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--'¦F^t.'"^'FjujA^.'-i. '¦*.wiv!>i k' .¦;.. I'Iiiui»wwwp—^^F^^;!^^^!B^s^^^ iiili\tfi\\miii9Mm^iifmfm^!mfmmmmm^^ mm:UVJimmmsmMmmmf!^l!!9^^ VOL. XXVL EDWAKD C. DAKLINGTON, orncc I.s >raT,i qvr.iiN btheet. The EXAMINER & DEMOCRATIC HERALD Slnblitbod wcokl.T. .1 TWO I.OIJ..*" » yew. Advertiseiie.vts notcsceeJiDg one square .rill hi In.i'rtcd thrvT limcp lor on» Joltar, sndtwenty- Sc c.°Dt.4lllhc vliark-od lorv.ch .Jditl(m»ltnB«llon. ." Uber°l dT" oint allowed to tllo» .dvcrtltltg by the year, • INS AND OUTS. I'.Y .IKE.MS. I'm out of cosh, und eo. oi" coufcO, I've pocket room to let ; I'lu out of palicucc, just heonunc I'm never out of debt. Hofides, T'ni tlrcadfuliy in love, Auil more than half iu doul>t. Wbich is the greater evil, lliat Of being in or out! I'm deeply in my tailor'.': book.i, ^ But 1 Unii't mind n. dvii: Anti if 1 wasn't out of fuiul.i I'd pay hira. out of fun. ^ lie nlwiiyj'gave ine " fit.-*."* 1'*' ^'"'^' But heaven l«Ic5S liis eye.-*: "Twould put hiin iu :i fit. ' S"'^=^'*' ile'd W ill sulIi .«uq'"•¦'¦-• I'm out nl ell-mr:-, iu distrfs>.— Ju sooth, :; dtury talc f I'm out of l;iv.>r. <'Ut.)f sorl.i, Uut. tliei'. I'l'i yiu -^'l J-"'. .A]y Jaudl.Td s;.v5 inv lime i-^ ^>iit. Ar.dlbinK^i'dbfa^T-.-hiu. Tm -ui-b :iriOiil:i:id"Ut.}r, ho WVu't li:ive mo in Iiii iuu. LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1852. NEW SERIES, VOL. XIV-NO. 38. ¦ dollars, it hoppened that lie found in hia nn- EotatJon of OTIT Forest Trees. The Man that got Humbugged. itive village a considerable quantity of hemp j Wo Jeriro here to allude to tt aubject whichl The stage in which I waa a pasaenger had stop j and flax, which was very good, nod still to bo j haa an important indirect bearing, at least, on | ped to change horses, and •* feed" ihe peaeen I'ui ("¦ut. T.I gd If 1 don* I'ii li:i' ("Ui "tit I t.'f Ul.l Till out I Ve i:-JL •f oV.icO, I'Ut in hopes ].ii[ in suuiL- (lay : [ -' run " Ilir eoiuelhing dOoii ,• lo run ;nvn.y. i .•jpiiil?; nnd I'm out V liiau I can think ; >;' leiiipor;. bang thu pen 1 s !—I'm out uf ink! Provideiiee Propers Honesty, A BEAUTIFUL STOKY. uv MRS. ^T. MaiON. A poor boy, flged nbout ten years, entered the Trarohouse of the rich merchant, Samuel Rich- ter, in Dantzic, and uskcJ the book keeper for alms. "You will gctnotliiug here," grumbled tho mau -witiiout raising his head from his book; " bo off." Weeping bitterly, tho boy glided towards the door, at the moment that llerr Richter enter¬ ed. *' What ia the matter here :" he asked, turn¬ ing to the book keeper. "A ¦worthless beggar boy," was the man's answer, aud he scnrcoly looked up from his ¦work. In the meantime, llerr Kichter glanced to¬ wards the boy, and remarked that, "when close to the door, he picked up something from the ground. " Ua ! my little lad, what ia that you picked up:" he cried. Thc weeping boy turn¬ ed, and showed him a needle. "And wlmt do you do with it'" asked the other. " My jacket h:is holes in it,"" was theanswer» *' I will Eew up the big ones." Herr Itichter was pleased with this reply, and StiU more with tbo boy'a innocent, band- some face, " But are you not asliamed," he said, ina kind, though serious tone, "you,so young and hearty, to beg.' Can you not work:" "Ah, my dear sir," replied the boy, " I do not know how, luullaui too little yet to thresh, or feli wood. My father died three weeks ago, and my mother ;ind little brothers have eaten nothing these two days. Then T ran out in anguish, and begged for alms. But alas! a single peasant only gave me a piece of bread; fiince then 1 have not eaten a morsel." It is quite customary for beggars by trade to contrive tales like this, and this hardens many a heart against the claims of genuine want — But this time the merchaut trusted the boy's honest face. He thrust Iiis hand iuto his pock¬ et, and drew forth a piece of money, nnd said : " There is hall' a dollar ; go to the baker's, and with half thc money huy bread for your¬ self, your mother, and your brothers, but bring back the other half to rae." The boy tuok the money, and ran joyfully away. " Well," said (he surly-bookkeeper, "he will laugh in his sleeve, and never come back again."' " Who knows .'" replied llerr Richter. And as he spoke he beheld the boy returning, run¬ ning with a large ioaf of black bread in one hand, ami some money in the other. ¦'There good sir!" he cried, almost breath¬ less, " there is thc rest of Ihe money." Then, beiug very hungry, he begged a knife, to cut off a piece ofthe bread. The book keeper reached him in silence a pocket knife. The lad cut oif a slice in great haste, and was about to bite upon it. But suddenly be¬ thought himself, laid the bread aside, nnd fold¬ ing his hands, rehearsed a silent prayer. Then ho fell to his meal with a liearty appetite. The merchant was moved by tbe unaffected piety. He inquired after Jiis family and home, and learned from his simple narrative that his father had iived in n village, about four miles from Dautzic, where he owned a small house and farm. But his house had been burned to the ground, and much sickness in the family had compelled him to sell his farm. He had then hired himself out to a rich neighbor but before three weeks were at an end, he died, broken down by grief and excessive toil. And now his mother, whom sorrow had thrown up¬ on a hed of sickness, was with her four young childreu, suffering the bitterest poverty. He —the oldest—had resolved to seek for aaaist- nnce, and gone at first, from village to village, then had struck into the high road, and, at last, having begged everywhere in vain, had come to Tantzic. The merchant's heart was touched. Ho had hut one child, and the hoy appeared to him as a draft at sight, which Providence had drawn npon him as a test of his gratitude. " Listen my sou!"' he began, "have you then really a wish to learn.'" " Oh, yes; I have indeed!" cried the boy, "I have read thc catechism already, ond, I should know a good more, but at home I had always, my little brother to carry, for mother was sick in bed " Herr Uichter suddenly furiued hia resolu¬ tion. *' Well, ihen," he said, "if you are good and honest, and industrious, 1 will take care of you. You shall learn, have meat, and drink and clothing, and in time, earn something besides. Then you can support your mother and bro¬ thers also." The boy's eyes flashed with joy. But in a moment he t;ist them to the ground again, and yaid sadly, " My mother all this while has no¬ thing to eat." At this instant. :,^ if ^eut by Providence, an inhabitant of ilie boy's native village entered Herr R-chter's louse. This man confirmed the lad's sioiy, :ind willingly consented to car¬ ry the mother tidings of Ler son Gotleib, and food, and a small sum of money from the mer¬ chant. At the same time llerr llicUter direct¬ ed his book keeper to write a letter to the pas¬ tor of the village, commending thc widow to his care, with an additional sum cucloaod for the poor family, and promising further assist¬ ance. As soon as this was done, Herr Kichter at onco furnish tho boy with decent clothes, at had at a reasonable price. He asked his foster father to advance him two hundred dollars which the latter did with great readiness.— And lhe business prospered so well that in the third year of his clerkship, Gottleib had al¬ ready ocquired the aum of five hundred dol¬ lars. Without giving up hia trade m flax-, ho now trafficked olso in linen gaods. and the two combined, made him in a couple of years, about a thousand dollars richer. This happened during tho customary five year^ of clerkship. At the end of this period; iGotilcib continued to serve his benefactor five years more with industry, skill and fidelity, then he took the place of the book-keeper, who died about this time, and three years af¬ terwards ho waa taken hy Herr Uichter as a partner into his business, with a third part of the profits. But it was not God's will this pleasant part¬ nership ahould be of long duration. An insid¬ ious disease cast Herr Richter upon a bed of sickness, and kept him for two years confined to his couch. All that love and gratitud^^ could suggest, Gottlieb did to repay hia bene¬ factor's kindness. Redoubling his exertions he became tlic soul of the whole business, and StiU he watched long nighta at the old man's hedsiilc, ¦with his grieving wife, until, in the sixty fifth year of his life, Herr Richter closed hia life in death. Before his decease, he placed the hand of his ouly daughter, a sweet girl of two and twenty years, in that of his beloved foster son. He Imd long looked upon them as his children The}' understood him ; they loved each other, a^d in silence, yet affectionately aud earnest¬ ly they solemnized their betrotiial at the bed side of their dying father. In tlie year 1S28, ten years after Herr Rich- tor's death, the house of Gottleib Bern, late Samuel Uichter, was ouc of tho most respecta¬ ble in all Dantzic. It owned three large ships, employed in navigating the Baltic and Mortli Seas, and the care of Providence seemed especially to watch over the interests of their worthy owner ; for worthy he remained in lu's prosperity. Uc honored his mother-in-law Uke a son, aud cherished her declining years witii tho teudercst affection, until, in her two and seventieth year, she died in his arms. As his own marriage proved childless, ho took tlie eldest son of each of his two remain¬ ing brothers, now substantial farmers, into his house, and destined them to be his heirs. And in order to conform them in their humility, he often showed tho needle which had proved such a source of blessing to him, and bequeath¬ ed it as a perpetual legacy to the eldest son in the family. It is but a few years since this child of pov¬ erty, of fortune and of honest industry, pasa¬ ed in peace from this world. Prialms xxxvi).,v. 37: Mark the perfect mau, and behold the upright, for the end of that man ia peace. the aubject of agriculture, because it illustrates ^gers, at asmall town io Vermont, and dinner the great rotation principle, in the vegetable | over, wo were awaiting the arrival of a elage Newton on Gravitation. In the vision published by Judge Edmonds, of New York, he states, that he eaw and con¬ versed with the spirits of Newton, Frauklin, Penn, Swedenborg, and many othera. Newton spoke of gravitation, Pranklin of the "Odie Force," Penn of a dead kitten, and Sweden¬ borg on revelations and theories. The spirit of Newton corrected some errors committed while in the flesh, in respect to gravitation.— He said that "he was wrung in considering the attraction of gravitation aa a distinct and sub¬ stantive principle, for it was, in fact, nothing hut the effect of a combination of motion—mo¬ tion being a principle that pervaded all creat¬ ed things, and one of its effects was gravita¬ tion." We do not think that the judge gained much by the correction—for, even with the explana¬ tion of the spirit of the great philosopher, the world will be as much at a loss as ever to com¬ prehend what is meant by gravitation. The word is said to signify the " act of tcndjug to thc ccn tre;" which is just no explanation atal] —and yet it is 03 intelligible as that given by the spirit of Newton. It is not true, that motion is a principle which pervades all created things- Matter was crea- ted; and tho tendency of matter ia to rest—to remain inert; and hence the creation ofan ele¬ ment to give it motion was required. Tho^ elemeut attracts and repels—causes matter to tend to the centre and to fly off, as is evident in the movements ofthe earth and other planets ofthe solar system around the sun. That cle¬ ment pervades all created things : upholds thc universe; and preserves it in its a.dmirable uniformity. G ravitation is a name given to onc effect of that element—that of attraction ; but there is no principle in nature, ofwhich wc have any knowledge, which causes to " tend to the centre." If the tendency of matter were to the centre, the whole ofthe planets and comets of our system would, in time, be compactly cen¬ tred around the sun; but fortunately, the same power which compels them to approach, also compels them to keep their prescribed distance from the sun. Gravitation or attraction at¬ taches the Moon to the Earth, but never in¬ clines her to precipitate herself upon ua. Gra¬ vitation is not the result, but the causes o( motion—or at least of continued motion. The .\lmighty may originally have applied a pro¬ jectile force to give motion to the planets, but the f-.:t that tliey arc compelled to travel in elliptical orbita around the sun, shews that (heir continued motion is dependent upon at¬ traction. Had there been no attraction, they would have continued in a atraight line, and tho beauty and harmony of the universe would have been destroyed. We have, then, no faith in the disclosures aaid to have been made to Judge Edmonds by the ppirit of Newton. In truth, the judge ramt havo "dreamed n dream," nnd subse¬ quently given "form and pressure" to his wild imaginings. If he has detailed all that was communicated to liim by the spirits, we advise him to consult them no more; for their infor¬ mation is hardly worth chronicling. We will not charge Judge Edmonds with wanton mis- repre.-ientation*or design to deceive—for he may honestly believe that he saw and convers¬ ed with thc spirits named. But there is a "screw loose." Iiis statement about the spir¬ its of thc murderer, the adulterer and seducer, borders on humbug ; but all may be reality to his mind. If what he says be true, these de¬ parted spirits carry with them the passions of this life, and are unconscious that they are no longer clothed in flesh and blood—a mistake truly inconceivable to us. But we rejoice to see, that he witnessed the conversion and re¬ demption of a spirit sinner, aa there may be some hope in the next world even for editors of political papers and lawyers. A Pathbtic Spkech.—The speech made in the Florida Legialature, on tbe occasion of a member's death, has been the rounds, but is good enough to print again : " Mr. Speaker—Sir : Our fellow-citizen, Mr. Silas Iliggins, who waa lately a member I of this brunch of the Legislature, died kingdom, The forests in many parts of our country, are about changing their tenants. In our vicinity, the great burden of our forest timber, as fonnd here by tbo first settlers, was white oak. Thia is about giving place to thc black oak, espeo¬ ially on elevated ridges, or where the land ia inclined to be sandy. Thc venerable white oaks, with diameters from 30 to 50 inches, are, in most instances, surrounded by a crop of sapling black oaks, leaving beneath their shade nothing to perpetuate their kind. If wo are not mistaken in our judgment, the cause of this is not very hard to define. It ia a matter well understood, by tnose who have given any attontion to the subject, that there is, in every portion of tJie earth, certain elements or principles, whicli go into'the com¬ position of vegetable matter That any par¬ ticular species of vegetable will sooner or later consume out ofthe earth that which ia peculiar to its nature, after which that particular kind will not prosper until the principle which nourishes it is reproduced, either by reating the land, or by special manuring. Some vegetables exhauat from the soil their peculiar food more rapidly than othera. Flax, for instance. It used fo be said by old farmers that a piece of ground that had borne a crop of flax would not bear another for seven years. It is on this principle that the rotation in crops is predicated, a doctrine, for the know¬ ledge of which we arc indebted to our experi¬ mental farmers, and to book reading. This principle, of the rotation in crops, is probably as well understood, at this time, as anything connected with the science of agriculture.— And this is the principle, no doubt, which ex¬ plains why it ia that the white-oak is leaving our forests and giving place to the black oak timber. It has been so long the undisputed tenant of our woods, that, having exhausted from the soil that aliment upon which it lives, it retires, in the order of Providence, to give place fo a successor whose special food yet re¬ mains rich in abundance in the earth. Every farmer who has attentively observed thc progress of vegetation in his own lane and yard, nmst have noticed the operation of this princijde. TJic order ofour grounds is some¬ thing like this—the first occupant was the smart weed—thc next a species of white blossometi weetl—then the.dog fennel, and now the yarrow is coming. As soon as thc aliment was extrac¬ ted thut nourished each particular kind, it died for the wnnt of something to live on, and was succeeded by another species, and perhaps mere accident determined thc successor. Since our attention has been directed to this transition in the forest, we have mado the sub¬ ject a matter of inquiry, whenfiivored with the compauy of men who would be likely to notice things of this kind. Having been referred, with reference to this matter, to Joshua Coperthwaite,of Medford, New J ersoy,whcre they have timber landa which have frequently been cut oft" for the aupply of wood to the Philadelphia market, wc wrote to that gentleman upon the subject, nnd have re¬ ceived his answer, from which we take the fol¬ lowing extract:—" If the pine is cut off the oak will grow, and if the oak is cut off the pine will grow." At the late State Fair at Cincinnati, we met with an intelligent fruit grower from lUinoip, to whom we mentioned tliis forest subject, and found that he had noticed this change going on among thc trees of the wood. At our request he penciled down and handed na the following statement. He was formerly a resident of Ohio, and his remarks refer to this State:— " I have long been convinced that two gen¬ erations of the same kind of forest trees, scl- -iom or never succeed each other on the same tract of land. A crop of trees, nearly all of one kind, which last from two to four and sometimes to five centuries, seem to exhaust the soil of that peculiar nutriment, whioh is adapted to thnt sort, and nt the same time pre¬ pares it for some other. " Instances : there is the track of an old tornado, which passed through Delaware coun¬ ty, the north-east corner of Licking, and final¬ ly into the southeast part of Knox, which, up¬ on counting thc annuals on a number of stumps I ascertained to have occurred about the year 1740. In the track of thia tornado, the timber is entirely different from the older timber on each side of it. Again : most of the west part of Kuox couuty, was, thirty yeara ago, when I first became acquainted with it, covered with a growth of beach, slightlj- mixed with other timber. That this growtli had succeeded an oak forest was quite plain, from the fact, that oak trees of enormous size, in a state of decay, were to he found in every direction. yesterday in tho forenoon. He had the brown noon led Iiim to his wife, whom he accurately I creatures, (bronchitis,) and was an uncommon informed of littlo Gottleib's story and of the plans which he had formed for hira. The good woman readily promised her best assistance in the matter, and s!ic faithfully kept her word. During the next four years, Gottleib attend¬ ed the schools of the great commercial city; then his fiiithful foster-father took him into hia counting room; in order to educate him for husiness. Here, as well there at the writing ' esk, as on the school bench, the ripening youth distinguished himself by tho faithful in- arthfsl'-^^ ^¦'^''ch he exercised both. With IJI ^- ' ''y"^'*^^ retained its native innocence, ularlv r? ¦ ''^^^'^^iico. he sent the half reg- having HurvWedt"„ri^"'"= ' passca lho kit 5-ra„ a '¦'31>rothcrs. She had it is true, but by thraid!^-^^*^' ^'* ^^ ^"^^'^' except his benefactor. Out of love f'^ ^'V^^ became an active, zealous merchant. He b? hy applying the superfluity of his allowanc^, individual." His character was good up to the time of his death, and he never lost his voice. Ile wus iiti years old, and was taken sick be¬ fore he died at his boarding bouse, where board caa bc had at a dollar and seventy-five centa a week,washing and lights included. Hewasan ingenious creature, and in the early partof his life had a father and mother. Uis uncle, Timo¬ thy Higgina, served under General Washing¬ ton, who was buried soon after hie death with military honors, and several guns were burst in firing salutes. Sir, Mr. Speaker, General Washington would have voted for the tariff cl 1847, if he had been alive, and had'nt a died aometime beforehand. Now, Mr. Speaker, such being the character of General Washington, I motion that we wero adjourned until to-mor¬ row morning, as an emblem of our respect for the memory of S. Higgins, who ia dead, and died of tho brown creatures yesterday in the forenoon,.' An American in Africa—A Forest on Fire. Bayard Taylor, in one of hia ieilers to the New York Tribune, dated " the White Nile," Central Africa, gives ihis graphic sketch : " Yesterday morning there was a Btrong iiead-wind, and the temperature was ao cold iliflt I was obliged to wear my ihick capote of camel's hair while 1 sat on deck, looking regrel- fully ai the beautiful islands I was leaving be. hind me. Achmet healed and airaincd lho lion¬ ey given me by the Shillooks, which yielded between ihree and four quarts of rich liquid.— While the men made fast to thc bank for break¬ fast, I went on shore 10 get a glimpse of lhe coumry behind ihe ibrests. Pailis irodden by wild beasts led ihrough the walls of tangled vines that elsewhere were impcnoiralijc, and I crepi along them, under the bouyhs of strange ireea, and ihrough thickets of luxuriant shrubs. At length I reached an open patch of grass four or five tcci in hciyhi, so dry and vollow that it snapped like glaE.= under my leet. tt wna dot¬ ted with clumps ol hi^hBhrubs, knotted all over wilh wild, flowering vines, which formed admi¬ rable lairs for the lions and leoparda. There was a strong amcl! of liona uboin ihc place, and I deemed it prudent not to venture far, since ihe rank animal odor pcculiiir to thai heaat grew moro marked the funlicr I went. The jungle in which I s'ood covered a tongue of land inclosed between two coves nf the river, and through the openings in the thickeis 1 saw ihut it led to others farther inland. Thc wind was blowmg toward ilie river, aud asl.ciioodin the midst con- icmplating thc wild, lawless grouping ot the diflerent trees and shrubs, sonic impot darkness uhiFpered in my car: "What a magniftceni conflagration this would make '. and then, per¬ haps, ynu might have the Eatisfaction of burn¬ ing out a braco of lions !" Wiihout more ado, I whipped out a box of matches and struck fire in nne of the ihickei^t iiifip. Thc efiect was instanuuier)iis, and so was my repentance. There waa n crack and crash, like lhe e.vplosion of jiowdcr, .Tnd a sheet of red llanie leaped into the air. lu a few seconds it had spread to a broad swathe of fire, rolling ra¬ pidly before the wind and leaving the earth he- hind it as bare aa the palm uf my hand. The rank grass roared am! snapped as ihc terrible power I had so thouGhilessly awakened, licked it away ; and not thfrgrass alone. It seized on the vines and bore ihcm down, swung itsidi by them into ihc boughs <il ilio uues, and found richer aliment in iheir gums nnd juices. It spread on both sides and :it,'ainst the wind, and soon the long i=pires of scarlet llanie, twisting in the air, rose high and hoi above the dome like tops of (he amback forests. Before we left the plaec, die volumes of smoke reached nearly to lhe oihtr side of the Nile.— As I iieard its relentless feet trampling down the thickets, I tormented myself with pictures of the evil which 1 had perhaps originated. I fancied it spreading from dav tn day, lapping the woods in coiU of flame, and'flinging their burn¬ ing boughs from island (o island, till ofall ihc glory t.f vegetation which Irad filled mo wilh such rapture, there was nothing but a few cliarred trunks standing in beds of ashes. I saw the natives with their flocks and herds flying beiore It, the. wild boasts leaping into the flood for re- luge from Its red fangs, and ull thia glorioua re¬ gion givrn up lo lerror nnd desolation. As we moved slowly away, against the wind, I watched ita progress with a troubled canacienco and an anxious heart. Now ii paused, and I flattered myself that there was the end, hut the next mo ment the black clouda rolled up denser than ever. Thua it wavered for some lime, but at last, thank God ; it seemed to fade gradually away, and I gave myaelf the hope that it had not ex¬ tended beyond ihe jut of land whereon n waa kindled. upon an intersecting route, to proceed upon our journey. Cigara had been lighted, ond, hy way ot passing our time, we had commenced a criti¬ cal examination oflhe mammoth pictorial posters of Barnum's Menageries, which covered the walla of the spacious bar-room. Barnum'a name opened u fruitful topic of conversation ; every onc preaent seemed stored with anecdotes of the "NBpoIeonofShowmen,"Qndtho WoUy Horao, tho Feejee Mermaid, and Joice Helh, were not forgotten in the diacuaaion which followed. Suddenly a long, slab-sided individual, with an owl-like expression of wisdom and dignity, who had been listening lo our remarka with an evident deaire to take a hnnd, broke out— " I s'pose you think that's an all-fired big con¬ cern ! Anybody would that hadn't aeen il." •' Then I suppose you have aeen it ?" said my legal friend. " Yeaa, I seen it at Springfield," was the re¬ ply ; it's a daT7ied Hutiibug .'" " la it poaeible ?" said the Major, seeing a prospect of fun. " Couldn't you oblige us wiih a descripiion of tho ' inatitutioti' V* " Certainly," answered Jonathan ; " here's the etago, and as soon as we get started, I'll give you all tlie items. They can't humbug mc very often, and when ihey do, I cal'late to advertise far 'cm till I get aquare." Ina few minutea we were under headway,and our verdant friend commenced unbosoming him¬ self. " Yer see, Barnum was a going to show his caravan down to Springfield, Fourth of July,and I thought therc'd bc a good chance to ace thc elephant and celebrate the day both at onc't.— What I wanted to see niorc ihan all the rest was the Car of Jugglenot, drawn by a string of ele¬ phants." " Did it meet your expeclaiions ?" " I never aeen onc side of it. Beiore I got in town, they'd got through paradin', and the elo phants was unharnessed, and the Car of Juggle- not waa into a woodahed. I made up my mind right ofl', then, that the hull conaarn waa a hum¬ bug." " Was Barnum aware," I asked, " ihat you were to bc in town?" '* Not as I know," waa the answer. *' If he had known it," added lhe Major, " he would doubtless have waited. But you visiied thc exhiliition, I suppoae ?" " Ot course; I was bound lo do lhat, if it burst me. That was a bigger humbug than all the rest." " Ilow so I" " Why, in the first place, I expected to see Jenny Llnd." " Was ahe announced in the bills I" *' I don't know ; I didn't read 'em, bm I n.\ed the man that stuck up the pictures if she'd be there, and he said yes, and that she would sing the bird song slandin' on top ofa cage ofcocca- loos and parrots. She wan't there, ond I never seen one side of her—and then I know'd the whole consarn was a darned humbug. " Well, then, I went round and took a look at the elephants—had hard work to get round, tu; there was mor'n a hundred thousand people in the tent. Finally I got whero there waa, aud the folks waa all feedin' 'em with apples and cakes and things. I had some doughnuts in my hat, so I held it out to one ofthe darned things, to see if he'd take onc." " Did he take one V ' * " He took 'em all, atid the hat ttt, atuek 'em in hia nasiy, peaked mouth, and begun eatin'.— I hollered to the keeper, and told him it was a bran new hat. He aaid nevermind, ho'd get i^ again." "Did he gel il?" " Yea, he got it, but a hat ain't of much ac- account after an elephant's chawed it, Thett, I'd a aworn the hull consarn was a humbug. Well, I took a look at Tom Thumb, and the Ceylong Chief, and ihe man that fiddled witli hia iocs, and thc feller lhat went in with the lions. Thc wild animals was all well enough, but I didn't see as tbey looked any different irom anybody else's. 1 expected Barnum's liona would ho twice as big as.any nihcra. There was one thing, though that was fuat-rate ; that was the wcx siatuatury —capeciaUy the • intemperance family.' I told the man lhat tuk care of it, I wished everybody lhat ever drinked a drop of sperrits had to stand and look ai ihal about a week—they'd neve' want to drink again. He aaid he wishea so tu. "Take it all in all, ihough, I was mad; I didn't sec what I expected, and I didn't like thc ideaof being humbugged, so I enquired oi one oflhe men that was slirrin' up the monkies where Barnum was, and he pointed him out to me, selling lemonade out ofa wagon. I went up to him, and, thinks I, ' I'll give him a piece of my mind." Sex I— " * Mr. Barnum ' " ' Sixpence a glass,' sez he. "I looked at his lemonade; there wns just one lone, sohtary, second handed eh'ceof lemon in a whole wash tub full of it, and he peddlin' it out at sixpence a gloss. That made mc mad¬ der than all the rest, so says J, loud and audi bly— *'' Mr. Barnum, I think you show's a darned humbug.' "Young man,' sez he,'I s'pose you paid to come in?' " ' Supposin' I did V sez I. " Well, sex he, 'supposin' you',have ; you have paid your quancr, and you've a perfect right to think just what you please.' " " Why," said the major, after the aensntion caused hy tlie recital had aomcwhai aubsided, " why did you not demand your money back 7 You cerlainly could have compelled him to re¬ fund your quarter. "You see the truth is," said Jonathan, scraiching his head, *' I didn't pay no quarter— / craicled Hnrfer the catLvttss.—Spirit of the Times. N' OTICE.—An Election for a[ The Peoples' Marble Works, Prcid^t and Six M^gcr. cf th«,I;""»'" n--,.; a„„„, Slr,rt,rt.rc/M,.,r,i„j,„i,ains, ». J^IUlaBelphfa aODertfsrmrntfi. Ua« Corapany, iriU be held at the office of «aiJ Compa- i ,„,„,Ji„„,j, „„„,„•,, JlfJCom,!./-. >ra«i;"u«' ' py on ()« 2oa MONDAY of JU.VE Wt,., agreeaWy to , h, ha. abo opeueS a branch In Nort'h Quoen S'tcst, tlie 4tu Section of tfaoir Act of Incorporation. W. MATHIOT, LnncaBtLT. Juub 2."I852—2t~27] PregJduut TO CONTRACTORS.—Owing to AmlKundcrstandingin bidders for digging cellar nt New Court Hoqro, pealed Piopocatsfor doing the same per Eiiuaro yard, will be received at tho Commls- fiionere' Olllco. at Lancaster, nntil Monday, the Tth Inst., at 2 o'clock, the earth to remain oh tho lot. D.-IVID STVER. ) SA.MUEL FRY.M } Com'rH. Jiino2.1t-27 CHIlTSriAN IIt:fi3, ) Profensor of Penma^iahip. OFFICE—one door West of Martin Herr's Swan Hotel, Strasburg, Pennsylvania. TK.W. Would inform his friends • and the public, in the Borough and Vicinity, that he ia prepared to bith instructions in PLAIN and ORNA.MENTAL IVRITINO. BOOK-KEEPING, fcc. Tho LndicH are inlormud that ho pay.s particular at¬ tention to Ihc marking of all kinda of linen. I.Al>IEs» VISITING CAItnS, luTitiitioo. ^larrioge. and Funeral Notices also neatly written by T. K. W. All orders left at Kencngy's Dmg i^toro. ornt T. A. Gnit'.s Ptore. (whfro ppecimens may be M!fn.) will be attendi'd to with promptne-«B and dee- patch, andon reitfOnable trrms. June 2-3t-*i7 Eii<^li6U I^aw and Equity Heports, TO THE LEGAL FUOPESSION. ''PHE subscriber bas made arrange- I ments wilh the rul-li^herf. Me.«fir.a. Little, Brown aTCo., of Boston, to furnish the English Lnw und Etjuity /tt-iiort'i.iit the exir.nordlnnry loir prico of $2 per vol, Seveu Tolumf« are out. and one vol. will be puhlished overj two months, uniform in plze and style. We respc-rtlully «olicit 9ub.scri 1)1100.1 for tlie above Taluable work. WILLIAM MUHUAV. Lnn may 20 ;it-20 CAUTION.—All persons are cau¬ tioned against purch.islng or negotiating a note of haud drawn by tho gub.iicriber iu f:ivor of .Amob RiNTKn. of Burt towuship, for twenty-one dollnrs aud fifty-four centa—dated April 17, 18a-.'. and payable three moulh;! after date,—us jlie consideration for said note has failed, and it.i paymeut will ho re.=I.«ted. Bart twp, May 22—3t-2BJ D.WIU WH'MER. Wew Tobacco Store. ^"pHE undersigned having taken i'the room formerly occupied by Juremiah M'- Cracki'u. in North Queen .«t..oppii.«itc Hosteller's (for¬ merly .Mrs. Knuffmaii's) Bluck iloree Hotel, tukes thia metbod to iufurm his friends nnd the public in general, that he i.l prepared to supply all who mny favor him with a call with anything in thu Tobaeco and Segar liue, AshiA purchase.-i are all ui.-vdc from first hantbi forCn.vIi, he U.ilteri- bJoi.''.'lf with Itciog prepared to «ell u-i cheap an any other house in Uit- eity. nud invItCH the attention of Country Merchants particularly. Hie stock comprises SpiiuL^h. Halt-Spunirh and Common Segars, Chewing Tobacco of all lirand!«, Snuff, Plpea, Segar Cn^ea. kc. kc. kc. all of which will be aold at wholesale or retail, at a small uilvancfi on Philadelpliia price.'*. UEORGE KUMN>" 3m27- M^ may 28 "JVrRS. RANNINGER h.iving, J.tJL just returned from riiiladeiphia withal sjilundid asHortmeut uf Spring Bonnets and Fancy Trimmings, of the most heautiful patterns and latest Ktyles, begs leave to invite tho Ladif* to givo her a call and exam¬ ine her stock. /lerf-tniw Casing and Neupolitau Bon¬ nets are indeed beautiful, llil.buu'!. .Vriificinl.-;, Flow¬ ers. Bonnet Caps, and a fine variety of embroidery, conaiating of Lacenand Edping?!. jusl received. .\]m Bomfi fine and pretty Mantilla-i very cheap ; Gloves, Hosiery and P.irasnls at reduced prices. Old Bonnets and Mcn-9 Summer Hats whitened and done up as Iicretofore in lhe be.st manner, Mrs R.. hopes her Couutry friend.-; will flnd her at hor new stand, iu North (Jueon Street immediately ad¬ joining the PriutiugOlllrcund Book Store oi'Johu Bear, where she will une her be.^t elforts ."i* heretofore togive satisfuctiou. .May 5—tf.2.'] " 20(J0 TONS coal!"' THE subseriber is uow reeeiving nthisCO-VL VARI) ut Gr.icfTs Lauding, on the CoiiOKtona. n Iitrpe .-lupljly of COA I., ol the be.st iiuality. iu the Lump and prepared nnd .¦xrb'cted lor family U3v. which rtill be sold at low pricefi .''oi- un--;li, -Apply to HEOIKJE CALDER, Ageut. (•uni'"togii .Vavigatiou Ofiice. N. Qucea^I..Lanc'r. Mny ill _ _J''^'-'' ERCHANTS & Shopjcekpers uppiied with Alelioh'-l. lUirnimc Fluid. Spirita Turpenlino. Linseed Oil. t:ust..r :iiid Swe.-t Oil, LeuiOr Syrup. Wine DUtiT.". lllaek and Blue Ink. Wnfers. Opo. deld.ic. liiilish Oil. Godfrey'.-^ Cordiul. liarlem Oil. Es- Hence.i, liair Oil, Perfumery.i'opninr Medicine.i, .Match- ;, ic., kc. nt mnnufactuierH' price.-', for catli.at i)K. KAWLI.SS'XEVV DUIG STORE. May IH North (Jueeu st., oppositeSencr'a Hotel. THE TRUE GRIT. NOTWITHSTANDING the great dc- manil for book.s of tho following charncler. the hUbse-iber conlinuefi to furnish them lower than ever before offend. " The Poeiu.-: of Heury \V. I,on»;fellow." in two vo)^. clotli gilt, abo in I voiumclurgeSvo, scarlet cloth gilt, •' Tlie Goldeu Legend." anew yoem.liy H. W. Long¬ fellow. 1 vol.. 12 mo. "The Poems of Alfred Teuuysoii." complete in two elegant 12 mo. volume.-", cloth gilt. "The rriuce"!^ " ¦¦ a medley,' by .Mfred Tenuyaou, 1 Tol,. 12 mo. ¦'¦InMcniori;im."apoem.IiyA,Tenny.-on. I vol.12 mo. •¦ Poems by John G. Suxe." ji ueW cdiliOu of the poems "f lbi=, the juo^t aoiu.'-ing writer inthe counlry. 1 vol. 12 mo. •¦'J'he I'o.-^iaumoii:, reemrf of H'iUiam Motherwell," I vol. 12 mo. '¦ The Poeuis of Oliver W. Holmes." a new edition of this writers poems which place bim in the firat rank of American I'nets. ¦'¦ The complete Poema o( EJizribeth Biirrett Brown¬ ing." 2 vols, 12 mo. '¦ Tbe Poems of AuneC. Lynch," 1 vol. Svo. cloth gilt. ¦¦ I'oPUis by Grnc-' (;ic<ii\ioo-I. " wit" Pttrtrnlt, l f?l. 12 mo. ¦¦ l'iiem.>i and BuUad.-i." by J. Ilayard Taylor, witli Portrait, i vol. ¦¦ The routs and Poetry td Ilrltnin frem Chaucer lo Teiiiiy.ion." with Biographical Skelcln-a and elmrac- terie view.i of e;icb, by Daniel Serymgeour, 1 largo 12 mo. Euglish edition. " Selei-.t Poems from llie Hritisli Poets in a Chrouolo- gic:il Series from Ben Joiisou to (ieorge ''roly,'' with Biographical and Critical uoliees in :j vol^. Svo. Half Turkey, the f-aiue in cloth. "The'ConipIete Poetical work- of J t'l in Milton." 2 vols. S vo. Bo^ton edition. Thi-" ii deeidedly the best edition '-ver publislieil. "Cyclopa-.'.ia of Kii.i;li.':h Literature," b.-iug a selec¬ tion of thc choirevL iiroiltietions nf English author.". from the earliest lo the pre-ent time, elegantly ilUw- triitid. 2 void. Royal octavo. •¦ Biogra]diicfll lHuslralion." of ¦\V'e.''imin.<Iei- Abbey,'- con.-isting of .¦^elections from the worRo of some of the principal persoimges tbeie buried. .-Vniong them are Chauei'i*. Sjiencer. Iteaiuuinit. Jou.''on, Dryden, Con- greve. kc 1 v'd. S vo. Eiigli.-fh cdiiinu. All the standard Englijih I'oets .lud I'rose writer.-* in uniform bindings, all llie stundiird Histories aud all the new mi^cfllaneou.-i books cun be procured nl lhe well known e.stablirhraeut of the subscriber. Juue 2-271 W. H SPANGLER. next door to Mr John Weidler'a Cabinet Ware- rooms and nearly opposite Mr, Michael .VIcGrnnn'fl (Whito Horae) Hotel. Iiewis Haldy Marble MaBon, TJESPECTFULLY informsthe public that he -*•*' has juat received a superb stock of pure AMERI¬ CAN MARBLE, togctherwith a heautiful assortment of ITALLVN .MARBLE, »ad that ho ifl now prepared to cxecuto in tha best stylo Momimenla Tornbi. and Grave Sltines, MaiUelM, Door and Jfindou, Sills,Steps, 4-c.. of every variety and pricu. His facilitiea for fumiflhlng articles In tho Marble line are uuBurpasscd hyany other establishment inthe city, whilo he aasurea all who may favor him with their patronage, that his work shall be executed in thc very best atyle. and on the most reasonnhlu terma as-LETTER CUTTING in ENGLISH and GER MAN, done at the .^jhorteat uotloo.and on.the most reasonahle terms. He respectfully invites the public to calland ejamloe hia work, beiug luIIy satiefled to rest his claim to pub¬ lic batronago upon its merits. Thankful for the many favors bestowed upon bim. ho hopes hy atrict attention to business to merit and receive a shnro of the public'^ patronaire Juno 10 'a ^j.^^^ I^ancastcr lUarble Yard. T IIE subscribera take pleasure in iDformiiig their friends and the public, that they have remov¬ ed their .Marble Vard a few doors north of its former ««*.J;™"* "^ "°" adjoins Mrs. HuIPs Variety Store, in NORTH QUEEN STREET. Lancaster Citv. abovo .McGrann's l\hito Horse Hotel, where tliey are' prepa¬ red to execute all ordera in the neatest and most cxpc- ditious manner, and on very liberal terms. They respectfully invite thoso do-sirousof purchas¬ ing Marble Worls to caU and'oxamine their present stock of Mnished Work, which in point of finish and dwugn.will comparefavorably with any otherostabli.-jh- mcntin the city. They are prepared at all times to furnish Tombs, Monuments, Grave Stones, MiKBLf: .Ma^tlki, Dooa and Wl^Dow SiLi.a, STF-pa.&c. AT.allOBT NOTICK. None but the best workmen employed. The public areinvit.-d to call at their WAKE ROO.MS and exam¬ ino for thomselvoa. LEONARD A- BAER. _-^.E_ii_ lT-42 MONUMENTS, TOMBS, MANTELS, HEAD STONES, &c., Sculptured iu Emblematic and other Design'". TOHN W. WILSON, Marble Ma- fj son, takes this method to inform hia old friends and customers and tl.e publio in general, that ho Iiaa re¬ moved hia .Marble Vird irom Ea.it King atreet to the stand BO long occupied by the late Daniel Fagan. but more recently by Leonard A: Boar, where he j.^ fully pre¬ pared to manufacture every Icind of Work in the .Mar¬ ble and Stono Cuttiug business, audi as Mo7ntinents, Tomh Slo7ie,t, Mantels ^ Honse War/; of all /ii7ids. Letter Cutting, in English and German, will bo at¬ tended to in thc best and moat modern atyle, at hts Marble Manufactory in NORTII QUEEN STREET, a fewdoorsnorth of Vankanan's Hotel. In fact notliing willbe left undone to make this nstabliKhment one of the most inviting to the public, both In regard to cheap¬ ness, beauty of workmauFhip.'and ta.ste in design, in thecity of Lancaater. [June 25 tf-ao WKW MARBLE WORKS. [SIGN OF TWO LARGE MARBLE LIONS.) Tombs, Muntics, iMonumcnts, Grave-Jistoues AND every deseription of Marble and Sand Stone Work, ia executed in the mo.st benutiful Btyle at theMarblo Works ot CHARLES M. HOWELL. North Qu'^en Street, east f^ide. between Orauge and Chesnut sta., and nearly oppo-iite to Van Kanan's Hotel. The suhseriber thankful for past favors, would in¬ form his friends and tho public in goneral, that his e»:tab1i.-ihmenl in now opened at tho above location, where he wiil bo happy nt all times to wait upon cus¬ tomers and manufacture to order every thing npper- Liiniug to hid line of burfine.'-s. in th>; moft approFtd style ofthe profession, and at thc most reasonahle rates. He is constantly receiving at his Marlilu "\Vork.i full supplies tiom Uie cityof Philadelphia of AMERICAN AND ITALIAN .MARBLE.whieh is superior to any thing of the kind In thi.q city. Lettera in English aud German, engraved iu the most elegant manner. His fncilities aro such, lhat all ord«r.-> will be filled with the greatest promplnc-'a aud iu the best apjirorcd manuer. fcr.sous wishing Mouumonta are informed that his collection of designs ar^ new and originnl and )'¦> full and complete that they can mako a fieleeliou wilhout difllculty. He invites Hie public to call at bin M'orks.auil view tho beautiful aysortment of .Monumenls. &,«.. now fin¬ ished. .^-Builders and others In want ot MAurLi: Mas- TI.K1 should visit his Ware-Koonis aud examine his splendid stock ou hand iJj*SA\-D Sto-;e for Sills. Stops. Curbing, rewtery purpOHi.'-t. and fronts of buildingi. ut the loweat rates. Orders received for all kinds of Iron Railing. J«n7-Iy-« CHARLE.S M. HOWELL. CHEAP "~ A Doctor as is a Doctor.—A country phy¬ sician was called upon to visit a young man af- flicletl ivith the apoplexy. M. D. Bolus gazed long and hard, iell his pulse and pocket; looked at hid tongue and his wife, and finally gave vent to the following sublime opinion : " T think he's a gone feller." " No, noi" exclaimed thc sorrowing wife, " do not say that." "Yes," returned Bolus, lifiing up his hat and eyes heavenward at the samo time. " Yes, I do say so ; there arn't no hope, hot thc leastesi miic ; he's got an attack of ni hii fit in hia lost Irontie *¦ " Where i" " In his lost frontj's, and can't be cured with¬ out some trouble and a great deal of pains. You aee his whole planetory system is deranged, fustly, his vox populi is presain' on his ad valo¬ rem ; secondly, hia cutacharpial cutaneous has swelled considerably, .if not more; thirdly, and lastly, his solar ribs ore in a cencussed stale, and he arn't got any money, and consequently he is bound to die." JUST RKOEITED, In Advance of all our Neighbors, A T MUimAY'S Cheap Book and XjL stationery Store, Kramph's Buildings, North tiueen St.. Limcaster. An interlinear'L'ranslnlion of Virgil,by ILirtfii Os¬ borne. This is a valuable work, and uot before offered to this communily. Surgent's St.iudrird Sjieaker, Vnuug men call nnd examine this v.tlunble bouk.jiiM from llie press. Ingoldsby Legends, Apidetou's- Library. Barnes* Notes on Revelations. A .Manuel of Grecian .Vnliiiuilies. by Cbas. Antbon. rydopridia of -Vnecdotes of Liter^tiure and the Une Arts, Arciiitectiire. Engraving- .Music. Poetry. Paint¬ ing und Sculpture, by K. Arvine. .A. -M . a new work. Norris'Hand Book for Locomotive Engineers and .MachiuLsta, comprising the calfrtilntf'ius. manuer of setting valves, i^c. numerous dra\riogs and engravings, I'ftenis.hy Eliza Cook. Illustrated. Taper Hanger's (.'onipacicn. Elwood'a tiraiii Tables, showing the value of bushels and pounds of dilferent kinds uf Grain. Thomas' American Fruit Culiurisl, Ilhisitratpd with Three Iiundred accurote figurt;). now revised edition. Madeleine, a tale of Auvergiie, founded ou lacts, by JuMa Kavanagh. A Book lor a <'orner, Putntiri'i-cheap Ki'riop.2jcts, Domet-tie and Ornamental Poultry, nb^o Poultry Breeder's Text Book. Now Amerieau Speaker, by J, C. '/.ncluttf. Nineveh and it.t Remains, by .-V H Lcyard.nirw edi¬ tion, without abridgment, price reduoed to fl \ni. Karneslur.-^.s—or. lucidenLs iu the life of nn Engli.'^h Bishop, by Charles B. Taylor. M A. Putnam's Cyclopicdia—Six vols., each complete in itself, compri.'-'ing History and Chnmology. General Literature imd the Fine .\rts. the (:>.--fiil Arts, Univer¬ sal Biography, I¦uiver^al Geography, Science, Includ¬ ing Natunil History. Botany, llcology. Mineralogy, he Uuill Tens, rfftdy made—a good article. Steel I'ens, from the best mauufaciuves, at reduced prices. Green's Pateut Ink Krn?er. a fresh -lupply lOc. A large collection of Sunday School and Theological Booka—with Thousands of vo's. of tho bei,t Hooks In the Market. WM. MURRAr. may 20 27 IIIARBI.E: MANUFACTORY. THE subscriber respectfully in¬ forms his friends nnd the public that he contin¬ ues tocarry outhe .Marble bupineas in all ita branches. nt the stand 60 lone occupied Ity his Uncle, comer of EAST KING ii LI.ME STS. where he is prepared to manufacture MosuME^Ts.ToMiia.GiiAvr. SioNKS. Dnon a>d M'lsn.tw Sli.U), Sti:p3, .MAaei.K MA.^'^l:La.C'CMETKv Phht^. (tc. of thc very best mate-rials and workmanship aud ut the lowest prices. Letter Cutting in Englisb aud Gerbiao. .-.ii-ciitca In tliu most mnilTn and elegant style. Ornamental work ot all kinda executed in the neat¬ est manner. A large collection of Designs for Monu¬ ments, Tombs and .Mantel'*, tu which he invites the at¬ tention of the jhublic. Also—Sandstone work furnished for Sills. Steps. Ceni- etrj- Block-. Koping. rurb>t(r(te. ^-c. A' lL¦M^o^ubIe share of public patrouage respectfully solicited. Don't lorget the place, sign of the Female llj:ure, 2 siiuares east of the court huu.-^e. Limcaster. may iJI—:jt-^3) PHILIP T. SHEAFF PARTNER WANTED. THE Advertiser occupying one of the best and oldeat Wholesale and Retail Gro¬ cery Standa iu thu Northern Liberties. Philadelphia. U deslrons of enlarging his huainess. and would take 1^ partner with about 'flOCOO capital .A bnowl- edgoof busin**MH and tho Oermaii Itnguago re<iulred. Ample security for the InvestmL-nt- aud full s.itisfac- tion will he given. Address ¦- Oroeer." R8 South 4th street. Philadelphia. June 2-3m-27 STTLIiENDBH & PASCAL, HATTERS, No. C South Sixth street, between Maritet and Chest7nit streets, Philadelphia, HAVE constantly on hand, a full and Euperior assortment of b HATS A»D OATS. , a which they respectfully invite theirfrienda S^ and the public geucrtilly to call and ex¬ amine when visiting "The City of Brotheiiy I.ove." .March 3 ' ly-14 ^Iiilalrelphfa atibertfsemcuts. CARLTON R. MOORE, COMMISSION MERCHAJSrr, AN'D DEALER l.V COTTOa: ICARK, Carpet Cliain, I.ap»i, W^ick, &c., .Vo. I Hi Norlh Tlili<( Street, PHILADELPHIA. ir-8 ¦¦ SMALL rnnriTN AM) t,[:ii:K UM.f.s."—' iUSTiuL H. C. BAUM, IVljolcsale atul Ilelail Dealer IN FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, IVo. 67 North Ki^litU Street, PillLAUELFiHA. SB" Goods constantly receiving Irom A"uction,and Sold at a snifiU ndvance for cash, [march 24—:Jdi-17 Stoves! stoves!! Stoves!!! THE Globe Cook, Etna Cook, (iUINGV COOK. BUCK ('OOK. LIB- .*---, EltTY COOK, nudavnrietyof COMI'LETES. 5^^ Also, ft fine a.-^sortment of PARLOR and a^lS CHA.MBER STOVES. f.>r wood and coal-all Sp^ selling at very low prices. W.M B. KLEIN, o4S .Market street, 4 doors above lO.th. j-uuth side, I'lIII.AnKLPMIA. N. n —.\ complele a.s.--:ortment of GAS OVENS und F_UH^.N'ACES oil iiand. F.:b.'H.2_lj WAlLff^ i»Al»EB. REDUCTION IN V ll f C R S . ("lOUNTRY MERCHANTS and V_y others wil! find every variety of palleriii of WALL TAPER. M'INDOW BLINDS. FlNESCIlEENS, ¦It reduced pricert. rntterns il an ufac Lured to order by ' CRKTT.VBGH k STED.MAN, No. 03 .S'lTth :;rd street. 2 doors above Arch. parch 17-m..3m ^ PHlLADELni i A. SILKS, SHAmS&MESS (IOODS. A G IV E %V & CO., ISi; Chestnut Stretd, Philadelphia, HAVE received by the late stea¬ mers from Havre and Liveri.ool. their netv slock of SPRING GOODS, winch they offer to Ladie.s and Gcatlem.-ii viiltlugth«: city at very low jirices. for cash. 200 Embroidered White Canton Crape Shawls, ranging from fid to S-iy». luO Plain do., with hand.some Fringe. ^10 to *20. 200 Brocha Long Shawls while, scurlet. blue, orange. bIhcK and green, from JL> to S-10. 100 Elegant colored nud Black Silks, .Maniillan.new patterns. lOOPdack Lace Shawls aud .MantiU.is. siiperiorquallty ¦100 Pieces ol rieh Figured Brocade Silks. ^lJrinB colors, •JJO " Plaiu Chamelion and solid colors. "UM ydH India Silks, nect siii|,Ps.pl:iids and pUiu UOO ¦¦ Printed .llouse-de-Laiiies. Paris Goo.ii, dOOU •' Barege de I,aines. from U to 371 ct' ''»"!' ," *¦"'¦''"'-'''r"'""'*! Muslins and Lawop. 2000 ¦ I'riuteii Foulard .S'ilk.-f. in evrry slj le. imiOdezeii Kudi.'s' Kid Uloves, whito, black aud sprint: colors. ]P°. iJilk Glove.-. Paria make, with a ch ace stock of the mnst fashionable Ribiious. Lacci Lmbroiaeries. (ufis. Sleeves. i^oM.ire and Chemiic-!tes. white, bl.ick. siik and cotton Ilo.^e. Wo nro coilsHihH receivuignew t:ood.. from Aucthm Sales in this Citv au'.INewVCTk. which we sell at extremely low prices utISd Chestnut strct-t. uiar .31—2m-lS Philadelphia and Liverpool Line of Facl^pts £gS. TOSAIl. KIIO.M l'lIlLADi;I.rillAou jf.l tho 151b. unit from I.jVKRl'OUL on ^ A-il. f CCOTI&IW6 AT REDUCED PRICES. -^^ —Thl! attention of the readera of tho "|l<iraia-' i,4 Invited to the iramcnfo stock or Choico and Fashlonablo GARMENTS, I Ashton's Caothlng Store, 16B Market St, between Fourth fr Fif'.li, »I,I,», »¦„ , '•HILADELPHIA. j; =??' ' "^ "¦¦¦'' "° Immeaiurably below tho "al '' ""' "P"' '" "»«uo prac- April 2t ECONOMY. EDWARD DUFPy' St'sON Soap and Candle aaniifacturers. No. 44 Filbert street, abovo Ninth PHILADELPHIA. °^ «8pl3 1 ,„ MARTER'S F.4MIILY »RT GOODS STORE, No, 13 NortkSecolidSt. aiovs Marl-et St. PIIILADELPIIIA, HAVE now arranged their stotjk of Sl'illNU GOODS, constistioE of Black and ( hangeablc .Silk.s, Striped and i'laiil Silk... Koulard and .Sunuuer Silk... Bareges, Lawns, Pelaine.s, Barego Ue- laiaea. Alpacas, Shawls and Mantillas, White Dross .\Iu,i!in.^ and J.Hdies Goodfl in et'ery Tariotj-. .Also. Cassimorea, Satinects, Linon Drills. IJashlna- rets, Twt-eds, fotton Drills, .Mens and llnya wear of every descrijition. ranging Irom 12} to ^\,tii pur yard —for Spring and Summer Also,Tabb,Lluon...Towellnjrs.Table Ulotlis. Flannels. Tlciiiigs, Coltou Drills, and .Mn^Uns of all widths. A LSO, MARTER & SON, No. X-V 15 Xorth 2Qd htreet above Market street. I'hila- e luiDcxed to their Dry Goods Storu.a new Uelptila. liave .... Trimminga Store, under the direction of Mrs vurV r. a-*-' ""^h" ^'^''" ^rholesale and retail'' I on Sm. ''«'¦¦'• ""• l^""«ns. Zovhyr Worsteds. rCn.^, n""'' ^."""" ^"^Is. IJed Lace, Beat Needles, |silk Braids. Bees Wax, nmding.S. liraids, Corset and Uoot Laces Tidy S: Knitting Cottons, Fancy Dress Button-" ' Setting Silks, Itlmbroiderii,^; SilJ(K.'' A,\l) FA^Cr SOAI-3. _iL'2i Um-2:i ' the let. of each mouth. ShipSHLNANDO.MI. (JajJt. JoHV S. Tavlok Ship U'EST.'.IOIIKLAN'D,(new) Capt. P. .\.l}t:c.ir.. (April 15th { Aug. I5th ilK-c. L-ith Li l-t Ship SHACK AMA.XON, (u«w) Capt. W. II Wv.sT. Ship MARV I'LF.A; Capt. R. K.Dkca (.Muv liith Hcyt ISlh f Jan. L'illi iJuiie 15; {Ocl. 1.^1 /Feb. IDt ( luIy i:.t: ^Nov. l&tl i .Mn'h I5t of th. -yool June lot Oct. iKI Feb. I.l July Isi Nov. Isi -Ma-Ii l.-l Aug. Isl Dec. Isi April] SI Sept. Isi Jan. Isi th Mny lei I materi- LEATHER! rUITZ, ^VILLIAMS & HENDRY, Sr01li:-29 .\.,-:rdST.. I'IIILADKLI'IIIA. MOROCCO MANUFACTURERS Curriers, Importers, Conunissiou, GENERAL LEaSeE BUSINESS. vniOLKS.ALi: A.NU HLTAIL MJlJ\'lTFJlCTORY,VoMargaretta&l,Phila Mar<;h T, ___„ :!m.l4 JAMKS JSARBER'S WHOLESALE AND RETAIl, Clock & Time Piece Establlshineut. Southeast Cor7ter Scco7id d- Cbcs7iut Sts., PHILADELPHIA. WiiEKE may-be lound ii lavge »,nd Bplendld assm-tment of tbe hest modern Improved '¦¦.i^ht !:iiy .indThirty Hour Ilrassund Alarm Clocks, and Time Piece.-;, suitable for Churches. Halls. Het.:l.s. Steamboats, Hailroad Cars. Parlors. Olllees, 1«d Rooms, Kitchens, .fc-, nliich will be sold in Jots to suit Purchasers, from oue to ouc thousand, at tho low¬ est cash prices. N. Ii,- -ili^cks of all kinds Rep.iired aad W.irmnted. iJlockTrlwuiinga of every deacriotiou constantly for ^"'H^. _ . MaY5-ly-2.1 ADAM "WM. RAPP'S P.-VTKXTHU SCIENTIFIC IV1CH£ GOI.D PENS, Embracing all the properties co7itained iit the fi7iest qnill peti, itt additio7i to which, the durabdity of the Metah is covthiued atitt fully associated atid developed. X85 2. THE lollowing highly respectable Tf-timunialsuud Recommendation.^are submitted tuihel'ubJie :- Having tried ADAM WS\. tL.\.VVS PATKNT SCI l.?.riFlU MCJIt: (iOLD PKN. thoundfrsiKned take K'reat ))Ieaaitre in recommendInK it t<i the Public aalhi ijreatest iiiii»rovement ia .Metallic Pens that haa met our atttiiiion. His Kxcelleucy. William Bigler, Gov. State of Penna. Ilia F.xcellency, t;. Louia Lowu do Maryland Prof. J SIlMTt. Principal of Central HighSebool.Phila llight llev Bifihop A Potter, Philadelphia. Kev Chariea Wadewortb du iivv W It iidwards, Waghlngton City, rtov C K Nelson. Annapolis. .Md, Itcv John Street, Phila, ' Rev D W nariiue. Phil;. Itev DeWitt.Harriaburg, Hev G H Colt. Harrifiburg. '¦-- ¦harh'S .\. Hey, do Rev.lohu F .Mes'ck. do laiPORTAIVT REIIIOVAI.. THK subscriber having re- x^ moved his WATCH. J KWJ-XIIY ^ CLOCK tSiS Ksiablishment, so lotij; occupied by himself andfathei. (Jlr. Joseph Kliernia;!.'to a larger room uearly oppo¬ site, two door.-^ above Si'huer's (late Vankanan's Hotel.) returns his sincere thanks to his friends who have so liberally patronised him heretofore, and would now in¬ vite them to visit him at his new stand. The »ub- srriber would here stato. that In* has now and wlil con¬ tinue to keep one of the largest and iiio^t complete as¬ sortment of jjoodrt in his line of business that cau he found in Lancaster; haviuK made nrrangemeuts to re- ceire fresh additions to his stock weekly. He keeps GOLD A: SILVER WATCH F.S of all kinds nnd at v.i¬ rious prices, rich and fashionable IKWELRV, such as Dreast-plns.Ear-rings. Finyer Ring.", Gold Pencils kc Clocks at all prices and of every pattern. Pilver and plated Table. Tea aud Salt Spoons, lintter Knives. (-'ouibs. Spertneles. Sic ; (iold and Silver I. liaius. Keys aud Sealw. Silver Thimbles aud Finder Shi.Sds. i-'cissoi Hooks. Aecordeons. Port .Mi.r.aies. Pocket :iud Dirk Knive.o, Hnir, Clothes and Ti-nlh Bru.-ihes. t'ombs of all kinds. Ladie.t Fancy Sleel liead liavti. .<py Glassei-. Pocket Conipar-scs, kc. kc. and a variety nf other Goods too numerous to mention. The subscriber ajiks a eftll. feeliii;; confident that uo one will po away dis.satisfied with his or hervisit.aa lu¬ is determiucd not to be uudersold. Ilepairinj WAfLurs, ri.oirKs k JcwM.m attended to as usual, and eharge.s nioderale. Itcmeiiiher the jdare. Noam Qi-rrN ^r.. nearly op¬ posite bis old stand and '2 doors above Sehner's hotel. may Ifl-Om-U'-il CHAS. F. FliKU.MA.V. Tho above first-ctasff ships i ids. and eoinman-.leil by experienced navigators. U-. regard has been paid to .select niuilels fur speed, with ci'mfort Ior pa'^.-.m^er-^. They wii; sail puuctuaUy oc Ihe days adverii.-ed. taking advantage ofthe steam tow-boats on th<' Delaware. PersoHH wishing to engage pasF^ajjc f.>r their f^iend^ from Liverpotrl can obtaiu cerliticates, which will b^ good for twelve months. Pa.'JEageio Liverpool ia the Cabin. - - - . ^^0 '¦ ¦¦ Forward i_'abin. - - 20 Steerage, ¦ ¦ - V2 Passage froni Liverpool ill the Cabin. . . . iO(t Koe.T-,-.I r:\,l„ . .J; '" •' Steerage. - . . . ao Those'who wish ti> remit money, c.-.n b^uccomiuodat- ed witll draflH tor i'l sterling :iud upw-;,rd. payable al sight, wilhout discount. Apjily to CKUK01-; ^TlIKNRV.Sc CO., Mny2S-ly.2r.l ri" -\V-aluntJ>i,i.p..t. Philadelplna IIAUIUSOIV, BUd-HBRS & CO. ~ Manufacturij3-g Chemists, OI-'I'-ICI::—\<t.-l.'Ji >uiiiU I'Vuiii .--(leeU Pure Parlor White Lead; Alum.jcrniiml andin •'rv/'tal F.xtra tfriojud, " * '¦..f.pcr.i.v; No. I. ¦ I'yr"li;:iieous Acid ¦ Red Lead; nd l.i.|u..r ; Litharge; iron Liquor: Orango .Miueial ; .Marine I'liint: White jp s„^,„r „f [ ,.,^^,. i'Melalir- Fire-Proof Prtliil Judge Booth. Delaware, Richard Vaux F.ftl, do Wra Neal, do Geo W Walloston, do Wm K Pries. do N'S H^ BLAItK'S PATJ^i\T Fire aud Weaifcer Proor Paiii^o V Ury in B;irre!r, Ciii.i id yroiiudiuOilin kegs. JOHN F. SHRODEH & CO., Bankers, WNn. C. NOUTH QUKEN STRKK". for any length of time upon tho following '(•nt, interest allowed uu all depositus. Fifteen ice reijnired if the depositor wishes to with- terms, 5 pel days n draw. No iuti're.-t allowed on depO'.itef of Fifteen days and UlldlT. «Xp-DIMKS und HALF DIMKS bought at a pre¬ mium. J. F. HHUODEItSi^CO.. April 2S-tl--2-.;] Baffkers. J. W. dUlNN LADIES' A N D G E N T L K M E FAXCY SHOE SXOR£. AS been removed lo Uie room _ lately occupied by .Mrs. Hull, North n Street, near the K«il Road. Lancaster. I'a.. where hu is prepared to mainilacture Fine French Fancy Iliiots. do.. Plain Walking .Sboe^. Moo- roe.c. -^mgrcHs Boots and Gaiters. Also, all kinds o( Heavy Work, Buitable for country as well an city cus¬ tom. -Ml who want a neat ht and an easy Boot would do fi-ell to give liim a call. LADIES' BRANCH. To tbe Ladios ho woubl say tbat all who want au F.xtra Fiue Sati-j diiter. Italian Cloth do,. Francias Uo . Faucv colored. White Kid Slipr t-rs. Fr"i;eii do.. Shoetees. Jenny Linds. Jelferson "^jos Buskins, Kid Gaiters. Morocco Hoots, and all tb'o various ^tvles. and as he InteiidB tOHclla.''chwipa8 jmy other estab. lishment in the eity, he respectfull,'^- nolicits their pat¬ ronage, assuring all who may pat'.onize him that no ¦ITorts will hesp.ired togi^*-' K':>'.ernl aatisfartion. hoth In quality aud in price. A large nsKortuient of var'.ous Colored Gaiters al¬ ways on hand. Jfj" Children's Shoea of overy dcBcription. Mend¬ ing promptly attended tn. [may 10—Sm--"! Spring and Summer Arrangement FOK 1853. A1»^AIS & CO.-S EXPRES'S Xj- are "O^ 'inning their ovm Oars, accomjiauied uy ¦'¦'=">'n, nnd Iron Safes are prepared to for- idaj .,np.,tcdj with thc fust mail train.-i. "¦¦ Sp»cio.*^-c..i:c.. to all th< 'l'bi,s e.xtraordiiiai-y suU^taure i, fouuu in Ohio,in a stratum of roel:. ..f basin loriniition. When iJtk-n from tin: mine, it resemble;; In ii|ipe:ii-ance tbe liuest indi;:o.and lumaliouttne .lousisienov of eold tallow; but on i-xposuri- to ihe aliiic-iphi-re. i'li .-i shon linni it turns lo slate or sioui-. Its principal ingred'out-. nvo tilicia. nluiunin. and protoxide of iron, whieb. in tbe opinion of t^e.i.ntilic meu. .«al:>.lrtct<'rily i'ocoinu> l\x Hi fire proof uature.- former su'oslances being noii-iM.niiuetors, aud iiclinp np II renient to bind tho whoh^togrlh- 'V Hi'm and diir.Tblp pni!;t. .1 with Linseed Oll.andapplieil with ¦¦"¦'¦¦¦¦ vy paint to wood, iror " tbe latter er nnd make F'-r use It is udxe brush. Itll-.•. 2'."ini. ranviLss. jiapcr. fc:e. ll Imrdens gradually aud becouieR tire pruuf, It is particularly suitahle forr.iofn of huildings, !-teamhoat and eavjieeks.raii rond bridges, fences, .tc. ..^ roof coated witii this rirticle is ^lual l-j one Of tintc. at :¦ vast .•'nvin;: of expense. It m iln*; it the most durable covering for iri.ii work exposed to weather ; and as it is siL-^ceptilib. of a high polish, has heen u^cd to (.'re.-it advaut;ige by Coach aud C'ahiiic-/ makers. In addition lo the Blaek and .Slale. tiio siib.'rriber,' h.ave the l.'Ii<ieol)iIh' nnd Btown eolors. rc.'-embling. ir appearance, the Brown Stone, now so mucIi adliiireil forthe exteriorwallsofbuildlni,;^. wliieh may he vario in wbttde. by tlie addition of white lead, to suit t.sste of anv individual. Spec im eu.-t tii.-iy be seen ;ii thu oliiec of the subscribers, HVHKISGN. P.ROS, k CO.. Acents. No. 4d\ iSoutii Front street. Phil.L And f.tr sale bv GFORCF. .\I. STKI.N.MAN, Lancastor. Pa. ^V A. .L H, KF.l.M & CU. Heading. Pa. JOHN MARSHALL. West Chester Pa, NovembiT '2f> li-.'>^ W RawIt!.Ks(i. Phila, Hon Job H Chandler, do Clark Hare. Ksy. do Isaiah Hacker. do \lduiman Geo \V Aeh. do James .M i;arsid,tv, Kr>.j, Camden. .N Jer?ey. rb':s W- %lulford, do do do \ hrowning. ,\o do do W S Jeffries. do do do Duff Green. K'pq, Washington. .M H .Miller, Wa.=hiu[itn F Howard. .M D, do J Itadclill. do itichard Smith. Ksq. do Wm P Klliot. do do Editors .Niitinnfll lateilipencer. ¦Wa-hiugton Cliy, Kditorfi .Maryland State Capitol Gazette.' F.ditr.rs Y/ashington Republic. F.ditorB Philadelphia Public Ledger. TO THE PUBLIC. The hnb=criberH having purchased the Property known as the Moyamensing Banking Ilou.'-e. South rltiJit corner of'2ad aud Chesnut streets, for his future Establishment, intends V*>"i>iug a largo and completi ..^oyrcment 01 every variety of texture and t-izc ol Aoam ^\ .11. li.^rp'a L.vTt;i,v paV>:m i:ti sciKSTiru' NiCHi, I'OLi, Pks s. Gold anU Silver Pencils unU Fon lloWoru. ol every variety. Wholesaleand IteLiil. Inaibiitiou ihere- lo. I have on haud Rapp's last addition of Scientitie Ccumai.hhip aud Peunmking. in various biudiuKS, JAMLS BAItL'FK. General Sale A-eut for Adam U'm. Kapps Piit.'nted Scientitie Niche Gold I'eus. Snuth-Kast corner S-eoiid ^id Chi-suiit_.«treetK. IMiiladetpIiIa. .May -'—fyf^- JOHIV B. GEST, ATTORNEY AT I. A W. Oihcr, No. -151 Sotith Fifth St., abov,-. Walnut, PlIILAUiiLPIH.Y. May 11) r.t-2ri PARRISH & HOUGH, No, -1, North Oth Street, 2 doors above Marl-el Street, Phila. Manufacturers. Importers and Wholesale Dealers In Paper, School Boolcs. Stationery, IfONNt-rr BO.VRDS. PAPKR HANtJINtJS. MIN- UOW PAPF.HS. FIKF. BOARDS, kc.^c a^ rounlry Merchants can receive CASH FOR R.\GS. or goods at <;ash Prices. lt2,'JUi) Ton-* Rags wanted this Hcason ¦lune 5 Iy.27 r JOHN A. BAUER, \ j No. \51[Suulh Second .tt.,above Spruce, j .^ Fait side, Philadelphia, ^ ^ TIVVITES the attention ofU "^ _|_ the reader.'; of the Htuw.!. to call and ex £ I amine his large slock of all kinds of FL RNI V. -I Tl'ItF.. consisting in i>arl of Premising Bureaus Plain IJureau.a. Chairs nnd Sofas nf i-very des cription. tiof-t Tublei*. Centre Tables. Fxteu simi Tnbles. tie N. B. —Wardrobes. IIed..;t.eaiI<; and Stand.- of the latest styles; LooUing (il-issesaud Boi.I Cases, all of which will be sold on the inn^ reasonable terms. fept 17—ly-I- umbrell.^lS a\o parasols. WHOLESAI.E AjVD RETAIL, at theold I'Slahlishvd stand- N^*.'.'. ^—*-^ N Fourth Street; N.W. Corner of Market. ^E^^ Philad'a. a large and general asMirtment ot """'^rtl^ L,'nil)r(;ila,s aiul Parasols. -'^l*'*^ at as low rales as at auv other establishmeni In the I'ity Manufactured of lho best materia!-^, and ty tin best and most careful workmen. j»3-Country Merchojits and oth.-rs will find it to heir .tdvantage toeall upi.o the .Mibs.-riber fnr their uppiy. LICAS (JbLINiiHAM iriciAL. .iir.ssc: ward daily (.Si liundh , Pareeis : points on the Central jlol, Road, via Lancaster. Cn- lunibia.-iork. Mt. Joy, Midnj-tnwn Hiirvi-ihnrc N'ew- iinrt. Mimin. i.ewist!'... iJ,, V °" HarnsDurj,. .now ¦o„.^T,c lloUidavshure.Sum'M'.i'fJdou. Spruce (.reek W. p. STEELE, ATTORNEF AT LAW, SDRVEYOR ^ CONVEYAiNCER LAHCASTER, PA. ALL kinds- of Serivening, Deeds, ilortgages, "Wills, Accounts, Sic., executed with accuracy ond despatch. "Will alao give special atten¬ tion lo tho collection of rcDSions, aod tho prosecution of Military and otlier claimH agaiust the General and State Governjnent8. OiFici:—In North Queen Street, opposite the Na¬ tional Hou.se. may 20—3y-27 EMLEN FRANKI^IN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office in. South Duie Street, nearly opposite the Farmers Bani. Lancaater. Nov 20 62 . Blairsvillc on. S. TTEI-CHAWS, OPriCB—In Krampli'a Building, NOHTHEAST CORNER OF Orange sinil IVortli Queen Sts., LANCASTKR, PA. July 30 ly-35 A CABID. ""piIE subscribers beg leave tlraa to acquaint -t their frieu-Is aud the public, that Ihey have mado such arrauKement.i with a house in Philadelphia, will enable them to execute orders for tho PL'RCHASK AND SALE OF Bank and Railroad Stocks, State aud tJnited States LoanB, &c., at the Board of Brokers, with promptness aud Odellty, aud on as favorable terms in every respect, aa it can be doue in Philadelphia. The falthriil and confidential execution of all businesa entrusted to thom may he re¬ lied on. .MONKY safely invested for individuals or estates In Bonds and .Mortgages. Stato orUnited States securitleB kc ice. Personal attention will he given to the propel and perfect transfers, kc cf Stocks. Loans, 8:c . and flUcli geueral aupenision a^ will obtain for those en¬ trusting husiueBS to them the .lafeflt and most duHlrable securities. Also, the coUectionsof Notes, Cheeks. Bills. &c., on Philadelphia. New Vork. Baltimoro. and the towns, tc. in this vicinity. Persons desirous of buying or selling any stock of our Lancaster Banks. Cone.-jloga. Steam Mills. Gas. orTurnpike Slock, by leaving their orders Iu our handa will receive prompt attention. JoH.N F. Shiioder. Gkokgk R. Rf.ed. J. F. SHRODER t CO, No. 4, Nortb Queon street, Feb 13 tf-ll] Lancaater City Pa rvrono, IloUidayshurg.Sumifll' . (jreensburg aud Pittsburg; via Cf/.S>.lvn Uuil Road, Carlisle. Shipp'-nsburg and UhaultA .\uiuy At all of the abovo naiOed places are regular .Agi-iits. who will attend pr-imptly to the collection of Notes, Drafts, RmB.i:o..a:e.. .(MsQ, forward Goods tn nio-st of Ihe pwiuta on the M-est branch of lhe Susiiuehauua. persous residing in the interior towuB of the IMain Route can havo Packages forwarded from Philudelphia and other point-) hy having them directed to auy of the abovo named places, with despatch. Goods destined lor any of thu abovo places are for- warded dally by the 11 o'clock train. Goods for Pittsburg. Cincinunti, l.oni.sville. V rank- ford and Lexington. Ky.. Indianapolis. Ind.. St. Louis, .MO.., hy tho night train. Gooda for tho Eastern and Southt-rn (-iLies forwarded . daily by hoth morning and eveuinK traiun. The undersigned will givw purtteular attention lo filling orders forwarded to them by mail, {poatnge I paid) when they are Ior gooda to hn sent by Express no commi."siou will bo charged. 0FF1CF.S. Pun loKLPiin—IIB Chesnut street. L*¦<CASTi:a—.North Qucea street, a doors below the Itailiload. J. G. THACKARA. Agent Reading ior the Home and Fireside. I.<il>Iiencott's Ciil>i]iet Histories of the State.H. I^HE IIisTOHY OF Kentuckv, from its earliest settlement t^i the pre.^ient timo.- AlMi.the History of Georgia, from it- .arliest si-ttle- Uieut to thl-j»re.-.'j)t lime- By'J', S. .Arthur and W. {^ 111 :ini-I'.i] At the ¦ssi'C to Til old ' >;i i: Glllingham,) uid. .No. 1". N,4th str Th.i 'Ute A Fast Man.—The PoJuoah, Ky., Demo¬ crat, speaking of Dr. Haynes, says tbat in tirenty-fiye days he married two wives, travel¬ led fifteen hundred miles, told four thousand lies, and in twenty days more was arrested, tried, convicted, and lodged in the State prison. He is decidedly a " fast" man. Heavy Train.—The locomotive Tioga left Out of the Tavern, etc. FROil THE QEILMAS. Out Of tho taTcm I've ju.'it stepped to-niglit; Street! you aro caught in a very bad plight, Kight Land and left hand are both out of place; Street, you are drunk, 'lis a very clear case. antl forty-B«Ten tons of Ireisbt andpru<i.«e h.M g,i«d ow^^hu^d^d ['a";,!""'"'"^'""^'''*''"^^'''° °°°''""" .you Moon! *ti.s A. i a very queer figure you cut; One eyo is starinj;, while t"other is shut; ripsy, 1 ECO : and you*re greatly to blamu ; Old aiyou arc, 'tid a tecribto ebamc. Then the street lamps, what a scandalous sight! None ol' them soberly slandiug upright, lloctiug and staggering ; why, on my word, Each of the lamps is drunk as a lord. Alt is confasion; now isn't it odd "i 1 am the only thing sober abroad. Suro it were rash with this crew to remain, BettQF so into the tarem ag^iiu. P. FIELDS, M. D., EciEc- TIC PRACTITIONER, offers his Bervices to ttie citlzons. of Lancaster city and vicimty. He in¬ tends trea'sing of all kinda diaeasea on tho Eclectic Principle. Ha uRos no Calomel—but such remedies as the God n-t nature ha."! strewn all along our patliway.— Ofllce, Ep,bt King Street, two doors above Swope's Ho¬ tel. A. F. K. May & 23 LOST OP Miscarried, per Mail, between EUcton. IVld.,and Philadelphia, a letter directodto N.J. Embrce. from S. B. Worth, (Atty.,) enclosing S. B. "Wb eudoraed note, dated Sth day of April, 1862,for $200; also, B. B. W'b Cheok in favxr of Einbreo k Chayton, for $117, neither of which has been received by tlae propor person. AU persons are warned against negotiating said Note, or receiving Check,aa they wiU 3iotbo p&Jd. N. i. EMBREE, June 2—3't-27 311 Market atreet. Philadelphia. Central Penna. Banking House. BEYAIV, GLEIM &CO..-N0TES DRAFTS, CHECKS, ^-c pajoblo ot thlfl place or at Huntingdon, will bo collected, and remittances promptly made, hy drafts on PliUadflphla or Pittshurg, HP may be desired. iSS" ExchauEes furniBhed at low tates. Address, R. 11. aii'AN, Caahicr. Hollidaysburg, Pa., April 1 tf-10 t!-I- Not Going Weat! PAJCNTINO. JOHN SOMME R, Sign, Coach, and Omamuital Painter, Fast Chesnut Street, Laicastcr, Pa. Shop iu the Alley rear of Vatkanan'^s HoteL N. B.—House Painting and Graining promptly executed, at tho lowei prices. LancftBtor, July 3,1850. ( Ijl VENITIAN BLIND MANUFACTORY THE subseriber havi'iig relinquish¬ ed hin Intention of going to the Wc5t, would tnkf oecDSioD to inform bl.i numeroua^/rlonds an tho city and county, that he will continue hi?; old business. In all its Tarions branches, at tho old atr.nd, imm&diately in tho rear of Vanknnaa'fl (uow Senor-s) Hotol. in thoallej between North Ciucenand Prluco.street/..' Ho manufactures and has for sale VKNITIAN BLINDS, of the most beautiful p&tterni. and finish.— These Blinds oro mado Gt wood of tho nmoothest and most durable quality, and ^it Hhort ordo r and moderato prices. The BUbscriber b aving had oiislderablo expo rience In thc manufacture of Vcnillaa Blinds, tho peo pie of this city and ccanty can depend upon having any work that thoy r jay order, excouto d with despatct and in a workmanli'^-^ manner. f^f A variety 'of handsome Blinds on haud for the inspection of th o public. Old Blinds r ^.painted and trimmed, to look equal to new. GEOiWJE FLICK. Feb 25 3iy Bmes. f-riii lh.'- ,*..'.;i>t-r;iily printed r.ud b(.uiid vol- Histories, wliieli. witbniii .•¦tipi.;Dt ot a serii-H of Statt- ui'ire expensive \-orl;suf tin-hjiuii. oii.'i'rrt,.luilkiL'r ami ter houiieliold i-luiuunls from which tbe others woiiUl he excludrd by lliidr cost and mfignitudo.- .New Vork Courier .lod Euquirer. •• In ciiueiseui'ss clcarncs,*, fkiH of arniugeracnt ,ind graphic interest, tbcy are a most excellent eiiruesl of iboae to come. Tbey are cminenlly adaptt-d l-oth to interest and iiistruei, and should havo a place in tbe Family Library of every Amerieau.''—New York Courier and Enijuirer. The importaue.'ofa eerie.-, of Slate History like IhOKc now iu preparation, cau .se.ircely be e.-llniaied. Heiug coudfUised asctirefuUy as aciiiracy and iiitiTc^itof nar¬ rative will permit, tbu sir.e anil prioe oflhe volumes I will hring Ihem within the reach of every fLiiuily in the couutry, tbiu making thi-m homo reading hook? for old nud yourtK._ '¦•^eh ludiridu.il will, iu conse- quence. beconii- fau'iillar. uot <)nly with tbo history of his owu State, but with tlmt of the nther ytatee : thus, mutual interests will be ri--uwukenpd. aud old bonds cemented iU a llrmer re-uniou. Also. THE LEG1SL.\TIVK GCIDF., containing all the Itules for euuducting business iu Congress. Jeff.'r- son'H .Manual and the Cili/.cn's .Manual. Including a cnuci-e Fysteui of Itub-s nf Order, founded ou Con- greseiouul Proceeding-^, wiili coi.ifius notes and MoTgl- ual referenccf.. e.^zphiiuing tbe rubis and authoLritiea therefor, diisigucd to ticouomise timo and secui;© uuU formity iu the proceedings of all delihoratlvo a-isem' biies. Uy J. Bartlett Hiirtclgh. ROMANCE OF NATUItAL IIISTOItV, or Wild Scpncs and Wild Hunters, lly C. W. Webber author of 'Shot in the Eye." Old Hick.-!, the Guide, 4,-c Likewi.se. the BHJLE IN THE F.A.MILV ; or Hints on Domestic Happiness. By Ur, H. A. Bo/.rdman.- ¦• This is an excellent book. Tho Bible is ^cX forlh b the sretkt regulator of family duties aud fnmily joys. Many useful hints are given to fathers anil mothers and cbildren. to brothers and sisters, to lovers, to daughters-in-law and sons-in-law, to unmarried per- sons, kc The Pulpit Is here carried into tho world of nffection.gracefully ttud with beauty at times.'"—Tbo ETaogeliciiI Catholic. Just published and for Ralo by LIPPINCOTT, OR.\MBO & CO., No. 14, Nortli 4th street, Philadelphia. April 14 'id ILanil> aiiU Variety Siore ! THE subscriber bas handsomely ri'liu.-d jJiid ri-?ta,-ked his store.and hrts n"w:i Iini' :i>?ortoi«iit of (fold's Pateut fine Oii Lamps, and I'at- out liuruing Flidd; S4>1«" and Common Lard Lump in .-very vuri--[yof ."tyle-;; PIuc Oil. Gfass. IVicks. Arc: booking-Giassf.s. Housekeeper's Hardware; .Modem Improved Eii;lil-ilh,y and Thirty-hi.ur Clocks "f everv vjirtrly. and i>f tha best (lualiiy. Wholesale .md Ke¬ tail, at Very Iiov price.>J, by NATHAN C. (.iiATLS. No, SCJ North •2nd Ptreet. Phila. ID* Fluid and Piuo Oil for sale, WhoK-fak- uud Ke¬ tail. N. U.—Country Mfrchants and I-'amilii" are iuvili-d to eiill nnd e^ttmiiui fi>rllnni-'(dve.s. mar lu Om-lc !• I 1 sr O F O U T K S . O. C. B. CARTER, J^o. 171 Cha.^iitit ^titet, Sixt/i ./„,., _¦ Fifth, opposite the State House, np Stairs, rim.Ai)Ki.rai.\. J'OW ofters to the public an eu- Urtly ni'W jisxt^rtmelit of I'IaNOS, just n-i-fivril irom Ilu' mo-.L i-i'lL'liratL'tl njRktTy. nad of purli I'mliTiis ¦nul Kini-^Ii :i. 10 di'fy comj-etitiuu. M.'ssri'. -NLNN-"- Ji I I,-V1!KS- «iul JA.MES THOMl'SON'S Iiistnim'-.i". .rhjcU urc luTc oJlDrtd, stand uurivallpj in llu- oi'iiii'"i yf nil cwnipctviit jud)j'.'.'. lis P'JJ'.fi'Hiiip IjcBUty nii-l I»u- .AJ5U. l'fit,,!.U'yor bcfnre Mtiiinud by unj loak^f^ ;' y,i:ui I h„ «uld AK ACT RELATIVE TO i Creditors of Tide-Water Canal. _ i Thc following Acts, for the relief of the Credi- I I ilors of thc Susquehantia atid Tide Water II ('u7ial Compa7iies, passed by the Legislatum of Pennsylvania and Maryla7id, arc publish¬ ed in conformity inilh the provisions thereof: WHKREAS, the Susquehanna • » Canal Company, by reason ot ihe excess of the aciunl over the estimated coat oi" their Canal, were obliged to contract debts to a largo amount for the completion of that work, which dcbtcdneas e.xiets now in various forme, secur¬ ed bjr different mortgnees, in difierent degrees of priority, but the larger part of it being un¬ preferred and comprehended only in q general deed of trust for the benefit of Creditors, exe¬ cuted by Ihe said Company on the 23rd day of December, 1841. And whereas, a large amounl ot arrear inler¬ est liQ3 accrued upon iJtc said unpreferred debt, which rendera it impracticable lo give the said debt, in thc hands of ihc holdera thereof, tho ¦janic value and availabiliiy which it would de¬ rive from the conversion of tho said arrear in- '^'¦cat into capital stock, and a remoddling o' lily afiaira of said Company, bo that the holdciri 01 said debt shall receive npw bonds Ibr tho principal of said debt, bearing interest naynble senii-antmally. And whereaa, the condition of prosperity of said Company is now.Ruch that such a meaeure may be proposed, wj,ich it 13 understood is very generally desired by all parties interested there- tn ; therefore, KeC. 1. Be it C7iacted by the Senate nnd Hmixe of Representatives ofthe Commnninr.nUhof Fkihi- sylvania, und it is hereby e/tacted by the itulhor ity of the same, That whenever two-thirds in value of the creditors of said Cumpan/, upon whose debi* arrear interest may be due, shall have signified their assent to thc arrangement proposed 10,be made by means of this act, it shall and may be lawful ior the said Company to issue new Stock oflhe said Company to an amount equal lo the indebtedneas of the said Company for arrear in¬ terest tothe first day of January, 1854, or auy earlier period if the Company should deem 11 expedient, and also for the arrear interest of the said Company on the oblisationa known as those ot the Tide Water Canal Company in sharea of Fifty dollara each, and topay the Fame ^' Ppr in diBcliargc of the said arrear interest.— And where, 111 ihe settlement with any creditor lor arrear interest, a fraciional part of Fifty dol¬ lars is Ictt, to grant such creditor a eertificate of mdebtedness for such fractional sum, any num¬ ber of which ceriiflratea amouniint^in the whole to Filty dollars or more may he again converti¬ ble in stock as an original indcbtedneifs fur ar¬ rear inieresl. Sec 2. Tlie said Company shall give no¬ tice ofthe fact to the Trustees named in the deed of irtist of thc 23rd Decetnber 18U, or the survivors of them, and shall furnish to the saic Frusices a list oflhe names of the crediiors o'.' thc Conipany who shall have assented as afore¬ said with tlic amounts respectively held by then oflhe claima upon the said Company. And tin ¦iaid Trustees having ascertained that thcpruvia ions of this act have been complied wiili in th< premisca, then it shall be thcird'Tyand ihcyari; hereby onjoined and required to reconvey and de liver over to the President and Man^ycra of ihi: said Company ail aud singular the property anti es tate of the said Company held by and vested i.i them by virtue ofthe said deed of trust. And lie: said Trustees upon such reconveyance and dr3- livery and ncceptance by ihe Company as iiibre- said shall be discharged from the said trust and t'rom all liability irt virtue tiiereof, and may pleai this act and give it in evidence in any court cf record, in discharge of ony suit or proceed iti,' prosecuted upon such claim at law or in cquit / in virtue of said trust, in bar thereof. And thi iaid President and iVIanagers of the aaid Com¬ pany, for the time heing after delivery as afore¬ said shall lie held and taken to be Trustees ur - dcr the said deed of 23rd December 1811, as t j non-aspcnting creditors, as to whom the sr.i:! ¦Iced shall be as operative aa if the snid property and righla still remained in the hands ot iho Trusteed uuder the said deed. And tlic said I'rcsidont atul IVIanagers shall administer tlto same, as regards Fuch non-assenling creditor!, lei-'ordini: to the terms lhei:eof. 8ec. 'J. And all persons holding claims ngain n tlie said Company in any fiduciary capacit ,* -hall. Iry .t11 thc Courts of this Commonwealij, Se fully justified, by ihia act, in consenting o 'he urrangcnient proposed by ihi^ act, and .n :iving up tlic present evidences of indehiedneja ind in accepting certificates of stock for arrear mtemsi, aud new bonds for thi; principal deb ; md if their ccstuique trusts shall at any rino ii-.ek to hold such trustees 10 any accountabiiiiy (br so doing, such persona may give this act in ovidence aa a bar to such attrmiH. Sep. -1. And all claimants to whom arrenr in¬ terest ishall be due iiho shall not on or befcro lhe first duy of August, 1352, express in writi ig iheir dissent from thc jirovisiona of this art, -liaM be talien and considered lo have assented thereto ns fully as if such assent had been given rn wriling; and if ihey do not surrender th;ir evidences of indebtedness by ;he lirst day of t)ctobcr, 185'2, it shall be the duly of tlic end Company to puisue the course prescribed in lie Tth Section of this act, in relation to pers'uis iviio have assenled but neglected to bring in ihcir evidences of debt; and the same conse¬ quences and advantages shall ctisuc as urc .lit-rtMii proooribccj. Sec. fy. That any creditor, of said Cifnipniy who shall assent to the provisions of this i.ct. riiiall as ngainst the non-assenting crcditor.s, iif>t- vviihaiandiug tha surrender ol' their cvidciiLe^ of deltl, and the acceptance of stock for their ar¬ rear interest, nnd new bonds for thc principal of :liL-ir debt, coniinue to be entitled to all the I iii- ttit ancl advanta^'c and legal rights that now be¬ long to them, as fully as if such stock hud not been received, and its fully ag thc non-asicn ing 'rrcditors arc or may he, uniil all the creditors of said Company to wliotn arrears of in.vr- cst mav be due sliall havu assented to iliis .ici; and no such non-assenling crcditorsliall by .iny means he benclitcd or the position ot his rlaim Ije improved by the action of thoso ag- 'Oniiiig to lho provisions of this act, but in nny judgment, order or decree of any court macb or i^ivcn in favor of such non-assenting ered. tor, lhe proportion that hi.s claini would have borne Ul the w!io!e and the position it would have nc- I'upied if none had assented ihcreio, shall bt as¬ signed to such non-assenting creditor; nn<l in :;ase of suit by any non-assenting creditor, the -aid Comjiany aro hereby authorized 10 ap )<^:ir n Coun ill behah of all or any of thc asseming LMcditors and iii their place and as their ags^utd ¦-0 urge liic claims of said asccnting crediia .-^ aj liillv as ihcy in person might or could do if no sucli a.'^scnt had been given. Sr.r. ti. And the said Company shall bc nu- ihorized to pay to thc said assenting crcditor.s I heir intcrt;5t as ilie same falls due from the rev¬ enues ofthe said Company, and to set asidt- ihc proper proportion of ihe ^interest to which the iion-asstiuing creditors would have been en'iiifil if thev had assented to the provisions of ihi:!ai:[, 10 be by the snid Conipany applied to the pnv- ujcnt of .'^uch of them us may lh^rc.^l^c^ si^'tnty in writing their as.<;cni to the provisions ol^tlii.* act, or toihc said non-assenting crcditor.s wiien- cver liicir respective rights Jhcrcro shall hi dc- icrinincd by any competent tribunal. Set:. 7. It'any creditor who shall havoas:cnt- ed to the provision.-' of this act shall iicgloct or refuse to bring in his evidence ol debt by thc lirst day of October, lSj2, it shall bc the duty ofthe said Company lo prepare nnd execute iJic proper certificaies of new stock and new tonds tor ."uch creditor or creditors, to l»c filled ip in the names of such creditors, or their asfif.ncea or representatives, if they can be ascertained, ami hie tlie same away amtmg tlic nrchitesot lhe Comiinny to he delivered tothe proper ow ners whenever the old evidences of debt shall bt .=ur- rendcreii. And from the time whrnsnch c* rnti- caicy and bonds shall iie cxreincc and filed, the endorsement of which on s.rcli L^nificates and bonds shalUbe evidence oi the lact. iin- said L'rediiovs so neglecting shall forfeit nil claim or risliis whatever under Iheir ohi evulcnc ^ "1 debt, cxcepi as against i!io nonasseiuing crcdt- Sec. 6. That the preceding Sccnons olthi^ Act shall bc puldi'h-rl ouee a week b>r_hrce monihs prior to ihe hrsi day oi Aygu-t. \i:t-2, in a newspaper pruiicd in the ciiies ot IMiiIudel- phia, Lancasler and Baltimore respectively. jS^' ¦ (.'nnafCi""}"'"''-'' (" .f"nd th'e ur inlditinnal Slvck. Tide tintir d,hi ttnd I Whereas, lhe Susquehanna and Tide ^^*aIer Giinuls conslitule one coniinuoua work ihrough (he territories of Pcniisylvaiiia and ."Mar land, ¦ Uli are owned and governed by i!ic sum ftnd nirlor o.C^r'il.-'^OI'T-^N Attacb DLONS. :ill of which are wari-H^iVJo-.r-^- at tlio Manuf.irturors' lowi-st cnsh )iric.-.- AU cnah orders for Music proini'll.v tilt-iided 10. Second hnnd riangs bought and --'M. I'iimo? tuned »nd repaired. r. .S-ThL'ex;raordin.irv:-uc.—>i':ib'' Philn.lelpliin .\e3dcmy of .^UlMl•, .lud tb.- \;.-ii'-<.-l u.ili-tncli-.'n it b.-if. KiTeu. induce.<i the hnbrcrib<r to .¦outiune it. Le?- eOns in Siugiiig, riario, Harp, Guitar, &c.. arc given bv Arti-.!- "l"'I'e ^-tv hicbcst ubllitv. it necd^ but h.-'m.otiot.-d. lliM ^M ANUl^KA .VLll.^.A '*nd .MrtdcmoiH..;:- IlKI-KNK .SC11A.\1'K. «hn .-tand ;>re-i'mlncul TinniiK tb" V'VJle.-piOu. are counccied "ilb thc luritituLiou-.-iihl devote their time and lalents |io thu puidl-" O. C- n. O.A.nTKIl. I'ri M;iv V2 : pass , thc b'l' tig law ol I'ciin- w ;i oil.-nil (Jold !''-u- aud Silver faHey ; Uold I'l-ueil iiud Pen Ca.'ic; aHEENS-SVAKE.—A spxendid aaaortment ot; Clitna. GIMBand Queensware now _ _,.„„--.-- opening, to which' ire solicit the attention of houae andat f hiladelphia or New York Yortrates. hotel keoperi, at tl^Neir York Btore, by J. F. SHiODER S: CO., eBlEL * OIIBERT. | April 21—tI-22 No. 6, fbrth qneoMtieet, LAIO) WABRANT^S.—Wo are now buying 40. SO'and IGO Afos Land Warrants. BO'JNTY LAND WAJRBANTS '\Vanted, for which the hlghcet caah^prica will be paid. A'uo, 5.000 Dollars to bo necnred hy flrst Judp- ™» nt Bonds on Real Eat&te, la emoltnts Irom $100 to 4'tOOO. A, W. RU68EL k CO.. oppoEito thfi Nutlonid HoBss, North QuBflnSt, , April U-Jia-20 8a-S9 To the Ladies a7id Gentlrmsn who are parents. Boys, and Young Ge7itletne7i of Lancaster- Pa,, aud the surrounding country, YOUR attention is particularly in¬ vited to tho larKH and comiileto asaortment of BOY'S \ND CUILDKEN'S CLOTIIINIJ That theBub.scribcrha.-!onh.ind. wuIlndBptod to the season, suited for Uoya ot three yearsof age, aud youug Gentlemen of sixteen. ». , r,, .>.• All pcr^n.M living at a disttinco. purchasing Clothing at this establishment, havo the privilege of rtrturnlng them if tboy do uot fit. ^ a. HOYT leh Ifl^MSl iM Choraut St., heloff Wthi Phlto, CHEAP \v.\Trni*:s. jewelry and silver ware, THOLESALE und Kelail, at No 7;:N, Second Street. .TP<"'i""l"' "^'''""^ veruou IIoUF.'. P.nld L'-v-r W-aUb.-.- full jew- ^ eled. I8k. e.a.M'-^. <'JS (/d; .^iirer L.-iona.jc^-clf^l. PfC il'illO; Silv.-r Le].in.'.'-j"- ''— -.-Hv-^-- i—> ranted tokeep i;oiid ti"'"- Jl 00. Gold Ten ci I.s, i-l 00 with t'OOd Cold feU!* as I; . ,« r- i i AUo. nhvav.. -i. baud a t:ood a.M.rtuieut of line Gold lewidrv Gold Curb. Ciuard nnd tob r.i):»in^: (.iold\et*t C ha InB, L.I dies' Cold Fob fliaiu* aud llilt I'lu-, Silver Table SpooiiH. from $14 to 'i-lS. Di'.sorL fU to «n. and 'r>a. >-l '2\,i i'rt.'iO per .-itt, warranlitd etiml to rtilti iVil irood5 w-;uTaut.'d to U- u-hnt Iht-y are sold for. " ' ° M. AVISK. ARont. No. 72 N, 2d st , oppo.'<ite thcMouut Veruou lb N. B.—Watelieis and .lewelry repnired and JtJ-AU orderrt cent by mail or oiherwi punctually attended to. IMareh U-l "French burr iviill stones. On an Iiu.j>roved Plan—Warranted. THIS jjlaw makes lUc Stones per- feotly true, without tho troubb; and i-xi'eii.^e oi fitting In irons or irarumiuK. Kenderdiue- iiniirove. CAST IKON KVr, Iieiu.- built iu iho --if"l<;.•'"'',"J,7 with SELF-TlU.MMINri BALANCK It\ NKaud UUI- VER—Warrantod to give fatisftiPli""- Bed Stono Biishi". on au iuMTovcdrlan and Solid .Mill tiionus of all ¦••ise?, id ' ries in France. ... ,, . . BOLTING CL0TJI3, very «ho,ip. at J'¦> oW e^tab- UflUment of •'¦ K--^'IrC-ilLLL. No 14 Yorlc -Vvonua. formerly Old Vork Road, Importer of ajilND ST.ONEB, KIRE BRICKS, tc, PJIU..B.K8 *"•-" norationi ; and whereas, the lecihlatnre ol ['« Ulvaiiiii. :il Its present pes^ion, ha? pas.^td u U\ rehiiiug to the said Companies, words, to wi;: . , . lllcrn .).o. ^^• caUl.c lores-. And vjlicrMs, it is p.-juiiual lor l lo lirorir mana"cmrni ol .-.aid work.- ilm: iho Icgu.l.moi ciorolliumlH- I'olicy ami inaiiasi-nicni 01 l.ou of faid Co"m|.aMiL-s ^IkiII bc ilie siime l llic, L.f.ire. Be il iniirteil l"J ll.'' Ocitrral Asstmlihi cf Ma- rulriii! Ili-->1 ll"- pr.ivisiolis ill ill.- fori'EOlMi; law ,,"l r,.nii«vl^i"ii''¦"''•'" I'c apiilicaljic to llii 1 idf Wilier Canal Coiiipaiiy in ilio same nianrcr and f,i the Baiui; exicnl as, liy liio irrras ol' said law, ilioy an- made applicable lo lhe itusquinaiina 'Cnnal Company, cxuepl that ihc Slock ihcrein ¦ anllioriz'.'d in he isBilcd and paid lo llie canseni- [ inj; creditors, shall bc lhe Slock of the .'iuscinc I lia°iiia* Cnnal Company. Sei^tion 2- That nothing in this net conlaiitcd shall ill any manner Qfiect ilic rifilits m jn iiiriiie.-i of the Slalc of j\Iary!nnd as a creditor ol iIih fjaid companies or either of" iticin. lor eitlier principal or interesl; nnr sliall the ;>aid :.l:.l.' aJ a creditor, nor any other prdefr;',! , i<-uiMr wlio- soovcrbeiiiar.v i,„.:,i,ersubject tothe proviHuiia of lllia acl. . ,, April 23 ¦ '":-; . ».-.rr,nl...l ; V~iFJ'' t.EOKOE .1. 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VOL. XXVL
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The EXAMINER & DEMOCRATIC HERALD
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Auil more than half iu doul>t. Wbich is the greater evil, lliat
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NEW SERIES, VOL. XIV-NO. 38.
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itive village a considerable quantity of hemp j Wo Jeriro here to allude to tt aubject whichl The stage in which I waa a pasaenger had stop j and flax, which was very good, nod still to bo j haa an important indirect bearing, at least, on | ped to change horses, and •* feed" ihe peaeen
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Provideiiee Propers Honesty, A BEAUTIFUL STOKY.
uv MRS. ^T. MaiON.
A poor boy, flged nbout ten years, entered the Trarohouse of the rich merchant, Samuel Rich- ter, in Dantzic, and uskcJ the book keeper for alms. "You will gctnotliiug here," grumbled tho mau -witiiout raising his head from his book; " bo off."
Weeping bitterly, tho boy glided towards the door, at the moment that llerr Richter enter¬ ed.
*' What ia the matter here :" he asked, turn¬ ing to the book keeper.
"A ¦worthless beggar boy," was the man's answer, aud he scnrcoly looked up from his ¦work.
In the meantime, llerr Kichter glanced to¬ wards the boy, and remarked that, "when close to the door, he picked up something from the ground. " Ua ! my little lad, what ia that you picked up:" he cried. Thc weeping boy turn¬ ed, and showed him a needle.
"And wlmt do you do with it'" asked the other.
" My jacket h:is holes in it,"" was theanswer» *' I will Eew up the big ones."
Herr Itichter was pleased with this reply, and StiU more with tbo boy'a innocent, band- some face, " But are you not asliamed," he said, ina kind, though serious tone, "you,so young and hearty, to beg.' Can you not work:"
"Ah, my dear sir," replied the boy, " I do not know how, luullaui too little yet to thresh, or feli wood. My father died three weeks ago, and my mother ;ind little brothers have eaten nothing these two days. Then T ran out in anguish, and begged for alms. But alas! a single peasant only gave me a piece of bread; fiince then 1 have not eaten a morsel."
It is quite customary for beggars by trade to contrive tales like this, and this hardens many a heart against the claims of genuine want — But this time the merchaut trusted the boy's honest face. He thrust Iiis hand iuto his pock¬ et, and drew forth a piece of money, nnd said : " There is hall' a dollar ; go to the baker's, and with half thc money huy bread for your¬ self, your mother, and your brothers, but bring back the other half to rae."
The boy tuok the money, and ran joyfully away.
" Well," said (he surly-bookkeeper, "he will laugh in his sleeve, and never come back again."'
" Who knows .'" replied llerr Richter. And as he spoke he beheld the boy returning, run¬ ning with a large ioaf of black bread in one hand, ami some money in the other.
¦'There good sir!" he cried, almost breath¬ less, " there is thc rest of Ihe money." Then, beiug very hungry, he begged a knife, to cut off a piece ofthe bread. The book keeper reached him in silence a pocket knife.
The lad cut oif a slice in great haste, and was about to bite upon it. But suddenly be¬ thought himself, laid the bread aside, nnd fold¬ ing his hands, rehearsed a silent prayer. Then ho fell to his meal with a liearty appetite.
The merchant was moved by tbe unaffected piety. He inquired after Jiis family and home, and learned from his simple narrative that his father had iived in n village, about four miles from Dautzic, where he owned a small house and farm. But his house had been burned to the ground, and much sickness in the family had compelled him to sell his farm. He had then hired himself out to a rich neighbor but before three weeks were at an end, he died, broken down by grief and excessive toil. And now his mother, whom sorrow had thrown up¬ on a hed of sickness, was with her four young childreu, suffering the bitterest poverty. He —the oldest—had resolved to seek for aaaist- nnce, and gone at first, from village to village, then had struck into the high road, and, at last, having begged everywhere in vain, had come to Tantzic.
The merchant's heart was touched. Ho had hut one child, and the hoy appeared to him as a draft at sight, which Providence had drawn npon him as a test of his gratitude. " Listen my sou!"' he began, "have you then really a wish to learn.'"
" Oh, yes; I have indeed!" cried the boy, "I have read thc catechism already, ond, I should know a good more, but at home I had always, my little brother to carry, for mother was sick in bed "
Herr Uichter suddenly furiued hia resolu¬ tion.
*' Well, ihen," he said, "if you are good and honest, and industrious, 1 will take care of you. You shall learn, have meat, and drink and clothing, and in time, earn something besides. Then you can support your mother and bro¬ thers also."
The boy's eyes flashed with joy. But in a moment he t;ist them to the ground again, and yaid sadly, " My mother all this while has no¬ thing to eat."
At this instant. :,^ if ^eut by Providence, an inhabitant of ilie boy's native village entered Herr R-chter's louse. This man confirmed the lad's sioiy, :ind willingly consented to car¬ ry the mother tidings of Ler son Gotleib, and food, and a small sum of money from the mer¬ chant. At the same time llerr llicUter direct¬ ed his book keeper to write a letter to the pas¬ tor of the village, commending thc widow to his care, with an additional sum cucloaod for the poor family, and promising further assist¬ ance.
As soon as this was done, Herr Kichter at onco furnish tho boy with decent clothes, at
had at a reasonable price. He asked his foster father to advance him two hundred dollars which the latter did with great readiness.— And lhe business prospered so well that in the third year of his clerkship, Gottleib had al¬ ready ocquired the aum of five hundred dol¬ lars. Without giving up hia trade m flax-, ho now trafficked olso in linen gaods. and the two combined, made him in a couple of years, about a thousand dollars richer.
This happened during tho customary five year^ of clerkship. At the end of this period; iGotilcib continued to serve his benefactor five years more with industry, skill and fidelity, then he took the place of the book-keeper, who died about this time, and three years af¬ terwards ho waa taken hy Herr Uichter as a partner into his business, with a third part of the profits.
But it was not God's will this pleasant part¬ nership ahould be of long duration. An insid¬ ious disease cast Herr Richter upon a bed of sickness, and kept him for two years confined to his couch. All that love and gratitud^^ could suggest, Gottlieb did to repay hia bene¬ factor's kindness. Redoubling his exertions he became tlic soul of the whole business, and StiU he watched long nighta at the old man's hedsiilc, ¦with his grieving wife, until, in the sixty fifth year of his life, Herr Richter closed hia life in death.
Before his decease, he placed the hand of his ouly daughter, a sweet girl of two and twenty years, in that of his beloved foster son. He Imd long looked upon them as his children The}' understood him ; they loved each other, a^d in silence, yet affectionately aud earnest¬ ly they solemnized their betrotiial at the bed side of their dying father.
In tlie year 1S28, ten years after Herr Rich- tor's death, the house of Gottleib Bern, late Samuel Uichter, was ouc of tho most respecta¬ ble in all Dantzic. It owned three large ships, employed in navigating the Baltic and Mortli Seas, and the care of Providence seemed especially to watch over the interests of their worthy owner ; for worthy he remained in lu's prosperity. Uc honored his mother-in-law Uke a son, aud cherished her declining years witii tho teudercst affection, until, in her two and seventieth year, she died in his arms.
As his own marriage proved childless, ho took tlie eldest son of each of his two remain¬ ing brothers, now substantial farmers, into his house, and destined them to be his heirs. And in order to conform them in their humility, he often showed tho needle which had proved such a source of blessing to him, and bequeath¬ ed it as a perpetual legacy to the eldest son in the family.
It is but a few years since this child of pov¬ erty, of fortune and of honest industry, pasa¬ ed in peace from this world.
Prialms xxxvi).,v. 37: Mark the perfect mau, and behold the upright, for the end of that man ia peace.
the aubject of agriculture, because it illustrates ^gers, at asmall town io Vermont, and dinner the great rotation principle, in the vegetable | over, wo were awaiting the arrival of a elage
Newton on Gravitation.
In the vision published by Judge Edmonds, of New York, he states, that he eaw and con¬ versed with the spirits of Newton, Frauklin, Penn, Swedenborg, and many othera. Newton spoke of gravitation, Pranklin of the "Odie Force," Penn of a dead kitten, and Sweden¬ borg on revelations and theories. The spirit of Newton corrected some errors committed while in the flesh, in respect to gravitation.— He said that "he was wrung in considering the attraction of gravitation aa a distinct and sub¬ stantive principle, for it was, in fact, nothing hut the effect of a combination of motion—mo¬ tion being a principle that pervaded all creat¬ ed things, and one of its effects was gravita¬ tion."
We do not think that the judge gained much by the correction—for, even with the explana¬ tion of the spirit of the great philosopher, the world will be as much at a loss as ever to com¬ prehend what is meant by gravitation. The word is said to signify the " act of tcndjug to thc ccn tre;" which is just no explanation atal] —and yet it is 03 intelligible as that given by the spirit of Newton.
It is not true, that motion is a principle which pervades all created things- Matter was crea- ted; and tho tendency of matter ia to rest—to remain inert; and hence the creation ofan ele¬ ment to give it motion was required. Tho^ elemeut attracts and repels—causes matter to tend to the centre and to fly off, as is evident in the movements ofthe earth and other planets ofthe solar system around the sun. That cle¬ ment pervades all created things : upholds thc universe; and preserves it in its a.dmirable uniformity. G ravitation is a name given to onc effect of that element—that of attraction ; but there is no principle in nature, ofwhich wc have any knowledge, which causes to " tend to the centre." If the tendency of matter were to the centre, the whole ofthe planets and comets of our system would, in time, be compactly cen¬ tred around the sun; but fortunately, the same power which compels them to approach, also compels them to keep their prescribed distance from the sun. Gravitation or attraction at¬ taches the Moon to the Earth, but never in¬ clines her to precipitate herself upon ua. Gra¬ vitation is not the result, but the causes o( motion—or at least of continued motion. The .\lmighty may originally have applied a pro¬ jectile force to give motion to the planets, but the f-.:t that tliey arc compelled to travel in elliptical orbita around the sun, shews that (heir continued motion is dependent upon at¬ traction. Had there been no attraction, they would have continued in a atraight line, and tho beauty and harmony of the universe would have been destroyed.
We have, then, no faith in the disclosures aaid to have been made to Judge Edmonds by the ppirit of Newton. In truth, the judge ramt havo "dreamed n dream," nnd subse¬ quently given "form and pressure" to his wild imaginings. If he has detailed all that was communicated to liim by the spirits, we advise him to consult them no more; for their infor¬ mation is hardly worth chronicling. We will not charge Judge Edmonds with wanton mis- repre.-ientation*or design to deceive—for he may honestly believe that he saw and convers¬ ed with thc spirits named. But there is a "screw loose." Iiis statement about the spir¬ its of thc murderer, the adulterer and seducer, borders on humbug ; but all may be reality to his mind. If what he says be true, these de¬ parted spirits carry with them the passions of this life, and are unconscious that they are no longer clothed in flesh and blood—a mistake truly inconceivable to us. But we rejoice to see, that he witnessed the conversion and re¬ demption of a spirit sinner, aa there may be some hope in the next world even for editors of political papers and lawyers.
A Pathbtic Spkech.—The speech made in the Florida Legialature, on tbe occasion of a member's death, has been the rounds, but is good enough to print again :
" Mr. Speaker—Sir : Our fellow-citizen, Mr. Silas Iliggins, who waa lately a member I of this brunch of the Legislature, died
kingdom,
The forests in many parts of our country, are about changing their tenants. In our vicinity, the great burden of our forest timber, as fonnd here by tbo first settlers, was white oak. Thia is about giving place to thc black oak, espeo¬ ially on elevated ridges, or where the land ia inclined to be sandy. Thc venerable white oaks, with diameters from 30 to 50 inches, are, in most instances, surrounded by a crop of sapling black oaks, leaving beneath their shade nothing to perpetuate their kind.
If wo are not mistaken in our judgment, the cause of this is not very hard to define. It ia a matter well understood, by tnose who have given any attontion to the subject, that there is, in every portion of tJie earth, certain elements or principles, whicli go into'the com¬ position of vegetable matter That any par¬ ticular species of vegetable will sooner or later consume out ofthe earth that which ia peculiar to its nature, after which that particular kind will not prosper until the principle which nourishes it is reproduced, either by reating the land, or by special manuring.
Some vegetables exhauat from the soil their peculiar food more rapidly than othera. Flax, for instance. It used fo be said by old farmers that a piece of ground that had borne a crop of flax would not bear another for seven years.
It is on this principle that the rotation in crops is predicated, a doctrine, for the know¬ ledge of which we arc indebted to our experi¬ mental farmers, and to book reading. This principle, of the rotation in crops, is probably as well understood, at this time, as anything connected with the science of agriculture.— And this is the principle, no doubt, which ex¬ plains why it ia that the white-oak is leaving our forests and giving place to the black oak timber. It has been so long the undisputed tenant of our woods, that, having exhausted from the soil that aliment upon which it lives, it retires, in the order of Providence, to give place fo a successor whose special food yet re¬ mains rich in abundance in the earth.
Every farmer who has attentively observed thc progress of vegetation in his own lane and yard, nmst have noticed the operation of this princijde. TJic order ofour grounds is some¬ thing like this—the first occupant was the smart weed—thc next a species of white blossometi weetl—then the.dog fennel, and now the yarrow is coming. As soon as thc aliment was extrac¬ ted thut nourished each particular kind, it died for the wnnt of something to live on, and was succeeded by another species, and perhaps mere accident determined thc successor.
Since our attention has been directed to this transition in the forest, we have mado the sub¬ ject a matter of inquiry, whenfiivored with the compauy of men who would be likely to notice things of this kind.
Having been referred, with reference to this matter, to Joshua Coperthwaite,of Medford, New J ersoy,whcre they have timber landa which have frequently been cut oft" for the aupply of wood to the Philadelphia market, wc wrote to that gentleman upon the subject, nnd have re¬ ceived his answer, from which we take the fol¬ lowing extract:—" If the pine is cut off the oak will grow, and if the oak is cut off the pine will grow."
At the late State Fair at Cincinnati, we met with an intelligent fruit grower from lUinoip, to whom we mentioned tliis forest subject, and found that he had noticed this change going on among thc trees of the wood. At our request he penciled down and handed na the following statement. He was formerly a resident of Ohio, and his remarks refer to this State:—
" I have long been convinced that two gen¬ erations of the same kind of forest trees, scl- -iom or never succeed each other on the same tract of land. A crop of trees, nearly all of one kind, which last from two to four and sometimes to five centuries, seem to exhaust the soil of that peculiar nutriment, whioh is adapted to thnt sort, and nt the same time pre¬ pares it for some other.
" Instances : there is the track of an old tornado, which passed through Delaware coun¬ ty, the north-east corner of Licking, and final¬ ly into the southeast part of Knox, which, up¬ on counting thc annuals on a number of stumps I ascertained to have occurred about the year 1740. In the track of thia tornado, the timber is entirely different from the older timber on each side of it. Again : most of the west part of Kuox couuty, was, thirty yeara ago, when I first became acquainted with it, covered with a growth of beach, slightlj- mixed with other timber. That this growtli had succeeded an oak forest was quite plain, from the fact, that oak trees of enormous size, in a state of decay, were to he found in every direction.
yesterday in tho forenoon. He had the brown noon led Iiim to his wife, whom he accurately I creatures, (bronchitis,) and was an uncommon informed of littlo Gottleib's story and of the
plans which he had formed for hira. The good woman readily promised her best assistance in the matter, and s!ic faithfully kept her word.
During the next four years, Gottleib attend¬ ed the schools of the great commercial city; then his fiiithful foster-father took him into hia counting room; in order to educate him for husiness. Here, as well there at the writing ' esk, as on the school bench, the ripening youth distinguished himself by tho faithful in- arthfsl'-^^ ^¦'^''ch he exercised both. With IJI ^- ' ''y"^'*^^ retained its native innocence, ularlv r? ¦ ''^^^'^^iico. he sent the half reg-
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except his benefactor. Out of love f'^ ^'V^^ became an active, zealous merchant. He b? hy applying the superfluity of his allowanc^,
individual." His character was good up to the time of his death, and he never lost his voice. Ile wus iiti years old, and was taken sick be¬ fore he died at his boarding bouse, where board caa bc had at a dollar and seventy-five centa a week,washing and lights included. Hewasan ingenious creature, and in the early partof his life had a father and mother. Uis uncle, Timo¬ thy Higgina, served under General Washing¬ ton, who was buried soon after hie death with military honors, and several guns were burst in firing salutes. Sir, Mr. Speaker, General Washington would have voted for the tariff cl 1847, if he had been alive, and had'nt a died aometime beforehand. Now, Mr. Speaker, such being the character of General Washington, I motion that we wero adjourned until to-mor¬ row morning, as an emblem of our respect for the memory of S. Higgins, who ia dead, and died of tho brown creatures yesterday in the forenoon,.'
An American in Africa—A Forest on Fire.
Bayard Taylor, in one of hia ieilers to the New York Tribune, dated " the White Nile," Central Africa, gives ihis graphic sketch :
" Yesterday morning there was a Btrong iiead-wind, and the temperature was ao cold iliflt I was obliged to wear my ihick capote of camel's hair while 1 sat on deck, looking regrel- fully ai the beautiful islands I was leaving be. hind me. Achmet healed and airaincd lho lion¬ ey given me by the Shillooks, which yielded between ihree and four quarts of rich liquid.— While the men made fast to thc bank for break¬ fast, I went on shore 10 get a glimpse of lhe coumry behind ihe ibrests. Pailis irodden by wild beasts led ihrough the walls of tangled vines that elsewhere were impcnoiralijc, and I crepi along them, under the bouyhs of strange ireea, and ihrough thickets of luxuriant shrubs. At length I reached an open patch of grass four or five tcci in hciyhi, so dry and vollow that it snapped like glaE.= under my leet. tt wna dot¬ ted with clumps ol hi^hBhrubs, knotted all over wilh wild, flowering vines, which formed admi¬ rable lairs for the lions and leoparda. There was a strong amcl! of liona uboin ihc place, and I deemed it prudent not to venture far, since ihe rank animal odor pcculiiir to thai heaat grew moro marked the funlicr I went. The jungle in which I s'ood covered a tongue of land inclosed between two coves nf the river, and through the openings in the thickeis 1 saw ihut it led to others farther inland. Thc wind was blowmg toward ilie river, aud asl.ciioodin the midst con- icmplating thc wild, lawless grouping ot the diflerent trees and shrubs, sonic impot darkness uhiFpered in my car: "What a magniftceni conflagration this would make '. and then, per¬ haps, ynu might have the Eatisfaction of burn¬ ing out a braco of lions !" Wiihout more ado, I whipped out a box of matches and struck fire in nne of the ihickei^t iiifip.
Thc efiect was instanuuier)iis, and so was my repentance. There waa n crack and crash, like lhe e.vplosion of jiowdcr, .Tnd a sheet of red llanie leaped into the air. lu a few seconds it had spread to a broad swathe of fire, rolling ra¬ pidly before the wind and leaving the earth he- hind it as bare aa the palm uf my hand. The rank grass roared am! snapped as ihc terrible power I had so thouGhilessly awakened, licked it away ; and not thfrgrass alone. It seized on the vines and bore ihcm down, swung itsidi by them into ihc boughs |
Month | 06 |
Day | 09 |
Resource Identifier | 18520609_001.tif |
Year | 1852 |
Page | 1 |
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