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Great Attractions!
Aq"rfiE
New Goods Stove
drt Catasairqua.
Retallcet—",l Penny Nude is a Penny Saved.'
Getz & Gilbert,
Adopt this method to inform their
friends and the public in general, that they
have lately opened a New Store, next door
to "Lauhach's Hotel" in the Village of Cat
asaugim, Hanover township, Lehigh county,
where they are now primed to exhibit and
dispose to their customers an entire new
and well selected stock of
Dry Goods. Groceries. &c.
at prices lower than ever b•rfore offered by
any establishininit in this place.
Their I•'0/ and stock has been
selected with the utmost earl , an l cow•isus ul
Cloths, Cass:imerp4, §ialinets,
Flannels, Ulovr•s and I liesidr•s De
laines, A lapaccas, Lusteri. , i,Unighanis, Plain
and Figured Poplins, Al uslins awl Prints,
Boots. Shoes, • Hatt:, Caps, Queensiva re,
Hardware, Looking Glasses, Stationary,
Books, &c.,
To which they invite the attention of
their friends and the public '' o.enerally,. con
fident that th e fullest satisfaction, both in
price and quality, will be given to all who
may favor them with.n
The highest:prices :wilk be paid in ex
change for County produce. •
As young begionefs they invite all, great
and small, rich and poor, high and low, to
their establishment t and secure to themsel
ves the ad vierunei of their Winter purcha
ses, by these means - they propose securing
to themselves s u nlit of good customers.
Nov.. 13. ¶
Groceries, Fish & Salt.
The undersigned have just received an
entire new Stock of Groceries, Fish -and
Salt, which they intended to sill at the 1311 ,
est prices at their Store in Catasaugun, Le
high county. GETZ & GILL3ERT.
Nov. 13. 411-3 n
Coal ! Coal !
The undersigned have opened a Coal
Yard in Catasauqua, and will constantly
keep on hand all -kinds of Coal, which they
will sell at greatly reduced prices.
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CiETZ & GILBERT.
11-3111
Nov. 13
We laughed at the joke, and 1 thought no
more of it ; but George and A lbert—slightly
excited by the fumes of a bowl of tallith
The undersigned keepall kinds of Ready which I had sent for to do honor to the tes
made Clothing on hand, and will make to taton—lost no time in concocting and after
order, at the lowest possible prices. wards publishing a full account, in the lo
- GETZ & GILBERT. cal newspaper, of the fortune that had been
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'November 13. • 1 11-3 in left, me.
Ready-inade Clothing.
H G. SICKEL,
BRASS WORKER,
Philadelphia.
, Respectfully informs the citizens of Al.
lentown and its vicinity that he continues
at his old stand
1o• 32 Norik Second Street
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- -
Oro inanufaeturing of
Gus Fixtures, Nickels' Patent Fluid.
• Lamps, Chandeliers, Girandoles,
• • Bogue! Holders,
• tarHe alto manufactures Fluid and Pine
Oils.
His prices are moderate, and his orders
will be tilled With the greatest dis . pateh.—
Therefore remember the place, No. 32
North Second Street Philadelphia
N0v..27,1851
Postriders Notice,
The undesigned, who carries the papers
through Upper Saucon township, gives no
tioef that a year is due on the )Ith of No
request his patrons, to make
settlement either to him •or to the packhol
der.. ' •
JOAN S. KLESINIER.
10-3 w
Nov. 13:•
p o ctical Department.
Let's strive to live a life of love,
And by its light impart,
The blessings of sweet hope and faith
Unto the weary heart;
Then=Shall we rear unto ourselves
A name which cannot die;
Which shall for us an entrance find
Within the realms on high.
BIM
Let's strive to live a life of love,
Ftir it will make' us great;
All other virtues spring from it—
•• Love only can create ;"
And like the closely prisoned seed
That breaketh through the soil,
So love breaks through the flinty heart,
Yet see meth not to toil.
As snow lieth longer upon the earth
The softer it doth fall.
And throws its pure and unstained robe
Around the forms of all;
So love within the human heart
Shall more securely dwell—
As softer flows its placid waves
With sweet and gentle swell•
Then let us live a life of love
Within this world of ours;
And rest assured its pathway shall
Be strewn along with flowers,
And as we fell the zephers sweet
Of heaven's sunny clime, '
There shall reflect upon her brow
The light of love divine.
15clectiolui.
The Way Made my Fortune.
Three of us were sitting in a small room,
and complaining of the hardships of our des
tiny.
.'Without money one can do nothing."
said George; "were 1 to lin upon a specu
lation that would have done honor to a
Rothschild; coming from a pauper like my
self, no oue would think it worth attending to.'
"1," said Albert, actually finished
a work which vould establish my reputa
tion as an author, if !could only find a book
seller to buy it."
"I have petitioned my employer for an
ino(ease of salary." C exclaijned,. anxious io
contribute to the chorus of lamentations;
"and he told the that fur forty louis,a year
he could get inure clerks thian he wanted."
"It would not 'so much Pn at te r, " said
George, thoughtfully, "if, beSide§ being poor,
we did not seem poor. Could one of us
only be thought rich—"
"What is the use of the shadow withoui
the substance ?" I asked. •
'•Of every use," Sail Albert. "I ng,ree
with George—the shadow sometimes makes
the substance. The next best thing to cap
ital is credit."
"Especially." returned George,"thecred
it of having a good fortune. Have none of
us a rich uncle in India ?"
"A cousin of mine went to Jamaica, or
Nlartinique, I forget which," I said, 'inno
cently, "and he never came back."
"Capital! that is all one requires," ex:
claimed George; we will conjure. up this
cousin of yours—or could we not kill him ?
Yes ; James Aleran, of Martinique, de
ceased, leaving asugar
of a hundred
thousand luuis, - to his well-beloved cousin,
Louis Meran."
The
. next day, sundry friends dropped in
to compliment me. Of course, I endeavor
ed to undeceive them, but they would not
take a denial. In vain 1 assured them it
was a hoax ;it was of no use. Several per
sons remembered my cousin James very
well, and had seen him at Nantes before he
embarked in 1769. Among others clime
my tailor, to whom 1 owed a small sum
which it was not quite convenient for me to
pay at that moment., No doubt. the rumor
of my cousin's decease had sharpened his
memory. I wished my two friends at a
place that shall be nameless.
"Good morning, Mr. Mayer ; I suppose
you are conic for those fifty francs?"
"I hope, sir, you don't think I come for
such a late as that. No, sir; I came to
take your orders for,a suit of mourning."
suit of mourning!"
"Yes, sir; cousins mourning. Dark
bronze frock froCk, for morning wear, black
trousers and waist-coat;"
•-Iv
"At the present moment, Mr. Mayer—"
"1 hope, sir, 1 have done nothing to for
feit your patronagu ?"
"But, I repeat, 1 have received no mon
ey at all."
"I hope, sir, you won't mention such a
thing.; there is no sort of hurry," exclaim
ed the tailor; who busily employedlitnself
by taking my measure with slips of, paper.
A Life of Love
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., DECEMBER 4, 1851.
After all, my wardrobe did want some
additions, and I said nothing more.
"My &Car, sir," said the next visitor, "I
have a great favor to ask of you ;' Buy my
house. You arc very rich ; you must be on
the look-out for sure and lucrative . invest
ments. Sixty thousand francs are nothing
for you—a mere fraction of your income.—
With rne the case is different. I thought
Mr. Eclix had made up his mind to purchase
the premises, and now I hear he has chang
ed his intention. What is to become of me ?
I have heavy demands to meet, and I don't
know where the money is to come from."
"I, buy your house ? Why, it would be
madness to think of such a thing."
"Madness ? no such thing ; you could'not
find a safer investment anywhere. Imtwo
years, with trifling repairs, it will be worth
double its present value. You will never
see such a good opportunity again. ,Say
'done,' and I'm pff."
And he was ofI; without leaving me time
to put in a Word.
Two hours after, in walked Mr. Felix,
evidently not in the best of tempers.
"Really, sir," he begun "you have taken
me quite by surprise. That house is in
dispensible to 'lac ; I reckoned on it as if it
were mine, and only offered fifty thousand
francs -because the owner is embarrassed,
i and I felt sure that he Must take them.
With you, air, the - case is different: so I
come to ask you if you'wi II let me have it
for seventy-five thousand francs."
Fifteen thousand francs, dropped all at
once into the lap of a poor fellow who had to
work hard to gain eight hundred francs in
a year ! I could hardly believe my ears.
"I cannot give you an answer just now,
sir," I said ; "but if you will take the trouble
to call again at five, I'll see what lean do."
At a quarter to five, Mr. Felix made his
appearance. I spoke to him with candor:
"I should tell you, sir., that I had no
thoughts of buying the house, till the own•
er prevailed on me, to do so. You say you
want the house ; any other will suit me
equally as well ; so I accede to your terms."
"You shall have a draft on Paris for the
amount in a fortnight," replied 11r.
who bowed and withdrew, apparently en
! chained with my way of doing business.
A draft upon Paris ! The circumstance
appeared so unusual to me, that I thought
I ought to send it to Paris to get it cashed.
1 I wrote accordingly to Messrs. Flanges and
Burgeret. the only firm 1 knew there. I
in the habit of receiving through them the
interest of a small sum that had been left
me by an uncle. I informed them that,
having funds al.,,my disposal. I wished for in
formation -as to the best 'node of investing
'thorn. The signification' of the words
"funds" varies very much, according to the
name and position in life of the speaker.—
I The rumor of my legacy had reached Pa
' ris ; so that when I spoke of"funds," it was
evident I meant a considerable suna. This
was proved by the following letter :
"Sir : We are in receipt of your esteem;
ed favor of the 17th current, which reached
us just after the conclusion of the last loan
negotiated by the Cortes, in which our firm
has an interest. Desirous that our friends
should have an opportunity of participating
in an investment which we consider profit
able, we have taken the liberty of placing
twenty thousand piastres to your credit.—
Should that amount appear too considerable,
the rise of those securities admits of your
selling- out at a premium.
"We remain, Sir, yours to command,
"FLANGES & Co."
To this We added a postscript, written by
the head of the firm : •
"We have heard with pleasure of the re
cent good forturM that has fallen to the lot of
our old friend and correspondent. and beg to
offer our services, aa occasion May require."
Twenty thousand piastres ! I let the let
ter fall in sheer amazement. What would
have been my astonishment, if more conver
sant with terms of commerce, and more at
tentive to the enclosed account current, I
have seen that what I topic for the princi
pal, was only the yearly interest ? 1 lost no
time in writing to my correspondents to in
form them that the sum was much too large
—"I have received im money," I . said,
"from Martinique, and It would be impossi
ble fur me to meet my engagements."
An answer came by return of post :
"We learn, with regret, that you have
misgivings.with regard to the Spanish loan.
According to your orders, we have sold out
half the stock assigned to you, which brings
you in already a net profit of eighty thou
sand francs. With regard to your proper
ty at Martinique, we are too well acquain
ted with the delays which bequests at. such
a distance must necessarily involve, to think
for a moment that you.can be. immediately
in possession of your inheritance: but your
,oimple signature wilt iliac° to procure you
all the money you may require in the mean
time. We take the liberty of reminding
you of the advantage of making timely in
vestments; lest when the legal arrangements
are ended, you should find difficulty in get
ting good interest for so large a capital.—
With the:hope that you may entertain a
better:topinion ol.Gerrnan securities than
you do of PpaoisboVe band you prospect.
tus for establishing a bank• at Grunnigen.— '
You will please to observe, Sir, that no de
posit is required, and that, as calls are only
made at long intervals, it will be easy for
you to sell your shares, should you change
your mind, without your having occasion
to make any payment. We have placed
fifty to your credit, and have the honor to
remain," &c.
Eighty thousand francs ! The amount
was a - perfect mystery to me ; no doubt the
clerk had made some mistake in the figures.
My position was becoming embarrassing.—
Congratulations poured in front all quarters ;
especially when I made my appearance in
black from head to foot. The Journal de
Goubniongea thou ght it right to publish a
biographical sketch of my cousin, and the
editor wrote to me asking for further partic
ulars: • Ladies connected with all sorts of
societies, begged that my mime might be
added to their list of subscribers, and the
money that I had to pay for postages %vas
something alarming. To escape from this
avalanche of inquiries, I hastily departed
for Paris. Directly .I got there, I called on
my bankers, by whom I was received as
heirs to a large property generally are.
-Sorry that you have such a poor opin
ion of the Spanish stock," said Mousier
Bergeret ; "there has been a great rise;
however, we only sold out half your parcel."
"Would you have the goodness to let me
know what the present value of the remain-.
ing might be ?" I replied.
"Certainly ; sir ; ten thousand piastres
stock at seventy, (the piastre being at five
francs, thirty-five centimes ; ) the sum alrea
dy paid being . It you sell out to
day, you will, With the proceeds of last sale
have from two hundred and ten thousand to
two hundred arid twenty thousand francs."
Very well. You said something about a
German bank, I think ?"
"Yes ; the Government made some diffi
culty about granting a charter ; but it is all
settled now, and the promised shares have
risen considerable."
"Can I sell out ?"
"Certainly ; you have fifty, at four hun
dred and fifty florins profit; that will bring
you in about sixty thousand francs."
"Without any calti to pay ?"
i.None wlaftve.r."
"That seems strange ; but you are no
doubt well informed. I should like to find
u secure investment for those sums ; would
yeti have the. goodness to tell me what
would be the best?
You cannot have anything better than
our °wit five per cents. I..know of nothing
more secure ; at the present price of that
stock. you get six per cent. for your money.
I can easily understand that you should be
worried by such trifling details as these :
you will soon havt; more etitiSiirefiible sums
to look after."
"Then,, if I invest the combined produce
of tilt: German and Spanish stocks in the
five per cents., what should I get a year !"
•"Let me see. Three hundred thousand
francs—Hinds at eighty—eighteen—twenty
—yes, twenty thousand francs a ,year?"
Ah ! twenty thousand francs a year!
And when caw the investment be made ?"
"To-morroW morning; that is, if you will
allow our firm to condact the transaction."
"Certainly ; in whom could my confi
dence be better placed ?"
- The banker made a polite bow.
"And now," I contined, "I should feel
obliged if you would have the goodness to
advance me a feW louis, as I am rather
short of cash."
"Nly dear sir. all the cash I possess is at
your service. How much do you want.-
two hundred 2 four hundred 2"
"Thank you, fifty will be quite sufficient.'
"May I hope, added the banker, when I
rose to take leave, "that our firm may be fa
vored with the continuance of your patron
ago ?"
"Certainly," I replied.
There are few moments of my life on
which Hook back with more satisfaction
than on those occupied in my interview
with M. B:rgenet. I doubt if [ should
have believed in the'2o,ooo francs a year, if
it had not been for the fifty napoleons.
In the meantime. my two friends were
shocked at the success of their story, and
were not a little alarmed at my sudden jour
ney to Paris; which was attributed by oth
ers to legal business. Cileorge and Albert
then began to fear that I really believed in
the authenticity of the invention they had
concocted.
Three days after my return, they came
to see me witlilong faces.
"My dear Louis," said George, "you
know your cousin is not dead r
I cannot ba sure of that," I replied...for I
am by no means convinced of his existence."
"Well ; but you know that this inheri
tance is only a hoax ?"
"To tell you the truth. I think we are
the only people who are of that opinion."
"We have been very wrong to originate
such a foolish invention ; for which we are
sincerely sorry."
".On the contrary, I am obliged to you,"
"13ut it is our duty to contradict it, and
to confess how foolish we have been." "..
Truth cannot- remain long , concealed ;
people began to wonder that no news came
from Martinique ; the wise and prudent
shook their heads ominously when my name
was mentioned.
"The most ludicrous feature in the case
is," said one, "that he has ended my be
lieving in the truth of his miru
For my part I must say that I was always
rather skeptical about that inheritance."
"And I also," said Mr. Felii; "though
-it - has - cost - me - fifteen thousand francs."
On seeing a dozen letters on my table
one morning. I guessed that the bubble had
burst. Their contents were much alike ;
for instance—
"Mr. Mayer's respects to Mr. Meran and
having heavy payments to meet, will, feel
obliged by a cheque for the amount enclosed.
My replies disarmed all doubts of my
perfect solvency.
Mr. Meran thanks Mr. Mayer for having
at last sent in his account, and encloses a
cheque for the amount."
My-cool-and-unconcerned demeanor kept
curiosity alive for a few days longer.
"What a lucky fellow !" said one.
"Luck has nothing to do with it," rejoin-
NI another ; "he has played his cards well,
and has won."
Once or twice, I confess, I felt compunc
tion of conscience ; but a moment's reflec
tion convinced me that my own exertions
had no share in my good fortune, and that I
owed it all to a universal public-worship of
the Golden Calf, and to the truth of Albert's
axiom, "the next best thing to capital is cred••
it."
A Race for Life.
During the summer of IS—, soon after
the difficulties with the Winnebago Indians
had been amicably adjusted by a visit of the
chiefs to Washington accompanied by Gov.
Cass, a Sioux Indian, while out hunting
near the mouth of Root River, shot and
scalped aWinnebago, which act he attemp
ted to justify by saying that the Winneba
go had wrapped around his person the
blanket of an Indian who a short time pre
vious had murdered his brother.
The Winnebagoes became indig nant at
the act, and about two thousand of t hem as
sembled at Fort Crawford, and demanded
of Col. Taylor the procurement and surren
der of the murderer. The officers of the
Fort, apprehensive that new difficulties
might arise with this factious tribe, if their
demands were unattended to, concluded to
make an effort to obtain the murderer. Ac
cordingly, an officer was despatched to de
mand him of the Sioux nation, Who imme
diately g ave him up, and he was brought
down the river and confined at Fort Craw•
ford. Soon after his arrival at the Fort,
the Winnebagoes assembled again and in
sisted upon an unconditional surrender of
the prisoner to them, which Col. Taylor re
fused to make but dispatched Lieut. R. and
Dr. Eluise, the surgeon of the garrison, to
have a talk with them upon the subject.—
At the conference, the Winnebagoes talked
in a thratening and overbearing manner,
and insisted that nothing would satisfy them
but taking the life of the Sioux in their own
way and by themselves. At length Lieut.
It proposed that the Indian should have a
chance of his life, in the following • man
ner:
Two weeks from that time he was to be
led out upOn the open prairie, and in a I:ne
with him, ten paces of, was to he placed
upon his rightand left twelve of the most ex
pert runners of dm Winnebago nation, each
armed with a tomahawk and scalping knife.
At the tap of the drum the Sioux should
be free to start for the home of his tribe,
and the Winnebagoes free to pursue, cap-.
tore and scalp him if they could.
To this proposal the Winnebagoes acced
ed at once, and scented much pleased with
the anticipation of great sport, as well as an
easy conquest of the prisoner, whose con
finement in the garrison during the two
weeks, they believed would prostrate what
ever running qualities he possessed.
Their best runners were immediately
brought in and trained every day in full
sight of the fort. Lieut R., who• was some
thing of a sportsman, and who had warmly
enlisted in the cause of ths,Sioux, determin
ed to have his Indian in the best possible
trim. Accordingly, Dr. Eluise took him in
charge, prescribing his diet regulating his
hours of repose, and directing the rubbing
of his body with flesh brushes, twice a day
immediately before he went upon the par
ade around to perform his morning and even
ing trainings. In fact so carefully was he
trained and fitted fur the race of life and
death that he was timed upon the parade
ground, the fourth day before the race, and
performed the astonishing feat of 41 miles
in two hours, apparently without fatigue.
The day at length arrived. Thousands
of Indians, French, Americans, and others
had assembled to witness the scene. In
fact it was regarded us a gala day by all,
except the avenger of his brother Sue.— .
Lieut. It., on the part of the prisoner, and
the celebrated war-chiefs Warkon-shutes
kee and Pinctop, on the part of the_Wiane
bagoes, superintended the arrangement of
the parties upon the ground. The point
agreed upon for starting was upon the
prairie north of Prairie du Chien, and a
few rods from' the feeidinice then ocisupiedt
by Judge Lockwood, While the race lay
NUMBRE 6,
along the Nine Mile Prairie, stretching to
the north, and skirting the shore of the Mis
sissippi. The Sioux appeared upon the
ground, accompanied by a guard of soldiers
Who Were followed by his twenty-four antag
onists, marching in Indian file, naked with
the exception of the Indian breechlet.—
Their ribs we:'e minted white, while their
breasts were adorned with n number of hi
eroglyphicni paintings. across the face
alternate „stripes of white and black were
painted, in parrallel extending from
the chin to the furohead.
The hair was platted into numerous
thongs, fringed with bells, and tasselled
with a red or white feather, while their
mocassins were corded tightly around the
hollow of the toot, as well as around the an.
cle, with the sinews of the deer. In the
right hand each carried his tomahawk,
%011ie the left grasped the rhea th that con
tained the scalping knife.
The prisoner was about twenty-three
years of age, a little tinder six feet in height
of a muscular, welt-proportioned contour,
and manifested in the ea),y movements of
his body wiry and agile command of his
muscular powers; his countenancepresented
a wan and haggard appearance, as he stood
upon the ground owing partly to the rigid
discipline he had undergone in training,
and-partly to his having painted his face
black, with the ft , .ure of a horse-shoe, in
white upon his forehead, which denoted
that he was condemned to die, with the
privilege of making an Wirt to save his
life by fleetness. A rouhd his neck he wme a
narrow belt of wampum, to which was
appended the scalp he had taken from the
Winnebago.
Soon after they had formed in a line,
Lieut. R. came up and took off one of the
mecassins of the Indian and showed the
the chief that he thought it contained a thin
plate of steel, and asked if they objected to
it ; to which they replied that he might
wear as touch iroe as he pleased:
Lieut. R. having noticed at the same
time that the countenance of the Indian
presented a downcast and melancholy ap
pearance, requested Dr. Einise to come for
ward, who, after examining his pulse, said
that he was much excited, and that his ner
ves were in a tremulous condition. Lieut.
R. immediately took him by the arm and
led him out some distance it front of the
line, where he asked him through his inter
preter if he was afraid to run ; to which he
replied that he was not afraid to run with
any \Vinnebago on foot, but he could not
outrun all the horses that were mounted by
armed Indians. The Lieutenant saw ut
once the cause of his itlarut, and informed
him that they should not interfere. lie
intended to ride the fl-etest horse upon the
ground and keep near him, and as ho was
well armed, would see that no horseman ap
proached with hostile intention. At this
announcement the countenance of the Indi
an brightened up with a smile ; his whole
person seemed lilted Iran the ground. as
he returned to his position in the line with a
stalwart stride.
The Chief and Lieutenant R. soon aftei
this mounted thrir horses, and took a posi
tion directly in the rear of the prisoner.—
Spectators were retn.wed front the front,
when Lieutenant It gave the signal. The
blow had scarcely reached the drum when
the prisoner darted from his antagonists
with a bound which placed him beyond
the, reach of the whirling to.nahawk.—
When the race was under way, many of
his antagonists ran with great filet taws for a
mile. when the distances between them and
the Sioux began to widen rapidly, showing
the superior bottom of the latter, acquired
by the discipline of the white titan.
At the end of two miles, the last of the
contending Winnebagoes withdrew from
the chase : there was not an Indian horse
upon the ground that could keep up with
him after he had gone the first half mile,
and at the end of the fourth mile, Lieut. R.,
finding that his steed was much fatigued.
and the prairie free limn eaemies, reined
up. The Indian did not look behind, or
speak, us far as he was followed or could be
seen, hut kola his eye stedily fixed upon
the white flags that had been placed at dis
tances of a half a mile apart, in order that
he might run upon a straight line.
It was soon after reported by the Winne
&Toes that he had been shot by one of their
hoys, who had been secreted by order of
War-Iron-shutes-kee, beneath the bank of
the river near the upper end of the prairie.
This however, proved not to be true. The
boy had shot a Winnebago through mistake
who like himself, had been treacherously
secreted for the purpose of intercepting the
Sioux, who, a few years ago, tuna present
at a treaty made by GUv. Doty with the
.Sioux nation.
He had then but recently acquired the
rank of chief. He requested Gay. Doty to
inform him where Lieut. R. and Dr. Blush,'
were at that tune; and was told that both
bad died in Florida. He immediately with•
drew from the Convention. painted his face
black and departed to the woods , nor could
he be prevailed upon to come into the Oen
vention until he had gone through the usucal
ceremony of fasting and mourning for the
dead.