ADVERITSINGR ATEB St 1 mo. 9 mos. 6 mos. lyr . 0.. 1.00 1.75 2.50 6.60 12.6 tire &mans . . 6.00 ' 3.50 0.00 P.M 20 pa Mims Squiffee , . . 4.6 n 6.25 17.00 76. CO Biz Squares.. . . 11.50 17.00 25.00 49.(0 quarter Column . 13.60 22.01 40.12 60.00 Half colaum . . . 20.(6) 40.00 00.00 110.01 One Column : . 30.03 60.00 110 CO 20e.03 Professional Cards $l.OO per line per year. Administrator's anranaltor'slgollsot, 13.110 Oily Notices, 20 centji per line let iniertionl.s coats per each subsequent insertion. . Ten lines agate constitute a square. , ROBERT IRE - BELL, JR., PUBLISHER, ALLENTOWN, PA Coal anti Lumber. WILBERT. B. orro. MX. OTTO. 0. W. MILLER FILBERT, OTTO it MILLER, . . . MANOPACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, W LLIAMSPORT, PA. PILL ON CANAL, MICR A WES T TUB T nr MAYNARD STREET MILL W V CRANE /Loma, JAR M. RITTER, CHAS. W. ABBOTT. OWEN RITTER JORDAN; STEAM rrig*: PLANING MILT , SASH, DOOR, • AND BLIND MANUFACTORY, Union Street, near Jordan Bridge, Allentown, RITTER, ABBOTT & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF lash, Duos., Outside Blinds, • Inside Blinds; Mould intl., Bracket. Balusters, Picket*, Stair Rail ings, Window Frames, Door Frames, Glazer( IVindows. Black Wrilnnt Moulding., &e. SCROLL SAWING. TURNING. PLANING, AIATCHINO, FLOORING and RIPPING I ALSO, STAIR BUILDING do. awl !IAN!) RAILING 12 ndo to nrdor. •• • • • . Baring now bad almost three Years' possession of the Will, refurnished It almost wholly with new and Unprov ed machinery, .11 having none but experienced work men, we are prepared to defy competition from at holm MO abroad, both lo price and work III:10011p. Do you contemplate building} Call at our Factory and meaty yourself with a pentonal examination. ' Drawings for buildings, brsekets, patterns for orna mental work, scrolls for porches, can be seen Mall times by calling at our ofrce. Any information to the builder furnished cheerfully and freely, by calling at the Manu factory, nu Union treat,s at Ilan Jordan Bridge, Allen town. Da., or by letter through the post oilier. mug 3-Iy3 RITTER, ABBOTT & CO REVIV4L !I The subecribere having leased the " Old Berm Coal Yard," would respectfnlly announce to the citizens of Allentown and the public In general, that they hero just got •superior assortment of COAL Conelsting or Stove, Egg, Chestnut and Nat from tuo LS BUCK MOUNTAIN dIIN. Orders left with A. A. [tuber, Sieger l Ilottensteln, 111 the Eagle Hotel, Rope Rolling Mill, or the Yerd will be attended to in BUSINESS • like manner. rdnre for Coal by the ear filled et short no i l ! e 111,1ilypet pr 59,4. 415riqs on hand a !are stock of BALI D RitY, iblch will be sold at Maimed mryrlcet Mc. L. W. KOONS & CO., at tho" Old Rope Coal Yard," (Winton Street, corner of Lehigh Valley Railroad ALLBNTOWN, PA. L W. Korn oct Q A NEW FIRM NEW LUMBER YARD BUIDLERS! TREXLML & WEAVER Would hereby announce to the public that they bare Joel opened a new Lumber 1 srd on the spat:iimant eon- TOll T Fl 4 l4 ° 1.11R.11,,,.1.. they ott AlPari l d . wit ' t needrtment of everything taln to the risfne e, compendia In part nMITKIII. SPRUCE nod HEM LOCK IC, vEAtDS, SCANTLIN CI and PLASH of all sites nd well eekwuned. FR Ammo Twill, Hyperior Ifiglll,oQK JOIST aud tip pi. NO oflsartrd CEDAR, CYP had AND WiIIiS,PINE SHINGLES of HEMLOCK' and SPF.enz ra Wr.kl i tkEßlNCl and SHING LING LATHS, nod large aneorttnent WEATHERBOARDING, alai, WHITEOAK PLANK and BOARDS of all thic know., WHITE PINE and SPRUCE PALINGS and PICKETS, WHITE r doe t ilt:VOA TE!Pt'll' a i r t i rtrLS, WHITE 0 tE and CHESTNUT POSTS, ho., Ac. AU dentroux of porchnalng Lumber to se good advantage as b offered at any other Yard In the county. tire requext- Wel and examine our stock before purchaalug else auarqn4eo; Queglity coif, Price, meoitiei of the Min would hereby expreaa nix thanki ler pant favor. whiten member of the arm of Trex ler pone., and reapectfUlly n continuance if the 4NlVf=nliptomarlg yo f hie e , apoctfully D. W. TREX &claim 31 €arptt3 ant, Oil Clot!) RICH AND ELEGANT c:I4.II,PETS, OTL CLOTHS, &O. 8, C. FOULK. NO, 10 8: SECOND ST., PHILA., (Flnit Carpet Store below Market, Ea. tilde.) Invite., attention to hi. x loudid assertineut Of Imported adtt American CARPETS. which will ..1,1 at a that 41 Omidto Warranted as represented NO that all eau bay with coundencu and satisfaction. 1:10Y M•lf 4 %pectackg srppirAcLEs SPECTACLES ! EVN I:3LASSES, &c. up ilt a rr a :3w , litle e znat . m: to t of all kladn of CHAS. S. MASSEY'S, NO. 2 EAST HAMILTON STREET, ALLENTOWN, PA Hiving devoted a `rest deal of care and attention to the Spectacle business for these last few years, I find that my !melee. In that line has Inerewed no ...Itch that I have de termined to mate it a SPECIALTY. There le no :allot° manufactured to which there.le eo much deception prac tised sta there to in Spectacle Illawns. Knowing that the Fatilug,l::::,groVairliroPtztobl:47l7ll7:6 - exorbllimt price. f them. thereby traflclng anon the tie peseltles and infirmities One, I have taken pains to se lect a large and complete assortment alb., finest and bent (Hawn ever mannfactured. thus affording all persona needing Spectacles no opportunity of purchaslog at rea sonable prices. Yoram. having any difficulty to being suited elsewhere will do well to give me a call, an I feel co•adeat that moos will fall to be milted. Rem ember the old stand, No. ZI East Hamilton nlret, oPpnelte the Her man Reformed Church, Allentown, Pd. inn 23•'68 tf . •• ftlfcbanifo, 0 6"1110110ifIRVN liOf 1.1i1.11 AND COTT, WORKS, ;JOHN WOOD, JR„ 111•XOPACTVILIM OP • T " 14 4675. D WIL I ZNAV I ENUNit i. " 11 All kinds of Wrought Iron Colle,_ Tuyers for 81.1 For tunes. fl nauknetera. Smoke Stacks, Bleat Plromjnio Wheel barrows, sod everything In the Buller 111111 Sheet Iron line. Also, all kind. of Iron and Steel Forams.. and Blacksmith work, Mineral Tooleof all kinds, suck so Whew Buckets, Picks. Drilla. Mallet., Sledges, he. Havi &Steam Hammer and set of tools of all kinds, and skil l ed n workmen, I flatter myself that I can turn .111 work with promp tness nod dispatch, all of which will be warranted to be grat.class. Patching Boilers, sod rePalring generally. strictly at ended to. • nor 17 rptsopirdmr 4 mififippE,' THIRD AND PEAR STREETS, PH IL AD ELPHIA, PLAIN AND GALVANIZED WROUGHT IRON TUI3ES, Lai-welded Boiler Tubes, Brass and Iron Valves and Corks; Fittings for Gas. Steam and Waterg , Bones and Flartted Brass Work t Oa. and Steam Fitter,' Toolt . c.ta iolo3 Trl; b ut,t," .uthkeip.r.tle!"4l.l.'t2,,itte. Wnnb • ,ote., .x. r.r.. s Pipe of all Arses fitted to Bkolph. Mammoth to MORRIS, TIASRER & Co., as CONTRACTORS I " tbe i r i i :t a al,l4 fi enll:,: a t, l l.l 9 2::r.:7A l T" m Estimates Furnished GrAFtia. • VOL. XXV. THE IMMIELI Kramer DRY GOODS! To be piiind in the City embracing the Latest and Newest Novelties of the Senion,adapt MEM H. H. DONAVOURY -IT A HORSE! A HORSE!! MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE.--shakspeare PREVENTS Contraction, Corns, Quarter Cracks, 10 Ilnet than given the horse strength? ha. 4 then 2.1 Tito qu'ver rattltili anakoit Mtn. the glittering spear clothed him :tern with thunder I and the ehleld. :I , enn . ni thou makn It cinch! Re a ile.""/IM"Per 1 the 24 lieorrallowell. the ground with flereeneme and rage ; glory of Iti• tio4trll It terrille. . neither believeth he shut it is the mound of the trumpet. 21 Ile paweth in the valley, and reJoketh in the , atret•g•ll ; he ;teeth on to meet thoartned men. ' I pit ' , 1 1 1 1 . :el. l aTtre m aTti g r ' Ol, t t r il ' o rn fr, ` ,7;d i e l r ' t; Al; ' e r ' Til d na h l e n7l " n e n i d P. 2 He grit tn W) nt fear, mud le not affrighted ! neither a, - e - 0 6, , : , z. turneth he b.ten to tau the en ord. BOYER'S HOOF LINIMENT. After:o year.. practical e...;perlance with lie rgr , a, in Moping, hatinlag, Sic. ; I hare learrnd that mare !tortes Kaye Leon Illataltlllll to Ilia foot than ell at• anblnod. agar many exparttoonts I hue.. naiad thu [rte Issatts ay to yr.-is-at Ilia alsastilas sit tips reitoro It atilt, to dllat uumrn 111[111111rd It hllOlllll bo— ttle gr• ,';+ tart of the null.' 1r ;tad silkssansal. Ilia umlaut It ts staystratively warthlens. Tine Lint nana %r id ...r.dy ',roan( 110... wor•1 ;of all .11...0new ,(COSTRACTIoN, COIiNS, CRACKS, CO S. TRACI IoN 01 th.- liaCh H LW, generally ;Wiwi KNEKSVILVNO, tel losstarts• Otago that hero been crip pled hy the want of ,uch lemony. Of ie. Tr y :tad it will seer fall if praporly at.PllO.l. vie Hallo Lit • horse 'e toot aut.o a were, or °loner if nein...nary, at the hod oind (rug, and ;trotted iho hoof clone ht the hair. TUOti. WEAVER . -tf EutoroJ arcolding to Act of Con,...rons, to the )e.lr 1-71, 11, the ..111c , of tne Librarian of Congronx, Wa•lllnuton, D. C Afor,fiburin, .llfty/9111. 11 , 71. I cEn . nr., i tllr,ru rttl . 11,41 Liniment on thr 1,1 of .Lick•on, Long ',lona l'utrlirn. I. rrir. Mront lin lonl tininorott• fou- ntni flout it to he the brnryronorotion :lir Hornell. Iloofx I 1.1,.•• ovi:r 0 , :1. It kr: 11.. Own: v:: nini in 11, lat ronditlon, in fart it ao•f: tl:t11 lilt' maker clalme fur it. t•TtlCli 11 TON It. CLARK. We, flu , under...igno.l, have toroul 1100 F 1.1 foregoing Cr!i. flea, et Stoughton It. JOIIN Ur. DEN. N D 1,1,L1t. JOS TIDPIIPsoN. JOON BLACK. • F F. ItT, WAIIREN Walnut St.. 1'11;1.1,1..10,1n. WILLIAM REED Continental (Nab -la GED. W. 1111:t1. PhlludelvlDa. L. BEER It .• 0. WAS II 1 AUTON FITZWATER, 0. R. VAN LF:EIt. A,lam , Ex..•rans, PlFllzdelphat. J. W. VAN LEER. Phlladallthie. W. 11. DoBLE, Jr.. 4. BUDD DOBLE, W. W. DO RIX. Sr., Suffolk Park. 3011 II E. TURNER, Polut Breeze. It 11000. Pella. W. WW. HUNT, Phlla. C. P. DELI. Sends 11111. Philadelphia. June 3d, 1,571. We hive tested Buyer's Hoof Liniment on the feet of over ono hundred horses. Tho differcitc. in the condition, of the feot Ix no great In Ito favor, that we would not be Wilmot It for ten times its cost It should bo pr meld applied to every horse ' s hoof , nod especially In the summer when the hors.' foot are always In tontact with t h e heated Wilt. which iris them up, and they heroine bard and feverlah, tvilleh produce, contraction tiorna, quarter cracks, doutracilon of the back sinew, commonly roiled Knee Sprung, and often from the pains In the hoof It producee ,weeney in the shoulder. We recommend ft an the host preparation we ever used. It, mold he need °never). horse'• hoof an commonly am all Is used on harness or Puree Imola to keep Moulin good condition . E. K. CONKLIN, CHARLES V. FULL, JOON IMACK, Proprietor, and- Superintendents of Corti inenta I hta'Jles, Sa niom St.. Phila. I=l MiiMiaMlo NEW FIRM! NEW GOODS! CLOTHING ! CLOTHING a. 1 14 , VD 4PR#N4 AND s tr.VMER ()PAWING. ORk'AT REDUCTION IN PRICES 1 T. OSMUN & CO., surcespre to getsgeir & Ormun• BARGAINS GREAT CLOTHING 'EMPORIUM IN REIMER'S BUILDING, NO. 005 FIAMILTON STREET, ALLENTOWN, PA. we would Inform the eltizena of Allentown and the sur rounding country that We ere Preettrod with u luso stock of goods for . FALL 4ND ' IvlNTr,n and offer Mein to the public at reasonable prices. To those who buy their Cmol Mug ready•nrade, they are prepared to offer DARCIAINS. WHOLE SUITS Af.4DE TO ()IDES, COATS, ' PANTS AND vtsTs . Cut and model!) the latest style, and by the best workmen. ,Otilt STOCK OF CLOTHING,(„,'LOTID3 AND CASSIMERES la larger than It hagTheen before, anti WO Intend to cell at very SMALL PROFITS, and give our castoznore the bean. at °roar law purchases. , t Circutepanlltles gad vgrletles of ,P/{TIES, CPIPZ3, COLL/12$, d ol•crl•lhiog to tklo line of • 01/NTS PURNiSH/NO 0 . 0 ODS, MEN'S. YOUTIIB% . BOYS' .d CHILDREN 8 R EADYI\ I ADE CLOTHING, CONSTANTLY ON RAND. do l ,,, ),: . s a l . 7 3 sigr 3 t ,t l ,. .b: o rl o zce, No. OZ Hamilton siscet, third T.Osuroc. /icon ScnOLL NAxnx LYNN. Mu 21 a CLEAR IN FOP, FALL AND IVINTER OP' 1871 I wrm ONE OF' THE LARGEST AND CHOICEST STOCKS OF able for Ladles' and Meu's Sultings, guaranteed to be sold at BOTTOM PRICES ! From the BOOK OF 3011, Chapter lix:xix Frice, SI.OQ per bottle, or $B,OO. per dozen, Ippod to I U I3 part of the United States. (nothing, ITEM lit Ifrbitib ilroioter. TRACK in the Field T ff 1.4‘ Contraction of the , Gk Sinew, porn, Plenty called Knee Sprung, &c• Ml. C BOYER, NORR ISTOWN, PA NIMECT on nunu.ruur , lion cx, autl full) concur wilt 1113 A. WELSH, Cl.rAlont 11111, l'ltlladol A SO. C. ALL Chortnot 11111, PhllAtlelplaht ISAAC COOP, Soalon. J. A. HOWELL, C NIRKvATvicK, JoS. (MIA 1.1.EE, CHAS'. LLOYD, Darby. A B. Dr:HART, flooding. WILL I AM WOIID REIFF, Dutton. ROYAL STETSON. Polol Broor, AV NI. 11. lIITCHMAN. StrnAhurc Lau. Co. Dr. II 11. RAYNOR, Vol Sorg Norostowa ' Dr. CHAS. JONES, ! SAW L E. II ARTRANFT, Dr. CHAS. D. PHILIPS. Dr L. W. READ, Norrlatown. Dr. 11. D. ANN. PAWLING Hisao( Prosaic Dr. CHAS. W. OHMBES. Slionnotorllle. ALLTENOWN ROLLING MILL CO Suet...ors to THAYER, ERDMAN. WILSON & CO., Mnuatacturers of STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, BRIDGE CASTINGS, .RAILROAD TURN TABLES, MILL GEARING, SHAFTING, Furnace, Rolling Mill and Mining ,Work, &c., &c., &C. N. 11.—All work gooranteca pl“1110IresY IwotaPt. L. IL (;ROSS, Supt. ;011uat 9.3 m of • EIITAIILISIitiD 11l 1610. FANCY DYEING ESTABLISHMENT. J. & W. JONES, No. V: North Font Streot, Phtladelplota, Pa. BRANCH OPPICN, BOR. DID AND VIM Dye Silks Woolen and Fancy flood. °revery descrip tion• Their snyerlority of Dyeing Ladles' and Celine men's Oarmeals is widely known. Crape and Hering Shawls dyed the molt brilliant end plain colors. Crape and Merino Shawle cleansed to look like new. Also, Oen tietnen's Apparel, and Certain,. cleansed or re.dyed. Kid Gloves cleansed or dyed to look like new. and look at our work before going elsewhere. an; 244m0 w ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1871. A stack of stones, a dingy wall, O'er which the brambles cling and creep, A path on which no shadows fall, A door-step whore long dock-leaves sleep, A broken rafter In the grass, A sunken hearth-stone, stained and cold, Naught left but these, fair home alas I And the dear memories of old. Around this hearth, this sacred place, All bumble household virtnes grew— The grandelre's love, the maiden's grace, The matron's instincts deep and true, Hero first sweet words were lisped; here broke Life's morning dream, and yet more dear, The love that life's best Impulse woke, Grew warmer, gentler, year by year. How cheerful, while the storm wlthout Muffled the earth and iced the night, The ruddy glow gushed laughing out On merry groups and faces bright ; How chimed the crackling, freakish flame, With rosy mirth or thoughtful ease, Or, may be, syllabled the name Of one rocked o'er the shivering seas. What fairer scenes, what golden lands, What pageants, of romantic pride, In tlia weird ckep of glowing brands Saw the fair boy, the dreamy-eyed, Till, musing here, his spirit drew Strong inspiration, and his years, By Beauty's subtle nurture, knew The paths of Nature's inner sphere. Here as the swooning embers sent A faint flush through the quiet gloom, In the warm hush have the lovers blent The fragrance of their Lima's fresh bloom ; And, veiling In soft drooping eyes Her tremulous joys, here blushed the bride; Here, o'er the pale forms In funeral guise, Farewells from broken hearts were sighed. This spot the pilgrim, 'neath strange skies, Saw In his wayside dream ; here stood Old friends with gladness In their eyes ; Here grew the beautiful and good— Sweet friendships—frith serene and sure Manhood's strong purposes, warns and bold— Courage to labor and endure And household feelings never cold. Here, leaning in the twilight dim, All around me seems a haunted air; I hear the ob' familiar hymn, My h eart goes upward in the prayer That made the night so full of peace ; Kind lips are on my brow—my ear Hums with sweet sounds—they faint—they cease, And night o'er all broods calm and clear. Canada and the Cape Ann Fishermen The Schermer Horton Case—British Cutter, Inc rnrtiup Anterienn Waters in Chase 'lithe Fish leg Vexed—Action of the 'thmitat Fittstes Au thorities—Gunboats Denim:feint{ to Protect the Yankee Tpttleteeif—l'ertleuters of the .11par. General Butler's despatch froM the collector of the port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, was the first news at the schooner Horton affair, The facts of the case,as revealed by later news, NUT created considerable excitement all over the country, from the fact that serious trouble may perhaps result between Great Britain and the United States. From our late Eastern cz changes u e glean the particulars at which the telegraphic reports have only hinted. The first scene of the last'aet of the drama was enacted on Monday last, when the inhabitants of the ancient town of Gloucester, Massachusetts, were thrown into a fever of excitement on Monday upon a rumor, which hourly gained credence,that an English man-of-war was hov ering off Cape Ann for the purpose of inter cepting the arrival of the fishing schooner E. A. Horton, of Gloucester, for an al' i eged vio lation of the f1,51ie7,7 The particulars of the case appear to be as follows : About.the first of September the E. A. Dorton, while on a fishing cruise, wag sei7,ed by the British main - side, for an alleged violation of the fishery law as ratified between the United States and England. The vessel was taken into the port of Guyaborough,NovS; Scotia, and with her officers and crew detained fbr several weeks awaiting the decision of the Vice Admiralty Court. The investigation of the case was delayed from day to day, and front week to week, which was a great source of aggravation to the captain and crew of the Hoiton, and as there did not appear to be any movement on the part of the Dominion. to bring the case to trial, the Horton and her officers were found to be missing one morning front her berth in Guystforough, outwitting the Britishers. PREVENTS The clicotery of tier sudden disappearance created an intense excitement in that port and the neighboring one of Halifax, N. S., and therefore it was at once determined to send a man-of-war in pursuit of the audacious little Yankee schooner, and teach her that it was dangerous to thus trifle with English laws. But the little schroner did adroitly manage to escape and by this time has !blind a safe har bor in some of the nooks or crannies of either Cape Cod or Cape Ann', and so bids defiance to "milords" of the Halifax Admitalty. 1101 Y TIIE YANKEE SCHOONER EECAI'SD The ctory concerning her er.cape, as It comes from . the guysborough authorities, is that on a dark and stormy night of last week, when the elem'ents were raging, and at a time when it was thought to be madness to attempt to put to sea, particularly from the dangerous and rockbound coast of Nova Scotia, Captain Ter ry, master of the E. A. Horton, aided by some daring American seamen from the Straits of Canso, succeeded in getting the vessel out and starting her on a homeward voyage. When the morning dawned, and the Yankee fishing schooner was discovered to he "gone," the chagrin of the firitisherif was beyond Imagina tion. Notice of the affair was telegraphed to Halifax, and that old Hip Van Winkle town, from the Medd down to the dock-yard, fair ly trembled with rage and mortification to think that a few Yankee sailors should or could have the impudence to steal a little fish ing smack of a few tons right out from under the muzzles of her Majesty's guns. No time was lost by the authorities of Hali fax in arriving at o, conclusion In the premises, and in less than twelve hours after the Norton had departed from her moorings in Guyabo• rough a British steam•cutter was ploughing her way up the coast in the hopes of heading off the runaway. Yesterday the report that one of her Majesty's vessels was off Cape Aqu was confirmed by the arrival of several fishing vessels at Gloucester, the officers and crew all stating that they were closely, watched by the British ship, which was said •to be running across the Bay, and between the Capes. TDB HARBOR TO ME DEFENDED. BOSTON, Oct. 17.—A special to the Travel ler from Gloucester this 'lnornlng says Collec. tor Pit; of Babson, has telegraphed for the revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch, of Portland. which will reach this port to-day. The Maim ning has already come and gone outside. These will make a fleet of four vessels in these waters, and any attempt to seize the Horton by English vessels will meet with successful resistance. The Motioning is said to have strict orders not te. let the Horton be taken. Vessels that arrived this morning report being spoken by the Horton last night, but did not see anything of the Sweepstakes or the Do minion gunboat. A UNITED STATES GUNBOAT TO TUE RESCUE GLOUCESTER, Mass., Oct 27.—About the streets is posted the following notice: GLOUCESTER, Mass., Oct. /6. In reply to a dispatch sent this morning by 4. B. Eolith, surveyor of customs, to the com mandant of the Charlestown navy yard asking blot to sent a gunboat for the protection of the schooner E. A. Horton in American waters, the following was received at 9 P. M.: CtrAULEBTOWN, Oct. 16. B. H. Stnitil,Suroevor of Oustorno,Oloucestor: A gunboat will be sent to your assistance. A. R. Huons, for the Commandant. LATER—A boat lies just left here. Look out for her arrival. Give all necessary informa tion that may be required. By order of the commandant. Rounnr TAnn. TUE DORTON NOT YET ARRIVED. Gr.oucasTsn, Blass.; Oct. 17.—Thti gunboat THE OLD CIVIDNEE-PLACE. A SPECK OF WAR V'AIiTI9I7LAREI OV TUE CASE A BRITISH CUTTER Ifi PURSUIT Fortune. tins Just returned here, and reports • not having seen anything of the English gun• The appalling calamity by which the fair boats or the schooner Horton. city of Chicago has been overwhelmed and 01.oucEstEit, Oct: 17.—The 'United States turned into desolation, can hardly fail to be steamer Fortune cruised in the bay last night I wisely lot. ti' nelvantage of other and spoke about twenty-five fishing vessels, el iCS 1111 Li ill, 1111. lot tl cling on the perfection but heard nothing of the British cruisers or at length attained in the contrivance and con the schooner Horton. The report of the pre- struction of machinery for extinguishing and scene of a Canadian cutter in our waters is not I arresiing fire, tutu on the completeness of the confirmed by any vessel arriving from the arrangements for its epplinte ion, people have fishing grounds, and the only foundation for I sometime s hastily assumed that a con fl agration the report Is the fact that a vessel answering la) extensive and ruinous, had been rendered the description of a blockade runner was seen I simply impossible. Thee truth is that fire Is from the shore. still as it has always been the most dreadful enemy of cities. It is remarkable that the perils of its hostility are commonly so little taken into practical account ; that as an ever present element which may at any moment get the upper hand and cause general desola tion, it does not more steadily occupy the thoughts and command the vigilance of men whose persons and property are constantly exposed to its possible ravages. Dr. JOHNSON said that "the conflagration of a city with all its tumult of concomitant distress, is one of the most dreadful spectacles which the world can offer to human eyes." To any one who merely imagines the scene, the remark seems strictly just, and It will, doubtless, be fully verified by details of the Chicago calamity yet to be received. ,No conflagration of equal extent has ever occurred upon the Western Continent, and In view of the splendor of many of the edifices destroyed, of the sail reverses of fortune and of the ag gregate misery, which are among its conse quences, the burning of Chicago will rank with the most 'memorable events attic kind In history. By the New Yorkfire of December 16, 1835, only six hundred end forty-eight houses, and property worth only twenty millions of dollars, were destroyed, while very few human lives were lost. To find a historical parallel of the Chicago tire we must go back to the 2tl to the 6th of September, inclusive, 1666. Its ruins covered 436 acres. Eighty-nine churches (including St. Puglia) the city gates, the Royal Exehange,the Custom House,Guildhall, Sion, College, and about thirteen thousand two hundred private houses were consumed. In consequence of the destruction of their dwell ings two hundred thousand persons were coin pelhed to encamp in the fields near the city. In Pepys's Metnotra tinder the year the reader will find many interesting details concerning the event. Ills first entry is— September 2d, Lord's Day. Some of our maids sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast to-day, Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw - in the city. So I arose and slipped on my night gown and went ton win dow ; anti thought it to be on the back side of Marke•Lane, at the farthest ; but being unused to such fires as followed, I thought it far enough off ; and so went to bed again, and to sleep. • The fire originated in the Ring's baker's house, iu Pudding lane. Pepys mentions on that dny meeting the Lord Mayor, to whom he gave an order from the King, Charles 11, to arrest the fire by pulling down houses, To this message his Lordship " cried like a faint ing woman: Lord I what can Ido ? I am spent ; people will not obey me. I have been pulling down houses ; but the fire overtakes us faster than we can do it.' " Pepys elsewhere writes of the fire as " amost horrid, malicious, bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an or. Binary fire," The excitement here is subsiding, although the arrival of the Horton is anxiously looked for. 'I he general sentiment is that no British armed vessel has been seen MT the Capes, al through the revenue officers are confident that the rumors were well founded. If such a vessel was here, she has retired, ns no one pretends to have seen her since Monday. Many believe the reported cruiser to have been a United States steamer with a supply of oil for light stations, which would account for her being in localities where such a craft was reported to have been seen. Three or fuurarmcd tugs are cruising to find the Horton. SHE ARRIVED AT GLOUCESTER—ENTHUSIASTIC =EI BOSTON, Oct. 18.—Schooner E. A. Horton arrivid at Gloucester this evening, and a grand reception was given to her crew by the eilizms of the town. A MELTING STORY One winter evening a country storekeeper in the Green Mountain State was about closing up for the night, and while standing in the snow outside, putting up the window shutters saw through the glass a lounging, worthless fellow within, grab a pound of butter front the shelf, and conceal it in his hat. The act was no sooner detected than the revenge was hit upon, and w very few minutes found the Green Mountain storekeeper at once indulging his appetite for fun to the fullest ex tent, and paying off the thief with a facetious sort of torture, for which he would have :pin ed a premium from the old " I say, Seth," said the storekeeper, com ing in and closing the door after him, slap ping hie hand over hiS shoulders and stamp lug the snow off his feet. Seth had his hand on the door, his hat on his head, and 'be roll of butter in his hat anxious to make Ills exit as soon as possible, I say, Seth, sit down ; I reckon now on such a cold night as Ilia a little something warm would not hurt 4 fellow." Seth felt very uncertain ; he had the butter and was exceedingly anxious to be off, but temptation of something warm sadly interfer ed with his resolution to go. This hesitation however, was soon settled by the right owner of the butter taking Seth by the shoulder and planting him iu a scat close to the stove, where be was in such a manner cornered in by the boxes and barrels that, while the grocer stood before him, there was no possibility of getting out, end right In this very place sure enough the storekeeper sat down. • "Seth,we'll have a little warns Santa Cruz," said the Green Mountain grocer ; so he opened the stove-door, and stuffed in aa nmny sticks as the place would admit ; " without it you'd fteeae going home such a night as this." Seth already felt the butter settling down closer to his ,halr,,and he jumped up declaring lie must go. " Not till you have something warm, Seth Seth, come, I've got a story to tell you," and Seth was again rushed into his seat by his cunning tormentor. " Oh ! it's so hot here," said the:petty thief, attempting to rise. 4 "Sit down—don't he in such a hurry," re torted the grocer, pushing him back Into his chair. " But I've got the cows to fodder, and the wood to split, and I must he going,•' quid the persecuted chap. "But you mustin't tear yourselfaway, Seth, in this manner. Sit down, let the cows take care of themselves, 'and keep yourself cool," said the roguish grocer with a tricked leer. The next thing was the production of two smoking glasses of hot toddy, the very sight of which, In Seth's present situation, would have made the hair stand erect upon his head had it not h:•en well oiled and kept down by the butter. " Seth, I will, give you a toast, , now, and you can butter it yourself," said the groper, with an air or much conuunate simplicity, that poor Seth believed 111111601 f unsuspected. " Seth„here's—here's a Christmas goose, well roasted, eh 4 I tell you it's the greatest eating in creation. And Seth, don't you never use hog's fat, or common cooking butter, to baste it with ; come take your butter, I mean Seth, take your toddy. Poor Sethi now began to smoke, as well as melt, and his mouth was hermitically sealed up, as though lie had been born dumb. Streak after streak of the butter came pouring from under his hat, and his handkerchief was alrea dy soaked with the greasy overflow. Talking away, as if nothing wi,.4 the matter, the fun loving grocer kept Auditing wood Into the stove, while poor Seth sat upright, with his back against the counter, and his knees touch ing the red-hot furnace-before. "Cold night, this," said the grocer. "Why Seth, you seen to perspire if you were warm? Why don't yoh take your hat MT? Here, let me put,your hat away." "No," exclaimed poor Seth, at last. "No, I must go, let me out, I ain't well ; let me A greasy cataract was ;tow paurlng down thc poor mauls face and neck, and soaking into his clothes, and trickling down his body into his boots, so that he was literally in a perfect bath at oil. " Well, good night, Seth," said the ha. morons Vermonter, "If you will go ;" and adding, no he darted out of the door, "I say Beth, I reckon the fun I have had out of you is worth nine 7 pence, so I shan't charge you for that pound of butter hi your hat." A New Rendering of an Old Text. . Spending a winter as invalids at Aiken, South Carolina, the Hon. Thurlow Weed and Mr. Thomas C. Acton while away one Sab bath afternoon attending a negro church, and were accompanied by Mr. John A. Ken nedy, who was on a visit of a few days to Ildr. Acton. When they entered the primitive temple the preacher who was a pure African, was grappling with all the fervor of his race with the old, old subject of the fail of man. Sketching that day in the garden with its ter rible results, lie excoriated Mr. Adam In this fashion : "Now, bredren, when do Lord calls Adam to 'clunt did ho titan' up like a man, confess his sin and oak .forgiveness? Ho didn't do notiln of do sort, bredoren, but he say "'Lord, do woman dal' Dou gubest ino gob me for to eat.' " Then again : "' He woman dot Dos gubest ins gub tee for to eat.' " " • De woman (Int Dou gubest mo gob me for to eat,'" • "Dar, brederen, you see dat mean, skulkin' Adam was a tryln' to sneak out of It by frow in' all do blame on do Lord Mesta I" . This new idea of au old question was too much for the distinguished "white trash," who had fortunately taken seats near the door, and they retired into the fields to In dulge in Irreverent laughter.—Galaxy. CITIES BURNT. To 'find another conflagration of equal magnitude (not an incident of war) we must go back to the year sixty six of the Christian era, when a considerable portion of Rome was laid in ashes, including the Imp. rial palace and the gardens of :quenelles. The population of the city at the tine somewhere between 1,200,000 and 2,000,000. Of the Iburteen regions into which the city was divided, four only remained uninjured; three were utterly destroyed, and of the seven others all that wm; left were some half-consumed houses. Taeltus, who, in the 10th book of his Annals, gi4s a full account of the disaster, says that it was uncertain whether the fire originated in accident or in the malice of the Emperor, Nero. When it began lie was at Antium, and did not return to the city until his palace began to be in peril. He showed himself very kind in providing accommoda tions for the vast multitudes rendered home less throwing open for their use the Campus Mat tins the palace of Agrippa, and • his own gardens, caused great numbers of sheds to be run up ag temporary shelters, and had house hold furniture brought from Ostia and from Me villas around Rome. He also reduced the price of grain. These 'acts of kindness, It' sever, did not help hint with the people, who fully believed the current report that, while the city was burping his majesty amus ed himself in his domestic theater exhibiting the destruction of Troy. In fact, it was well known that he wanted the city destroyed that he might rebuild it in his own way, and at tach to it his own: dame. Among the details of Mc scene mentioned by Tacilus were the lamentations of women, children and helpless old persons; the vain attempts of the people to save their prperty, and a despair from fail. ure or front the loss of friends, which prompt ed many to abandon all efforts and to fall voluntary victims to the flames. First on the sixth day, says 'radius, the conflagration was arrested, after the houses far and wide around bad been torn down, so that the. sea of flame encountered nothing but empty space. After a short Interval, however, the condagra. tion buret forth in another place. But this place was less crowded with , human dwell ings, few lives were destroyed and the chief ruin fell upon certain temples of the gods and upon houses devoted to amusement. As in the instance of Chicago, so in Rome, incen diaries were busy spreading the fire, even in the presence of the people. An incident of the disaster, an incident com paratively insignificant at the time but mem orable since and forever, was the fact, that Nsitn, to divert suspicion and odium front himself, caused the Christians of the city to be charged with thecrime of having set it on tire. The few sentences in•which the great histori an records the fact now form the most intense ly Interesting passage in all Roman literature. Of course no evidence sustained the Empo rer's charge, but abhorred by the Pagans and ignorantly regarded as "enemies of the hu man race," a great multitude of them, under pretext of the efllinse alleged, were put to death amidst •cries of derision and insult. Some were enveloped in the skins of wild beasts and devoured by the dogs, others wt r crucified, while others covered with pitch, were set up and burnt as candles to lighten the streets. It is interesting to know that Rome was re built, not only In lunch finer style, but upon a plan much more favorable to the health of the inhabitants. This was the fact of the case of London also the mean houses and the narrow streets were got rid of, and"the city was so reconstructed that the plague has never pre vailed there since. Doubtless Chicago Aso,. redirinus, will be not only a more beautiful and imposing, but a more salubrious city than ever before. And especially, It may be confi dently expected that it will•he so rebuilt, in the material and arrangement of the honses,as to be exempt from the chances of such a dis aster as the one by which it has perished. Grace Darling and Ida Lewis have'a rivalin an Irish lady, who, when men refused to face the storm, rowed out to a wrecked brig near the mouth.of the Boyne and rescued a man left on the sinking hulk. HOW A JOKE ENDED. Some two NS cam ago a party of earrol town. , ship boys started home about midnight, going up the pike on horseback. At the Valley Inn ! school-house they baited, to have a moment's talk before separating. Whilst there a man rode semewhat hastily down the pike. The boys determined to find out who ho was and where he had been. So they called out In sport, " Stop thief I Halt l" The rider, in stead of stopping, spurred on his horse, and, arriving at Hamilton's store, started up the Brownsville road. One of the boys followed, crying out, "Halt I Stop I" The stranger, finding himself in danger of being overtaken, wheeled his horse into a fence corner, dis mounted and took to the woods. Somewhat dismayed at the serious turn the Joke was tak ing, the unknown was told to come back. No attention was paid to this, however, and the mysterious stranger fled through the woods out of sight. The horse was taken back to the pike, and put in a stable at Valley Inn. Now comes the queer part of the story. The next morning a man came down the pike with word that a horse had been stolen the night before. lie was told about the strange horse, and on going to the stable found the lost animal. •So the intended joke turned out to be the pursuit of an actual horse thief. No wonder the ras cal was scared when the young men called out, "Stop thief l"—Monongahela Republican A CARNIVAL OF FIRE. The Northwest in Flames—Dakota, Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan's _Fearful _Experience —Thousands of Lines last. The light of the great conflagration at Chi• • cago has outshone the still greater and, if pos sible, more appalling fires which for three weeks have wrapped the vast forrests of Min nesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan in one sheet of flame, The telegraphic reports, too, of these last have been confused and indefinite. Now that our mails are resuming their wonted regularity seine idea can be had of the extent of the devastating flames that have swept the shores of the upper lakes, enveloping in com mon ruin wood, village, and hamlet, and hu man beings alike. The loss of life has been triple that of Chicago, the sufferings entaildd more foignnnt, the effect upon the future of the coutitty and the great Northwest 'incom parably more important. There are a dozen cities to take the place of Chicago. Milwau kee, St. Louis, Detroit, St. Paul,and even Du luth' can supply its place in commerce. But what of the immense forests that have with ered away before the devouring element, the source whence the whole West was to draw its wood for rallroal ties, fences, house•build ing, fuel, elm it Such a conflagration as this, extending over such an area, is enough to permanently change tile climate and all the physical aspects of the country through which it ranges. Necessarily, the rainfall will here after be greatly decreased until the forests shall have grown again, and the West, already &abject to terrible droughts—in one of which 'must be sought the source of the disaster which has now overtaken it—will be 'completely changed =I The accounts of the appalling calamity which has fallen upon the east and westshores of Green Bay, Wisconsin, have not been ex• ngerated. The burned district comprises the counties of Ocontd, Brown, Door, and Ke waunee, and parts of Manitowoc and Outaga. mie. The great loss of life and property has resulted from the whirlwind of fire which swept over the country, making the roads and avenues of escape impassable with fallen tim ber and burned bridges. The previous long drought had prepared everything for the flames. The 10$4 of life has neon very great. The first estiirates were entirely inadequate, and even now it is feared that it is much greater titan present accounts place it. It is known that at least one thousand persons have been either , burned, smothered or drowned. The scene at Peshtego is thus described : Sunday evening, after church, for about half an hour, a deathlike stillness hung over the doomed town. The smoke from the fires in the region around was so thick as to stifling, and hung like a funeral pall over everything, and all was enveloped in Egyptian darkness. Soon light Purr; of air were felt ; the horizon at the southeast, south, and southwest, began to be faintly illuminated ; a perceptible trem bling of the earth was felt, and a distant roar broke the awful silence. People began to fear that some awful calamity was Impending but as yet no one even dreamed of the danger. "The illumination soon became Intensified into a fierce lurid glare; the roar deepened in to a howl, as if all the demons from the infer nal pit had been let loose, when the advance gusts of wind from the main body of the tor nado struck. Chimneys were blown down, houses were unroofed, and, amid the confu sion, terror, and terrible apprehension of the moment, the fiery element, in tremendous in rolling billows and masses of sheeted flame, enveloped the devoted village. The frenzy of despair seized on all hearts, strong men bowed like reeds beforethe fiery blast; woman and children, like frightened spectres flitting throughlhe awful gloom, Were swept away like autumn leaves. Crowds rushed for the bridge, but the bridge, like all else, was re ceiving its baptism office. Hundreds crowded Into the river, cattle plunged in with them, and being huddled together In the general confusion of the moment, many who had taken to the water to avoid the flames were drowned. A great many were on the blaz ing bridge when it fell. The debris from the burning town was burled over and on the heads of those who were In the water, killing many and maiming others, so that they gave up in despair and sank to a watery grave. "In less than an hour from the time the tornado struck the town, the village of Posh tigo was annihilated. Full one hundred perished either in the flames or In the water, and all the property was wiped out of exie. truce. In the, 'Sugar Bush' the loss of life was even greater in proportion to the number of Inhabitants than in the village. Whole families are destroyed, and over a thickly settled region in the heavy hard wood timber, consisting of two or three townships, there is scarcely a family but is now leßdestitute, and mourns for the loss of some of its loved ones." The GrecO Fires of Oefiehr, 1871. M. J. Disturnell, who is thoroughly in formed on the Northwest country, writes as follows : During the past few weeks the great and destructive fires that have been ra ging in Illinois, Wisconsin, Illinmsota,Miciti gen and Indiana—causing altogether, the de struction of properly' to an estimated amount of five hundred million dollars, and at leant one thousand lisesL-dar exceed all other simi lar calamities that have befallen this or any other country from a like catastrophe. The burning of the city of Chicago, which commenced Saturday evening, October 6, and raged for two days, stands out as the greatest calamity, having destroyed property amoont ting to about two hundred and fifty million dollars, besides a great loss of life. The heart rending details of this great contlagation are well known to the public. About, the same time, tile prairie south of Breckinridge, Minn., took fire. The flames ran faster than the fleet est animals, and soon reached the Big Woods, extending for more than one hundred miles from north to south. There the fire seized upon the underbrush, which was as dry as tinder, and presently the forest was burning in all directions, and a clean sweep of the ItOBERII.‘ at - 14.11 - 3 - 11LIVi - Vain =al jrancp Sob Vanier, No. 603 HAMILTON STREET, • LLSNTOWN, • ; /MEGAN NO NEW DESIGNS. LATEbT STILES Ramped Cheeks, Cards, Circulate, Paper Book. Coe tntlens and By-Lawe School Catalognes„ Bin Reedit , Beads Envelopes, Letter Bale of Ladles, Way. Bills, Tao and Shipping Card.. Posters of any Ire, ate., ete., Printed at Short Nolleall NO. 42 heavy timber - was made for many miles. The roar and crackling of the trees when tho con flagration got under full headway could be heard for a great distance. In its course this fire destroyed an immense amount of proper ty—the grain and hay of the settlers, their live stock and farm-houses were burned in an instant; and those were deemed fortunatowbo escaped with their lives. This fire extended through several large counties, reaching from near the Red river of the north to the Min nesota river, near Mankato, a distance of about one hundred miles. Many small towns are said to be completely swept out of exis tence, and at last accounts the woods about Glencoe, Fankato, and New Ulm were bla zing still unchecked. It is feared that tile fire will make rapid headway toward the 'Missis sippi river below Bt Paul. Next comes the disastrous fires raging In Wisconsin, on both sides of Green Bay. This Is a lumber region extending for upwards of e hundred miles on the west aide of Green Bay. Pishtego, sanding back from the bay about ten miles, being surrounded by a pine forest, is said to be swept out of existence,. with its five or six hundred inhabitants who. perished in the flames. The whole shore ofGreen Bay south to near Fort Howard Is said to be on fire. On the east side of Green Bay the town of Brussels is destroyed, with the surrounding forest in Door county. Here, also, was • a great destruction.of life nod property: Thirty men are recorted to have been burned . at Pen saukee, (ironic. county, Wisconsin, where they were surrounded in a saw-mill, and, bring unable to escape, were roasted alive. In abandoned camps in the woods, boots and charred bodies have been found, and great numbers of wild animals have perished. The great fires raging in Michigan on the shores of Lake Huron are of the most fatal character. To the north of the Saginaw river, on both the eastern and western shores of Sag inaw Bay, the woods arc on fire, threatening the destruction of the surrounding villages and towns. Terrible fires are reported in the woods back of the shore, nth An Sable and Tawas City—this whole section of country is devastated by fire. . . All that part of Michigan east of Saginaw Bay and north of a point thirty miles above Port Huron, extending to the lake shore, has been completely swept by fire. Huron City, Sandbench, Elm Creek, White Hock, and For restville are utterly destroyed, and it is im probable that Port Austin and Port Credit hare escaped. Heart•sickening accounts of women and children burned to death coma to us from all sections of Huron and Sanilac counties. Fires are also said to bo raging in the woods near Saginaw City. Saw mills hays been destroyed, and other property amounting to $500,000. A. destructive fire broke out in the village of Manistee, Michigan, lying on the east shore of Lake Michigan, October 8, and raged for nearly a whole day, destroying upwards of 200 dwellings, six large saw mills, and a ves sel at the dock. Estimated loss, $1,800,000. Fires are also reported to be raging in every direction around Lansing, the capital of the State. The town of Grand Junction has been entirely destroyed. News has been received that the towhs of Wayland, Mattewan, Vicksburg, and Holland are almost wholly destroyed, lying In Ottawa, Allogan, and Van Buren counties, bordering on Luke Michigan. A late despatch says that in Holland, a German settlement, 8,000 peo ple ore bomote.i.r. In Ohio n conflagration has been raging west of Toledo, and the whole country is wrapped in smoke. A conflagration has also been raging for several days Ip the vicinity of Fort Wayne, Indiana. I= The papers of to-day (Oct. 10 say "the whole West is on fire," from Green Bay to Menomonee, some sixty or seventy miles. Depere, Fort Howard, and Wrighttown are threatened with destruction. Advices from Fond du Lac, Wis., say that reports from the northern districts grow hourly worse. The accounts of suffering are unparalleled. Food, clothes, and money are greatly wanted. AN INQUIRING MlNl).—Professor Gunning was interesting the primary scholars of oneof our city schools by showing, with blackboard and chalk, how the bee was made. lie had just finished it by putting in the sting, when a little fellow who had been watching the pro cess most closely, spoke up— Mr. Dunnen ?" 'What, my hey ?" Didn't coed mnke the• bee?" Yea, certainly. God made the bee.," The little fellow was silent a minute, when he spoke up again— ' Mr. Dunnen'?" ' Well, what now, any on ?" " I was linking," said the young philoso pher, " how Dod could put the stings into the bee without Bitting his fingers stung before he let it do." That child ought to be encour aged. A NICE BREAKFAST DlBll,—Grate BOme cold tongue or beef, put it into a stewpan, with a little pepper and salt, and four table spoonfuls of cream and milk; when hot put in four well beaten eggs; stir all the time till the mixture is quite think have ready some nicely toasted bread, well buttered, and spread the tongue or beef over it, send to the table hot. Sonnow comes soon enough without de. spondency ; h does a man no good to carry around a lightning-rod to attract trouble. GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP One death every other day I a the rule among Cornish miners. Weddings at church in the evening are . now the fashionable idea. In seven years Nashville, Tenn:, had two hundred nod thirty.six fires. It takes Just one dozen Griffin (On.) toes to fill a bushel measure. The subscriptions for the Chicago Fund are believed to now aggregate $4,500,000. • Two girls, ten and twelve years old, got Into a fight at Charleston, and one was killed. The announcement comes from Germany of the marriage of a couple after forty years' courtship. The Signal Office, atzl A. M. on Saturday morning, reported a heavy snow 'storm pre vailing west of Omaha. The Episcopalian's have had Ole chaplaincy of West Point for thirtyffive years, and the Presbyterians for thirteen. An Indiana groom kissed the bride so loudly as to extort a round of applause from the assembled audience at the wedding. A Memphis paper announces that the young ladies of that city are preparing for married lite by practicing in gymnasiums. It is asserted thrt more pecplo arp killed by treading ou orange peel thrown on the pay's menis'than by riding on the English railroads. Dutch Ileinricli was not hanged at Chicago. He Was walking in Broadway Friday after noon. Barney Aaron, at last accounts, was safely sojourning In Albany. So say the sports. "Oldest inhabitants" are so numerous In Washington that there is an association of them who meet once a month, willispectaeles and ear trumpets, to talk about theyay things, used to he.
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