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V, 1866.-41 ABEL TURRELL, DEALER In Drugs, Patent Medicines. Chemicals, Liquors, Paints, Oils, Dye St nth , . Varnishes, Win- Glass, Groceries. Glass Ware, Wall and Window Paper, Stone-ware, Lamps, Kerosene, Machinery Oils, Trusses, Gans, Ammunition, Knives. Spectucics.brush es. Fancy Goods, Jewelry, Perfu r ry. &T.—being one of the most numerous. xtensive, and valuable collec tions of Goods in Susquehanna County, [Established in 1848.3 [Montrose, Pa. , D. W. SEARLE, TTORNET AT LAW. °Mee over the Store of A /V Lathrop. in the Brick Block, Montrose, Pa. May 1, 1866 Die. W. L. RICHARDSON, inoIEITSICIAN & SURGEON, tenders hts profession r al servicea,to the citizens of Montrose and vicini ty. Office at gin residence, on the corner east of Sayre Bros. Foundry. ", [June IS, 1667.-1 y• T. E. LOONIA. DANIEL ILAYNAII. LOOMIS tt; HANNAH, TTORNETS AT LAW, Solicitors in Bankruptcy, and General Real Estate and Collecting Agents.— v. , satile City Lots, Residences. Farms, and Coal I.auds tor sale. , [Scranton, JunelS6i—y E. L. WEEKS 4t - CO. urccEssorts of I. N. lIINE ,th CO., Dealers in 1:7 Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladieland fine Shoes. Also, agents for the great American Tea and Coffee Companr_ [April, 1,1861. E. L. WEESS. - - - - C. C. FAVIIIIT. DR. E. L. GARDNER, HYSICIAN and SURGEON, Montrose. P. Gives P especial attention to diseases of the Heart and Ltinga and all Surgical diseases. Office over the Post Oflice. Boards at Searle's Hotel. (Sept. 4. 1866. BALDWIN, ALLEN, & McCAIN, DEALERS in Flour, Salt, Pork. Flab, Lard, Grain, Feed, Candles. Clover and Timothy Seed , Also, Groceries. such as Sugars. Molasses, Syrups, Tea and Coffee. West side of Public Avenue. Montrose, April .7,1.961. BURNS ez NICHOLS, • DEALERS in Druge, , 'Medicines, Chemicals, Itye stuffs. Paints, Liquors. Spfees. Fan cy articles. Patent Medicines, Perfumery and Toilet Ar ticles. 'Prescriptions carefully compounded. Public Avenue, above Searle's Hotel, ldontrose, Pa. A. B. Brims, - - locos Nichols. Sept. 11, 1868. DR. E. P. HINES, HAS permanently located at Friendsitille for thepnr pose of practicing medicine and surgery in all its brancl.es. He may be found at the Jackson House. Office boars from 8 a. m., to 9 p. m. jaunt( Friendaville, Pa.., Jan. 19tb, 1866. STROI7D & DROWN, 'ENTRE AND LIFE rra7avirg AGENTS. All business attended tromp, on fair terms. Of fice first door north of " Mo ntron eHotel," west side of Public Avenue, Montrose, Pa. [Jan. 1.1646. Bn.uitoa STaotrzt, - - Clum.se L. BuowN. C. 0. FORDHA3I, 00.7 et SHOE Dealer and idanufnetnrer Montano.. II Pa. shop on 3faln street, one door abovel,N. Dul lard's. All kinds of wore, .nde to order, and repairing dune neatly. janl 65 JOHN SAUTTER, RESPECTFULLY announces that he is u:)tv pre pared to cat all kinds of Garments in the most Fashionable Style, and warranted to lit with elegance and ease. Shop over I.N:Ballard'sstore,Biontrose. DOCT.. E. L. HAikTDRICK, PIIYSICIAN & SURGEON, respertftdly tenders his professional services to the citizen of Frieruits- Title and vicinity. eirOffine.itittieotliceof Dr. Leet. Boards at J. Rosined's. ROO 68tt JOTIN GROVES, wAsmoNABLIC TAELOIL, Mantras°, Pa. Shop over r Clfandler's Store. Allordere filled or:raptly, In Snit-rate style. Cut• ttag.dcrtielthishortriotlee,snE iteirlited,f,o St_ WM. W. swat, (*KUM AND CHAIR MANCTACTDI=3,—.I , noi lilt of Main street, Montrose, ra. tr H. BURRITT, T‘HALERIW Staple and'ffancy Dry Goods, Crottery, AY Hardware, Iron, Stoves, Drams, 01Is. and Paints, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Cape, lours, Buffalo 'Hobes. Groceries,Pvvisions, f.:4).,'New Milford, Pa. H..COOPER.4 CO., BBANKERS.l3iicceitioreteTnet,Cooper Co. Once, I.l4bn?p's new building, Turnpike-et. " . 4. 'O. Wkilt - k TTORSET AT LAW: "Bounty,Mack Pay; Pension, .011.`and Exernittton Claims attended to. tett', rirollice first door belotrßoyd's Store; Mont rose, Pa TWELVE - TEAR ATION liasvfoica Dr: 11DWAIZDT'reei QCtfd ettenscend Cer 60.0 Th e , tniutVeziedessfel Ceairrimm Toe eine ur use - or CVO cough', tpunvigi : Deafdergese, ietirma:lehne44;Dree• ettitili - Inloopitte•Cotigt r 4etti tiMAJP.r..nrAr. '4.7i.La'apss Or 40) XII: D 7 .13 CI .43.. DM 3P. BY MARY KYLE DALLAS. I say, mister, there's suthin' out yon in II:lel:mu% Better send out to see " Something ?" " A critter of a human. It's dark, and it's groaning." " Witere is it?" " By , the barn, mister." Out ame Farmer Dunn and his hired man Joshua, and lanterns glimmered red- ly over the snow, and Timothy Sugg, the half-witted lad who had brought the news, followed timidly behind, with a hay fork. Something was there—a man almost covered by the white drifts—a man in rags —loathsome to touch, and.. with the stale fumes of whisky not yet frozen out of his breath " ICS some poor drunken creature," said Farmer Dunn, " but we mustn't let him freeze whoever lie is. Catch hold, Josh, and Tim hold the lanterns." Thr(Sugg, delighted to have a finger in the pie now that danger was not to be ap preheMled, held the two lanterns aloft, and tIW farmer and Joshua carried the heavy .form of the insensible man over the snow and into the bright kitchen, where they laid it down on the settee before the fire, and then proceeded to the work of ri.steration, Margaret Dunn busiest of all in her own quiet way. She *as not a young woman, this Mar- garet Dunn ; nay, she had accepted her spinsterhood as an undeniable fact years before'. She was an old maid, and knew it ; but she was comely still, and had a peachy color in her cheeks, and a dark gloss in her wavy hair. A woman of five and thirty, HI.. is not indiscreet to tell a lady's nge. She was dressed in brown merino, with a little color at the throat, fastened by a tiny knot of scarlet ribbon. On her fing er shOwore a ring—a singular one fur a woman to wear—for it was a man's seal ring of unusual size, more singular for her than for most women, for -she 'was averse to ornament. Neither pin, nor earrings, nor brooch, nor buckle, were ever seen on Margaret Dunn's person ; but 'that seal ling she wore by night and day, as if it had been a talisman. As she busied herself about the help less man, it glittered in the firelight with every motion of ;her hand. Once she caught it in some button-hole in the bo som Obis coat, and drew it back with a frightened start. Silly Tim Sutra saw that and cried out : Eh! what a pooty ring you've got, Miss Maggy 1" and then her color and a ljnick glance passed between her father and herself, but she made no an swer. What a face that was lying in the fire and candle light in that clean kitchen ! Whoever had looked upon it and reflect ed, and tben gone to ruin drinking, must have been unimpressibte. It was a drunkard's face. have you ever, seen such a one ? It had eyes, and , nose, and mouth like other people ; it had a brow and a chin, but oh ! what a brow, wrinkled as though a plough had gone through it, though the Mall was not more than middle aged ; a nose swollen like some bnlbous root, cheeks puffed and flab ' by, and about the mouth a drunken leer. Not a beast's face, for beasts do not drink-v-not a man's face, fur man was made, the Bible tells us, iu the image of his Maker. It was a }terrible thing to see. Marga ret Duun found it so. When she was no longer needed she went from thezoom, and kneeltng by her.bed,, hid her head in its white counterpane and sobbed. Not long—only for -four or five minutes. Then she. bathed her face, ; and went down to prepare supper for her father, who always made a meal just Oefore re- tiring. The wretched man was sitting up be fore the fire, looking haggard aim pitiful in the ruddy blaze, and the farmer was talking to him. " Lust yourself in The snow, I reckon." "Yes." " Come from far away ?" " Don't knoW how far." " W here are , you going ?" " Nowhere!" "'Any partictilar object ?" ." No. The farmer whistled. Soon added : " You seem hard up, stranger." "1 have no moiy, no friends,no home, no nothing. If that's being hard up, you have hit it." Ile - tipoke in, a diiftant way, and the far mer was sileficelf-for a moment ; but soon be spoke out again.' " Vsuppose that you were thinking of Something." • "Yee, dying. If you had let me alone I sheiild . have known what the other wciritl\was like by this time." ' The tiimer-was a deacon also. He lin proved' the:ceasion. - . " Were . you prePared friend, to rush rashly into the, presenCe of your Maker? You were graut)ed a. time of grace—take ,it and try to impioye."'_, . ..,' The man laugheka bursb E rude laugh, full of bitter seorn - . , I -. :: I Yet Umidst all; undii 4ii, .what was tllo . e that told yott'this: ebiseddellow bad been born &gentleman Heaven on MONTROSE, PA.., TUESDAY; OCT. 15, 1867: • ly knows. Perhaps you • have seen some- I thing like it. It is too subtte to be de scribed. His clothes, too, bad also been a gentleman's garments. Tile ragged vest was velvet, the battered hat was once a costly thing. As they took ()Mho coat, a torn kid glove dropped from the pocket to the floor. .1.s:o low born sot, nursed on the whisky bottle was here, but a debased gentle- In an. " Improve," ho said. "Suppose I would or could, honest folks take me and my tatters into their houses, wouldn't they? They'd provide me with employ ment and overlook my faults. They wouldn't see at a glance what a worth- less craven dog I was, and turn me like a dog from their doors, oh no l Why, deacon, suppose I wanted to reform, who would take me and help' me ?" He said the words with the bitterest scorn in his voice ; scorn of himself so fallen; and of al! good hypocrites who preach to wretchedness with folded hands. But as though he had asked the question in good faith, Margaret Duun turned from her occupation by the fire, and stand ing before him, said : " We will." "You will?" He looked at her, so did the farmer, so did Joshua, the farm hand. She Spoke again : " Father, you know, we need more help: you can try hidu. Homeless and friendles., no man can do much to save himself. I would not crush that hope with in any mau's heart for a world's wealth. Let him stay here." The farmer opened his mouth and shut it again. Joshua never took the trouble to shut his. "You see"—thus spoke the deacon af ter a while, slowly—" You see, Meg, when you hey' help you want help, and for to be efficient, help must be sober.— Now do you think 'mould be wise to take on a hand that couldn't promise fur to be "Why, bed be drunk the heft o' the time," burst out Joshua. " Lor, Miss Marg'ret, 'Want no doubt o' that." rgranger looked at him. "Perhaps you might have said it in a lower tone," he said. "But you are per fectly right, my kind christian friend.- I should—l always am." • Hi staggered to his feet as he spoke, but dropped back again ; for once he was not intoxicated, but he had tasted and frozen long hours together. " I mcant to go." he said, "hut T'm too weak. You must feed me, I suppose, to get rid of me." 12u• Sl .. r~oroe put, IsCI Laud uputit Lta arm. "We will feed you," silo said ; "we will warm you and clothe you; we will give you honest work to do—% cork, per. haps, that you would= have rcorned as be neath you once—but that I know you will be glad to do now, because in doing it you may save yourself, body and soul." The miserable man listened. He looked in her face with his bloodshot eyes \Viten she had finished, he bent his head upon his hand, and muttered: " God bless you !—God bless you !—I gill try." So this poor waif, picked up from the snow upon that bitter night, remained be neath the roof of farmer Dunn. He was a strong man yet. Out in the j fields he worked as no farm hand had ev er worked bef.ire. The more there was to do the happier he seemed. But he never spoke to those about him, seldom even to the old farmer. To Margaret, since that night he had not addressed one word, save in reply to any question she might ask him. But he used to look at ber, as though in adora • tion. Often and often, when she had no tho't of it, and the day's work being done, sat sewing by the ctindlelight, he would sit outside the window, watching her. He said strange things to himseT at such times, but no one heard. him. So all went well enough until the month's end, when • wages were paid to him ; before that the morning bitters, and the noon tide ale, which all farm hands drank, suf ficed him. But when his pockets went full, the mad demon possessed him ; and they found him drunk in the barn, after much search, on Sabbath eve. Margaret sighed, -her father shook his heal. Joshua roared, "1 telled ye so, missus; no good in him." But yet he stayed, because the farmer found that he worked well, and because be yet had hopg of saving him. His very name-they never knew'. When they asked it he' had said, me John Scamp"—and John Scamp - be was called I forever afterward. It grew at lafit to be the regular-77t14'1g to know that at 'pay time John Scamp would be missing; to let him remain so untilhe crept back some morning, shaklng an'd red-eyed, and took his plate in tlfe field.' " Tbat he bad been :lying drunk in, 7 the mud someWheye, no ode doubted; but, "absolately ,so,,hp never let,,bimselfbe vett. Margaret said it.was ; a good omen. Another person said: ,sp3o---Lthe clergy man:d the little church a fair I ,baire&tuan, who ‘ catne,yery . often to the ;:farna,.. , uldsame,. it *as ; very plain; ta *on' [Miss Margaret, thciligh - ,.00010.ii9;N win her wits a problemetilt to i salve. He talked to 'John Setimp often— not with anything of cant s but as a good man might talk to one gone astray. At first John Scamp listened grudging ly, at last in silence, but without. avers ion. Once he said : "It is too late; I know the truth of what you say, but it is too late, While I was a gentleman Leonid have been sa%ed perhaps ; but I haye fallen too low. Look at me—l was handsome once." " But the soul—," began the clergy man. And the fallen man answered.sol emnly : " It is in God's hands.'•' So, going home that night, the Rev, Edward Belmont began to wondgf if, of all, there might not be some spark,of heaven in that l ost creature yet, and said less to, and prayed more for, him alter wards. Yet there was little outward change in poor John Scamp. Others saw mere ly a t 4 retched sort of man toiling at any needful task, or missing, heard be was off on a "spree" somewhere. At times the Rev. Edward Belmont quite forgot him; and everything else al- so, in hi; one great hope of Margaret's love. Evening after evening he came to the farmer's house, and eat listening to the farmer's talk of ernps,and cattle—happy . when a few words fell from Margaret's lips, or when she walked with him to the gate to say good•oig g ht, Yet he knew they Said'Maigaret would never marry, and had heard tales of a bro ken match and a lover she had not yet forgotten, and had seen on her finger that strange ring which was said to have been a love token. Sometimes his heart sank, for she had a constant face, and constant women have lived and died faithful to a first love. At last, one evening be went, to decide his fate, across the fields to the ofti farm house. Ile knew that Margaret would be alone that night, and as with accus tomed hand he lifted the door-latch, felt sorry to see a man's form bending over the hearth. The next moment the feel ing passed away, for it was only John Scamp polishing the Sunday boots for far mer Dunn and Joshua. " Is Miss Margaret in, John ?" " Yes—in the parlor." Arid John Scant) went on_brnsbing and never looking up as the minister crossed the kitchen. But as soon as the murmur of voices caught his ear he started to his ! -.a °rept on tiptoe to the passage way Outs itia„twiitr door and listened. Lao nu a . Margart talk. This time he 11e-21"d-some tiring new—a declaration of love. Elo quent, fen:cut, from the heart, John ::...camp heard every word and wept in si lence—wept, wringing his hands and moarritn4 under his breath. " Oh, to be a man again 1 to be a man and a gentleman once more !" He stilled himself to harken to Mar garet's answer. " I cannot say you surprise me," she said ; " I have expected this. I do not know how I could have prevented it. If I Could I would have done 'so. I respect you—perhaps---no matter ; all I need to say is, it cannot be." "If you like me—if yon respect me— ' might you not learn to love tne,,Mar -70 garet " Then—dearest—best—" " Hush.! I have told you that it, could not he. I must not tell you why. It is a story my past life. You see that.ring ?" She stretched forth her hand. .On it glittered a man's heavy ring. The minis= ter saw it. .John Scamp, crouched in the corner, saw.,it also. ".0n that ring," ssia.Margaret, "I have , taken a solemn vow. When I. was a girl —very young, scarcely a woman—l had a lover. lie was a little older,than I, not much—perhaps we were both too young to :now our own hearts, but we. loved I very dearly. His family were wealthy ! . and fashionable. He was educated and accomplished. You have wondered why I used better language than those about me. I learned it of him. I tried to fit myself for his wife. I believe we were to he married, and I was very, very fond of him. But our parents opposed it. His, because I was a plain country girl ;, mine, because they feared he was dissipated. My father bade me . brealc. off otmengaffe- ment, and I met him to do so. In the •WittO4fi yonder, under the great oak, John Sterlin and I saw: each; other for the last time. We w erepettlier.of•usologe—we cOuld not resist r but we were,. miserable. At last he took4pe ring fromhis finger and slipped it on' yo*,' said he, that, you will never tuarrTany one else until I take this ring from your tiageg and say I . •—, " He - put bisLarm around my waist. We knelt. .•, t , Vow Win - the sight of God, .be•said. And•l repeated: • •' • -:-. • • • " Before my .blakdf Z viiw never to mar ry any but tl6lol4terling until . he takes this ring frorn'thjijingerpt 4 d tells me I am free.' ".Edwarfi Belmont; caii i "l'brealCsuch a vow'? Ton i kl'tOuiT'"eoti4tot' . And SAD' nmiat - '9ogrx ilow:fo'l.Set Lap . fidif*liffolafilbitgtet /".i • ; • But as sheiiiihke . those-36Ni the dear IVOLEIk4E XXIV, NUMBER, 42. opened widely, and before stood the sott ish farm-drudge, Jpbn-Seanip. He crossed the rociM; he took Mar garet's hand in his.o.wctand drew from it the ring which has' rested there so many years. Then, bolding it . clutched in his hand, he said-botirefy-:- " Margaret Dunn, John Sterling releas es from your lloW and gives you to your lover. God bless you both, and pray to gether sonie•times fora ruinedman: Oh, they were `right to keep you 'fr6m me. Yet with you at my aide I might not have come to -um And then bursting into a wild cry of pain, be dashed from the room and out in to the night, while Margaret fell in a death-like swoon into Edward Belmont's arms. . No one ,ia the farm,house ever saw John Scamp again. But two years• after,. when Margaret, yielding to her lover's prayer, was mis tress of the parsonage, there came thither a letter—an army letter with a black seal, writ ten by the chaplain of a regiment. ad dreseed to Mrs, Belmont. In it was these words: MADAME ThOre died under my care yesterday, a private soldier named John Sterling. At his last hour be bade me write to you, telling-you, with thanks fur all your kindness lo him; and;blessings on you and yours, the best I could of him. I eau say ofhim that he was brave—that he lost his life gallantly—moreover that he batted down the - horrible vice that had ruined him, and died a sober man. He died also with words of prayer and repen tance on his lips—a sinner, as we all are, but not, I trust, a sinner beyond pardon. He bade me tell you, also, that he had prayed us to bury a ring he wore, in his coffin. It has been done. " I remain, Madam, yours. " E. WESTED." And so they knew what his end bud been and thanked Heaven for it. Autumn Days. When Autumn days come, Nature,like a retired /merchant, changes its manner from thrift and bustling industry to lan guid leisure and unostentatious repose.— The sun rises later and sets earlier than when it had all the summer crops on hand, and was playing universal husband man. There is no nest-building now, and no bird singing7—which is a purely domestic arrangement, designed on the bird's part, to keep peace in the family while the children are being raised, and laid aside noon as the younz birds are off their Mornings come fleeced in mists, which hang over streams and low moist places.? The sun plays with them hut they perish in his arms. A few belated !flowers yet keep watch, but chiefly the asters, which fringe the fields, star the edges of forests, and, like a late corner at a feast, seem bent for making up for lost time. At night, crickets and katy-dids scrape their shrill viols, and fill the air with stridulous music. Over, all the shrinking fields, the trees lift up iheir gorgeous foliag,e, and, like those who wait for the marriage bell and the bridegroom, they shine out in glori ous apparel. The hills, forest-clad, are become the Jord's ybunger sons, and like Joseph, they are dressed in a coat, of ma ny colors. October days, short between horizons, reach higher into the vault than any days of the year ; and through them the seas po seems to look with softened sadness, as one who, in the calm of,age, meditates on all the mistakes of his past life, and solemnly thinks upon the advancing fu ture. Along the fence rows, where seeds and late berries may •be found, birds hop si• lently, as if ashamed to be seen. Soon they will change their solitary ways, and collect in flocks. To-day the fields will swarm with them ; to•morrow there will not be one left—an& they will be picking their food many degrees of latitude in the South. A Mixture. The afflicted widow, the disconsolate family, the lamented hir. Edward Jones, and the beaver bat trade, are somewhat mixed in the following extract from the columns of an English paper, and after vain endeavors on our part, we must leave our readers to class-it-either as au I " obittiary," a " token of- affection," or a " puff. extraordinary": • , " Died, on the 11th ultimo, at his shop on Fleet street, gr. - Edward Jones, much respected by all that , knew- and dealt with him. - , As•a man, he was amiable ,; as,a batter, _upright and moderate. His• vir tues were beyond all price v and his beav er hats were only £1 ,4s each. He has left a widow to deplore his loss, and a large stock to be sold for the benefit of his family. ,;He was snatched4o theoth er worhi in the, prime of bis,life, and as : he, had copoiaded an extepaive par- Owe of felt, which r lie got sa cheap that the widow can supply hats at a more Imodarate_ohnrge than any. . other house in London. Ills disconsolate ,family will carry on' therbusinetts with'rnmetnality."' argument icith-ladiec% qiinniug's faro. swing 0643'141M . td tie Drunk. Young mail, did you, ever stop to thiqk how terrible that word sounds ? Did ph ever think what misery and woe you broUght upon your friends, when You'de graded yourmanhood by getting drunk? Oh, it is a fearful. thing thus to trample under foot the high claims that God and man have upon you. Drunk How it rings in the ear of a loving wife! How it makes the heart of a fond mother bleed! How it crushes out the hopes of a doting 'father, and brings reproach and shame upon loving sisters. Drunk See him as he leans against some friendly house, he stands ready to fall into the opening jaws of hell, unconscious as to his approaching fate. The wife, with tearful eyes and aching heart, sits at-the window to hear her husbands footsteps, but alas, they come not He is drunk 1 The husband, the parent is drunk, spending his time and money v when he should be at borne, enjoying the pleasures and comforts of the thmily cir cle. Drunk! He is spending means of support for liquor;while his family is star ving for bread, his children suffering for clothing. Drunk! His reputation is go ing, gone! His friends, one by.one, are reluctantly leaving him to his miserable fate. He goes down to his grave with dishonor—a drunkard's grave! —A lady who began service as a teach er in the Elm Street School, at Spring field, Mass., last week, remained just half a day. She was to have four hundred and fifty dollars a year, but at noon received an offer that brcught seven hundred dol lars a year for similar duties in a neigh boring city, and of course felt it her duty as ministers usually do under similar cir cumstances, to remove to a wider field of influence. —An old resident of Jamestown, N.Y. reports that-in 1808, when that town was first settled, the village common was cleared of stumps by fines imposed on those who got drunk. Tho penalty for getting drunk was to dig up a largo stump, and for getting only tipsy'a small stump. The removal of every stump in about two months was the result. —A few days since a woman named Catharine Rady was arrested by the po lice, charged with being a vagrant, and committed to the work-house. When she reached that institution, she showed the authorities that she was possessed of $157.33 in specie, (gold and silver,) and gattaj,lat_ the _policeman who arrested —Two men at Fairlee, Vt., have had a trial at law lately, about a sheep, worth five or six dollars, which the plaintiff claimed the defendant had in his possess ion, belonging to him. After two trials, the defendant recovered 8116.46, The whole expense to the plaintiff wasmot less than 8250—enough to buy quite a flock of sheep. _ . —A few days since a barrel of mer chandise was received by one of the New York steamers addressed to a clergyman in Lawrence, Mass., with the additional mark " crockery." In transportation tbo head fell out, and it was discovered that the barrel contained fine brandy, to be used solely for medical purposes." —ln compliance with the law of the last Legislature, the New York Central Railroad Company have instructed their conductors to procure their uniforms.— The coats and pants will be of dark blue pilot, beaver or broadcloth, the coat trim med with brass buttons. The cap will be of blue cloth, with two bands of gold lace, the lower band to be an inch in width. —The "stone fleet," sunk in Charleston harbor during the war, does not appear to have done any injury. An English vessel, drawing eighteen and a half feet, has entered the port loaded with railway iron. The deepest laden vessel that bad previously entered drew but 17 feet. , --A navana paper taunts the United -States with the act that of all the monu ments and statues proposed to the mem ory of Abraham Lincoln, not one has been erected. —A St. Louis beggar, who goes about on crutches, is discovered to own property in New York worth $65,000. When his labor of soliciting alms from the public for the day are over, ; lie repairs to a very comfortable tenement, where ho lives in spacious apartmentsiAnd indulges in fine winos and other !modes. . —The Republicaris of.Albemerle, Va., have nominated, es delegates for, the Vv.. ginia State Conventier.,-Ifon..4.lol.mander Rives• and a coloredlnan. —The _annual report of the Cashier of .the Bank of California shows translations for Abel/ear anaouetiog to over. 1it32,000,- ' 000. • Vr'Ladies' and Children's Paney•Furs at John 'Pereira's; '4B Arch street, Phil- Rtvir.bisiadver ttOtbenkitlsivrllini:tret4ll.if:
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