Jlll ltJlllASUil, liUllUTt , . , OLUME 8. riLlUtf K-ITTELL, Attorney at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Li 1SG7- JTENLON, Attorney at Law, Ebensbirrtr. Pa. jQ" Oflce opposite the Bank. jan24 roKCJE M. READE, Attorney at It Law, Ebensburg, Pa. UuiCO iu vuiuuuaug nun. (j pTTtIERNEY, Attorney at Law, r rtienahnrfr. Cambria countv. Pa. toT Office in Colonnade Row. jan24 foUNSTON k SCANLAN, Attorneys i at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. 7joh.isto.v. fjan24 J. B. sCAStAX. AMES C- EASLY", Attorney at Law, .-V Architectural Drawings and Spacifi- jlSTuauc. ; - - I J TiTSHOEMAKER, Attorney at i Taw. Ehensbnrsr. Pa. Office one door eaet of Lloyd 4 Co.'b king uouse. LJu.u- iMUEL SINGLETON, Attorney at f Law, Ebensburg, Pa. OSlce on High. itt, w est of Foater's Hotel. ( II practice in tbe Courts of Cambria and ruinrr counties. tS- Attends also to tbe collection of claims . ... A r: a 4 Mara against tne uovernmem. ljuua EOHGE W. O ATM AN, Attorney at T Law and Claim. Agent, Ebensburg, iru county, Pa. tj- Pensions, Back Pay and Eounty, and i.Uuvry Claims collected. Real Estate v iW. look Accounts, Notes, Due Bills, ' ..U, ic., collected. Deeds, Mortga-;Ai'-nts Letters of Attorney, Bonds, .i . a n A oil lArral hucinaaa -i'-L.'.v irteuded to. Pensions increase!, jfiJed Bounty collected. fjan24 ) 1'EVEliEAUX, M. D., Physician it and Surgeoo, Summit, Pa. v02!ce cast of Mansion House. onRail- .Tetrect. Night calls promptly attended it L'u office. lniay pnsTliY. .Inotp of the Ial- i u.iyiau ' e College of Dental Surgry, respectfully Lis prol'easional services to the citizens -Lensburg. He has gpared no means to u'rhly acquaint Limeelf with every im rmeut iu his art. To many years of per il experience, he baa sought to add the ;r.ed experience ct the bight-gt authorities Itatal Science. He simply afcks that an jrmuity may be gircn (or his work to A.Ua owu praise. H AMU EL BELFOHD. D. D. S. Ittiws : Prof. C. A. Harris : T. E. 2ond, : W. R. llnndv : A. A. Blaady, P. H. Aus- l.oftue Baltimore Ccllegc. ;sfWill beat Ebensburg on tbe fourth :-ay of eacn laoutn, to iiay one wjtK. iauary 24, 1807. LOYD & CO., UajJLcra I EbessBteq, Pa. CGolJ, Silver, Government Loans and r Securities bought and sold. Interest wed ou Time Deposits. Collection made a'.l Hccesilrle poiuts in the United irtatt-e, . a General Bunking Dusiaess transacted. ..u.uarv 24, 1 8t7- T M. LLOYD & Co., Bankers Altoosi, Pa. . Jttfis oc the principal cities, and Silver J Oo'.i for sale. Collections made. Mon Y rfceiTti on deposit, payable on demand, I -hoii ic.vrest, or upon time, with interest itojo. Fret't. JOU5 Lloyd. CatJJtr. OF ALTOOKA. GO VERNMENT A OEKCY JkKD -"GXATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI TED STATES. Corner Virginia and Annie ete.. North 1' 1 1. T ' , aiiuuus, i n. op.ized Capital $300,000 OG i Capital Paid in 150,000 00 'nsineas pertaining to Banking done on "Me terms. "nal Revenue Stamps ef all denomina- f L''ay3 on hand. ted ! ea ire . irLiiicr oi o'.nropF, percenxipe, in ?, will be allowed, as follows : $60 to t per cent. ; $10C to $200, S per cent. 1 nj upwards, 4 per cent. jan24 Ss J. LLOYD, Lust Sueeesior of ?. S. Burnt, Ti 1 in sit Ernros and medicines, paints, I I -j O i KJ r O 9 K iilH U I'lii" P &r,i Vote Pa'pers, "S Pencils, Superior Ink, And other articles kept . , ly Druggists generally. f rcteriplion carefully compounded. -i on .Main Street, opposite the Moan n : i r ' V, 1 T. r-. n Ebensburg, Pa. jan24 fcUAUUETTS DYSEUT, House, ril'- Styn, and Ornamental Painting. Grain- Jazing and Paper Hanging. ort done on short notice, and satis- H1 ja guaranteed. Shon in basement of 1 Hall, Ebensburg, Pa. my9-Cm MUEL SINGLETON, Notary Pub- lie, Ebensbnrtr Po ice on High Etreet, welt of Foster's Ho- fjan2i L! COAL! COAL ! Hie Subscriber is now carrvinrr rn flin r.v of Wm. Tiley, Sr., at Lily Station, iiiisj nania it&uroad, Uambriacoun--i will be glad to fill all orders, to any ot citizens of Ebensburg and vicin oatisfaction as to quality of Coal guar- ia all cases. "VM. TILEY Ar Ac 13 1 ilotk p, O., Jan. ! 1, 18G7. wa 1 rvnx. you auBscmiiED ron f ' TUB ALLEGIIANIAN?'1 j -,vA ASCV ARTICLES, PURE ' p,-.xso BRANDIES FOR MEDI - 1 fcES.PATEXT MEDICJNP:S. Ac. HARRYING A CONVICT. I had served twenty-five years on board an East Indiaman, and for the last ten years had commanded the Belle, one of the finest crafts that ever floated. I was an old sea-dog, who had dwelt bo long on salt water that I bad almost a hatred of dry land. ' On the 30th ot October, 1823, I re ceived orders to put myself in readiness to sail for Cayenne. I was to transport sevent-five soldiers and a convict. I had orders to treat this individual well, and the letter I received from the Directory enclosed another, with a huge, red seal, which I was not to open until between 27 and 28 degrees weBt longitude : that is, just before we were about to cross the line. . The letter was a long pactet, so wen closed upon every vide that it was impos sible to catch the slightest glimpse of its contents. I am not naturally supersti tious, but there was somethiug in the look of the letter that I did not altogether like, though I could givo no reason why. However, I carried it into the cabin, and stuck it under the glass of a little, shabby English clock, which waa fastened above my head. I was busy fixing tbe Utter under the clock, when who should come into my cabin but the convict and his wife I This was tbe first time I had ever seen either of them, and I may say that a more pr possssiu5 eouple I never iot. Thfl wo man was scarcely more than fifteen, and as handsome as a picture: while the. hus band waa an intelligent, iuanifioently formed man, on whose features nSfuro had naver written "villain I" His crime, to be plain, was the misfor tune of being a hundred years ahead of his ago. He and othars had attempted something which our government called treason, and which it punished witfc death. It therefore occasioned mo considerable wonder that he should be placed under my charge. But more of this afterwards. He had, as I taid, his wUs hanging upon hk arm. She was as merry as a bird ; she locked, indeed, like a turtle dove, cooing and nestling beneath Lis great wing. Before a month bad pas&ed over our heads, I looked upon them as my own children, E-very looming I used to call them into my cabin. Tho yung fellow would eit writing at my table, that is to eay, at uiy chest, which was my bed. lie would olteu help mo at rcckonin,", and eoon leamoJ to do better that I could. I was amazed at hU ability. His young wife would fit ufoa one of the round etools in my cabin working at her yeedle. One day we were all three sitting in this way, when I said: "Do you know, toy yourfg ones, au it teems to me, we make a very pretty fam ily j.ieture '( Midd, I dc-n't mean to ask questions, but may be you haye not much money to spare, and you are, both of you, as I think, too handsome to dig hi the burning sun of Cayenne, like many a poor wretch of a eonvict before you. It's a bad couutry, take my word for it. I, who have rough! through tempest, wind and sunshine, tm I have tUe skin of w rhinoc eros, might get alojjg there ; but you I'm afraid of you. So, if you should chance to have a bit of foolish friendship for your old captain, why, 111 tell you what I'll do. l'H get rid of this old bri?; she's not much better thau an ohi tub; after all ; so III settle myself down there Uh you, if jou like. Yoa see I have rwt a living saui in fcfce world to care for, or that cares for me. I want relations, I want a home, I want a fainily I should like to make my home with you, my pret ty ones. What say ye V They said nothing at ill, but kept look ing at each other, and then at me, as if they doubted whether they undttood what I said. At last fche little bird threw her arms around my neck and cried like a baby. - "But," said she, suddonly ptusing, "yoa have not looked at the letter with that big red seal." I felt a queer creeping come over my flesh as she aid this. ' . "Hang it!" I exclaimed, "it has slipped my head entirely." With a cold, dreaded sensation, I went to my ehest to see where we were. I found tbt we had several days remaining before wo should reaoh the proper longi tude for opening the letter. Well, there we stood, all three of us, looking up at the letter as if it could have spoken to us. As it happened, the sun was shiniDg upon the glass of the clock case, and fell upon ths great, staring red seal of the letter. I could not help fan cying it looked like a great big monster, an ogre's face, grinning from the middle of the fire. "Could not one fancy," said I, to mako them laugh, "its great hig eyes staring out of its head. "Ah, my love," said tha wife, 'H looks lika blood !" "1'ooh, pooh," 6aid her husband, taking her arm under his, "it looks liko a letter or invitation to a wedding. Come, leavo the letter alone if it troubles you so. Let's go to our room and prepare for bed." . And o2 they went. They wero upon deck and left me with this beast of a letter. I remember that I kept! looking at it a3 I smoked my pipe ; it teemed to in its great rca eye upon mine, xasciaa- I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT, Hbsby Clat. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1867, ting like the eye of a serpent. . It was red, wide, raw, staring like tha maw of a fisree wolf. I took my great coat and hung it over both clock and latter, and went upon deck to finish my pipe. We were now in the latitude ol tho Cape de Yerde Islands the Belle was running before a fair wind at the rata of tau knots an hour. It waj'a splendid tropical night, the stars larga and shining, the moon rising above : the horison, as large as a sun of silver, the line cf ocean parting it, and a long stream of pale, shimmering light, falling upon the waves, which, as they broke, sparkled like jew els. I sat upon the deck, smoking my pipe and watching them. All was quiet and stillfixcopt tho foot, fall of the watch, pacing the deck gating us I did upon the shadow of the vessel, stealing over the silent waters. I love silence and order I hate noise and confusion. The lights should all have been extinguished by this time; but when I looked upon tho deok, I thought I haw a little, redhue of light just beneath my feet. At another time and place this would have made me angry ; but knowing the light came from the cabin of my little deportes,! determined to see what they were about. I had only to look down I could see into the cabin through the eky-light. The young girl waa upon. her knees; she was saying her prayers. A lamp swinging . from the ceiling lighted her room. She had on a long white night dress, and her fair, golden, shining hair floated over her shoulders, and almost touched two little bare feet, which were peeping from under her white dress, so pretty. I was turning away, but, pshaw I said 1, 1 am an old soldier I What mat ters it So I stayed. The husband was sitting upon a little trunk, his head resting between his hands, looking at her as she prayed. She raised her face to heaven, and then I saw her large, blue eyes were filled with tears. She looked like a Magdalene. As she arose, he said : "Ah, my sweet Laurelte, as we approach America, I cannot help being anxious I do not know why but I feci that this voyege has been the happiest part of our lives' . So it seems to me," she replied, 'I only wish it could last forever." Suddenly claspim his hand in a trans port of love and affection, he said : "And yet, my little angel, I eee you always cry when you say your prayers, and that 1 cannot stand, tor I know what causes it, and then I fear you must repent what you have done." - "liepcot," she replied, in a sad, rebu king tone. "Kepent of having come with ycoj. Do you think, because I have been yours only such a very, very short time, that I Bbould not love you? Waa I not your wife 'i How can you be 6orry that I should be with you, to Live with you, if yoa are to live, and to die with yoa, if you are to die V1 The young man began to sigh, striking the floor impatiently with his feet, while he kissed repeatedly the little hand and arm which she was holding out. Oh, Laurotte, Laurette I When I think if our marriage had only been de layed five days, that then I should have been arrested and transported alone, I cannot forgive myself." At this, the pretty little one stretched out her pretty white areas, clasped his head, pressed his forehead, his hair, his eyes, smiling like a cherub, and murmur ing all sorts of woman's little fond things. I was quite affected, and considered it one of the prettiest scenes 1 had ever witnessed. "And besides, we are so very rieh look V said she, bursting out laughing. "Look at my parse, one gold iouis d'or all my worldly wealth." He began to laugh, too. "Yes, dear, I have spent my last half crown. I gave it to the fellow who car ried oar t-runk on board." "Ah, poor," cried she ; 'what matters it T Nobody so merry as those who have nothing at all ; besides, I have my two diamond ring9 that my mother gave me; they are good for something all the world over; we ean sell them when you like, and besides, I am sure that captain means kindly by us, and I Bu&pect that he knows very well what's in the letter. It's a recommendation to the Governor of Cay enne." "Perhaps so," said ha, "who knows T" "To bo sure it is," continued the charm ing wife. "You are ao good, I am sure the Government haa banished you only for a short time. I know tbey hard no feeling against you." It was high timo that the light should be stricken out; I now rapped on the deck and called to them to do so. They instantly obeyed, and I heard them laughiog and chattering Like two innocent school-fellows. One morning when I awoke, I was sur prised not to feel the slightest motion of the vessel. Hurrying on deck,-1 found we were becalmed. Latitude, one degree north ; longitude, between 27 and 28 de grees v?est. I waited until night, when I descended into the cabin. I opened the letter, with a dull, awful feeling. I held my breath while I broke the great red seal end read as follows r ! " ."Captain 'Fontainbleau: The cornice, Antoine Hindsolear, stands convicted of high treason against the Kepublic. The Directory order that he be shot on mid ocean, and you aro hereby iustruoted to see that theao orders are carried into ef fect." I read the letter.baokward and forward. I rubbed my eyes I could not believe it. My knees smote together. I rose up with a gtup, as if I were choking. Forcing down my emotion, I. went on desk. There they were, she looking upon tho ocean, and he gazing at her with an expressioa of unutterable . fondness. Catching his eye, I signified for him to come into th cabin. Bidding her good D2i ha came down, bia fana all umilp. LXwaabatt:siia stcold sweat, , andfelt a if deathly siok. I handed him the order and he read it, together with the death warrant, which due form and attached, as ho finished. was drawn up in I gathered voice "I ask nothing, Captain '" he said, in the same gentle voice that always charac terised his speech ; "no man can be ex pected to swerve from his duty. I only wish to speak a few words to Laurette, and to entreat you to take care of her if she should survive but I hardly think she will." "All that is fair, my good fellow' said I. "If you request it, I will carry her back to France, to her family. I won't leave her till she wishes to be rid of me, but I do not think she will survive it." He took my hand and pressed it. 'Most kind captain," ho said, "I see you suffer more in this business than I do but there is no help for it. I trust you will preserve what little property of mine is leit, for her eake, and that you will take care that sho gets what her poor old mother may leave her. I pui her life, her honor, in your hands. She is a delicate little creature" his voice was low and fond. "My poor Laurette '." It was getting, too much for me, and I began to knit my brows. "One word is as good as a thousand," said I. "We two understand one anoth er. Go to her !" I squeezed his hand. He looked wist fully at me, and I added : "Stay a moment. Let me give you a word of advice. Don't say a word to her about it. We will settle the thing for ker. Be easy ; that's my busioess. It ahall he managed in the best manner." "Ah 1" he replied ; "I did not under stand. This leave-taking ! this leave-taking ! it must be avoided I" "Tea," I said; "much better, much better. No leave-takiog, if you can help itr J I kept my seat, . and soon saw them walking arm-in-arm on. the deck. I called my mate to me, and when he had read tho letter, I said : "Garley, tins is bad business bad business. I put it into your hands. I obey orders, but I remain in the cabin till all is over." "How do you wish the thing done?" he asked, in a nonchalant manner. "Take him out in a boat ; out of sight; do it as quick as possible ; don't say any thing of this till the time comes." Garley sat five miDutes looking straight at me without saying a word. He was a strange fellow, and I didn't know what to make of him. lie then went out of the cabin without saying another word. Night came at last. I called Garley. "Man a boat ; go a quarter of a mile ; be quick !" I said. To obey a slip of paper for it was but a slip, after all I Something in the very air must have driven me on. I saw the young man kneel down before his Lau rette, and kiss her knees, .her feet, her gown. I cried out like a madman : "Part them 1 part them this instant! Curse the Hcpublio ! curso the lawyers 1 You may tell theni if you will !" The poor girl was dragged away into her berth, and the boat rowed away in the darkness. . Some time after, a dull volley came over the sea to the vessel. It was all over ! Fool, madman that I was ! How I paced the deck aud cursed myself! All night long I paced back and forth, and all night long I heard- the moaning of the poor stricken bird. Often I halted, and was tempted to throw myself into the sea, and so end this horrid torture of the brain and heart. Days passed. I saw nothing of Lau rette. I would not 6eo her. She avoided me, and I was glad of it. I could not bear the sight of that woe-stricken face. The mate Garley how I hated him ! He wag as cool and unconcerned as tho' he had no remembrance of shooting the poor wretch. At Cayenne, I resigned my ship. Go ing to the city, I made all arrangements and took the steamer for New York. I placed ample fuuds in the hands of a trusty friend, and told him to send Lau rette to me at tho end of six months. I could not see her until her grief had lost its edge. Weary, carcle3sof any fate, I wandered into the interior of tho State of New York, and finally bought a littlo placa, where 1 hoped I "would lie down and die. I sent for Laurette. Poor bird, I must see her. I could wait no longer. One Butimor night, I st in the poroh of my honss, smokipg my pipe and gazing doxa tJie road, txjon the rumble of wheels was heard, and the stage halted. The .next moment, a pair of white arms was around my neck and Laurette was on my bosom. "Oh I you dear, excellent Captain ". Heavens I who was that behind her I As God lives, there stood Antoine Hindsclear, the convict 1 "What does this mean?" I gasped, hardly knowing whether I was dreaming or awake. "Are you glad to sea me?" "Thank God ! thank God 1" was all that I. could ejaculate. I soon understood it all. The mate Garley had read my heart better than I did myself. After leaving the brig, in Ahe boat, he arranged the. whole affair. The volley was fired, but no bullet touched Antoine Hindsclear. Ho was smuggled into his berth again, and took good care to avoid my sight. ' The whole crew were in the plot, and I was duped thank God ! I sent Garley a thousand dollars as a reward. Slierldan at Ilome. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial writes a pleasant sketch of a visit to the house of the Sheridan fami ly in Somerset, Ohio. The family now consists of the father and mother, P. II. Sheridan, John L. Sheridan, Michael V. Sheridan, and the daughter and sister, Mary, who about two years 6ince, was married to Capt. John Wilson, who is a native of Perry county, but served through tho war in a Michigan regiment. Mary is the only daughter, and since her mar riage, she and her husband live in the house with her parents. John Sheridan, father of the General, is apparently about C5 years of age, of sanguine temperament, a rugged, muscular, honest-looking Hiber nian, and not afraid to work. He can be seen at almost any time cultivating or improving the little farm of twenty acre?, that i3 now his care and pride. John L. is a lawyer by profession, and has recently removed to Columbus, Ohio. Michael V. has a commission in the army, and is on duty at New Orleans. Concerning Sheridaa's youth, we qaote : "Philip II. Sheridan was born at the City of Albany, State of New York, in February, 1S31. His parents arc natives cf Irelandcounty of Kerry. Their oldest child, Patrick, was also born in Ireland. About the year 1829, John Sheridan and wife, with their first born, bid farewell to their native land and came to America, their adopted and chosen home. They first located at Albany, N. Y., where as before stated, Phil. Sheridan was born. They resided there about five years. wniio I'tni. was very young, his parents removed to Somerset, Perry county, Ohio. The parents were in quite limited circum stances, and Phil.'s early experience was that of other bojs similarly situated. When the turnpike was being built through Somerset, Phil.'s father used to own and drive a cart. Men of Phil.'s age tell us that they have often seen him hanging on his father's cart, and once in a while, when he would get to drive, he would bo highly delighted. Phil, must have been regarded as a very honest bay, for while very young in years, he was taken by John Talbot, a hardware mer chant, to serve in his store. lie served Mr. Talbot satisfactorily about two years. After leaving Mr. Talbot, the subject of our sketch went to stand in the store of D. Whitehead, a . dry gooods merchant of Somerset. Here we believe he remained until he was appointed a cadet at West Point. Gen. Thomas llitchie, a farmer living five miles east of Somerset had been elected to Congress for the district com posed of Perry, Morgan, and Washington. Mr. llitchie was a good judge of charac ter, lie was acquainted with young Sheridan, took a fancy to him, and pro posed to send him to West Point. Young Sheridan was willing, and his parents agreed to it. The JawyeT who drew up the papers in the case, told me they were not very sanguine that he would be ac cepted on account of his size. He was very small for his age ; but he was duly accepted, and took bU place as an bumble student at this great military school. In due course of time he graduated, received an appointment, and was placed on duty west of the Rocky Mountains. Here, in some encounter with the Indians, be won and received his first promotion. There was not much opportunity to achieve military distinction there; but at length the war came on, and his subsequent mil itary career is well known. An incident is related by a friend that will give some little insight into his character as a boy. A traveling bookseller was stopping with his books at a hotel in Somerset. Phil. Sheridan, then about nine or ten years of age, stepped up, and in a loud, clear, yet respectful tone, inquired, 'Have you any thing on the human voice V The man had not the kind of book desired, but the inquiry was a littlo unusual from a boy of his age. ho ask men ot about tne same ago as Phi!., and who knew him in Som erset when a boy, what they remember of him, and the general reply i3 that they remember him as a short-iegged littlo boy, who could run and jump in the dust and mud equal to any boy in the town ; that he wa3 a manly little fellow, an iavcterato talker, and as 'sharp sa there was s.ny uo of The talkisg part, as we all know, TERMS-3-00 PEK ADTAXCG. NUMBER 32. Phil, has let off. He must havo said it nearly all whea he was a boy. "Your correspondent was ia Somerset about seventeen year3 ago. while Phil. was yet a student at West Point At tho time, he was at home on furlough. Wa remember soeinsr him in his cadat uni form, in his slippers and white socks, stepping about town and calling upon his friends. He had an independent, satisfied air, and seemed greatly at peaco with' himself and the world. We met him at a large social danoe. He chose a partner and went through a'cotillion or two, in a. sort of abstracted way, as though ho did' not particularly relish the amusement. There were many in the ball-room who altogether outshone our hero. "(Jen. Sheridan was at home for a day. or two at a time during the war onca when he was transferred from the West to tho East, and on one other occasion. He was literally besieged, at a hotel in Zanesville, and preparations were being made for some kind of a great demonstra tion. But the General, by the aid of a friend, made his escape out the back way and was far on his way toward Somerset before it was known that ho had left, the city. The people of Somerset also thought they must mako a regular demonstration, in honor of the distinguished soldier. They marched in regular procession to the suburban residence of the Sheridan fami ly, and a citizen was appointed to perpe trate a written address at the General. Phil, came out, and the people gathered upon the green in front of the dwelling. lie listened respectfully to the address, but all the while kept shaking hands with the little girls and boys who gathered near him. At the close, ho simply thanked the people for the demonstration of re spect. General Sheridan never means to be disrespectful to the people, but he has such a distaste of being the center or sub ject of a 'scene' that he always avoids it if he oan, in any civil manner. "Phil has always had great affection for his parents, and keeps up a regular corre spondence with them and tho other mem bers of the family. Ever since he has had a commission in tho' army, he has helped his parents much, and assisted them in purchasing and improving the homo that they now occupy. lie has also looked well to the education of his brothers and sisters." Habits or Millionaires. A. T. Stewart, writes a correspondent, works probably more hours than any me chanic or laboring mau in New YoTk. His vast business is in his own hands. He consults nobody as to buying or sell ing. He has many partners, but they are partners in the profits and not in the man agement of the business. His system is exacting but efficient. Ilis men are all timed. If they are late, if they overrun the time allowed for lunch, if they sit down during business hours, if they'mis direct a brndle, if they eat in the store, they are fined. No person is allowed to take a bundle into the store unless the "walking gentleman" marks it. No bun dle leaves the store without being exam ined. Mr. Stewart is about the first man down in the morning. He takes an early breakfast, and in a one-horse coupe rides to the store. lie indulges in a leisurely dinner at a public house at five o'clock, and then returns to his den and continues his labors until every item of business in the store is finished. Pleasure-seekers going borne from the theater often see the twinkle of 3Ir. Stewart's light in his counting-room, showing that the great millionaire is hard at his tasks. But it is his recreation. lie finds his pleasure in work, and asks nothing more. Vanderbilt is a gigantic speculator. Like Frederick the Great, he takes his leisure to mass his troops, and in au un expected moment throws himself upon his foe, sure of victory. He has the Hud son and Harlem roads. He takes his leisure in the morning, and divides it be tween his "breakfast, his cigar, and his horses. He spends a great deal of his tisae in his stables. lie has a trotting track in his yard, so that . he does not have to go far to try his favorites. At tea, precisely, he enters his up-towu office. At twelve, he rides up to the Harlem and then over to the Hudeon railroad. Tho Test of the day he gives to business and rides. He seldom appears at the Stock Board, but buys through other hands, be oaue he can do it better. Daaiel Drew is a very quiet man, of plain, simple habits, seldom speaks, and in his down town omce in JJroad street, would be taken for a rustic farmer or a New Jersey trader who was not bright enough to sharply invest his money. Claflin, who is treading fo close on tho heels of A. T. Stewart, in the dry goods trade, was a small trader in Worcester. lie bought roods in very small quantities and was noted for carrying home his own. bundles. Liko Stewart, be manages bis own business. Ho found hia complicated trade wearing upon him, and like a wiso man as he 13, ho purchased r. littlo placo up tho river. Ho leaves his store ct four every afternoon, urivea up his own learn, and spends tho evening in tha quiet cf his own family. The "light of othor usjs" is now supposed to aiva bco a tallow candle.
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