The press., December 24, 1863, Image 5

firm.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1803.
LETTER FROM WA&HINtiTOK*
' ’Valuable Books of Autogrsph Letters front
Smloexit Americans, Given l>y Colonel
Korney to the Western Sanitary Fair—
” How Great Men Write —A Racy letter
• from Buchanan,
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Q azetie,],
Washington, Dec. 16.
In one of the daintiest paragraphs of. the flrat vo
iume of bis history, Kinglake, in (Useribing the mi*
* ftograph collections of original papers whioh Lady
Raglan had placed at bis disposal, tells bow the
strategic plans of the much*contriving Emperor—
atill carrying the odor of the Havanas whioh aid the
-Ingenuity of the Tullerifcß—and the papers of the!
enthusiastic noiologistwvho proposed to reduoe Se
bastopol by malaria; and of the antiquarian who
panted to take it with bows and arrows, and reports,
and returns, and things precise, and the most hurried
scrawl of the commander, laboring under the streis
■of deep emotion, all lay ranged together, flat, and
hushea, and docketed,
I bave been spending the evening looking over
something of the same sort—not so varied in the.
eubjeota discussed, perhaps, but embracing familiar
letters from a wider and higher range of men. It is
a collection In two quarto volumes, of autograph
letters from eminent public men, chiefly Senators)
who have been in correspondence with ttie secretary .
ofthe Senate, assorted and arranged by Hon. John
W» Forney, and by him presented; to the Western
Sanitary Fair, soon to be held in Cincinnati.
There would have been a manifest impropriety in
using for such a purpose any letters but those rela
ting to ordinary business matters, and hence the col*
lection gives none of those piquant revelations that
might, at first thought, be expected. Still there;
are-bits ofcharacter oropplug out here and there,
that give a moat enjoyable zest to the pages of these
volumes, Take the following for example, from the.
first letter in the seoond volume; and remember, ah
jrou read it, that the “Old Publio Functionary” who
talks ao resignedly about his not struggling to retain
office, only entered the scramble for and won the
•mission to Great Britain and the Presidency after *
this delicious bit of retiring humility;
11 WiiEATi.AXD (Near Lancaster).
- “9th January, 1350.
* * *'.#•* m
• “I hope to visit Washington, in the early part of the
Week after next, and anticipate much p'easnre in meet
ing with all once more. I am much attached to Wash
ington, but would not willingly, even if this were in my
power, commence a new career in the Senate.- The most
miserable spectacle* to my mind, is that of an old- poli
tician who has had his day . struggling to the last hour
of his life to retain office, and looking with a jealous
eye Upon the success of younger men, Thank God! I
Ttnoio how to be happts in retirement.
“From your friend, very respectfully.
. t . "JAMES BJGHANAN.”
Perhaps I£r. Buuhanan'knows howto be happy
new hi retirement, but if so, he must be endowed
With rare freedom from annoyances of conscience.
His writing, even then, was cramped and tremulous.
The signature begins with a sprawling J, and the B
Is like the.worst specimens of a aohool-boy’Bjdifficult
beginnings. *
in singular contrast are the few notes the volumes
contain from Daniel Webster. The writing is coarse
and irregular, but with a great deal of masculine
vigor, and quite legible. A similar vigor seems to
mark the irregular but easily-read notes of Thomas
H. Benton.
. David R. Atchison, badly eminent duringthe Kan
sas contest, as the Border ruffian Vice President of
the United States, writes a mere scrawl, cramped as
well asillegible; near his letters are others, bearing
the neat, round, and rather showy signature of John
P. Hale.
Judah'P. Benjamin contributes a letter or two,
full of facile flourishes like the man, J. M. Mason,
Whose haughty departure England has been lately
deploring—not nearly so muah as she rejoiced, over
getting him out of Fort Warren—writes a small
scrawling hand, rather difficult to read. Near it is
the Giimpfifh mfigibla hand ol Salmon Pi ChigO:
OhMles Sumner'! notes evidently oome rrom &
men wlio once wrote well) out, tnousti still ratner
cent,'they suggest tbe marlcing pot ana brood rather
than a goose-quill.
Horatio Seymour indulges in flourishes. The body
of his letter is smoothly and roundly written, very
much as his plausible speeches are delivered; near
bis letter are one or two in the neat but careless
chirography of “H. Olay,” as the Sage of Ashland
always signed himself. Next comes the rather
good-loolring, but diffloult hand of R. M. T. Hunter,
and next “Gov." Geo. E. Pugh announces, with
savage earnestness, that the newspaper clerk has
been sending him the New York Herald, and that he
©ante it forthwlth stopped as he won’t have it at
Any price or without price.
Several of the thick, yellowish old sheets bear
collections Of signatures of the men of thirty or
forty years ago, among which one picks out’
Willie P. Mangum, Felix Grundy. Wm. O. Preston,
John Tyler, Thomas Ewing, J. F. King, Hamilton
iFlsbi Tallmadge, Taliafero, etc. As a rule these
•old-fashioned signatures are better written than
those of their successors in our publio places.
Among more recent ones, it is a .little startling to
•some upon a very friendly epistle from Jeffe--.
son Davis, in the little, cramped, irregular, scrawling
hand that now sets forth the orders of the almost
absolute ohief of the greatest conspiracy in modern
times. Near it are the great, sprawling characters
of George Bancroft’s signature ; and next the little,
delioate, lady-like hand of Winfield Scott. Character
is often Baid to be read in the handwriting. If so,
that of General Scott must be the exception which
pi ore, the rule. •
Edward Everett’s notes, of which there are
several, are in an irregular but delioate hand. Wm.
H. Seward’s are a light scrawl, sometimes legible
and sometimes not.
John Slidell’s is manifestly the writing of an un
educated business man. He sends for documents on
:frauds; and with reminiscences of the Houmas
grant, one cannot help thinking what congenial
studies he inolined to.
George M. Dallas writes a small, delicate hand, re
minding one, at first sight, ot on irregular fancy oop
perplate. . t
That of Millard Fillmore, a more fortunate Vice
President, is medium size and uneven, but quite le
gible.-
Theo. IroUnghuysen’s is a rapid, good-looking
■scrawl, and Jorm. J. Crittenden’s cramped, but neat
■and legible.
Robert C. Winthrop’s is ahowv—a strange contrast
worst an Attorney Generar ever wrote, leaning for
ward almost on the line, like the most of school-boy
writing.
Silas Wright’s was once a good round hand, hut
has been rendered a little angular: by rapid writing.
That of Lewis. Cass is cramped, although hasty,
leans forward very much, and is badly scattered.
Stephen A. Douglas’ is heavy and irregular; A, P.
Butler’s large and tremulous.
Bul l O&flhQt SnUmHAtt ffl<ree. If the people OI
UiutfiumTiQti bwt m imnro t? r «*«ir
pball henceforth be held in execration or all
true lovers of autograph*. AG-ATE.
English Estimate of the Chattanooga Vic
tory*
[From tlie London Times, 7 ]
The reports are all Northern and official, but the
telegrams must have been “manipulated” more
boldly than usual If these assertions are liable to fu
ture contradiction. The minor details, however,
must be accepted with reserve./ The number of pri
soners taken by the Federals ranges from “ five to ten
thousand,” figures too large and too round to be any
thing better than a guess or an exaggeration; and
as the Confederate retreat appears to have been com
menced before the Federals discovered it, it may
be doubted whether a corrected report will place
“ forty cannon” among the captures. On half the
field the Confederates had no artillery, and on the
other brought only a few light pieces into action, no
more thßn sufficient to protect a retreat. Whatever
reasons may have compelled Q-eneral Brsgg to aban
don the heights, the movement was' not forced on Mm
by the fighting, but prepared and partially executed before
it began. General Grant himself speaksof the action
in the curiously qualified terms so often employed
by the Federal commanders. He “doea not con
sider himself premature in announcing” a victory.
He rather claims than asserts it. . But the result can
hardly be disputed. Bragg has given up an advanta
geous position, and this reverse is the penalty the
Confederates pay for missing the opportunity pre
sented to them after the battlepf Ohickamauga. The
defeat of the Federals was total, yet not decisive,
and time has recovered for the beaten army all it had lost.
Though the Government of the Confederacy does
ast Jtini&sa. wiinnnint. anil ilUmias its generals
is Uslitiv as the (JRiimet or wngfnngtoiii tne anuuu
am *rmJe* jfluge their oommnnaers very much by re
sults, and have their own opinions of the personal
qualities of their superior officers. The last letters
of our correspondent at Gen. Bragg’s headquarters
described a stateof feeling in the Southern camp that
had seriously shaken the confidence of officers and
men in their chief. He. was not “popular,” nor had
he authority enough to repress the jealousies that
existed between the subordinate commanders. The
discipline of the Western army was in every re
speot inferior to that of the Army of Virginia, under
General Lee. The deterioration, moral and mate
rial, had commenced before the battle of Chicka
mauga. The credit of that victory was given to
General Longstreet, who had been detached by
Lee with a reinforcement. That the rout of the
Federals, which equalled - the panic and disorder
of Bull Bun, was not followed up at Longstreet’s
earnest request naturally Increased the discontent of
the Confederate troops, and rendered Bragg more un
popular than ever. Soldiers freely give their lives,
but feel acutely when a commander throws them
away. Discontent thus created, is the severest trial
of the discipline of an army. The feeling tkat ex
isted before the battle of Ohickamauga has rankled
and deepened through the period of forced Inaction
in front of a beaten enemy. Our correspondent left'
the Southern campjwith the most unfavorable im
pressions, and a strong conviction that the relations
between the army and its immmander bad demo
ralized the whole force. He predicted that Bragg,
would find hia position untenable .'unless he fought
another battle, while he doubted tbe possibility of
ft commamler bo little itiirarsa Qf hearty support
making ituv raid »mia*BT|iS?
qul?ed. HI O prediction baa been folly verified.
Bragg has given up the ground gained by one of Jthe
most sanguinary engagements of the war. If he re.,
tires a few miles further to the south, he must re
cross the frontier of Tennessee into Georgia. Both
aides have been receiving reinforcements during t the
last six weeks, though no authentic statement of
the numerical strength of the two armies has ap
£ Bared. The Southern army, however, seems to
ave been for some time fatally weakened by dis
trust and dislike of Its Commander. The morale of
the troops of all ranks was shaken, and even if
they escape a decisive defeat in the field, it is probable
that for the Confederates the autumn campaign in the
West will prove disastrous.
Analysis Off Me. Lincoln’s Chaeaoter.— The
Bev. Henry Fowler, of Auburn, New York, in »
Thanksgiving Sermon delivered at that place, thua
(poke of thePrecident: . ;
The explanation for his every act is this: He
executes the will of the people. He represents a
controlling majority. If he be slow, it is because
the people are slow. - If he has done a foolish act, it
Waa the ; stupidity of the people which Impelled,
it. His wisdom consists in oarrying out the'
good sense of the nation. His growth In political
knowledge, his steady movement toward emancipa
tion, are but the growth and movement of the na
tional mind. Indeed, in character and culture he
is a fair representative or the average American.
His awkward speech, and yet rnore awkwsird si
lence; his uncouth manners, his grammarself-taught
and partly forgotten.; his style miscellaneous, oon
cretetl from the belt mttlioti, like a rending book,
ami yet oftentimes of Sanaa roree ana classic
putity; his humor an argument, and his lo
gio a joke, both unseaaosable' at times and
irresistible always; his questions answers, and his
answers questions; his guesses prophecios, and
fulfilment ever beyond his promise; honest,yet
shrewd, simple, yet reticent; heavy and yet ener
getic, never despairing' and never sanguine; care
less in forms, conscientious in essentials; never
sacrificing a good servant once trusted, never de
serting a good principle once adopted; not afraid of
new ideas, not despising old ones; improving op
portunities to confess mistakes; ready to learn, get
ting at facte; doing nothing when he knowe not
what to do hesitating at nothing when he sees
right; lacking' the recogaizul qualifications of a
party leader, and yet leading his party as no other
man can; sustaining his political enemies in Mis
souri to, their defeat, sustaining his political friends
In Maryland to-their victory; conservative in his
sympathies and radical in his acts; Socratic in his
style and Baoonian in his method; his religion con
sisting in truthfulness, temperance, asking good
people to pray for him, and publioly acknowledging
in events the hand of God, he stands before you as
the type of “ Brother Jonathan,” a not perfeot man,
and yet more precious than fine gold. ">• '
Bvkok nr TJhdeebs.—Leigh Hunt’s description
Of his intercourse with Byron while in Italy, is very
entertaining. The noble poet; he tells us,'? satiup
late at Eight writing “Don Juan,” with a bowl of
Bio and water at his elbow. Hedid not rlaetllilate,
and then only to lounge about the garden, whistling
>otsinging,obewingtobaccoto prevent
..corptuant.or indulging injocular conversation with
those he happened to meet. He wore a nankeen
jacket, white vest and trousers, and a Bmall velvet
nap. Their difference of opinion .did not prevent
good-humored banteringsand discussions; andthev
foiled each other on the fact that there was only one
book which both greatly admired; and that was Bos
well’B johpson,; Byron, in his jocular moods, used
to imitate. Johnson for sport, in his manner and con-
Tewatlbn.as wtll as other men of note.
British Foutba.it Gallery.—An. Interesting
aitiole appears in All the Year Rounds descriptive of
the chief portraits in the collection of one hundred
and sixty'four now constituting the new British
Gallery. We take the following extract:
"What a blowls administered to the science of
phyiiognomy—considered aa a science—by the well
known profile portrait of Wolfe exhibited- in thl#
gallery. From the extreme tip of a little, mean,
turn-up nose, the line ofthe profile reoedes, at full
gallop, to where the still retreating forehead is lost
in the cocked hat; while the lower part of the face
falls away almost more'violently from that same
point of departure, the end of the nose. The upper
tip' recedes from the nose, the under tip reoedes from
the upper lip, and the chin is so small and so retreat
log that it is, as a feature, almost wanting; it might
he one of the folds of akin about the neok. And this,
ia Wolfe—Wolfe the heroic, the wise—the man,
whose judgment and discretion were so early proved,
that he was entrusted, at the age of thirty.four, with,
that great and important expedition agAiast Clue
bee, in the successful orisis of which he, to use his ,
own words, “died contented.”
Another remarkable Instance of a head
to surprise the student of physiognomy la the por-1
trait of Jeffreys—Chancellor Jeffreys, the cruel and?
unjust judge. This cruel, violent, drunken judge,
has, at first sight, the countenance of aholy. sensi
tive, reflective person, with regular, handsome fea
tuies, and an expression of refined melancholy.
Close scrutiny, however, reveals something cruel as
well as melancholy in the heavy eyes.
These, however, Are exceptional cases; in most
instances, the portraits in the collection are wonder
fully true to the preooncelved idea of the persons ,
represented. Take, for instance, the beautifuU
terra*ootta bust of Hampden;* It would b& difficult
to imagine anything finer. Indeed, the head h al
most ideal in its splendor. This bust of Hampden
as a pendant to one of Cromwell, and it is
glgtereßtiDg to study-the difference between the two
Tnen, alliedina common cause. The energy ex*:
Sressed in -.the bust' of Cromwell—whioh was mo*
eled from life—ia so intense that you almost expect
the cold clay to burst into action as you look at it.
To stand before It is like being near a loaded Arm
strong gun—a steam engine waiting for the twist of
a handle to tear along the road—a race-horse * held
back at the starting-place. To change the destinies
of a great country, to convulse it from end to end,
and from side to aide, seems too smail a work for
the thousand-man power of such a giant. Hamp*
den’s face and head are,of a different type. 'With
less of energy than Cromwell’s—though with
enough, too, Heaven knows—there ia more of refine
ment, more feeling. He looks a true gentleman, in
courage'not seoond even to Cromwell, In honor and
integrity unimpeachable. When one takes with
these two the portrait of Ireton, alao in this collec
tion, Ireton, f ‘taciturn and reserved,” the man who
was “ neveri'fliyerted from any resolution he had
taken, ”ohtfcggWander at nothing which their united
efforts lt would be a curious
thirg to comp&Mftieie" three heads of the men who
headed an Englißhrevolution, with those of the chief
actors in the French Beign of Terror.
Widely different from these portraits of Cromwell
and Hampden is a painting ofthe celebrated Earl of
Chesterfield, the author of those renowned letters to
his son, which were once thought to embody the
perfection of (worldly) wisdom. In one respect this
portrait is allied to those of Hampden and Crom
well, for it carries out one’s previously* formed idea
of the man as completely as each of theirs does.
Those refined, symmetrical features, the dark eye
brows the powdered hair, the oold,
courteous, composed countenance could belong sure
ly to nobody but this iQlitera
ture, in the Senate, and in the drawing-room; the
prince of courtiers.
A City in the Eookt Mountains.— The resi
dent population of Virginia, Nevada Territory, on
the Ist of July, was estimated at 16,000, the dally
average number of transient visitors being as many
more. Main street, which is the Broadway and wall
Ofthe Qity,is some three-qqprtera of a mile in length,
crowded with every grade and description, a
large proportion being elegantly-dressed males
and females. The buildings of Main street are
mostly brick, the first story iron, open in front.
This gives a light, cheerful appearance to the
street, especially in the night time, when brilliantly
lighted with gas. Many of the buildings in the
city are provided with vaults and salamanders;
the four and fn/astonr brick md front firn. proof
now going up, an nave one or notn or tneie inaii*
peasaDlc features. Somt of tbs streets are do
blocked up with lumber, brick, and mortar, that
teams-are at times unable to get along. Common
laborers get from $2 to $4. a day, without board.
The city supports four daily newspapers, a theatre,
opera-house, several churches, any number of negro
minstrels and melodists, to say nothing of the insti
tutions already enumerated above. At Wells &
Fargo’s banking-house and express office it is not un
common to see tons of “silver bricks” wheeled in
and out in the course of an hour. These “ brick ”
in shape resemble the ordinary fire-brick ; but are
much larger, and from nine hundred and eighty-five
to nine hundred and ninety per cent, fineness, which
is from ten to fifteen per cent.pure silver, averaging
some $l,BOO each. The sight drafts sold frequently
amount to $lOO,OOO. Sums of $2O and upward are
usually paid in $2O pieces. No paper currency
there, nor in any of the mining towns west of the
Rocky mountains—Salt Lake City being the only
place where paper circulates for money.
A Plea for the Meu-oMVar’s Men.
To the Editor of The Press:
Sib: The great naval episodes of this war have
shown to the world that the American navy has lost
nothing of the noble prestige that it gained in 1812
with Great Britain, and, before that, with Tripoli.
Look over the gallant lists of naval exploits, and
where will you find the equal of the stealthy rein
forcement of Fort Pickens, the stern obstinacy of
the Cumberland’s brave crew, who went down at
their guns rather than surrender to the mailed-dad
monster; the Varuna firing her last gun as she sunk
beneath the turbid wave of the Mississippi; the
passages of Fort Jackson, Vicksburg, and Port
Hudson; the reckless demolition of Sumpter, Pu
laski, and McAllister; the patient endurance of the
tedious blockade, with air its neoessary »nd try
ing privations! Search the pages of history, and
where will you find a class of men that have done
their duty, under wrong, privation, and insult, truer
and more patriolio than the American men-of-war’s
man in thiß the great ordeal that.has tried our coun
try! We have done our duty when traitorous offi
cers, reoreant, gold-banded petsjof the Government
failed in the hour of need. We, the bone and sinew
of the navy, did our duty; we rallied round the
stars and stripes. We ask now from Congress a few
acts of simple justice: . ......
' i»L Wewant Arestqratton of our grog, that little
..flior <£c. cOunui t> vast costs the Government a tfiHe,
and ia invaluable to us, giving an appetite for that
most vile concatenation of indigestible substances,
- the naval ration: it warms ua when cold, it sustains
us in battle, ana cheers us in momenta of victory*
Give .Tack hia grog.
2d. We want a fair distribution of prize money.
While a few favored cruising vessels gain thousands,
the iron-hearted men who nave braved the battle
and the storm receive nothing.
3d. We want an honorable retiring.* rrJl
S)*B. «« that ills, . w.B jfpvßt tug
best of his life in, iwnss vt M*
beloved counteriTTu
xM*t tfaa'rcTurn, lilce Ben Boit,” and be buried
’neath the buttonball tree, with the schoolmaster so
grim and so gray' As Jacob of old eaid,“ Det me
die in the land of Canaan, and be buried by Rachel
in the Cave of Macphelah; ana why should not we,
who have spent our lives away from home and
hearthstone, have the poor privilege of sinking to
the graves by the fireside of our childhood, and
being buried with our fathers'!
4th. We want some mode of appeal for a redress
of grievances. The pickpocket and burglar, the
midnight assassin and wretched debauche can ap
peal to the laws for justice, but we whose whole
lives are spent in privation, battle, and sacrifice for
our country, have no tribunal to appeal from the
ipsedixit of our officers. The only appeal now is
open mutiny, and every one knows the disastrous
termination of the mutineers of the Non and
when the world was oonvulsed, and all
EDgland paralyzed, because that her men-of-war’s
men were driven to extremity.
sth. We want a fair chance for promotion from
the ranks. While the. dSbiis of the merchant and
defunct whaling services are placed overus as volun
teer officers, we want a chance for promotion, so
that any one who thinks himself competent can offer
himself for promotion, provided that he is qualified,
and that hia patriotism is true.
These are a few things that we ask. Cannot Con
gress grant them? God save our country.
“BERTH DECK”
Thb Russians at a Bargain.— -There is an
amazing number of Jews in Russia, who decidedly
belong to the unwaßhed claas. These people areas
industrious ftßfl fig of turning a penny as
tnoj art rrtnir&urfmi' fat
adopted their manner of trading. X*et us illustrate
it by an experience of our own. You enter a shop,
and ask the price of a portmanteau.’ “Nine rou
bles.” “Nine roubles! I’lljjive you five.” “Five!
It costme seven.” “ ComeJ I’ll give you five and a
half.”*“No; you may have it for eight.” “No;
I’ll give you five and a half.” “ Impossible. Dess
than eight I cannot take.” “Now, I’ll tell you
what I’ll do—l will give six roubles, and not a ko
peck more.” Well, now, say seven and a half, and
you can have it—not a kopeck less.” This will go
on for a longtime; the shopkeeper will make fre
quent and energetic appeals to Heaven, and will ex
tol [his goods to the utmost, until, your patience
befog exhausted, you prepare to quit the shop, when
he will call you baok and say: “Give me your
money.” The loss of time attending these transac
tions appears to be of no consideration; It is aßto
nlshiDg what time and eloquence they will waste in
order to gain a few kopeckß more than the value of
the artiole.
The Russian is remarkably cute at driving a bar
gain. According to careful calculations that have
been made, it is calculated that it takes two Jews
to do a Russian. We have often marvelled at the
impudence of tradesmen in Russia asking such ex
orbitant prices forvtheir goods. What with their
cupidity, and/the enormous duties, nearly every
thing is charged at a fabulous rate. This renders
Russia the most expensive place in the world to re
side in. A small family living at St Petersburg,
and studying the strictest economy, will require an
Income of J&300 a year. While on the subject of
business] we may state that the Russians haven
ww-g'' of wtit 4Aielx: doctors , Ikeee gcnUc
men do not have a regular fee, but are paid accord
ing to the patient’s means.
Among the customs of the Russians is a very sen*
sible one for New Year’s day—everybody is expec*
ted to pay. everybody else a congratulatory visit.
Everybody ; expects a present at Christmas; even
merchants make their clerks handsome presents.
We were at first much astonished at the childieb
games they have at some of their parties; for in
stance, games somewhat resembling blindman’s
buff, in which old* and young all join. In a Bhort
time you become accustomed th this, and enjoy it as
heartily as the others.
Whittier dedicates his new volume of poems,
“In War Times,” to Samuel E. and Harriet W.
Sewall, of Melrose, in these fine lines:
Olor Iseanus, queries: “ Why should we
Vex at.the land’s ridiculous miserie!”
•So on his.Usk banks, in the blood red dawn
Of England’s civil strife, did careless Vaughan
Bemock his times. Oh friends of many years <
Though faith:and trust are stronger than our tears,
And the signs promise peaoe with liberty,
Not thus we trifle with our country’s tears
And sweat of agony. The future’s gain
Is certain as God’s truth; but, meanwhile, pain ,
Is hitter and tears are salt; our voices take
A sober tone; our very household songs
Are heavy with a nation’s griefs and wrongs ;*]
And innocent mirth is chastened for. tne.sake
Of the brave hearts that nevermore shall beat,
The eyes that smile no more, the unreturnlng feet I
HomhT Hurra jon noguAEDs.—H you rail la
raising the wiDd abroad, that is no reason why you
should kick up a breeze at home. No soil favors
the cultivation of spare time so well as the domestic
hearth. Beware of hiding the family bread basket
in your wine-merchant’s hamper. Keep your pas
sion flowers outside the walls of your homestead.
If cultivated within doors, they are apt to scatter
seeds of dissension around the family table. Em
brace a “golden opportunity” with oaution ; like a
fashionable friendship, it too often turns out a “gold
en fleece.” If your wife pins a fresh rosebud in your
button-hole when you go forth to business in the
morning, be careful to present her with heartsease
on your return at night. Some men grow suddenly
ashamed of. an unassuming pot of fragrant migno
nette if a wealthy friend happens to present them
with a few ilowerß from his conservatory, and hide
it away In some obsoure corner, to make room for
the brilliant but scentless exotics. Wives are not
unfrequently treated after a similar fashion; and
perhaps it would be well for their fastidious “lords
and masters” to jot down the following lines upon
the tablets of their memories: 1
As the myrtle whose perfume enriches the bower,
Is prized far beyond e’en the gaudiest flower;
So a wife, who a household can skilfully rule,
Is a jewel of price to all men—save a fool.
The Vai.uk of Imaoinatiox.— Without imagi
nation, indeed, there can be no just and comprehen
sive philosophy; and without this there can be no
true wisdom in dealing with practical affairs of
wide and complex nature. The imaginative faoulty
is essential to the seeing of many things from one
point of view, and to the bringing of many things to
one conclusion. It is necessary to that fluency of
the mind’s operations which mainly contributes to
its clearness. And, Anally, it is necessary to bring
about those manifold sympathies with various kinds
of men In various conjunctures of circumstances,
through whloh alone an active observation and liv
ing knowledge of mankind can be'generated.—Hen
ry Taylor., . ■ ./I-. / .
THE'PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, THDESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1883.
Foreign Gossip*
A marriage in fashionable life was celebrated at *
Paris on the 24th ult., at the American chapel, and;
at the hotel of the Prussian Embassy. The Count:
Paul Hatzleld, sou of the well-known; minister of
his Majesty the King of Prussia, and himself secre
tary to the embassy accredited to. the Palace of the
Tuueries, was united to Miss Helen Moultan, the
daughtenoF an; Amerioan gentleman who has long
been .resident in /Paris, and distinguished for his:
hospitality and wealth. The saloon ofthe embassy i
was transformed for the occasion Into a richly de
corated chapel, and there the oerepioay was per
formed. ' Amongst those present were: the Princess
Troubetskoi, the Countess Lowenthal, Gabri&o, the
American and his lady, the Marquis de
Bethisy, Madame Gudin, Madame Phalen, &c.
The Memorial in the subjoined para
graph, acquaints its contemporaries with the method
adoptedlby sovereigns of Europe when correspond
ing with each: other : “ With, the exception of sove
reigns who m*y be closely related, monarohs cor
respond by letters, In which only the conclusion, or
rather the is written with their own hand.
The courtoUie is the compliment At the foot of letters,
and which, when tbe letter is addressed to an
emperor or a king, is always in these terms: ‘ I am,
my brother And cousin, the good brother and cousin
of your majesty.’ Reciprocity is the rule followed
in this respect; but, in certain cases, and, above all,
when the letter is countersigned by the minister of
foreign Affairs, the signatuie only is in the hAnd of
the sovereign, And the body of tho letter is written
by the under eeoretarieß in the cabinet of the
minister.’/
, Sohillbu’s “Robale und Liebe” was recently
performed at Berlin, and when Lady. Milford says to
Ferdinand , “I was the Sovereign who gave you this
sword,” the actor replied, “It is .the State'whioh
gave It me through the hands of the Sovereign,”
which addition to the drama called forth immense
applause from all parts of the house.
Two canaries, a pork pie from Devonport to
London, pair of white mice, leeches in bladder, bot
tle of oream, sample of cider, a roast duok, a loaded
pistol, fish, reptiles, &0., were among the articles
sent through the British post office before the reoent
regulation, fixing the size and shape of packages,
was made, * '* * * *
A young lady, named Pauline Pdrfcs, has received
the aoademio honor of Baccalaurcat-ls letlres at the
recent examination at Bordeaux. She is the third
lady lately thus distinguished in France—Mdlle.
Royer at Lyons and Mdlle. Milne Edwards at Paris,
being the other two.
The Warsaw people.are obliged to carry lanterns
of different colors—white for persons who have not
been arrested, yellow for doubtful, red for suspected
—and with the name and address ot the wearer
painted on the glass. .
M. Thiers is said to be responsible for the follow
mg bon mot: “ Until no w.there have only been con*
Dultationß of physicians; but if the Congress takes
plaoe, this time there will have been a consultation
of the sick.”
t A Christmas tetter,
id Kriss has come at last, you see,
With pookets full of candies— •
With crying-babies, railroad care,
And jumping jaok-a*dandies,
For Emmy he’s a little stove,
Made out of real metal,
When she can warm the oofffee up.
And also boil the kettle;
| And when her friends drop in to take
A social cup of tea,
She’ll find that putting on the ooal’*
As easy as oan be,
She must not poke the/fire or else
She’ll poke it out, and then
She’llhave to take the poker up
And poke it in Again.
And there’s a tea set! such a set t
Too pretty, I’m afraid,
She mußt pour the tea into the cups,
But not until it’s made.
A flugar-bowj, a slop-bowl, too,
And cupg and saucers, oh t
Tfier re an afreQA# ibfi obu tw i
this a jolly go l;
Then here’s a oradle, that will rock,
When babies go by-by,
And a crying baby i—’t would be strange
If babies didn’t cry /
And all you’ve got to do is just
To give a littie squeeze
And it will Bet up such a howl, .
Aa often as you please!
The baby she may likewise put,
The moment that it squeals,
In a wagon that is like a watoh,
(Because it runs on wheels I)
And lastly there’s a splendid book,
With splendid pioturea in it,
That she can look at all day long,
As happy as a linnet.
ForOammie there’s a rocking-horse,
He must not ask “ what for?”
Or, if he does, onoe on its back
He wont aßk any more.
And here’s a crying baby, too!
But If he cries himself,
We’ll have to shut up Noah’s ark,
And put it on the shelf.
Bears, Hons, foxes, apes, are Udre,
Camels and dromedaries. • - .
Dogs, cats, mice,rats, a^ 1 crocodiles,
And birds as thick ** berries.
He must not smash the lions, or snatch
The birds their necks to wring,
For the only figure he must cut
Must be the « pigeon wing.”
And here’s a train Of oars, that goes—
Just look no’V if it doesn’t;
And a jumpmg jack that jerks about,
But then the railroad mustn’t.
For that would never do, you know;
Indeed it would be no go.
This things a locomotive, but,
You cin call it loco-foco.
Thepafsengers are gaily dressed
But they haven’t nary nose;!
They must have all been frozen off,
• At least ho I suppose.
Here’s a whistle j but you’ll try all day
And night before you'll find
Some one can whistle better still,
And that’s the whistling wind !
And now I’ve got through all the traps,
And so r saygoounye.
Whateverelseyoudoto-day
, Dasura Hiatsmu donti fiMf ‘
For your sweel siuiles and
A eweeler lkrill through fe.4,
As I stand watch the little ones
Around the Christmas Tree!
KRISS KRINGLE.
PHILADBI.rHTA, Dec. 22d,. 1863.
Fair Hair and Dark Hair— A writer In the
Anthropological Review argues that fair-haired women
are getting rarer in England than they were former
ly, and that this change is the result of “conjugal
selection.” tbe men having a decided preference for
dark hair. Mrs. Somerville remarked upon this
fact some years ago, in her valuable work on Phy
sical Geography. She was of opinion that fair hair
was then much less common among her countrymen
and countrywomen than she remembered., in her
youth.
Dr. John Beddoe took the pains to collect some
statistics on this subject. He gives particulars re
specting the color of. the hair and the social condi
tion of 737 women who have come under his -obser
vation, in his capacity of physician to the Bristol
Royal Infirmary. Of these 737 women the hair of
22 was “red,” that of 95 was “fair,” thatof 240 was
“brown,” that of 336 was “dark brown,” and that
of 33 was “black.” Reckoning all the “ red,” the
“ fair,” and the “biown” as “fair.” and only the
“ dark brown” and the “ black” as “ dark,” the re
spective totals were thus nearly equal, being 367
“ fair” And 369 “ dark.” Of the 367 fair-haired wo
men, however, 32 per cent, were single, while of the
369 dark-haired women only 21.5 per cent, were sin
gle. It would thus appear that a greater proportion
of fair-haired women than of dark-haired women
ii live anil rlio unmarried Mfl without niTspring,”
and that tne inoreHimg [irevaionco or aara nnir.m
England la due to what—slightly varyingthe phrase
Which Dr. Danvln has Tendered so familiar—Dr*
Beddoe calls “conjugal selection.” It should be no
ted, too, that Dr. Beddoe’s figures establish not only
that, speaking generally, a dark’haired woman has
(at least in the west of England) a much better
chance of getting married than a fair-haired woman
—the proportion of fair-haired women who fail to
find husbands being to that of dark-haired women
who similarly fail as three to two—but also that,
among dark-haired women themselves the chances
of marriage are in proportion to the degree of the
darkness of the hair. Thus, of the women with
dark-brown hair who came under his observation,
22 per cent, were single, while of the women with
black hair only 18 per cent, were so. Dr. Beddoe
adds come reasons for supposing that dark hair has
been on the increase in England from as far back
as the Norman conquest.
It has been -noticed that dark hair is more com
mon in our Eastern middle States than in the West.
Benefits oe Exercise.— Exeroise is health, pro
ducing, because it works off and out of the system
its waste, dead and effete matters ; tbeseare all con
verted into a liquid form, called by some 11 humors,”
which have exit from the body through the “ pores”
of the skin, in shape of perspiration, which all have
seen, and which all know is the result of exercise,
when the |body is in a state of health. Thus it is
that persons who do not perspire, who have a dry
skin, ore always either feverish or chilly, and are
neVer well and never can be as long as that condi
tion exists. So ty worUngoui of 11.0 oyfi—
tem its waste, deosysii --no useless matteftl,
the human machine 11 free otherwise It WOVUfI
soon'clog up, and the wheels of life would stop for
ever ! Exercise improves the health, because every
step a man takes tends to impart motion to the
bowels; a proper amount of exercise keeps them not
ing once in every twenty-four hours; if they have
-not motion enough, there is constipation, which
brings on very fatal diseases; hence, exercise, espe
cially that of'walking, wards off innumerable dis
eases, when it is kept up to an extent equal to in
ducing one action of the bowels daily. Exercise is
healthful, because the more we exercise the faster
we breathe. If we breathe faster, we take that
much more air into thelungß; but it is the air we
breathe which purifies the blood, and the more air
we take in the more fperfectly is that process l per
formed ; the purer the blood is, as everybody knows,
the better the health must be. Hence, when a per
son’s lungs are impaired, he does not take in enough
air for the wants of the By stem; that, being the case,
the air he does breathe should be the purest possi
ble, which is outdoor air. Hence, the more a con
sumptive stays in the houße, the more certain and
more speedy Is his death.—Hall’s Journal of Health.
A New Material in Warfare. —Chloride of
Nitrogen will, it is said, soon be utilized asanim-
S lenient of war. Its employment would seem likely
} put an end to all war. Mr. Isham Baggs, an Eng
lish chemist, in announcing his discovery, proposes
to carry up his composition in balloons, and drop it
from the air in midst of armies and fortresses. “The
very mention of this compound,” he goes on to say,
.. AI.AnZLf lE. MA11&P& Warfare, .IHAff .
possibly provoke a smile amdfiit OlitflliStll, Whfl If HOW
that the moat accomplished of their number would
scarcely dare to experiment with it in quantities
larger than a grain of mustard seed, and even then
only at a respectful distance, and under guard at
the moment of its detonation. And yet not one of
those chemists will be bold enough to deny that
with two or three chemically clean carboys of this
terrible compound present in a city or fortress, how
ever strong, the slightest cuttingß of phosphoruß or
a single drop of olive oil coming in contact with it,
would in one instant decide the fate of the place and
its inhabitants.” Mr, Baggs then proceeds to affirm
that he has discovered a method of overcoming the
contingent difficulties, and that he is able to manu
facture this deadly material with perfect safety, and
in any required quantity, and thatit can be safely
conveyed to its destination.— Summary of Medical
Science.
Turning the Tables in a Slave Trade.—A
curious story is told. In an account of the slave trade
in Africa, of the value ef a knowledge of English.
A man sold his son to a slpsre-trader, the laws allow
ing him to do to. But the boy,understood and spoke
English well, and he insinuated to the purchaser
that his tfather, being mature and strong, would be
a much more effloient laborer than himself, and that
they had better take him, which they did, to the
affectionate parent’s great discomfiture. The father
pleaded that the law did not allow the selling of a
father by the son, but the traders took him, andpaid
the purohase money to the son.
All Equal at Christ's Table. —A.B the Duke
of Wellington once rema-’ned to take the sacrament
at his parish church, a very poor man went up to
the table and knelt down by his side. Noticing this,
some one-touched him on the shoulder, and whis
pered to him to move further away, or to wait till
the Duke had communed. The great commander
overheard it, end clasping the old man’s hand to
prevent his rising; said in a reverential undertone.
Do'not owvei we'fije all equal here.”
listening to the Chime of Bells in Eng
land and Belgium..
“ Trovatore,” the correspondent or Dwight’s Jour
nal of Music, writes thus pleasantly of church chimes
abroad: > ; t
Let me babble about a few of the chimes I have
lately heard. There is liitobfield cathedral, inEog
land, a noble, proud building; with its three spire
. and rioh ornamental front.: * They are completely
restoring it, and one gentleman has presented an or
gan that Is worth about one-quarter as much as the
altar screen, and by no means equal to many in the
Boston and, New York churobes; for, in reapect to
cfauroh-orgsoß, we are certainly ahead of England.
At Litchfield the ehimes are very beautiful ia "still
twilight; nor la there ever anyundue exoitement or
rioise in the town to interfere with them. .Many of
thefEnglish parish ohurchea have also .beautiful
obimes j but they are.heard to far greater perfection
in Belg lum i where chiming is an absolute mania. :
Travel, in these days of quick transit, is very much
like the changes of scenery in a spectacular play,
and tbe whistle of the scene shifter ; so let us sup
pose the scene shifted to Belgium.
ANTWERP,
It is night, and we are in the upper part of a
quaint, peaked, gable house,..the front windows
looking on an old Hotel de Yille of the-’fourteenth
century, and a row of peaked houses, one or whioh
once occupied: by a king;:is.described in his history
by Motley;; The . back window shows s hagged con
fusion of red tiled roofs, just beyond which Bhoots up
in r pale, creamy whiteness a rioh tower: gradually
losing itself in a atill more elaborate splfe, adorned
with a profusenesß of decoration unknoivn in mo
dern architecture. Youmightalmbsttbln'kthatthe
structure wrb transparent, for as you thlfik you can
plainly, thi ough the delicate stone opeh ;T work, see
the stars in the sky beyond. In the dimilight the
soft whiteness of this spire—whioh seems to'have
been built bv giaDts, and then embroidered ; and
adorned by. fairies—looks like a mere phantasmago
ria—an opium eater’s dream—whioh may fade away
the next minute.
5S Asfyou gaze at it suddenly, as clear and sharp as a
Damascus blade, and yet as Soft and grateful as a
handful of dropping rose leaves, “falls on the listen
ing ear of night” the music of the chimes. >At first
you are content merely to enjoy -sound-; but soon
the ear distinguishes a time, and, if you are aa ultra
classicallst, great is your dismay and indignation to
discover that Verdi’s influence.is.felt up in the old
spire; for the ohimes are playing the chorus from
“Lombardi,” , v
“ De del tetto natio.”
And a little later you aan defiiie the alr.of P'agario
“Oh I speranza di VOndetta - • •
Gia Btavilli, nel mio oore
Da tanti anni a me diletta
Altro voce non asco’to—no !”
.VVWWMVU UHVV' W UV .
Five minutes elapse, when an appeggio chord is
struck, and in another five minutes isi repeated.
Then the quarter of an hour; gives a lohger phraße,
and at the half hour a passage , from- Gou
nod’s ” Faust,” the “ Lombardi” selection recurring
at the next regular hour. In. your Bleep the chime
music mingles Btrangely with your dreams, and this
sweetest of all .the voices of the night remains as
your dearest memory of ricif old Antwerp. »
’ A locomotive whistle, a brief whirl; and the scene
is changed. . •
LOUVAIN, 1 . ' • • ; k
It is another quaint old town, but the view is gay
and lively, and the hour is?not far from* high noon.
You are in a wide market-place, with a rambling’old
cityhall, much addicted to pinnacles, andsadlygiven
to gUBh" out a t the sides into* apperfl uous wings .and
extensions. On .'the left, peaked houses plikewdee
peaked,houses on the right. On the other side a
cathedral, the lower part thereof encrußted
tle shops, (don’t print it chops), like' a ship’ b. hull
with barnacles; while at the end of the cathedral is
a grand square tower, as far as it goes hardly info*
rior to that of Antwerp, but now without the spire
whioh it onoe possessed;; The sun is shining bright
ly, and the booths in the market-place are guarded
by a marble Btatue of Maria . bare
headed, looks as if she would give her kingdom for
the loan of a-parasol. ,
Just at the hour of noon the chimes in the tower
set up such a merry peal! It would never do to hear
it by moonlight, when only sentimental melodleß
are desired; but here, jn the broad day, and -iii the
gay public street, the /sparkling music of Ah! noil
givnge seems delightfully appropriate. So you'thiuK
of Rosioj and Patti, and the other delightful singerq.
yoti Rat* Reftrd isx' ‘ ' an<l you
dor whether, after all, any opera could he advan^.
fetibstiitited fob IfolllhHii
the chimes, having by this time finished-the air,',
start at it again with quite brilliantjvariations, add
you listen with your head perched on one aide,-and
your tongue ready to cry bi'ava t brava! ,
To be sure, a market woman, insensible to Belli
ni, deems this an opportune moment to offer you a.
cabbage and a half peok of carrots at reduced rates,
and in replying in pantomimic negative you lose
quite a pretty roulade; yet, notwithstanding this
leguminous diversion from the‘main theme, you
hear enough toi ever retain this sight and sound as
your happiest, brightest memory of Mechlin or
Malices.
Thhoby or Lo»& Uppkjr Lips.—The Bavarian
painter Kaulbach h&B introduced a portrait of
Shaktpeare into hi* great cartoon representing a
period ofthe Reformation.'-: The “Swan of Avon ”
appeals there in company with Queen'Elizabeth
and Martin Luther, Cervantes and HanrSachß, the
cobbler poet, Oustavus Adolphus and Francis Bacon,
Petrarch and Harvey, who discovered the circula
tion of the blood. In the portrait of Columbus, in
the same cartoon, the’artist has drawn the Great Ad
miral, not as contemporary painters expected him,
but as he (Herr Kaulbaoh) fancied auoh a man ought
to have looked! In the same way he has dealt with
Shakspeare. .In Edward ‘Wiiberforce’s recent book
(“Social Life in Muuioh ”), we flnd the following do
soription of what the German painter, exemplifying
the sublime of audacity, has thus done: “ The no
velty Kaulbach has introduced into his portrait of
Shakspeare is enough to petrify the commentators.
The general expression of the face Is preserved, but
not one feature is the same as we are accustomed to
see it. The shortness of Shakspeare’s nose and the
length of bis upper lip have always been obnoxious
to the advooates'of a science of physiognomy, ex
cept to those mistaken few who raise blemishes to
the rank of beauties. Kaulbach has endeavored to
re cor die Shakspeare’s physiognomy with his genius.
The upper lip is very much shortened; and the nose
is lengthened; the forehead preserves its height, but
takes quite a new form; a fire and animation are
given to the face which are altogether wanting in the
Bnd the early portraits. Kaulbach
the Stratford bust as a oor-
KtogDear“ i "he deoics that
argues that it is his duty _
poet in reproducing his features. The result is that,
we have here such a Shakspeare as we could wish to
have, a study for genius and animation, the fire of
his mind bursting out at every pore, in the firm
grip of the clenohed hand and the firm set of
the under thigh. Humanity generally will ,feel
flattered by the portrait 5 but what will the com
mentators say 1 ? The question of long upper lips
has more than once been debated, and some con
sider them a necessary accompaniment of genius.
'TJanyio arnlfpn in.. fArror. of-them—in-on©-Df hIS “
essays as being a sign of powerj and his own por
•%rair*is J V more important A writer in
the ComhiU Magazine goes further, and assigns
seiiiui, tbhieh CIO hfi firoiM to
be gfl mg§eHtion. in great ujmKera lengtii of
upper lip would doubtless bo indispensable) because
without speech the oratorical faculty is incomplete.
But in poets and artists there is no such need, and
the long lip is not found in them generally. Kaul
bach urges that the forehead is the seat of Intel
leotual.power, and that the possession of it is not
affected by the lips. Be the question as it may, the
departure from the traditional portrait is rather
bold, and sticklers for Shakspeare are scarcely
likely to pardon it.” We think not. The monu
mental bust at Stratford will ever be accepted as
giving the most authentic likeness of Shakspeare.—
American Publishers’ Circular,
A Republican King.—The late King of Den
mark, Frederick TIL, was singularly democratic in
his taßtes and political ideas. At the ageof four
years, his father and mother were divorced, and it
was decreed that he should be educated by strangers.
He was allowed to associate with sailors, peasants,
and soldiers. And from them he imbibed liberal
principles, to which he adhered through life. He is
declared by an able writer in the Spectator to be the
best monarch Denmark has had for huQdredß'of
years. With considerable intellectual power, he
possessed what in the peculiar circumstances of Den
mark was a source of unbounded strength—an honest
contempt for the throne. If he oomd benefit hifl
people, abdication would be simply a relief, and he
was able, therefore, to work for Denmark£without
any considerations of self, and to form those resolu
tions before which kings usually quail. He was al.
way s ready to risk his throne for the independence of
his country, always ready to concede any form of
constitution hie people might demand; and at last
stood forward to tell Europe, that if beaten by his
gigantic neighbor in the unjust war that neighbor
was pioTomngi no womo flsnnit Dssmnru a rtpus
li«i flJJdleftYC ttic thrones to cope with the moral
strength of that example. There was a strong man
liners in the man which his pewle, amid the unfavor
able circumstances of hia career, recognized at last,
and the crowd who in 1848 howled disgust under his
windows, received the news of his death with regret
and consternation. His successor, Prince Christian,
nominated by the Powers over the heads of hiß own
elder brothers, ascends the throne at a stormy time,
and may live to regret the Illness which he now
probably deems so fortunate for himself.— Boston
Transcript , ■ _•
National Salutations.— The climate of Egypt
is feverous. And perspiration is necessary to health;
hence the Egyptian, meeting you, asks: “How do
you perspire 1” “Have you eaten! Is your sto
mach in good order?” asks the Chinaman—a touch
ing solicitude, which can only be appreciated by a
nation of gourmands,'-The travelling Hollander asks
you: “How do you go!” The thoughtful, active
Swede demands: “Of what do you think ! n The
Dane, more placid, uses the German expression:
“ Live well!” But the greeting of the Pole is best
of all: “ Are you happy!”
The Planting'of-the Apple .Tree*
BY WILLIAM OULLEN BRYANT*
[From the Atlantic Monthly.!
Come let us plant the apple-tree!
Cleave the tough greensward with the spade;
Wide let its hollow bed be made;
There gently lay the roots, and there
Sift *k& dark mould withliiadlp aare,
lad Brin it them (enflem
A* wsufid the elesping iarmfi feet,
We softly fold the cradle-sheet:
So plant we the apple-tree.
What plant we in the apple tree?
Buds, which the breath ot summer days
Shall lengthen into leafy apraya;
Boughs, where the thruah with crimson brctttt
Shall haunt and aing and hide her neat.
We plant upon the tunny lea
A shadow for the noontide hour,
A shelter from the summer shower,
When we plant the apple tree.
What plant we in the apple-tree?
Sweets for a hundred flowery springe,
To load the May-wind’s restless wings.
When, from the orohard-row, he pouia
Its fragrance through our open doors;,
A world of blojaoms for the bee;
Flowers for the siok girl’s silent room;
For the glad infant sprigs of bloom,
We plant with the apple-tree.
What plant we in the apple tree?
Fruits that shall swell In sunny June,
And redden in the August noon, ‘
And drop, as gentle airs come by
That fan the blue September sky :
While children, wild with nolßy glee,
Shall scent their fragrance as they pass,
And searoh for them the tufted grass ‘
At the foot of the apple tree.
And.when above this apple tree
The winter stars are quivering bright.
jinl vinJ. go thenigbi, -
Girls, whose young eyes overflo w with mink,
Shall peel its fruit by cottage hearth,
And gUeats in prouder, homes shall see,
Heaped with the orange and the grape,
As fair as they In tint and shape,
The fiuit of,the apple-tree.
The fruitage of this apple-tree
Winds and our flag of stripe and star
Shall bear to coasts that lie afar,
Where men shall wonder at the view,
And aslc In what fair groves they grew;
. And they who roam beyond the sea '
Shall look, and think of childhood’s day,
And loDg hours passed in summer play
In the shade of the apple-tree.
Eaoh year shall give this apple-tree
A broader flush of roseate bloom,
A deeper maze of verdurous gloom,
And loosen when ,the frost-clouds lower,
The crisp-brown leaves in thiokor shower;
The yearß shall come and paBB, but we
Shall hear no longer, where we lie,
The summer’s songs, the autumn’s sigh,
In the boughs of the apple-tree.
And tim'e Bhall waste this apple-tree.
O, when Its aged branches throw
Thin shadows on the sward below
/Shall fraud and force and iron will
Oppress the weak and helpless still?
What shall the task of mercy be,
. Amid the toils,'the strifes, the tears,
Of those who live when length of years
Is wasting this apple-tree,
« who planted'this old apple-tree ?”
; The ohtldren of that distant day
’ Tbuß to some aged men shall say;
And, gating on its mossy stem,
The gray,haired man shall answer them:
“ A poet of the land was was he,
Born In the rude but good old times j
’lis said he made some quaint old rhymes
On planting the opple-Mse,”
rFrom the New Bedford Mercury,!
COMPANY K.
There's a cap In the oloeet,
Old, tattered, ap(l blue,
-w - . . Of very slight value, - :•
' - It may be, to you;
But a crown, jewel-studded,
Could not buy it today,
With its letters of honor,
Brave” Co.K,” .
The head that It sheltered
Needs shelter no more I
Dead heroes make holy
The crifles they wore
So like chaplet of honor,
Of laurel and bay,
Seems the cap of the soldier.
•Marked“ Co. K,” ’
Bright eyes have looked calmly
Its visor beneath, •
O’er the work ofthe Reaper, -
Grim Harvester Death I
Let the muster-roll, meagre,
Somournfully say i
How foremost in danger 1
Went “Go. K.”
Whose footsteps unbroken
Came up to the town,
When rampart and bastion
Looked tbreat’aingly down i '
Who, closiLgup breaches,
Still kept on their way,
Till guns, downward pointed,
Faced “Co. Kl”
Who faltered, or shivered f
Who shunned battle-stroke?
Whose fire was unoertaln T
Whose battle-line broket
Go ask it of History,
Years from tod Ay,
And the record shall tell you,
Abf“Co.K.”
Though my darling is sleeping
To-day with the dead,
And the daisies and clover
Bloom over bis head,
I smile through my tears
Ab I lay it away—
That battle-worn cap, ,
: Lettered “Co. K.”
The Paradise op ths Children. —The French
correspondent of the London Spectator Bays:
. “Dieppe must be a paradise to the rising genera
tion.' The children share all the amusements of
their elders, and have blbo special entertainments
of their own, amongst whioh one notes specially two
balls-a week at the establishment. The whole
building is brilliantly lighted every evening, and on
these nights the space under the central dome is
oleared of chairs, and makes a apiendid ball-room.
Here the little folks assemble, and go through the
whole performance solemnly, just like their elders.
The raised permanent seats are oocupied by mam
mas, nurses, governeaaes, and the public.: The girls
eit round on the lowest seats, and the boys gather in
groups talking to them, or walking about in the
centre. They are of all nations, in all coßtumes—
one boy, in a red Garibaldian blouse and belt, I no
ted as the most dangerous flirt. There were com
mon English jackets and trousers, Knickerbockers of
many colorß, and many little blue French uniforms.
There was no dancer older than fifteen, and Borne
certainly as young as seven. When the music be*
gan the floor was at once covered with' couples,
who danced quadrilles, waltzes, and a pretty dance
like Bchottiacbe, to the tune of 1 When the green
leaves come again.’ At the end of each dance the
girls were handed to their chairs with bows worthy
Of Beau Brummel. There were at least two hun
dred grown folks looking on, and a prettier Bight I
have seldom seen, for the children danced beauti
fully for the mOBt part. Should Hike my children
to be amongst them? That is quite another affair.”
SHERIFF’S SALES,
CHEBIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OP
'a writ'of Levari Faciaa, to me directed, will’ be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4, 1864, at 4 o’clock, at .Sansom-street Hall,
All that certain lot of trround situate on the northwest
wardly *ide of Mifflin street, two hundred and forty feet
aoulhwestw&rdly from Summer street, in the Twenty
iscond ward of the oltr of fhiladelDliiai ooniainini ia
iroro oa nmnra istrieof ono lanraa aid iwoity icoti aid
iu depth noxthweetwardly two hundred and twenty-five
/eei lo Sfary sireei.
[D. C.; D.» ; 63 362. Debt, *6OO. LexJ
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
Charles H. Smith. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff,
Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 23. 1883. de24-3t •
GHERIEE’S SALE.—BY "VIRTUE OP
a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be ex
posed to public sale or vendue? on MONDAY Evening.
January 4, 1864, at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
All that certain lot of ground situate on the southeast
corner of Tioga and Myrtle streets. In the Nineteenth
ward, city of Phil* delphia; containing in front on Tioga
street two hundred and twenty-five feet, and in depth
two hundred and eighty feet.
Taktn in execution on claim filed by the city of Phila
delphia for taxes in O. C. P , J., ’63. 84, $3O 78 (Adams,)
and to be eold as the property of IT *nry Nickum.
JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff's Office. Dec, 23; 1563. de24-3t
:SHERIFFS SALE.—BY; YIRTUE OF
a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be ex
posed to public, sale or venduB, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4,1564, at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Halif
All that lot of ground, with the two brick dwellings (one
bf three story and one of.two itory), aituate on fcbeeast
side of Fifteenth street, one hundred and twenty-eix feet
north from Thompson street; in the city of Philadelphia;
containing in front on Fifteenth street eighteen feet, and
in depth one hundred and fifty-five feet, more or less, to
Carlisle street.
CC. C. P.; D., ’63, 182. Debt, $294.73. • «Vansant ]
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
John W. Easfffick and John J Eaßtwick.
■ JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 23, 1863. de24-3t
SHERIFFS SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
ft writ of Levari 1 Facias, to me directed, will be ex
?osed to public,sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
anuary 4. .1564, at 4 o'clock, at Sansom-street Haiti .
AJI that certain three-story brick house and lot of
ground situate on the east side of Twelfth street, seven
teen feet rorthward from Wallace street, in the city 'of
Philadelphia; containing in front on Twelfth street se
venteen feet and iu depth ninety feet
- Taken in execution on a claim filed by -the city of Phi
ladelphia for taxes in C. C. P., D. ’63. IS9. $63.56,'
(Adams), and to be told as the property of -E. Neal. «Scc.
A JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff,
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office. Dec 23.1563. de24-3fc
CHERIFF’S SALE.—BY YIRTUE OF
k- 7 awrit*bf:Levari Facias, to me directed, will be ex
posed to' public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
4 o’clock, ; at Sansom-street Hall,
easterly corner oTOnlario ih“tirecltr"
of thence northeasterly, along Caspar
street one hundred and seventy-five feet to the middle of
Russell street; . thance by the same southeasterly five
hundred and twentyffive'leet to the-middle-of Carbon
street; thence by the same, eonthwestward one hundred
and fseventy.-five feet to; Ontario street, thence north
westerly alone the. same five hundredand twenty -five
feet to the place of beginning. (Which T sai4 jpeamises
MoseAWaliis Woodward, et ux; by deed dated Angosfc
28f conveyed unto John T. Jones in fee.] ' '
. iCD. C.; D., ’63, 567. 'Debt. $2,928 33 3
in execution.and to be sold as the nroperfcy of
Jonee. JOHN THOMPSON; Sheriff
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Pec. 23, 1863. de2i-3t
■jeniMET'S" SAIiE.«rBT 'YIBTUii OF
■ a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will he 01.
Josedto public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
anualy 4, 1564, at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall.
All fiat certain lot of ground situate on the southwest
erly Bife of Norris street, one hundred feet two inches
northwestward from Gaul street, in the city of Philadel
phia; containing in front on Norris street thirty-four
feet, an}) in depth on the northwesterly line thirty-seven
feet and one-eighth inches, and on the southeaster
ly line[jorty-eight feet four and seven-eighth inches,
thenceweBtward on the northwest line thirty-seven feet
seven a\d one-eighth inches, and on the southeasterly
fine fort-eight feet four and seven-eighth inches to Wood
street. 1
Takemn execution on a claim filed by the city of Phi
ladelpha for paving, in C. 0. P., J. ’60.68,520-59 (Brew
ster), ar4 to be sold as the property of Leads.
-dv-1 A l- L fOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia. Sheriff’s Office, Dec: 23,1868. de24-3t
CIIEIIFFS SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a wri, of Levari Facias, to-me directed, will be ex
posed totnblic sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January r, 1864, at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
All that certain lot of ground situate on the west side
ol Fawn treet,, sixty-eight feet southward from Oxford
street, ir&he city of Philadelphia; coutaining in front
on Fawn street thirty-four feet, and in depth one hun
dred feet c> Mulvaney street.
Taken & execution on a judgment on a claim filed by
the Oity if Philadelphia, for paving, in C. C. P., J.,
’63, 599, &vl to be sold as the property of John Mulvaney.
, i JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadephia, Sheriffs Office, Dec. 23, 1563. de24-3fc
GHEUFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
sundr4writs of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be
exposed t(public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4p564, at 4 o’clock, -at Sausom-street Hall.
All thfttcartain tLree-storyiiiiaß. messuage or tene
ment, backbuildiugs, snd lot or piece of ground situate
on tlio nous aida of Spina Saidon itrsat. it tho distlnoa
onnriß mnorsfl ttna tmrLv»*evaii not wrarnra from
the.W©st Hite of Thirteenth street, in the late district of
Spring Gal leu, how in the Fourteenth ward of the city
of Philadelphia; containing in front or breadth on the
said SprinaSarden street twenty feet, and extending in
length or dpth southward, between lines parallel with
said Thirtehth street, one hundred feet to a twenty
four-feet- street called Whitehall street.- Sounded
northwardly said Spring Garden street, westward by
ground nowor late of John MeAllister, Junior, south
ward by sa'i Whitehall street, and eastward by ground
now or lateif William Jarden. [Being the same lot of
ground whih;William Jardenfandlßlizabeth his wife, by
indenture died the first day of January, A. D 1856, ana
recorded at Philadelphia, in Deed Book R. D. W., No.
69. page 183Ac', granted and conveyed unto the said
Charles Oakird in fee, subject to the express restriction :
that no slavhter-house, skin-dressing establishment,
hose or engih house, blacksmith fohop, carpenter shop,
glue.eqap, cndle, or starch manufactory, court, stable,
or other bulling, for offensive occupation, should ever
he erected orised upon any part of the hereby granted
lot of ground And subject to the agreement that the
back buildins (if any) of the house to he erected on the
above descriedlot of ground .are to face towards the
east. And alo subject to a yearly ground rent of one
hundred and'en dollars, payable half-yearly on the first
day of the maths of January and July, unto John Mc-
Allister, Jumr, his heirs and assigns: which yearly
ground rent Ijwas intended forthwith to pay off and ex
tinguish witroait of the moneys secured by the mort
gage given bNhe said Charles Oakford. and recorded in
the proper offle at Philadelphia, in Mortgage Book K.
D. W., No. lll. &c.]
N. B.—Theielrs of Charles Oakford, deceased, have
parted with tMr interest in the above premises.
[D.C.; D. T.,63. 334. Debt, $7,138.33. H.Binney,Jr.*»
Taken in excutionVand to be sold as the property-uf
Charles Oakfoflr deceased.
i JOHN THOMPSON Sheriff,
SlseriS’is Office, Bee. S 3, !LS63.
CHERIFIS SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF A
writ of Facias, to me directed, will be exposed
to public sale r vendue, on MONDAY Evening’s Janu
ary'4lB64a at 4 fclock. at Sanßom-street Hall» •
All that certai frame messuage or tenement and lot or
piece lofgroun! situate .on the 1 north westerly Bide of.
Tackawanna steet, in the borough, of Frankford. (now
the Twenty* thtd .ward of the City lof Philadelphia,)
beginning at tlx distance of one-hundred fret-aouthwest
wardfrom thesonthwesterly side of Margaret street;
thence north Weterlyby ground of George Deal* William
McLaughlin, ad others, * on a line parallel with said
Margaret streetjone hundred and seventy-seven feet or
thereabout?, to {corner; thence southwesterly by ground
of John Deal om'line parallel with said Tackawanna
street, twenty fat to a corner; thence southeasterly by
ground of Jacobible, oh.a line parallel with Bala Mar
garet street, sevfoty-seven feet or thereabouts to cor
ner; thence southwesterly by the said Abie's ground, on
a line parallel mh said Tackawanna street, twenty feet
to a corner: thefee, south westerly by ground of Joseph
Deal, on a lire larallel withlsaid Marcaretstreet, one
hundred feet tolhe’side-of Tackawanna street and
thence northeastrly along the side of the said Tacka
wanna street fork, feet to the place of beiinmug. CBeing
the same premleeiwiuch Joseph Deal and Margaret his
wife, by ludenttte bearing date the, twentieth day of
February, A. A 1854, and'intended to be recorded,
granted and conytyed unto the said John Moss m fte J
[D.^C.; D., j 3. 3£8.. Debt. $545.00. , Letchworth. 3
Taken in exeettion and to 'be'sold as the property of
John Moss? -‘TV John Thompson; Sheri|.
Philadelphia. Sheriff's Office, Dec. 23, 1863. de24-3t
CHKRIFF’S' SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
k/ a writ of Levsrl Facias, to me directed, will be.ex
posed to public Sdeor vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4. 1884, at \ o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall. •
ah brick meßSTUjrg and lot 01
ground situate oB U BflTthWeitMLy m%W uoral BtTOQt,
one hundred feet northeasterly from Phila
delphia and Reading Railroad, m the .city of Philadel
phia; containing n front on Coral street sixteen feet
ten inches, and In iep*h;on the northeasterly line; forty -
three feet, more orjless, and on the southwesterly lino
forty-two feet, mors or less. ■ .. n ,, ' f
Taken in execution on a claim filed,, by the City oi
Philadelphia, in CAC. P., M. '60,113, $l5 05, (Brewster,)
audio be sold aeth. —WhUaker^,^
Philadelpbia, Sheriff ’b Office, Deo. 23,1863. de24-3fc
CHERIFF’S SALEJt-BY' VIRTUE OF
a writ of levari Facias. *p me dlwoted, will be
exposed to public sale oi vendue, on MONDAY Esenin,,,
January 4, 1864. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
All that certain three-storybrick messuage and lot of
ground situate on the northwest side of boral Btreet,
ninety-el.ht feet northeastward from the Philadelphia
and Heading Ballroad, in the city of Philadelphia; con
taining in front on Coral street sixteen feet, and in depth
on the northeasterly line thirty-nine feet three and three
quarter inches, and,on the Bouthweet line thirty-seven
feet one and three-quarter inches. , , '
Taken in execution on a claim filed by the City of Phi
lrdelphia. for pipe, in OC. P.: M, 60. 110. $14.28,
(Brewster) and to be sold as'the property of Maria
L Wiltbereer JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.-
PUiJadelpliia. Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 23, 1863. de24-3t
CHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
ofYenditloniExponas.to me directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue; on MOW DAY. Evening,
January 4. 1864. at 4 o clock, at Sansom-street Halir •
All that certain yearly ground rent of one hundred and
twenty dollars payable by JosepkM. Thomas, his heirs
and assigns, out oP and for all that certain 10-of ground
situate on the east aide of Eighth street t wen tv
ward from Catharine street, in the city of Philadelphia:
containing in front on Eighth street eighteen feet, and in
depMweventy* seven feet Six inches to a ten-feet* alley.
I Which said yearly ground,rent James Harper et
deed dated May 20,1853. recorded in dead book H.D, W.,
No. Ifio. page 133, conveyed unto Horatio B. r Pounock,
bis heirs and assigns V
CD. C.: D.> ’63. 367. Debt. $l5O. Sparing 1
Taken in execution, and to_ba gold■
Horatio BPeunock, dec. JOH2ITHIMP3ON. Su-erid.
- Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office Dsc.*??, WW. V : de24-$
SHERIFF'S SAt.Ea
SHERIFF'S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Venditioni Exponas* to me directed, will ba
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4, 1804, at 4 o'clock, at Sansom-street fiaU.
all that certain lot of around situate on the north elds
of Huntingdon street, sixteen'feet eastward from Clin
ton street, in the city of Philadelphia: containing in
front on. Huntingdon’street sixteen< feet, and in depth
sixty feet, including ou the north end the east half of a
three-feet alley. [which taid premises Thornton Con
row et ux., by deed dated May 21, 1850 recorded in
Deed Book E. D.‘ W., No. 78, page 385, conveyed unto
Thomas McShaffies in fee, resorvinga ground rent of
fifty-four dollars, j
_CD. C. : D..’63. 267- Debt, *143.45. Woodward.]
Taken Id execution and to be holu as the property of
Henry McShaffrey JOHN THOMPSON. Sherlffi
• Phiiadeiphta, Sheriff’s Office, Dec 21,-lB£i. dn24 3t
SHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
ft writ of Venditioni Exponas, tome directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4,1864. St 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
Allthat certain lot of ground eitoate on the north Hide
of BoPon'street and west side of Twenty-third or Nixon
£&rtet. in the city of Philadelphia; containing in front on
Bolton street eighty feet.-and in depth along Twenty
third- street, ninetyHwo feet. to a tweuty-flve-leat*wide
'fitieet. [Which said premises Amos Ellis, et ux ♦ by
deed dated December 6,1862. recorded in Deed Book T.
H., No. 147, page 24V, Ac., conveyed unto George W.
Michener, reserving a ground rent of $104.3
CD. C. ; D , ’63. 317. Debt $586 70. T. P. Potted ?
Token in execution and to be sold aa the property of
George W. Michener. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriffs Office, Pec, Ift, 1863.,t? de24-3t
SHERIFF'S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me'direoted, will be
exposed to public sale or.vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4, 1364. at 4 o’clock.'at Sanaom-street Hall.
Ail that certain lot of ground situate onthe southeast
wardly side of the Frankford road and southwest wardly
side of Alieghany avenue, in the city of Philadelphia;
containing in front on Frankford road 30 feet,.and in
deptbon. the northeast lineal<mg siidavenae three hun
dred and nineteen feet five inches, and on the southwest
line three hundred and nineteen feet three inches to Am
ber or Waterloo sheet, having a front on eaid Btreet of
forty feet nine and one quarter-inches. [Which said lot
Edwinß. Cope, etux.,by deed dated January2,lBs4,
recorded in Deed Book A. D, B , No. 104, r pa»e 278, Ac.,
conveyed unto Mary V.’Campion ia foef^Teaerving-a
gronndrent of sixty dollars, payable Ist January and
ttir -U C. ; D.i 'O3. 810. Debt. *162 G 2. s/Eobb!]
Taken in execution and to be 6old as the property of
Mary V. Campion-’ JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 18, 1863. de24-3t
SHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on M jNDAY Evening,
January 4, 1564. at 4 o'clock, at Saußom-Bireet Hall.
All that certain lot of ground situate onthe south
westwardly tide of Auburn hundred and six
teen 'feet southeastward!}- froth Amber street, in the
city of PhiJadelphia; containing in front on Auburn
street fifty-four feet, and in' depth one hundred and
forty-six - feet tix inches to Rush-street, [Which &aid
lot John Bice et ux ,by deed dated April), 18-52,recorded
in Deed Book T. H., No. 24, page 354, Ac.. conveyed
unto George W. Michener in fee; reserving % ground
rent of *45.1:0, payable Dt April;and October.!
[D. *C. ;D.. ’63. 275 Debt. $M2.23. Edwards:)
Taken in execution and to be sold as the propertv of
George W. Michener. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia. Sheriff’s Office. Dec 19,1853. de24- 3i
SHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4,1564. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
All that certain lot of ground situate on the southwest
corner of Broad and Ontario streets, in the city of Phi
ladelphia; containing infront on Broad street eighty-three
feet,'and in depth of that width three hundred aid fifty
seven feet ten and one-halfincbes, then.narrowingby an
angle at the northwest corner thereof, and extending a
further depth of thirty seven feet nine and a half inches
to Fifteenth street, on which street said lot has a front of
thirty-six feet and one fourth of an inch Bounded
northward partly by said Ontario street, and partly by
ground of Mclntoch. [Which said ground William-Be
dell, et ux, conveyed unto Nathan Bailey, in fee.l
CD. C.; D., J 63. SCO.:- Debt; $B,BOO. 'Fallon and SerriU. 3
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
Nathan Bailey. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia. Sheriff’s Office. Dec 19.1863. de24-3t
SHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a writofLevari Facias, to me directed, will bo ex
posed to public rale or vendue, %on MONDAY Evening,
January 4, 1664, at 4 o’clock, at Sansora- street Hall,
All that certain mestuage and lot of ground eituato on
the west side of-Perry street, four liundred and seven
feet northward from Phoinix street, la tlie city of
delphia; containing in front on said Perry street fifteen
toflt Els iithos. md ia toth fifty feet [WTiloli aiii
piemisoß BSD.ittnun u> -cooper et us.i ar aosa antes pray
§9i recorded. In Deed Book G-. W. 0., No. 102. pairo
61, Ac., conveyed unio Joshua G. Spry and Francis- fl.
Bobeno in fee: subject to a yearly ground rent of thirty
dollars.]. , _ ,
[D-C.;D.’63. 302. Debt, $1,28L40. S Chew.]
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
Joshua G. Spry and Francis H. Kobeno.
JOHN THOMPSON. Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 19, 1863. de24-3i
SHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
LJ a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4,1864- at4o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
All that certain three-story brick messuage and lot - of
ground situate on the south side of Greenwich street,
about two hundred and ninety-six feet westward from
Second street, in the city of Philadelphia; containing in
front on Greenwich street thirty-seven feet, more or
lets,' and in depth southward to Franklin street, being
about one hundred and seventy-five feet on the west
line, and about one hundred and seventy-three feet on
the east line. [Which sjiid premises Bernard Bprungk,
et ux, by deed dated April 17,1562, conveyed unto John
P. Pencil, in fee.]
CD. C. ;D. ’63. 252. Debt, S3,CCO. Parsons.]
Taken in execution and to be sola as the property of
John P. Persch. JOHN THOMPSON. Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Deo. ID. 1963: de24-3t
SHERIFF'S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MOND AY Evening,
January 4,1864. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,. -
All that certain three*story brick messuage; iblack,
smith shop,, and lot of ground situate on the south side
of Taylor street, two hundred and > sixty-two feet west
ward from Teeth street, in the city of Philadelphia;
containing in front on Taylor street thirty-two feet, and
in depth ninety-six feet to King street, [Which said
premises Andrew S. Young et nx. v by deed dated June
16, 1865, conveyed nnto Andrew Boyd in fee; reserving
thereout a yearly ground rent of ninety-six dollars.]
[D. C.; D.,’63. 262. Debt, $553. Stover.]
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
Andrew B.oyd. ; ! 1 : JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office. Dec. 19, 1863. de24-3t
QHEBIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
k-J a writ of Venditioni to me directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4, 1864, at 4 o’clock, at'Sausom-streat Hall,
All that certain yearly ground rent or sum of twenty
one dollars, issuing out of all that certain lot of ground
and three-story brick messuage thereon erected; situate
on the northeast corner of Christian and FlQW.er sirftAt*,
in the city of in front- on
stock mac oi nsrbr dated August 14,1551, recorded
in Deed Book A. C. 8., No 20, page 292, &c.. conveyed
unto William Begley in fee; reserving said yearly
ground rent,
CD.C.;D., ’63. 806, Debt, $250.14 T. DSmith.]
Taken in execution and to beeoldas the property of
Jacob Stcckman. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff ’a Offiea,:Dec.:l.9.' 1863-■.-* deß4-3fc .
CjHEBIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
M a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4, 1864. at 4 o'clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
All that certain lot or piece of ground with the two-
Btory-and-a-half frame house thereon erected, situate on
aid* of De«l/&rd - aiieesi. , f Bl<x_ 63fil eoxaxuezxcixiv
aULs wighuiiaffidand ihii'iv.iLmfdfitsii!
incheßeafitwaid from the east Bide of Delaware Berenth
street, and containing in front or breadth on the said
Bedford street seven feet, and in length or depth south
ward sixty feet or thereabouts.
[D. C.;D. ’6B; 292. Debt $135.15; J; C. ]
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
John Nicholson. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia. Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 19,1863. de24-3fc
CHERIFF’S SALE.r—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, wili be ex
posed to public sale or.vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4, 1864. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall, -
All that certain three-story brick messuage and lot of
ground situate on the north side of Federal street, one
undred and fourteen feet westward from Seventh
street, in the city of Philadelphia; containing in front on
Federal street sixteen feet (including on the east side
thereof the westernmost half of a two feet-six-inohes
wide alley), and in depth sixty-two feet six inches to a
two feet six-inches-wiae alley, the
above alley, with the privilege of said alleys.- [Which
said premises Henry J Fox et ux., by deed-dated De
cembers, 1656, conveyed unto Julius Boettcher .in, fee;
subject to a yearly ground rent of sixty-six dolLars, pay
able first April and October. ]
[D. C*;D,’63. 250. Debt, $1,449* Parsons.]
Taken in execution and to be sold as tbe property of
Julius Boettcher. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 19,1363. ‘ de24-3fc
SHERIFF'S SALE.—BY VIRTUE. OF
awritofVenditioni Exponas, to me directed; will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4, .1864, at 4o’clopk, at Sansom-street Wall,
All that certain lot of ground Bituate on the south.ea.6t
waTdly side of the Frankford and Bristol turnpike road,
in the city of Philadelphia; containing in front on said
road one hundred feet, and in depth three bund red and
nineteen feet three Inches to "Waterloo street. Sounded
northeastwardly and southwestwardly by ground now
ot lata of Idwin B- Com. npicli laid lot Edwin
Oodoi ot din ly flood flEDofl MBTOII Bflridjsi roiorfloa
in Deed Book G. W. C., Ifo. 61, page 532. &e., conveyed
unto Nathan Field Campion in fee, reserrlag a yearly
ground rent of one hundred and twenty dollars, payable
Ist January and July, and subject to the restriction that
nobuildings for offensive occupations should be erected
on said lot.]
[D. C. ; D.,’63. 309. Debt, $325.06. S. Robb.]
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
Nathan Field Campion. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Deo. 19,1863. de!4-St
SHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, will be
exposed to. public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Even
ing, January 4,1864. at 4 o’eloek, at Sansom-street Hall,
Ail that certain triangular lot of ground with one story
two-story frame shop and one-s*tory frame
stable thereon erected, beginning at the northeast corner
of Ninth and Master streets, in the city of Philadelphia,
thence extending northward along the eastside.of Ninth
street one hnndrel and eight feet twoanda half inches,
to a point formerly the middle of old Master street, since
vacated; thence southeastw&rdly along said middle line
•two hundred and twenty-four feet seven and seven
eighths inches, to the north side of the first-mentioned
Master street, and thence westerly along the same one
hundred and ninety-six feet eleven and. one-quarter
irches, to the place of beginning.
• [D. C ; 1)., ’63.. 320. Debt, 5572.16. Pancoast. ]
Taken in : execution and to be sold a* the property of
Frederick Gentner. JOHN THOMPSOIL Sheriff
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 21, 1863. de24-3t
QHERIFF’S SALE.—BY YIRTUE OF.
*•*-' a writ of Feiri Facias, to me directed, will be ex
posed to public sale or veudue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4,1564, at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street'Hall',' "
-- ill those four certain three-story liricic tßijssufips and
ground almate ontheeast-slds-of slxt«eotk
street fourteen, of Seyberl slreel. -In iLe city of
eontolning toaothei* in front on Sixteenth
street fifty-five feet, (the three southernmost being each
fourteen feet,) and in depth fifty feet. Subject to a yearly
ground rent of thirty-five dollars, payable out of each of
said three lots of fourteen feet front, and $34; 25 out of the
remaining lot. v
Philadelphia. Sheriff’s Office. Dec. 21,1863. de24-3t
CHERIEF’S SALE—BY VIRTUE OF
VJ. a writof Venditioni Exponas-to me directed, will be
exposed to pnblic sale or vendne. on MONDAY Evening,
Jannary 4,1&64. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-etreat Hall,
All that certain lot of ground situate on the northoaßt.
wardly side of Anhnrn, one hundred and elghty-elx feet
northwestwardlv from Amber etreet, in the city of Phi
ladelphia; containing in f»nt on Auburn street ninetr
four S and in depth oneTiunired and fortv-six feot six
InehM to " William street. Bounded northwestwardly
lSffvfral street [Which eaid’ lot JohnEice et ax.’ by
dleddatA April 1, 1862. recorded in Deed BookT. H.,
No M Dane 272, Ac., conveyed unto Elias-H, Gilbert in
fte; reservTnga groundrent of*To.6o, payable let April
and October^*d 2a Debt *237.78. Edward.-l #
c*PflVAi»rin execution aud to be sold as the property of
Eiias ih QUbSt: . JOHN THOMPSON. Shenff,
Philadelphia; Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 19,1863. de24-6t
CHERIFE’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to mefi.irected, will
be exposed to public sale or vendue.on MONDAY E ve
ning. January 4,1864. at 4 o’clock;at Sansom-street, HaU,
au that certain three-story brick messuage and lot of
ground situate on the north side of \eraon street.(No.
1027). one hundred and twenty-two feet four inches east
vfSiy mtwoeh hi ihA /sliy of PhiladalDck •
containing In front on Stl’Mt SlltMlKMl.fflmt
inehee and in depth sixty five feet. [Which said pm
mist a Benjamin F. Hudity etnx, by deed dated May M,-
3854, recorded in Deed Book_A- D- 8,, No. 18, page 479,
&c. , conveyed unto George C. Collins in fool
[D C.’63 303. Debt, $lOO. Warrmer.l
Taken in execution and property of
George C. Collins. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 19.1883. deZ4-3t
OHERIFF’S BALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
K 5 awrit of Levari Faciae, to me
posed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4,“ 1564, at 4 .o’clock, at Bansom-streatHaU. • _
A certain lot or piece of ground situate °P B {J®'
of Bank'street, on the norihside ° fC ed ai b t r a e t. on
the east side of Schuylkill Water fi tra©t«
of Philadelphia: containing iu breadth north and south,
alffhfcv -feet ■ and in -length' east and west one hundred
feftVoundedouthffast by the said Bank street,
the umith ibv said Cedar street, on the west by the said
SihuylkillWater street, and on the no. th by ground
now-of late of Thomas Haven. [Which lot of ground
Morton I Me Michael, Sheriff of Philadelphia,.by despoil
bearing date November 15. 1845. recorded in the office of
the District Court of Philadelphia, inEhenffs Deed
Book I, page 611, granted and conveyed, inter alia, unto
the said William Tams in fee ]' ■ •. , ~
N B —The northernmost four feet of this, lot are left
onen as a part of a court seven feet six inches wide. ,
.fiSrr Oh the above lot of ground are the following im*
pr Afo™r-story brick building, situate on the northwest
corner of South and Barnwell streets, contatning in front
twenty feet, by forty-nine feet six mebes in depth.
A three-story brick building, with piazxa, rough-cast,
situsteon the northeast corner.of South and Chippewa
streets; Containing fiont twenty feet, by forty-eight
feet elx inches in depth, the piazza being nine feet by fen
feet
A' one sloiy trick building adjoining tbe messuage
next hereinbefore described on the east, containing ln
front on South street twenty feet, by seventy feet in depth.
The above lot of ground, ,with the buildings thereon
erected; will he Bold togottier, aeons parcel.
8 [D. C.: !>., ’«S. 587." Debt,mi,2oo. McCall.]
Token in execution and - to be" sold as‘the property of
WUllemTems; JOHN THOMPSON, (sheriff.
■ Plilladelpbiai-Blieriff’s oiflee. Dec, 19.18®. de343t^
SHERIFFS SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be ex
posed to Dablic sale or vonduaon MONDAY* Evening,
January 4, LS64. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-stroet HalL ■
< All tliat certain brick mesouage and lot of ground situ
ate on tbeeaßteide of Hibberd ©tract, and south aide of
Stilee street. In the city ..of Philadelphia; containing in
front on Hlbberd Rtreet twelve, feet and in depth' along
aald Stllea street 47 feet 3 inches Co a three feet wide al
ley. Cwhlch taid premises Henry P.Muirheid, by deed
dated April 14,1859, recorded In Deed Book A. D. 8., Ho.
69, page 636. Ac. .. conveyed nntn John Treadway in fee;
subject to a ground rent of $42, payable Ist January and
July.J
m CD. C.; D.’B3 251.- Debt, 8828. Parsons]
Taken in execution and to besold as the prdpartv of
Timothy Treadway and Jane hia wife.
_ , , , ' o ,_ JOHN THOMPSON. Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 19. .
CHEEIFF’S SALE.—BY YIRTUE OF
M a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, will be
exposed to public aaloor vendue, <m MONDaY Evening,
Januaiy4, 1864, at 4o’clock, at Kansom-street Hall.
All (hat certain lot of ground situato on the south
wardly bide of Orleans street,,four hundred feet west-
frtm Tiinerald street. In tho city of Philadelphia.;
containing in front on Orleans street one h undred feet
and in depth one hundred feet.' CVFhichaaid promises
Samuel Allen, sheriff, by deed poll dated September 15,
1855, recorded in D. C. Deed book F, No. 2. page 197.
conveyed unto David M. Melliss in fee. 1 :
CD. C. ;D. ’63. 318. Debt,*2,747.90. Hopper. J
Taken in execution and to be sold as the propertv of
David M/ Melliss. JOHN THOMPSON. Sheriff. -
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 19,1863,. de24-3v
GHEEIFF’S SALE.—BY VIBTUE OF
a writ of Venditioni Exponas,to me directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4. 1564, at 4 o’clock, at Hansom-street Hall,
All that certain three-story brick messuage and lot of
ground tituate on the south side of Poplar street, sixty
eight feet eastward from Corinthian avenue, in the city
of Philadelphia; containing in front on Poplar street
seventeen feet, and in depth seventy feet to a four feat
alley. LWhich said premises Mahlon R. Scott et ux ,by
deed dated April G 1855, recorded in Deed Book R. D W ,
No. SO, page 429,conveyed unto William R. Matched, iu
fee, reserving a grouad rent of ninety dollars, payable
on first January and July. Subject to oertain restric
tions to buildings therein mentioned. 3
CD. C.: D. ’63. 298. Debt. $580.20. McAllister ]
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
William R. Matchett. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office. Dec, 19, 396& . de*]4-3t
SHERIFF'S SALE:—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Venditioni Exponas', to mo directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4. 1864, at 4 o’clock, at Hansom-street Hall.
All that certain lot of ground situate on the south'W'esb
wardly side of Auburn strati, two hundred and- seventy
feet eoutheastwardly from Amber street. iu the city of
Philadelphia: containing in front on Auburn street ao
ventj -two feet, and in depth one hundred and forty six
feet six inches to Ruih street. C Which said lot John* Dice*
et ux, by deed dated April I. 1852, recorded in D«ed
Book T. H., Ro. 32- page 304, &c. , cobveyed*unto* John
McGurk in fee; reserving a ground rent 'of, sixty-one
and twenty one hundredths dollars, payable Ist April
and October. 3
CD. C.:D., r 63, 276. Debt, $208.03. Edwards-3
Taken in execution and to be Bold as the property of
John McGurk.3 JOHN THOMPSON. Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sb eriffs Office, Dec 19, 1863. de£D3t
CHEKIFF’S SALE.—BY' VIRTUE OF
a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be'ex*
posed to public. Bale or vendue,-on MONDAY Evening,
January 4,1864, at 4 o’clock, at feansom-street'HalL
i All that certain lot of ground, with the buildings and
improvements, situate on the southwest corner of J acoby
street and Margaret alley, in the Tenth ward of the city,
of Philadelphia; containing in front on Jacoby street
eighteen feet, and in depth on said alley seventy feet to
a twenty-feet-wide court; together with the privilege, of
said court and alley.
N. B.—For recital see writ. -
CD.a. D. ’63: 324.' Debt, $1,300 Bonsall.3
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
William Pinchin, deceased !
JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office. Dec. 22, 1863. de^i3t
GHEEJFF’S. SALE.—BY VIBTUE OF
a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, wijl be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening, -
January 4. 1864, at 4 o'clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
All that certain lot or piece of ground, situate on-the l
west side of Fifteenth street, in. the First ward of the
city of Philadelphia, beginning at-the distance of one
hundred and three feet six inches southward from the
south side of Federal street; thence southward along
the said Fifteenth street tw.o hundred and forty-six feet,
.to ground of E. E Marvine, thence by the same, south,
eighty- two degrees fifteen minutes, west fifty-three feet,
more or less, to ground of the estate of Catharine Hon
ggker,, deceased; thence by the same, north, twenty
four feet to the west stae of FiHeentk street, and place of
beginiijDff.
. [D. C.; D. ,’63. 316. Debt $474 39. A.- Miller 3
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
Joseph G. Harris and Peter Shoenberger, owners,
JOHN THOMPSON. Sheriff.
Philadelphia. Sheriff’s Office, Dec 22, 1863, de24-3t
•SHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, will
be exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Eve
ning. January 4,1864. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
All that certain messuage and lot of ground situate on
the noith tide of Swain street, one hundred and ninety
nine feet eight inches westward from Sixteenth street in
thecityof Philadelphia; containing in-front on Swain
street eighteen feet, ana in depth sixty feet, including
on the west side thereof one-haif of an alley two feet two
inches wide. C Which t aid premises Edward S. Wyckoff,
by deed, dated 0ct0ber23,1862, conveyed unto Adolphus
G. Hallowell, in fee. ] -
[D. 0.; D. '63. 323. Debt. -SI,SCa Bonsall. J
Taken in execution and to be sold as the: property of
Adolphus G. Hallowell. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philada., Sheriff’s Office. December 22. 1863. de24-3t
CHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, will
be exposed to public sale or vendue, ou MONDAY Eve
ning, January 4, lS64,at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall.
All that certain lot of ground situate on the westward
ly side of the Franiford and Bristol turnpike road, at
the distance of two hundred and thirty-three feet five
and one-half inches northeastwardly from -Hart lane, in
the city of Philadelphia; containing in front on said
turnpike road fifty f» et, and in depth, on the north line,
two hundred and fifty eeven feet seven and- eleven- six
teenth Inches, and on the south line two hundred
and fifty feet eleven and one-half Inches to Emerald
street [Which said lot John H. Githens et uxj. by deed
dated February 2d, 3855, conveyed unto William H.
Witte in fee; subject to a ground rent of sixty-two dol
lars and fifty cents, payable first of January aud July. ]
[D. C.;D., ! 63. 312. Debt. $4,600. John M. Thomas.]
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
William H Witte. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Phlladelphia.’Sh&riff’s Office, Dee:2l. 1563. de24-3t
SHERIFF’S SALE —BY YIRTUE OF
sundry-writs of Levari Facias, to me directed, will
be exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Even
ing, January 4.1864, at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,, •
All that certain lot of ground, with the buildings there
on erected, situate on the southwest corner of Twenty
second and Vine streets, in the city of Philadelphia;
containing in front on Twenty-second street eighteen
feet, and in depth seventy-five feet to a three-feetwido:
allcvi -CWlitflVt snYd pramises
Michael Bill, by deed dated July 12, 1853, recorded in
Deed Book-T.H., So. 93, page3l6, &c. , conveyed unto
Ann McKinney in fee, subject to a ground rent of $60.25,
pajable Ist of April and October.]
CD. C.; D. ’63; 350 and SSL Quin.] '
Taken in.-eseeution and to be sold as the property of
Ann McKinney, dec’d, and William McKinney.
THOMPSON, Sheriff
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec 22, 1863. de24-3t
CHERIFF’S SALE.—BY YIRTUE OF
a writ of Fieri Facias, to me directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY"Evening,
January 4, 1864, at 4 o’clock, at SauEom-streeik.HaU.
All ttax cei-taln lot or piece of ground, with, the twelve
unfinished brick messuages - thereon erected* situate on
the wAst if Fl/keA&ili liAsLiiiiiiig. At Ul
tauefl of sixty feet northward from the soith eide of
Federal street la the First ward of the ciirof Phila
delphia; eontainingin front or breadth on the said Fif
teenth. street one hundred and ninety feet and four
tenths. Df a foot, and extending of that width in length or
depth westward, parallel with said Federal street,
ninety- five feet and tix-tenths of a foot, to,a twenty- ft ve
feet-wtde street. [Being the same premises which John
K. McCurdy aud wife, by twelve separate, indentures,
beating date respectively on the 21sl day 4af February,
A. D. >663, recorded in Deed Book A. G. H., No. SO,
pages 324 to 374, &c , granted and conveyed unto David
McNeill in fee,- reserving therefrom, at? respects each of
ten of the lots, the yearly ground rant ar-tum of fifty- five
dollars, and out of each of the remaining two lots the
yearly ground rent of fifty-four dollare, payable to the
said John K. McCurdy, his heirs and assigns-]'
[D. C.; D., ’63. 335. Debt, $1,930*56. .T, D. Smith. ]
Taken in execution and to'be sold as the property of
David McNeill. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff
Philadelphia. Sheriff’s Office. Dec. 22, 1563. de2^3t
CHERIFF’S SALE.—BY YIRTUE. OF
k-' a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, will
be exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY, Eve
ning, January 4, lS64, at4o!clock. atSansom-strset Hail,
All that certainlot of ground, with.the improvements
thereon, known as the.. “ Aramlngo Canal Foundry
Facing Mills, on the northwesterly of Point
road (or Richmond street); at the distance oifour hundred
and twenty-seven feet three and one-half inahea south
weitward from York .street, in the city of Philadelphia •
containing in front on Point road, or Richmond street,
one hundred and thirty-one feet, and in depth north
westwardly of that width, on the northeastwardly line,
two hundred and fifty-four feet nine aid one-quarter
inches, and on the southwestwardly line two hundred
and twenty-three fesjk seven and one-quarter inches, to
the middle of Gunner’s Run.
The following improvements are erected on said lot,
viz: a three-stcry brick building, with ojne-tstory brick
~ba.clL ‘bnilding % adjoLnins these, on the rear, 5.S;a irame
tiled, and on the north side of this shedis another open
.L.J» 4U* A&AS. ikU ii & ksLk UUt: ilki.
& Ah4-U4i?? fr&BA tmiWina frontinß tlie Etieel ueatiM an.
office. liere Is also a frame stable betwetfl the office
and main building. On the Gunner’s JBun is a coal
Wbarf, with planked track, leading to Richmond street,
and platform scale. The main building contains a steam
engine, of about thirty-horse, power, and two run of
stone. .
$lOO to be paid at time of sale
[D. C.; D.’63. 294. Debt. $l, Uase. A. I. Fish.]
Taken Sn execution and to be sold as ihe property of
Jacob H. lIM. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 22.1563. - de24-3t ‘
SHERIFF’S SALE.—BY YIRTUE OF
a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, Will
be exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Even
ing. January 4. 3564, at 4 o’Mock, at Sansom-street Hall.
All that tertaia. three story briok messuage and lot of
ground situate on the easterly side of Cadwalader street
one hundred and seventy-two feet northward from Jef
ferson street, in the city of Philadelphia; eontainingin
front on Cadwalader street eighteen feet, and in depth
eaitwardly seventy feet.,
[D. C.> D., > 63. 321. Debt, $190.0,(X Pancoast.]
Taken in execution ana to be sold as the property of
Lewis Sell. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia. Sheriff’s Office, Deo. S2,IS6S. de24-3fc
CHERIFF’S SALE.--BY YIRTUE OF
a writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will be ex
posed to public sale or vendue, on BrONDAY Evening,
January 4,1865,at 4 o’clock,at Sansom-street Hall. ... •
All that certain lot of fiound, with tlie buildings
thereon erected, situate on the south side of Hamilton
street cue hundred and seven feet eight
from Twenty-fifth street, in the city of Philadelphia ;
containing in front ou Hamilton: street twenty-one faet
fouv inches and in depth on the east line fifty-nine feet
one and tLree-an&ner. iacfces, rra pn tn? yy?Bt lj®?
EIIT-IJiry* feet on«-inches:- - - - •
m mi§\. i.
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
J. Tierney. • . ••
JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia. Sheriff’s Office. Dec. 22,1563. de24-3t
SHERIFF’S SALK.—BY VIRTUE OF
MBa^oV"a*fo"s^sfTlnte6TmiroWAYj:Veiiiji*.-
‘ All that certain f.ur-story brick rough.-cast meesauge
back buildings and lot of ground, situate on the south
side of Spruce street and east side of Sixteenth street, in
the city of Philadelphia; containing in front on Spruce
street twenty-two feet, and in depth southward along
Sixteenth' street ninety-three:feat;toi?tturee-fe*t.wMe
alley, with the privilege thereof.; DWhich said premises
Rebecca P. Pemberton, by deed dated.. April HL„ ISSS,
recorded in Deed Book A* X). B.» No. 13, page46l, &c.,
conveyed unto Maria Theresa Huttner (who afterwards
intermarried with Buckley) in fee; subject to a
yearly ground rent of three hundred and eighty-four
q . d., 340. Debt *31749.40 Judeon] •
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
Maria The™* Buckley, sherig ,
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 32, 1663. de24-3t _
CHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
A-J a writ of Levari Facias, to me be ox
posed to public sale .or vendue, on MONDAY honing,
f&mrnrv 4 1864 at 4 o’clock, at • Sansom-street Hall.
J^nh y atcerUin three-story_brick messuage and lot of
ffronud situate outhe south side of Addison street, forty*
S?f?etw?siwaSd Som Eighteenth street, in the city of
Philadeluhia’ containing in front on Addison street four
tenpin me,' suWect to a yearly ground roilt 6l IFtjMbM
dollars pajablslst January and July. , _ ■
D _ >63 . Debt,siffl.2s. McGrath:!®
. in execution and to be sold as the property of •
Hobart Gaston. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriffs
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 22,1663. de24-3t
OHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
O a writ of Levari Facias, to ■Rj'IJ?
ftxuosed to nubile sale or vendue, on MONDAY Eve
nina, 6 January 4, 1864, at 4 o’clock.at Saneom-street HalL
All that certain three story brick messuage and lot of
si ound sitnate on tbo oast side of Ontario street, eighteen
feat nine and seven eighths inches southward from Og
den street n in the c«v of Philadelphia; containing in
front on Ontario street fifteen feet, and in depth eastward
on the south line fol-ty-seven’ feet .one .and- one-half
inches, and on the north line forty-nine feat three and
five, eighths inches, and on the roar end fifteen feet one
and seven eighths inches. Bounded eastward by a three
feet allov, with the privilege thereof. , c Which ,said pre
mises Joseph C. Oat, et nx. by deed dated May 10v 1850,
conveyed unto Charles G. Beal, in fee; subject to a yearly
ground tent offorty-eisht dollars, pa* able ist January
and July. ; u;, '63 348 Debt $578 60. Logan. .! ■
Taken in execution and to be sold- axthe, property of
Charles G. Beale. JOHN THOMSON, Sheriff
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office. Dec. 22,1663. - de24-3t
Oil Kill FF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
10 o Writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, wilbbe
exposed to public sale or yendue. on MONDAY Evening, ,
January 4,1861. at 4 o’clock, at- Sansom-street HaU- ; .-
All that certain two-story brick and riot of
gronnd Bituate on the south side of Noble . rnntiivn
side of Adelphi alley in the city ofPhUadalphla, contain
ing in front on Noble street lfifeet wl
and in depth along said alley a'VYjSV'“f wwh Vaid
wide alley, with the pnvilege ‘hereof. Lwmcnsaia
premises Thomas Ashburneret al., by deed datol Jnly
8.-1358, recorded -in Deed Book 4-D “f ° dl, page
IM, *«., fte^^ iL -.
S ““hta>6horHrsO(Bce. Dec. 21, IMS, deid-35
SHERIFF’S WIEBI
SHERIFFS SALE.—BY YIETUE OF
a writ of Pluries Levari Facia?, to medireread, wiM
be exposed to public sale or vendue, ofl Monday Eve*
niog, January 4 1864. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-gtreet
Ail that certain lot or piece of ground in thatpartof
the present city of Philadelphia, forxnorly called Blogt*
lay township, marked I. I »on ft. certain “Planofßfc*
Sle&field” annexed to a certain deed bearing date the tUw
ay of June, A. D. 1855. recorded in-D«ed_Book ft 9*
W,; No. 25, page 489. made between Isaac Elliott of tS*
one part, and. Ann Bertzhog, John Draper, and Chari*#.
Toppan, of the other part; btgiuning at theinteraaouoß
of tbo centra lines of Poplar etreet. ae laid odt oa aai<P
plan; aod Sixth street; thence, eastwardly. a|<n»g tW
centre of Poplar street two hundred and fcrrty-’thfoe feet
and one eighth, inches to the west aide of'tbff riyar
Schuylkill; thence along the name continued to* low®
water mark; thenc3sout ? wardly down the r'lYerSchffyiJ
Bill, by low-water mark, to the north line of
•tad©; 1 thence westward ly along the said line fr»the weaft-
Bide of the river Schuylkill; thence tfce6smecoflroe'twr
hundred and twelve feet to the centre of eatdSfXth streets
and thence northwardly along the centre or said SlsJttr
street, and crosfing Sylvan street, laid oc? oirejrtd’ plan,
to the place of beginning. Bounded on.the north by lalfe,
marked G. G-, on said plan, on ths eaot fry the 1 rivot r
SchuyJkiH. on tbe south by “Solitude,” and on the
west by lotmarked H. H . .on BBid plan: containing onef
acre and foar hundred and of an'
acre above th® water’*? edge. more‘orl9Ss. exclusive, of
that covered by the water of Fairmaant Dahl, f
cart aid parcel of a large tract o» Dad which Antffferte
nog, John Draper, and Charles Toppan, by indenture*
dated fbe4th day of June. A. D. 1855, retro* dad teDeedL
Booh R D. W.,No. 26, page 381, &c., far the
tion therein mentioned, parfofwhioh i 3 hereby
granted, and conveyed, to Maximilian E. J. G. Grass in
fee. „ • ......
be reQuired to paySlOO l#'
the Sbenff at ttinn ef sale. -
CD. C.; D , ’63. 352. Debt. $1,318 tf. T. D Smith, j J
Taken in execution and to he sold as the property of-
Maximilian F, J. C. Cree*. JOHN THOMP SON,Sheriff
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Pec. 22. 1663 . de«-3t
C HEEIFF’S SALE.—BY YIRTUE' OF
: a writ of Venditioni- Exponas, to me directed, will fr* 1 -
-exposed to public sale orvendue. on MONDAY
January 4,1864, at 4’o'clock. s at Sansonf-street Hall. -
No. l: All tnat ; certain lot of ground eituato on-tha
sontheide of Columbia avenue, one hundred and twe
: feet three inches ftndjfive-eighths of an inch eastward,*
from Ridge avenue, in the city of Phiisdelphla: co&r?
. taining in front on.Colambia avenue serenteenfeet. and'
in depth, on the eatt line, twenty-five feet-BIX incha*’
and three Quarters, and on the west line foriy-saveft
feet five and a* <half inches; thence south westward, at->
right angles with Bidge road, on ths northwest line,
eighteeeu feet ,two inches, and on the southeast liaa
'twenty-nine feet three inches and throa-eighths, to the'
; northeast side of eaid Bidge road, on which’ it has
; front of thirteen feet. • 3
j No. 2. All that certain, lot of ground situate' on tbs 1
’south side of Uolumbia avenue, one* hundred and nine'
< teen feet three inches and five-eighths eastward front
Ridge avenue, in the city of Philadelphia: containing ucO
front on Columbia avenue seventeen feet, and in depth,
; on the esst line. foity-onefeet and half an inch, and oa
tbe west Hae forty-five feet six and three-qmrfer inches;
thence fiouthwestward, at right angles with Bidge ave-,
nue.on the northwest line, twenty-nine feet vkree'inchos *
and three-eighths, and on the southeast line forty-one
feet ten and a half incheß, to said avenue, (fm.
‘which it has a front of twelve feet.
. CWbich said premises Charles H. Muirhead’et ux., by
: deed dated February 17, PD-, recorded in Deed Bdok A.
IC. H., No. 35, page-618, Ac., conveyed unto Frederick
* Beichel, in fee, subject to a yearly ground rent of 436.1
i* *- - CZ>. ,C; ; S D. ’63, 543 /Debt, Sl.OOO,- Heyer.J j
l - Taken In execution and to be sold as tbe property of
Frederick Reiclfeh . JOHN THOMPSON Sheriff’
Philadelphia, SherlfiTe Office.'Dec. 22.1563. de34-3fe’
CHERIFF'S SALE.—BY TISTUE OF 15
a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, will b*
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Eveniaje,
January 4,1864. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-etreec HaLl,
All that certain lot or piece of ground, aid two-story 3 ’
frame house and kitchen thereon-erected, situate oa the*
west tide of Second street, between Washington ai»ij
„ John streets, in the Second ward of the city of Philadel
phia; containing in front about eighteen feet, and ex-*
rtending on the south side sixty-seven feet, moreorleae,
-and on the north sice thereof sixty-two feet ten inches -
;and a half, more or less. Bounded on the north by A
Ihouee and Jot granted or intaided to have been granted;*
to Samuel Bayne and Maria lie wife, on the east by the
paid Second street, on the west by ground of Mary 1>»-
’field, grantediorinteidedto have been granted to Wllliaas*’
; Fieeeton, and on the south by ground iateof John Garri
son. deceased. [Being the same premises which ’Rijggtf
F. Sparts by indenture dated the fifth day of May, A D
]IS47, recorded in Deed Book A. W. M., No. 29; pageSttl
unto George West, by the name of Georxa
iWeist. in fee. *
CD. C. ; D. ’63, 353. Debt, $203.41. D. Weatherly, Jr.«
> Taken in execution and to be sold as the property o t
■ George We.‘t. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff '
Philadelphia, SherifiTa Office, Pec. 22,1363. de24 3t-
OHEJIIFF'S SALE.—BY YIETUE-OF
a writ of Levari Paeias, to me JirecUJ. will be ex
posed to puuno sale or Tenclae, on MONDAY Evoaim& t
January 4,1564, at 4 o’clock, at Sansom : street Hall,
No. 1 All that certain three-story brick messuage and
lot of ground situate on the north side of Wall street*
sixteen feet westward from Grubb street, in the city of-.
Philadelphia; eontainingin fronton Wall street sixteen "
feet, aid In depth fifty-three feet six inches.-. Bounded,
northward by toe next described premises •
No. 2 All that certain two-story brick messuase and
let of ground situate ontbe south side of a four feec-wide' 5
alley (running east and west into and from the said
Grubb street) at the distance of sixteen feat westward,
from Grubb BtTeet aud fitty-thfee feet six inches north
ward. from Wall street; containing in front on said alley >
thirty-two feet, and in depth sbuthward thirty fast sis
inches. [Which said premises Philip S. Banting, by
deed dated November 23, ISSO, recorded in Deed Gv
W. C ~ No. 69, page 504. Ac., convered unto Charles.
Schill in fee ]
CD.C.: D., ’63. JM2. Debt, $315 54. Heyer. J
Taken in execution and to be sold as the property of
Charles Schill. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office. Dec. 22,' 1563. de24-3t ■
CHERIFF’S SALE.—BY YIRTUE OF
a writ of Levari Facias, tome directed, will be ex
posed to public sale or-vendue, ou MONDAY Evening, *
JanuaryL 1854. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
AIJ that certain lot of ground situvie on the ea«t side of
Twenty-second street, twenty feet northward from Race
street, in the city of Philadelphia; containing in front oa
Twenty-second street twenty feet, and in depth one hun
dred and eighty-eight feet. t
Taken in execution on a claim filed- by the Citybf
Phil*delphia.for taxes iuC. C. P., M. ■63: 133. $33.8%,
(Adams,) and to be sold as the property of George Dob**
Bon. -JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia. Sheriffs Office. Dec. 22.1863. de24-3C 3
CHERIFF’S SALE—BY VIRTUE OE>
VJ sundry writs of Levari Facias, to me directed, will bo
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening-,
• January 4,1564. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall, ‘
No. 1. All that certain three-story rough-cast brick*
messuage and lot of ground situate on the northeast cor
ner of Kisgsessing avenue and Forty'seventh street, in
the city ofrhiladelphia; containing in front on said ave
nue fifty feet, and in depth along said Forty-seventh,
street one hundred and seventy-five feet. T
No-2. All that certain three-story rough-cast.brick
messuage and lot of ground situate on the, northwardly
fide of Kingsesslng avenue, fifty feet easfcwardly front-.
Forty-seventh strtet, in the city of Philadelphia; coni*
iainiug in front on said avenne fifty feet, .and in. depths
one hundred and seventy-five feet. " •
ID. C: :B. *63. Debt, $619.50. <7. M. Husbands. J*-
T&Kenin execution aha-to' tje sold' as the.property of i
Peter PurceU,owner, &c. 9 JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff •
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Pete. %2, 1863. de24-3t
cheriff’s sale—by Virtue, of:
a writ of LevaritFacias, to me directed, will bo
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Even*-*
:ing, January 4,1564, at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
All that certain lot of ground, situate on the southeast
side of Richmond street, one hundred and thirtv feet
northeast from Wensley street, in the city of Philadel
§hia;containinginfront on Richmond street one hun
red and thirty-one feet, and in depth one hundred and
fifty feet, more or less, to Torpin street.
Taken in execution on a claim filed by the city of Phi
ladelphia for taxes in O. C. P., J. ’63.205. $34,04, (Adams.l
and to be sold as the property of B. H. Springstein.
. . JOSH THOMPSOH, Sheriff.
QHERIFFS SALE.—BY YIRTUE. OF
a writ of fifth Plnries Levari Facias, to me directed,
will be exposed to public sale or tendne, on MONDAr
Evening, January 4, 1564, at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street
Hal),'
No. 1 All that certain two-and-a-half-story stone mes
suage or tenement and lot or piece of gronnd situate on
the southwesterly Bide of Cresson sheet at the distance
of fifty-three feet six inches from the cirne’r of the sail
Cre*son street and Mechanic street, in Manayunk in theJ
;Twenty-first ward of the city ©f Philadelphia; contain
ing in front or breadth on the said Cresson street sixteen
feet Bins inches, and extending in length or depth of that
width between parallel, lines at right angles with the
said Cresson street fifty-four feet.
No 2. All that certain, two-and-a-half-story stone
messuage or tenement and lot pr piece ot ground, situate,
on the southwesterly side of Cresson street, in KUna
y unk. in the Twenty-first.ward of the city of Philadel
phia, at the distance,of seventy feet three inches from
the corner of the said Greseon street and Mechanic street *
containing in front or breadth on the said Cresson street
fifteen feet nine inchesvand extending in length or depth,
of thafwidth between parallel lines at right angles with
the said Cresson street fifty-four feet.
No. is. All that certain two and-a half-story stone
messuage or tenement and lot or piece oi ground situate
on the southWßSiwirdly side of Cresson streer. In Mana
yunk, in the Twenty?first ward of the city of Philadel
phia, at the distance of eighty 6is feet from the corner of
the said Cresson street and Mechanic street; containing
in front or breadtKon the said Cresson street'fiftaen feet
three and extending is length oTdapth of that
width between parallel lines at right angles with the
said street, ftfry-fourfeet.
No. 4. All .that certain two-and-a half-story stone
messuage or tenement and lot or piece of ground situate
on the soathwestwardly side of Cresson streqtjJn llana-
I unk, in the Twesty-fint ward of the city of Philadel
phia, at the distance of one hundred and oso>.f*ei three
inches from the corner of the said Cresson street,and Me
sfeanis siissti 9r Hsft&Atfa tks said
lens or dc>p«l of Hat -widtli, iinea
at light angles with the said CrestoiiAiijaet. fifty f<mj
feet.. _
No. 5. 'nil that* certain two-and-fc*rnlf*-siory stone
messuage ortentment and lot or DiecE.pl-ground situate
on the southwesfcwardly side of Cresson street, in Mana
yunk, in the Twenty-first ward of the city of Philadel
phia,. at ihe.distsnce of one hundxeffatd sixteen feet six
inches from the coiner of the said Cresson street and
Mechanic street; containing in front.or breadth on the
said Cresson street fifteen feet nino-inches, and extend
ing in length or depth of that width, between parallel
lines at right angles with the said Cresson street, fifty
four feet.
No. 6. All fchat certain two- amLrEjhcJf starv stone mes
sn age or.teneinent and lot or piece of -groend' situate on.,
the southwestwardly side of* Cresson ‘street, in Hana
yunk, In the Twenty-first ward of the city of Pailadel
phia. at the distance of one hundred and thirty-two feet
three inehts from the*corner or the said Cresson street
and Mechanic street; eontainingin front or breadth on
the said Cresson street seventeen feet one and a half
inches; and extending in length of depth of that width'
between parallel lines at right angles with the said Cres '
ton street fifty-four feet. *
No. 7. All that certain two-apd-a-half story stone mes
suage or tenement and lot or piece of ground situate' on."
the southwestwardly side of Thompson’s avenue. in Ma
nayunk.in ihe Twenty-first ward in ihe city'of Philadel
phia, at the distance of thirty-one feet ana one-half of:
an inch from the corner of the said Thompson’s avenue
and Oak street: containing in front or breadth on. tha
said Thompson’s avenue fourteen feet five aud, onejhalf
. inches, onS'extending in length or depth of-that width,
between ;ipaxallel lines at right angles with the.said
Thompson’s avenue, twenty' six feet seven inches.
No. S All that certain two and-a-hajf-story stonau
messuage or tenement and lot or piece of ground situate
on the southwestwardly side of Thompton/s avenue lit-
Mfliij ui k iaths Twsntj.flrit ward oi ilia city of l'Mla,
ABipniai at tno «w»Bn «r e>ftr sn mi ss
from th.e comer of the said Thompst>n*s avenae and- Oafc
shegt ; containing in front or on. - U\A
Thompson’s avenue sixteeu feet one inch, -and extend
ing in length or depth of that width between parallel,
liues at right angles with the said Thompson’s arenue*
twenty-six feet £even inches.
’No- 9.. All that certain two-aud-a-h&lf-storr stonfi
delphia, at the distance of sixty-one feet seven mehw
from the eorner of the said Thompson s avenne and Oak
street; containing in front^ or breadth on tha said
Thompson’s avenue fourteen feet eleven ioche?. and ex
tß-ndi-nir in lontrlh or depth of trat width between*
parallel lines at right angles with the said TuompßOn’s.
nvoniiA tweutv-six ftet seven inebes.
" e “c “ 'a« BeM. $76,978 77. Judson. 3
TftV«nin execution and to be sold asihe property oi
TeseDhßipka. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office. Dec. 83,1963. - de*4-3t
SHERIFF’S sale.— by VIRTUE OF"
0 a writ of Fieri Facias, to*me directed, will be
exposed to public sale or vendue, on MONDAY Evening,
January 4,1864, at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall,
All that certain lot of ground situate on the southeast
wardly side of Jefferson'street, about three hundred and
revenfeet six and a half inches northeastwardly from
Mercer street, in the city of Philadelphia; containing in.
front oh Jefferson street eighty- two feet and in depth two
feet, more or lesH. - “
CD. C.;D. ,’63. 361. Debt, $3,313.15. Ciark.3 ,:
Taken in execution and to be sold/as the property of
George Alkina. JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
Philadelphia, Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 23,1863. de24-3t
SHERIFF'S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
0 a writ of Lsvari Facias, to me directed, will ba
ftXDosed to Duhlic Bale or vendue, oa Monday Evening,
January I8«i at i Q'vlwhi w ff** 1 " 01 ?-*'*'*?? M i j.
: All thafc eertain. lot of ground situate on the west sldd,
of Eleventh street, two hundred. ssyeniV’two feet
north of Poplar street, iu the city of Philadelphia, con
taining in-front; on Eleventh street sixteen feet six
inches, and in depth eighty feet.
Taken in execution on a claim filed by the city of
Philadelphia, for taxes, in 0. C. F. ;.243. J. M. *67.69
(Adams), and to bo sold aa F^er.
Philadelphia. Sheriff's Office, Doc- 82.1863. de24-3t
CHERIFF’S SALE.— BY VIRTUE OF
JO . _-n _ f Lovari Facias, to me directed, will be ex-.-
POsed?t? p&Ho sale or v 4 ne on MONDAY Evening.
Jannaiv 4, IS6L at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street Hall, , .
All t?at certain lot of ground, with the buildings
thereon erected, situate on the east Bide of Twenty
mnrth“tioet, in the city of Philadelphia; containing ins
f??nt on Twenty-fourth street onejhnndred and forty
S 2? and in depth eastward of that width one Uuudrei
feet* Bounded northward by Hamilton street, and-
S °Taken in execution on judgment on claim filed by thafi
M ty, 6°^f»£ (ilileil) and *to be* sold as the
property of Joseph Mar^aH,.
Philadelphia,- Sheriff’s Office. v Dec. 23. 1563. de24-ot .
CHERIFF’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE OF
a writ of Venditioni Exponas, to
exposed to public saleor vendue, on
January 4; 1864. at 4 o’clock, at Sansom-street, Hall,
All that certain lot of ground eitnate on tie east side of
Broad afreet, forty-two fret northward fromSusqueitaaiu,
avenue, in the city of Philadelphia; conMlnUg in ftonJt
on Broad etreet twenty- one feet, and • tn depth eattwanfc
She “hundred and fifty-one feet to Pemtooka street
[Whicn said premises Thomas C « ux. . by d«*4
dated February 15,1556, recorded ia Deed -Book 8, D.
W' No 15, rage 622. Ac.. conveyed untch Bimpaon
Yansant in fee; reserving a gronud rent of eiffhty-fouc
dollais, payable Ist Maroh ahd September.] ,
aouHi [D . D J63r $924 68.. Flood. J
Taken in execution and to be sold aa the property-of
SimpsouT, Vaapaat. JOHN THOMPSiia. Sheriff. .
■ Philadelp'oisi; Dos, £3, 4363. 4024-3 t -