AMERTISTICGRATES 1 me. 3 Inc.. 6 mos in. 4:&) 1.76 2 .1 . 11 2:4 11. 2 49 4.60 6.23 9.00 17.00 7.0.40 11.60 17.00 VIM 43.00 1160 21. M 40.00 00.03 . . ems Itig Wo:f=. !ii equarne. . Quart.r Canino Half column . . . 90.00 • 1400 6.66 One column . .90.00 .00. 00 110.00 900.00 Professional Cards $l.OO per line per year. Administrator's and Auditor's Notices, $3.00. City Notices, 90 cents pot hue let Insertion, 15 gents per Ise each subsequent insertion. ' Tot lines agate constitute a square. • • ROBERT IREQELL, JR., PonzaintEn, ALLENTOWN. PA goat nub Lumber. ♦ WILIBBIT. Z. OTTO. H. 0. OTT O. W. WILIAM FILBERT, OTTO dc MILLER, MANUFACTURERS AND I/EALIIRS IN LUMBER, WLLIAMSPORT, PA MILL 01' CANAL, WEST OP MAYNARD STERN? OPFICR AT THE BULL W P CRAMP Auma. JAB. M. RITTER, CHAS. W. ABBOTT. OWEN FMTTBB JORDAN STEAM i'LANING. MILL, SASH, DOOR, • AND • BLIND MANUFACTORY, Union Btreet, near Jordan Bridge, Allentown, RIPER. ABBOTT & CO•1 MANUFACTURERS OF at*, Doors, Outride Blinds, Inside Blinds, Mould. fog*, Brackets Baluster*, Pickets, Blair Rail tog:. Window Frames. Door Frames, aloud • . Windows, Black Wainuf Moulding*, Ac. SCROLL SAWING • TURNING PLANING MATCHING, • • FLOORING and RIPPING, DONS AT THE SHORTEST NOTIOR. ALSO, STAIR BUILDING done and NAND RAILING made to order. Ilsiting now had almost three years' pose...lon of the NUL refurnished it almost whollrwith new and harmer. ed machinery, and having none but experienced work men, we are prepared to defy cotapetition from at home and abroad, both in price and workmanahlp. Do you contemplate building? Call at oar Factory and Witty yourself with a personal examination. Drawings for building., brackets, pattern. for erne rental work, acrolls for porches, can be neon at all times by calling at our ottce. Any Information to the builder fern lehed cheerfully and freely, by calling at the Mann. factor/. on Union treet, at the Jordan Bridge, Allen town, Pa. or by lat ter through the post ofnce. aux 3-171 RITTER, ABBOTT k CO REVIVAL!! Yard," u :vlia r lrge Po s gAj el announcetlie " Old Rope Caal Allentown and the public in general, that they baronet !rot IN • a eaperior assortmset of COAL a v ia g ui 7l , l ,ll m. Chestunt and Nut from the Orden left with A. A. Huber, Steger & Holtenstele, at the Kale Hotel, Hope Rolling Hill, or the Yard will be attended t. to a BUSINESS like manner. Order. for Coal by the car Ailed at ehort no tier the lowest prices. Always on hand a large Mock of BALED HAY, will be cold et the lowest market price.. • L. W. KOONS & CO. at the" Old Hope Coal Yard," tisMilibn Street, corner of Lehigh Palley Railroad, ALLENTOWN, PA. W. Koons. 2, ElDoltArrogillf. act IS ' —ly A NEW FIRM AND NEW LUMBER YARD TO .BUIDLERS! TREXLIat-& — WBAYETV -- Would hereby announce to the public that they have Jost opened a new Limber 1 and on the epaelons and eon• venient grounds so long oeetip.ed by TREXLEK DEO.'B on Hamilton street, near Tenth, north side, where they are now prepared with a full assortment of everything pertaining to the bri.iness, e.,mprlslng la part RI,Low PINK, WRITE PINE. SPRUCE end REM. • LOCK YLOORINO, WRITE PINE BOARDS, SCANTLING and PLANK of all sizes . and well seasoned. FRAMINH TIIIIRBIL. superior HMI:KLOCK JOIST wad BOA NTLINO of sooorted el.en. OSHA% HY . PRIieI AND WHITE PINE *MINGLES of HEMLOCK and SKIM ' 1.1/ 1 1WBRINO and RHINO. LINO LATHS, tad a lar asoortment of WRATIIIIHIOAK :49. ONO W RITE OAK PLANK awl MTlMlTtain= 17H1T11 PINK and 6PaUCE PAWNU3 Ind PICKETS, WHITE ;4 IMlti `ll NONE I Dei.rc ATMS, WHITE 0 'AL and CHROTAMT Ac. AU deslroae of purchtmlng Lumber togs good advantage ste Is offered at any other Yard la the county, are reddest ed to call and examine oar stock before purchasing else where. Satisfaction Guaranteed in Quality and Price. The Senior memberof the Eno would hereby azure.* Me thanks (breast favors while. member of the firm of Trex• ler Brox., and respectfally solicit* a continuatme of the IMMO promixios to apply hi. beet endeavors to render satisfaction to all patron, of the New Yard. ED. W. TitEX ß ea cirdl7 ' TilOs. WEAVER august 31 —tl , Pada JJ are MEAD & ROBBINS, (Late Jams O. Mft•D & N. E. eor. Ninth & Chestnut Sts„ Phila. Mantfacturere of Silver-Plated Ware oily, lnelle esteelel attention to their extensive and varied assortment of SILVER-PLATED WARE, Embracing Ovary article In their line of bueinces Bailable BRIDAL & PRESENTATION GIFTS Hotels. fstol and others about furnishing will find this the tars. at e assortment to the country, and at inch Dried , AN c tient fa Ito give satisfaction. We give the prices of some of our goods: Tea Bet., 6 pieces, plain . Diann' Casters, 6 bottles Breskrnat Casten. 3. 4 sod 6 bottles •300 to • $5l Hotter Dlobes. plain - 4 te " •. rosolvlag 600 Frail Stands, eat glass dishes 7CO to 20 00 Cake Baskets ......... e 00 Card dtse644 AO . . 80460/ tl..ldnry Tama., Oytter, chased " S Wine CsGlen ou .. fine Cut bott:e Children'. elet p e....tkolfe, *peon and fork) 3 do W - Pa.. 1 CO to Vegetable Rishe.er 1 3 2 (.3 Hyrup Pitcher* 3 CO Ice Pitchers, pint. ..... ... 7 tO rich clouted 1300 Article. for Repairing or Redplating will receive careful and prompt attention.--- Yon tire invited to examine • he works of art In our 11.1. asaortment. whether amino' to purchase or not. q mu 22.3mw - - • SAMUEL K. snx-rn, 724 CHESTNUT STREET, thm taxmen noon). kw; PRACTICAL bIANUFACTURBR OF FINE SILVER PLATED WARE, Would reepectfolly announce to hie patrons that he him • full etook of the l•teet style. of • DOUBLE AND TREBLE ELECTRO -PL ATED WARES ALL OF 1118 OWN PLATING. Plated on Nickel and White Metals, Imitable for family ur city trade• ds ate quality of plating can only beltemoku lo the plat. er, the purchaser meet rely on the manufacturer's state• meat; there being no much worthies. ware in the market, all reptesented a. treble plate, at prices impomible to be mann ranee& Ali his gouda are marked "El. K. SMYTH." Call and examine the geode before purchasing idea. Where. OLD WARE REPLATED..ffiI guar mar TDAHASOLNAIVD NUN UNIIBRELLAS all the newest Myles, Lama and real Lace cover*. Parasol•ervectal4 for Laos covers, our assortment of Plaln and I" racy Ooods I. tar.qualled and the prices as low as the lowest Parasols Mete to sl—gl 2o—lined. .1.(0, 024H260—up to MA 11:1; bolt Umbrellas 11,111.2 t . 61.6). M.; Helm Umbrella., from Le eta. sob upward.. You will nava both time wad mossy by `lr. lag tat a call. All go. ds guaranteed of a Impeder uostlig.- and to be an represented. H. DIXON, 21 South Eighth Street, Hellcat. Market and Chestnut Streets, Bast 9lde, PIJILADELPRIA. nuiLlDEltd, LOOK TO YOUR IN A—. TBRESTS. L. W. KOLO:18 i CO. are reaturseturltor a Ilydholle Column Drain Pipe Chimney Pow .....toruemental Chtm• sty Tape, cheaper mud were durable Mae ay other IS m .rset,. They are made or pure cement .4 sand. below powerkoly eumpreased. well sea.orked, and are I. all praetleal respects . EQUIVALENT TO STONE .ORIMIVRT TOPH PROM 6125 TO VI 00. Band for a circular, or call aid' examine at their oace and m alian anufactory. corner of Hand/ton street and Labigh Vt Railroad. Cana lauf VrANTEDA-AN AGENT TCONO,LICIT 'I IRE INSURANCES fur a pod sad relble PLR. adelpols larunmeg Company. for blab Comity.. Ap pi r al Milo .201 , - r akw/wady 331rr VOL. XXV. EilEgii HENRY T. HELMBOLD'S COMPOUND FLU ID I sag 70 ly GRAPE PILLS. Component Parts—Rutd Extract Rhubarb and F7ukt Extract Catmba Grape Juice. FOR LIVER COMPLAINTS, JAUNDICE BILIOUS AP FEcTit.NS, RICK OR NERVOU4 lIP.ADACIIE, Cos- TIVEYES MERCURY , MINERALSTALE, CONTAIN NO Olt VELETA/KOMI The Pills are the most delightfully pleasant purgative, superseding castor oil, saltsonagne. slit, eta. There is nothing more aecepta chi to the stomach. Thov give tone, and cause neither nausea nor griping pains. They are composed of the finest Ingredients. After a few slays' use of them, such an invigoration of the entire system takes place as to appear miraculous to the weak and enervated, whether arising from Imprudenc, or disease. if. T. lielmbol,i's Compound Fluid Fxtruct Catawba Grape Pills are not sugar coated, from the fact that sugar-coated Pills do not dissolve, hut pass through the stomach with out dissolving, consequently _do not produce the desired effect. THE LATA YHA GRAPE PI _IA, being pleasant In taste and odor, do nut 11PCCRIii rote their being sugar-coated. PRICE FIFTY CENTS PER BOX. HENRY T. lIELMBOLD'S MOULT CONCENTRATED COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT SA RSAPARILLA Will radically- exterminate f • the system Scrofula.Syphil is, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Sore Eyes, Sore legs, Sore Mouth, Sore Read, 13ronchitis, Skin Diseases, Salt Rheum, C miters, Runnings from the Ear, White Swellings, Tumors, Cancer ous Affections, Nodes, Rickets, Glandular Swel lings, Night Sweats, Rath, Tett^r, Humors of rill Kinds. Chronic Rheum Warn, Dyspep tie, and nil diseases that hove liven established In the system for yearn. Being prepared expressly (or the above com plaints, Its blood-purifying properties are greater than any other preparation of Sarsaparilla. It gives the complexion a clear and healthy color end •eetores the patient to a state of health and purity. For purifying the blood removing all chronic constitutional diseases arising from an Impure state of, the blood, and the only reliable and ellbetnalknown remedy for the cure of Pettis and Swelling of the Bones Ulcerations of the Throat and' Blotches Blotchss, Pimples on the Face, Erysipeleu ull Scaly Lruptions of the Skin, and beantlfrti ,the complexion. HENRY T. HELMBOLD'S CONCENTRATED FLUID EXTRACT BUC HU has cured every case of DIARETF.S in which It has been given. Irritation of the Neck of the Bladder and Inflammation of the Kidneys, Ulce ration of the Kidneys and-Bladder, Retention of Hiti"illatMilt - Ana, ravel Brick :Dust. -De • posit, and Mucous or Milky Discharges, and for enfeebled and del lento constitutions of both sexes, attended with tile following symptoms position to Exertion, Loss of Power, Loss of Mein ory, ty of Breathing W N , eak erves,Trem b ling Horror of Disease, Wakelulness, Dimness of Vision, Pain in tile Back, Hot Hands, Flushing of the Botly, Dryness of tile Skin, Eruption o.s the Face, Pallid Countenance, Universal Lanai tude of the Muscular System, etc. Used by persons tram the ages of eighteen to twenty-five, and front thirty-live to fifty-five or In the decline or cnange of life; after confine ment or labor pains ; bed-wetting In children. IfelniboWs Extract Becht' is Diuretic: and Blood-Purifying and cures all diseases tulsing from habits of dissipation, and excesses and Im prudences In life Impurities of the blood, etc., superseding Cobai'ba In affections for which it is used, and Byphillt.ic Affections—in these dipe used In connection with Ileimbold's Ruse Wash. In manymffectlons peculiar to ladies, the Ex tract Ituchu is unequaled by any other remedy— as In eldorosis or Retention, Irregularity, Pain fulness or Suppression of Customary Evacua tions, Ulcerated or Sehirruis state of tile Uterus, Leueliorrlima or Whites. Sterility, and for all complaints Incident to the sex, whether arising from indiscretion or habits 01 dissipation. It is prescribed extensively by the most eminent phy sicians and midwives for enfeebled and deneate constitutions, of both sexes and all ages (attended with any of the above diseases or symptoms), H. T. Helmbold's Extract Bbohu CURES DISEASES ARISING FROM PR CDENCES, RABII S OF DIS SIPATION, ETC. In all their stages, at little expense, little Or no change In diet, no inconvenience and no expo sure. It causes a frequent desire, and gives strength to Urinate, thereby removing Obstruc tions, Preventing and Curing Kra:tures of the Urethra, Allaying Pain and Inflammation: so frequent In this class of diseases, and expelling all Poisonous matter. 620 00 36 6 00 . . Thousands who have been the victims of In competent persons, and who have paid, heavy fees to be cured In a short Unto, have (wind they have been deceived and that the •• Tuition" has = IRo CO 00 11 CO 12 CO to 20 OJ IR CO by the use of" powerful act bluetits." been dried up In the system, to break out inn more aggra vated form, and perhaps utter Marriage. Use HELMBOLD'S LXTRACT BUCHU for all Affections and Diseases of the Urinary Organs, whether existing In Male or Female, from what ever cause originating, and no mutter of how long standing. PRICE, ONE DOLLAR AND Fli ITUENTri PER 110171,E. HENRY T. lIELMBOLD'S IM PROVED ROSE WASH rennet be surpassed as a FACE WASII, and will be found tile only specific remedy in every spe cies of CUTANEOUS AFFECTION. It speedily eradicates PIMPLES, SPOTS, SCORBUTItt DRY NESS, INDURATIONS of the CUTANEOUS MEMBRANE, etc.,' dispels REDNESS and IN CIPIENT INFLAMMATION, DIVER, RASH. MOTU PATCIIF24, DRYNLItialt OF SCALP Olt SKIN, FROST BITES, and all purposes for which SALVE: or OINTMENTS are used; restores the skin toil state of purity and softness, and Insures continued nealthy action to the tissue of its ves sels, on which depends the agreeable clearness' and vivacity of complexion so much sought and admired. But however valuable as a remedy for existing defects of the skin, 11. T. Ileimbold's Rose Wash has long sustained its principle claim to unbounded patronage, by possessing qualities which render it u TOILET APPENDAGE of the most Superlative and Congenial character, com bining in an elegant formula those prominent requisites, SAFETY and EFFICACY—the invar iable accompaniments of its use—as a Preserva tive and Refresher of the Complexion. It is an excellent Lotion for diseases tit a Syphilitic Na-. lure, and as an Injection for diseases of the Urin ary Organs, arising from habits of dissipation, used In connection with the - .•XTRACTS lIU CHU, SA ItBA PAItILLA, D CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS, in such diseases as recommended cannot be surpassed. ' Full and explicit directiune ticcumpany the netlicines. Evidence of the niost responsible and reliable elatructer furnished on application, with hun dreds of I housands of living witnesses, and up ward of 80,000 unsolicited certificates and recom mendatory letters, many of which are from the highest sources, including eminent. Physicians, Clergymen, thatesmen, etc. The proprietor nos never resorted to their publ tendon In the news papers; he does not du this from the fact that his articles rank as Hiandard Prepenttions, and do not need to be propped up by certitleates. C 23 Henry T. Helmbold's Genuine Prep arations„ Delivered to idly nddretni. orSecure horn olmer vation. •ESTABLISHED UPWARD OF. TWENTY YEARS. Hold by Druggists everywhere Ad dress letters for Information, in confidence to HENRY T. lIELM BOLD, Druggist end Chemist. Only Depots: 11. T. /IELDISOLD'H Drug and Chemical Warehouse, No. 50.1 Broadway. Now York, or to H . T. HELM BOLD'S Medical Depot, RH Booth Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Pu. BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS. Ask' for HENRY T. HELM BOLD'S TARE NO OTHER! august 8 01 eb it in at. EXTRACT CATAWBA THE ORE/LT DIURETIC 111M1321 Krbitb reol,6ter. Sittancial. 7-30 GOLD LOAN OF THE • NORTHERN PACIFI RAILROAD RAPID PROGRESS OF THE ROAD The bulialng of the Northern Pacific Railroad. (begun July last.) is being pushed forward with great energy from both extremities of the line. Several thousand men sr °employed in Minneso ta and on the Pacific coast. Tho grade Is nearly completed 200 miles westward from Lake Supe rior; trains are running over 130 miles of finish ed road, and track-laying Is rapidly progressing toward the ea, tern border of Dakota. Including Its purchase of the St. Paul do Pacific itoad, the Northern Pacific Company now has 413 miles of completed rorul, and by Sontember next this will be Increased teat. least 360. A• (.00D INVESTMENT. Jay Cooke & Co. are now selling, and unhesitatingly recommend, as a Won table and perfectly Safe investment, the First Mortgage Lend Grant Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. They have 30 years to run, bearlioven and Three-Tentua per cent, gold Interest (more than S per cent. curren cy) altEl are secured by first and only mortgage on the ENTIIt6 IteAD AND ITS EQUIPMENTS, ' , nd also, ns foot es the rend Is completed, on 93,000 ACRES OF LAND to every mile of trues, or 300 Acres tor each 81,000 Bond. They are exempt (rein U. 14. Tax; Principal and Interest are payable in Gold ; Denominations: Coupons, SIM to 41.000: nealstered, $lOO to 310,006. LANDS FOR BONDS. Northern Pacific 7-50's are at ail times reeelvaple nt ten per cent, above par In exchange for the Company's Lands, at their lowesteash price. This renders them prac- Gen Ily teferest hearing land warrants. SINKING FUND. Tile proceeds of all sales of LandS are required to be devoted to the're purchase and cancellation of the First Mortgage Bonds of the Company. The Land Grant of the Rood exceeds Fifty Million Acres. This immense Sinking Fund will undoubtedly cancel the prin cipal of the Company's bonded debt before It falls tine. With their ample security taut htp‘ti rite of interest, there is no Investment,nemsible to the nennle.whlelt is more prolltobie or ante, EXCHANGING .U. S. FIVE-TWENTIES, The success of the New Government 5 tier cent. Loan will compel tile early surrender of United States 6 per cents. Many holders of Five Twen ties are TICAV exchanging them for Northern Pa- Mile Seven-Thirties, tints realizing a handsome and greatly increasing their yearly in come. OTHER SECURITIES. All merketableFitoclts and Bonds will be received at their highest cur rent price In exchange for Northern Pacific Seven-Thirties. Express charges on Money or Bonds received, end on Eleven-Thirties sent In return, will be paid by the Financial Agents. Full Information. maps, pamphlets. etc., can be obtained oil application et any agency, or from the undersigned. For sole by JAY COOKE & CO.. Iladi•lhhla, New York, Washington, Financial Agents Northern Pacific Railroad Co By BANKS? and RANKERS generally through out the country. may 8-din ALLENTOIVN SAVINGS INSTITU TION. Organized as "Dimes Saving Institution," NO. 58 EAST HAMILTON ST., (NEARLY OPPOSITILTIIE AMERICAN HOTEL{) PAYS SIX PER CENT. INTEREST FOR HONEY ON DEPOSIT. This Institution, the oldest S6Olll Basic In Eastern Pennsylvania, has been .in continuous and encomia' operation for ten Teal,, and continues to pay SIX PER CENT. INTEREST on money for one year, and special rates of Interest for shorter periods. dential. 113-1 deposits of money will be held strictly confi- Al Km atom Administrators, Trustees, Assignees, Treasurers, Taal Collectors, and other custodians of public or private money., are of fered liberal rates of Interest. Formers, Merchants. Laborers, and all who have money to pot on interest for a long or short period will End oar Institution an agreeable and advantageone one in which to do business. We especially invite L•DINS to transact their banking business with us. MARRIED WOMEN and MINORS have special privi leges granted by our charter—having full power to trans act business with on In their own names. Money deposited with this Institution IS SAFE AND WELL SECURED, by a Capital stock and armpit]. mono curity of over SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, and addition, the Board of Trustee. have as required by t barter, given bonds under the supervision of the Court In the slim of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. which bonds are retie- , tered In and held by the Court of Common Plea. of thin county for the security of depositors. Our Iron Vaults are of the most secure and extensive kind known iu this country. an a personal inspection will show, and to which we in•lte oRRRfff friend. sad - dlhriprfrrotrPst - retyttrffrottittall ofa good say ng Hank, WI LLIAM H. A NEY,Presderit. CHRISTIAN PRETE, Flee President. REUBEN STABLER, Cashier. TIINITIM: , William IL Atom Charles 9 Bush, Christian Preis, John D. Stiles, F. E. Samuels, Benj. J. Illagenbuch, George Brobst, Samuel Sell, Nathan Peter. MILLERSTOWN SAVING BANK,- MILLERSTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY. — I This Institution will be opened 011 or before (bolsi day of April. Money will be taken en deposit at all times end in any same from one dollar upwards, for which SIX PER CENT. INTEREST • per annum will bepaid. Deposits may be withdrawn at any time.] Also, money oaaed out on favorable terms. JAMES WEILER, President fa•ncLlN 811111118; Cashiera ° S. F. M. Shiffert, George Ludwig Frederick C. Yobst. Christian K. Henninger. David Donner. William Baliday. Isaac 0 rlebel, Gideon P. Rpm. Horatio T. Hornell . . Benjamin J. lichmover. illtrOntlinginaster mar 18.6 m • FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK, Located at the corner of Hamilton street and Chnrch alley, in Lion MIL mooed etorY, oppuniw the German Reformed Church. In the City of Allentown. is organised and ready for boldness. It wilt pay SIX per cent. In tercet on nit den netts except business dessnsits, for any period of time,lo tie calculatedfrom !hada:co./deposit. To secure which, the Trustees of the Institrition bane filed In the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, under the direction of the Court. a bond in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars, conditioned for the faith ful keeping and appropriation of all such en-n• of money as shall ',evinced to charge of said FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK, whether MA deposits, or chores of stock. which bond may be enlarged by the Court whenever It may be deemed neceeeary In addition to,thie. the Act of Incorporation make. the Stockholders personalty liable to the depositors in dou ble the amount of the Copilot Stuck of the Bank, which le fifty thousand dollars. with liberty to increase It to one hundred and fifty thomotnd dollars. These provisions will make It a very desirable and safe place of deposit. Besides, it may be proper to 'date that the deposits will be kept In one 01 the enlest and beet protected vaults tea this city. Arrangements will be made to furnish drafts on the einem of New York and Philadelphia' • S. A. BRIDGES, President W. WILSON. Vice President J. E. ZIbIMBIIMAN. Cashier. Trustees : Melo! 11. Miller, S. A Bridges, John itolboo, J. kV Wilson, William Boor, .1. B. Zimmerman D. 11. emit:. Peter Gross, Edwin Zimmerman. mar 30- 6 r i IBABB SAVINGS BANK, (Ormlied under a State Charter), NO. EAST LIABULTON STREET, ONARLT OPPOSITI TOR COROT 21001 IR Monies received on deposit at all times from one dollar upwards. Pays SIX per coat. lateral for sin months or longer. Four per caul. on daily balance, subject to check at sight. Ould end Sliver. United States Bonds and other Se ent curi Sec ties bought and r sold. Interest collected on Dover . - tat fai rates. All deposits of money will be hold atrictly confidential, and may be withdrawn at any time. Married women and minors have special privileges granted In our charter, having full power to Ifanoact bust. mean with us in their own names. This Institution is a legal depository for monies paid Into Court, nod receives money in trust hum guardians, rdministrutors. treasurers tan callectors and otners. ArTMUNItIi LOANED ON FAVORABLE TERMS' PIiAON ALIMUO DT, President. II n (iaavzELL. Clothier. Directors-I'll.m Albright, James F. Kline, Tilghman Mort.. David Weida. Aaron hisenhart. iel.3m FARMER'S SAVINGS BANK, Incorporated under a State Charter of 1870 Foaelsrllle, Lipper M►cttn`le township. Lehigh Co. This Institution has been organised and opened ander a Rate Charter. MONEY will be taken on deposit at all times and in any sum from gland upwards. (or which 6 PER CENT. INTEREST WILL BE PAID Deposits may be withdrawn at any time. Alas money loaned ern on favorable tonne. WILLIAM MOUlt, President It. 11. FOGEL. Cristlier. TRUPTIM: Dr. H. A. Saylor, • J. D. Straub, Daniel Moyer, David Peter, Jonas Rauch, Samuel Kuhn., Daniel IL ere)la. ' William Stela, • William Mohr [Apr 84m MA4UNGIE SAVINGS BANK, Hamilton. between 7th and Bth dtreeta ALLENTOWN. PA. • Money taken on depoelt at all time and In nay enure from one dollar upward, for which SIX PER CENT. INTEREST wid bo paid. Deposits may be withdrawn at any time. Persons de er°as of sending money to any part of the United Elutes or Canodas, will have their matters promptly attended to and without any risk on their part. bold, Silver, Coupons,_ Bonds and other securities 1" DAVI D SMALL, President. W. h (1: LIC?TXIWSLLaaa Cashier. sep tblf KUTZTOWN SAVINGS BANK, (Organized under Elate Charter in 189. ) W)NEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT, and I per cent. lu• greet will be allowed. For ehorter periods special rates will he paid. Also, money loaned oat on FAVORABLE TERNS. Said Bank Iv located In the Hereto. Hence. In the boroagh of Kutztown. JOHN 11. FOGEL, President. Er WARD IiOTTIMTIIIII. U. D. Cashier. TIUMPIB: • F. 3, Slough M. D., J. D. Wanner. /1.9. David Flew. H. 11 , Schwartz, LP W. U. F.15e.., 1 Daniel Clads:, Richard J. atom Jonas Killer Sr:, CLOUD HOTEL, Arch Street, above Seventh, Philadelphia. Entirely . new, with ample rapacity for MO nuente. Term., 'Toe any. 'e M. Cloud lo newly and elegantly futut.bed tbrounbout, and iv open for the reception of sued., by the nod. reigned. Who have eo atiecwolidly conducted for the pmt ten punish, weU•kuowa AiWu. tale House, St Creeeou Up , tone. mor Clime 0. W. NITILT,IPI 11 TIRO.. Prep're. ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 17 1871. The Campaigns of Robert E. Leo. 11.- NORTHERN •IROINIA AND MARYLAND. .On the 20th of June, the day on which be gan the Seven Days' Battles, Pope was placed in command of the Federal forces in Virginia ; and Hallack, with the title of General.ln-Chief, was placed over both him and McClellan. Oddly enough, both commanders began to play into each other's hands. Halleck thought the thing to be done was to enable McClellan to get away from the James, and *so directed Pope to demonstrate upon the Rappahannock, hoping thereby to draw away a part of Lee's army to check the movement. Lee, also wishing to get McClellan away from the neighborhood of Richmond, proposed to tend a strong force toward Washington, hoping that the Federal army would be called back to defend the capital. McClellan was unwilling to abandon the peninsula ; but Halleck was peremptory, and McClellan,nervously appre hending an attack while retreating, only breathed freely when on the 18th- of August he bad put the Chiekahominy behind him. On that very day the bulk of the Confederate army was a hundred miles away confronting Pope on the Rappahanpock.. At Richmond, besides a few local militia , there remained only D. H. Hill's division of not much more than 10,000 men. Lee with 7.1,000 men pressed Pope, ' who had barely 40,000, half-way back toward Washington. But Pope was in daily expec tation of receiving reinforcements from Me. Clelian's army which would enaffie him to assume the offensive. On the 22d of August accident placed in Lee's hands the despatch book of Pope, which showed the precise situ ation of the Federal army, and the time when it would be strengthened. He conceived the Idea that by a bold and rapid movement he could gain Pope's rear, cut off his supplies, and perhaps even destroy his army before it could be reinforced'. He undertook with a part of his force to occupy Pope's attention in front, while , Jackson with some 30,000 should move rapidly arouud the Federal flank, and establish'himself in its rear, where he was to be joined by the others. •This manmuvre was a delicate one,for It involved the seeeration of the Confederate army fora week, even should the weather or any other mischance not hin der the execution of the movement. Still the advantages to be gained by success were so great, that the chance was worth the risk. Lee in the end found himself committed to a much larger undertaking than he had antici pated In the outset. On the morning of the 25th.jitekson moved rapidly, his march being partly hidden by the intervening mountains, rounded Pope's flank' and passing through a gap took up on the 28th a strong position within sight of the old battle field of Bull Run; Longstreet, with whom was Leer following more slowly. Pope, whose force had now - been increased to 00,000, moved upon Jackson, whose position was critical, for ho was outnumbered two to one ; and unless Longstreet, many miles behind, should come up in time, he ran imminent risk of being overwhelmed. On the 20th Pope attacked in force and gained some apparent advantage. He believed that Longstreet was more than a day's march distant, and that be could at least cripple Jackson, and then, if need were, fall back across Bull Run and intrench him self until large reinforcements which were not attacked with all force, but was surprised to find himself greatly outnumbered ; for Long street had come upon the field. The action, sometimes called the Second Bull Run, or the Second Manassas, but better distinguished as that of Groveton, resulted In a disastrous -Federal - defeat. The Confederates lost during -the two-days about 9,000 In killed and wound. ed, the Federate about 11,000, besides some ths.usands of prisoners ; and the army was so disorganized that on the next day Pope could rally only 88,000 men. He fell back to Cen treville, where on the next evening be was joined by 24,000, raising his force to 62,000. Lee, after all his losses, had about 60,000 men, to whom were soon added D. H. Hill's 10,000, who had hurried from Richmond. The situation was far from unfavorable for Pope, for the Confederates could not count upon another man, while the 'Federate were con stantly increasing. But a senseless panic had seized the authority at Washington, and the troops were hurried back tothe capital. Lee's plans had succeeded beyond all- reasonable anticipation. Not only had the siege of Rich mond been definitely raised, but all Virginia was freed from the enemy, and the rich liar vests of the fertile velley of the Shenandoah would feed the Confederate army. The sea son also was favorable for military operations, and it seemed feasible to carry the war into the North, for which also there were political as well as military reasons. Lee himself gives succinctly the reasons which induced him to cross the Potomac ; I "The condition of Maryland encouraged the I belief that the presence of our army, however inferior in number to that of the enemy, would induce the Washington Government to retain all its available forces to provide against contingencies which its conduct toward the' people of that State gave it reason to appro. hend at the same time it was hoped that military success might afford us an opportunity to aid the citizens of Maryland in any efforts they might be disposed to make to - recover their liberty." In a word, he hoped, and not alto gether unreasonably, that Maryland would join the Confederacy, in which event Wash inkton would no longer be tenable as the .Federal capital. The march to the Potomac I was promptly begun and rapidly prosecuted— too rapidly, indeed, for In four days fully 10,000 men dropped from the ranks from ab solute exhaustion ; and thus it happened that when on the 7th of September the army was concentrated at Frederick City, it numbered but 60,000. Pope (hid meanwhile, at his own request, been relieved from the command of the forces around Washington, which passed almost in formally into the hands of McClellan—Hal heck, however, as General-In-Chief, resting as an incubus over him. McClellan set hit:itself earnestly at work to reorganize his shattered army. However deficient he had shown him self, and was yet to show himself, as a cost mender in the field, for the work now to be done he was admirably fitted. Aa Secretary of War, or as General-in-Chief directing ope rations at a distance, he would have been in the right place. • In a week there were gath ered' around WashingtOn 72,006 men, besides 111,000 most foolishly and against his earnest remonstmnce posted at Harper's Ferry, and a movable force of nearly 100,090 men to ope rate against Lee. But the moment that active operations were to be undertaken, McClellan's constitutional timidity came into play, and ho also as usual estimated the force of the enemy at aonble its actual number. So when ho be gan to head toward Lee, he moved only thirty miles in the first six days. • A week in Maryland allowed Lee that there was no hope of a rising in that State, and.hit resolved to move his army northward, hoping to draw McClellan alter him:and - away Ilroui his base of gtipplics. Meanwhile, In.. order tO keep °pantie otsn communioationshe thought It fleeces' s, to gain p 01111.71111013. of ,jliaiper's Ferry,. Here he committed a grayitcror, tor a place more utterly nachos's* milltarypolnt of view does =tuba.- it !Moulds nothlpg, and in order to cross the Potomac no army , need ever go near it. He could not reasona bly hope to capture-tbe force there, and be could not wish Aliens in a place where they 11:1311111 would be more useless to the enemy ; nod although he did actually capture them, it was owing to a stupidity beyond all example on the part of their commander. In order to capture Harper's Ferry, Lee di vided his army into three parts. Jackson. with fourteen brigades, was to make a detour of eighty miles, crossing the Potomac and at tacking the Ferry from above ; McLawsivith ton brigades, was to mirth forty miles and attack from below ; while Leo himself, with sixteen brigades was to move to Hagerstown, fifty miles from the Ferry, where the whole army was finally to rendezvous. Supposing that there was no delay or mishap, a week would be the shortest time at which the Junc tion could be effected ; for Jackson would have to make a march of 180 miles In all. The operation was begun on the 10th of Sep tember. On the morning of the 15th, a day later than was expected, Jackson and Mc- Laws invested the Ferry, which was surren dered with 11,000 men, the cavalry escaping, as the infantry might easily have done but for the pusillanimity of Mlles, their comman der. At noon Jackson was startled by evil tidings from Leo. Accident which had three weeks before favored Leo by giving hint Pope's despatch book, now played a like good turn for McClel lan. D. H. Hill had carelessly left behind a copy of Lce'e order, which fell Into the hand's of the Federal commander. " MeCiellun's course was too plain to be mistaken. He had but to follow Lee, who with hardly 28,000 men was moving leisurely toward the cp pointed place of rendezvous. For once Mc- Clellan moved rapidly, and on the 14th came up with the Confederate rear in the passes of the South Mountain. Lee faced about, and vainly tried to check the pursuers. The pas• sea were force.] at two points, which cost Lee 2,000 men. There was but one thing now fot Lee to do. He must change the di rection of his march toward Harper's Ferry, haste:.. Jackson and McLaws back to rejoin him on the way. On the morning of the 15th ho crossed Antietam creek and stood at bay near Sluirpsburg. He could go no further, for the Potomac was In his rear. He bad now barely 24,000 men, for straggling had increased his losses to 40,000. The position was not of great strength. It was one which a commander with 20,000 might hope to hold against 80,000, or which one with 00,000 might fairly venture to assail against 20,000. Jack son was summoned to Sharpsburg. He coin menced his march at midnight, and by dawn on the 16th joined Lee, having crossed the Potomac and made a night march of fifteen miles in silt hours. He brought but himself and 5,000 men. The Others, outworn by a. week's constant marching, could not keep up. The afternoon of the 15th and all of the 16th was spent idly by McClellan. During the night he made up his mind to attack on the next morning. All told, be had 83,000 infan try and artillery. McLaws in the early dawn of the 17th had come up with such of his force as could march; so that when the battle. opened Lee had 30,000. Of the cavalry on either side we take no account, as they were not engaged. When the plan of action was determined upon, it was understood that Mc- Clellan bad resolved upon the one only right thing to be done—to throw his whole force upon Lee. Had ho done this, the Confederate When and wiry a differentcourse was resolved upon has never been told. But McClellan, to quote the worth of Sumner, "attacked in driblets." First one corps was sent in ; when this was repelled another took its place. These desultory assaults were made mainly upon the left, and centre of Lee, who, by withdrawing, every possible man from his right, was able to oppose about equal numbers. At last Burnside with 14,000 men was or dered to attack Lee's right, which had been so weakened as to leave barely 25.000. Hour after hour the attack was delayed. At length Burnside forded the creek, and then unac countably halted two hours. When finally he advanced, he swept the weak enemy be fore him, and hid gained a point whence the whole Confederate position could be enfiladed. The battle on the centre nod left bad died away; but at this moment A. P. Hill with 4,000 men came hot-foot from Harper's Ferry. With but half of these lie struck Burnside, and fairly drove him in the gathering dark ness across the creek ; and so the battle closed. Of McClellan's six corps, two were not at all engaged. Out of 83,000 men, 58,000 were at different times brought Into action. Of Lee's entire 40,000, including Hill's late arrival, 38,000 were engaged, most of them all the' day. The'Pederal loss at Snuth Mountain and Antietam was 15,000, of whom 1.000 "missing," besides the 11,000 surrendered at Harper's Ferry, who, however, were never fairly in the 'enemy's hands. The ent're Con federate loss was 17,000, of whom 5,000 were "missing." Ou the morning of the 18th Lee received a few thousand more, raising his force to 08,- 000. McClellan received also 14,000, giving hint after his losses 84,000 ; of these ,30,000 more than lee's entire force—had not been engaged, while the others were in better plight than the best of the enemy. Yet he dared not attack. He shall state his reasons : " One battle lost and all would have been lost. Lee's army might have marched ns it pletised on Washington, Biltimnre, Philadel phia, or New York, and nowhere east of the Alleghenies was there another organized force able to arrest its march." But if a comman der with 84,000 men fears to lose a battle upon an open field against 38,000, with wint force could lie gain it 4 He changed his mind during the day, and ordered that an attack should be made on the 19th. But in the darkness of the night Lee bad quietly slipped away, and by daylight was safely across the Potomac. He moved leisurely on for a few miles, gathering by the way the stragglers who had been left in Virginia ; yet on the Both lie bad but 53,000 men present for duty. On that day McClellan had with him 100,000 present for duty, besides 73,000 around Wash ington, 50,000 of whom might have been safely given to him. . The merits and demerits of Lee during this campaign are apparent. His operations against Pope were judicious ; for though haz ardous, there was a fair prospect of gaining Much, while a failure could hardly have prov ed ruinous, since the way of retreat down the Valley was unobstructed. The Invasion of Maryland is open to grave criticism, yet on the whole it must be considered justillable,for he could hardly have imagined that the army which on the 8d of September was flying be fore him, an apparently demoralized mob, would In a week be not only restored but in- creased to twice his own numbers. Lee's be setting error, one which, as we shall see, was to cost him so dearly at Gettysburg, was that of underestimating the force of his enemy. He doubtless believed that his army when reunited at Hagerstown would be superior to any that could be brought against him, and that either with or without a battle he might dimato peace at Washington or Bal timore, or perhaps even at Philadelphia. Tho movement von Harper's Ferry was in every way an injudicious one. ,The place was use less to him, and the best that ho could ,aak was that the 18,000 men who occupied it should stay there and not be added to the active army opposed to..Lim. That they should be captured without a show of resis tance, when retreat was soeasy, did not comu within the limits of military probability. Too high praise cannot be awarded to the ability displayed by him at Antietam ; but that its result was not the surrender of his army can fairly bo attributed only to the Incapacity of the commander to whom for the second time he found n,yosed. IL—FitittiEnictcsnunn & CIIANCELLORIWILLE After five weeks of delay in Maryland Mc- Clellan began to move slowly toward Lee, whose force bad now been recruited to 73,000. McClellan marched with 116,000, besides 20, 000, who were Imlrrod hesent to him from around Washington whenever he wished for them. Lee fell hack quietly down the valley of the Shenandoah, crossed into that of the Rappahannock, and halted at Culpepper, whence be had started eleven weeks before. McClellan followed, and seems to have made up his mind to attack. But on the 7th of No vember he was removed from the command, which was forced upon Burnside against his wish. • Of this amiable man, who before—at An tietam always excepted—and after performed such good service in a lower position,, little need here be said. He gave hie true measure when he urged.upon the President that he "did not feel himself competent to take the command of eo large an army." His com mand is notable mainly for the disastrous bat tle of Fredericksburg, fought on the 13th of December. Lee with 80,000 men lay well posted on the south bank of the Rappahan nock. Burnside with 100,000 crossed the river and attacked. Leo forbore to offer any serious oppos'tion to the passage, wisely pre ferring to receive It on his side of the stream. He could hardly have gone amiss here, for he had only to meet the assault where made. The result was that the Federals were repelled at every point, and rearmed the river the sec ond night after under the cover of storm and darkness, having lost 13,700 men, the Con. federate loss being 5,400. Thisgreat disparity in loss took place in the assault upon Marye's Hill. At the foot of this there was a sunken road forming a perfect fosse. From below this was Wholly Invisible, the face of the hill presenting the appearance of an unbroken slope. In this road were posted 2,1100 men drawn up four deep. Two desperate assaults were made upon this hill, In the last of which Humphrey's division charged up almost to the brink of the road, but were met with such a sheet of musketry from invisible foes that the column melted away like a snow-bank before a Jet of steam. The Federal loss here alone was 0,500 ; that of the Confederates hardly 500, and these fell before the artillery while getting into position. In the final charge, made by Humphreys with unloaded muskets, when be was flung hack in fifteen minutes with a loss of 1,700 men, it is doubtful whether the Confederates lost a man. Bo sudden was the repulse that the Confed erates never suspected the extent of their ad avntage, and lay upon their arms all that night expecting a renewalof the attack. Much sur prise has been expressed that Lee did not on the following day follow up his victory. An absurd theory has been put forth that he saw the enemy so completely at his mercy that he refrained from attacking them on the score of humanity. He himself gives the true reason : " The attack on the 13th had been so easily repulsed, and by so email a part ofour army, that it was not supposed the enemy would th -- dict tong:m.4,lb ug ma 'Fs EVOlculOarr auu ,110 extent of his forces, Gamed to be compare- tively Insignificant. Belleving,therefore, that he wnnld attack us, it was ant deemed expe dient to lose the advantages of our position and expose the troops to the fire of his inac cessible batteries beyond the river, by ad vancing upon him. But we were necessarily Ignorant of the extent to which he had suffer ed." Lee might well style the attack "ic significant," in propnrtton to the force which had crossed the river, and the part of his own army actually engaged in its repulse. Of the 55,000 composing Burnside's left, only 17,060 were brought into the fight. For a final effort they waited the result ou the right. Here there were 45,000, of whom 15,000 actually , assaulted ; they were hurled back by only 5,000 out of the 40,000 whom Lee had on hand in position to meet the grand assault which he expected. • Severe as were the losses in this battle, they formed only 4 small part of tholujurysufferefi by the Federal army. Its morale was seri ously. impaired. The lack of confidence in the•commander was shared by officers and and men. Burnside at length' became aware of this, and offered his resignation, which was accepted ; and on the L'Oth of January, 1803, Hooker was placed in command. Only three days before Burnside had drawn up an order dismissing him from the service. • Hooker set himself to work to improve the discipline of his army. By the middle of April it was In admirable condition. Besides 12,000 cavalry, who were sent upon a separate expe dition, he had 120,000 men. Lee had strong- Intrenclied himself, had sent away nearly all his cavalry, with ninny of his infantry, and had 62,000. Hooker resolved to move up the Rappahannock, cross above the extremity of the Ccnfederate line, and then descend, taking the enemy in the rear; a strong force meanwhile being left behind to demonstrate, or if occasion served, to attack In front. The turning operation was begun on the 28th of April, and on the afternoon of the 30th the columns, 45,000 strong, were concentrated at the solitary house known as Chancellors ville, in the centre of the Wilderness, eleven miles from Fredericksburg. During the night Sickles's corps came up, raising the force to more than 60,000. Hooker was fairly Justified In believing that "the enemy must either fly. Ingloriously, or come out from his Intrench merits and give battle on our. own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." But be had neglected the one thing then needed for certain success: A. march of two hours would have taken him clear out of the Wit derneea. Directly between him and Fred ericksburg were only Anderson's division of 0,600; Early with 10,000 was just below the town, and Jackson with the' remainder of Lee's army was a score of miles further down the river. Leo had been taken by surprise, and the night was far spent before he learned that his rear was threatened. How formidably he did not anticipate ; and resolving to attack thls flanking column, lie ordered Jackson to come up. The long march began at midnight; and when on tto morning of .Friday, May 1, Hooker began to move,, he found the Honied- motes, less ;ban 40,000 strong, drawn up ready to receive him os he emerged from the Wilderness: After some skirmishing, Booker 'fell back into the Wilderness to 'await an at• tack instead of giving it. , During the night is plan was proposed by Jackson and adopted by Lee, which can be explained only by supposing that ho believed himself much stronger than Hooker. Jackson with 80,000 was to make a circuit around the Federal position and fall upon Its right, while Lee, with less than 20,000 should demonstrate upon its front. By three o'clock In the after noon the detour was accomplished, and after a march of fifteen miles Jackson was close upon Hooker's right, and only six miles in a direct line from the point whence belied been sent out. So little was an attack here anlict• pated that no pickets had been sent out; 'the Intrenchments werounguarded and the arms stacked. At five o'clock in the eicning the Confederates burst from the woods upon the unsuspecting Federal.: In an Instant How ard's corps was flying In every direction. not the Confederate advance was soon checked by an artillery fire. Jackson was mortally wounded by an accidental shot from his own men. fill was also wounded, and the 'com mand of the division was devolved upon Stuart. ' , Paring the night Roynolds'scorps of 17,000 Joined Hooker, so that after the partial disor ganization of Howard's corps, he had still in hand on the morning of May 8 fully 75,000 mon. If ho had the posting of the enemy, ho could hardly have wished them otherwise than they were. Stuart's 80,000 were separated from Lee's 20,000 by six miles of dense forest. Had Hooker struck either, nothing which lay within the limits of military probability could have saved Leo from a disastrous defeat. That Hooker should have now awaited an at tack, or that Lee should have ventured one, would hover have entered the mind of one who, knowing the respective forces, could have overlooked the whole field. Hooker's position formed three sides of an irregular square. The right faced westward toward Stuart; the centre southward toward Lee ; the left eastward toward Fredericksburg, with no enemy in Its front. Sickles had rest ed the night before on a small cleared emi nence known as Hazel Grove, whence Jack- Bon had been repulsed. This, though d little out of the line, was the only point of strate gical.importance, since from it the whole Fed eral centre could be enfiladed by artillery. Hooker ordered it to be abandoned. Stuart at once seized it, and planted a battery of thirty guns from which he opened fire without the posibllity of reply, and then brought his whole force against Sickles. The battle raged furiously for two houra with varying success. Sickles, who was greatly outnumbered, and whose ammunition became exhausted, sent repeatedly for aid ; but none came, for at the moment Hooker was stunned by a shot which struck a pillar against which he was leaning, nod there was noone at hand to give an order, though all the while Reynold's carps lay in active within half an hour's march. had half of that corps swung around, they would have taken Stuart square on the flank, and swept him into the wood from which he could never have escaped. As It was the Confederate re ports show how nearly they lost the day. The, entire left, consisting of Meade's corps and the remainder of Howard's was also wholly unengaged, for Lee had been demonstrating against rather than assaulting Slocum and Couch in the centre, all the while edging toward Stuart, with whom he effected a June Lion while the battle yet hung in even scale. The combined force hereupon Sickles, whose corps fell hack in disorder upon Chancellors ville. Couch had now taken command, and , by *order the whole force fell back to a strong posltibn two miles In the rear. After all loss es they still numbered 70,000, not half of whom had been seriously engaged. Lee, with but 40,000 after his heavy losses, was on the point of again attacking, when ho was ar rested by ominous tidings. Sedgwick had as• sailed Early on the heights at Fredericksburg, driven him back southward, and with 22,000 men was fairly between him and Lee. Four brigades were sent to meet Sedgwick, when after bard lighting night fell and suspended the battle. No commander ever was in a more perilous back. Leaving but 20,000 in front of Rooker, the remaining force of 32,000, Early having joined, was hurled upon Sedgwick's remain 1ng.20,000, and the action went on all day within hearing of the intrenchments where Hooker'e 70,000 lay motionless. During tlie night Hooker ordered Sodgwick to cross the river. Half an hour later he sent counter manding the order, for he would attack next day. But the messenger was delayed by the darkness, and the order was not received until the corps was nearly across. Hooker meanwhile had called a council of war, and it was voted to abandon the enterprise, and the Federal army returned to Its old position opposite Fredericksburg, foiled in an operation which had promised so much, and in which there was not an hour from Thursday till Dlonday when success would not have been easy. The Federal loes at Chancellorsville was 12,197 killed and wounded, and about 1,000 missing ; the, Confederate 10,277 killed and wounded and about 8,000 missing. Hooker declared that ho "felt that he had fought no battle," because he could'not get his men into position, and that his enterprise had failed from causes "of a character nut to be foreseen or prevented by human sagacity or resources." A. careful survey of what was douo and left undone will evince that every untoward cir cumstance was of a' character which should have been foreseen and prevented. If final success were a sure test of the merits of mill- tart' operations,-that of Lee would deserve the highest praise. But with the exception of the first movement toward Chancellorsville every other was such a palpable violation of every principle of warfare as should have in sured a total defeat. Ile succeeded through a series of accidents, the failure of any one of which would have proved fatal ; and a gene. ral, save In the direst emergency, has no right to reckon upon fortune. Ice tempted fortune unwarrantably on Saturday when lie divided his forces ;on Sunday when he at. tacked an enemy Of superior nutfibers strongly posted; still more desperately when on Mon day he again divided his force. He had no right to presume that the Federal right would be surprised in broad daylight, while an action was going on In full hearing ; that his opponent would on one day . fail to use well nigh half his troops and on the next hold three-fourths ofthein inactive, when a quarter of these would have been amply sufficient to insure a comple'te victory. A. 11. GurtturisEy, is tho May Galaxy. IN fesponse to a resolution of inquiry adopted by the State Senate in reference to the preser vation and display of the State flags, Adjutant General Russell recommends that the battle flags and liothermePs painting of the "Battle of Gettysburg, be placed together. Ile suggests that the two rooms now occupied by the Board of State Charities and by the State Historian be thrown together and fitted np for this pur pose, and there are many reasons which will commend his suggestion to favorable consider ation. The flags which were carried and de• fended by our Pennsylvania ioldiers (luring the war should be kept where they will be per fectly safe, and where they can lw seen by those who fought under them and by patriotic 'citizens generally who visit the State Capital; and the State certainly ought to .alTowl one room for the display of these battle-s:ained standards and for Rothermei's historical paint ing which has been produced at State expense. The combination of these two things in one apartment would constitute 'a gallery of pallf otlem which would be visited with tender and gra t e mf ee lings of patriotic devotion by gene rations yet unborn. •The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has no more precious posedeslim and heritage than the one hundred and Aely four flags' and twenty-three standard which wore returned to Harrisburg at the close of the war by.the surviving veterans of our Pennsyl vania regiments, and these battle relics should be carefully guarded and.proudly shown, Mn, Cuatass HaLtat's recitals In London this year Wlll comprise, among other things, the ten sonatas of Beethoven for piano and violin. ROBERT rREDEL.L, I,lfain anb „fancy .llob Printer, No. 008 HAMILTON STREET, . AL LEBTOWIV. PA. ELEOANTPRINTINO NEW DESIGNS LATEST STY LSE Stamped Cheek., Card.. Clrealari, Paper 13ook_k Cana trawl...sod B Law., School Cottalogajw Dill finds • Bo n .ralzytii.7 4. l.,:tty s e i ells Bills of Lading,- Way lie, etc., etc., PA.??..171'd',?;:°15'n.".," NO. 20, THE CHICAGO STOCK YARD. The "Union Stock Yards," as this vast es tablishment is called, is an example of the thoroughness with which these Western men do what comes in their way. It lies half an hour by rail from the centre of the city, con tains 845 acres of land, and has a capacity for 21,000 head of cattle, 75,000 bogs Mad 29,000 sheep, with stalls for 350 horses—ln all for 118,350 animals. When all the ground IS covered with pens it will accomodate 810,000 head of cattle. There aro now 100 acres of pens for cattle, all floored with three•lnch plank, besides a great area in which the cattle stand on the ground. Ido not know what effect the fol lowing figures will have upon your mihd, but they will give you, at least, some notion of the work which has been done here, and most of which was accomplished in six 'months. There are 85 miles of underdralnage, not very tho- rough, I should think, for tho ground Is very Hat; 10 miles of streets and alleys, all paved with wood ; 8 miles of water troughs ; 10 miles of feed troughs ; 2,300 gates ; 1,500 open pens, heavily fenced In with double plank, nailed to stout and frequent posts ; 800 covered sheds for hogs and sheep; million feet of lumber were used on these stratums, and 000,000 pounds of nails ; 17 miles of railroad track, with 60 switches and frogs, connoct every railroad which rune into Chicago eith.the stock yard by a special track. The water Is supplied by artesian wells, dug one to the depth 0f . 1,032 feet, and another to the depth of 1,100. These send water into tanks 45 feet high, whence it is distributed in all the pens and sheds, there being a hydrant in each of these. The water can be shut off Irons any or all the divisions at pleasure, and to guard against loss by fire 14 firo•plugs are distlibuted over the ground, and 1,000 feet of ll•inch hose arc at hand. But the strangest story to me was .to find the stock yard a complete little world of itself. It has, of course, a large resident population ; from 173 to 200 men are constantly employed by the company, Who take charge of the ani mals as they are unloaded from the cars, which run into the streets between the pens. To accomodate Its own servants, numerous cottages have been built ; but to accomodate the drovers, and the buyers 9...1 sellersalargo hotel, substantially built of brick, and com plete In every detail of a hotel, Is found on the ground. Nor is this all—there is it roomy exchange for the transaction of business, with a post•otllee, and telegraph lines to all parts of the country ; a bank, and, of course, this being In the United States—a newspaper, the Chicago Sun, published daily, so it asserts, at the " Union Stock Yards," and the organ of the dealers in cattle, hogs and sheep. To complete this inventory, there Is a town hall for public meetings, a church wellattend ed, a Sunday-school, and on excellent day school. The company, as I said above, receives and cares for all the animals Bent. It has thusre ceived, penned, fed, watered and taken ac count of 41,000 hogs, 3,000 cattle and 2,000 ....L. J. v• 6, Leniaisy-'l,. 0,81.0 head of Decree cv.sta number of cattle ever brought in a single day. Hay barnes and' corn bins are scattered all over the grounds. I was surprised to hear that the manure collected herawas for some . time a drug upon the bands of the company; of late they begin to fled some demand for it, but even yet a large part of it Is drawn out and corded up on the' open prairie. The whole enterprise has cost, Bo far, $1,075.000. If Englishmen had controlled It it would have cost five times as much. If New York bad built It, it would have been before this, I sup pose, in the hands of the Bing. Being here, It is, I am told, In every way economically and well conducted; and certainly it is a mod el for the completeness and simplicity of every detail; and for the 'mannerin which,by its ho tel, batik, exchange or Bales-room, postofflce and telegraph, loss of time is prevented, and security ensured. Extensive slaughter-houses, which do not belong to the company, however, are placed near the yards. The animals looked comfor table and happy, and with plenty of good hay and abundance of sweet water, they well might be. Hither come cattle dealus and buyers from all parte of the Eastern States, and for their convenience, the large hotelwas erected. For the comfort and health of the cattle, a Chicago man has contrived a "palace cattle car," which I have not seen, but. in which, it 15 asserted; - anitnala shall be allowed to make thelong.jouraey from here to the sea board not only without suffering, but with cage and in good health. A ROMANCE OF MISSOURI. A LADY MARRIEHTWO MEN Or TUE SAME NAMES I AND LEAVES TEEM lIOTIT. • Moberly, Missouri, is a fast place—full of lite, vim, energy, and enterprise. Locatedon a big, flat'prairle, with .no hills,*no hollows, no shade trees, no wandering brooks, and, of course, no trysting place, therefore, anything of the romantic order has been little thought of. In feet, lots aro In more request thanlove, and weddings have been regarded rather as deferred payments. A few months ago a well to-do brakeman on the eastern division, North Missouri Railroad, ' took from the postollice at St. Louis, through' mistake, a letter addressed to his name from h lady in New York, who claimed to be his wife. Ile learned from this letter that his wife bad left her husband sonic four years ago, in St. Louis, and had gone to live with relatives lu New York, after being for only few weekalils• wife. Reverses coming upon the family she, was reduced to the extremity of writing to her husband to know if he wouldreceive her back again as his lawful wedded wife. Our brakeman thought he saw HOMO fun in' this thing, and accordingly answered the let ter, and gave his address at Moberly. A lively correspondence ensued—a reconciliation was effected, 'and to the surprise of the brakeman the New York womau packed up her traps and shipped for Molierly to Join her liege lord. Arriving there she found the pretended, hue band was out on a train. She bad no didicul ty, however, in Sliding his hoarding house, and thither she repaired and took up lodging. and awaited his arrival. When.he came the landlady took his New York wife to his room, expecting to witness • happy meeting. Not so. The woman repo-. dialed him, and denounced him us u fraud, and threatened with arrest and prosecution to the full extent of the law. This was elle stubbernest cow . our brakeman ever met op the trak. Re attempted to put 011 brakes, lillt It, was no go. Something must be done. Quiet being restored, the twain canvassed the situation In tho ligkt of existing faCts, and It was decided to make "ti kike of a sober fact. A magistrate was sent for, and, by.virlue of the authority vest in him by the laws of the State of Missouri, the twain were made one. This occurred a little overa fortnight ago, and already the outraged Now York woman has 'taken the wings of the meming and ,lied to the uttermost parts of somewhere cite. Thi disconsolate brakeman Is answeringtke "tool, toots" of an engine, and Is doubtless • hap pier and wiser man. ,
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