Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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VOL. XXL
LANCASTEII,  PA.,  WEpNESDAY,  JtJLY 2^1,T84'7.
NEW SERIES, VOL. IX.-NO 34.
pUBlISHED    Bl      .
'   EDWARD C. DARUNGTON.,
OFFICE IN NOBTH yUEKN STEKET.
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The BajpUsm of Henry Clay.
The following communication appears in ihe Episcbp'al Recorder of leist week :
A notice was very generally circulated tbrough the puhlio papers of the country some two or three years ago, to the effeot, that Mr. Clay had become a member of thc Protestant Episcopal Church. The wish was, doubtless, father to the thought, as Mr. Cloy had nnt at that lime taken any such step. He has always been known to ha.ve the highest respeet for the institutions of Christianity, and to have been a decided believer in the divine authenticity of the Christian reli¬ gion ; his amiablo and now fteply afflicted wife, having for many years been an Jiumble follower of; its blessed Author. When the weather per¬ mitted it, living, as he does, a mile and a half from the church, Mr. C. has always been a reg¬ ular attendant on its serrices, and fot two or three years past, having had more leisure from publio duty, his atteniion had evidently been turned to llie high considerations* connected with things spiritual and eternal, his life having been devoted so intensely to the good of others, as scarcely, nntil  this period of retirement, to
leave him^au opportnnity to think of himself	
.But he lias al length consecrated his great powers 10 God. He wns baptised in the little parlor at Ashland, on Tuesday afternoon, the 22d instant, logeiher \vith one of his daughters-in-law, (the other beuig already a jnember of the church,) and her four children, by the Rev. Edward F. Berkley, Rector of Christ Chureh, Lexington.— The baptism was administered privately, for the reason, lhat the congregation of Christ Church are replacing their old chnroh with a new edifice, now in rapid progress ot erection, and are not suitably situated for the most solemn and decent administration of this rite in public.
"When the 'minister eniered tho room on this dieply solemn and interesting occasion, the small asaembly, consisting of the immediate family, a few family connexions, and the clergyman's wife, rose np. In the middle of the room stood a large centre table, on whioh was plaoed, filled wilh water, the magnificent cut glass vase, pre¬ sented 10 Mr.C. by some gentlemen of Pitts¬ burg. On one side of the room hung the large picture of the family of Washington himself an Episcopalian by birth, by educatiou, and a de¬ vout communicant of the Chureh ; and imme¬ diately opposite, on a side-table, stootl the bust of the lamented Harrison, with a chaplet of with¬ ered flowers hung npon his head, who was to have been confirmed in the Church the Sabbaih after he died—fit witnesses of such a scene.— Around the room were suspended a number of family pictures, and araong lhem, the portrait of a beloved daughter, who died some years ago, in the triumphs of that faith which her noble father was now about to embrace; and the pic¬ ture of the late son, who fell at the battle of Bu¬ ena Vista. Could these silent lookers-on at the scene alxiut transpiring, have spoken from the marble and the canvass, they wonld heartily have approved the act \yhich dedicated the great man to God. There was a deep emotion perva¬ ding that small assembly, at the recital, under such ciroumstances, of the sublime ordinal of the Church, and every heart thrilled wilh a sol¬ emn joy, when tho merciful and glorious cove¬ nnnt was sealed, " in thc name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Ghost."
This act will be publicly ratified at the visita¬ tions of the Bishop, on the third Sunday of July, in tho Aimstolic rite of Confirmation. _ What a noble and powerful recommendation o'r Christianity to the worlS ! to see this great old tnan, the greatest man of his day, iu all the vig¬ or of intellect and ardency of feeling, bending the knee Ijefore God, and wilh the simplicity of a little child, receiving upon his head a handful ofwater, in the name of the Holy Trinity!—thus attesting his faith in the Christian religion, and his determination lo live and die in its sacred principles.
One of the prominent sins of the present day is that thc great men of our counlry, as a body, although they may be, for the most part, specu¬ lative believers in Christianity, are, nevertheless, not regardful of religion, and of God, Let them review their ground—let thera look at the tre¬ mendous influence they wield in behalf of irre- ligion and of evil; and consider the mighty pow¬ er they might exert for religion and of good.— Let them fix their eyes upon the practical testi¬ mony to the truth and value of Christianity, giv¬ en by the giant in intellect, whose name stands •at the head of this paper, and go and do like¬ wise. .   »    .
Iiexhigton, .BTy.jJune 25, 1847.
Honesty tlie best PoUcy.
A farmer called on Earl Filzwilliam to rep¬ resent that his crop of wheat had been serious¬ ly injured, in a field adjoining a certain wood where his hounds, during the winter, fre¬ quently met to hunt.   He staled that the young wheat had been bo cut up and destroy¬ ed, that in sorae parts he could not hope for any produce.   'Well; my friend,'   said his lordship.   'I am aware that we have frequent¬ ly met in that field, and that we have done considerable injury;  and if you can  procure an estimale of the loss you have suslained, I ¦will repay you.'   Thefarmer replied, that an¬ ticipating his  lordship's   consideration   and kindness, he had requested a friend to assist him in   estimating  the   damage, and they thought, as the crop seemed quile destroyed, fifty dollars would not more than repay him. The earl immediately gave him the money.— As   tha harvest, however   approached, the wheat grew, arid in those parts of the field that were trampled, the corn was the strong¬ est and most luxuriant.   The farmer went again to his lordship, and being Introduced, said, l'I ara come, my lord, respecting the field of wheat adjoining such a wood.'   He instanily   recollected  the   circuiffstances.— ' Well, my friend, did  t not allow you snf¬ flcient to remunerate you for the loss?'    'Yes, my lord, I have found that I have sustained no loas at all, for where the horses Ifad most cut up the land, the crop is most promising; and I have therefore bronght the fifty dollars back again.'    'Ah!' exclaimed the venerable earl, 'this is what 1 like—this is what onght to bo between raan aud man.'    He then en¬ tered into conversation  with the farmer, as¬ king him sorae questions about his family- how many children he had, &c.   His lordship then went into another room, and returning, presented the farmer a check Ior onehundred dollars.   'Take care of this, and when your eldest son is of age preseni il to him, and tell the occnsion that produced it.'   We know not which most to admire, the benevolence orthe wisdom displayed by this illustrious man; for while doing a noble act of generosity, he was handing down alesson of integrity to another generation.'
In locating fhe line of the WhiU Waier Ca¬ sta!, afew years eince, it passed, of course ovet much valuabe propeity adjacent to Cj»- c'lnnati. Some of this was materially injur¬ ed, in consequence of rendering parts of lhe same estate inconvenient of access lo the .main property, and inall cases the valueof the ground ilseH, furnished no slight claim for losses thus sustain^. Assessors were ap¬ pointed by the courl ofCommon Pleas, to ad- iudge injury, and allow damages consequent. "AiT^ong oihers, Geiieial Rees E. Price had a large t'*^"^ taken out ofhis valuable properly, just over MiU Creek. These were awarded accordingly, ajxlt in Gen. Price's case, amounted lo ihiY'^sn hundred dollars.
Two ot three yC'rs elapsed, which served toput the While Water Canal in operation, atid determine its value io the neighbora; arid the General began lo entertain donbts wheth¬ er lhe benefits he shonld derive from ils ex¬ istence, were not at lieast equal to the dam¬ age it might create. He sat down according¬ ly lo calculate and to reflect, and the resnlt -waa that he paid back the amount he had re¬ ceived froni the Canal Company, to its Presi¬ dent, alleging that he was convinced lhat he had no right to if
WHTiXOCKMYDOOB,
One evening on whidh a merry Chnstmao parly was assembled in an hospitable country mansion in the north of England, one of the company, a young man named Charles Lisle, called the host aside, as they were slandinii in the drawing-room before dinner, and whis¬ pered, ' I say, Graham, I wish you'd put me into a room that has either a bolt or a key.' 'They have all keys, or should have,'re¬ turned Mr. Graham.
' The key of my room is lost,' relurned the other; 'I a.ikod the house-maid. It is always the fir=t Ihing 1 look to when I onter a strange bed-chamber. I can't sleep unless the door is locked.'
' How very odd ! I never locked my door in my life,' said Mr. Graham. 'I say, Leti¬ tia,' continued he, addressing his wife, here's Charlie Lisle can't sleep nnless his door's locked, and the room you've put him into haa no key.'
At .this announcement all the ladies looked wilh surprise al Charlie Lisle, and all the genllemeu laughed; and 'How odd!' and 'What a strange fancy!' was echoed among lhem.
'I dare say you do think it very odd, and in¬ deed It must appear rather a lai'y-like partic¬ ularity,' responded Lisle, who was a fine, ac¬ tive young man, and did not look as if he were muoh troubled wilh superfinous lears; 'but a circumstance whic occurred to me \*hen I was on the continent last summer, has given me a nervous horror of sleeping in a room with an unlocked door, and I have never been able to overcome it. This is peihaps owing lo my having been ill at the time, and I can scarcely say thaf*I have recovered from the effects of that illness yet.'
Maturally, everbody wanied lo hear what this adventure was—the programme being certainly exciting—and so one of the visilors offered lo exchange rooms wilh Charlie Ligle, provided he would tell tljem his story; which, accordingly, when assembled round thefire in the evening, he began in the following words:—
'Vou must know, then, that last year, when I was wandering over the continent, partly in search of the picturesque, and partly to rem¬ edy the effects of too miich aludy, or rather too hasty sludy—for  I  believe a  mfth may study as rauch as he pleases, if he will only lake it easy, as Ihe Irish say—I was surprised one evening by a violent storm of hail, and it became eo suddenly dark, that I could scarce¬ ly see my horse's head.   I had twelve miles lo go to the town at which I intended to pass the night, and I knew there was no desirable shelter nearer, unless I chose to throw myaelf on the hospitality of the monastery of Pierre Chatel, which lay embosomed among  the hills a little to the east of the road I was trav¬ elling.   There is something romantic and in¬ teresting in a re.sideiice at a convent, bul of that 1 need not say  anylhing.    After a shorl mental debate, I resolved to presentTOyself al the convent gate and ask them lo give mo a nighi's shelter.   So I turned off the road, and rang a heavy bell, which was answered by a burly, rosy-cheeked lay brolher, and he forth¬ with conducted me to the prior, who was call¬ ed the Pere Jolivet.    He received rae very kindly and we chatted away for sometime on politics and the afTairs of the world;   and when the brothers were summoned lo the re¬ fectory, I begged leave to join them, and share their simple repast, instead of eating the solitary supper prepared for me.   There were two lables in the hall, and I was seated next the prior, in a situation lhat gave rae a pretty good view of the wholo company, and aa I casl ray eyes round to lake a survey of the various countenances, they were suddenly ar¬ rested   by one   that struck rae as   about Ihe  raost reraaikable I had ever beheld,— Frora the height of its owner as he sat, 1 judg¬ ed he must be a very tall raan, and the high round shoulders gave an idea of great physical strength; ihough at the same lime the whole mass seeraed composed of bone, for there was very little muscle lo cover it .   The color of his great  coarse  faoe was of an unnatural whiteness, and the rigid immobility of the feaiures favored the idea lhat the man was more dead than alive.   There was altogether something so remarkable in his looks, that 1 could wilh difficulty lurn my eyes from him. My fixed gaze, I imagine, roused some emo¬ tions wiihin him, for he returned my scrutiny with a determined and terrific glare.    If I forced myself to turn away my head for a raoraent, round il would come again, and there were his two great, mysterious eyes up¬ on me; and lhat stiff jaw slowly and mechan¬ ically moving frora side to side, as he ate his supper, like someihing acted on by a pendu¬ lum.    It was really dreadful;   we seemed both bewitched to stare at each other; and I longed for the signal to rise, that I might, be releaaed from the strange fascinaiion.   This came at length; and though I had promised myself to make some inquiries of the prior concerning lhe owner of the eyes, yet not fin ding myself alone with him during the eve ning, 1 forbore, and in due time retired to my chamber, iniending lo proceed on my journey the following day.   But when the raorning came, I found myself very unwell, and the hospitable prior recoramended rae not loleave my bed; and finally, t was obliged to remain there not only a day,  but many days—in short, it was nearly a mouth befoie I was well enongh to quit the convent,
'In the mean time, however, I had learnt the slory of Brother Lazanis—for so I fonnd the object of my curiosity was called ; and had theieby acqnired some idea of the kind of influence he had exercised over me. The window of the little room 1 occupied looked into the burying-place of the raonastery; and on th(3 day I first left my bed, I perceived a monk below digging a grave. He was stoop¬ ing forward wilh his spade in his hand, and with fais back lowards me; and aa my room was a good way from the ground, and the brothers were all habited alike, I could not distinguish which ofthem it was.
' '"i^ii have death amongst you V said I lo the prior when he visited me.
' 'No,' returned he; 'we have even no se¬ rious sickness at present.
' 1 see one of lhe brothers below digging a grave,' I replied.
' 'Oh,' said he, looking oot, 'that is Brother Lazarus; he is digging his own grave.'
''What an extraordinary fancy!' said I,— 'But perhaps il's apennance 1
' 'Not a pennance imposed by me,' replied the prior,''but by himself. Brother Lazarus is a very strange person. Porhaps you may have observed him in the refectory—he sal nearly opposite you at the other table V
' 'Bless me! is that he ? Oh yea, I obser¬ ved him indeed. Who could help observing him,' He has the most extraordinary coun¬ tenance I ever beheld.'
' 'Brother Lazarus is a somnambulist,' re¬ turned lho. prior; 'a natural somnambulist; and 18 altogether, as 1 said before, a very ex¬ traordinary character.-"
were very irregular; sbmetiinesthey were fre¬ quent, sometimes, there were long intermiss¬ ions. Occasionally he would leave his cell, and after-being absent from it several hours, would reiurnof hia own accord,still fasl asleep, and lay himself in his bed; at. other times he would wander so far away, that we had to send in search of hira; and sometimes he would be met by the messengers on his .way back, either awake or asleop, as it might happen. -- This strange malady had.caused us sorae anxi¬ ety ,^nd we had not neglected lo seek the best advice we could obtain with respect lo its treatment; at length the reraedies applied seemed to have taken effecl; lhe paroxysms became raore rare, and the disease so far sub¬ sided, that it ceased to be a snbject of obser¬ valion among us. Several months had elapsed since I had heard anything of the nocturnal excursions of Brolher Doiuiiiiqne, when one night that I had some business of importance in hand, instead of going to bed when the resl of the brotherhood retired to their cells, [ seated rayself at ray desk, for the purpose of reading and answering cerlain leiters con¬ cerning the affair in question. I had been sometime thus oecupied,and had just finished my woik, and had already locked my desk preparatory to going lo bed, when I heard Ihe closing of a disianl door, and immediately af¬ terwards a foot in the long gallery that sepa¬ rated my room from ihof ells of Ihe brother¬ hood. What could be the matter? Some¬ body must be ill, and was coming to seek as¬ sistance; and I was confirmed in this persuasion when 1 perceived that the fool was approach¬ ing my door, the key ofwhich 1 had not tnrned. In a moment more it opened, and Fra Domi¬ nique enleied asleep. His eyes were wide open, but there was evidently no speculation in thera; they were fixed and glassy, like the eyes ofa corpse. He had nothing on but the tunic which he was in the habit of wearing al Ilight, and in his hand he held a large knife.- Al this strange apparilion I stood transfixed.— Frora the cautious manner in which he had opened the door, and the stealthy pace wilh which fie advanced into Ihe room, Icould not doubt that he was bent upon mischief; but aware of the dangerous effecis that frequently result fiom the too sudden awaking of a .sleep-walker, I Ihought it beiier to walch in silence the acting out of lhis fearful drama, than venture, lo dialurb him. Withall the precautions he would have used not lo arouse me had ho been awake, he raoved lowards the bed, and in so doing he had occasion to pass quite close to where I stood, and as the light of the laraps fell upon his face, I saw that his brows were knit, and his feaiures con¬ tracted inlo an expression of resolule maligni¬ ty. When he reached the bed, he bent over it, felt with his hand in the place where I should have been, and then, apparently satis¬ fied, he lifted up his arm, and struck success¬ ively three heavy blows—so heavy, lhat, hav¬ ing pierced the bedclothes, the blade of the knife entered far into ihe raatlress, or rather mto lhe mal that served me for one. Sud¬ denly, however, whilst his arm was raiged for another blow, he started, and turning round, hastened towards the window, which he open¬ ed, and had ilbeen large enough, I think.would have thrown himself out. Bul finding the ap¬ erture too srnall he changed his direction.— Again he passed close to me, and I felt my¬ self shrink back as he almost louched me with his lunic. The two laraps lhat stood on my lable ihade no impression on hiseyes;heopen- antf closed lhe door as before; and I heard him proceed rapidly along lhe gallery, and retire to his own cell. It would be in vain to al¬ lempl to describe the amazement wilh which I had witnessed this lerrible scene. I had been, as it were, the spectaior of my own murder, and I was overcome bythe horrors of this visionary assassinati ng. Grateful to prov¬ idence foi the danger I had escaped, I yet could not brace my neives lo look at it wilh calmness, and I passed the remainder of the night in a state of painful agitation. On the following raorning, as soon as breakfast was over, I summoned Fra Dominique tomy roora. As he entered, Isaw his eye glance at the bed, which was now, however, covered by other linen, so that there were no traces visible of his nocturnal visil. His connlenance was sad, but expressed no confusion, till I enquired what had been lUe sobject of his dreams the preceding night. Then he slatted, and chan¬ ged color.
' 'Reverend father,' said he, 'why do ask you me this?' ' -'Never mind,' said I. 'I have my reasons.' ' 'I do not like to repeat my dream,' return¬ ed he; 'it was loo frightful; and I fear lhat il must have been Satan himself that inspired it.' ,
' 'Nevertheless, lel me hear it.' ' 'Well reverend father, if you will have il so, what I dieamt was this—bnt lhat yon raay the better comprehend my dream, I musl give you a shorl sketch of the circumstances in which it originated.
' 'Do so,' said I; and that we may nol be in¬ terrupted, I'll lock the door.' So having turn¬ ed the key, and bade him seat himself on a stool opposite me. I prepared lo listen lo tbe story of his life, which was lo this eflect — While a child of four years of age, he awoke one morning and found lhat his poor mother lay a bleeding corpse by his side. She had been murdered during the night by a miscre¬ ant relative, in order lo obtain some mean in¬ heritance by her decease. The effect of the circumstance, with its painful details, had dis¬ turbed his infant facullies, which led lo occa-
What!' saul I, my curiosily being a good
deal awakened, 'does he walk in his sleep?-
t,"^TfS-f"' =^,somnambulist   before,   and
shonld like to hear somo particulars about
him. If you have no objection to tell lhem
They are not desirable inmates, 1 assure yon,' answered the prior. 'I could tell you some very odd adventures, connected wilh this disease gf Brother Lazarus."
' '1 shonld be very mnch obliged if you would,' said I, wilh no little eagerness.
' 'Soranambulists.areBOmetimes subject to strange hallncipations,'he replied; 'their dream
dreams, he added, sometimes made him feel as if he were under a stern necessiiy of per¬ forming the part of the murderer of his mother.
"And pray,' I inquiied, 'do you select any particular person as your viciim in those dreams?'
' 'Always.'
' 'And what does this selection depend upon? Isit enmity?'
' 'No, returned Dominique; 'it is a peculiar influenoe lhat I cannot explain. Perhaps,' added he,.after some hesitation,''you may have observed my eyee frequently fixed on you of late?' I remembered that I had ob¬ served this; and he ihen told me that who¬ ever he looked atin that manner was the per¬ son he dreamt of.'
-'Such,'said Charlie Lisle, was the prioi's account of this sirange personage. I con¬ fess, when I had heatd'his explanation, I be¬ gan to feel particularly queer, for I was aU ready satisfied lhat Fia Dominique and Bioth- er Lazarus were one and the same person; and 1 perceived that I was in considerable danger of being the selected viciim of his next dream ; and so  I lold Pere Jolivet.'
' 'Never fear,' said he ; 'we lock him up every night, and have done so ever since fhy adventure. Added to which, he isnow very unwell; he was taken wilh a fit yes¬ terday, and we have been obliged lo bleed hira.'
' 'But he is digging there below,' said I. ''Yes,'replied lhe prior; 'he has a notion he is going to die, and entreated permission to prepare his grave. Il is, however, a mere fancy, I dare Kiy. He had the same notion during the indisposition that succeeded the dream I have just'related. I forgot to tell you, however, thongh you seem lo have pen¬ etrated lhe secret, that thia Fra Dominique changed his name to Lazarus when he ac¬ companied me here, whioh he was allowed to do at his own urgent intreaty; why, I can¬ not tell, but.ever afler that conversaiion, he seemed lo have imbibed a strong atlachment to me; perhaps because I exhibited none of the distrust or aversion toward him which
is to Them as real as o'nr actual daily life is to I some persons might have:been apt to enterr " ¦ tain under the same qircumslatices.'
us, and they not -unfrequently-act out the scenes of the drama with-a terrible determina¬ tion: I will juat give yon.one instance of the danger that, may accnie from a. delusion of this nature. At the last mdnastery I inhabi¬ ted, before I became priorof Pierre.Cha,tel, we had a, monk who -was known to be aiBomnam-
,bulist.   He-was man,of sombre character and —;;""' :e^   1  tii-     ¦        v,    ,.   . g'o9™y temperament; but it is rather Buppo-
Eyen those -who are incapable of imitating sed that his melancholy proceeded from phy- euch illnsttiouB integrity, mnst admire the aicalcanses than from anV particular'irource magnammUy of spirit It displays. of mental uneasinees;   His nightly wanderings
'Aweek after lhis I was infonned that Brother'Lazarus was dead,' contimied Lisle; fond I confess I. did flOt niuch regret his de¬ cease. I thoaght a m.aii subject to such dan¬ gerous dreams, was better .out gf'the world than in it; more especially.a?-by all accoimts he bad np.enioymeul.in life... On the dayl qijitted the, monastery, I,,Baw.frpm iny win- .doW:,oii.e,of the brolhers completing;the:al- 'j^y partly-made grave, and learnt that he
cended the slairs,T passed some monks who were carrying his coffin to hia cell. 'Resi his soul!'said r, as I buckled onmy spuis; aud Iiaving heartily thanked the good prior for hia hosplality, I mounted ray borse and rode away."
Here Charlie Lisle rang the bell and asked for a glass of water.
'Is that all?' inquired Lady Aramintn. 'Not quite,' said Charlie; 'the seqhel is to come. Mv visit to the raonastery of Pierre Chatel had'occurred inthe month of June.— During the ensuing monihs I travelled over a considerable part of the south of France; and al length I crossed the Pyrenees, intending lo proceed as far as IVladrid, and winler liiere.— Araongst lho Pons 1 had been recommended to visit ^vas a monastery of Franciscans in the neighborhood of Burgos, and I turned some¬ what out of my. road for the purpose of inspec¬ ting some curious manuscripts which the monks were reputed to possesa. Il was in the month of October, anil a bright moonlight night, when I rang the bell and requested tosee the Padre Pachorra, to whom I had letters of introduction. I found hira a dark, grave, som¬ bre-looking man, not very unlike my old friend Brother Lazarus; and although he received me civilly enough, there was someihing in his demeanor that affected my spirits. The whole air ofthe convent, loo, was melancholy; con¬ vents, like other establishments, taking their lone very much frora the characier of their superiors. As the monks had already sup¬ ped when I arrived, I was served with some refreshment in the parlor; and the whole in¬ ternal arrangements here being exceedingly strict, I iinmediately altSrwards retired lo my chamber, firraly resolved lo take my depar¬ ture the next day. I am not in the habit of going to bed early, and when I do, f never can sleep. By the time ray usual sleeping hour is arrived, 1 have generally got so restless and neivous fiom lying awake, lhat slumber is banished altogether. Consequently, when¬ ever I am -under circnmslances that oblige me to leliie early to roy roora, I raake a prac¬ tice of reading till I find my eyelids heavy. Butthe doi railory assigned mein this Francis¬ can convent was so chilly, and thelampgave so little light, that either remaining outof bed or reading in it was out of the quesiion; so I yielded to necessity, and stretched myself on Padre Pachorra'a haid couch; and a very hard one il was, I assure you. I was very cold, too. There were nol coverings enough on the bed lo keep in my animal heat; and although I spread ray own clothes over rae also, still I lay shivering in a very uncomfortable man¬ ner, and, I ara afraid, uttering sundry harsh remarks on the padre's niggardly hospitality, tn this agreeable occupaiion, as you may sup¬ pose, the flight of time was somewhat of the slowest. Ido not know howmany hours I had been there, but I had begnn to think it never would be morning, when f heard some¬ thing stirring in the gallery outside tny door.- The silence of a convent al night is the silence of the grave. Too far removed from the busy world without for external sounds to penetrate the thick walla, whilst within no slamming door, nor wandering foot, nor sacrilegious voice breaks in upon the stillness, the slightest noise strikes upon the car wilh a fearful "distinct¬ ness. I had no shutters lo my window, so that I was aware it was slill pitch-dark with¬ out, though, within, the feeble light of my lamp still enabled me to see a little aboul me. I knew lhat the inmates of monasteries not only rise before daylight, but also that Ihey perform raidnight masses, and so forth; bul then I had always observed lhat on these oc¬ casions they were summoned by a bell.— Now, there was no bell; on the contrary, all was still as death, except the cautious lool which seemed to be approaching my room.— 'What on earth can it be?' thought 1, sitting up in bed with an indescribable- feeling of ap¬ prehension. At thalraoment ahand was laid upon the latch of my door. I cannot toll why, but instinctively I jumped out of bed-;-Jhe door opened, and in walked what appeared lo me to be Brother Lazarus, exactly as tho priorof Pierre Chatel had described him lo me on the occasion of his nocturnal visit to his chamber.' His eyes were open, but glazed, as of one dead; his face waa of a ghastly paleness; he had noihing on bnl the gray tun'c in which he slept; and in his hand he held a knife, such a one as was used by the monks td cut their large loaves wilh.
'You may conceive my amazement,' continued Charlie Lisle, whilst amongst his audilors every eye was firmly rivetted upon him. 'I rubbed my eyes, and asked myself if I were dreaming. Too surely I was awake—I had never even slumbered for an instant. Was I mad ? I did not think 1 was; bul ceriainly that was no proof to the contra¬ ry; and I almost began to doubt that Brother Lazarus was dead and buried on the other side of the Pyrenees. The prior of Pierre Chatel had told rae he was dead, and I had heard several others of the brotherhood alluding to his decease. Ihad seen hiagrave raade ready, and I had passed his cofiin as I descended to the hall; yet here he was in Spain, again re¬ hearsing the frighiful scene that Jolivet had described to me! Whilst all this was fleet¬ ing through my mind, I was standing en chem¬ ise betwixt the bed and tho wall, on which side I had happened to leap oul. In the meantime, the apparilion advanced wilh baie feet, and wilh the greatest caution, towards the other side of the bed; and as there were of course no curtains, I had a full viewof his diabolical features, which appeared contrac¬ ted with rage and malignity. As Jolivet had described to me, he first felt the bed, as if lo ascertain if 1 were there; and I confess I was frightened out of my senses lest he should discover lhat T was not, and poaaibly detect me where I was. What conld I have done, unaimed, and in my shirt, against this pre¬ ternatural-looking monster? And lo wake him—provided always it was really Brolher Lazarus, and not his double, a point aboul which I felt exceedingly unceriain—I had learnt from Jolivet was exlreraely perilous.— However, he-did not discover that the bed was empty—his dreara no doubt supplying a via¬ ionary viclira for the occasion—and raising his arm, he plunged the knife into the mat tress wilh a fierce determination that con vinced rae I should have had very little chance of surviving the blow had I been where he iraagined me. Again and agaiu he siruck, I looking on wilh a horror lhat words coulil but feebly paint; and then he suddenly siarled—the uplifted arm was arres¬ ted—lhe pursuer was al hand : he first rush¬ ed to the window, and opened it, bul being only a small lattice, there was no egress there, so he lurned to the door, making his escape lhat way; and I could hear his foot distinctly flying along the gallery till he reached his own cell. By this lime I was perfectly satis¬ fied that it was no spirii I had seen, but the veritable Biolher Lazarus, or Dominique,,or whatever his name was—for he might have
half a  dozen aliases for aught I   knew	
thongh how he had contrived to come to life again, if he were dead, or by what means, or for what purpose, he coulil h-ive persuaded tlie monks of Pierro Chatel of his decease, if thefact were not.so, I could not conceive. There was no fastening to ray door, and the first quesiion that occurred lo rae was,wheiher this diabolical dreara of his was ever repeat¬ ed twice in one night ? I had oflen heard lhat the magic number of three is apt to pre¬ vail on these occasions; and if so, he might come back again. I confess I was horribly afraid that he would. In tha meantime I found myself shivering with cold, and was, perforce, obliged to creep into the bed, where indeed I was not much warmer. Sleep was, of course, out of the question. I lay listening anxiously, expecting either the stealthy foot of Brolher lazarus, or the glad sound ofthe m.atiu bell, that .\youId summon the monks fro» their cells, and wondering which I should hear firat. Fortunately for my neives it was the latter; andwitb alacrity I jnmped put of bed, dressed myself, and descended to the chapel. -.
'When I reached it, the monks were on their knees, and their cowls being over their
'distingiiishmy friend the sbmnatabnlist; bnt when they rose to their ieel, hig ' tall gaunt figure and high shoulders were easily discer¬ nible, and I had identified him before I saw hia face. As they passed, out of the chapel, I drew near and saluted him, observing that I believed I had had ihe pleasure' of aeeing him before at Pierre Chatel; but he only shook his head, as if in token nf denial; and as I could oblain^o other answer to my fur¬ ther altempts at conversation, I lefl him, and proceeded to pay my respects to the prior.— Of course I felt it my dnty to mention my ad¬ ventures of the jirevions night,, for Brother Lazarus mighl on some occasion chance lo act out his dream more effectually than he had had the opportunity of doing with me and Pere Jolivet.
' '1 am extremely sorry, indeed,' said Pa¬ dre Pachorra when he had heard mystery; 'they muat have omitted to lock him into his cell last night, I must speak about it, for the consequences raight h-ave been very se¬ rious.'
' ''Very serious to rae certainly,' said I.— 'But how is it I see this man here alive ?— When I quilled Pierre Chatel I was told he was dead, and I saw the preparations for his burial.'
' 'They believed him dead,' returned the prior; 'but hewas only in a tiance; andaf¬ ter he was screwed down In hia coffin, just as they were abont to lower it into the grave, ithey felt that something was moving within. They opened it, and Fra Dominique was found alive. It appeared from his own account, that he had been suffering extremely from his dreadful dream, on occasion of the visit of some young stranger—an Englishmau I think.'
' 'Myself, I have no doubt.' said I.
"Probably," retnrned the prior; 'and this vvas either the cause' or the consequence of his illness, for it is difficult to decide which.'
' 'But how came he here?' I inquired.
' 'It was in this monastery he commenced his vocation,' answered the padre. 'He was only at Pierre Chatel, by indulgence, and after thia accident they did not wish lo retain him.
' 'I do not wonder at that, Iam sure,' said I. 'But why did he deny having been there? When I spoke of it to hira jusl now ho only shook his head.'
' 'He did not mean to deny it, I daresay,' said the prior; 'but he never speaks. Fia Dominique has taken a vow of eternal si¬ lence.' '
Here Charles Lisle bronght his story lo a conclusion. 'How extremely shocking I ex¬ claimed Lady Araminta; whilst the whole company agreed that he had made out an ex¬ cellent excuse for wishing lo sleep with his door locked, and that he had very satisfacto¬ rily entilled himself to lhe promised exchange.
A GRAPHIC DnscrfiPTios.—We have oflen listened with admiralion to tbe accounts given by itinerant showmen, and the attaches of museums and menageries, of the structure, appearance and habits of the various animals composing their interesiing charge; said ac counts aometimes including particulars never dreemed of by Buffon or Bingley. But the showmen are outdone by the editor of the New Orleans National, whose description of a Mexican " critter " we annex.
The critter, by the way, is common enough in Mexico, where the natives eat hira. His true name, we believe, is the iguana. Steph¬ ens, in one of his books on Yucatan, gives an j amusing account of an iguana chase by a par¬ ty of laborers.
The Guana—Natural Histor-t—An am¬ phibious looking gentlemen passed our office yesterday, with what was, to us, a nondescript looking animal. He called il a Mexican guana. Il would seem, judging from the gen¬ eral and topographical appearance nf the gu¬ ana, as if nature occasionally had her freaks of eccentricity, and after pursuing a straight forwardand natural course, would suddenly produce something that combined in strange contrast all the peculiarities of fifty well look¬ ing and familiar objecis. Now Ihegnana has its fore legs put on behind, and its hind legs not only put on before, but fastened on back¬ ward, and upside down. When its mouth is shut it is as tight as an oyster, and as desti¬ tute of lips; but let it smile, and its head opens way back of its ears, if it has any ears.
Its body is shaped like a guana's and has a horn comb set on the top of it for ornament, and small scales all over 'it, for no cause wbat¬ ever that we could perceive. Its eyes resem¬ ble those of a duck,' as they are supposed to look in a storm, but instead of turning in their sockets, they work up and down._ It appears to be peifectly good natured when it is angry, and il don't try lo bite unlil it wreaths its face in a smile. Its tail, however, is its great, feature—lhat is indefinile in ils length, and variegated in ils color. Afler you examine the gnana, generally and particularly, the con¬ clusion is forced upon you that it was made oul ofthe odds and ends of lizards, butterflies, snakes and confectionary, ahd is altogether lhe most extraordinary insect, bug or aniraal, that ever lived.
IBiTHBB, MOBOCCO, FINDINGS, LASTS, &C.
raiHE Snbacriber respoctfuUy informs those JL   lhat dealin the above articles, that he  has made arrtngements with tho different Manufactu¬ rers of aach articles as bo does not manufacture himself 50 as to enable hihi to wholesale tbem as low as they can be bought in Philadelphia. JUS-T RECEIVED FROM BOSTON IOO Bushels Pega 40 differeut sizes 500 Ib. Shoe makers thread warranled 50 doz. Shoe knives, black handle 10,000 Ib. Baugbers &  Rouaers vory best sole 1,000 Ib. Sparables from Sanford &. Shelton which ho can and. will sell as low as can   bc bonght in Philadelphia.
H. O- LOCHER, Next door to J. F, Sleinman &. Son, Wcet King St. Laneaslrr.
April 88. 1847     , 2_
NBW COODS FOR SPRING, 1847.
WE hereby acknowledge the obligations we are under lo those who have so liberally extended to us a share oftheir patronage dnring the last four years, and beg leave to call their, and the special attention of the puhlic to our Fresli Supplies of
SPRING   GOODS! 10 whicb we are almost daily adding such goods as are required to make ouratock  complete  and allraetive.
JITew Opening ! the most beautiful asscirtmenl of Thrcc-pIy Lm. REAI Superfine, and Extr.i fine Ingrain and Venetian CARPETINGS ever exhibiled in Lan. easier, and at prices greatly reduced from those of fornier seasons.
A largo and varied asRorlment of furnishing goods', consisting of 8 4 lo 12 4 bleaehed Linen Damasks, 8-4 lo 12-4 bleached Damask Table Clolhs, Napkins, Doyles. Einbnsbcd Clolh Table Covera, Embossed and Marseiilea Quilling Tuilet Covera, 8.4 to 12-4 super and commnn Counter- panes, Plaid, Slriped, and Noeille Worked Dra¬ pery, Tickings 4 4 lo 12 4 Lineii and Collou Sheetings Bed Check!>, &c. &c. A beautiful assortmentof
China Glass Sf Queensware !
at ratea much lower than ever heretofore oifered,
DRESS GOODS.
Just received an elegant asscrtment Plaid and Striped Glace Pouli de Soies, ofcntiiely new de¬ signs and beautiful combinations. The following well known fabrics wc havo in Blacks and Blue Blacks.
Bischoffa    22 is-40 inch Grn3 dc Chines, Mallionis 25    "    Imlian Lustrings
Blancs        22 lo 25    "    Gros   do Swisso.
Spring Styles Mousscfinea, Monierey Plaids, French and Scotch Ginghams, English and Amer¬ ican Prints, &c. --
Superb ijualiiiea Kid and Lisle Gloves, beautifully assorted, Reviere, Tape, and Corded Bordered Lin¬ en Cambric Hdkls, Needle Worked S\yiss and Jac¬ onet Edgings and Inscriings Ribbons, Caps, &c, GRIEL, HART & GILBERT, New Yotk Store. April 14, 1847- 90_
BRIGG'S RUSSIAN COSMETIC,
"I7OR the Restoration, Grov/th, Preservaiion & 1) Beautifying of the Hnman Hair. A most excellent article. ' For sale ot
JOIIN F. LONG'S Drug & Chemical Storc No. 8 Nonh Queen St. April21,1847.  21
RAPE OR COLE SEED.
JUST received a, supply of Rape or Cole Seed. Also, Sugar Corn, Cashaw, Piimplun. Ctinle- lope,Spaiii8ii Melon, Early White & Purple Vop Turnip, Ruta Baga, Sugar Beet and Mangle Wunzle Seed. Forsale togetherwith a general assorlment of Fresh Garden Seed.q.
At JOHN F. LONG'S Drug &, Chemical Stcro No- 8 North QueenSt. April 21, 1840, 21
VERY  SUBLIME  SONG.
Ves, she was lovely, ahe was fair,
As mild as summer even ; All ungpl form, a spirit bright,
A star that drop'd from Heaven.
(Well, ahe waa.)
Anil O, tliosp hright and lustrous orbs,
That beamed with holy fire; Those auburn curls, that lovely brow,
None, none, but could admire.
(Well, they could'nt.)
And oh, that bright and graceful form,   '
So like a beauteous fairy; Perhaps we'd leave out the "/,"'
And thtm il would be airy.
(Well, it would.)
I knell befoie her and I swore,
T'd have one burning kiss; She fiaid, " go wash your dirty face,
You can't enjoy such bliss."
(Well, she did.)
1 swove she was an angel too,
AVho'd fallen from llie sky; Slie cried, " O, for a pair of wing.^,
Once more to soar on high."
(Indeed, abe did.)
What, what I cried, and would you thu?,
A lover true desert? Oh. heavens! ahe cried, the clothesline's broke.
There goes my brother's shiTt.
(Well, ahe did, boss.)
I f.:U just then as n' Td dropt, From Chimborazo's suramit;
I lell mv budding passion cropt, Mere beauiy could'nt come it.
And did I quickly snatch my Iiat, Without tt thought of kisfiliig-? And ever did I after lhat
(No sir-ree.)
Come up among tlie missing.
(I did'nt do nothing else.)
waa to.be baried that evening;. and as I des-1 heads, I could no!, as! ran my eye over them,
¦\/rEXICO AND HER MILITARY CHIEF- jyL TAINS, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time, comprising slcetches of the Uves of Hidalgo, Morelosj Iturbide, Sanla Anna, Jomez Farias, Bustamente, Paredes, Almonte, Arista, Alaman, Ampudia, Herrera, and De La Vega, by Fay Robison; illustrated by twelve portraits and engravingsi      v     ¦
Complete in onc volume of 344 pages duo¬ decimo,-prin ted on fine paper and neatly put up in paper binding, at the low price of 50 cents.
Agricultural Botany, an enumeration and des¬ criptions of useful plants and weeds, which mer¬ it the notice or require the attention of' Ameri¬ can Agriculturists; by William Darlington, M. D; Ivol. 12 mo.
History of Mexico; her Civil Wars, and Col¬ onial and ReypUitionary annala from the period of tbe Spanish Conquest 1520, to the present time, including an accotmt ofthe war. with the United States.   By Philip Young^ 1 vol 8vo.
Madam Guyon and Fenelon, by Upham.
Youatt on the Pig, with illustrations.
The Queens of England, a new edition.
Together with, a large iiiisortmeni of School and Miscellaueous BOokSj to which the subscri¬ bers call the attention of tnerchants and teachers. Their facilities for stipplying all artioles in their line at the lowcst rates are^unsorpassed, J. GISH & CO. North Queen st. Lancaster.
July U     ¦ -33
HATS!
FOR THE PEOPLE!
D. SHUHiTZ, Hatter, No. 19 i Worth «iaeen Street,
WOULD respectfully inrorm hia friends and the public that be haa juat received from New York and Philadelphia the latest
SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS,
and Wlll be pleased to furnish his customers and all oihera wnh them at the shortest noti.ce. Afl all hia Uats aro manufaotured onder hfs immedi¬ ate saperintendence, hc feels warranted in soy ing, that for durability and finish ihey cannot be sur¬ passed by any establishment in this or any oiher oity in the Uni'on! His Btook consists of BEAVER, NUTRIA, BRUSH, RUSSIA, CASSIMERE, MOLESKIN, ^ILK, fee, whichhe will diepaao of at the lowest prices,— CjII nnd examine his stock before nurchasinj; olsowjiere.
Hie assortment of CAPS ia ono of the most extensire in the city and he is adding to it daily. Ciistoracrs may rest assured that thcy will bc suiied, OS ho carefully selected his stock from lhe lorgest assorimcnts in New Yotk and Philadel- phia.    Don't forget the stand,
Directly opposite Michael's Hotel, North Queen Street.
Country iMerchants visiting Lancaster, dealing in Hats or Caps can be supplied al Wholesale I>riccs, from one to a dozen, such sizes as any may want.
He iilsoinforma hisnumerous friends andcusln- mcrs lhat he Blill continues to conduct the HAT¬ TING business in all its branches as heretofore
" OID  STAKD  IN NEW HOLIAND,
to which place al! orders for thu deli^^cryof Ilata are requested tobe fur forwarded.
DAVID SIIULTZ. Liuicastei, April 28, 1847. if-Sa
SPRING FASHIONS.
C^ALL in and look at my stock of fash- I ionable and Plain Hats, such as Blaekand Drab BKAVKR, MOLESKIN, SILK, BRU.SH, RUSSIA, FUR, VVOOL, &.C. Being the larges, and moat fa.shionable Stock in the city. Almi, liie best assoriment of CjIPS, such as CLOTH, SILK, VKLVET, GLAZED and commmon Cups, all of which will besold at the lowest prices lor cash, and warranted to be of the best materials and workmanahip. Hals made to order any shape required.
Ciivc mea call T. R. TORR,
Ol.I atand No. 7, Norlh Queen Street. Lancaater. Sep. 23,1846. ly-20
NEW CHEAP CASH STORE.
Tlte Greaiest Bargains ever offered  to lhe
Public, can be had at the
NE'iT DRY GOODS STORE,
Norlh Queen Street, in ihe National Ho'usc
Building, adjoining A. W. Russell's
Hardtoare Store.
rpIIE suhscribers inform the public, lhat they
.1    have just returned from the Kastern ciiies
with a spl,.'ndid ai^sortment of Dry tioods. such as:
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, CASSINETTS,
VESTINGS, and a general assortmenl of Men's
and Boys' Summer wear.   Also,
SILKS, MOUSLIN DE LAINS, LAWNS,
CHINTZES, PLAIDS,
barred and striped muslins, bleached and brown
muslins, checks  nnd lidliings, hosiery, &c,, wilh
every variety to be found in  the dry gooda line.
All of which will bc sold CHEAP FOR CASH.
Their friends and the public are requcBted to call
and cxaiuine their -stock nf goods—(all of which
being FRKsii nnd new)—before purchasing else-
where. D. R. EHLER,
C.A. EHLER.
Laneasier, May 5. 1847. tl-Q'3
INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS.
fff^ ms extraordinary niedicine ia founded upon _§_ the principle that lhe human frame is sub¬ ject to ONLY ONE DISEASE, viz: corrupt hu- nours, which, when floaling in tho general mass of circulalion, are tho cause ofall kinds of Fevers, bat when lodged in llie various parts of lhe body, give riso to every malady incident to man.
Let il be remembered that ihc humnn budy and Wright's Indian Vegetablo Pills are mutually adapted one to the other, and. lhat by them all mor¬ bid and corrupt humors (thc cause of disease) can be entirely eradicated, and this in so.easy and natural a manner that while thcy every day give ease and pleasure. Disease ol every name is liter¬ ally driven from the Body.
The following highly respectable storekeepers have boen duly appointed agenis   for  the saleol this Celebrated Medicino, in Lancaster counly. JOHN ZIMMERMAN. Lancaster. Pennock &. Taylor, Asliville. Reuben Weidler, Bearville. Beecher lk, Braught, Bainbridge. Samnel H -Miller, Biickersvillc, J. & S Miller, (l„
Jicob Bruner, Bird-in-hand. John Allen, Bethania, W W Passmore, Barl township. Buyers & Umballs, Bellview. John S. Shirk, Brownslown. AbraJiam Shenk.Catfish, Manheim twp John H  Harman, Coneaioga Cenlre. John Pusey, Centreville. L& E Rogors,Churchlown. W &, ti WCoraptnn, Cambridge. E Lewis, Coopersville. Gco W liimes. Concord. Fry & Spangler, Ctdunibia. -Iohn A Boyd, Drumore fieo Dnchman, Earl twp. Weaver Sl Wilmer, do       do
Davis Wallace, do        do
Samuel Hull. Earlvilio West. John r,ynch, Elizabcthlown. John Gross, P. M., Kphrnta. L S Hacker, New Ephrala. Martin Weidman, West Ephrata. Button & M'Spirran, Fairfield. J W Fox & Co. Georgetown. Ringwalt & Martin, Hemplield. Z KiUian, Hanslown. Wickel & Gross, Hinkletown. Thomas Himes, Intercourse. John C Landis, Landisville. Fredorick Swope, Leacock lownsbip. JF&D II Horr, Lampeler Square. Nath'l Wooley, Litiz. VVitraer & Cassell, Mount Joy. John Devlin, Mountviile. W A & B Spangler, Maieita. A D Whiteaide, Mechanicsburg. Jacob Hull, Mechanicsville. H GCIark & Co. Mount Joy lwp. John Reinhold, Maylown. SUymaker & Co. do
Ilenry Funk, Miilersville. Stoek*. Fell, Marticville H Coleman, Mariic Iron Works. Joseph Engles, Mariic Township. Isaacs M'Camant. Mount Pleasant. Joseph Cooper St, Co. Mill Creek. Brubaker & Co-New Holland. Hildehran & Myer. New Providence. Samuel Hahn, New Berlin- Carter ^ Lewis, New T,«xas. J. B- Thompson, NoblcBville. Milner & Pierce, Oak Shade.' John SlauHer, peteraburg. E U Paxon, Poplar Grovo. Jaraes A. M'Conkey, Poach Botlom. SWP Boyd, do
Harris & M'Cullough, Pleasant Grove, A Juhnson, Penn Hill. Jacob Singer, Penn Township, Skilea &. Clemson, Pequa Valley. G & L Lewie, do
A R Witmer & Brother, Paradise. Mahlon Pussey, Pusey's Mills. John .A Blake, Pleasant CJrove. Hiiines & Hensil, Quarryville. David Loa. Red House. John Rawlilis, Rawlinsville. J M Salaia, Reamstown. Sam'l.Hiniiy, Springville. John Herr &. Son, Safe Harbor. Sani'l Sellers, Sadabury Meeiing House. Chew & Grabill. Soudersburg. Win. Spencer, Sirasburg. John Metzler,Sporting Hill. Jokn A. Sfush, Washinglon. Benj. Bower. Willowsircet. Robert Baldwin, Weterloo. John Alexander. While Rock Forgo. EM-Jones, Williamstown. , :(^Offipes devoted exclusively to tlie sale of Wright's.Indian Vegetablo Pills, wholosale and reliiil, 169' Race street, Philadelphia; 288 Green¬ wich Street; Nevv York ; and 198 Tremont Street, Boaton.
REMOVAL.   "'
MERCHANTTAILOR, would most respect¬ fully inform his Iriends and the public lhat he has removed to the room for a number of years occupied fcy Golleib Halbach, decoased, as a shoe store, m Nurlh Queen etreel, next door to tho Ex¬ aminer & Ilerald office, where he has on hand a large assortment of
Keady Made Clothing,
ofevery variety, cot and made in the lalest opring and summer styles.
lie would also inform hiu friends and thepublic lhat hc pays pariicular attention to CUSTOMER WOKK, and is prepared to make to order oil arii¬ cies in his line, in the latest and most fashionable style and on lhe moat reasonable terms.
SCOURIiVG AND RENOVATING at tended tw on theshorti-si notice, ile pledges hini- Hclfto give aatisfaction to all who may wish gar¬ ments renovated and scoured. Ilo dcKirps to pre¬ sent his acknowledgments for past and eoliciis a conlinuance oftho public favor.
E. M. HAMBRIGHT.
April 7. 1847 ff-lS
""' JOISI^ I^OSE,
( IIHANKFUIj for the patrouage heretofore eilcn- fdcd. respecUully informs hit) friends and the puhlic ReneruUy, ihat he contmues the Boot and Shoe husinpss m all its various hranches al the old aland in North Queen street, one door soulh of N. C. Scholfield's hotel, where he will always be prepared to supply all ordcrw of his fnends and the public; he will constantly have on Iiand, or be ready lo make lo order. Calfskin Boots, Morocco, Kip nnd coarse do; pentlrmen's Shoea, Pumps, Slippers, &c. Ladies'most fasliionablo Shoes.— Also, Children's Shoes of every description ull of thc hest materials and durable workmanship:
All ordors attended to on the shortest notice.
Give'me a call as I wil! sell lo suit the limes.
N. B. Boota nnd Shoes always repaired at thc sbortCFl noiiee.
_Apriij8 gm-aa
STEINMAN Sf SON.
ARE regularly i-cceiving from the manufactu- rers in the United Slates and in Enrojic, arge supplies of Hardware, Cuitlery, and Saddle¬ ry, and aro monnfaciurtng a superior article of
CKDAR WARE^ Merchants, persons commencing house keeping builders, manufaclnrcr.'*, mechanics, and tho pub¬ lic generally ore inviled to eiamine their Slock, lheir prices shall be equal to the loweat Philadel¬ phia rates. _Fcb 10^1847 II
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GRIMSHAW'S LADIE'S AND GENTLE MAN'S LEXICON, nnd Parlor Companion ; i on¬ taining nearly every word in ihc Knglisb language, and exhibiling lhe plurals of nouns and lbe parti¬ ciples of verbs, being also particularly adapted In the use of academies and schouU, Ity William Grimshaw, E^q,, author of lhe above histories.
The editor of the North American J'eviev^, speaking of these Histories, observe:, lhat— " Among the clemcnlary books i>f American His- tory, we do nol remmeber to have seen any one mnre deserving approbation than Mr. Grimshaw's History of thc United States. It is o small vol¬ ume and a grcal deal of matter is brnuglit into a narrow space but the auihor has succeeded so arrangement of his malerials, lhat perspicuity is rarely sacnfic to brevity.
Tho chain of naralive is skilfully preserved, and the author's reflections are frcquemly such as make the fuels more impressive, and lead thc youihful mind lo observe causes and consequen¬ ces which mighl oiherwise t>e overlooked. Asa school-book, it may be j-istly reeommended,
" VVhat has been said ofthia volume uill apply generally to llis other historical worka. Theyare each nearly oftho same aize as the one just noiiced and designed fbr the samo object, lhat is, the use of classes in shools."
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CONVERSATIONS ON NATURAL I'HI¬ LOSOPHY—in which thn cicmciils of lli.it sci¬ ence nro familiarly explained. Illnslraiions with plates. By the auihor of "Conversations ou Chemistry," Sec. With considerable additions, corrections and improvemenis in thc budy of the work, appropriale questions anda glossary. By Dr. Thos. P. Jones.
CONVERSATION ON CHEMISTRY—in which the elemenis of that science are familiarly explained and illusiraled by experimenls and en¬ gravings on wood. From the laat London edi¬ tion, in which all tho late discoveries and im¬ provements arc broughi up to the present lime, by Dr. Thos. I'. Jones.
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