering tue numerous valuable**Ledges”
Which constitute the basis of this enterprise—
the fair and equitable features—the low prices
at which " Interests ” In It are offered, and that
each intercut entitles the holder to his pro rata
share of stock In all the Companies that may
be organized upon them—also recolleetlngthat
in all, there are only I,(XK> Interests to be sold
aud It would only require one hundred gentle
men each to take ten (1,000) to absorb thewhole
It Is presumed that it is bardly necessary to
suggest to those desiring to secure one or more
of these original Interests, to at once send In
Ihelr 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.ilU’s and other
Government Bonds taken at par, and any pre
mium or accrued interest thereon allowed.—
Bonds may be sent by registered mall or by
express.
'lne Books are now open. Subscriptions re
ceived by DUNCAN M. MITCHESON, »
Nortneastcor. Fourth and Walnut Ste.
Philadelphia.
REFERENCES.
_ His Excellency j His Excellency,
AND. G. CURTIN, MARCUB L. WARD
Gov. of Pennsylvania. | Gov. of New Jersey
HON. ELI SUFER, 1 HON. W. 8 JOHNSON
Sec. of State of Penna. | Sec. of State of N. J.
HON. MORTON MoMICHAEL,
Mayor of Philadelphia.
Geo. M. Troutman, Pres’t Central Nat. Rtmtr
Philadelphia. ’
Geo. K. Zeigler, Pres’t National Bank of Com
merce, Philadelphia.
Robert P. King, of King A Baird, PhUa.
Benjamin Orne, of J. F. A E. B. Orne “
Edmund A. Bouder, of E. A. Souder ACo "
u. Montgomery Bond,of Bond A Biddle,' “
John Welsh, of 8. A W. Welsh “
43- In sending subscriptions, give name and
address plainly, in order 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 moetinir
for organization.
• This Lode is very well developed, with vein
of ore 4 feet In width; ore prospects well
t I here Is one shaft on this Lode‘2o feet deep
and 50 luet long, and the crevice Is 8 feet in
This Lode Is well developed, and considered
one of the best In the district; there Is a slmft
on It 00 feet in depth with a vein of sulphereU
four feet in width. Assays made of this ore
prove It to be very rich.
ls an A. 1. Lode, and has a shaft of 75
feet in depth—vein of ore three feet lu width
and of good quality. Ore taken from this lode
yielded 3100 per cord in gold.
gThlsls really the richest Lodeyot discovered
in the district; It Is well developed, and ore
taken from this Lodee yielded upwards of 4800
per cord.
may 21 Btd lawdaw
Frederick Yost.f January Te m> No
Adnllne Yost. j Subpaina In Divorce.
Notice .—the defendant will
take notice that depositions will be taken
on the part of the Plaintiff, before F. L. Baker
Commissioner, at hJs printing office, in the
Borough of Marietta, on SATURDAY, the 80th
day of JUNE, 1866. between the hours of 6 and
10 o’clock, P. M. f oi said day,
D. G. BAKER.
may 30 otw 211 Attorney for Plaintiff
A NSIGNED ESTATE OF JAC. BUCHEB.
xl of West Cocalico township, Lancaster
cou»’.y.—Jacob Bucher, of WestCocaiico town
ship, having by deed orvolantary assignment
dated May H, 1866, assigned and transferred all
his estate and effects to the undersigned, for
the benefit of the creditors of the said Jacob
Bucher, he therefore gives notice to all persona
Indebted to said assignor, to make payment to
the undersigned without delay, aud those
having claims to present them to
CYRUS REAM, Assignee.
Residing In E, Cocalico twp., Lone. Co.
ma yaq 6tw 2i
Accounts of trust estates, Ac.
The accounts of the following named Ei
-8 will be presented for confirmation on
MONDAY, JUNE 18tb, 1880. u ou
John Kreider's Estate, Thomas Robinson
Trustee. v***
Good’s Estate, Henry B. GraybiU,
Gideon Kauffman’s Estate, John Oulirlev
and John Kauffman, Assignees ■ . •. y
Trustee" Kendlg’s Estate, George Kendlg,
David Landis? Estate, A. 8. * nfi
Martin Rohrer, Trustees. uanaia and
David Mellluger’s Estate, Daniel Danner
Trustee. *
Akalgnee/ Wrlght ’ 8 Eatate - Joseph Ballanco
Traatee/^^’ 8 EBU MatUn & Weave '
Samuel Hubei’s Estate, Henry Borfclurt.
Committee. JOHN SEMIOMRIEGeI^’
Pnorav’s Oi'FICK, Lancaster,
may 22 ltvr
fitting
The Pretident
The Directors
.of 200 feet