The Sunbury American
Ig PTBLIKHED Evrt FBIPAT, T
EM'L "WILVEBT, Proprietor,
Corner of Tliird St.,atul Market Square,
SCN'BCRY, PA.
At One IsoIInr and Fitly Cents
If lid strictly in advance 11.76 if iid within the year;
or $2.00 iu ill r when lament is delayed tiU after
exuiratiou of llie yiar. So snlweriiition discontinued
until nil arreuniKe. are. aid unies at the ojitiuu of the
mitlliaber. THEKK TEKMti ABE M.S11.I.V ADHKUKD TO.
All new iubscri!'tini 10 tbc American by itous uviiix
i.utside of tbe t.Vmuty of XorttiuoibeiUud, must be ic
cjmpauied wch the Tai-h. Tim i niuie ueeewiry by
the diBieulty xi.-rieuewd in eoilec!iiifr u:.i.aid ubcri -
tlOl.S Zt .OR'allCe.
3rofc5si0nal.
r.M. A. HOB Kit,
ATTORN KY AT LAW
AND COl STV ROLICITOU.
Office, on Frout Street below Market, Sunbury, !
Pn. Collections an.l all legal business promptly j
attended to. I
. . .
JAMES IIEAKD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Offic- in IIau'l's building, South East Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
Special Attention Taid to Collections.
oi
J4.MFS II. McDEVITT,
T
XjLTTORNFY T AMt
UviTPn States CWmissioner. Office with 8.
B. Bover. Esq., in Bright' Building, Sunbury.
Pa. A uc 2ii, 'TX-iy.
7 iKitlCF
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and actino JUSTICE op tue PEACE.
Nest Door to Jud;ze Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street, Sunbury, Pa.
Collections aud all legal matter promptly at
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND
ACTIXM jrvriCK OF THE PEACE.
Conveyancing.thc collections of ekiims.writings,
and all kinds ot Legal btwiness will be attended
to carerull v and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the Emrii'h and German lanzuage. Offlce
formerly occupied by Solution Malick. Esq., op
posite City Hotel, Sanbnry, Pa.
March .",, ltsTo. ly.
G A. BOTDORP,
Attornev-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northunrberland Co., Penua.
Can be consulted in the English and German
lans:nie. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties
Also Acent for the U-banon Valley Fire Insn- ;
ranee Company. ?t)l5. j
rp II. It. KAKE, Attorney a! Law, M,
I . WRY. PA. tltfiee in Market fquare
Cadjoinins the olTice of W. I. Greenough, Esq.,)
Professional business in this and adjoining conn
ties prompt Iv attended to.
Snubury, Man-h 10, 1S72.-1T.
W. PACKER,
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9, 1S72. tf.
Sit. ItOYEK, Attorney and Counsellor
at Law. Rooms Nos. 2 ' S Second Floor,
Bright" Building, SUNBURY, PA. Professiona
business attended to, in the courts of Northura
oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the
Cirmit and Dittrict Court for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to eatti In Hank
ruptey. Consultation can be had in the Ger
man ianaace marJ.Vl.
II. KAKE, Attorney at Law, SUN
BURY, PA., office in Manser's Building
tiear the Court House. Front Room np stair
ibove the Drug Store. Collection made in Nor
liumberland and adjoining counties.
Sunbury. Pa., June .
f-y 1$. CADWA 1.1. A IER.Market Street,
U. fcUNBURY, PA.
Dealer la Drugs, Medicines, Paluts, Oils,
Jlass, Varnishes, .Liquors, Tobacco, Cigar,
oeket Books, Dairies, &C.
2 P. U'OEVEKTOX, Attoruey at Law.
5 Market Square, SUNBURY.PA. Profession
J business in this aud adjoining counties prompt
y atteuded io.
HV. WASSEU, Attorney at Law, 8UX-
BURY, PA. Collections attended to in
he counties of Northumberland, Union, Bnyder,
lontour, Columbia and Lycoming. apllO-Ca
OLONOX M.ILH K,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ffl 'c at his residence on Arch street, one square
orth of the Court House, near the Jail, SUN
URY, PA. Collections and all professional
usiuexs promptly attended to in this aud adjoin
g csanties. Cunsultabons can be had in the
erman language. J uly'J"-llj2.
V. ZIEOI.ER. L. T. KOIIBBArll.
ZIEGLER A ROIIRUACH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office in Ilaupt Building, lately occupied by
idge Rockefeller and L. T. Rohrbach, Esq.
Collection and all professioual business
mptly attended to in the Courts of Northum-
rlaud and adjoining counties.
Dec. 2. 1S71.
"Alt. C. n. MARTIX, Office in Drug
J Store, Clemeut House Block, Office hour :
in 11 a. m., to 1 p. m., and frotl C to 8 p. m.,
all other bonis, when not Professionally rn
ged can be found at re&id'-nee, corner of Front
.i'. Penn street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular
teution tiven to surgical case. Will visit
itients either in town or country.
jrflTS
aufc ilcstannrnls.
RAWFORI IIOI'ME, Cor. Third and
J Mulberry. Busiues Ccutre, WiUiamsport,
D. B. ELSE & CO., Proprietor.
une 29, 1873.
TN7Ti:n i KTATCS HOTEL, W. F.
J KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
I SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention Riven to
Tellers, and the best accommodations given.
ril 5. 1873 tf
fTAMIIXTO. HOUSE, C. NEFF
V Proprietor, Corner of Market & Second
eets, opposite the Court House, 8nnbury,
May28,'7Q.
LLEGnCVY IIOCNE, A. BECK,
L Proprietor, Nos. 612 and 814 Market Street
day. He respectfully sohcit. jojrtroo, j
r ATIOXAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
i WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
inty, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W.
hoice wines and cigars at the bar.
be table is supplied with the best the market
rds. Good stabling and attentive ostler.
r I M .MEL'S RESTAI RAXT,
L LOU1SHUMMEL, Proprietor,
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A.
avingjnst refitted the above Saloon for the
-imodation of the public, Is now prepared to
t jis friends with the best refreshments, and
h Lager Beer, Ale, Porter, and all other malt
r.
business jfarbs.
. I'.HOADS. i. PACKEK HAAS
J S. RIIOAOS t CO., j
. RETAIL KEAI.ERH Or j
THRACITE COAL, SUNBURY, PENN'A. !
Orrice with Haas, Faofxt fc Co., I
et 'tTS Coh;IOM NKW YOIiK ANI) n'lDELPillA,
om respectfully solicited.
;h. , 1S71. tf.
ANTHRACITE COAL!
ALEXTIXE OIETZ. Wholesale and
Retail dealer in every-variety of
VTnKACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
i kinds of Grain taken in exchange for Coal.
r solicited and filled promjly. Orders left
F. Nevin's Confectionery Store, on Third
, will r.-cieve prompt attention, and money
pled lor. the same as at tbe olliee.
DEXTISTRY.
GEORGE M. RENN,
innjiton's Building Marktt Square,
SrNBfHT, Pa.,
irepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
o Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
re assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
rial, from which he will be able to select,
nee. nc want of his customers.
wortt warranted to give satisfaction, or else
oncy refunded.
t very best Mouth AVash and Tooth-Powders
,n hand.
references are the numerous patrons for
he has worked for the last twelve years.
bury, April 21, 1872.
L! COAL! CO A LI GRANT BROS.,
ppers aud Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA.
" (LOWER WHARr.)
rs will receive prompt attention.
XE1V COAL YARD.
'. undersigned having connected the Coal
incss with his extensive FLOUR & GRAIN
U prepared to supply families with the
k REST OF COAL,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
ove and Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
i exchange for Coal.
J. M. CAD WALLA DER.
jry, Jan. 15. 1870. tf.
Xstabllelied In lSlO.
PRICE $1 50 IX ADVANCE. S
$cto bbfiiiscmcnfs.
LIMBEK AMI M!.U MI I.I.N.
Th'wd Street, adjoining Phila. t Er'u- R. K., two
rknar North of the Central Hotel,
SSUXUTRV, PA.
i lit A T. VL EM EXT,
i "I 5 prepared to furnish every description oflum-
j J. her re-iuired hy the demands of tlic public
Having all the latest improved machinery for
inanuiactnrimr Lunber, be is now ready to liU or- .
fall kinds of ,
FLOORING, SIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS, ;
SASH, BUNDS MOULDINGS, YE-
j RANI) AS, BRACKETS,
! and all kinds of Ornamental Scrow l Work. Turn-j
j b of'vciy description promptly executed. AIko, i
; a l.AK;n asoi:tmk:.t or
BILL L U M 1) E R .
! HEMLOCK aud PINE. Also, fchiuslcs, Pickets,
Lathe, &c.
Orders promptly filled, and shtyi-cd bv Rairroad
or otherwise. IRA T. CLEM ENT.
dec!9-C8:lr
MAdll.M) SHOP AM) IICO.
FOl'XDRY.
GEO. ROIIKBACII & SOXri,
Nuubury, Pcnn'a,
j TNFORM the public that thev are prepared to'
j JL do all kinds of CASTINGS, and bavinj; added j
a new Machine bhop in connection with their j
Foundry, and have supplied themselves with New ;
Lathes, Plauiug and Boring Machines, with the
latest improvements. 'With the aid of skillful
mechanics, they are enabled to execnteall orders.
or
NEW WORK OR REPAIRING,
that may be tfivou them, iu a satisfactory man- i
ner. " !
Grates to suit nuj Ktove.
IRON CX)LUMNS, for churches or other build j
nigs, of all sizes.
BRASS CASTINGS, .fcc.
Oraameiltal Iron Fencing
FOR GRAVE YARD LOTS ;
VERANDAHS,
FOR YARDS AT RESIDENCES, AC, AC.
The PLOWS, already celebrated for their su
periority, have been still further improved, aad
will always be kept on hand.
Also, THRESHING MACHINES.
Sunbury, May 20. 1S71.
Whoa, Jauuary!
COME ONE! COME ALL!!
THE subscriber having erected a Blacksmith i
Shop, on the lot adjoining the Oil Miil, formerly i
owned by Morgan ,V Masser, on Fourth et., Sun
bury, is prepared to do i
General Itlackmilhing, j
on the shortest notice, and in the best manner.
Cnstoin work promptly attended to. i
HORSE" SHOEING j
made a specialty. The patronage of town and
country is respectfully solicited. I
PETER WILVEh. I
Sunbury, Not. 7, 1S73. tr. j
1307. RIGHTER &. GASKILL, 1307. 1
DEALERS IN
American ani French WiflJaw Glass,
Crytal Sheet, Rouh Plate, Colored. Enamrk-d i
aud Ornamentnl Oinss, :
1307 Market Street, Philadelphia. I
January 11, 1S73. ly.
W EPOT EATIG IIO I. SI".
S. E. Corner of Arch and Third Streets,
Opposite tite Depot,
8 U N BURY, P E N N ' A .
Tomas NrUav, Proprietor.
OYSTERS, Hot CotTec, Samlwitehcs, Bread &
Butter, Ham, terved up in the best
style.
Passengers leaving in the early trains will b- j
furnished with refreshments, hot coffee, &c. j
iuc cuiiug rujiii win w. cuiiiuciei on siriciiy
temperance principles, and every c!rt made to
keep it neat and attractive.
LADIES are invited to cail.
Refreshments and hot meals furrUhcd to resi
dents as well as traveler.
The patronage of the public is lespcctfully so
licited. THOS. MeGAW.
Sunhurv, Dec. 1S7.T tt.
Jflillh tvrj.
05 EAST MARKET ST.. STAK TUE CITY HOTEL,
SfNUfBT, PA.,
now open, all the novelties of the season in
RIBBONS, VELVETS, SILKS, FLOWERS,
FEATHERS, ETC..
trimmed and untrimmcd
II ATM AM) ISOXXETS.
Notions in every variety, call and examine the
fine assortment and learn the low prices. Also,
IreMtmakins
of the latest and most fashionable styles.
MISS AMELIA HANCOCK,
Snnbury, Pa., Oct. 17. 1873.
EARLY FALL STYLES.
A fnll line o(
Millinery Goods
from New York and Philadelphia, now open at I
MISS M. L. GOSSLER'S I
NILLIXERY STORE, i
t rimed and untrimed
HON NEDS AND HATS, 1
j Flowers. Ribbons, Collars, Cutis, Handkerchiefs, j
I Necktie, and a general variety of
MILLINERY GOODS
Uoun Se York and PWadeirhU,
MISS M. L. GOSSLER,
Fourth Street, below the 8. V. R. R. j
Every effort will be made to please those wtjo I
favor her with tlieir patronage. j
October 3, 173. !
17. FALL SEASON, IS73.
NILLIXERY AXD FAXCY GOODS.
now open.
FALL STYLES.
Trimmed Hats and Bonnets, Plumes, Feather..
Ribbons, Craj Veils, Crape, Crape Hats
and Bonuets, Bridal Hats and a full as
sortment of the latest stvlc ill
.MILLIXERY.
TRIMMJNGS OF ALL KINDS.
Gloves, Collars, Cutfs, and every fashionable
article of ladies' wear.
Call and see the new styles of Goods at
MISSL. SHISSLER,
Market Square, Smbury, Pa.
Ocntcr 3. 1STS.
FALL 91 ILLIXERY GOODS
From
TJOitiNr.TS .t HATS.
1itIMMl AND UNTP.IMMED.
sr. extensive assortment of Fancy Goods nt
MISS L. WEISER'S MILLINERY isTORE,
Makket Stkeut, Sitwkt, Pa.
My stock of Spring goo-Is is unusually large
and varied, comprising the latest and ino-t at-
iraciive stv es. .eiecieo wnn care irom t ie leau-
ine importing house, nd adaued for the i-resent
season.
October 3, 1S73.
MISS L. WF.I.-ER.
IXTEIt
STYLI'.S.
A MAGNIFICENT STOCK '
of TrimTned Hats and Bonnets, j
Plumes, Feathers, Ribbons, ''rape
Veils. Crane. Craoe flats snd Bon- i
1.1 ii .. ,.. :.!..' Tl...a 1.
- II. ii., i.iiti.ii a..i- ..in. .."io." .
and a full assortment of t lie latest styles in
M I L L I N i: R V
AT
Miss M. L. GOSSLER'S.
Fourth St., below the S. V. K. K-
Every effort will be made to please thv wh
I
favor her with their patrouag
Sunbury, Nov. 7, 1H.73.
NEW GOODS
for
FALL AND WINTER
at
Minn Kale RIark'is.
Market Square, Sunbury, Fa.
LADIE'S DRESS GOODS of every style and
quality.
AVOOLEN GOODS
of every disci lption, Fancy Goods, Notions and
Trimmings a specialty.
TOILET SOAPS AND PERFUMERY.
The finest assortmer.t of Ladies' goods.
Everybody is invited to call and see them and
buy cheap.
October St, 1673.
Millinery. Jp
SUNBURY
Ijriiriinij.
PIIE srXIiURY AMERICAN
The Largest and Most Complete Estab
lishment IN THIS SECTION.
NEW TYPE,
NEAT WORK,
I i PROV F.D PRESSES.
SKILLED WORICMEN.
ORDLRS PICO.M PIXY KILLF.O.
WPR1CKS MODERATE. -S
i Gather them closer to your loving heart
Cradle them on your breast,
They will soon enough have your brooding (arc
j Soon enough mount youth's topmost st.-ir
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTING! Little ones in the m-st.
Fret not that She chilren's heart are gajr.
' That the resile!, feet will run ;
There may come a time in the by and by,
: When you'li sit in your lonely room ard.ngh
EXECUTED IN THE BEST STYLE.
BUSINESS CARDS,
WEDDING CARDS.
VISITING CARDS,
SHOW CAP.DS,
BALL TICKETS,
v
BLANKS.
HANDBILLS,
MERCANTILE LETTER HEAD.,
NOTE HEAPS,
BILL HEADS,
ENVELOPES,
CARDS,
CHECKS AND DRAFTS,
PROGRAMMES,
DODGERS,
PAPER BOOKS,
l
! MANIFESTS,
CIRCULARS.
Everything that i needed ia the printing de
partiiKrit will lie execute i with promptness and
atlowpiicis. All are invited to call and exa
mine our samples. No trouble l; give estimates
and show goods. We shall chenrfully do this i productions of the forest, the Iildiati3'liattl
to all, who call Mr that purpose, without cha-ge. j ral subsistence would stretch tlieir wig-
: warns among the mountains and r;caiin
i ally down in the valley, and after rtjocing
- : in an abundauce of deer aud wild frut for
i ci.if.G.in ivi.nlil r..nw.vo their tinO tl...
! I-"Order for Subscription. A.fvert'ing or
' Job Printing, thankfully received.
Addrcr.s
EM'L WILYERT, Proprietor,
M'NBI.'RY, PA.
irplli: SUMRKV AMEUKJAX
i
is Tin:
JJKSTAIJ VE1USIXG MEDIUM
In the. Crii'ra! p.. it of the Ms!'
I f TRC'LTES
- . , . . . . , ,,. . .
In one of the Most! hrifty, Intelligent and
WKAI.TI1 V
SECTIONS oF PENNSYLVANIA.
Sample copy of paper sent to any address free '
of charge.
Manhood : How Lt, How ReMored
,, , , , .
cei.fiikatfo i:hst on the rndic.1 cure v.-it!iout lnvrti-
1 tary seiniiil l.wws, iin) ..t.-m-. Menial and i hysieal in-
nil,'; oi p. ennaion u.ea, or iu-iiitnj.1 wi.i:-w, .i."m.i.-
capacity, mirrfsliinciita to marrm, e.e., eunsmni- . .1 ... . f fUrriinT tin? other
ti.m, Kp:ie,v and fits, induced by B'.lf-imliil(:.u i.r I 01 lnL eiuiuy 01 tuinm,, ua oilier
sexual extravagance. adrift, and urging the necessity f remain-
I ifrriee in seuled ..nveli. f only six cuts. , , ,
Tlieclebritrd author, in tliis admirable cw.hv, clearly ig with her brother, On aCCOUIlt of ttiO i 11
d.mouHtrates fronts thirty gear's suiveHstul raetnv, J . . . , . . ....
that the alarming cot.w.iene. of self abuse limy be ' HCSS Ol lier lirotlier 3 Wile and UT llelll
railicaliy cur. d without the .lr.utenn us of internal j .1 ho'isekeonill"- deieirt rapnt
mediciiieor tbe indication l the knife; rointiiuj out j 1U,C 1,1 no.lStM.epin., U p.irtlBl.nt.
imodeot cureatonre eimple, certain, and rffectiiHl, j JJC ry, lijg dismissal with true 8aVa"C
try means every suftr.r. in. matter what los condition ;
may lie, mayeiire himself. privaMy r.nd radically. ; firtlltlCSS, find, presenting Atltlt Betsey
Thi l.i-t lire should Ikmu the hands uf Htry youth mid J . . . . . r 1 1- . 1 i- 1
ever, man in t land. I With .1 neb mat of fleer skill, took IllS de-
,id,:t:,:;t,p, TlX' - j !"tre forever from the valley wluh con-
tami. i tamed "the light of his eyes." lie did not
Addrem the l'ublihen.,
C71S' ,7 ( KL1E A-V(t forget, however, lor every year cane some
"' 1 ' ' . 1 c 1 : , 1 . : r 1 ,
lgT Kowerv. X. T. ll.wt Office Dox, 4.".
Jan., 'U, 1874 ly.
mm
virtue " L;cfqTri
SUNBURY, PA.. FRIDAY
i vor
risixii IT A six.
Do you think it a sin in the gloaming
To Mt nenr a neat lilting clre:-?.
Wiih the daintiest of maidens uilliin it,
And lily-white fingers to pri'ss !
Or softly to iift a i-trny ringlet.
That floats o'er a l.!?.:n of snow,
Or to peei) into eyes t 1i;i t are glancing
From daiklv fringed evi lids Ix-low .'
i
Or to see just beyond where she's sitting
A something you ought to repair,
And to pass your aim around her and fit '.
And then forget your arm's there ;
Or, ju.-t in a lit of abstiaction,
To tell her there's something you miss,
And while she is helping you find it,
To steal from her mouth a sweet kiss ? .
And as she's reproving you mildly,
You draw your arm ratiier tight,
And tell her you're sorry yon did it
If she does not think it quite right ;
And then in your penitent moment
You say that to you it is plain
You ought, us a matter of honor.
To give her the kiss back .".gain J
Yet how to do so is the pnz.le.
Fur iu viewing the matter all o'er
If I Live back the kiss I have stou-i.
She might say I had taken one more 1
Oh, I am sadly perplexed an 1 confounuit !
I want to be just aud polite,
Don't you think 'twere better co-ix her
To give me to kissing the right ?
I'm afraid I've committed a blunder,
And art somewhat like a dunee ;
I thir.k I inii-t get tip my courage,
And ask her to wed me :it once.
I've .nc it and she lias consented
Vh:'t a fortunate man I 'nave been!.
And now yon may keep your opinion
I don't think I've committed a sin.
I PIo:t lor the Lillie One
For a sriun.l of childish fun.
1 When you'll long fr the repetition tnee
That sounded through each room,
! Of "mother,"' "mother," the dear love-tils
j That ui;l echo long in the silent halls,
An 1 add to tl.eir ft it.-iy gloom.
There may come a time n ln u you'll lmj to hear
The eacr bm i-h tread,
The tuneless whi-tle, the clear sin ill slo-.t,
The l.u.-y b'istling in and out,
j And the paltering overhead.
When the bnvs and girls are all grown up.
And scatter, i far and wide,
Or g.i:ie to that beautiful golden sh ic
Where siekii. ss aud death co:i;c neveriii.re.
Yon will mi;-s them from your side.
. Then gather tli-m eloe to your loving r irt
! Cradle them on vo ir breat ;
j They will soon ii'Hi'ili Icaveyo'irbroo.liigcare
; Soon ruoiigh mount youth's topnio-t st::r
! Little ones in the in-st.
cCr.fcs ;it Irlrlrc-.
"
Good-I'.jo Sc-lIio:krt." or Why lie !
BY V. (.. AVINMOXril.
', ! a wee infant, but was coming home to
It was only an oM. red firm-hcise iu : t!;d11 ,u r on i)t.r tWCnty-first birthday,
j Helbrunt Valley, as the place was called, j .it.f1,re she gets entangled iu any foolish
j in honor of old Colonel Helhrunt.a Gcr- ! j,,y. offering, she is heart-whole now," her
1 man settler who had served under M'ash- j f lllier wrte llim . atlli Staudmen, wisely
j ington iu "7o and upon the i stab! :.lmcnt : Ct)nt.i,,(ij,,s Hmt it was best to return in
; of Colonial Independence had take,, out a I M.4lltjj.f took passage in the next steamer
i a grant for this beautiful tract of cojntry, , acn,ss' ti,e Atlantic. But ere he left the.
. lying bet ween two lofty ridges of iotin-
tains, and at that time wholly uuinhaiutcd,
save in
the autumn time, when lalf air.
dozen warriors of the St. Regis tiilK.-.vould j
follow the creek afar down the ot!lfr side j
of the mountain, and, attracted b the
abundance of game and the spoutaieous
.... , e i
. ithi, ...-oiiiola l.v t!.i f ir.nuviv nrtil i
.1 i '
h ave the vallev once more to nu'.tt and i
'loneliness. Such was its conditio wien !
! the Clou. 1 removed hither, built his tpa-
; eious log cabin and commenced tiling
! the rich, productive soil. Other srttlcrd
i quickly followed him, and comnietiiyJ, like
I him, to lay the foundation of their family
; fortune in the broad acres of IIelbr0,vt Val
ley. And as nearly all of them jt.rs en
dowed by nature with the spirit 0f !rue
; German thrift, it. came to pass in fmie that
; the inhabitants of the Valley were regarded
: as a sort of aristocrats, after all, ;hough
the country had so lately declare j itself
unalterably a republic. Now, if t.llUV bad
taken this title to themselves, doulitle-ss it
would have been disputed by every one
outside the boundaries of the magie circle ;
but as they still coi.tiuued their jlodtlinn
cares, and plowed and sowed .and grpered
with the same personal supervisie-a as at
first, not one of the most enviou- could
find aught in tin ir speech or maimer to lay
to their charge, and they were still regard- i for the fair face before her, or doubting but
cd, as I have said, as a little, sup-jior to that the piuv;l love of her heart would re
the inhabitants of the neighboring region. I snond to his caresses. She knew when he
The adventures of the early s: ttler3 was coming to claim her, and it was her
would not interest tis now, for this, little
story concerns chieily Colonel llelHjunt's
grandchild, and I must. n,t staj longer
with her noted ancestors, save to i-mark
that they never quarreled with the Indians
when they made their yearly visits t the
valley, therefore never lived an hour iu
,,. . i. .... c, .i, .:,, -,.:r i
! dread of ioRi.ih.-ut k oi Malpmg-kme. hi
i deed they gained the love and esieeni of
the savages to such a degree that upon one
j occasion a noble warrior and chief, on a
j hunting expedition through the va.'ley,
I having heard much of the old Colonel's
j hospitality, paid them a vi.sit and was so
I charmed with his reception and wi.h Aunt
Betsy Helbrunt, the Colonel's ma den sis-
ler, that he offered to make her hi squaw
i before our own minister and depose her
j who had beeu for long years the light of
j ,lis wwam. But Aunt Betsey, akhongh
' horror-stricken, managed to preserve her
presence of mind, and politely but firmly
. . n. , , . . .
Uecillllli-I uie, onc.i , Mjccecucu ill coimucili",
lOKeii 01 111s ieiiieiiiui.iui; a pair 01 lovciy
bead moccasins, dainty baskets snd other
K2
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MOliNIXG, MARCH 6, 1874.
articles of Indian elegance, thus betraying
a constancy and fidelity that it would be
well for his white brother to imitate.
And the Colonel prospered. Although
the people of the valley improved much,
the Colonel was far ahead of them, and
when he built the farm-house its inner
walls were curiously carved and ceiled and
! painted,' in imitation of some house iu the
Fatherland, with lovely blue and pink-like
sky and clouds ; and the outside, as I said
I before, was red, but painted with such
I skill, that although eighty years have
! elapsed since then, and the timliers are
i beginning to crumble at their foundations,
j yet the colors are still as fresh and bright
a3 they were when first the farm-house was
j completed. And when the Colonel died
! he left his possessions to his eldest son,
j having paid oir his younger sons and
j daughters, and with it he left an injunc
! tinn to keep the home forever in the family,
j to cherish the family pride and never by
j word or deed to let the family name bear
the slightest stain or shadow. His son
strictly obeyed his commands, married the
; stout, buxom daughter of a farmer whose
! lands joiued theirs, and began in his turn
to train up sons to walk in the path which
i their father and grandfather had walked
I before them, and daughters whose fair
: fame should ever be a synonym for purity
and virtue, lie prospered, as did bis
j father before him, in worldly matters : but,
; alas!. son after sou, aud daughter after
daughter, were taken from his kind care
and went with ji'-re young hearts from
earth forever.
But by-and-by thete came another ;
' daughter to their home, the child of their
! UIU Sif tlUU II -3 OlIV ILUVIIVU II vIUUUiluvu
without any harm it seemed that she was
I to be spared to inherit the rich, broad acres,
: and the paternal mansion. She was a
j dreamy, brown-eyed fairy, with golden
: hair, waving arouud a low, broad forehead,
and dainty hands and arching feet that a
! Castilian might have envied. She loved
the home of her father, and never wished
j aiiy modern innovations in the form or
j arrangement of the rooms. Although the
j Steinway piano and fancy music rack
i looked strangely enough in the old-fash-
ioned parlor, yet it suited her, and it was
: still the flickering light from the tire-place
' that illuminated the roin of a winter's
1 evening and showed the rare pictures in
j golden frames upon the tinted walls. Anna
Helbrunt was not a true Ilelbruut, after
j all fr. ulihough her mother was a quiet.
I solid American, yet some of her ancestors
' had come from lovely Italy, and some
j thing of their nature and temperament
' seemed reproduced in Anna, notwithstaud
i in" it was underlaid with the slow German
i pride to which she was not only born but
j had been educated. And not one of them
j had ever enjoyed the homestead as did
i Anna. She knew where to g to view the
! loveliest sunrise ; she watched the pure
OitieBky uii iw oeecy v.uuu ... cu.........
; and the starry canopy of a brilliant winter j
! night, dreaming soft, sweet dreams ot him j
I who was, some day, to enjoy with her all i
this loveliness.
e had already been se-
j, . u.r f.ltll,.r and wag an olJ frien(1
of his, Ileitnan Mandmen, who had been
; traveling all over the world since Anua was
port the danger which her father dreaded
was past and iroue : the suitor which he
,.i Lohllv nf-dliis daughter for
1(.r j..lU(i all(i uecn refused, with kindness,
aiiK.;t the native pride was heard in the
ri(.h iulK.xjons of her Voice, which gave
... a consciousness that he had only added
another leaf to her laurels, and her lather
rejoiced to find her looking forward to
Standiuen's return almost as eagerly as
himself.
Anna had no recfiliectioii of Standmeu
tiersonallV. out ;u me uay wncu net mat
l'.".'ooj , j
suitor sought ln-r baud so earnestly that
6U,lu u- J
Loul,, m" IVU c n.ra oi anu
lauhiugly consented to ask her father s
advice iu regard to the matter, her father
pushed back the golden hair that shaded
the pure, white forehead, ami told her of
Herman Standmen and bade her think of
no other until his return. Then he took
from his desk an old-fashioned deguerreo
type and told her she might keep it if she
liked, aud sent her away to dismiss the
waitiug lover. This she did in a very
speedy, and to herself, very satisfactory
manner, aud then she retired to her room
up stairs and sat down to study the face
thus suddenly placed before her.
The picture showed one in tho days of
opening manhood ; the light of his fearless
bine eye was plainly to be seeu ; even iu
the dim picture the firm, straight mouth
and clear-cut nostrils spoke of frankness,
strength and pride, and she was satisfied,
never thinking what years might have done
i only thought to make hersell equal, in
every respect, to the accomplished ladies
lie had met in his foreign travels. Think
ing it over, one morning, she began to fear
that something was wanting t complete
her education, and she asked that she
might be sent for the last term to the
Academy of O -, where she had been a
! year previously, to complete whatever was
defective in her cuueatiou. Her parents
readily consented, thinking that her life
there would be far more quiet than it
would in the rather lively circle of society
in which she moved at home. If they had
known of the amateur professor win) filled
j the botanical chair during the temporary
absence of old Professor Gray in Europe
j they might h tve been wise in time ; still it
IS llouuliui wneiner iney nuuiu hhvk
thought of him, save as some antiquated
scholar whose s ile delight lay in exploriug
some of the mysteries of nature which are
written all over vale and hill. Such, at
lenst, was Anna's fancy, and great her
surprise on entering the recitatton room to
find a young, flue-looking, gentlemanly
mau, whose great claim to beauty lay in
the lustrous magnificence of his eyes. They
were not black, tier yet a perfect blue, but
there was something in their depths that
was almost irresistible. Before the first
recitation was over Anua had acknowl
edged their power, and through the re
mainder of the lesson for the day' her usually
clear, candid mind seemed in a maze, and
, . .n 1 .. . -.1 .1 VI 1......
' many of her classmates wondered at Anna's
r- u -"sr-x. --rr i 1 -1
blunders. Days passed on, and her les
sons grew more and more tasteless to her.
She co.ifv.ided that she did not need to re
view her studies any farther, and still she
managed to keep up a semblance of inter
est iu them. 15ut her whole attention was
given to botany, and she thought the days
which were appointed for the semi-weekly
excursions into the fields and forests for
specimens the most glorious i f all summer
! days. Even when they wandered, on one
occasiou, miles into the forest, and were
caught in a drenching rain, she thought
only of the protecting arms that wrapped
the shawl so carefully around her, and the
eyes which looked bo earnestly into hers,
ostensibly leaching her to understand the
mysteries of science, but in reality teach
ing her the depths of love of which her own
heart was capable.
And so time, on golden wings, passed;
the summer term drew near its close, and
with the announcement in class that the
next day's excursion would be the close of
lessons for the term, came a wonderful
revelation to Anna. "That," said the
Trofessor, "would terminate his pleasant
relations with his class, and at its close he
would bid them each adieu, assuring them
that the past few weeks would be ever
pleasantly remembered by him. Then he
left them, and Anna went to her room,
wondering, with a vague dread, if that
were to be the last of 't. after all. She had
thought, but no matter, and she was in-
terrupted by the post-boy bringing up a
j letter. She took it eagerly, thinking that
' perhaps it might solve her doubts ; but no,
it was from her father, contained a notice
of Statidmen'g return, and told her that he
himself would come speedily to bring her
home. There were also a few words from
Stand men, written in aO unsteady, tremb
ling hand, hoping that she had well im
proved her time there, and that she was
now prepared for a life of quiet peace and
happiness with him. It was bard work
for him to write, ho said, and he would tax
himself no farther now ; he would have
ample time iu the future to tell her all he
wished. He euclosed his photograph ; she
would sec from that that the years had not
all dealt kindly with him, but he trusted
that her loving fingers would smooth the
furrows from his brow, and that in the
happiness of the future he should fcrget all
the cares of the past.
I will not intrude upon that night of
Anna Iletlu un'.'s life. If any of you have
ever seen the sun go down in utter dark
ness have seen inky midnight settle
amund you, with scarce a star to light
up the gloom you may have a slight con
ception of the darkness that settled slowly
around hvr heart. But the days of which
we read when sorrow-stricken maidens
shut themselves up away from the world
and "nursed their grief in solitude" are
I gone by, and Anna was ready for the ex
cursion next afternoon much as usual.
The quick, sharp glauc of the lustrous
i,nmv ,lPwtP.l aomethin.r of the
VJVC, - B
tempest which had raged within her heart.
and felt by it emboldened for the confes-
. .i.,t (tiitf u'n.. t.i tiitt'p sVk wlipn
! . . . , r i
i as II oy uctuiciit, n.cj ..'uiiu ...w...,ww
far from the rest, and he found her a shady
seat upon a mossy rock, there with his arm
about her waist and his glorious eyes look
ing into hers, reading her very soul, he
told tier all ; told her how lie had loved her
all the days since first he knew her told
her bravely, too, of the convict blood in
the parent whom lie never knew, and who
had left him only this taint upon him for
an inheritance; how that, knowing the im
possibility of her linking her fate with his.
he had meant never to speak of this, aud
now that he had dared to speak, not hoping
for a return of his mad love, but only to j
prove that, whatever might be against him, J
his heart was true. j
And Anna-!-he kuew she loved him and
she was too truthful to deny it, or feign
ignorance of the power of the passion that
possessed her. Bi;t he told him, with
misty eyes and tcarrV.l voice, of her parents,
and that she was, as it were, their last
hope of happiness here of the husband
they had chosen for her, of her own passive
acquiescence in the plan, and of the speedy
marriage that awaited her. She was gen
erous, too, even in that hour, for she did
not mention Standmen's letter, or the shock
she had received in finding him what he
was. But she spoke of his love for her,
fostered for years, and the great sin she
should commit, if slur followed the dictates
of her passionate heart for the depths of
her nature were aroused, and it needed all
the firmuess of her mind to keep her true
to those who could rightly claim her. How
ever, firmness triumphed at last, and when
they joined the merry group, no one dream
ed that the hearts of each had been stirred
as they could never be again by mortal
power.
That night the young Professor accepted
the command of a military post on the
frontier aud was gone with the dawn, leav
ing best wishes and adieus for all. Anna
returned home, aud three weeks later there
was a quiet wedding at the old red farm
house. "Aud she is very wise, taking quiet
ly her share of happiness in witnessing that
of her aged parents. But her fancy is sel
dom deeply moved by Standmen's placid
voice, io. does her heart throb one atom
faster, for the admiring glances of his clear
blue eves.
I The Professor is a Colonel now, and
1 '- -1.. I T .. . i 1 1 i i. In iirnln I,. it 1 1 n nrufiiTU
lll.gllL ICLIle Ull Ili5 Irt.tl.o, . ..v.v..o
the activity of frontier life ; and though
many a fair maid and matron have caught
eagerly the glance of his lustrous eyes, yet
has he never cared enough for another to
tell agaiu the secret of his life, or why it is
so valuable to him. Aud thus each lives,
bravely, the days of this earthly life, look
ing for biiss in that which is to come.
A man, not accustomed to literary com
position or letter writing, having lost a
new hat at a country meeting, addressed
the following note to its supposed posses
sor : "Mr. A presents his compliments
to Mr. B . I have got a hat which is
not his, if he have got a hat which is not
yours, no doubt they are the missing ones."
Gov. Fenner, absenting himself from
church on Fast day, was told by Pr. AVay
land that he did not obey his own procla
mation. "Yes, I do," he replied. "I tell
the people to meet in their usual places of
worship. Mine is at home."
It was an editor iu Utah that asked his
subscribers to pay Mm in order that be
might play the same joke on his creditors ;
but the same straw that tickled the Utah
man has gone the rounds of the press and
now animate the editors of lot of paper.
, New Series, Vol. 5, .. 49.
! Old Series, Vol. S I, So. 19.
SPEECH OF llOS. J. B. PACKER,
In the House of Representatives, Wednesday,
February 18, 174.
The House having under consideration the bill
(H. R. No 82.") to protidc for the distribution of
the public document printed by the authority of
Congress, and of seeds furnished by the Agricul
tural Department, for the free exchange of news
papers between publishers, ana for the free
transmission of weekly newspaper by mail with
in the county where published
Mr. PACKER said :
Mr. Speakkr : la reporting this bill for
the actiou of the House, it certainly cannot
be regarded as necessary that we should
enter upon a general discussion of the
franking privilege as it existed prior to the
1st day of July. 1873, for that has been dis
posed of by congressional enactment, and,
with iu advantages and disadvantages, its
uses and abuses, whatever they may have
been, is now a thing of the past.
Equally foreign and Irrelevant to the
question now presented for the considera
tion of the House is the subject to which re
ference is sometimes made in this connec
tion, of the additional cost of printing, and
of increased expenditures in the prepara
tion and publication of the public docu
ments for distribution among the people.
This bill does not provide for either, but
is expressly limited in its operation, by its
own terms, to providing means for the dis
tribution, without charge, to citizens of
the United Sutes or persons residing there
in, ot the public documents, books or pub
lications, and printed matter published and
issued by authority of Congress, and of
such packages of seeds, cuttings, foots.and
scions as may be furnished by the Agricul
tural Department under the authority of
law. It makes no provision for printing a
single documeut or book not already pub
lished, and does not contemplate or require
that auy more Bhall be ordered for publica
tion ; leaving that question for the deci
sion cf Congress when it shall properly
arise.
But we have now, sir, in the folding
rooms of this House, bound, folded, aud
ready for distribution, about one hundred
and thirty-three thousand volumes of the
most valuable books printed by the direc
tion and uuder the authority of Congress.
In the public-document room of the Senate
they have about the same number, making
in all about two hundred and sixty-six
thousand volumes ; besides many pamph
lets containing much .useful information
upon questions of national importance and
of great interest to the public.
That these books belong to the people
there cau be no question. Their money
has paid for them, and their right to have
them caunot be doubted ; while the letters,
almost without number, coming to us from
our constituents by every mail, attest their
auxious desire to have them.
Heretofore, us their representatives,
members of Congress have been charged
with the duty, somewhat laborious it is
true, but still a pleasant duty withal, of
making a judicious distribution of the quota
of these documents apportioned to each
congressional district among those for
whose nse, information, aud benefit they
were printed. Then, however, the law
provided the means for making this distri
bution, and of giving the information so
highly prized by many of our citizens, and
which is collated, prepared, aud printed at
considerable cost to the public, free of ex
pense and without charge to tHe. people for
transportation in their own mails.
Charged simply with tbe duty of dis
tribution, certainly the representatives
could not be expected to pay the cost of
sending these publications either by mail
or by express, or other means of transporta
tion, to the constituents to whom they be
long. As well, and just as reasonably,
might he be asked to furnish tbe paper
upon which they are printed, and to pay
the cost of printing and binding the books,
or to contribute a .ortion of the expenses
incurred in the pieparation of the different
works for publication.
It is true, the distribution of a limited
number of documents, even at our own ex
pense, might not be oppressively onerous,
but the principle is the same whether the
amouut is small or large, and the people
would not fail to recognize the injustice of
the burden to which every member of
Congress would be subjected by a repetition
of similar favors to auy considerable num
ber of his constituents.
From a statement I have before me of
the weight of each of the documents in the
foldiug-room, it appears that the postage,
at the rates uow fixed by law, would range
from about twenty-dve cents on the smaller
booKS to about $1.73 upon the largest, and
reaching, for a set of the Globe of the forty
second Congress, the respectable figure of
S7.82.
These rales of postage, charged upon the
whole number of documents each member
of the House sent to his constituents and
actually distributed among the people dur
ing the sessions of the forty-second Con
gress, would have amounted to $1,953.00,
or the sum of 970.53 per annum.
Each Senator's postage would have been,
during the same Congress, upon his quota
of documents, if charged at the present
rates, Sy-21.87 per annum.
This calculation is based, however, upon
the whole number of documents actually
sent ; and as they include some lying over
from former years, 1 have procured from
the folding-room a statement of the number
properly allotted to each congressional dis
trict during the three sessions of the late
Congress, aud distributed by the members
of tlie House, from which it appears, by a
careful computation of the rates of postage
upon each book sent, that the aggregate of
each member's postage would have been,
upon these documeuts alone, $1:785.14 ;
the average rate of postage being forty-six
cents per document. Upon the one hundred
and thirty-three thousand volumes now on
hand iu the House folding-room, which
were authorized before but not furnished
uutil after June 30, 1873, the postage, at
present rates, would be in excess of $01,000
while the charges upon the books in the
Senate document-room would be about the
same.
Since the expiration of the franking
privilege on the 1st day of July last, but
few, if any. of these documents have been
sent by mail, those that have been distrib
uted having been sent by express and it
is, therefore, very obvious that compara
tively few will reach their proper owners,
especially if they reside at great distances
from the capital, and oil the line of the ex
press companies' routes.
In nearly all the States in which tbe
policy of publishing and distributing official
documents for the information of the peo
ple has been adopted, the State, it is be
lieved, pays for the stamp put upon tbe
package by the officer or person sending it
by the mail, and practically that plan has
beeu adopted and is now employed, under
the Act of Congress, by the Executive De
partments of the Government at AVashing
ton. The principle of the payment of postage
upon official papers, documents, books, &c,
by the Government, is, therefore, fully
recognized and acted upon now by all the
Executive Departments, in sending under
official stamps provided by the Government
the verv larcre uroDortion oi tnese aocu
mcnts authorized by Congress to be printed
for their uso and furnished Dy tne uovern
nient Printer to them, although charged to
the account of Congress. And this bill
only proposes to carry that principle into
effect, for tbe benefit and advantage of tbe
people themselves, and for the purpose of
securing tne oistriDuuon oi a portion, at
least, of these publications to those whom
we represent, by a method wbich will, it is
believed, stand the test of a comparison
with that now in use by the Departments
to which I have referred.
Let us examine for a moment, sir, the
practical operation of this departmental, or
official postage-stamp system. Upon the
abolition of the franking privilege of course
it became necessary to make some provision
to enable t he several Departments to trans
mit their official mail matter through the
mails, and therefore it was enacted by the
fourth section of the act making appropria
tions to iupply deficiencies, &c., approved
March 3, 1873
Rates of Advertising.
One inch, (twelv. line, or its equivalent in Hoopsreil
type) one or two insertions, $1,50 ; tare, inwrtioiis $1.(19.
SrACS.
On iauh
Two inchea
Three inches. ..
1.
UO
2x.
$3.00
5.00
T.09
9.00
13.00
IS. 00
36.00
Sm.
I4.IM
7.00
9.09
11.00
14.00
3000
so.oo
It.
110.00
15.00
30.00
0.00
100.00
$s.uu
9. HO
IZ00
17.00
30.00
30.00
3.U0
6,00
1M
Foor lochea.
Quarter Column 10.00
Half column. 16.00
One contain 30.00
0.00
Yearly adrertiamiMnta payabla quartn-Iy Traxtnent
advertisements moat ba paid before luaertloa, xcpi
where parties have acootmta.
Local noticss twenty cents a line, and tan scats for
very rabseqnent insertion.
Card, in the "Buamea. Directory' aolnma $2,00 par
year for the first two liaea, and $1.00 for each additional
line.
That the following amounts, or so much there
of as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated
for the following named officers and Departments
for purchase of postage-slam for n durinj
tbe fiscal year ending, Jnne 30, 1374 :
For Executive office. fOOO ; for Depurtmenl of
State, $3.(J00: for Post-Otflee Pewtrtuieut,
i)0,000; Tor Treasury Department, "304,WO ;
for Navy Depunaumt, &i!).Uo0; for Interior De
p irtmeut, 3,000 ; for Agricultural Depart
ment $52,000 ; for Department of Justice, tla,
000 ; for AA'ar Department, 153,000; for office
of the Clerk of the House of Representative, the
Secretary of the Senate, -Dd the Sergenl-at-Anns
of the Honse of Representatives, tlOOeneh;
making, in all, $l,Sti5,900: ProtiiUd, Thai the
Paymater-Geuerl shall cause to he prepared a
special stamp or stamped envelope, to be used
only for official mail matter, for each of the Exe
cutive Departments; and said stamps and stamp
ed envelopes shall be suplied by the proper officer
of said Department to ail person under iu direc
tion requiring the same for official use.
Under this act there were furnished to the Ex
ecutive Departments, from tbe 30th of June to
8th of December, 1873, a period of five months
and eight days, official postage-stamps and
stamped envelopes of the nominal valuo of $1
190,473.02, in the following proportions :
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to I a
to IO 0 3 3.
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By turning to the reports of these officers, we
learn how these stamps and stamped envelopes,
supplied in such large number, are disposed of
by them.
Tbe Secretary of the Treasury, in his circular
to officers and clerks of the Treasury Department
and others, instructs them that
These stamps are to be need on all official cor
respondence of whatever natiire, and other offi
cial mail matter, whether addressed to officers
lately entitled to the fraukin; privilege, to other
officers of the Government who Lad not the pri
vilege, or to piivate persons on official business ;
thus entirely doi.ig away with the nse of the or
dinary postage stamp for official purpose.
And then he informs u that hU Department
furnWhe such stamps to the following: 4'i offi
cers of tbe Department in Wasnintron. 10 assist
ant treasurers, 5 designated depositories 7 mint
and assay officers, 21 light-house inspectors and
engineers. 46 supervising and local inspectors of
steam-vessels, 4-2 revenue marine and life-saving
service. 12 surgeons in charge of marine hospit
als, 3U superintendents construction and repairs
of public buildings, 22 special agents, 1 commis
sioner of fish and fisheries, 171 custom officers,
225 collectors of internal revenue, 20 revenue
agents, 10 supervisors of internal revenue ; a
total of 673 officers receiving them directly from
the Department ; bat of the number of clerks
and assistants of these officers to whom they are
thus intrusted we are not advised.
The Slate Department furnishes them to the
Secretary of State, tbe Aisstant Secretary of
Slate, the Second Assistant Secretary, the chief
clerk of the Department, tbe examiner of claims,
the dispatch agent at New York, and the dispatch
agent at Boston.
The Attorney-General reports that the Depart
ment of Justice
Has furnished official postage-stamps to 54
United State district attorneys, 56 United States
marshals, and 63 courts of the United States,
making iu all 172 peisoos who have been suppli
ed with these stamps for the purpose of paying
postage od official correspondence. Stamps are
also used upon tbe official correspondence of this
office and the offlce of the Solicitor of tbe Trea
sury. In a few instances where letters have been
written to persons not officers or employees of
the Department, asking for inforuiation.pas tage-stan-ps
have been inclosed to pay the return post
age. This, however, has only been done in that
branch of tbe Department relating to the Court
or Claims, where tbe return papers were volu
minous. He also states that?
About one-balf the time of a first-class clerk
is employed in keeping an account of the posu
age-stamps, and transmitting to the officers en
titled to them, and a considerable portion of tho
time of one messenger is now occupied iu deliver
ing: mail matter in the city.
TheXavy Department furnishes them
to the eight Bureaus of the Navy Depart
ment, including the Naval Observatory,
Hydropraphic Office, Nautical Almanac
Office, Signal Office, naval hospitals ; the
commandants of the several navy-yards,
and the rendezvous, receiving-ships, and
offices connected therewith ; the Superinten
dent of tbe Naval Academy ; the Ad
miral of the Navy ; the gevernor or
the Naval Asylum ; the purchasing
paymasters at Portsmouth, New Hamp
shire, Boston,. New York, Philadel
phia. Baltimore, Washington, Norfolk,
and San Francisco : naval stations at
Leagne Island, New London, Mound City,
and New Orleans : naval examining and
retiring board ; and such of the vessels of
the United States Navy as may be in our
ports.
Iu the War department the stamps are
furnished to the Adjutant-General, the
chief clerk of the office, and, in bis absence,
another clerk, designated by the Adjutant
General, and a clerk who affixes the stamps
to the letters and packages to be mailed ;
Inspector-General R. li. Alarcy ; Inspector-General
E. Schriver ; employees Inspector-General's
office ; clerk Inspector Gener
al's office; to the chief clerk of the
Bureau of Military Justice.
In the Quartermaster-General's offlce, a
clerk is designated to take charge of and
account for tbe official stamps, &c, and
eight clerks are supplied with them.
In the office of Commissary-General ot
Subsistence, the stamps required for tho
use of the office are placed in charge of ona
clerk of class two.
In the Surgeon-General's Office, the
Bureau of Medical Statistics, the Paymaster-General's
Office, and the office of the
Chief of Engineers, the stamps are placed
in the hands of clerks, while the Dumber of
officers and employees, in or connected .
with the Signal Office, at tho various
stations of observation throughout the
country who are furnished with official
postage stamps for the purpose of paying
postage on official correspondence, is 112.
In the Post-Office Department they are
issued to tbe following officers and em
ployes : 1 Postmaster-General, 3 assistant
postmasters-general, 1 Assistant Attorney
General for Post-Office Department, 1 sup
erintendent of foreign mails, 1 Superintend
ent of Money-Order System, 1 chief clerk
of Department. 1 chief of division of mail
depredations, 1 postage-stamp agent at
New York, 1 postal-card agent at Spring
field, Massachusetts, 73 special agents, 343
rail way post-office bead clerks, 917 route
agents,193 mail-route messengers, and 33,
780 postmasters ; a total of 35,317.
In the Department of the Interior, in the
Secretary's office the official postage-stamps
are in the custody of the superintendent of
documents, who issues them on the requisi
tion of the chief clerk of the Department,
to the chief messenger and to the clerk in
immediate charge of tbe document room,
who stamp all official mail matter leaving
the Department.
Official stamps are also issued by the
superintendent of documents to the follow
ing Bureaus, on requisition of their respec
tive heads : The Bureau of Indian Affairs,
the Bureau of Education, the Patent Office,
the General Land Office, the Pension Office,
the Census Offlce, and the National Mu
seum. In the Bureau of Indian Affairs the oQ
cial stamps are in the keeping of a clerk of
the first class, whose duty it is to stamp all
official mail Stamps are also furnished by
this Bureau to tbe following oOcers : To 4
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