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€mtu VOL. XXIII. LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1849. PUBLISHED BY EDWARD C. DAULING:T0N, OFFICE IN .NORTH QUEEN STUEET. The EXAMlx\ER& DEMOCRATIC UERALl) is pubHshed weckiy at two uuu^ks a year. AnvKurisE-ME.NTS not exceeding one square will ho inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty-five ccn(~s will he charged for each udditiotial insertion. A liberal disconnt allowed to those advertising hy the year. Tbe Dogr fIiat was too faithful for Uis master. BY WltUAM WHITFORE. In the bleakest and most barren portion of the county of Derbyshire, England, there Uved, a long time ago, a man and his wife of the name of Pollard. The former waa the keeper of the turnpike gate, and ho had only been married some two or three months, when the circumstan¬ ces occurred of which we are about to write.^- The small toll house in which he lived was sit¬ uated at a point where three roads met, and in a place where the scenery was singularly wild and dreary. It stood in a deep hollow formed by two chains of high hills, whose aides wero cov¬ ered with nought but a continuous surface of dark brown heath, or occasional bushes of prick¬ ly goose. Not another house was to be seen for miles, and'the only evidence of life were in the few flocks of sheep which were here and there browsing along the mountain's sides; or the mail coach and a few wagons which at intervals pas¬ sing along the road. The only person who ever paid a visit to the toll-house was a butcher nam¬ ed Gonfrey, who called every Saturday, for the purpose of supplying the Pollards with fresh meats. Mr. Pollard had lived in his present abode du¬ ring several years previous to his marriage; and being of a very courageous disposilion, and hav¬ ing been accustomed to the loneliness of his place of residence, he waa not much affected thereby; but his wife, who had ever been accustomed to living in a "populous town, and being withal of a very timid nature, now lived in a constant state of alarm and dread—more particularly whenev¬ er her husband paid a visit to the neighboring town for such necessaries as they required. And what tended to increase this feeling of alarm to a still greater extent, that part of the country was at that time infested by a band of lawless men, who almost nightly robbed and murdered some unfortunate cavalier, or broke into and plundered some lone farm-house; nor could the utmost vig¬ ilance of ..the authorities succeed in detecting them. Of these men she lived in daily dreadj lest they, discovering that her husband was pos¬ sessed of a large sum of money—the savings of former years—should seize an opportunity, when he was from home, and murder her to obtain it. She frequently pressed her husband to give up his station, and remove to some safer placo of abode; but he invariably laughed at her fears, assuring her that there was not the least danger, as none but themselves were aware of the fact of his possessing the money in question. Oneday in December he received a letter, informing him that his father was lying at the point of death, and earnestly wished to see him before that event took place- This letter gave him great uneasi¬ ness, for, apart from the grief it occasioned at his father's situation, if he went he could not possibly return beforo tho next day, as his pa¬ rents resided more than thirty miles distant, and his wife would be obliged to stay and take care of the 'gate.' He must go, however—he could not reluse his father*s dying request. When hc imparted his intention to his wife, she was seized with the utmost terror, and earneslly entreated him to forego his resolution; nor was it until af¬ ter a long time, during which ho had u.'ied tho utmost endeavors to soothe her, that he could venture to proceed on his journey. It was Saturday morning when he started, and one of the dreariest days of the season. The snow lay thick upon the ground, and still contin¬ ued to fall heavily, causing the face of the sur¬ rounding scene to look more wild and lonely than ever. As Mrs. Pollard sat in the smnll front apartment of the house, her fears gradual¬ ly increased more and moro, as her imagination conjured up a thousand dread forebodings, and almost fancied that each sound of the wind whistling through the valley, was some one even now about to break in. Time sped, when at length, Gonfrey, the butclier, approached j the terror had attained to such a height that she de¬ termined to ask him to stay in the house with her until her husband returned. This Gonfrey wag a tall, powerful built man, about forty-five or fifty years of age, and witii a rough countenace by no means prepossessing.— He resided in a houso, some five miles distant and which was at least that distance from any oth¬ er. He had occupied it for years, followed his preient business, and disposed of his meat by taking it in his wagon to the different families iu the vicinily. She was unacquainted with him until the time of her marriage ; but the familiarity arising from his weekly visits to her house, and the cordiality wilh which her husband invariably received him, now inspired her wilh more confidence towards him, than from his looks sho would otherwise huve done. *I am so glad you are come !' said Mrs. Pol¬ lard, as the butcher entered her dwelling.— 'John has gone to see his father, who is not ex¬ pected to Uve, and will not relurn until to-mor¬ row; and I am nearly frightened to death, for we have got more than a hundred sovereigns in the house, and if any of theae robbers were to com.e, they would murder mc. Won't you stop and keep me company until John comes back V During the first part of her address, Gonfrey did not appear to listen with much apparent in¬ terest; but the momdht Mrs. Pollard mentioned the money, his face astumed an expression of singular import, and his grey eyes flashed quick glances from beneath his pert and shaggy brows, as though something had suddenly moved him. 'I am very sorry,' ho replied—and speaking in a low, deliberative tone—*but I cannot possibly 5tay—I've got to call at two or three more pla¬ ces with meat yet; and beforo I could return it would bc past midnight. But I tell you what I will do—there's Dash—a better dog never lived -:-I'll leave him with you; and I'll agree to for¬ feit my head if he lets any one enter the house while he is there.' With many thanks, Mrs. Pollard accepted his ofler; for she had often heard her husband speak of the courage and sagacity of the animal in question. *Stay here,' said Gonfrey, now, as he looked at his dog, and pointed within lhe room with his finger,'and see that yoa don't let anyone come near.* The dog, which was a very large one, one of -thebreed called *mastifr," answered this com¬ mand of his master by wagging his tail two or three times, and looking up into his face with an inlelligent expression; and the next moment crouching down by the side of Mrs. Pollard, stretched himself at full length upon the earth, u though at home. When the butcher had departed, Mrs. Pollard began to caress the dog, and for a long time en¬ deavoring to attract his attention ; but in vain • he continued to Jie mute and motionless, aii though devoid of life. This circumstance raised her fears anew; for she began to think that if he dog lay thus passive now, he would do so if any one chanced to come to the place. Again she renewed her caresses, and finally offered him a piece of meat; but still with the same success; the dog would neither appear to recognize hor presence, nor would he touch the meat. Thc loll houso consisted of two rooms, with only one door or entrance, and which was at the front. The back apartment was used as a bod-room, and was lighted by a small wmdow at the foot of tho bed. The front one had two windows; a tolerably large one near the door, and a small lattice, whose diamond shaped squares of glass were encased within thin plates of lead. To none of the windows were there any shutters, with thc exception of the bed room. At the usual time Mrs. Pollard retired to rest, but in vain endeavored to sleep; the dog still re¬ maining in tha same immovable position as when his master left him. The night was moro chilly and dreary than had been the day. The falling of snow had giv¬ en place to a heavy storm of commingled sleet and rain, which the wind now blow against the casements with terrible force—almost appearing as though it would raise the house from its very foundation. Il seemed a fitting nighl for deeds of blood ! Mrs. Pollard iaid in her bed tremb¬ ling, as her terror at each repetition of the keen blast increased. Stories of robbery and blood¬ shed, which sho had hoard years ago, now rush¬ ed through her mind with vivid distinctness ;— and her imagination increased their enormity a thousand fold. She lay thus, unable to sleep, until, as near as she could guess,about midnight,when she thought she heard the sound of a single footstep outside tho house. She partially raised herself, and bending forward listened for a continuance of the sound wilh eager intentness. Sho soon hoard the step again, and this timo distinctly. They now appeared to be quite hear. She now listen¬ ed for the dog's raising some alarm-—but not the slighiesi movertient did hc make. Her lerror suddenly''raised to a great exlent, at the ani- down agin Sunday morning, got there about half past ten, and found her as dead as a herrin. I was mightily struck up. We skinned her, and snaked her out upon the snow. I then cut her open and examined her. She had what I call the overflow of the gall. I found a bushel bas¬ ket full of fox grass hay, and nothin' else, in her entrails. I found a peck more in tho manifold, all matted down and dried on. My neighbors use this kind of hay. It will do for young crit¬ ters that browse but I never seo any living crit¬ ter touch it growing. Even grasshoppers will run from it for life. I took some spirits down with me, Sunday morning. The cow having no furiher use for any, I took a dose myself,' The plaintiff" lives in South Boston, and the de¬ fendant in Scituate, where this kind of grass grows. The doctor's testimony was quito liko that on the former trial, except that the learned cow doctor had more to say of the 'ground-work,' of his examination and his theory. At the last accounts the jury had gone out to grass, to con¬ sider the digesiive and medical properties of fox grass, a bundle of which was laken wilh them to their jury-room. D. Morgan, and T.Willey, for tho plainliflf; and Wm. H. Whitman for the defendant. The jury after being out for some hours, disa¬ greed ; they stood 10 for defendant, and 2 for plaintiff.—Boston Herald, Catcliin^ a fVeascl Asleep. An individual, as well' known around — mal's not takipg notice of the noise outside.-— Another ynoment, and she heard a sound as of some one removing the glass out of the small casement in the olher room, immediately follow¬ ed by the sharp click of the handle, which fast¬ ened it on the inside, turning round. Still, the dog gave forlh no sound or indicalion of what was going on. Mr«. Pollard was now almost frantic with ex¬ cess of fear, feeling assured that she must un¬ doubtedly in a few moments be murdered. The perspiration streamed from her in large, cold drops, and her tongue seemed powerless to ut¬ ter a single cry. As we said, the dog had as yet given forth no sign of recognition; but when, a moment after the noise of the handle's turning round was heard some one seemed lo bs forcing through the aper¬ ture, he gave a low growl followed by a sudden spring. A shrill cry of agony immediately echo¬ ed through the house, so keen and slarlling as almost to chill the blood in Mrs. Pollard's veins. The cry was followed by tho sound of fierce struggling, mingled with sharp cries, which each moment grew weaker and weaker, as of a hu¬ man being in the very extremest of mortal pain and anguish; and the deep mouthed baying of the dog-. At length the struggle ceased, und all became still as death. When daylight appeared Mrs. Pollard rose and dressed, with as much speed as the weak¬ ness the terrors of thc night had occasioned would permit. She then set down by the win¬ dow, to await the appearance of the first person who niight pass, for she could not summon suf¬ ficient courage to enter the other room alone.— In a short timo a teamster approached, whom she hailed; and as soon as he had stepped near to where she was seated, lold the story of ilie I)revious adventure. He instantly ran round to the side on. which was the lattice casemenl, and the next moment returned, with horror depicted on his counte¬ nance, as he exclaimed—'My God, what a sight I have seen.' He then got in by tho open win¬ dow at which Mrs. Pollard had been seated, and led thc way to the other room. And what an object was then presented to their view ? Hanging on the sdl of the case ment with the head and shoulders protruding through inlo thc interior, was the body of Gon¬ frey the bulcher ! In tho right hand he held a large knife, the blade of which was covered with blood ; for he had stabbed the dog several limes during the struggle. And fierce that struggle must have been, for in his lefl hand was a quan¬ tity of hair, which he had torn from the neck of the dog. Tho latter, at thc momenl when they entered the room, was sitting erect on his haun¬ ches beneath the place where his master was hanging, gazing wilh a fixed look upon him ; and the blood was still flowing from the stabs he had received. Gonfrey had formed the resolution of robbing and murdering Mrs. Pollard, and had left his dog with her as a menns of cfTectually warding off all suspicion from attaching to himself, never for a single moment doubting but that his dog would permit him to enter the house unmolested. The faithfulness and intelligence of tho animal was thus the instrument of punishment on his master, for the enormity of the crime he had in¬ tended to commit. The teamster dressed the wounds of Dash and then pursued his journey. Nor did Mrs. Pollard now feel any further fear of staying alone, until the return of her husband after such a proof of the sagacity of her brute protector. Dash recovered from his wounds, and was ever after kept with as much care as though he had been their child, nor could any amount of money which might have been offered for his possession, havo tempted them to part with him. you've brought in this coniamed saw-hoss worth twenty, eh? you natral fool!' And uncle C, fairly shook with rage, * I baulked on that, capting,' observed Seth, in self-justification; * but that 'ar tonguey cuss, Jake, thar, talked into old Bill, (the third judge,) as how a saw hoss was equal to a twenty dollar bill, and so I was overruled.' ¦ * Consarn the critters,' growled uncle C;' wall, it can't be helped Sam ; you've got into mo fair this time ; but won't you let me off", though ?' ' Eff you'll sland treat all round, uncle—jest to obleage you,' quickly answered the mischiev¬ ous wag. Uncle C. did treat all round, and does it again when reminded of the trade.—N. O. Crescent, A Fast Man.—These is a man at Oxford who lives so fast that he is now absolutely older than his falher ; and it is thought he will soon over¬ take his grand-father. His mother, a quiet, el¬ derly lady, be has left behind long ago, as well as two old maiden aunts. BENEVOliENCE. AinuNing CoTv Case in tlie €oui*t of Inquiry, on FriOay. The case of James A. Maynard vs. Cummings Litchfield lo recover the value of a cow was tried again. Tho plaintiff alleges that the defendant, on flie 14th of Dec, 1816, contracted to keep his cow during the winter in as good flesh as wHen he took her, and that she died for want of suita¬ ble food and water. That the cow was of En¬ glish breed, worth $70, and that a post mortem examination was held upon her mortal remains, when some salt hay, called fox-grass, was found in her, which produced an overflow of gall and stoppage. This defendant denies. At the former trial the jury stood 6 to 6, and did not agree, though no less than four cow doc¬ tors gave evidence ; the teslimony of one of them. Dr. Stoddart's, is decidedly rich. It was as fol¬ lows: ' I live in Scituate, and am sixty years of age. I am a cow doclor, I have followed the busi¬ ness these forly years. I 'doctor sheep, hoga, and horned critters. I set broken bones, joints, &c. I never read no books on critters. I look the business up kind of nat'ral. I doclor in Scit¬ uate, Hanover, Hanson, and all about. Mr. Maynard and Mr, Litchfield came to me about this cow. I told them to give her a pint and a half of castor ile, or a pound of hog's lard. I went down to see her the day afore she died. I gave her a dose of thoroughstalk tea, strong. I went to sea her agin on Saturday, and dosed her agin. 1 thought if I could start her idees up a little, and kind of jog natur, she might get along She revived up a little, and I left her. I went as the guide-board at the cross roads, youi A B C's at school, or the church steeple, onco toted into the village inn on one of his customary horse-trading errands. Old C. was a ^hoss,' if not a 'half al/igator,' in all kind of matters hav¬ ing the slightest affinity to horse-flesh. He could see through a beast as well as you can through the bars of a gridiron. ' 'Veni, vtdi,* was his motto; and ho decided just as quickly as a wink could be made, or the fire from the limesione some where scorched a feather. He never would allow the chance of a trade to slip through his fingers iike a greased pig, but would jump at ono as readily as trout will at a fly. I solemnly aver that had he, by some providence or other, happened to live in the days of Alexander, hewould have attempted to ' cum it over ' that great' b'hoy,' and swopped him a miserable creature for his Bucephalus— ditto, had it been his fortune to fall in wilh Don Quixote, ten to one he would have ' struck a trade' with the valiant knight,and obtained the far-famed Rosinante as an equivalent for some 'bishoped* affair. In fine, reader, C.'s fame was as renowned as his white neckcloth, a la parson, and other clerical eccentricities, were well known for miles around Very well: C.—we were saying—once toted into the village tavern. A stranger, at his ap¬ pearance, might have mistaken him for a fallen deacon, or an itinerant temperanco lecturer, bearding the 'crater' in it's den: he looked a little liko both, only more like the former than t'other by reason of a well-dyed noso, and other marks which king 'cohol is apt to leave, as me¬ mentoes of his favor, upon the features of his proselytes. 'Who wants to trade to-day ?' he exclaimed, emptying the tumbler of ' sling,' whicJi the atten¬ tive Boniface knew was dc regie wilh C, and had consequently concocted on his entrance.-— * Got an all-fired putty hoss tew hum,' he con¬ tinued, 'fresh from 'Hjo—slicV na a. now doll«» smart as young lightnin* arter a spankin'—and will trot it like abuUgine down a greased sun¬ stroke.' ' Considerable kind of a critter, I should ex¬ pect,' remarked one of the would-be bloods of the village, calmly whiffing his long nine, and a smile of incredulity creeping quietly over his sharp .wag-like countenance- • He's nothin' else, Sam,* assured the old man, seating himself beside the * young 'un,' and pro¬ ducing a jack-knife, which had assisted him in the perfection of scores of trades. 'Well, uncle C.,' drawled out Sam, 'seein' you're sorter anxious to trade, 'sposin' wc talk it over a leetle; for I've got a hoss I jest got, I should like mighty well to swop off.* • That's the talk, Sam,' exclaimed C., rubbing his hands with delight, for he M'as about plunging in his element. 'What sort of a critter U he, SamV * Nothin' very alarmin', I guess, uncle C.; but sound as a dime, though,' ' Considerable old, I reckon,' says uncle C, ' Not very ; and what mought be yourn's age, uncle C,?' ' Four, comin' five next grass, Sam. An all- killing flne colt, Sam, effi say it.' * I ain't seen him, uncle C, and you ain't seen mine, as I know on : now let's do the thing up in short metre. What d'ye say to swoppin* with¬ out seeing, uncle 1' ' Don't care a hoe cake, Sam—soon ^ade blind¬ folded as not—no use my bein' with' eyes wide open, 'kase you'd cheat me of my eye teeth eff so be I had all the specs in crealion to help me.' 'Sho ! uncle C, you're poking fun inlo me, when you say that—me, green as thunder, think to take advaniage on you ?' And he laughed at the idea. ' Well, Sam, that's for talk's sake. Shall we leave it out to judges, Sam V ' Jest as you mind to have it, uncle C » Who d'ye take, Sam ?—I take Seth, cause Seth's honorable,' and he called up a tricky look¬ ing soap-lock, who' was known as uncle C.'s sianding referee. ' Wall, Jake,' and Sam winked to a roguish fellow, and whispered a word or two in his ear. The referees chose the third judge, a very simple-minded individual; and all were about leaving for the respective domiciles of the tra¬ ders, where the horses were said to be, when Jake remarked : * I 'spose we've got lo bring in our award, whatsomever's the bosses we're going to see.' * Sartain, Jake, sartin,* simultaneously replied the two jockeys. The trio were absent about twenty minutes, 'and slaled that the result of their ' chating ' was that Sam should pay undo C. fifteen dollars to boot. The hat was held out, and both dropped in a cent in token of their satisfaction with the decision. Sam produced his sheep's skm, pointed up the rhino, saying as uncle C. counted the cash : * All right, I expect, capting ?' ' I guess so,Sam,* replied the venerable jockey. * Now let's go any deliver iheproperly.' An inkling of tho probable result of the affair had got rumored about the room, and the specta¬ tors followed tho traders to enjoy the finale. ' Let's go to my place first,' said Sam, and thither they went, whilst uncle C. directed Seth to run to his stable and lead out his hoss. \Vc copy thc following from the Boston Po.st.— " Absalom Bliss" is tho tj-po of quite a numerous class, and many will have no difficulty in recognizing similar IVatures in thc characteristics of some of their friends. A benevolent man was Absalom Bliss— At each and every talc of distress Mo blazed right up like a rocket; He felt for all hencath poverty's smart, Who were fated to bear life's roughest part- lie felt for thom in his inmost heart. But never felt in his pocket. Ilc did n'fc know rightly what wns meant liy the Bible's promised four hundred per cent. For charity's donation j Bnt hc acted n.s ifhe thought railroad stocks And bouils, secure beneath earthly locks. Were better, with pockets brim full of rocks. Than Heavenly speculation. Vet all said he was an excellent mnn ¦ To thc poor he'd i)rcach—ibr thc poor he'd plan ; To better them ho was willing ; But tho oldest man, who had heard him pray • And preach for thc poor in a pitiful way. Could hardly remember him rightly to say Mr. Bliss had e'er given a shilling. RESIGNATION. BY IIEXRY W, LOXGI-ELLOW. There is no flock, however watched and tended. Bat one dead lamb is there ! There ia no fireside, howso'er defended. But h:is one vacant chair ! Thc air is full of farewells to the dying. And mournings for the dead ; Tbe heart of Knchacl for her ehildren crying, Will not bc comforted! Let us bo patieut! these severe afflictions Not from thc ground arise, v But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark di.sguiso. Wc see but dimly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps, What scoin to us but dim, funereal tapcr-s May be hoaveu's distant lamps. There is no death ! what seems .so is transition. This life of mortal breath Is bnt a .'iuhurb of the life Elysian, Whoso portal wc call Death. She U not dead—thc child of our affection— Hut gone unto that school, Where she no longer needs our poor protection. And Christ himself doth rule. "NEW SERIES, VOL. XI--NO. m. round hia neck, and eiolaimed, " Yes, father, I will tell yon. Mother buys medicines- for poor little Willie. We have no other way to get it.— Mother and Mary work all the time they can get to buy bread." A pang shot through the inebriate's heart.— " I have robbed them of the comforts of life,', he exclaimed : " from this moment the liquid fire passes my lipa no more." Anne stood gazing at him in astonishment.— Slie could scarcely comprehend her father's words; but she saw that some change had taken place. Sho threw back her golden ringletsi rai¬ sed ber large blue eyes with an earnest look to his face—" Will you never drink any more rum?" she whispered timidly. " A''ever.' dear Anne," her father replied sol¬ emnly. Joy danced in her eyes. "Then wc will all bo 80 happy. Oh, father, what a happy home ours will be!" Years passed away. The worda of little Anne, tlie drunkard's daughter, had proved true. Thg home of the reformed man, her father, was in¬ deed a happy one. Plenty crowned his board, and health and joy beamed from the face of his wife and children—where once squallid misery alone could be traced. The pledge had raised him from his degradation, and restored him once more to peace and happiness. . *« For tho Examiner &. Herald. iVITSCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. I am composed of 24 letters. My 15, lu, fi, 22 is II kind of an herb. My 11, IS, Ifi, -1 is what wo all love. My 17, 14, 20, 4 is a female's name. My 23, 8, 4 is dug out of tho earth. My 12, 10, 7, 21 is a savage animal. My 1, 11, 14, 21, 21 is in every house. My l.v, 2, r,, 21, 4 is a useful animal. My 21, M,i9 is used by carpenters. My 15, 18, 12, 4 is a very snu-ill quadruped. My 14, 20, 3, 13, II is what every Ijlacksmith has. 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The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in 1620.— Re-printed froni the original vol., by Dr. Cheever—a new work. Chcever'a ¦Wanderings ot a Pilgrim in the Alps. Chamber's Miscellany, 10 vols. Celim Benvenuts—a Florentine Arti.'Jt. Baptism, -with reference to its Import and Modes, by Rov. Ed, Beecher, D, D, Tho Bottle, by Cruikshank, in 8 plates. The Drunkard's Children, by Cruikshank, in 8 plates Modern Painters, in 2 vota., by a Graduate of Oxford, Proverbial Philosophy, a beautiful edition Tupper's Poetical Works—complete, " Twins—a Domestic novel, ** Heart—a social novel. The Life Travels and adventures of Mr. Jonathan Rorncr, an original and extraordinary work. Klipsteiu's Anglo Saxon Gospels. The California and Oregon Trail, by Francis Pashman. with illustrations by Darley. Rhymes of Travel, by J. B.ayard Taylor Sedgwick's Morals of Manners. Dieh's "Works, 9 vols, in 3. [May 2 2t-22 CHEAP CI^OTIIXIVG STORE. Sign of the BlS^P'AiNtSi'North Queen Street, nearly'op^osit'e 'MichaeVs Hotel. rj.EO. SPURRIER tliankful.to his friends ond ^-* the public fo.r past favors, would inform them that he has a very larg(;'!!tockof.KK..a)T,M.\DB CLOTHING of uiy own manufacture, wbi,eh 1 can w.arrent well made and of good material, my stock'of Cloths, (^assimkkks aild VK3TI.N03 is large and.plected.with care, which I will makeup to order for those who prefer leaving their measures. 1 have also a very large a.s.flortmont of fine Shirts, Miama and Coll.irs and a beantifiil aSHortmeilt' of fancy tilkCravats, all of which 1 will sell at the loweat prices. Remember my Clntbing is of my own manufacture and being a practical t.ailor. 1 can warrnat them well made, don t mi.rtake the place, look out for the BJli p.\NTS theu youare right, tiV.li. SPURltlKK, Tailor ^^"¦"i' -^ '.ioi-'lX SHENK & LONG'S- COAI, AIVD M/MBER YAR». THE subscribers havo taken the CoalJJtard on Prince street, in the city of Lancaster, lately owned and occupied by Me.s.srs. B, & J, Reinhold, where ibcy inienu keeping a general assortment of Cu:d for family Tr'cilTit.'"- ^y^''^ Valley, Baltimore".Companyn-ino eoal for Li',^";'^"'-''""'""-^'"'"-*'*'*^!**'" varilit of eoal lor Limcburning and Sulphnj-fo^mithinL- i cons'taiitlv';!'„'"'f' "J"'"'-'"'™' of dSSTSEr. will be 4ept fhe Saw Miu^ T^' , ¦''li.l'KnAalftaMLlljemcnts twith at heriiortei n,T '""'"'f bill"5nr(rw!l5<'brfurnlftcd , I -ml^ i J ,1 ^¦Hjf'-i't""'' theirTjiject will be It all times to pl>a.teian,ia!niiBiTiU,a„te alUqJo oily fa¬ vor them with.theip cu|j aslow.asanyothftts'intnl - ^ .. Now is the time.for.Bafoiipsi^.'; as!ow.a,s_anyuthft.sintMi55ofLi(i,ciiBt"crorltsflcinity, ;». K^JIENK, R. IL.LONG, In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion By guiirilian angels led, ^afe from tcmjifation, s.afc from sin's pollution Shc lives, whom we call dead, l)ay after d.iy wc think what she is doing In those bright realms of air; Vear after year, her tender stojis pursuing. Behold her grown more fair. Tims do TCO walk wil,li ber, ami keori unbroken. The liond which nature gives. Thinking that our remembrance, though unspoken May reach her where shc lives. Not as a child would 1VC again behold her; t'or when with rajituro wild In our embraces we ngain enfold her, Sho will not be a child ; Jint a fair maiden in her Father's mansiini. Clothed with celestial graco ; And beautiful with nil the soul's expansion Shall we behold her face. And though at times, tempestuous with emotion And anguish long siippres-^ed. The swelling heart heaves moaning liko the ocean. That cannot bo at rest; Wc will 1)0 patient! .and assuage Ibo feelinjr Wo cannot wholly stay ; By Siinetifving, not concealing, TllC grief that must havo way. Removal. WIMilAM -W. BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAS REMOVKD his Offlce to East King Street, nearly opposite the Farmers' Bank, between the Offiee ofj. N. Lightner and thc store of W. "ay 2 I'iper. Cm-22 ALEX. L. HAYES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office removed to the house between Cooper's Hotel and Mr. Hager's Store. April 18 . ly-20 W. TVHITESIDE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Hns removed to the Office formerly occupied by E.C. Reigart Esq., in West King Sireet, drd house below Mr. Recti's Tavern. April 18 4t-20 tl. E. HIESTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAS RE.MO"VKD to tho OFFICE heretoforo occupied by JUDGE CH.tMPNEYS, a few doora West of the Lancaster County Bank, in East Kiiig Street. April 4 . Om-18 JO)HN B. LIVINGSTON, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, Office Ind door South of thc Mechanics Iiisti- tuli; South Queen Streel, Laucasler, Pa., Will altend to .any professional business entrusted to bia care, witb proniptneps and di.-^patch, •^U N, B, Scrivening, such as writing Deeds, Wills. Mortgages, Releases. Accounts, Sir-., tc. atteuded to on reasonable terms and at tbe shortest notico. Lancaster, March 14th. 1849, lyr-15 BAHTRAM A. SHAEFFER. /VTTOllIV Cl 1 A'J iiA«, Office wilh Gro. Ford, Esq., in East King St. October 11, l-y-40 I/ANPIS & BLACK, ATTORNIES AT LAW, Office 3 doors below Lancaster Bank, South Queen Strret, Lancaster, Pa. N, B, All kindsof Scrivening, such as writing of Wills. Deials, Mortgages. Accounts, i:c.. &c., will be attended to witii correctness and despatch. Jksbk Lanois, Jamks Black. June 23 31 Tl»e Assortinent. Pine and Fancy Stationary A T SPANGLER"& BRO.'S, Ne-w Book Store, -il- North (iu'cen Street, is nnrivalled for beauty, exci-l- lencc, aud cheapness. PEARL AND TORTOISE Shell Card Ca.ses. -•- A splendid artiele at SPANGLER & BRO.'S Cheap Book Store. North Quaen street, QPLENDID PENKNIVES. Spangler & Bro.'s ^ have the finest as.iortmcnt of Roger's ii Woatcnliolm's fine Penknives, cver'oiTered for aale in this city QOMETHING for little Boys and Girls, Spang- ^ ler & Bro, 's would call the attention of tbe rising generation to their assortment of J uvenile Books, Games. &c. QCHOOL BOOKS! SCHOOL BOOKS!! AU *^ the standard School Books cau be had at SPANGLER & BRO.'S, .as cheap aa they can be purchasedin thc eity, Fagan's New Building, T A YARD'S Great Work; Nineveh and its Ro- -*-^ mains. Just received and for ,'*alc at SP.'VNGLER & BROTHER'S, Norlh (iucea street. T^IAMOND Pointed Gold Pens for 75 cents, at -'-' SPANGLER Si BROTHER'S. MACAULAY'S England, (Harpers Edition,) for $1 per volume, at SPANGLER & BRO.'S. May 2 2'2] North Ciueen street. TO THE HUNDRED THOUSAND CITIZENS Of liancaster CUy and County. OP ANG LEB & BROTHER, respectfully ten- ^•^ der a most cordial invitation to visit tbeir new. beau¬ tiful, .and cheap Book Store, in Fagan's uew bnilding, in North tiuecn street, where Books ano Statio-ahv can be purchased at less than city prices, aiay 2 22 "He will forgive you, Fatlier." He stood leaning upon a broken g.ate in front of his miserable d"wclling. His tattered hat was in hia hands and tbe cool breeze lifted the matted locks which covered his noble brow. His coun¬ tenance was bloated and disfigured, but in his eye there was an unwonted look—a mingled ex¬ pression of sadness and regret. Perhaps he was listening to the melancholy voice of his patient wife ns she soothed the sick babe on her bosom; or perchance he wos gazing on tlie sweet face of his eldest daughter, as at the open window she plied her needle to olitain for her mother and the poor children a sustenance. Poor Mary! for licrself slic cared not; young as slie was,her spirit was crushed by poverty, unkindness and neglect. As tlie inebriate tlius stood, his eyes w.tndered over his miser.able habitation hefore him. Thc windows were broken, and tlie doors hingclcss, scarce a vestige of comfort remained; yet mcniory bore bim back to the days of his youth, when it was the abode of peace and hap¬ piness. In infancy he saw again the old arm chair where sat liis fatlier with tlie Bible upon his knee, and seemed to Iicar again thc aweet tones of his mother as shc laid her hand upon thc head of her darling boy, and pr.ayeJ that God would bless him and preserve liim from evil. Long years had passed away,yet tears came into tho eyes of the drunkard nt the recollection of his mother's love. " Poor mother," lie muttered, " it is well that thou art sleeping in tbe grave; it would break thy heart to know that tliy son is a wretched and degraded being—a miserable outcast from society." He turned slowly away. Deep within an ad¬ joining forest was a dcU where the beams ofthe sun scarce ever penetrated. Tall trees grew on either side, whose branches, meeting above, formed a canopy of leaves, where the birds built their nests, and poured forth happy songs.— Tliither the drunkard bent his steps. It had been llis favorite haunt in thc days of his child¬ hood, and as he threw himself upon the soft, green sward, tho recollections of past scenes came crowding over his mind. He covered his face "With his hands, and the prayer of the prod¬ igal burst from his lips—" Oh God! receive a returning wanderer!" Suddenly a aoft arm was thrown arout his neck, .and a sweet voice murmured—" Ho will forgive you, father."— Starting to his feet, the inebriate saw standing before him his youngest daughter, a child of six years. " Why are you here, Anne.'" he said, asham¬ ed that tlie innocent child should have witnessed Ilis grief. " I came to gather the lilies which grow upon tliebanks," shc replied; " see, I have got my basket full, and now I .am going to sell, them." " And what do you do with the money.'" ask¬ ed the father, as he turned his eyes to the bas¬ ket, where among the broad green leaves the sweet lilies of the valley were peeping forth. Tbe child hesitated, she thought she had said too much; perliaps her father would demand the money, and spend it in the way in whioh all his earnings went. " You are afraid to tell mc, Anne," said her father, kindly. " WeU, I do not "blame you; I have no right to my children's confidence." The gentleness of tone touched the heart of THOS. W. & THEO. S EVANS, DENTISTS, South-East corner of Orange Sf jYorth Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa. Eebruary 23, ly-13 W.M. T. WALTERS.] rcilARLKS llARVEV, •WALTERS & HARVEY, {laTK WALTKRH k HARVKV.) PRODUCE AND G£N£RAIi COMMIS¬ SION MERCHANTS, NO. 15 k 10 SrR.AIVS WHARF. BALTIMORE. WILLIAM GUMPF, Fashionable Tailor, East King Street, Lancaster, a few doors East of the Court House, May 2-4t'-2^. ___ Fashionable Draper ajid Tailor. TTAS just returned from Philadelphia with !i •*"*- beautiful assortumut ol' TTncut Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, to wliinh hf. invites tin- at ten tiun r.f Iiif* (luftonicr.'* and tht! public ffcutTalty. N(»v i^ th<! timi; to have Coats. Pants and Vksts, made up in the mo.st fuahiimaVilii and .tuh.stantial manner ; by i-allins <^n iJynjamin l-iclity. in West Kiuji .streiit, uearly njipo^ite tlu; Court House, the public rau be suited to a fraction. Every article made iu h\» slioj* will be w.'irr.inted to fit to a'r. [Lanea.-iter. May 2 .Im-lW IVotliiug- y\ PPEAKS .it first sight so insurmountable a Uirrier to the intcrour-Je of nation,''ih the orefiu —but Science has i-onvi-rtcd it into tlif most expeditiou.s by whieh they may wipply theirniutual want^. Notliing is .so violent a.s .iti-ahi. or nn destruetivi; a.-^ fire—yt-t art has made theni subi^ervieiit lo the nt;ecHsitie.-;. thi> com¬ forts aud evt;n thu fLe;;ancie.-' of lifiV What Hf bard- .'sn cold and st^ insensible ;l-; .Mjirbh; ? yut tlie Hctiliilop cau wiiruj it into Uf.' jiud bid it exprc-.-^ the tend.*rt<iiit emu- tious. How variable i-s color f how swift j.s liglit.' Jiow eiuj.ty wphade.*--but Ihf pL-ncil of a Rajihael i-an -flv.' thftiv Ueotin:: thinjr.^ both a body aud a soul, and can eouf.'F upon tlu-in an iinperishable vi^or.—a bt-autv that increases with iiyc. ;ind wliitdi must eoutiniie»,to 'eapti- vatt;t!:eueration.s. How is it that Krtifn. at thc .mj-ii oi" the S'tripcd l"oat i-:ui liave hia j-lothTug nia'di^aud trim¬ med J'O mu«di b.-tl.-r tlian.thau .Uufa.ut)iLT~Laiica.Ht(-r tai- lor.-'. and yet s.'!l i-ir rhcaiicr than t^hi' rr:^t-of the trad<!'. His el..thins n.-ver riiis. il i.-i mad.- of ;*,,od mat.-rial. and tbe lit of bis j;:inneuts can't h<t e.xct-Ued. autl tbi; pri.-e lliisSpriuK is Jilumst nothing. How can he attont to to sell so low, bow docs hi: do it? Tht-sy arc nuestions vi-ry often a.^ki-d. ;inil noduubtit.ii-euis wonderful tu tbe high price tailors.—but. impo.-siblc a.s it may appear, be has nevertheless .succeeded in jtrudueint; good ClotliiuK cheaper than evi-r before kuown iu Lancaster, in faet quitu a revoluiion ill pri<'i-s ; and so it .should bi-. 'riu- public good deninnds still farther reform. No more dull plod-ling iu thc beaten track. This is the age of pro¬ gress, lunovatiun is the ordt-r of the day. aud tin; sub¬ scriber believing that the Art of ('btthing the iiuman form was yet in its infancy mid su.':ci'ptible of great im¬ provement, has (Jevuti'd bis entire i-ni-rgi(!d to ils ])i*rfi'c- tion witli ft vi(!W to the rcductionof prices, so as to bring a line suit of clothes within the nu-uiis of all. nnd eau confidently reeounueud thc^ •• i'lGN OK THK STKH'KD COAT" ii.s the chcapi-st Clothing Sli»;- in the Jl'orld. RKUIJKN EltUKN. United Stftte.s (-lothjnir Store. No. Hit. N. (iueen st. Lan¬ caster. Uon't forgirt the p[;ice. [\pril 18 iit-IU In retiring-from-business, our friends and thc public peuerally have our tliauk.H for tho very liberal patrouago thity bestowed "Upon ub while iu busiuc-JS. aud hope the .same may be extended tn our succc.e.sors, Mcs.'irs. Sbenk &. Loug. a.s we arc coiiGdeut they will merit the confi¬ dence ofthe public. II. & J. RHEINHOLD. _ May :: iSm-22 BaUcr'.s Superior JLeiuon Syrup. A TABLE-SPOONFUL of this Syrup, mixed -'¦-*- with a gljuss of cool water makr'.san agreeable drink, eiiunl to that made from th(! fruit, and lc.s.s apt to offcud a delicate st<miach. It also forms a cooling aud i^atoful addition to beverage's in fi-brile complaints, and ferve.s to conceal the taste of nauseous medieine.s Hotel-keopers will lind it an excellent .'substitute for Lemons in making Lt-nionadi': imd to ftnnfectionera it forms a eooveuient and cconomieid preparation for fla¬ voring Ice Cream. .Marmfaetur.-d aud forsale, wholesale aud retail, by W.M. (>. iJAKKR, Druggist. May 2 tf-22 (."entre Siiuare. Lancaster. Notice to all Persons Interested. THERE will be sold at Public Sale, a lot of HOUSKHOLD AND KITCHKN KLTRNlTl-'Rt:, the property of the late '.JOHN HKLLAR. deceased. The above Furniture to bc sold for Freight and Storage. Thi.s in to notify uU iierKonsf interested, that unless theStorage and Freight arc .satiaGed. tli- ^ =-— ¦-" ^ '= ' of according to law. May 2 Furniture will be disposed R. MODf:R\VELL. 2t-22 Hats Tor the People! AGREAT variety of Summer Hats just received at AMKR'S CITV IIAT AND CAP STORK. oppo.site tlie I'o.st Office. Suchas Straw, Leghorn, Braid. Fi>lm Leaf., kc kc. [>'''0' - -2 GET .THE ^EST! ALL Young persons should have a standard DICTIONARY, at their elbows. And while ynu are about it, get thu best; that Dictjouary i.s NOAJI WKBSTF.R'S. the great -fi-ork, unabriged. If you arc too poor, fave the amount from off your buck, to put it in your head.—rhrcn. Jour. English lauguage.—Lon. iMor. Chronicle. Thia volume iini/'t tind it.s way into nil onr public -.iml good private librarios, for it provides the Knglish stiulent with a mass of thc moat valuable information, wbich he would in vain seek for elsewhere.—Lnn. Lit. Gaz Coutaining three time.'? the amount of matter of any other Knglish Dictionary compiled in this country, nr any abridgement of the work. Published by G. k C. Merriam, Springfield. .Ma.ss.. for sale by all book.sellers, and by .lUDD & MURRAV. at the Cheap Book store, oppo.iitc the Po.st Ofiice. North Queen Htreet, Lancaster. [May 2 ot eow-22 . •-' ts M > 1-3 ;> t» ;> 1-5-; C ~=J % r — —- . =-. c- 5 c - =^ I h: ?:? H I 2.; 9 E^ c < 2 " " r ¦' ? 5 •' ^' ^ = t^H mm cr c ci5 C —o 3 l/l ~ t: = To Hatters and others. JUST KECEIVUD, 200 gallons LOCK'S AL- " COHOL. AlfiO. {;iini Sbelliu-., Extnict of Loywrnnl. Verdigni-w, Galls, Salt of Tartar, WliitL- l}]iil.. Ac. Km- Ball! at low rates at JOHN R LONU'S. May 2 tf-221 Urui; &. f lliomical Ston-.No. S. N. (jniM'n st. «3-libe/iai, cash adv.\ncks made ON-aSl CONSIGN.MKNTS OK AI.L KINDS OK _JVIiircli 2IJ PKODUCE. 3ni-ir> OIESE & SOW, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, KOB THE SALE OK FLODR, OBAIN, SEEDS, LCMBBB, IRON, &c. NO. 48 COiMMKUCE STREET "WHARF, BALTIMORE. ID" ADVANCES MADK ON CONSIGNMENTS. ^TQ Keb 21 ';tm-12 SDWABD CI.ARK30IV, ENGRAVER ON 'WOOD. ^Vo. SQ^ iralnut St., Third Story, Philada. Uec D ' Gm-l New HoUand Institute POE BOYS AND YOUNG MEN. 'T^ HE summer term ofthis Institution [3 months] -^ will commence ou the l.st day of May, 1849. under the care of Rev. J. U.Avpry, A. M. The buildinga have bi;un erected with .'Special reference to health nnd con- Vf'Jiitfiice. located in one of thc most dejfghtful portion.H of Laucarttcr countj-. 12 mile.4 North Kast of the city of Lanca-stcr. Tkhms.—English Studiefl, $5.00; Languages and High¬ er MatheroaticP, $7,00. j1 .small number of Scholars in the primary depart¬ ment could be admitted at lower ratef. Oecaiiional Lectures on anatomy and human pby.siolo- gy given during the term. BoARDiNO $1.50 to $2.00 per week. j4pril 25 3t-2l Flesli Bruslies. ADAMS' Horso Hair Plesh Brushes, unJ Din- niford'? Hair 01ov(!S and Straps. Kor sab* at CHARLKS A. HKINITSH'S Medicinal. May 2 lni-22J Drug & (¦hemical Store, East King .st. Pure Palm Soap. Gl RAVES' Pure Palm Soap, soraudi approved ^ of for washing and shaving. A fresh supply—ju.st received aud for uale by WM. U. UAKKR. May 2 22] Uruggipt, Centre Snuarr. NE"W LONDON ACADBMT, CHKSTEU COUNTV PA. THE duties of the Snynmer Scs.tion of tbis In- Htitution will be resumed on tho flrst \Vedne(<day. the Sad day of May next. Students are prepared for any classefl in our (,;ollcgc.s, a.s well as for the Counting- house and other duties of active life. Tkums.—Tuition and Boarding, inrJuding washing, mending, fuel and light, $60 tor thc Summer Term of 20 weeJi.*). No extras wJiatcver. except u TuitionH fee of $5 to the Profcs.'sior of Music by those who choose to avail themselves of hi.i services. Twenty dollar-^ of tho .sess¬ ion billR are required in advance, the balance to bo paid, before the student is removed. Book.s and Stationary at city retail priced. For Catalogues, Circulars aud References apply to "VVM. F. WYEIIS.|A. M., Principal. aprii IS *2m-20 New London ChcHter co.. Pa. Millinery. THE Subscriber has just received from Phila¬ delphia a handsome a.s6ortmeut of .^i^\ Spring and Summer Millinery, fS^^ such as Bonueta. Ribbons. Flowers, &c. of the best .^3: liuality. aud latest .style which she offers for .sale at lu-r rooms iu South Duke street, nearly opposite the Lnther- an Church, where all kinds of Millinery will 1)0 done iu the bCEt manner, and ou the most reasonabbr terin^. April 25 tf-3mj MAKV OKT'/. Removal. MISS ANN MEHAFFEY haa removed her Millinery .shop to the building iu Centre Su.jare. recently occupied by William Wright, adjoining the store ofT. Baumgardner & Co., where ahe has ju«t re¬ ceived a fresh aud beautiful assortment of ^^^^-^^gfV< NETS, RIUBONS. KLOWEIIS, S;c., which Kbe{«A) offers to the publie at rca.sonable rates, and where^J^f all kinds of Millinery work will be done neatly aud ex¬ peditiously^ April 18 _^ i^'L 05 ^ <-,=• E"-SS^'E. a o o "WOOI, MAOT7FACTORT. In East Lainpeter twp., 3 •miles East of Lan., Pa. ''I'^HE subscriber respectfully informs the pub- X lie. that he continues to carry ou the manufactur¬ ing butine.'s.s.in all its various branches, including Wooi. l'.\HDi:it:. SpiSmnc, WK.vviNr;. Vi;u.iyr.. DvKrst; aud KiM.siii.Nr., He is well provided with thn most linprovt-d machinery, which enables him to manufactnre Cloth; S.iXTiSKTT.s. Flan.vj:l3. Blankkts, Llnsky, i;c.. in the be.st manner, and at reduced ])rices. Wooi forjiiaDUfaeturiiig will he ri.-coivi'd at the place,^ fnllottiiig :—At tln' F-tnre of Anclrew Stewart. Nortli Queen .Street. Lancaster ; at the store of .lohn Stauffer. Peter.-i- liiirg ; iind at the i)ul)Ii'r housi- of .Jacob Minnich, Neffj- villc : where it will In? returnt-d as .-;(|onius uianufaetured, N. IJ. Tin; atteutbm of st'»rek(;cper.s and mcrchftnt.'t is iiivit«'d t.i his stock uf yatinctt. Flanuel.s, Stoeking-yarn, &e., whirh he keeps on hand finished forthe niariet. _april 25_ ';Jt-21_ ANDRK'VV-S^WART'.i;. Honor io ^vlioiuj Honor«js diie. Not left Lancaster Yet! 'T^HE sub.scriber would say to tlic Agricultural -^ part of tlie community that he fi-eln thankful for the jtatroiiJiy^i; he hits K'ceived Ior the la.-,t 16 years, and in pariieular Inr the la.st -*> y<-ars hi Lancx-itc-r, i'a. The. sub?criber"after .-t srrii-.-' of yi'ar.nixjirrimenting. hasinveuted tbe greatest improvt^miiui iifc'Orain Faurf or Winnowing .Mills in thc^ Ijuited Stati-s" to his knowindgL*. and doe.s its work better. fnstiT, ehcainT ;ind cleam-r thau any other. I ean lake half a bushel of ebi-at. h.df a bushel of cockle and mix it with fw peck of wheat, an<l in one cleaning take nil tin; lilth out ;ind make it p(!rfectly clean for seed. For fast cleaning. I can give thounauds of certificates and rccommi-ndntiousfrom the greatest farimTs iu tliL* state.': of I'l-uasylvania. Delaware, .Maryland. New Jersey, and V'irtiinia. I have also.-ient a fi'w that Were ordered to Ohio and North Carolina. In 57 miunte.s my Combined Patent Mill chaflfi'd 111" hu.sh¬ els of wheat—and others I can give who say they have chaffed 1000 bu.shets pi-r day, Mr. Holcom. Dela., and -Mr. ThomiLs Ward. Cecil eo. ,Md. ^See handbill." for the Cut or Dr.awing and the seal of thc Patent Oftice affixed. N. B.—He has only one shop iu Lanca.eter 'ity. Pa., Miml the Brick sho|) and the Hopper on .the sign. luilf a .siiUiire from the Rajlruad, oppositt,- .ModerwdlV 'Ware- hou.=e. North Quecu strei't. wIrtc hc makiv and has on hand an a.ssortinent <if WIND MILLS, of ditrerent .-izes aud prices, aud of th<^ latest iijiproved patent. His Fans li.-ivc taki-u the pmuiuiu at lii differeut ex- hit'ition.s of Farming Implfim-nts; Six of which pre¬ mium.-' and two silver medals were awarded last fall viz : 'I'he I'iiiladelpbia .Vfrieultund Society. at^tbe—Ri.iiDg .Sun. on the iJtli of October. iy4S. the New Ca^lT- Agri- ¦¦nltural Soeiety. October llth. the Mountflollj-.'CN. J.) S'.ciety. Oel4.bi;r llth. at Newton, Bucks Couuty, Octo¬ ber l2th. at .IcfTersouville. .Montgomery County, Pa., October l>ith. Marybuid State Afiricultural Soeiuty, held at lialtimore un the !Hh and lOth of Nov. 1S4S, ;l Silver .Medal from the Franklin Institute on the 27th of October IS-IS. and one from the societv at Easton, e.ist- (.-rri sh<ire .Marj-Iand. about thc 17th of Nov. last. Thts eimimittce.s irl" the several societies, state iu their r.-port that thcy consider this Fan a ¦• very compli'le and ex- Kariucr. All -Mills m;muf;reliirerl bv me Jiave mv name onlheiij. / now..ibr i<, the piibtic to sell r;itcur Ui-lus on reason¬ able tenn.s. as 1 hav,- the whoh- Ciiited States to .sell, and bling engaged in other bnsiness I cannot leave honn: to sel! them. Cireat iiidncemcu:> are now offered toagerit.4 lr..sell Highls. In ibis Hay lb- puMic wuuld be moro bciicfiHed by.-^.-iid hjrpnn<d l-art. The i.ublie are caolioned against buying Mills of any uien. purporting to be mine. unl.'>s uiy nauic is on tlii'ui, iis I intend to jirocecd ag:iin.-t all wlm buy aud use my I'atent Fans, without hiiving my u;ime and addres.s slauijied niMui Ibi-ui. 'I'lii-r.- are a uumhi-r "f per.sou.-f making these Fans who have u<i right—Lie careful from whom yon imrcha."e. Direct to me. Lancaster eity I'ost Ofiiee. Lancaster ro. I''-niia. JOHN ItAMDOUUUUH. I'atente.-. I'aleiited Marcii 2nih. 1847. |a).ril IS—*;m.2it N. fJ.—I would hereby caution Hie j.ublje not t-. trust any of my ag.-iits on my account, as 1 will not |'ay any such debts ; this ha.s bci-u niv practice for lbe la-isix- teeu years. .JOHN IIA.M i;0ItOr(;H The party arrived at Sam's house. He led them to his yard, and pointing to a very useful domestic contrivance, known as a saw horse, said— * There's the boas, uncle C ' Hoss be d d!' roared uncle C. Then turning to Seth, wbo was approaching with a pretty decent animal in the lead, he cried: ' You tarnal fool, you ! didn't you know 'ntiff to tell me on this afore I cum here ?* ' I thought 'twas 'greed you sbould trade, no matter what kind of a hoss 'twas,' doggedly le¬ plied the fellow. •And my coifs worth thirty-flvo dollar,; sol throff^tionaTrcMld." Sha threw her arm tJnionvUle Boarding School for Girls. THIS SEMINARY is handsomely situated in Unionville. Cheetcr county, PenuBylvanla. about nine milea BOuth-west of Wcst-Chepter. The courao of in¬ struction comprisRR all the u.sual branehea of a liberal Enjrliph education, t<^ethcr with tho French Lauguage aud Drawing ; and will bc under the caro of competent female teacher.s. The year will bc divided into twn equal sessions of twenty-two weeks each. The Summer Session to com- mcuci: on thc third second day of thc fifth month, and the Winter Session on tho second second day of tho eleventh montli of eoch year The terms forBoarding, Wa.sbing and Tuition. 50 dol¬ lars per session, one Judf payable at tho commencement, and tbe remainder at tbe close of thc scHsion. LetLera addressed to the subscriber through thc Post- OfHce, at Unionville, will be promptly attended to. 3 mo. 10th, 1849—3'ml CHAS. BUFFINGTON. MiS. MARY E. RAWJVIWCiER'S SPLENDID MILLINERY KOOMS, MRS. RANNINGER hereby respectfully in¬ forms her respected cu.=itomera. as well as the pub¬ lic in general, that ahe still carries on the MILLfNKRY BUSINESS in her rooms on the second Iloor ot Mr. Knimp-fl Building, at the corner of North Queen and Orange streeta. and that on Monday, April 16, l.S4fl. nhe intends opening a spleudid and well selected assortment of MILLINERV GOODS,suchafl SPRING AND SUMMER BONNETS. ^*g-^, Satins, Feathers. Flowers, Kibbons, fcc, kv... o^ tm^' the latest fii.shion.s. Every thing req^ui.'iite for a .^^ perfect Head Drc.43 will be fouud and can be obtained by any lady, at her rooms. It wouldbe superlluous to say much about theloug and extensively knowu (joodocw. beautj", ta.ste and durabili¬ ty of her work, for wli.at every one says and knows must certainly be true. CtLD Bonnets will likewise be made anew with care and taate. The jmblie may re.st assured that everything that is made and sold by her. will stand inspection, ami cannot be obtained better or elie:ipi;r at any othor place iu the city, [april 11 tf-10^ liancaster County House, By DAVID ESPENSHADE. T^HIS old and well known Hotel, lately kept -L by Mr. Levi Swope, is situated in Hast King street, second sijuare from the Court Honse. in thc city of Lan¬ caster. The best atteutiou will alway.-* be given by the proprietor to tho.''e who may favor him with their cu,-f- tom. Terms always low. N. B.—A few mure punctual boarder.^ can bc accom¬ modated on moderate terms. Lancaster, April 18. 1S4Q. All-"— matiogany Veneers. JUST received a prime lot of VENEERS, to which tho attention of Cabinet-makers is invited at KLINE'S Hardware Store, April 18 20} North Queen street. Orphan Asylum of liancaster. THE Trustees of this Institution, expect that in the course of a few weeks, it will be prepared to receive a limited number of orphans. Information ofany orphans in Lancaster county, who arc between four and leu years of npe, who aro fcm.ile.% and who havo lost either parent—accompanied with par¬ tieulars relative to their health, disposition, history and present situation, will be thankfully received by the Trustcort. AdJresH Rev. S. BOWMAN. Dr. JOHN L. ATLEE. April lft tf-20 A. L. HAYES. PARIS FASHIOIVS A DAM S. KELLER takes pleasure in -'-*- informing his friends and the public of Lan caster county, that he still coutinues to Manu¬ facture Boots and Shoos in the mbstfa-shionable nud elegant manner, in North Queen street, two doors North of the Post Oflice. at bis old stand. A large variety ol Ladies' and Childrens' Shoes ju.'it finished; all ofwhich have beeu mnde up from the beat Leather in the market. All who Want a good Boot or Shoe. &b well as a neat fit. aro invited to call as above. April 25 ly-21 Caution. A LL peraons are bereby cautioned against '^¦*- trusting my daughter, Mnry Wertz, on my account, as I shall not pay any debts of hercontractiDg,—sho ha- left my re.'sidence against my consent. Weat Hompfleld, Ap. 26 3't-ai] DAVID WERTZ. For San Francisco, California THE undersigned, baving just returned from California, purposes chartering a fast, sailing vessel to ho despatched at .is early a day aa ar¬ rangements can bo made, and will take passengers at low rates if a sufficient number apply soon. The vessel to touch at Rio Janeiro and Valparaiso, for fresh provis¬ ions, 4"C. , .11. 1 . I 1 r Tiic route via Cape Horn has now tho decided prefer- onco over all others, as the undersigned pasaed on his re¬ turn to thc United States upwarda of 2000 persons . at Panama and on thc Isthmus, unable to procure passage. All passungera or companies taking passage in the ship, will be furnished, free of cost, with a complete gold washing machine and implimcnts, such as he knows to be tbe best in uso, having seen many costly and ingeni¬ ous machines thrown aside, as unfit for the purpo.'fe. iic will also give each passenger accompanying the expedition, the benefit ofhis experience in mining, and will also mako known to them the mo.'it productive gold placers No paasagc Trill bo secured until paid for. For freight or passage, apply immediately to JAMES WETHERED, 2 German st.. or HAYDEN & COALE, 63 3. Gay st. April 18 2m-20] . Baltimore. tOOK! I^OOK!! THERE comes ii mnn most, splendiilly Jresfc^l. tliiit shiniiij; W:ic-lc cl..|li is siir.'lv tin' Im-sI ; Unik -.,1 the turiKPl'llis ri.at :iii'l tin' skirt- pniy »li;it dn yun tliiuk sufli ;i suit may b.- wnrlli '. N'lw look at liis pants aiiit that high liiittoiii-il vi-st. hnw iiici'ly arrantji'il tn show till' full rhost; thn ,iants tli.'y liauj; straiulit tvilli a curvn at tin- rnnt.aii.l fall nmst snici-fiilly nvf-r I lu- litint-111'rniiiL-s : an-l 1 think I kiiniv hiin. nnw In- Is lii'ar--?inia np. .Inhn. Iinii- am ynn my ilnar. Vmi'll .'„¦ I'Usi' mi', hilt nnn wnni it' ynu plnasr. ynnr CI.OTlilNli .sits with snrh nram-rnl nasc. (I'm .Mui-i'ri'. and ihin'l wish tn ti'asi') all nt ns wnr,' stiiu'k .it tin' 1''1T all.l tlU' STVLF.. tn knnw wlmrn vnn Bnt llniii is mally wnrlli whiln. UVII Uii'li t'lnlli'lni'ii. ynnr i-iirinsily.snon .shall hn j:nitiliL..i ; thnsn nann..nls lit in.'w.'ll. .'an t 1... ilnnU'il. nnw hink at tli.'.|iialilv nt' Ihn .'I..111. ami (.'11 m.' what it is Wnrth. Knrty ihillars. at Inast. was iiuii'kly .said--no. rL'pli.'.! .l.>lin. hut *l'w.'iitvl l.ahl .snr|.rising, astonisli- iiii;: is that mally all ? V y.s. r..i.li...l John, thny cam,, frnm 1, tN'i'.AS'l'f.li ll.\l,l.. 11.,w is it hn .SKI.I.S his ll-OTllhs't; .s.l virv I11K..\P. mail.' so w.'ll. .,1' pinil nia- t.'rinls. ami tit sn ii.'at. liis ..xt.'iisiv.' ..i..'ratinii in th,' Ira.ln t'iv.'S him tin' ailvanlap! in r.'a.ly niadi'. h,. huys his Koo.ls lor lash, .'ar.liil in his .-.li'ilinns. n..vi.r nniki.s np tr.-usli, h.-siil.'s his .L.tliini; tils w.'ll as a man's nwn ."ikiu an.l yiviufj; satisfaction, iliilu.'cs him t i.' htu'k iiKain. U'cll. what credit docs lu' Riy.'. say rlainly soni.' , .Inhn placed his fiufx.'rs tn his nns.'. nnn.'. nnntl.;. ni.-n. n'tnc: when ynn yn tli..rc. Ih.. r.\Sil mnsl cnnn'. I. VNC-.tSTKIt liALI. or KA.'illlaN.S, l.y .IflS. liOlUlF.l.V, North dnceii Street, hetw.'en the National Hnnse and _;\liril4 tl'-lS) OmligeStr.'.'t. Laucaster. 1I.4T.S FOK TME I'EOPliE ! D. SHULTZ, Hatter, TVo. 19J North Queen St., I.anca.,ter. OUr.D RESl'EOTl'ULLV inform his frieiuls and 111.! pnblic that hehas jnst received from .New Vnrk and riiiladelpliia thc latest Spring & Summer Fashions for 1849 ami will be jih-ased t<) furnish his customer.^ and all " er.i with tbem .it the sliorte,-t notice. As all his HATS are maniilaetureduiub-r l^i.^ imme¬ diate superinteiuli;nee. be feels wari-.-iutcd in sayiug. that for durability and fini.-^h th'-y cannot be suriias.-ied by any e.-^tablishnieiit in tbi^ orany othtir <^ity in the Union I His stock consists of BKAVKlt. NUTRIA. MRliSll. IlfSSl.A. C.^SSIMKItK. MOI.KSKIN. SII.K. ki\. which he will dif'pose ot" at the b.wi-.'^t prie.'?'. Calland examine his stock before purchasing; ..I.-si-wbire. Ht.^ assortment off-AI'-S i^ ,.n.-oC the mo.-;! i-xten-'^ive in the city and he is addiug to it duily. ruritom,'r.-i may rest assured that tbey will bir .-iuiteU. as In- ean-fnlly ai-- li-cted hi.-' st(»ek from tin- lar;.'"st assnrtiii^iits iu .New Vork and Philadelphia. Don't forg.-t the stand. DlKk-CTLY (IJ'I'OSni; MK.-II^KlV HOTKf., NORTII Ul'KKN S'CKKKT. Country Mi-rehantsvi.sitiiigLan.-aster. dealing inilats or CapH. ean be suplilied :it Wliob-.-ale prices from one lu a ilozt-n! .surb size- as any may want. Jieul.-:o iul-.ruis bis iiumrroii.^ frieuds and customers that he still cntinu'-r; U> luuduct th.- H.VTTINii lUSI- NKSS in all its branches as hi-n-tofurii at his UL1> .STAND IN NEW HOLLAND, to which placi! all order.'* for the delivery of Hats are re- qned-'d to be forward.-d. DAVIU SHULTZ. I^ar-astiT. Keb. liS^lMO. Wl oth- if-ia A CARD. ''PHE siibscriher would respectfully return iiirf ¦*• .cJncLTe thanks to the public for tb.- very Hbi'r;il p.ilronagi- lurretofon* ronl'erred uiiim bliii and wouM in¬ form them that he .^itill eoutinue.-i to nianulaeHire hi-; rKLKP.U.ATKI) KANNINM; .MILLS, at tin- ..Id.-taad. in WALMT STitKKT. betwi-i-u North tiueeii and Ouke streets, and one siiu:ire north ofthe Uailrmid. Hi- has al.so onhand ami for sab; a varit-ty of Ai-rhi-i.- Ti-i:.».i. iMi-r.ii.MKMS. sneh aj< Corn CuUiv:iIor.«. Wijtv'.-^ c,-b-brat.-d l'l.mi,'h.s. and' U'm. .fohn.^oir.s j;i-v..Ivi"m; Iloi-.-i.t Kak.-. All thi* above articles are warraiiti-d togive entire.'^at- i'fai'tion and will be snltl at priri'.< to .«uit Ihe times. U'ili-y CiLstiii^'S can :ilways be had at tbe shop. /:,->• -All kind.-; "f Country l'r«idu<'<! t.ikeu in •¦xehant,-'! b.r the above arti.les. CHAULHS JOHNSTON. ¦ .April bs ^^ ^ UU •'TLllE IS lUONEY" AND"EC()i\OMYISTOALTH.^ ''rHL'i:t;[''(l(U-:, tia- F:u'nMM-.s ought to look to -^ their iiitere.-it.-' by exaiuiiiitijj: tin* merit-; and improve ments in MM^ r<:oMi:.'( v"s vi.iiv jisti,\ CKLEBRATED lANMNG MIU.S. 'l"lie inidirrsijini'd iniilinue tn inaiuifai-turc at their Sluip. in Chesnut Street, a f.-wdo-Ts West otthe Museum, and near Whitehill's Foundry, in ibi- city of Lanca.-ter, Kaniiinf; Mills greatly .-iiperinr to .'iny ever befori; offt'red to tint publie. embraein": all their very lalest impntve- mi;iits. aiiioii;^ wbieb are tbi; Don I.le Si-r.-en andthe bet¬ ter applieatii/ti 'if till' wind, so as to pnidiN-eth*' most de¬ sirable elFvet in eleaniiijr ^niin of all kinds. Experience ofmiiiiy yi;:irs. threat pratical knowledge, and strict pL-r- ji.inal application, enables ns to say oiir Fans are superior in every partieul.ar to any lierL-toforc in use. t)ur attenli-'U i.s espt^cially turned tofittiuj; up.aiul all Work uudertoe.-i our uareful personal inspection before leaving ourshop. In addition to our important improvements, our fan.-i are celebrated for their Ka.-ie in workiuf^. aii'l tlo- ;^reiit expedition with which they clean all kiud^ of grain. b<- side.-i their tmpcrior tinish warrant us iu faying they .sur¬ pass all other mills manufactured, and we confidently warrant them to give entire satisfactit.n upon trial. "CORN PLOUGH." We also call the i-sperial iittfiition of farmer.'^, to KiioisMi's Paient Pfnu«ylvania Untrt-'v C"iin I'i,ni:i;ii, which is admitted lo iiurpas.s all now in u.^e. P'annt.-r.-: wisliiiijj a lirst-rate article of tbis kind, wiii do well to rail and e.xamine this, before pureb:L<iiit: elsewhere. Don't forL'.'t the place, a few doors Wi't^t of the .Museum, wh.-r.r lbe nuder.-iKiied will b--please.I to wait on their trb-n-ls and the pui.li-- trenerally. All -Maidiine-i manu¬ factured from the best material - a>o AV.Mta.\NTrD." J. .MONTCO.Mr.KVA: lillOTHKR, april 11 r.ni-ls' \\*e.=t Chesnut street. J,anca.sti'r. Threshing Machine Shop 8c Iron Foundry. n"'HK Subscriber coutinufs to numufacture ut -*- hi.s shop, near the Railroad. Lanea.';tur, Pa., the va¬ riou;* pattern.s of CoK-wheel Hi-rse Power and Thresliint; ,M.-udiiue.s Ior 1. 2 and 4 bor-es. Eiidb-ss Chain Thrc-b- iijfr Ma.-bine.'; for I and 2 horse.'J; Corn nhellers for hand and borso power. A variety of patterns for straw and C.irii Fodder ('utter.'(, ineludin(; RoyerV Patent. Also, Hay and Grain Horse Rakes, and Wheat Drills. CASTINGS for Railroad Curs, Threshing; .M.¦i-•hine.^, steam Engine.-;, MilLs. Forge.^!. Furuaces. Honses. and iu short, all kinds of Casting done, we trust, in a manner sati.-=faetory to our customers. Skilful Pattern inaker>f ready at all time.s to make, alter and n-pair partei n.s fur eastiufjis of all descriptions. All kinds of Turning, Uorint;. Lath-- work .¦nid (ittini; done to meet the approval of uur employ.t-. \\'e resp.-et- fully invite all wautin;' anythim; in our line lu f,'ivt.' us a call. Wll.LI.A.M KIUK PATRICK. iC^'Cvaii paid for old Castin-s. .,r ex.lian-ed for new, .*pril 1» tim--_''j. Seitz' Safety Bridle Bit. THE undersigned is the Agent for Lanca.ster County, of the above Bit, and feels Tarrantcd iu re¬ commending it as a valuable invention. He would refer to the following pe^iions wbo haveit in use: John Korry, Manor township ; Henry Spiehlman. Jr.. StraaburR ; Ja¬ cob Stahl and Doctor J. Cushman. Marietta. There ia no necessity to multiply references, aa the Bit recom¬ mends itsetf upon in.ipection. For gale, wholesale or re¬ tail, at manufacturers pricea. GKO. M' STEINMAN, nay 2 6m-22] Lanca.ster. Printiflg Paper for sale at tiiis office KEEP IT UEFORE THE I'EOPLE. City Hat and Cap Store, Oppoiiti ths Lancaster Post OJice, N. Qneen St. JOIfiHT AMER. 'I'^IIE subscriber ia tliankful for tlic very liberal J- phiire of public p:itroimgi! hy has received .since he oj.i-ned ill thi.. city, aud would respectfully iufonii liiK iiiiuiiToun custmner.s and the public KeueniUy, that lu; continues to manufacture HATS of allideRcrip- ticins. on tlie mnst IMPROVED STYLKS: coiiipriBiuK Ii K A V K 11, NUTRIA. SILK, .MOLESKIN, U..VSS1MERK. BRUSH. RUSSIA. kt-... ofthe mo.st fashionable stylos. lie is now ready to oITer the SPRINUSTYLE OE HATS, liplit .in.l pleas.ant for Spring and Summer wear, wlii»:li eannoi Is- liurpassed for beauty of finish, triniminic and durability. Warranted to (;ive i^atisfactiou and Jieep lln-ir eoli>r._ Al.so. a very extensive assortment or lAI'S of all descriptions, just ree..ived from ilie largest cstaUisIiment iu I'hila.l.l. r..mi;osiu,;; fancy Children!.'. Youths', iioys' ami .M.ns' i l..lh, Velvet. Silk, Glazed. 6;c.. ice low for cash. , ,,. , Please call ami exanlin.- at tl''-,,'"-':'.'¦¦^.¦¦''' ',,',' , in the city-ClTY HAT AND 1 ¦.)I'«1 "I't"-"¦"¦•"''i«"'^^" street, opposite the IV.St Ollice, '----y;;, ,,^„^^,,^,„^ V n Tl-.ts made t" or.l.r at the. sh.irt....t notice.— Hi^ts houil.t in tl- .¦.s.al.lishnient. br„sl„.d and ironed whenever desired, free ofi-liart;... April 4 ¦ PIAIVOS. ALL sorts of PIANOS [botli new nnd second hand) from the most eolebrati..d makers in New York anil Philadelphia, kept constantly fur sale by the subscriber, at th.; lowest prices, in Monnt Joy, Lancaster '' irr- .vii Pianos .sohi by me will be warranted. ySly'o--ly-3q JOHN D, HUSMAN GEIGER & LEHNER, J. A. am-is RESPECTFULLV .lunounct! to tlic imblic, tli.lt they have entere.i int.. a .O-I'AliTNKKSHIP, ami intend to carry Oil th«- ^ ,, , . „, Foundry and Machine Shop, stiuated n.-tr ibr Kailroad. at tbe cityof i.ancastcr. for- ducted by J'K.NSKt.i. k Lkiinkh. tf-10 JOHN" LKUXKU. ,iTly coud Keb : OREVTKST AGRIOULTUKAL IMPROVE- MKNT OF TJFE AGE!! Patent lever Drill or Grain Planter. n^IIE fidvaiitagc-a of this Maclunc fuUj ost^l>- ¦L lisb.rd by u.-ie and eXl>erimeut are, Irt, a saving nf from two to tbri'i! in'cks of .^eed per aiTc. "Jnd. an eijual di.dribiition of any given quantity of .¦;eed e(,vered at a uiiif'Tui depth, yrd. a paving af lab.ir—tbis Macbine can be made to coniidete from Sto IS aere.«iH'r day. 4tb, tbe tJraiu is not.'^o liableto btr tbnm-n out by frost, rdb, it stand.s stronger and tinner ; and i.-^ not .so liable to be injured by the ruat. and oTcnrome.'i ami outgrows tht-ae¬ tion of the fly. (jth. whiin- thi-.-"* ni:tebtuc'.-< havi; beeu used, the t<aTint;of Seedand inert-a.'^e oijirodnpt amount¬ ed to from lu to 25 per eeUt. The ^'^eat improvement in lid.- .Machine over all others of thc kind is its simi>li'-ity- durability and economy, and tho facility or certainty'iviib ubirb it i-an be Sl-I or altered, by a reculatt-d imU-x and jise^--1.. DriU or pUut any tjiven ciuantitv of (irain per aen; at any required depth. Thi.s macbiur i.-> niad'^ willi muvabb- teeth at present, tn suit the uiu^vcn.-.^.-^ of the ground, it will an- BWcr rough or.'Jiuontli Latnl. Manuiactured by the !'at.-nt.-.- at Coneord. Lancaster county, i'a. AUJrcss to I'aradise: 1'. O. H. W. 6'M!TI1. AfiKTST.i.—W.M. KiHKe.vTnii-K. Lancaster; A, K. k A. L. WiTMrn. Paradi.^Jf. and at .). Ktmit), \; (.o'd Hard- . ware Store, Culumljia. Aprilll Cm-iy
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VOL. XXIII.
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1849.
PUBLISHED BY
EDWARD C. DAULING:T0N,
OFFICE IN .NORTH QUEEN STUEET.
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Tbe Dogr fIiat was too faithful for Uis master.
BY WltUAM WHITFORE.
In the bleakest and most barren portion of the county of Derbyshire, England, there Uved, a long time ago, a man and his wife of the name of Pollard. The former waa the keeper of the turnpike gate, and ho had only been married some two or three months, when the circumstan¬ ces occurred of which we are about to write.^- The small toll house in which he lived was sit¬ uated at a point where three roads met, and in a place where the scenery was singularly wild and dreary. It stood in a deep hollow formed by two chains of high hills, whose aides wero cov¬ ered with nought but a continuous surface of dark brown heath, or occasional bushes of prick¬ ly goose. Not another house was to be seen for miles, and'the only evidence of life were in the few flocks of sheep which were here and there browsing along the mountain's sides; or the mail coach and a few wagons which at intervals pas¬ sing along the road. The only person who ever paid a visit to the toll-house was a butcher nam¬ ed Gonfrey, who called every Saturday, for the purpose of supplying the Pollards with fresh meats.
Mr. Pollard had lived in his present abode du¬ ring several years previous to his marriage; and being of a very courageous disposilion, and hav¬ ing been accustomed to the loneliness of his place of residence, he waa not much affected thereby; but his wife, who had ever been accustomed to living in a "populous town, and being withal of a very timid nature, now lived in a constant state of alarm and dread—more particularly whenev¬ er her husband paid a visit to the neighboring town for such necessaries as they required. And what tended to increase this feeling of alarm to a still greater extent, that part of the country was at that time infested by a band of lawless men, who almost nightly robbed and murdered some unfortunate cavalier, or broke into and plundered some lone farm-house; nor could the utmost vig¬ ilance of ..the authorities succeed in detecting them. Of these men she lived in daily dreadj lest they, discovering that her husband was pos¬ sessed of a large sum of money—the savings of former years—should seize an opportunity, when he was from home, and murder her to obtain it. She frequently pressed her husband to give up his station, and remove to some safer placo of abode; but he invariably laughed at her fears, assuring her that there was not the least danger, as none but themselves were aware of the fact of his possessing the money in question. Oneday in December he received a letter, informing him that his father was lying at the point of death, and earnestly wished to see him before that event took place- This letter gave him great uneasi¬ ness, for, apart from the grief it occasioned at his father's situation, if he went he could not possibly return beforo tho next day, as his pa¬ rents resided more than thirty miles distant, and his wife would be obliged to stay and take care of the 'gate.' He must go, however—he could not reluse his father*s dying request. When hc imparted his intention to his wife, she was seized with the utmost terror, and earneslly entreated him to forego his resolution; nor was it until af¬ ter a long time, during which ho had u.'ied tho utmost endeavors to soothe her, that he could venture to proceed on his journey.
It was Saturday morning when he started, and one of the dreariest days of the season. The snow lay thick upon the ground, and still contin¬ ued to fall heavily, causing the face of the sur¬ rounding scene to look more wild and lonely than ever. As Mrs. Pollard sat in the smnll front apartment of the house, her fears gradual¬ ly increased more and moro, as her imagination conjured up a thousand dread forebodings, and almost fancied that each sound of the wind whistling through the valley, was some one even now about to break in. Time sped, when at length, Gonfrey, the butclier, approached j the terror had attained to such a height that she de¬ termined to ask him to stay in the house with her until her husband returned.
This Gonfrey wag a tall, powerful built man, about forty-five or fifty years of age, and witii a rough countenace by no means prepossessing.— He resided in a houso, some five miles distant and which was at least that distance from any oth¬ er. He had occupied it for years, followed his preient business, and disposed of his meat by taking it in his wagon to the different families iu the vicinily.
She was unacquainted with him until the time of her marriage ; but the familiarity arising from his weekly visits to her house, and the cordiality wilh which her husband invariably received him, now inspired her wilh more confidence towards him, than from his looks sho would otherwise huve done.
*I am so glad you are come !' said Mrs. Pol¬ lard, as the butcher entered her dwelling.— 'John has gone to see his father, who is not ex¬ pected to Uve, and will not relurn until to-mor¬ row; and I am nearly frightened to death, for we have got more than a hundred sovereigns in the house, and if any of theae robbers were to com.e, they would murder mc. Won't you stop and keep me company until John comes back V During the first part of her address, Gonfrey did not appear to listen with much apparent in¬ terest; but the momdht Mrs. Pollard mentioned the money, his face astumed an expression of singular import, and his grey eyes flashed quick glances from beneath his pert and shaggy brows, as though something had suddenly moved him. 'I am very sorry,' ho replied—and speaking in a low, deliberative tone—*but I cannot possibly 5tay—I've got to call at two or three more pla¬ ces with meat yet; and beforo I could return it would bc past midnight. But I tell you what I will do—there's Dash—a better dog never lived -:-I'll leave him with you; and I'll agree to for¬ feit my head if he lets any one enter the house while he is there.'
With many thanks, Mrs. Pollard accepted his ofler; for she had often heard her husband speak of the courage and sagacity of the animal in question.
*Stay here,' said Gonfrey, now, as he looked at his dog, and pointed within lhe room with his finger,'and see that yoa don't let anyone come near.*
The dog, which was a very large one, one of -thebreed called *mastifr," answered this com¬ mand of his master by wagging his tail two or three times, and looking up into his face with an inlelligent expression; and the next moment crouching down by the side of Mrs. Pollard, stretched himself at full length upon the earth, u though at home.
When the butcher had departed, Mrs. Pollard began to caress the dog, and for a long time en¬ deavoring to attract his attention ; but in vain • he continued to Jie mute and motionless, aii though devoid of life. This circumstance raised her fears anew; for she began to think that if he dog lay thus passive now, he would do so if
any one chanced to come to the place. Again she renewed her caresses, and finally offered him a piece of meat; but still with the same success; the dog would neither appear to recognize hor presence, nor would he touch the meat.
Thc loll houso consisted of two rooms, with only one door or entrance, and which was at the front. The back apartment was used as a bod-room, and was lighted by a small wmdow at the foot of tho bed. The front one had two windows; a tolerably large one near the door, and a small lattice, whose diamond shaped squares of glass were encased within thin plates of lead. To none of the windows were there any shutters, with thc exception of the bed room.
At the usual time Mrs. Pollard retired to rest, but in vain endeavored to sleep; the dog still re¬ maining in tha same immovable position as when his master left him.
The night was moro chilly and dreary than had been the day. The falling of snow had giv¬ en place to a heavy storm of commingled sleet and rain, which the wind now blow against the casements with terrible force—almost appearing as though it would raise the house from its very foundation. Il seemed a fitting nighl for deeds of blood ! Mrs. Pollard iaid in her bed tremb¬ ling, as her terror at each repetition of the keen blast increased. Stories of robbery and blood¬ shed, which sho had hoard years ago, now rush¬ ed through her mind with vivid distinctness ;— and her imagination increased their enormity a thousand fold.
She lay thus, unable to sleep, until, as near as she could guess,about midnight,when she thought she heard the sound of a single footstep outside tho house. She partially raised herself, and bending forward listened for a continuance of the sound wilh eager intentness. Sho soon hoard the step again, and this timo distinctly. They now appeared to be quite hear. She now listen¬ ed for the dog's raising some alarm-—but not the slighiesi movertient did hc make. Her lerror suddenly''raised to a great exlent, at the ani-
down agin Sunday morning, got there about half past ten, and found her as dead as a herrin. I was mightily struck up. We skinned her, and snaked her out upon the snow. I then cut her open and examined her. She had what I call the overflow of the gall. I found a bushel bas¬ ket full of fox grass hay, and nothin' else, in her entrails. I found a peck more in tho manifold, all matted down and dried on. My neighbors use this kind of hay. It will do for young crit¬ ters that browse but I never seo any living crit¬ ter touch it growing. Even grasshoppers will run from it for life. I took some spirits down with me, Sunday morning. The cow having no furiher use for any, I took a dose myself,'
The plaintiff" lives in South Boston, and the de¬ fendant in Scituate, where this kind of grass grows. The doctor's testimony was quito liko that on the former trial, except that the learned cow doctor had more to say of the 'ground-work,' of his examination and his theory. At the last accounts the jury had gone out to grass, to con¬ sider the digesiive and medical properties of fox grass, a bundle of which was laken wilh them to their jury-room.
D. Morgan, and T.Willey, for tho plainliflf; and Wm. H. Whitman for the defendant.
The jury after being out for some hours, disa¬ greed ; they stood 10 for defendant, and 2 for plaintiff.—Boston Herald,
Catcliin^ a fVeascl Asleep.
An individual, as well' known around —
mal's not takipg notice of the noise outside.-— Another ynoment, and she heard a sound as of some one removing the glass out of the small casement in the olher room, immediately follow¬ ed by the sharp click of the handle, which fast¬ ened it on the inside, turning round. Still, the dog gave forlh no sound or indicalion of what was going on.
Mr«. Pollard was now almost frantic with ex¬ cess of fear, feeling assured that she must un¬ doubtedly in a few moments be murdered. The perspiration streamed from her in large, cold drops, and her tongue seemed powerless to ut¬ ter a single cry.
As we said, the dog had as yet given forth no sign of recognition; but when, a moment after the noise of the handle's turning round was heard some one seemed lo bs forcing through the aper¬ ture, he gave a low growl followed by a sudden spring. A shrill cry of agony immediately echo¬ ed through the house, so keen and slarlling as almost to chill the blood in Mrs. Pollard's veins. The cry was followed by tho sound of fierce struggling, mingled with sharp cries, which each moment grew weaker and weaker, as of a hu¬ man being in the very extremest of mortal pain and anguish; and the deep mouthed baying of the dog-. At length the struggle ceased, und all became still as death.
When daylight appeared Mrs. Pollard rose and dressed, with as much speed as the weak¬ ness the terrors of thc night had occasioned would permit. She then set down by the win¬ dow, to await the appearance of the first person who niight pass, for she could not summon suf¬ ficient courage to enter the other room alone.— In a short timo a teamster approached, whom she hailed; and as soon as he had stepped near to where she was seated, lold the story of ilie I)revious adventure.
He instantly ran round to the side on. which was the lattice casemenl, and the next moment returned, with horror depicted on his counte¬ nance, as he exclaimed—'My God, what a sight I have seen.' He then got in by tho open win¬ dow at which Mrs. Pollard had been seated, and led thc way to the other room.
And what an object was then presented to their view ? Hanging on the sdl of the case ment with the head and shoulders protruding through inlo thc interior, was the body of Gon¬ frey the bulcher ! In tho right hand he held a large knife, the blade of which was covered with blood ; for he had stabbed the dog several limes during the struggle. And fierce that struggle must have been, for in his lefl hand was a quan¬ tity of hair, which he had torn from the neck of the dog. Tho latter, at thc momenl when they entered the room, was sitting erect on his haun¬ ches beneath the place where his master was hanging, gazing wilh a fixed look upon him ; and the blood was still flowing from the stabs he had received.
Gonfrey had formed the resolution of robbing and murdering Mrs. Pollard, and had left his dog with her as a menns of cfTectually warding off all suspicion from attaching to himself, never for a single moment doubting but that his dog would permit him to enter the house unmolested. The faithfulness and intelligence of tho animal was thus the instrument of punishment on his master, for the enormity of the crime he had in¬ tended to commit. The teamster dressed the wounds of Dash and then pursued his journey. Nor did Mrs. Pollard now feel any further fear of staying alone, until the return of her husband after such a proof of the sagacity of her brute protector. Dash recovered from his wounds, and was ever after kept with as much care as though he had been their child, nor could any amount of money which might have been offered for his possession, havo tempted them to part with him.
you've brought in this coniamed saw-hoss worth twenty, eh? you natral fool!' And uncle C, fairly shook with rage,
* I baulked on that, capting,' observed Seth, in self-justification; * but that 'ar tonguey cuss, Jake, thar, talked into old Bill, (the third judge,) as how a saw hoss was equal to a twenty dollar bill, and so I was overruled.' ¦
* Consarn the critters,' growled uncle C;' wall, it can't be helped Sam ; you've got into mo fair this time ; but won't you let me off", though ?'
' Eff you'll sland treat all round, uncle—jest to obleage you,' quickly answered the mischiev¬ ous wag.
Uncle C. did treat all round, and does it again when reminded of the trade.—N. O. Crescent,
A Fast Man.—These is a man at Oxford who lives so fast that he is now absolutely older than his falher ; and it is thought he will soon over¬ take his grand-father. His mother, a quiet, el¬ derly lady, be has left behind long ago, as well as two old maiden aunts.
BENEVOliENCE.
AinuNing CoTv Case in tlie €oui*t of Inquiry, on FriOay.
The case of James A. Maynard vs. Cummings Litchfield lo recover the value of a cow was tried again. Tho plaintiff alleges that the defendant, on flie 14th of Dec, 1816, contracted to keep his cow during the winter in as good flesh as wHen he took her, and that she died for want of suita¬ ble food and water. That the cow was of En¬ glish breed, worth $70, and that a post mortem examination was held upon her mortal remains, when some salt hay, called fox-grass, was found in her, which produced an overflow of gall and stoppage. This defendant denies.
At the former trial the jury stood 6 to 6, and did not agree, though no less than four cow doc¬ tors gave evidence ; the teslimony of one of them. Dr. Stoddart's, is decidedly rich. It was as fol¬ lows:
' I live in Scituate, and am sixty years of age. I am a cow doclor, I have followed the busi¬ ness these forly years. I 'doctor sheep, hoga, and horned critters. I set broken bones, joints, &c. I never read no books on critters. I look the business up kind of nat'ral. I doclor in Scit¬ uate, Hanover, Hanson, and all about. Mr. Maynard and Mr, Litchfield came to me about this cow. I told them to give her a pint and a half of castor ile, or a pound of hog's lard. I went down to see her the day afore she died. I gave her a dose of thoroughstalk tea, strong. I went to sea her agin on Saturday, and dosed her agin. 1 thought if I could start her idees up a little, and kind of jog natur, she might get along She revived up a little, and I left her. I went
as the guide-board at the cross roads, youi A B C's at school, or the church steeple, onco toted into the village inn on one of his customary horse-trading errands. Old C. was a ^hoss,' if not a 'half al/igator,' in all kind of matters hav¬ ing the slightest affinity to horse-flesh. He could see through a beast as well as you can through the bars of a gridiron. ' 'Veni, vtdi,* was his motto; and ho decided just as quickly as a wink could be made, or the fire from the limesione some where scorched a feather. He never would allow the chance of a trade to slip through his fingers iike a greased pig, but would jump at ono as readily as trout will at a fly. I solemnly aver that had he, by some providence or other, happened to live in the days of Alexander, hewould have attempted to ' cum it over ' that great' b'hoy,' and swopped him a miserable creature for his Bucephalus— ditto, had it been his fortune to fall in wilh Don Quixote, ten to one he would have ' struck a trade' with the valiant knight,and obtained the far-famed Rosinante as an equivalent for some 'bishoped* affair. In fine, reader, C.'s fame was as renowned as his white neckcloth, a la parson, and other clerical eccentricities, were well known for miles around
Very well: C.—we were saying—once toted into the village tavern. A stranger, at his ap¬ pearance, might have mistaken him for a fallen deacon, or an itinerant temperanco lecturer, bearding the 'crater' in it's den: he looked a little liko both, only more like the former than t'other by reason of a well-dyed noso, and other marks which king 'cohol is apt to leave, as me¬ mentoes of his favor, upon the features of his proselytes.
'Who wants to trade to-day ?' he exclaimed, emptying the tumbler of ' sling,' whicJi the atten¬ tive Boniface knew was dc regie wilh C, and had consequently concocted on his entrance.-— * Got an all-fired putty hoss tew hum,' he con¬ tinued, 'fresh from 'Hjo—slicV na a. now doll«» smart as young lightnin* arter a spankin'—and will trot it like abuUgine down a greased sun¬ stroke.'
' Considerable kind of a critter, I should ex¬ pect,' remarked one of the would-be bloods of the village, calmly whiffing his long nine, and a smile of incredulity creeping quietly over his sharp .wag-like countenance-
• He's nothin' else, Sam,* assured the old man, seating himself beside the * young 'un,' and pro¬ ducing a jack-knife, which had assisted him in the perfection of scores of trades.
'Well, uncle C.,' drawled out Sam, 'seein' you're sorter anxious to trade, 'sposin' wc talk it over a leetle; for I've got a hoss I jest got, I should like mighty well to swop off.*
• That's the talk, Sam,' exclaimed C., rubbing his hands with delight, for he M'as about plunging in his element. 'What sort of a critter U he, SamV
* Nothin' very alarmin', I guess, uncle C.; but sound as a dime, though,'
' Considerable old, I reckon,' says uncle C, ' Not very ; and what mought be yourn's age, uncle C,?'
' Four, comin' five next grass, Sam. An all- killing flne colt, Sam, effi say it.'
* I ain't seen him, uncle C, and you ain't seen mine, as I know on : now let's do the thing up in short metre. What d'ye say to swoppin* with¬ out seeing, uncle 1'
' Don't care a hoe cake, Sam—soon ^ade blind¬ folded as not—no use my bein' with' eyes wide open, 'kase you'd cheat me of my eye teeth eff so be I had all the specs in crealion to help me.'
'Sho ! uncle C, you're poking fun inlo me, when you say that—me, green as thunder, think to take advaniage on you ?' And he laughed at the idea.
' Well, Sam, that's for talk's sake. Shall we leave it out to judges, Sam V
' Jest as you mind to have it, uncle C
» Who d'ye take, Sam ?—I take Seth, cause Seth's honorable,' and he called up a tricky look¬ ing soap-lock, who' was known as uncle C.'s sianding referee.
' Wall, Jake,' and Sam winked to a roguish fellow, and whispered a word or two in his ear.
The referees chose the third judge, a very simple-minded individual; and all were about leaving for the respective domiciles of the tra¬ ders, where the horses were said to be, when Jake remarked :
* I 'spose we've got lo bring in our award, whatsomever's the bosses we're going to see.'
* Sartain, Jake, sartin,* simultaneously replied the two jockeys.
The trio were absent about twenty minutes, 'and slaled that the result of their ' chating ' was that Sam should pay undo C. fifteen dollars to boot. The hat was held out, and both dropped in a cent in token of their satisfaction with the decision. Sam produced his sheep's skm, pointed up the rhino, saying as uncle C. counted the cash :
* All right, I expect, capting ?' ' I guess so,Sam,* replied the venerable jockey.
* Now let's go any deliver iheproperly.'
An inkling of tho probable result of the affair had got rumored about the room, and the specta¬ tors followed tho traders to enjoy the finale.
' Let's go to my place first,' said Sam, and thither they went, whilst uncle C. directed Seth to run to his stable and lead out his hoss.
\Vc copy thc following from the Boston Po.st.— " Absalom Bliss" is tho tj-po of quite a numerous class, and many will have no difficulty in recognizing similar IVatures in thc characteristics of some of their friends.
A benevolent man was Absalom Bliss— At each and every talc of distress
Mo blazed right up like a rocket; He felt for all hencath poverty's smart, Who were fated to bear life's roughest part- lie felt for thom in his inmost heart.
But never felt in his pocket.
Ilc did n'fc know rightly what wns meant
liy the Bible's promised four hundred per cent.
For charity's donation j Bnt hc acted n.s ifhe thought railroad stocks And bouils, secure beneath earthly locks. Were better, with pockets brim full of rocks.
Than Heavenly speculation.
Vet all said he was an excellent mnn ¦
To thc poor he'd i)rcach—ibr thc poor he'd plan ;
To better them ho was willing ; But tho oldest man, who had heard him pray • And preach for thc poor in a pitiful way. Could hardly remember him rightly to say
Mr. Bliss had e'er given a shilling.
RESIGNATION.
BY IIEXRY W, LOXGI-ELLOW.
There is no flock, however watched and tended.
Bat one dead lamb is there ! There ia no fireside, howso'er defended.
But h:is one vacant chair !
Thc air is full of farewells to the dying.
And mournings for the dead ; Tbe heart of Knchacl for her ehildren crying,
Will not bc comforted!
Let us bo patieut! these severe afflictions Not from thc ground arise, v
But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark di.sguiso.
Wc see but dimly through the mists and vapors;
Amid these earthly damps, What scoin to us but dim, funereal tapcr-s
May be hoaveu's distant lamps.
There is no death ! what seems .so is transition.
This life of mortal breath Is bnt a .'iuhurb of the life Elysian,
Whoso portal wc call Death.
She U not dead—thc child of our affection—
Hut gone unto that school, Where she no longer needs our poor protection.
And Christ himself doth rule.
"NEW SERIES, VOL. XI--NO. m.
round hia neck, and eiolaimed, " Yes, father, I will tell yon. Mother buys medicines- for poor little Willie. We have no other way to get it.— Mother and Mary work all the time they can get to buy bread."
A pang shot through the inebriate's heart.— " I have robbed them of the comforts of life,', he exclaimed : " from this moment the liquid fire passes my lipa no more."
Anne stood gazing at him in astonishment.— Slie could scarcely comprehend her father's words; but she saw that some change had taken place. Sho threw back her golden ringletsi rai¬ sed ber large blue eyes with an earnest look to his face—" Will you never drink any more rum?" she whispered timidly.
" A''ever.' dear Anne," her father replied sol¬ emnly.
Joy danced in her eyes. "Then wc will all bo 80 happy. Oh, father, what a happy home ours will be!"
Years passed away. The worda of little Anne, tlie drunkard's daughter, had proved true. Thg home of the reformed man, her father, was in¬ deed a happy one. Plenty crowned his board, and health and joy beamed from the face of his wife and children—where once squallid misery alone could be traced. The pledge had raised him from his degradation, and restored him once more to peace and happiness.
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THE subscribers havo taken the CoalJJtard on
Prince street, in the city of Lancaster, lately owned
and occupied by Me.s.srs. B, & J, Reinhold, where ibcy
inienu keeping a general assortment of Cu:d for family
Tr'cilTit.'"- ^y^''^ Valley, Baltimore".Companyn-ino
eoal for Li',^";'^"'-''""'""-^'"'"-*'*'*^!**'" varilit of eoal lor Limcburning and Sulphnj-fo^mithinL- i
cons'taiitlv';!'„'"'f' "J"'"'-'"'™' of dSSTSEr. will be 4ept
fhe Saw Miu^ T^' , ¦''li.l'KnAalftaMLlljemcnts twith
at heriiortei n,T '""'"'f bill"5nr(rw!l5<'brfurnlftcd
, I -ml^ i J ,1 ^¦Hjf'-i't""'' theirTjiject will be It all times to pl>a.teian,ia!niiBiTiU,a„te alUqJo oily fa¬
vor them with.theip cu|j aslow.asanyothftts'intnl - ^ .. Now is the time.for.Bafoiipsi^.';
as!ow.a,s_anyuthft.sintMi55ofLi(i,ciiBt"crorltsflcinity,
;». K^JIENK, R. IL.LONG,
In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion
By guiirilian angels led, ^afe from tcmjifation, s.afc from sin's pollution
Shc lives, whom we call dead,
l)ay after d.iy wc think what she is doing
In those bright realms of air; Vear after year, her tender stojis pursuing.
Behold her grown more fair.
Tims do TCO walk wil,li ber, ami keori unbroken.
The liond which nature gives. Thinking that our remembrance, though unspoken May reach her where shc lives.
Not as a child would 1VC again behold her;
t'or when with rajituro wild In our embraces we ngain enfold her,
Sho will not be a child ;
Jint a fair maiden in her Father's mansiini.
Clothed with celestial graco ; And beautiful with nil the soul's expansion
Shall we behold her face.
And though at times, tempestuous with emotion
And anguish long siippres-^ed. The swelling heart heaves moaning liko the ocean.
That cannot bo at rest;
Wc will 1)0 patient! .and assuage Ibo feelinjr
Wo cannot wholly stay ; By Siinetifving, not concealing,
TllC grief that must havo way.
Removal.
WIMilAM -W. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAS REMOVKD his Offlce to East King Street,
nearly opposite the Farmers' Bank, between the
Offiee ofj. N. Lightner and thc store of W.
"ay 2 I'iper. Cm-22
ALEX. L. HAYES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office removed to the house between Cooper's
Hotel and Mr. Hager's Store. April 18 . ly-20
W. TVHITESIDE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Hns removed to the Office formerly occupied
by E.C. Reigart Esq., in West King
Sireet, drd house below Mr. Recti's
Tavern.
April 18 4t-20
tl. E. HIESTER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAS RE.MO"VKD to tho OFFICE heretoforo occupied
by JUDGE CH.tMPNEYS, a few doora West
of the Lancaster County Bank, in
East Kiiig Street.
April 4 . Om-18
JO)HN B. LIVINGSTON,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW, Office Ind door South of thc Mechanics Iiisti-
tuli; South Queen Streel, Laucasler, Pa., Will altend to .any professional business entrusted to bia care, witb proniptneps and di.-^patch,
•^U N, B, Scrivening, such as writing Deeds, Wills. Mortgages, Releases. Accounts, Sir-., tc. atteuded to on reasonable terms and at tbe shortest notico.
Lancaster, March 14th. 1849, lyr-15
BAHTRAM A. SHAEFFER.
/VTTOllIV Cl 1 A'J iiA«,
Office wilh Gro. Ford, Esq., in East King St. October 11, l-y-40
I/ANPIS & BLACK,
ATTORNIES AT LAW,
Office 3 doors below Lancaster Bank, South
Queen Strret, Lancaster, Pa.
N, B, All kindsof Scrivening, such as writing of Wills.
Deials, Mortgages. Accounts, i:c.. &c., will be attended
to witii correctness and despatch.
Jksbk Lanois, Jamks Black.
June 23 31
Tl»e Assortinent.
Pine and Fancy Stationary
A T SPANGLER"& BRO.'S, Ne-w Book Store, -il- North (iu'cen Street, is nnrivalled for beauty, exci-l- lencc, aud cheapness.
PEARL AND TORTOISE Shell Card Ca.ses. -•- A splendid artiele at SPANGLER & BRO.'S Cheap Book Store. North Quaen street,
QPLENDID PENKNIVES. Spangler & Bro.'s ^ have the finest as.iortmcnt of Roger's ii Woatcnliolm's fine Penknives, cver'oiTered for aale in this city
QOMETHING for little Boys and Girls, Spang- ^ ler & Bro, 's would call the attention of tbe rising generation to their assortment of J uvenile Books, Games.
&c.
QCHOOL BOOKS! SCHOOL BOOKS!! AU
*^ the standard School Books cau be had at SPANGLER & BRO.'S, .as cheap aa they can be purchasedin thc eity, Fagan's New Building,
T A YARD'S Great Work; Nineveh and its Ro- -*-^ mains. Just received and for ,'*alc at SP.'VNGLER & BROTHER'S, Norlh (iucea street.
T^IAMOND Pointed Gold Pens for 75 cents, at -'-' SPANGLER Si BROTHER'S.
MACAULAY'S England, (Harpers Edition,) for $1 per volume, at SPANGLER & BRO.'S. May 2 2'2] North Ciueen street.
TO THE HUNDRED THOUSAND CITIZENS
Of liancaster CUy and County.
OP ANG LEB & BROTHER, respectfully ten- ^•^ der a most cordial invitation to visit tbeir new. beau¬ tiful, .and cheap Book Store, in Fagan's uew bnilding, in North tiuecn street, where Books ano Statio-ahv can be purchased at less than city prices,
aiay 2 22
"He will forgive you, Fatlier."
He stood leaning upon a broken g.ate in front of his miserable d"wclling. His tattered hat was in hia hands and tbe cool breeze lifted the matted locks which covered his noble brow. His coun¬ tenance was bloated and disfigured, but in his eye there was an unwonted look—a mingled ex¬ pression of sadness and regret. Perhaps he was listening to the melancholy voice of his patient wife ns she soothed the sick babe on her bosom; or perchance he wos gazing on tlie sweet face of his eldest daughter, as at the open window she plied her needle to olitain for her mother and the poor children a sustenance. Poor Mary! for licrself slic cared not; young as slie was,her spirit was crushed by poverty, unkindness and neglect. As tlie inebriate tlius stood, his eyes w.tndered over his miser.able habitation hefore him. Thc windows were broken, and tlie doors hingclcss, scarce a vestige of comfort remained; yet mcniory bore bim back to the days of his youth, when it was the abode of peace and hap¬ piness. In infancy he saw again the old arm chair where sat liis fatlier with tlie Bible upon his knee, and seemed to Iicar again thc aweet tones of his mother as shc laid her hand upon thc head of her darling boy, and pr.ayeJ that God would bless him and preserve liim from evil. Long years had passed away,yet tears came into tho eyes of the drunkard nt the recollection of his mother's love.
" Poor mother," lie muttered, " it is well that thou art sleeping in tbe grave; it would break thy heart to know that tliy son is a wretched and degraded being—a miserable outcast from society."
He turned slowly away. Deep within an ad¬ joining forest was a dcU where the beams ofthe sun scarce ever penetrated. Tall trees grew on either side, whose branches, meeting above, formed a canopy of leaves, where the birds built their nests, and poured forth happy songs.— Tliither the drunkard bent his steps. It had been llis favorite haunt in thc days of his child¬ hood, and as he threw himself upon the soft, green sward, tho recollections of past scenes came crowding over his mind. He covered his face "With his hands, and the prayer of the prod¬ igal burst from his lips—" Oh God! receive a returning wanderer!" Suddenly a aoft arm was thrown arout his neck, .and a sweet voice murmured—" Ho will forgive you, father."— Starting to his feet, the inebriate saw standing before him his youngest daughter, a child of six years.
" Why are you here, Anne.'" he said, asham¬ ed that tlie innocent child should have witnessed Ilis grief.
" I came to gather the lilies which grow upon tliebanks," shc replied; " see, I have got my basket full, and now I .am going to sell, them."
" And what do you do with the money.'" ask¬ ed the father, as he turned his eyes to the bas¬ ket, where among the broad green leaves the sweet lilies of the valley were peeping forth.
Tbe child hesitated, she thought she had said too much; perliaps her father would demand the money, and spend it in the way in whioh all his earnings went.
" You are afraid to tell mc, Anne," said her father, kindly. " WeU, I do not "blame you; I have no right to my children's confidence." The gentleness of tone touched the heart of
THOS. W. & THEO. S EVANS, DENTISTS,
South-East corner of Orange Sf jYorth Queen
Street, Lancaster, Pa.
Eebruary 23, ly-13
W.M. T. WALTERS.] rcilARLKS llARVEV,
•WALTERS & HARVEY,
{laTK WALTKRH k HARVKV.)
PRODUCE AND G£N£RAIi COMMIS¬ SION MERCHANTS,
NO. 15 k 10 SrR.AIVS WHARF. BALTIMORE.
WILLIAM GUMPF, Fashionable Tailor,
East King Street, Lancaster, a few doors East of the Court House, May 2-4t'-2^. ___
Fashionable Draper ajid Tailor. TTAS just returned from Philadelphia with !i
•*"*- beautiful assortumut ol'
TTncut Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings,
to wliinh hf. invites tin- at ten tiun r.f Iiif* (luftonicr.'* and tht! public ffcutTalty. N(»v i^ th com¬ forts aud evt;n thu fLe;;ancie.-' of lifiV What Hf bard- .'sn cold and st^ insensible ;l-; .Mjirbh; ? yut tlie Hctiliilop cau wiiruj it into Uf.' jiud bid it exprc-.-^ the tend.*rt |
Month | 05 |
Day | 09 |
Resource Identifier | 18490509_001.tif |
Year | 1849 |
Page | 1 |
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