Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              VOL. XXVI.
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMRER M, 1851.
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From Sartain's Magatine fot January.
THE RECOKCILEMEHT of the EEAI Ami THE KDEAI.
BV MAHGAEET JUNKl.V. CnftPTER 1.
 " IIow Aspasia's parties ahone.
The first bas-bleu al Alliens known.',
Hih'NJin iMoBE.
Upon the banks of a beautilul little stream, that went singing on its way toward ihe bnaht HndsoM, reclined two young men, in lhe enjoy¬ ment of that lu.vury impl'^d in the Itahan'a "sweet do nothing." Not ^ha^ tl'^y were ex- actlyidlc eiilier; fur one of ihcm was leaning on his elbow nt Ihc water's edge, engnged in that lazy trade whi.-h dcnr. quaint, old Izaak Wal¬ lon has ir.vcstcd wiih a kind of classic interest, nnd of which he says, " God never did make a jnore calm, quicl, and innocent recreation;'' whil'- ihc oilier lay at his length on the grass, with :i hook ticfore him, reading occasionally, or talkini:, aa llie mood raight take him. The elder of jlio gentlemen was an artist, as his appear- ;ince of itaelf might have indicated, who had left lhe rily and taken, for a year or two, a preiiy cottage upon the borders of the Hudson, wiihin lhe shadow ofthe Catskills; not only for the sake of pure mountain air for his wife and child, bul in order that he might, in unmolested plea¬ sure, carry out on canvass some designs of his own, which had long bt'en haunting his mind His companion, a tall, slight young man, wilh a fine intellectual face, wna an inlimalc friend, wlio had accompanied him when he went to Europe, to complete his professional studies, and Iiad rc- fiided much wiih him duringtbe several years hc was abroad. Since theirreturn, iheir intercourse had been materially interrupted by tho profes¬ sional engagements of the onc, and the student habits of lhe olhcr. Thcy had agreed, howev¬ er, to pass some weeks logciher.nnd Cleaveland had now been a week or more at his friend's cotlage.
" And so," exclaimed Woodward, as he land¬ ed his last trout, and seated himself beside his friend lo string ihcm, continuing at thesame time the argument ihey had been keeping up for lhe last half hour; " Aud so you would shut out the female mind from the field of Hterary labour ! Really, my dear fellow, you have broached a mosi unpopular doctrine in ihis age of ours, and in this country particularly, where, inthe irue spirit of our national principles, avenues closed elsewhere are thrown wide open to woman ; and where every boarding-school miss claims an ac¬ quaintance with the ' tuneful nine,' and half the ladies you meei, have their little secret aboul a nom dc plume, and nre cnroiled as contributors to some of our ihousand and one magazines and journals."
" The more reason for ils advocacy," rejoined his companion. '* The very fact that the rage lor Kcribb'.iuc has liocome so prevalent among women, would lead me to the adoption of the cpinion that, as a general thing, they are en¬ croaching up.iii lhe prerogatives of the other sex, when thcy assume ihe pen; though, of course. I would nut !ie so sweeping in my con¬ clusions, as to derjy the use of it, where there is tateni sufhrii-nt to warrant its exercise. In iljai case I would have the lady give herself wholly up to it—be as ,completely set apart, as lijc vc-^ial virgins nsed lo bc, to ibc service of their goddess ; lorl don't believe that Minerva any more than Vesta, would be conient lo be worshipped wiih a divided heart. Il is the ten. dency of the thing at which I look. The do¬ niesiic duties which used, in our mother's days, to bo ihought all-esscnii:il, are now likely to be wholly divorced from our ideas of womanly qualities, aud buried beiiealli this universal Vif- cotthis scribentli.' "
" Du you think liiui liierary avocations neces- sarily crc.iie a distaste hir domestic dutiea?— Wordsworth says—and you will allow that his c.\qui=iic relish for quiet, home enjoyment, makes lliiu a tit judge—lhiit genius, instead of producing unfitness for domestic happiness,only renders the posse.^sorof it more sensitively alive to its pleasures. Thc reverse ideii which Tom i\Ioore has given currency lo, in his Life of By¬ ron, is as foolish as it is false."
"Bul I musl believe, notwithstanding the Wesimorelajid bard's oj'inion,—which, by lhe way, refers to lho man, not the ivomati, of geni¬ ns, I s))ou)d think,—ihat when a woman once becomes ambitious of literary distinction (and if slie really does possess much force of inlellect she will wanl to witness the result of its exer^ cise), and spends her time in dabbling in the 'Pierian spring,' thc homeliness, lhe common place, of domesiic life will, of necessity, become wearisome lo her.''
" Not if she be a true woman. The refine mont of Iicr mind and the delicacy of her taste would extend (hemselves lo all about her. If the be the misiress of a family, her sense ofihe beautiful would manifest itself in her household arrangemenls. Thc inner life would have pre eminence over the outer, wliich is far enough from being the case with your thorough-goin, domestic characters. The inlelleciual pursuits of leisure hours would, assuredly, lend a soften¬ ing influence lo the home ; and that could not be an iil-rcgiilatcd, uncomfortable, or neglected one, over wliich presided a wife and mother who had a just ideaof the poetry of life, or possessed the real elegance of mind that comes within its ppliere."
"Your theory is all] vcry preuy, my dear Woodward ; pity thai it is a theory oniy. Ar- lisi-Iike, you have taken a viewof the subjecl through your 'Claude Lorraine glass,'and that makes the piciure heautiful. But ihe facts nre all againsi you. It is ihis predominance of the inner life over the outer to whicli I ohject. The one is thought so all-jmportant ihat attention to il is considered a sufiicient plea for a culpable neglect of tlie oilier. This may accounl for the noticeable faci that, lo a large e.Meni, literary ladies remain unmarried, or, if otherwise, they :ire so often unhappy. There'evElizabcih Car¬ ter, Hannah .More, Jane Porter, Jane Taylor, Joanna Bailiie. Mary .Mitford, Maria Edgeworih, Harriet Maitineau, and a host more of blessed old maids, whom in my hean I honor."
" Stay :—You forget," interposed Woodward, '' in your anxiety to make om a good case, thai IVIrs. .Sommerville, who has written so learnedly on Astronomy, ond is one of ihe first female sa- i\ns of the nge, is no less remarkable for her afiemion to tlic dulies of her home, than for her 'dlevotion to the lofiiesi of sciences.   To this our
:frienil B , who  lias  visited hei in her own
house, icsiifies in the most admiring terma — Look a( the Howitts, too: how dt;lrghtfully tjiey unite in their book-making labors! and itirs. Hov/iii's domestic economy is held up as the perfection of Quaker neatness- And .Mrs. S. C. Ilatl, and her husband! why, verily, I think I;could swell out a list as long as your own. But I have a more convincing orgument in reserve for you ; and if, after I have brought that to bear upon you, you do not believe in the possible reconciliation of thc Inlelleciual and the Aciual, ihc Real and the Ideal, on the com¬ mon platform of every-day life, I witl yield the point in question. I will take you to see a young friend I have found hereaboute, whose argu¬ ments may prove to be  ol a  more overcoming
nature than mine. And now for home, for yon-i tinuing his tone ol badinage; "imagine your der fades the last sunbeam from the lop of the I priestess of aong descending from her tripod to Caiskills ; and Sophie will be wondermg why , the vulgar occupation of darning a Blocking!— we do not como." So saying, Woodward gaih- i The Graces were not wont to weave and spin, ered up his fishing-tackle and string of trout, j even with lhe daughters ol the Arcadian shep- and Cleveland his book; and logether they Iierds, as you would say; and if hor head and wended their pleasant woy among the Iiills back ' heart were full of poetry and beauty, ihc ovcr- lo the cotlage." i fiow must needa find an outlet in words ; and,
  j as nobody is supposed lo talk without listeners,
tjHAPTER n. i your wile, of necessity, becomes a literary wo-
" Look on this picture, and on that." j man,—^a bas  bleu.    Vou  see I take
*¦ See liere, Cleveland," whispered the artist, j your own theory" as he stepped from the winding walk that led lo :     " Why of necessity  become a literary  wo- llis door, and put aside  the heavy growih  of-man?   I would have her full heart expend ita
jbofhond.suBpended over tfte mantel, and mei-1 to be ao incompaiible with each other may be I lowed to a still richer tint an Italian landscape, j harmonious. It i» possible for the mind to revel (hat hung opposite. Two antique vasea snp-1 in thfl world of thought, and yet to come down ported on pedestals of veined marble, occupied to the level of the actual without materially in- two cornera of the room; while the correspond¬ ing ones each contained a bronze tripod, on which were placed busts of Cano\a and the claBaic-broweii old Dane. Some models of cel¬ ebrated groupa of atatuary,—portfolio ol engrav¬ ings,—various articlos of vertu, and curiously- carved, ancient-looking chairs and divans,—fill¬ ed up the apartment, making it in the realhy what it was,—an artist's home,
Bui the most prominent objects, and those which alone arresled the attention of the gazers ai the window, we have not yet named. Upon an easel in the centre of the parlor, was a newly framed picture, to which Woodward had only that day given the lost touches. Ii was an oft- treated subject,—the Marys at lhe tomb of our Saviour; but handled in this instance in a man¬ ner the moat tender and emotional. There siood the shadowy being, clothed in
" His dignity of sovran angelhood," flooded with a pearly radiance, in which he seemed to be fading away, and pointing with a look of heavenly triumph lo the empty tomb, as heuiters—" He is tiot kere—Heiarisen! " Thc difierent degrees of emotion whicii the an¬ nouncement occcasioned (o thc litile awe-strick¬ en group, were very finely wrought out. The woman who had approached nearest to the angel, too ab.sorbed in the agony of her sorrow to be startled by lhe clear glory of liis presence, seem¬ ed not to havc taken in a conception of lhe dec¬ laration,—so deaf was her soul to everything but her ono soul-crushing griel. She was upon her kiices, and with uplifted and convulsively- clasped handa, streaming eyes, and countenance of the most imploring earnestness, appeared to beg for tidings of lhe dead Master. The words of lhe angel seemed to have startled the weep ing fiijurc ne.tt to her, inio a momentary calm : her eyes were filmed over with tears that forgot to fall—herjialc lip quivered with a suspended sob—her bosom heaved, as if one aclually saw the rise und fall oflhc robe that covered it; and althougb a subdued expression of awe rested upon her beauiiful iace, she was too eager, too self-forgeiful, too intensely desirous to hear more, to shrink back. The third stood with¬ drawn a space, wilh her hand shading her brow from lho mystic brightness which tho angel'a' presence diffused around, wilh a full, keen gaze fixed upon him in incredulous wonder, as if en¬ deavoring to grasp the strange truth which had faiien frora his lips,—afTrighted, yei tearless. It was a most touching picture ; the whole tone of It in the highest slyle of art, and shadowed over with that subtle beauty of which words fail to convey any description.
Before it sat, or rather inclined, in a hali- kneeling pasture, upon the carpet, Woodward's fair, girlish-looking wife, with a beautiful child of threo years at her side. Sho had taken this lowly position that she might better see the pic¬ ture; and DS aho thua sat, her light, flowing dresB falling grncctulJy around her, her black hair gathered back from her forehead, giving an tmolis(ruc(ed view of her fauUIcsa profile, her eyes ready to overflow, like the loving tearful Mary's,—and the brighi, fair-haired child be¬ side her, with her arm thrown round her moth¬ er's neck, and her liulo uplifted finger pointing, wilh admiration, lo" papa's pretty angel,"— the too happy husband and lather could restrain himself no longer. He threw down the imple¬ ments of his day's amusement upon the grass, and pushing aside the screening vines, he bound¬ ed through the low open window, exclaiming, as he clasped them both in his arms, and lified lhem from the floor,—"No!—no! You—you are papu\^ pretty angels .' "
CHAPTER in. " To give socieiy its higheat taste. Well-ordered home man's best delight to make. This be the female dignity and praise."
" 'Twas tiresome to be quile so clever."
" Confess," said Woodward, a day or two af¬ ter this, to his friend, who stood earnestly re garding an unfinished female head that hung on the wall of thesiudio—the large speaking eyes ol which seemed to hnvo lroiiofi,icd him with a kind of fascinaiion—"confess that you have some curiosity to see this literary debutante— this pleasant friend of ours, over whose good qualilies my wife grew so eloquent ihis morn¬ ing."
' Certainly I ahould like to meet her," res¬ ponded Cleaveland, half abstractedly, witbout removing his eyea from the picture ; "but tell mc. Woodward, where you found a sitter to fur¬ nish you with such a lace as this; there is some thing vcry striking about it."
" Thnt head ?—oh, no one ever aat to me for it: don't you think it will stand very well for the ideal of a poetess ?"
"Yes; there is lofty ihoughi on that clear forehead, and those
' Brown eyes have looks like birds Flying straightway to the light'—
and those parted lips are moist with the dew of inspiration."
The artist took up his palette and addressed himself steadily to work upon a large picture that was standing before him, bul nol till he had provided for the amusemeni of his guest by bringing him a great portfolio of Italian sketches, many of the original acenes ofwhich thcy had looked on togeiher. Cleaveland turn, cd them over wiih warm expressions of inter¬ est, recalling, as he did so, frequent incidents of their foreign travel, which ihe sight of the places ot their occurrence awakened. After a time, however, he grew so silent that Wood¬ ward looked around to see what particular sketch might bc engaging his atteniion ; and he smiled to himself as lie followed ihc direction of his eye, which, regardleas of the picture he held in hia hand, was iment upon the aforenam¬ ed head opposiie to him. He watched him for a momeni with an inward feeling of graiifica. tion at the involuntary compliment thus paid to his artistic skill, by onc whose tjste had been tutored by the ckefs-d^ccuvres of the best mas¬ ters, and whose admiration was, iherefore, worth the having ; but as his reverie seemed not likely to terminate at once, he broke in up¬ on it.
"Why,  my friend, I verily believe you are
forgeuing your theory,—or, at least, are not gO'
ing to practice upon it.   While I find it  impos-
o e.^ciic any interesi on your part  toward
sible I
my fleah-and blood friend Dora, you seem to be falling in love with an ideal,
"1 may be excused," replied Cleaveland, " with such a creation as ibis to tempt me. lit gaze seems to look into my soul with the pas' bionaic tenderness ofa Corinne; there is a^ much noblo character, too, about that mouth and the chesnut hair falls so softly over the white fingers of the hand on which the cheek is leaning, I wish you had the Promethean power of putting a live soul inlo your beauty, and  bidding her step down from lha canvass."
" Well, what if 1 could !"
*' Why, 1 would like to have her for a wife I"
" A wife, in good Booth ! Mydear fellow,! thought you were deiermined to eschew any such devotee of the a-.stbetical aa that, in your choice of a wife. Think of such a creature sewing on thc stray buttons which the laundry- maid had ironed off, or seeing about dinner, or scolding the servants !"
•' I own that would be like harnessing the un¬ tamed and proud Arabian to the plough. But I would have her love me with a love that would ! dignify and hallow all meaner things"—
"Yes,  yes,"   inlerrupled  Woodward,  con-
jurJog tbo bloom on the wing of Fancy.
"I truat," said Cleaveland, '* I may some¬ where meel with such stubborn arguments oa facta have always appeared to me all on the oth¬ er side. You remember Mary Wardlaw before her marriage ;—what an atmosphere or poetry aeemed to aurround her, und how her intellect had liked to have captivated us all. Weil, I called on her, not long ago, with the privilege of an old iriend, at an hour earlier than fashion dictates. I was shown into the breakfast-room, and euch a acene of diaorder as it presented !— The table cloth, scattered over wilh broken bread, still layupon lhe table; lhe carpet was littered with scraps of paper ; the chairs were out of place; the ashes unlifted from the hearth and the lwo children, with unkempt hair and soiled clothes, wero riding lhe shovel and tonga
lund the room, chirruping to them at the top of their voices. And Mary, wbom I used to regard as a person of really elegant tastes, had * tho angol taken o^,^ I assure you, as she sat slipshod shoes and untidy dreas, doing—what do you think? Nothing more nor less than correcting a proof-sheet! Poor Frank, who, you know, used to he a person of the neateet habits, looked as if he wished the proof-sheets re behind thc grate, when a slatternly aer¬ vant maid put her head in at the door, and ask¬ ed what was to be done about dinner,—remind¬ ing her mistress at the same time that ahe had forgotten to send to market, and there was noth¬ ing in liie house •    * So much for a literary
ife !' thought I; 'manuscripts instead of mul- ton chops, and proof-aheeis when there ought tobe puddings.' "
" But that ia an extreme case."
" Well, well," exclaimed Cleaveland, rising,
after all, the woman who would make home lovely is tho wife for me ; and if she can do that, I will forgive her, even if she cannot troll a word of Italian, or construe a line of Horace, or write critiques for lhe Reviews. Even, much as Hove music, I conld not be content with one of Handal's finest overturea insiead of a com¬ fortable dinner, or be put off' with a learned dis¬ quisition upon Dame or Spenser when my ward¬ robe was needing attention, or be as well pleas¬ ed with the recitation of a poem, when my head
as aching, as with a cup of good hot lea. But, as my idle lalk is only disturbing you at your work, I will trouble you with it no longer;" and gathering up a book or iwo, he sauntered slowly from the apartment.
CIIAFTER IV.
" Beauiy dwells There moat conspicuous, even in outward ahape. Where dawns the high expression of a mind."
He Ordained a lady for his praise. Generally praiseful; fair and young, and skilled in housewiferies."
And now for a boat-ride, this charming af¬ ternoon, to see our friends tne Vincental" ex¬ claimed our artist, as he entered the parlor here Cleaveland and the Utile Emily were having a noisy game of romps togeiher; " I promiaed, a fortnight ago, to give Miss Vincent a lesson on heads, nnd it is time I waa redeem¬ ing my promise. We can float dream'mgly down in the shadow of the hills all the way, jthout liliing an oar, and it will be delightful coming home in ihe moonlight.''
Cleaveland expressed his aequeiscence, and, leaving him lo follow with the child, Woodward went in aearch of his wite ; and in a short time the litile party were gliding quietly down ihe placid etream.
And who are these new friends of yours i" asked Cleaveland, carelessly, as he held little Emily's hand over the side of the boai, and let it dally with the ripples.
A quiet unambitious, highly-educated man. of very moderate means, who occupies himself wilh the education of his daughters, and the superintendence of a small farm."
" The father of the Dora of whom your wife is so often talking, I suppose ?" /
" The same," replied Mrs. Woodward ; "and by the way, you are under some obligation i,o her, for it waa her dainty hands tho'i made th'e jellies you complimented so at dinner to-day, i<a equal to any West India sweetmeats."
" One of your true country housewives, then. But it seems lo me, Woodward, you told me ihat this lady belonged to the literary sister¬ hood."
" So I did:—one thai can write poetry,—not insipid rhymea ihat now-a-days pasa for poelry, but real, "solemn-thoughted idyls;"—and can read Euripides in his own musical tongue, and
furniah papers for ihe Review, which, I dare
say, you may have read wiihout ever dreaming that they were written by a woman."
" Anylhing more f" asked CieavelanJ, lift¬ ing his hands deprecatingly, " Discusses Greek accentuation, I presume, by way ol smalt-talk, nnd dips into the difficulties of Sanscrit for re¬ creation's sake ! You will have to leave me to myself for the rest of the way, that I may fur¬ bish up some of my old college lore, and get my mind into proper train for the encounter. " Ink on her thumb," too, and a pen between her lips! The idea is quile startling."
Mrs. Woodward laughed heartily at the pic¬ ture Cleaveland had conjured up, and assured him ihai Dora would, like Bottom's Hon, " roar hJm as genily an 'twere any nightingale."
They had floated two miles and more down the river, and now approoched the little cove where ihey were to land. It was a quiet nook, sheltered by overhanging sycamores, and, Iiav¬ ing moored their boat, ihcy ascended the bank by a narrow footpath, and soon found ihemselves in aii-ht of Mr. Vincent's dwelling. It was a preity, inviting-look ing home, hidden away among the lall beeches nnd lindens,—its white walls hung with a lapesiry of climbing plants, and lhe gravel walks scrupulously neat, and free from all intruding grass. Clumps of shrubbery were grouped over the lawn, and here and there, under the shadiest trees, were to be seen occa sional rustic scats formed of curiously-twisted roota. .A.liogether, the picture was a very en gaging one, framed in, too, as it was, hy the blue, misty mouniains beyond. A turn in the walk suddenly brought our visiters full upon th*^ presiding apirits of the scene.
Mr. Vincent, a pleasant-looking, gray-haired man, was leisurely raking together some grass which had that day been mown; Dora, his eld¬ est daughter, was stooping over a cluster of rose-bushes, loosening the earth irom their roota wilh a small garden-trowel, while her sister Annie, a preity little girl of ten or twelve, stood beside her wih a watering-pot in her hand. At the sound of approaching footsteps Dora started up with the shy gracefulness of a frightened fawn. She quickly drew off" tht courae glovea which protected her hands, smoothed back the loosely-bound hair, that hod escaped over her face as she bent down at her work, and, adjusting the while linen sun- bonnet that had fallen back upon her sliouldcra, ilh extended hand to  welcome her
you upon
clambering vines that half hid a window from which a light was streaming ; " aee here I Look at my possessions, and tell me if I ought not lo be a happy man. Here 19 the Real and Ideal fur you; mark ihe two pictures, and confeas that my tableau vivatit is by far the more beau¬ tifut."    -
poetry upon me, ond I should tove her back ogain with such entireneas of love, that hor sat¬ isfied nature would not seek other love or praise."
" Then you would have your wife like Schil¬ ler's Lenora, 'content that your name ahould lie , in secret behind every one of her thoughte, and Cleaveland advanced to the open window, and | should speak to >er from every object of Na- looked in up.m the pretty acene which Wood-; ture; thai ior her this bright, majestic uni- ward wns enjoying with all the fondness of adverse itself ahould be but aa the shining jewel husband's and a father's prido and delight. The ' upon which your image-only youra—should air of a polished taste was visible in the arrange- ¦ stand engraved.' Ah, Cleaveland, it would be ments of the apartment which the unnoticed ob- ^ too eeifiBh lo wall up your well of living water servers were surveying. A shaded lamp threw ; so that nobody but yourself ahould drink of it! out a soft, dreamy light, thai fell with singular I tell you that you will have to come over to beauty upon a fine palming of Raphael in his  my idea,—that the qualities which yon conceiva
advanced, visil ers.
Exercise had given a brilliant glow to cheek and lip, and her eyes, that usually beamed with " The lambent puriiy Of planetary light"-
were now bright with a sunny, daylight bright¬ ness.
Cleaveland smiled to himself, after an intro¬ duction had been gone throagh with, on the part of the lady, wiih a sweet, timid grace—as he compared her with ihe picture his imagina- tion had drawn. If they had formed her in one of the aylvan bowera near, surrounded with books, and a portable desk at her side, it would hove been quite in keeping with his concepiiona; and if, inatead of the young, artless, eylph-like creaturo before him, a tall, self-possessed, studi¬ ous-looking woman had risen to receive them, it would have been in equal accordance with his preconceived ideaa. He watched her with a questioning gaze as she proceeded up lhe walk towards the house with his companiona, talking and laughing with the gaiety of a light-hearted child,—and oa he listened to the peculiar sweet¬ ness of her voice—that " excellent thing in wo- man "—he recalled Mrs. Woodward's applica¬ tion of the simile of the nightingale.
He looked round wiih evidenl pleasure upon the aimply but taBtefuUy-furnished parlor, into which they were shown. There waa thai har¬ mony of light and shade and color, that he tbought must atrike Woodward's eye very charm¬ ingly; and whilo there was none ofthe fictitious aid of lho luxurioua damaak and carving and ornate foppery he was accuatomed to sec in the houses ofhia city frienda, he remarked, on every side, indicationB ofan elegance of taaie, unusual in a home so unpretending. Two or three brack¬ ets aboui lhe room sustained some fine caata, and the only ornament of the mantle waa an exqui¬ site 8tatu«ti9 of Canova'a dancing girl.   A few
Boft landscapes were disposed with artistic refai rence to proper posiiion on the walls: & harp occupied one cornerof tbe room, and a piano stood open with aome music arranged upon it—noneof the characterless operas of the day, ag he took occasion afterwards to observe but one of Bee¬ thoven's noblest arias. There was a terra cotta vase of fresh flowers ^n the booksiand; and while Woodward insisted on proceedinc with the leason on heada, which accordingly went on, after an interval, at a liule table onthe other side of the room, Cleaveland occupied himself with looking over the goodly rows of volumes.
It was not auch a collection as would be likely lo please the tasle of most young ladies; there was the choicest selection of authors In German, French, and Italian; and  a preference  lor the
well of pura English, undefiled" was dis coverable in the predominance of the quaint old mastera of thought, but nbt, howevery'-to the exclusion of some of the most aterling writers of later times. Chaucer and Millon, Spenser and Woodsworth, Herbert and Tennyson, Jeremy Taylor and Christopher North, were side by ide, wilh a boat more of kindred spirit.
A ihimble and some spools of colton were on the window-sill, wilh a work-basket on a chair near them. " You see,"" said Mrs. Woodward in nn undertone, as she touched Cleaveland on ilie elbow, and pointed lo these inslrumenis of femaie industry, " you seeour Sappho can sew."
She then drew onr the work, playfuily idling Dora she would nssisi her in it, provided it was not some ne-.'- Iro'^ti.-i I'uncy thing that had come inio^'ogue siir.'y I.i.r day.
' I see it is only a gincham apron (or Annie," shc snid, as shc unfolded it; "I shall manage that very wett,"
Oora smiled, and looked up trom her drawing, to say that for her part sho never had need to resort to such time-killers as purse-netting, and worsted work, and the ihousand other lady-like devices of industrious idlenesa.
After Cleaveland had turned over the books lo his satisfuction, he walked quietly acrosa the room, and took his station unperceived behind Woodward and his fair pupil, to watch lhe pro¬ gress of the fine face that grew beneath Dora's pencil; and ns hc did so, he could not but ob¬ serve the classic beauty of her head, %vith ils loose Grecian knoi of silken liuir, and lhe ivory whiteness of her bended neck. Dora grew em¬ barrassed and could not work freely, as aoon as she discovered she was overlooked , and observ¬ ed that the sun waa getting low, she begged to release Mr. Woodward from his aelf-imposed task.
CHAPTER V.
" The holy eve is quiet as a nun, Breathless with adoration."
Wordsworth.
" Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than lo atudy household good."
MlLTO.N.
After Dora had finished putiing away her drawing materials, Mr. Vincent propo.^ed ihat they should all walk to a knoll some distance beyond the house, in order better to enjoy the sunset, which promiaed to be a vcry fine one'.— Annie accordingly ran on before and led the way, with little Emily as her peculiar charge : while the rest of the party followed more leis¬ urely. Il was indeed a very beauiiful aight that burst upon their view, as ihey emerged from the shade of obatruciing trees, and looked out upon the broad river, now flooded wiih the reflected glory of nmber-colored and crimson clouds, nnd studded with many a white sail, that lazily flopped in the evening breeze. The weslern hills, behind which the sun had now sunk, were CUI inthat clear relief'against the burnished sky, only observable when the at¬ rnosplicre is at lhe purest; and tlie eastern ones were beginning to grow dim bcneaih lho shad¬ ow of coming twilight.
" Can the Rhine or ihe Arno show anything more lovely than the scenery of our own beautiful Hudson?" asked Dora, as she turned to Cleaveland, pointing al the same time with an enthusiastic aweep of her arm, to the land¬ scape lying befure ihttni. f
" No, noihing, I think,"   replied Cleaveland.
We have not. l" bo sure, the icrrnceil vine¬ yards, the aloried ruins, lhe old lurreted baroni¬ al keepa, to make our scenery as piciuresqo or as atirring in ossociiuions. as tha'. of the Rhine nor the beautifying veil of poetry, thai hongs over everylhing Italian—but we aee Naiure here in her ovvn innate loveliness, wilh a face like thai of a sweet young girl, who owes none of her beauty to art."
" And yet," rejoined Dora, "ihere cannot thc same human interest attach to our new- world paradise as to the old ; for our sympaibies with humaniiy aro always stronger than with nature. I do so wish our country had on older past; it is such a parvenu in ihe communiiy of nations."
" A jiast. Miss Vincent ¦ why where is your patriotism? Wehave a glorious and success- full struggle to look back upon which overshad¬ ows all lhe similar onea of ancient story.''
" I rtmpatrioii-," said Dora, with a wormih of manner and a sparkle of eye, ihal stamped the sincerity of her declaration ; " I know that Bunker Hill will in time be just ns classic a waich-word ;is ."^iaivuhon, but nol until it is looked at iliiough ih'' haze of ceniuries. There isthe dilft'!;(-¦ ' jt our friend, Mr. Wood¬ ward, woulu ;.iid between that new, whiic- pillared, substantial brick mansion, across ihc river ) onder, and the ivy-crowned, timc-stained, and mellowed walla of somo ancient Italian villa. But my father beckons to us, shal! we go?"
'¦ -\iid now," said Dora, after they had all returned again to the house, and had seated themselves in the pleasani porch, " if you will be kind enougli to excuse Annie and me for a little while, we will bring you tea out on the porch here. Our dining-room maid happens lo bc away for a day or iwo, and as ' Aunt Milly' would be somewhat discomposed by tnc transfer of duties, I will indulge her peculiariiy, as she is an old servant, if you will allow us to be ser¬ vitors for thc occasion."
The visiters, with onc accord, objected to pulling ibem to any such trouble, and insisted upon taking lheir lea at home ; but Mr. Vincent ossured ihcm that so light a service would bc no burden whatever to Doro.and could be perform ed in a few minutes.
" She has a quick hand, that is at home in various departmenls, and it is well enough fur you city people," he added, looking good-hu¬ moredly loward Mrs, Woodward, "tosee how a couniry girl can manage in an emergency."
Annie brought out a sel of japanned tables, and distributed them with Mr. Woodward's as¬ sistance, which with playful gravity he insisted upon rendering: she ihen wentto her sister's aid, and in a shon time Dora appeared with a tray, containing the tea thinga.
With just enough of embarrassment to make her the more charming, she poured out the tea. nnd distributed the white rolls and sandwiches, while Annie alher leisure npporiioned the tempt¬ ing peaches and cream. The moon woe ot the full, and the rich sunset glow still lingered on the weslern sky, ao thai there was no need of artificial tight. Such an impromptu supper, with the soft astral light oflbe moon for their lamp— llie sweet briar, wliite jessamine, and clematis, that overran the porch, os frograni hangings nbout them—thc low muaic of the Hudaon, as lheir unseen orchestra, and white-handed and fair-browed Hebea as ministranta ond cup bearers —waa BO delightful, that it waa not surprising Emily ehould say to her faiher in a confidential whisper, loud enough to be heard by all—
" Papa, let us come here every nigkt for our tea!"
Cleaveland had never seen so much grace thrown around so simple a repast, and he felt quite ready to have echoed the sentiment oftho child.
The tea equipage was removed with thesame quiet ease with which il had been brought; and when Dora aat down Cll the ateps of the porch with thc moonlight falling beautifully over her face, Cleaveland felt that instead of her truo refinement and dignity having been compromised by the slight service ahe had just performed, it had invested her with 0 new and peculiar inter¬ est. He stood upon the step below her, and they entered into such beguiling converaation, as a moonlit midsummer night ia likely to induce. They talked of the beautiful in art andin noture, ond ho dwell with enlhuslosm upon many an old-world acene, and many a subject thot sel all the deeper naiure of his sweet listener lo vibrai' ing. Ho was like a akilful performer trying a new instrument, to find out ,
" What atopa or keya would yield the richest music."
Her color came and went eloquently—he; eyea glistened wilh true aouMight, aa wiih her elbow upon the stone step above, and her hair falling in waves ovar ihe band on which aho
leaned her cheek, sbe sat with an upturned gaze Sf unconscious earneatness fastened on Cleave- lartd's fnce. And as she ihua listened 10 converse that stirred all the poetry of ifcr heart, and raade herlips overflow with an answering inppiration, and the * dreamy aspect' ofher eyes grew more slarry, Cleaveland paused in the midst ofo sen¬ tence, which he seemed to have forgotton to finish, and the expression of doubt upon his fea¬ tures passed oway in a luminous smile ;—he felt sure now ihat the Ideal of thc studio was before bim. He had fancied ao when he first saw her; but ifie gardener's trowel and ihe coarse gloves, ond lhe housewife-like skill, and liie vivacity of countenance over the tea-tray, wero nol altogeth er in keeping with the airy creation. But now he saw her in a different mood, when the earthly and the aciual had fallen off from her, and left the inlelleciual and ihe spiritual in the ascendant, as hc turned lhe conversaiion inio a channel of lofty thoughi, that made her brow glow tike that of Hana-Anderson's Annunciota, in oneof her most rapi improvisations.
Bul it grew lale, and Mrs. Woodward broke up the conversation, by declaring that ihey should have storied home an huur before, as little Emily was already asleep in her father'a arms.
CHAPTER   VI.
" Too much of water hast iliou, poor Ophelia." They were soon treading the path down the bank to ihe cove, Mr. Vincent ond Annie lead¬ ing the way, and Cleaveland begging Dora to give him her hand, that she might nol slip ; ahe assuring him that she had gone down the path a thonsand times, and knew every step of the way, yci pulling her hand in bis notu-iihsiarjd- ing. Woodward had placed his wife in the boat, had lifted in the sleei>lng child, and only waiied for Cleaveland to have done with his adictix, to let go thc chain. He dropt it, as the alter sprang Into the boat with a bound, tlmt caused ii to float off a little di:?tance from shore into the deep waters. Woodward leaped fir- ward lo reach ii, and came with his whoie %veight upon the boat's edge, capsizing it in an instant. A wild shrli k, echoed by Dora and Annie, burst from Mrs. Woodumrd, as she and her child diaappeared beneath thc water. The darkness occoaioned by the audden overclouding of the moon lefi the ctjve, which even in day¬ light waa so overhung with trees as to be almost impervious to the sun, in such a depth of shad¬ ow, that some moments elapsed of agonizing suspense to those on shore, and still more ago nizing to those struggling in the water, before the molher and child could bc found and res cued.
Animation was, al leaat, temporarily suspend¬ ed in both ; ond as Mr. Vincent, asaisted by the almosi crazed husband, bore rapidly up the path the dripping form of Mrs. Woodward, Dora snatched from Cleaveland's arma the breathless child, and fled, with atmosl superhuman strength and swiftness, with her burden towards the house. She had the wel clothes stripped off, and the liule, pliant body wrapped in blanketa, and was chafing It, and hreathing into its mouth, when lhe oihers arrived. Old Aunt Milly, in ber bewilderment, scarcely knew what 10 do ; but, by Dora's directions, she was already kind¬ ling a fire on the great kitchen hearth. Mr. Vincent instantly mounted a borse himself, un¬ willing to trust the speed of one ofhis farm-ser- vanifl, and galloped oft' for a physician ; but in ashort time, through the means of the usual restoratives, Mrs. WoodM-ardrevived somewhat, and gave evidence of returning consciousness.
Dorn worked unceasingly with the child, with the af^lf-control, quickness, ond energy of an experienced nurse, thai astonished Cleveland. She was lhe only onc who seemed calm enough to know just what should be done. Sho thoughi ior Mr. Woodward in his di'traclion, directed the anxioua Cleaveland, who longed to make himself useful, but did dot know how, was the guiding piinciple for Aunt I\lilly's hands, and kept Annie's fingers constantly busy.
" Is my child aafe?" was i\Ir-j. Woodward's first word, OS she opened her c/.'ps, and feebly aiicniptcd to extricate her arms fiom the envel¬ oping blankets.
'¦ ?afe,—saitl! thank God!" excbiuucd Dora, joyfully, as Emily now begnn m draw long res- piratioii,9. "Thank God I thank God 1" burst from nil lips; and not lil] then dit! Dora's over¬ strung heart relapse from ita tension. She bent clingingly over tlie reviving child ; and her emo¬ tions, that wouid ntl lon^.-rr bo restrained, found vent in convulsive siihs. The tianger was nver now; so IMr. Woodward, gently relaxing her clasp, took the child, and beckoned to Cleave¬ land, who put his arm supporilngly around the weeping girt, and led, or rather bore her into the open nir. She recovered heraelf in a few minuies, however ; nnd, apparently rcgreiful of this display of womanly weakness, re-entered the houae, and renewed her miuisirations to¬ wards lho patienta, and provided for the com¬ fort of the gentlemen from her father's ward¬ robe.
By this lirae Mr. Vincent had arrived wllh the Docior, whofc services were now scarcely in requisition. He only administered compo¬ sing draughts, and had the mother and child put w.irmly to bed, with the promise that the next day thcy would boih bc entirety recovered. Thc feverish exciiement of Woodward's sen aiiive spirit had kept him the nighi long hang* ing slceplessly over the beloved ones on whom his all of earthly happiness was staked,—a hap¬ piness which, he trembled 10 think, had been so nearly wrung from his grasp. Ilia bcon swelled wilh gratiiude to that merciful Provi dence who had spared him on anguish which his soul dill not find itself sirong enough to con¬ template without a shudder; and, after Him, lo Dora, whose prompt energy of action he believ¬ ed had affecied so much.
The breaking duy found him e,\-li.iiigted with watching; so, quietly closing the chamber-door behind him, that he might not disturb tho pla¬ cid sleepers, he descended to seek refreshment in lhe cool morning air.
"Why, you are out early," ho called to Cleaveland, ns tic perceived him sfoWly saunter¬ ing with folded nrma down the gravel walk, to¬ wards the river; " yon sliould have slept sound¬ ly after last night's excitement;—1 could not.— .Ah! my friend," and ho grasped Cleaveland's hand tightly as he spoke, " may you never know the mortal agony that wrung my heart Sa I bore my precious burden along ihis path lasi night! What do I not owe, under God, tp the presence of mind of ihat dear, cfBcient D6ra I" " More than words can tell," responded his companion, with a warmth of manner almoat equal lo his own ; and then, after his eager in¬ quiries for Mra. Woodward and Emily were an¬ swered to his satisfaction, he continued, in a lone less grove :—*' Renlly, I would be tempted to jump into the river myself, and be dragged out holl drowned, were I sure that her handa would chafe mine as I saw them chafe your child's and her breath bc blown between my lips, and her hair sweep over my forehead, and her pale face hang over me in such uller eelf-for- geifulnesa. I would have to be as dead oa 0 stono, not tobo won bock to life by such elec¬ tric restoratives."
The two friends coniiuued their walk togeth¬ er over the preuy and tasteful grounds, admiring the extreme neatness that everywhere prevailed, ond wondering bow it were possible for M; Vincent to keep them in 0 position that would havc done credii to an English gardener, with out nny aid beyond thai of mero " farm bonds,' Mr. Woodward was ready enough lo aiiributa a due ehare of it to Dora's tasic and induatry, in which supposition we may bo sura ho was not mistaken.
As (ho breakfast hour approoched, ihey return¬ ed 10 the house ; and as Cleaveland entered the door, he encountered Annie in the passoge, with two or three books in her hand
"You must love sludy," said ho, playfully detoining her, and drawing one of the volumei fromher; " you must love it, indeed, lo boat it so early, and on auch a pleasant morning, loo."
'¦ Oh, they are not my booka." replied Annie ; " I have only been sent to pul them away,"
"And whose are they ?"^he asked, still re¬ taining tho ono he hat! taken from her, which proved to be a volume of Schiller's dramatic works, with an unfinished manuscript transla¬ tion of " Marie Stuart" ahut up within it.
" They are aister Dora'e" answered the com¬ municative child ; " ehe gets up every morning far earlier than this, and worka at it.   I tell h
had been gathering to repleniah tho vase in lhe ' parlour. Her face was brighi and glowing, as i ll had caught new beauty and fti-sbness from! the glad smile of Nature ; and she protested, in reply tu Cleaveland's urgent inquiries, that she felt not tho sligbteat inconvenience from lho agitation of the preceding evening.
She was so thankftil, she aaid, lo know that Mrs. Woodward and Emily were restored, that she had not ihought of herself or any ono elae. "But all thia, I should think, would have quite pul any ideas of study or mental employ¬ ment OUl of your head, at least for one morning. Miss Vincent."
"Mental employment! I hardly underatond you,*' said Dora, looking up from tho lapfutof flowera she had sai down on a tow aeat in the parlour lo armnge'.
" I met Annie just now with aome books un¬ der her arm, and I indulged my impertinent cu¬ riosity so much as to open one of them, and dis¬ cover your unfinished translation."
"Oh! amere morning taak," observed Do¬ ra, looking duwn again, wiih on appearance of alight annoyance.
" Pardon me, Mias Vincent," exclaimed Cleaveland, " if I express, too candidly, perhaps fora stranger,—ihough, after the accelerating influences of lost nighi's incidents on our ac¬ quaintance, we do not seem lilie strangers,— the pleaaure it givea me to observe the harmo¬ ny you have been able 10 establish between the Intellrctual and tho Practical,-—a thing which I, in my ignorance, had seemed impossible.
Hewas inlerrupled at that momeni by Aunt Mitty'a voice ai ihe door. " The muffins, Miss Dora; you know you promised to mix lhem for me this moming by your new recipe."—
She had not observed the preaence ol any one beaides her young misiress in the parlour; and when, on turning round, she perceived Cleave¬ land, wilh a hurried "Beg pardon!" the old servant confusedly retreated.
" I am not surprised," said Dora, laughing at this unintentional commentary cn what Cleave¬ land had just been eaying, " that mufiins and " ]\Iarie SiiiarC ahould aeem n singular jum¬ ble lo you ; to meii does not, as I am accustom¬ ed 10 theso incongruous juxiaposiiions. The motive of an act," ahe continued, more grave ly, "imparts 10 it all its character, you know ; and, if one can find aueniion to homely duties to be as really duty as attentton (o much pleas¬ anter matiers, one succeeds in giving somewhat of dignity 10 life's veriest commonplaces that is an astonishing assistance in getting through with them. But pardon me," she added, as if con¬ scious that the aubjecl had too personal a bear¬ ing, " the muffins just now nearly concern us all, 80 I must go."
Cleaveland had eaten muffins, many a time, ai lhe most luxurious tables, and from the cost¬ liest Sevres, but never before had muffins such a lift up into the regions of nectar and ambrosia as those which on that morning graced Mr, Vincent's brcakfast-iable.
As Mra. Woodward ond Emily were quite recovered, a carriage was broughi in lhe course of the day, for the former declared she would never again tempt the treacherous element; and by evening ihu Uttle party were safely back once moro in the artist's collage.
Now and Beautifal Poem.
HV JA.MES NACH
Th* fullowini; is u Pocui of Bingubir benuty Tbe rery flow of the rylhin oiirvvi Fcripiionof musio.   Tbo '¦ Littlo F
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1 JLi CATlONAL SOCIETV.—Tho next   meglins of    ^~~      	
'the Ssclely will tako place at tbe Mechaulcs'Inntitnte    ~ ' ' *
1 In tba city of Lancaster, at 10 o'cloct A. JI., oaSatur-I PreSCnta for the  HoUdtiya.
^y       i day, Jan. 3.1852.    Tbo Society will be addressed by   rpHP  eiiUcni^JKoT. TirniiKl   «qH   ntif»« s .MilK.nV ,Ie-i ""'-ral distinguished adTOcaloB of General Kducation, ¦    I   **^ SUDSCnOer WOUlU   CaU   aUCtl- , .,    1 ¦ "'"^ subject"' liitcieGtin^ to Teaclicra. Directors and    -i   Ufn totho rieh and elegant FCock of KAncy  -xrcl.
end.    »t.0L'\sri jjaronti win be di^cu-i.-id.    A full attendance of mem- 'cl<:s,,nm(].. from j.U kinda of fancy gooJ.'k-.ilb.-r, ^i>.\,or.
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sho may be. ia to be vnvicd ber principle of boing a j I'e" and others friendly to tho objects of the asaocUi-. ™^<^J"') ^'rlin iron, fc
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tnini-tering an^.:! to one of tbe hv?f of hearts and -iff.il <.r Miind^ and tb-; will not I.ve b-^r reward ; for, as -Mi-'-a Landon remark^. .-\, pocL's h.vt ii im¬ mortality ;*' and n poem liko thi." xi of itaelf s-ufS- cient to insure it to tb« subject tl,nt ia'pire.! il ~ Home Journal
WHV no i lov;-; ul;!. ::u
.\ woary life if mino at b'-st—
Pew pleasure^ mine tbat othora ahiire- An.l ofl i.y lonily ih'.iiglit.-* t-fifirL-t. It Fccina tb.1l i raight wcil dew-iir : But wben my " Little frieud " 1 soc, A plennant thin).' in life to me ! To kn*)ir Mia'hIic isnt mv aide To bold hrr liulo band in m'iue. To watrh her eyes that f-imlly sbiiit Her cherub f,ir:c-. Ihat brigbti-n- u'. With loVtfV iiitclUgrn<!e divj.iC- W'ilh tbis un sonl i.s .-jitwu-,), And ilraiu-II pure, refro;hin^ cni)
Ot cahn liud fiuift liiip[,ine.-s ; 111 .sivott c'jnu-nt I then ri-po^i: From .=<irrow"-; pan;:3, nnd piiF.-ion'^ lbr.,ert, Without a wish stive nut in stir
l''['(iiii m.l' v-h">e vfiv tn-ik can hloii ' -;.jni.> w..ti.!,*r what I (i'li.l i-i h'-r ¦My heart ^c -in.itylv to inijiri',-?  - A i-k-vcr i-hiM. thcy' mu;! o..iiN-.-,-, IWil u.'iliinL' iii'int. |i.r all ihov -joi', Than -iili-r iliil.tren o( hi;r':if;.;, \Vi:0 >:..Mri'i- i.ni' tbuitf^ht ofiiiisn.' eiig-if^ii ; W'lierrc coin.-ib ll.oii the witchiry 'I'liat rivviiy.< iiiL> in her .vwtct i-uiilrol ' .^jive I. iiiJiy cxcT know her -.v.jilh ; ^\.r^vf: huvo ?p'j!cen ."on! (o "¦¦ul. .\nd met. ill .-i.irit fiica  to face. When nil he ii!iij'r.T ii'iui.->rliil finu-e
L-.v.'. iriitli an.l ;.'.ii.dii--^. shoi..- r.'vo„I.-.t In Ij. uuly rioin lhi> wnrld cni;'.'. nii.l, 'Titar iu an hour 01' tiitcrii,tiij. When the long iipniiy of vi'iir? Waa crow.led in a iniitnent'.-^ .-^jck;.' — When tVicmis se-jiiK-d lUL-ii- niul (uv..- wiij \uiii- And ihfl wruui: h.-nrt an.l buminf,' '.ntln
CoiiM only lind r.^liof in It-Ar-t— Fi.r I d.v'ii.ainii of earihly j;o.ni—
.^Ii'^ i,'aiiio—i scarcL- kni'w whenc^ .-.r h..u   ¦ A ligbt :in,l gl-irv nmn-I bi-r briiiv ; .Sublim.'ly la-aiuilul th.-'.-lo<„l;
F-irallof i-;,rthl.:..! l,Ht b-rV f;u-r. And nil of I'jnvcii I thcic miirhl ii;u'.v lirr l(j"k su'iiiiinci! mv li.jirt and uh.-cri-.l:
Hit vvnnN my w..ii»d..l M.iiit h-.i!.-,] ; Tho'-bilil.tiu- txxon-.t]. •l'ttffii].t-.iri-d.
And Ciuil'.'^-jivn niigei sto-jd r.iVi'nU'.l '. Then (lid wf5onI with t-oul combine — So, I IIIU here, nnd .'=00 is mini—- FiTever lioip 1 forever mine ! I'orth ill lhe w.irld I tee lior jjo. .\ common child lo loniuipn t-rcs - To mine, a .^tar of PunxtVts-j rncnrtbly, heautiful, iliviup '. So wonder that I love her so.
tloQ ia thLTcfore cxpectiid.
THO.H. BmnoWES. President, Dec. 17 t-f 3] ^s. KirrrcR, Secrtttary.
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LANCASTEII. Xor. 29.1851 Stutemcnt of Conei'logo   Steam  Mills'as re- quirrd otf Law.
CAPITAL. ATjTHonizED S500,000. Tho amount of capital subacribed id Four I'lun- dr«d and Seventy-Blx Thou-and Four Hundredand'Fif- ty Dollars, tbe amount tbtrtiol actu.lly paid iii it Lour Hundred and i-illy-Three Thousaud Five Hun¬ dred and Fifty Uollars. Tho amount of d.-bts and lia- bililltfu. including Jamea Loan, I.* Five Hundred nnd I Xineleen ThniiMnd Nine Hundn-d and Thitti:i;n Dol- I lara and ten cejls.
I C. IIAGER. I'rc^'t,
! -JHAS. W. COOPF.R,Treas'r.
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I^lection Xotjcc.
AN Election will bc held at the offlce of the Lancoater Couuly .\,ut-jnl Insurunci: Cumpany. in WiJliam.etoirn. I'lirinlin. lown.'inip. on TUKSDAV tho I.'tth day of JANL'AllV, 1S52, furtlu- puapo.ip of elfctin}* Nino Dirtctor.-. to ^erve daid Company for lh" i-nsuingycar.
N.^THANIEL K. SLAYMAKEU. Secretary. Dec. 17, t-d 3.
FARMERs"mUTUAL INSUR- ANtK ( U.MI'ANY.—The .Members of tbe Farm-
I ^r^- ilutiiiil Inhuraoco Compauy aro hereby noiilit-d I thiit an ripctlouf.ir DirectorB and Appraisers for thc s.iid j l-onipany. will l.t, hrl.l at lhu bt.upo ot William '.'.'right, i^pcr, in tin; tity of Lancaster, on Saturday, the dock, PM.
JOHN STROH.M, SL'crctary.
inutionenunl toany in th.: ciiy fgr (juality and price, and to wbi.:hadJilior.^ are conatantly heinc recdvd from abroad, ns ^ell a, h.-lng manufa:tured in the city by the .liubicnber. from he-.t WL-at^ou. d maCyri;iIs. con- Bl3UnKlnpartof D^:5i;s,Ure-.in- Ln'.-a. Wt^vM U'.XeS, Bagatelle and liacltirnmraon IJ-.arO-'. Pintolio- I'-., k-t Q-wka.Corimonimie, .Money IKlU. L;.dii-.'Ccb:is.C;Lrd I a<ii;B. Irory 1 .ibUt,. f*api,.r W..-ii;btf. Ink St:ind?. Lurd iteceiVL-rs. 1 b<--rmomct.jr3, very mj„r,i,r Unrt.rM. Toil.t fnstrume.TL-*. bnt.hfa.Ac.tc. a fiuu aa-.yrtmcut of Gold and Silver Pencil La'i;«. for -alu Ifiv
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npUUNPIKE   ELECTION.—An
X elL-L-tion wlli b.- held on .Mo.toav. the Sth d.iy ol JiMjvar n.-xt, ot lb." hou^e of lU-ury ShnfTut-r. In .Mount Joy. htiwcn lhe hours of 10 ind 12 o'cl-.ck, for a rre-^JdeiU. 'JVn .M.ijj.iprrf. und 'i'rci.-urer of the Lan- i-aiter, Elizab.-ihtown and Middletown'furupikc Iload. lly «rJur of tbo President. Dccl0-3t-.'l J. fli. LONO. Treasurer.
T^XJRNPIKE   ELECTION,—An
-L election ¦will be held by the Siockboldyra of tb.' i.ancasltr and Su?t|uobanna Turnpike Hoad, at L S Ilubloj'.'- Hottl. iu tht' city of Luncur-tcr. on Mondny. lhe Sth day of January nexl. at 10 o'clock. .\. .M., for a Prusiideni, eight Managers, and ono Treasurer, to con¬ duct tbir businu'-J of tlie onEuini- yonr.
_Dec 10-2 11    H. KKKD  Trraciir.-r.
NewT Holland Turnpike Hoad.
ELECTION NOTlCE.-An elec- lioiifiira rri->iiit-ut. uigbt munagt-rp und tren.su- ivr rd' the N>-w Holl.-ind turnpike road, to serve fot one yi-ar. will he h,-l.l nt the public liuusiC to Frederick Swope, now kejil by Michael B^^nder. on tbc FalJ ni.'id. on the sixth, being the 1st Tuesday of January. ISall. Ill 1 o.clock in the afternoon.
ROLAND DILLEU. Treasurer. December 3 t.l-I
ftt th!- .¦.-.Lul.li
Ib.jm iftbey U.jne:'fit!
lui.,;; nt^adi?tinco-y>urchariiiij':io'I-!n:; ""   ' " "u the privilege t'f retu.-ning
Febl3-ll'-ViJ    -ity\ Cbe-uut St..
.A,HOVT.
n- I'Hb.i-hila,
0Cheap Lounges, Sofa Bedg aud Chairs Fcvery description, ^^^.^iS^:^. Ala-..  Lil.-MUrf   lur inv,.l„]s   W"	
I'ladi; at the j;reat cH.aiii D!:;i'Or of .A. Me-DONOUGH. No. ll'i South i.loi>rH bul'jw ilock.
N. U,-COTTAfJ.i; FL'IINITUUK fini.-hod to *-very ciAoxnad .ntyb-.
All the above nrticdeg logo  to any  great  Jiitaac, puckrd ivirh lb.-grealpit eiiri-. '  '
Gn-at inducements to Wbolesalu Deal-^ra. Hopt 10  ]^.,l]
CLEGG'S PERFtJM.\RY ^- FANCY SOAPS.
n^HESE superior articles of Peu-
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That 8ome picture, would exi'laim, "Tia my ani^et with 0 name !' " It is not wonh while to lengihen oul our very simple story by lingering over many similar eve¬ ninga to lhe one jusi deacribed,—similar in the iiilerchange ut" pleasani imercourse, but not in the repeiiiion of any such catastrophe, aa marked ihi3 one.
iMany were the woodland walks, ond the ex hilarating ridea on horaeback, aud the sails on the river.—for Dorn, 01 least, did net sliate in Mra. Woodward's fears; and many wcro the quiet mornings posaed by our young student in reading some charming book to Dora, while ahe plied her needle, or bent over her drawing,
Thus, week after week glided imperceptibly away, until a summons at length arrived for Cleaveland's return to, town, which it waa nut at Ilis option to -Jisobey. He speedily mnde hid arrangements to depart upon ihe morrow, and WIS about Btar'ing, as he aaid, u say farewell 10 lhe Vincenis, when JMrs. Woodward told him ihal they had promised to be there that evening, and were now probably on their way. The sun¬ set shadows were already lengthening, when, aahe left the door, he saw ihem coming towards the house. The evening passed on pleasantly, dialurbed only by lhe announcement of Cleave¬ land's intended deparuire,—an announcement wJiich called forth many and ofien-repcaicd re¬ grets. Woodward declared there would bono aifiuecmcnl ui all in angling withoul hia '" schol¬ ar," and Annie mourned ihut they should havo no more moon light boat-rides, und Dora said— nothing; only the colour went away a liiile while from her cheek, and then came back agnin with redoubled brightness.
After tea, aa they wcro al! aiuing in ihe hall, looking uut upon ihe river, and watching tlie while sails just discernible in ibe dim liuIii of the rising moon, Cleaveland drew Dora's urm wiihin his own, and asked her to go and see u piciure which Woodward had just been painting for him.
"I will let you into my confidence;—that ia, ifyou feel sufTicient interest in me to care for snch confidence,—and tell you that ii isa pic¬ ture of a face very, very dear 10 me ;—dearer, 1 think, than I could find words toiittcr,-QfBce that looks upon me in my dreams as well as my wak¬ ing hours.    Would you tike to see ti ?"
Dora at that moment withdrew the hand that lay upon Cleaveland's arm, to pick up the hand¬ kerchief which sho had dropped, os ghe said, " Oh,certainly ; Iam interested in all ihat in toresis my frin.nda."
Cleaveland opened the door of the studio, whore a servant hnd jusl placed a light ; and wbile his companion walked to lhe window and looked oul upon the stars, he brougUi a framed picture, which stood in a distant pan of the room wilh its foce turned to lho wall,nnd placed it upon the easel. Then, having diapoaed the lamp that lhe light might fill properly upon ii, he silently offered his arm to Dora, and led her before it. She lifted her dropped eyea some¬ whal heavily toward the picture.
For a moment she stood motionless; then her slight, willowy figure drooped upon Cleaveland's atrong arm, und passionaie lears, that would not lel her speak, fiowed fost and long :—ii mas ker- aclf she kad looked upon.
When sho did speak, wo know not what she said, BO low and tremulous were her words; bul we do know ihal Cleaveland kissed those same tears unforbidden away. .'\nd when Woodward, an heur after, came to the door, and would have gone away ogain wiihout entering, his friend called him in, and told him something iha^ caused his face to glow with exceeding pleasure, aa hc said, clasping Dora's hand, and turning to the piciure.
" Now. Cleaveland ! This is what 1 coll the reconcilement of the Real and Ideal."
COUNSELS FOU THE VOlJXG.
Never bo cast down by trifles. If a spider break his thread twenty times, twenty times will he mend it again. Moke up your minda to do a thing and you will do it. Fear not if ft trouble comes upon you; keep up your spirits, thongh the day be a dark one.
If the sun is going down, look up to the ators ; if the earth is dark, keep your eye on Heaven I With God's promii-ea, n mau ora child may be cheerful.
Mind whatyou run after! Never be con¬ tent with a bubble that will burst, firewood that will eud ia smoke and durknoas. Get that which ycu can keep, and which is worth keeping.
Fight hard against a hasty temper. Anger will come, but resist it strongly. A spark may set thc house ou fire. A 6t of passion may give you c.iuae to mourn all the days of your life.   Never revenge un injury.
If you have an enemy act kindly to him and make hitn your friend. Vou raay not win him over at once but try again. Lot one kinduess be followed by another, till you have compass¬ ed your end. By Uttle and liule, great things are compleled; aud so repeale.l kindness will aoften tbe heart cf atone.
Whatever you do, du it willingly. A boy thatis whipped to school never learns hia les¬ sons well. A muu tlmt is couipelled to work, cares not how b.idly it is peifornied. He that pulls off hia coat cheerfully, stripa up bi< sleeves in earnest, ond sings wJitle he works; is the man for mo.
Evil thoughts aro worso en'^iuica than llon^ and tigers; lor wc ciii keep out of thc way 0:" wild beasts, but b:id tlioughts win their way every where. The cup that is full will hold no more; keep your heads and hearts full of good thoughts that bad thoughts may find no room to enter.
"VTOTICE.—AH persons indebted
J_^ to lhe firm of JOH.V  Lr.H.S'blR k CO.. art-here- by cautionod ngHiiist Betlling iriib Jiinii^s V.'hilebjll. :i., n.l pnyinent-« lo him will be reeogniz 'il by nie. DfclO-'.: JOHN  I.K.Mltll.
pruvi-d Ce-iii.;iLe« SOAPS-
Wuliiut and Kstra Fin.; -jind Urown and V.liii-} tVind- ^¦)r i-loalinn. I'»lin. Alni<;nJ. inncy ond Tidl-1 t^-.iip:.-, Mi.-iviMi; Creum, tl.-ilr Dye. i.oli.fc-n.- Wal.-r-. i:xtr.i'-tj lor th." Hamlkercbief. Ox .Marniw. Ilear'n '"1 ' ry-t;.i romiide (il n.-w article). Kau Luatral llnir Ue-t...r;,-.iri. H;iir Ulh. I'liilocouies- Xc . i:c,. are ui-.tuul;u-ii:r.d uud l.jrMileby JOII.N T, ULKGli.
rtr.ru.Mhin a\ii Chi:iii-,t. .I.S .Market ilrc-.-t. b.-low -Jnd. niilub-lpbi'v C,iJ2" Mi;nct!ANr.s. don't furget thnt   ULKUO'.-^ is lhe henpesi .111.1 ni'jft tl.ttcnsive .Mauufncii.rv in Hie .Mv L^iiiif.^ -^ C-VLL.  o ^ t;: J -1 > - 47
PMladelphia and Liverpool Line of Packets.
¦£''fr5  TO.SAILFROM  PHIL.ADELI'HI.V on  r^^^
,_..^^, I5Lb. imd from LIVfclKPOOL on
"  lbc lot. of each month.
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(Dec   15!b
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fiistriictitia in tlie I.aiu'aster High Sclif.ole
BY an act of Assembly passed May H. laJi>. the Directors of lbe ' duiiiion tebool:- . 1 llle cily of l-:uic.if^terare aulhoriz"d to admit, intu tb.- Hi(;h Schools of lhe city, pupil* from the Townshipi. ¦tii'l Iio.-n«Kbs of the couuty They can now Rceooi- mr.iltit,. 'Thirty «iich Bo.vi in the male and Ticetity (jirl.t in tbe fi-male Fchcmi ; and will accf^nlinRly re- "i-lrc Hint number, if application bu made beforethe til¦^t Monday of February. 19^2
Tbe c..ur;o of Instructiou in ihc .^'flle S. bool will be .IB foilowj :
K.tnt.isii   DrrABTMrrtT,—,V   rtview. if  necetsarj-.  of ],,.,,„  ,. Geogr.iphyand   KiiRli-h   Grammar, witii nttcnti-ia u,'¦"'"'''V"^ i,'r:h%-r.ipliy, iter.,ling inrl  Writing . nnd  cartfulin-; ="¦ '^'""^ *¦"' ¦tructinn in CompLxilioa. Dccbimalinn, History. Rbi-t- '. uric, Ln^'c ;\nd-Mental and M.^ral rhiiOf^ophy
.M*THf:.ii-iTicAL Dr.r-ir.TJi(,:<r—.V careful review ci ; \-iihein,-li(-; in-'.ruciiou iu Algebra- -^Ipniuration. 1 iJi-.iuietry, tbo higbir Mmhtmatics. Book-Keeping and j ¦^-urv.ying, )
Dr.?*BT.''ir.'(T or LjkrrcuACEs.—Latin. Greek. Gtrm::r, i Tid i-rench.
.V,vti,"R.*i.^Cir?;ccB.—l O'lr uction in Astronomy. Geo  j lo^y. Ohemieirr, .¦^".-itural Philosophy and   i'hyi-iol.iizy ! tiv lamdiar lectiir;;s totho   ra-.ire advcnccd cl.i^.-e"^, U- lunr.-il.'d hy amiuations of the pup:
In  tlie Fctnole :;i-b..ol ihc courne  wdl hi -iinil.ir :o tbiit iiiihumalo, aa tin;  cireuni«-ian<: wants of li:" FUX will udinit.    It will incluJ.r th' H-^iructiou in thu ,\,iturul Si;iences.and will a]
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Ship .MAHV I'LF.ASANTS, <_:.i,t. H   K. Di.ci.--.
TUu itburo fir^l-claFs fhip^ are t-f 1 :'.]'.. und cuijiinftiided by exin.rit need n r.-v'ard lia.-i Ije.-n p.iiJ to stli-el m.-JeL- [¦•¦infort Ior piL^r-.-iij^rr.-. Th-y will ^,i; tbe .lay^ adverti-ed. taking advuu'ai, tow.bnaison the Delaware.
i'er.-ons wi.-liin- to ongaijo pa^inge fuV :1jo;; an obtain certilicatt;, whieb omh>, I'usaage to Lirerpool in thc Cabin.   -
Finward Cabin,
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Fase.-igo JromLivcrpool in the (-(ibiM,     -      ¦     .   l< 0
Kor^-'ard Cibin.    ¦     -     '2b
Tb.-^-e who nli-h to remit iii.jn. V -.-.-.n Iciiccrir.:'c J i- t with drafts f.jr £1 jltriiiig ii:i>i .jpivarJ. j .imable ut jbi. wiibcu: diic^/uut.    .\ [.j.iv i.<
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May2a—ly-2G}       S7 \Vi.l.iiit :fi,vei, nnl..,i,.:¦-. ,. TM oper apparatus and lollo^Ted by daily Ll  ; ^^o. 7.^1     PURS. FURS   FUR.S.     [No   T,
""'"" ' \rATHIEU GETZ'S Fur Sioit;
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.¦\p plica Illp for admis.-ion. of both Seli':=, iniiFl becbi'.. ¦ Iren L.f citizens uf l.aneaMi r comity: if T l.and feinab-FOVcc 11 years III at''-; au.l be well i;ruuiid   i ed in OKiiior.KAi'Hv. Ukiding. .¦\iiiTii\ir.Tic, Gcoi^riAnn I ami fSiMHH Om\i,M.4i!. aiiJ wrile :. fulr liand |
Fti;i!hir.'ia Lhe onioiy will l,e i^ubj'-<-t. ly tbe eamo j disoipluu- a-^ lo 1.in.lv and conduct, us ibo^e of th.; eii-?: ¦ and >i-il' bo i-.-(['".-t.-^! to pur-iie -¦il) ih- --todies rf ti'- j tra'Je or clu*-; 10 which ihey may l.elonp. '-xcej't io lln- Language,-, all '.-r any cl wbicb 'may b'J omitted at the i Ltijpi njdi'jnof tbo p.ircnt or gun r-liaij,
TheTraMS nre :^.16 p.-r annum, payable linll-yeariy ! ill advanen. without any oxtra charjje: but pupile are \ to (iod thoir vwu lool.h and ^talioiiery. ThL-< turn is j lbe .same as tbe nverago coit lo lbu city ofthe insTruc-
lion of resident pupils. Tbere aro   now   ¦tttnr.r,   competent   IcKtructnt"  an-!
al'out 100 pupil!' In €>nch ot lbi- .'¦cliool.-'- wilb lhe fi>re- (
iir.inK cour-'u of HuJi-B In npuralion.   The namber ol |
lefti-lier^ will be liicrea-i-d to foi. a whi-n r.rc-'Sary, The flcopi" and fyslem of training i-^ dc(.lgnid 10 en-1
abl" the pup'ls to perform the acliv.. duties i.f lite will: j I credit to ibem.'i'Ives. Ebould lbcy eiiUT no hit'lnr in- ;
atitution of learning: cr to lit vnung tncii tn cntiT any i . colle:.-.; in tho laml. consldembfy iidr.tnccd. hbould tliev I
sode-in'     ll J3 iil-o ej-pecially inlended lo uld iu tb. 1
preparation of T.^acbcrs. i
srh'julJ m-ire ibau tbe ubore number apply, penon'
d«j-gneJ for the prvfvasiou of teaohjDg "iu be prtfer-
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Application cau bo made to any of the uoderolirned j '^
before tlie In of February, 135'2. " I r;
Jobn (J. liaker, Peter McConomy, I
IJeruard Ki-enan, M'illiam Mntbiot. |
John L, .Mic: Patriok Lii-~idy, 1
TilOS   H. Iturr.-iwe? George -M. Klino. r.¬
ity orderof the H^ard.
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Secretary. I
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Klieumatism, DU. CirAR"u:.S GRKES.
aaoMOFiMTaiK;  navsiCHAX,
RESPECTFULLY  informs   the
I Ij cifzeu!- of l.anca.jier and il.s Ticinity. tbathe ba- i,.i'uie.l liim>elf p.-ruiuuently in the cilv tf L'iiii'..Eter, in :^<nu!i Pritn-o .-ire.-t. a few 0.).->i-s fmni West Kir.g f-i near the old Jail, and will be pleased to w^iit ou nil per- •^..ns who may d- vjr.. bl- prnU-H^ijnal i^.Trice Havi..,: bad an i-xieii-^iv.: pr.ieti"o in tb- eity uf .Mi-xi,:o. ao'l been l.init.-d a^ praetif^iiig I'hv.-ieiau in many ilu.-^piiali in i:iuf.pe. whieb fjict li- eauVive t. slini.-.niaU r.f.    lb
tv thi- publi.- will LTive bim eufh eueuurugemeut tn
.'SperieiicR d.-servce.
e parti.;iilarly requPEla allfnti,iii t'l bit Ilheiimatir Tiiietiir.-.which bas recived the higln-rt rot-ummeU'l;.-
i=. au'l i- a ni.-dieiiie ot the greatest valuo a^ a rem¬ edy fi-r tlii.s paiiit!\l di.iea«i-
Ur,  Cirecn can bo found flt hi.': oflic betw.-'eii lOar.,] llircl..Tk. A .M,. andl aud-i o'eloek. !'.   M. eVerv .lav,
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^|"^HE subscriber lias just received
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HOUSEHOLD DEFINITIONS. Home—Tho  place, where   children   have their own way, and married men reaort when they have nowhere else to keep themsolves.
Wife—The woman who is expected to pur¬ chase without means, and sew on buttons be¬ fore they como oif.
Baby—Tho thing on account of which lhe mother should never go to tha opera, oonse¬ quently need never have a new hat.
Dinner—The meal which is expected to be in exact readiness whenever the master of the house happens to be home to eat it, whether at twelve or half-past three.
Washing Day—The time when a woman can throw a broom at a thievish dog, or say, "I won't," without being thought cross.
TnowBEnii—Tho disputed territory.
^^*The ordinary mcde of churning butter in Cbili, is to put the milk in a skin—usually a dog's ekin—tio it on a donkey; mount a boy on him with rowels to his spurs about tbe length of thc animal's oars, and theu run him four milo heats.
OCT Tho ateeple of the churoh at BangoTi Me., which waa recently burned, ia represent ed to have bt>ea a upectacla of great sublimity when on firo from the ground to the vane.
^^yg- Why is a beef steak like a locomotive ? it must bc mighiy tiresome, but she don't eeem j Because it i-i of little use without ita tender, to think so; she is eo Byslemaiic ;—she nevor
Iota anything put hor oui. But let me go, if you please, sir, for I hear h«r coming, and ahe directed me to put away her hooka before the gemlemen should come down."
Anmo raade her exit juat aa Dora appeared in the paaange ina aimple, white morning drea», with her handa full ol fresh flowere, whioh ahe
Wanted.—A load of tan, mado from the Bark of a dog.
To Cure Nose Clkkdinc—KoH up a pieco of paper and presa it under the upper lip, We have tried thia plan in a great number of oases, and have only seen it fail on one ocoa- aion.
TOYS AND FANCY GOODS.
ir.la''|.-¦      ¦'..-  ,i.i."v.,-ii III.'    .¦-n.l na. which  he odei jraole, Wholesale and Re'.all.at loir pric-p.
W.J   E, HKlNIT.SH. Bee 3—U-l .\o. IK E. King rtreel.
Gas Meters.
This exceedingly ingenious little iustrument is in almost universal uae, wherever gas is used for light. Those used in this city, and we beliove in the principal cities in the United States, are made by Colton & Code, of Phila delphia. The experience of iii;iny years h-i; proved tbo regularity und accunicy of t his beau- fnl invention, and a very little nttention only will be necessary io enable every con-jumor to reid hiii oirn meter, and to kc-e]) it in workinp order. Tho word meter, meana measure, and thc instrument is used solely tur the purpn=t- of knowing lhe quantity of gns consumed,— The circulnr part contuins a dvu.n wheel, di¬ vided into sections of a perfectly upt-ertained capacity, the lower liult'of wbich is immersed in water.
The mode in which the gas enicrs anil leaves tbis drum, givea a rolury moiion to the wheel, and every rcvclutinn of the wheel passes :i quHntity of gaa, of coui-^e ju.-it oqiiiil to the   c.ipacity   of  tho sections   of   tho   whed
or as much asthc sections ofthe wheel will hold.
Tho axle of this wheel is connected with othtr
wheels, some of which can be seen in the me¬ ter, by which thc pointers are moved over the
dials in frout of the meter, and the revolutions
of the wheel are marked, in squ:irc foet of the
gas.    Tho right hand dial numbers are hun
-iruds, and  one revolution  of the pointer  de
notes  1000 feet.   Thu poinicr on the uiiddk-
dial moves to the left, .and m.-irka tliousands, £0
thatwhen the pointer  onthe i-igbt hand diul
makes oue revolution, the pointer on the mid
die dial moves to the left to the figure 1.    So
while thc pointer on the center dial is going
round once, the pointer ou the left diiil iiioto-s
from 10 to lhe figure I, and thus mnrks 10,000. To read a meter, therefore, commence with
the left hand dial, aud set down with n pencil
the numbers last pnssed over by tJie pointer on
each dial, and add two cyphers, and you bace
the amount registered.    It will be observed
tbat tbe pointera or dials  cannot  bo  altered
either by the consumer or  the agent of the
company, witbout violence to the meter. Some¬ timea the lights in a house nil go out suddenly
This may be caused by too much or too little
water in tho nioter.   In auch a case, take out
the screw tap at the bottom of tbc tquare part
of tho meter—or dry-well screw, ns it is called
—and let out all thc water that will run out,
A very littlo water there will stoji the flow oJ
gaa, and put out all the lights. When thc wa¬ ter has rnn out, thero will be a gentle whist¬ ling noise, showing a  flow of gas aftor it, and
the light will burn at once. If when the dry well tho screw is removed
neither water no gas flows, it ia probable tlmt
moro water is wanted in tho meter.  Tlieu take
out the screw-tap at the square part of the me¬ ter and pour in water  until the lighis will
burn.   If too muoh bo put in it oan be drawn
ofFat the dry-well. A quart or two will usu¬ ally bc enough—sometimes a tumblerful! will
do.   Care should be taken not to bring a light I Si'lKiriSjoKr BlA^KTiunKS k stationkuy. ,
.re Ibe l.jllj.vin;.' rich f ¦!:.•;- Ior the !,t..L:M . ¦. t( ,uj.-ir, l-|;rl.ii-, .ind Ilt Un.ld and ot:i. i l'v B-llt.-n.iitil. i::n;;li-li. 1-i-ciich, t.. ! ui. :Mid V'uiiitiiiii i-aiicv C;ia5--\v;iJL-. Royal O.'.-'ib-i:. U.-riiu. Eu-^l-.^h. Frencii, :¦...¦.! \.V.  V i\>ll: l.l..\l.\.
It.Tliii an.l  Kr.iiikr.-.rt  f:ini-v  IKON   GOOLii- .d r.iiit.iti.'ii Ul'.ijS:'A.>. XI.
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l.d Flu.,r ^'i.u
PL- !!¦¦•¦
Aitieluj irom lbe ^^i^a
Splendid Royal Papier MacliQ Goods
;ii ill.- yrreat.-.st VHri.'ty,
iio,-',-wo,,d. Kl,.,iijv.'.^iahot;a.;v. an.l ctb.?r r'jr;r.'':a D.'k^ an.i \\'ri;:nk''i"a';.*.='.
Ladi.--'aiulU.-n[^' l.-KfclSSI.Vi"; C.\.Sl.'2 froui'fL':: Ij ^'.l-each, lit Koeew.nj,;. Leatli.. i-. ,tc.
Il.i;-bav.-'sx JU. Iiier-- ;u).. rM,- I i.-Ti^EKV. ;.- Tec ai:d l'icl;<-l Kniv..'^, Uarr.i--, .'^ei-:-..:^  -Vc-
.\ i!, — - a^-i.nii.i-iit of FUI.NCII i; :;."AN1<II FANS,
'_'ui^s-i''"fk"excu oi'ERA c.]..\><\:h.
J'intst   Eusl ish    aud   French   Ptrjuni'irij    arA
Toilet ^'oaps.      Splendid   '.'urd  Ci::ttS,
SotLfciiirs,   iVc.
A eompb-ti. najil..-.,i,ii,,-nii:j,,.nr    .]  TiT. T VON
N.Mt.S,   iFr.'ucb atiU Gerai:in)   i-T :<ilver. tli.;!. I'earl.
Ivi.ry. Ler   '
Fr.i
!(.i Fni-;
¦hH.'.
more \e«' VtooUs.
THE subseriber isnow receiving fn.in a   Tra.l..   S.ile   held in   I'bll.idelpbi.ia 1 ,i .. ¦ieiri',i.-.ion tu hi- fyriii.T lalen^ive   ¦ti.ik .-f !'>". 'k-i   an.: ; Stationary.   Thi,<c b-i..k-   wer.-b.,u.'lit unu^uiilly lu"   i .Uld will be si.lJ III priees to snit tb.- iim.-.i. !
IVr«oi.i. "i-biiii   lu   purrba-.-   F1.->;hi.I   F.i:i   n.ml;-. : .-\nniial> and .\P;;iini in all tb--ir v;iri.-li--.are re.ni.>[- edl.MMll   and .lainiiiu   our   t-lock   aud   prices, betir.', l-urcba-iJi-'¦!.-'¦>.¦!,,-re.
.^ehoid Uin-ctor-, Sclio.il T.-aobers and country : .Merehant:-. nre i.ivit.-d tu call ami examine our lari;.. '¦t'.'-k lf ^cho.A l!..i.^--jii-l r.vitv.-d —.Mto. t^uperin- tenrleuts aud Teaeberi of Sunday .^cbo'..U. are r.qu.'H- ed to call and exatnioe oUr stock ol Sunday Sclio.jl, at.d  U'--Iit;ivu.- M'orki.
W.' an- j.rt pared to offer strons inducements to Re¬ tailer:)
1VIIJ.I,\M -MUItn.W. North Queen Street. LaucaHer.
December IT. :i-t 3
witb lv„rv. iV:..-|   i.bji.v. Umr..l .. Hn-cv.-.,--l ,
h:n.d!e^. a::d tJ... ne-i i,it.-iaii Un-^tb -      A-1
r.inlidi.-lh.- v,rv 1.-!      Ivt^rv lloee and oti.e
l!kL>lI.'-'.S..r Ki,-li ll „uJ l-r.-uehm'i!;...     N-
r.i.d   .¦-¦b.i*ii;_'   )lr.i-h,-:    .'^liell.   I:u»jI",   Irur
Die-Mii-.; and.nb-i-t OMUS
tiihjuii.i; ul.jvc Jt.':vCs. Tea Cai'.i
<v'^:xv   ISi.\c^.
Fr,ii;-T i.V.-.i-.d :n-d T'a per floors. R. -r-.r...-, 1 \r
Ir.b.i.i, .^¦¦¦¦Li'l; H-x.-   .v.- . .\:iiM,.   H,.x..-.   .
Iiriuu !.i:d II-iN ,   (¦u;i.;;ii--i   -.'l    M-l.l   la::.;;
t'.-.re, lain .\: C'l.i--      Kiv-r..v;i.c>, uitli ..tbvil-
¦ --¦ ¦"¦I
ruu t
ll. ' ..m
¦.   Tucii
-.V-l,
¦:.'= f.¬
il..   v..t
i-. y.
.iid.^;h
of lbe Wi.rl.l
tl ¦Hrd
N jve-
TtLKN-V
KinvAun 1.1,1 .¦<
.I,-.NN .>c SON   V--;
Elegant Books for the Holidays '"PHE subscriber is now opening tbe;
JL    largest vari.-iy and mo-n .-l-;;aiil a*-ipriiuti.t uf     i
ANNU.U-S. .Al.nUMS   rHKTS. I
and choice JILLIGJOLS BOOKS ovct brought to lbi,; >
market. '
Havmii; purchtised iheso b.'Ck'. in I.irpe quanlillcp,' .ind many of llni.-i niueh bilnir the usual ralee. we are • pr.-pare.l to f'ell at ItediiceJ Prices ! j
We can ouly refi-r Io a few ;   - 1
Uouien of the Old nod .New Tfrlitmrnt; F.-male foft.s i of vMiirrira. I,crtflet« of .M.niory; Tlu' I'oefs Ollerinp: ; Cif* l.eaTOi of Americ.\n roetry; Vonng Li\dic-' Of!-r- ¦ hn:; Friend.sMp'.i OCeritti,*; llie O'urlaiid; Tokcu ol Friend-^hip; K'eep-ake of Friendship; .^cen^B in the Life of tbo Saviour; Illustratod Ladies' Kocp"ai;r; ¦ G.ild'Ti Kcep.oak.-; k'.-cp.'ake for the Holiday.^, io eplen- , did r.ipier .Macho bindint;; Evenings at D.'uabon'- Mnnnr; Temperance OITeriDg; Cablnetol Modern .\it, I Ibird scrle:-.
.-Vt it il impoasible to glvo an aderiualc idea of our i Etock in ft Fhort advertisement, we respi.elfully iiiriic , pernons wishing lo purcha-o (iOOD DUDK?^, Iroia il..- plaine,«t to the moat eletraht bindinp. at Imw price-, t.i calland examino our a-^snrtraent. a-.tiiring tbem tb.ii HI our BlOcl: lathe largest il i,« the cbeat"-."! lii tb.' ci;v.
From 2uOd  to 3Q00 Vnlumes Juvenile and Suuday Scbool Books always on hand
WM. MUUR.W.
Dec IT North fiueen »t. Lan.
"School booksT"
STAT I ©"n E R ¥ .
'['HE  subseriber  respectfully   iu-
1     f.-.jiii.i the public lbat bo bai .;ou,-tJiilly on hand
1
piRE
Vl iud .^rc
,1   french    li
G>'ods,adapti
.Ma?nifi,-ei:
riaii, and \
i'biin IV.iilt
X.i:\d Ka^ile
lluiieb Val
l.upii.-,. .M.
o-i ..nsbm.
r.ilii. 5lia«
L.T.iCsbau
Frei.eb  < lo
U^.oUeu Fl
Fin- Si'.iek
L'   x  L,   b
L'.hMk.-[-. wu
¦iDd ..Ihvr -\:
N. it -la:
i: S -l.a.l
evlebr,.t.-d li
F   .-^ '.   ;'.
ibe.'li'ck
ALL TIIADI-:. lS-3l.
(5c   LANDELL,   FouilIi
1 "U., an- iiu-.v i-.-eiivi,,-.i I,l'.i.i-.ji ;.!¦.¦ l-.l
>r.di,    ,\l5o.  IJritirli  St.iid-j  and   Iai---y
d to
AUTUMN SALES.
nrf.rad.- isiikv
D.l.: C jlors "Jttiimau t^il'i;
.1.- ^.••'m-:^. idl c..l.-.r.i
rirk.t Ill.cl; <tiki
ern- C l^bnle^.¦ ai-..l De Lalnci
riin'e' ordered Cj'.ijrs
irs all nr-i-.-i-.-!..r.-.
-  in itv.-xt vani-ty.
^. ol tbe u.-.v ..le:.irn«.
Ids, f-r [.all.-'• 1 '.(ir.^
r f'.r ., 1 'ii',i "J'r-.i',;uj;i;^i.
if Black O'^d^
nv jii-i   r,;.l.-(ii-h.d  ib.-ir 't'^cl: cf Cno
,[..-rahle  L.I..T,-   Ti.w..;i,i_--. Siieetiu^'rt,
J.i,. H.oi-.- Fiiriii-liin;: C^.-id-^.
lli.- tiirfiirhi'I i-iii (be be*l terms.
¦-c,;ii depend .111 beiu.; puHi'.i in I'.-ijcu'a
,v.--, a" w.' im|.ort tliem siemi-.miiU iily.
ruciiiariy invito MoreUet-perr u. evamii:.j
Octl-;iTi.;4
TO   -MILLKRS!!!
Having Manufactxired S M L' T    SI A C m .\ iZ S
FOll   THE   LAST   SEVEN    VI:a!;~,
Inow otrei-asupci-ioruitiek', niiich nii,» Ul.l,.T 1111,1 .,-111. u-.-- In.¦11,111 111.1.1 :.iiv .¦, ..,11
. l.iOViuu Strii-t.; :-ly.li|
^,tl n fVtiijs. »¦ :.iii fi.iitii -i!.,, rini,.vu> i.i'iri^
Biovi.it'* IVK. r. i.\5 Fiicro3iv,
PEMOVED lo Xu. Ui K-dcc Si.,
i\j , iK,w,'ii; l-...iii;l. iiii-l l-'.Ub ...i-jLjiite Urowii ^• \ I .,,..i.i,-ii.bia. wluT.. the rr-irriet,.! is enabb-d bv in- ci-iM-,.l r.eihii.-r. iL- .--.:;.ply lbe t;r..wiu- dimiiid fur HOVFll'S INK. v.bieb lU u;J,,-ijiroad reput.iUou bis cre.U.'.i.
il C.-:ni;i:'bod in lh^glvdnp!n.
within si.^ feet of the meter when thc dry-well sorew or ecrep-tap at the bottom of the meter ia out, and to repbice thc screw-tups carefullv when the water in the meter ia regulated.
l.l.leliCel
.• l.f lbe ¦ t(i sav lake-'lbi
any tl.i
th;i:
itJ  uv. r
¦i.'cIU'.
EMLEN   FRANKLIA*,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OJlce in Sonth Duke Street, ttearly opposite
the Farmers Bani.
LanoafllL'r, Nov 20 ^n
ISAAC N. ELLMAKER, ATTORIVEY   AT   I.AW,
Lancaster, Pa.    Offiee with I. E.
HIESTilR, Esij. nearly opposite Hcinllsb'* Drag Btoro East, King Streot.
ly-10
¦..red sH.:ii not be ihjl hi addition to tliL-vari.,U^ ^.i-J. i.; Wr.f ; al-o uiaiiufni-lures Ad.»*1.iv7i\>- I'r^ir^i 1 ¦- I Gla..? aud Ciiina, as well ai
(.Illy is ni-cei.»ary to insure im futun ^  H'uT. Well adapted lor Dru5:,'i*l.ii!,.l L.'lll.i;  /: t low price, in lar^e ot r-mall qumnti.-
Orders luldressed to JuSLIi! F. HO'/;
i     .Mannlaeinrer. No  l+I J?i.-.i Sir-.:  b::w.-.;u ¦ 6',h.oppLi-iieLrown St.. I'hil'a.       Oclober Ij
..y a-a'
.n.
bich he 1-^ prepared   to .-ell. wliulesi tho   meal reasonable rate^     Alsn. a tlrst-rale st'.'Ck c
STAXDAUD ilIISCELLA.\i:OL>i VOOiLS.
ill every variety of biiiding- Uo wonl 1 partieulariy Invito atu-ntiou to his asHon ment of
FANCY AND STAPLE STATIO.N ER^..
Embractiic Fine .Note Taper. Fnvelopos. Sealing "Wa: Mono Wafers rcnkuiveH. rocket Hooka,
IVn Cuttera, HniorScis^f-rs,                         , _ „_,
FIRST RATE CAP AND LETTER PAPEK-1 r
ruled andunruled. and at all prices.   Those who may [ , jVy
favor hirn with a rail may rest ai-eured that hid pricei), i
will bn H" rcafoiiable ai   thojoof any   other houfu tu ¦ <
ty, whilo uo elTorti to pka^o  will be  ipwed onit.  [TWITES    the     alteUtioU     of   ^
l,^ iX t:-!'-       -
JOII.V  A. BAUKJI,
i-J? ^o"ik S,-coud 't..ti'i ,V' Sp/nce, /-:./.' .t'df. Phil:,.lf!,hi-i.
March 10
JOHN W. MECKLEY,
ATTORNEY   AT   LAW.
OFFIOE ¦wllh J. B. Amwake, Eeq , In Somh Queen S:.
LancMter. Dec 25 ly-4
i hia part.
Alao, a complete aafortmpnt f.f
I CHEAP PUUHCATI0N3,
I leagasIncB, Weekly Tapers, kz . kc.
1 AKTHLR MALLON,
I     F.ast King Streot, opposite John N. Lano's atoro.
!       Bcpt 10 ly-41
j Safe Harbor and Lancaster Mall Stage.
_ -ok 1.1 ail  kin.ls lit FL!::
.r. ^, I rilK. e,->i.M-lin^'in part e.f Dre.'aii'- lline.i t: ['liiiu Hun-aii-. Cbaira ar,il ^,>ra% of ev-,-rv .! ", C.-ipli'Ti t'-fkTablea Ccuiru Tablea, ir.'.i ~.   |.l,.u Tablea, .Ve.
<  ,     N    B—Wardrobes. Iledftead.l   and  .^nn
oflbe lHt,;it 'tyle-;   Looking Cla-se-- a-;,! I;
I ("a=eB. all of which will be  sold '.m   U>.-  v
i reu-ouableternia. «|.p[ ;; —)v-;
Poii.Ti:rs' j.&8{ou4'«oi:y.
-j
DR. S. WELCWAXiS,
l(yi|^©li@!M   ©IIMTiiaT
OFPICB—In Kramph's BuUdlug,
NOUTHEAST CORNKK OP
Orange antl A'ortU Quecn Sts,,
LANCASTtll, Pa, July 30 ly-36
la^HE  Safe Harbor   Stage leaves    i LCOUo£suhibTe bHVni;,i.t^
II iiillN OHIF.-'EN, I      IJ-^L Ui.L^ or i-.\.\i THKN I- — J.-i- '   ' '-   -'•¦'-¦ —
nor C-1.301
CH.S.:^. W. .MJUHi3.
rr/^nriet.irs,
Burulu^- fluid. lliL.-i
Alarge assortment of Hogshead and oAIlREL POLES; also, an asBortment of 8UTM and Heading, for 8al» at DAVID HAERYS' Commission WarehouES, Marietta. Dec &-~St*«l
JUST RE CE I VED.—A large pupply of HUNT'S Id NIMF.NT. a certain cum ior Hheumatism, tore Throat, Affections of tho Spine. Nerrous diaeaaes, Weaknep-c. Salt HhBum, fcc. For salfi by tha doien or ainzla bottle, at
' JOHN F. LONG'S
Dmg * ChMnlcal Btora, No. 3, N. Quoen nt. Nov 10 tMl
SpirUsTurpeiitin.'.Veniei- llir _i Copal Var:il>b..f ever>-d.'.on
¦ Japan and Shell.n Iron. Leatber Guu;
....rn.-
' V I
irh,
Brush .^ alaully
r'.-. Whip .Ma
1 Hand ;
i I-u.
at th,. I. MS'.
iH.Ll-
&S1 NOUTH FKONrSTKfc-KT. I'I N-B.-Ordiri-wi;! bereeeiveJat Nte -if \;.ir above Slh. at 52 N. S-cond Sl .ubo»e CJ.ri-ti chui.b and at my re^idoaco, 3';ej Kaco utrea. „__,.,
OotS am 45] -I- A   V-jUXECS.