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Francis Fowler, Yonkers.

Henry Jay, Amos Street, near West.

L. D. Barling, 49 Cedar Street.

WOODHULL CHAPTER, NO. 24.

Charles F. Bennett, Jamaica, L. I.
Benjamin L. Seamen, Jamaica, L. I.
Henry S. Lett, Jamacia, L. I.

CHAMPE CHAPTER, NO. 25.

Stephen H. Hopper, G. 2d C., 747 Washington Street. G. R. Purdy, G. F. C., 149 Hammond Street.

John C. Buckbee, 92 Morton Street.

PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, NO. 26.

Jesse Reed, P. G. S., 59 Courtlandt Street.

William Steel, 805 Pearl Street.

Martin K. Bridges, Henry Street, Brooklyn.

BUSKER HILL CHAPTER, NO. 27.

Charles E. Gildersleve, 546 Broadway.

F. M. Farrington, 123 Perry Street.

George W. Sherwood, cor. Charles and Hudson Streets.

EXCELSIOR CHAPTER, NO. 28.

James A. Lucas, 44 Suffolk Strect.

George W. Thurbur, 71 Norfolk Street.
John Barker, 64 Christie Street.

INDEPENDENCE CHAPTER, No. 29.

Andrew J. Ackerman, 133 Franklin Street.
Gilbert L. Haight, 507 Pearl Street, Brooklyn.
Franklin Johnson, 77 West Broadway.
SCHUYLER CHAPTER, NO. 30.

Samuel Knower, 302 Second Street.
dwin Cornell, 291 Third Street.
William J. Coles, 152 West Street.

WESTCHESTER CHAPTER, NO. 31.

Minard M. Mildeberger, 76 Carmine Street.
Jacob Ackerman, Tarrytown,
Samuel N. Thomas, Tarrytown.

PAVONIA CHAPTER, NO. 32.

Jesse G. Oakley, 40 East Broadway.
Mark Winant, Rossville, S. L.

Robert H. Golder, 409 Hudson Street.
ONEIDA CHAPTER, NO. 33.

Francis Hagadorn, 45 Oak Street.
Elas Combs, 268 Grand Street.
George W. Alston, 15 Rosevelt Street.
WORTH CHAPTER, NO. 34.

JASPER CHAPTER, NO. 35.

P. C. Corper, 3 Ninth Avenue.
Edward H. Nodyne, 51 Morton Street.
C. S. Cooper, 1 West 12th Street.

NIAGARA CHAPTER, NO. 36.
William B. Smith, 31 Delaney Street.
William T. Peek, 109 Greenwich Avenue.
Samuel J. Jacobs.

AMERICAN STAR CHAPTER, NO 37.

Francis D. Allen, 142 Nassau Street.

William Quackenbush.

Lucius D. Isham, Sufferns, Rockland Co.

MAGNA CHARTA CHAPTER, No. 38.

Daniel Talmage, P. G. S., 93 Wall Street.
John L. Vandewater, G. S., 12 Wall Street.

I. D. Forest, Smith Street, near Warren Street, Brooklyn.
ZACHARY TAYLOR CHAPTER, NO. 39.
Isaac Clark, 50th Street, near 3d Avenue.
Hiram A. Maynard, cor. 51st Street and 5th Avenue.
Abm. Tappan, 60th Street, near 2d Avenue.

TAPPAN CHAPTER, NO. 40.
Richard Ebbetts, G. C. C., 270 Spring Street.
Stephen B. Myers, Piermont.

NEW YORK CHAPTER, NO. 41.
Edward Prince, 259 Bleecker Street.
D. S. Bookstaver, 38 West 14th Street.
Franklin Nurse, 44% Carmine Street.

HUGUENOT CHAPTER, NO. 42.
Edward Jones, North Shore, S. I.
Selden Pratt, 310 Madison Street.

E PLURIBUS UNUM CHAPTER, NO. 48.
John C. Wandell, 197 Seventh Street.
Charles P. Raymond, 82 Division Street.
Calvin O. Billings, 27 West 23d Street.

LIBERTY TREE CHAPTER, NO. 44.
John S. Robbins, 207 Lydius Street, Albany.
John H. Perkins, 163 Hudson Street, Albany.
W. W. Lappeus.

UNION CHAPTER, NO. 45.
RINGGOLD CHAPTER, NO. 46.

Minard Lafevre, 247 Broadway.
Williams Forbes, 273 Spring Street.
D. W. King, Dobbs' Ferry.

IRONSIDES CHAPTER, NO. 47.
Samuel M. Wood, 24 Bowery.
Wm. B. Weiss, 24 Bowery.
Abm. K. Taylor, 6 Reade Street.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

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P. G. S. Daniel Talmage,

Chan, M. Lafevre.

Chairmen of Visiting Committees.

No. 1. G. C. of E. Wm. W. Osborn-Mount Vernon, Putnam, American and Independence.

No. 2. P. G. S. Thomas R. Whitney-Pavonia, Oneida, National and Jasper.

No. 3. P. G. S Jesse Read-Marion, Magna Charter, Lexington, Plymouth and Woodhull.

No. 4. Chan. Joseph C. Morton-Warren, Franklin, Paulding and Hancock.

No. 5. G. 1st C. J. R. Lydecker-Alpha, Columbia, Bunker Hill, Decatur and E Pluribus Unum.

No. 6. Chan. Samuel J. Bookstaver-Manhattan, Adams, Excelsior, Niagara and Ringgold.

No. 7. Chan. E. B. Brush-Washington, Liberty, Charter Oak and Lawrence.

No. 8. Chan. Henry Jay-Fort Washington, Perry, Continental and Huguenot.

No. 9. G. C. of the C. C. Goodrich Boyce-Worth, Zachary Taylor, New York, American Star and Liberty Tree. No. 10. Chan. John G. Packard-Champe, Schuyler, Westchester and Tappan.

C. GOODRICH BOYCE, G. C. of the C.

DIRECTORY OF CHAPTERS, O. U. A.

Chapters, whose change of officers is not noticed in the Directory, will please send in their names.

STATE OF NEW YORK.

J. L. Vandewater, G. S.-Richard Ebbets, G. C. C. Alpha, No. 1, Saturday, cor. Broadway and Grand Street. George W. Mount, S.-Jas. C. Noble, C. C. Washington, No. 2, Thursday, cor. Grand and Ludlow Sts. J. W. Palmer, S.-John Tyler, C. C.

Warren, No. 3, Tuesday, Court st, near Fulton, Brooklyn. F. Elwell, S.-A. C. Page, C. C.

Manhattan, No. 4, Thursday, cor. Av. C and 4th St.

-Palmer, S.-G. Schuyler, C. C.

Lawrence, No. 5, Thursday, cor. 128th Street and 3d Av.

Martain Rapelyea, S.-Henry J. Fox, C. C.

American, No. 6, Monday, at 360 Broadway.

B. Rockwood, S.-Alexander Pettit, C. C.

Columbia, No. 7, Thursday, cor. Bleecker and Morton Sts.
William C. Beatty, S.-E. S. Dubois, C. C.
Putnam, No. 8, Wednesday, cor. Grand and Ludlow.
Benjamin Devoy, S.-J. G. Devoe, C. C.
Franklin, No. 9, Friday, cor. Grand and Ludlow Sts.
Jno. P. Hopkins, S.-J. S. Taylor, C. C.

Paulding, No. 10, meets Tuesday, cor. 23d St. and 8th Av.
Thomas J. Burger, S.-John N. Zilkin, C. C.
Marion, No. 11, Friday, Court st., near Fulton, Brooklyn.
Thomas P. Teale, S.-Francis Coleman, C. C.

Continental, No. 12, Thursday, at 327 Bowery.

E. A. Schermerhorn, S.-Wm. P. Armstrong, C. C.

Mount Vernon, No. 13, Friday, 149 Bowery.

Asa II. Leonard, S.-O. S. Phelps, CJ C.

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Ringgold, No. 46, Tuesday, Greenburg, Dobbs' Ferry.
Martin Lefurgy, S.-Wm. Embree, C. C.
Ironsides, No. 47, Friday, cor. Grand and Broadway.
Geo. F. Halsted, S.-Daniel Day, C. C.
American Eagle, No. 48, Mamaroneck, Wednesday.
W. D. Palmer, S.-C. W. Hopkins, C. C.
Jefferson, No. 49, Tuesday, cor. 29th St. and 8th Av.
N. L. C. Roome, S.-
C. C.

Oneachta, No. 50, Poughkeepsie, Thursday.
Samuel Tuthill, S.-E. C. Andruss, C. C.
Valley Forge, No. 51, Wednesday, 149 Sixteenth street.
S. H. Munn, S.--
C. C.

Wayne, No. 52, Tuesday, cor. Grove and Hudson Sts.

Hancock, No. 14, Wednesday, c. Bleecker and Morton Sts. Peekskill, No. 53, Tuesday, Peekskill.

Robert Howe, S.-Richard II. Arthur, C. C.

Liberty, No. 15, Friday, at 149 Bowery.

Charles II. Wheeler, S.-Henry C. Smith, C. C. Decatur, No. 16, Thursday, cor. Broadway and Grand St. C. G. Boyce, S.-Joseph L. Hewlett, C. C.

Lexington, No. 17, Monday, Low's Building, Brooklyn. R. Isdell, S.-W. H. Brown, C. C.

National, No. 18, Tuesday, at 149 Bowery.

G. F. Coachman, S.-Arthur T. White, C. C. Adams, No. 19, Wednesday, at Haverstraw.

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Nicholas Ford, S.-William S. Dickinson, C. C.
Fort Washington, No. 23, Monday, at Yonkers.
John Arden, S.-

Woodhull, No. 24, Wednesday, Jamaica, L. I.
C. F. Bennett, S.---

C. C.

C. C. Champe, No. 25, Thursday, cor. Grove and Hudson Sts. S. H. Hopper, S.-P. W. Royce, C. C. Plymouth, No. 26, Thursday, Court st., near Fulton, Br'kn. S. Van Benschoten, S.-M. K. Bridges, C. C. Banker Hill, No. 27, Friday, cor. Bleecker and Morton Sts. A. C. Coquillett, S.-George Comstock, C. C. Excelsior, No. 28, Tuesday, cor. Grand and Ludlow Sts. James Lucas, S.--Henry Hollister, C. C. Independence, No. 29, Wednesday, c. B'dway & Walker st. W. G. Wilkie, S.-A. J. Ackerman, C. C. Schuyler, No. 39, Friday, 827 Bowery.

Jas. Jackson, Jr., S.-William H. Bedell, C. C. Westchester, No. 31, Wednesday at Tarrytown.

George Powell, S.-John G. Vanderbilt, C. C. Pavonia, No. 32. Saturday, Rossville, S. I.

Chas. A. Dusenberry, S.-George T. Oakley, C. C.

One'da, No. 93, Thursday, 149 Bowery.

Francis Hagedorn, S.-Howell Vail, C. C.

Worth, No. 84, Wednesday, Astoria, L. I.

Jas. Brush, S.-Charl & Howell, C. C.

Jasper, No. 35, Monday, cor. Bleecker & Morton Sts.
George A. Wardell, S.-G. C. Baker, C. C.

Niagara, No. 36, Friday, at 149 Bowery.

Wm. T. Peek, S.-II. S. Lovejoy, C. C.

American Star, No. 37. Thursday, Ramapo, Rockland Co., John Boyd, S.-Rich'd Cornelius, C. C.

W. H. Terbush, S.-Charles Van Voorish, C. C. Fort Green, No. 54, Wednesday, Court, near Fulton, B'n. R. D. Hart, S.-A. B. Melville, C. C.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

John O. Godfrey, G. S.-Edward P. Nichols, G. C. C. Pioneer, No. 1, Friday, Morris' Buildings, Newark. John Ditmas, S.-Elias J. Drake, C. C.

Clark, No. 2, Monday, Rahway.

C. F. Post, S.-J. W. Ayres, C. C.

Nathan Hale, No. 8, Thursday, Morris' Buildings, Newark, J. W. Smith, S.-John W. Bailey, C. C.

Morgan, No. 4, Tuesday, Hoboken.

Jesse Fash, S.-Corns. Housman, C. C.
Jersey Blue, No. 5, Monday, New Brunswick.

J. Goodheart, S.-William S. Arents, C. C.
American, No. 6, Tuesday, Franklin Hall, Jersey City.
M. Rierson, S.-Geo. W. Gail, C. C.
Washington, No. 7, Wednesday, Orange.

Parmlee, S.-Chas. S. Smith, C. C.
American Eagle, No. 8, Tuesday, Paterson.
John Vermule, S.-A. Van Bussom, C. C.
Monmouth, No. 9, Thursday, Freehold.

Jesse K. Randall, S.-A. T. Manning, C. C. American Flag, No. 10, Tuesday, Morris' Buildings, New'k. Benjamin Pierson, S.-Caleb Leonard, C. c. Liberty, No. 11, Wednesday, Bergen.

W. D. C. Jones, S.-Andrew Smith, C. C. Columbia, No. 12, Saturday, Madison.

Daniel P. Bigelow, S.-A. H. Magie, C. C. Excelsior, No. 18, Monday, Morris' Buildings, Newark. T. C. Chandler, S.-B. J. Wood, C. C.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT.

Roger Sherman, No. 1, Tuesday, c. State & Chapel sts., N. H.
Nehemiah D. Sperry, S.-J. C. Moses, C. C.
Putnam, No. 2. Wednesday, 8 of T. Hall, Middletown.
Henry Kelsey, S.-R Childs, C. C.

Mount Vernon, No. 8. Contreville.

D. S. Tolls, S.-Hobart Wooden, C. C.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
Eureka, No. 1,
San Francisco.
John W. Ackerson, S.-John H. Still, C. C.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. Hancock, No. 1, Thursday, 64 Hanover street, Boston. Jonathan Pierce, S.C. C.

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CHAPTER II.

BY FAIRY FAY.

suming girls-wiled away the time at the piano, or in playing chess. Young Howard pored over the newspaper as usual, or arranged the worsteds for the fair Laura, who, anticipating some rainy days at the Springs, had brought her work with her. Miss Stanbrook, the life of the party, sometimes played or sung; read stories from the magazines; but oftener drew a charmed circle of adorers around her, while she expatiated upon the faults and follies of the "would-be" aristocracy. Miss Stanbrook was a wit, and she knew it; at the same time she determined that her light should not be hid under a bushel, but that others should see and appreciate it. Her sarcasms were readily laughed at so long as they touched not the amour propre of the individuals with whom she might be convers

THE next day was a rainy one, and to most of the company this was a sad disappointment; so many pleasant excursions had been planned the night before; and now all must be given up, and they were to be confined to a dull hotel, and thrown upon their own resources for amusement. To those who loved quiet, reading, or rational conversation, time did not pass so heavily. Beaumont groaned in spirit that he could not display his horsemanship to the admiring eyes of Cornelia Stanbrook; Miss Lavinia Thompson declared she could not eat her breakfast without drinking one glass of mineral water directly from the spring; and the Misses Beaumont could not keep their hair in curl, it was so dreadful damp. "Trifles lighting. All are ready enough to see the follies as air," are to fashionable belles serious evils, of their neighbors-few are sensible of their when coming in competition either with their own. whims or their vanity. Miss Mellen, the elder, reclined in an old arm-chair, reading, or pretending to read, an old volume of Bacon's Essays. She would not, on any account, be seen with any work in her hands that did not produce some philosophical reflections; and Miss Corrinna Mellen bent gracefully over "Sartor Resartus," though she acknowledged, that after reading it for the tenth time, she was still unable to comprehend its meaning. She "did wish that authors were more explicit! 'The doctor had puzzled her enough-but Carlyle puzzled her more."

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And where was Miss Laurence? No one seemed to miss her; no one inquired for her except Frederick Howard, whose quick eye had detected her absence immediately after breakfast, and missed the bright happy face and the dark brilliant eye which had so charmed him the preceding evening. He ventured to inquire, though with a slight tinge of color and rather hesitating voice, of Cornelia, whether her young friend was indisposed, that they were not favored with her company.

"No great favor to any one, I imagine," replied Cornelia, "since Inez is always too much

The Misses Lindsay-pretty, modest, unas- in the clouds to condescend, on such a dull

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day as this, to descend from her airy flight to be agreeable to you poor mortals; and not indisposed either, if we may judge by her thorough contempt for storms and tempests, since, spite of Boreas, and the deluge he brings, the young lady was off upon a romantic promenade this morning at six o'clock, while Laura and myself were quietly dreaming

'Of a seat on a sofa

And a glass of nice mull'd wine.'

But to keep you no longer in suspense, for I see you are anxious to act the part of a physician, and give your advice to the patient in question, (considering it a case of lunacy,) I am really of opinion that Miss Inez Laurence is at this moment in solitary confinement, inditing letters to a friend in New-York, about as romantic, sensible, and book-mad as herself. I really believe Inez could not exist a whole day without writing something."

"And I wish you also would make a practice of it, my dear girl," said Colonel Stanbrook, patting Cornelia's cheek. "It improves the mind; and I do not know a more desirable accomplishment in a young lady, than being able to write an elegant and interesting letter."

"O, I shall wait until I visit Europe," said Cornelia, laughing; "and then you shall have folios from guide-books, travels, and occasionally a line or two original. I shall take special care to have enough of the ridiculous to make you laugh; enough of the satirical to make you frown; and plenty of the gloomy and horrible to give you a long face."

"I have no doubt that Miss Stanbrook would write very interesting letters from Europe very!" ejaculated Mr. Beaumont; "and I hope she will have the pleasure of visiting it for that very purpose." So saying, he leaned his elbow on the piano, and looked significantly at Cornelia, as if to intimate that he should like to be her escort on that momentous occasion.

Miss Stanbrook moved away, muttering something in which the word "bore" reached the ears of Howard; but at this moment he caught sight of the beautiful form of Inez, gliding quietly into the room, so far from having lost any of her brightness or bloom from the late hours and fatigue of the preceding evening, or from her ramble on a rainy morning, looking more lovely than ever, in her simple morning costume; while the beams of the soul irradiating her countenance gave a charm to features, if not regularly fine as those of Laura, or dignified and bold, like Cornelia, yet touching the

heart at once with unusual interest. Miss Lindsay was singing; and Inez, ever alive to the influence of sweet sounds, stood with her finger on her lip, at the piano, frequently turning her sparkling eyes upon the noisy group in the corner, as if to elicit their admiration.

Howard could not help reflecting upon the unaffected good-nature evinced by this act, as Inez had informed him that she had no voice for singing herself, and it appeared more out of consideration to the performer warbling to inattentive ears, that she persisted in retaining her position until the song was finished-spite of the signs made by Laura for her to join their circle; or the evil eye of Beaumont, whose whole aim appeared to ridicule her in the eyes of Howard.

"Look, how she loves to make herself conspicuous," said the beau aside to Howard. "She is conscious that she possesses a graceful form, and delights in exhibiting it to advantage. Look with what an attitude she bends over that music-book and turns the leaves-and now she leans upon the instrument, and turns her soul-illumined eyes upon the singer, then upon the listeners. How she aims at effect in all she does!"

Mortimer felt indignant at this unjust aspersion, especially as Cornelia laughed at it, and rising from his scat, to the imminent danger of Laura's worsteds, he walked to the piano. Inez looked up, slightly bowed in answer to his salutation, and then resumed her position-utterly unconscious of her graceful attitude, or the remarks it called forth.

"I dearly love music," said she; “although I have none upon my lips, I have much in my heart, and if I were inclined to envy any one a particular talent, it would be that."

"How modest you are, Inez,” said Cornelia Stanbrook. "She says she has no music on her lips, Mr. Howard, and yet a friend of ours has been so often charmed with the magic tones of her voice, as she read or repeated a fine passage in poetry or prose, that he declared it afforded him more pleasure than the most splendid piece of music he ever heard.”

As Cornelia spoke, she cast a glance of peculiar meaning upon Inez, whose countenance, to the surprise of Howard, became at first crimson and then deadly pale. She retreated from the piano to a recess, and taking up a book that lay upon the table appeared to be absorbed in its contents, although it was plain to see that her agitation was not over. Howard instantly followed her, and taking the vacant

THE STANBROOKS.

seat by her side, begged to know whether he had said or done anything to distress her.

"Not at all," replied Inez, making a sudden and successful effort at composure, and recalling the sweet smile to her changeful face. "My iend Miss Stanbrook sometimes makes reaarkating back painful remembrances, houg may not have intended it. But her observation upon reading, reminds me of an incident which occurred last evening, and some consistencies which I desire to explain You were speaking, Mr. Howard, of the impropriety of a lady's exhibiting her talen in public. You recollect my agreeing with you and the sneers of Mr. Beaumont at the time had a dear friend whom circumstances, or rather misfortunes, had compelled to break through the rules, and throw aside the srammeis of society, and a fine voice for eloc non compted her to appear in public, although the regret of all her real and sincere trends, who foresaw the consequences on 30 lovely and so gifted. The event proved to truth of their forebodings. She was auded to the skies in public, but in pritat: invidious remarks and malicious innuendoes flew from lip to lip. Among the foremost to an public, and slander in private, was Me Beaumont. He came to me in triumph to repeat the pretty things he and his gay, uufeeling associates had heard and invented. Indignant at the baseness of his conduct, I reseated it as it deserved, and from that moment he has taken every opportunity to sneer at my love for friends who have disgraced themselves and my approval of actresses, as he is pleased to call a defense of one unjustly defame1 Do you blame me for this seeming inconsistency?" "Bame you!" exclaimed Howard, gazing uper eloquent countenance with admiratan If anything could have added to the respect the esteem-with which you inspire me would be this open and candid avowal of sentiments that do you honor. If I may jude from Miss Stanbrook's remark, you also are gifted with the same power for which you deteraed your friend."

Miss Stanbrook flatters," replied Inez, the smile again vanishing from her lively face; "m gifted with no such charm. I sometimes wile away an hour in reading to the old Comel, because I see that amuses him, but farber than that, I never venture.”

and the allusion to the friend you charm so much, is a mistake also, I suppose," exclaimed

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Howard, with more interest than he had before manifested in the conversation.

Inez looked down, and he thought she sighed. "She must mean a lady with whom I correspond, as we are in the habit of reading to each other when in New-York, as well as writing when absent.”

Howard would not for the world allow her to suppose that he was not deceived by this evasion; yet it did not satisfy him—and why? What did it matter to him that Inez had friends in New-York whose memory, suddenly recalled to her mind, covered her face with blushes, or called forth a sigh? He instantly changed the conversation, and taking up the book she had dropped, opened it at the following passage:

"Instruction and information are inexhaustible sources of happiness, and of the sweetest pleasures; and were it even true, which is far from being the case, that the world affords real enjoyments, the nature of those enjoyments is only adapted to youth; what then must become of us in the decline of life, when we become weary of the world, and disgusted with its pleasures? It is then too late to acquire a taste for rational employments. Habituated to a long course of trifling, the mind becomes absolutely incapable of rational application. To render study the delight of every future period, we should be devoted to it in youth. The earlier application is attempted, the more strong the habit will become in riper years."

"Do you feel yourself growing so old, Miss Inez, that you use no delay in preparing for the change? Or do you agree with the author, that we cannot commence our self-improvement too early?"

"I never find reading a task,” replied Inez. "Observe the following remark by the same author: 'How happy are those whose cultivated minds can at all times draw resources from themselves! To such, solitude is never irksome, and amusement charms with double zest.' My heart responds to every word in that sentence. How often, when wearied with the senseless nothings of society at large, have I flown to some favorite author, and forgotten the idle hours I had spent. Pray what can enliven solitude, or make amends for the want of companionship, like an entertaining book?"

"Were you always so fond of reading?" inquired Howard--curious to learn more of the mind of thi vely young creature, that

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