.ADVERTIBINOR ATEB mos. emos Isr 1.110 1.75 0.50 6.50 12.0 9,00 9.50 O. Ml 0.10 5.50 5.25 9.00 17.00 25. 51 ,1 11.50 17.131 25.513 4.5.15 3 13.50 • 22..00 40.00 60.00 20.10 40, CV 01, 10 110.171 30.00 60.00 110 00 209.00 MEE - taln.l telate ree lres lz %guars.. . Lrumor Column it Column . 010 Column Prof...lomat Cards $l.OO per Ilse per year. Admlnldraturqand Auditor'. Notice,, /13.00 City N 011..., 90 torte per Ilne Ist Insertion 15 cont. per Ina each subsequent Insertion. Ton lines 'DU constitute a square. ROBERT IREDELL, JR., PUBLISHER, ALLENTOWN. PA Coat nub Lumber. k) JAR. M. RITTEU. Union Street, near Lehigh Valley Depot, _ Allentown. RITTER A.13130T AIANUF A CTITRERS OF Lash, Doors. Outside Blinds. inside Blinds, iroutd• ing*,. Brackett Balusters. Pickets. Stair Rail ings. Window Frames, Door Frames, ' t SCROLL SAWING. TURNING, PL•NING, ALATCrtISO. FLOORING and PPINO, .DONE AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. ALSO, STAIR BUILDING done and RAND HAILING med., to order. Hating now had almost fiveyearn' possession of the Mill, refarniahed it almost wholly with new and Improv ed machinery, nod hosing none hut •xperlenced work men, we are prepared to defy competition from at home and abroad, both in prim, and workmanship. Do pm contemplate building I Coll at our Factory and satisfy yonvolf with a p•rsonotl examination. DoLwings for blinding.. bracket., patterne for orna mental work, scroll- for poncho, can be seen at all times by calling at our Wee° Any lurornmtion to the builder furnished cheerlotily mod freely, by coiling tot the Mona. faetorr, !Won +teem, at the Jordan Bridge, Allen town. Ps.. or loiter throngh the po.t ants 3-1 y) RI rriot .5 ADI3OTT WILRIIIILT. 13.. , Ti0. R. V. oTT”. W. MILLI. Fount.;crr, orro ale miLLEn, 13=1 MIUME! LLIANISPORT, PA MILL ON CANAL WEST OF M'ATNARD STREET oFriCE AT ME MILL W I? CRANE Atllol.l. REVIVALS I The subscribers !teflon leased the "Old Ilopn Coal Yard," would respectfully announce to the citizens of Allentown and the pulittc In general, that they havejust got • superior assortm.t of COAL ConOstitur of Stqlre, ERq Chertaut nod Nut from toe DUCK 510uNTAIrrlolNhs. _ • . Order', left with A. A. !Inbar, Slew & llottennteln, et the Eagle Hotel, Mope Rolling MIII, ur the Yard will be attended to in • BUSINESS like manner. Orders (or Coal by the car Elea at short no lice Ike loweet prices. Always on hand • large stock of BALED HAY, with!. will be sold at the lowed market price. L. W. KOONS & CO., M the" Old Elope Coal Yard," Ramlltoa Street, corner of Labia Valley Railroad ALLENTOWN, PA L. W. Koos. *et Carint3 ailb Oil eliitij wren AND ELEGANT CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &C. •8. C. FOULK. NO. 10 8. SECOND 13T., PHILA., (Plret Carpet Stare below Market, Eant aide, ) irdli a nl a e t r t l e c n a t u i VlM77, l" Vb d .ll " wVl l Ten t og l a " trv r e " 4 small advance. Good, warranted or rept...neat.] no that all can bay with contld..nco and natlnfactlon. not Irbtr s.pertaelro. SPECTACLES I SPECTACLES II EYE GLASSES, &c. Bp Ajt:f i e . :l;73l , l7 B o4:7 , T7: t rit of all kirk& of CHAS. S. MASSEY'S, NO. 23 EAST HAMILTON STREET, AI.LENTOWN, PA fla•lntr devnted n urea, deal O'er, and attention to the flpertsrltt tt.lutt .14 'or th pos lost ft, yt err, I find lhnt baton.. Is 'hill Hoe hes Ines• sod so ntdo that I hits, de. r• otl 1.. to . te it s st'Ert al TV. Ti ore I. no ',Pals rnsoofsetused t u Is It•rt thttre I- sototaelt deeepthot prat.. Lured as 'her- I. In stoodnele Ilasots Know Ina 'hot the retltt , e her, heen •rottoehtly lotittltn nett It) p tri-es ore. tendlna to hare t p••rot• art ele tillt• ..• 0.1011,0. rococo Punt to- res r hen, Iteoth, trolllelutt tlnett hen-- cessitles sad tailltnsltles of sae, I hoar tulle , pot. I tort Idree And etontolete asodttooto . rhatt.t end hot G 1... ever notnn o fartored. Iloott :rhodium -,1l 'torso. needing .ottetuele• un opp•luott) of pit eloocog rem. s alted Prieto , Pot outs haring un) 411theolt) brine csalted elo where d-to One [n en I fret oullth ut that he one trill roll to lot suited. liethenthar the old steed. No. ti Earl llntullion street, opposite the tler• matt finfot lard Church, Allentown, l's. run «I 'all If (r..rlothitur, MINEW=IM NEW FIRM! NEW GOODS! CLOTHING ! CLO'T'HING anAND SPRING AND SUMMER OPENIXO. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE:. 1 T. OS ‘I UN (KT: Thiceeseore to Metsyar Unman BARGA.INS ECM GREAT CLOTHING EMPORIUM IN REIBIEII's 111 , 11.1)1N°. NO. 605 HAMILTON STREET, ALLENTOWN, PA. We would Inform the citizen!. of Allentown and tho snr• rounding country thht we ore prepared with a large stock el foods for .FALL AND WINTER WEAR, nod offer ttim to the public at reasonabl. price. To thane who boy their Clothing re ady-tande, they are prepared to oter BARGAINS. WHOLE SUITS MADE. TO "ROSSI COATS, PANTS AND VESTS C.( sad made 1a the latest ntyle, and by the bent workmen OUR STOCK OF CLOTHING, CLOTHE AND CABSIMEREB Is larger than it has helm before, and we Intend to Pell at very SMALL PROFITS, and g , ve our customer. the hose. Si of our low purchases. Great quantities 'and varieties of NECKTIES, CUFFS, COLLARS, And everything In the line of GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS, MEN'S. YOUTHS', DOW and CHILDREN Et READY-MADE CLOTHING, CONSTANTLY ON NAND Don't for■el the place, No• Od6 Hamilton etreet, third door above Sixth atreet. T. 044ing, .11.11 M. Orion. MAITIN LYIOIII mar 24 tf HUTTON & WOONN ELL, FURNITURE WAREITOORNs W I NO. Wig MARKET STREET, la n. North Side PRILADELPIIIA. PARLOR, DINING-ROOM, CHAMBER FURNITURE Of the Latest Styles and Beet alasufeetani. . ALSO. Feather Beds and Mattresses. sepSo.3te CONSHOROCK EN BOILERAND COIL WORKS, JOHN WOOD, JR., 1=1:1111:1 TUBA. Fla'N AND ertINDRIr NoII,NRS,HATII AND STNAJI eIRUVI.ATIN6 , boILENs. All kinds of Wronght Iron Odin Toy•re for 111.4 For t.. , iieninletere, hotoko Starke, Iflnel Pipe-. Iron Wheel harrow., anit everything In the troller nod She, !too Ilne. A 1.,,. kinds of Iron •nO Bil.l F , ,ging• not Murk ninlth work, Miner.' Toole of oil kliols, .oely on When, Dore rip, Finite, Drill, MO .t., Modern. An. Hn.ls.pSteno 11.1n1wer eer of 1001..1.1 nil and ellltinl workmen. I ditto 4 loyeelf thio 1 can torn not wkrh wlio Prouryithon. And dispatch, all of w Well 0111 lon Wilktr.t..ted to'l.t aryl-CND, 140 .4 am Bonen, ~a 4 eeeee ally. mincll7 st salliml ie.avr 17 VOL. XXV. M!1!3=Ill THE TRACK COMM Kramer D',,IP:Y GOOD'S! To be found in the City embracing the Latest and Newest Novelties of the Season,adapt I=l IL IL DONAVORRY -Iv TILE ATTENTION 3IAISUFACTURERi, DEALERS it 111PORTER9 Iron, Shad. !hardware. Raihray Sapp Lubricat Whale head. hie., IRON WORLD AND MANUFACTURER, Largest Metal Price Current IN THE {I The 1.1,1 , g I.ornalg of thh• c..nntry and Europe r cog hi/ It is. the Enpro-entative antr of the Amer .., frane, .lb. publl•hot . - stv Pr -hart. thltt Pot, nitl wept etth b• I 41 • tn. ".• t . rputo I. d rt• t. p It •.1 ; ••• pet, .ttg ...1 . . 1110 foe l• rit:ttritt. air t t 111i..'11 • - pr ps.ttela eL. 1. , 10 ,. .1./ In. i • tir• P.. 4... r 1. V 4. :. d, I L " ' l ' 4 lii t i hen t! ) r T1 . 111; iu 01/1,10.01a11) ACCI'II %IF. el Min 17,P TI. LEADINO 11..4 ”lo .11..“10 Thr h Tool. • I'm ;oho!, 'I. ~,,din Comte rotor. per ttotol T poryi•rtiolloo rt )op:otrot tat , o`occoolt , l tro Some. Lot. itint to ii,. vi•ry in.-nista tbo I. th M at it l• r • E•ENI r t. th • ,tornr.ntry I.• ,1 Loki,. it 11, nu rival ry. rt iiti vet...lnas thtntram 6•110 I. ri•,, 1.14•1`el•• 11fil • 4.111,111/.1 11. 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So, their 11L,ho. as, From the Cluctuu.tttl o ad Mituu.artutern 1 , 11 A Srecr,•achtest', ern.—We are pleared in nom the nahleate. et m the [nen Weal lefi'ittxton•fril It la yo.luK hi at 1111) Vir. 0 1 , 11.. bar Vo•l. in• F m appeni nod Tllll d •rlnt the p three or four month, It l• vuo Ihe uount nit...lint , 1... j. ne•o urn°. lu the country It In edited Mil mark d ahl It), and, Kiln 111•110 . hopl en, devoted to thet a oll Rua metal tutere-to ot rioulary . Itn Rt.t repert of tuna n, hardware, runoujamumn, II C., are any full, CuMplele on.) relLible. It T. I n)' II a 114,1104 u merited coloplltoeut, to any that In the leading or ono or the Iron and metal hf the Untied Staten 2.1 oufac tor,era 11.1 unl .VrryWiterti mitioUla nutnicrlbe rue the limn Wool.h •an UARCYACIORUIL. SAMPLE COPIES MAILED FREE. ADDRE,S. • IRON WORLD PUBLISHING CO., TILE GREAT TARIFF JOURNAL FOlt WORKINGMEN, Eater ne TRI•1. three teoethe f.,r Y 6 reel.. The AMER. ICA b E 0 1 .1.1, in cue fll c One 4 pubhca• tlunn Worid CoulAcc 16 rag nor 04 col:Robs 16 reading nictc.6 et! to 6166e16, in/iruct and ad 'Puce Iht. bent wnrlt !conies. worklinoneu In each Inane. 1V111111.., nth. nf cr.bels. Only Ca. per 110.111110 r.r Z.:clan writ, our 1211111 e, .Tosvu. Gcluty u..d clAto plainly, enclose y the roomy, and addre64 . I 11.. N WORLD PPIII.I , IIINO CO„ I nu,. Woat.t. PiLt.barab. Pa. 11121-Aaents WuUlud uu!.ulur, ur u0v2 . 2.1: J aualli•I( DRS. JORDAN .t DAVIENON, Proprlet.. of the Gallery of Anatomy and Museum of Science, . M)7 CHESTNUT ST., PlilLA: lithreiMt huhllshodla new th.ittoo or 'heir iectures,com islulus moat vsithiblello ,,, 41100 op the simian, rome• tithe urr. loud trout... hi of 4 -.nen of the reproductive Pycern, w lb RAleexe on M0KINI•11/ 80,1 ill. various catt•emo the 11/. wit' lull iil.ll , lCllOlll. Ai/ it. c.oohltor ~torsto. I also listoto oh •...KNA.• •{(1.10%, out the YE,I. or helm. the most CON rem! iof IT,. 174.011 11l thin .11i3eCt 'Tee yet Nib i.beti— cowprinl. h Math. Cr.. to may address (or ?arm, -tire th.ots. Address Drs. JOIIDA N & DAVIESON, I 'NU OFF]. h. 1625 Filbert Street, Philadelphia.. PPP '3 , 1% 41. w FANCY DYEINt. ETAL;LISHIVIENT J. & .1( ;N ES. 4:11.,,rgh pr,,,,t Men I. Philaddphto, Pn 1111 A "'li lIYYII'A, Colt. 10:II pi. X INK. II>.•?II4., nts , y of dr•crip . 111. ... • 1.4.11.•• • • 4...01.1• Or, • .1/1:1.• I II I 1.11 . , •r ul.•1 31 , 01.. t. Or, 1,... 11.1 11. I I 1.11 II I, Collor-. Cr.,Vr sid '1.... -h.... • w.• 1 , 1.. ..••• Cut wa,, • •••I/llr KAI .1. ••• t•• 11113,a1l wJ 1.". 111 Our wt..< LlleR• yoluy tgetAlilUre. !Lig:ll.2mo w CLEAR IN FOR FALL AND WINTER Off - ' 18171 WITH ONE OD THE LAMEST AND CHOICEST STOCKS 01. able for Ladies' and Men's Suitings, guaranteed to be sold at BOTTOM PRICES I=l Ein UP TEE IgEsisi tre se Iron World IhdHl g, I'ITIbBUIttIII, I'd E=ll Yrbiob 11,coiotet. in the Field EH I LAST NOTICE. Secure Your Christmas and New Year Gitts. $1.000.000$ By the nufh by o' the Net o th Log •I trare of Kea tuck y, of March 13, 1871, tho Tru,,tees of the Public LI traty f lieutocky o tlt alve u GRANDOIFT CONCERT. AT LOUISVILLE, KV., NATITRDAY-1111:11 . 1:1111ER 16, 1871. 100,00TI , KR,T , OFADMI. Pp) KA(IOURTI N. CY ; lIALP TI. BETA. QPAPTEIt TICKETS, 5. Ticket, will 1.. now 1 , 3 I g plorod I. or • Po runny for Ploon logy Ire ,rot Ipy P. 0. woolly ;prom., .gr.oubgt hr. or plr.o. Fetch ticket con-lets of heir yeerters, vein. 42 8.) each. The h•ohlor la ent11.1..1 leltel—len to the concert, and to the valee of the olft eavanlrel I' I er (teethe) VaTJ,O 0 IN tilt IiEN 11 Ito • latroetted hald• era of t•eketa, in el from Ore. 0 0, the highest, to 4114) the !timed 1. lea 721 oft In The Concert la toe the hoe .11t ant a e l, PU1R1.144 LI IR Ilt OF THE' ciTizeNs BANK OF' NY :BTNE‘allitEit. And the a C t o e rp..lta o t e e . roreu ere y 1 10 t e taenMyaoee B . ti Gram tee, Hoyt K n ett or the most dieting...sled and reancetob a cl Izene of the Stele The uloterehros.l. bite plinth - HI tm•lnex m on or or tbn woo. 01.1,0.•(.11 t for the be,eflt .Ith- Mer nntW I.ll.try Ot S.• F , •IIC, t hit• bon appetuted ood M to , to r of till,. Oral d VIII (t-overt. , . ' gin 40.1.11.11, 1 / 1 11 ..11 pl•re la eabile, •uil ere, yt,lug a 11l be lb, bare,. of • That their mere t. w II la AS weII pro acted a II th y a ere lA , n mane p t t teipariateu / the entire affair. For liceetn uu.l laf •ria tlau oak . Elt 4 . lit M at.. Fry. Na n Aulol. 11 Yew York 11. N4lllll,nAdwoy M. A. F,e. Cl,. V'l,lll.lin 1 Icy, eviala N I IWo 'tr. et. Ft Tlcketo of f..r nal.. w ..vt.ry Prom!..l PIA.. to Ilia U. e lin I. g 1 . thi soeneral derktort..tuent or ••,.' ••• sulyer ,lketnewK •••••••.,10. •t .1 stir •grAtl, t. In Ike to 111.• .• •e ot ticket. , so tlysonterp• elo t•• Alev • :1. 56;1 .5 1••,•• o loom s 1111 MAO str••••t, I ••••,..), li,. Ky 05.1 . el••••• r••r rut ••f .c• . 1 1111.11 , 11 ,, d”rn ex• Pia I , to I .111 i.e II•eI if .•r Diu: 1 111 le. .eV V••rk will door, 1..0 11 , 111 ..t!•••r v SIL liver) I k.'' IIII•tati In HU, 11 , by • tut 011.•••. • /0.511.00. R 111 t .k• Woe,. 01 poll in, I) , 5•71 v unue clog at 7 n. tn.. c. 0.50,10. 0,41 , 1 ill. 751 n• 1- Ie ..st sled. no.ut ••• otveril. Il• eehuneore Der In . h etn o'c 01 k to. Circol.tri ••tutv.•••li I••• .00 ,t ev.•ry gooey tl• •41.11 at- y v.Ol l••• 5...0,1 'once sy: 05,51 oil! Woo he Nel( to nil • , eke, boyer• ••••,••• g• ••, , 455. Au order w i• fill. d ..r th.s •k 0 0 .v. 5•45 sv I . .1, It. Man tiger. FURS .t FURS ! • LADIES. if you tr to 1,1, Yur c.. to , he well-known ,ose of W. KEI NAT Importer a.til Exporter of Furs, 710 ARCH STREET, • (ope4.,,TE ST. ct.orn iloTr.t.,) • PHILADELPIII k. • Witt-ire vritt S ittot fr w tlitt 10,1 , 4 ONltuttlare tot..Mattm of till ulttuteriluituttiti tut the losyttuit St Sets from $5.00 up to the most Costly ' Russian Crown Sable lIUDSON BAY Auld MINK SABLE. ERMINE. CHI , 01710, REL. Het)! of ffo loo,t cylor SA QI'FS of S nl nkin l'or- , ow! and /•Irarhati• .1“ IC IN DS (11 , 1 , 17 It T 111.11.11.1 NI!, Alho 110 .00. or non'of F kISCY A . CITE F!!\ lISAVF:s SE I S I'rlLAl. Mid lILACK lAA It. 111111•. N HAY ALL 001.1): 1v ‘KSANTEI! AS li.VRESENTED. CALL BEFORE PrßollAsixo !jib: wilp RE 11% KENNATIII, • No. 710 Arrli Serra, Plaintlel2,llla. soslll.3m ALLENTONN ROLLING MILL C 0., SnerenAnts to THAYER, ERDSIA.N, WILSON & CO., =3 STEAM MOINES AND BOILERS, BRIDGE CASTINGS, RAILROAD TURN TABLES, MILL (TEARING, SIIAF FING, Furnace, Rolling 11U and Mining Work, &c., &c., N. 13.—A1l !roil/ iroardot..ed rod delivery prompt.. - L. H. GROSS, Sup't Bogart LADIES' FASCV EVILS! JOHN FA RE I RA. 718 Arch Street, Bllddle or tl.e lituett i arNl E 7 l, lil4 l 7, 4 ... Ponth Importer, 31nitufactur, and He.lcr tu WI kinds and quai.tt or FANCY FURS FOR LADIES' AND C 11.11-DRE'.V'S WEAR. . • ll:trim; rid a aro. largo anti t.ploull I • eurtrarot of all I L n, llPrr n kiloi. o Fit • tr.. flrot I 141161. to 141. run. 4.4 them 11. le up lip Me 1.4 pottilful u•okoottl. rp.i....joh) I rite tenders of thin pain, to rug n u.l II Tir, 0m...111 • ...MINI it -n F F. I.,.llhildren I ntu ro lu tt 166 .6. . /161, V.I. re rt. one. liar ;.• 1100 • 1 111 . It, F. re war...need. 11'u c..folltot qf.t.f. erf ,JOilN 718 Arch St.. Pialad.a. ITEM A LLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEM tiER 13. 1871. THE WAY IT HAPPENED. E= I was Bitting in my study, reading Mohere, when she entered the room—perfectly unftn n.,unced at that. I looked up, and saw an angel in white Marseilles, flounced ; Jaunty blue bat, about s'ze of a saucer, tipped to one side in a most bewitchingly heart breaking manner ; and site wore cream•colored kids, and carried a white pongee—taken all in all, a fairy I She smiled at me, and held out her hand. I took IL muchauically. What did this, in,•an? she pouted—alt I thaw cherry lipel—and stamp,'" her little No. 1 Impatiently on the floor. •• You don't seem very glad to ace me," she said, pettishly. I inurnotred that I was delighted —entrane ed. So I was—such vlelonswere not of every day occurrence to me. '6 %Veil," said elle, gleefully, " that' a com fort I I'tow, they told me that you wouldn't receive me—that I would be turned out of doors." " Reptiles I" said I. "But I came—and you're not angry ?" "Angry r' 1 could say no more. •I heu she walked up and down the room. '• Ito do you like my dress?" she asked, revo sing before me as if on a pivot. 1 murmured something about " angelic su pk•rlinet,s." •• I did intend," she said, half doubtfully, to net a dress of gray satinteen, with the un derskirt cut as usmil, and trimmed with deep ph;iting—the spaces to be filled with bias folds ahoy , • the plailinga in a band of velvet silk— the over•ekirt quite in front, and square—the side gores rounded up four inches' longer, and lashed up into a Jonnier. That, with a pretty little sacque with open sleeves, trimmed to maich the unuer,dress,would be nice, wouldn't it ?" I murmured an unqualified msent—not that I understood what she was talking about, for she uttered the full oeseription in one breath ; but then I didn't know what I was saying. " Hut," said eh., " I bought this Marseilles because I like it. Don't you?" " I admire your taste," I said faintly ; for I was fast losing my stnses, through wonder leg ns to a ho and what she was. '• You're a dear, good fellow l" said she, rapturously ; " and I know we'll get on fa muusly trwther. So she intended to stay here I I was getting into very deep water! " Now, then," she continued, "show me s one place to put my things, and then . you and I will have a talk." I mechanically pointed out a small room opening nut of the library. She hurried tn. I sai like a statue carved from adamant., Deep er Water. Presently she returned, divested of little hat, pongee and kids. Dainty and Jaunty as the little hat was, it never could be such a head dress as that curly black head of hair; and the bare hand was certainly prettier and Its dimples showed better than when gloved. I could not speak—l Only looked. She cast a searching glance around the bra ry. " Horrid dirty I" she said, disdainfully " When has it been cleaned " About a year ago," said I meekly. She gave vent to a pretty little scream. " A year? Shocking I Oh, I couldn't sit down in a room that hasn't been cleaned flu' a year ! This must be put to rights." She sold this inn very determined tone, and then set to work. She converted my linen coat into an apron, tied a cunning little hand kerchief n err that pretty bead, and snatching up the fly duster, dusted away valiantly— ja;Svil a cloud of dust in which I sat gazing on the vision ! What did all this mean ? I con sulted Moliere, my standing authority, hut Moliere could give no explanation.' Could she be an angel, sent to cast a ray of light over my dismal path of life ? Perhaps ! but did angels wear white Marseilles, and talk satinteens and jonniers ? Impossible 1 It must be a dream. She suddenly paused, and came to me through the cloud, and held out herarms, and said. " Roll up my sleeves, please. I can work better with them up.': I did.roll the white sleeves up, and then intim (timely scouted the Idea of its being a dream. Could I dream of such arms, with such IL beautiful dimple in the elbow ? Certainly not ! limy were real I I did not that a sculptor would have beat proud to have them for a model, because I was morally certain that any sculptor would have bet n distracted at the sight, and have dropped his chisel, despairing of ever doing them jostica. And thi n she dusted, and while she dusted she sang. What a voice Don't mention Nil. son I won't heart& it ! And then she drew up a chair, and sat down beside me, lidv Mg first removed the haudker• chief and the improvised apron. Then she shook her curls and addressed me. My dear uncle, let us have a, talk." Ilea uncle !, if my heart bud suddenly changed to a lump of lead, It couldn't have sunk any quicker then It dld then I " You know," the continued, " that you wrote me a letter saying that you considered it hest for toe to stay at the farm until you. wrote again. But, then, I didn't want to stay; 1 Celt no lonely away out there, hardly seeing a new face once a mouth, for the twelve years I have 'oven there—for you know you left mu there when I was six years old. Well, I thought I would come up to the city ; so I took the fifty dollars and bought this suit. MN. Mardi picked it nut for me. You know she has been In the city, and so I came ; and you're not angry, are you ? Because, if you are, I'll go right back again, uncle—lndeed I will l" My feeling during this brief speech had been very painful. I gradually awoke to the tact that it aas all a blunder—that the visit ands angel was not Intended for me, and I felt very bitter over the discovery ; bat . my duty was plah3. "My dear child," said I, . humbly, " will you have the kindness to Inform me what your name is ?" t•he opened her eyes, and then laughed, " Wily," she said, " surely you cannot have forgotten me? Little Bess, you kn )w. "Little Bess?" I repeated. `• B. sale Ludlow," she said, gravely. "Your niece." " No," Bald I, sadly ; "not my niece. I have no niece I There has been some error. My name is Floyd." " '1 hen,",said she, " you are my uncle— Mr. Richard Floyd. I saw the name on the door, and I came 10. Now you do remem ber me, don't you .7" Sorry to disappolut you, Mies Ludlow," said I, calmly, "but lam not your uncle. You saw the name of 'IL Floyd' on the door ; my name le Robert." " Then," sald she, helplessly. " where Is my uncle ?" I felt bound to confess my Ignorance,whorest she sat looking incredulous. I explained that. strange as It might seem, I did not know rybody personally who happened to rejoice In tile same surname as myself. llut," I,sattl, cheerfully, seeing her look blauk, " wt• can soon dnd out. Hero Is a directory. Now your uncle's name Is Itichard Floyd ?". " Yes." " His occupation or profession ?" "Eh 4" " Whet does ho do for a living 4" "Nothing. Ilea rich—awful rich I" " Ah I a gentletnan ? Behold I two Richard Floydit, both gentlemen. Let us hope they are. Now get ready and we'll go and find your uncle." She stood by my side in the street, and looked ten times more bewitching than ever. We walked along the streets, and how my male friends stared and wondered and envied me. We found the first Mr. F.oyd Just steppiroi Into his carriage, in trout of his house. He was big, pompous and vulgar. I tapped hum on the shoulder. " Your niece, Mr Floyd," I said, and I commenced to explain, w hen he cut toe short. " Nettling of . the kinn—not my niece, as adventuress, no doubt. You're a swindler, I suppose. Drive on." I inwardly vowed to assassinate that man some dark night. My companion grasped her pongee fierce,y. "Oh, I could beat him I" she said, savagely. I trembled at ibis outburst. " But, however," she said, laughing, "that's not my uncle. Ile's a very quiet man. saw him about eleven years ago. He only came to see me once—l suppose because I am a poor relation." 11-re sue laughed, as if beinga poor relation was 'smething funny—which it isn't • Then we tried the vcond Mr. Floyd ; he was the uncle. We found him reading a book of sermons. I accosted him, introduced myself and his niece. Then I explained ,everything, and turned to go. Ile &topped me, and inquired if I would do hint a favor. I answered that I would. " Thep," said he, calmly, "take this young lady and put her In the cars. I desire her to return immediately to Cedar Farm." "Uncle !" said she. " Niece I" said he. "Dn as I hid you—l am your only friend. Don't make me your enemy by foolishness. Stay at Cedar Farm, and I am v our friend ; leave Cedar Farm, and you may regret it Go I" We went She subbed. (Looked prettier than ever.) " I can't go back," she wailed. "They don't know I left. I'm afraid to go back." I "Then," said I, "what will you do P" "I'don't know," she said defiantly—(pret tier still.) "But I won't go back !" I found myself in a nice predicament— young lady, act 18, on my hands, a bachelor, set 80. What was Itodo ? A sudden thought I I would I " My dear," said I, "I will take care of EIII "You I" (Astonished and prettier.) " Yes, I 1 Marry me I Instead of my niece, be my wife. Will you I" She could not give an answer immediately. Such importautquestions require deliberation. She was silent for two minutia, and then she said : "I like you." " Bless you I" said I. " And you want some one to take care of you ?" " I do." " I will marry you, fOr that room isn't half dusted." She was angelic ! She was an angel 1 I em unwed the angel! " And that little room Is such a cunning lit tle one IVords fail to express how handsome she was! We are married ! And that's the way it happened APPRENTICES TO TRADE The Bud Effect of Tratielt-Untons We copy the follow ing common-sense view ofa very important question from the Mechan ic's Advocate, an excellent paper, edited and published by bona file mechanics, and not, as is so often the case with workingmen's Jour nals, by noisy demagogues who never did a day's honest work of any kind : The Chicago Tribune has an energetic ar ticle on the subject of the stringent rules in regard to apprentices adopted by the trades unions. It speaks of the difficulty encountered by the boys of Chicago In getting employment. It says there are hundreds of boys in that city, front fifteen to eighteen years of age, who daily, go front store to store, and office to office, anxiously and often piteously seeking employment. Assuming that there are five thousand boys in that city, of a proper age to learn a mechanical trade, the Tribune says if they were all presented to employers it Is not likely that more than one in a thousand, or five out of the five thousand, c•tuld find an em ployer who would dare give him a place, and why? The Tribune thus answers : "The right to apprentice oneself and to learn a trade is no longer recognized in the United States. Boys may present th , inselves by legions, em. players cannot take them except at the risk of closing their shops and . having no ether work men." The' Tribune adds: " The trades unions of the country have en acted laws which exclude all except a limited number of boys from the mechanical trades. Each trade has prescribed the number of ap prentices • who shall be permitted to work. Thus in one trade, the allowance will be one apprentice to Live Journeymen ; In others.. one apprentice to ten Journeymen ; and this limi• tat ion is not regulated by the aggregate num ber of journeymen, but to the number em ployed in any one shop, or by any one mas ter. Thus where the regulation Is that one apprentice shall be allowed to every five journeymen, if there be six, seven, eight or nine journeymen In that sh6p; only one ap prentice can be employed. If the employer have ten journeymen, and thus be entitled to take two apprentices, and for want of work, or other reason, should discharge one journey man. he must also discharge one apprentide. Ordinarily, under that limitation, where their are two hundred workmen °fa pirticulartrade engaged in a city, there ought to be forty boys learning the business; hut, in fact, these workmen being distributed in Irregular num. hers, in thirty or forty shops, it may happen, and as a rule Is the case, that the number of apprentices does not exceed twenty: In all shops employing less than the regular number of journeymen, no apprentice Is allowed ; and that in ten shops employing four journeymen each, not an apprentice can be found, nor would one be tolerated." We often hear exhortations from the press and other sources to the youth of the country, "Learn a useful trade." It Is good advice, for every community abounds with idle boys, and with those who are not idle but cannot find appropriate employment. Thus It Is not so easy to learn a trade as it is supposed. The rules of the trades•mdons obstruct the way of the youth of the country to useful avocations. In the professions and other pursuits the bars are down, and any onewho will may enter. It is true the c .nsequence is that they are over. stocked, bit no onesu&rs thereby except the Incompetent and the unworthy. The trades• unions, however, embarrass and r. strict the industrial energies of the community. and multiply the number'of Idlers and drones. Nay, multitudes of robust youths are growing up with nothing to no, exposed tit the tempta tions incident to Idleness, ..nd destined, per. baps, to prey upon the community in some way, even if it be by ending their nays in the penitentiary. TM re is no more uelestitittule and demoralizing monopoly than that of a right to , follow a lade. I'HE HESiAGE., When In any State paper every sentence is a text„says the Press, it is difficult to write upon it within the limits ofa newspaper article. This is n cl e• n dly the case with th'• l'reel.le,,t's message. It is a model busin ss paper—a compression of facts that reads like an invoice. Every word means something, awl every' setvence tells or suggests some thing. It Is a piper clear, comprehensive, and concise, which every voter can read and ought to read ; and than this no higher praise can be awarded. Le*. us br'efir etch the m•tfa grand features of the nwssaue : First Getter II Grant—and Pennsylvania thanks him then far—takesn !mid and decided stand on the flae4lloll of Protection. lira fi• nancial policy havin4 resulted in a r. !Mown of the debt so gratifying that it calls for a re dectien of taxation,the President recommends that in reit 'plating the tariff it be done so as not to disturb home production or !educe the wages of the American laborer. For this rec• ommendation the President will ho remem• beret in the worskimps and at the firesides of hundreds of thougands of grateful men. Second. The P•eaideut stands now,as In the past, on his tried old platform of the "En forcement of the Laws." The Kuklux of Car olina anti the polygamists of Utah alike must render obedience to the United States statutes no matter how local custom, or passion, or pride may conflict. Third. The President presses in a variety of shapes his already historic policy of Re trenchment and Economy. The national debt has b.'en reduced during the year elblitipsix millions amd by this reduction of principal and the remit.] ng of a portion of the loan the annual interest account has been lessend nearly seventeen millions. The magnificent exhibit alone should satisfy the country on this point, but the mi set2ii throughout abounds in prac tical and pregnant suggestions and recom mendations in the way of economical manage• anent and the saving of outlay and of force. Fourth. The President mak. s haste to lift from the shoulders of the people the burdens of the war. The message recommends, In view of the rapid elininution of the debt, the abolition of all internal revenue taxes, sate those on liquors, tobacco and stamps. This sweeps away the income tax—the tax on the bonds and securities of corporations, which trammels the investment of personal property, the blind of the nation—and simplifies at a dash the whole system, sweeping away nearly the tntire mummies machinery of war taxa. Lion. Another term of Grant, and we may almost hope to extinguish the fatal legacy of tb' dying El•imocratic party. Fifth. General Grant carries the flag of • Radical Reform. Nearly every paragraph reveals haw its author is instinct with the life of progress. fle declares : For stringent legislation providing against the dealing in or oa nership of slave property • lay American citizens In any country ; For the mere practical recognition of the brotherhood of man in our diplomatic rela tions with the Asiatic races; For the postal telegraph reform, and • i For civil-service reform, which he declarei , "shall have a fair trial." Could there he any better evidence that our political chief, now as‘when leadlog the army, is heading the advance of the noun. ry TRAIN. A wild Nashville man thus writes up ilia, singular fellow : —Those who have niit seen him ask a hat he is like? He's like everything. He's a elmoom of India —a gentle zephyr from the downs of Devon; a whirlpool off the coast of Norway—an eddy in a New England trout brook; a tornado from the plains of Texas—a soothing, summer breeze from the hop-yards of Minnesota; an incarnate denunciation—a merciless. sweeping Iconoclast; a Miser in praise—a Prodigal in abuse ; a modern re versed Atlas, who stands on, instead of carry ing the world ; an overpowering Egotist, without vanity ; the very lightning bug of possible reformations; the Modern Hercules, who undertakes the job of cleansing the Au gean stables of society, government, religion, morals, law, physic, education—everything. He's the Credit Mobilier ; the Credit Pointer; the prospective iiextillionaire ; the next Presi dent of the United States; the embodiment of International ; a huge Syndicate, a Nose trav eler, who has seen this little world, and _who aspires to a jaunt over Saturn and adjamst planets. He's the chain-lightning orator of the new dppeosation ; the reckless hull in the chinas) op of the world ; he's a Itochefort nn a big seal'• ; a little Commune all by him self ;, he's a self-winding machine, continually throwing off intellectual pyrotechnics, and gathering thcm broalcast over the world; he's a human mower and reaper—mowing down (In his imagination) follies and errors, blurt deriand Iniquities, and reaping all the fame that comes from the improvements time works in its natural course . ; he is, in fact—Train, and nothing but Train ; the only living Train, who, when dead, can never have an Imitator. AN amusing instance of Hibernian simpli city is given in the tollowing little story told us by a friend, in words we give it: Molly, our housemaid, is a m0d..1 one, who takes the broomstick like a sceptre, and who I has abhorrence of dirt and a synipathy for An Alarm from the Plg.pen—Two soapsuds that amounts to a passion. She is Women go to the Itesene—ln the a blustering, resy•cheeked, bright-eyed, blurt • I Clutch" ofthe Hear—the Escape. For the past six weeks the neighborhood of daring Hibernian, who hovers about our Otter's Hole, on the southern confines of Del. bdokdilrelves, making war eve our love pa• aware county, New York, has been pestered pars, in the shape of undusted and unrighted with bears. Not 'infrequently these animals corners. ay she entered our library in a con- have made their appearance among the people. One d fused and uncertain manner, quite different A few have o been shot by the hunters. On from her usual boasting way. She stood at Thursday one of these gruff customers visited the door with a letter between her thumb and I the farm of Jacob Beardsly, a sort of farmer, finger, which she held out arm's length, as if hunter, and woodman, .who ha• fur nearly she had a gunpowder plot in her grasp. In twenty years occupied a small clearing In answer to our inquiries as to her business, she Otter's Hole. said : The sun was behind the mountains, but It . was not yet dark. Mr. Beardsly was in the " An' it place your honor, I'm a poor girl as hasn't much lambi', an' ye sees, place honor, Paddy O'Reilly (an' the bettiS i Ix* woods nearly two miles distant. Mrs. Beards ly and her daughtr, a girl of 'sixteen, were in the house. The pigs in thepen behind the him doesn't brathe in null Ireland) has'- dwelling were squealing for their evening writin` me a letter—a love-letter, place yer houor—an'—un'—" meal. The daughter of the farmer was pre- We guessed her embarrassment, and yen- read it for paring the food, and was In the act of picking Lured to relieve it by offering t o rend the swill pail to go to the pig pen, when o the dog set up a loud barking behind the her. Still she hestituted, while she twisted a house. At the same time the whine of the but of raw cotton between her short house. was changed from the monotonous call "Sure," she resumed, "an' that's jilt what I want; but it isn't it gentleman like yourself for food to a fierce cry of terror. that would be liking to knew A mart IN THE 111.1 PEN. the secrets be. . Mrs Beardsly told her daughter that the dog tween us, an' so"—here site twined the cotton was worying the pig, and at once went to the quite nervously-"if it will only place yer back door to call the dog away. She was sur honor, while yer reading It, so that you may prised to see a bear attempting to get out of not bear it yerself, yell jist put this bit of cotton in yer ears en' strip up yet hearin', an' the pig pen. He had a shot° weighing per thin our secrets'll be unknown to ye." haps eighty pounds under 46 area. The dog was trying to prevent Bruin's departure, We hadn't the heart. to refuse her, and, while the unfortunate pig was squealing with with the gravest face possible, complied with all his might and endeavoring to wriggle from her request ;but often since we have laughed the uncomfortable hug of the bear. Mrs. heartily as we related the incident. . Beardsly and her daughter took in the situp tion at a glance. As there were no men about the place to call forhelp, Mrs. Beardsly grab. bed a small iron bar,euch as isused in loading Hag-stones, and went for the bear. The daugh ter followed her with an axe. They ran out to the pig-pen and began an Indiscriminate attack on the bear. This attack greatly en couraged the dog, who forthwith sprang into the pen nod grappled with Bruin. The bear finding himself sorely pressed, released his hold on the pig and closed in with the dog. Unfortunately fur Towser, he was, in an on. The Prince of Wales is considered out of danger. Two additional Spanish vessels have arrived at Port•au-Prince, but no hostile demonstra tion has been made against the Hornet. The broken West India cable illll3 been re covered. A woolen mill ban been burned at. London, Ohio- Stveral marine disasters are reported on the Lakes. au Example for Would-be Suicides. The Courier• Journal relates the following suggestive Incident : There Is a gentleman of the middle age, who might be summoned as a witne4s for a walk of half a block, who assures us that there '6 never any sense in eelddestruction. Ho de clares that when he was a young min he was madly In love. His love was returned and there was every prospect of a happy result. Of a sudden, however, an event came to nose which put marriage out of the question. So what did this young gentleman (vve mean the middle aged gentleman who was at this time indicated a young gentleman), what did this young gentleman do ? This Is what he did. lie went and pur chased him two horse•pistols; he dressed him self In his handsome suit of clothes, and called at the farm house which sheltered the object of his heart's desire. It was a moonlight summer night. So what did this infnittated young man ask the young lady to do I fir asked her to take a walk. The young lady— she was a very proper young lady and loved this young man quite to distraction—assented of course, and they strolled. They strolled into a deep wood "fir from the haunts of men" and out of reach "of any voice or eye." They sat down upon a log,- and the young gentleman very plainly told this young lady that they could never be man and wife, and all the whys and wherefores, which were, in deed, conclusive. The young lady, like an affectionate, dear girl as she was, began to cry, whereupon our hero produced his two horse-pletols, loaded down to the muzzle with buck 'shot. " Susan," says he, and there was solemnity in his voice, and a terrible earnestness in his eye. "Susan," says he. Susan looked up, frightened to behold the murderous weapons gleaming in the Moon light. " What are you going to do ?" says she. " I am going to get over this in thirty min utes," he says sternly, taking nut his watch, "and you shall do the same thing, or I'll kill you first and then kill myself. I mean it, Susan. Don't doubt it." She did not. She sat and mused, and he sat and meditated, and time ran along with the moonbeams, that trotted round the watch dial. At the end of twenty-nine minutes he said : "Time's up. I believe I had rather live without you, Susan, than Cie with you. What do you say ?" " Them's my sentiments," says Susan. " Good," says the infatuated young man, replacing his watch in his vest pocket and firing off the two horse pistols in the air. "Let's go home and say no more about It." They went home. Susan was married to another gentleman inside a year. Our hero is still a bachelor—a jolly bachelor—with plenty of money and friends and health ; and he says now and then, referring to this epi sode in his young career : " Now, wouldn't I have been a blarsted fool if I had let the thirty minutes run out ? Why, sir, Susan is old, fat and ugly, and has nine children ; and as for me—why,' I feel as young as a gal with ribbons." Certainly the geiitleman does, and is moved beside by the sweet consciousness of having saved not only his own life, but the life of an Innocent young woman, and the lives of nine Innocent young children, by an act of severe, but practical wisdom and virtue ; and which is commended to all seekers after suicide. TAKE TIRE PAPERS. =I Why don't you take the papers 1 They're the II e of our delight ; Except about election time, And then I read for spite. Subscribe I you cannot Ines a cent, Why should you be afraid For cash thus pall Is money lent At Interest four fold paid. Go, then, and take the papers. And pky to•day, nor pay delay, And my word, for it Is Inferred, You'll live until you're gray. An old neighbor of mine, While dying with a cough, Desired to bear the latest news, While he was going oil. I took the papers and I read. or some new pllle In force: le bought a box—and he Is dead I No—hearty as a horse. I knew two men, as much alike As e'er you saw two slumps, And no phrenologist could Ond A difference in their bumps. One takes the paper, and his lire Is happier than a itlnten, Ills children can read and vrtlte, And talk of men and things. The other took no paper, and White strolling through the wood, A tree fell down, and broke his crown Aud killed hits—" very good." Had he been reading of the news, At home like neighbor Jim, I'il bet a cent that accident Would not have happened him. Why don't you take the papers? Not from the prietere mteak, Because you borrowed from h:s boy A paper every week. For he who takes the papers, And p tye, his bills when due ' • Can lieu In peace wick .nd and man, And with the printer too. . TWO WOMEN FIGHTING A BEAR. OBE T IitEDELL, Pain attb JYancli 3ab tinter; No. 608 HAMILTON STREST, ELIOAN SO LATIN? STYLI' Stamped Cheek', Card.. MfgWe, Paper Book._ s Cons tottormaod Or.Laire,SeboolCstalogeee. HUI Hendee 'foretops., Letter Iliad, 'Bills of Lading. way Bills, Tag. and Shlpplog Card., Peatereof say Inc etc.. etc.. Priated at Short !lotto' NO. 49 guarded moment, caught In the embrace of the bear. He let out a series of howls that moved the hearts of the two women. A outh's HAND TO HAND FIGHT WITH THE The girl, axe in hand, sprang lightly Into the pig pen, and with a well•directed blow caused the brute to loosen his hold on the do.. But matters were last growing worse. No sooner was the dangerous animal forced to drop the dog than he turned fiercely on the brave girl. The fight became desperate. The axe was swung vigorously, but his bearship easily warded off the blows with his forepaws and last pressed the girl into a corner, where she could no longerdefeudherself. Meanwhile the dog renewed his attack In the tear of ti o bear, but without effect. The monster suc. ceded in getting the girl In his fearful em brace. The mother was standing outside of the pen. Seeing the desperate situation of her daughter, she jumped into the sty, and with the Iron bar dealt terrible blows on the head and neck of the savage beast. These bluivs, together with the onset made by the dog, caused the bear to forego his murderous iutentious toward the girl. She escaped from his clutches with her dress almost torn from her persuu and bleeding from wounds inflicted in the struggle. Again she took the axe and with true courage kept up the 'fight. FLIGHT AND DEATH OF TUE BEAT The bear now became alarmed. With a single bound he went over the edge of the pig pen, the dog banging to his hind quarters. When but a few leet from the pen, the bear once more turned on his tormentors, and would without doubt have vanquished his foes, hail it not been for the timely arrival of two men, who, while passing the farm house had heard the noise of the fight. They were on their way home from the wood lot, where they had been working during the day. One of them hid a rifle on his shoulder, and with out certinony lie put an end to the struggle by . shooting the bear. The women were then looked after. The young girl was so severely hurt that she was unable to help herself 'out of the pen. She was carried to the house, and one of the men went to the nearect neighbors for assistance. Both_ mother and daughter were bound to be suffering intensely from ex citement. Proper restoratives were adminis tered, and they passed the night comfortably. At last accounts both of them were able to be about the house as usual. TUE BEAU vreighed 242 pnuntis. The carcass was divided up among the neighbors, who not only appre ciated the savory meat but loudly praised the heroic actions of Miss Beardsly and her mother. A. 13INGLE bad man may give an evil name to a whole neighborhood, a corrupt munici pality may inflict injury upon a nation. Tints the American character, which on the -conti nent of Europe has always had au unenviable notoriety for extravaganc is now, in conse quence of the rasealities of Tweed and his fel low rubbers, in danger of being also saddled with a reputation for downright dishonesty. M. Paul du Chaffin, who has lately returned from a visit to.Swedeu, states that oven .tho peasants of that country are well acquainted with the fact that some twenty milffi.us of dol lars have been stolen from the citizens of New York, and that they shrewdly add that no one will go to prison fur it. The name oh Tweed is said to be as well known as that otettcta, nun tu ut, tolutty Weell the same odor. When Reuter, the continental news agent, sent over Europe the news of Tweed's re-election, the liberal journals of Belgium, France ami Germany mourned over it as a triumph of crime, while the conserva tive press cited it as a proof that the Ameri can people were not capable of self govern. ment. Notwithstanding the reform victory in New York, it will be some time before we recover trom. the Injury inflicted upon us in this way by the miadoinks of the Tammany gang, while if, atter all the show that has been made of bringing them to book, they should be allowed to escape without punishment, a blow will be stricken at free Institutions which will echo around the world.—Seronroa Re publican. STEWART'S HOME The Workingwomen's Hate], now in course of erection by A. T. Stewart, on 'Fourth ave nue and Thirty-second and Thirly.thlrd streets, New York, will, when completed, he, without, the largest building of the kind in tho world. The building Is seven stories high, and has a frontage on Fourth avenue of 168 feet 0 Inches by 200 feet on Thirty.second and Thirty third streets. In the centre is an open court yard 80 feet square. The roof, which is nearly completed, is the latest improved Mansard. There will be 500 rooms in the lintel, capable of accomodatlng 1100 ladles. The four immense elevators for the occomo dal ion of the boarders will be worked hysteria'. All the walls throughout the building are two feet four Inches thick, and fire proof, the 'best cement, instead of lime, being used in their construction. The principal part of the building is of iron, of which several thousand of tons have been used. Although the work is being pushed forward as fast as safety will allow, the im mense structure cannot be made ready for occupation before the spring of 1873. The hotel will be conducted on the European plan and will be open to all working women of good character, who will be provided with every comfort on the lowest possible scale of prices. Attached to the hotel will be sewing and reading rooms, furnished with books and papers in every language. CONGRESSIONAL. Tnunsriav, Drc. 7 —Both houses of Con. :- gress adjourned until Monday. At Thurs., ' day's session 'very little business of importance was transacted in the House, that body being occupied the whole of the morning In the reading of the postal codificaticui bill, and holding no afternoon session. The Senate session was given up to the introduction of miscellaneous bills, one being to regulaie the pay of commanding officers, another fixing the salaries of certain officials in the execu tive departments, and a third to reduce the rates of correspondence by telegraph and to connect the telegraph with the postal service. All of them were tabled. Mr. Scott called up his resolution for the arrest of contumacious witnesses in North and South Carolina, the rilscussion on which continued until therecess, alter which an executive session was held. JUDGMENT has been given in Philadelphia against City Treasurer Mercer, which will do much to save the city from future peculationr. The jury found him guilty on five vitiate. A _ Akin for a new trial being made, Mercer renewed his ball—the sum of Sloo,ooo. Judge Paxson instructed the fury to inquire who has charge of the city money, as Mercer has been pronounced a defaulter and no successor Lae been appointed. We are glad to see the work of purification commenced thus early In Phil adelphia. The signs of the times are favora ble to reform and if 'the people continue to assert their rights; we may expect some day, to see our Legislature something else than a tool la the hands of corrupt men. LL➢BTOAN. PA. NNW DIMON. ECM
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