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VOLUME 111.
THE LEHIGH REGISTER,
6 published ih the borough of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., every Tuesday
BY AUGUSTUS L. RUBE,
-. At $1 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
$2 00 if not paid until the end of the year. No
tpaper discontinued, until all arrearages are paid,
'except at the option of the proprietor.
Anvearteestssrs, making not more than one
'lquare, will be inserted three times for one dollar
and for every subsequient insertion twenty-five
cents. Larger advertisements charged in the
same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines,
will be charged seventy-five cents, and thOse mak
ing six lines or less, three insertions for 50 cents.
{'A liberal deduction will be made to those
Who advertise by the year.
Office in Hamilton Street, next door to
Stem's .81lentown Hotel, (formsrly )
oppoaite Schnurman's Store.
TAKE NOTICE,
• Dont let yourselves be deceived, bought
o: caught by fictitious prices, that are pub
lished in the papers. The undersigned sell
as low as our next neighbors, and in fact as
low as any commission house in Allentown.
We do not deem it necessary .to publish
-prices, in order to inform the public that we
sell at lower rates than others all we ask,
is, that such who-purchase-Iron; Flardwarei
&c. should give' us a call, and they will
—find-that "Saeger's Hardware Store" sells
as low if not lower than any house in town.
0. & J. SAEGER,
Iron 4- Hardware Store, .dllentown.
April 26. ¶-5w
NEW ARRIVAL OF •
Hardware.
The undersigned have just returned from
Philadelphia with a large, as
sortment of Hardware, Cut
lery and Saddlery, with Coach-lrinzings
and Shoe-findings, all of which will be sold
at reduced prices at the Store of
O.& J. SAEGER.
April 26.
• IRON.—A good lot of Hammered and
Rolled Iron, Sheet.lron, American and Eng
lish Band Iron; Hoop Iron. Cast and Shear
Steel, square, flat and round, just received
'with Anvils and Vices, and for sale cheap
-at the Store of , 0. & J. SAEUER.
GLASS.-150 boxes Glass of all sizes,
for sale by 0. & J. SAEGER.
WHITE LEAD.—I ton of White Lead
just received, Pure and Extra, and for sale
by O.& J. SAEGER.
NAILS.-200 Kegs of the best Nails,
Brads and Spikes, just received, and for
.sale by 0. &J.SAECiEII.
SI-10E-FINDINGS.---A large assortment
,of Shoe-Findings, just received and for sale
:by 0. & J. SAEGER.
'PO BUILDERS.—A large assortment
of Hinges, Screws, Nails, Bolts with Mine
-21/1 Knob Locks, German Locks and Latch
-es, &c., just received and for sale by
LOOKING-GE,ASSES.—A splendid lot
.of Looking glass Plates, and Frames of all
sizes for sale by 0. & J. SAEUER.
OILS & VARNISEL—OiIs of all kinds,
boiled and raw, Turpentine, Newark Var
nish of all kinds, Glue, &e.,—will be sold
0. &. J. SAEGER
cheap by
PLANES.—A full assortment of Planes
of John Bell's best make, also a large assort
ment of 'Carpenter's Tools, for sale cheap
by 0. & J. SAEGER.
• 140 USE KEEPERS. —A good supply
of articles fot' house keepers, such as -elm
aneled Boilers, oval and round, Plates, &c.,
dor sale by . 0. &J. SAEGER.
Nov. 14. • , —6 w
Rats toy tilNePeolile,
MIRAN YEAGER, RATTER,
AMU. TON STREET, ALLENTOWN PA
WOULD resp . ectfully inform his friends
:and the public in
. general, that he has just
,received from New York and Philadelphia
.the latest
Spring FilShiollS,
and will be pleased to furnish his custom
ers and all others with them at the shortest
notice. Ills-Hats for durability and finish
cannot be surpassed by any establish
ment in this or any other town in the Union !
His stock consists of
;BEAVER, NUT RI A . EEL'S, RUSSIA,
.CASSIMERE, MOLESKIN, SILK,
PALM-LEAP, LEGHORN,
.STRAWHATS, MEN
.Sr, BOYS CAPS, •
.of all hinds, at the very lowest Cash Prices.
'Call and examine lis.stock befure purchas
ing elsewhere.
tar Country Merchants visiting Allentown;
4ealing in Hats and Caps can be supplied
at Wholesale prices, from one to dozen,
such sizes as any may want..
April 5.
U. & J. SAEGER
If --aux
i5l 4`l: IQ:MIDI
The Trustees of Lafayette College an
nounce to the public, that the Summer Ses
sion of the Institution will commence on the
3d day of May 1849, and that its operation
will be conducted with renewed vigor, under
'the charge of the following faculty:
REV. CHARLES W. NASSAU, A. M., Pres
ident and Professor of the Latin and Greek
Languages and Literature.
JA3IES 11. COFFIN, A. M., Vice President
and Professor of Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy. . _ _
HON. JAMES M. PORTER, L. L. D., Pro
fessor of Jurisprudence and Political Econ
omy.
12Ev. J. W. RICHARDS, A. M., Professor
of the German Language and Literature.
The instruction will be thorough and com
plete, embracing all the branches of a full
collegiate course.
The expenses are—
For Tuition, use of Library and appar
atus, $.lO 00
For Fuel,
For servants' wages, (carrying
coal to private rooms, &c.,) per Ses-
sion, $l, 2 00
For Room rent, from $4 to $10;
average $5,30, 5 38
Students in the Academical De
partment—pay for Tuition per Ses-
sion, from $lO to $l5 00
Those in the same department,
not rooming in College, pay for fuel
and servants' wages in the Winter
Term,
The fuel bills must be paid in advance
fur the Session; all others in advance for
the half session.
The observance of this rule is perempto
rily required.
Washing can be procured for 371 cents
per dozen. . .
Students provide their own beds, bedding
and room furniture.
The Refectory is conducted as a private
establishment on the College premises, a
short distance from the main College edifice,
where good boarding may be obtained at
$1,871 per week, payable each half session
in advance. Students are permitted to se
lect their places of boarding, either at Ithe
Refectory, or in town, or at farm houses, or
in clubs. But in all cases, the place of
boardinz must be subject to the approbation
of the Faculty.
The Board, intending to give all the fa
cilities in their power to those desiring. a
Christian, literary and scientific education,
pledge themselves to spare no exertrons to
render the Institution, under the charge of
its talented and well known Faculty, worthy
of the patronage of the public.
WM. HACKETT, Secretary.
May 3. 11I—Ow
.Perfiiniery.
A splendid assortment of Perfumery con
sisting in part as folloWs:
Roussel's Genuine Bears Oil.
Magical I lair Oil. •
Brigg's Russian Cosmetic for the Lair. - -
Italian Medicated Soap.
American Shaving compound.
Genuine Cologne water.
Genuine extracts of Musk Patchouly.
Jcsmin, &c.
Fancy Soap of all kinds.
Just received and for sale cheap by
• C. J. DEPEW.
April 20; 11-7--tf
THE PEOPLE'S
A ccommo &Alm - Line
( .0 .31.a.411
From allentoMn to Ea3ton, via Bethlehem,
Daily and returning.
The travelling public are respectfully in
formed, that this line of stages has commenc
ed running on Monday, the instant.
Hour's of Starling.
Leave Weaver's Hotel, in Allentown,
daily at 6 o'clock A. M. precisely, and ar
rive in Easton at 9 o'clock A. M.
Returning
Leave Whitesell's 1-lotel in Easton, at 3
o'clock P. 1114 and arrive in AllentoWn at 6
o'clock P. M.
The Fare will be as follows : •
From Allentown to Easton 621 cents.
From Bethlehem to Easton 50 cents.
From Allentown to 13ethlehem 25 cents.
Excursion trips from Allentown to Easton
Mal back same day, one dollar.
This line has been fitted up with great
care and considerable expense., ' The coach
es are new, the horses gentle, and the driv
ers will be found obliging j and:attentive, and
no pains or care will be splired by the pro
prietors to ensure the comfort. and safety of
.passengers, travelling by this line.
EV - E.rrands attended to and packitges de
livered with promptness 'aptt dispatch, on
reasonable terms.
JACOB BURNEIE,TER,
Agent fur the Proprieturs.
April 26.
LLENTOWN, LEHIGH C
THE SECOND ARRIVAL OF
Spring and Summer Goods,
MERTZ & LANDIS, .
Having just received and are now
packing their second supply of Spring and
Summer Goods, invite their customers and
the public in general, to give them an early
call as they feel confident that their stock
being purchased so low and will be sold at
so small an advance, will find a brisk sale,
call therefore before the cheap and fine goods
are all sold, and make yourselves sure of a
good bargain. Their stock consists in part
as follows :
A variety of plain and fancy Cloths and
Cassimeres, a handsome article of Black and
Drab Cashmarett for Summer Coats, Tweed
and Merino Cassimere Summer Cloth, Silk
Cobrington, Croton Cloth Gambroons, and a
large assortment of plain Plaid and Striped
Goods fpr pantaloons, also Silk, Velvet, Sat
in, Marsailles and Valencia Vestings.
A kage assortment of dress goods for La
dies wear such as Silk and Bombazines,
Manchester Linen and domestic Ginghams,
Mous de Lains, Lawns, a good assortment of
Black, Colored and fancy Alpacca Lustre, a
general supply of English Merimack and
domestic prints of all prices and patterns
Silk ,Cravats and dress Handkerchiefs, plain
and fancy Summer shawls, a• supply of
white goods as Jaconetts, Cambrias, Bobi
nets, Lace and Edgings, also Parasols and
Umbrellas, an assortment of Gloves and Hois
ary, Boys and Men's Leghorn and Palm
Leaf Hats, Looking Glasses, Carpets, &c.
GROCERIES.
6 00
- $53 38-
1 50
Imperial, Young and Black Teas, Rio
Java and St. Domingo Coffee, Syrup, Sugar
House, N. Orleans and Trinidad Molasses, a
good assortment of Sugars, Honey, Common
and Sperm oil, Salt, Mackerels, Shad, Choc
olate, all kind of Spices, Dye stuffs, &c.
A large stock of China, Queens and Glass
ware they have also on hand a good stock of
Earthen and Stoneware, which with all
goods not named here we offer at the lowest
price, and therefore hope to receive a libe
ml share of public patronage for which we
will ever be thankful.
May 3. ¶—tf
Strekeepers, Milleners, Farmers
lIIECH3.NICS! .
WILLIAM S. WEIL'S,
Wholesale & Retail
DRY GOODS AND VARIETY STORE
The subscriber takes this method of in
forming his hinds and the citizens generally
in Allentown and its vicinity, that he has
just arrived from Philadelphia and New
York, with a most magnificent stock of
goods, viz :
Unbleached muslin from 3 to 9 cents,
Bleached do. from 3 to 12 cents, best qual
Calicoes from 3 to 121 cents,
Clothes from $ 1,00 to $ 4,00,
Cassimeres from 25 cents, to $l,OO, •
do. French Doe Skin frotn $1 t 051,25
Alpaca and MohairLustre from 121 toso cts
Ginghams, Linens, Lustres, 121 to 50 cts.
A great variety of Shawls, at all prices.
Stockings and Gloves, 0 to the finest qual
Linen Cambric Ildkfs. 61 to the finest qual
Suspenders 3, to 50 cts.
Ribbons of tho greatest variety ever exhibi
ted in Allentown.
Ready made shirtS with Linen bosoms, from
371 to $1,50.
Shirt collars 121 to 25 cts
Linen bosoms 25 to 50 cts•
N. 13. Just arrived from New York 300
Violins from 50 cents to $lO. •
French and German Accordeons, at all
prices, also a lot of cheap Flutes.
To the Ladies.
Plated Breast Pins, 61 to 25 cts.
Gold do. du. 50 to $2,00.
Ear and Finger rings, 371 to $2,00
Steel Beads,.Bags and Purses.
Gold and Silver Ladies Pencils
Guards and Slides of all kinds.
Fans and Parasols of-all kinds
Turtle and Buflido Combs, a great variety
Lots of Lancaster twist, and side combs.
Perfumery of different kinds.
A lot of the finest .cloth and hair brushes.
French paper weights.
N. B• He keeps on handa regular as
sortment of watch and guard keys 3 to 12•
A great variety of Studs and Breast pins. •
Silver & German silver pencils with gold
pens.
Violin strings of all kinds.
ALSO—A great variety of other goods
too numerous to mention.
flaying for a long time been in the busi
ness, he shall continue to keep on hand a
general assortment of "Yankee Notions,"
which he will at all times dispose of
Wholesale and Retail at the most reduced
prices.
He returns his sincere thanks for the fa
vors thus far received, and trusts that they
will be continued, for which he Will ever
feel thankful.
Gantry produce taken Id exchange for
goofs.
Wm. S. WEIL.
April 5. f—am
OUNTY, PA., MAY 10, 18
Opening Of Spring & Summer Goods,
.11T THE NEW
Boot, Shoe, Hat & Cap Store.
The undersigned are just opening a very
large mid Fashionable assortment of Boots,
Shoes, Hats, and Caps, for
SPRING & SUMMER WEAR,
to which they very respectfully invite the
attention of the public.
Their stock com
prises every varie
ty of Mens and
Boys, thick Kip,
Calf, and Morocco
Boots and Shoes—
LADIES AND MISSIES;
Light, Blue, Green, Red, Bronze, Black, and
Linen Gaiters, and half Gaiters; Kid, Mo
rocco and Leather Buckins and Slippers &c.
Children Gaiters, and Shoes of every de
scription.
FASHIONABLE HATS AND CAPS,
Silk, Beaver, Fur, Brush, and Wool Hats,
Palm Leaf, Leghorn, and Straw Hats, of ev
ery variety, Cloth, Leather, Fancy, Glazed,
and Summer Caps.
Camphine; Lard and Fluid Lamps, Can
d lebms, Umbrellas, Suspenders, Trunks,&c.
KID AND MOROCCO LEATHER,
All of which will be sold at the lowest prices
for cash. Don't forget the place, next door
to Saeger's Hardware Store, two doors above
Kolb's Hotel, in the building formerly oc
cupied by Lewis Schmidt, as a Drug Store.
r7l'hey also manufacture to order all
kinds of Ladies and Gentlemen's Boots and
Shoes at the shortest notice—mending done
LOCIIMAN & BROTIIER.
1-if
neatly.
April 26.
112:01414 8TA21211119
JOHN F. RUNE, Esq. Treasurer, in ac
count with the Borough of Allentown,
from .qpril 9th 1848, to April 3d 1849.
Dr.
1618, April 9. Balance as per last
Account, - - - $ 660 17
Of Howes' and Co's Circus, - 7 50
Theater Exhibitions, - - 9 50
Of Jacob lhrie, Borough Tax, 1,300 00
Dec. 22. Of the Treasurer of Le
high County, per cent. on the
County Tax of 1847, - - 72 00
July 17. Charles Eckert, Water
stock Dividend, - - • 157 26
18-19 Jan. 10. John Eckert, sale
of town property, - - 18 24
Total, - - - $ 2,224 61
CC
1848, May 17. Paid to Henry
W. Knipe, Supervisor, - $5O 94
H. W. Knipe, grading North Al
len Street, - - - 193 19
Geo. Wetherhold, grading South
Alla street, - - - '42 40
Do. grading Union street, 107 08
Do. Supervisor, - - 48 63
Paid Interest on Loans, - 615 32
Oct. 5. Wm.. Eckfeldt, for Hose, 110 00
June 22. Henry Nagel, and oth
ers, Nightwatch, - - 23 00
Within Fry, for a hook and Lad-
der Wagon, - - - 20 00
Lewis Wolf, Blacksmith work, 38 75
Fredr. Bohlen, Repairing Engine, 675
David Stem, Expenses from fire, 20 00
Wm. Blumer, bo. . do.- 12 00
County, State and S e chool Tax, 17 51
John Geiser, building Engine house, 10 50
Joseph Seider, Loan and Interest, . 320 85
Incidental Expenses, - 23 •18
J. P. nuke, for receiving and pay
ing $ 3,•232 81, at 1 per cent. 32 3'2
Balance in the Treasury 523 86
Total,
We, the undersigned being appointed a
Committee to examine the above account,
report the same as correct.
E.. D. LEISENRING,
. CHARLES KECK,
PETER HELLER.
Approved the 3d of April, 1849.
Wm. FL BLUMER, President.
kLI.J, SAEGER, Clerk.
April 12. 11-1 w
Shoulders and Hams.
A large supply ofShoulders . and hams,
cured in Philadelphia, just received and fur
sale by . MERTZ & LANDIS.
April 5. •
t-2m.
Mrs. Matilda Heckman.
Respectfully informs the citizens ofAllen
town, that she has again 'established her
self opposite the Academy, where she will
always keep on hand
Fresh Bread,
Pound, Rotation 4• all other kind of cakes.
She will also bake and make up Bread
and Pies to order; and hopes that a feeling
community will extend to her their former
patronage.
Allentown, Jane 27, 1846. ¶-3w
111
por!icat 311cpartmcnt.
The world was hushed ; deep silence reigned
Among the dun clad hills,
And naught was heard save o'er die plains
The music of the rills ; ,
And nought above the earth was seen,
Save here and there with glittering sheen,
A peerless star revealed
•
Its gem upon the brow of night,
And sparkled far in heaven's bright •
Illimitable field.
Night's stately queen, just risen, appeared
A ball of fiery red,
And myriad hosts of brilliant lamps
Where burning overhead;
But soon, bedimm'd with a gath'ring cloud
As wrapp'd in death's untimely shroud,
Each starry light expired
And hid behind the folds of night,
The queenly orb withdrew her light,
And modestly retired.
The Storm God in his mad career
Led on the howling blast,
And rustling through the birchen boughs,
The snow fell thick and fast:
Till o'er the mountain's hoary head
Stern Winter's icy robes were spread.
And lost was every path,
Till sputt-voices in the wild
Abstracted from the wond'ring child, '
The courage childhood hash.
She drew her mantle to her breast,
And dared the beating storm,
Till overcome, she sunk to rest,
A pale and helpless form,
She dreamed!—and in her dream, behold!
The scenes of chilhood backward rolled
To that fair, sunny spot,
Where she had roamed, a weary child,
By crystal stream and leafy wild,
Beside her mountain cot.
Again the flowers of spring had come,
Sweet voices filled the air,
The music of the insect's hum,
She deemed was every where :
To her the chiming spheres were rife.
All nature seemed replete with life;
" But how illusive were
The scenes to which that dream had led
Her fancy, and how soon they fled
And left her lifeless there.
The storm subsided; winter passed
Within your forest glen;
The child's remains were bound at last,
Far from the haunts of men.
As touched by Spring's Inn:mu. wand
Sweet violets sprang through all the land,
And from her place of rest
A flower had reared its crimson head,
Bloomed and grew above the dead,
Then faded on her breast. •
Sliscellancottr, ,ecicctio 115.
Flowers in Heaven.
I sat alone in my school-room. The busy
beings who had been about me all day had
taken their dinner baskets on their arms, and
traveled off over the hill, in the path which
led to their several homes.
My desk was strewed over with tvithered
wild flowers. Some were offerings of infan
tile hands, while others . had been brought in
by the botanical class. I had dwelt for a
longer time that night than I was wont upon
the beauty of the vegetable world, and the
goodness and wisdom of its Creator. 1
spread before them the beautifully tinted
corolla of the field lily, and showeil them its
thread-like stamens with golden anthers, and
its curious pistiles. From another wild
dower I drew the delicate and nicely notch
ed calyx, and explained to them its various
uses, and asked if man, with all his boasted
powers, had ever planned or executed any-
thing half as lovely.
$ 2,22-1 61
I turned over the pages of bud's holy
word, and retake description of the riches
of Solomon "and yet" I continued, "in all
his glory he was not arrayed like one of
these." If it is out of our power to make
any thing as beautiful as the little flower
which we crush under our feet at almost ev
ery step, should we not be humbled ?
A breathless interest prevailed the little
group, and their voices were more subdued
than usual, when they Caine to wish:me
"good night."
After the echo of their footsteps had died
away, and the room had become silent, I
opened a book anti began to read; Soon my
attention was arrested by a quick light step,
and a little girl of five summers slid in beside
me. Her little, pale, sweet face, was: turn
ed up towards me, while her sun bonnet had
fallen bask, loosing the dark brown curls
which strayed in rich profusion around her
face and neck.
thought France had gone home," said
I, as I lifted her to a seat beside me. "Is
she not afraid her mother will be anxious
about her ?"
“.1[ thought Miss Butler would tell me more
about God and the beautiful flowers” she re
plied," and I have come back to hear."
POLITICS.
The Lost 'Child.
DES=I:I37I
Ef3
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I IM
She had gathered a bunch of listki•
and I took them from her littlo
told her again of their curious strtiett
I spoke to her of that most beautiful braid
creation, the moss rose, and said that
placed the Magnolia Grandillom 'upon the'si.
earth, to render it more lovely—more like
Heaven.
She caught the idea with enthusiasm.—
' , Will there be flowers in Heaven?" sho
MEM
"There will be every thing bright and
beautiful there," I replied ; "and if flowers
can add any thing to the beauty of the gol
den courts, we shall surely find them there."
"Oh, " said she, " I hope- the angels will
wear wreaths of them ; I am sure I shall
love better to look upon them, and to hear
them sing !"
These were among her last words as I
parted from her that evening, The next
day, Frances was not in her seat. I inquir
ed fur her, and
: they told me she Was not
well. I never saw her again. A few
weeks after, her coffin passed my windows,
covered with a black pall, and followed by
a train of mourners. "I watched them until
they disappeared in the circuitous road that
led to the village grave-yard, and then 1
turned with a sigh, and said—" I es, Franrcs,
Mere arc flowers in Hcarcn,for you arc
there."
The "Oldest Inhabitant."
• That gentleman (or lady, as the ease may
be,) must be venerable for his age, and wor
thy of all confidence for his veracity. There
has been no time since the confusion of
tongues on the.pkiin of Shinar, in which this
remarkable personage has not declared that
the last cold day was the coldest, the last
warm day the hottest; the last hailstones
that fell the biggest, the last lightning the
sharpest, the last thunder the most terrific,
and so on, "world without end"—that he
had ever seen, heard of or conceived. He
coolly affirms, ta u t•; that provisioni are dear
er than they were ever known to be before
—a fact, for which he accounts from anoth
er fact, namely, that there arc more dugs
about now-a-days, especially mad dogs, than
were ever permitted to live in any one age
since the days of his renowned ancestor.
who flourished about a century anterior to
the exodus of the children of Israel. lam
myself ready to testify on oath, if necessary,
that this old gentleman has declared, every
year for near fifty years—nay sometimes
twice or thrice in a year—that the money
market was never before so tight as at the
present moment ; and he prophesies that
money will never be any easier, till the leg
islature repeals the usury laws.
Love of liome.
Men hare lived long and comfortably at
a great distance from the place of their na
tivity, the neighborhood of which is surely
no necessary of life. Yet there have been
men who have sickened and died of an ex
cessive longing to revisit their native land.
To this malady the Swiss were formerly so
subject, that they gave it a name signifying
the disease of the country ; the Scots, too,
have suffered front it ; and [Joiner makes
Minerva say of the wandering 'lysses, that
to enjoy the happiness of again seeing the
smoke ascend from his native Ithaca, he
would willitigly die.
ROMANS AND CARTIIAGENIANS There
was one part of the arrangements made by
the Humans in preparing their fleets, whiclt
was strikingly characteristic of the determi
ned resolution which marked all their con
duct. They constructed machines contain
ing grappling-irons, which they mounted
on the prows of their vessels. These en
ins 'were so contrived, that the moment one
oldie ships containing them should encoun
ter a vessel of the enemy, the grappling-irons
would 11111 upon the deck of the latter, and
held the two firmly tegethir, so as to pre
vent the possibility of either escaping front
the other. The idea that they themselves
should have.any wish to withdraw from the
encounter seemed entirely out of the ques
tion. Their wily fear was that the C.:raffia
genian seamen would employ their superioi
skill and experience in naval mamuvres iri
making their .escape. Alankind have al
ways regarded the action of the I - lomat - Is, in
this case, as one of the inc. , t striking e'xam
ples of military courage and resolution which
the history of war has, ever recorded. An
anny of landsmen come down to the sea- .
shore, and, without scarcely ever having
seen a ship undertake to build a fleet, and
go out to attack a power whoae navies cov
ered the sea,' and made her the sole and ac
knowledged mistress of it. They seize a
wrecked galley of their eneniies as at model ;
they build a hundred vessels like it; they
practice manwtivres tor a short time in port,
and then go forth to meet the fleets of their
powerful enemy, with grappling. machines
to hotd them, fearing nothing but the possi
bility bl their escape.
I , a'What unaccountable creatures am
wornen ! They treat their humble servants
like slaves, when they see them ; they rail
at them, they despise them, they will hard
ly vouchsafe them a look, yet are uneasy in
their absence.
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