I mo. 3 mos. 13 nm. lyr. 1.30 1.73 3.30 0.00 IEOO 3.W 3.30 0.30 9.00 20.00 LAN 3.33 9.03 17.00 W.OO the BQuar► two Squares Three Squares . . . 11th mm um 44. M mm nm am mm .. • Btx 8411aree, . Quarter Column . . Half Column . . ir.1.60 413.00 (i.OO 1140) °neC'hu" aP !k". 3 'ICU° • Prof...lomat Card. 61.00 wilt,. per )ear. V V yttryt i rleitz„tt,...,,„4 e ,„ • ~uo each • (meat t Ton linos agate constitute a equate. ROBERT IREDELL, Jn., PUBLISHER, =I Coal MO nisupther - Vigour: , • : I=l ROITGI-1 & SAM DOORS'AI4IYATARDS, WILLIAM PORT, I'A. *d Ordors from the trade solicited 711.1211tT. Z. OTTO. U. U. OTTO. O. W. MILLUX FILBERT, OTTO de MILLER, lIANUFACTUI!EIIiiAAD DEALERS ._ . ... ~ ~ L V .g..''' BT ! WILE bispoia ,;i),li: MILL ON*MST OF 31AI J Nian) N. F. CHAN t 9 4 ,4 1 ,1 1. AT Tll* WAY.. L.... I?. 0pt10,17 R E 0 V 11. SMITH & OSMI'N'S COAL AND WOOD YARD ! .•:.1. 0 7.e th c 0 0pf.. 4 , ed .u t.44 - id I{rd O A + n t o w th il e . b. constantly sqlhel etu r l e ilglZ l 17 1 11 1 'Who!'e Egg, Stolimi itt and . oiegtrfnl Corti, 11,1, , v:1 from Uri 6'lll : • 0 ITi! , 11-..0 L • "dor 'the I laterftfit oL New 'to nntnhnso DRY AND SCREENED COAL WA large al livered l kin karts ood Wood constautly on and deto allof h o city at the lotrest market prices. • BRANCH YARD.—Abraneh yard is kept et the Lehigh Ye DrPnt, known a. the T rmrr hard n( Laote and Hecker. ..•• . • . • - iii la 'clillT4ol)&ti 001 1 1. RA It Itt. iia • . Our Coer egieeted trot/the:beat tante tin . lite'Lehlgil region, AU know igg Mitt Leine fret goiLthat k will ere pfect nt afittiou, thafa a silo aa• fa offering to refuntt the motley, All we atik Is • trial. Ortho e taken at Deeb; I or'. hat et. to. FRANKLIN :SMITH. • WILLIAM ivtmuNl iuli Nth COIL CONSIU gERR, .YOUR INTEREST,' P. H. STUTZ Heroby,luturuulhoslllsen.of AMentuwn. sue An pub 11. In ganeral, &bat be I. propared to (mmloll.ll k I n4nof C' A L from hie mall•tockad formerly 11..fitith ne the Lehigh.lhmin. Iwthe City of •Ileutown, wham he will •oartantlikeep au hand a full supply of all kluda of Cosh • at the •e lowest mitriet prices. ills rest Is eliCe and clean, frdm beet . miner, and in gustily supirior • any clapped In Allentown. U. will mill Coal by the CAII.I.OAD, Ili very small pro it., a. hir intends to do bosloen• upon the principle of "Quick Nitieil'and'ilmalllorOtit..'" . Olrs him a coll, mid upon don.ruidagiprlcsa you malt:due for yourselve.. He will dellvergoalupoo eall+to any put of the Olt) open order. kolas left at the Yard, or Welrodrelmer's elan. P. H. STALTZ. mar 31.1 f REMOVAL. TREXLER & BROTHERS; =I L II M - B E B , `.tubahlt orsleo to their friends and votrou• that svoluatotagved hots tlntlr old otand to their NEW YARD •• - ' /mar the corner of Tenth mod Hamilton street., formerly occupied by Wanes d . 11111er as * Lumber Yard. Where they will cigetantly ices! oa land • Mlle. god a...smutted stork of Ll 7 B I= PINE. IIEI(COCK: CITEATRIIT,' POPLATt, PHINOiBP 1 . /Cg. Wall% ao. • . . In fact everytb lei .os.lly heyl by the trade. C i rtrtintl: ga l t u rVaPit, t eititroili Wait „ se the nubile In general, will Ave U 4 A call et our 3404{ Teri, where We will use out beet endeavors to render sat. sfactlon pout ;up regards g quilt s and nu kV,. Coe( 23T/141 TO ER VNTILicrORS AN D BVILI/ The uuderalsorti I. prepared to cootrild for turntables SASII, ,BLINDS, WINDOW FRAMES, DOOR FRAMES: SHUTTERS. ♦nd all kind. of building lumber Agent for HOPE SLATE COMPANY'S LEHIGH SLATE Whole 9•11. and rPlall denier In the CELEBRATED' (Ter - MISER PtlIP Orden left at the EAGLE HOTEL will revelva prompt alleutlon. Part °Mee •ddrrnr, Wm. 11. BEELIY Quakortown, Burka Co_ Pa. ten 22-17 Immo In Snit. Mohair. Worsted. Limon anal Cotton, ombr••int many notellien. Tres anbacriber• having leaned the "Old Ilona Coal,. • ard." wankreePtletfilllY itranillaggetttbzahe - Allentown a n dthe ptiblle In general. Met they bare just Ord. Cuttains ! • REVIVALS ! I= COAL , . • . . ~ Omelette( of tito•e, Whostuut mad ;fel fr : ,nt. the BMOC 1 . le ft Jil 14 iI . ~ . . Orden. left with A. A. I bee, Meter St Itateneteln. of , , the Stele Hotel, Mope ittellkair Atill, or th e F•pd,. rill, ~.. AN- 1 N D 0 w 1.) N 'I Sll A LS, etteude.l to lu • . . . • • -.. 111 1 14INESS like sooner: • Order, for Cout Ora.. rerdlled• et +Ow. miler ;tea et the loweet price,, . . AI vf ftys un timid • hag; it'll* of BALED HAY,' which will be told al tholoweel market • W .& CO - .hr Pun Water. tastelest t I /durable end cilia. kle; equal to the 111lamilton street; pelOgnii,:olleilllailur ,t,,,,d ood v a dtatt i eu l tasrFrivri, rA.. • , th an : - • "s46P W . Alit any one Cal keep In repair. ST. A NANO. :NOY.ELS.) BE, ' AND OF THE. ri4WT.,P7TiI(TS," IN ftiPr a ll F0VV,11.9,. FROM 15 CENTFII.7I",WARDSr at Wa•'•Old(Ure Coal Yazd,'' L. W. Hone. opt V ETV ENII,E. AND. F - 4 oelo m R) • k . . , & R. - • CO., AMERICAN AND LONDON, FROM FIVE CENTS UPWARDS. Writing .Desks, EVERY STYLE AND A NEW STOCK OF Pocket Knives., OF VARIOUS PIIICES BEAUTIFUL PORT-MONNAIES, POCK ET BOOKS, LADIES' WORK BOXES and COMPANIONS, anttevery Imaginable article kept in fancy goods and stationery store. AT IREDELL'S 13001'i STO 11,E, EAST HAMILTON STREET; ALLENTOWN,' PA..I, A RARE OPPORTUNITY. T. C. Kernahen, of the old Allentown China and Class. warelitore. dudlug his health requires release from the cares of business, offers his stuck nd fixtures fur sale, and store and dwelling for rent. the location le good. with au emt•blished, profitable. and Increasing cash bu•i• nese. which would nut be parted with but fur the above reason. t T a hi• lae wa seldr !le met .wil.h f e ur i eugag- , t ;i g r t ' o" p rofita bl e, "k" g ' VtrAsigN -' ; "3-1 An 16.1 it Allentown ka. El VOL. XXIV. Gracerfts, - Vrobfolons,' Su. N IF: 11!" OCER AND Prmiston Store! SAVE YOUR MONEY 1 MEM Oi:ft:MOTTO c Tb PLEASE • ALL I TRI4xELLI sTINE, No. 73 Roe lla, n7fun B.treet, Allentown, Pa., WOllll% h•r•bi Ind.:mica to the rattle that they •tisie Lion with in th• Ornery and Prortsitto trsd• lo connec tion with the Confectiouery, EMU sod Toy business bets tofore carried witty the senior pnrtoer of the tirtn. and hereby tootle so Inspection of ther roods sod prices. Their stock of (amity supplies it ent i re l y fresh. sod ens brutes everything itstotily kept ins well reglosted (trace ry Sterr, such J.% reed, . , . . Crocker*, Chem. Tmca, ' Coffee., Hog., Xolaasea, . . IY I7I . lam : . Salt, Boor, Lard Pi Alpo, SALIM Sods, COMM. NnilUOV. ; , / , - CaliKed Trail,- Bin • .r a h . S I, ovoi. n I I all , Pap p,. Aloplce, Dried Frail. - Halteraluo, Curo *arch, Cluamea, Elm . Clove'. ' • Broomn, Bucket., Tula, " • Druabea, Cordage, Candle., Klan.Floaketa, , Twine, Coal 011, . . . • Blacking, Vi gintt ' re. ' Willoi ' r tia r a UMW, Eggcrolateca Bar dluem; Mager, Lemon., Olaacwaro, Tobacco, Cigar., Beano, Notions, Extract., Be. They glee offer the meet approved ENGLISH SAUCES, • CAT:HIPS, OLIVE oft PURE PICKLED OLIVES, MUSTARDS, AND OTIIER APPROVED RELISHES I TILE TABLE, ALL OY W It I E I NEN A tYPOVIVIO C ITI L E Y IIL PURITY. • Sil/rOO asso r tment , BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, FEED, and a lull of articlaa usually kept la a Ang ela., Oroaerp and Provision filo,. ALSO, CANDIES, TOTS, NUTS, FRUITS, &C. `TIM • DIEN? (V ORRIDI AND DIRIND TRUITS Thollgbeet m►rket price p►fd for COUNTRY PRODUCE, IN CASH OR TRADE /OrWe atody to please. and hope, by strict attention to bitataesa and telling al low prices, to merit a liberal snare of public patronage. • 81110 N TROXELL.). CIVILLOOO/181' liTlllll. 001 r 3.3211 4.1 inDob3 -Sbabez FL A. hITEEL, 'UPHOLSTERING, WINDOW SHADE & BEDDING STORE, No. 46 North Ninth Street, I= WINDOW SHADES, atom complete, froth $2.00 a pair, ail to 415. (F. WRITRIIOLLAND SRAM AT ALL PRICES. BRADEN OP ANT STYLE AND COLOR MADE TO OR etonE MADER MADE AND LETTERED LACE AND DRAPERY CURTAINS. A.T.T. KINDS OF WINDOW DRAPERY PATENT MOSQUITO CANOPIES. GILT, ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT CORNICES. CURTAIN BANDS. TASSELS. CORD. &c. FURNITURE STRIPS CUT AND MADE. STAIR AND VESTIBULE RODS. .FUHNITURR RIC•UPHOLSTERED•ND VARNISHED. CAripls end Mintol4o, p ogl jig n. ncw. made, &tined and HPHOLSTERERS' MATERIALS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT WHOLESALE A NEW THING. BILK FINDEDIED WINDOW FIFTATWR I E. IT A MAVEN', :\IASON HALL, NO. 719 CHESTNUT STREET, I. now receiving Lb YI I ispOtisliiimi. cosigning is Pori of RTA IN MATERIALS, of Paslsian, el. Oen.. uud Notting!,litr. wake CuItNICES AND DECORATIONS •(.1 , h. al' •Ingl , on. it, menaractorers. 1- 7 S( - 4)ITTIT'O CANOPIES, Cholug out MI reduced relent veti i- I) T ABLE KNIVES. FORKS, SPOONS A GENTS WANTED. AGENTS L 1 WANTED, VS togSiti per mouth, male and female, to sell the celebrated and original Common S• 11110 Famtb . tlewltm Martine, improved and perfected; It will hem, fell, stitch. tuck. bind, braid and embroider in a must superior minting,. . Telco Mei. For •Unplicity and durability, ithak'no o not bey from any parties selling machines under the name tianl4oll. ours unties haring a certificate of Agency signed by . us, ail they Sr. worthless Cast Iron Machines. For °renters and Terme, awl 6ii t ir A s4l . ,rair b a, Co. 4)0 ChCstorkt.,si., Fltilad'a, .ititteeotoom to Wm. G. LLL r , IMPIMT... ACTCRIIn • /171111511101110/ MILITARY, CHURCH, SOCIETY, THEATRICAL GOODS, FLAGS, BAN- NEBS, BADGES, ETC NO. In NORTH THIRD STREET, LAND .7111 WANTED OF WAR OP 1812 AND MEXICAN WAR FORF.ION COINS, STOCKS._GOLD. GOVERNMENT rt tut other BONDS BOUOIIT end SOLD. COLLECTIONS promptly made on all polato. DEPOSITS RECEIVED. • lio polo. will be snared to serve the interedt. of tboe who favor no with their buoiness. JOHN S. RUSHTON & CO., Banker* and Broker.. No. N.ldouth•Jd St.. Philid'a. IMEEEI SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOS MAIiING MONEY. Cabinet Orgasm, Sewing Rinehineo and Prang's Splendid 4thrOmos are of fered for getting subscribers for the Allentown Ledger—one of theiserdet papers in tA4 State. emplorierd so prOtitable. Address Led ger °Mee. AllentoWn. Pa.. for Specimen tope, etcloxini) stamp for postage. (11111111111.1. :'• ;* . ° 1 /tIL T '; 4 4 ; s+. ' t ; A t I to - _ PUPILS, PARENTS AND ALL OTHERS IVITO NEED used In this comity, at the lowa.' cash " 1 A full line of LATIN, GREEK, GERMAN and ,11CII book. fur College*, Acodemlos sod Schools,. alitala on hand, at the lowest rule.. A full assortment of Stationery, Blank 800k5,;*41,1M6. condoms, Pocket Book• Combs, Alborno, rism e... Sta r, Afgacupcs and Views, Window , Paper, Be., sold at the "err Vilest cosh prices. Eogllsh and German pocket and family Bibles, Prayer - Buok• and Hymn Book.. . A large and splendid clock of Ali•collanems• Booksslo Pro., and Poetry, and Sunday School Books. All SberTh ttoisltes fur Sunday Schools always on hand at Phlladel , Dltla Prices. We are closlug out our stock of WALL PAMlR:tail:wt. an 18-01111.1 Hamilton ell., belewElglAlt. Allentown; P. 1809. PIIILADELPIIIA. 1869. WALL PAPERS. PAPER UANGINGS AND WINDOW SHADES, SALM ROOMS, Cor. FOURTH and MARKET Sta. Factory, Cor. Twenty-third and Eanaom NEW STY LES EVERY PAY, OF OUR OWN MAKE. oct 6-3 m C~Carpets anb Oil Cloth. _ FLOOR OIL CLOTH, 4 .4, SAand 6.4 In New and Madura DORI,. OM fainter fa Price. KRAMER'S "OLD CORNER." RICII AND ELEGANT CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &c. S. C. FOU L K • ilaa roma:led tge • CARPET BUSINESS AT 10 S. SECOND ST., PHILADELPHIA, (Daiwa. Market and Chookint Sta.,) , With a foil uaortmael of VELVET, BRUSSELS, THREE PLY, INGRAIN sod VENETIAN CARPETS, MI Cloth, Window iihadtiCac..,at reduced prim. torlmos Nies , NEW BOILDINOL ALLENTOWN. Bath Tubs, Water Closets Circa Wing Dollar., de.. C Bpeclal attantlos given to putting up Portable - Gni Works In town or country. All work warranted. apr PUILADELPIIIA lIIIIEI Salt Opper anti Staatteyp.. SCHOLARS, ATTENTION! - i BOOKS OR STATIONJAV: Are tar ltd to call at If 0:33 Went Ilarollttlailittl pect i. er'e old eland.) four door. below Elattlb Streeha..at are will dad a age and complete clock elan Moder. "1 • School Books:. : ♦feat for the oale of BRADBURY'S CELEBRATED PIANOS Plenee eye men call when you wleh to Durchu•.l HOWELL & BOURKE, pittmiting - ifib d 14 4 GAS FIXTURES. ADDIS & ROBERTS, = NO. IRO WEST HAMILTON STREET, All kinds of Glen Plxturen of the bent makers, Ilydreate H Hydraulic Rome, Lift Lod Force Pump., DEEP WELL PUMPS, GAim FIXTURES AND KEROSENE LAMPS. MERIDIAN BURNER, Safest and Best in the market. It gives the I I light of any burner made. COULTER, JONES & CO., MANPFACTURERS AND WUOLESALS DEALERS, 702 ARCH ST., PIIILADA. STRATTON'S PORTABLE AIR GAS MACITINE. PATENTED MARCH MST, MA, RAPS MONEY 111 MAJUNG 1 - OUR OWN GAR. TIIE CHEAPEST LIGHT IN USE. Stratton's Oss Machine fur ilionsinating Motels, Priest, Residences, More., Mills, etc., Is simple In conetruttlon , consumes all the material used to the manufacture of gen, •nd'is so cheap as to bring it within the reach of all. It le free from explosions, can be managed by any Vernon. sad produces a superior light to all others. at one-half the cola of ordinaryLurning gas. NO FIRE IS APPLIED T VIE APPARATUS. It can be attached to,ordinarY ga uppe. and fixtures, the ouly aon bolus in the eulaement of the burner jots. All vari parts ti of the apparatus are m rg de in tth Superiority v e c. r m a o ll t t " cl ' t 171. - MT`CLIVZArk ptrticelars First, Cost of Construction. Second, Mammoth:lg Capac ity. Third, Compactness and Simpileity.and commonest impossibility of ite gettingout of order. Fourth. Econoray in use of material. A machine capable of •aPPIYing ten burners costa gi& f ne e g n o a p n , d m t 1g e w . 7 . 1 , t . Lehigh count). C. W. STUBER, W ALN UT STREET, CORNER OF PENN, (•1101, rruLannorto cougos,) ALLENTOWN PA • flardiantro. .„ . . . • CONSHOHOCKEN BOILER AND COI IpWORKS. • JOHN WOOD, J R., . INARCItACITIOIR OP renE. FLITH AND . CYLINDER BOILERS, BATH AND STEAM CIRCULATING BOILERS. All klnd• of Wrought Iron Coils. Tuyer• fur Bloat Par- WWQ• Voltameters, Smalt•Staeke, Blast Pipoo,lron Wheel: harrows., and everything In tho Boiler and /Sheet Iron lino. Also; all kinds of Iron and Steel ?urgings and Blocksmith work, Miner.' Tools of sill kinds, such as Whom Buckets, Picks, Drill., Ballets, Sledges, Esc. Baying a Steam Hammer and set of tools of all Made, and skilled workmen, I natter myself that I can turn out work with promptneno and dispatch, all of which will be warranted to be first.clotts. Patching Dullun, and fettering gunerally, at . tictl 7 y l at tended to. 'VET . J. EVEEETPS NEW PATENT SCAPULAR SHOULDER BRACE AND STRAP SUPPORTER Nn tampe anderthe army. Perfectly comfortable, ana tomically made. and burbly beneficial. 50 North 7th. tit., below Arch, Philadelphia. TrIIIIISOP. &marten, NJaatle Stocking., Crotchee, Ye., lowed price. In the city. Lady attendant. •tp 15 CANDY AND FRUIT. GEO. W JENKINS Su cc mm or to IteBICAN Mnoßforforer of SUGAR, MOLASSES AND COCOANUT CANDY, =I FRUITS, NUTS, FIRE WORKS, AND I lIIISTIAAS 'GOODS. 161 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. CIEEI Mantett. WANTED.. vnnEr. THOUSAND DOLLARS on Arst•clese eecority. lettered Iper cent. Inquire et TIIIB OFFICIL June 9.11 • • XITANTED.—A LOAN OF 010.000, TV by the AlLentewo School Markt: Fur partteulate r/PPLY to the undersigned. • seplhtf . M. RQXII. PQM Boir:i dos. DILLINCIZICietrets27. ALLENTQWT:N, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING,.FIII . 3RUARY 2,4870, •* :: ' I SEASONABLE SPECIALTIES BLUE AND COLORED DREBB PLAIDS. R. MOSS, PLAISRY AND BROCHA SHAWLS, BLANKET SHAWLS, WATER PROOF, FOR SUITS, WRITE AND COLORED BLANKETS. Embracingthe most complete stock of Dry Goods at POPULAR LOW PRICES. It will be to your interest to examine my stock befbre pirciuming eker►bere. M. J. KRAIVIER, "OLD CORNER." BEI SEAMAN & TRAEGER, 17 SOUTH MAIN STREET, Days ipnANCII fp , :a o lielr i z r irtmVaLKll w lairs • vall a r lre d plev.. • • SEAMAN & TIMM& ,ClTOlek NNW' 1771,35 FANCY 31L10.. LAVAL FRE NS NCH BILE-POPLIN. MARBLE POP LI, PLAIN POPLINS. BEAMAN & TRAYGER. COLORMD ALPAOAN. peons. very skimp. SEAMAN* TRAJZOKIL DRIBS (100011. every variety of Plata sad Puler BEAMAN it TRAEGER. 111...K4cHJID and INBLIIACHID nlivirnrast SEAMAN i TRAEGER. BE AWL& Liumuil OZIOII•ilr• auertnsgat_q _BLACK THI BET, nal PAISLEY, ML.IME. CUL MILLE, mIPSEB`. I. groat varlaly a t Use sad sword*. , • BEAMAN.a TRAEGER. srlcciAL ATTENTION Is requested to our It l NVA A 'sgriTig l it:LAT , rlickt i o z4 .; FRlNge.a. REAL, GuIPUREand aRUSEISL LACE: OLSIPS, BRAIDS, NEW .arrza ri.ursp TRIM NINO. Re. BUTTONS II sevenla liesdraa dlemat HOSIERY, GLOVES. 'UNDER CLOTH ING for LADIES', OHLLDREN and GEN TLEMEN. WOOLEN YARNS, &c. VLAIII46IA. all ad M all* RM. We. Plus. Mslrd nd SW ad Mall* Ho ds SEAMAN & TRAEGER. ZEPHYR RORiTED, GERMANTOWN WOOL, adSHALIVER YARNS, ZILRROIDILII, ED WORSTED WORK, stud • full sasoritztent tu that SEAMAN& TRAEGEIR: • BY MAIL WO 111111 i astable. of sal IC atral.", of be t* oar{ by aunts throub Ilona *lab prime *Michel to each piece. We tbi• to bo • coovottlaaeo to pant.a unable to YoreoltlLl ASI VOltOlt_a EAN Ala RAEGER. FAMILY OROCIIMIMS, Staple and Palm. ales", kn. lAttea sp ass AM, Dm% Chntnum,.. . SEAMAN & THAACANII. C ROCK Riff ; erg Wag reached 1 tkat Has foioio keeplog porpeeee. SEAMAN & TRAEGER:" Tub., Pall.. Boatels, and _all sorts ai Woe4la War* wed to Beuaekwplaa. SEAMAN & TRAEOEB. All se eh Prelim.* taken la antsdiSkln flar goods kindsll ham 1 BRAMAN & TRAEGER.' Wo aro oodlossourlsw WAINI:4 0(4 , 94. la the way of Dry Uooao. 4..11 7 cerise. ervellery, Woodest_Ware. het oven' Wit lozropl Cos'ioNs) roalso la rot* I ore. SEAMAN & TRAEG'ER. ITCE3 CAR ~ . 635 MARKET. STREET Axmputugl A s • illaisaLs • TAIVN I • Mig 1411191koni. LEEDOM, SHAW 6: STEWART, •$5 MARKET BT., PHILADELPHIA Jan ISHO. 1/jLk IS _ ' ' AND' B.IIROLAR . ntoor 4... :,-..' SAFES.. . . • .... , . 'iIiTABLIBIIXD 1N.11541 7111OLDRsr LIFE lons 7R . FRIL4DILIBII. no Only Battl will. brims Doom Orariotood Yroo from Dotivows. • Atop prices from W 1111).•=reagraattlas other rionoo Atka for MA _A WATSOX lON. Lot° of I RV B. ' roan h . RI.. PhIladolpIlito: CITEGI Dry, Co ins. POPLINS, REPPS, &C., 4c,C., aft Respectfully, BETHLEHEM. SEAMAN . 41; Tamom SEAMAN & TRAEGER SEAMAN & TR&EGER. MAIN STREET, BETHLEHEM -A fall swill Aar Spring liana at TAE BLAOKBMITH OF ANTWERP, on, THE REWARD OF GENIUS. "."Tery were seated In a rich and shady arbor, over twitich the creeping vines wandered. In every variety of curve, suspending large,cl►s tats of precious fruits, while the atmosphere rats laden with the mellow fragrance. of the gOtrous plants which grow in wild untutored luxuriance about the shadowy retreat. The feign* light of day yet lingered and gave a rosy hue to the face of the maid who sat therein, as she regarded with mournful ten denten, the youth Bested at her side. Quintin," said she, "say'not so; it Is , feelng which actuates me—it is feeling which, prompts me to say—!t must not be. Had I not feeling for my father, do you believe I Would act contrary to my own desires— would pause you unhappiness r • "Is this your love said the other with a tote of fretfulneas. " Methinks it cannot be very ardent flame when at is so easily extin gtilahed by the perverse and obstinate tyranny of • 6 . Stay your words," interrupted she, as she lald'her delicate hand tenderly upon his lips. " Yon will respect the father if you esteem his child." The Roble mind of the youth was- struck with the reproof, and although it wax averse• tektite desires, her filial obedience told of so much pure and holy excellence that he instantly made reparation. "'Foigive me, dearest," he entreated, " spoke hastily and unworthy of myself. But your words have crazed my soul, which builds its, happiness on the possession of you. If it may not be that I shall be your husband, oh proOlse me that no other shall I" ".I would feign do so," sighed the afflicted viten, "but if my father commands, can I dis Obey ? I have had no mother's care since childhood, but I have scarce felt the loss, he has thrown by the coldness of a man and been a very woman in his affection forme. Shall I repay his kindness with ingratitude? Alas! Quintin, if he tells me to love another I cannot do so, but if he bids me wedQuintini•you wonid not censure me ?" The expiring rays of the setting sun fell on hufeaturee as she earnestly glanced upon her ~ "Ah," cried the youth, with &sudden start, as he struck his hand upon his brow, " why that blush, that agitation? Deceive me not, Elizi, you are not supposing a case. This has fready happened. I see It all. Ile has sele ' d a bridegroom." maid sunk her head upon his bosom, and iOugh her struggling tears she sobbed— " ninth), thou hut said it." Desperate was the conflict In the bosom of the tuth as be sat like one in a trance, his eyes zed on hers, which like the sun break ing through the clouds of the passing storm, gleamed from under their dripping lashes, and soon he saw the rainbow of hope. " Who Is my rival ?" Ye asked with a voice scarce audible. "Van peg," she answered, sorrowfully "Do you love him, Eliza ?" "How can you ash?" "Wlll you marry him ?" "lay father's happiness Is dearer to methan my own. Think you I would wantonly sac rifice it ?" But why Van Deg?" *cause he excels In my father's art." "Alas I" cried the despairing lover, "why had I not been a printer?' Theisul of Quintin watt one of thorns as he How vainly, yet bow ardently had he loved, how industriously had be labored to procure her attachment, and just when he had achieved the victory over Ler confiding heart, all that be struggled for was lost—no, not lost—he could hear the thoughts of her death, he could weep over her grave, he could nurse the veg etation above it, he could—hut to think that the prize must be torn from him to be given to another's embrace, there was madness in it. And then Van Deg, that rough, haughty, distant man, how unworthy he to possess a jewel of such value, how unfit to nurture such • tender plant, how udaultable his unsocial spirit for the angel who needed some congenial soul to insure her felicity. "Will she not droop, wither, die in the cold - atmosphere about him 1" lie mired himself, when at length exhausted nature yielded to weariness and he fell asleep. The mind, though, yielded not to the fatigue of the body ; on the contrary, it seemed more filled with life. He imagined himself In the street. The bells rang, the people shouted, and gay equipagespassed by. It was a day of public rejoicing, for Eliza, the daughter of Algina, was to wed Van Deg, the nation's favorite, tho celebrated painter, The people recounted the scenes he had delineated, and landed the artist to the skies. All this grated on the mind of the dreamer; and Le trembled and the cold perspiration gathered on his fore head as the =listen! cavalcade approached: They halted at the chapel, and the groom conducted the bride, all pale and fPembling, to the altar. lie looked up the aisle, when as the father was about giving his loved one away, ho rushed up and siezed her. She shrieked and fell dead izehia embrace. Her. relations and the priest all gazed in horror. He raised Lis eyes, saw the mystery in their countenances, and as his face fell upon the bosom of his lovely burden he expired, and at - that moment awoke. Still the forms were before his eyes fresh in his recollection, as if be bad beheld the awful scene by the noonday sun. Impelled by an, unaccountable impulse, he arose and lighted his lamp, and taking a coal from • the extin. ' gashed embers in his chimney, he 'commenced the portraiture of the group upon the wall. As he drew each face; each lineament, be re coiled in surprise as their perfect resemblance to the individuali became more and more im. pressed upon him. He concluded the outline, he beheld in it a faithful transfer of hit dream wanting nothing but the variety of color. A thousand thoughts darted through his brain. He was wild ind wandering, he flung himself on his bed, and when he next awoke the rays of the risen sun had gilded his apartment. Ills first object was to seek the mural pic ture, and he trembled lest , it bad all been a dream, but there it stood as if executed by a magic power. "If this is the result of an effort with• char coal," cried he, striking his breast in a delirium ofjoy, " what•might I not effect with other means ? What might.bo my reward ?" As daylight sought its slumbers in the bo som of night the lovers were again together. "I am doing wrong," murmured Eliza, "in meeting yon again, since I am an affi anced bride. This night mast be our last. It is a sad thing to part with those we love. Yet I act as virtue dictates, and we must meet no more, as—" "Say not that we shall meet no more as lovers. Say that we shall meet no wore, that will be aneliciently severe, for, F.lica, could we, meet but to love, to upbraid fate which so cruelly divides us?" • "I must away," said the girl, " if Quintla's affection is pure he will condemn my tarry ing." "Farewell, then, sweetest I If I lose thee I will wander to some distant clime, and strive to buiTmy regrets in new scenes and amid new companions."' He Imprinted a kin upon her He watched her•retir[ng. ronii as it appeared and disappeared , atnid thefolligre at titervals, till it was finally lost to his anxious view, and Limn turned slowly and's/idly away: Never did father love hit daughteta wlth more fondness. than. Alginl his child. Eliza. Her good was bia great aim pond so •hi Waii an enthusiast in the art GPM° pencil; deemed that ene of that profession- would be most worthy of ittaehild. These two passions of his soul mingled together in each a manner that they became but one. He considered the amvaaa as a. lasting• monument for genius, and that'lle would best consult Ma dangtrter's happirtaul by uniting be lo nne with would be alive to all posterity by his works. Van Deg)lusd been therefore seletted, as he was the .borist of his: dotintry, and the figures gilds creation wanted 'nothin'g but motion to make them such 'as their originals. Besides he was wealthy, and would 'add-to the influ ence of the fatally. Finally, his 'daughter was not old enough now to Judge for herself; and though she bail confessed that ehe wait prejudiced against her pro Posed husband, a few years of connubial intercourse. 'would overcome that, and she would ultimately be benefited. Just as he was at this point of his reflections on the ensuing day, a letter-carrier entered his apartment arid handed him &letter, saying he would Wait without for an answey, arid had been bound by an oath not to disclose who had commissioned him to deliver the commu nication. Algini was astoalshed at these words, snd M soon as the other iettred t hroke the seal aad. read "'lf the parent consulted the daughter's happiness, would he not seek from her if she does not love another? I think she does. But if Van• Deg is. to possess the fair being, may Ibe mistaken. May her marriage to the man of your choice not hurry her to another world 1 Her obedience causes her to submit. I lay claim to her affections ; but with these do not pretend to alter your determination. You have the reputation of patronising merit as it'appears fn painting. Defer the huptials to this day tweliie months,' and 'let Van Deg en that day place his clieprouiri on the left of the altar. If the one which appears on the right doeinot tell of a more skillful master, I abide the result. If It does, then itla but thir to leave to your daughter the privilege of choosing her, partner from the two." The father was delighted with this proposal as It suggested a. trial of skill in his favorite study, He accordingly returned word of his 'acceptance of the terms, and notified Van Deg thereof. A year passed away," (hiring which the lovers never tact. Eliza 'Ad lost sight of Quiptin, and in'ansWer to her inquiries con. ceruing him, all she bad been able to learn was that shortly after their last Interview he had lett the city, and gone, no one knew whither. The day was now arrived witen she was to become a wife. Sad to her, were th.e kind of fices of the bridesmaid who assisted at her toilet ; yet she sustained a smile upon her face; although her 'soul was weighed down by grief. The chapel was thronged by people anxious to view the ceremony, and as the bride, richly clad, was led to the altar by her father, the latter announced that, her hsnd was to be be stowed on the artist whose skill was the most undeniable, to be determined by the merits of the pictures which stood veiled on either side of the altar. Van De, glanced triumphantly atr4,11,14..." to their view. A burst of applause rose from the audience as he did so, and well merited watt that cry of approbation. The scene of the piece was the chapel in which they stood, and the whole presented to the life. There were the priests all but breath ing While bride end groom and their friends appeared as if in the full flush as joy. Algini was about to speak in raptures tattle performance, when suddenly the other curtain was drawn settle,. and a cry of horror burst from tho multitude's' they pressed forward to behold. Van Deg ;wed in•breathless won der,, and Aigini uttered a wild shriek of de -1 spair—" My daughter I" It was the delinea- Ition of Quintin's dream; each countenance in I the picture was easy to recognize, except that of the youth, which .was , baried in the bosom of the bride. But ere, with wondering eyes, they had fully scanned it all, It •was thrust aside and Another appeared hi its' place. This represented a lovely - arbor in which Algini, advanced to old are, Was dangling a beautiful infant on his knee, which bore au expression I on its face of Eliza, 'who sat on . an opposite seat with her head resting'on the besom of a young man, whose arm encircled her waist. Every one wa charmed , and delighted be yond measure, and as they beheld the youth they recognized him in a moment, and every tongue cried : " The blacksmith " Blacksmith no nsore," said Quintln, step ping from behind the canvas; . 4 but the artist, who demands bli reward l" It is unnecessary to say more thin that genius was rewarded ; and to the happy sins: band, Quintin Mistily, the blaokiimith of Ant werli,. the world owes some of its guest relies of art, and among the rest,' the inimitable painting of "The Idiserii," now at Wiadso,r Castle. A WAR ROMANCE. ni D. DADD It hu just occurred to me that !have never written a War Novel,—thet I owe my coca trymen—and ton- , antesterplece on this subject, something uonstructed on a whol ly new and marvelous denouncement: And never suffer Myself to owe any one very long, not if I ItnOW It. NO dead' the people are heartily tired of war, and everything pet 7 tabling thereto, and much prefer that I should write about untethiag 4410. And I fully be lieve this story of the late cruel war would be read ivith greater avidity two hundred years hence. At one time the question wag upper. most In my mind, whether I should write It now, or wait i century or two. But the ap- posite remark of the philosopherabout "never fatting off till a ceritury,or trine:hit can be done to.day," served to dlipel that momenta ry Idea. Lest the reader should "mielike me for my complezion"—that Is; object 'to the romance on account of the enbject, A will here remark that there leuet , lnuch war in its any how. Here goes : • CHAPTSIi , "there sworn it. Fred.". And so she had. But whether the oath vow taken on Wu Braddon's latest nerel she held, in one of her snow .white Lands,' or on the 19x24 volume of the Writ which repos ed on the . matble•top table in 'natant part of the room, deponent aalth not. The speaker—our heroine-Was a . auperb specimen of the gentler sex. tier profusion of hair was dark as nddnight ;. h would have been blonde, bad blonde beim the style at that period ; diamond-like eyes, with kesiy drooping lashes ;Ipeachy cheeks; a Grecian nose--Greciau bends were not en mk t ' orate would have surely possessed one. !don't know 'what en regle means; bUt it sounds Well there. 'Her teeth rivalled pearls, aidj-Well, <shhe rt. every bit as handsome as anybody else's" he- , NO. 5, roine. Probablryou havo read of a heroine who was not beautlfhl. • taster did. • ' Mumma war Purl Bravely.. only *Mood Yams And beit• lialkerAad a. largo farina*. la--trailabacka, sod 7-30 a acid Ourarrimeat and `Other ?pada. and built storks, tad railroad abirse..antalgt. , • (Quotations . from II oU Whitman.) I introit' the metre In the 'above lines In exe crable, but the'ldea Is admirably conveyed,' I think. Pearl wait prodigiously pattiotic, but there . was some " sham"' In her manta, withal., Sanitary Pairs were her Lobby. She pre• sided at ts table at all the F.'s' In her im mediate neighborhood. And on such occa .lolls she would appear gorgeously arrayed. Solomon in all his glory Was nett arrayed. like Pearl. I have frequentlY 'heard this re mark flung at the fair set. I can't 'see that It is stall applicable. It Was not SOlcitnon'e btisinese to be " arrayed like One of thefie." Hardly. Pearl was an ittraltive "'fair" felded , is fair table. It wean little amusing to see her' holdout anelaborately Worked ar ! sslnikowri, and in.a half piteous tone, ask a gentleman to purchase It for some poor soldier in the field, Who, she knew, must be suffering for a dress-, ing gown. "Buy a dozen," she would say, "and the soldiers will bless you." And , if the gentleman didn't invest in dressing-gowns, Pearl would "bless" him. The person called Fred—Aurnamed.F.rade— was a youth of twenty-two falls, and, for aught I know, the same number of all the other sea sons of the year. Ile was rather a deli cate map. . A draft would give him a cold —and the year in which our story opens was a bounteous year for drafts. The oldest inhabitant didn't remember a more successful year. It was theardent wish of Fred'. heart to transform Pawl Bravely Into Mrs. Fred Fmde—and he succeeded. W hen Pearl uttered the , sentence with which this " o'er true tale" commences, Fred asked—, " Will nothing alter your decision, Pearly" "Nothing—but what I have sworn : that I will never be your wife unless you take up arms, and battle for your country—help to 8126 tab; th• otar•flag of lb. win a name, 'aad—and be sure and obtain an office. A captaincy will do." "For the privilege of calling this fair hand mine," duping the maiden's digits, " I'd brave all the dangers of the earth—if I wasn't afraid," he !ulded, aside. " Yes I'd—l'd," hesitating, "I'd join a company." Atter this outburst, Fred sat in silence and an arm chair a few seconds, then, suddenly starting up, • " Pearl I apple of my eye,--only promise you Will be mine, mid I'll join a coMpiay to morrow I" " I promise," was the soft reply. The infituated lover clasped the brave girl. to his bosom, and imprinted thousands of— bat Its none of our business. EMZEII! Is the reader becoming tired of this story ? I am. I was never so tired of any story in my life.- The next time I will write on a subject !know something about—the (Ecu menical Council, for instance, or the Schles wig-Holstein Question. But let us proceed. One day has elapsed since the events record ded in chapter z. Fred did join a company, and lost no time in acquainting Pearl with the amt. Did you secure a commission, Fred ?" she shied. • "et yet, love; bat I am to be appointed Captain an 1100 a at the company • • war." ,t (Ithat 4 t l be gran " — ". , ,e•teue• n Pearl RIO pleated itn menaely. " And now; my dear," said fred, "when alusU be the happy day ?" "Aa soon as you please, Fred, 1 am so hap- And so she Wall. She had always loved the youth, but aetetOd his cowardice ; and now that he had joined a company only bad a ten• deny to *eke that love-stronger. So It was decided that a wedding shotild take place im mediately, mid no postponement on account of the weather. I= I am getting along better than I had annex. patedwlth the romance. When I commenced It, I hadn't the wildcat idea what I was going to write about ; and when it is finished, I ven ture to say, the reader will not have the wild. eat idea what it is all about. Dickens, as long , u he luta lived, never wrote a story like this. But he needn't let that grieve him, for I never expect to write a story like Dickens na long as I live. Night Bad Attired the citroi Blank in deep mourning. The 'exterior of Squire Bravely's mansion was wirappcd In silence. Inside, Fred and Pearl, Who were wrapped up In one another, were getting bound together until death or an Indiana divorce did them part. After the " I *ills" and "1 do's" 'had heron said, and a XX banded to the efergyman, a few hours were abandoned to the giddy waltz, to please the giddy young folks, and at a late' Lour the newly, married couple retired. "My dear husband," said !'earl at the breakfast table, the following morning, • when does your l'ompany leap: rosolle . war anti/amen:4 Fred •` our Com pany ie not going to the - war." " Nut going to the war I—and you are not going to be a Captain I In the mime , of common sense, what kind ol company have you joined 1" , "The Union Hose Compong," demurely replied her husband. • That revelation produced a beautiful cane of " hyiterics." A. toot as Pearl , could, cant• nand her voice outileiently. the openeli the door leading to the street, stamped her • little foot, and addressed Fred thoevrisely,: " Go !" He went ; but he heti oeureely retuthed Ike' aldewalk before alle.noitt -- " Come beck !" Fred came. 11t way %ell obliging that. way. ' And now, should you, some tine day, stop In the village of Dash, and tisk who is the, father• of those ilve children you see romping in front of that cottage embowered in trees and vines, the answer will be " Mr. Frederick Frade." Such is life. My romance Is finished. , It is hardly ne cessary to remark, that it. is net a true story. The veriest ninny must know that there never was a bride who was particularly anxious that her husband should depart for the war on the first day of their wedded life. Not , much. But the story Is full of morals—a litte hard to find, perhaps ; but If you read it Aver careful ly ten or twenty times you Will diseaverlhern. 'you will see the force of those good old max ims, "The early bird gathers no moss," "a yelling atone catches the worm," etc —Wit. minpren Commercial. A' SPONGE Vi'llAT IT 18, AHD WHERE IT COMES FROM " What is sponge made Oil" sald George, gasping, snuffing and winking under a CrOtOs bath. No one near me could tell hlm ; and the mild Suggested that he "needn't be &skin' such Wash questions, but jut keep still scut be washed," and so the Matter ended. ROBERT TREDEL.L, J R., - Pain anb Jain"( 3ob Iprinttr, No. 46 EAST RAMILTONSTREET, lII.IiOANT PRINTING' ' • lI=I • LATita 11'SY Lie Stamped Checke, lope. Card. , Circulan. Paper Book. Conti tows and Nu . l.acs a School ß ti l ialgot i a a Bill I;l v eatts •. awl ifitiFfitireard , Poeter i ffYanP Moe, me., etc., rioted at . Bhort Notice. Now, "Thitenc, 43eorKtikh'il 'tell 'ybb What aiponge 19: ' ' . The very sponge which- washes your face was brought up from the bottom of the ocean, And wan pertain-Jiving animal. For a long,tinth sponges were supposed to be plants,. but Inter observations have -decided them to:be animals ; and they are.tplaced in the class Protozon, the class most resembling animals. • , • • • When Brat found in the water their appear• ante is very different from this which you now I nee. • This is the skeleton only, the part cones pondlnvo our bones. • When this was a cora plete living thing, deep down under water, it was covered all overtire outside, and tiled in every ono of these little-holes with a aoft•suh. stance something like. the white of an' egg, and this was like oUr, flesh; it was fastened lightly'to asock, and its color .was a bluoleh black on the upper side, and a dirty white be low. It was formerly supposed to be a plant, becauee it was always fast In one place ;. but for other reasons' it is, decidedly an animal. All through this mass is a regular circulation, like our blood and food. It has been scent* absorb nutritious matter—that le,to eat, or rather drink. You see all omits surface, orifices or holes ; these communicate with each other throughout. Into the largest of these, called pone, the sea water .1s constantly entering ; and out of the small ones, called vents, it is• regularly spouted out ; snit it doubtless finds in the sea water, minute adrmais which serve it for food, and increase Its bulk. And this strange animal produces others like itself ; I will tell you how. From the soft part a little globule is seen to float of and after moving about awhile very briskly here. and there, as if looking . for a place, fastens itself to . some. rock. Next, gradually begins to be seen the more solid skeleton (whet we have here) ; the soft part increases, and eo. it grows ; not very slowly either, for the divers find it at the end of three years large enough to bring away. To get these sponges from the bottom of the ucean fm niches occupation for a great number of people. .One thotisand men are busy in the Grecian Archipelago Alone; and thousands besides; with many hundred boats, are engaged ed in the Gulf of Machri,un the Barbary coast, and elsewhere ; so that In many villages there, from May to September—the best diving time —only old men, women and children are to be found. The finest kind is brought from the Ageati sea. At daylight there, in the summer time, when the weather le pleasant—for it requires smooth water—the boats,, each with six or eight men and , pairs of oars, will leave the shore and proceed to where the water is eight or ten or even thirty fathoms deep ; for those found in.slutllow water are very inferior. Here they stop, and the divers prepare to descend. Each one puts a hoop around his neck, and to this fastens a bag, in which the sponges are put as they aro gathered. In very deep waterthe diver uses a rope with a stone to it. He Oaks the stone to the spot he in. tends to reach, and this holda the rope steady, which he uses to assist himself. in coming up ugain to the surface. After being busy thus till noon, they return to some of those pleasant little nooks which abound so,the shores. of the Archipelago, to prepare Wbat they have gathered fit for sale. The first thing is to press out the soft part of the animal,- and then to bleach out the TO.. minder in the sun; so they beat them, and stamp them, and trample them, till there Is. no iu the atuk.tuitil,itiamulto,eleau, and grows to be this dull yellow color ; then It is packed In bags ; and ennt to market for sale—sent to all parts of dala, Europe and America. --Phreno- Itighud .101,114471. .• • . Frew thy vurual of Ih•. isrpt.l 1 ) 1111,AI )F,L1411 A BUYITH A late article in the Amarican Agricultural id, commending the practice of coloring hut ter artificially; in copied I ece into ollter'opera Atter giving directiomehowtO do it, the writ er proceeds ro say The butter will in fact be ranch •more saleable and really somewhat bet ter. The most celebrated butter makers about Philadelphia, except those who Lave Jersey cows, Color their butter with pure an nano, which gives itra deep orange color. In order that their city customers may nut know any difference they use annatto in summer as well 119 In waiter, and the rich color of the crack l'idied.lphin_hutte.r, which . IS Inglis nserilw.l t., same per 'flier quality of Inanity- Wine - cras- , . is really the street of the' taw of foreign matter." Possibly 11w writer may know' w he Milting in regard to the nfore , nid practice but it seems utterly In credible, that hotter tua4erit ehould.use lomat to or nny other coloring matter in tin% graaa Season. when the color is just right without it. This `• of relined gold," would be not only n " wasteful mut redicolous excess," but I t would scent to be a deliberate and redicu• Ines attempt.st uelf deception to do it with the yicW' ot making it better to the taste. Know ing it to he thus treated the man who draws Upoil Iris imagination so far as to think he is eating 'grasa lluttcr, or. its equivalent,. merely beentwe it is .yellow, might, I think, easily cheat himself' into , tint,,latllef that Inc vv LIS eat ing MT the Buy of Buckingham's gold plate, by sittiply. %WO% • the, dishes , with yellow . ochre. . Bye stun in butter is a disgusting nuisance. It may deceive the eye.. but the taste hever t .f The ,eomparison .would hardly . be an exaggeration to say that 'you might aa well paintµ turnip yellow _and cal, it for en 'orange. . • t , I have uo means otknowing how far, the aforementioned nasty ; practice may have ob tained among lanier,makera, but if done at all 1 think their city. stwtomers have thereitt more reasopublucanne of complaint than in the high prices about. which they IktinleitruC'' make such an ado. Philadelphia is supplied with butter froni wide extent of country, and as there is no 'grass distinctively known as "Brandywine grass," I presanle much of her crack Utter is taken from othet filstrirts. The green grass • —co e call it-114 grows so lUxuriantly on the banks of Ihe Brandywine and its tributa ries, is common - here In the East, wherever the land is ricliandls left undisturbed. True. somebody a few yearsago thought be had die covered hi the sweet. scented vernal gas', a cause for the superior flavor of the butter made in certain districts, but aside from all other objebtic4a to thii:---the superiority being merely an asstimption—it seeing to be quite premature to look for a cause. Milk lis the word here now. Cattle feeders and butter makers are, and have been changing that part of their business to the making of milk. Cows are consequently 'in demand, and - high. A. neighbor bought one off the road a few days ago for onelmndred and twenty-five dollars; and almost any old bunch of bones brings from fifty to seventy-five dollars. ileveray dairies within a few miles of this place era quite large under superior management, which I suppose insuree a satisfactory ratan Within sight of my back door, o cow hauls has been built the last summer that is 100 feet in length, 48 feet In width, and including thi cellar, thrZte etc ries high. It is now Stocked wlth'SOws and corn fodder, with a nice stream ofwater—ito eisential eleartlineu-44n010g through one end.
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