Ije Mmtss, Him Bloomfali, Ja.
Bloomliold Academy !
An English and Classical School
FOR
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
Young Men Prepared For College.
A Normal School and a School of Art.
FALL TERM COMMENCES
On Monday, the 6th of NoTember, 1871.
AB the above school ha recently been reorgan
ized, student can enter any time.
Trot. WM. H. DILL, a graduate ot Hutger's Col
liege, N. J.. Principal.
MIm ANNA K. AlTGSPtFROKR, a graduate of
Rather Institute, Columbus, Ohio, teacher of Mu
sic, Paiating, Drawing. French and German.
Kvery facility (or the training ot the youth ot both
exes In all that constitutes a liberal and thorough
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The Collegiate Department
-embrace!! all the higher branches, Including the
Latin and Ureek Language. Engineering, l'lactl
al Burveylng, Literature, Natural Science and ad
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Vacation!: July and August, and one week at
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Mathematics, (or the scholastic year, 1180.
til vacation. 1200,00.
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Can you find tho road wliioli loads from tills Castle In the center of this cut to the
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The answer to the problem of last week Is.
The squlrl makes 67 trips, and consequently Is
134 minutes, as two of the ears be carries each
time are his own.
The answer to the enigma in lust week's
Times' number is " A Whale."
Benedict Arnold's Wife.
WE catch our first view of this unhap
py lady on a blight May day in
1778, when she took part in a famous and
splendid pageant at Philadelphia. She was
then a beautiful girl of eighteen Miss
Margaret Shippcn tho daughter of an op
ulent and ancient Philadelphia family, and
one of the reigning belles of that town.
Ilor ancestors were among the first settlers
of Pennsylvania, and her great grand-father
was the first Mayor of Philadelphia. In
the course of time the family had acquired
great possessions; and, laying aside the
Quaker garb, had become members of tho
Church of England. During the contro
versy between the thirteen colonies and tho
King, which ended in the Revolutionary
war, Edward Shippcn, her father, the head
of the family, was inclined to the King'ssido.
It was May tho eighteenth, 1778. For
many months the British army had been
quartered at Philadelphia, commanded by
Maj. General Sir William Howe. The gen
eral had now been superseded, and was
about to return to England. The officers
of the army, a wealthy class who had noth
ing to do, seized the occasion of his retire
ment to amuse themselves by giving a
grand festival in his honor; and this was
the day upon which it was held.
The affair began with a grand regatta
upon the Delaware river; or, rather, a long
procession of galleys and barges, filled with
officers and ladies, which were rowed slowly
down the whole length of tho city, in an
avenue formed by the shore crowded with
spectators, and a lino of men-of-war and
transport ships, gaily drossed with flags
and streamers. At half-past four in the
afternoon, the barges began to move, the
oars keeping time to martial music; and
when they bad arrived opposite Market
street they all lay upon their oars, while the
bands played " Ood save the King;" after
which the soldiers gave three cheers. Con
tinuing their course, the company were
conveyed past the city to where a grand
tournament was to take place; and it was
in this portion of the entertainment that
Margaret Shippcn shone. Aspacious field
surrounded by troops, had been prepared
for the contest. Upon one side were sta
tioned all the bauds of music in the army.
There were also two pavilions, with rows
of benches one above the other, filled with
the most distinguished ladies of the city.
On the front of each of these pavilions
were placed seven of the most beautiful
young ladies Pennsylvania could boast.
They were dressed in Turkish costume
trowsers, tunics and turbans and in their
turbans they wore the favors with which
they intended to reward the knights who
were to contend in their honor. Among
these lovely maidens sat Miss Margaret
Bhippen. One of the knights who figured
in the tournament was Captain Andre, her
familiar acquaintance. Little could either
of them have thought, on this bright day,
bow fatally their destinies were involved.
The trumpet sounded. The herald ap
peared. The challenge was delivered and
the contest occurred; whioh ended without
loss of blood, to the satisfaction of aU con
cerned. At the conclusion of the tourna
ment, the company were ushered into
magnificent ball-room, decorated, we are
told, by eighty-five mirrors, and lighted by
thirty-four branches of wax candles. The
ball was opened by the fourteen belles in
Turkish dress, and their fourteen knights
ne Lieutenant Sloper being the knight
who led Miss Bhippen out to the dance. At
ten o'clock, the windows were thrown open,
and a splendid display of flre-wprkt was
exhibited.
. At twelve, large folding doors,whlck bad
hitherto been concealed, were suddenly
thrown open, which revealed a gorgeous
saloon, two hundred and ton feet long, forty
feet wido, and twenty two feet high, with
thrco alcoves on each side. This was tho
supper room. Upon tho tables there were
twelve hundred dishes. All the guests en
tered tho room, a great number of black
slaves in oriental costume, ranged in two
Hues, bowed to tho cround. This vast
apartment was ono splendor of wax lights,
flowers, ribbons, flags, mirrors, and silver
plate. Ono of tho regular toasts of tho oc-
caHion was "Miss Shippcn and her knight."
After supper, tho company returned to the
ball room, and kept up the dance till four
in the morning, reaching their homes about
sunrise.
This festival as Maj. Arnold remarks,
was the most splendid ever given by an
army to its chief. And little indeed had
that chief done to deserve it. An old officer
of the British army, who pereeived the fol
ly of paying Buch extravagant honors to a
general who had won no victories, said sad
ly, " What will Washington th,ink of all
this?"
Exactly a month from that day the Brit
ish army evacuated Philadelphia, and away
they sped across Jersey, with General
Washington at their heels. A day or two
aftcrwaids a body of American Troops
marched in, commanded by General Bene
dict Arnold. All was changed. The rod
coats had disappeared blue coats were' in
the ascendant; and the new Yankee gener
al was tho foremost man in the city. Arn
old, a vain, weak man, ever fond of display
and luxury, appropriated to himself one of
the handsomest houses in the town, where
he set up a costly establishment, kept
great many servants, gave splendid dinners,
and maintained a handsome equipage
drawn by four horses a scale of expense
utterly incompatible either with his fortune
or his pay. No one however, knew at the
time that, to maintain his costly pomp, he
was ooncerned in speculations unworthy of
an officer and a gentleman, and sometimes
used the public money that passed through
his hands.
In inviting his guests, as the patriotic
portion of the people remarked with surprise
lie was as likely to select tories as whigs.
He seemed to court the adherents of tho
king, and he frequently had at his table the
wives and daughters of public enemies, who
had been publicly proscribed, and had found
refuge with the enemy in New York.
Among the families who attracted his re
gard was that of Edward Bhippen, and he
was soon observed to pay particular court
to his daughter, Margaret. Arnold was
then a widower, thirty-eight years of age,
just twenty years older than the young lady.
Ere long he formally asked her hand from
her father, and, her . father consenting, he
addressed the daughter and they were en
gaged. In the meantime Arnold had become so
odious by his extravagance, and his inso
lent, overbearing conduct to the people,
that Congress was obliged to take cog
nizance of the fact. On the very eve of bis
marriage, he was ordered to be tried by a
court martial. Miss Bhippen, however,
was true to her engagement, and married
him five days after. The court martial as
every one knows, sentenced him to be rep
rimanded by General Washington, and he
was reprimanded accordingly.
" Our profession," said General Washing
ton to blm, " is the chastest of all; even the
shadow of, fault tarnishes the lustre of our
finest achievements. The least inadvert
ence may rob us of the publio favor, so bard
to be acquired. I reprehend you (or hav
ing forgotten that, in proportion as you
bad rendered yourself formidable to our en
eroles, you should have been guarded and
tempeiate in your deportment toward your
fellow-citizens. Exhibit anew those noble
qualities which have placed you on the list
of our most valued commanders. I will
myself, furnish you, as far as It may be in
my power, with opportunities of regaining
the esteem of your country." -
This was more like an euloglum than a
ropriinand;but it did not touch the heart
of Arnold, who went from the presence of
his commander, not to regain the esteem of
his country, but to betray that country.
A year passed away. lie was in com
mand at West Point, in correspondence
with the enemy. Whether she shared her
husband's secret during those months of
preparation, will perhaps never be known
with certainty. Just before the explosion
of the treason at West Point, Arnold sent
for his wife and child to join 'him; and I
have seen the letter which he wrote to her
on that occasion, telling her the best way of
reaching him,and at what houses she should
sleep on the road. She had not been many
days at West Point when the treason was
discovered. Arnold and his wife were
seated at the breakfast table, with Hamil
ton, Lafayette and an aid. In the midst
of the meal, a horseman alighted at the
door ; and, a moment after, a letter was
placed In Arnold's hands, which informed
him of his ruin. He controlled his coun
tenance, rose quietly from the table, and
beckoned his wife to follow him. They
went up stairs to their room, where lay
their infant child; and there he told her
that he was a ruined man, and must floe,
that instant, for his life. She fell senseless
to the floor. Leaving her there, he rushed
from the room, hurried down stairs, sent
some one to her assistance, and then re
turned to the breakfast room. He told his
gucBts that General Washington was
coming, and he must make haste to pre
pare for his reception. Ho mounted the
horse of the messenger who had brought
the letter, and galloped away.
Colonel Hamilton has left us an interest
ing account of Mr. Arnold's demeanor af
ter her husband's departure. Ho says she
remained frantic all day, and accused every
one who approached her of an intention to
murder her child. She continued, he says,
to rave until sho was utterly exhausted.
But Colonel Burr, In his old ago, was ac
customed to give a very different account
of the matter. He had known Mrs. Arn
old from her infancy, and he always de
clared that she knew all about her husband's
treason from the beginning, and he used
to relate a scene which he said he witness
ed at the house of Mrs. Provost, whom he
afterwards married, which somewhat con
firms his opinion. Mrs. Arnold, it will be
remembered, was sent home to her father,
escorted by a party of horse, and re
mained for a night at the house of Mrs.
Provost, where Colonel Burr was. Mrs.
Arnold, he said, burst into the room dress
ed in a riding habit, and was about to
speak to the lady of tho house, when, seek
ing him in the dim light of the apartment,
and not recognizing him, she asked anxious-
ly:
" Am I safe? Is the gentleman a friend ?"
Upon discovering who he was, she told
them how she had deceived General Wash
ington, Col. Hamilton, and the other Amer
ican officers by her frantic outcries; and she
declared that she not only know of the
treason, but that it was she who had in
duced her husband to commit it.
This was Colonel Burr's story, to which
the reador may attach the credit which ho
thinks it deserves. Arnold himself does
not say that she was ignorant of his inten
sion to surrender the fortress. In the well-
known letter which he sent back to Gener
al Washington from the Vulture,he says:
" From the known humanity of your ex
cellency, I ain induced to ask your protec
tion for Mrs. Arnold, from every insult and
injury that a mistaken vengeance of my
country may expose her to. It ought to
fall only on me; she is as good and as inno
cent as an angol, and is incapable of doing
wrong.
The authorities of Pennsylvania believed
with Burr, that she was a traitor. Her
papers wero seized, and although nothing
was found in them to criminate ber, she
was not permitted to remain at ber father'
bouse, which she said she desired to do.
Her father offered to give security that,
during the war she would write no letters
to her husband, and send to the govern
ment, unopened, any letters she might re
ceive from blm. His offer was refused,
and they ordered ber to depart, and not re
turn doing the war. Being then obliged to
join her husband in New York, she soon
recovered ber spirits, and shone in society,
to use Uie language of the time, as " a star
of the first magnitude." In England, too
whither she accompanied ber husband, she
attracted much attention for ber. beauty,
and was much flattered in tory circles.
The British government gave Arnold, in
compensation for bis American losses,
something less than seven thousand pounds
and settled upon his family a pension of a
thousand pounds year; which was to be
continued as long as either the husband or
the wife survived. Their family Increased
in England. Arnold finding himself pinch
ed upon an income of thirteen hundred
pounds per anuum, went upon a trading
voyage to Halifax; with what success is not
known. It was thought by some that be
was glad to leave England for awhile, to es
cape the contempt in which be was held,
even by those who bad employe him.
Mrs. Arnold lived to 1804, when she died
aged forty-three years. That infant son,
whom she held in ber arms, aa described
above, entered the British army in 1798,
rose to the tank of lieutenant-general, and.
was still living a late as 1851. One of ber
grand-children is a clergyman in the Church
of England, and it is said, a very worthy
gentleman, who has convorsed with Ameri
can visitors upon his grand-father in a
rational and becoming manner. Two of
her sons settled in Canada, where they ac
quired competent estates, and were living
in 1829.
A Joke on Staples.
JOHN THOMAS had aeon the Faker of
Ava perform his wonderful tricks of
ledgerdemain. Ho related bis experience
in the bar-room of the Conway House, and
among other things ho declared he had
gained an insight into many of the magi
cian's manipulations, and that several of
the most wonderful tricks lie could per
form himself.
" For instance," said he. " 1 can swallow
a man whole."
" Bah 1" cried Tom Staples, a red faced
woodman, weighing at least two hundred,
"p'r'aps you can swallow me ?"'
"Yes."
"I'd like to see you do it."
. "I can do it."
"I'll bet you fifty dollars you can't
" I shall take that bet."
" Then lot's sco you begin."
" Not now. I have just eaten supper.
I will do it to-morrow morning, in the pres
ence of many witnesses as you choose; and
it shall bo done in tho square in front of the
hotel."
This was agreed to, and tho money was
put up. By the following morning the
news that John Thomas was to swallow
Tom Staples whole had become well
Bprcad, and a vast concourse, embracing
men, women and children, had assembled
to witness the wonderful feat.
At tho appointed tiino tho chief actors
appeared in tho square. John Thomas
was smiling confidently, as though suro
of success; while Tom Staples looked a
little timid and uneasy, as though not
quite at rest concerning what was to be
come of him.
" Arey our eady ?" abked John.
"All ready," answered Tom. "Begin
as soon as you plcaso."
" Will you have the goodness to take off
your hat ?"
" Sartin."
" Now your boots."
" Next you will remove your coat. Those
big brass buttons might stick in my
throat."
Tom took off his coat; and as ho threw It
upon the ground ono of the cooks came out
from the hotel with a pail of melted lard
and a big whitewash biusli, which she de
posited beside John Thomas.
" Now," pursued John you will take off
your stockings, and then remove your pan
taloons and shirt."
" Eh 1 D'yo mean for me to strip stark
naked?" queried Tom, aghast.
"Of course I do. The agreement was,
that I was to swallow you. You are meat,
but your clothing aren't, nor were they in
the bond. If you will strip, I will give you
a thorough greasing, and double the bet if
you wish. I know I can swallow you, or
at all events, I can try I"
Tom gave up the bet, and invited his
friends into the hotel.
tW A Kentuckiati aud a yankce were
once riding through tho woods, the former
on a fine black horse and the yankee on an
inferior animal. Tho latter wanted to.
mako a " swap," but he did not see how he
was to do it. At last ho thought of a plan,
nis horse had been taught to sit dowa like
a dog whenever ho was touched by the
spurs. Seeing a wild turkey, the Yankee
made his horse perform his trick, and asser
ted that he was pointing game, as was bis
custom. The Kentuckian rode In the di
rection indicated by the horse's nose, and up
rose a turkey. That settled the matter;
the trade was mado, an d saddles and horses
were changed. After a time they came to
a doep and rapid stream over which the black
horse carried bis rider with ease. But the
Kentuckian, on the yankee'a old beaut,
found great difficulty In getting over, and
when he had reached the middle of the
stream be was afraid the horse would allow
himself to be carried away, so be endeav
ored to spur him up to more vigorous action.
Down sat the old horse on bis haunches.
"Look a here! " Shouted the enraged and
partially submerged Kentuckian to the
Yankee on the other side of the stream
" what does all this mean?"
"I want you to know, stranger, " cried the
Yaukee, preparing to ride away, "that
that there boss will pint fish jist as well as
be will fowl."
W Jim Guppius was a very clever, nice,
good-dlspositioned, thick-beaded sort of a
fellow, and was the butt of all the girls lu
bis neighborhood. The most brilliant
thing he ever said was when some of the
fair teasers questioned him one day in
regard to bis powers of memory.
"How far back in your life-time can
you remember, Jim ?"
"Oh, lean remember the day I was
born,'K was his reply.
" The day you was born I" exclaimed one
of the young ladies of the party: ,
" Why, Jim, what can you remember of
that day?"
"Oh, I remember very distinctly, that
on the day I was born I sat on a little stool
in the corner of the fireplace and cried for
fear I was a girl