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BY 7DITH MAY.
From the SalUmore Weekly Sun. <•
The farm-gale clanged apon lhe Jasi depart¬ ing fooiaieps, and the house was all quiet now. Paul aat in the roomy parlor, hia table drawn close to lhe hearth, paperand pencil before him, and his spaniel. Rosa, dozing upon his knees.— He sketched rapidly, completing nothing, and passiDg, without pause for thought, from one aubject to another. The paper was soon filled with outlined pictures—marshes, dark, grassy, and full of pools bustling with dead frees, where tiny, malicious imps eat astride uponthe lazy fioating limber, and brandished aloft their danc ing torches; lakea, with naiad heads blooming through the water lilies; harps hung upon (reea, that wild fiying figures brushed with their gar¬ ments in passing; end last, a woman's head and bust. This hejdweft upon. The face was reg¬ ular ; the bair swept behind the ears and knott¬ ed low upon the neck. Over the perfect half moon of the iorehead he drew a crescent, and slung a bow and quiver across the shoulder. It was Diana, but he wrote beneaih it—Elinor.
Now he lifted his head and glanced lon-ard the uncurtained window, where a lull auiumn moon showered in rays that looked almost green in contrast wiih ihe firelight—now watched the fibadowsofa broadpairof antlera hung above the door, widened and embracing ali the room and shrinking back like the feelers of a snaiL— Now he drew through his fingers ihe long ears of fais favorite, Rosa. His hands and wrists were thin, and aa he eat erect lieiening to a aound wilhout, you could see that bie figure waa wast¬ ed nnd almost deformed. He had brown hair, i^oft and curling, and his eyes were a very light blue, rather fine, and peculiar in their eiprea sion.
A gun waa lired withoui. Thai must be Ed ward. The day's hunt was over, and he would come in and change his hunling coat and heavy boots, and be off with the rest lo the merry making—lho ruetic bali. Yes—the prince of them all, the best hunter, the best rider, the boldest, ihc .'(trongestl—how they would wel¬ come him, and she too.' Oh for strength to go (here and face them all, and at least not give her up without a .t(rug^/e .' What contempti bte folly <
And in c&me the elder brother, hia hounds with him. They stretched themselves upon the hearth, iheir tawny ears sweeping (he carpet iheir liquid pensive eyes fixed upon the blaze— Roaa atirred upon her maater's knee and nestled closer,
Noi a word was exchanged by the brothers. Edward stood—his forehead resting npon hia right arm, that lay along the manlel-shelf— pushing the brands back and forlh witb the toe of hifl rough booi. Then he lifted his head and contemptuously watched Paul, wbo, pencil in hand, worked at hia unfinished outlines.
He paced the room, paused by the window and looked out inio ihe raooniight, drummed with hie fingers upon thc pane, and then saun¬ tered back to his place by the chimney. Rosa, meanwhile, had jumped from her master's knee, and lay betweeu the fore-paws of ono of the hounds, roiling on her back ond biting playfully at his muzzle. He bore it with the dignity ofa powerful anima]—his head raised, his steady eyes bent upon tho fire. "Little beast'" said Edward, kicking her away. Paul whistled her from the room, closed the door quietly, and reiurned.
He glanced over the table he had left, on lhe floor beneaih, and walked again toward the door. He waa looking for his paper. *' Here it is," said Edward. Faul took it from his hands. The Diana was torn off, and Edward stood laughing and watching him. *' Give it back," said Paul. He never looked up, nor frowned, nor was there anyihing threatening in hia voice. " No indeed," said Edward, ** I shall value it- Il''8 a capital likeness, though why you have perched a moon over her head ia more than 1 can tell. A roae would have beon much more natural, for I've often dressed her hair with flowers myself. But I am an ignorant fellow, only good at hunting, and wrestling, and riding, nnd no geniua." "That's very true," said Paul, "but 1 will have my drawing, ifyou pleaso." '* I'll show it to Nell firat," said Ed¬ ward, with an angry look ; "it would'nt be fair not todo that.and she'll like to see ii." "Take care, Edward." "Don't be a fool. Paul! We have played that game before. Keep yonr hands quiet, or I'll hold thom for you." " Go your way, Edward,and-ril go mine—give me back my own." "Your own? What are you doing with her picture—NeU'e? Keep off ?— Do you wish me to snap your miserable body acroaa my knee ?" He was making for (he door, when Paul leaped up and seized him with both hands by the ihroai. H« clung tfaere for a minute only; the strong man had untwisted his feeblo hold and bent his yielding arms be¬ hind him. He held him so for a tew minutes, decisively, and then, whh a slight blow upon the cheek, and a fling, sent him reeling to the floor, and passed from the room, shutting the door noisily.
Paul did not move. He heard lhe boards creek under his brother's tread in the room over. heod; he heard him descend, open the hall door, go out, and swing the farm gate after. He scarce* ly noticed. The roar of a cataract vras in his ears, and the floor aeemed heaving like an ocean. Every click of the great clock upon the mantel¬ shelf was like the blow ofa hatchet upon his brain. He had played that game before. Aye, when lhey wera boya ; when Edward wrung the necks ofhis pet doves; flung to the pointers his liiilu tame squirrel, that favorite rose tree ; op¬ pressed, reviled, ridiculed him. But when ihey reached manhood the younger brother's con- lempinous endurance imposed upon the elder.— He was ashamed of violence. But he i/aa not ashamed to parade before ¦ the sickly youtli his fine peraon, his remarkable physical slrength ; to crush him with these advantages; to presume upon his father's partiality, his sis¬ ter's proud admiration. She was gonc to whom Paul had crept in his boyhood ; in whose gar¬ ments he had not been ashamed lo hide his face and weep—the plain mother, immersed in her homely household cares, yet cherishing the youngest and frailest, standing beiween him and Edward's ppite, and hoarding her little spare money to buy him luxuries. There was anoth¬ er, too, who LMiiie 10 hia bedside, bearing the odorol woods and fields in her cool garments; who brought him a.e early spring flowers ; who knelt beaide him when he drew, watching his pencil; who told him beautiful wild Irish legends; who sang him sweet Irish ballads. Her name' was Elinor. Once, he remembered, when he had painted the picturea in Edward's fairy book. I ahe had stood between him and ihe wrath to come, taking upon herself, with moie Reneros-' ity than truth, the full measure of blame. She loved Edward too. She followed him when he wentout with his gun and dogs ; she rode the wildest ol the colla wiih him, and lhey were eometimes gone all day, riding or walking. He carried her in his arms across the brookS; leas her humor was to ford them barefoot; and wben her wild black irdsBes fell glisteDing about her shoulders, he was free to tuck them up again. All this like a dream, kept Bwinging in and out of Paul's giddy brain. Preaently he heard a acraich and a short bark af tfae'door, and as he dreamily arose and opened it the blood came back lo his face and temples. Rosa, was fawning upon him, but he did not notice her.— Again he hung upon Edward's ihroat—again his arms were bent behind him. He felt again the blow upon his cheek, and stamped bo suddenly and loudly thatthe hounds atarted growling from thehcarth they alept by. He left the room, and his slow step sounded up the staircaaff. Ho cama down soon, cloaked and capped, and step- ping whhoul paasrd in the broad moonlight down tho open road. He left this soon for aby- path that ran cloae along the brink of a smftll ¦tream. Thistles clambered the bank abore an'd the wind that blew throngh them, aent the lit|le'whitf:witches dancing in the'rooonlighl be. fore himi; It had been a:warih antmnn. Tha fern wft» were sim.bleaded, greeir and yoHowi Tlie red ,«n4 gold ofthe maple and UiecTilay vi^d .olongt^^bi*. path, but some of., theae: will he^l their aimuaerverdiiie. Howdgrk the hilla;- muffled indc^hSnil'Kk forests; itood uniefowf
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The lapping and rippling.of the water; indjfic flop of the ;nightJwind.;oi«'n?* Jiia; forehead quieted him'. He waa not often out.at tliia honr> Hia old oddAhciea oyertook hini, .^d he .wal^./j ed on, conversing with themi and imagining the jagged stuihps, and rocks, .and, bushes Jhiq all kjbds; of fantastic apporitionai Soon the; tree topa met above him, ihe way grew iqagh, and he attimbied in the dark over.Ioga and oat-spread clutching roots;; It wm Jonsfbefore he came out into the opeanightV Heaiopped.-at the edge of | the wood and looked down the yaUey. Straight ahosd a red; light was glimmering." It shone from a farm houae aome distance beyond. He dragged his Ijmtia very languidly alonj; the path that led to it, passed siiealthily into tho yard and beneath the lighted window. It was quite low, and folding hia arms upon the sill he looked io. Yea, Etfward waa there. Neither he nor Elinor had gone to the merry-making. They eat to¬ gether before a table on wbich the light waa burning. She had some coarse sewing in her hatids, but they dropped conatantly idle inio her lap, for Elinor managed thc rough farm ,coIta, th^ she could ride and break, more, skillfully by far than her needle. Edward was still iri his hunting coat. He knew well how handsomo he looked in (hat. Tho trap of the.game-bag lay like a soldier's sash across his hrbid chest, and the bright handle of a huminglknife-gleam¬ ed in his boflom.. Two <jr three brace of pheaa- ania lay iu a glossy heap, beeide him. He'was leaning forward, and the light fell transversely across his curled hair and golden brown beard, lhat grew profusely upon his upper lip. Those eyes of his thai could glare fury upon Paul,— and fiendiah is the rage of a blue eye—how changed lhey were! He was restless, aa usual, even there. He rose and paced the room, paua¬ ed by the hearth and turned over with his boot the; burning logs; paused by Elinor, amoothing down her black locks with his hand, and tben came back to his old place again. At last he took somethiog from hia bosom and laid it be* forq her. It was a torn scrap ol paper, and Eli norbent her head a long while over it, bot Ed- wori leaned back iu his chair and Iaughed-»a loud, insulting laugh—as if he had known tb&t Paul was near to him. He held out his hand for ft, but Elinor shook faer head. Thenhe tried to force open her fingers—ahe only laughed at tbat; but when he caught her in bis arms, and swbaring he would hai^e the wonh of it, kissed her. her quick Irish blood mounted to her face, and drawing back a litlie, and lifting her hand, ahe^ siruck him with ita open palm across the mouth. It was a slight blow, but he staggered back. She caught up the light and slipped into another room, locking the door and leaving him to leel hia way out as besi aahe might.
He came out swearing, and Paul fled before ; him as softly and speedily as he could, but hia brother heard the footsteps and followed faat.— He kept among the shadows on the roadside.— The old fear ot Edward was upon him, and he glanced this way and (hat as he hurried, for a hiding place, but there was none, and he almost ran uotil he gained the wood. Just then Ed¬ ward saw him in the moonlight, and shouted.— Through the wood lhey went, the leaves crack- Img under their feet, Paul stumbling, falling and rising. Once he asked himself what could Edward do, and half resolved to stop, and face him. But fear plucked him on, at the sound of the fast coming footsteps. He felt like a child flying from hia boy tyrant. His knees were bending under him, and he could now hear Ed¬ ward's heavy breathing. They came lo an open space.
The brook passed there. A log bridge, mos¬ sy and whh weeds growing in the crevices, lay acrosa u. The banks on either side sloped down, green and spring-like, and the moon shone brightly on the water. On the near aide ofthe brook was a rich bed of fern, verdant as in sum¬ mer. It was here that Paul felt his brother's hand upon his shoulder. "You eaves-drop- per," said Edward, panting, not with fatigue, but with ahame and rage. He held Paiti by the arm;and shook him violently. " Keep off!" said Paul, fiercely. " What, You've not had enoDgh of it 1 You pitiful' scoundrel! It was like you to do it—u was like you, Paul, listen¬ ing at lho farm window," and ho set bis heel upon Paul's foot and ground it inlo the sod in his exasperation. "Go lie among the snakes in the brook," ho^eaid, catching him in hia arma ; * 'I'll hold you under the water till you pray for pardon." And now there waa a etrug gle. Twiaiing in each others arms, bending backward and forward from side to side, nearer the brook, nearer, their feet denting the fresh sod, Ihey wrestled in perfect silence, save now end then an oath from Edward or a deep groan from Paul. Edward's foot plashed into the brook's edge, and he dragged hia brother irre sistibly with him, and bent him backwards-to¬ warda the water. It was then that the moon¬ light leapt upon the handle ofthe hunting knife thrusl into Edward'e bosom, Paul saw ii, ai^, juat'aa his foot slipped beneath him, seized it and airuck with both hands, and the brothers fell heavily back upon the sod.
Paul staggered to hia feet. All provocations were forgotten now. "Edward !" he shouted, "Great God! Edward!" He'sioopod. The knife was buried almost to the hilt. Ashe laid his hand upon it, Edward unclosed hia eyea.— Wait," he said, " unlil I have apoken—mur- derir !" Paul shuddered and atood up. "Oh, don't say that Edward, dear broiher ! Almigh¬ ty God, help us !" His brother had fallen into the thick bed of fern, aud the fern leaves roae fluttering and beckoning around htm. One hand rested upon the hilt of the knife in fata boaom, and^ the other was lifted slowly. *' Huafa,faypo- crite," he said, "huah, liar! You have way¬ laid and ihurdered me like an assassin, 88 you are," he continued, drawing his breath hard.— " You came out for that to-night,—you know you did—and yuu are going lo stow me away in iome cranny in the wood. But mind, Paul, you'll be found out yet, though there be' only one of these fern leaves left to bear witness against you." The lifted arm fell stiffly back, and while Paul stood over him in dizzy terror, he died.
Oh, Cain, behold thy .brother ! Oh miserable man! What if when youth and health rose higb, he did oppress thee ? What if he had plucked at thy very being? Aretha beautiful to die for such aa thee ? The curly heap that has nestled againat thy mother's boaom, that ihy faiher's hand has pressed in benediction! Down, fratricide, with thy lace to the earth!
And BO he fell, headlong ; then sudden" rose andcrept beside the dead, and questioned the mule pulses. Then moaned and wept. Then rose, dashing his frantic arms aloft, and scream¬ ing, " Edward! Edward •" lill he was hoarse, andsick, and giddy. Then he sank stupidly down, hiding his faca in his hands, trying to re calltho whole miserable evening, and saying again and again, Edward's dying words—as if. there were any danger of forgeiting them I— Hide him in aome cranny of the woods! Oh, no! The day ahould find them togelher. He thought of hearing the first step, the cry of ter¬ ror, the breathless questioning, the shout of murder—murder!" and he felt the strong hand laid upon his collar. How lhey would throng around him with horror and diabelief painted upon their faces. -Elinor, too—he went on through all the'endless, horrid details. Should he draw the knife froni that bloody bosom, and cut bis soul loose from all this misery? Oh, eternal God, ho feared yoa more than the world's scorn and hate, andahamefalpunishment. -"Ofa, Edward—Edward! Dearest-brother! Is it poBjljlo ? Can it be possible ? Help me, great ^od-oh, help me, help me!" Hie Ihnbs were geumg numb and chill, and a horrid¦drowameBs crept over him. He rested hia forehead upon hw knees, claapiag his arms around ihem.- When he looked up sometime after, tfae stars were faling overhead. Tfae moon had gone down long ago.
Then his resolution b.gau to waver. Then he atarted at every rustle in the leaves; and wae faia to.put off the fetal hour of discovery. Then fae walked about irresolute, and stood upon tfae bridge, lookm^.up.,the patfa both waya, and lis- tened. He grew.'desperate as the dawn advan- ced, and horrb'r'bfthb critne fast gave way to fear or d'etectibh: ¦Wbai if he were to hide the body a little ^hilo*; aitd thm git home and thinM It would be Waaler to givo-himself up to the magUtraWthan to bedragged before hiia by the hooting crowd,". Ajui^: at Jfli?;hftJ*80l^ and taking the corpse beq«.Btii'the efaoalderf * ^he half carried, half drt^ged it tfaiongbVt^^^^^ Midway doini .a laviM/ch^^^ and Iow:baaTies,'he iirewit*t6'the/nw4th. tif a apitU'caVe, or.raihor deep clofu";-He'laid'the' bodywithfarMmpo8lnitfie'Umbfl/'a^^^ Jiri^ l^rtfl VeriMffi the ^OTfn ih^syelidJi^ifod jplaced'a imal^flki sum^ on '•Mh; ^S^ell'hfcl^aVhow ihoffii fca^^
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Xt was nciou-when he w;aB awakened by his giswf.Margaret^ ,. She-came to aak if he was illj an4if"he woiiid'.take a.'cup.oftea^ He said "NJo.M Theh:8hoaakea:if Edward had return, edrtha evening before.: '"Yes,wid had gone outagaiV Yes. It was strange he did not come back.'.' .He turned from her.ftnd the hedvy Bleep again fell upon him. Thirsiy and .buniing faot'he awoke thd second time. It w.as evening; he dreased, hastily and crept, down ataira. Margaret and her' faiher were at the sapper table. He *at dnwif with them, and drahk greedily of the tea hia aister poared for hini. There Was a loud ringing or rather tolling in ^is ears, and he moved and epoke like one in,{ adteam, hisovva voice sounding strange abd far awiy. They were getting very uneasy about Ed^vard, doobly so since" they faad'found fais guri atanding behind hia chamber door. He wai not hunling, tfaen. Wfaere could he be?— "¦Vrhere, in God's name !" said the old man at last. ¦ They looked over his clothes. All waa as usual—not an article had been taken. They sent one of the men to Elinor, andjearned lhat he had been wilh her the ovening before.. They would wait till Ihe next morning, and theni if: he should still he missing, rouse, the couutry and search for him.
Miserable night! it came agaiii. He kept a light burning and paced his room, back ahd forth, back and forth—ihen stopped and ihoughi how that might tell againsi him. There wasa phial of laudanum upon his table. He dropped it mochanicfllly but without counting, drank, andcrept to bed. But ihe opisle only aiariled liisiorpid mind into action. Tfaoogfat upon ifaought rushed through his brain. Frora The luniult of his agony with tfae terrible and the sad, came absurd, degrading fancies, tfadt he strove to put away from faim, and for wbicfa fae hated himself. He began to count the ticking of his watcfa, and, a liitle while after, aiarted with the conscioupneaa that he had lot go, he knew not how nor when, of that cable and was drifted nut, into a sea of Anguish and mad tor¬ tured fancies. Now faces approacfaed faim and withdrew, serpents whirled flaming through the air,and innumerable eyes were watching faim. Strange faeraldic devices, green, crlmsoh, and gold, .were blazoned upon the darkness; and with these lighting him, he went down into the Hadea,the lerriole Hell of Sleep. He waa near (he brink of a great cataract, clinging to a alight plant that loosened in the rocks }t grew be¬ tweeu. Just beyond him, pawing, pawing against the swift current was a cat, an animal fae had ever held in great aversion, her green, glas¬ sy eyes wild with fear and rage. He watched the reed lest it should break, and he watcfaed her lest sfae should reach hini and sink her ex¬ tended claw.s into his garments. Then he pass cd before ibe wide hitcfaen hearth, lighted by a roaring fire, and, lo a semicircle of skeletons, in ridiculous, grotesque attitudes, were ranged in llie low-backed wooden chairs oround it, with glass in hand, carousing. But the most terrible of all was a dream tliat he had of a mighty noise--aimply lhat—a aound so tremen¬ doua, 80 overpowering, that it seemed to fill tbe universe. It was the firat-craah of the thunder bolt continued, increasing; not diminishing, a dreadful volume, an atmosphere of pealing sound, above, below, everywhere. He burst away from his intoleroble torture all bathed in icy sweat and breathless. He ihought once that he walked through the wood by moonlight, the fern leaves beckoning and fluttering around him' all the way and that fae drew that body from its secret nook and bore it home and laid it in the midst of them, and said "twas I, I did it." A great stone seemed rolled from his heart and he woke laughing histerically. So over and over again till moniinff.
T^ey went out early to search the wood. He could not stay ai home. No, he must follow and waicfa them. Wfaen they came td the bridge, Elinor stood beyond. Her garmenta trailed over the bed of fern where her lover had lain. Could she stand there and not feel it 1 Could sfae look at those beckoning leavea—the wind blew them all toward tfae ravine and thither, like fingers; tfaey seemed pointing—could sfae look and not understand tbeir mystic language ? He kept beside faer. He was most afraid ofher. Up the piled rocks she clomb and peered be¬ tween iheir crevices; into the hollow she drop¬ ped from tfae steep banks above loose slones and broken twiggs clattering after her. Sfae weiit down that very cave. Rosa put her noae to the crevices and scratched and snuffed. It waa a ground squirrel, no doubt that afae waa af¬ ter. The hounds were in another part of the wood.
It waa evening. Sploafaes.of sunshine lay fading upon tree trunks and upon the brown fioor oftbe wood. Darkness seemed welling from the earth, filling the clifta between the hilLa and all deep places. The air was full of mist, and from wasting leaf and weed arose ihe sickly odor peculiar to an auiumn night—the odor ofdeath and decay. Elinor knelt upon the mossy rocks and looked into »he ravine. The hope thai had hitherto shone fitfully wjibin her eyea was ex¬ tinguished. And now the eager, active nature 4ha( had labored in faer aervice turned upon her. Witfa shrieks, moans and cries she flung herself upon the earth. She scoffed ai the name of hope. No, he was gone—^rone—oh, word ot terror and anguish. Paul groaned too. He faad acled hia part all day with strange calmness and hardueaa, the dullness oftho opiate still resting like a low fog upon fais senses, but at her firat sharp cry they siarted up watchful and aghast. - Paul," she said, rising and grasping him by the wriai^ and he shrank from faer,' • my very eoul tells me he ia dead, and look you, I do not waste my breaih in praying that God will send him back smiling and liviog. I only ask, I only pray," vehemently lifting her arms and stretching them towards heaven " that I may look on faim once more." "Grant it! grant it!" clasping her handa and wringing them bard. " Be compas¬ sionate, God! Yes, I must see him onco raore ! Tes wa parted in anger. Oh, Edward, Edward, I say, rise up—come for I cannot bear it ?" Sfae stamped upon the hollow ground. Shall the eanh yawn and give up her secret I "Oh come away, Elinor. Thia ia a iearful place, and the accursed night ia close upon ua."
What a sweet October afternoon and wbat a gentle peaceful landscape. Here stood the old farm-house in which-wefirst saw Paul; butan- other dwelling has replaced it. The country around faas changed itfl choracter. The roads are wide and smooth, tho meadows like velvet, and only a few groves stand on the once thickly wooded hills. Undertfaese.lhe cattle are gazing. " The cattlo on a thousand hills." For the in¬ numerable hills Bland shouldering each otfaer, and making a giant ring around the valley. On the green before the house, children are playing with a spaniel that looks mucfa like Rosa,, hut Rosa must be dead, long ago^ Their mother sits on the low, piazza and watchea thera v^ith her hands dropped upon the work in her lap. An old habit, Elinor! 'Time faas dealt with,you more harafaly ifaan witfa him wfao sits yonder in fais arm chair juat" wiifain tho door. Ho has a book in his hand, but he is not reading. Heis writing—no, sketching, upon a blank leaf. It ia someihing fae has aketcfaed a tfaousand tiines before. A brook, a log bridge crossing iiand lying close to the water; a bed of fern, long, narrow and shaped aliSaost like a coffin. When tfalis is finished fae 'ruba 'it out and hastily dlances' aroiind him.
' How he has prospered. He has flonrisfaed like tfae green bay tree. Wife, cbildren, weaftb and honora are hi^. Yoa' think God has rewarded him strangely for faia evil deed. Ask him.- Has fae oyer lifted thecup or the viand to hia lip, haa he ever lain down to his nightly reet or rlaen tb his daily, labor forgetful ? Ask him if a Mow anda curse froiaEdward would not beaneeter tfaan ifae loverwprda of hia .wife or the careaaes of bia children,;. His ^yeq. ore .languid > And thoughtful bat.TiQ. guilt 12 written pa hia brow^ Remorae faaa fed uppn bis faeartand not eaten iis way oiiiward/, .        :;;
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ihelr way ib'school.' At first he hai BtVeialied fbrth-his hand to pluck hack ^all thoee whoso ate^s turned towards it; hut time brought aecu¬ rity. Thinking of thia.ledhU Ihoughta to the day when, Elinor'and he aearched-.aU iiamaaes together.^ How muchfaadhappeliedeince.then. If, when Edward lay dead at his feet,'^ome bne endowed with supernaturaljpbwere had stepped near and show-n faim>ll the fature, faow he wonld ^a^Bcbrned prophet and prophesy. Thationely nigk^heni glowing'vnth peniienciB abdgener- oWresolve, be" expected the law*fl.penalty, he litrie thouglit ihat'mWing'wbuld'fibd crimfnali dragging hisbrolheVebody througfa the wood arid quaikingWith fear lest someone shbiild draw nigh ere faff had secreted the darob eloquent witness of his crime,- How had he d»ed to wed EdWd'fl affianced wife? Not until year;pfter year had passed, briiiging the old wish and re concilinghim to its presence. Not by word or look, it is true, had he tried'io win her, but she hadjalwaya loved him next to Edward, and when Edwaird had been dead many yeart, iind her heart was fairly his, Paul had not'strerigth.enough lo repulse it. He faad at first looked upon" a'mar¬ riage with Elinor as one of life's impossibilities, sd impossible thai to resolve against it would be absurd ; then he did reaolve and then the dally besieging of small temptations overcame his resolution. .
What is it the wind blows acrosa tfae piazza towards faim? Something light and capricious that whiria and waltzes in tfae air, advancing and i'etrbating and finally fiuttering- lo.his feet. It lies there, green and graceful, tfae court plume ofan elf. He ihrusis it out with faia boot and it flies back again. He stoopB, lifts it wiifa.a shiver —the wind blows so coldly now—carries it aome distanco and ibrowa it far off on the lawn. .He does not know lhat it [a at hia heels when he turns. It drifts before faim when he atepa upon the piazza, and lies beiween himand hia thresh¬ old.
«Did he believe it a token from the. dead, tfae accuser corae at last ? Wfay it was only a greenj fern leaf tfaat his  liltle Nell faad shaken from
her apron, ond that a perverse wind had fluiig afler faim.
"Thougfa there be only one of these fern leavea to bear wimess againat you."
He aat down upon the low piazza step trem bling and wiping away the drops collected upon fais furchead and quivering upper lip. AU na¬ ture seemed menacing faim. He waa getting weary, unutterably weary ofifae heavy crosa he faad taken upon his sfaouldera. Could no human being bear its weight for him a little while, so thathe might for no matter how short a space of time breathe and think wiihout; so that he raighi calmly look upon himself and judge for himself as for another! He would soon be an old man—an old raan—must he go down to the grave with his miserable secret dormant in hia shroud, and ahould it He tbere with him acd quicken with him on the great day ?
Soft arms were fastened about his neck, and " Mother says come rigfat in," eaid his favoriie little Nell, lolling over his shoulder. He turned hia cheek againat her bosom and groaned, " Oh, little Nell, to be like thee !" He went lo his study, not lo the pleaaant room where, in the twilight, Elinor sat laughing and playing wiih her children. He would oot come lo tea, and they all kepi away when they heard bim pacing up and down, for tfaey knew that father had one ofhis *' nervous attacks," and must not be dis¬ turbed.
He was there until vory late. Elinor came lo the door sometimes and liatened, and then wenl back on tip-loe to her chamber. Could she have guessed ! Yea, hia brother's voice was calling him loudly and sternly. Tfae memory ot hia crime, that faad lain eo long like a cold and heavy corpse across his heart, had quickened and risen up, threatening and terrible. Tbat Paul's was a nervous, timid, and morbid nature the reader already knows. Fear, remorse, and great horror, were tearing his heart like lions. Had he atood alone in the world, he wonld not have heaitaied now, for fae faad grown quile callous about himself; but oh, for the dear, ten¬ der hearts that would be anguished, for the in¬ nocent heads that would be bowed down faorrified ahame! As if the crime was not enough, why, in God's name, hnd he cast this net about him! Suppose he wished to do tbe right, simply the right, was fae justified in forc¬ ing them to share his .;\dni8bmeni—in branding his whole race, nis children andhis children's cfaildren, witfa tfae red impresa of fais guilt? Aak Elinor?—confess all to faer? Horror! What fiend had whiapered ao insane a ihoughi ? He drove it away quickly.
However, he aid put the question to her the next morning carelessly, as if supposing a case, and she answered wilh her wonted impetuoflity, "Ofa, Paul, ahould not the right-always be done ? Let the man purge faie conscience by confession, and meek endurance of tfae law's penalty, and trust God forthe rest," So be it, Ehnor! He put botfa arras around faer neck, and kiesed her on each cheek. She carae out into the hall and faelped him on with faie great coat, and stood at the door looking after him aa he went airaight down tfae road to the nearest magia traie's.
Early the next morning a band of men, two of whom bore a coffin, went into tfae lonely tan¬ gled wood, and carae fortfa again still carrying It between tfaem. It aeemed Bcarcoly heavier. Their faces w6re all grave and sad, for ihoogh Paul was a rich mau and a mark for envy, bit sweeineas, humility, imd tender charities had mado him dear to all.
How bore fae lhat firsl waking in his felons' cell, if indeed, sleep came to comfort faira ?— Tfae confidence, the energy, lhe first almost vo luptuoua sense of freedom; of relief—all these were worn out, now giving place to doubt, dis irust, and at last great agony of spirit. Elinor —Elinor! Paul did not think of himself. The master pasaion of faia life, intense, overpowering love lor her—the generoua, warm-hearied wife —had thruat aside hia natural cowardice.
Some time faad been required for Elinor to believe, to realize all, so monstroua did the ato¬ ry aeem. The night faad passed over her first insanity of grief, and now the cold light of early day came whitening ihrough faer bowed shut ters. She loy exausted.upon her bed,faer hands clasped across faer forehead, her swollen eyelids closed. Was Bhe thinking of Edward ? Had the long buried love oi her youth, thus rudely evoked, rising before her in all the bloom and warmih of early beauty, or mayhap, "with eyes like the eyes ofa fresh corpse, whicfa no belov¬ ed hand has closed." Ah, no ! the girlish dream, the brighi enchantment, lhe rosy cloud picture, stood far away, but Paul seeraed stand' ing v^ith her amid these flames of martyrdom, her faand in hia; sbe never ihought lo pluck it from faim. She hai loved Edward for his beau- ty, Btrength, courage, and love for her. To Paul'a soul, her very eoul waa knit. She wor¬ shipped faer fausband for hia genius, or for that wfaicfa was near akin to genius—for tfaose love able and more delicate qualiticB of ihe heart wbich are co-exialent with genius,as waterflow- ing near veins ofgold is Baid_ to be Bupremely pure and bright; and she lovingly excused that timidity which was, iii her eyes, her sole defect; believing it to be merely thbgro.wih ofphyaical weaknesa. She waa going thrqugh the past, She was thinking how lie. faadsufie^eii thia longi long time, Tfae secret of how many a,word and look was.now revealed. And wfaile ehe thought. dwelling with ogoLi'zed pity upon Ai« torturesi ftfi reinorse—the royalpart of a^wbman'a na¬ ture rose eager'ahdvigbrbua withiri her. .What, lie there, uselessly harrowing her soul, absorb¬ ed in fruitloBs sorrow, whil6 he was fainting for help and comfort ? She bathed her heavy oyes, amooihed ber hair, and carefully wranged her| dress. She was not going to wmiiid him of fter grief,'Ac anguiah, but to,beguile faim from his own. ;   '"'
;* And day qfterday, heedless,of curioua^.eyeB, feeling ao if her greal.sprrpw, like a. raotirner'a veil, hung sacredly aroimd her, ah'e weo^bBsxipg strength and comfort to ttie broken spirit that leaned'upon her: She; cpnaulted' with - P'anro iawyon, afae waanear toaidiim in that minate and harrowing. cpufesBiaita.ofrgaUtiwlucfa else he conld not Jiaye.endi^red..;,'SbB stood besidfl.him -^flhe'.'EHhbr, Odm 80 prpndJatUllrojjrphdi^-da- rin^fllltho fearfnl^hli- Th$."Votdipt-Wrftf^«rt'
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iomi6iWdn>^ioKriio*liad.prbmiaed!io e^^ for iiio;in the.village. :;With aiTlnjunctibn. to touch the cradIo.v?hen the baby woke, she de¬ parted,.leaving,me prond ofmy now employ: ment, .and lulled by.past immunity imp a state, of fatal security. .
: yfith one eye on .my book, and the other oh tiie cradle, Uke;a faithful watch-dog. i l.iBlened to the retreating fooifoll that shbuld have ^^m^ ed me.'but.did not, "to look but for .squalla.V I bad no ideaof the awful reapoasibility which I had takehupoa myself, brl shouldha.v6 Bfaronk from it, as a (at dqes-froin water, or a mastiflf firom a cfaurning mach.ihe, - In fact, Irather^pua- pect Ifelt in a trifling decreeambitibus'th'at ba¬ by shbuld open one .eyer-only one—that I might hB:ve the pleastre of abutting it again. Unwary mortal I How litlie do we know wfaeii we are well off!, Aly ambition was but too apon to be gratifie4; X faad yet to leani by bitter experience how weary ia the lot of tfaose who—tend on babies.
I wonder whether infants are cohsctoua in their sleep of tfaeir mother's abaence, and know that an opportunity has "arrived for "cutting up their diddee?"
The baby, over whoae slumbers I faad becorae tfae guardian genua, how the flies pitched into its.nose !—was as sound.asleep aa any baby could be when its mother departed; but no sooner had her shadow, faded from the room than symptoms of wakefulness began to appear.— First came a sigh, tfaen a chuckle, that said as plain aa chuckle, could say, " Now for some fun;" then one eye opened, and sfaut, and then bolh began peeping about, till the head seemed inclined to bob off the pillow.
I felt a little nervoua at these symptoma—only a lillle. " Pofa!" said I lo myself,' ".a roll or two of the cradle will aoon settle your buaineaa, youngster."
But it did not. Baby was bound to have a spree. It knew that "ita mother was out."— Tfaat big, bothersome blue-bottle fly, loo, tired ot walcfaing for the ship over the clock face, started on a voyage of discovery on its own ac¬ count, and the first promontory which it reached was the nose of the baby, a tempiipg apot, upon which it landed for rehreslimems, buzzing most villainously ae it did so. It was atickliah land¬ ing, however, and baby soon drove it off with a sneeze that aatonisfaed its nerves, and mine, loo, more tfaan the fly's; for the fiy was accuatomed 10 lickltah aituaiions, which I was not. Baby was thoroughly roused. Up went its round, chubby arm ; bui a rock of the cradle coon sent that back 10 its place. I did rock tfaat cradle beautifully. The little head rolled to and fro oa if it had been fastened on by. a toy mandarin's neck. I could not help admiring myself for lhe way in whicff I did it, and I'm sure any reasonable baby woutd have gone to sleep again, f only for compliment's sake; but the baby in the cradle didn't. Tfae moment tfae rocking ceased, up popped tfae little head, like Judy's in the ahow, wilh a small peevish cry. Thalcry ! it w»s llJto the "fizzing of the iuse" oi a pow- der magazine, sure lo end in explosion.
Were you ever roused in the middle of the ight by the maid-of-ail-work coming in her slippers and night-cap, lo inform you that the houae was on fire ? Did you ever sland near a Dutcfaman, who was weighing gunpowder with a ligfated cigar in his mouth? Did you ever stand over the boiler of a Misaissippi steamboat, and expect every momeni to be landed on the tree, tops faalf a mile inland ! If not, you cannot conceive my horror when I heard that cry. I was in a cold perspiration from head to foot. I havo no doubt that hail stones as big as peas might faave been picked offmy forefaead. I rocked for dear life, and baby bounced about like a boll of India-rubber. But ii waa all uae¬ less. I sung all the songs that I could think of, from the cabalistic "HuafaababyV to " Ceaae^ rude Boreaa !" I tried lenor.and I tried base; but tho baby did not know the. diff.rence. It seeraed to think it all base. The louder. I sang tfae .louder it cried. It waa bawl and squall and squall beat. The cry peevisfa became the cry indignant, and the cry iB^^gnan^became the squall imperative. Blue-bottle buzzed wilfa de¬ light, and danced a hornpipe on ihe window, while the clock kept up a tantalizing " Go it I go it!"
In an unlucky moment, I lifted tfae litlie lem. pest out of the cradle. Never, never, never will I commii sucfa an act of thoughtless impru¬ dence again! Before I did bo, I might have truly aang with the poet, "The while squall raves;" but afterwarde the fiercest bloats of Bo- «as seemed belching from that little ihroat.
In the hope of quieting the tornado, I look It into my arms, waddled it to and fro the room, tossed it up and down till my shouldera ached ; dandled it on ray kneea, now the right one, now the left, but nothing would do.. Like an easterly gale, lhat multiplied squall seemed to be endlesa. I felt really alarmed. I waa completely terrified. I aaw visions of convulsions and sucfa liko ills that infant" flesh is heir to." Ifl faad been in tfae eiiy I am eure thai a crowd would have col¬ lected. I might have been taken up and accused of an attempt to commit infanticide—perhapa been publiabod in tfae papera as a wxetcli guilty of cruelly to dumb animals. Dumb! How wished tfaat ifae dear family organ had been dumb ! I even envied the deaf men that pick up cinders. I looked at ihe clock, nnd exclaimed, in despair, "When will the mother return? and the clock anawered. with mocking monotony, "Notyet! not yet!" Blue^bottle had ceased its buzzing, and rsturned to in old quarters over the dial-plate to watch for the reappearance ofi the sfaip ; perhaps asking,' as impatiently as I did the queation, " When will aho return ?" while the clock continued to repeal,unceasingly," Not yet! not yet!"
I knew not wbat lo do, and rusfaed a dozen times to tfae door, faoping lo see the coming re lief. Butthe walls of the distant churcb and ifae house beyond were ifaick, and I could not look tfarougfa ihem. The brook waa laughing in the sunshine, and murm-aring joyously asit glided over the stones, and I felt a sirong temp¬ tation to pop tho piping part of ihe baby into it. I am sure the clock cried, mockingly, " Do it! do it!" But the thougfat of a coroner's jury restrained me; a country jury of Dutch Boors, with short pipes in their mouths, and skulls two layers of brifk thick.
There was a rooster upon the tence flapping hia winga and crowing like a Trojan—I do be. lieve il waa over my perplexity; the piga were grunting in their sty, pulling eacfa other's eara for amuaement; and a cow was giving nourish¬ ment to her calf in a distant field. Snddenly a brigfat idea siruck me. I seized an old lobacco pipe that had been stowed away upon the man¬ tle piece, and immersing tfae bulb in a tumbler of water, ifarusi the stem into baby's mouth.— Baby was no genius. I became satisfied of that in a minuie. It is an attribute of geniua to ac complish its desirea with imperfect inalrumenta, Tbere waa no stoppage in the pipe : I tried it myself.
I was at my wit's ends, unTlaid the baby on tfae floor, cramming my fingers into my ears. It waa of no use. I could not sfaui out the sound.. It was like a thousand *'8ar piercing pioes" drilling me through and through. I waa riddled, with screama that touched like galvanic wires on every nerve. Tfae clatter of a, three story coiton mill, with a hnndredgirlsialking- of{ new bbnnels tfarough the din, was nothing to it. AUthe locomotives in the tfnion, tortured into astate'cf agony, would alone compare .with it. But mill and locomotive might be atoppedf and baby conld. not be quieted, even for a moment. Anything but a baby's lunga would have been woirn outby such an abuse of power, .But their Btrength only increase^,, aeeming to acquire new pipes at every blast.
What wduld I noi have given for iheaight ol
theff,-nbt>i)itpf it:;3»fl&oi^^^ I toot thei,lftftf hie to blb.w4|i&i).^Uo>¥s in t^blu andsentihp.tbreada on'the carpet-flying ahpat I the room^ Evani the clbthes-.hriish and nutmeg- giaiof proved no attraction, and I broke the susi' pender builoh'.libpP'ngahpnt like^a frog on all- ioart.VJf.IhWdVioodioninyh^^^^^^ penhioB put bl my, pockets, it wpiild havehad no effeci, . Even a lamp of eugar would not .bribe it to be quiet. It made wry fijces at the mirror, andipitched savagely imp the pillow, turned in- dignahtly firbrn the tea kettle, and squared ofi^ai the rolling pin. Jf I^had given it the carving knife, I dp verily behere that it would have ent off its own head, and made two squalls instead ofone ;, but I forbore. ¦ Give me credit for my magiianimity! Iforebbre. , . For nearly a mortal hour—an age-rwas I (fans keptinastata.of frenzy. My haira stood up " iikequillsoponthe ftetful porcupine," - They have alwaya stubbornly refused to lie down smoothly since. If ray trial had laeied much longer, I should certainly have had a "grey head upon .my aboulderA". Perhaps ,1 sfaould faave sunk Jnto the grave wiih a nervous fever, and.faad^* Died of baby-nursing" for an epitapfa upon my tombstone. Fortunately for the pub¬ lic in general, and me in particular, I was epar- ed 6uch_a cataatropfae by the return of the moth¬ er, who burst panting into the room at ifae criti¬ cal moment, wfaen my Job-like patience had mieerably perished—by degrees, as tfae .water leaks.from a broken-hooped bucket. Wilh wfaat a feeling of relief did I look up at the old clock as it announced to me, in its most cheerful tonea.
She's come 1 she's some <"
Would you believe it ?—buti'm aure you can't the lact seems too great an enormity—that little piece of perveraity was as quiel as a lamb in- a minute! Why, the raoiher waa so deceived lhat sfae actually called it faer " precious lamb !" I heard her, and was astounded. I wonder sho didn't feel afaeeptah; I know I did. Lamb in¬ deed! If that was being a lamb, wfaat would it be'when it became mutton t Why, it was fastt asleep again in no lime, and laugbing in its dreams over the fun it had enjoyed. Didn't I vow. never to be  caught alone with a baby
again? If everl am, rnay Ibe served in the
samo manner again.
Reliqiods Qitarrels iw the Holy Land. —A correspondent of the Independence Beige gives some interesting detaila in regard to the operations of the Protestant Bishopric, estab¬ lished at Jerusalem more than ten years ago by the combined aid of England and'lPrussia.
The extension of tfae protestant creed was promoted chiefly by paying a small pension to converted Jewfl, a mode of proselytism whicfa does not favor any lofty anticipations in re¬ gard either to the parity or the strengtfa of the faith of the neophytes. Hence, apostaoies are of very frequent occurre?ice. Thus a sfaort time eince. one of these pensioners, a baptized Jew, was on fala deatfa-bed, and felt so strong a desire to return to his ancient faith, now that earthly gooda were vanishing and futuri¬ ty wasin view, that fa»aent forthe Rabbi to receive him again into the bosom of the Jew¬ ish Church. This last either declined comply¬ ing with tfae request, or came too late; in short, the man died witfaout having hia wisfaes grati¬ fied, & Protestant Christian by profession, but in fact a Jewish penitent. Aa soon as life has fled, the proselyting zeal, which strove to gain doubting sonis, is turned into the contrary feeling, and religious fanaticism, zealous as it migfat have been before, to call tfae soul its own, rejects, without compassion, the bodies of thoae whose faith labored under suspicion. So also in this case. The Protestants com¬ pelled to bury bim in tfaeir churcfa-yard as having died a nominal Proteatant, privately disinterred faim tfae next night and placed the body in the Jewish burying-gronnd. The Jews, coming to a knowledge of the fact, dug up the remains of the apostate tfae following nigfat and hung tbem up in tfae Proteatant grare-jard. Tbia involuntary passing to and fro bf the outlawed body continued for eight dayj! It is to be hoped that the soul of this ill-l;reated corpse enjoyed a greater degree of rest. At letst a meditator between these fan atics of tbe Old and New Teatament was found in one who showed himseU to be the Cbristian in tbis horrible affair, althougfa a disciple of the Koran—the Turkish Governor. He took tbe body from tfae contending parties and had it buried, not in the Mahometan burying- ground, but in a place where it can sleep its laat sleep undisturbed.
_^&* A lady who has paid some attention to small matters, says she alwaya watchea with mnch interest the ingress and egress oi bus bands and wives to and from the dining and drawing rooms of fashionable hotels. " If,'' aaid she, " the wives enter and depart a little in advance of their husbands, be sure they wear the " Ofa-no-we-never-mention-'ems."— If, on the contrary, the husbands take the lead, you may rest assured tbey take the lead in everything else,"
rj im. ^mdersigned Commissioziers of the,
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S5 REWARD.
TJAJ^AWAY from the subscriber in
JL\)JIartIq.towDBWp -near: .McCaU'B Perry oa i« 29th of. May an Inaentoretf apprentice to th« f-™. ® bUBineiavnamed RICHARD NAQLtratout 14^1*JS of HB (Wliite) stoat built,wlthdarfchalrT^ So*5! reward will be paid, for hjB return All DMaon; „! forbid harboring or trusHoff said boy oa mT-ftcftonr,V andw ponalty of the law. tTILLUM A3IBLKR ' JoneB -_^ ._     S't-ST
Lancaster Agncmltural Warehouse AND SfiEB STORE.
/TtSE suhscribers would respect-  ^,,^ -
i folly intorm the citixena of Lancaater citj and countyi tuit they have opened an Agricultaral Ware¬ houae'9nd Seed Store, .at No .80, corner of-'North <lasia and Chesnutstreets.Mu^eum fiaUdlag,I.aD- castflr.-when and where they -will be prepared'to fnrnlflb all binds of ImproTed AsTlcnltnralAndHor- tioolttirallmpleiBenta.VegetahlettndFIower Seed8,&e.
Country storekepers snppUed with any of the foi; lowing at reasonable discount to sell again.
Garden; Field and Flower Seeds; Horse Towers and Threahers; Wheat I>iiUs,and Seed PlaSterfl; Sabsoll and fiorlaoo Ploughs, Harrows pnd Cnltivators; Hay, Straw and Fodder Cutters: Grain Fans, Corn Shellers, Vegetable or Boot Cntters, Improred Chums, Hay. Straw and Manure Forka; Ox Vokesand Sows; Spades and Shovels, Hoes, Rakes, Grubing Hoea, PickH, Grain Bags, Garden Trowelfl, Weeding Fork8,&o
We Have also made arrangements to fnrniBh Fmit and Ornamental Trees and Shmbbery trom the exten¬ sWe, Nursery acd Oreen House af Jamea D. Fulton, Philadelphia.
BRENEMAN t MAUL, Agricoltaral Warehoofle and Seed Store, Lan'r, Pa, -JmSB lyr-S
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TT     Farmera to the'superior article of SUBSOIL ANp SURFACE PLOW, manufactured by C. B. Rov¬ ers, end for sale by      BRENEMAN }¦ MAUL, Agricultaral Warehouse and Seed Store, Lancaster,
Febroarj 9 tf-lO
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rjlAKE NOTICE.^The public L gen-
>r-;>,^''*'?'?H^2'^',S^'''""lS' ^'^^^ whb: suffered' by. thfe swindling, oMiatlobB of a set of BcamMuwho, duringthe Spring and Stimjner of 1862, were InTustri- DUily engagBdln pnttingup 90 calledLioHTsmB^M ' Anewpbase.ormodeof-awlnaiing ha- helnadJS by the same gang of operators. Itis this, they »b tTavellng oboo;: fha city aa well as the coantry seUine what tbey represent to be my Magnetic Polatior somethiog. better stUL In some Inatancos they tire succeeded in gulling the unsuspecting by taking oS the pewter'point and placing oneof their valuihle and highly.imp*.oved points In ita place. But, atrange to itsy. on eiaminatlon the new points turned ont to besLmUar to tbose'taken. They aremade of PoTrter, Lead, Copper, Cas* and Wrought, Iron. Some of Br&M with irino' Baals: There may be many more Wndji offered to the public, bat the abore i hare been called on to examine aod I pronounced them perfect- Iv.i"'' '¦ endworsrt than none at all. Thera fs some- r^'°B"«inBB about theae feUows. They know noth- n»?«r fl former company, and yet the pointthey th«th. IH-'**P" of the rods eiaotly,. and. even ie^^J'tt?..'*^ ^^« screw U the same, 'f haye con-
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Ind I k7ol^i''•'*i^*^"'* Kont^y 'rttbln a few da« "same kln7nf ^ ^ **" the ,.me men that put up the Ktiect?on«°^«*.°* *?""'*«'"' se.son.only in th""gS'emen Va^« .^"E^ent nam'ea. ._S<fuix either rods, points or both
OEALED PROPOSALS for Building,
VJ erecting and farnlghlnga BRICK or perhaps a Stone School Honae.ic casethe bricfc.cannotbe had within a reasonable dbtance.near Safe Harbor, will be received by the Board of Sohool Directors of Con¬ eatoga township, on or before the time of iBttlnir. which wiUbe at the pubUc honse o( F.B. Groff. on FRlDAT.the first of July. 1853.before half past eley- eno'clock. A. M.. of aaid day. The bouse to be forty feet B inches by thirty fe«t eir inchea Inside and nine feet high In the clear from the lower floor to the ceil¬ ing, inolading a yeslibule of fire feet by the width of the building; a ohimney. two Tentilatlng floes, teach¬ era desk, two trap doors In tho upper floor that may be raiaed and lowered at pleasure by means of pulllea ; the necesaary pnlliea to raiae and lower the window flash.; tin spouting enclosures on each aide ol the Teatibule 5 door atepa, BheWes, air holes, priry, &o. The house to be roofed with pine Bhingles, pUstered with good lime and sand ; floored with best quality li inoh yeUow pine boards, to contain eight windows with abutters, conaiating of 12 lights ol glaas each and the glasa to be 10 inches by 12 :¦ and aU to be made In worlcmanlike manner with good material and be completed on or before the middle of September next Tiie foundation to be made of good and eub- fitantlalstone wall, twenty inchea thiok. with or with- out a cellar, consequently it wUl bo neceasary for con- tractors to bid both ways. Sunk not leis than two feet below the anrfice of the ground, where there are no rocks, and raised about the aame above its greatest elevation. The Plreotors reaerYe the right of altering or amending any of tbeir plana giTlng or taking an equivalent na the case may require. For ftarther In¬ formation a plan, and speciflcatlpn of the building, may be seen at any time between next Monday andtheday of letting by calling upon John Martin Csq., reaiding in Coneatoga Centre.
JOHN MARTIN, Preaident.
H, MEHAFFY. Secretary.
Jmtfl 16, ¦ 3t-28.
CHEAP HARDWARE STORE.
HENEY D. MUSSELMAN, (former- ly Salesmaa In the atore of George v. Sprech¬ er) reBpoctfnlly informs hia frienda and the public in general that he hai purchased the entire atook of Hard¬ ware f^om Michad 0. Kline, between Hostetter and Michael's Hotels, tn North Qneen street. Lancaster, which he has replenished, and is now enabled to offer a complete assorttient of every article in the Hard¬ ware une. He hopes by close attention to bnalQess, and a determination to please Uia cnatomera. to merit a share of publlo latronage.
A lAgB lot of STOVES willbe kept consttntly on hand of the latest patterns.
TO BUILDERS.-On hand NaUs of every kind Latchea. Hloges, Screwa. Bolta. Olasa. Painta. OUa. Vamialies, &c. Carpenters' Tools, sucb as Planes, Saws, Chisels. Braces asd Bita, and Rulef<. Also an assortment of Shovels, Spadea. Forks, Rakes, Picks Mattocks, ^o„ together with every other article kept In a Hardware Store.
HENRY D. MUSSELMAN. Sign of tho Big Hand Saw.
[CT* Old Metal and Flnx Seed taken in exchange for goods. aprll 13-tf.l6
"pLOWS!—I hereby call the attention
J7 ofthe Fanners of Lancaster eounty to H.^LL k SPEARS' Celebrated Pittaburg Plow. Also Hovey's Improved Straw Cotters. I bave alao Juat received a large eupijly of Grain CradUa, Rakea, Scythes, Grain and Shaking Forki>, and every description of Farming utensiU. HENBY D. MUSSELMAN,
apJil 13-tf-lO Sign of the Big Hand Saw,
I GITE NOTICE to^aUwhirJi? P^Tontftarther fraudj my agents carrv with tv,-^ ^^ "*r concern, that aU
r^nl?°dnl77^nTb;^m^rn?',V?'l'^*'^^ demian Simpson of tlds city      "^tnowledged by Al-
AIJ orders wholesale and retail an-nt +   *i.   ,   .
will he attended to at the ehorteVt notw 1% ^f?t7
Lowest uash Prices.    WeatheivaoM 'kft^'* o"^^ ^^^
Spirerods, tc, Ac, conatantly oa Wd aS 'nSSe 10
FACTORY, Vine streot. abovo 12tb,PhUwiei„(,i
jane 15-31-23 THOS. ARMITACiE.''
Brugs, Paints and Varnishes.
T^E subscribersrespectfully solicit tho attention of Coaobmakers, Houae Polntora, Cabi. netMakers. Catbollders, Railing Manufaetorere, ond others, to tbelr superior stock ottbe following V.\R. NISHES oftheir own Manufacture. Coach Body, Light Fumituro, Brown Spirit, Caniage, FiUlng, Trunk Makera,
Painter's Outflide.Scraping, Asphaltum,
Pfiinterainside,    Flowing, Black Iron,
Drying Japan.      Finishing, Wall A Paper,
China GloFfl, PoUehing. Map,
GlOB* WhJtp,        White Spirit,        Shoe & Harness, Damar, Black Spirit, Mastic, &c.
Boiled and Bleached Oil.
Our Drying Japan hasbeen extensively uaed, an will bc found to be the best Dryer in use. Zinc Liqnia Dryer, got up expresaly for zinc Faints, made . only by thb flubscrlbPTB Also, a jarge asaortment of fresh Druffi, Chemieala, Dye Stuff,, Painto.Oila, White Lead Window and Coach Glasa, BroBheB, Toola, Spts. Tor- pentlnp, Zinc Faint, and aUter's and Blake's Mineral Paint-^. at the loweat market prices.
Wholesale Agenta/or Da. Btesli.no's populab pul¬ monic strop, Rheumative Liniment, Carminative, tDr. Kowtud'e Medicines alwaya on hand
ViBEBT'a FKEscH raR.-»iTuaE poLiiH.—.One of tho most useful prtjparationn of the day for cleaning Fur¬ niture.
Faintcrs, Coacb Makers, House Painters, Cabinet and Chair Makera, ond othera, wiU find thia establishment equal to Bny In the city for lowness of prices and libe¬ rality of terme. MILLEK A TYLER. Wholegaie  Draggista nud Varnlah Manufacturera No. 21 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia.
April 27. em-21.
World's Pair PrenUum Safes.
More Proofs of their Saperlorlty,
THE LATE FIRE IN JERSEY CITY.
, IVtr, S!lai.O, Herring—Sir: It glvee ns much pleasure fo state that a Sale of your snake was the means of preserving our books and valoablo papera, togatber with a lot of Bilver Spoons, Forks, Ao; inaa. dsetmotlon by the flra that ootmrrad In ow store cn tbe night of t&e,27thtilt..BtNov4aMontg(miery itreet. The fira commencea near thaSafs, which} owing to Its Bltuation ona wall, did not fall Into tha aellar, bat was ezpoiea to the fall bnjit.of thofipa flrom ita oommencement, andwhentakenfrobitlwrulns had all tha braas platen and knobs completely melted DJT. YonpH,
Jeraey oStr, Seb S, 1853] , .     K. B. EARLE & CO
Greatfire In Stravberry St.—letter from Lewis
l Co,-^PhUddelphia, March 25, 1852.
Mr. JOhnFarret—fir: It affdrdsm* mooh satisfac• tton to inform you that the f'Harritig Salamander Saf*?" which We parcliaaed of you ft abort time sinoe, pre¬ served-our booka and pspen ingood condition, dariD^i: the aevere ordeal through whioh It passed at the dlaas- troQiconflagrationthat took placa at our warehouae on the monUng of the 28th. Inst., when the Safe waa exposed to the most intense beet for acme houra, and when draggedftom tbe flames was red hotoneevera) sides; We make tblsatatemeot by way ot bearlngte^- tifflODy to the worth of these valuable Hre Proofs. Very reapectfolly,   : LEWIS & GO.
The proprietor of the aE^TDiffK ''Herring Salamander Safei" challengesthewhole world. Intheaumof cti: TMOUJBliTO Boi.LAaa,to produoA their equal. Awarded tbe Priae MedaL at the World'sFair, London, and tb^ Gold .Medil by the-American Instituto. Over 80OO of theae Saffi hare been aold and are now io use, ana more than 100 hare passed triomphantly through acci¬ dental fires
Seoand'hand Safes and "Salamanders" of other tad- kers, having been taken In part pay for''Herring's,' for sale at cheap rates. JOHN FARREL,
34, Walnut street, FbUadelpbia.
OyMarbleiied Iron ManUes,Table Topa. ko., from the Works of the celebrated "S.ALAMANDER MAR¬ BLE CO." OB hand In great variety.       [feb 23-»m
Paper! Paper I  Paper!
^^ Bubscriberfl have  constantly on
lTrM^*J[^'l assortment of LETTER, CAP AND LaTTKJi ^A^ EJtS,WRAPPING, HARDWARE. PASTE RniJ;9^0IIED AND  TISSUE   PAPERS. onreoIoMbf^^^^'^DE^' BOARDS,&c.   ForaaU
march"6m i-??°''^y      ^- M. COLLINS & CO., Al80-Agenu'fS«„ia   A^^""" street, Philadelphia  __sem8rorHale of tlj^ REFINED PAINT OIL
A ^. ^^1 North Second ' St..
£?eS«^oUTR?EVt\^^^^^^^ MATTUJQS, WINDOW  S ri A D e'^^'SSb MATS.  STAIR RODS,  PlANO^o'vFn^ TABLfc) COVERS, COACO MATTING   r^r pnblio hoaaea, counting hon8B9.*c.   mlaC
¦ f "L'^' ?r^£^ ^*°"' ^^^ ^P^°«' tiardeTTtreet' U_L?bQveJ^inth^ tMarcb 2-6mlD
CARPETS AWD Oil. CLOTHS.
Bldridge's Cheap Carpet Store.
PEKSONS wishing to buy Carpets, OU Clotba. Mattings, ko . very cheap, Wholei-ale or Uetail, will find them in grtat variety at thb Store, andaa theaubflcrlberia under a very low rent and light Store expenses, he is enabled to sell atthe very lowest prices. He would call attention to hia Beautiful Imperial 3 ply 1
Superflne Ingrflln 2 ply [ p , TiprT^c
Fine and Medium IngralirS ply f ^^"^^ ^ ¦^¦ Tenltians of all kinda J ,
And OIL CLOTHS from 2 to 24 fee^wide, lo out for Rooma, Halla, ^c, with a great variety of low priced Ingrain Carpeta, from 25 to 60 cents, and Entry and Stair Carpets from 10 to 50 centa per yard ; also .Mat¬ tlnga Of all widths, Hearth Rngp. Table Covers, Floor Clotha. Rag Carpeta, &o. H. H. ELDRIDGE,
No. 41 Strawberry street, one door abore Oheinut, near Second atreet, PHJLADELPHIA. March 16 Om-16
CHEAP WINDOW SHADE Depot ana .Manufactory of G. L. MILLER A CO.. 8, \V corilerArch and Second BtreetB. PHILADELPHIA.
Every variety ef SHADES, Wholesale and Retail such as Seroll, Flower, Gothic, TJguette. Oil and Dry Landscapes, are to bo had at thelowest prices for qual¬ ity of work. Orders for GUt, Plain Store, Lettered and otber Shades exeouted at ehort notice.
Ueccbanta and others are invited to giveus a tria) - We will try to please.
Braaeea. Trimminga, Ac, always on hand.
Remember S. W. corner Second and Arch Htreet PhUadelphia. Feb, lO-fim-O
PAPER HANGINGS.
nnHE  undersigned have just opened a
J~ ft freah and complete atock of WALL PAPERS, among which are Gold and Velvet, Fine and Satin, and the LOWEST fRicED Unglazed PaperS'al£o,Decoratloas. Borders, Fire Screens. Curtains. &o.. fcc, which they tiffer at the loweat priceb, both Wholesale and Retail ,«rThe best workmen employed to hang paper, p! ther in the oity or country.
BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c.
Wshave alio our oanal assortment of WRITI.Vd PAPERS,  WRAPPING   PAPERS,   BLANK   AMi SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY, kc. «g-Caeh paid for Conntry Raga.
PARRISH k HOUGH, No. 4, North flth at., 2 doora above Marlle: PhUadelphia, Febmary 23,1853. tt-VJ
REFINED   SUGARS.—500  barrels White and YeUow reflued Sugars, in store and for aale at Manufacturer'6 pricea.
EBY, CONYNGH^VMfeHERR.
SYRTJP3.—140 hogsheads Syrups: amongst which are Honey, Golden, Boaton, PhUadeipbia.Extra fine Sugar houae and the American eteam Symp. We invite the attention of Merchants to tho American Steam Syrup. It is much cheaper than tbe FJbUadel- phii ateam eyrup, and euperior to any Byrup now made. EBY, CONYNGHAM 4- HERR-
188 Market Street, Phila.
BOLDIN & PRICE,
CE.1LER3 IN
OIL, CANDLES, SOAr, &C..
A''.(. ni  X.iith JVharoes, Third Stare ahove .'Irch Stret,
PHILADELPHIA.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND : Sperm. Bank, Elepbant, Sperm,
Lard. Straits,       Miners' and      Adamantine,
Whalu, Shore, Oroaaing Oil.   Mould and
Solar, Tanners', Dip Candles.
Yellow, Brown, Cantlle aud Fancy Soap.
CRYSTALLINE AND ''PRICES'"
PATENT   CANDLES.
Philadelphia, March 0 - ly-14
"WORLD'S FAIR.
THE First and only PKIZE MEDAL forHameaoatthe World'aFalrln London ' was awarded to       LACEY A PHILLIPS        / of this city—an honor they wonover tho com-* petition of tho whole world.
Meiars.L.fc P.have now andkeep oonatantly oa hand, at their estabUsbment, 12 and 14 Sonth Fifth street, tbO largest stook at READY .MADE HARNESS S^VDpLES. &c..of any bonae in the United States, at greatly re Juoed prices. They are now manufaetunng their hamesa and Saddles with euch perfeot ayatem that th.-y are enabled to aeU a superior article of er- erything in their line at a lesa prico than any other houae in the conntry.
Thoy never uae but the beat quality of Leather, and tho beat material of every description, and no palm or expense are spared toreach perfection In every article.
Tbey Invite purohasera to examine the Btock and thelreatabUahment before making parchaaes. Tbey Invite attention to the foUowJng Ust of prices-
Fly-nets ftom 60 cents to $2 60.
Linen Horse Covera from 87^ cents to J2 CO.
Extra Fancy Plald, $flto350.
Plain serviceable single hameas, from $14 to i.lb
Fanoy '= '•     25 to    30.
Plain double     '¦ ¦'     35 to     60
Fancy •• " '¦     65 to    TO.
Riding Saddlea   - -       -      "       0 lo    IB
LACEY &PH1LLIPS' eaddlea and  UarnoBS aro ar knowledged to aurpasa all others for elegance, U^bt- ne^a and comfor.^' as well as (or real value aod wrar. 12 and 14 South Fifth at.,
apfi^ 2l.tf.21        Between Market and Cheanut at.
jacla i^orfe. fitterttscmentjs.
JOHN B. LIVINGSTON,
ATTORNET AT LAW.—Office witt _ Nathaniel Ellmake*, Esq., North Duke street liancaster. Pa. [feb 9-tMO
SAMUBL H. PRICE, A TTORNEY AT LAW.—Office witb
,XJL-rOHN L. THOMPSON, Prosecuting Attorney, Eaat Kingst.,ft few doors above Swope's tavern, Lan¬ caster.                                                                      tf-8 jan 261853	
D. W. PATTERSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.—West King St., Lancaster. ALBO;—Commissioner of Deeds: and to take DepoBitions forthe States of Ohio and Delaware, , tf-8
jan 26 1853
REIHOTAI^.
TNO. A. HIESTAND.—Attorney at
^ Law—has rcmoTeiJ his offlce to Ewt Kins atreet, between Sprecher's and Swope's Hotelfl. near the New Court Honse. |ipril 27.3m.21
D. G, ESHEiEMAIV,
ATTOBNEr AT LAW.—Has remo- Ted bis office to North Sulce street, a few doorfl uorthof Krjie& .McClure's Store, opposite the new Conrt House. . tf-21
april 25.
EJMJLEIV FRANKUnr,
\ TTOBNEY AT LAW.—Has remo-
r\    Ted his office to  East King street, between Sprecher's and Swope's Hotels, Lancaster, Pa. Lancaster. April 13 8m.l9
HOMEOPATHr.
DR. J. Maids MoAllisteb, Homeo¬ pathic Practitioner . Offlce and Reaidence, East Orange street, Lancaster, a tew doors east of North Queen street. Office hours, f^om OtoO A, M., and from 6 to 10P.M. [Jan 6.1853-6in C
A CARD.
"TVK. S. P. ZIEGLEK, offera his pro-
I / fessloual serrices In all itf Tarious branches to tbs people of Lancaster andTloinlty.
Residence and OlBc..—North Princo street, between Orange and Chesnut streetsi Lancaster. Pa. Lancaster, aprll 20   tf-20
"VTOTICE   to   Surveyors.—Notice   ia
Xl hereby glTen that the Meridian Line for Lan¬ caster County ts now established in the yard of the County Prison. SurTeyors are requested to comply with theproTlsloas of the Law.
SAMUEL FBY, )
CHBISILAN HESS, Corom'rs.
JOHN M. HIESTAND, Jono 16, tf-28.
W'ANTED.—^Boys to leam  Rifle maUng, at LEMAN'S  SiSe  WorlCB, East Walnut street. Lancaster, Fa. June 16.St?-28
W"ANTED.—JoUBNEYMEN SHOE¬ MAKERS on LADlIia' BBAMCH. Constant wort and good wages to good workmen. June 35-tf 28] Enqnire at thla Oflce.
"VTOTICE is hereby given that appli-
jj-    catlon.-wm bemadeto the next Leglilatnre for the Inoorporatlon of a Banlting Institution, to he lo. cated in the Borough of Marietta, I.f Boaster oounty, with a. capital of one hundred and flftythonsand doi lart, with tte priTile'ge of extending the same to two bnnored thousand doUari, and to he called the Done- aalUank. ..   ' JAMBS OtTSHMAN,   BAVID HARRY, J. R. DreFEHBACH,  CALVIN A. SCHAFFNER, J.J.COOK,                   JOHN J. LIBHART, J. P. WIOKEHSHAM, J. mOROVE.M. d!, ABM.aCHOOK, .         JOHN MILLAR. Jnne 15       .     ' Sm'-ZS
LANOASTER GAS OFFICE,
• JUNE 6,1858. .
rPEE Direotois of the Lancaster Gas
S toebholders on demand. Jnue 8. tf-27] J, F. SHRODER. Treasurer
a pe«i«..t he„iqg d<,,yn ,o my relief.? ^N.y.rj ^R^E'S'ffi.SroX^^pl'SS^lt •,a?Sl1'S,''th°:
mdKobmBon Cruaoo on his desert iBland. gaze' ^- * *
more longingly over the ocean in aearch -of a sail, than I did down theroad for a boniiet iind curls, I conldhave'ainiled lovingly on thb fat¬ test dowager that ever aweltored -in the Weat Indies, or the. thinnest scrab that pays her devo¬ tion's to the door-steps. But the feiniiiine, like, other Wefnlcpmino^Uies, had all vuiisbed when inost. wanted.'.^Ercn, the. cat,. accustomed to nni^aing.iasshe waa^reven the cat, sensible crea> ^nie. had disappeared.       -
Like the distressBdlheroQl a novel, I was left .w^mjt.oifaresourcesiisnd htdnqresonrj^s-left.
'ijs'tieiiro^egjli vjmS^|i^'i^^^ ^ ,I>.igit|!jd
Tti;'draM|[fflMiiat,;TOiB'ii. iTrentligafn; ,aa:i!f ¦^iM   W ir   -U'^ti ^1«ii5^    V fcii'i  riU^ ~ i."
^^^^f?f^^aar%«pi«^;bii^;^
Election.:.
L.ncASTsaSaTiirostiTSTtTtnib!*, >   ,.
•' •   Juno_2,18SS.     i
rjiHE-StockhoWera of .thip Institution
•^ axe benby notlQe^ tbat tbe AonuaV Eleotion for Beren Ittuteea to serre ona Tear, willbe held«fr their B«ntlD2'Honse, on Saturday erealng. JuJ^Snd, fipin " ¦   ~  " -   - CHAS. B.OUOnTER.
6 to 8 o'olook.. . Junes 2r-td]
^Treararer.:
VsItiatdeReaptng and Blovviiig SlaoUhb MtUkMiii of FannetB of liEmcaa'
ter^t9nntv.ts Tespeotftibr ieqneated-tO' Hduig'a celebrate* ,PATENT;RBAPIHO.«nd MOWINO;MAi
,.rHINE.f6l'>bleKtbo rebsetibit I»ageilt:--ItfliiKi- fluiowledged:l37.«UirbobaTetiued4ttH:the moetTal-
nable maobl'»e;of.tte MttdetotpreJented to the pub-;
lie. .Itmip.-WttSOTh/W to JRaotetlii.4ljlnjle.day, I
'indpetformit the iFOrk ina luperior manner;  '^-   i.j;
-.-For partionl^xaaddpflBa:- -¦ P; HBRR, (Pequea.)- ¦¦;
. June8-St.a?T *-^---v-ani!«««rPoatOffle£:j^
a^ASsi,oriiija«iMS«aw«ft:StQie(o£
IMPORTANT TO HOCSEKEGPCRS.
SOMETHING   BETTER and   more eoonomio&l than Soda, CreamTartar, or any oth. er preparation in existence for Bating
Dxirkee'B Chemical "yeaflt, or Baking Powder.
lor raising Brpad, Biscuit, Fried, Qrlddlo and Johnny , cakea, Puddingfi, Pot-plea, Com Bread. Sweet Cakes,' Apple Dumplings, Pastry, Ac. &c. This arlicle Ib one that every Family, Hotel, Boarding House, Eating Sa¬ loon, Ship, Steamboat, Vesael, Canal Boat, kc, will flnd, upon a careful trial, to be'thei-cry thing needed every dayof their existence.
Its most important advantages over the old system, aro—
1. ]t GavGP the eipcDSe of roilfe. eggs, shortening. spoiled brvad. and tbe trouble snd expense of procur¬ ing good yeasi.—¦water only being necessary.
2. No time l3 requited for the dough to rise before baking; oonsequcntly bread may b« made in a few minutefi.
3. A cook can always depend upon having light, sweet, tender and palatable bread and biscuit, ¦whether thl flour be of the best quaUty or not.
4. BreadmadabytUs process ifl much more nutri- tio H,euaier of dlgestioD, better fitted for a weak stom¬ ach Rweeter, whiter and lighter, than when made with yeast.
b. I'he bread made by fermentation, does not afford the pame amoimt of nouriiiiment to tho system, that itdbes whtn made with this compound; because the Tegetableatid contained in fermented bread, proTents the propera ction of the gastric flaidupon it, and con¬ sequently, a part only goes to nourish ths body, while the acids ten I to produce dyepepsla and Itjj attendant evUe.
This article Las been thorouchly tested, ond is uni¬ versally liked. When used according to the directions. Itlsworrantedtc auit.
lU-BecarefaltoaskforDURKEE'S BAKING POW¬ DEK, and take ho other, andyou will not be deceived. Principal offlce, 139 Water street. New York, Sold by tho best grocers ond druggists genfrally. mar2-ly-13
Cbeap TVatclics, Je^^elrj' and Silver "Ware,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Jit A'o. 72. Xorth Second street,opposite the Mounl fer¬ non House. PHILADEPHtA.
f^OJJ) Lever batches, full jeweled,
VX 18k. case. $28,00; Silver Lover.q, full jewel- JK. ed. $12,00; Silver Lepines. jeweled. $9.00-alitf%} warranted to keep good time, Gold Pens andlXaS Silver Case, $1.00; Gold Pencils. $1.00; Gold PsecIIs and Pen Cases, with good Gold Pens, aa low as $3,25, &c
AUo, always on hand, a gocd asadrtment of fine gold Jewelry ; Gold Curb. Guard and Fob Chains, Gold Vest Chains, Ladles' Gold Fob Chaina and Belt tlus.
Silver Table Spoons from $14 to $18. Dessert $0 to $ll.and Tea, $4.75 to $6,60 per set. warrantedeq.ual to coin.   AU goods warranted to be wnat they aro iold for.
jSr-Watchea and Jewelry repaired and warranted.
ID*AU orders sent by mail or otherwise wUV b% punctuftUy attended to M. AVI3E. Ajcent,
So. 72 North Second 8tre<"t, opposite the Mt   Vernon
Housp. [aprii 20-ly-30
ZIKC PAlflTTS,
THE  New   Jersey    Zinc    Company Are now Manufacturing these Paints, of auporl- ------., riorqnolity.   Their advan
\\i^/0*>^"x      tagcs 0T9r other Painta: are
-'   jv\       Jstj They ara not Poison-
-> \ ous —Sleeping apartmenti,
v^l recently painted, may  bu
— \occupied   with    Impunity,
l&ni painters  using' these >^;; painta are not subject to the
distressing maladies arising from the use of Lead.
2d. Their Bea wy and Du. rability.—Zlnc,   on   Inside
  work.becomea much hurder
thanany other Paint, and itis not easily soUed-, la whiter than puro white Lead, and aa it retaina Its whiteness and brilliancy unaffected by bilge water, coal or Bulphnrons gasea ; it is unrivaUed as a Paint for ships and steamboats. Kor outaide use, exposed to weathpr or woter, Zioc Paints, will retain their color and preserving qualities long after other Paints are deatroyed.
3d. TheWhiteZinc Paints willcover (equal weights) about two-thirds more eurfaca than pure lead; Ahls, in connexion with their greater durability, makes, in the long mn, the cost of pafntlog with Zinc less tban balf .he cost with Lead.
Broionand Brown Stone Color Zloc Painta, whloh are aold at low pricen.are well adapted for painting roofs, out-buildlogii. and all mt^talllc surfaces, particu¬ larly Iron, which ihey effectually protect I^om I'usting. exposed eitberto heat orweather.
These Palntfl are prepared in the same manner, and may be nsed Inall respects Uke White Lead. They are for ¦ sole by many of the prinoipal dulers In the CItien and large towns of the Union, and by tfae Com' pany-aAgents, MANNING^ BeUIEB.
45 Dey Streat, New York.
N. B. AU Paint."! mantifacturpd by thta Company are warranted jmrr. 'il. an-27.
BookB for the South and West.
WILL BE REAPY early ie March, Dr. Bird'snnlveraaUy popular novel, "NICK OF THE WOODSj OR THE JIBBENAINOSAY," new aud revised edition, In one volume, 12iao. with Illus¬ trationa by Parley.   Price $1,26.
VDr. Bird's "rNIclc of the Woods" haa, from Its firat publication, been agreat favorite at home and abroad ; It Is now re-lssned, revised and corrected by the au¬ thor, to meet a general demand-
" A Stray YaDkee In Texas,'' by Philip Paxton, with iUuatratlone by Darley, In one volume, 12mo. Price $1.25..
•.•PhUIp Paxton's Sketches of Life In the South Wot, throngh the ''SpirUol the Ttmes,'>. the "Utera¬ ry World,'; andotherjournalB, have been universaUy well reeeived. Hia "Saiy Yankee in Texea » will not diminish his reputitfon. .Good Bpw^, good humor, sound patriotism, and hearty animal spirits commena these books to the yonth of the whole ooantry. Also, jnit publiahed
Napoleon In Exile, or aVoIcefrom St. Helena; by Barry O'Meara. In two vobt, 12mo. with plates.— Prioe $2.
MaooQley'a fipeeohei —"Speeches end Addreues of thoRt. Hon. T.Bablngton Macaulay," In two vols., 12mo.   PricB$2.   ¦¦
ClOTcmootjOt BacoUeotioni of our Home.In. the "Went, by Alioe Carey. Fourth ed., with Ulustrationfl by Darley.   Pries $1.
Meagher's Speecheflr-Speechea on the LegWatlTe lodapendenBe of Ireland, by Thomas Frsnets Mcuher. In one Toltime, 12mo., with a portrait/ >Prlo8 Sl.
The Men of the Time: or Sketehea of Living Nota blea; cbntaining neacly OOO Blograplifea. 12mo. elotb. Prlce^WO.     '
For Bala by the Booksellera gerieraUy: PubUshed by ¦  J. 8. BEOriEUjD,  ¦
m'h 2-3ml    110 and 112 Nassaa street, Ken York.
MARBtJE!lZEDIBOlV>  ;^,
ManUee,^ .eotaauw; ¦PodB«tolft.:T«bl©
THE SALA^iS^BM&BLE CO.
¦±. ittTtto piOiUfr^tentiofi to their^Marblelaed ton, eaonB olthe greatest dlacoTerfei orthe age,: and for WhlctttheyrWeiTed ^e OOLD MEDAL^ Falrof tbiAmerioatiInBtIUte,*na ihe JaSDAli At .tteF"r^th?JV^poUtwM«l^V^h^^^^^ afWaaWngtoa In Wumary and Marc^ of tble jrear ;¦ * ¦™rSSrieJ.l«r^«i nietalUe.baris, J5:,n«e d^^ wiand ebeapet ^ Marble, Its Mptiwentajlona^f
b^itUQl^ itlscatiabls'bf teslfitlimagreater'aegneof .Tho manQAofenrinit dieputin«n6.«f ^Ihls Ctadj^y i>
'*™S'*pSo« -^-^X
IIVDIA RrBBER GI.OVES.
FOK Gardeoing, Houso CleaniDg, Dri- Ting. or any out of door work, which eoUa the banda. They are made all lengths to prevent the wristB and arms from eipoeuie. By wearing these GloTea.the handaare made aoft and white.
L.1DIE3' BLEACHI.no JIITTS,niay be worn while Bewing or sleeping.
L.VDIES' DRESS PROTECTORS, to prevent the aoUlng of dresses under the arms by perspiration.
.WFor sale at Wholesale by QOODYEABS, . CheanutStreet.PhUadelphla, J ^H.PHILLIPS,Pitta¬ burg—and at Retail by all Country Merchants.
Philadelphia, .March 16 3m-16
WM. F. POTTS,
J.MPORTBB AXfB DEALER I.V
IRON & STEEL,
No. Ml, Market street, beloi' 13th, North sldfl,
PHILADELPHLI.
oct 20 ly-49
Great Bargains in Dry Goods.
YE. ARGHAMBAULT, N. E. Corner Eleventh and Market streets, PHILADELPHIA, has aow in etore a full asj-ortment oT SPRISG AND SUMMEft GOODS, at very low prices comprlslug in part- DRttiS GOODS.
Nuw style .Mouslin do Laines. from 6! to 25 coots.
French Lawns, yard wide, from 0^ to 87i cents.
Mouslin dc Bfgu,from 12Jto37i cents
Black AlpaccaB from 12* to 75 cents.
Black Silks, at 60.62,75. BT, and $1.
Changeable SllkF. at 50. 62 and 75 cents.
Turo Satins from 75 "ta to J1.50.
Barvge de Lainea. at 12*, 18), 2Q and .lli c«ntj.
Scotch Ginghams at 12}. 18} and 25 oenta.
Ncw style Chinlies. at ti. 8 and 12i cents. FURNISHING GOODS.
Marseilles Quilts, from 51.76 to $6.
Table Linena. Irom 31 cents to Sl.
Cloth Tableand Piano Uoveis.from §1,76 to $5.
Damaak Napkina and Sootch Towellnge.
Wide Sheeting and Pillow Cane .Mnslins.
Canton Floor Matting at 26. 31> and 37i cents. MtN'S WEAR.
Black uud Fancy Colors Olothi and Caaslmeres.
Satinetts. Kentucky Jeans, Merino Cassimeres.
Heavy Cnttonades, NankoeuB, Linen, Drillinga, and Checkp; t.March 30-3m-17
Tl
RBAIOTAI..
Sign of til© Big Bootc at the Door, ^HAT great world-renowned Sign is
¦ UEMOVtD to the DOOR. -ABOVE .^r=r^ cAlLOWllILfc"., below the Bald Kagle JSM/ffi Hotel, in Third st., PHlLADELPHL^,i^te«fi Some try to deceivo the intelligent cit-QBiiB&- Izens of thia community, but tbey cannot ou deceived for i»henlhey oome to Philadelphia, tbey look lor the BIGBOOK at the door, in Third etreet, and aare SO or 30 cents on every dollar Ifyou want Letter Paper look for tbe BIG BOOK. Ifyou want Writing and Wrapping Papera. LOOK FOR THE CELEBRATED SIGN AT THfc: DOOR. If you want Acoount Bookfl come dlreot to the Manufactory and you oan get them less than elseirhere.
«-Be Eure you aeo tho BIG BOOK AT THE DOOR No. 228 North Third street, opposite tbe Merobanta' flouse, above Callowhill street
LEMUEL ADAM8,
may 4-6m-22] Account Book Manufacturer.
BEMOVAIi.
"r\ANIEL SCHNECK would announce
JL^ to bis frienda and the public that _/=*=Tt_ ho^aa removed his STATIONERY, PA- JSM/mMSL PER and BLANK BOOK ESTABLISH-^^^^Mp MENT, to tho SIGN OF THE BiaQKlBr BCOK, 124 North Second street, abovo Eaoc. FHILA- DELPHIA, trhero he hopea with tho Increaaed fooiliUes be now boast hia new rtACK, to render eatlafactloD to all who may favor him with their cuatom.
Among bla stook wIU be found a general aaaortment of Writing. Letter, Wrapping, Printing. Hardwnre, Envelope, Manillaand Drawing Paper,   Also,
BLANK PRINTED DEEDS, __^^ Paper, Parchment Paper ond Parchment, togetherwith many other orUclea which will be sold at tbo lowkbt cxsH'raicEs. D. SCH>LCh.
Formerly at the comer of Second and iiaco etrecta
JWlodolphla,March IG """^^
8m-I5
IHWW, anuhTZ & pbiper, TXrHOLESALE Boot, Shoe, Hat, Cap,
W   Palm and Leffborn Hata, Bonnet, and Artificial wli.«hnn« —No. IOl Arch Btreet. four doora below Wr«'- UMo.t HorrL, PHILADELPHIA. vffu   c Uyfin \ W*rTEa F. Shci-tze 1 Mi'l C.PEirea
SI.ATE AND SLATE ROOFING.
Sr. E. ELLIOTT, Slater and Slate « Beoler, respectfully informs tho dtltena of delphia, Lancaster and vicinity, that he haa com- mencfld an^ ia prepared to execute oU kinda of work In hla'liBe in tha beat manner. Warranted free ftom Itak,
H* la wflU aware that much Injury has beon done the aUtlbg.bujincu In thla city by Incompetent per- aona; having no.knowledgo of the principal points and
SlacflBOf Slatei and Slating; where leaks are certain, ¦ caution la not observed, and further, In trimming and laying Slates, to make solid work.
Residence, 238Worth Eleventh atreet, Philadelphia. , Agent, Lanoaater.Mr. J. 3. GABLE, Lumber Mer¬ chant and Saw Mills
.   N.D.-Ordera received at Mesara McFADDEN A QAS, T Bank street.
,   -Repaira promptly aiid faithfully esccnted.   Slate irYord. Vine atrcat. Yard, Bchuylklll.     [aprU 20-tf 20
RoBQndalo;B[ydraiaio Cement. N;€kceUeift;ATfciol© for Lining (
ittia;VanltB,:springBTouaes and CeU»r». and ¦^(dr dMSpMSS ttom wet and exposed walla.— JTWH^irr-^l':¦¦'¦¦?-¦   -    E¥I 8MITH St SON, .>^.50^l5«f^F»ont-.6nd WiUow at: RaUroad, tfliLi. ^SI' "^"'^ Q.M. STEINMAN, Lonc*^,
sz
X>r. Barron's l^Xedlcal Offlce.
JV, E. cor,of N'inth SfBace Bts., Philadelphia
WHERE he continues to treat all pri- .   vate and delicate diseaBes, GL'AHk:tTEEi.-'o   ->
aCRffl^ ALLCAJES
^aa^Strangors and reaidents are invited to the Dc.-- tor'B Private Rooms, where he canalwftvs be consulted conadentially,free of charge.
^3" Peraons residing at a eUstance, by enclosing thr«« dollars in aletters post pnid, statini Rymptoma, will receive a bottle of theDoclor't< .Magical I'ceparotion by recum of mail.
OnicE UoL-ns—From   So'clock A. M.. until 10 P. i!
PhUadelphia, sept. 22, 1852. ly.-JS
H. C. J0H58T0S. W.   HOLLOWAV. J. COWDfX
Johnston, HolloTvay &¦ Co^deu,
WHOLKSALE
DRUGGISTS AND CHEMISTS.
Nb,378 Uarket   StTcet,abo,:e   Eleventh.  ffirajJ   How. PHILADELPHIA.
T^EALERS in Drags, Chemicals, Per-
J_/ fumery, Painta, OUa, Window Glass. &c.,<J-c.
We call the attention of Phy-^Iciana and Country Mrrchanta particularly, to our stock of DRUGS ana CHEMICALS, selected with the greatest care, which Ave offer at thelowest market price, and best terma.
PhUadulphla, March S 3m-Ii
JAMES L. JONES, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
wVo. 4 Law Buildings, bth st., below Chestnut
PHILADELPHIA.
Oct 0 tf.tO
Five per cent. Saving Fund.
Chartered bythe Stateof Pennsylvania, 1841 CAPITAL STOCK, S250.000.
THE SAVING FUND of the National Safety Company. No. Q-2 Walnut street, two doorf abore Third. PHlL-ADELPHlA. is open every day from Oo\-lock, A. M., toTo'clock.P. .M .and ON MONDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS till 9 o'olock. This Institution ia wpU known aaoneof the safoat and best managed in thiscountry.and pays Five per Cent. In- leiesi on raoney paid in thero. from the day of deposit
Any flum from one dullnr upwards is received, and all tiumd, largo or email, are paid back on demand, with out notice, to any amount.
The Saving Fund has Mortgages, Gronnd Heats and other first class Investments allwell secured, amount ing to Halfa million of hollabs, for thc aaciulty of depositors.
Offlce. No. (52'Walnut Btrcnt.two doors above Third PhUadelphia.
Hon. KENRY L. BENNER, Preaident. BOBERT SELFRIDGE, Vice Presidont,
Wll. J. Reed, Seorataxy.
BflABD or KsrEaEEa—Hon. Wm. Richards, roiiB town; J. D. Streeper. Esq-.edltor of the Ledger. Pottc town; J. M Schuneman, E»<:i.,editor of tbe Neutralist SkippackvUle; Enos Benner. Esq , editor of the Farm crs- Friend. Summytown; Hon. Joel Jones, lato M^yot¦ of Philadelphia; Hon. Jobn Robbins.jr., Member oi Congress. 4th district; Pa.; Hon. James Pugc.Uli* Po.-l Master of Pbiladelphia; Hon. Wm. Pennington, in*' GovernorofNew Jersey, [muy ¦I-ly-2'-
J. E. «ori.D,
iSUCCESSOK TO A. KIOT.) No. Io4 Cbesnut Bt.. Swaim'a Building. PiiiLAOtLPHu.
EXTENSIVE Music Publisheb and Dtolurln MUSICAL JNSTKD.ME.NTS ot eTurj dBmrlptlon. ,     , ,. i
KxcluslTC Agent for the sale of Hal- let. DaviJ s Co's (Bo.ton) Pi-.tcnt Sua- ' pension Bridgo .fflollau and other PI ,\NOS.   L. lillberfB Boudoir PlanOB. I .     ,
Melodeons. JUrtln'a Gaitara, Harpa, VioUna, Sie n ,\]u^lr. .Music Boolta, &c.
Kei-ldentB of tho country will he aupplled bj mall ci otherwiae Trith any Muaio thay may wish, at ae lo^ prices aa II putohaaed In peraon. HaTlng purch«Be4 oneol tho largeat atocka In the United Statei.l feel confident of astlsfylDg all vho raay ffl^or mo with t. callorordor. ..^      , ,	
Dealata In MuileinppUedon the moit liberal tecme. Planoatolet. .5econd.handPlanosforeale.
Philadolphia, may U  ^^'-^
JLEATHER! IIEATHER!
Store Ho. 29 Noith Tiiird street, PhUa Morocco Manuructurero, Currier., Im¬ porters, CommlsBlon and General teatlier Business,
¦«T,olcsal. and lietaU. .Manufactory 15 MAROA BETTA STREKT. tJulyT-ly.32
ZINC PAIiVTS.
WHITE,  BLACK  AND   COLORED,
MAifuricTUaLD ar the
NEW  JBRSET  ZINC   COMPANY.
ACKNOWLEDGED by aoientifio aud practical men to excel In brilllanoy, durability and economy, othera in uae
Compared vrith White Lead at preaeot prices, it can be Batlafactorily ahovm they are jUO per ton cheaper to the oouBumera.
Dealera are InTited to cali and examino for tbem- selTCB. F. C. J0NE9 f CO .
Selllns Asenta,No. 17,Soulh WharrcB. PhUadelphia.
May 25 3m 'Ji
PBOBTre & BAKRETT>8.
AGKICULTDBAL WAREHOUSE
AND SEED STOEE, x&
JVo. 184J Market street, Philadelphia "SZ
PROUTY & SIEAES' Patent Seif- Sharpenlng Plougha. of all BiJeB, right and lell handed-auhaoll, Sido Hill and Doublo .>l"Ol»^ T = ¦• Trith Steel Extending Points. Bar-share.. Ile»cb aod Other caaUnga for repairing. The Emperor of Bussl. awarded for the aboTO Ploughs, a ro.;'!" O""" "'f •'¦ yaluo »31)0. Alao. tho Great .Medal at iho Uot d. Fair, wis awarded P. & .M. "•"•i''.?°;i\ul"j'T.
?'£°°d°Vh;ri"eSting'D;foSirv^e"rSfTS;''co'rmo;
reversea, thus gettioe ^v* ,,¦..„,¦,-uh stt-ulT^th ^?*^,- ^'\°trsKc cilurt, Srstuers'tapt?. .,^Kl^ : HaTand straw oSltors, lloud Corn .?lllb, 1^ "i^^'^ob CrasberB.O.dd's Improved Uarrovrs, £,°f,»™^nd A Harrows,' Horse Kakee, GrindBlonoB, St hSSj DirtBoropeia. Agricultnral Furnaces. Ol Voters and^'Eows,Forlt. forunloadingHay,ManUij 5 v!l B?i pins. Apple Pearefs, Ox iMuajles. Moli Rakes, Spj^jP^ Hooka and! hinela, Sows and Scissors. f_^ i.u Curba.and Zine tubing for Chain Pump^. }.^rn Plantera. Tumlp Drill.* to $6,arnnt'5 Pateut S"%ljl,. Garden Eliglnea, Wheat Dlillj, Horse row .r„ and Tbraahera, alovrtnj and Reaping Machlncc, Chain Pumpa, Cottle"^lea. Bull Rings. Patent Iron Snatba, Grubbing Hoe», Tranaplanltng Troirels. UcT and Manuro -Forka, Shovels and Spadea, Oarden and iri#ld*Hoo», Gsrdan Rakea in yariety, Children't tools, Dullng Scythes, Snatba, with Patent Faatninga, Pota.
'°A2o?qBbitI«aItur«J Tools (of every description,) G^jdan'SlI Free. Seeds, fot a.1. .t Ih.loweat pt c_., at moloaSwdBataU. aprll 8-8m-l-