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No paper discptitinued, until all arrearages are paid T xcept at the, option of the proprietor. • 4,4lllrWilco hi Hamilton Street, one door East of I %e ti entail Reformed Church, nearly opposite '-iiensboten Office. the "Fr... ------- . 3nbanniti) actati::.l Ull £oar) FIRE. THE FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY of Philadelphia. OFFICE, No. 1636 cliEsr!arr, STREET, Near Fifth Street. • STATEMENT OF ASSETS, $1,525,949 68, Jantictry let, 1853, rublishcd agreeably to an Act OF ASSEMBLY, BEING 'First Mortgages, amply secured, $1,199,284 48 Real Estate (present value $llO, - 000) cost. Temporary,Loans, on ample Cola teral Securities. 130,774 26 Stocks (present value $76,191) cost. 63,085 50 Cash, &c. &c., 50,665 57 51,525,940 GS PERPETUAL OR LIMITED INSURANCES made on every description of property, in TOWN AND COUNTRY, at rates as low as are consistant with security Since their incorporation, a period of twenty-four years, they have paid over three do7lars Loss BY FIRE, thereby af fording evidence of the advantage of Insur ance, as the ability and disposition to meet with promptness all liabflities. Directors: Charles N. Bancker, Mord. D. Lewis. Tobias Wagner, Adolp. E Boric, Samuel Grant, David S .....• Jacob R. smith, Morris Patterson, Geo. W. Richards, Isaac Lea, CHARLES N. 13ANCKER, Cii.tat.LS U. BANCKEII, Secretary. ICVThe subscribers are the appointed Agent's of the above mentioned Instituiion, and are now prepared to make insurances on every description of property, at the low est A. L. RC; FIE, Allentown. C. F. BLECIA, Bethlehem. Allentown, Oct. 1b52. ly eVE IP Boot and Shoe Manuthetory In Allentown. . , The undersigned take this method to in; , form their friends and.the public in general, that they have lately purchased the . Shoe Store of Daniel Miller, And continue the Vt. . i ddge manufacturing of FAsitioNneut Boots & Shoes, as heretofore at the "Old Stand" No. 9, East Hamilton Street, Allentown, under the firm of liccknain and Ifitty. As new beginners they invite the public to give them a call, particularly the Lady customers. They are both experienced workmen and their work is moce of the best materials by the beet hands and under their own direc tions, and they will stand good for any work turned out of their store. They also keep a full assortment of Gum Shoes on hand, comprising every style and quality. Ordered customer work done up in •the best and most durable manner, in any style desired and at the shortest notice. Also re. paring done upon as short a notice as pos- Sible. Thole CASH. 11 EcKMAN & WrrrT. January 40834 ALLEN HOUSE, No. 1, East Hamilton Street, CORNER OF MARKET SQUARE, ALLENTOWN PA. • I. The subscriber takes , , . this method of inform .:,-;;Y:i.i'.-..''_- - \\,... ing his friends and the . i - vc 41 7 .;: , „ public,that he has taken r 4.,.. gl s -e_ - __ . the above well . known ~ 7: flOtel,recentlyoccupied 1311111i11111,------. 1. 1. 1. • ••----.•--• !_;-•-.:-;' ... c .i... by Keiper and Good, iinitthdt he is prepared to accommodate all 14116'.thay favor him with their custom.— Within the psi few months this house has been newly fitted up, and enlarged, and as its location is central and convenient, it pre sent advantages surpassed by. none in the Borough, for the traveler or business man. The proprietor will spare neither pains nor expense to render satisfaction to all who May' give him a.call. .. • Allentown, Feb. 8: A FAMILY NEWSPAP Will be sold at public auction, on Monday, Tuesday and WedwAday, the 20th, 21st and 22d of March, next, in the afternoon and evening, at J. W. Grubb's Store, in the bor ough of Allentown, his entire stock of consisting of Cloths, plain, black, and fancy Cassemeres, Cashmerets, cotton pantings, Mouslins, Ging hams, Laces, Gloves, Mohair Mitts and Gloves, no d e, Cravats, Necker chiefs, Shawls, Monslin fjc.laines, Alpacas, Checks,Linnens,Jaconeits,Cam,' , rics,Lawns , Seg. A large lot of Queenswiire, Gla . ssitake; Grocedes I. Also: Molasses, Oil, Salt, Fish, W ine, Bran dy, Gin, &c. A large assortment of such ns superfine cloth and fancy Coats, plain and fancy cassimere Pants, also common Pants, and Overhalls, a large variety of Vests and Vestings, Shirts, &c. Also Store Fixtures, as 3 pair super counter Scales, Weights and Measures, a new Desk, Stove, empty Barrels, Boxes, Casks, &c. Also illousehold Furniture, as Bed-steads and Bedding, Feather-beads as good as new, Bureau, two Side-boards, Corner-cupboard, 2 Wash-stands, Dining tables, dozen cane-seat and other Chairs, a cane-seat Rocking-chair, Looking-glasses, a SO hour Clock, 3 new Venetian Blinds, carpets, Tubs, Tin and Queensware, and a great variety of other articles too tedious to mention. 82,139 87 The goods will be sold froth the shelves. Sale poshive without reserve. CONDITIONS CASH. N. B.—Country merchants and others are invited to attend the auction. The house furniture will be sold on the last day above named. • Allentown, March 8. ¶-3w Northanipt, iVater cumpany All persons using the water of the Com pany for family •or other purposes, will please take notice, that the time to renew their permits is the first of April next, and it is expected that they will call upon the undersigned Treasurer and renew their per mits. Those persons who have not settled for their permits from the Ist to the 10th of A pril, must not complain if the water is stop ped from them after that time. The Board reserves the right where the Water is used by joint Hydrants, if not paid by all joined, to stop it if they see proper, as they consider such arrangements solely advantageous to those who connect in use ing the Water, consequently cannot interfere with arrangements of this kind. Notice is also given to persons who wish to use Hydrant Water for building purpo- Ses, that they must take out their permits before they commence building, and if this rule is not strictly observed the charge will bo double for the Water. By Order of the Board. . JOHN J. KRAUSE, 7'reastercr. March 15. ¶-4w Resolved, February 17,1854, by the board of. Directors of the Lehigh county Poor [louse, that notice shall be given to all Jus tices of the Peace of Lehigh county,—that the hospital and house of employment, are so crowded with foreign paupers at present, that i ,t is entirely out of our power to. main tain the poor of said county properly, and to neglect old and helpless citizens of the. coun ty, by removing them out of the hospital . and in their place give room to a set of loafing and self-negligent foreign paupers, arriving daily with orders of relief, we would prove regardless of th.e duty imposed upon us. NVe, would therefore request each and every Jus tice of the Peace of said county, not to issue orders of relief to stragling or loafing paupers, except in the utmost case of necessity. lILNR DIEFENDERFRR; HIRAM J. SclintiTz. Directors PETER Rornicu. Allentown, Feb. 22. _ _ 20,000 Apple Trees for Sale, The Trees are all of extra size and quali ty, warranted true to the name, with a gen eral assortment of all sorts o: FRUIT TREES, Fit Grupe-vines, Gooseber-, . 4" " .4 V" ? Raspberries, Straw berries, of the best selections, ripening in succession from the earliest to the latest. ALso—Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, &c., suitable for ornamenting public and private grounds. Orders sent direct to the "Fair View Nti r ccry," Moorestown, New Jersey, or tell with John F. Halbach, Esq., authorized Agent in Allentown, Pa., will receive prompt atten tion.. , Reference.—George Butz, Philadelphia , , JOHN YERKINE, Proprietor. F i ebruary 15, 1854. *--4w CIiARLES NIUE. • 11,--4111 all"COV/ICOrt 2 Store Goods, AND LIQUORS Ready Made Clothing, HENRY GRUBB, Agent q.) I /11 ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., MARCH 22. 1854. poctiral Elepartinent. The Newspaper Editor. An insect lives among mankind, For what wise ends by fate de.sign'd, I never yet could clearly find. In pain for all, and thank'd by none, And must perplex'd when most alone, No state regards him, not his own. Beneath a dusty roof restrain'd On one dark spot forever chain'd His ink is to the bottom drain'd His days are one continual whim ; The seasons change, but not for him ; On foreign prints his eyes grow dim. lie lite supports on self•esteem, Ile plans, contrives and lives by scheme, And spoils good paper—many a ream. Now Europe's feuds employ his brains, Now Asia'n next his head enntainsl— He has his labor for his pains. He grumbles at the price of flour Then mourns and mutters many an hour That Congress have abused their power. He swears the tariff hurts our trade, And fail 11 must without his aid, Meanwhile his taylor goes unpaid. Although he' little have to lose, He still 'the Hero' may abuse,. And wish some other in his shoes The balance of our foreign trade Makes him uneasy and afraid, Tho', thank the Clods, his board is paid! He is a weary, thoughtful man, Writing if ill the best he can, And much despising little men Till doom'd to think of new affairs, The Cholera sends him clean down stairs, Leaving—the wide world for his heirs,_ Amy "Joy /load Days Come back, comeback, my boyhood days, With rosy youth and sunny smile; Oh linger yet—pass not away, Fur still thou can'st the heart beguile. But youthful joys like summer flowers, That deck ihe morn of life so gay With fragrance sweet; a few short hours They bloom,—they bloom but to decay. Yet youthful thoughts, and sports and dreams, Time's icy fingers cannot chill, \ltile memory lives, their golden beams Will shine,—and tarry with us still. When cares ofli(e our noontide blight, And dreary storms around us rid!, Then early thoughts like visions bright, Bring joyous sunshine to the soul. Then come what will in after years, Oh let those visions still remain, And Mu' the memory cost a tear, Yet give me back those dreams again For they will cheer the weeping heart, When other tides and hopes are riven, Will wipe the dew drops from the eye, And cheer us on our way to Heaven. !aclections. (From the Knickerbocker fir March.) Professional Sear. • Your hind letter, Henry, came duly, to hand ; and you will be surprised to learn Chat a cureless qUestion of yours will draw forth enough to cover a sheet : 'What (mu sed that scar on my temple ?' It is a professional scar, Harry ; one that I have carried ever since my earliest prac tiCe ; and although I have now arrived at a tolerable old age, and have many, many in timate friends, it is a most singular fact that you are the first and only person that ever inquired into its origin. I can tell you all about it, but must avoid names •and places, far the parties most interested in the inci dent are yet living, and I am under strong bonds of sucresy. . In a year—, after passing through a long examination before grave judr, , v and shrewd barristers, I was pronounced a prop. erly qualified person to appear before juries and courts for others as well as myself', and at once proceeded to a large southern city, where, by a modest little sign over the door of a modest little office, I announced my readiness to commence the pnetice of the lam/. " For three months I waited, but alas! no'business came, and I sat in my office on a dreitrymight, at about eleven o'clock, in this very comfortable position : my money . was gone entirely ; my board bill was to be paid in the morning, and my rent the day following and I absolutely feared to go to my boarding-house, and waited in whatseem ed the forlorn hope that something in the way of a fee might appear, either drooping from the skies, or suddenly appealing on my desk. Outside, no step was heard ; and as j occasionally glanced through my win dow, the flame of the street-light, moved by ¶-3w the wind, would seemingly move me home ward ; but I would not go. A footstep sounded in my entry ; a second, and a third and more, but so light that my heart-beating prevented my counting them ; and then a little delicate knock. I compelled mYself to say Come in' with a calm voice, although I expected to be instantly vis-a-vis with a young waman : the door opened, and I saw —an old one. I had only time to move toward a chair before she was in the centre of the room and speaking : .1 have no time to sit. 'Young man, you are a lawyer: are you good for anything.?' My insulted dignity was controlled by on effort, and I answered that I flattered my self that 1 possessed some talent for my pro fession, or I should not have chosen it. '‘Vell, well, no gas; can you draw a pa per ?' Hereagain I ventured to remark, that it depended somewhat on its nature ; but I saw Iron her impatient manner that she wanted no trifling. Before I finished the sentence, she interrupted me with a fierceness of man ner exceeding her former rough one,saying: want a will drawn ; quick ! hurriedly ! but so strong that all the d—is in h—II can't undo it! Can you do it ?' and she fairly glared at the with impatience for my an awe r. Now you know. Harry. that my legal ed ucation was obtained entirely in a surro gate's office, and you may presume that on the law and forms of the law and forms of last wills and testaments I felt myself suffi ciently posted up. I therefore assured her that I could draw a will which, although I could not warrant it to pass the ordeal she mentioned, but would, I was sure, be proof against the eflbrts of all the lawlers in _ Christendom. . • And now her manner changed from the fierce and bold to the anxious and hurried. 'Come, then, quick ! quick ! young man, and you shall pocket one thousand dollars for your nights work she exclaimed. And. amazed and bewildcit was, I re .u,....- neigmboring corner, step ping into tt hack, before the startling but comfortabld - words, 'One thousand dollars for your night's work! had ceased ringing in my ears. My conductress followed me, and without orders we were rattled furious ly along the streets to the----Ilouse, than the largest hotel in the city. My visions of one thousand bright dollars kept my tongue Inidled, and I was led in silence up two flights of stairs into a suit- of rooms compri sing parlor and two bed-rooms. The par lor, however, was occupied by a bed, in whica lay an old and evidently dying man. A servant was with him, but he left, upon a motion from the hand of my Companion, who approached the bed and said : .1 have an attorney here, Sir : shall he roe( ?' The old matt's eyes brightened up, and. after glaring on toe for a moment, he spoke: if yon can draw my will, do it ; quick; now. fur I MUSe euvu itiv breath.' . I turned to the table where I found paper pens, ink, and everything necessary ; and by the light of two sperm candles in heavy silver candle-sticks, I was soon busily en peed at the will. 1 will not trouble you with the details. nor, in fact, I . do remember them ; but it is enough to say that a large amount of prop erty, real and personal. bonds, mortgages, etc., were left, in the words of the will, to 'my good and faithful housekeeper, Ange line , as a token of gratitude for her long, faithful and meritorious service.' But the concluding words of the will I shalt nev er forget ;,they were writtam from his own mouth, and made me shudder ns I wrote them. There is something fearful, dread ful—yes, devilish—in thus deliberately re cording, in what purporti, to be your last written wish, a curse •upon your own off spring. And 1 felt, as 1 . wrote it, nn invol untary desire to tear the paper into fragments and to rush from the room, but the thousand dollars were like so many anchors, and staid and wrote : '1 leave to my daughter Dora all the fact ion she can obtain from my hearty curse. When rags whip about her in her only home the street, and dogs share with her the . re fuse of the gutter, she may regret that she disobeyed him who once loved her, but who, dying, cursed her !' There was something lilts a chuck le in the direction of old Angeline as the dying wretch dictated these fearful words: but as I looked nod saw the stern .face as rigid as marble, I concluded I must have been mis taken. I could not, however, divest myself of it certain feeling that all was wrong. A rich old man, accompanied by an oldh house keeper; and dying in a strange city ; her . anxiety to have• the s will so strong; the curse on his. daughter,'hnd the large fee, all conspired to make me feel that I was being instrumental in tliE - accomplish:nent of some villainous object. Again I meditated the de struction of the paper andagain my fee, , and my wants conquered. The will was finish ed, and I read over aloud, the old man groaning, and the old woman looking an occasional assent; but when I read the ter rible curse, a new actor appeared on the scene .011 ! tear it ! tear it'! Oh God you know not•what you do !' The. plaintive tones of the voice touched my heart, even before my eyes beheld its' owner; but whera saw her, heavens and earth ! what an angel she was ! The lan guage is yet undiscovered, Harry, that is competent to give you a description of that face : the eyes dancing with excitement, yet liquid with tears ; the mouth proud as Juno's yet compressed with anguish. But why do I attempt description ? The most majestic, yet the sweetest countenance I. ever beheld appealed to me, and not in vain for while the old man, weak ns he was, jumped (rem his bed screaming 6EIII her ! kill 'her I' I tore the will into fragments, and we both fell to the floor, he dead, and I stunned by a blow from the heavy candle-stick wielded by the old hag, Angeline. When my consciousness returned I found myself in my own bed at my boarding-house my host and hostess my sole attendants.— My mind was clear the moment I looked about me, and .1 knew I had been brought home, and was now confined from the eflects of that blow. I resolved to keep my own counsel, and to ascertain what could of the subsequent proceedings of the night. Upon inquiry, I found that I had been brought home by a young gentleman in a carriage, who had left funds for the employment of a physician, and had also left a letter for me. I opened the letter as soon as I was alone, and found a fifty dollar bank note, with these words : .You did last night a deed worthy of more gratitude than our present means enable us to express. The property which so nearly belonged to the infamous hag who struck you, will soon be ours, and you shall then hear from us. May the same kindness, which prompted you to tear the paper, seal your lips hereafter as to the painful scene of last evening. • • Gratefully yours, DORA AND lIER LIU,DAND.' My first act was to conceal the letter be neath my pillow ; my second, to call my ••••0 •• o. • ...... •11, ..... JL•116.1 lay "Ail/ 41. bill ; to my astonishment he told me that my companion paid it when he left the letter. fr seems I raved a little about my inability to pay any host while I was unconscious, and thus the husband of Dora (for I had no doubt it was he who brought rue home) had as , cettamed the fact and paid my bill. Ad ded to this, •my wound was not severe enough to need any surgery more than was offered by my kind landlady : so when I had recovered, (which was soon,) I had on ly my office-rent to pay, and then resumed business with the larger part of the one hun dred dollars in my treasury. I made cau tious inquiries about the—House as to the subsequent movements of my mysterious clients, but could only ascertain that the old couple arrived on that eventful night, the old man ordering a pleasant room in which he could die ; that the voting couple came by another conveyance, and haul taken other rooms; that the old man's body was imme diately boxed up and shipped had the north under charge of his man-servant; that the old woman went off alone; and that finally the young man paid the whole bill, and left also with his wife. To do my worthy host and his kind lady full justice, I must say that they never even hinted at the matter, and I never had a question to answnr ; they probably took it for granted ,that I had been the victim of some broil, and avoided annoy,- , ing me by any reference to it. • Thirty years of hard work rolled by Har ry, during which 1 acquired a: family, for tune, fame, and gray hairs ; but I never, in all that; tiMe, saw or heard of my clients, with the exception of one letter, which was received some years after the occurrences which I have related, and which contained two more fifty dollar bills, with these words: .We are very happy may God bless ycu! DORA.' But in all that time, I have never forgot ten that beautiful angelic face, nor the mute appeal which it•maie to my heart ; the an swer to which cost me the deep scar which. is the object of your present curiosity, and one thousand dollar fee less the amount, re ceived from the young folks. Neither did I, in all that time, regret the course I took. Some ton years ago, as you probably re member, I spent a winter in Havana. 1 boarded with a Spanish landlord, whose house was generally filled with American visitors. But,.strange to say, I passed one week with him without a single American arrival ; and I was mentally resolving one day to leave for New Orleans, where 1 could find troops of friends, and rid myself of the ennui consequent upon my solitary position, when I.heard my host calling me : .Senor, Senor, los Americanos—Ameri canos.' Looking from my window, I saw a fine pnrtly gentleman attending to his luggage, and answering the demands of the thousand and ono leeches of porters who each claimed to hatie brought something for him.' Think ing I might . be of service to him, I went out, and with two or three dimes dispersed the villains who knowing•me for-an' atagei, submitted to my orders. The gentleman turned"to thank Inc, hut suddenly started back, then glanced at my temple, and see ing the end of my candle-stick-inark peering NUMBER 25. out beneath my sombrero, he caught me by the hand exclaiming : .We have met before, Sir !—how glad I am to see you • And then, without explanation, he drew me to the door-way in which stood a mat ronly but still beautiful woman. •Sce, Dora,' said he, , is not this our old friend ?' At the word 'Dora,' I started, and there before me, sure enough, stood the Dora of thirty years previous, still retaining many of her charms, but with the marks of time; notwithstanding, impressed upon her fea tures. You may well believe our re-union was inostpleasant ; and after our dinner was over, and we where out enjoying the sea-breeze, the whole story was told me. I will not give you the details of it; it was long but the main features of it were about what 1 had surmis ed. Dora was the only child of a wealthy father; her mother died when she was mere child; old Angeline had remained with her lather in the capacity of a housekeeper, and had while Dora was away at school, acquit . . ed as generally the case, complete influence over him. Dora was wooed and won by a poor clerk; the father would not listen to it; an elopement was the consequence, and the the old man in his rage broke up house keeping, and taking old Angeline with him, had started for the South. Dora,had follow ed him with her husband,although She knew he would not see her,and although he had al ways been harsh and unkind to her, yet she knew he was in the last stages of consump tion, and she detanined if possible, to be with him when he died. At the time of his death, they had been following him about a month from place to place, keeping conceal ed from him, and.eleding even the keen eyes of Angeline. When Dora appeared in the room, it was only because the man servant, who had been with her father, and who, as you remember, left the room when I entered, had observed tin* arrival and had kindly gone to her and inlorincd her that her f•itlwr could not tote an hour t ohs was en tering tile room •to make one last effort at rcconciiliation, when my voice reading the fearful words of her father's curse caused thti outcry and the denoucement. Her husband who followed her in, found the old man. dead. Dora in a swoon, me senseless, and old An geline in vain trying to put the many pieces of the will together, raving and cursing like a bed lamite. He and the moan-servant liut the old man's body into the bed, took Dom to her room, and while the servant kept guard over Angeline, he took tee home in a car riage. Tile rest you know. 1 have only to add that whenever I wan. der north, either alone, or with my wife or family, we always stop at the house of our kind friends. They have spent one•winter with us at the south, and we expect them again the coming season. And the young gentleman who studied law under my in struction, and who now practices law with my name on the sign with his, (as senior partner although he does all the business,) is Dora's son, and from certain conscious looks and bright blushes on my pretty daughter's cheek when he calls, l imagine he may poe sidly be mine, too. But of this, Harry, rest assured-1 shall not curse her if she mar ries him. tarA countryman was standing on one of the wharves the other day, watching the process of hoisting the anchor of a ship which was getting under way, and as he saw the huge iron rise from the water totho "yo•heavc•o !" of the sailors he exclaimed. .You may hove high, and have low, but you will never get that great ctooked thing hrough that little hole—l know better.' tarA plain.Finken woman recently via led a married woman and said to her. 'How do you contrive to amuse yourself .Amuse said the other, straining; .do •ou not know that I have my housework to to ?? .Yes,' said the other ; see' you have ft to do, bur as it is' never - clone, concludo you must have soine other way of passing your time,' OrAn Irishman attempted to put a yoke on u pig. Ile had cornered the grunter in a room having a glazed window, when the animal, believing that his freedom was about to be infringed upon. went with a single bound through the window. .Drat it,' said the old man, looking after him for n moment, I've got your dimensions-7 by 9 exactly.' VrA person once said to a father, whose son was noted for his lazinesa, that he thought hie spn very much afraid of hie work. Afraid of his work !' replied the father; snot at ull, he will lie clown and go to sleep close by the side of it.' L.7'.1 will never marry a woman 'who can't carve,' said .111. Why not 2' inquired his friend. .Bedanit3 isho would not be a help•rneut for me.' MA Yankee hita :invente'd a machine which will dhurn, potind clothes and pump water, and when completed will 'Milk the cow, and get tea and whip the children.
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