ADVBRTBSING BATES,
et 1 mo. 3 mos. 8 mos lyr
ea" Mlle 1.30 1.73 ken 6.53 12.01
zw• nano . •LW 3.00. 6.60 9.00 20400
Tars Dare. . . 4.00 0.26 POO 17.110 26.10
Wit Squares, . . 11.60 17.00 25.01 45. t,,
eerier Column . 19.60 7100 40.00 C 0.%
alf Column . • 20.00 40.00 60.00 110.0,
Oae Column 80.00 60.00 110 00 200.1 b
Professional Gard. $l.OO per line per year.
Administrator!' and Auditor's Notices. $9.01
Oily Notice", SO oentsper Moils% insertion 15 cent" per
i.e each subsequent insertion.
Tea lines agate constitute a square.
ROBERT IREDELL, JR., PUBLIBIIII.II,
ALLENTOWN, PA
flrE Goobs.
LeeitsisTas It Ross,
212 North Eighth Street, Phila.
lay attaining themselves to • @boatel lios of rood. and
doing • large trade are able to buy Rad sell cheaper then
those who oast to a wore general wO. Not a thlog de-
sirable le wanting to make op too aunt thorough stock of
WHITE GOODS,
AU sorts of Lam, and at this session a specialty to
made of
NOTTINGHAM LACE OHRTLINEI
17 04 103 1 4, 1 41 Ail
, ti o n i r , t o oLt I t s o citli thy
. 7 ard . The oho I cost
Our IMO pieces. representior more then SO (0) yard. of
HAIIBUIIG EDGINGS AND INSERTINGS
All select ratter°. end button bole edged.
Bine tacking nod blu tucking combination@ made
1101011 fur their own est.ee.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
aity 1•I(w
E. B. 81111IER.1 0 Ult CA. B. SHIMER.
Increase in Businses
NECESSITATED INCREASL
IN STOCK I
SPRIN,Gr AND SUMMER
ANNOUNCEMENT
DAILY ARRIVALS,
ITEM
"MAMMOTH STORES."
E. S. SHIMER & CO.,
705 AND 707
HAMILTON ST., ALLENTOWN, PA
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS
OUR BTOC4 is entirely too extensiae to onninerate ar
ticles. and will only ssy th at It 1,, toll and comp,ete In
every part miler, comprising aillbe dare eat no•eltles or
the season, nod at price. lbat cuunot be undel•old by
any one. We keep ease/thing nal:telly kept in a well
regninted &ore. In
DRESS GOODS
Such ai BLAPK SILKS,
raNar COLOR h P SILKS,
FANtIY BrRIPED HI KS.
✓AP • NR. R STRIPED SILKS,
BLACK .01IAIR and ALPACAS
BLACK TVOOL DELAINEB
BLACK RUMBAS , NEB and CANTON CLOTH.
ALEXES CLOTH. ail SHADES.
CRETOss, 1.A7 ES I• H T EL RS,
• LIGHT WEIGHT PIIPLINS,
COLORED MullA
COLORED AS PACAS.
GOODB,.te
DOLLY VARDENS,
of saorY Possible description and design
SHAWLS ! SHAWLS !
CASHMERE,
THIBET,
BROCTIE and
FANCY and
STRIPED SHAWLS
WHITE GOODS !
Pain and'Plaid Nainsooks, Victoria Lawns
Fbsnch Nainso-•ka and Organdies. Piques
and dfarsailles, Swiss Cambria, 6.c.
14IARSAILLES SPREADS,
EMBROIL ERIES,
HAMBURG EDGINGS, LACES and IN
BERTINGS.
PARASOLS AM) UMBRELLAS,
FANS, &C
Cloths and Cassimeres
Prints, Shootings, Chocks, Tickings
Cottonadev, Kentucky Jeans,
Denims. Chambray,
Flannels, &c.
ALSO. ALL KINDS OP
GRO CERTES
WOOL and other Produce taken' in e
chang. for o.ds, for which w
Pay ill highest market price.
Be epertfully,
B. B. toIIMER & CO..
Noe. 705 and 707 Hamilton Ntree
aprlYif w] ALI.BN row N, PA.
TO THE PUBLIC
REMOVAL.
OUR NEW STORE
GUM & KERN,
DALERS IN DRY GOODS
WOULD moat respectfully call the attention of the
Mende. easterners, and the public gounrally, to the fa
that they have Just removed to their newly and eleganli
gilled. up STORE BUILIYINO,OOe door west of their form
er locistlon,ood Immediately edjololog the First Nation°
Book. beiog the building formerly occupied by Schroth°
Bros where they propose to COLMIIOO 111
DRY GOODS BUSINESS
la all the varied branchee. They have the finest, be
and cheapest stock of GOODS ever offered to the publi
embracing everything that the public can .
would modally invite the attention of all to their fi.
lineament of
• LADIES' DRESS GOODS.
This department they flatter themeelves to be the ben
ever offered to the poplin of Allentoern and vicinity, to.
style. quality and eheapnees.goode of the molt approved
patterns, Ye., consistios to(
Black aril Fancy Silk.. Bleck and Fancy 'Silk Poplin.
Black and Penn Bohai. Black and Fancy Alpaca..
Black and Colored Striped Soiling.. Black Bom
bazines, Black Australian Crape, Black Pop.
Ilne, Black Velveteens. Silk Velvet. Sat
la Striped Venallle. cloth. Satin
Striped Lorne Robes. !Ilk Strip
ed Mohair, Bilk Figured Sol
taut, Brocade /emu's.
' • Silks. Brocade Pop•
line. Serge Wool
Plaids .• .
Scotch Wool Plaids. Cord and Colored . Velveteen.. Ent
ileti and French Chlntee% Plaid Poplins, Plaid
Chintzes, Plaid Nall...nogg. Brodie, Thibet. no. •
lens; Saratoga. Vigilla. Long Branch, Ni
agara and Watervliet Long and Square
BRAWLS. la OEBAT VARIETY.
VirCALL 'and SEE.jm
As they are buying strictly for cub. they natter them.
selves that they can offer weal inducements to pulls.
wielded to bey good Goods at reasonable prim.
They only ask the public to give them a call and exam•
bee their stock, and compare prices and Quality. They
defy competition.
Thankful for put favor., they will endeavor to merit e
continuance of, the patronage of their old customers,
well as of ell new Comers.
OUTII]
Jan 21. prod
y f or bole. collo, 'Led all it all.
eae,Vm s = d elalo horses. ()urea every Case.
11111001 D 11117 1TA11.2.
WA nee by moll tot Fifty Conti.
ACISSTB wasted hue. . 41 ,yDo...
OPllbithoi a VI
L V E~ ! z.uiuisEa t,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL!
HOFFMAN'S' .
STEAM SAW MILL
AND
LUMBER YARD !
KINDLING!
BILLS CUT TO ORDER
• OFFICE AT THE MILL,
FRONT AND LINDEN STS.
WHITS. AND BLACK OAK SAW LOOS wanted, for
which the highest market price will be pa i s Nair
N OTICE
OFFICE Or THU CITY Titnitenniid, I
I.I.RATOWN, Botch 29, 1372.
Notice Is hereby given that the Duplicate tor the collece
lion of Water Bents for tee ensuing y ear has been placed
to he hand, of 'he nudersigned, accordance with the
provisions of the 3.1 Foetfnn o• ittlOrditted• e regulating the
distramtlon of water in the City of Allentown, es followe:
" rite. 3. That all reran for the nee of the vaster shall be
payable in Ail n one to lot a dv a n c e nof April n• x. alter the
contra t. nod ly In from that Jet,. to the
City Treasurer, at h a le oilier or hl• pis, of Int slue Se. and
to all rente remainin unpaid on th day o cold
of April there that! be added 5 percent.e3llll. and f
to ren m t. , re onth
mewing nap 1 on the first day of Jone 101 l wing there
ph 11 be lidded to per cent., nod to ail routs remaining on
paid on the trot day ofJuly theteafte , there ellen 6e added
B) per cent., whi.ll ailment shall be collected with the
Paid rents. and all delinquent. at that date The Treasu
rer fa forthwith to give the person owning the prPntises
written note of mild delitquenclem, etuting the amount of
lent i ncluding 11m amount of per centage for non pa , moot
In full to sold este, end on tho fa lore of the delinquents
to mate the required payment within ten dap. alter axle
tnerectf. It shall he Hie outy atm, to Hier Contmittee forth•
with to ranee the ferrulesof such delinquents to be de.
Lathes from the pipe of ro.dult, and Can.). Mill to be in
stituted for the recovery of the recta n I p• r tentage so
dna. as wall as for all expenses incurred in detaching the
ferrules.' By order of the Committee.
JONATHAN BEICUAND, City m T . r ) ensurer.
may2.9wd •8
WINDOW SHADES
and Ilollande, all colors, plaln and bordered, at
SAMUEL G. KEIIR'S,
632 Ilamillon Street,
(Next door to Outh s Kero'n.l
A. 11. WITTMAN,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CIVIL ENCIIVAP-E5
T. B. LEISENRING
kthllliktiOli AGENT. FIRE, LIFE, AND LIVE STOOL
WITTMAN & LEISENRING
Real Estate Agents and Scriveners
70S HAMILTON STREET, (Up-Stalre.)
Haven es their books some very desirable propertie
which w hi c he sold at low prices and on easy term
smoog are the following
142 N, Rleveoth Street. 230 N. Ninth Street.
321 li . Fountain Street. 433 N. Seventh Street.
8.1 lismnien Stteet. 100 S. Sloth Street.
801
Vacant Lets In ell put.
101 North Tenth Street. the city.
448. Fifth Street.
GAS FIXTURES.
THACKARA, BUCK & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS,
Resoluta opened at their wholesale Ltd retell salesroom
718 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
NEW STYLES OP
GAS FIXTURES,
TO wawa THEY INVITE THE ATTENTION Of
PURCHASERS.
Their new atylea, color and finish aro uneurpasand
LOW PRICES.
They also invite the ettentlon of the public to their fine
/111101111100 t of Brouroa, Ac. (ttpr2d.3todaw
rhe Moth-Proof Chest Co.,
OF Philadelphia, Pa.
Incorporated dug.. Sill.
113 NOW MANUFACTURING AIR-TIGHT,
CIM•Ft-LINIM Coaxes and TEM.B.OrleariOU•lniiil ,
P•Pa boson for Err?, Hare CAPE. Curve.
I oars and wholeSonsodevora done lotion I hear
articles are lath secured by letters onions of the D
8, end ar e beilevoti to be anions the moat dealrahle
of att. thing new oesklng ihe pub.le favor Agents
and Dealers went‘d to totrenuce them in • very town
In the U. o. • lit whore a liberal dieconel will he given.
Address. Pi .
o. W. Co
AtICIS, See).
AI. P. v,
mar 27 Sat dew) 4.3.1 Walt nt St, Phlla•, Pe.
HAYES, COULTER & CO
Succieaors to IV. A. Arnold
=I
eaters, Ranges, Low Grates
AND
MARBLEIZED ELATE MANTELS
Nu. 1 . 306 Chestnut St.,
PHILADELPHIA.
111,1.80nd foiceialugue
JEWETT'S
PALACE EFFItIOVRATOR
The Coolest and . eyfe,
A TOR ever Caatrueied.
ALSO.
SAVE.RI"B PATENT COMBINED
Dining Room Water Coole
REFRIGERATOR.
ITEIOR. KERN.
1►n91.3m w
•
For isle at
18.1 AC S. 'WILLIAMS & CO'S
HOUSE FURNISHING STORE,
No. 728 Market fit, Philadelphia
Descriptive Cironius sent on applics.ion.
• Established 1804.
mtfrr.am aim]
lEI
hc
febiob
.ng to . . • •
bones are Morgans y funeral
the poin r t of repair.
Dyspepsia or lindige•tion. Headache, Pahl
the Shoulders. Coughs, Tlghtness of the Chest. Ditsi.
Sour Eructations of the Stomach, lied Taste in the
1, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, In•
ion of the Long., Pain in the regions of the Kid
. a hundred other painful symptoms, are the off.
of Dyspepsia. these complaints it has no
, and one bottle will prove a Letter guarantee of its
ails than a lengthy ntivertifetnent.
For Female Comp toyoung or old, mar
d or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the torn
these 'Frolic Bitters display so decided an influence
marked improvement is soon perceptible.
Inflatmontory and Chronic, Rheu—
int and Gout, Hiltons, Remittent and Intermit.
event, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and
cr, these Litters have no erppl. Such Diseases
disc(' by Vitiated Wood, winch is generally produced
by detangenient of the Digestive Organs.
They are n Gentle Purgative as well an
a Tonle, possessing
. also the peculiar merit of acting . as
powernil agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammatton
of the Liver and Visceral Organs. and in Bilious Diseases.
For Skin Diseases, Emotions 'letter, Salt
Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, ninnies, Boils, Car
buncles, Ring-warns, Scald-head, Sore Eves, Erysipelas,
Itch, Scurf., Discoloration:: of the Skin, Hwnors and Dis
eases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are lit
erally dug up mid carried not of the system in a short
time by the use of these Bitters.
The properties of DR. WALICRR'S VINEGAR
Are Aperient, Diaphoretic and Carminative,
Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irri.
tam, Sudorific, Alterative, and Anti Bilious.
Grateful TllOllllllll,lll proclaim VINEGAR
BIT-
Tent the most uonderful Inviguraitt that ever sustained
the sinking system.
J. WALKER, Prop r. R. 11. DIeDONALD do CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Ages., San Francisco, Cal.,
and corner of Washington and Charlton Sts, New York
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
marcittl•3ludtor
Ilamln
ne)4
For
mall •
tent F
Canton, COCA, and Cana
~1r;",0.1:1,",,,P,1‘::',1'ik,..;E°1- , ';".l°.`Ld'l',l ; ;l'`, l l', ; , : .°2,
mayl3-trd]
DRS. JORDAN do DAWIENON,
Gallery of Anatomy and Museum of Science
807 CHESTNUT BT., PHILA.
Havejust published a now edition of their leetures.con•
tainted most valuable Information on the canoes. donee
attendee and treatment of diseases of the reproductly.
system. with REMARKiI ON MARRIAGE and the VarIOU
Cannel Of the 5.000 OP MANHOOD, PIO full Instructions Co
Its complete reatortilloas also a chapter on YENSSRAL IN
iNCTION, and the inane or OURS, being the most cos
PREIIIISOII , O WORN on theaubject over yet pobllnhed
comprising 200 page.. flailed free to any address Cop
Twenty-five cents.
- - -
Address Drs. JORDAN & DAVIESON
CAUTION.
To families who one:the Kerseene or Combination Oils
Kerosene Oil le not safe codes, It's from 110 to 120 degree.
which yon can always find atthe well known China titor,
of
WM. REIMER
•
611 HAMILTON STREET,
ALLENTOWN, PA.
Abu% anything In the CHINA. °LABE or QUEENS
W ARE line at the •et y lowest rates. and always the yen
best
ENGLISH WARE,
warranted not to graso.
N. B.—ln regard to the Combination Oil, Which agent,
tell you Is non-ett piss's.). I have thoroughly **.ted liana
I say it Is Ex plosive and Dangerous. I can keler to Iv+
explosions le o neeek In this taw where the Combine
don Ott i 11441 la nee. w
oet2o. d WM. REIMER.
CARPETS.
, ig a a n nA L un t a:= 3, :. u n ole of the newest Styles 0
SAMUEL G. KERR'S
•
CARPET WARECIOUSIC,
632 Hamilton St.
All the new colors In Three•Pty, Ingrain, Damask and
Venetian Carpets at
SAMUEL 0. K°Rlt'S POPULAR STORE,
02 Hamilton St., Allentown,
LADIES' HAIR BRAIDS,
fml74mdh
PATENT
RIDER
I=l
AIATTINGS
SAMUEL G. KERR'S
632 Ilaunilion St.,
I=l
Proprietor. of the
CONSULTING OFFICE,
1625 Filbert Street, Philadelphia.
I , 20-1 v &ex,
1 yard tong, veryfutt
30 inch., tong, very full
Diadem Braids across the head, very
'thick, without rolls 400
Long Side Curls, Natural 200
Very Long Side Curls, :Vattern!: ... . .. 3 00
Friseltes
GUARANTEE FOR
REAL NATURAL HAIR.
LOUIS EINLZER,
mayl.3md4w) 120 CHESTNUT ST., PUMA
. OIL CLOTH.S!
Per floors. five•eliglabe to fora pads wide Also.Tettl
and Stair ClOlll, imitation of Woods, bitable+, PII6I.
Figured. ate the
ALLENTOWN CARPET STORE,
632 Hamilton Street.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH !
•
TILE PEST STOCK ,OF
FIREWORKS
cao be blood Cl George A. Frey's, No. 21 North Seventh
,trees, Alteatime.
vitt witsals. Roman candle., sky rockets, chaser.,
BOOM/O. Skink LI Je Setts, the crackers, e 121.1 every va•
rutty of lire wurke for sale .t the retreat prices, both
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
• •
at nears° A. Prey'. Fireworks Emp whim, No. 21 North
Seventh sweet. Deniers should nut my lo thew .lack
he cslllog at lb a OBLUbiltliallidd. Rod examining the
Anna Moen over broosht to tole city and the remarkably
low prlten. Lje24.i.aw
JUSTUS EVAN-,
730 HAMILTON STREET, II
Shawls, Dress Goods, Parasols
hosiery, Gloves and all kinds of
DRY GOODS & GROCERIES,
4,2-00, motto. Is good goods. low prleet. and stls•
rssttou C,o2i•••
A DAY OF PLEASURE
Anniversary of America's Inde
pender ce.
The AMERICA 11036 C ONI
rate VAIS
tho V. true to Re name. w
celeb
GLORIOUS FOURTH
by a plc , plo at.
GRIESEMER'S . WOODS,
Turner Street, above Sixteenth
DANCING
wlll commence al II o'clolk a. m. Siegfried'. Steer
Iland ha. been mined to IV , Mph the music and every
precaution will he taken td' toned the tweets a pleasant
sod streeable vim among he am:mum • io he Pro•
vid.ll will be a sack race, a base bail game, Jumpier
szatelt and foot race.
PREVIOUS TO THE PIC-NIC
mod parade of the Fire Department of Allentown W.lll
take place. In wh eh every cuitiliene will Perticitisie,ine
line to be loimed on Centre !tonere at MOW i o'clock to
the moraine. The gnleflein has engaged the Olegeid
Band for chi...cc...1e0.
'foe Cornpao• on eu t. a enneritl Invitation lofts friends
and the friend. of ear efficient Fire Dcp trimeet to be
recent prop this occasion sqd. join WWI lin ne to eel..
g the Fourth. C.l eah deod 20. w td
CAPS,CAPEd&ToRceEs
Bend rnT ILLUSTRATED CIR
CULAR end PRIOR LIST.
CUNNINGHAM d.HILL,
'MANUFAC TUBERS.
N0.•204 Churoh St.:
PhandelpAta.
junef-Imw
QABUEL A. BUTZ, ATTORNEY A
1.7 LAW. Offloo. No. WA Hamilton Wed. °Ter taws
or's store, ALLENTOWN. PA. SAW
, PA., W
ENTOW
u,totbing,
GREAT ATTRACTION
NEW FIRM! NEW GOODS!
CLOTHING ! CLOTHING
GRAND SPRING AND SUMMER OPENING.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES!
T. OSMUN & CO.,
Successors to Netzgar a Ortmun
BARGAINS
ITEM!
GREAT CLOTHING EMPORIUM
IN NEUTER'S BUILDING.
NO. 005 HAMILTON STREET,
ALLENTOWN, PA.
We would Inform the citizens of Allentown and the cur
or goods
rounding
(country that we are prepared with a large stock
FALL AND WINTER WEAR,
and offer them to the public at rennonable prices• To those
who buy their Clothing ready•tnade, they are prepared to
offer BARG Cl
thing
WHOLE SOITI3 MADE TO IoRDBRI
COATS, PANTS AND VESTS
Cut and made in the latest style, and by the boat workmen•
OUR STOCK OF
CLOTHING, CLOTHS AND CASSIMEREB
I :e t r n Vi r tra
ft has horn bolero, ecd wo Intend to roll el
At o f our low nurehaene. and a've our caetemen the hear.
Great quantities and varlet!. of
NECKTIES, CUFFS, COLLARS,
And everything In tho floe of
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS,
MEN'S. YOUTHS', BOYS' nod CHILDREN B
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
IiONsTANTLY ON HAND.
Don't forret the place, No• 0.1.5 Hamilton street, third
door above Sixth street.
T. °MIN, .7 LOOB U. SCHOLLI MAIITIN D 77177
t
mar 21
AGENTS Ni ANTED FOR LIFE AND TIMES OF
JAS. FISK, JR.
C00 , 910+ blorratdd , s of D•nw, Vendorblit. (loot&
Tweed. Ac.. with a flualthial l,lalorr iir , ho country far
tha how tit ran nea, what GRANT Rseels , about
"BLACK FRIDAY. r au
. . liver 500 pAges. Price Ad
dress
NEW YORK BOOK CO., 141Nas.au rt., N. Y.
Kansas Registered Bonds.
Safe and Profitable inveemnnt Bonin. Some or th
wenithiont CIIIIOtIP. , in it ANsA .4-4 len, enders Frank
In. Joh .on ad D 'twine C untie.. Renoir/trod by
vtnte or Kane. trreer in principal pa.d by tholitnle
Trennurer. The I.londn pay 7p r cent irPo•ent. and are
o••r 'bre , yearn old. ire corona baring boon alwar
rennin ly and prowl, Iv paid. For etailetien and info,
addrana SAIPL A. GAYLORD & CO., 93 Wet
bt., h. 1. City.
•
NO MORE RUBBLNG 1
• BUY ONE OF
STONE'S FOUNTAIN WASHERS
uotwll nricn. *1 50. STONE & FORD. GM Arch &tact
Pa. Sm d for Circular.
8 , 1 000 . REWARD
For any cane of lilted, Bleed•
Inc, Rollins: or Ulcerated
that lla 111 No's PILE Mincer
falls to cure. It In proem . ..El ex
prenall to cure the Pllee. aud nothing shoe Bold by ell
Uruglntn. Price, id 00.
WHEN THE TILHOD REMO, w th rocket-Ilke violence to
he hea Cailniot hot rlign end dinioe.o
of
Iglu. It Is cerialn eta, ilint ref vo
allot/ noun coiling
nd eira lilac 1•InlIvo In required. and EASINANT ,
EPPERVEnCENT SELTZER Area WIT should be at 0000 re.
O led to.
•
A GENTS W ANTE D.—Aunts make more
It money a. work for an than at anything also. Bnel
1.1111 light and mirmi.n.int. Particulera fro, U. tihily•
no & Co.. Fine Art Publishers, Porilaud.
U. 8. No AKenlx. Ctrculnre free.
ORGANIC LAW OF TOE SEXES.—
Condition.. which I eretirvita Illy—tedtlve nd
negArive rtieetriclty,prnor t I. evAved without
diet— , .
tobnae.. -1. , a-1, KY. 01 , V 140..
dlet—to odeeo treatment or pelvic di.ealtel, elnctute
• trlcoele. 801 l arra tof devolonteent ; tore to hl.
Orig.te auraloat clan .by ;lOU A Ito H. DIXON, Bl• D.,
4! FIB h Areunn. h. Y ; 4 ptt:ex, cr.nta
Ev. ry line from the pen ,t 1 Dr Mg n of great train
to Um whole hunt to race. "—Horace arc - hey •
f" RFAT EDIIILAt Kof lawful
If koowledg. to all. Soot fro. for two stamps. Ad•
dress DR. DOP.APAUTR & CO., Ohlo.
GRAND OPENING
CARPETING S.
Largest Carpet Room
AND
LARGEST STOOK
IN THIS
CM
CITY AND VALLEY
AT TILE
“LimiitoTit STORES',
E. S. SHIMER & CO.,
705 and 707 Hamilton St., Allentown, Pa.
5 Frame Eng. Body Brussels Carpet,
,Best Eng. Tapestry Brussels do
Three Ply Carpet,
"Smith" Tapestry Ingrain Carpet.
"Sanford's" do do do
• Extra Super do do
Super do do
'' Common do do
Damask dO
Venetian do
Bag, List and Hemp Carpet
CA A TON; COCOA and CANE MATTING,
FLOOR AND TABLE OIL CLOTH., i
DRUGGETS AND FLOOR CLOVIS,
FIABSOCB9, RIIO9 AND MATS,
WINDOW HOLLANDS AND SHADES
CURTAIN. LACES, ,to
A WORD OF ADVICE
to all In need of any Goode to thie line :
Buy Now and Buy Right Here, .
an Gond. In thl• nepartment ho gold at Pe 100 , ‘ to
I.Aetotsish the Native,." they were order.' tr oto the
Mnottfac.urrro nod lwportoie to fore the Into Ade none lo
wooi
nr largo amonni of within the last month la . lht
particular branch of our bit.luese th. very host In
thin of the aporcrlationot our extonalve and welt nolo. rd
eau& ow price.. (apri•inn
LACE CURTAINS,
WINDOW SHADES,
CORNICE DECORATIONS,
LAMBREQUINS,
LACE DRAPERIES,
PIANO COVEas,
FURNITURE COVERINGS,
TASSELS AND LOOPS,
NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS,
CRETONES,
SUMMER CURTAINS,
BROCA.TELLE,
Special Interior Decorations,
TO ORDER, AT MODERATE PRIOES
WALRAYEN'S
MASONIC HALL,
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THE PLO! AL AINST HAWLEY.
Near noon, the sth of Septembt.r, 1852, a
man laboring under great excitement was
walking hurriedly up Broadway, New York.
His features were flushed and convulsed, his
glances wild and restless, his whole mien in•
dicative of keen anguish.
Turning to' the right into Bigecker street,
be soon reached a plain three story and base
ment brick house, to which ho gave himself
admittance.
"Are you there, Ruth ?" ho called from the
hall.
A step was heard overhead, followed by the
rustling of a dress, and a young lady de
scended the front stairs. Despite several
paints or marked contrast, there was a family
likeness about the couple that proclaimed them
to be brother and sister.
"Whywhat's the matter, Luke ?" cried
the latter, starting nt sight of the disturbed
countenance that met her view. " Are you
ill V"
" I've just received bad news," replied the
brother, leading the way into the parlor—
" news which has given men terrible shock."
" Shocked ? You / What has happened ?"
" to a word, Clara Aytnar is married !"
" Married I'' echoed the sister, ri coiling.
" Clara Ay mar married I Is It possible ?"
" Yea, married I the girl I've been laying
siege to Tor years past—the only girl I ever
cared a pin for. Imagine the shock this event
gives ore. I'm nearly crazy."
" Then you really loved her ?"
". °red her I I must have worshipled her,
or else tins thing would not have so complete
ly upset me."
"Oh an to that, the loss of a thing always
gives us an exaggerated notion of its value."
said the sister pinlosopitically, as she sank
languidly Into an els) , chair, and smoothed
out a fold in her showy morning robe. " You
are simply shocked, us you say. But by to
morrow you will laugh at the whole matter."
Don't Ruth l" implored the brother,sink
ing heavily Into the nearest chair. " Clare
Aymar is more to me lb mmy life I My love
tor her is a delirium I It's no such passing
limey as you suppose, but an everlasting pas
sloe—a rage—it floot of molten lava I Aud
I've counted all along upon marrying her.
free, site has rejected me twt.e, but I thought
she'd change her mind—"
"She was in no way committed to you r
Ni,, of course not. She has never given
the any encouragement. But I am none the
less surprised. I supposed that everything
was favorable enough to my washes. 1 knew
t hat she was still young to marry—an orphan
—without money and wit tient friends—preen
noddy without suitors ; and 1 fia , tered myself
that she couldn't always remain insensible to
my attentions."
" You reasoned wisely enough, of course,
Luke ; lint reason never decides these mat
ters," declared the sister, with a sort of con
tempi mius compassion. "A whim—it chance
meeting—a smile or a wind—a mom , nt's
weakness—any trifle--these are the things by
which marriages tire brought about. But who
is the bridegroom V -
" Ah I that's a point that will touch you a
little. I thtnlt. Can't you guess who he is ?"
"I tun C i't the least idea."
" Well, then, he's Will. Hawley."
The sister sprang abruptly to her feet,clasp
Ing both hands to her heart. The changing
dtiors of her brother, hls agitation, his an•
guish, all passed to her own features.
" Will. Hawley ?" she gasped. " Oh, you
don't mean it Luke I"
"But Ido though. It's God's truth. C tare,
Aymar nod W ill. Hawley are husband and
A heavy fall succeeded. The sister bad
tainted. She lay upon the floor as one dead.
" Did she think that much of Hawley ?"
muttered he brother, astonished. " I didn't
suppose—"
He hastened to Ming a pitcher of water and
'lathe the white features, and then set himself
to chafing the clenched hands.
Capt. Luke Pedder was twenty-seven years
"of age, with an originally light complexion,
which had reddened with generous living and
bronzed with exposure to wind and sun. His
form was of the average bin and height, and
his features or the mum ordlunry-typo.
was singularly selfish and unscrupulous, but
of gentlemanly manners,heing well educated
and used to good society. His tOility Han navi•
gator was fair for a man of his age and experi
ence, but be owed Ills position its commander
of a tine Australian clipper, MON to respect
for his late father and to sympathizing favor
than to his own merits. ,
Miss Huth Pedder was two years younger
than her brother, and consequently twenty
five years (tinge, although she owned to only
twenty. She was tall, thin,
and a little in
dined in her outlines, as In her temper, to an
gu'arity. She was not • particularly bright,
but she,wris bold and unscrupulous, and pos•
sensed a fierce energy which was capable of
compensating in any emergency for lack 01
ga n us.
Toe father of the couple had been a promi
vent ship.ow Der and merchant. But in his
latter days the senior Pedder had been unfor
and hail finally been broken up com
pletely—a result hastened, It was whispered,
by the wild ways and , financlal irregularities
of his son. The old man's failure had soon
been followed by his death, and already—for
such Is fame I--he was generally forgotten.
" How 01111 It is I" ejaculated Capt. Pedder,
as he rubbed his sister's odd lauds. " :•ho
loadly in love with Will. Hawley,and /crazy
alter t tars Aymar I And uow 0, iii. and Clara
are married, and Ruth and I are left out in the
cold."
Cider the vigorous treatment he had adopt
ed, Miss Peddersonu recovered her senses.
" Ate you sure they're, mulled I" she de
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mended.
Perim tly. I learned the fact Mann hour
since t dawley's c monainfer—Captain
Greggs, you know. • Captain pr.. g .gs was at
the wedding. It took place last Friday even•
ing— the very evening af.er Hawley's return
Fri in his last voyage to Rio. It was a quiet
affair. Only a lew friends were invited. But
let me ask you a question. Did Hawley ever
propose to you?'
•" No. But I expected that he would aeon.
do ro. He has been here often enough—"
" Yes, he came several times to ask me- for
a berth in my clipper. I promised to think of
him at the,iirst opening, and I really meant
to help him, for I knew in a general way that
you liked him." •
" 1 thought he'd realize that you could he
of service to him," eXplalned Miss Pedder.
"I thought he'd remember that mother left
me this house and a. few thousand dollars to
do us I pleased with. I was conscious, too,
ihst I porsessed a fair share of personal at
tractions. And as I suppe3ed him to be en
tinily heart•free, I took it for granted that I
:mould get him. His attentions seemed marked
enoutlt—'
"Lie treated you politely, of course," inter
rupted Peddt r, "and ue couldn't have wel
done less, after asking me to befilend hint
But lie never mole soy formal declaration V
" No, he d dn't. As mate of a Rio ship, he
was away seven eighths of the time, anti I
didn't expect a regular cum tship. But I took
it for granted—"
Pedder made an Impatient gesture.
" We've deceived ourselves," lie muttered.
" We've been curried away by our feelings.
The girl's rejection of me was really intended
to be final, and Ilawley's visits here were
m rely visits of business and friendship. But
why 1 larn. should prefer Hawley to inc I can't
imagine," added Feebler drawing 'dimwit up
haughtily. " Hawley has neither name, our
money, nor position I"
"Nor can I ova why Bewley should prefer
Chum turner to me I" said Miss Pedder, as she
glanced Si her reit ction in one of the long
mirrors near her. —" She's a hired attend tut,
or some thing of that kind—the molter ."
" I'd no id, a that you thought so much of
Hawley," observed the brother, us he strove
to calm lila pa niul emodons.
Miss Pedder moaned. Her eyes filled with
tears.
" I thought all the world of him," she mur
mured.
A. long silence fell between the couple.
" Well, well, they're husband and wi:e. " at
length muttered Tedder hoarsely . " Mathis
I suppose ' is all there is to be • said."
Miss Pedder compressed her Ins until they
bled, staring at her brother with a fixedness
amounting to ferocity.
"No I not" she breathed fiercely. "The
matt.tr Meal not end here. That marriage—
that ithon Wattle marriage—
Pedder opened his eyes widely. •
"NV hy,w hat can wt. Ma" he queried. "You
wouldn't have me murder Ilawley,l suppose?
That a ouldn't make Mtn your husband. A
on the other hued, it wouldn't do me any good
it you were to kill Clara Amer."
"But there is a way, Luke. of undoing that
marriage."
Po Ider start( d toward his sister, sail Glee.
trilled.
"Do you mean it?" lie demanded.
"I mean it, and I swear It I I'll never con.
sent to that girl's haying Hawley. I'll dig a
gull between them as broad as the ocean I
1.11 undo that marriage, or dial"
"Softly I Where Is Kate ?"
He referred to their single servant.
"She's out for the day," answered Miss
Pedder, arising and planting herself in a chair.
" There was little to do, you know, as I did
not expect you home unto dinner."
"Peen no one will hear us."
He drew a chair nearer to that of his sister
and eat down beside her.
"What's your ideal" he asked in a whisper.
"Mv Idea is to separate them ; to Urn their
love to hate ; to dig ti pit beneath their feet
that will remain open forever I"
"Bat how ?"
"Will. Hawley is poor, Isn't he ?"
"Certainly ; there is no mistake about that.
His mother was a '-elpless invalid for the last
ten years of her life,and Will. Insisted on her
using for her comfort every penny be earned.
It [lasts% been six months since ho was reliev
ed of that burden. He's poor, therefore, as
you sly—poor as Job's turkey I"
"Then he'll have to leave h's darling
Clara," sneered Miss Pedder venomously.
"He'll have to absent himself from his decry
in order to earn their mutual bread and but
ter. In short, he'll have to go to sea again?"
" Well, yes ; I suppose he will," assented
Pedder. "He can get better wages at sea
than elsewhere. He'll sail again soon, no
doub
....ought as much. And the sea is full of
terrible dangers I When do you sail again for
Australia ?'
"In about two weeks—possibly in ten days,
as the ship's fillin4 up rapidly."
" Hoe ley is thoroughly competent to be
your first m ite ?"
doer looked wonderingly at his sister a
mom-nt, and then answered :
"Of course. I know of no better man for
the post."
" tic must be your
. first mate, then. You
have influence enough wills your owners, I
hope, to tarn out the preoent incumbent ?"
" Why, the post is already vacant. Mr. Jar
ding—you have Been hint— Mr. Jarding line
just been called home. suddenly to Ohio, on
account of his hither's illness—'
" Good I 'that's fortunate. Ynu must re
commend Hawley for the vacant place to your
owners, and get them to engage him. The
thing can be done."
" Without the least doubt. It was under
stood, you know, as I just now remarked, that
was to help Hawley at the first opportunity.
‘Ve'll accordingly suppose that lie sails with
me as first mate the next voyage. What
then ?"
"You must leave hum—not dead, but a prise•
ner—on some desert island between here and
Australia."
Pithier looked his astonishment.
•' If it can he done," he said, aftet a pause,
" what next I"
"You must come back and report that he is
dead, furnishing full details and good proofs.
Those details and proofs will not be difficult to
manufacture. Then you mustehe all kindness
and sympathy to the young widow, ns she will
sup ,use herself to be, and In less than a year
thereafter she will be your wife."
"oh, it this thing were possible I" sighed
Pedder, beginning to look relieved.
"Possible? It's as simple as kissing. And
the moment you are married to Clara, I will
take a trip to Australia for my health, and
naturally enough, stumble upon the very island
where you have left Hawley ; effect his rescue;
tell hint his wife is dead ; condole and sym
pathize with him like an angel ; and conclude
the whole comedy by becoming his wile and
settling in Australia. You'll thus have your
Clara on this sloe of the ocean, and I shall be
nappy with Hawley on the other."
Site was smiling now, with every sigri of
an icipated triu n ph.
As to Pedder, he twisted nervously in his
chair, scarcely venturing to breathe.
"There's just one difficulty," he muttered
—"that of getting Hawley on the desert Island
without his suspecting anything,"
"It can be done," and the lips of Miss Ped•
der came together like the jaws of a vice.
"There's no difficulty about finding a suitable
island." .
"Not the least. I saw the Island in my
mind's eye the moment you uttered the word,
and a glorious one it Is for our purpose."
"It will be easy for you to get Hawley upon
it," suggested Miss Pedder thoughtfully. "if
It a near your MUM, you Lou coil
water. If It's out of your way, you can be
blown there by adverse winds, or be drifted
Cure by unknown.cirrenis, or tetch up there
by a in.stake in your reckoning or a fault In
your chro. ometer. And once there, you can
have Ilawley si, zad by some trusty agent,
while he is ashore upon business, or you•can
send elm ashore under some pretence, such as
looking for a deserter fruits tne ship or for a
shipwrecked sailor, and then sail away with
out •'-^—"
"-ay no more," interrupted Pedder, with
wild exultation. "I see how to manage the
affair from Its beginning to its end."
"And you now see that we can undo that
hateful marriage?"
"Perfectly—perfectly. The affair will re
quire a little time and patience, of course, and
a little expenditure"of money, but we are sure
to triumph. Capital I glorious I What aloud
you have taken from my soul, Ruth I What
a genius you are l".
Ile leaped to his feet and began pacing to
and fro rapidly, with the most extravagant
signs and exclamations of joy.
"First to get Hawley on his island," re
slimed Miss Pedder musingly. "Next for you
to marry the pretended widow. Then for me
to rescue the prisoner and marry him. And
finally for yeti and me to be happy, you In
your wiry and I in mine—you with Clara in
New York, and I with Will. in Australia.
You comprehend the whole project clearly ?"
"From the first step to the last. There's
only just one possibility of failure—"
"And that one I"
"A refusal on Hawley's part to accept the
post offered him—a refusal based upon his
marriage."
Miss Pedder turned pale at the thought.
"But he won't refuse," she soon declared,
recovering her equanimity. "ile has lone
been wanting just such a place. Married or
single, he can't neglect his bread and butter."
"Well said, Ruth. I think we can count
upon aim. Tue post he came here to ask me
for is now vacant, and I will accordingly have
it offered to him, just as if nothing had hap
pened."
"Exactly. You needn't speak of his mar
riage, or seem to know anything about it.
You can simply offer him the post in question,
in accordance with the old understanding.
And he will accept it. He can't possibly have
any suspicion of anything wrong. Outwardly
and apparently we are all on good terms with
one another, and will remain so. Let tire
wages offered hlin be liberal. Possibly he
may object to leasing his young bride so soon,
but the next voyage after this one—"
Pedder interrupted the remark by, a gesture
of .inpatience. Ile was all eagerness now—
all determination.
"That next voyage after this one will not
panswer," he declared. "Hawley shall accom
pany me on my very next trip. To make all
atue on title point, I will have him engaged
tale yr ry day. In fact, I will See to this now "
•lle sham' his bat and gloves, ad Ir.-sited a
few words to his sister, and quietly took his
departure down town. The lest glances the
couple exchanged at the door were full of ju
Wino. wickedness.
The next three or four hours passed slowly
to Miss Pedder. She was beginning to fear
that the whole project had miscarried at its
very commencemeint, and was fretting herself
into a fever, when Pedder suddenly madehis
appearance. One glance at his vivid flushes,
at his dancing eyes, at his airy manner, was
sufficient.
" e triumph then 1" she cried, throwing
herself into his arms for the first time In years.
" Completeiy I I saw my owners on the
subject and they sent for Hawley. He atfirst
offered ,
some objections, as v$ as natural, but
the high wages, the great step upward, the
kindly interest we all manifested, soon brought
him to a graietui acceptance I"
"Splendid I" murmured Miss Padden with
a rippling laugh. " I knew the thing was fea
sible. And sir in two weeks more our fond
bridegroom will be plowing the sea again—"
" In two weeks more, Ruth? We shall
be
off in six or eight days. The cargo is fairly
tumbling aboard the Plying Childers, to so
nothing Ws fair ha of passengers. The
honeymoon of our living doves will be abridg
ed to six short days more, you may bo cur.
Win."
CHAPTER 11.
• (MEAT BIEP TAFEN.
In the midst of the Antartic ocean, a little
off the route from New York to Australia.
there lies a large Island named Kerguelen'e
Land, or—as Capt. Cook called it—thu Island
of Desolation.
It was discovered just a hundred years ago,
(in 17720 by the French naval officer whose
name it bears. ' It was uninhabited then, and
is to day as deserted as ever.
The smallest school boy among our readers
.can find it upon his map of the world, about
midway between the south end of
,Africa and
Australia, well up toward the Elouth Pole.
It is a hundred miles in length by fifty in
breadth, and is consequently three or four
times as largo as Rhode Island.
Its coasts are so wild and dangerous that Its
discoverer, during tho two expeditions that
he made to it, did not once bring his ships to
anchor in any of Its bays and harbors.
Its shape is very irregular, but something
like that of an hour-glass, it being nearly cut
in two by a• couple of large bays; but these
two divisions aro unequal in size, the northern
peninsula being much larger than the south
ern.
Its coast line is wildly broken and jagged,
Its Innumerable gulfs being long and narrow,
and its promontories are correspondingly sharp
and slender, reaching out into the ocean like
fingers.
The body of the Island indeed resembles
that of snme•huge monster of the antediluvian
world, even as hs capes and headlands re
semble such a monster's unsightly Ilmb3 and
claws.
A more terrific solitude than this Isla of
Desolation does not exist upon our wrecked
plan , t.
Neither the snows of Himalaya nor the sands
of Sahara can outv le its terrors.
No inha .Itant is there, not even a savage=
no house, no tree, no shrub, no lenge nor road,
nor field nor garden, no horse, no dog—not
even a snake or a wolf.
Lone, blasted and barren, it looks like the
skeleton of a land that hag perished.
It may irdeo I be that Desolation Is the relic
—the surviving fragment—of a continent that
went down here countless ages ago.xvith hosts
of Inhabitants, in some vast convulsion of na
ture.
It has certainly undergone dreadful vleita.
ions ; been rent by earthquakes, pulverized by
mete, lashed and wasted by fierce tempetee.
Its mountains are only of moderate height,
but are capped eternally with snow.
Its vegetation Is limited to a few dwarfish
plants, Including same mosses, a species of
lichen, a coarse grass, a plant resembling a
small cabbage, and a sort of cress.
Its winds are raw and piercing, its summers.
cold and frosty, its winters those of the Polar
Circles.
The interior of the island Is occupied by im
mense b sggy swamps, where the grounds nks
at every step.
The rains in Desolation are almost inces
sant, In their season, and the Island is accord
ingly veined with numerous torrents of fresh
water, some of which have worn out of the
solid rock tremendous cavities and gullies.
The only other season than that of the rains
Is one of almost constant snow.
The fogs of that ghastly region are well
worthy of the rains, being of a cloudlike den
sity, and hovering almost continually over the
wnole lace of the island.
The sun of Desolation 18 =tally hidden by
a cenopy of lead•colored clouds, and appears,
on the rare occasions when it Is visible,searcely
hrighter than the moon In other latitudes. As
to the moon itnelf, and the stars, the clouds
and logs rarely permit them to betray their
existence.
No fish worthy of note, not even fishes of
prey, abound in the adjacent waters, by ran
son, perhaps, of their containing poisonous
minerals, or deadly exhalations from the vol
canic fires beneath them.
Yet the dark grim sea inclosing Desolation
has done something to repair the sterility of
the island.
Penguins, ducks, gulls,
cormorants and
other marine birds are plentiful in some of its
harbors.
seals also abound.
Strange and terrible land 1
Not a single human being, so far as isknown,
has ever lived there, save as is now to be re.
corded in these pages.
Near the middle of a dull, dismal afternoon,
some eleven weeks later than the date of the
preceding events, the gond ship Flying Chil
ders drew near to the Island of Desolation,
shaping her course toward its northernmost
hay, called by Captain Cook Christmas Har
bor.
A fair breeze was blowing from the ninth.
and the ship was carrying every stitch of her
canvas, including studding-sails.
Her crew—both watches—were busy about
the deck, and her passengers—a score in num
ber—had gathered in groups, mostly forward
and were gazing•witti great interest upon the
wild, rugged shores before them, so far as the
(no anartentied nano moan shores Permitted
them to become visible.
The ship had come here for water, nearly all
her watercasks having been stove or started
during a squall ten days previously, and every
soul aboard of her 'having been since that
date upon short allowance.
Upon the quarter deack stood Capt. Luke
Pedder, looking unusually happy, with Will.
Hawley beside him.
i` I mean to get our water aboard, before
dark, Captain Pedder, and Bo avoid losing a
night here, said the young executive, totally
unconscious of the plot to leave him lone on
the desolate Island, and of the extraordinary
adventures which were before him. The
strange events that happened ther t and Indeed
the whole of title thrilling story will be found
only in the New York Ledger, which is now
ready and for sale at all the book-stores and
news depots. Ask for the number dated
July 13, and In it you will get the continua
tlnn of the story from the place where it leaves
off here.
Speech of Vice-President Colfax
Hy Neighbors and Priest!.
I scarcely know how to speak to yon, with
the full anti overflowing heart which I have
to-night, to thank you for this renewed evi
dence of the regard in which you have held
Inc for so many years, and to tender to you
my gratitude for a life time of unwavering
confi fence and affectionate esteem.
When I started from Washington for this
beautiful city, that I love to think of as my
home; I was telegraphed that the good people
hero desired to welcome me on my arrival at
tile depot in your city, with a reception. I
answered, that under present circumstances,
I very much preferred' to come to my home
quietly, and to retire to that private life which
stretches before me now ; but, I found on my
arrival, that in Spite of that protest, 'they de
termined to convince me that here I had, not
only a home in your midst, but far better, a
home in your hearts. [Applause.]
I know how easy it is to greet the rising sun,
but it requires more disinterested attachment,
to pay the same respect and the same regards
to the setting sun, politically. I have no
doubt but that all of you have read the pro
ceedings of the convention lu an eastern State
a few days ago, and that you are aware that
another than myself was selected to be the
Republican candidate for Vice-President of
the United States. With the action of that
conventionl have no fault to find. I know
,very well that ups and downs aro the fate of
all those in political life—" A breath unmakes
hem, as a breath has made." After a good
many "ups" in my life, it was the fitting that
I, too, should have my "down ;" but lessors
you that I feel more for those who so nobly
supported me, and for my friends here, than
do for myself.
Many of you know right well that with
this term I desird that my public life should
close, with every ambitious hope fully grad.
fled ; and looked forward to years.of rest and
quiet, in the beautiful valley of tne St. Joseph;
until last fall, I fully intended that that de
•ermination should be final, so far as I was
myself concerned. When, however, it was
represented to me by very many prominent
and influential Republicans at Washington
that it was selfish and wrong on my part to
determine when my public life should end—
that after the honors I bad received, It woe
not fitting that I should desire to retire from
public affairs and public duties in the present
condition of political affairs ; and when it was
pressed upon me that to do so would be an ev
idence of ingratitude, and proof that I was
lacking In duty, I felt that I could not oppose
their wishes, and though I would not elec.
tioneer for myself, nor against any other can
didate, yet if my party domed It best for me
to be a candidate for re-election I conceded
that I bad not the right to say no.;
This was what duty to my political prin.
doles, to my faith, and to the millions of Re.
public
ens who had supported me in 1808, re
quired. When the National Convention as
sembled they had it, therefore, in their own
hands to d. code what they ahould do with me.
No one now, at least can reproach meter lack
of duty to that political orgaulzation with
whose canvasses and whose triumphs I kayo
(or so many years been associated.
I can tell you exactly why I was not re.nom.
hinted at Philadelphia. It was simply for the
reason that a maprity ot that convention
thought the ticket would be stronger by the
nomination of a distinguished son of Now
England in my place. I told many of the do
legates afterward that "I knew how It was
myself now," anti that I could now fully ap
preciate the saying,*but that I should bear
the defeat philosophically, and give my cor
dial support to the ticket nominated there.
[Loud cheers.]
I have too often stood before yon in our
Court House square, and told you that wma
were nothing, and that prinelpieswere every=
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thing, to myself show that I filled to carry on
that doctrine when a national convention ap
plied the test to mysel'. With me the cause
towers above everything else; with me men are
dwarfed into nothing when princlplei are con
cerned. lam to-day a true, sincere and de
voted Republican—as much as when you have
so often chosen me the standard bearer of your
cause. [Applause.] I said title to the Na
tional Convention at Philadelphia—l repeated
it to the delegates of my own State—and
therefore, without a shadow of regret—with
out a word of complaint, I can go back to that
private life from which the people of this Co
ngressional district took me Bo many years ago,
and show that my devetion to principle was
not at all affected by considerations of public
offices and public dignity.
And now, my friends, one word in regard
to my past public life : I have been thinking
of It this evening, in the quiet of my library,
while I heard the music—the beautiful music
—of your band, preparing to lead you to this
cordial reception ; and I can now say to you
that, looking back upon this public life of
mine, from its commencement to its close,
though you might have selected abler men to
represent your interests, I can conscientiously
say that in the twenty-two years that I have
spent in this service, if I were to die and be
gathered to my fath ers ' tonight, there is not
a single line of my record that dying I would
wish to blot out—not one I not ono 1 [Loud 1
cheers.] It has always been, and is to-day, a
source of pride to me that, when I have re
turned from the discharge of try public duties
and again come in your midst, I could do so
without the reproach of having broken one
solitary pledge that I had made to the people
when I asked them for their suffrages.
Twenty-seven years ego I commenced the
publication of the Register--a nowspmer in
titre city with which my name was for a long
time associated. Twenty-two years ago the
people elected me a delegate to the Constitu
'tonal Convention that framed the State Con
-runt under which we now live. It was
e there was any antislavery agitation in
~is country ; when it was proposed In that
Constitution, an article providing that no col
ored person should over step on the soil of
this free State of Indiana, I for one, though
then young in years, rose in my place and
eranded it with thecoudemoation it deserved.
[Cheers.] I said then, that such a provision
la the Constitution of a free State was a die
honor to it ; that such a provision in the Con
stitution of a civilized State was a disgrace to
it ; and in behalf of the people of this county
[ denounced it, and continued to denounce it,
and, although it received 8,000 majority in
this district, and 00.000 majority In this State,
yet I felt asaured that In the advancing march
of civilization in this country and in this State,
there would come a time when no man in the
broad confines of Indiana would not blush to
acknowledge any such constitutional provi
sion. I denounced the proposition then, and
rejoice that it has since been trampled upon
by the Judicial tribunals of our State, ae a
scandal and a disgrace.
There has been one principle that has ever
animated me and strengthened me, aa I have
traveled over and over. again through this
bread country, and spoken twelve hundred •
times in half the States of the Union. Ono
principle has ever been paramount in every
pledge I made to you, and that has been to
elevate the down-trodden, to uplift the op
pressed, to enfranchise the enslaved, and to
make our country and institutions Ireaterand
grander by recognizing the equality of the
humblest of all persona within its confines.
[Cheers ]
Faithful to that principle ; I have so often
hero, in the midst 'of arduous and exciting
contests, felt the magnetism of your support
ing aid ever standing by me, ever protecting
rne, ever guarding my name against any at
tack, any suspicion, and making me feel that
I bad a position in thousand of hearts In this
region of which any man could feel proud.
And, my friends, it is a happy thought that
for all the years I have been before you, you -
have honored me by steadily Increasing ma
jorities, here where you have for over thirty
years known my daily life, my principles, and
all my shortcomings.
Let me now join you in congratulation of
the final triumph of the principles I have so
often vindicated and maintained before you.
I believe that to-day • there stands no party
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the
lakes of the north to the gull of the sunny
south, from one end to the other end of the
continent ; there Is U 0 voice lifted against tho
principles which I have always enunciated
and have always defended.
It seems to me that perhaps there could be
no more fitting time when I should be trans
ferred from the active to the retired list, when,
relieved of all .responsibility, I could share
with you in the joys and blessings which re
publican institutions have.conferred upon this
country, and which seems now so secure.
And now, my friend,,l tcarcely know what
else to say, except tha t thank you for this
manifestatim of your regard for me. I have
spoken to you in this general way, and I can
add, for the many persons politically opposed
to me who honor thin meeting by their atten
dance, that however we may have dif
fered in contests in the past I have always
realized a feeling of kindness, of good-will, of
brotherhood, among those most strongly op
posed to me in the town and county in which
I have lived.
I rejoice in this, for .I believe that there has
been nu election in our county, escort% the
one in which a distinguished citizen of our
town, whom I always honored an I respected,
the late Norman Eddy, was a candidate—with
that exception—ge tieman, scholar, states
man, and popular with all as he was—l be
lieve there has been no election when scores
of Democrats have not honored me with their
support in this county. It was an evidence
of kindly regard ; it was an evidence of unity
of interest in our beautiful and prosperous
ci , y, of which I am so proud, and to them, to
you ir.d all I tender my lacers thankt.
When the decision was made at Philadel
phia, I sent Instantly my adhesion to the na
tional ticket presented by the convention to
the people of the United States,. and I hope
when the ides of October come I may be able
to rejoice with you over the elbetion of that
worthy soldier and citizen Gov. Browne, with
Lieut. Gov. Saxton and all the Republican
ticket down to Tom Tutt, the real'estate ap
praiser, w hom I see before me,and I only regret
have not more real estate for him' to ap
praise.
I have no regrets—no complaints--no :in
fecting toward anybody ; for I belleVe that
notional conventions have a right to choose
whom they please as their standard.bearers,
and at the close of this Vice-Presidential term
I can rejoice that no division in the party can
be Marled to me.
When I was first chosen to that position I
determined that there never should be any
strife or between the two highest offi
cers of the government, such as had too often
been the case In our government—that I
would not interfere in the patronage of the
President—teat if mlatekes, inseparable from
public lite, were made, my name should never
tio used to reproach or condemn him.
All of you can bear witness, no matter what
papers you have read—whether Republican
or Democratic—my name has never been used
as one who was, in any way, enconraglOg
opposition to the President of the United
States. Wherever 1 thought It expedient to
counsel with him or with our leading officials
at Washington, I did it in a private way. And
when, last spring, there came the appeal from
the State of Indiana—an appeal that seemed
hard to resist—when you unanimously, In
your Republican Convention, urged me to al
low my name to he used as a candidate for the
presidential office, I saw that it could not' be
thus use t, without engendering moro strife,
discord and ill will than would result from
any other division in the Republican party.
I herefore I turned my back upon it, as I had
previously done upon other appeals of a like
character, so that there should never be any
etrife or division or dissension between Gen.
Grant and myself, and that in no way could
my name be used in antagonism to him..
have always believed in strengthening our
political organisation by.unity, harmony, and
mediation, and hence there was no tempta
tion of office, no matter how exalted it Might
be, that could induce toe to consent to 'allow
my name to be used to array different sec
tions of the party against each other. ..
Now, my friends, thanking you for this re.
Dewed evidence that I have yet a place in
your hearts, and without ill-feeling .toWard
any one, I err say, truthfu lyl, that after eigh
teen years, lh which I have not knoWn what
it was to enjoy a Northern Indiana winter,,l
feel gratified and tejoiced to come back to you,
and to be received with open hands and' with
warm hearts, as often, for so many years in
the past, realizing that friends of my boyhood
days had educated their children and grand.
children into the same regard for me which,
for over thirty years, they have themselves
entertained.
I thank you with all my heart, and ail my
soul, for this beautiful and kindly testimony
which you have given me to-night—for the
welcome which you have extended to me—
sh owing, as It dues, that I shall. always be
welcome to you and yours in the YeNll 19
Come es in IA days gone by, ;
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