Daily evening bulletin. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1856-1870, December 22, 1869, Image 6

iIttSINESS NOTICES.
Comesd Inirensor mad BlLanuthe.
tuetr orthe celubrutrd Iron Pram Piano, has rocel you
the prize Medal of the World's Great Exhibition, Lon
don, England. The highest prittee awarded when and
wherever exhibited, Warerooms, 722 Arch street.
it
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Pno&
have, fort e l
last year, been seinne my 40 '
Cant Steck it Co. grand square and upright Elation; also
Raines BM,' Pianos, nearly as low as at any former
time, hoping that an attempt to get back to Ohl Times'
pricier would be made up by increase of trade. Result
are very satisfactory.
noted
Steinway Sone' Grand Square and
sprhtht Pianos with their newly patented Resonator,
by *hid) the original volume of sound can always be
retained the same as in &violin, At
BLASITIS
No. 1006 Uhestnnt street.
TUE POLICE CONUNDRUM.
When on his walks
'Goes Mayor Faux
Along with General Mulhollan,
I'd interview
" Them both a few
With simple queries like the followhf :
Can the city's peace
lie kept by police
.11ade up of roughs and rowdies chiefly?
If you set a thief
To catch a thief,
Is there sink certain gain? Say briefly.
'4 1 1.101
it.a average thief. .
Would, I think, as lief
If brought up in good Democratic belief,
Pick the pocket of rocks
• Of our Mayor Faux,
Or that of the great ex-Mayor Faux.
So, Mayor and Chief
Is it your belief
That people can go oboist in security,
When the city's peace
Is in charge of police
'Whose pride is a total want of purity?
The Chief and Mayor
Would unite in prayer,
Both heads so close you could scarcely sunder
'em,
And then would confess
That they could not guess,
And so would both give up the conundrum.
ITAIL1&11 OPERA.
Mr. Max Maretzek announces that he will
begin a season of Italian opera in , the
Academy of Music on the 3d of January
neat. The season will consist of twelve nights
and two matinees. Mr. Maretzek brings here
a company which includes several artists
already well known and popular in this city,
and a number of new singers who bring with
them great reputations. Miss Clara Louise
Kellogg and Madame Carolina de Briol are
the primas. The first lady needs no introdue-
tion; the second is said to be one of the finest
soprano singers now in this country. Signor
-- Gj..efranc is the leading tenor. He has been
received with enthusiasm in New York, and if
the critics of that city are to be relied upon, be
has a magniticent robust tenor voice, good
style, and very considerable histrionic power.
His performance in William TO particularly,
is said to be superb. Signor Giorgio Ronconi,
,well kpown as the best buffo idnger on the
stage, t also is connected with this troupe, and
will appear as often as possible. Among the
other artists we may mention. Miss Paulina
Canissa, Madame Rosa Cellini, Signori Mas
simillani and B. Regna. Besides these Mr.
Maretzek has engaged a first•class ballet corps,
which will be led by Mlle. Marie Sand and
M. Marvig. It is promised that Rossini's
masterpiece, William Tell, will be produced in
magnificent style during the season, with un
usually large chorus and orchestra, and
most careful attention to the scenic effect.
Ferrari's new comic opera, which has been
very successful in Europe, is promised with
a good cast, and nice attention to detail in
costumes and scenery. if Mr. blaretzek fulfils
his promises, we shall have a series of capital
performances by artists who will be worthy of
the name. Subscriptions for the season will
be received at Trumpler's on Monday morn
ing, December 27th, at 9 o'clock, and on the
following Tuesday and Wednesday.
The regular sale of tickets will commence on
Thursday morning, December 30th, at the
Academy of Music and at Trampler's. .
(TB A.
Important Proclamation from Presi
dent Cespedes.
Gr. IMA no, Nov. 30.—T0 my Countrymen: It
was expected of me, I am informed, that I
should have issued a proclamation on the 10th
of last month, the first anniversary of our
pronunciamento of independence. It was ex
pected that I should render an account of what
had been done during the glorious first year
of our war of liberation, or in other words,
that I should render a portrayal of the situa
tion. It is due, perhaps, that I should render
an account of our progress, of our victories, of
our defeats, of our expenses, and of our finan
cial, military and political situation.
A GLORIOUS RECORD.
On the Ist of October I requested my
generals-in-chief Major-General Cavada,
Figuerdo, Major-General Agrimonte and
Major-General Thomas Jordan—to report at
their earliest convenience to the commander
in-thief of our army, Gen. Manuel QuPsaila.
In this report I requested that they should
give the number, names, and location of the
fliffr-eent engagements which they and their
respective subordinates have had with one
enemies: their loases by battle and disease,and
names enrolled at different dates during the
year, as well as the strength of their respec
tive commands at the date on which they con
cluded their reports.
The great distance intervening between the
different commands and detachments, with
the irregular communications attending such
widely separated military posts, prevented an
early response to my request. Though it has
been somewhat delayed, the aggregate report
demonstrates a most glorious record for our
sacred cause.
OPERATIONS OF THE FIRST ARMY CORPS.
Major-General . Frederico Cavada, com
manding the First ArAny Corps, reports six
teen thousand men with good arms. Ten
thousand of these men are mounted, and have
been well instructed in the discipline of war.
This corps has lost two thousand three hun
dred killed in its different engagements with
the enemy since the lith of last March. The
six brigades composing the corps have met the
enemy one hundred and seventeen times.
They have twice forced their enemy within
the plaza of Cienfuegos. They have lost two
thousand and ninety-one men during this time
by wounds and casualties of war. For every
man that falls there are, I am assured by
General Cavada, ten risen ready to take his
arms and place. The First Corps has grown
from a command of eight hundred , men to its
present strength.
THE SECOND ARMY CORPS,
which operates in the State of Camaguey, is
now 12,000 strong. Its history has been bloody.
Seven thousand men have gone from its lists
by death in battle and disease. It has fought
221; engagements, a full score of which have
been quite formidable affairs. Its• gallant cora
..lll.auder,• 7-144§}or , `..intineral . Cavada, has
been a true and brave patriot. He deserves
Le highest meed of praise which grateful
comrades can extend him. Trinidad, Puerto
Principe, Nuevltas,San Geronimo,San Cristo
bal and other battle-fields toll the story of this
noble army of patriots.
• TILE TIIIRL) ARMY CORPS,
jointly commanded by Major-General Thomas
Jordan and Major-General Honorato Castillo,
has made a record as imperishable as the
rocky mountains and hills of its operations.
It now numbers 9,000 men.' It has met the
enemy 183 times. Las Tunas, Mogote, Bar
yatno,Palma, Soriano, Canto, Ilaire, San Lu
cian, liolguin, Arroyo Blanco, and a long list
°flames of battle-helds attest to the , great
work done in the east by this gallant division
of our array.
I must mention here the name of our brave
ally, Gen. Thomas Jordan. Gen. Jordan has
been with us here as Adjutant-General of tho
ahoy since July 6. To his superior skill, ripe
experience and wisdom do we owe the credit
of the perfect organization of our forces. That
our pegple have ignored jealousy and all that
tends Ca liattleourselves as ungrateful revo
lutionists may have no better illustration than
-;;; r
J. E. GOULD,
No. 923 Chestnut street
THE. DAILY EVENING BULLETIN--PHILADELPHIA; WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
the universal admiration of our patriots for
Gen. Jordan. By his own request, , seconded
by a wish of our Commander-in-Chief, Gen.
Quesatia,
theora has returned bo h Lande
partrnent of Bast to assume commof
oar forces in that, State which are to Operate
against Valmaseda's Vine now quartered in
Santiago de Cuba.
•
WILL. CONGRESS LISTEN?
We may count upon 40,000 well-armed men
with passable discipline. We are receiving
supplies of arms and munitions of war now
quite regularly, but of this matter the 'least I
may say is the best, especially as long as We
are refused those rights which I've claim
should be accorded us by our sister republic,
the United States. Perhaps it is just that the
"administration of the. Washington Govern
ment should delay recognizing us until the
Congress shall have met. I have endeaVored
to convince my cabinet and our National.
Congress that we must not rely too much upon
aid tram the United States. I have endeavored
to impress all around me with the vast respou?
sibility resting upon us, and that it is best to
abandert all hope of succor from abroad. I
have considered that, hemmed in as we are,
GIRDLED BY TILE WILD WAVES OF THE SEA,
we had no means of telling the world of our
achievements. When we win victories, our
enemies, who hold the outside belt around us,
pervert all information. We have kept a large
standing army of Spain and Spanish volun
teers in a state of constant anxiety and alarm.
•
We have compelled our enemy to employ up
wards of 75,000 men, yet we have gradually,
expanded our territory. We have attacked
every convoy which the Spaniards have un
dertaken to send across the country, and
have turned seven of them back into their
starting place.
WHAT TEE PATRIOTS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
It occurs in the several reports rendered
that we have captured 1,926 Spanish soldiers,
1,471 of whom we have released on parols. We
have captured 6,322 stands of arms and 29
pieces of artillery from our enemy. Our lines
to-day are within rife-shot of every city and
town on the island east of the city of Matan
zas, and we are able to engage our enemy at
one point or another daily.
On the 9th day of October last myself and
General Figuerdo declared our slaves free.
We owned some five hundred and seventy.
The males were enrolled on our army rolls,
and started from Majuaga with us when we
began our crusade against our oppressors.
They helped us to capture Yara on the 10th of
October, and a freeman, who two days before
was a slave, first held aloft the banner of inde
pendence in the plaza of Yara. Liberated slaves
have been engaged in every battle with our
enemy since that glorious day. In February
last our first little Congress declared all men on
the island free and equal. After my Cabinet
had been selected and a National Congress of
duly elected representatives chosen, that au
gust body framed a constitution for our better
government. In that constitution slavery was
declared unconditionally abolished! We have
waged a huthine and civilized warfare. We
have abstained, from wreaking ',vengeance,
spite, hatred, and deserved retaliation upon
our enemy. While they deserve no considera
tion from us, we have aimed to stand fair and
honorably before the world. At present and
while our shameless foes hold the exterior
line of, the island, we must expect a continua.,
tion of slanderous reports against us. Our
pride has been and is to make such a record
that when the war shall have ended we can
point with pride to our history and dare the
world to show us an ignominiouS act on our
records.
* *
WE STAND BEFORE TAE WORLD
in'a more formidable array than Mexico,Chile;
Peru, or any and all other Spanish American
Republics over presented against tyrannical
Spahr.,
Conquer our enemy we must. There is no
backward - track. We ask you all to stand
firm. Obey the important orders which have
been lately issued tor the destruction of our
enemies' source of iribome. March onward
and onward as have other„ . peoples while
struggling for their liberties and God and
right will sustain us all until 41ctorg stands in
scribed in letters of fire upon our banners, and
the fraternity of republics welcomes us into
the sisterhood of free nations. Vi,'a la bide=
penclencia ! Viva la Liberlacl ! Vira la Reform
Dios y Patria !
CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES.
SAMANA.
Its Acquisition by the rutted States...
General Babcock's Arrival in the Capi
tal—llls Interview with the President
...Our New Naval Station in the West
Indies.
(From the New York Herald.)
WASITINGTON, Dec. 21, 1869.—General Bab
cock, Commissioner to St. Domingo, in the
business of negotiating a lease or permanent
acquisition of the 13ay of Samana by the
United States, arrived in this city this morn
ing. Generals Ingalls and Sackett, who ac
companied General Babcock, remained in
New York. The accounts as already
_pub
lished of the details of the doings of the Com
mission are essentially correct, and will not
need repetition. It not, however, ban
mentioned that - during General Bab-..
cock's presence at the Dominican
capital a party steamed up the Victorian
branch of the Ozarna a distance of fifteen
miles, observing the beautiful scenery and
forests of mahogany and logwood. At the capi
tal the Commissioner was hospitably received
and was treated with every courtesy during the
then pending negotiations. General Hongria,
Minister of War and Marine, was quite ill
and took little part in the business. The
precise nature of the deputations entered
into were to-day communicated to the
President by General Babcock. There are
two propositions, it is understood, each of
which embrace the magnificent Bay of
Santana. UpOn these the President is now
deliberating. It is considered highly probable
that the matter will not be laid before Con
gress until January. The $150,000 employed
was out of the fund of $200,000 appropriated
to be used in accomplishing the same object
by Mr. Seward. As stated in the Herald's de
spatches the American flag was unfurled in
the • presence of General Babcock, and
this first step to the possession of the
bay being, over the Albany sailed on her re
turn voyage. Before any further steps
than the presence of the Nantucket in the
bay are taken the President will ask Congress
to sanction his act. This being done orders
will be despatched immediately to the Gulf
squadron to rendezvous at Stunana. A large
quantity of coal will be sent out for imme
diate consumption while the coal vein on the
peninsula is being opened in order to be made
available. Storehouses will be erected and
plans drawn up looking to the proposed forti
fication and security of the place. Earth
works, mounting heavy guns, are also talked
of; and not only the most economical but
the most serviceable means of defence con
sidered.
After the contract is fully ratified by Con
gress it will be but a few months before the
- United States will be able to boast of a
creditable naval station in the West Indies.
It is also probable that several battalions of
native, acclimated troops will be recruited,
provided Congress gives authority for such
action.
The despatch from St. Thomas in regard to
the distribution of the money paid down is
pronounced entirely false, andis supposed to
have been written by some one hostile to this
step on the part of the United States. It is
known that a number of the leading members
of both Houses of Congress are interested in
the speedy consummation of the acquisi
tion of the Bay of Satuana, and it is not antici
7pated that any delay will spring 'from this
quarter.
Admirall'orter was before the House Com
mittee on Commerce to-day, in relation to a
more liberal legislative policy towards the
extension of American commercial enterprise.
The committee were much interested in the
information communicated by the Admiral.
Ile urged the granting of libend subsidies,
stating that $5,000,000, for instance, expended
per annum, though it would be a loss of
that amount to the Treasury, would be
worth more than $20,000,000 a year to
the country. In regard •to the mails
the Admiral said that he thought they could:
be carried cheaper as now arranged. .The'
'committee were considerably alarmed when
informed that the present steam vessels run
ning into New York in event of war would
form, if armed, a formidable naval pyrex
against us, and he suggested that sonic timely
action should be taken in order to prevent any
contingency that might lead to these vessels,
now engaged in the peaceful pursuits'of com
merce, being used against us. The committee
seemed to be alive to, this new feature in our
present commercial Status and evinced a de
termination t 9 adopt a more liberal policy
There is now a better prospect than ever of
having our merchant marine put on a better
footing.
(From the Toledo d e.s
NAMIY.
. Mr. Nasty bettled at Last—The City of
New York to be Ills Final McMinn.
Piskee-4Flow He is Situated and How
He Likes It.
Ix Turn Cirri 'WAR° uv Noo YOUK, Decent-,
ber 10,1869.—The dove wich Noah sent out
come back to the Ark becoz the waters kir.
ered the land ; when the dove found a dry
spot it come back no more. I am a dove. I
wuz sent out from the Corners, but the preva
lence UV water druv me back, time anciagen.
Now, thank Heaven, I hey found a spot whey
ther is no water (at least I've never seen any
used for any purpose), and here I stay, My
foot hes found a restin'-place.
lam the solo proprietor of the " Harp uv
Erin" S'loon. The original proprietor uv the
"Harp uv Erin " died the evenin iiv the last
elecshun, much regretted by his politikle asso
abates. ..lie bad only voted thirteen times,
when in an argyment techin the merits uv his
candidate, ez compared with his op
ponent for the nominashen, he wtizhit with
a brickbat, and died with his day's work half
done. The man who struck him wuz expelled
from the society to which he belonged for
killin an able-bodied Democrat before the
closin uv the polls.
How I got possesshen uv the s'loon I shel
not state. Suffice it to say, it became mine,
and the stock likewise, and that I steel never
hey occashen to leave it. Hero I shel live
and here I steel die. Uv course I've decorated
it to soot the tastes uv my patrons. r took
down the portrate uv Jackson, and cut off uv
the bottom the words, " The Yoonynn ' itmust
and steel be preserved!" and substitooted, " Ho
serves his party best who votes the most,"
wich I read to those who drop in ez the last
words uv the Hero of Noo Orleens. I hey an
Irish flag turned round an Irish Harp over the
bar, and portrates ins the Head Centres try the
Fenian Brotherhood, properly wreathed, all
about the room.
On the end uv the bar, in the spot where in
other neyhhorhoods the water-pitcher stands,
I hey a box with a hole in the top uv it, in
scribed, " Contribushens for the benefit of
our suffrin brethren in. English Draftee's may
be dropped in here." That box more than
pays my rent. Then I hey quite a cabinet of
sakred relics. I hey a peece UN' the rope wich
hung John Brown; the identicle club wich
killed the first nigger in the riots ny Jooly,
1863 ; a bait fired at the Triboou oftis at that
time, with other sooveneers dear to the Demo
cratic heart, wioh attract many. These hang
Onto the walls, and underneath them, I hey
the prices uv drinks inscribed, with the stern,
cold words, " No Trust."
I inoggeratid my establishment last Wed
nesday nitre.Rememberin the terrible endin
try all my other inoggerashens, I declined at
fust to make any formal , openin, but my
friends insisted that it wuz the custom uv the
ward, and that I must do it.
" Nobody will buy yoor likker," said one,
" ef yoo don't make a regler openin."
Ef I make a regler opening." said I, "
won't hev a drop to sell em. Stay—l hey it.
I'll go before a Justis of the Peace and take a
solemn oath not to drink anything myself that
nite."
.‘ Twon't do," said my friend; "oaths don't
count in this ward."
Various plans were rejectid. One gentle-
Man proposed that I should be tied down so
that I coodent git at the likker, and that he
shood do the honors. His nose wuz agin him
and I declined his proposishen. Finally. I hit
upon the plan. I calkilated that twenty gal
lons wood maser, and I put that amount in a
barrel. The balance uv the stock I locked in
a room, and then put the key away in a
drdwer.
"There," sed I triumphantly ; " afore that
twenty gallons is eggsaustid I shall be too far
gone to know where the key to the room
holdin the balance uv the stock is. b'avel!
Saved!".
It resultid ez I anticipated. At first we he d
speeches and toasts. Mr. O'Hafterty replied
to the toast, "Our adoptid country." ,He sed
the term " Our adoptid country" wuz a happy
One, for so far ez Noo York wuz concerned
the sons uv Erin had adoptid it. He hed bin
charged'with a lack uv love for this country.
He repelled' the charge with. scorn. Why
shooldn't he love this country? In wat other
country wuz votes worth a dollar apeece?
Where else cood sich a num ez he hey so high
a posisben ez Alderman, and only two years
on the ground?
Mr. O'Toole jined in the sentiment. Where
else under the canopy cood a man like hisself
who coodent read be a skool directon. He had
often bin thankful that he turned his face
toward Ameriky the minit his time wuz out
in the prison at Li'verpool. There Wl= less
risk in holdin obis in I*4 oo York than in bur
glary in England, and the results wuz shoorer.
There wuzn't much more speech-tnakin.
The drinkin went on fast and furious tho and
as 1 antissipated before, the twenty-gailong
wuz eggsausted. I wnz very drunk and inca
pable uv any effort,' mental or physikle, and
the others were in very much the same pre
dicament.
p Four or five uv em did try to rouse me, to
git More, but it wuz of no use; they mite ez
well have whispered Grey's elegy in the ear
uv a dead mule. The most uv em slept, ez
did, on the floor till the mornin.
I shel be happy here. I hey the steddy
patronage uy two Aldermen, three skool di
rectors and four contractors, and when the
Mayor gits the appintin uv the poleece there
will be twelve poleecemen whose trade I kin
count on. There in ay back room is where
the preliminary =cusses of the ward is held,
and I shel be paid for wat the managers drink
till I git an offis myself. At last my lines
,is
cast in pleasant places.
PETROLEUM V. NAsns - ,
(Wich wuz P. M.)
•
DARING BIGHWAY ROBBERY IN
BROOKLYN.
A Broker Knocked Down and Bobbed of
Vpwards of TWA Thousand Dollars--
The Butcher Curt Game.
• Nevins street, between Schermerhorn and
Livingston streets, Brooklyn, was the scene
of one of the most audacious highway rob
beries that has ever occurred in our city. The
victim was Mr: Daniel M. Sweeny, a broker,
doing business at No. 104 Nassau street, New
York, who 'resides at No. 20 Nevins, in the
former city. It appears that Mr. Sweeny was
on his way home, at about half-pa.st
seven o'clock, carrying with him a leather
satchel, in which were $2,000 ingreenbacks
and several endorsed checks for various
amounts. When he had reached a dark point
of Nevins street, about 100 feet from his resi
dence, he was assaulted from • behind by two
ruffians and knocked senseless to the side
walk. His satchel which contained the money
was seized and the two ruffians jumped into a
butcher's cart, which was in waiting, and from
which they were observed to alight a moment
before by a citizen, and drove rapidly away
with their booty. The gentleman who wit
nessed the occurrence gave the alarm, and has
tened to the assistance of the prostrate gentle
man, who was severely injured about the head.
Pursuit on foot was useless, and the rogues
were soon out of sight. One of the robbers is
tall in stature, and wore a black suit of clothes
and dark hat; the.other, who is a short man,
was also dressed iu black. There was a third
party who remained in the cart and officiated
us driver. The horse attached to the butcher's
vehicle was a dark bay. • The wagon was
painted in dark colors. Mr. Sweeny was un
doubtedly " spotted " while leaving his office
-with-the money r and was followed by • the
rogues until they reached the sequestered
spot where the robbery was committed. The
police of the various precincts were notified
of the affair from the Central Otlice,and every
effort is being made to effect the arrest of the
ruffians.—licruld.
Bunting, Durborow & Co., Auctioneers,
Nos. 232 and 231 Market street, will hold on to-morrow
Thursday, Dec. 23, commencing at 10 o'clock,a large and
important sub of Foreign and Domestic. Dry Goods, on
four months' credit. including 150 packages. Domestic,
Blankets, Army Goods dec. , 400 pieces Cloths, OMNl
mores, Beavers, Chinchillas, Velveteens,' Fancy Cloak-
Rigs, Italians, dm.; also, Colored Empress Cloths and
other Dress Goods; 20 pieces French Draped 'Etc, Silks,
Bhawls, Cloaks; 100 Fancy Carriage Robes; also, Linen
Goode, Shirts and Drawers, Skirts, Umbrellas, Zephyr
Goods. Hosiery, Gloves, Ties, Notions, dec. Also, on
invoice of rich Paris Fancy Articles for the Holidays.
On Friday. December Nth., at 11 o'clock, on four
months' credit, about 200 pieces Ingrain, Venetian,
List, Hemp. Cottage and-Bag Carpeting*, Oil Cloths,
Rugs, ikc. Doing the best carpet sale for this season.
Auction . Notiee..--The attention of our
readers Is called to the large and extensive sale on to
morrow (Thursday) morning, at 10 o'clock, consisting of
tine Wines, Brandies, Whiskies. Horses, Carriages, Har
ness, Watches, Jewelry, and other 'personal property of
a gentleman deceased, by order of Executors, by B‘R
al & Co., Auctioneers, 230 Dial ket street, corner of
Bank street',
GROCERIES AND LIQUORS.
A FEW THINGS YOU WANT
CHRISTMAS,
All of which
Can be Purchased
SIMON COLTON& CLARKE,
S. W. CORNER
BROAD AND WALNUT STREETS
WHITE t RAPES
At 40 Cents Per Pound.
Raisins,
Almonds,
Walnuts,
Flg.s and Prunes in Boxes for Presents.
PEVNEIMOS.
•RANGES '
LADY APP/ X 1%.,
sTEwsiers BROKEN CANDY,
b11 4 i4PCOCIIIA:11:Q5 ! " - '11
CITRONS,
~NO~ '~;7~~~
ORANGE AND LEMON PEEL.
PBESIZIVED CHERKIFS,
PEACHES,
114 !STRAWBERRIES,
QUINCES,
PINE APPLES,
LINEN,
4 ELPRICOIS,
GUAVA JELLY,
GUAVA MARMALADE,
ALL RINDS OF MMES.
DIMNESS PEARS,
NICKEL PEARS,
maims AND CAPERS.
CHOCOLATE AND BROMA:
FINE TEAS AND COFFEES.
BEST BRANDS OF FLOUR,
STILTON, CHEDDAR, LOADS,
ROQUEFORT, PARMESAN,
PINE APPLE, GRUYERE,
61LNDA CHEESE,
TOIING
IMITATION ENGLISH,
And GBEAX (MEESE.
POTTED MEATS AND GAME.
FRENCH PEAS, TRUFFLES.
MrSHROOMS, SARDINE[!.
PATES DE FOIES GRAS.
CANNED CORN AND TOMATOES.
GENUINE IMPORTED
CORDIALS;
CHAMPAGNE,
SHERRY WINES,
CLARETS,
OLD AND RICH PORT WINES,
HOCK WINES,
CALIFORNIA WINES,
A Gi-ood, Cigar
AFTER BUYER.
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Bronze Dore,
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Bronze Antique,
The Works of the following Artists, most celebrated for their lino
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CLESINGER,
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E. PICAULT,
J. GREGROIRE,
F. -PUTTROT,
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GROCERIES, LIQUORS, &C.
" VIRGINIA"
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ARCH AND TENTS STREETS.
ra6 riot(
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New Citron, Crystalized Orange and Lemon Peel, New
Currants, Seedless Raisins and Pure Spices.
TABLE FRUITS.
White Almeria Grapes, Florida Oranges Layer Figs,
Double Crown Raisins, Papor-Bhell Alm onds,: Brazil
Nuts, English Walnuts, Pecans, Chestnuts and
Bhollbarks.
CANNED FRUITS.
White and Yellow Peaches, Cherries, Dawson and
Guage Plums, Pine Apples, Winslow Corn, Asparagus;
Tomatoes, &0., &c,
107 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
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ERBANA IMPERIAL CHAMPAGNE.
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CALIFORNIA DIESCATEL.
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HOESEMANN'S MISSOERI WINES.
CALIFORNIA BRANDY OF 1804.
AT
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0.,
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Eironze Egyptien.
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Fine Malaga Raisins,
In quarter; half and alma balm.
New Zante Currants,
4 Leghorn Citron,
Orange and Lemon Peel,
Florida and Havana Oranges,
Messina Leinons.
Turkish Figs,
French and Turkish Prunes,
Princess Almonds,
Grenoble Walnuts,
Lady Apples,
White Spanish Grapes,
In kegs or by the pound.
Stuart's Broken Candy,
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EMIL HEBERT.
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Almeria and Catawba °ranee. .11
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tae materials and make them themseivea. AU kinds of
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immense stock. They are offering
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Trimmed Hats and Bonnets,
Steel Ornaments,
Ostrich Plumes,
Rich Sash Ribbons, i
Felt and Velvet Hats,
• Bonnet Materials 41 u t Bias,
Velvets, Satins and Laces.
This stock is acknowledged to bo the finest to be found
and must be closed out at a sacrifice.
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726 CHESTNUT STREET.
se29 !brim
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Address, "LEON," this office.
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The lease and permanent fixtures of the
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"L.., HORSE COVERS, FUR ROBES, . 111 ,
.. - .p..1: Lap Bags and Horse Gear. All kinds. None
or or cheaper. KrilliAlin'S Harness dtore,ll2B Mar- '.?
kot street. Big Norse in the do . jrlT-trip i
AltAIVO*100111r1Sillr;* ' '
,
An angel came tlironghit*frosty,airt,
'M id carol-singingland Steeple thane
A blessing of Peace in his hand he bare,
Sent down by the King wild one winter day
a stable-manger a baby lay,
To give us the holy Christmas time ;
And the„ angel came on his earthward
way.
'4 : • •
,A.9le came to the court where the monarch stood,
In his_Trurple robe and his golden band,
';While hie people praised him and called him
good,
1111 his naMe went echoineftirdugli Sex
land;
u, And the angel thought it a place to stay.
• Often the King passed out to his Abbey quire,
'4 With his nobles round him in stately pride,
i,'l'When a beggar cried from the chilly mire,
740,13110narok,olledOettftritgfi;tiirOP4 ;
aside ;
14 And the angel sorrowed and went his
way.
- -Then)le watched by the ilieggiii!-that'lnirkk'
morn—
' - A weariful man with a load of pain,
Who expected nothing btlt pence and scorn,
Though he ottleXmetetteileketeiti.YafAi'
-` And the angelthought it a place to stay.
New a meal was sent to the beggar's seat,
And - a starved dog came' and implored a
bonp a
•igi But the beg , s
nakecly tnet,
41 For he took God's mercy and gave hack
none;
And the angel sorrowed and went his
way.
,
"..f 1 ; Viten he Marked amnia in a fzstive ficene:
Sweet trilled her voice in the season's song ;
kiince last she sang it such change had been,
That the one prayer left her was `),Lord,
how long?"
And the angel paused on his onward
way.
,
Through all her sorrow she smiled,the,same,
Lest her glooM.-'sliOtilf.:l sliiutorior; the other's
glee;
;! She sang in the light of the Christmas flame,
f).; Though she sighed in the shade of the Christ
mat; tree ;
the angel knew , it a:plaoe to btay
,
The King had presents of gems and gold,
The beggar got gifts that Christinas . tirnei, ti
The maiden sat low, with her woe'unteld—
V . Yet she felt its weight from her soul unbind,
For an angel rose on the frosty wind,
'Mid carol-singing and steeple chime,
;!4.4irtigllft s 7tke hlesAtigot
Writ 'VI for Ih. ObrIVIZNI T A / TH Ci r the.l)4/,17,Ef
GAMM
M!MM
BY 4A*.ii C AN - T PlifLiDttiAtX.
On a keen. winter-day old Mrs. Whipple
might have been seen clambering up to her
frgnf,floor, one of tlmelbiioioe streets, to- 1
wards tie river, where you may find a soli
tude at noonday.. . stontold ahrown ,
and gritty fiord, a brown-stone front, all cor
vphites ;and ponderitives. This
,faride
was too candidly conventional to be ever with
any justice called false, and the stow pink!
touches under her eyes had a similar frank
ness. Showas in satin, and her bead was
wreathed in a turban of veil. An . enormous
mosaic of marten-skins, of the general shape
called in geometry a sector, extinguished her
figure. As she Pretiared-to deep int 4 the
door Way, held ilisereetlyOn the jar by a btack
serving-man, she had much the air of a huge
furry moth.
Now, the stoop was all frostedand teed like
a plurncake. The balusters were lest hi opaque
dribbled ornaments, and the steps were deli
cately glazed. Mrs. Whipple's arm,, looking
exactly like a barn' in a frill; lad been ex
tended to the railing, which she had carefully
knuckled all the way up;
the moment, tow
ever, she'abandoned thisfriendly support,hei
footing
. gave_way, and the astonished iei,, , -to
saw, instead of his mistre s s'shead and bast,
'a reversed figure of which the salient points
were a pair of short and broad India-rubber
soles, garnished with some arrangement of
creepers " suggestive of the protruding feet .
of caterpillars; these objects receded from him
in a rapid course of bumps.
A rough man darted across the street to the
assistance of the sufferer.
As he came up with a leap, showing great
agility, his own foot glanced fron, the, icy
curb. The two figure and .they
sat in a tableau, with their feet pointing to
the , four winds, while they panted arid re
covered themmares. The servant stopti like a
statue In,ipero at,Oco. And the' ice on the bot
tom step biCgan to melt in tWo - distantSpots,
warmed by the latubswool,.and vital caloric of
the old Inlyvit let :
Presently, with a
. slow :and regular „motion,
the two heads, set back to back, began to
turn. The figures thus strangely joined repro
!muted two extremes of society between trhich,
a gireat gulf is fixed. Their garmentS showed-
it. The woman was wrapped in well-saved
luxury. The man iu pretentious misery. He
had a small IN ittika'wake, with a little, feather
and no lining to it, an overcoat all braiding,
impudence" and coldness; horrible split shoes
of drab cloth with varnished tips; for gloves
he bad accepted the obvious suiwtitution; , of
pocketa,and the bandiorneting,erssiiread ulion
the ice were charged with purple blood. His
complexion had, the peculiar and attradtive
clearness with which brandy-drinking pre
pares the skin for the heavier colors it is about
to lay on to'cOruplete its blazonry. The heads
turned slowly and gradually,and the eyes met.
Those of the man fell; but the old lady's as-
Burned a look of outrage, and there was the
sharpest indlectiOn in her ,and
asshe Said :
" Frederick !" •
" Gamma!" said the man with the down
cast eyes.
All that morning the cheap-looking man
had been posted' opposite the house; cooling
his feet . on the uneven - pavement heaved into
waves by the roots of the huge sycamore be
hind which he .lay :in. wait. - itkury„ency had
become desperate. "If she sends Thom.as
with it 1 shall have to follow and take it out
of him," he had said. " If. she goes her
self—" He had pot completed the.seutence.
And she bad gone herself. 'He had watched
"the old. woman's cautious' .deseent frout• her.
doorway, an hour before. lie had seen her
return, with Vexed and weary step 3., Thou
came - the ttecident,Ond ho' had saved lils
grandmother by a simple instinct that had
contradicted all his calculations and plots.
A certain gratiity . had come over '.the lady's
manner when her stare was over. " Them's
his euris,'!, she muttered, with the syntax . and
abruptness ,of our. grandmothers. " he alwayd
wore '' - em so busby, and said they wouldn't
come decent,. .once Thomas stuck!eta with
two rows of corks, and the child never knew.
ToOftee' a boy is 'Thomas, -and :alwas has
been." The referiniCei 'was .'tlie;,staring
negroolew gray and aged ...The ideas of trirS.
Whipple, much scattered by the accident,
were slowly arranging themselves, rand the
triiial had naturally made way out first. But
now she - said, in the authoritative way or the
last generation, sitting up with ; dignity on
the ice : . , - '
N e ,,:.fi'rederlik.' You., havo r saved your -
graipdother 'ft RA I 'a - broken - head; anti -- she-, is.
obliged To . ytiu But you de lieVenterthateoot.
You have told me too many stories, and robbed
me too much. I give to strangers now. There
is nobody of MY own blood to whem.igaa,be.
generous Without committing'sin: . -I've a let
ter in my reticule at this instant, worth all the
fair words you can say in a lifetime. Go
a way Frederick t = Bing at ha` basement
for anYthingWarieyentlike,'and 'Collie -there
in the evening_ with your hotel bill. But my
deer! lir for:sullenest old woman ind her
You darken it no snore. Open that door this in
stant, Thotrias,lou , hewtiess. buy, and , -;take hint
in."' continued the old woman, in a sudden
agonypf-alarnaV‘.donliyou SG,4 he „has:
White and - fainted!' " •
The moment the stout figure of his, grand
mother had withdrawn itself from against his
back,•Frederiek Whipple had lost all color,
and an expression of faintness and pain had
passed into .his face. t Hp swooned as Isom
'smut oit'her peroration. Her energetic do
ses* had berm hatmlesscto , herself,liut it had
b&lfateelired'brbifii: ,- Wifirits - rfettlnlitilated
weight and velocity, on the small of his hack )
airldthe:effneuslinn apthetspinn,had left him a
lialtifian'for the . roiit' of life, an athletic
torso encumbered with a pair - of useless And
, w rin
itheg limbs., . .
When Fredariek came to himself, after soy
erailaintings andyecoveries pp the ,stairs, it
wait, in a paVllion li d ehintij,with ilidiatmo
isphire of lioenden rosaduia arotnd him,
the deliciousness of fresh linen on his body,
firelight glowing and subsiding about the
room ) - a - branch of wax- candles somewhere
, againsf,the drapery. ~ fug, grandmother's fin
ige*.tvkle siralitig.lit his'hair, which was one
of her old delights, and in his silken beard,
which was new to her. One of her luxuries
atfaff just departed,—her daily doctor, a visit
ing newspaper, who told her the novelties,
invented symptoms for her, and reserved her
rn.'fielOM 'unconscious e'eCaUSIO ; R
redCr, , atiltiti things: • "'I
think we may do something by means of acu
puncture along the spine," he bad said. Then
Frederick was got into the maid's bed in 'his
kriandniatiferls , of* q'fom, lavendered and
changed, a brocade gown warmed for him and
indued upon his arms, bis .late grandfather,'s
velvet cap pressed upon his hair.
~ ,.., ! !'..l!,liadn't spOnhip taipA ] *Who eu NI atiVeltaid
the p i dame," "rand fits efiiiiraillt it was, and
now to see him like this !"
The wards were uttered in a kind of abortive
hoyil,Pnt they _ WO their haunopy,apa r munic.
• Aff.. lirlanN ,py,eti 'operte4;., U 01004,140 and
pathetic, and leaked blankly . upon her,—
stained / jewels, with very little brightness left,
yet having in them the likeness of family por
traiphp„nd., inemories OM, chine back to her
frani jfeyPPlthe*Mb. , :,± .
"Gamma'!" be said akaiii,
"His own old word for "me," said Mrs.
Whipple; beginning to rock herself, " and
,1140 always )14'.riting . lt in Greek at the top of
'his' lidelf; wben' ha Would beg me for money
from college! He taught me the Greek, after
he had puzzled me by promising to spell
~ grandly.% in oneletyer. .
.. gweat, liand„with the
peti".ll'tederickalways N 4' l 9,
"Catemag's.'reptiated . 14deileit, this time
with a kind of annoyance. The eight of his
grandmother reproached him, and his con
science bad long beep in the condition when
the pflelling ,or, , Xernofse is , habitually met
With Engem ' ' " Yon hear!" he'saktronghlyJ
"1 want my beets and breeches and things. I
must det ant .ot this. I feel no pain now.
Where arcing' clothes ?"
" They're burnt, child," said the old woman.
"Doctor said," she continued, in a shaking
voice, "that you'll—you'll not want 'em no
'in'Ortf4'f. .." ',-. .. ..:::: '2. .. . ;'' ' i!.,,'" 1 i
, By the,end,of month, a strange intimacy
:•wasr ; knitted•betittheit the•granditiother ;Add
the graceless young man' who had spent .his
tiffibakiflgbett:•,,JOsVelltt, Arqm, Ain
paid. s he took i 'singular 'method.' She'
twtabliplied ,of frigid old 7 school
:etiqtietto tietwiixite their. present 'and -,
all that bad been. The wrongs he had done
her were treated as vulgarities, too Atista;ftk',
reference. Whenever, in his despondency}
she felt him becoming inanillin,, she :would
makeretnarks of a '- character: to i restorer this
self-esteem : his accoreplishments,his reading,
' even his persoutil go ed-looks; were freelynsed •
by the stout oldcreaturo to set up again in
Insmind the images of z reflnements once
now almost lost. The: least departure' frOin
eegant language she would descend upon.
.sitlletivelY; tungrazinnatiaal Itetwelf as ',a mat
ter of antiquity and privilege, she was sharp
with him. "Ills old clothes is burnt, and to
be btirtitl! she Bald. :lEbsx titian :NW, net ,sitrs.
elevated one, bat it worked. Ills serapes had
never been referred to between them.
"Fred, you are my steward now, and are
managing thehoUst!: mbst 4feliiald to
one raldnigliti . . - speakitig 0408 k flom her
bed to his. From different causes they were
both,used to late hours, and the wax-light now
_burnt long beside their pillow, while she lay
With a Waverly novel pressed against her
breast-boae, and be• killed time try carving
ivory, or working out logarithms. To-night,
after a long game at cartM, bothDfelt wakeful,
and,the.grandmother suddenly, took a new
tack, reversing the Whole tenor 'of her dis
cipline. "All's burnt," she remarked to her
self, "and to be burnt. Let's poke up the
• Indies a little.",# Then • (Am° thak remark com
mending Frederick's stewardship:
"Always had • a gift that _ way, ,gaxatna.,
Could do more with a dollar than any man of
my set, spend it quicker and get more juice
out of it, -
The remark, having a retrospective shade,
- would have been repressed at another time.
But•now the old lady said:
"Where were you living. child, that day
you—that day you came here."
"Oh, in a line big house ;" naming a localit,y
of cheap hotels.
"Ah, street."' said his grandmother,
• Ijonhtfully, "'and on what floor, I wonder?"
"Oh, the first floor."
The• Jinn ;boor," rePeated the dame, ab-
Sently. ,
I count from- the roof,•gamma," said the
young Man, saucily shaking his curled head.
They both laughed a little, and then the old
lady resume&
; But the place you named most haw: been
the very address her letter was dated from'''
The young inan's head went down.
•
3frs, Whipple:.reached• a:reticule, on .the
candle-stand winch in fact had formed a part
of tier caparison that sleety day: She has . not
left the house since. Taking out a letter, she
made a ball of it, and tossed it to her grand
son. Bead it, Fred, it's wrote most tine and
beautiful; and my eyes are flied," i
His head was still down, and he made a
miss of catching it with his accustomed neat
ness—his nerves.having suddenly giv,en out,
and deprived hire of the dexterity cripples are
so proud of.- He proctired •• it, however,
among the blankets, and read the words in a
low %tone, still banging his face, which was
red as a beet. ;
. •
" Madame : I would not apply to you
again, but my necessities are very great. I
write at present from the Columbus House, as
you see by the top of this sheet. My cherished
"rederick has not peen me. now for more than
three lriouths Hie dear riame,'bis ring : on
my hand,and my little Frarik,are all I have of
him for now along, long time. Dear madame,
it is my greatest regret that I have not been
able to see you,and bathe your generous•hatid
with my tears. But it is so extremely difficult
for a lady in my hard position to get lodg
ings. I `have been forced to change often,
sometimes under circumstances of contumely
and horror. But I would not have you think
too much of my sufferings, and above all do"
not blame Frederick. He will come to me,
I feel • it, when the invention he is prose
eating shall succeed, and make him and me
rich. How I long to kiss your hands, your
skirts ! If you will but come to-morrow .at
ten, you will see use and the poor, little sleep
. ,
rank.
"P, S.--The landlord has just interrupted m 6
with the week's bill. Pray for me ! What am
I to do ? My last dress is sold, except the poor
shabby silk I am in. Oh, what, what• shall 1
do ? The man was most insolent - But - I always
bless you, and have taught Frankto join his
poor fat little paws in prayer for you. Your
ever-grateful, BLANCH?: WrIMPT,E."
Mrs. 'Whipple, grave and preoccupied; was
thinking, all through the reading, of the best
way of approaching the most painful subject
Indicated in the note.
" Fredertek," 'she said,seleinnlY:" it es to
my heart to think what that poor girth,_
have suffered during the time I have been oc
'capied with your accident. The hardest thing
tee] for youla my contempt, at your apathy
and indifference toWards - younybung.wile. I
• have exacted'tno confessions from you, sir.
But I did expect you would in someway con
trive to,bottd a message, perhaps throttgb'me,
to her.P '
'' Oh; slw's comfortable enough," said -the
scapegrace, brusquely.
w a B .- D tvpy....way :to...her that triorning,.!..
resumed the good bld thing; - 'e , hnt'thoughtt'd
come back for some of my, flannels. But how
red your face, child! It's the back-log sput
tering • r•
Fred's face, red, 'sheepish and irresistibly
handsome, was lifted to his grandmother., His.
new; better itntallSe was able: ot.i3.it this
attitude, but not .to keep down the telltale
'''The fact is, gammt, What She gefs'l get."
Fiederiek, what yorumean?"
" Why, gamma," resumed Fred, no*
fairly,.down at the confessional, Miff foal a
Strange mixture of agony and " the ant
you: bad been pumped . dry 10every other
Way, and, it was fairly 'necessary to bring yoU
out to a tragedy.",
" Frederick!"
"You were XlClVAndsimple.,.,-.l„waS east.olf,
with the tastes of agentleman. 1 always was;
as you say, a good writer.", '
,
"
• , And your wife 'you scamp't" ' '
The 'signer of that letter, my Peer darling'
'garnera,'lB . My_'•crivri• • flesh 'and • blood •,itr- the
1
strictest sense."
Vitt shq begs toi. see. me—promises to see
me t
.._,_ . • • i
" Did not most of the others, gamma?"' =
"The others? what others?" ,
" You ltchmv she latent, lanailaa,.iiff thit(porP
tabliescritoiref, just beside' the 'Bills 'payable? l
They're all mine." . ' •
" lint they'rein a dozen hands!" . •-- ,i: •
"And ode in b roken Spanish, and " Seyeral..4l
in French. Yes, gamma, you were done: 13tit .
you 'were so easy to blindj was already long
h :
ing 4* hig h er gamek, oir— ,, 7 ~/i" I,
''Fred f•riek•-Whipple,-if 'those are till your'
work, you've been the greatest scoundrel on
the lace of Ihe - earth,L" i.., r,,!. 7 -stc,' 1 ''i, '
""lira a. doubt'of iCitantlnta.", \ i.L. i ',,, t
"—and the cleverest lad." Oblivitths of
discipline,, fthe was actually, laughing, wifh a.
trandinother'sieniki pridcat her pts 8 adtoit
es's': - "But bdse - wdel titi have beer! annged, '
~
red? For the letter begs for a sig ht of me,
and A waet'eall,wgoing smell, for felt semes
howstinipialouitif an the 45rteruls. 4Maii bati.,
done me for the like of this.
"Thomas always bail a ,fifth A gamma. ~You.
two hew wa*notlnrellentint like, you; an lee
alvlayit st b od by in e While I ebfild ' pay him.'
But 1 was in arrears, and Thomas had begun
to aetmglyi and:thisitime Itconeludeytto bring
you.out yourself. You would ,have:beenilinet,
gamma. You would have been bled again;
but youwould,not have ,been hurt.
~..1 tiPP I I ,
lated With flaws for that.." ;,• . • •
"I - `supposd I owe 'yam, 'thanica'; Fred.
Thomas you will dismiss to-morrow. And I
am reallpte belkeve i thatililanche, photograph
and all-,- , ,P.',.' /':. p- .. r. " p . ( - : ... T
"
Was m e. I took the photograph myself.
I can do most things."' ~,.
"I iiever, heard the like.' I calm ofiget Over;
it. 'And poor 131anehe and - bet Shabby sillo—"t
"My last cravat, gamma, a red and black
stripes looniest itimas•bnrnt with the rest. 4
"Yes,. the liptrith'vulgai . .. color. And:poor •,.
dear little Frank, that was to have had my 1
flannels--" I _
" Atc - ptiri' I had then, gamma. I A teach:'
ing hint I'. prays like a Christian:" - ' '
• Never was such impudence, Fred! And
the invention. you were ;prosecuting all the
time? ', I , f -' : ;
~,, The young Man, Vill o hail beim so ied,titriied
Ipale. " I can de most things, I can write any
band, butd cannot engrave. I was learning
engraving'.on ,Ideel,' YorehaviinskOd enough.f
Never ask me what for. The plates are in the
tire with the , other things. Let all that be."
Lit was kinder tO Frederick Whipplethar
he ireserVed. 'There was 'never any further
allusion to old subjects between him and his
grandmother. - "I really, wouldn't ILO hien US
.repentanymore. That is; not methodiiticaly,"i
said the strange old lady. " I want him to
amuse the,,ratui I like him' and his. sancy, (she
. called it sassy) ; -face' and eyes.; lie Is the best:
band - at • cribbage I•!ever met,•and - he reads'
Ivanhoe like—hke a picter," said the odd
'creattire,. forgetting her;,compa.risona and re
curring
to the appearanceinf her darling. In
;iti few months she Bad taken permanently to ' 1
her bed, with some new symptoms.
"You may calculate on a life, dear ':1l
said.the cofitly physician 4 t' of at least equals
duration with that of your poor nephew.
;Your dropsical' symptoms, however, have
attacked; the leg. If is probable that your
. tisanes will hehteforth begin to Inflate in cor-i
'respondence with the absorption in those of,
Mr., , Whipple.- I cannot , recommend you to
leave - your bed heneeforWerd, litadaixie.", . ‘, ,
'.fleas BABI itinl" said Fred, from his
mattress,uponthim,atulaciously,thsrespectfully,
•
Jo4,fully. •We are wedded for life. You
suit me, gamma, and I suit you, and we
take each other for better for worse. I see a
delightful perspective of cribbage."
He could raise himself a little on the bed by
means of his magnificent arms, though, his
legs had turned to skeletons and the joints
were ossifying. On his broad breast was lying
a chessman he had just carved and his chestnut
beard was full of the chips. Handling the bit
of ivory,he took fair aim at his grandmother's
decorative braids, which were nodding,hence
forth useless, on the chimney-piece. And he
brought them down into the tire, to be burnt
" with all the rest."
SWEETJIEAT CASTLE.
A Christmas Story for Hausg;ry Little
BY MART N. iIiESCoTT.
•
Jack wasbungiy ; in fact, he Conlin.% • ex-`
actly remember the time when he hadn't been
hungry. He had a superstition that he had
been born hungry, would continue hungry,
and Axially die of starvation. Netwithstanding
this melancholy view of life, he had counted
the tarts in the pastry cook's window; he had
walked three squares-in. -order to get a whiff
of the dinnerk which he knew 'were cooking
in Caterer's Lane, and he had consoled him
self with Watching the . guests emergefrom the
Gourmand Hotel, wiping their mouths with
gusto. Altogether, it had been almost like
dining . out, with innumerable courses, and"
any nullifier of table-cloths, o' he sat :down
on a bench in the square, in order to rest and
digest, after bis gustatory labors.
Presently he grew drowsy, and as things
about him faded - away, lie, heard a locomotive
bell ring close to his ear, a ;conductor
called out: ,
" Cars for Sweetmeat Castle, via“ Preserve
Park and Lemonade Fond!" And the con
ductor )(kilted for all the world like a'clown in
the circus, and t hrew hiS.•pointed ccap ;up in the
air, and caught it on his nose.
"I should like a swim in Lenionade Pond,"
thought Jack. - . . .
"Jump in, then," said the conductor. "We
go all the way to Sweetmeat Castle."
""W hat's the fare ?" asked .Tack, fumbling in
his pockets for nothing. '
"0, , you - have the " fare' after you reach
there.' . . .
" This is an accommodation train, I guess,"
thought Jack, and jumped on.
" How far. is it to the castle 2" he asked;
" shall we get there before candlelight ?"
"'We shall if' we 'are 'not overtaken by
night" '
" Ice-cream Junction!" sang out the con
ductor: •
" I'll get out here coining. back;" thought
Jack.
Passengers change cars for Soda Falls and
Jam Centre !"
" Ting-a-ling" goes the bell again.
" Preserve Park!" , screams, the conductor
again.
Looks sticky," said Jack.
" Awful stuck up place—snobs," puts' in his
companion. " Next .station?s the castle.", At
which plate they.lwere Piet by Another clown,
more clownish than the first, who took Jack
under his arm and walked him oil.
" Wliat'e your narne„good. sir," qnoth that
youngman. ' - " •
" Gooseberry Fool, at yonrservice."
" Ah, how are 'yo - n, Gooseherry? Hav,cn't
we met before?" asked Jack.
It's quite probable," returned the Fool.
" At any rate there's a large i"ataily, of us, and
we - look so niuch alike, you can't tell one front
another. sometimes puzzled - myself to
tell which is me and NT hi al is my brother."
" indeed? "i are; Wi3 • gang :UP
DOW."'
": You want to go over. to
he castle; Srst,';t
'
take it. Look at it now," lie continued. "Lsu't
it imposing? Did, you :ipver 'Study, architec
ture?'
"I've built mud' forts ;: and: the :,beeks: boo.-:say
every man is his own architect."
" Then you can • understand. see the
foundation. What does it look li
"Sandwiches. I'll be blessed!" )
" Exactly. Sandwiches, instead of stone or
brick,—it begins with the sciidl, yen
Mortared with currant jelly too. Here are
the steps; what are they like
"Cake, if I'm a beggar !" • • •:,'
the hall floor, ~ and the
rc
grand staiase—the balusters - are="
" Candy !"
" Right. Here, you young rascal, . nosli doWn theta balusters! New, this here dining- .
room, what's it panelled.with!"
firm cake ! 0, my' eyes, and hung with
frosting I"
And so they'Went Vii.'fiOM - Aoirrte room,
only to find each more tempting thari its
neighbor, ;with:. ceilingS of stucco, work
confectionery,,While the doors WerebloCkS of
frozen pudding, with .hinges .of jujube paste,
and sour-balls for knobS! But the windows:
were the wonder' of the place. 'Tf you reniem
ber ' those in Aladdin's Wage, you can have
some 'conception' of ' , these,: only where , the ,
framework of those was gold and gems, that
of these was all sorts of delicious bits ,of can
dies;'and sugared friiita;fautasticallY, arranged
to look like a mosaic offiowers,with birds and,
butterilieftpPised ehtive, while the papes were
rock candy, as clear as crystal.
" I should like to: send a ball through one of
-'em, u quoth Jack, whosos •mouth-waB- , • : n....
i
ni gto water sore/yi /ppth,e. IstWElittle c' ap
:w .growinw4ireci ..Osecangeo , ,
it ing so 110,101 pf 2 .l9oking Int, the imsfi=
m t fUll cklillirUo kg tite likro s tifialt e tift
g d and 811 , 041 r eidtei WA Weer &tot '
litt 8 • at the tapestry of fig paste, embroidered
;with bunches of real grapes and poMe
granates.
- Sg . I say, when is the feast going to begin?
' 4 "l'lhl; i rf k rA •., ~ , ~
Sre 1 1 . i laughtidi ~,,
the ; ircufi r fi.Artb,
w4tdd believe , such a thing? Haven't you
Zeon fesufting for the last hour ? It's a feast,
ioilhe eye, you ninny. This castle was built
in4order to prove the theory that one could
„belled through the eye a., 'Well as through the
iMititith."
i f , 0 bother," returned Jack; " I • wouldn't
haye come sofar for that: it's the only kind of
least tliall Iti
W sike ibegtulfih ritraduA - diratotlip
bahqryt ‘ everz ay, andigo , t 1. ugh thinor ,
cobriae at the confectioner's. If that r s all,Tin
or
t
' k r No, you don't," answered the Fool;
ca thing Jack by, the hair of his head,
a e fling a trap-door in PeAleoA. and pushing
ca l
down. . NJ IJ.
*l ` t seemed to Jack that he fell for two hours.
H began to think 'he was never going to
#i t, when suddenly he found himself in the
i• tle donjon.
i
'We hilt' rupedeirate4pprentictpflaktlibe
iv
of reappiaring;to SW.ne theNtaiMMU.hbat
th eggs, and press the fruits. .The draw
lb dge wants repairing, and the castle requires
sh ng.ling; it leaks, and— "
/
r ' .i'm a capital workman in that kind of
it ber," said Jac,#.l ~, ir T 71: 1 ` r ( f - r.,,'" 4r , 1
nd then thq,Tp9llbut pptiflilights andi
nt to bed between two sheet'otinigiir
iingerbread.
i One can eat in the dark, quite as well,'
th ught Jack; "I've trlell it, and what has
ben done can be done agalh ;" and with that
fluf took a bite into the foundation of sand
wiches. "If .1 don't finish this piece of work
beforor y r it'll be ,because my appetite
ays eli nd nefei liadeason to complain
'of 4 Yeti"- et. ontitufed. \i'l Hullo! here's thy
light, or rather starlight! Guess I shan't be
hungry again for a month. I can eat the
i'pastry cook's window after this, and— Hullo!
bete we are !" For Jack had,,laill bead through
thh Utile side, WheEtt all Lits3ll4llo,%itert.„
s eating through three feet of sandwiches and
delly,—was that Gdospbetq:!Xclol standing
over him ? or—bleBsed relief—was it a police
man?
i j
I 'Get up here," said the latter. " Your
Its ther'll be looking for y , ou.''
'Sandwiches and cake!" muttered Jack,
fu bing his eiya, wpi staring about lilt ;-
. t " 1 .,' You ha", belyiV lookibg into t4lO. biker's
windows, hey? Come, drive on !"
" Where have I been ?"
•
T o ‘ To the land of Nod, I reckon V'
_
rubbed his eyes ten times harder than
be4'oreohere: , wasu!t a ctparab of t§yo,ettneat
.c4stle-tObe seen.- •,•-• - 4
" Where's that? Sweetmeat Castle?" he
'petsisted.
" I guess you left it behind. There, drive
t
on," said the exasperated; otlicer. And,as there
was nothing in view hutethe lonely square,
,was
rustling trees and twinkling lights, Jack
decided to follow his advice, and consequently
attached himself-to the rear ()fa, stylish, coupe,
itil it drevinp bef,orp abrilwatOttOftetit,:a4l
then watirkthit4 a neighboring (fooriay,nnd
tinished his nap.
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The Burning' of the Chamber of
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. • .PHILADELPHIA, December 11,1869.
111E89its. PAEHEL, HERRING & Co.,
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PRILADHLPIIIA 12, 131911111, 1569
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