,e t. H. 1 mo. 3 mos. 6.moe. ins Sqnare. . 1.50 1.75 3.60 6.50 12.00 two 84thtres . ' . 3.00 3.63 0.40 9.(21 Three tlqoaron . • 4.tr l 5.23 9.00 17.00 26, Ql Sin Squares, . . . 11.60 17.00 26.00 46.1.0 Quarter Column. . 13.60 22.50 40.00 00.121 Half Column .• . 9103 40.00 WUXI 110.01 Ono Column • .• • ..30.00 133.91 110.00 709 0) Professional Car& 141.00 per line per year. Admlnlstratoill A . tllltor'll'Hotleee, 40 .00. City Notices, 93 cents per line let Insertion, 15 cent. per Ina each eabaequent lop:intros. • Ten !knee ikate conetltnte s agnate. • •. , ROiIERTIREDELL, Jn., Puniasunn, I=! (Tod ttnb Lumber ER.""f' JACOBS & CO.. VirE101.111111,11DII•LIIRS IA ROUGH & WORKED LUMBER, RASH DOORS AND BLINDS, WILLIAMSPORT. PA Oil - Orders from the trade okoliclind I MIMI . . B. OTTO. IL M. OTTO. n. W. WILIAM FILBERT, OTTO do MILLER, lIINUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, WILLIAMSPORT, PA VILE ON CANAL. WEST E III a N L A R D STREET. F. CRANE, AOSICL. 1. nut GO.ly REMOVAL! SMITH & OSMtTN'S COAL AND WOOD YARD I The shore Coal and Wood Yard halt been removed to the mat eh.] or the Jordan Brldae, SOUTH 81DB, where will hoconntautly kept a Coo and roll ..DPIT or Egg, Stove Nut and Chestnut Coal, elected from the best mine. to the country. OUR COAL under cover—and It he to the Interent of every on to porch.. . DRY AND SCREENED COAL Sir A large stock of nll kinds of good Wood constantly an hand. nod dnllvered to all portent tho clty at the lowest market micro. • BRANCH YARD.—A branch yard Is kept at the Lehigh Valley Depot, known as the former yard of Lentz and Becker. .BTTIIIB ISTIIC PEOPLE'S COAL YARD.:IaI Uppr regten olitotwitildrrTr inee In trllT l gad r ttiot fort wi perfect eatlefertion. thren no too Or d enring to rmuno he money. All we o. k t oa trial. taken at Ilenh3 er'• hat es. re. PIfANALIO SMITH, July Illh COA L CONSITMERS, 1.001 TO YOUR INTEREST ! STELTZ & HEEBNER Hereby Informs the eltlreaa of •Ileotown, •od the pub Ile In 'amoral, that Ito le prepared to furnish all klods of C 0 A 14 from hie well Mocked Yard, formerly H. Guth & Cu.'s. at the Lehigh Basin, In the City of Allentown, where he will constantly keep on hand a fall supply of all kindlier Coal, at the very lowed[ market prices. ills coal le nice and Mean, from the very best mines, and in quality euporior o any offered to 'Allentown. He will melt Coal by the CAR LOAD, at very mall pro• It., aa he intende to do boldness apoo the principle of "(nick Sales and Small Drente." Clive him a call, and upon comparing prices you can Judge for Youraelvee. He will deliver Coal upon call to any part of the City upon orders being left at the Yard, or Welosimimer's More STELTZ & HEEBNER. REMOVAL. tnar 31.tf TREXLER & BROTHERS, =I L U M B E R, Hereby announce to their friends and patrons OW May . hav Just removed from their old stand to their NEW YARD near the corner of Tenth and llemlltno itreete, forinetly occupied by BMW. & Miller, an Lember Yard. where they will constantly keep on hand a lore. and neamoued stoat of LUMBER, .ach as all klrds of PINS, HEMLOCK, CHESTNUT, POPLAR, 'SHINGLES. PICKETS, LATHS, de. In fast everything usually kept by the trade. Arg../111 kinds of lumber cut to order at short notice • Thankful for past favor. , we trust our Mende, an - well •• the public In general, will give no a call at our New lari, where we will use our beet endeavors to render sat• stadia, both as regard, quality and prices. foci 21'6S-tt MO CONTRACTORS AND BUILD 1. ERA. The Undersigned Is prepared to contract for furnishing SASH, BLINDS, WINDOW FRAMES, DOOR FRAMES: SHUTTERS. And ill kinds of building lumber Agent for HOPE SLATE COMPANY'S LEHIGH SLATE Wholesale and retail dealer in M. CELEBRATED CUCUMBER PUMP Orders loft st the EAGLE HOTEL will receive prompt ocatlea. Post Wiles address. Wm. 11. HEREIN Cl I i oak ortox D. Bock. Co., Pa. 22.1 y MEE REVIVAL !! Tho subecrlbern having teamed the .. 01r1 Hope Coal would rempectfully announce to the cltleene of Allentown and the public ku general, that they havejuet got I==l COAL Coneletln•ne Wee Ru• Choate t ""d Nnt n"'" BU MOUNTAIN EiTaA ". Ordenleft all A. A. Huber, Sieger Al MRtele ' ttt the Bogle Hotel, !lupe Rolllon MM , or thu Yar d, mill bn attended to to • BUSINESS mortar. Order. for Coal by the car filled at .kart autica and at tb. lowest Driee.., Always on hand ■ large Mork of BALE iiiky, whirl will be .01a at the loweat market intro. L. W. KOONS & CO I= Mimiltan Street, corner of Lehigh Valley Ilailroed I=l L W. Koos* act 71 fliethanico CONS110110(35EN BOILER AND COIL WORKS JOHN WOOD, J R., I'=l = All kinds of Wrought Iron Coll., Toyer. for Bleat For. nem Chnunneter., litookoSteek., Blend l'inev,lrou Wheel. barrow.. and everything In the Boller nod Sheet Iron line. Al.o, All kind. of Iron and Steel Forging. soil Bliteketnith work, Miner.' Tool. of all kind., such an Whom Bucket., ricka, Drills, Ballet., tiledinw, 14e. Steam Hammer and net of tool.of All kind., and ekilled worktnen, I flatter tnymelf that I can turn out work with ptness said. dianatch, all of 1,1.101 will be warranted lobeßret-claps. . . • Poaching Boller., and repairing iteuernlly, nt tended to. apr -17 SCHOLARS, ATTENTION PUPILS, PARENTS AND ALI. OTHERS WIIO NISEI) BOOKS OR STATION El Ara Invited to call at No. MI Went Hamilton Etreet, (Walk cr'a old Rt.& four door. brio,. Eighth Street , wham , you will Mud o largo and complete amok of nll kinds of School Books used in this comity. at the lowest (W] prices. • A full line of LAVIN, (MEEK, °ERMAN and FRENCH books for Colleges, Academies and Schools, always on haul, at the lowest rates. A foil as.ortment of Stationery, Blank Books, Memo randums, Pocket Books, Comb, Albums, icue., Ster eoscopes mud Views, Windo l'nper, &c.. so P ld t at r the very lowest cash prices. English and llerman pocket and family. Bibles, Prayer Books end Hymn llook•. A large and spleudid stock of Miscellaneous Rook• of Prose and Poetry, and Sunday School Rooks All the re. quiches for kluud•y Schools always on hand at Philadel phia Prices. We arecloslng out our stock of WALL PAPER at cost. Agent for the sale of BRADBURY'S CELEBRATED PIANOS Nemo give me • call when you wleh to porchue. E. .M 013.13, Hamilton 6t., belowlibth. Allentown, Fs. VOL. XXIV THOMAS Foust. J•xss Y. HOPS. O. C. W• 6110171,1 NOW. d. WOSRILL. 0,0000 Pornot THOMAS POTTER, SON at CO., MAXCFACTeIIaRR 0/ OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES, Floor OIL CLOTII8; Enamelled Idnollns, Drilla and Table OIL CLOFIIS; blobegoey, Homewood, ()ok oud Marble OIL CIA) Ills; Muir Oil Cloths aml Carriage Carpels. SlVAVEn " u A il l) C P :i B rd n r od .ra S si i Xt?l d oi l u n flaPlVl'llri d Eti F :f u g 418 ARCH St., below FIFTH, PHILA'DA. mar o.Bmw I= H. A. STEEL, U PHOLSTERIG, WINDOW SHADE at, BEDDING STORE, WINDOW SHADES, 'With fixturee complete. from V.OO a pair. op to *MOO. WHITE HOLLAND SHADES AT ALL PRICES SHADES OF ANY STYLI.: AND COLOR Al ADE TO OR . . . DElt. STORE SHADES MADE AND LETTERED LACE AND DRAPERY CURTAINS. ALL KINDS OF WINDOW DRAPERY PATENT MOSQUITO CANOPIES. GILT, ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT CORNICES. CURTAIN BANDS, TASSELS, CORD. Ac. FURNITURE STRIPS CUT AND MADE. STAIR AND VESTIBIZLE RODS. FURNITURE RE•UPBOLSTERED AND VARNISHED. Carpets and Mailings, old and new, wade, altered and put down. UPHOLSTERERS' MATERIALS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT WHOLESALE A NEW THING. SILK FINISHED WINDOW SHADES act 13-ly L E. WALRANEN. =I NO. 719 CHESTNUT STREET, I. oow reeeltlog hi. Yell ImportAtte., conolxtlng is part of CURTAIN MATERIALS, la Silk. Mohair, Worptadj Lin. and Cotton...bractng many aovaltl.. Lace Curtains ! of Parini., St. Salton mid Nottingham. tanks. CORNICES AND DECORATIONS •f new mad original design•. WINDOW SHADES, by the thounand or unite one at ntannfactsrerte price•. MUSQUITO CANOPIES, IMEEI earpaz anb OM Ciotti NEW CARL ETINGS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CARPETS, MATT "D DTGS Which we nrirollTorlag nt greatly redneod grime. from 180 1114.00. LEEDOM, SHAW & STEWART, 035 MARKET ST., PIIILAD'A inn 19.4,0 FLOOR OIL ('LOTH 4-4. 5.4 and 8.41 u New nail Elegittl Do4lgu. of /ow., RICH AND ELEGANT CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &( ll] =I AT 10 S. SECOND ST., PHILADELPHIA rtatiortment of VELVET, Illtl'Sl/ELS, THREE PIA, INGRAIN mid l'Altl'ETS. Oil Cloth. Whitlow 8,, at riAticril ARCH ST.CARPET WAREHOUSE, BELOW NINTII STREET, PHILADELPHIA. TIIE OLD ESTABLISHED STAND, Recelv ing for the Sprtng Trade n Inrge minek nf the Nem Stylrn of Porehneed nt the Move/ MAD RATES, Roil will be xotd nt es preul mletelion frzsm last itensein'm prier, . EMILISII LIRESSEtinot 41 fio, nod all ether tri.id , In P roportion. JOSEI . II BLACKWOOD, tnitA 21.3 in - ar2 Arch Street, Pliin. LOOK I LOOK I ! LOOK ! AT FOSTER'S NEW YORK STORE R. It. box Aroma —lv. TILE BEST MA CHINES IN THE _WORLD! G RO V ER & BAKER'S MPROVED lIIOIIEST PREMIUM SEWINO MACHINE Awarded the highest premium, The Crossof the Le gion of Ilinoir..• at the Dark MACHINE NEEDLES. THREAD mud SILK TWIST etinstautly ou hand. Th e peo atple of Alleuto No arid vicluitY aro cordially Invited to call our mdesroom. Remember the place, opposite the German Reformed Church. N. B iustritetioils elver to any persons purchs, It g Maehlues. All Alachlueli warranted to give nutisfaetiou. S. M. KEIPER. Agent, dee= No ID East Hatniltou bt.. Alleututro.Pa WHEELER & WILSON'S SEWING MACHIN ES ARE THE CHEAPEST AND BEST 1-.. ...e_., c * W F.-ti g= O 03E They cost less to keep In repair than any other. They an, capable of the widest range at work. They Bare lint oat ITIOtioU to regulate. They make the tome stitch on both aide* of the fabric sewed. nra warranted three years nod TP3IIOI MAIM TO /WIT /ILL PIISCIIATERO. • PETERSON & CARPENTER, 014 CHESTNUT ST.; PHILADELPHIA Tblrd door below Garman Reformed Church. d mar 9-ly w mar 115.1 r Mintiob3 Sbabos. No. 46 North Niuth Street, =I MASONIC HALL, Closing oat at reduced prices We nre4 now oponing a foil ❑oe of OIL CLO'T'HS =I RRANIER'S 01.1, CORNER. S. ('. 1' )t' CARPET BUSINESS (Urtwi , •n Markvt awl ChoAtnut 50.,/ 832 A RCII STR E ET, CARPETINGS, ifor the habits ~ v F V & Vi ST Over 450,000 now• in use I=l ALLENTOIVN AGENCY, No. 2S EAST HAMILTON STREET, , • , -4 lb + rt. Jinnnctat. BKJANION &,C 0. BANKERS, N. W. COR. THIRDS CHESTNUT STS., PIIILADELPIIIA. nuitinew entruntt d to our care chill have prompt per. " li.44. " l= 4 eTived and intereet ellowed. Check, on Phil. adelpblit, Baltimore and New York credited up witbou c Vlirinty on margin for roeponeible perm - inn, Ran lime Bonds. Stocks. (Mid. Ooverntnent Securities. Arc. Engnince, Am. , by letter will receive immediate •lieu lion. I ....Ve 2 elgns made on all accemillii . oryle insoN & cii. A LLENTOWN NATINGS INSTITU TION, Organized au "Dimes Saving /mai/Wiwi," NO. 58 EAST HAMILTON ST., (NEARLY OPPOIITRTIIII AMERICAN MOTEL.) PAYS SIX PER GENT. INTEREST FOR MONEY ON DEPOSIT. Thin Inetitution, the oldont Saving Bank to Emden) Peonnylvan's. Iran been In cootatnottn and Knert , totrn rE7l l . l" lli'P k.:11 ten V o e trt . a . .. and n Vt. " te n e" y t e o artin B tl l 3 111 e l ' t• E i ' tt h rat... er Intermit for nhorter tteriodo• IMAII &veldts or money will be held oil:icily roan dentist. •Executorn. Adrainierafivß,Trußtees, Amignees, TreaAurers, Tax Collectors, • fund other enatoditunt of public or private money., lire 14- (411,1111. ml rote. of totem... Formern, Merchants, Laborer.. and all who have money to put on intereat for It long or abort Period will Endll ur It... Mutton tot agreeable and advantage... one in which to do bunion... We roperially invite L•DI no to trat.nct their bank inq banineas with on. MARRIED WOMEN nod MINORS have special privi lege. grunted by our charter—having roll pourer to tratta• noel oob... liedo in their own onto,. ne depoowith thin I n IS SAFE AND WELL SECURED, by It Capital mock rind nor rin. money permityy of over SIXTY TimusAND DOLLARS. and In addltlen. the Butted of Trtmtees have. or. required by the charter. glvon bond. under the mtpervlslon of the Coort, In the PM 01, FIFTY THOUSAND LHILLA RS. which hundr nre rettlK. toted In and held by the Court" of Common (lean of till. county for the ...entity of demmliors. Our Iron Vault. non or the mad teepee and ORtenedVe blurt known In thl• country. n. n tmrmult l lu.pr<llun trill mid to wlrch we Invite tom frlond. and mmtomern. complete to thi.. believing that Rafe Burglar Ilroot Vnultt. cho matey and rollalolay of a good SRVIng HAnk I I.LIAM 11. AINEY . , Prexident. CHRISTIAN PRETZ, fire Pre.ident REUBEN STAHLER Tnetergt, ............... Militia' 11. Ainry, I lintlen A Au., eltri.. I'rv•tn, John S. Sider, F. E. Annmelr, B J. Ilagrnburl' George Brulrn, Simnel Sell, Nathan Peter. MILLERSTOWN SAVING BANK, 311LLERSTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY. luatitution will be opened ou or helot, the Ist day of Atull. Money will 114. taken on 41.pomit ilt toned and In any mut. from one 41.01nr for which BTX PER CENT. INTEREST per tannin, Will be paid. Deposit*.t o m n ay Le withdrawn nt any time. Mao. money loaned ou tay.,roble tern, 3 A al ES WEILER, President. ett•NllLlNSiiiiirn. Cashier. J. F. K. Shiner'. fleorge Ludarln. Frederick C. YoloO, Chrhitinn K. Henninger, David Honker, Sa 'cane Oreliel, (Thieon F. Elmer, llorntio T. Ilertiog, Itenjnmin J. Schtneyer. Jame.hingnmster. 131 sr .am F RANKLIN SAVINGS BANK, Located at One corner of ll:unlitan etreel and Church alley, inn Llon Awry. oppomito the Den - Iran Reformed Church, in the (Illy of Allentown. organised and ready for Morino., II ictll pew SI X psr cent. In terest on all del...lite ',re Ina.ta•pe depaette far au ! , pt tale. lobe calculated learn the. 0.1 el, poet,. To neon. tin, Tmertee. of itortitittiou Inane Illed in the Court of Conwtom Pleas of Lehigh C,.nnny. under the direction of the Court. _alni um in' the mum of Tweet)-flue Thotmand conditioned nor tine faith ful Limping and anproprintion of oil mall roens of alone) a. .11011 he placed in nrin.rge of cold FRANKLIN SAYINGS BANK, Wlll.llll, an deposits, or ebores of .hock, which bond may be enlarged by the Court whenever it may be deemed necessary. In addition to till, the Act of Incorporation makes the Stockholders pro-gond/id /table to the ft. paeritta.s in doa ble the amount of the Capital Stock of tile Bank, which Is tiny thousand 'dollars....tit liberty to Increane It to ono hundred amid fifty thou-nod dollars. Three provtroone will make it a very desirable and safe piee of deposit. It c rorides, ti ninny be Proper tin state that the depondt. will he kept In ono of the salted and beet protected rutin: Di this city. Arriingennint. will he mirtielo furnieh draft. on the cities of New York and Philadelpia. S. A lIRIDOIIS. Preehtent. J. .W t LSON. fire Preetdent J. E. ZIIMERMAN. Otehfer. Truster: : Daniel 11. Miller, R. A. Briages, John linlhtm. J. W. W 0... . Willi:ill) Baer, J. E. 7.81111110.12110, D. N. treat._ Peter (Doss. Edwin Zimmerman. MACUNGIE SAVINGS BANK. Hamilton. between 7th and Sth Street, LLENToII . .V, PA. • Mono). taken on depth nt nil Omen and In nny bum Crum one dollar upward, for m•hlch • MK PEN CENT. INTEREST wl,l be paid D. {melte may he withdrawn at ally time. Defecate de• Kiruna of eendatg money to any part of the Culted or Canadan, will have their wetter. promptly attended to, nod without any rink their part. tichd, haver, Coupons, hood. and other sernettlee bought. DAVID bell ALL, Dreeident. W. C. Lion, c..vw e t.tsen Calder. 1111, 9.9.0 KuTzTowni SAVINGS BANK, (Omani:tot under Stale Charter In IRA) lONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT. and niter rent. In erect will he allowed. For ;dottier period* special ran: will be paid. Al'... money leaned out tot FAVORABLE TERNN. S3l Bank la located in tho Keyontne llonae, in the horennh Eutown. 300 N Id FooEL, Pre.odent. EI,VARIo AL 0. C 114114, IMO= V . .I. Slongh M D . . . .. 3. D. Wanner. 1'..01.. David Fi•too. 11. 11. Scilly ...It, 1 , ...q W, B. Fogel, Daniel Choler 11g•liatol J. Knorr, Jona,. 31111, in l:•1/ Jolol 11. Fogol, Eoi. THE ADVANTAGES WE ENJOY as the result of a long established and successful business, enables us to offer inducements that makes this an nouncement worthy of ATTENTION. Importing cur foreign goods direct, controlling many leading styles of American fabrics, employing the best artistic talent in the production of our goods, and "constant progress our motto, we claim to lead the market in READY-MADE CLOTHING, of which wo keep full lines of a grades, for Men and Boys. CUSTOM WORK our products arc unsurpassed for qua ity, workmanship and elegance. GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS our stock is constantly large and sea conable. We are the sole manufac turers of the . ' - t' P-I—' e• - •-• 7. :- i-k GC C:5-: which we supply both ready-made and to order. Prices uniformly low CU Gentlemen visiting New-York are re quested to call and have their meas ures recorded upon our books. System of Self-Measurement„ and other information promptly furnished when desired. RRLER •s. Address Box 2256, Now-York P 0. DEVLIN & CO. • TJEANEN, el • PHOTOGRAPHER. Mete of Pldladelphio, I boo ink.. Ole Outlet Y. No. 11 EAST lIAMII.TON STREET, Formerly occupied by R. P. Lemereux. where perk,. coo stet FOIST-CLANS PICTURES token toutEAUONA. HU. PRICES. A HMI to ell that iv needed iory every one. pOIJE 4)N El (tit )IE A if you tenor Pliotourepito, Cortm de Vl.lteo. Vluuettee. Photo Ambra Iteleniotypee, Ferrotype... etc. Give ov a trial. J. JEANEN. Succeftvor to R. P. Lemereux. ISO ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, A PRI 1. 27 1870. trhg QjSoob9. SEAMAN & 'l'i A EGER, 17 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BETHLEHEM BLACK Oroa Orala SILKS. BLACK CIII•TI D'PRANCE ILKS, BLACK TAFFBI'A SILKS. Thu In• •ud aualwal wwurtmeut of SI LKS we haveuvor had th)plesa en ur "'Cerium the Public. oliormirmw irrz,ss FANCY BILKS, BE&IILAN k TRAILGEB FRENCIJ BILK POPLIN, 'MARBLE POP LINS, PLAIN POPLINS. BEAMAN & TRAEGER. BLACK ALPACAS. is all grade., from the lowest umbers to the Sue,. hlohnlre. BEAMAN & TRAEGER. COLORRD 'ALPACA.% .11 pdcew, *err BEAMAN At TRAEGER DRESS 1900DS le wvey oratory of Plain rod Peery Stylon, BLEACHED and UNBLEACHED SHEB TINOS fold BHT 1171 NOS In very large neeortment CHECKS, TICKINGS nod DENIMS. "SEAMAN & TRAEGER. SHAWLS. Lar¢¢... and extennly n ftgliorinient a BLACK T/lIBET, !MBCHB and PAINLEY, BLANKET, CHE NILLE, MISSES', I 0 grent variety ..f mite and SEAMAN & TRAEGER. SPECIAL ATTENTION to requested to our uD•Ront and complete Ono of LA DIES' DRESS TRISI. INOS. coloomthig In port utRULLIONond TASSELS, FRINGE, REAL. GUIPURE nod BRUSSEL LAIR. GIMPS, BRAIDS, NEIL srrhh: PUTTED TRIM MING, &e. BUTTONS to movers' hundred illtforeto Ktylo4. • SEAMAN & TRAEGER. HOSIERY, GLOVES, UNDER CLOTH ING tin. LADIES', CHILDREN and GEN TLEMEN. WOOLEN YARNS, &c. SEAMAN & TRAEGER. • CIE FLANNELR, sill widths Red. White. Blue. Mixed ud Real Gen uine llomA-made Flannel. SEAMAN & TRA EGER. ZEPHYR SLORSTED, OERV.iNTOWN WOOL, CASHMERE YARNS, EMBROIDER ED WORSTED WORK, and a full amortmeut in that line. SEAMAN & TRAEGER Br MAIL we send namplen of any a in eaPnblo of be ing sent by sample through the mall watt prwun attached to each piece. %Ve And thin to be a great couventeuce parties unable to pernunally visit us. SEAMAN A:, TRAEGER. ROCERIES, Staple and Fancy, nicely kept euitaluulY gotten up atilt alba best Qualities. SEAMAN & TRAEGER CIt(tcNEXT, everything required In that line forhoune kolipiog Immune, SEAMAN & TRAEGER. Te., Palle. Eneketa, and all aorta or Wooden Ware ned In Iluueekeeplng, SEAMAN & TRAEGER. All, kinds of Country Produce taken la exchinae•for goods at the highest prier, SEAMAN & TRAEGER. We are endeavoring to keep a full line of every article the way of Dry ()nods, Sam(! Ware.. Nations, Oro rfes, eroekery, Wooden Warr. and in fort everything 'crept Gamete) to be foetal Ina retail vloro. @TM SEAM AN & TRA EG ER, MAIN. STREET, BETHLEHEM dire Vroor cafes WATSON'S CELEBRATED FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES. ESTABLISHED IN 1842 THE OLDEST .SAFE HOUSE IN PIL I LADE tPIIIA The only Sarre with iN.lnn IMMO, U UNrittilei`d Free front OH 111Pnee , Also price% from 15 in ? per cent. loiyer (has other maker, Plettot nem' for Circeit. and Price Item. T. WATSON St p ON. taro of I:Tnnn tit ',Vuitton. SlatoiTteturer, tot 7.6itt No. NIS. Fourth St.. Ph 16,101)111a. DEMVEN &BRO. BANKERS AND DRALNRS IN MN' ERN MEN T SECURITIES. NION A: CENTRAL PACIFIC R.,R B'l' NIORI'GAGE BONDS 111 SOUTH THIRD STREET, Buy. N.•II Dud Ezche■ae U. S. BONDS, 11=1 Dough' antlaula at Market Rate• CllMbed. Stoic n tonight nod gold ou Coo. to in nhot only Acconuts received nod Interest allowed MI tinily halm:teen Subject to chechn at Sight. ion 19 ' • 1115 ... . 1100P NI{IIIITI4I 1115 11OPKINS''• 0 lI'S LAKE.' In -all the New Spring Style.. fur I.ndivo, 511xxem and Children; 0/equality priceo of Whirl) Will ,riltlllll.ll thp•MmplV.4 to every ca.troner. CORSETS ! CORSETS ! ! CORSETS ! !! Juot marked down to gold atpart making our preeent lena than they ran ha afforded. until gold decline. to that point, and 33 per cent. hoot than the price one year ago. We were the first In Phiklll.ll.lllll h. moo oily, In change to our cooloniera,nd now take Up load In giving them fall advantage of the return to a alie rie hatdo, lu adv more of the Dodd market; which will he fully appreciated by all \VIM examuo our i•xtremely low ..-ire , . Hoop Skirts. Our Own Make. nt 37, M. LP, 57. W. t 1 77, SO. 67, Al. $1 no, Arc., to tkA . : I Al. I mot-made Whalebroto 1.7.1..et0 at AO, 60, 75, 70, $1 CO. Ste, to Al 77. Superior French Woven Coreeto at 75 cent, reiltirod front $1 110; at Al CO torturrom Al 38; t ot tll 2, tedittool from 41 75, he., Arr.. to $1 CO.OO reduced f r o $7 tr. 0. Wetly Coruotor ut I/0, teduced Iron 42 57, cc., Aw. Thompootee Wove Fitting Corroqx at $1 77. reduced front $5 hr. Ste. 31ro. Bloody 'll Putout Self. Adjautlng Ab dominal Corsets . at n reduction of 27 reap. to $1 Uri Per Pair according to quality. All other gouda pprportlonally Skirto and Corsets made to order. Altered and Repaired, Wholeoule tool IMMO—Ono 1'0.3 Only—Call or Prod for deocrlptlve cireitlar. WM. T. I lOPIC INS, No. 1115 Chestnut Si., Hilted's. LAND WARRANTS WANTED MEM OF WAR OF 1813 AND MEXICAN WAR FOREIGN COINS. STOCKS. 001.0. (10VERNMENT .d other,BON US BOUGHT and SOLD. COLLECTIONS promptly made on all point+. DEpoSITS RECEIVED. • I011i:1w , A7 regi . n ,.,;n er z e the Intelestx of Mom wovr,o with irJOHN H IIITE1ITO:4 A CO.. Bankers apd Brokers. No. 50 .400th Yd .t.. I'lllll.l'n. MEI A CCORDEONN, CON CERTII N AS Jew. VbilinStrings of the beat qual.ti to Le had at C. P. Walferte• Store. No. MK. 1141011Uiti Si. SEAMAN A; TRAEGER I= =1 (JOIN) Life of Fred Douglass WRITTEIi In 11131FiELP I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland. I have no accurate knowl edge of my age, never having seen any ituthen. tic Toni containing it. The nearest estimate Ica give makes me now about ftUy-two years of age. I come to this, from hearing my toas ter say some time during 18:15, I was about 17 years old. My mother was named Harriet Bailey. My father was a while num. Ile was ad mitted to be such by all I ever heard speak nl my parentage I do not recollect ever seeing my mother by the light of day. She was With me' in the night. She would lie down with me, and gel me to sleep, but long before I waked she was gone. Very little communication ever took place between us. Death soon ended what little we could have while site lived, and with it her hard Ships and suffering. She died when was about seven years old, on one of my Master's farm, near Lee's Mill. I have had two masters. My first master's name was Anthony. ,I do not remember his first name. lie wits generally called Captain Anthony, a title which, I presume, he acquired by sailing a craft on the Chesapeake Bay. Ile Was not considered a rich slavelmitler. lie owned two or three farms, and about thirty saves. Ills farms and slaves were under the care of an overseer. The overseer's name was Plummer. Mr. Plummer was a miserable i drunkard, n profane swearer, and a savage monster. He always went armed . tr itlt a cow skin and a heavy cudgel. I have known him it cut and slash the women's beads so horri bly, that even master won't' bwenraged at his Cruelty, and would threaten to whip him if he did not mind himself. Master, however, was not a humane slave-holder. It required ex traordinary barbarity oti. the part of an i,ver seer to affect him. HO was a cruel man, hard ened by a long me of slave holding. Ile would at times seem to take great pleasure in whipping a slave. 1 have often been awakened at the dawn of i:ay by the most heart-rending shrieks of an own aunt of mine, whom he aced to tie up to a joist, and whip upon her naked back till she was literally covered with olowl. No words.'no tears, no prayers, trout Ids gory victim, seemed to move his iron dean from its bloody purpose. The louder she screamed, the harder he whipped ; and where tIW blood ran titstest, there he whipped longest. lie would whip her to make her scream, and whip her to make her bush ; and not until overcome by fatigue, would he cease to swing the blood-clotted cowskin. My master's flintily consisted of two sons, Andrew and Richard ; one daughter, Lticretia, and her husband, Captain 'Thomas Auld. l'hey lived in one house, upon the home plan tation of Colonel Edward Lloyd. My master was Colonel Lloyd's clerk and superintendent. de was what aright he 'called the Overseer of the overseers. I spent two years of childhood m this plantation, in my old toaster's nuttily. The plantation is about twelve mid..., north or eALston, in:Talbot county, and is situated on the border of Miles River. Colonel Lloyd kept from three to four hon - dred slaves on his home plantation, and owned large number more on the neighboring limns bid 'aging to him. Thu lunne plantation of Colonel Lloyd wore is appearance of a country village. All the lechanical operations for all the farms were ,erformed here. The shoemaking and mentr lig, the blacksmithing, cartwrighting, cooper ng, weaving, and . grain-grinding, were all onformed by the slaves on the home 'nimbi ion. The whole place wore a buainessdike Ispect, very unlike the neighboring farina. l'l number of houses, too, conspired to give t advantage over the neighboring farms. It vas called by the slave, the Great gause !Sinn Colonel Lloyd kept a large and finely culti• voted garden, which atforded alo u d constant floployment for four men, besides the chief gardener (Mr. Wlthrtutinuly. This garden Was probably the greatest attraction of the place. During the summer months, people canw from far and near—from Baltimore. Eas ton, and Annapolis, to see it. It abounded in fruits of almost every description, from the hardy apple of the north to the delicate orange nl' the south. This garden was not the least source of trouble on the plantation. Its ex cellent fruit was quite a temptation to the hun gry of arms of boys, as well as the udder slaves belonging to the colonel, few of whom had the virtue to resist it. ticarcely ft day passed, during the summer, but that some slave had to take the lash for stealing fruit. The colonel had to resort to all kinds of stratagems to keep the slaves out of the garden. The lost and most successful one was that or tarring his fence till ; after which, if a slave was caught with any tar upon his person, it was deemed sufficient proof , that lie had either been into the garden. or had tried to get in. In either case, he was severely whipped by the chief gardener. This plan worked well ; the slaves became as fearful of tar es of the lain. They seemed to realize' the impossibility of touching ear without being defiled. The colonel also kept a splendid riding equippage. His stable and erriage-bout( mesented the appearance of some of our large wily livery estaidisinnents. Ills horses were of the finest form and noblest blood. Ills carriage -house contained three splendid coach es, three or four gigs, besides dearborns and barouches of• the Most fashionable style. This establishment was tinder the care of two slaves—Old Barney and young Barney— tether and son. To attend to this establish ment"-was their sole work. But it was by no 01(0115 an easy employment; for in nothing was Colonel Lloyd more particular than in the management of his horse!. The slightest inattention to these was unpardonable, and was visited upon those under whose care t t,ey were placed, with the severest punishment. Colonel Lloyd could not brook any contra diction from a slave. When lie spoke, a slave must stand listen, and tremble ; and such was li (wally the case. I have seen Colonel make Old Barney, a man between tilt)' and sixty years of age, uncover his bald head, kneel down upon the cold, damp ground, and re ceive upon Ills naked and toil-worn shoulders more than thirty lashes at the time. Colonel Lloyd haul three sons—Edward, Murray, end Danie!,—and three sons-in-law, Mr. Winder, Mr. Nicholson, and Mr, Lowndes. All these lived at the Great !louse Farm, and en joyed the luxury of whipping the servants Wlt , n they pleased, (rem Old Barney down to William Wilkes, the coach driver. I have seen Winder make one of the house servants stand ell' front him a suitable distance to be touched with the end of his whip, and ut every' stroke raise groin ridges upon his back. To describe the wealth of Colonel Lloyd would by alm o st equal to describing tlw riches of Job. Ile kept from ten to fifteen house servants. Ile was said to own a thousand slaves, and I think this estimate.,quite within the truth. Colonel Lloyd owned so many, that he did not know them when he ' saw them, nor did all the slaves of the ()indiums knew him. It is reported of him, that, while riding along the road one day, he met a col ored man, and addressed 111111 in the usual Manner of speaking to colored people on the :highways of the South : " Well, boy, whom do you belong to ?" "Ti, Colonel Lloyd," replied the slave. " Well, does the Colonel treat you well ?" " No, sir," was the ready reply. " What, does he work yon too hard 1 . " "Yes, " Well, don't he give you enough to eat ?" " Yes, sir, lie gives me enough, such as it is." " The colonel, after ascertaining where the slave belonged to, rode on ; the man also went on about his business, not dreaming that he had been conversing with his master. Ile thought, said, and heard nothing more of the matter, until two or three weeks afterwards. The p..or man was then informed by his over- Leer that, for having found fault with his mas ter, he was now to be sold to it Georgia tra der. Ile teas hillllediateiy chained and hand ; and thus, without a moment's warn ing, he was snatched away, and forever sun dered from his family and friends, by a hand more unrelenting than death. This is the penalty of telling the truth, of telling the sim ple truth, in answer to a series of plain ques tions. It Is partly in consequence of such facts, that slaves, when inquired of as to their con dition and the elutracter of their masters, al- most. universally say they are contented, and that their masters are kind. The slaveholders h ive been known to send in spiits among their slaves, to ascertain their views and feelings in regard to their condition. The frequency or this has had the effect to establish 'noting the slaves in the maxiw, that a still tongue makes a wise head. As to toy own treatment while I lived on Colonel Lloyd's plantation, it Wag very . sins• liar to that of the other slave children. I was not end enough to work in the field, ;old there being little else that field work to do, I had a great. deal or leisure time. The most I had to do was to drive up the cows at evening, keep the fowls out of the garden, keep the front yard clean, and rim or errands for my old master's daughter, Mrs. Lucretia Anld. The most or my leisure time i spent in help ing M'aster Daniel Lloyd in finding his birds, after he had shot them. My connexion with Master Daniel was or SOllle advantage to me. Ile became (mite attached to no, and seas a sort or protector of Me. Ile would not allow the older boys to impose upon me, and would divide Ills cakes with me. I was Stllll.lll whipped by my old master, and suffered .little from anything else than hunger and cold. I suffered nmeli fromLan ger, but much more from cold. In hottest summer, and coldest winter, I was kept al most naked--no slows, no stockings, no jacket, no trowsers, nothing on but a coarse tow linen shirt, reaching only to ray knees. I had no bed. I must have perished with cold, but that, the coldest nights, I us, d to steal a hag which was used for carrying corn to the mill. I would crawl into this bag, and there sleep on the cold, damp, clay floor, with my head in and feetout. My feet have been so cracked with the frost, that the pen with which I ant writing might be laid in the gashes. We were not regularly allowanced. Our food was coarse earn-mend boiled. This was called mush. It was put in a large -wooden tray or trough, and set down upon the ground.. The children were then called, like so litany pigs, mid like so many pigs they would come and devour the mush ; some with oyster shells, others with pieces of shingle, some with naked hands, and none with spoons. lle that ate lastest got most ; lie that was strongest secured the best place ; and few let , the trough satisfied. • I was probably between seven or eight years old xi lien 1 left Colodel Lloyd's planta tion. 1 left it with joy. I shall never forget the cestacy with which I received the intelli gence that my old master (Anthony) had de . tenanted to let me go to Baltimore, to live With Mr. Hugh Auld, brother to my old mas ter's son-in-law, Captain Thomas Auld. I re ceived this information about three days be fore my departure. They were three of the happiest days I ever enjoyed. I spent the most part of all these three days in the creek, washing off the plantation scruff and prepar ing myself for toy departure. pride of lippearance which this would indicate was not my own. 1 spent the time in walking, not su much heC1111:! I wished to do so, but because Mrs. Lucretia bad told me that 1 must get all the dead skill off my feet and knees behire I could go to Baltimore ; liar the people in Baltimore were very _cleanly, and would laugh at me if 1 looked dirty. Be sides, .he sus going - to give me a Pair of trow sets, which I should not put on mikes 1 got all the dirt Mt me. The thought of I,W ing a pair of trots Kers was great indeed ! It was almost a sufficient motive, not only to make me take what would be called by pig-drovers the mange, but the skin itself. 1 went at it in good earnest, • working tor the first tinte with the hope of reward. • The ties that ordinarily' bind children to their• horns s were all suspended in my case. 1 Pound no severe trial in my departure. .sly home 01111'111kb:4 ; it was not home tome -on parting !rum it, I could not•feel that I stns leaving anything which I could have enjoyed by staying. ny another was dead, niygrand• mother lived tam• off, so that I seldom saw her. I had two sisters and one brother, that lived in the same ill 'use with me ; but the early separatitm tit us loam our mother had well nigh blotted the tact of our relationship trout 1,111. mtcnttu•iot• 1 lOUked for haute elsewhere, and was confident of finding none nhitch I should relish less than the one which 1 was leaving. We sailed out of Miles River for Baltimore on a Saturday morning, I remember only the day of the w eclt, for at that time I had no knowledge of the days of the month, nor the months the year. We arrived tit Baltimore early on Sunday morning, landing at Smith's Wharf, not fur from Bowley's Wharf. We had oft board the sloop a large flock of sheep ; and later aiding in tidying, them to the slauglacr-house of Mr. Curtis on Louden Slater's Bill, I was•con ducted by Rich, one of the hands belonging on board of the sloop, to my new home in Alli eiana Areet, near Mr. Gardners shipyard, on Fell's Point Mr. and Mrs. Auld were both ia home, and met me at the door with their little •son, Thomas, to take care of whom I had been !dven. And here I saw what I had never seen betitre ; it was.a white face beaming with the most kindly emotions ; it'w as the face of my new mistress, Sophia Auld. I wish I could describe the rapture that flashed through my soul IN 1 beheld it. It was•a new and strange sight. to me, brightening up toy path way with the light not happiness. Little Thomas was told, there was hi, Freddy ; and I was told to take care of little Thomas ; and . thus I entered upon the duties or lily new home with the Most cheering prospect ahead. I look upon my departure front •Colonel Lloyd's plantation as 011 e or the utmost Inter e-ting events or my life. It is possible, and eventmite probable, that but for the mere cir• cuinstanee of being . removed Front that plan ' Cation to 1141iiinore, I should have, instead of being iu the enjoyment of freedom and hap piness of home, been confined in the galling chains of slawry. Very soon after I went to live with Mr. and Mrs. Auld, she very kindly commenced to ' teach me the A, 11, C. After I had learned this, she assisted me in learning to spell words of three or four letters. Just at this point of my proffess, Mr.'Auld found out what was going on, and at once forbade Mrs. Auld to instruct me further, telling her, among other things, that it was unlawful, as well RS unsafe, to teach a slave to read. To use his own words, further, he said, "if you given nigger an inch he will take an cll. A nigger should know nothing but to obey his master—to do as he is told to do.. Learning would volt the Lest nigger in the world. Now" said he, "if you tvaeli that nigger (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unlit him to be a slave. lie would at once become unmanageable, and or no value to his master. As to himself, it could do him no good, hot a great deal or harm.— It would make him discontented and \intim). py." ° ' These words sank deep into toy heart, stirred up sentiments within that lay slum bering, and called Into existence an entirely new train of thought. It was a new and spe cial revelation, explaining dark and mysteri• ous things, with which my youthful under standing had struggled, but struggled in vain I now understood what had beeu to toe 11 most perplexing difficulty—to wit, the while man'a power to enslave the black man. It was a grand achievement, and I prized it highly... From that moment I understood the psthw•ay from shivery to freedom. It sus just what I wanted, and I got it at a time when I the least expected it. Whilst I was saddened by the thought of losing the aid of toy hind mistress, 1 w.ti gladdened by the in- valuable instruction which, by the merest at eident s I had gained from my master.— Though MIA:4MM of the difficulty of learning without a toucher, I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read. The y cry de. cided manner with which be spoke, and strove to impress Jiis wife with the evil consequences of giving ne instruction. served to convince tie that he was deeply sensible of the truths he wits uttering. It gave me the best assur- ance that I might rely with the utmost conti deuce on the results w Licht, he said, would low from teaching me to read. What he Most dreaded, that 1 most desired. What he most loved, that I most hated. 'lltat which to him was a great evil, to be carefully' shun ned, was to me a great good, to be diligently sought ; and the argument which he so warm ly urged against my learning to read, only served to inspire me with a desire and deter mination to learn. In learning to read, I owe almost as much to the bitter opposition of my water, us to the Mildly aid of lay mistress.- 1 aciama ledge the benefit of both. • ' ill Raster Ilugh's tinnily about sev en years. lAtring Luis time 1 succeeded in I,unnog to read and write. In accomplish- tog this 1 was compelled to resort to various sti,itit4 - enis. 1 had no regular teacher. My mistress, who had kindly commenced to in struct toe hail, in compliance with the advice and direction of her husband, not only ceased to instruct, but had set her lace against my being instructed by any one else. From this time 1 was most narrowly watch ed.' It . I wits in a separate room any length of thin., 1 was sure to be suspected of having it book, and was at once called to give an ac count of myself. All this, however, was too late. 'Elie first step had been taken. Mis- tress, in teaching me 11w alphabet, had given Inc the inch, and no piecaution could prevent me Irian taking the nil. The plan which I adopted, and the one by which I teas most successful, %Vali that amid:- ing Iriends of all the little white boys whom I met in the street. many of these as I could, I converted into teachers. With their kindly aid, obtained at different times and at ditlerent places, I finally succeeded in learn- lug to reed. Every little while, I could hear something about the Abolitionists. It was some tone lattore I found wind the word meant. Ii was always used in such connexion as to make it an interesting word to me. If a slave rail airily and succeeded in getting clear, or if a slave killed his master, set lire to a barn, or did anything very wrong in the mind of ;t slaveholder, it was spoken of as the fruit of abo/ilitta, lit aring the word in this connex ion very often, 1 set about learning ti hat the word meant. The dietionTiry afforded to little Jrt no help. I found it tins " the act 01 abolishing;" nut then I did not know what was to be abolished. Here 1 was perplexed. 1 did not dare to ask any one about its mean ing, fur I was satisfied teat it was something they wanted me to know very little about. Alter a patient waiting, I got one of our city papers, containing an account of the number 01 petitionslrons the North, praying or the abolition of slavery in the district tit Cullum bin, and of the slave•trade between the States. From this time I understood the words aboli fior am! abuliti‘mixt, and alwaysdrew near, what that it ord was spoken, expecting to hear something of impornuice to myself and tellow.slaves. The light broke in upon toe by degrees. 1 went one; lay down on the wharf' of Mr. Waters ; and seeing Iwo Irish men unloading a scow of stone, 1 went, un asked and helped them. When we had finished, one 01 them came to me and asked me if I were n slave. I told hint I whale Ile asked, " Are ye a slave slur life ?" I told hint that I was. The good Irishinun scented to be deeply affected by the statement. Ile said to the other that it was a pity so tine a little fel low as myself should be a slave for lite. Ile said it was a shame to hold me. They both ad. wised me to run away to the North; that 1 should lind frtentlts there, and that I should he free. I pretended not to be inierested in what they said, and' treated them as if 1 did not understand thent ; thin I feared they might be treacherous. Wnite men have been known to encourage slaves to escape, and then to get the reward, catch them and return them to their masters. 1 was al raid that these Seem ingly good men might use me so ; but 1 never theless remembered their advice; and front that time I resolved to run away. Hooked forward to a time at which it would be sate for me to escape. 1 was too young to think 01 doing so immediately ; besides, I wished to learn how to write, its I might have occasion to write my ow ii pass, I consoled mysell with the hope that I should one day tied a good chance. Meanwhile, I would learn to w rite. I r ks idea as to how I might learn to write was suggested to me by being in Durgin nod Batley's shipyard, and frequently seeing the ship carpenters. alter hewing and getting a piece of timber ready for use, write it l p the timber the name of that part of the ship for which it was intended. When it piece ot tim ber was Int; nded for the larboard side, it would be marked thus—" 1.." When apiece was for the starboard side, it would be marked thus--'• S." A piece for the larboard side forward would be marked thus—" L. P. When n piece for the starboard side forward, it would be marked thus—" For lar board aft, it would be marked thus—" L. A." For starboard aft, It would be marked thus— "S. A." I soon learned the names of these letters, and for what they were intended when placed upon it piece of timber in the shipyard. I immediately commenced copy ing them, and in a short time was enabled to make the four letters named. After that. when I met with any boy who I knew could write, I would tell hi n t I could write its wel. as he. The next word would lie, •` I don't la;lieve you. Let me see you try it." .1 would then make the letters which I had been fortunate as to learn, and ask him to beat •hat. In this way I got it good many lessors its Wri ting, which it Is quite possible I should never Lave gotten in any other way. During this time my copy-lA;(4f was the board fence, brick will, and pavement , •, my pen and Mlt was it lump of chalk. With these I learned mainly how to write.• 1 then commenced and,con Untied copying the Italics in Webster's Spell ins Book, t,n l I could mate hmal wituout looking on the book. fly this time, my link; Master Thomas had gone to school, -and learned how to write, tout had written over a number of copy books. These had been brought home, and shown to some ,of our near neighbors. and then lain aside. My mis tress used to go to class meetim, , at the Wilk Street meeting-house every Monday afternoon and leave me to take care of the house. When left thus, I used to upend my time in writing in the spaus 'left in Master Thomas's copy hook, copying what he had written. I con dotted to do this, until I could write a hand very similar to that of Master Thomas. Thus after a long tedious effort for years, I finally succeeded In learning how to write. In a short time alter I went to live at Bahl more, my old master's youngest son, Richard died • and in about three years and ids months after Lis death, my old matter, Captain An thony, died, leaving only his son, Andrew, ROB ai' T IREDELL, TR, Vain anb Pimp Job frinter, No. 45 EAST HAMILTON STREBT, =I LATIMIN • itampod Check., Cards, Circulars, Paper Boots. Coaall tuttous and r-Laws School Catalogues, DUI Meade Euvelupes, Loose. Meade Bill. of Lading. Wu 11111 s, Tags aud Shipping Carda c Pastors of ROY .1., etc., eta., Prlatod tihort NO. 16 - and daughter, Lucretia, to share his estate. He died while on a visit to ace his danghter at Hillsborough. Cut off thus unexpectedly, ho left no will as to the disposal of his property. It was therefore necessary to have &valuation of the property that it might be equally di vided between Mrs. Lucretia and 31aater An drew. I was immediately sent for, to be valued with the other property. Here again my feelings rose up in detestation of slavery. 1 had now a new conception of my degraded condition. Prior to this, I had become, if not Insensible to my lot, at least partly so. I left Baltimore with a young heart overborne with sadness, and a soul full -of apprehension. I took passage with Captain Rowe, In the schooner 1c lid Cat, and after a sail of about twentydbur hours, I found myself near tne place of my birth. I had now been absent from it almost, if not quite, five years. I, however, remembered the place very well. I was only about five years old when Ilea It to go and live with my old master on Colonel Lloyd's plantation ; so that 1 was now be een ten and eleven years old. We were all ranked together at the valua tion.' Men and women, old and young,.mar ried and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine. There were horses and Inca, cattle uud women, pigs and children all holding the same rank in the scale of being, and all were subjected to the same narrow examination. bilvery-headed ago and spright ly )null,, maids and matrons had to undergo tile same indelicate inspection. At this mo ment I saw more clearly than over the brutal izing effects of slavery upon both slave and , • slave-holder. • Atter the valuation, then came thedivision. have no language to express the high ex citement and deep anxiety which was felt among us poor slaves during this time. Our late for lite was now to be oecided. We had no more voice in that decision than the brutes among whom we were ranked. A single word front the white men was enough— against all our wishes, prayers, and entreaties —to sunder forever the dearest friends, dear est kindred, and strongest ties known to hu nian beings. In addition to the pain of sepa ration, them was the horrid dread of falling into the bands of aster Andrew ; a man who, but a hew days before, to give me a sample of his bloody disposition, took my little brother by the throat, threw him on the ground, and with the heel of his bout stamped upon his head till the blood gushed from his nose and tars—was well calculated to make me anxious as to my fate. After he had committed this savage outrage upon my brother, he turned to ine, and said that was the way he meant to serve toe one of these dam—meaning, I sup pose, when I came into his possession. Thanks to a kind Providence, I fell to the portion of Mrs. Lucretia, and was sent limo diattly back to Baltimore, to live again in the nuttily of Muster Hugh. Their joy at my re turn equalled their sorrow at my departure. It was a glad tlay to me. I bad escaped a wm•su than lion's jaws. I was absent-from Baltimore, fur the purpose of valuation and division ' just about one month, and it seemed to have been six. Very soon atter my return to Baltimore, my mistress Lucretia died, leaving her. husband and one child, Amanda and in a very short time atter her death, Master Andrew died. Now all the property of my old master, slaves Included, was in the hands of strangers,— strangers who had nothing to do with scut, initiating it. Not a slave was left free. All remained slaves, from the youngest to the old est. 1f any one thing in my experience, more than another, served to deepen my conviction of the internal character of slavery, and to 011 me with unutterable loathing of slave-holden, it was their base ingratitude to my poor old grandmother. She had served my old master niftlifully from youth to old ago. She had been the source of all hit/wealth; she hod peo pled his plantation with slaves; she had be come a great-grandmother faille service. She had rocked him in infancy, attended him in childhood, served him through life, and at his death wiped from his icy brow the cold death sweat, and closed his eyes for ever. She was nevertheless lett a slave—a slave for life--st slave in the hands of strangers ; and in their hands she saw her children, her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren divided, like so many sheep, without being gratified with the small privilege of a single word as to their or her own destiny. In about two years after the death of Mrs. Lucretia, Muster Thomas married his second %% ire. 11cr name was Rowena Hamilton. She ! was the eldest daughter of Mr. William Ham ilton. Master now lived in Bt. Michael's Not long alter his marriage, a misunderstand ing took place between himself and Master II ugh ; uhd as a means of punishing his brother, lie took me from him to live with himself at :st. I then had to regret that I did not at least coke t he attempt to carry out my resolution to run away ; for the chances of success are ten fold greater from the city than from the coun try sailed from Baltimore for Bt. Michael's In . . the sloop Amanda, Captain Edward Dodson. On toy passage, I paid particular attention to the direction which the steamboats took to go to Philadelphia. I found, instead of going down, on reaching North Point they went up the bay, iu a north-easterly direction. I deemed this knowledge of the utmost import ance. My determination to run away was again revived. I resolved to wait only so long as the offering of a favorable opportunity. When that came, I was determined to be Qtr. B. DADD'S CURRENT COMMENTS. AN effective cartoon—" Ticket, please." Oun National game—The American Eagle. A photograph is a sun picture ; but the N. Y. Sun pictures are no photographs. By no manner of means. A. majority of the English press, comment ing on the conduct of the Captain of the Bom bay, seem inclined to deal gently with Eyre• his crime, however, should not be clas sed with "Trifles light as Eyre." NEW York's new City Ch ter created another Evacuation Day—eva ation of the' city offices. A member of the Kansas Legislature bears the noisy name of Gassaway Sprightly. There are members of Legislatures in other States, who can gas a way sprightly enough—and their names are not half so "loud." Or the three R's—Reading, 'Biting and Itithmette, you know—Dichosa find, the twe ormer the most profitable. Tur. April number of an English magazine containe the first chapters of a new serial story called "Tho Landlord of the Sun." A sequel will probably follow entitled "The Tenant of tho Moon-" AN exchange says Ida Lowia hem become • seamstress. Then she le only a aew•aen her• ONE of the Wall street female brokers, it is statel, announces !tenants a candidate for the next Presidency. Not a Democratic can didate, we judge ; for the lady must know that that party goes for Booty—not Beauty. How to get an article Into the Atlantic— throw your boot into the Ocean by that name. A Chicago inebriate has been fined for kick. ing a woods Indian in front of a cigar shop. How is that for Lo ? MEN who oppose Woman Suffrage are In favor of Woman Suffering. Dn. Hall says sponge-beds are healthy. We always thought "Sponges" were un- Itealthy---especially on the pocket-hook. "'l'nu• Merriest Girl that's Out"—Judy. This is far-fetched—Judy, we mean. "A. gentleman has sent the President a ci• gerAlsirty..six incises long " Anew yard, we prestrie, for the White House. Truly, you might as well be out of the world as out of the fashion. Here Is "Au ohl.Fashioned Qirl, advertised for $1.50. • Ingle gentleman, aged 35, says it Is mor3 than souse fashionable girls are worth. But he'll .0 Jilted. CouNT ICratismayashajewsky Is said to be the handsomest young Doyar—whataver that nny_bc—in S Petermurg. We ars BUM he owns the ugliest name. A we:l known rebel general is earning • living to a California town by . sawing woo 4. lie has discovered that a wood•horsi—'sot• warhorse—ls him forte. A Richmond paper says that city is to tas "the future metropolis." And there is atos► thing in it too ; for she esa already llama of one more Mayor than say oilier slay. Ate Indian suitor Laraod aoara las ham of a widow who rained kW hand. Whats taw auming flame to create la the gentlesnaal break.— Willoington Commercial. ALLIINTOWN. PA NSW DZIIOXII (To be continued.)
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