ADVERTISING RATES
3t. 1 Mo.. Same. 13:mos. lyr.
)se Square . ." LBO 1.75 3.56 0.50 1200
rwo Squares . . 3.00 3.50 CM 0.00 20.00
Three Squares . LM 5.25 9.00 17.00 25.00
SIX Squares, . . , 11.50 17.00 25.00 45.40
Quarter Column . . 19.50 22.01 40.01 00.00
Half Column . . 2100 40.00 00.07 110.01
One Column J 30.00 00.00 110.00 700.00
Professional Cards $l.OO per line per year.
Administrator's and Anditor'• Notices, $3.00.
City Noticee, 213 cents per line Ist insertion, 15 cents per
Inn each subeequent insertion. .
Ten lines agate eonstitoto a square.
ROBERT IREDELL, • Jn.,
ALLENTOWN, PA
Cod ttnb Lumber.
F ROW, JACOBS do CO.,
WHOLRIIALS DRALIIBII IN
ROUGH & WORKED LUMBER,
SASH DOORS AND BLINDS,
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S Orders from the trade vollelted
♦ ►ILBRET. B. OTTO. H. It.• OTTO. G. W. lIIGT.IIII.
FILBERT, OTTO dc MILLER,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER,
WILLIAMSPORT, PA
MILL ON CANAL. WEST OF MAYNARD STREET,
OFFICE AT THE MILL
W. F. CRANE, amis.',
REMOVAL!
SMITH & OSMUN'S
COAL AND WOOD YARD I
The shove Coal and Wood Yard ham been removed to the
be
emi constantly koPtt awl of tho Jordanor and full eupplyhite, SOUTH Sl of DE, where will
Egg, Stove Nut and Chestnut Coal,
selected from the beet mines in the country.
OUR COAL
under cover—and It Is to the Interest of every ea to
purchase
DRY AND SCREENED COAL
IlFir A large stock of all kinds of good Wood constantly
012 hand, and delivered to all parts of the city at tho lowest
market prices,
TIIAID. Th A branch lard kept at the Lehigh
Palley pot,owsohe eyiofes
/locker.
Sir THIS 18 THEPEOPLE'S COAL YARD.-Pg
Our Coal In nelected from the bent mlnen In the Lehigu
region. and knowing thin to lan the feet and Mut it will give
perfect satisfaction, there In no use in uttering to rofunu
he money. All we ask in a trial. Orders taken at Desh:
Ws Nast. re.
FRANK 1,1 fi 8111T1I, WILLIAM °MIN
July llitt
COAL L CONSUMERS,
LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST!
STELTZ & lIEEBNER
Hereby . Inform the cube.. of Allentown, and the pub
Ile In general, that ke is prepared to furnish all kinds of
C 0 A L
from his well stocked Yard, formerly'''. Oath & Co.'s, at
the Lehigh Basin, In the City of Allentown, where he will
constantly keep on band a full supply of all kind. of Coal.
a 1 the very lowest market price.. Ills coal Is nice and
clean, from the very best mine., and In quality superior
o any offered in Allentown.
Ile will sell Coal by the CAR LOAD, at very small pro
fit., as he Intends to do business upon the principle of
"Quick Bales and Small Profile." Olve him a rail, and
upon comparing pricer you can judge for Yourselves.
He will deliver Coal upon call to any part of the City
upon orders being left at the Yard, or Weinshelrner'setore
mar.3l-lf BTELTZ & HEEBNER.
O CONTRACTORS AND BUILD—
T' ERE.
The andorslitned le prepared to contract for turnlehlng
SASH, BLINDS, WINDOW FRAMES,
DOOR FRAMES: SHUTTERS.
And all kind. of building lumber Agent for
MOPE SLATE COMPANY'S LENIGII SLATE
Wholesale and retail dealer In the
CELEBRATED CUCUMBER PUMP
Orders left of thn EAGLE HOTEL will receive promp
attention. Pont office addrons.
Wu. 11. BERLIN_,
Quakertotsu, ranks Co., Pa.
era 2217
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REMOVAL
TREXLER & BROTHERS,
L U M B E R,
Hereby announce f r omr friends and patrons that they
hat/dust re m oved their old stand to their
NEW YARD
near tlip corner of Tenth and Hamilton streetn, formally
occupied by Deanna & Miller, an a Lumber Yard, where
they will constantly keep on hand a largo and seasoued
stock of
LUMBER,.
such as all klrds of
PINE, HEMLOCK, CHESTNUT, POPLAR, SHINGLES
PICKETS, LATHS, &c.
In fact everything unveil) kept by the trade.
/fir - All kinds of lumber eat to order at short notice.
Thankful for past favors we trust our friends, an well
an the public In general, will give um a call at our New
T art, where we will use our best endeavors to render eat
afactlon both as regards quality and prices. foot 21'6841
REVIVAL I I
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The eubeerlbere having leased the "Old Hope Coal
Yard," would respectfully announce to the citizen. of
Allentown and the potato In general, that they havejnet
got
• separlor asseryaint of
COAL
Consistturf of Stoon Egg, Chestnut sod Nut from ton
lIIICIC MOUNTAIN MINE:S.
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Orders left with A. A. Huber. Atelier h llottenetele. at
the Beale Hotel, Hurt nulling Mill, ur the Yard, will be
attended to in •
BUSINESS
Ake manner.
Orders for Coal by the car tilled at abort notice and ►t
the leant price!, .
Always on hand a large clock or
BALED HAY,
which will be sold it the lowed market pricex
L. W. KOONS & CO
•l lhe" Old flopo Cool Yard,"
Ilamillou !!treat, corner of Lehigh Valley Railroad
ALLENTOWN, PA
1.. W. ?Cowie
octW
fattbanico.
CONSHOHOCKEN
BOILER AND COIL WORKS
JOHN WOOD, JR.,
TUBE. FLUE AND CYLINDER BOILERS. RATH
AND STEAM CIRCULATING BOILERS
All kind. of Wrought Icon Coils, Tuyere for DINA Fur
nace, Gasometer., Smoke Starks. Illnat Pipex,lron Wheel
barrown, and everything in the Boller and Sheet Iron Due.
Also, all kinds of Iron god Steel Forging. and DlnnYemlth
work, Miners' Tools of all kinds, much an Wheat Bucket.,
Picka, Drills, Mallets, Sledges, hr.
Daring a.Stenm Hammer and set of Mole of all kinds,
and skilled workmen, I garter myself that I can turn out
work with promptnesa and dispatch, all of which will be
warranted to be first•claan.
Patching Boilers, and repairing generally, strictly at
tended to. apr -17
SCHOLARS, ATTENTION
PUPILS, PARENTS AND ALL OTIIERS
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BOOKS OR STATIONERY
Are Inv lied to call at No, 33 Wee( Hamilton Street (Walk•
ar' a old Mtnod,) four doorm below Eighth Street, where you
will Sod a large and complete Klock of all kind. of
School Books
used In this county at the lowest cash prices,
A full line of LATIN, GREEK, GERMAN and FRENCH
Woks for Colleges Academie. and Schools, always on
b!v
ieerry
hand, at the lowest rates.
A full assortment of Stationery, Blank Books, Memo.
random.. Pocket Books. Combs, Album.. Pletares,
eoncopes and Views, Window Paper, Sc., sold at the very
lowest cash Prices.
English and Berman pocket nod family Bibles, Prayer
Books and it Tlllll Book..
A large and splendid stock of Ilincellancons Books of
Prose and Poetry, and Sunday School Books All the re
quisite,. for Sunday Schools always on baud at Philadel
phia Prices.
We are cloning unt our stock of WALL PAPER at coat.
Agent for the sale of
BRADBURY'S CELEBRATED PIANOS
Please glee me a call when you wish in purchase.
B. MOBS,
Barnlllou St., below Eighth, Allentown, Pa.
VOL. XXIV
Vainboto Sijabes
MIIE=I
Bow. H. WTORREI.L. 11X08111 : rotten
T HOMAS POTTER. SON & CO.,
MANCIPACTURNF. Or
OILVLOTHS AND IVINDO W SHADES,
Flo r t OIL CLOTHS; Enamelled Mumllnm, Drilla and
Table OIL CLOTHS; Mahogany. Homewood, Oak and
Moth?. OIL CLOTHS; fr WI Clothe toad Carriage
Carped. an 1I A DEB t"d Shading. Plato d Fancy GILT
SHADES and cord, Taesels'and FIXTURES°ta
kinds.
418 ARCH St., below FIFTH, PHILA'DA.
mar 9.3n0v
aep 16-1,
Mil
MASONIC I-lALL,
NO. 719 CHESTNUT STREET,
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I a now receiving his Fall importations, consisting to
Part of
CURTAIN MATERIALS,
In 611 k. Mohair. Wormleda Linon and Cotton, embracing
many novelle,
Lace Curtains
(Parisian, Bt. Gallon and Nottingham matte
CORNICES AND DECORATIONS
of new and original design..
WINDOW SHADES,
by the &hummed or elngle one at triaonfacturere mien
MUSQ UITO CANOPIES,
Closing out at reduced prim
MEI
TT' A. STEEL,
UPHOLSTERING,
WINDOW SHADE & BEDDING STORE,
No. 46 North Niuth Street,
WINDOW SHADES,
With fixture. complete. from 110.(X) a pull, up to $15.00.
WHITE HOLLAND SHADES AT ALL PRICES
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DER.
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, Sc.
FURNITURE STRIPS CUT AND MADE.
STAIR AND VESTIBULE RODS.
FURNITURE RE•UPROLSTERED AND VARNISHED.
Carpet. and Mattlngx,p , T
d a o n4l n nerv, made, altered and
p UPIIOLSTERERS' MATERIALS OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION AT WHOLESALE
A NEW THING.
BILK FINISHED WINDOW SHADES.
act L3.ly
earprtz ant) Oil Clot
RICA AND ELEGANT
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, ei . c
S. C. FOULK
II . resumed the
CARPET BUSINESS
AT 19 8. SECOND ST., PHILADEDPIIIA,
(Betwee4farket end Chestnut Stn.,
With • full annortutF of VELVET, BRUSSELS, THREE
PLY, INGRAIN ituti VENETIAN CARPVIE, Chal
.Wludow Shades , Sc., at reduced prices. supls-ly
NEW CAREPETINGS I
We are now opening a fall line of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CARPETS
OIL CI,OTHS,
SIND
MATTINGS
Whicb NVO are offering at greatly reduced prices fro
last season.
LEEDOM, SHAW & STEWART,
636 MARKET BT., PIIILAD'A.
19.4 m
ARCH ST. CAR PET WAREHOUSE
832 ARCA STREET,
BELOW NINTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA
TILE OLD ESTABLISHED STAND,
Receiving for the Spring Trude a largo otock 1 of lb
Nein Sfidev of
CARPETINGS,
perchrtmed et the loaool WILD RATES, and will be sad
a,greut miler/ion from hod seas , m's prices.
I,NOLISII BRUSSELS at V t/O, nodcOlcr garde In
proportion. JOSEI'II B an LACKWOOD,
tuna 21.3 in !0) Arch Street,
rolE GREAT CAUSE OF 11UMAN
AISEItY.
Jura l'tidied ton &Ord En octopi.. Pole. 6 eiN.
A LECTVIIrk OM Tito NATUnr, Tit EAT>IMAT Ann iIADICA
core of Seminal Weakumw, or Spermatorrhma, induce
by Self-Abuse, Involuutury Einishions, Impotency. Ner
sons Debility, and Impediments to Marriage generally;
t.tounumption, Epilepsey and Fits: Menial and Physical
Incapacity, &c.—By 11011EHT J. CULVERWELL, SI. 11.,
author of the "(Hera Book,' • &c.
The world enowned author, In this admirable lecture,
clearly proves front hit, ou u experience -that the awful
comtequeuces of self-abuse mop be effectually removed
without medicine,od without dangerous surgkal opera
tions, bungles, lest n ruments. nuke or cordial, emoting
out a mode of cure at once redone and effectual. by which
every sufferer, Ink mutter what his condition may be, clay
cure himself cheaply,privittely mud radically. THIS LEC
TURE WII.I .PHON E A BOON TO THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS.
Sent under seal, In a plain envelope, to any address,
ou receipt of six cent, or two postage stamp, by ad•
dressing the publishers.
Also, Dr. Cuiverwell'a " Marriage Guide" Price2l
Address the Publialient, CHAS. J. C. KLINE Si Co.
y2l-ly 127 Bowery, Now York, I'. O.
It S. DONAIMINT
-IT
WOMEN,
Make Your Homes Comfortable
NOW WE HAVE IT !
CHEAPEST AND MOST COMPLETE
W PAPER
I TI E LEHIGH. VALLEY,
OL1) ESTABLISHED
BOTEN BOOK STORE
LEISENRING, TREXLER & CO.,
We ere selling Paper of all .tyles al pricer to colt olth
the rich or pour.
WALL PAPER
this season, do siotifall to also as a call.
We have now on hand the largest stock In the Valley,
and
eau offer greater and better Inducements than any
other`eatabllahment.
It will pay you 'double to peirelteno at the BOTBN BOOK
STORE. of 1.43188N111NU, TIIBILLER &
mar .14tf Allentown, PA.
Yrbiob eoi6let
11321:;3==
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THE LARGEST,
STOCK OF
ITEM
ALLENTOWN, PA
IF YOU WANT
REMEMBER
jinancial
t
BANKERS,
N.
N. W. COR. THIRD & CHESTNUT STS.,
PI - lILADELP I I T.
Business entrusted to our care shall hrte prompt por
no.' attention.
ll,musits received and Interest allowed. Checks on Phil
adelphia, Baltimore and Now York credited up without
charge.
Will buy on margin for responsible persons, Rail Road
Bond., Stocks, (told, Oorertament Securltle., &c.
linquirtes, &c., by letter will receive immediate •tten •
lion.
Collections made on all ncressllle
mar 2.3 m B. p . J .0,1130 N & CO.
MILLERSTOWN SAVING BANK;
riIILLERSTOWN, LEIIIOII COUNTY.
This luntltuflon scull Ito opened on or before the lot day
of Aprll. 111oney will be taken .1 1)041t at 011 111[1. and
lu nuy stuns front one dollar upwatdv, for whlen
SIX PER CENT. INTEREST
prr annum will heroin'
Deposita tatty ho w Ph . drnwn et any time. Also, money
loaned out on ravorAble terms.
JAMES WEILER, l'rea (arra,.
ertiNKLIZI S111311:11, Can/tfcr.
J. F. M. Shlffert, Cronin 1,110, fil•
Frederick C. Faint, Christ.an 1 entankor,
David Donner, Willowt
Isaac D HOW], flitleou F. Figaer,
Horatio T. Hartzog, lieu rn,tt J.:10:13aq,,
Jana, Singnisster. mar
KUTZTOIVN SAVINGS BANK,
(Organized under State Charter )
MONEY lIECEI'ED oN DEPOSIT, and riper cont. In.
er..nt Xllll,O allowed. For aliorier periods epecial rates
will Le rah!.
AIN°, m amp loaned out on FAXORATILE TERMS. Sold
Dank bleated la in the borough of
Kutriown. JOHN 11. FOGEL, Preeldout.
EDM•111.1 110TTBSATBIN. N. D. eithhier:
TarAran,
F. J. Slough M. D., J. D. Wanner, Eng.,
David Fager, 11. IL Schwartz, Erg
111. B. Fogel, Omani Choler
Richard J. K urn Joann Miller
It John 11. Fogel. Esq.
FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK,
Located at the corner of Hamilton street and Church
11ey. nt Lion (Nil, second story, .ppestle lb. German
deformed Church, an the City of Allentown. Is a looco:cid
and ready for business. It trill pay SIX per t•rat. in
terred On(Ii deposits err it pt brim II se tip p..e. tor tiny
9,04 of time, to be cot lent dill fre,ot the Merle if it posit.
To secure which. the Trustees ot the have
II I ell In the Court of Cumin.. Pleas of lelnutt County.
under the direction Iti Comb i bond in the nlllll of
Tw.ty-five Tl.ottnand Dallare, contlit out d tor the
tnitL
ful keepitut and aliliropteatioe of all un t .o•l". et money
an Sllllll he pinced {1,11114/Xlli .lil CHAN K lAN SAVINGS
BASK, whether its deposits,shun e at stock. winch
Lund may be enlarged by the Court It honover it not' he
deemed nectitt,try.
111MI1111101110 thin. the Act of Incorporation makes unto
Stockholders personallyto (lir depositor., fit dolt.
ble. the til/101/ tit of the 'drift/ I :dock ot Batik. ,vltic4
dtty thousand dollars. wait liberty to increase It to one
hundred nud filty thousand &Alters.
Those provisions will multi. It It very deelrable and safe
place of deposit.
Ilesldex, It may Ito proper to /411111. (11111 the deposits will
be kept in our 01 010 oil/ eetlind brut protectdl redid., in
this city.
Arrangements will he nettle to furnish drafts on the cities
of Nell' York awl Chtladelph
S. A. Bill till
J. W. Pr,Ple
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J. E. ZI3IM ERMA N. Castile p
Trust et,
Daniel 11. 31111er, S. A. riddles.
.1.1111 Ilolheu, .1. W. Wl's.,
William titer, .1. E. Zimmerman,
D. 11. lire., Peter 111,1,1 A.
&In . in Zliutoorman.
MACUNGIE SAVINGS BANK.
Hamilton. between 711, and Rh Street,.
ALLEN TO IV N. P.l.
iney takes on depooit at all tine, and in any imme
. one dollar upwiwd, for w 111011
SIX PER CENT. INTEREST
'ld be paid.
Deposit...lay lie withdrawn at nuy time. Demos de•
loos of suudink Dudley to any part of the United Staten
r Canada's, will have their Inatters promptly attended
and without any risk 00 their part.
Hold, Salyer, Columns, Bomb;'d other eecuritlea
bought. I) AVI D SCI an I A 1,!,. Prerideot.
W. C. Ltenreon of torn Ca.luer. sap Ji.tf
FARMEWN SAVINGS BANK,
Incorporated under a State Charter of 1870
Fogoi,v We, Upper 31grungle fete u xhip, Lehigh Co.
Thin linaltullon haz been organized and opened under a
Mimi
Chnad rt n e ru uyl EY will
a lw n d w n h p e w n a r o d n
d fo p whi ch all
6 PER CENT. INTEREST
WILL BE PAID
Drposila may lie withdrawn at any tune.
Alt,' money loaned unit tin lavoranir tering.
W I LL I A M 11011 Prtsident
It. 11. FOGEL. Cox/tier.
TIll , 511,1: ,
Dr. 11. A. Saylor, J. It. Straub,
Dutiful 3loyer, David Peter,
David A . Smith, Samuel !Cullum,
Daniel 11. Croltx, William Stein,
William Mohr
(apr Od3m
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 we keep full lines of all
grades, for Men and Boys.
CUSTOM WORK
our products arc unsurpassed for qual
ity. workmanship and elegance.
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS
our stock is constantly largo and sea
sonable. We are the sole manufac
turers of the
W- -
140.",. - .
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Itt k -- 7:-- - - ----
(i
- silif* 6
which we supply both ready-made and
to order. ► '
Prices uniformly low.
Gentlemen visiting New-York are ra
quested to call and have their meas
ures recorded upon our books.
System of Self-Measurement, and
other information promptly furnished
when desired.
Address Box 2256, New-York P. 0.
DEVLIN & CO.
NEW ARRANGEMENT
THROUGH TICKETS
P 1.1
ERIE RAILWAY,
To Buffalo, Niagara Falls. Cica.laud, Toledo. Drtrolt
CHICAGO, OMAHA, SAN FRANCISCO,
Cincinnati. Indianapolis. St. Louie, and all principal
Cities Went. North. and the Canadair. Superb and Luxu
rious clinches designed lordsp arid split use. aro attached
to all Express Trains. For tickets andnll inforinslion ap
ply to 11. M. KRAUSE. AGENT LEMUR VALLEY IL IL
(Upper Station) ALLENTOWN. apr 27
Q0e.",.--TIIE FOLSOM 111 PROVED
Twenty-Five Dollar Fondly Sewing Marlila,
The rhea to First Pll-1 , :‘llichineln the Market. Agent.'
oiled
o
ed 1 ,. trtrp Yearn. Idled-al Conpopedon encred.
For term. a -d ea-ruler addres. A.S. HAMILTON, General
Agent, O. teCheidnut St., Phlla., to. Caw h--:nn
no o A MONTH AND EXFENSFS
•gettta, tomell the CELEBRATED HINK
LEY KNITTINO BIACHINE for fatally noe. Simple
cheap, reliable. liti.to eyerytllic{. Coveter and outtiple
elirking free. Addrean, No. ':u Ninth St., PlillinPa
Pa.
FLOOR OIL CLOTH,
4.4, 64 and 134 In Now and Elegant Deutgna MU Lower
in Price.
KRAMER'S "OLDCORNIR."
k up.,NrrowN,, PA.. W ) I'N 1 a 1 187
for tlic iLabics
Loon LOOK ! I LOOK I! !
AT FOSTER'S NEW YORK STORE
TIIE BEST MACHINES TY THE WORLD
G 110 V Ell & BAKERS.
IMPROVED HIGHEST PREMIUM SEWING MACHINE
Awarded the blgbest l•TI, Crass of the Le
lon of [Wear," at the Poe, Po`lthnt• 91Arill NE
NEEDLES. TII REA I) riot SILK TWIST roostontly on
band. The people o: Allentown and vicinity ore o•rdnally
Invited tober call th at oor seltowoom.
Rememe place. opposite the German Reformed
Chord,
N. II —Full Instructions given to any Peelools
Ir g Machines. All Machloes warraoted to VP Kalinr/ICtioll.
S. N. KEIPER, Agent,
No 19 Rost Hamilton St.. Allentown. Pa
WHEELER dz WILSOIVS
@EA
SEIVIN6 MACH INES
ARE THE CHEAPEST AND BEST,
&
•c c .s• —T P "
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g :=1
►--;
C
tEEM
'"Over 450,000 now in use
They ro.t le.. to kp In re•htir then oily ether.
They ore mllllO.lO or ee the ,11 . 11 , 11.1111Lt1. 01 work.
They h aye hot one tetedeo toreattlate.
Th.111110(1' 001 , 111110 %Wel. on both %ht., of the (ohmic
They n resr a ',lnto,' throe yea faud rrimi at Aor TO
arty ALL PC ItOIIANLOA.
PET E RSON & CARPENTER,
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1)1.1 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA
ALLENTO 11W A GEXC Y,
No. 28 EAST HAMILTON STREET,
Third door below lierman Reformed Chu rd..
d mur 9-ly w mur ly
irr 13roof safr,s
w:tI}.II'LN I DI )I I I
IZEEM
AND BURGLAR PROOF
111
;1• . .": ; t ig
11 , 4. ,:... 1 SAFES.
..-_!,,..... iES T A 111. IS LIED 1X 184;
M=J
The fly Sure. , wit!.
1.11111,111 , 1,11 Fee.. fro.. Uu winless.
Al,. pri, from Li to ?0 vent. lower than other
unkero. F1ea...M.1/1i (Or Cltelliar oil Price lAA.
T. WATSON A. uON.
I.ton of F. cnu. 8 Nyot•1111. 31:111nr.lrillrer,
et 7 , ;111 No. 15:18. Fourth St.. Ph ladelphia.
titi
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GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
NION A: CENTRAL PACIFIC R. R
isi moRTGA.GE BoN I)
40 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
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U. S. BONDS,
GOLD
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Coupons Cushril. Slol.s bought :Ind sold ion Conan t.. igloo only Arriointu roreived initirost iin
daily lialaucaa aubject to 0100, at Sight. jun
. •
1115 11100 P " ""TS,
1115
110PKIN3'"011'8 .11.1 K E."
Inall the Yew Spring Style, for 1..11.`.. Theses and
Children; lite'ittalitY tied prices of which Will 1,1,11111.11
(11.11110'1re. ev..ry en•toloid.r. fiIIItSETS ! COINGI'S ! '
CORSETS ! ! ! Just litarked thiG ti bigot(' at part utak tag
our present pric, leiet Ginn , can be ntfoirileil, until
gold (11,11110. to iltllt to ,anal 33 per rent. I,os I hilU the
price one year ago. We were the 11,1 in flail itelplila to
give silver lu change to our eiGtointerii, and now take thii
lead i n giving tin, t fall advantage of the root it ton spe
cie latiitio, In advance"( the Gold meeker; which will be
fully appreciated toy all who exllllllllo ottr ex trettiolv low
...ire.. Hoop Skills. Our (twit )lake, at: 7, fit. fi7.
10 77, SO. S 7, "3. 97, SI 00, or., to V. 131.
Moil-made Whalebone C•irsets at 70, 00, 71. GI, SI (VI,
air., to 41 711. Superior FIPOCII W 8,1410.1,, 1,175 vent-,
reduced trout SI 00; at 41 00 reduced front 41 3:1; at +.l 21
...hived front 41 77. Sc., Or.. to 5.1 ok reduced Irmo z 7 ue.
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HENRY J. SCHWARTZ;
DEALER IN
W LIQUORS,
AND VINEGAR,
BIERY'B OLD STAND,
R 8 WEST HAMILTON STREET,
ALLESTOWN, PA
The boa brand. always on hand. Ho ask, a share of
he pairanitge in' the MIMIC, enutldeut 111,11 those WIN.. giro
im n call v.. 111 receive slitistartion.
A GREAT RUSH ,1T THE OLD
ALLENTOWN (711 INA STORE.
Lmi . Prices Taking . People by Storm
.RETAILING W1101.T.i0.1: PRICES.
- NOW IS THE TIME to buy Cheap nt the
Old Allentown chins and glngsware more, No. 37 EAST
HAMILTON street, heady oppmdte the lierinan Reformed
Church.
THE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST S7'tH'S
of China. (;lass and Crockery trace fu Lehigh and adjoin
log counties.
N o w retailing at tin foKowing Mgr,"
Good In cent PLATES at . 3 rents
13 'Orrin •
IR ... • ' . lilteom
IS• BOWLS - • 1i rents
IS Illcents
11 . ' • 10 cents
,
10 :: • .
6 colic
7 4 cent: ,
• 10 MVOS ft cent.
10 TC3IIILERS • ti cents
13 • 10 rents
Fine GOBLETS. fil 73 per doz., or 15 col to each
75cent LAMPS, at ;Al cents
. Every variety of Queenowaro and Olannware cheaper
than Lao chcapent, Also, Waiter, LooklneOlanhes,
Colon 31111 v. Brittatilaware nod Table Cutlery, besides a
great variety of useful4ool fancy oracle , too numerous to
mention, belonging to a fin.t.claw. China Store. .All kinds
cetv from 53.1zi upward. Renumber the place, 37 EAST
lIAAIILTON STREET, nearly uppoidto tar German Re•
formed Church. , T. C. REItNAII EN.
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The Soloteriptiou Monica for Stock In the .Northomplou
County Railroad, rimming from Portlaud, un the Bel
Lack. At Wehlern It. It., to Bethlehem, un the tertian°. of
the N. P. It. IL, will he opened at the Narareth 1101.1.
Nazareth, Pu., on. THIIItaDAY, Md Milt, 1070, at 10
o'clock a. tn. awl will he kept open frdm lo in. to 4p.
so. uu May lath, ,
dill, and 21• t, at which time and place tilt,
, Commlastunera will receive and glen receipt fur all sub
acriptiona.
There Is no road of the length of the Northampton road
having the connection* and promises of lurid trade equal
with this.
1,100 of tho best railroad men, and nOIOO of nor moat
succemsful basin°ee men, have said It could not be other.
wino than agood love.tnient.
Approved by the Incorporators,
All ASTIt IS
How know we but in yonder shining space,
Sonic gracious Being with His peers alight—
Seraphic in the scale of life, and blest
.Even as we guess the happy angels are—
But such a fortunate one, upon the course
To some fair star, may check his mates awhile,
And point to this our Earth, and gently say :
" In that dark planet—slowly round its sun
Turning an arid girth, while either pole
: Is ice, hut midway on whose rugged sides
There springs a thick-set verdure into growth,
Forcer' by the vapors of perturbed seas—
Within that world a race
' less blest than we,
Dwell, and eke out their lives with sordid toil.
A sad and feeble Intl:, of narrowed sense;
Their forms are weak and wan, and winding
pains
Subdue them, burning heat and biting cold ;
Their simply•counted years are hriel as few,
And into sunless graves successive tribes
In mournftil genet ations wander down.
Yet that eternal knowledge, unrevealed,
Wldch breathes through all created things,
and lilts
Qurselves thus nearer to its Spurce unknown—
Something of this is theirs, feeding desire
To question mole and so to work and thrive
F After their fashion ; and tic secret laws
I
(Ii beauty and of force, they seek them out
And bend them to their use, and then—they
die.
A sad, sad race, a melancholy world I
Since What is sent to light their little round
Breeds in them vain ambitions, and they yearn
For immortality, and haply 11 ut
Something within aim Motional sort,
To leel, and know, and love. were it but pure.
So dream they empty dreams of alter life,
Build .iemples for a warring host ()I' creeds,
And strive against their fate, and strive in
vain.
Is it not pitiful ? They die—they die !
They lose the individual hold or thought
And with their corpoic d substance.all the train
01 petty memories that nuele their life
Returneth whence it came. They cannot
know
how low and poor of action, is their part
Lr the tumuling scale,— where even we,
With till stir clear soil high intelligence
Long-living, wisdom crowned, lire vet mi
more
Than the line dust on leaven's trackless way I'
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know we, but this. hour some glorious
one
. lay thus compa , slonate and gently scorn,
AS We the IlelhitS, our unrequited lives,
And curious pity hold the happy throng
Iligh.poised, upon their course to some fair
shit' EDMUND C. STEDMAN
—lie Gala.rp for May.
Life of Fred Douglass
ll=
In resuming the continuation of this most
interesting narrative, we present our readers
with severid or ,the most writing incidents in
the lid of Douglass. His li g ht with his nuts
ter, Mr. Covey, while it shows the cowardly
disposition or the American shareholder,
serves to place vividly berme the view the
bold and daring character of the writer him
self, who has by this time, in the eyes or. the
majority or.our subscribers, iv-sinned quite the
light or a hero—and a hero, too, in whose ad -
ventures and transactions revery reeling heiirt
must sympathise.
In talking of Sttmly .lenldns, Douglass says:
Sandy had a free wife, Will/ lived t in e• miles
from Mr. Coney's ; and it being Saturday, he
was On his way to see her. I told ldm my
circumstances, and he very kindly invited !lie
to go home with him. I went ionic with him
and Milted this whole ntat;.er over, and got
his advice as to what course ir was best for me
to pursue. I found Sandy an odd adviser.
Ile told :au with great solemnity, I must go
back'to Covey ; lot that before I went, 1 must
go with him into another part or the woods,
where there was a certain mot, which, if 1
would take sonic or it with Me, carrying it at-
ir,tys 'o mg right side, would render It impos
sible for Mr. Covey, or any other white tuan,
to whip nn•. Ile said he hail carried it for years;
and since he had done so, he had never received
ablow, and never expected to, while he carried
it. lat fii . st rejected the idea, that the simple
carrying Of a root in my pocket would have
any such effect as he ha•.l said, anti was not dis
posed to take it ; but Sandy impressed the ne
cessity with much earnestness, telling me it
could do no harm, if it did no good. To
Please him. I at length took the root, and. ac
e.a•ding to his direction. carried it upon my
right side. This was Sunday morning. I im
mediately started f.tr home; and upon enter
' lug the yard gate, out came Mr. Covey on his
way, to meeting. Ile spoke to me very kindly,
bade toe drive the pigs front a lot near by, and
passed on towards the church. Now this sin
gular conduct of Mi. Covey really made me
begin to think that there was something in the
r,,,t which Sandy had given me ; and had it
been on any other day titan Sunday, I could
have attributed the conduct to no other cause
than the influence of that root ; and as it was
I was halt inclined to t Link the root to be some
thing mort• than lat first had taken it be. All
went well till Monday Morning. On this
DiOniing, the virtue or the root was fully
tested. Long belbre daylight, 1 was called to
go and rub, curry, and feed the horses. I
OiWyeti, glatl to obey. But
whilst thus engaged, whilst in the act
of throwing dtlWll some blades from
the loft, Mr. Covet• entered the stable
with a long rope; and just as I Was
half out of the loft he caught hold or my legs,
yid Was about tying inc. As soon as 1 found
out what he was up to, I gave a sudden spilt;
and as I did so, he holding to toy legs, I was
brae ;In sprawling on the stable floor. Mr. Co
vey seemed now to think he had me, and could
do what lie pleased; but at this moment—rrom
whence caste the spirit I don't know—l re
' soleed to tight ; and suiting my action to the
resolution, I seized Covey hard by the throat ;
and as I did so, I rose. Ile held on to me,
and Ito him. My resistance was so entire
ly unexpected, that Covey seemed all
mken aback. Ile. trembled like it leaf.
This gave Me assurance, and I held him
easily, causing the blood to run where I
touched him wit h the cads or my lingers. Mr.
Covey soon called pot to Hughes Mr help.
Hughescante, and, while Covey held me,
attempted to zee my right hand. Mille he
was in the act of doing so, I watched nty
chance, and gave him a heavy kick close un
der the ribs. This kick thirty sickened
Hughes, so that he left Me in the hands or Mr.
Covey. n.is kick had the effect or not only
weakening Hughes, but Covey also. - When
he saw Hughes bending over With pain, his
courage quailed. He asked Me if I meant
to persist in my resistadce. I told him I did
come what might ; that he had nsed me like a
brute for six 111011111 s, !tad that I Was deter
!' mined to be used so no longer. With that, he
strove to dries me to a stick that' WWI lying
just out of the stable door. He meant to
knock me down. But just as lie was leaning
over to get the stick, I seized hint Whit bath
I hands by Ids collar,' and brought him by a
sudden snatch to the ground. By this time
till came, Covey called upon hint for ,assis
tanee. Bill wanted to know what he
could do. Covey said, `Take hold of him,
take hold of hint I' Bill said his master
hired him out to work, and not to help to whip
flue ; so he left Covey and myself to tight our
own battle out. We were at it fur nearly tw•o,
hours. Covey at length let me go, nulling and
blowing at a great rate, saying that If I had
not resisted, lie would .not have whipped me
half so much. The truth was, that he had not
whipped Inc at all. I considered him as get
ting entirely the worst end of the bargain ; for
he had charm no blood front me, but I 'it'd
front blm, The whole six. mouths afterwards,
=I
that I spent with Mr. Covey, he never laid the
weight of his finger upon me in anger. le
would occasionally say, he didn't want to get
hold of me again. "No," thought I, "you
need not ; for you will come off worse than
you did before,"
From this time I was never again what might
be called fairly whipped, though I remained a.
slave four years afterwards. I had several,
fights, but was never whipped.
It was for a long time a matter of surprise to
me, why Mr. Covey did not Immediately have
me taken by the constable to the whipping
post, and there regularly whipped for the
crime of raising my hand against a white man
in defence of myself. And the explanation I
can now think of does not entirely satisfy
me ; but such as it is, I will give it. Mr.
Covey enjoyed the most unbounded reputation
for being a first-rate overseer and negro
breaker. It was of considerable importance
to him. That reputation was at stake ; and
had hesent me—a boy about sixteen years old
—to the public. Whipping-post, his reputation
would have been lost ; so, to save his reputa-
Um:, he suffered me to go unpunished.
My term of actual service to Mr. Edward,
Covey euded on Christmas day, 1833. The
days bet Ween Christmas and New Year's day
are allowed as holidays ; and, accordingly, we
were not required to perform any labor, more
than to feed and take care of the stock. T his
time we regarded as our own, by the grace of
our masterS ; and we therefore used or abused
it nearly as we pleased. Those of us who had
families at a distance, were generally allowed
to spend the whole six days in their society.
This time, however, was spent in various
ways. • The sober. staid, thinking, and indus
trious of our number would employ themselves
in making corn-brooms, mats, horse-colars
and baskets ; and another class of us would
spend the time in hunting opossums, hares,
and coons. But by Far the larger part engaged
in such sports and merriments asball-playing,
wrestling, running that-races, fiddling, danc
ing, 'Lod drinking whiskey ; and this latter
mode or spending the time was by far the most
agreeable to the feelings of our masters.
'or instance, the slavenolthors not only
like to see the slave drink.of his own accord,
but will adopt various plans to make him
drunk. Otte plan is, to make bets on their
slaves as to who can drink the most whiskey
without getting drunk ; and in this way they
succeed in getting whole multitudes to drink
MEE!
On the Ist of January, 1834, I left Mr.
Covey, and went to live with Mr. William
Freeland, who lived about three miles from .
St. Michael's. I soon found Mr. Freeland a
very dilffirent man from Mr. Covey. Though
not rich, he was what would be called an cd
utaed southern gentleman. Ile, like Mr.
Covey, gave us enough to eat; but, unlike
Mr. Covey, he also gave us sufficient dine to
take our meals. lie worked us hard, but al
ways between sunsise and sunset. He re
quired a good deal of work to be done, but
gave us good tools with which to work. His
larin was large, but. he employed hands
enough to work it, and with case, compared
-with many of his neighbors. My treatmenti .
while in Ins employment, was 'heaven, Com
pared with what I experienced at the hands
of Mr. Edward Covey.
Mr. Freeland was hims:lf the owner of
but two slaves. Their names were Henry
Harris and John Harris. The rest of his
hands he hired. These consisted of myself,
Sandy Jenkins, and Handy Caldwell. Henry
and John were quite intelligent, and in a very
little while after I went there, I succeeded in
creating in them at strong desire to learn how
to read. They very soon -mustered up some
old spelling books, and nothing would do but
that I must keep a Sabbath school.
I held my Sabbath school at the house of
a free colored man. I had at one time over
forty scholars, and those of the right sort, ar
dently desiring to learn. They were of all
ages, though mostly men and women. Every
moment they spent in that school they were
liable to be taken up and given thirty-nine
Elm
The year passed off smoothly. It seemed
only about halt as long as the year which pre
ceded it.
I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being
the best master I ever had, till I became ray
own toaster.
At the close of the year 1834, Mr. Freeland
again hired me of my master for the year
1833. But, by this time, I began to want to
live upon free land, as well as with Freeland ;
and I was no longer content, therefore, to
live with him or any other. slaveholder. I be
gan, with the commencement of the year, to
prepare myself liar a final struggle, which
should decide my fate one way or the other.
My tendency was upward. I was fast approach
ing manhood, and year after year had passed
and I was still a slave. These thoughts roused
me—l must do something. I therefore re
solved that 1835 should not pass without wit
nessing du attempt on my part to secure my
liberty. But I was not willing to cherish this
determination alone. My fellow-slaves were
dear to me. I was anxious to have them par
ticipate with me in this, my life-giving deter
mination. I therefore, though with great
prudence, commenced early to ascertain their
views and feelings in regard to their condi
tion, and to imbue their minds with thoughts
of freedom. I bent myself to devising ways
and means for our escape, and meanwhile
strove, on all fitting occasions, to impress
them with the gross fraud and inhumanity of
slavery. I went first to Henry, next to John,
then to the others. I found in them all warm
hearts and noble spirits. They were ready to
hear, and ready to act when a feasible plan
should he proposed. This was what I wanted.
I talked to them of our want of manhood if
we submitted to our enslavement without at
last one noble effort to be free. We met often
and" consulted frequently, and told •ur hopes
and fears, recounted the difficulties, real and
imagined, which we ,should be called on to
meet. At times we were almost dis
posed to give up, and try to content
ourselves with our Welched lot; at oth
ers, we were firm and unbending in our
determination to go. Whenever we suggest
ed any plan, there was shrinking—the odds
were fearful. Our path was beset with the
greatest obstacles ; and if we succeeded in
gaining the end of it, our right to be free was
yet questionable—we were yet liable to be re
turned to bondage. We could see no spot this
side of the ocean where we could be free. We
knew nothing about Canada. Our knowledge
of the north did not extend farther than New
York ; and to go there, and be forever bar
rassed with the frightful liability of being re
turned to slavery—with the certainty of being.
treated tenfold worse than before—the thought
was truly a horrible one, and one which It
was not easy to overcome. The case some
times stood thus : At every gate through which
we were to pass wo saw a watchman, at every
ferry a guard, on every bridge a sentinel, and
every wood a patrol. We were hemmed in
upon every side. Here were the fiifilculties,
real or imagined—the good to be sought, and
the evil to be shunned. On the one hand,
there stood slavery, a stern reality, glaring
frightfully upon us—its robes already crimson
ed with the blood of millions and oven now
feasting itself greedily upon our own flesh.
Ott the other hand, away 1 ack In the dim dis
tance, under the flickering light of the north
star, behind some craggy hill or snow-covered
mountain, stood a doubtful freedom half
frozenbeckoning us to come and share Its
hospitality. This in itself was sometimes
enough to stagger us ; but when we permitted
ourselves to survey the road,we were frequent
ly appalled. Upon either side wo saw grim
death, assuming the most horrid shapes. Now
it was starvation, causing us to eat our own
flesh ; now we were contending with the
waves, and were drowned; now we were
overtaken, and torn to pieces by the fangs of.
the terrible bloodhound. We were stung by
scorpions, chased by wild beasts, bitten by
snakes,and finally, after having nearly reached
the desired spot—after swimming rivers, en
countering wild beasts, sleeping in the woods,
suffering hunger and nakedness—we were
overtaken by our pursuers, and in our resist.
ance we were shot dead upon the spot
say, this picture sometimes appalled us, and
made us
" rather boar those Ills wo bail,
Than fly to others that wo know not of."
In coming to a fixed determination to run
away, we did more than Patrick Henry, when
be resolved upon liberty or death. 'With us
it was a doubtful liberty. at most, and almost
certain death if we failed. For my part, I
should prefer death to hopeless bondage.
Sandy, one of our number, gave up the no
tion, but still encouraged us. Our company
then consisted of Henry Harris, John Harris,
Henry Bailey, Charles Roberts, and myself.
Henry Bailey was my uncle, and belonged to
my master. Charles married my aunt: he
belonged to my master's father-in-low, Mr.
William Hamilton
The plan we finally concluded upon was, to
get a large canoe belonging to Mr. Hamilton,
and upon the Saturday night previous to Eas
ter holidays, paddle directly up the Chesapeaek
Bay. On our arrival at tho head of the bay, a
diatance of seventy or eightyeilles from where
we lived, it was our purpose to . turn our canoe
adrift, and follow the guldanco of the north
star till we got beyond the limits of Maryland.
Our reason for taking the water route was,
that we were less liable to 'be suspected as
runaways; we hoped to be regarded as fisher.
men ; whereas, If we should take the land
route, we should ho subject to interruptions of
almost every kind. Any one having a white
face, and being so disposed, could stop us, and
sub ect us to examination.
The week before our intended start, I wrote
several protections, one for each of us. As
well as I can remember, they were in the fol.
owing words :—" This is to certify that I, the
nulersigned, have given the bearer, my ser-
vans, full liberty to go to Baltimore, and spend
the Easter holidays. Written with mine own
band, tte., UM.— WILLIAM II AMlLTONi—near
St. Michael's, in Talbot County, Maryland."
We were not going to Baltimore ; but, in
going up the bay we went toward Baltimore,
and these protections were only intended to
protect us while on the bay.
As the time drew near for our departure,
our anxiety became more and more intense.
It was truly a matter of life and death with us
The strength of our determination was about
to be fully tested. Every man stood firm ; and
at our last meeting we pledged ourselves afresh,
and in the most solemn manner, that, at the
time appointed, we would certainly start in
pursuit of freedom. This was in the middle
of the week at the end of which we were to be
off. We went, as usual, to our several fields
of labor, but with bosoms highly agitated with
thoughts of our truly hazardous undertaking.
We tried to conceal our feelings as much as
possible, and I think we succeeded very well.
After a . painfal waiting the Saturday morn-
ing, whose night was to witness our departure,
fame. I hailed it with joy, bring what of
sadness it might. Friday night was a sleepless
one forme. I probably felt more anxious
than the rest, because I was, by common con
sent, at the head of the whole affair. The
responsibility of success or failure lay heavily
upon me. The glory of the on& and the con
fusion of the other, were alike miab. The first
two hours of that morning were such as I
never experienced before, and hope never to
experience.again. Early in the morning we
went, as usual, to the field. We were spread
ing the manure ; and all at once, while thus
'engaged, I was overwhelmed ' with an inde
scribable feeling, In the fulness of which I
turned to Sandy, who was near by, and said,
"We are betrayed 1" " Well," said lie,
"that thought has this moment struck me."
We said no snore. I was never more certain
of any thing.
The horn was blown as usual, and we went
up from the field to the house for breakfast.
I went for the form, more than for want of
anything to eat that morning. Just as I got
to the house,.in looking out at the lane gate,
I saw four white men. with two colored men.
The white men were on horseback, and the
colored men were walking behind, as if tied.
I watched them a few moments tilt they . .got
up to our lane bate. Here they halted, and
tied the colored men to the gate post. I was
not yet certain as to what the matter was. In
a few moments in rode Mr. Hamilton, with a
speed betokening great excitement. He came
to the door, and inquired if Master William
was in. He was told he was In the barn.
Mr. Hamilton, without dismounting, rode up
to the barn with extraordinary speed. In a
few moments he and Mr. Freeland returned
to the house. By this time the three constables
rode up, and in great haste dismounted, tied
their horses, and met Mr. William and Mr.
Hamilton returning from the barn ; and alter
talking awhile, they all walked up to the
kitchen door. There was no ono in the kitchen
but myselband John. Henry and Sandy were
up at the barn. Mr. Freeland put his head in
at the door, and called me by my name, saying
there were some gentlemen at the door who
wished to see me. I stepped to the door, and
inquired what they wanted. They at once
seized me, and without giving me any satis
faction, tied me—lashing my bands closely
together. I insisted upon knowing what the
matter was. They at length said that they
learned I had been in a "scrape," and that I
was to be examined before my master ; and if
their information proved false, I should not be
hurt.
In a few moments, they succeeded In tying
John. They then turned to Henry, who had
by this time retuened, mid commanded him to
cross his hands. " I won't I" said Henry, in
a firm voice, indicating his readiness to meet
the consequences of his refusal. " Won't
you ?" said Tom Graham, the constable.
" No, I won't 1" said Henry, in a still stronger
tone. With this, two of the constables pulled
out their shining pistols, and swore by their
Creator, that they would make him cross his
hands, or kill him. Each cocked his pistol
and, with fingers on the trigger, walked up to
Henry, saying, at the same time if he did not
cross his hands, they would shoot his damned
heart out. " Shoot me, shoot me ?" said
Henry ; "you can kill me but once. Shoot,
shoot,—and be d—tl I I won't be tied ! "
This ho said in a tone of loud defiance ; and
at the same time, with a motion as quick as
lightning, ho with one single stroke dashed
the pistols from the hand of each constable.
As he did this, all hands fell upon him, and,
after beating him some time, they finally over
powered him, and got him tied. •
. During the scuffle I managed, I know not
how, to get my pass out; and, without being
discovered, put it Into the fire. We were all
now tied; and just as we were to leave for
Easton jail, Betsy Freeland, mother of Wil
liam Freeland, came to the door with her
hands full of biscuits, and divided them be
tween Henry and John. Bhe then delivered
herself of a speech to the following effect :
Addressing herself to me, she said, " You
deaf I You yetioto devil
.it was you that put
it into the heads of Henry and John to run
ROBERT IREDELL, JR.,
IP fain anti Sancp Soh Vitinttr,
No. 45 EAST HAMILTON STREET,
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away. But for you, you long-legged mulatto
devil 1 Henry nor John would never have
thought of such a thing." I made no reply,
and was immediately hurried off towards Bt.
Michael's. Just at a moment previous to the
scuffle with Henry, Mr. Hamilton suggested
the propriety of making a search for the pro
tections, which he had understood Frederick
had written for himself and the rest. But
just at the moment he was about carrying his
proposal into effect, his aid was needed in
heliiing to tie Henry ; and the excitement at
tending the scuffle caused them either to for
get, or to deem it unsafe under the circum
stances, to search. Bo we were not yet con
victed of the intention to run away.
When wo got about half way to St. Mi
chael's, while the constables having us in
charge were looking ahead, Henry inquired
of mo what he should do with his pass. I
told hint to eat it with his biscuit, and ;own
nothing; and we passed the word around,
" Own nothing;" and " Own nothing I." said
we all. Our confidence in each other was un
shaken. We were resolved to succeed or fall
together, after the calamity had befallen 118 1
as much as before. We w ere now prepared for
anything. We were to be dragged that
morning fifteen miles behind horses, and then
to be placed in the Easton jail. When we
reached St. Michael's, we underwent a sort
of examination. We all denied that we even
intended to run away. Wn did this more to
bring out the, evidence against us, than• from
any hope of getting clear of being sold ; for,
as I have said, we were ready for
,that. The
fact was, wo cared but little where we went,
so we went together. Our greatest concern
was about separation. We dreaded that more
than any thing this side of death. We found
the evidence against us to be the testimony of
one person ; our master would not tell who it
was ; but we came to a unanimous deci
sion among ouitielves as to who their in
formant was. We were sent off to the jail at
Euston. When we got there, we were do-
livered up to the sheriff, Mr. Joseph Graham;
and by him placed in jail. Henry, John, and
myself were placed in ono room together:
Charles and Henry Bailey in another. Their
object in separating us was to hinder concert.
We had been in jail scarcely twenty min
utes, when a swarm of slave traders, and
agents for slave traders, flocked into jail to
look at us, and to ascertain If we were for
sale. Such a set of beings I never saw be
fore. 1 felt myself surrounded by so many
fiends from perdition. A band of pirates
never looked more like their father, the devil.
They laughed and grinned over us, saying,
" Ah, my boys I we have got you, haven't
we P" And after taunting us in various ways,
they ono by one went into an an examination
of us, with intent to ascertain our value.
They would impudently ask us if we would
not like to have them for our masters. We
would make them no answer, and leave them
to find out as best they could. Then they
would curse and swear at us, telling us that
they could take the devil out of us In a very
little while, if we were only in their hands.
"',% bile in jail, we found ourselves In much
more comfortable quarters than we expected
when we went there. Wo did not get much
to cat, nor that which was very good; but we
had a clean room, from the window of which
we could see what was going on in the street
which was very much better than if we had
been placed in one of the dark damp cells.
Upon the whole, we got along very well, so
far as the jail and its keeper were concerned.
Immediately after the holidays were over,
contrary to all our expectations, Mr. Hamil
ton and Mr. Freeland came up to Easton, and
took Charles, the two Henrys, and John out
of jail and carried them home leaving me
alone,
A RAMPART OF THE DEAD
Another charge soon followed, and was re
pulsed ; but the Rebels improved the oppor
tunity to place a field-piece in Position, so as
to rake the crater through the traverse on the
right. There was an open place at our end of
the traverse about eight feet wide and four
feet deep. A breastwork must be buililacross
it, or all be lost. General Bartlette ordered a
detail of colored troops for this duty, and they
commenced throwing in chunks of clay, and,
stripping the dead, filled their clothing with
dirt. A few moments showed them that the
work could not be accomplished in this man
ner. Some one cried out " Put in' the dead
men ;" i ond this suggestion was instantly
acted upon. There were plenty of dead, and
the men piled them across the gap, as cord
wood is piled. White and Black, Union and
Rebel, officers and privates, were heaped on
top of each other, and formed a solid barri
' cade of human flesh. Bome of the working
party were killed, and their comrades throw
them in with the rest. A dozen attempts to
charge were made by the enemy, but none
succeeded,till noon, when they advanced with
in fifty feet of us. A Rebel mortar battery,
throwing ten-inch shells, bpened tire, and
after a few trials, succeed in obtaining, our
range so well, that the% dropped their shells
directly into the crater. Every shell brought
death and wounds into our ranks. Looking
upward, we could kee them coming, a little
black speck ; then hear them " whish, wh
whish," then a deafening explosion, and
men would be stricken down. The Medur of
a Maine regiment—a stout, portly mad—was
struck.by a shell, and his head and neck sev
ered clean from his body.—From " TM Bat•
tie of the Mine," in OVERLAND MONTHLY for
April.
A MORTAL STRUGGLE IN SPAIN.—Four
centuries scent to have wrought but little
change in the temperament of "purple'
Spain. It was in 1309 that the two brothers,
King and Pretender, Pedro the Cruel and
Henry of Trastanaro, grappled in mortal
struggle in the tent of Allan do la Houssayo,
at Montle'. Pedro bad been carried there
prisoner. On entering the tent Henry ex
claimed, " Where is that bastard and Jew
who calls himself ' King of Castillo 4' " Pe.
dro, as fearless as ho was cruel, stepped in•
stantly forward and replied, " Here I stand,
the lawful son and heir of Don Alfonso ; and
it is thou that art but a false bastard." The
rival brethren instantly grappled like lions ;
the French knights and Bertrand du Guesclin
looking on. Henry drew his poniard and
wounded Pedro in the face, but his body was
defended by a coat of mall. Henry fell
across a bench, and his brother, being upper
most, bad well nigh mastered him, when one
of Henry's followers. seizing Don Pedro by
the leg, turned him over; and his master.
thus at length gaining the upper hand, In
stantly stabbed the King to the heart.
THE BEND.-A good story comes
from Cambridge. It Is said that when the
Greek Archbishop of Syros and Tenos at
tended the other day in the Senate House, for
the purpose of receiving his honorary degree
of LL.D., he dropped his pocket handkerchief
and on stooping down to recover It one of the
undergraduates In the gallery exclaimed,
" Hurrah for the Grecian bend I" The effect
was of course, so Intensely ludicrous that the
whole assemblage was convulsed with laugh
ter.
LET us have P's, Peace, Plenty, Pronperi
ty and Prlnciple—RePubllcan.
ALLENTOWN, PA
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To be Continued