~ • As ' / _ • (,'-' , t - 5` .. , - , ......._ _ _ I ( . 7- y SIT :...._ _ . , He . --- _ ..„..., 1 , A -4,....,. , • i [ l :\ - 1, , _ _ •:,_ . . , 7 A t j : e t! M0...4.0-\.ilvßati-. r ~...,,,..t.i ...- .' . ca., --, _.J.,/ -- . ____ iUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE CITY OF READING, BEMS COUNTY, PA.---TERMS: $1,50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. J. LAWRENCE GETZ, EDITOR] TITBLISICED EVJRY SATURDAY MORNING 04a, Sorth-treat corner Of Penn aad Fifth .sirsct, ad juiaing the Farmers' Bank of Reading. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION 51,50 a Igor, popo?./e mturace. 1.00 for six mouths, in :vixen.. Cxrus: Four copies for $3, in advance. Teu ealeee for 1:4, Sir A ifj.espere discontinued at the espiration of the iimtra.lje.r. RATES 01 ADVERTISING IN THE GAZETTE. lt. 3t. 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Any additional renewal*, or advertising ez girdted tee areetnit contracted for, will be charged e-ttra t one-half the rates above specified for transient saver thetamits. Soitily advertisers will be charged the same rates as ransient advertisers for all matters not rebating strictly t u their business. PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Executed in a euperier rummer, at the very lowest prices. Off assortment of Jon 'Frew is large and fashionable, and oar Work speaks for 110011. BLANKS OF ALL KINDS, inelndinp PA ILCHMILNIT :end PAYER DEEDS, MORTAJLOES, FONDS, ARTICLE S BLANK., kOF AOSEEMEN ; ustancty for AS and a variety of JCSTIOSii- ept sale, co or prinked ko Order. ANDREW M. BALLADE, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Ara Sew Jersey Avenue, Washington, D C. ghT• Prompt attention will be given to all basiness in the ,uprertio Court, Court of Claims, Patent 011iee, War and Navy Departments. [nos 25-tf Dr. JOSEPECCOBLENTZ, OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES to lhe citizens of Houdin; and vicinity. He can be consulted in 001111111 and English. Office and residence, 441 Penn street. adjoining the Farmers' Bank. October 31, 1363-Ir, JESSE G. HAWLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAS REMOVED HIS OFFICE TO NORTH Sixth Street, opposite the Keystone House, Beading. Apiii 11, ISGS-te MEIN RALSTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, QFFICE WITH A. B. WANNER, NORTH Sixth Street, (above the Court Hou.e,) Reading, Pc. ebruary 2.1.1363-1 y REMOVAL. WILLIAM. H. LIVINGOOO, ATTORNEY AT VT LAW, has removed his aloe tothe north side of Court street first door below Sixth. Nee 21-of Charles Davin, ATTORNEY AT LAW—HAS REMOVED HIS Dace to the 01Ice lately occupied by the Hon. David _ onion, decensed, in Sixth street, opposite the Court Haase. [null. 14 Daniel Eimentront, ATTORNEY AT LAW—OFFICE IN NORTH Sixth street. corner of Coast alley. Dag IS-1y David Neff, WHOLESALE ANIAJLETAIL,,DEALER Forelgit and Dernristto DRY GOODS, No. 65' East Pa= street•, Reading, Pa. (Sarah 10,1880. LEBANON VALLEY INSTITUTE, ARNYILLEr LEBANON COUNTY, PA. ASELECT BOARDING SCROOL.—COURSE or Distraction ;berme' and complete—number of card ers limited. Vacating In September and October. Expenses per quarter $35. For Circulars and information, addrece. Match 7-tf] W. 3. BURNSIDE, imagine, Pa LIVINCOOEVB United States Bounty, Back Pay and Pension Office, COURT S TRATt r, REAR SIXTH. ITAVING BEEN ENGAGED IN COLLECT- I ing claims against the Government, I feel confident that all who have heretofore employed me will cheerfully endorse my promptness and fidelity. My charges are moderateand no charge made until obtained. WILLIAM FL LIVINGOOD, oct IS-ta Attorney at Law, Court St., Reading, Pa. DISCHARCED SOLDIERS CAN NOW OBTAIN THEIR $lOO BOUNTY from the U. S. ooverament, by application to ABNER K. STAUFFER, Much 7—U] ffeffection Omee, Court Street, Reading. ASA M. SART, (Late Kart 14 , EL a. 72 4 ,,) PBALER IN FOREIGN AND AMERICAN DRY GOODS, CARPBTINOS, &c., Wholesale and fie at Philadelphia priced. blip et the Golden Bee Hive s Bo 14 East Nun square. (pril 17—tt P. Bushong & Sone, yneANUFACTURERS OF BURNLNOFLUID, Absolute, Deodorized and Druggists' Alcohol; also, i Oil, which they will sell et the lowest Wholesale price'', at Reading, Pa. 4ir Orders respectfully solicited Q. M. M/LTAR, M. D., Eclectic Physician and surgeon, A GRADUATE OF THE ECLECTIC MEDl nt_eal College Philadelphia, offers bie professional ser vices to the citizens of Hamburg and vicinity. Painful Barone' operations, each us totting Urnlron and Dlelonaed amputations, Cutting Cancers, Tumors, as., will be performed under the influence of Ether, at the consent of the patient. r 4. •-• office at tie residence In Bain street, Hamburg, Pa may 9, 1563-tf DR: T. YARDLEY BROWN, SURGEON DENTIST. GRADUAT EGF PENNSYLVANIA _ Dental College. Teeth extracted by Fran ""l Fig. pr ß o l v ac e tr menl. W 4 t i l t c h C irs 112 ' t U eet k ar e' e a im extracted With ranch less pain than the usual way. No extra charge. Mice in Fifth street, opposite the Presbyte- Mail 2-17 SOLDIERS' zscruirrar-maconarsr, SACK-PAT AND PENSION CLAIMS PROMPTLY ATTRNDED TO BY A. H. STAIIEW.EIII., Attorney at Lan., Office In Court Salsas READINS, PA ?an 31-tfl BOUNTY MONEY, BACK-PAY AND PENSIONS. APPLICATIONS PROMPTLY ATTENDED 30-tn IL SHEARER, Attorney at Law, stay Once In Court Street, Readtog. J. WLS7 DZIZZIMAS, Sign, House and Wall Painter, No_ 10 FORTH FOURTH fiTREHT, HEADING- N. B.—GRAINING, GLAZING, BRONZING Gilding on Gloss and China, Glossing, dm 1 Work in the country promptly attended to, Aoioonber 14,1063-6 m F. P. HELLER, WATCHMAKER, JEWELER, AND DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, 5 POONS, SPECTACLES. GOLD PENS, &0., Siga of the it BIG WATCH," No. 633 i East Penn eet. above Siath, north shie, Reading, Pa. lar Every article warranted to be what it is sold for Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, U., repaired with particular attention, and guaranteed. Mb 1-0 FOR SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, THE 0110 W ebt variety of Bar and Hotel. Glass, China and Queens• Ware furniture ever offered in Betdtag• BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL, iriTESTABLISHED AS A RIaVGE FROM QUACKERY. The Only Place Where a Cure Can be Obtained. JOHNSTON HAS DISCOVERED THE most Certain, Speedy and only Effectual Remedy in the 'World for all Private Diseases, Weakness of the hack or Limbo, Strictures, Affections of the Kidneys sod Blad der, Invountary Discharges, ',opulency, General Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Languor, Luw Spittle, Colde r-lon, of Id-as, 'Palpitation of the Heart, Tlmidiia, Tremb ling. Dimness of Sight or Giddiness, D.sease of the [lead, Thrynt, Nose or bkin, Affections of the Liver, Longs, Stomach or Bowels—those Terrible Disorders arising Goo the Solitary HaVite of tooth—those eeetter and solitary practice. more fatal to their victims than the song of Syrette to the Mariner. of Pipes, blightieg their most brilliant hopes or anticipations, rendering marriage, die., impossible. Yuan . * =rum Especially, who have become the victims of Solitary Vice, that dreadful and d, siructive halt which annually sweep to en untimely grave thousands of Young Men of the most exalted talents and brilliant intellect, who might other wise have entranced listening Senates, with the thunders of eloquence or Waked to ecstasy the living lyre, may call With fall confidence. 31111/LBIAGE. Married Persons, or 'Young Men contemplating mar -lisp. being SWIM of-Osaka weaktieais, organic debility, deformities speedily mired. He who places himself under the care of Dr. J. may religiously confide in his honor as a gentleman, and con- Adantly rely upon his skill as a physician. OILCULNIC IMIAISENESS Immediately eared and Pell Vigor Mastered. Thle Distressing Affection—which renders Life and Mar riage impossible—le the penalty paid by the victims of im proper indulgences. Young persons are too apt to commit qMesses from ed, not being aware of the dreadful conse quences th may online. Now, who that understand the imbject will pretend to deny that the power of procrea tion is lost sooner by those falling lido Improper habits than by the prudent ? Besides being deprived of the pleas , ore of healthy offspring the most serious and destructive symptoms to ooth body and mind arise. The system be ' comes Deranged, the Physical and Mental Functions Weakened, Loss of Procreative Poorer, Nervous Irritabil ity, Dyspep4a, Palpitation of the Heart, Indigestion, Con etitutional Debility. a wasting of the Frame, Cough, Con sumption, Decay and Death. *goo, w south Igtedariek Street. Lett hand aide going from ealtimoce street, a Pew doors from the corner. Fail not to observe name and number. Letters most be paid end contain a Mauy. The Doctor's Diploma bangs in hie office. GUAM WlltifilLAN l EMZI 'l l VITO mots. Nercury or .:Vauseous Drugs. D. ITUELTIZTOEtr, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, Grad uate from one of the most eminent Cclleges in the Waited States, and the greater part of whore life has been spent in the hospitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia and else where, has °darted tante of the most astonishing cares that were ever known; many troubled with ringing in the head and ears when asleep, great nervousness. being alarmed at sudden sounds, bashfulnese, with frequent blushing, attended sometime with derangement of were cured immediately. MAIM NOTZCZ. Dr..l. addresses all those who have injured themselves by improper indulgence and solitary habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting them fur either business, mody, maimy or marriage. Tunas are some of the sod and melancholy effects pro dosed by early habits of youth, clo Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the Head, Dimas.. of Sight, Loss of Alsacelar Pate-r, Palpitation of the Heart, Dys• popsia, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Digestive Functions, General Debility. Symptoms of Coosa piiint,kc. AlEtrram.v.—The fearful effects on the mind are much to be dreaded—Lem of Memory, Confusion of Ideas, liepren- MOOS of Spirits, Sill Forbodings, Aversion to Society, Self- Distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, nc., are eons of the evils produced. THOOSANDs of persons of all ages can now judge what is the cause of their declining health, losing their vigor, becoming weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, having a angular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms of consumption. IrOI7NG =IN Who have injured themselves by a certain practice indul ged in when alone, a habit frequently learned from evil companions, or at school, the effects of which are nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not cured readers marriage impossible, and destroys both mind and body, should ap ply immediately. What a pity that a young man, the hope of his country. the darling of his parents, should be snatched from all ;impacts and enjoyments of life, by the consequence of deslating.fron4helial. andbladAlginifiir &ors twin secret habit. Such persona e- Hum Were coutemplat- ZIMAIULTAGE, redeek theta earned mind and body are the mist necessary regulates to promote connubial happiness. Indeed, with out these the journey through life becomes a weary pit• grimage; the prospect hourly darken. to the view; the mind becomes ehadowta with deepair and filled with the melancholy reflection that the happiness of another be comes blighted with our own. DISEASE OP ISIPILUDESICE. When the misguided end ;Imprudent votary of pleaenre nude that he has imbibed the seeds of this painful disease, it too often happens that an lit-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery, deters him trots, applying iodates Who, from education and respectability, can alone befriend him, delaying till the constitutional my mptome of this horrid diseate make their appearance, such as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pains in the bead and limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on the shimbones and arms, blotches on the bead, face and extremities, pro gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the palate of the mouth or the bones of the rose fall in, and the victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid object of commis eration, till death puts a period to his dreadful sufferings, by sending him to "that Undiscovered Country from whence no traveller returns." It lea taelanchuly fact that thousands fall victims to thie terrible disease, owing to the unskillfulness of ignor ant pretenders, who, by the use of that .1/stuffy P0i2.4, Mercury. ruin the constitution and make the residue o life miserable. • arntidaWinta Trust not your lives, or health, to the care of many Un learned and worthless Pretenders, destitute of knowledge, name or character, who copy Or. Johnston's advertise. meets, or style themselves, in the newspapers, regularly Edoctand Phyniclana, Incapable of cartßit, they keep Yeu trilling month after Month taking their filthy and poivon one compounds, or an long an the exualleet the can be ob tained, and in devpair. leave yen with reined health to sigh over your own gelling disappointment. be. Jekeetee ie the only Phydelan advertising. His credentials or diplomas always hang in his office. His remedies or treatment are unknown to all tubers, prepared from a life spent in the great hospital., of Europe, the liedt in the country and a more extensive Private Practice than any other Physician in the world. zrarroaszrararr or VELE PABSS. (march 12 The many thousandc cured at thin Institution year after year, and the unmerone important Surgical Operatlone Perterined by Dr. Jobncton witnemed by the reporter" of the One," -.Clipper." nod many other paper% notices of watch have appeared again and again before the public, beiddee his 'Minding as a gentleman of ebaracter and re• aponeibihry, ice eufficietit guarantee to the afflicted. Skin Diseases Speedily Cured. Ai--.o lettere received olateen pow-pe.ta and contelning a tramp to be 'wed on the reply. Pereoue writing kbould state age, and send portion of advertisement describing symptoms. MORN M 3111711ENSTOM Of the lialtimme Lock Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. May 2S—ly WILLIAM?! PENN HOUSE, CORNER OP PENN AND TENTH STS., READING, PA. BIERTOLETTE GRANT, Proprietor. THIS HUH BEING A LICENSED TAVERN, the best of Liquors are kept at the Bar, and as good a table as any ether Flotel In the county. Accommoda tions for Boarders and Travellers. Charges reasonable. Of Loath from 9to 11 o'clock, daily. Rune 6-if GET THE BEST! THE HOLY BIBLE-HARDING'S EDI TIONS. Family, Pulpit end Pocket BIBLES,in beau tiful styles or Turkey morocco and antique bindings. A new adilloo,arrauged fur photegraphlc pormMts of imajnop, wm. w. H ARDISO, Fublisber, nee 25] 326 Chestnut Street, below Fourth. nue. LADIES' CLOAKS! A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF rRosTuP BEAVERS, A ?iEW AND ELEGANT ARTICLE FOR MAI _A.. 7ZO M 1 0%7' 3EL , JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE BY JAMESON & CO., CORNER 9x. SIXTH AND PENN STS. Oct 24 500 New Shape Hoop Skirts, OF THE BEST QUALITY, JUST OPENED and for t*.16.11. law Detect. MED FOR SALE AT TUE OLD JAIL, 200 WHIET granite Tea Rette et the vevreniatyle. Y-lOP. SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, 300 GRANITE Dinner Setts or the newest styl e . OR SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, 1000 SETS Common Teaware. yaOR SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, THE L.A.RG eet assortment of Liverpool Ware ever offered in eding. T"OR SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, A LARGE 11 .oeortment of nutabnrgh, Boeton and Prenot Clam. ware of every description. VOR SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, 60 BARRELS .112 Mackerel at - Philadelphia urine& marsh mi . 'WILLIAM RHOADS, Jr. FICHTHORN, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, FINE GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, PAMMILVES, raurzo, &c., &c., No. 604 PENN STREET, ABOVE SIXTH, READING, PA. WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY CALL THE attention of the citizens of Reading and vicinity, to ear large stock of Fine Groceries, comprising in part the following, to wit.: IWATIMAL plums, IN SYRUPS. FRESH CANNED PEACHES, GREEN GAGES, FRESH PINE APPLE. FRESH STRAWBERRIES, SUPERIOR FRESH TOMATOES, FRESH GREEN CORN. WINSLOW'S PATENT GREENCORN. Mao, the followieg, put up In glace jure FRESH PEACHES. FRESH PLUMS, QUINCES. CURRANTS. GRAPES, HOOSEBERRIES, BLACKBERRIES, TOMATOES. JELLIES, put up In glass tumblers: CURRANT, STRAWBERRY, AND RASPBERE Y. DOMESTIC DRIED FRUITS: Apples, Bow-York State Plums. l'escbes, Black Berries, Cherries,Elder Berries, Seedless arries. Lemons, Layer Raisins, Bauch Raisins, Szadleca Currants, Citron, Lemon Peel, Tarkey Primes, Cranberries, Green Apples PECHVES, &c. t Plain and Mixad PICKLES, lit Rim jars. Also, by the dozen or less. Extra Tomato Catsup, Mores cadi.h, Chow Chow, Prepared French Mnslard, Masin 011, EXTRACTS : Barnett's Superior Extract of Vanilla, lattett'a Superior Extract of Lemon, Leavitt's Extract of Almond, Le.tvitt's Extract of Rome. Richard,,' Liquid Rennet, &Bence Lemon, Cinnamon, Sc Levering's Extra Syrup; Sugar House Syrup; New York Syrup; Southwark syrup. Brown and Relined Sugars of all qualities and prices COETEE: Java, Rto,Wheat and Rye Coffee; Army Coffee ; Atmore's Coffee ; lffiddleton's Java and Middleton's Dandelion Cor tes; Miles' Sam Coffee; Superior Santo Coffee, Imperial, Young Upon, and Superior Black Teas. Baker'. Chocolate, Baker's Cocoa, Baker's Brow.. Oswego Corn Starch, Becker'e Farina, Rich Mild ()tweet', New City Sugar Cured Ham, Shoulders and Flitch._ 11.4 New No. 1, 2 and k serel, • Herring and Codfish, Sail Fitielieifld .Haw Maas Shad .Ws tiaekere, Ginger Swipe and Almond Cakes, New Hominy and Deans, . . Pearl Dailey, Rice Flour and Rice, &donee Coffee and Silicon, Sweet Cider, Pure Cider Vinegar and Patent Vinegar. Sperm, Adamantine and Tallow Candler, Non-explosive Coal OH, Marseilles Castile Soap, Variegated, Windsor and Honey Soap. Linen, Detersive. Oleine, Olive and llome•mada Soap, Sliver Oboe Starch, Pearl Starch,. . Alden's Alkali for Soap making, Excelsior Stove Polish, Indigo Blue, Canary and llemp Seed, Saleratne, Baking Bode, Arnmea, Cream Tartar, Wall, Scrub, Sweeping, Dusting, Stove and Shoe Brushes Broomn and Whisk., Wiodi Boards and Buckets, Tylog and Wiek lists, Woolen Yarn and Cotton Rolle, Hazard's Congress Paste Shoe Blacking, Nottail's Nonpareil Shoe Blacking, Pure and fresh Spleen of all kinds. $ Give on a call, at No. 604 Penn Street, above etb nor 21] r tr.A 'GK. B. FICIATIIORN. TUE COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY, OF COLUMBIA, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. CHARTER PERPETUAL. r r HIS COMPANY CONTINUES TO INSURE Buildings, iderebandize, and other property, against lose and damage by lire, on the mutual plan, either for • cash premium or premium note The large anti increasing coital of the Company, con- Meting of premium Dotes given by its members, and based upon $1.475,789 35, Insured on the mutual plan, affords a reliable guarantee equal to ten times the overage loPa on the arnountioenred: and the Directors pledge themselves to deal as liberally wt h those who may suatain loss or damage as the case wilt admit of, conth.tent with justice to all parties con cerned. Amount of Premium Notes, $155,620 49 Balance of Cash Premiums naeapend• ed, January lot, 1862, $1,668 67 Cash receipts during the year 1862, len 6017/liiis*AN, 6,781 47 Cash receipts in January, 1503, ore SO 88,348 84 Losses and Expenses paid daring the • year 1882, 8,329 73 Balance unexpended, Feb. 94, 1.883, 3,1118 11 $9,31( 84 A. R. GREEN, Preeident 0-8013(iP, Secretary. MICHAEL S. SHUMAN - , Treasurer. DIRECTORS: R. T. RTON, EPHRAIM HERSHEY, ABRAHAM BRUNEI., MICHAEL 11. MOORS, JOHN ffENPV.IOIII GEORGE YOUNG, Jr.., H. G. MINIM, NICIIOLit:3 NcOONALD, SAMUEL F. EBEELEIN, AMOS B. GREEN, . . . Arai- PHILIP BIEBER. Ninth and Pen o vireett, Reading, in the Agent for the above-named Company, and will take risks to city and country at tbo lowest rattio, Alpe 13, 1563-Outov JUST PUBLISHED. A SPLYNDID STEEL PLATE MEZZOTINT ENGRAVING OF Major-General George B. McClellan, ON THE BATTLE FIELD OF ANTIETAM Size of Pktere, 1.03,4 by '24 inches. TINHE ORIGINAL PAINTING WAS MADE 1„ from life, to order of the publielter, by the celebrated Artist, C Schossele, Srq., (who is the only one the General ever eat to.) It reprceente hint o no I celebrated bor. Daniel w e bA er , ot r apnicd to him bp the eilfzen.s. of Cin cinnati,) taking an observation of the hold, in the latter part of the day, as the Rebels were falling hack. In the foreground are seen the desolations of the battle—broken gum, einattired trees, kn. In the distance, amount the melte eu;j dust, are staff officers, artillery, cavalry and infentry. The whole picture its an admirable computation,. and diaplaye the rare ; tennis of the Artist. Price of the Engraving, Single copy, $3 00 Two Three 0 0 g opies, 5 O9 3 To MANG Sent by mail. peet.paid. Persons acting an Agents and ordering one copy at three dollar'', can have eubsepierd ones at two dollar, each. Travallinu Ganvesaem ordering lanslY, Will be supplied en liberal terms. Addrem JOIN DAINTY, I 1-tlO/1 ITTAN 01:S TO Publisher. 17 South Sixth St., Philada. E I NOLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, &e. Mr. Bradbury's New Music Book, LETTERS of CREDIT find DRAirrs, payable in nay 66 T EE KEY NOTE," A NEW COLLECTION pat tof Coat Britain, and Irloati, or the cortriNENT of Church and Singing Music, by W. B: Brum,of Europe, can always be obtained at the lowest rates: au i ry a is reedy at last, and the pnbllshars believe will well eXperieuce of over twenty-live years bee err bled tat to, repay the MIRY Slatting Schools and Obeire which have : perfect this branch of our Itelne,, .othat the nallione been waiting for it. Some indication of Mr . Bradbury's et dotter. remitted tlrougb cc, nut ge single Matt has or. popularity as an author is afforded In the fact that the ! carted. whole of the first editi to of ten tbourand coulee of this new 1 Parana in the COUNTRY. wishi i; 1 , remit MONEY or book were ordered in adranoc qf poblication. Other i send for their FRIENDS. by incloAug no the amount they editions will follow immediately. One hundred pages are i with coot, with the llama and address of the person to devoted to the Manicotti of MESA. With a great amount of 1 'metre it—or, if for Sewage, tbo names, ages and proper new hinging School Music, and nearly three hundred pence I address of the parties to IA cent fur—the nocerrary Cram. to sacred Mode, as times of all metres, Anthems, Chants, . mays or Innen' will be promptly forwarded to the parties and other eat pieces, mostly . new. The work in printed • for whom it is Intended, or returned to the party paying throughout from large plain type, one part on a scoff. i the money, with the Receipt for same, ay they may desire. Pelee, par darn, $lO A single copy to goy teacher, for Sir APPllffiithe for information will please encloses Poet examination. by mail, postpaid, fur 41. Addrees Mason office Stamp, to enenre prompt reply. • , k Hamlin, 274 %Abington St., Boston, or I Air Yor further particulars apply to MASON BILOTSIGES, Publishers, WILLIAM SEELY, 6 and 7 Mercer St., htetr.llork. • AO7. 7, 111634f3 Seward's Express, Leading, Pa nov 28] A. M HART, East Market Square. deo 6-3 t) SATURDAY MORNING, DECEN FRUITS 01 ve 031. MOLASSES SU%aits TEAS MICHAEL S. SHUMAN 483 PENN STREET, READING, urnssi reAREETE SQUARE. THE NEW YORK DRY GOODS STORE. IMPORTANT NOTICE Ti the Parcbalers of SRS lOr C:110 4C, 3Z/ fa . I=3 SELLING OFF • Our valuable stock AT REDUCED PRICES, DI order, Re nearly as possible, TO EFFECT A 'CLEARANCE In a limited period, or BY TUE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY NEXT, And Lave marked down Dress Goods from 10 to 25 per Cent. CLOTHS AND PANTALOON STUFFS, 15 to 25 per gent LADIES' CLOAKS AND COATS, 15 18 . 25 per ant Shawls, Long and Square, reduced one quarter BLANKETS REDUCED, 200 colored do. at ball their value. WOOL NOSE AND new ROSE, Ai half price FLANNELS REDUCED 20 PER CENT Linen and Cambric Handkerchiefs at lees than old prices. QUILTS, COUNTERPANES, &c., &c., Decided Bargains. The GOODS are of the best fabrics and WARRANTED, And need only an examination by the intelligent public to Patisfy theta of their worth and the great advantages now offered. On account of extensive bashing transactions la New- York, the proprietor In unable to continuo blo peraonal so pervision of the Heading concern. Any merchant wishing to obtain a first class locution and enjoy the privilege of the prestige or the New York Dry Goods Store. will find this a rare chance to get a valuable Business beration eta moderate rent. deo 6) CELILGLES G. 11008. %VDT. W. BA2I.IDING, MANUFACTURER OF PIJOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS. For sale Wholesale and Retail. Photographic Albums Photographic Albums I The largestaed moot beautiful assortment in the city. Turkey morocco, also, relevio, antique bindiugs. No. 326 CHESTNUT STREET, nos 28] Below Fourth, south side, Philadelphia HARDINC'B BIBLES AND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. WE HAVE ALWAYS ON HAND, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF HARDING'S BIBLES AND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, WHICH WE OFFER AT FAIR PRICES. PURSERSadvC.Ht.Ag,to call 1 Y e a I r L I 7L , while FIND I . T .or T tm O . T t i ffEIR com plete. STRICKLAND it BRO., dec 5-Imo] 535 Penn Street, heading, Pa. CLOTHING. PERSONS IN WANT OF CLOTHING, EITHER Iteady•toade or made to order, wilt do well to call on LEVI, EINSTEIN & CO., No 619 Penn Street, above oth, Reading, where will be found the largest stock of DY-M ADE CLOTHING ever opened in Reading. Ur A good, comforrable suit for SO oft. Good all Wool Oussimere Pants for $3 00. Other goods in proportion. As we manufacture all our Clothing, persons can rely upon it that every article is well made and no slop iihop " w..rk each as is generally foam] iu Clothing Store, Elatilba assured Ihe serViens of Mr. OWEN KRERSI,T, fort mercy of Philadelphia, and Mr limb Kbllnc, Whohas hod t?t, years experience Ia the t iloriag business thron.thout the country, we are prepared to take measures for Garments which we warrant to be of the latent style and finish All goods cot at this establishment warranted to give satisfaction or no sale- [env 28-3 mo. " INSIIRANCM COMPANY or NORTH AMERICA," 232 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, INCORPORATED 1794. CkitARTgR PERPETUAL. Assets of the Company January 13, 1863 61,285433 23. PIRECTORS Arthur G.Cotlln, Rickard D. Wood, George L. Harrison Samuel W. Jones, William Welsh; Francis R. Cope, John A. Brown, William E Bowen, Edward H. Trotter Charles Taylor, James N. Dickson, Edward S. Clarke, Ambrose White, S. Norris Wain, William Cummings John R. Dia, John Mason.. ARTHUR 0. COFFIN, President. CHARLES PLATT, Secretary. This Company continues to make insuranceS againutloae or damage by Fire, on Dwellinga, Stores, Public Buildings, Forges, Rolling Ile, Hooke of goods, Furniture, Oie, ste., at as low rated an the nature of the risk will admit. Applications for Insurance, Renewals ' Transfers, • am, will meet with prompt attention at the hands of ASA SI lIART, Agent for the Company in Reading, natt 14-lf] 018 Beet Market Square, TAPSCOTT'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE & EMIGRATION 416-10 BR` 311 E r• 3IW Si= 3111. - 2.1 • Drafts on England, IRELAND, Sco land, i&e., at the Lowest Rates. rilArBcoTTn6 rAvinum. LINE 01. LINER I pool and Leaden Packets. sailing twice a Week front new-leak, Liverpool and Loudon Each Ship carries an experienced Surgeon. Liberal sup plies of Provisions, of the best gustily, served doily. When those cent for decline Coming, the money is al. ways refunded, en yrtnineiug the Cadillac to and Hecnlpt. Perentie /Mirky tattof the Oily, and who wink to Tait Europe, would do welt to secure their Passage before leav ing home; they will thus avoid being imposed upon on their arrival In liew.York. • 13ER 12, 186 U. S. 5-20'S. r SEUiiET.Iit.Y OF THE TILE AiSti PLY k has not yet given notice of city intention to withdraw o n o, popular Loan tram falo at Par, and nulll tort fisse anti., i,. swat, undorsianod, an EN EILAL SUII SCIiIPTIUN AU Err," will coati toe to supply the public. The whole amount or the Loan authorized is Pies One dred Millions of iIgaRLY 170Ulf. HUNDRED MILLIONS RAVE BEEN ALXI;ADY SUII7 , CRIBED FOR AND PAID INTO THE TithAhLiftY. Riottly within the last coven month.s. Tim large demand from nnzood, and the rapidly increasing home demand for ate Co the basin for circukdieu b. ii ativusl lianklug ~soeintions now or ganizing In oil porta of the country, will, in a ver• short period, absorb the balance, Sales have lately ranged from ton to Mien,, millions weekly. frequeorly exceeding three millions daily, and as it 18 well known that the Secretary of the Treasury has ample and unfailing resources in the Duties on Laporte and Internal Revenues. and in the issue _ of the Intereet bearing Legal Tender Treasury Notes, it is almost a certainty that he will not find It necessary, for a long time to come, to soak a market for any other long or permanent LOUD., PliK I i,Tfitt EST AND PRINCIPAL OF WHICH ARE PAYABLE IN GOLD. . . Prudence and self interest me, force the minds of those oontemphtting the formation of Notion' Bunking Moloch, Hone, as well as the minds of all who have idle Money On their hands to the prompt conclusion that they should lose no time In saber, thing to his most popular Loan. It will soon be beyond their reach, and advance to a hand some mullein, as was the result with the' .'even Thirty Loan, when it was all sold and could no Longer be sub scribed for et par. IT IS 'A SIX P.v.R CENT LOAN, THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL PAYABLE IN COIN. THUS YIELDING OVER NINE, PERCENT, Plitt ANNUM at the prereutrate of pre mum. on cote. The Government requires all duties on imports to be paid in Coin; these duties have for a long time past amounted to over a Quarter of a 'llion of Collate dolly, a sum nearly three times greater than that required to the psymeut of the Interest on all the 5-20's and other perma nent Loans. So that it its hoped that the eurplas Coin in the Treasury, at no distant. day, will enable the United States to Mouton specie pan meets upon all liabilities The Loan is called 5-20 from the fact that whilst the Bonds may run fur fld poem yet the Government bee a right to pay them off In Gold ac par, at au:, time after years. THE INTEREST IS PAID HALF-YEARLY, viz ou the first days of November and Nay. Subeeribers can have Coupon - Reeds, which are payable to bearer, and are 100, 5100, 5500. and elOOO ; or Registered Roods of came denominations, and in addition, 55,000 nod $lO,OOO. For Banking purposes and far investments of Trust-monies the Registered Honda are preferable. Them 5-20's cannot be taxed by Stales cities, towel or counties, and the government taw on them is ouly ono and-a-half per cent., on the amount of income, whoa the Income of the holder exceeds Si: Hundred dollars per an num.; all other invertineuts , tech to laconic from Mort,,ta gen, nalirosol wog end Bowls, etc., must pay Cross three to live per cant tax on the income. Banks and Bankers tlooeghout the Country will con tinue to dihrose of the Bonds; and all orders by mail, or otherwise. promptly attended to. The i DCOO voldonce of n few dap' delay iii the delivery of the Ronde to unavoidable, the demand being so great; bat as interest cerereenmai from tht day of sabseription, DO lots is OCCiIIOODOd, and every effort is being made to diteleigh the delay JAY COOKE, Subscription Street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Decetullb,leSrachlsTc3lll.llll CIRCULAR No. 101. WAR. P PM/VONT MARSHAL tierteri IFFICE, WASIIIStIreN, NOVerillorr 17, 15;3. A s compLA IN Tz; HAVE BEEN MADE:THAT. errors Lave occurred in the enrollment or then:tam:tat fumes, by the or:11109n of psrearts whose ern.. should have been enrolled, and by the addition of names of per who, by raison of :Menage end for ether mousse, onlit not m: to have baeu enrolled, and no it is desirable that the Department should have each Information no may he no cessary, in order to do full j entice to all parties, it is hereby ordered : I. The Board of Enrollment of each District shall have printed lists of the mimes and residences of alt persons euroPed in each 50 district prepared an exposed to pub lic view in at least five places in each erib•ditorlat, and in as many more es the Board may deem necessary. Names will be placed upon these liste in alphabetical order. 11. Public notice will be given by advertisement upon the list of nettled and in the newspapers, that any person enrolled may appear before the Board and claim to have his name stricken off the lint, if be can show to the amis. faction of the Board that be is not, and will not be at the time fixed fur next draft, liable to Military duty on account . god. Won residence. Bed. Unsuitableness of age. 4th. Manifest permanent disability. Persons who may be cognisant of any other persons liable to Military duty whose names do not appear on the Enrollment ilet ate requested to notify the Board of En rollment, who shall thereupon direct the Enrolling officer of the subdistrict In which the parties reside to ascertain the facto and enroll the puree]ns so reported if they are found to be subj.:at to enrollment. These may avail themseivee of the privilege of appearing as specified in paragraph I, ea if they bad been originally enrolled. IV. Boards of Enrollment will rise all diligence In cril• tenting the necessary information and making the requisite notes to perfect the Enrollment lb,ts. V. Boards of Enrollment will hear Mans an provided In paragraph I, mall the 20th of December, WA, after which na cases will be beard. An soon as possible thereafter report of proposed corrections will he male act according to the printed instruction. and transmitted to the Provost Marshal General. VI.. The names and residences of those prnpoved to lie stricken elf or added will be Written noon sbeets or Cell . solidamd Enrollment lists. (Forms :i7 and 311 and trans mitted to the Prevent Marshal General for the purpose or correct!ng the lisle on tile. (signed.) JAMES B. FRY, des 5-31] Provost Marshal Geom.' NOTICzTi.. Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road. REAPING, November 2S, tS63 The public its respeettnily tufts n-I hat un and "Per MONDAY; bleit:altiLit 1.4; all paneensers who do not tURCHAIE CHEM TICKETS liefote enterinn the Cars, Wtll-be charged TWENFI Fly , CEATS extra en each ticket purchasud ou th. , train, for which they will obtain from the conductor A CH U:1: It t'O.IIII , T. Thin Receipt will be redeemed and tweetv•fiva cents paid therefor. in cash, open its presentation at any TICKET OFFICE of the Company. G. A. liICOLLS, dee 5-2mo] General Superintendent NOT3CE. TREASURY' DEFARTMF,NT, OFFICE OF COMPTKOMXII OF TEE CPkItENCS, Washinpion, 1) , November i 2,1603. %117- HER T: 111' SATISFACTORY Eyj deuce presented to the 12,. ll...reigned, it h-,o been m4de tn appear thitt the FIAT ;NATIONAL BANK In , READI NO. IN THE e"UN i F OF tIBIIKS, ONO STATE 'it' FE ,NSI7I. FA NIA, has bean duly organized under and ac cording to the reiprirenients of the Ant of Congress PP Mi.: "Au Act to provide a national mirrenm , aecured by a pledge of United Stales stocks. end to provide for the dr culation and redemption thereof" approved February DS, 1863, and Las complied with all the provisions of said Act required to he complied with before commencing lho busi ness of Banking: Now, ihoreihre, I, Hugh McCulloch, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that the sald First National Bank of }leading, county of Berks. and *tare of Penna. 1- vimia, IC aiptiorized to commence the business of Bank ing under the Act aforesaid. in testimony where o, Wit 116. my hand and seal [L. Slot office, this lath day of November, 1663, , If Cell I'EcCULLOCH, nov '2l-2ino] Comptroller of Currency. --- Richmond Prisoners ! Richmond Prisoners ! ! - - - THE DEPARTMENT AT WASHINGTON has decided to pay to the • WIVES AND FAMILIES Of OfilCAor Soldiers now confined as Prtsonew of War, The amount of pay I hat may be due. tr.i.tam 11. Sd v Is ,con. Eel., Bounty and Pet,ion Agont. has all the nerassary nines prepared exprolibly for the purpose ; and for a speedy colirciloa of Clai LlV laq, a” uov 21-al] WILLIAS INGOOn. TO MY FRIENDS AND CLIENTS. A sI SIIAL I, NECESSARILY DE ABSENT crein lie County during the esecion of Gangrene, lame made arrangeineuta with JOHN W. BYO 9, Eng.. of Pedal/111e, to take choice of my legal buskinsa. My ellico wilt be kept open a+ heretofore, and those at my fzionds and cliente having legal business may depend upon its ru t:flitting prompt and elacient, attention. Mr. liyonia a gen. of exteumve legal learning and lolls experience at the bar. I bare full c.mlidocce in his ability, integrity and industry, hed I therefore cheerfully commend the in terests of my clie.ets and friends to tile care and attention. Mr. F. W. CONRAD will aim, remain In my office. ileapectfully, MTER ST HOUSE. [year2l-3ine. rOTTSVILLR, Pa., N0v.21, 1553 NATIONAL HOTEL, (LATE WHITE SWAN.) Race Street, above Third, Philadelphia. rpHIS ESTABLISIBIENT OFFERS GREAT Llndecoinont ,, , nor. ooly on noconnt vva,,00,1 onion of board, but hem it,. nee; ro I locution to the nvoonfol of trade, as well as the conveniences afforded by the several nmseuger Railway! , running past and contiguous to It. by Which VIIIIto tall 111V0 tV nod troop (he hotel, should they be preferred to Gm regular Omnibus connected with. Gm House. lam &A. - mined to devote my whole attention to the varifiat and convenience ,r my guests. ink- Terms ,S l Eli per rt I, y.s G. SIEG RIST, Proprletor j Ir,,rivriy froth Fogio Hotoi, behuuon, Pa. 1% V. ATIOArin. Clerk- Vas ran to-tf CO @7a or..rA E Co..ax. ox.r. sn, BAIIRKS MAI, OIL ,lU6l' iiKEIVED M.fill block. which will be sold et the lowest wholesale and retail prices, by 6EO. LI.HCH & Co., 06117] - 601 Market equare, Reading, Pa [VOL. XXIV-NO. 34.-WHOLE NO. 1998. Boetvu. A DOLLAR OR TWO. With cautions step, at we tread one way through This intricate world, as other foihs do, 'May we, still on our journey, he able to view The benevolent face of a dollar or two; For an excellent thing Is a dollar or two, No blend is so trim As a dollar or two: Through country or town, As we pass up and down, No passport so good As a dollar or two. Would you road yourself out of the bechelore' crew, And the hand of a female divinity sue, You must always be ready the handsome to do— Although At would coat ,ou a dollar or Iwo. Love's arrow!) are tipped With a dollar or two, And affection in gained By a dollar or two; The best aid yon can meet, In advancing your emit, IS the eloquent chin)[ Of a dollar or two. Would you wioh your exigence with faith to Imbue, And enroll to the ranks of the sanctified few, To enjoy a good name and a well•cuahioned pow, You most freely come down with a dollar or two. The gospel is preachod For a dollar ur two, And salvation is reached By a dollar or two; You may sin at some times, But the worst of all crimes la, to and you:soil ohork of a dollar or two. Gait% sub Sittetts. FIVE TIMES A WIDOW The Boston AIICA translates the following story from a laic French paper: There has recently arrived in Paris a young English lady, already the widow of her fifth husband. This remarkable chance, this uncommon series of widowhooda, is the more extraordinary that the lady in question has not reached her twenty fifth year. The history of her several marriages 14 so strange as a whole and in its particulars, that we should hardly dare to relate them. The saloons of the English, and almost the only ones that remain open in this season of generhl desertion, dispute for the honor of this young widow, and from them we derive the fol- lowing narrative of her conjugal adventures. Mrs. - Watt not quitesixteen years of age when ehe contracted her first marriage at Gretna ECM This matrimonial looality is sufficient evidence that it was a purely sentimental union. Two rivals disputmd for her young affections; one was*Ctised fin?ilythe other by herself; the latter of iodise Was the successful one. In order to oot aside all obstacles our two young people bad recourse to an elopement, and put in requisition the famous blacksmith who unites enamored English couples at a moment's warn ing, and without asking the consent of the re latives. The nuptial benediction lied just been Iwo flounced when the unsuccessful rival appeared. He had falowed the fugitives with all !he speed his gold could obtain from the postillions ; but the fugitives haul a night's start of hire, and the rival was only able to arrive just soon enough to be two hours too late. "You bad a useless chase, my dear sir," said the bridegroom, happy and proud of his somas. " For we are already married." "It may be so," said the other ; "but I have at least come in time to be reatifged." In accepting Eli-, challenge the bridegroom re• quested that the meeting be postponed to the neat day; bur hie jealous rival would not con- Cent to this gratification. They must 'repair at Once to the spot. with the first seconds they could meet. The duel was fought with pistols, and the bridegroom, struck by a ball in the forehead, fell, never to rise again. Su WO. - became a widow two hours after the celebration of her first marriage. This adventure made such a talk and led to so many scandalous rumors, that a second marriage could ,puly allay them. Besides the young widow had known so little of married life that she very naturally desired to continue the chapter from the iuterenting point where it was unfortunately broken off. This time, in order to efface as much as pos sible the consequences of her first fault, for which she had been so severely punished, Mrs. submitted to the wish of her parents in the choice of her second husband. They made for her a reasonable choice, select ing a man of mature years and offering every possible guarantee. He was an old retired mer chant, possessing a large fortune honorably ac quired. This was probably not the happiness dreamed of by a soul so poetical and so enamor ed ; but Mrs. adapted herself to her new situation, and had not yet encountered those hollow deceptions and bitter deceits of life be fore her husband found it necessary to attend to some business which required his presence on the continent. He left alone, and in crossing the channel the steamboat was overtaken by a tempest and dashed upon the rocks of the coast. This shipwreck made Mrs. a widow for the second time. In her misfortune she naturally looked about for which ia anything hut difficult to preiUre for n young widow who united to her own personal attractions a :cry considerable for tune. Among those attentive to her She favored a young and showy y ouch, full of grace and wit, who seemed to her to unite all that would best console her for the loss of her husband. As soon as the necessary delays wo e over, the reign of the third husband comnacuced under the must favorable cuispiess. Nothing at the commotteerner. stetted likely to mar the happiness of the union; but soon, even while devoted to Lis wife, the husband be gan to display vices beneath his graceful exte rior. Gaming was his ruling passion, and he gave himself up to it with so much ardor, that in a short time he had dissipated the rest of his own patrimoy and the whole fortune of his wife. Then, no longer able to endure his shame and remorse, he shot Three successive calamities would have depriv ed Mrs.— of cournge to make a new conjugal trial, had not, her pecuniary matters made it necessary to marry again. Completely ruined by lit r third husband, and wish no inheritanoe to look forward to, marriage was the only re source by which she could escape the embarrass ments and misery of want. There was no time to be lost ; she must make the most of her ad vantages, tura to good account her youth and her attracilons, and secure the best chance that olf-rf,l. Our widow therefore bestirred herself ; heaven, as if to recompense for her trials, sent tier a husband of tho first class, a young, rich and handsome baronet, quite famous on the turf. lie had no passion for carde, but on the other hand, he gave himself up with unrestrain ed ardor to horse-racing, and in this exercise he made use of his purse and his own person, stak ing forge sums in bete, and risking himself with his horses for the prize in steeple-chases. Fortune had nut thus far affected his finances ; his profits and. losses were nearly balanced; but he was less eucces,ful as a rider than he was with his bet?. Htt own person was less fortu nate than his purse. When he rode himself, he was more often thrown off his horse than able to alight of his own accord. So far from being discouraged, these tolls rather stimulated to en deavor ; and this noble perseverance had already cost him several teeth, as well as an arm and same ribs broken. His family and friends hoped that marriage would make him a little more prudent; and for a short time he abstained from appearing on the turf, in order to devote himself entirely to his wife ; but QS soon as he got used to this peace ful felicity his former passion returned, and he thought he could unite the pleasures of hymen and the racecourse. Several of the best riders in England bad engaged in a contest at the Newmarket races; he joined them, mounted his fleetest horse, darted forward in the race, and fell; this time so disastrously, that he was left dead on the spot. The unfortunate sportsman had appointed hie wife sole heiress of all his property, but his will contained certain errors of form which made it of doubtful effect. One of the relations of the deceased disputed the will ; the cause was brought before the tribunals, and being ably managed against her was threatening Mrs.— with new ruin, when her adversary himself pro posed to stop the suit end unite their interests by marriage; this was the most prudent course ; the lovely widow adopted it, and changing her name for the fifth time, became the wife of a rich laud proprietor, who passed for the most intrep— id fox hunter in Northumberland. The marriage had not been concluded eig. months before the fifth husband, while huntlig,' was imprudent enough to leap a ditch with a loaded musket in his hand, which was accidentally discharged, when he received the contents in his breast. Hie death was instantaneous. Such are the events which constitute the con- jugal career of Mrs.— and it is in consequence of these catastrophes that she is a widow for the fifth time in the very morning of her life. But after thus having gained, or rather lost, in the lottery of widowhood, she persists in pursuing a chance which bag so far been so obstinately against her. The perseverance of this widow may be explained on various grounds. In the first place, having in each instance been married so short a time, she has had knowledge only of the bright days of marriage—the honey-moon, and has seen only the bright side: She has never seen the reverse side of the medal; she has never experienced the disappointments of de strayed illusions ; herhuabaud. havenever caused her disappointmrut except by 'heir death; even the gamester him :elf was so amiable and kind, that in spite of all his faults ho was bitterly re gretted. And then as penile have become con fused by the many ititie , ent names which Mrs. -- has borne, they have named her Mrs. Blue beard, in cruel rererenuo to her conjugal mie fortunes. It is very natural that she should wish to rid herself of this surname by triumphing over her fate : But her five widowhoods have somewhat cooled the ardor of her English admirers. Even the boldest experience a sort of superstitious terror: they fear they may meet the fate of Vier predecessors Mrs. has realized how much courage is necessary for any to venture to marry her, and she has therefore come to Paris. This is certainly complimentary to the Parisians, and she will not be disappointed. As we have said, Mrs. -- is not twenty—five years old, is exquisitely handsome, and her last husband left her by a will in which no flaw can be detected, as income of £120,000 a year. Title is certainly enough to shut one's eyes to the chimerical dangers of the past. Mrs. -- would easily find a Paris man who, in spite of the ap parent fatality, would esteem himself very hap py to become her sixth husband. HOW THE SOLDIER SLEEPS. You would, I think, wonder to see men lie right down in the dusty road, under the full noon sun of Tennessee and Alabama, and fall asleep in a minute. I have passed hundreds of such sleepers. A dry spot is a good mattress ; the flap of a blanket quite a downy pillow. You would wonder, I think, to see a whole army corps, as I have, without a shred of a tent to bless themselves with, lying anywhere and every where in all•night rain and not a growl nor a grumble. I was curious to see whether the pluck and good nature were washed out of them, and BO I made my way out of the snug, dry quarters I am ashamed to say I occupied, at five in the mowing, to see what water had done with them. Nothing 1 Each soaked blanket hatched out as jolly a fellow as you would wish to see ; muddy, dripping, half floundered, forth they came, wring ing themselves out as they went, with the look of a troop of " wet down" roosters in a fall rain storm, plumage at half-mast, but hearts trumps every time. If they swore—and some did—it was with a laugh; the sleepy fires were Misted up then came the coffee, and they were as good as new. " Blood is thicker than water."—B. F. Taylor. CONTRABAND ADVANCEMENT IN CIVILIZATION.— Some months ago a young contraband was sent to this city, and used by the family who held him to do errands. In going to a grocery store at first he would invariably take his hat a at the door, and politely ask for what he wanted. At the end of two months ho forgot that he wore a hat ; and at the close of the third month he entered the store, nuking—" l have you any pepper ?" tt We have;" was t he reply. "I want a pound for Mr. " continued the contraband; "and you may send it up to the house." He had got beyond carrying bundles—or in other words he had be— come as bad as a white boy. —Nowburyport Herald,
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