Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              VOL. XXVI.
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1852.
NEW SERI|:s, VOL. XIV-NO. 14.
PtrBLISlIED BT
EDWARD C. DABLINGTON,
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From the Lady's Book for March.
'MOVING" IN~THE COTTNTRY.
BY  A  VILLAGER.
Tliere was a great Benaation at Elmvale wlien it was noised through ihe village thut the Bar¬ tons had " aold out." Who would have thought of their quilling the homestead which had been in the posaesaion of the family for ihc uiihenrd- of length of forty years ? It vas odd, indeed, that such ft,«urca as ihoy u'crc .supposed to be could possibly Ihink of "moving. ll the lovely atream which flo.s along j.st sonth ol the village-ihai river, whose romantic wind¬ ings could scarcely be made more miereslmg even by thc slowing verso io which they have been immortaliz-ed by the sweetest bard of mod- ern limes-Iiad. of its own accord, changed its eourse, and, making a channel through the in- lerveiiing meadou-s, run up the' |^cipal street, there might have been more aa'tb^J^ent; but noihing among ihe bare posaibilitiM'Of Jife had seemed BO unlikely to occur aa far tKe'Bartons to sell. Amid all tho wonder caused by this I'veni, tlie universal opinion waa that they had made an excellent bargain—in fact, had done uncommonly well,
Bui you shall hear all aboul it. The way ihey came to sell was ihia : The Bartons were an old fiiinily, by wbich I do not mean that they are any better than their neighbors, or have a long¬ er string of anceslors—for they never tried to trace their descent beyond tha days of Queen Beas; but what conalitutes their antiquity shall appear as we proceed. At the period of thc re¬ markable selling out, ihe family consisted of three maiden sisters and a niece of seventeen, whom they had reared from babyhood. The marriage of her moiher, the sole one of them all who had achieved mairimony, was the great j epoch in their modern history. This or lhat event took place before or after " poor Sarah's ' wedding." She, the fairest uf thom all, died | inst as life's prospects grew brightest, leaving the infant .Sarah to tlie care of her aunts, from whom her father, with a second wife and large troop of children, bad never cared to separate her. A humdrum son of household it would have been if the young gtrJ had not dwelt with ihem—a genuine sunbeam in lhat musty old place.
It was a rambling, tumble-down house, full of great echoing rooms and dark passages, built at dilTereni eras and for various purposes. An aspiring uvo-story front had been ihe hotel of the early days of the aeiilemeni ; then a wing had been added for a " store ;" and, finally, the Bartons filled up a large angle wiih some snug lamily apartments. Tbis mosay-shingled, wea iher beaien domicile, shaded by magniJiceni elms older than itself, romprehended nearly the whole of ibe inheritance left the spinster aisicrs by their father. Time rolled on—and, aa his ravages were not repaired, the old house grew more ruinous year by year. Rata gnawed great holes in the cellar walls, and ate the spinster's winter apples and potatoes ; the root grew sad¬ ly treacherous, and admitted the intruder, rain- Often, in ilie stillness of the night, a crash ,would be heard which scared the youthful Fa- rah, but which her aunls unheeded—for ii woe only the pla?lering falling from the chamber ceilings, and they were used to that.
Their brothers, " the boys," aa they called ihem—though one was fifty years old, and the other but a little younger—had long been from home, e.\-cepi for an occasional visit, one being a farmer in Wisconsin, tind the otlier a merchant in a not far-off city.
" Come and live with me," wrote he of Wis consinlo the "girls."
"What! give up our home! And, of all things, logo 10 thc West: No, never!" ans¬ wered his sisters,
" .Sell out and buy a city lot, or all of you come and accept a home with mc," urged the generous merchant. But they had as great a dislike to the ciiy as of going westward—and neither invitation was heeded.
" We will decay with the homestead," said the iliree sisters. " Let us slay in peace where our parents died, where the very walls arc old iriends, and the portraits look at us from the same places where thoy have always hung.— Let us slay under thc shclicr ofthe trees where we played when wc were children."
So time rolled on. The spiiistera'sraNcn locks showed here and there a silver thread ; the old roof leaked more copiously, and more induslri- oualy gnawed ibc rata. Still the Bartons clung to their decaying house, from which they seem¬ ed decided that their only removal should be that which laid them in the silent enclosure of the family grave yard, where the parents who fel asleep in a good old age, and the sister in her young beauty, slumbered aide hy side.
But the march of impravemeni will do what noihing else can do. It made ihe spinsters " sell out." Elmvale " lOok a iiari and grew "—a catastrophe which the Bartons had often contem¬ plated Willi a dread. A new store was buill, a manufactory put in operation, a plank road was laid through the very street in which they lived, and a locomoi ive ilumdered by a dozen times each day, just back of ihe old dwelling. But what mainly contributed to cause an advamageoussalo for thc Bartons was the circumstance of a vil- lege quarrel. Klmvale, from be?ng a moal quiet and peaceable communily, became, by various causes, divided into iwo factions, the North End- era and the South Enders—each party trying to build up the interests of its own quarter to the detriment of ihe rival neighhorliood. The North Enders declared thai the oppoaite side had had all the business in their quarter since ibe settle ment of the town,, and they " wouldn't have it so" any longer; nnd being in the majority, they succeeded in geiting the postofilce, the railroad depot, nnd tho academy removed and located at the Norlh End. The .South Enders, being iht; wealihiesi, reverged themselves by speculating, and among other things, resolved 10 have a grand new hotel, which should carry ail before it, and moke that part of ibe village famous. It wna determined to buy out the Misse-s Barton, their house ivas ao large and so conveniently situated "on the corner," remodel it entirely, and get an e.vperienced hoiel-keeper irom the city to take charge oi the new estat- liahmeni.
The spinsters heard oi; the proposed plan be¬ fore a lorniol ofler wna made them, and ihcy trembled ill their shoes. Tbey were denied to all visitors, especially two or three new-comero with black whiskers and driving gray horses, who, so ilu:ir cvcited fancies suggested, reaem bled speculator.'* or fa.obionable inn-keeperfl.— Brother Tim, the merchani, got wind of the malier,and posted over in hot basie to Elmvale. -Sisier Betsey." said be, slapping his &1 emphatically on the great dinir.g-tahle, " nw you a sensible woman. a« I i^ed to Uiink you were, or are you not? There isn't the least ne- cessity for letting tlte old house rot down over your heads, though you havn'i the means to re¬ pair if Why, just think, they'll give you four thousand dollars for il—and then, if you are de termined still not lo come and live with me, you can build a cottage, plenty large enough and much pleasanlerlhan thia, on your own lotacrosa the street, for half that sum, and have something left to invest."
Betsey heaved a sigh, looked ot thc faded pa. per on ihe walls and at the grim black manile- piccc with a glance of afleciion, and remained silent. But her more voluble aisiers Ann aiTd -Margaret eloquently rcmonslrnied. " Why, brother Tim, it'a home to us, what no other Iilacc can ever be. It is a shame lo sell it, for its very walls are sacred."
" Sacred 1" cried Tim, witit a hearty laugh ; " and tlic rats nre sacred too, I auppose, for you never kill them; und so is tho old plastering that tumbles aboul your cars.   GJrJs," he con-
iheir affection for Sarah, who thought it would be fine fun to move, and longed for a new house above all things. In short, the bargain was made.the papers drawn and brought to be signed. The spinsters seldom went beyond the shade of the elm trees, except to church-they had a hor- | ror of making new acquaintances, and were es- pecially possessed hy a nervous dread of iigmng a paper. But this ceremony could not, on the present occasion, he dispensed with—ao, when the dignitary came to " take iheir acknowledg* ment," (hough he waa aa old neighbor of twen¬ ty years' standing, they put on long-fronted, an- n'quaied bonnets and groat ahawls, walked si¬ lently into the parlor, and, having affixed their names to the necessary document, hurried away in the same mysterious manner, leaving their mischievous niece giggling behind the sideboard. Well, ihey were to give possession in ihrec weeks, and it was needful to hire a house tiU their own ahould be completed. House-hunting waa a queer business for the Misses Barton; but, forltinately, a tenement was soon found almost as large, rather more ruinous, and con¬ siderably lees comfortable than ihe old home- ¦lead, which tho parish mlntaler, having jusl been lurned away, had vacated, and which ihey hired for si.\ months. It was tho only one in the vicinity, among rented dwellings, which they deemed capable of holding their great quantity of household atufl", and it was near the home tkey were to leave-two good reaeons .for se¬ lecting it.
And now wero heard the notes of preparation for moving. The old house had not been the scene of auch upturning and confusion since the lime of sister Sarah's wedding—nearly twenty years before. Ye dwellers in the city, whom Afay day witnesses changing your residence of a twelve month as a maiterof course, and with as much unconcern as yoit walk from parlor to bedroom—little do ye know of the labors of such a flitting as this! Just think of the old barrels and bottles and other trumpery which (ill the cellar, "loogoodio throw away," and yet noi fit to besiow on a beggar; the indescribable and heterogeneous mass which lumbers the garret, and ihe furniture of all kinds, old and rickety, used and long past using, which crams tha re¬ mainder of the dwelling—furniture, some por¬ tions ot which are so massive and seemingly im movable, having occupied the .same stations year after year, lhat the mere attempt to stir it appears futile ! Articles long since laid aside were dragged forth frorn dark closets and dingy corners of the garret.
What under lite sun is this. Aunt Betsey ?" said Sarah, hauling alter her. down the precari¬ ous auic stairs, a strange-looking affair of iron, a great round pan wiih a handle six feel long.— " For mercy's sake, he careful ot it, child," cries Aunt Betsey from the hall, where she is emptying the comenisof a book-case into a two- bushel basket; " it's our old frying-pan." This obsolete utensil had not seen the light i^ince the Bartons were induced, throueh Tim's arguments fifteen years befi>re, to introduce a cooking-stovf-j into their kitchen, and shut up the great caver nous fireplace, wilh its crane and poihooks,- But they stilf cherished it, like many other things whose day was pa.si, for thj double rea¬ son that it was old and associated with the mem¬ ory of their parents.
"And what's this?" asked Tim, who had brought a carman from the city to transport their goods, and was directing the important business in hand. He was carrying another incompre¬ hensible ibing resembling the frying-pan, but more elaborate in construction, having a carved wooden handle terminating in a capacious brass vessel with a highly ornamented cover of the same metal, on which he played an impromptu lune by banging it uo and down.
" Stop that racket, do," said Margaret; " that's the warming-pan our folks have had these forty years ; we wouldn't have anything happen it for the world."
The vocation of warming-pans was no longer held in esteem, modern comforts having super¬ seded the necessity of iheir use, particularly in brother Tim's opinion—Ior he very wpll re¬ membered how, when he came home one bitter¬ ly cold January night, they put him to sleep in tbe large nortli chamber, with its great firoplace, whence thc heat of the blazing wood all rushed up thc chimney, and thc w*ind roared down into the room ; and liow, to prevent his freezing to death, h.s kind-hearted sisters had brought the warming-pan into requiaiiion; how a mass of bed "fuzz" and feathers adhered lo it, and. geiting    scorched,    made   a    most    offensive)
forming an ambulatory advertisement that glit- tered brilliantly in the sun light, while, Ufiing iheir well aluifed bodicfl through varioua crev- ices, were visible many plethoric-looking bags, the nature of the contents of which might be , guessed by rags thrusting themselvea through! rents in aome, and feathers poking from othera. The Bartons hailed hia approach with satisfac- | tion; the "old iron" and all the rag bags in | the home were exhibited, and their pecuniary j value, when weighed and summed up, was by no means of small amount. ,
*' Well," inquired the pedler, "han't you got anyihing else you want to get rid of? I'll lake | old India rubbers, hena' feathers—no matter' what."
Old India rubbers and hens' feathers! Could] it be possible that they were salable commod-1 iiies! How fortunate—tor ihey had half a bushel of worn out overshoes, and standing in tho carriage house were two barrels of hens' i feathers, thc pickings of the fowl yard for several years, saved there by the spinsters' directions, yet for what purpose saved ihey ihemselves hitherto knew not, ihought doubt- less with a vaguo idea that they would come in nse some lime or oiher. These desira¬ ble relics were added to the rags and old iron; and now, from tho pedler's slock began the se¬ lection of such articles as the Misses Barton wished—several milk pans, quart and pint cups, water dippers, ard things of correspond¬ ing nature—and, in particular, a small vessel brilliantly painted in red and green, with the words "molasses cup." by way of inscription, ll gilt letters directly under the spout. The drygoods came in for a share of patronage also ; a bright handkerchief for William, the serving- man, thread, needles, tape, and cotton hose not ouly made the traders " even." but brought the ladies a few pennies in debt,
" We'll soon make that right," said the ped¬ ler ; "han't you got no eggs? I take eggs too."
Eggs and overshoes, feathers, and broken tea pots—funny enough, thought ihe Bartons—and a dozen of eggs speedily made them " square." ' .\Ieaniime, Sarah, who looked on with much I amusement, and was delighted lo see how read¬ ily the old iron was disposod ot, called William i to a dark recess under the back stairs, and bade him haul out an immense black pot, a "five pail" vessel al the least, and two antiquated teakettles, minus covers and handles. The" man came lugging the pot along with both hands, looking very much like the picture of " Greedy Gut " in Mother Goose's Melodies- while Sirab bore the teakettles. No sooner did the big pol appear on the scene than there was an evident consternation among thc sisters, as ihough the pedler, beholding such rich booty, would lake it perforce, and Miss Betsey in haste tuld William to carry it back direct y, for it was once her great grandfather's, and ould not be sold on any account. Sarah laughed slyly, and produced her burden, which her aunts speedily consigned to the state tomb they had so long occupied with tlte pot; "they were grandmoiber's and graai grandmother's kettles, and should always be kept in the family."
"That's right, girls," put in brother Tim ; " those things are useful, in a certain sense, as relics of our torclathera; and I approve of auch keeping, in fact of keeping moat old things, ex cept great cupboards and crazy, leaky houses," be added, with a smile.
The great trade being concluded, it was sur¬ prising to see how the pedler stuffed his ad- duioua! stock into the already crammed wagon. There seemed no end to its capacity of holding. Tn went the eggs too—and where they were put to escape crushing remains a mystery lo ihe Bartons to this day. To their astonishment and delight the tinware proved to bo, as represented by the pedler, " first-rate and no mistake, ond warranted not to leak;" ao ihey have set it down that there is one honest pedler in the world. A single circumstances, however, casta a cloud over his reputation. His dealing in hens'feathers was certainly auspicious. "He must either," ihey believed, " mix them with geese feathers, or steam 'hem up to make them sell for such, and one would ba as unfair as the other." Therefore after canvasaing tho whole matter they concluded that, though he did well by them, " there must b3 chealery somewhere aboul him." As for the podler he went on hia way, and they saw him no more; but he was re¬ ported to have aaid, at his nc,\i stopping place, that "ho never made such a dicker in his life lie did with  them women folks in that 'ere
smudge;"
i how some of ihe coals were | old house down street."
more earnestly, ** I am fairly out of pa-
tinued,
lience ^vith you. I only ask you lo ihidk the mailer over and not reject the offer in a hurry, lim loved his siiicrs. and bad their interests at heart; but he had early left the family roof to figh his way unaided, to a competence, and he could not understand the feeling of mere local aliachment, which seemed to be a part of their very natures. However, ihey wero not, after all, unreasonable, nor could ihey avoid knowing lhat, in this working-day world, old asBociaiions cannot be depended on to furnish food mnd tai-
ment, or render walls eilher rat or rain proof.	
So they followed Tim'a advice, and, taking tho subject inio consideration, made up their mind* to sell, being not a Utth iaflucaced by
shaken oui and set the slieeis on fire—and ^ he was BO irreverent as lo pronounce this utensil a useless thing, advising the girls to convert il into a " soup dipper."   Moal cruel Tim I
While thc garret was yielding its treasures, from the dim lumber-room, where auperunnuat- ed furniture led an easy life, a cradle was brought to vieiv—not one of your modern willow affairt that lasts only long enough to carry one baby through the rocking period, but a substantia] wooden-structure, painted red, in which two generations of the Bartons had sbpi away thp first months ot their existence, and slill suffi¬ ciently strong to endure the nursery bufTetinge of many generations to come. Sarah laughed, and clapped her hands at the sighl of the old era- die. " Won'i it be funny, aunty," she exclaimed- •' to see a family of spinsters parading along with a cradle when ihey move ?
But Tim put it carefully on the cart, for he thought of the gentle mother whose soft eyes had watched over him when he lay there, a helpless infant—and as carefully he bore oui the two rocking-chairs, a small and a large one, thai had stood so many years beside each other j in the lillle sitting-room, just where their valua¬ ble occupants had been accuaiomed to use them If Tim had small love for the fast decaying old house, it must be aaid lhat the lenderest corner in his heari of hearts was filled with a most re- verential regard for the memory of those parents to whom he had been the beat of sons; and more than all his father's worldly possessions he valued his dying father's earnest blessing.
For a whole week, tho cart " might be seen,'' as novelists say, standing at the Bar'ons' door, oralowly iraveraing tiie street to their new abode, now wilh a massof teatherbeds piled alarmingly high—anon creaking under the weight ot un wicldy cupboards or antiquated bureaus. Tim objected to the great clumsy presses, " What can you want with all those cupboards, aislei Beisey?" he asked. "Why not dispose oi tliem to the new owner here, and save the trou¬ ble of moving such heavy things? You can bave plenty of clothea-presees and china-closets built in your new house, and havn't the least posstlile use for all these."
But the girls were unanimous in refusing to port %viib even one. You don't undeisland it at all, brother Tim," said they. " This long blue closet is for Sarah's dresses ; the cherry one we always keep blankets in ; this red one, with so many shelves, always stands in the kitchen ; we couldn't live with out it; and as for the others, why, you know they bave been in the family ever since mother began housekeeping, ao there is no use in saying anything about ihem."
Tim acquiesced, and made no further proposi¬ tions ol a similar nature. But finally, as one load after anoiher waa dispatched, and still "Alpp on Alps " of rubbish, the accumulation of many years, were revealed to view, there were some things lhat even the sisters pronounced " in the way;" among which wero two or three casks of " old iron," the results of kitchen breakages and of the wear and tear of time-cracked ket- tlcH, broken akiUcts. smoothing irons wilhout handles, metal teapots noseless and bottomless, wilh other, articles " too numerous tomcnlton." The Bartons were not what is called " keen at a bargain," and—partly from their knowledge o) this deficiency, partly because they inherited >romihcir father, who,though residing in "York State," was far from being Yankee born, a sus¬ picious dislike ot traveling merchants in genera] aud itn pedlers in paniculur-ihey seldom in¬ dulged m a "trade," and, when ihcy did, had reason to regrei it afterwards. But on the prea¬ ent occasion, when Ihc atirringa-up consequent on their expected change of residence brought out such quantities of iraah, ihcy became anx¬ ious lor an opportunity to barter.
I really think," aaid sisier Betsey, " tiiai if a pedler should como along, we might venture to trade (heao things off, for it would be no groat matter if we should get cheated, and even one ' tin pan will be more useJul than all this old stuff," And it 80 fell out that just at this junctures pedler did " come along"—one of thoae miecel- laneouB dealers whose cart contains a little of evorything in the tinwsr* and dry goods line, from & pepper box to a blanket shawl, and who .in exchange takes anicles infm^Iy moro multi farious. Hia vehicle presentcdva striking ap¬ pearance, moving forward to the mnsic of clat¬ tering tins, many of which wer* huo^ outside,
To reiurn lo the moving—which the pedler's appearance has interrupted.     There waa one mailer which weighed heavily on Miss Betsey's mind, and that was in relation to their domestic ' fowls,for ihey had an extensive "hen dairy," as broiher Tim called it—and ihe contemplated task of ousting iis members from iheir conveni¬ ent quarters and gathering tlicm for removal, presented not only serious difficulties, but its accomplishment appeared prospectively to be ai- tended   wiih   considerable   risk.     A   disused smoke-houso,  ihe  sole  appurtenance of  their new residence, that could be made available for such a purpose, having been prepared for the reception ofihe^fowls,  William,  the serving man, set himself to catch them, and after great exertions, secured the fluttering community.— They were confined in two large coops, which, being mounted on a wheelbarrow, ware (run- died off by the captor—the  imprisoned birds siruggling impoienily, while iheir squallings rose with a muffled sound through the bars of their temporary cells.    Broiher Tim walked on one aide, wholly engaged in steadying the precaf- ious load—an air of intense earnestness pervad¬ ing his entire man.    Miss Betsey's apprehen¬ sions were not ill  founded, for several of the hens began directly to pine away, and iame to an untimely death, a few days afier removal J from being pinched and roughly handled by j William in his eagerness to catch them—which ! broke their hearts ; an inieresting fact—going to show that hens, like other bipeds, sometimes die of broken hearts.   And their surviving com¬ panions, that had before moving made arrange¬ ments " to set ,'• mostly relinquished thc idea in the novelty of their abode, so thai thc Bartons "raised"   but  two  chickens the ensuing sum¬ mer.     This  was the only serious disaster lhat attended the  moving, which waa signalized by no broke.T crockery or cracked mirrors.   The spinsters ihemselves went to and fro, carrying small baskets containing their choice China and glass ware, which they would trust to no other hands. And, with their own individual eyes, they steadily watched the transit of the old fashioned looking  glasses—those  lime-honored  bequests of their great  grandfather—long and narrow and encased in dark frames, where dim gilding and carved   wood flourished antiquely logeiher. Whatever sad lUougbis and tender memories connected  with  ihe  home  tbey were about lo quit rose in the mind.s of the  sisters, there was little  opportunity   for  indulging  or  e.xprea.<iiiig them, when fairly engaged iu  the perplexing tasks in which the final tearing up nnd consian'i supervision of departing  goods and chattels in¬ volved  ihem.     But  at  times, when  by them¬ selves, and busted in the old rooms, as they soi- rowfuUy realized, for the last lime, ihey would give way lo the indulgence oi childish reminis cences.     " Oh, sister  Maggie," said  Ann, on such an occasion, as on her knee.i, hammer in hand, she was taking nails from the carpet of the apartment which had been their nursery and playroom in the far away period of childhood, •• do you remember gur ' acting ' in thia dear old place— how you and i used to stand in that corn¬ er and make up plays as wc went along ?"
"Indeed I do," said Maggie, as she folded thc ancient and somewhat faded window curtains of green moreen ; " and just how he ended off. too—one going out the hall door there, and the other at the kitchen entry, saying 'cxuut oniiies' aa wo went." They then laughed and cried to¬ gether—though the tears predominated.
'• And this,'' continued Maggie, as she reach¬ ed, in ihe employment of taking down curtains, an " end window," which afforded a view far along tho pleasant street, " this is where eistor Sarah used to sit and watch for Julius in thc summer evenings, before the fall when they were married ;" and Maggie aiglied at the re- collection of those bright, mirthful-looking eyes, 1 thai closed so early on all iheir poaaessor loved inthis world. Then came the often recurring thought of those parents whose earthly cares and exertions for their children this enclosure of home had wimessed through their courae and to their termination ; but over the hidden, cher¬ ished re coUeciions of the dead—those memories so often filled with •¦bitterness" which alone «? n^r knoweth"_wo draw a veil. Well, the last day of their atay in ihc house no longer theirs arrived, though they would willingly have deferred it, and "Kept moving' another week.    Even Stpah aroae thaj moruipg
with a load at her heart, and their breakfast waa a sad and silent meal. There remained but the cooking atove and iheir bedsteads which ihey occupied to be taken down, and this was speed- ly accomplished ; then ihey made ready to de¬ part—lingering a few minutes to takea last look at the familiar rooms. Il was one of those chil¬ ling, bleak days which so often come in the lat¬ ter part of May after a period of bright, balmy weather, and dampen our hopes of approaching summer. The wind whisiled drearily down thc chimneys, and the rooms, empty of all else, were full of dismal echoes. A few bits of airing and pieces of torn paper were scattered on the dusty floors, and this was all, where lately had been so much of the wartnlh and happiness oi life. Tho sisters looked at each other, but did not speak, for they knew the effort would only make their tears burst forth. Small ^vOuld have been the comfort, then, had any one said " it is wise to leave here—you wiil be much lietier ofi" in a new house "—which, indeed they lelt to be truth ; yei none who quits the home of a life¬ time fails to realize the utter fallaciousness of such consolation when the hour of departure is at hand. They would not allow themselves lo wait long, but presently passed out in slow pro¬ cession from the shelter ol the old roof tree, (o return no more ; Sarah followed her aunts wilh a subdued countenance, carrying a geranium io one arm and the little white house dog in the other. And, by the way, small " Tom," the funniest aud most knowing of quadrupeds, and the barn door fowls did not constitute nil the live stock of ihe Bartons, which also compre¬ hended a cow. a trim Durham of invaluable quaUties. Just at the mournful moment when ihespinsiers issued forth, came William also from the rearof the house, leading "Bossy" by a rope tied to her horn, at which the man vigorously tugged. The cow, not understand¬ ing why she wns driven from her usual resting place, and not desiring a strange sinble or un¬ familiar milking ground, pulled as violently in ihe oppo.'tite direction, rolling her eyes and toss¬ ing her head in a manner entirely at variance ith her naturally submissive ways. There are times when little circumstances, which ordinar- ly would be unnoticed, seem fraught with pe¬ culiar meaning, and such waa the present, when the behavior of iha cow appeared very inauspic¬ ious. Maggie, always alive to potcnis, and ' somewhat superstitious, set it down in her own mind as a bad omen—an ill defined indication oi some equally ill-defmed misiorlune to result from ihe " moving"—and, looking back anx¬ iously on reaching the gaie of iheir new resi¬ dence, she felt relieved to see lhat "Bossy," ihough her eyea still glared with the tight of suppressed rage, had submitted to her fule, and wasodvaneing in unresisting dignity. ''Poor dumb thing!" said Maggie; " I can sympa- ihize with you." As for the ill luck toreshad owed by those ominous shakings of the head, it is yet to come, thank Heaven !
Tim stood waiting to receive his sisters, hav- ingseen ihat one room was made comfortable for their induction. He wipedsomc tears wbich rushed unbidden to his eyes as they approached, for he did not like that they should see him giv¬ ing way so, and welcomed them with a hearty voice. They had need to be met with smiles, for all but this one room, where the old family clock slood licking away so homelike in one corner as to give iho place a naiutal aspect, looked unpromising enough. The carpets had been put down, and, eo far, all was well; but everylhing besides was pitched in helter-skeher. And what a place the kitchen was! for it hnd been made the receptacle of whatever could noi bestowed anywhere etse—a pyramid of chairs and tables in the centre, and the doors blocked up with all sorts of things—parlor, kitchen, and bedroom furniture in most admirable juxtaposi¬ tion. Not only did ihe idea of having anything lo eat that day seem preposterous, but to the sifters so faint wns the prospect ol ever "get- ting settled" at all, so unused where they to tht discomforla of "moving," that they were thrown into a state of absolute despair. Maggie seated herself on an inverted wash-iub and be to cry outright, partly at the dismal scene before her, and partly because the tears whicii she had been choking down all the morning could be kept back no longer. Good brother Tim bruised himself in flying about, giving direc tiona, nnd trying lo compose " the girls"—while Sarah, who waa too buoyant to be long weighed down, was not inactive; so, through their cheering influence, iho oihers gathered resolu tion to do what all who feel despair under simi lar, or indeed any circumstances, had best do— bestir themselves.
Before dark, a passage having heen cleared to the cooking-stove, and a good fire kintlled, ihe teakettle began to sing, announcing that a meal' W.13 in prospect; and what can make people leel BO at-home-like as sitting down to a cosy cup of tea / The table was set, though, truth to say, there was liitle on it, for nobody knew where anything was to be found in eilher the crockery or eatable line ; but Miss Beisey had taken cure to send for a loaf of " baker's bread" (home- baking had been out of the question iu the con¬ fusion of the last week.l and ihey were sure ol a refreshing draught of len, for -A.nnhad brought thc caddy in her own hands. Alas for human expeclaiions ! IVhen tho lea was tasted, no one could drink it; in fact, it was not " lay-tay," aa the Irishman called the real China product, but an undisguised decoration of spearmint leaves, which .Mias Betsey, who was famous for curing herbs, had dried tho previous fall, having heard ihey were "good for aome complaint," she din't know what, and which had, in the tur¬ moil ol moving, got into the " wrong bo.x"—in whal wny, the Bertona cannot tell to this day.— They were in great tribulation, aa they saw no remedy, and particularly on Tim's account, he- so relished a cup of tea-buiTim, sympathizing with the perplexity into which he saw iheir nov¬ el surroundings had thrown them.protested that it was quite drinkable, kindly following up the assertion by swallowing a cupful—an effort it cost him too, for the stuff was villainous. Con¬ siderate Tim ! Then he bade them an QfTcclion- aie good-by, and, springing into his buggy, drove ofi'very fast towards town. What made him check bis horse at the gate of ihe deserted homestead /—and did anybody hear footsteps in the lonely house that evening ? Surely, there stood a man under one of the elms and leaned his head against the rough bark, .ns jiigbi ihrcw its shadows over the silent spot. Tim never told his sisters that he stopped ibere thai eve¬ ning ; but he aaid to hts wife, " I didn't think I should feel so bad as I really did at last."— They have not re-entered the old house, and most probably never will.
The apearuiint tea was but the first of many similar trials and mistakes which attended the Misses Barton's efTorts at " getting settled."- Not the least of their troubles arose from the awkwardnes.'? accompanying thc explorations of a strange abode—a serious undertaking to peo¬ ple who had spent all iheir days in one spot.— They ran headlong against each other in passa¬ ges with the windings of which ihey were to¬ tally unacquainted ; and many hard buntps wore the result. And then, what a fiis.R ihey had to find anything ! Books, table lineu, sweet meat and pickle jars had been put in niosi unsyslein- atized array on the same shelves; hunted arti¬ cles " turned up" in the least expected places; pocket handkerchiefs and dish towels, hastily thrust away, were discovered thrust inio pillow coses ; and wearing apparel emerged from wood¬ en water pails. By degrees, everything looked for mado its ap¬ pearance, and, as perseverance and industry can smooih the most rugged difliculties, so, in a week's time, matters began to go on wiih somewhat of their accustomed good order and system.
But, among the consequences of the "sel¬ ling out," a new trial, and a different one from those which had followed thc event hitherto, now awaited the spinsters. It remained tor them lo be made acquainted, how unwillingly soever, with the total overhauling which took place at their old home. Theyhad been not mnny days caiablished at their temporary resi¬ dence when Maggio, who sat noar an open win¬ dow enjoying the firat balmy breaih of June, heard a great clatter and crash, and. throwing a glance, as she often did, down the street where the weaiher-beaten walla of tho old house were plainly diacernabla, she beheld men on the roof, and discovered that the process of demoliahing the chimneys waa begun. The sound of the falling bricks, aa they rattled over the shingles, atnote on her ear liko a knell; she shut the window, ond retreated to her bedroom. But regrets and aigha could not atay the work of re¬ form; every fireplace was removed—"they took up eo muck space," ibe new proprietors said. The great -Tacsncies thus made were walled and plaeteredi while more modern chim¬ ney*, to accomniodate  »tovepipei, were con¬
structed. The demolition of tho kitchen chira- f ney, which of itself occupied us much room as any moderately-sized apariment, hurl the feel--| ings of the Bartons most of all. That pleasant old corner where they used to sit, a knot of brothers and sisters, when they were children, in the long winter evenings, enjoying the blaze ofthe immense "backlogs," and lislening to their grandfather's funny stories ; and the ad¬ joining brick oven, where the Christmas cakes ; and pies had, ever since they could remember, been baked, and from wbich not even the inno¬ vation of stoves in later years had drawn their patronage, fer in its capacious depths their bread was baked to ihe last-to know that all vestiges of thai brick oven and ancient chiinney-plnce were £one, waa sorrowful enough. But the change did not end there. The partition walls were torn away, and the very landmarks that distinguished different apartraenls were destroy¬ ed- A slairing piazza was built along the from, extending quite lo the paternal elms which wav¬ ed their arms proteclingly before the house; and, to crown all, the whole was painted of a dark-brown color.
Indue lime, the new hotel was opened tbr the reception of visiiors, under magnificent auspi¬ ces. Brilliant red and embroidered muslin cur- tains occupied the place of the sober, old faah- ionod hangings of the Bartons ; where their parlor and dining-room had been was now a long counter, displaying many bottles and do- caniers; and the windows thai looked out from a little western bedroom, which had been a sa¬ cred spot where they had closed iho eyes of their beloved dead, now lighted a public resort, where men waited for the stage, and which wna always full of loungers and cigar smoke. Sa¬ rah, who reported progress to her aunts, come in from a walk one day, exclaiming, wiih an air of dL-'gusi, " And what do you think, aumy, I saw the old place to day ? A horsepail right at the front door! Just think of it !"
But a nev/ object was rising on the spinsters' vision, to divert their thoughts into a more pleas¬ ing channel. From the windows of their pres¬ ent residence they could observe a modest cot¬ tage advancing into being, which, in the course of a few months, appeared complete; iia walls of cream color prettily contrasting wilh the young elm and firs trees which embelliahed ihe cour;-ynrd, and a terraced garden occupying a gracelul slope at its eastern end. Thither was the second tliliing of the spinsters, when No¬ vember wii.ds piped loud and shrill, and aa they wonl ihey blessed kind Providence for such a anug home as awaited them the coining winter. Nor did they neglect to ptaise brother Tim, wlio.se good taste and judgment had assist¬ ed in planning the new house. But now, alas! they were forced to give up soma of the cum brous litrniture ihat had never before seemed to be "iu the way," for there waa absolutely not space enough for it at the cottage—obtaining in tta aiend other of more appropriate size. High- post bed-^tends it was necessary to curtail of their dimensions, to which laie some were sub- jected, while others werr cvdtangcd for modern ones; even some oi ihe vaai cupboards were dispensed with ; but ihcje wore many other ar¬ ticles with whii-li nothing could it^duce the Bar¬ tons to pan, and annvtig ilu-se ranks the long mahogany clock. There is one story high enough to ai'commodalo at least that faiiliful monlti.r, and it still sticks away in ihe collage diuing-ruum as vigoroit.-?ly as it has been doing for tlu- liisi f^^rty years, wliilc its clariou-Hke bell rings out the pas^iing hours clearer than ev¬ er, Tii.^ reason of which last improvement is thai the Bartons con.senied. during their final moving, to commit it lo the hand;; of aij e.vpe. rienced cbiekmaker to be cleaned, and, the dust of twenty-five years being brnslied away, the husky voice of age has been replaced by the animated notes of its enrly existence. Miss Cet.scy says she would rather have il than a dozen French clocks, and would as soon ihink of selling .Sarah, for it is quite as much one of the family. In keeping with its honesi face, stand those two ancient rocking-chairs, more prized than the most luxurious of modern seats, as helping, with oiher arlirles of furniture no more elegant than ihesa which are disposed about the house, ta keep " green the memory" of ibosc who owned and used them once, but who have left behind all earthly pasaessions.
In fuel, the inanimate belongings of the cot- tnse. blending old aud new—with more, liowev- er, of the former than the latter—may be com¬ pared, not unfitly, to its human occupants : thc spinster sisters quietly but surely going on in the vale of years, the brightness of their early youth forever passed ; and their sprightly niece, on whose round cheek age and care have not yet come to set iheir lines, and whose golden locks have nut been touched by the gray blight of time.
" Whal a pretty place the Bartons have," say the neighbors; "and what a good bargain they made in geiting the collage for their large, convenient old house." While the Bartons, graieful and contented aa ihey are in iheir new and cheerfiil abode, look back at times with fond regret even to ihe discomforts of the home¬ stead, and ^liss Betsey has been heard to de¬ clare lhat " it is well we don't know to what we .ire coming in this world."
Now, kind reader, if it ao happen that you be¬ long to the ?ex masculine, suffer a word of nd- vice.    Perhaps you will pause at Elmvale while on a deer-hunting excursion, in the cold winter months, for it lies not far from ereat hunting grounds, and you may repose yourself at that famous hotel where the gas lights gleam with such a comfortable air ihrough the crimson- curtained windows.   If so, give not away, we beseech you,'to boisterous mirth in those gaily, (iirnishcd rooms, neither indulge in the pota¬ tions which those decanters so temptingly dis¬ play ; but remember that the spi3t you occupy was once ihe scene of quiet, domestic comfort, of the mingled griefs and joys of home ; and that, perchance, on the very spot where you sland the bride assumed her marriage vow, or the dead wna laid out for burial.   Or. in the warm  day.q of summer, while  seeking a refuge (irom the city heals, you may stumble upon Elm¬ vale ; nnd I am sure you could not find a more chitming phtce, for, notwithstanding  (he  rival factions of North nnd South Enders have cans ed scrowls and hard words among tho inhabi¬ tants, yet. Nature, undisturbed by man's quar rels, wears liprc a pleasant aspect, and speaks in sweetest tones from echoing wood nnd rolling river.   On the gently sloping hills at whose base the village neslles, you may wander, finding new views of loveliness at every step, for to  their rnhii, green summits no sound of sirife rises, and ihcy smile on in the glancing sunlight asbeauti- fullysereno, whether the Academy, justice's and post oflice beat one end or the other of the broad atrcei below.   If from iho piazza of lhat same hotel, as you sit in one of those ease-invitine arm-chairs, enjoying the soft summer twilight and the flavor gf your Havana, you noic al a lil¬ tle distance the cream-colored cottage with its verdani terraces, we adviac you to tako a closer I view of its boauties.   Don't be afraid of the maiden .listers, for they were never known to set " iheircaps" at any of your race; while as for Sarah, her aunts ihink her yet much loo young to "have beaux,"  and tlte comenled counlry ^irl divides her  time between  the Utile garden and the smaller library of thc cottage—so, if you happen lo espy her in ihe first, she will probably retreat to the second, not caring to bestow a look upon yourself.   But, if you have the least wish to make a good impression, be careful not lo strut, and remember to throw away your cigar on approaching those precincts, for both Sarah and her aunls have a horror of city airs and to¬ bacco.
And Iiere, good reader mine—whom I hnve carried ihrough a "plotless tale," which yet may not have failed to interest, if you are tired of the heroes and heroines of Broadway and ChcBtnut Street, and would Jain enjoy n whifr, of country air, albeit redolent of rusticity and haystacks—we will leave, to please you, the cot¬ tage and its inmates. For, as the sisters say most emphaiicaily that " ihey shall never move ngain," it is unlikely that anything so eventful as their first flitting will make any part of their fulure life worthy of record ; and certain I am [ you will join with me in hoping that life will be —what they themaelves most wish—quiet ond serene, unfretled by anxieties, and yet not so inlenaely comfortable as lo "causa forgcifulneaa of lhat lasi narrow home whither all nlike are ten- ing.
THE END OP LIFE.
BV :mus. b. s. NicnoLAs.
" He lived all the number of hi.^ years, and they were three scoro nnd ton."
An old man ant hy tho wimloiv,
For the spring was ilrawinc near. And the oorse of tho dead old winter
Had gone to the tomb of the year! The .lunlight soft and unclouded.
Streamed in o'er the oaken floor. And fretted with gold, the dark pannoln.
Quaintly carved in thc ancient door.
'J'he haDd.=i of tho old man trembled,
Hia beard was frosted and thin. And ohill ns tho heart of Decomh(?r.
Waa lh(j hdart that was toiling within ; Like emhora, half quenched and dying.
On a desolate hearth at night. Burned tho a.^he.q of life in his hosoto.
As ho sat in the spring's clear light.
Ho looked on the young buds swelling.
And a tear o'er his wrinkles etrnyoil; Ho thought ofthe wife of his bosom.
Who ^opt in tho valley's green shade; He thought how his steps hnd faltered,
Midway on the journey of life ; And how on death's bosom he rc.-:teil.
When weary and worn with strife- Tbe forms of his innocent children
She nightly bad folded in prayer, .A.nd laid on tho soft lap of slumhc-r,
With tender and motherly eare, Ho^e up in thc old man's vision—
llos.iw lhat one tired and slept, I.iko a lamb hy tho side of its mother.
Where a willow leaned over and wept. Ono son had wandored from virtue,
Tho father in .cpirit had yearned To grant him forgiveness and blessing.
But the prodigal never ralurncil; Another had wedded with IVTammon,
And worshipped tho Prince of this wcrlil. And one 'neath the Cross had enlisted,
And fought whera ita banner unfuriod.
A daughter the faireat and (Icare-flt,
In lovoliness walked by hia side, i\or envied the lot of her sigter.i.
Who dazzled in beauty and pride ; Her voice was hta heart's sweetest mu?ic,
When from the bleat volume she read, That brighten-! the valley of shadow.
And smooths down the path to tlie dead-
For all his aiaiction and sorrow.
For all his misgivings and grief— For tho night ofhia doubting and darknesi;,
He found in its pages relief; Hia life had been checkered with fiadneds.
And OS it drew near to its close. He longed for that home of iho weary,
Tho land of immortal repose I
Thfl old man sat by tho wiodow.
As the sun dropped low in tbe eky ; 1 i i3 ppirit with silent rejoicing.
Went up to its mansions on high. Another green hillock iu puminer,
Beceived the Baptism of dew. And down in the duut of thc valley,
He re.iis by tho tender aod true.
EMLEN   FRANKLIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
yffce in South Duke Street, 7tearly opposite
the Farmers Bank.
Lniif it.'<tor, Nov 'i'J 02
ISAAC N.  ELLMAKBH, ATTORNEY   AT   I.AW,
; L-dncaster, Pa.    GiRco with I. E.
j      HIESTfclll, Epq,nearly oppoaito HeinitBh'a Drug Store East, King StrcL't. M«rclil»        lyia
I W.  W. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Has removed hid offlco to .Marltet Squaro, in tlie office
formerly occupieU by Israel Carpenter, Eaq. dcd.
Feb 18 3m-14
^hflalrelphfa atObertfsementH.
DR. S. WEtCHAlVS, OFFICE—In Kramph's BnUding,
NORTHEAST  COKNER OF
Orange and aforth Ouecn Sts.,
LANl-ASTER.PA. July_30          _ 1y-33
DR, JAMES A. CARMAN, DENTIST,
WOULD respectfully announce to thu public thai, he continues to practice hlK profession in ull its branches. Chargei moderate, and operations p,^rformed in the best manner. Otaco in Eft-st King street, two door.' east of Swope's Hotel, Lan¬ caster. Call and exnniine^'pc^m.-us.   ^       Feb 13-3m-I2
D. HARRINGTON, Dentist,
FRO.M  riJILADia.PlllA.
HAVING located liimself in tliis city, respectfully ofTcrriihis profc.^aional servicea tothe puhlic. ,
To tho.so persons who may not Itnoir him by reputa¬ tion ho asku leave to my. that his testimonials aro from the highest sources thc cilv of rhjlailelphla can fur¬ nish, viz : From Prof,,srors in the three principal Med¬ ical Colleges, Judges of Courts. Attorneys at Law, rres.dents of several Colloges, Medical gentlemen. <-i(rrgymen and .Merchants,
Offlce.^orner of Orange and North Queen sts . for¬ merly occupied hy Dr. Evans. Dentist. Raferencos in this cily ¦
Rev. Dr. Bowman.
Dr, i: A. Sluhlenberc,
Thos. K Franklin. I-:s.|., ;
Gr,)cge Ford, K.^q., '•     Atlotneye at Law.
D. O, Eshleman, l-lsq,.      > Dec 24—3m-4
T, BORHADAILE,
wilOLFSiLC AXn  RETAIL OEA^i  IV
inportea and Domestic  Segais,
MA.NLTACTURED AND SMOKING
Tobacco of Every,I>escrlptlon,
Snuff Boxc^i, Segar Cases, .Pipes, Canes,
and al! Gooda In the abore line,
''"'Febr"'""''^'""''^''*"''"^"'*''*'-''"''--'"""'''- "'"¦'•' ¦ 31^.13
Stoves ! Stoves!! Stoves!!!
THE Globe Cook, extra, Qdincy, BUCK'S,aml a variety of Complete,,   Also, a fine assortment of  PARLOR and (-IIA.MUER STOVES for wood and coal-all selling at very low prices WM. B, KLEIN, 348 -Market street. ¦! doors above lOtli south side
I'MlLADCLUli,,
N. B.-A complete assortment of GAS OVENS and FPRNACES on haod. Feb. ;o-ly^3
WADDING & COTTON LAP DEPOT,
JVo. ?A A''orth Fri'ijt .i}., Plilladniphia.
WILLIAM STROUD, Manufac- turpr of WadUioes and Laps, invites .MtTchaiita nnd Dcakrj visiting Phifadt;!phia tu Rfve him a cull at the above place, whure they will tlctl Ihff best article ol Black and White Waddiu-.-i in the miirket. of hi.i own manufacture, which hi- will di.«po3o of at tho iovt- tist caah prlc*;.'?.      ,   Feh 2">—Ini-i:'
WM. F. POTTS, ~
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
IRON AND STEEL,
401 MAKKET STREET, BELOW 13th.
NORTH   HIDE,
.qept gl-ly.43)         rmb.^DF-LritlA
WHEN we lose our Friends how mnch wo prise thoir I'ortr.iit.'i' -Secure the ¦t m ;." tiierefore. whil-t tho " .substance " la-t?. and It will cbcer yon when "thc .sub-itance fades.' To do ul' V-'^^}-:^^^ .HhoutJ go to thu VA.V LOA.V OALLK- H.i, l;>9Chcsmit street, rhlladelphia; vou will thi-r.. find every style of Kuncy and Plain CaaL... hockct.4 and ir P?r-'i ^'^ "" Pi-ocurc Ur^o or .small rjot.- PlctiirKi or Family Groupes. flni.shc.l \n the highest atyl.- of the art, at pricc3 unuaually low Remember the place, {IW r ht.=n„t"st., luariy oppo- Feb ''5        ""^ "o"H«0 ^nd call ^nd se,' u.'!.
Private Boarding.
MRS. L. A. DILLER would rea- ppctfuUy iniorm tho public that fho intends opening that large and spacious house which will be known as the •• Granite House,"' Norlh Q.ueen atreet where she will ho able to acuommodato a number cf respectable board,;rH, Tbe rooms are spHciouu aod well adapted for a Oentleinan and Lady, or slogle Oenlle- maD.   The house f.<i boated by a Furnace.
ylppllcatloo  to  be made at  lier prei^eot re.iIdeiioe.
"   ^ueen ft., near the Railroad, aod as larly an poeisl-
.    Terms luoderatf, Ktb l3-:Jni-T2
Educating: the Heart.
or alt the imporlanl duiies which devolve upon the teacher, none nre of greater momeni than thai of cuhivating the mora! faculiiesof those placed under liia charge—in other wcrds, of ed¬ ucating the heart. It matters httle how much of any particular science, or how preat a number ot Bci'encea may be taught a child, if hia mora] training is neglected, and evil iuRuenccfl and habiia are permiited to take root and sprpJd un- checked in his heart. The henefita derived from on increase of intellectual aitainmenls wilt be far overbalanced hy the evils arising trom a loss of virtue. The teacher who neglccia the moral culture of those enlrusied to hia care, but illy discharges the reaponaihiliiiea whicli he takes upon himself, and however apl he mny be to teach—however extensive his acquiremenia, if he ia deticient in thia point he id unfit for the ' station which he tills.
A^sociationa ore powerful, either tor good or ill, and none excrl a greater force than those ol the sciioot room. Let a child be placed amid companions whose morals are depraved and hab- [ta had, however^ giiiliiess he may be beiore ex¬ posure to their inlluence, he will soon become conlaminaled. A few vicious children will cor¬ rupt a whole school. For instance: introduce a few boy.s addicted lo profanity into a school free from that vice, and if no exeriions'aro made to counteract the evil eflects of ihfiir example, it !1 be liut a short time ere swearing will be rife among the scholars.
Tt is well known that the training of tlie child moulds the man—habiis formed iu youth are laating—principle.^ then imbibed nre deeply root¬ ed, and upon Iheir character depends the pros¬ perity,or otherwise of inaturiiy. If these etaie- ments are true (and few will deny ihat they ore,i the position of tlic teacher is ono of vast respon¬ sibility, and should be tilled hy men and womon who are strong-minded, upright, and viriuous.
In view of the foregoing congideraiiyns ihe following inquiry becomes one of great impor¬ tance. But ivhai means, nnd in what manner ran the moral faculties of a school be best developed, and its evil habile suppressed I 'J'o thidl would answer, that the lirst step to he taken by a teach¬ er in educating tlie hearts of his pupils is lo gain their confidence and afleciion. To do this he has simply Io act with kiiidnes:] towards ihem, and make ihem conscious that he seeks iheir welfare. This done, he may lead ihem at his pleasure. Uniting e.vamp!e with precept—point¬ ing out the wrongs which need to be broken up, and sJiowing the injuriou.'* effect, will cause abandonment of ihcm.
The human heart is a garden iu which il ihe seedd of goodness are noi early sown, and the plants which spring therefrom, are not nourish¬ ed with careful culture, the wcedj of vice will ahoot np with rank and noxious growth. There 13 probably no method by which the introduction and spread of corrupt nnd vicious principles in the heart, can be more efficiently prevented than by the early and constant instillation of sound and virtuous sentiments. The mind which ia filled with the principles of virtue and reciiiudc has but Utile room for corrupt propen¬ sities and is well guarded against their intru¬ sion-
In conclusion, I would say lhat the responai- bility rests not upon teachers alone; it ia the duty of parents to co-operate with them, and ns the result of their uniied labors a great, gocd and prosperous posterity will rise tip and cal) them blessed.
Notice to Contraclore. »
QEALED proposals for building a
O Oridfc'e arro.'^.'i .Will t.Ve'rk, at David Landis'.i fltiil in U'c-ft LaiiipetiT towiihhip, will be received nt the (JomniiFsioncrs oiti.;e. until 2 o'elock on Monday, th.- ¦2-2d of,March, next.
The plun und ipecitii-ati. offlce. at any time previfu.":
WiLIilAM A. DHCWN'S
Umbrella and Parasol Mauufactorv,
No. 86 Market sitreet, Pliilailelphia,
FOR Spring sales W. A. D. has for  sale an assortment of I'AR.\SOLS, that for beauty of fityleandQnish cannot be excelled, and for dural;lli£y of workmanship, are war- rantod.
His stock of Umbrella.? i.s alway.^ large ami  , complete, from the lowe!:t pric« Cotton lo tbe lincst quality of Gingham, together with a choice lot of fine silkU.MBRELLAS.
A call from hh friend.s and denler.s i^ reijuertcd—such advantages wlli be olfered. a^ will induce them to piir- cha?.-. Feb 26-:im-iy
Philadelphia and Liverpool Line of Packets.
DSS. to sail FnO.-Vl i'UILADELPHlAon frl53t *^g*> the l£lh. and from I.IVLlii'OOL on wS^ ^^^^^^ the latj of each month. «=*»-
From, Phila.   ttverpooi Ship 9HE^A?JD0AK. £ ApriUMh   Juno Iflt
Capt, JoH^S. Tavlob. ^ Aug. 15th   Oct.  Ist
(Dec. 15tU   Feb.  Ut Ship WEST.MOIlELAXD,(aew) ( May llith     July l3t Capt. P. A. Decas. ^Sept 15th     Nov.Ut
Uan. 15th    Mft'hl« ShipSUACKAMAX'O:-^, (ae^)     (June lOth   Aug.l-c Capt. W H, West ^ Oct.   15th    Deo. 1.**-
/Feb.   IGth   AprillHt .^bipMARVPLK.'lSANTi;. (July 15ih   flept. lat
Capt. R. U. Dlciv < Not. 13th   Jan,   lat
<Ma'bl5th May Ul Tlie ab&T^ first-cla,=3 ships are of the best materi¬ als, and coininandcd by experienced navigators. Dua regard ban been paid to Fdpct modeU for speed, with comfort Ior pn.-iKRngnr.s They will sail punctually on the daya advertisea, takii,- advanlu«o of tha steam tow-boat3 on the Dulawari;,
Persons wishing to «ngage pa.^.sago for thalr friends from Liverpool can obtalu certiBcate? which will ba pond for twelve months,
Pa^-nge to Liverpool in the Cabin,   ....    i^i)
Forward Cal.in,    -    -   2'»
Ste-Tage,     ¦      ¦     .     1-2
Prti^Hfi-rp from Liverpool lu th« Cabin.     - .    10<i
Forward Cabin.   •    -    'i'-.
Steerage,    .     -     -   .   :.•()
Tlio=.-> who Rl.th toromit money, can beacc&mmodnt-
t'd with drafiH for i"l bterllng and upward, payable i*.
^Iglit. without di.-count-   Apply to
GEOltOE JI'HE.VRV.t CO , aiay 23—ly-26]       .^7 Walnut Street. Philadelphia
~ HARRISON, BROTHERS & CO.
Manufacturing Chemiata,
OFFICE—>o. 431 South Front Stiest,
PHILAOBIiPHIA.
Pure Parlor White Lead; Alum,BTOundandlnCrTatAl,
Extra Ground, - Copperas ;
No. J,       ¦¦ l'yrollgncou3 Acid ;
Red Lead ; fled Liquor ;
Litharge ; Iron Liquor ;
Orange Miaeml ; Murine Faint ;
Sll    ?Si.raroi-L..d.   JM«taIic Fir.-Pro.n'^int
iiCaroi"L(-ad,
?al,l
IS can lie seen at tin . letting.
DAVID STVKK,
-SAMUKL FKV.
CHRISTIAN HESS, Commtflsioners.
Feb2:"i-td U]  	
IT^OR SALE—Two large BULK WINUOWS. in good condition,    tlntiuiro of JOHN F. LONG. Druggi.it. Feb 2."i-n . North Queen St.
Columbia and Philadelphia Hail Road
ALL persons having claims against the Ci>lumbi:i and Philadelphia Itall Road, prior to the tiri't of February. 1&52, for Wood, Coa], Cross Ttep ur any other uiateriali). will pleaFii send them to the parkesburg offlco without delay. By alteiidiiip to thi!< nftlctt claim.-* mav be llijuidnted much soonei than if tho notice is ncglerted. .1. 0. BAKKR. Sup't Coluiiibia and Philad«lphia Hail Ituad. Parkegburg. Feb Jf* :it-l^
Ten Dollars Reward ! nj^HE  Friendship Hose Company
1 oirer ft reward offi-n lifA\m,i Tot the CJnviciion ol the person .ir perfiouM "bn have mcently eommitted several laieeniiM in their Hose House, and committeO other depredation.^, Amon:; the articles .stolen an; « i^ilt eagle oil the no:=e Cariiane. Fcvcval valuul<lo pic¬ tures, and a miniber ol nUier article--. The Company d tu iMiuit^h the perpetrators oflhi'se .icts.
FIRST   PREMIU.M   AWARDED'
WM. G.   FRY'S
Desks, Dressing Cases,   Work  Boxes, "Writing Casee, &c.,
PRONOUNCED by the judges of the Franklin   Inslitiili-*! siipcrlnr  to  urticle.- of tbe kind Imported, are manut^i-tured in his .iwu wurkshop, from materials sea-^oned   m Miit  thl.n climate,which cannot pOflcibly be done in Europe.   Drerp'mg Ca.^i-r^ for traveling are wo fcriuomit-ally constructed a.t to be small enough inr ihe pocket, ligitl enough to be porta¬ ble, large enough to be u.-i-ful. and good enough for the I rao.st fastidions. nnd lu.st, though not lea,-;!, rxebangi'd if not  approved.    Al.'o, a rieh  nnd  elegant Ftock of] flue imported Good.", .¦suitable for Bridal and other Pres¬ ents,   Also, a general a.^.¦¦c<rtmel)t of Coml)^., Briisheii. Perfumery, Toilet. Instrunients, Razors, i:e.    Gentle¬ men can depend on belngBupplled with genuine Razors at this catablifihment. aa every blade is warranted. WM. G. FRY. .Manufacturer, No. 227 Arch ."t.. above Oth, North pide, Phila, ^Feb_ 1^ '^ 8m-_12 _
Bonnets, Hats aud itfillinary Gooda.
MERCHANTS & MILLIXER9 when in Philadelphia to purchase their Gooi!?, attifc— will find It to tlu-ir intorost to ez.imlne g^A S^ii^l our large and fashioiiable stfirk of ^^^ \^K^ STR.AW pOOkDS. ^^*
"'fc*-    We mamitactutv Icrgely and import Efu- new¬ est styles f.r
FOREIGX FABRICS
in nurlinc, whieli, lpj:i-lhrr with otheradvjjuM^.-,-^, i-u- ablc u* to oiler llbcrul inducements to buyer.=.
R. A. ¦JRO0Kb;R k CO., Nop  -17 and49Che=EUt .''I.,nL-ir2nd. F.-b n-:iiu-12 Fbilaa.-lphin.
rill iiivc tbe abov.- re'
Feb :;^.i:i
T'l for their de(Ttion. .11. FRAILY. Secretary,
JULAKE'S PATEiXT
Fire aud Weather Proof Paiu<.
Bl,*,
1
T^V H. HAUMGAUDNERtake m plea.-;ure in returning thanks to tliclr custom¬ ers for the 7cry liberal patronage which hap been ex- , tended toward them, and embrace thin opportunity ol making known to the public, that they have di.'poHed of their Storehou.se. and entire stock of Oond,i, to Da¬ vid Longenecker. F.^a ¦ >^ gentleman very favorably ' known to this ctiininuuily as a nnrehant, who will con¬ duct the business a.iherijinfore. and we feel Rate in in- siirluC entire .•iftti.ifiictiou (6 all «-ho may favor him with thoir LiLStoni.
.As we have witlidrawn frnin lli,-l'ry Goods irade.iri de.^ire to elose up all unvitle.l Bccmints. nnd Invitc all who ni;.y have .•<iic!i. to -.-ive them their earliest po.=. r-ibleiittpiition. We may be found at the r-tore of David Longenecker,uulil the lir.st of April uext,alttT which we ^hall orcupy an <>Oi''i'.<.iie door «e:^t. In C'l'iitn S-luare. Our attentiun, hereaftt-r, will he more lull) lUvotfrd to thf Cijti. Tkmii:. As this article i? dei^tiii- I ed to become thi. principHl fn*l in thii eouniry.wt ' have made It an obj-r.t tn acquiiint ourKolve.i with tur dillereut (lualitie.-*, and tn know to what purjiose Ihej iire be.st adapted, in nnli-r to assist our cu^tumera in makiugseleclionp. for til.' viirbin.-* purposes for which thoy may be intended. We ^'haU alwaya be prepared to lill onl.TS, nu Tiir I-rui.s. with dif^pateh.
'I-. i: II. BAl'-MGARDNKJl. _F..h iir.  ¦ __ _       -"''jI^.
NOTrCE.-^AUwhoTnow
LAST ]N themselve.
indebt.d tothe subscribers by Not-. Uo[ik .\ceouiit or otlierwl'ie. lire ri'.nicstcd to maki pnyment before Ilie ir.lb ,l:iy oi .March next, a.s tln-ii Honk:< will then he pi.aced ivitli an AMerman fin- eulii-c- lion. -V number ot^ood Co;il c-.in lm- -ale cIh-tiji. hav¬ ing no further u.se lor tlieui. Frb2:.-2l-U SUKNK fc LONii.
M^ ONEY LENDlNG.-TliTsui)-! .¦^eriln-r   fl\\\   .•ontlune.s   to n.'ijolinte Loaii.s cn ;
iloricageou goud larni-; in Lancaf^ter rouuty
DAVin .MECOXKF.V. We?t Chester. Pa.. Feb 2'. 2i-l'
Seventh Semi-Anoual Trade izfale of CARRIAGES.
THIS sale will take place on Ved- Nfc:SDAY Morning. 2UboI.W ARCH, nrxt. at I'j octock,atthe CHlXKSK .MUSfclVM. Philadclidila.au. will occupy botb of the extensive Saloons of that ca piioioiis building.
Thu Light No-Top iVAGONi." Tvil! be ariaii^'ed in lh. larg.! Ball Room. 2d story. 	
The  stoek  of   C.VRRLVOKS   tr.i be^^ floldou thisoceasiiiu.will iKtjhelartre.'tl^^' everodered at Auction in the rnit^dr'^" Statep.embracing ovt-r two hundred- LiOHT vrriu LES t'f the manufaeturn  of Dunlap k Co FlagIertCo..Joha.Merrick,HowenSpark.-.,J.D.Uotigb ty and others of acknewledged reputation.
No new Carriages will he admitted io Catnlogm: un¬ less warranted by the malicvfl. so that jiurclinai-r.-^ muv rely upon .securing a good article.-*
Open for exhiliition tho day previous.
Piirchn.''(TS from a di.-lHuee nre mforuied, thai then- will lie no postponement on ai-i-onnt -.f tin- w.-atlu-r. ALFRKD -M. UtUKNF.sS. Auclionw-r.
a,w^.-\urli(jn Sale.? of Morse.-, Carriagt-s uud lliirne,'.'- lirpheldiit the Barmr o]>po--itL- Ih<> .Mn-.uiu. i-very SATURDAY throughout they-ar.
Tbe establiahment i.s open al all limes lor Private Sale.iof Carriajjp.-!. and the .-^lock kei>i,on li^nd ir* b-- lieved In bo the targe.-n in the Culte.i itatt-.-n.
n-bruajT^n    __ _     _ „    ''''iL
J. E. VAN METER,
MANUFACa^URER antl Impor¬ ter nf PAl'KUdlANUlNGS ANL) WIliK CUH- TAl.N I'Al'KRS, No .TI North Third Sircot. Phllnd'-l- phia.uow oil'err. great   indurements  to iV,.;  Country
rradi-. I am detcriniii'-d to ad^pt the nir.ito. ¦ SiujII j I'rnfits and yuick Sule.s." and no ccniI-in.Tiion, |
i     As I inanufacturr- the aitlcU- loyseU. I  will  wanan; '
all my good.s full b-Ufrib nnd ¦fMlh. i
Alway.inn hand a   rJi-b   ,i-..-r^i tni.-ut   ¦ f lIOLli ANI) |
v^:Lyi-:T Roi'.riKL.v". o.ta a.mj sikva .mariilk /
IV "KRS. aud other d<'Cor;.tiveatyle.i •ultiihl-'for llnll.-. ¦ "'.itiora. Dining Room.-'. Ac. .\lsi». h rlioap mik-lr ^luji. bh- for Cliainh.T.«. Kii.-h.uH, -v.-, j
Klr.-.Bo.ird Print--. \.-.. ^.- !
iiy All order-* proii'i'tlv alt.-t,d.:-d t,. Wnrebr,n.-e.\.>. .-;::  .\..rlh Third  Street,   I-..-1   ,-i-i- ¦ Hirdoof* below tlo- i.'iiy id-lel. f'liila<l.-l,il)ia, i
F.b II-:;;u.lJ_l _ J. K. VAN MKTKH,
yp'^'^',, ;-Dry in Barrel-:, .itid groiind in iJil in W,-;/-:
Cllf roi.vTT, J
This extraordinary substance i-t found in Oblo, in a fitratuni of rock, of ba-^ln formation. When tak-:n frMn the mine, it resembles In ftppearauco tha fmen indigo, and ba-i about the consHlency of cold lall&w , /(Ut on e.\po3uro tc the atmosphere, iu a short time it turns In slate or stone.
Ua principal Ingredients are sllicia. alumnia, and proto-iide of Iron, which, in the opinion of ficleutili.: men, satisfaclorily accounts for Itn flre proof nature,- the twn former buhilancen being non-eonductorp. and thc latter aellng as a cement to hind the whole togcth IT and mftltc a Iirm and diirabi" paint.
For use it IsmLted with Linseed Oil. andappliedwiili a hiush, tho same n-^ ordinary paint to wood. Iron, tin, zinc, ranvas.'. paper 4:c It h.irden.i-gni.lu.-illy tod becomes fire proof It Is particularly suitable forroofs of buildiugS;Steamb'-ai and car decks.rall road bridges. fences, kc A roof coaled witji thij ariichj is u'lual tt. one of J'latc, at a vast saving of e.Tpcn;;c. It makes tt the most durable covering I'or Iron work cipoaed to weather : and as it is su.sceptihlu cf a high p'<]i-b. ha-* been u?eJ to great adraata^d by Coach and Cabinet maker.s.
In addition to the Black ami Slate, the subscrlheri have the Ch'jrolat.' and Brown color?, resembling. In appearance, the Krown Stone, now so rauch admire 1 r-jrthe <-?:l(;rlorwalh of buildinga, which may b« varied I iu fbaile. by the addition of white lead, to suit the ' tfl'Ienf any indlvjdu.-il Specliuens tnay bo auen Rt the Pilirii uf tbe .'¦ubfcribers.
HARRISON. BROS, k CO., AkooI-s. No, 43) rjou'.h Front street, Phiu Andlor:-i.leby
fiKORCK .M   STF.INMAN, Lancaster Pa W. k J. il.  KKIM fc CO , Ren.ling. Pa. JOHN .VARSiLtLL. llVst CIieMerPa. November 2tJ ly-yl
lff¥w^ s~dHO^L"b0"0Ks.'
UPPINCOTT, GHA-nilO A CO.,
-fLVRSSORS TO   nBlGu, ELLIOT   4   CO. No.   I-i, North   Fourth   street, Philadelpbi,:,
HAVE JnstPtJBXisnED ''THE CHILD'S LITTLL TlliNKhK," ft pr,-.cilr:il ¦?1.' uing Ueok, cnntaining cany, gradual and progre=iiviT lessons in Pionotuuin:'. HfJHni:. Ilmdin;;. Thin::in.: and Coinposini^. arranijeii on a new nud cr(;;i»tij( jdan iiy J. Bartlett Burleigh. L. L. D.
¦Tin: Tii!.sKni,*' a mWal Ru.ider. enntainin;; t'cU-? lions from IheGelus of Ihe Languape. arranged-.-u a i-. .,¦ ¦tud oiiitittal j-l,!'-. <.}':':\fined to jinii-.^' t.'ie nilnJ^ . ! youth, and In lniru''"uiM j.ure and nobii- priutiple^. lly J. II. Durlelgh,L. L. D
'¦TiiR AMERICA?* Mam.-\l,' dcsign'jd for hit'h.r classes in reading, wilh Question^-, Uellnitli--na aiM ¦.laririnal F-.'cei-ci.-'es, adapted lo thc use of ecIioC'K. Uj 1 U.-irtb-tt Burleigh. L 1. D. New and revised edUiuu. c^riiiaining thelaie Censiiaof tbe Cnttcd Stare-:.
The publishi'ia would respectfully call theattentbii of 'Peaeher.s and Sch'iol Directors to the above valunhh: ji-rics of School Uooks, which havo just be.^u lolri-ln.- ed into the publir s,-h',ols of the city of Philadelpbi.., Ualtimorc City ;ind County, and varioua .-Vcadiinie-- In Peun.svlvnuia. .Marylaml ami \'irgiuiu.
T.-.-iehi'M ^npt¦I'"'' with ctipieg lor.'xaiiiinatlon on '^i • [ilylng to ihepul.II.'-bers
LIPPI.NCOTT, ((UAMBO .',: CO ,
Piibli.^^hen nad licok'.< Hers. No, 1-1. Norib j-b .-t ,
Dec 10~ly.J Phila.Ulphin,
Not Going West
Who siiali. Bow First /—In F.ngland, the fashionable world, it ia believed, are governed by iho lollowing maxima;—"It ia a mark of high breeding not to speak to a lady in the Blreet, unlil you perceive ahe haa noticed you, by an inclination of the head. If you meet n lady of your acquaintance in the Bireer,.ii is her part to notice you £rat» unless intimaie. The reason is, if you bow to a lady first, ahe may not choose to acknowledge, and there 13 no rem¬ edy ; but if sha bow lo you, you, a« a gentleman, cannot cut her."
Aunt Hetty on Matrimony.
Now, girls, said Aunt Hetty, put  down  your embroidery and worsted work, do something sensible, and slop building air-castles, and talk ing of lovers and honey moons ; it makes me 1 sick, it's perfectly aniimonial.   Love isa farce— ' mairiniony is a  ]i)inibiif; husbanJd are domes-1 tic Napoleons, Neros, Aleianders, sighing tor other hearts to  conrjuer after they  are  sure oi yours.   The honey moon is as shortlived as a lucifer match; after that you may wear your wedding dresa at the wash-iiib, anil your night, cap  10  meeling, and  your  husband   wouldn't know it.    You may pick up your own  pockcl handkerchief, help yourself 10  a chair, and split your gown across the hack reachiuL' over the lable to get a piece of butter, while he is laying in hid breakfast as if it   was tlic last meal he should eat this aide of Jordan ; when   he  gets through be will aid your dige.'ition, {while you are sipping  your  fifsl cup of cotVee.) by inquir¬ ing whal   you'll have   for dinner, whether  the cold latnb w-is ul) aie yesterday ; if iho charcoal is all out, and what you gave lor the   last green tea you bought.   Then he gets up from the la ble, lights his cigar  with the  last evening's pa- per that   you  have  not had a  chance  to reud ; gives two or three whifia of smoke, suro to give you a headache for the afternoon, and just as his coat tail is vanishing through ihi^ door, opologis- es for not   doing " that  errniid" lur you yesier- day—thinks it  doubtful if he  can  to-day—" .vo pressed wilh  busi7iess."    Hear of him   at  II o'clock, taking an ice-cream with  some ladies at Vinton's while you arc at home  now lining his coat-sleevoa.    Children by the  cars all day, con'l get out  10 take  the  oir, fee! aa crazy as a lly in a drum; husband comea home at night, nods a "how d'ye do, Fan."  bo.xes Charley's ears, aianda little Fanny in the corner, siisdown in tho easiest chair in the warmest corner, puts his feet up over thc grate, sliutting out all the (ire, while the baby's fitt/e pug-nose grows blue with the cpld ; reads the newspaper ail to him¬ self, solaces his inner man with a hot cup of tea, and just as you are laboring under the  hal¬ lucination thai he will ask you to takeamoihful of fresh air with him, he puts on his dressing- ^own and slippers, and  begins to reckon np the family expenses! aficr which  lie lies down on the   sofu,   and   you   keep   time   with   your needle,    while    he   snores    lill   9  o'clock.— Next morning ask him to leave you "a Utile money," he looks at you ns if 10 bo sura iliai you ure in your right mind, draws a sigh long enough  and  strong  enough 10 inflate a pair of bellows, and asks you " what you want with it, and if half a dollar won't do."   Gracious king! aa if those litile shoes, and stockings, and petti¬ coats could  bo had  for half a  dollar!    Ob, girla! sot your affections on cats, poodles, par- rota or lap-dogs—but let mairimony alone.   It's the hardest way on earth of getting a living— you never know when your work is done up. Think of carryinE; eight or nine children through the measles, chicken-pox, rash, mumps, and scarlet fever, some of 'em iwice over; it makes my aides ache to think of it.   Oh, you may scrimp and save, and twist and turn, and dig ond delve, andeconoraiae and die, and your husband
VENITIAN BLINDMAKUFACTOUY j 'T'HE subscriber havingrelinfiuiah-
A ed his intention uf going to tbs We.st, wuuld tiiki Occasion to inform bis numerous friends in the cily and county.that he ivill continue lil^ old bii.«lnes.-». in all It! various branchcH. at tbe nld utaud. Immediately In the rear td" Vankanan'fl (now SenerV) Hotel, In the alley between Norlh Queen and Prince istreols.
Ho manufactures and bas for eale VRNlTf.VN DUiNliS, of thc mo.it beautiful pattcrn.i and fluUh— , These Blinds aru made of wood of tho smoothest am) most durable quality, and at short order and raoderati prices. The aubscrlber liaving bad considerable espe- ricncu In the manutaeture of Venitian Blinds, the peo I pie of this city and county can depend upon having any work that they may order, executed with despatch and ta a wcrhniaDlIke manner.
IE7'A variety of haudsome Blinds on hand for thi- inspection of tho public.
Old Blinds repainted und trimmed, to look equal U new. UKORGK FLICK.
Feb 25 _^y'^3
Blank Books !   Blank Booka!
THE attention of Merchants, Mil- lers. Farmers, and other--, i,s directed In the im¬ mense ^tock of
BLANK ROOKS this day received by the subfcriber.
Denimy Ledgi'i.-. D.iy Bo-;.k-', Jcurual-i; f 1 llie I.Ujie-'I size, full bound, Russia Ctriuirs.
Broad t^ap Leilgcr?, Day Unoks aa,\ JoiirnaL-f, full bound and half bound.
Longt-'ap Ledger.", Day Hook- an.l J--ii.urfl-
Docket.sof all5lzep.
Hotel llegisters.'prinled beads.
.Minute Books, for .-ipsociatiori;'-
Miniature Day Hooks nnd Ledg.T.-i
ir.Od Miiires Huperline * boiinii Hay B.;ok.^. Ledger; and Record Book-.
10 gross leather eoverei.' Pa.;- Cfok'.
(,   do   large Plzc Bank Book.-; .^   ib>   medium do
:'p   dnTuck Memorandum;.
A large and varied as;iiirtmHnl of i ap Letter. Bill and all other kluds of p.ip.-r.
Ink in Wliok-sali' i,iiantiti.s and at maniifnclurer.'.' priees, at W. H. urA.Ni JLKR'S,
Feb 2, \", Norlh Queen ht.. Lanca-ter,
BOOK TRADR.
lar{i;e assortment ol" Stantlartl,
 Litcrmy.Seientilie nnd othir  valuable  Work^
recently publisli.'d. aUv.iyR on haud at .MCRRAY'S Cheap Book and Stationery Sli.re, Kiampb'.-* Kulbliui; corner cf North tiueen nud Or.mije -^tivet-.
We notice a tew.
Kxamples of life and dealh, bv .Mr.^. Sij;f.uri,iy
tiiivernmeiit of Children, bv 'Rev. J A. ii.Te, pric. ao .-.•nt-^, TJji-i liltle b:->k ¦^honld be read l.y .-very parent,
'.id No. Putnam's Cbeiip l.ibiaiy - Wbini.-iiulitieF with wood cut.s, bv 'Pb"ina,-4 lloo.I.
Clov.-niook, Ol-' R.-collu-li-n-; ..f our n-ighlioi bl Alice f:arey.
Charity und lis Friiil.-'. Lv President Kdward:-,
HL^fory of H.->.iy .Milner". l.v >Ir.--. ^herwoo.f
fietdogy ,.f ihe Ba,-;- Book, bv Hugh Miller.
Paley'M Works-Aid- to K.-il.etion. by Colerid.-e.
Morning of Jov.or rt.-,|U.! lo Niglit of Wrepiug.
The ruiitau.^ and tbeir Principle^, by K. Hull
The LloMug Scene, or Chrl.-tiiinUy lUol Uitidi-lity contrasted inthe last bcurs of r.inarkable persons.
MrNighton the Kp(..(br.
Living^t..n¦s Law Regift'-r for I.VVJ. conliiinlng the Post Oliice address of .very Lawyi-r in the I'. Slates Li.st of Newspapers and their lociiUtb-s, with a unal variety of other useful Infornintion.
Shakspear's Novell—f-'obbeltn Advice to Vouug Men-Cohbett\i« Sermons.
All the Commentaries on (he Old and New Testa- meut iu use. .Sunday .Scbord Donks Irnm nil the Sun¬ day School Unii.ns.wilh an <'.\teu.'iive varU'iy of the mo.-it valuable books adriptid lo th.; wanta rf the vaii- ous ela,»;KeB of the eonimuiiily.
_J>d^^'l7^:V_              U21^MUURAV,
LA.VOASTJEU BA.Vk .STOCK.
iNE  Hundred Shares  of Stock
_ Lnnea.<ler Bank, for .-ah- in  lots to  hUil
pureha-'.-r.i.    Apidy to U'. CARI'F.NTHR ,
_Lan. Dee. ?A-:,] Norlh Queen Ptre.-t^
WANTED—37 Shares'Lant-as- t.-r Hank .Stock, f.)r which ar.  dolUro will  be given, payable iu Lanca.ster city i, pi-r cent Loan. , ,,    ., J. F. SimoitEll k CO ,
—'r.   -rii^___^'^'lli^' ^'o- ''<• Norlh iiuci-n nt.
Agricultural and linrlicultui-ul
KtlMPLEHEM A.\D SEED WAREIIOLSE.IJS
-*«^       No. G5 Che.'-nut it.; Philadela.      ^Xa. [
HE
? are par. of  Laiicaif-:
IHE
,1   Hay,
F, A, UOVT.
low loth.rhiu
To th-: L:i,lies .-nd Gcntlcme7i ii- Boys, and Yonng Gcntlctnen Pa., and the surrounding comilry.
subserilier oHers  ibr   sale,; ~V^OUR attention is particularly in •
Straw nnd  Corn.Stalk  Cutter-, Corn.Sliilk !    JL  viled to ibi-birge and comidete as.--t>rtmeui'of Cutt.-rs'and  Grlnd.-rs.  Corn  and Cob   Cm-her.s  and J HOVS AND ClIiLDREN'a CLOTIII.VCJ
Grinders; Raot Cutlers, irarranted to cut from cn;.- t- ! I'hat tbe subscriber hns on iinnd. wull adapt-l to i!..; two biifhvls of R.-.ot:- per minute, by h-mil poiT,.r; ¦.-'.(- ' -''ason, suited for Hoys ot Ihree yearsof age. uud youn^ shurpening  I'low,  ,,(   various   paturn«,    l'i:.in  I'omi i tJLnllemen of sisteea.
rtow.f of r.irit-u.- |.,itl.-nii; Sub-Soil Mow;.. r,»rn Shel- ! All person" livins at a di.':tAacQ,pi>rcb«iln(r Clothing lers of various p;itteni.-; Corn rianter,=. Sc-i.-d Drills | at tUi.^ rstalilishmeul. have the prtvllvgc ct returiil»ij Uamborougb^ celehraud Grain Fans. Oraiu i/radles ; ihem If ihey do not fit. Kevolving Hay Riike.'^, Ha/rows. CuUivators. or Iloi ' Hariowa, Churns. .Scythes. i.irn?3 IInok?,Spn.l.-'. Shov¬ els, Rakcfi,UoeH. Hay and .Manure Forks, i:c.. i:c.
LANDRKTHS WAllRANTCD GARDt:N r^^Kf.DS
The celebrity of th.^-c ?etd-i li n guarrantee to cvcrji purchaser that he will get the article he dealrej. The.-i Seeds being with very tewexccptious grown undrr thi ..orsonal suoerintenilenee of tho subscriber, be 1." therefore, enabb-d to warr.ant-ihcm with couf.denc- — Country .Merchants, und olh'ora desirous of obtalnlug genuine Garden i^eeds can he Supplied by
//. D. LaNDRF.TH.
Fub 11—3m-ll .'Jfo. G^Chesnut Ft . I'hilitda
rs above Market fVhole.-flle Dealer." in
A.
PAURIS
Na. 4, North Oth Sb\
StrtmiPi Manufacturers, Importtrij: _ _           ...
Paper, Sclioal B|6oU9, Stationery,
BONNtlT BOARD?. P^l^KitnANGINGS, WIN- ' DOW I'ArKRSv.FIRfr;BVARDS, Ac . i.-r, 45J-Country  .MG!;cliant«fa6 receive t ASM VOVi RAGS, or goods B,t Clish rriffli'- ¦{£5^200 Tons Rags wantcSililaseaEon. Junes v T ly--7
THE subscr3t§Et irespccUHlIy ia- ftrms hi;- friend.- lilid'fhe publio Kenerallv.^that In has remored from his u\,\ slatiijt. No.'JO.i, .\. Third St I'hil.id'-lphi.i. t.) t\o- I-iriri' aii'ir^omniodinii.': Stcre. 12>: fi. Second streit. l'hilaji-lj.hiil,'.-*heru can always bi fonn.ialarpe a-i'-orlment of >Iiihog-    ~ "'
nny an.l 'W'alnui ruruiinre ci the .ate.-t and most f.i.'^bionable .-dyles, manufactured by e.\peili'nce.^,work men. nnd uf the best inateriiil-i. All coodi maiiuLie. lured and sold by him will b.nvarranitd to ^ive .=ali> faction, or they cau be teturrtvd.
N. B.—Sole manufaoturer of BLAIR'S FATENT SOFA BF.D. A good as':-.ortmeut'ln Wulniit and Mu hogany always on hand. ,'; H. F. HOVKR.
Nov  20-(im-ii-Jl ICfi South Second St.. Phila.
E. S. JOXES & CO.,
Corner ot Fonrlliaiul Uace Stri-ctji, PhUn.
PUBLISHERS or (he Model ARCniTKCT. by e.VMCfclL SLOAM, Arcliiiecl. to be completed in 2-1 monthly i)art.-«.
Thc above work i:* detigui'.l to meet the wi^he.-* uol onlv of tboFC directly lutere.iLeU in bniUlingfi, bui ot all who Ue.'ire the advancenn'tit ot this noble art iu our country, and wish to cultiv.ite Iheir laste.i and nciiuuiu- taneo with areliiti ctiire, Tbe hani.'soino nianiiei-iu which it is pn-priri-dHiul emliellisbed. render.-it a Iti-^t.- fiil oruamenl for the drawing-room, while Us ae,-nr.il.- diliiii-atiunsgiveit tlo'liigbe.-t pr.ietjc;il valin-
,No.', 1,'J aud ;l now n^.ty for delivery
Price-;,l,lceutri per Uumhi-r Address as :ibnv.', post Pni<l-_  Die IT-   ;;
TO MILLERS!!!
Having Manufactured S .II U T    M .4 C III Sf E S
foi; the last seve.v yeau3,
Inow olFera supei-iovarlk-lc, whicli ruii^liL-htcr iitiil widi :,„:, Iricti'in tli.iii uiiy i" "¦„¦
lebin.'s iin-
on, for the
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low pr
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m
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1 ivarrauted to jier^'nii
.-or Thirtv Dollar^. I.KLCIl TV.-;oN.
, below r.ih. south ebb'
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Feathei'SI Featliers!! Fea(!iersl!'.
WHOLESALE AND   RETAIL,
,T THr
Spring Gardeu Bedding Ware-Houae,
No. ]i:t Spring Garden St..htu-ecn   UV/i aiiit nthSli.,'l>.hil.,.lrlii!iiu.
CfoNSTANTl-e on hand, lui extensive ^^Ktookor Ki:ATMKi(r-', f7: I'i'HKK liKHS. C.Al.N"
.mattrkssf.s,
article in our lii
insured sati-Ia.t
the  preparation
luanship and nmi
N   B.~U.-.-i.ll.
distance iroin lb.
Dep.,t.-.
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and
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will b^
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A Cabinet Making Establlslinieiit lor Sale.
TTAVING  concludeil lo ouit tlie
XX Cabinet Making IjusinojR, nnJ bo to t"« Wrst. 1 will tull ou rt'.iHonabli' terms, at private ?ale, uiycutlrL, wor[t5hQn ftnd lixturi's. nit in excPll,'nt ont.r. Tliis i. a rare citance for a nfa.7 beginner, a.^ tho businesa staml li among tbt) bept in tiie rity.
( O.NUAI) ,\SSE,.\et Febll tfll
C. B   ROGER'S Seed *i Agricultnral Wnreliou-ic,
.\o.   JO,  MirXrl .S/,r«, rhiUiitli-liij.
—Manufacliiri'i- nl" all die
1 Aiiiii-iiltni'i' le:) iiiii,-iin
__i;u- i',\si'r\i"i;j,„r„r„i.,..-,i.T.        ,-,ii. l.'-iy-il CABINET rUR.MTUKK.
THE suljsei-ilicrs' woitld i-espcet- liiliy iiitorm tb, Ir eoimtry triLii.b aiiJ th,-publie ^,,ner.-illy, that iiavii,,; e:i!-,riti,l lh,-lr Iil;iDUfjet,,ry, ilu'y are iirep:ire,i („ . .-:,-,.-iilo or,I,-i-s in their line, with proii,i,tue.-^aii,l .lispatcb.
N„i oil hand an.l,It Iheir tV.MtK llOOMS, No. 13: U-alijiilSlreet, l-hihiileiphia.H large anil general as¬ sortment ef ,-iil„,ri„r \\.-VLNL'T A.ND MAiiOGA.NY FURNlTfni'.. of the talcst Etjlee, which tliev will tell on tbe most favorable ternid. Every artiele warran- teii. V;. i J, .-VLI.KN.
Feb ll-3ni-ll]     137 Walnut .itreet. Fhiiadelpbi.i
WIIVES .41V1>  LIQUOnS.      S4S; CHAltLES STUAUT, Sls,
TMPORTER and WHOLES.VLE
X. DL'ALKR In ev.-iy dcM-rlrKou of tVlNl-.S and l.I- liCOUS, wbich I f.ltV:- in ther trade nt the Imv.-.-t C.ih prices, rorson,-" vr.iutii;.^ the above u.iiued. %u:! tin 1 U to tlieir advantage to call .tu.! vx.'.niincmy st'.'ck in th'
Grocery Stock nnd Mxturcs fur sinit-        _...,„^
npHtj subscriber, beiiifr enerafred in I ^^u£tomHouaes\orcs.audiuih.-st _
" > .   t.        O   O   . ., CHARLKS STCART.
No. 100, South JVoni St.. rbr
J,   other busines.^. Dlfers for suli-,"u aci^mmodatinB :
terms, hia Stock and Fi.^tures.
A good opportunity is olTerud to any one dlxposcd to i embark In the businp."", as tho  e.-tablishmont has a '
OCtl.T
Om-ti'
will marry again, and lake what yoti hnve saved ! good'run'of cujtom; which can be inr-ely inoreasea. to dresa hia second wife with, and ahe'U take j    Appiyto _. _ H. WRIGHT,
your portrait for a fire-board, and—but what's' the nse of talking ? I'll warrant every one of you'U Iry it, the firat chance you get; there's a sort of bewitchment about it, somehow. I wish ono. hall of the world warn't fools, and t'other half idiots, I do.   Ob, dear \-^Qli^t Branch,
Feb 18-31-12    No 1 Kramph'a Row, K. Orange it.
iRUGs, Chemicals, Medicines
—A fresh supply lor sale at
B. S. MUHLENBERG'S Drug and Chemical Storej No. 8 South Qaeen at., JauT—4m-6 tancastor.
D
CARLTON K. MOORE,
COMMISSIOX 3IERCHAN1\
AND  DilALEK   l^^
COT TOA'   ¥ARK, Carpet Cbala, Laps, Wick, &c„
Nu. UB Nurlll Third Str<;<;t, PHILADELPHIA,
Jan 81 Jr-S
Miireii 1
Dings, Paints, Oila and Dyeatiifw. Pure V.'hite L(i-j(l, niuke'a Fire Proof rniul, Superior Potaali,
AVindoff Oln??, nil sizes nr,,! ,-iu:iIit;,-.^, Wiiite Glue itml .-\c:J.s li>r .^liliinerg' Ui^o, Superior Pulvorizeil ,'^,il(ir:itu=. iu li-j lb. boxe-;,
ALFRED WILIUERGEU, \i.. 10!l. North L'nili'lre.'t. (nearly opposite lli« Cani.l lU.l.-l.) f'bi!.idil)dd;t. bnfl ahrsyn on hand, a first ratr- a.t-ortinent oi LV.'rylbiiif; in his line, which ho will -.-ll I vcrv \o^T.
!'bv:-i.-i,iii=. .'^it.r.-k.-ipirs .tud otbern will nle'i.'.* u-I*,. I bim a.-all
'     Al-o. .Sup.'ii.r I (irnitiir.-, I oii'-h, Blaelc. and Jai :ui j V;in.i>b..^.  AlaySS—ty.j-,,
Kicli and Elegant Carpetlnc.'s. iJ    C, FOULltE,   No.  3n   Nm-il,
Jj?*  Sei-'ind Strett. nearly oppo>ite Lbri-i uhi.r ¦'.. oli't' lo tin- puhlic an fSten-ive aP-'-rCiricnt ot IIUUSSJHLS   TAPKSTKV.
¦ Iinperiil three  ply. Ingrain  and Venitian C-iri'  i- . :
: ibi; ijKVi,-i   dc'ijjtii. huporicd and uiaui'i'acn'rej . «
I pr.'S.'-ly fur him.    Als,.. pat.-nr Satin lini-li F L U U H
OILCLOTHS,   cf llic   moKt ireorgeDn_-audattj;i.:
tiv.- stv!e=. from 2 t.-> -'l fe. t wi,|o.
Al-L."luOOiJyar.l.<.f LOi^'rulCKD CARCEIT. Ir.,!:. ¦Jj 1.1 6'.i cent' pt:r >i.id. V.'indiiw Sb.ides. .Vc. A.- .\;\ Kb", iv.nteniplat.' purcba-in^; «ill find It to th.?lr p.j v;iiiMt:''li>e=I!'It liiii ."¦I'-'br.Mid t'htfap .•lore b.-f.-rn iniil;iiii: iheir -uk-ctlnns el-ei^hi-re. ur.v I'G-ly-.'.j
JOHN  A. UAUKR,
No.  lol^iSouth Si'co'td St., above SprU-d, I Err.-'t side, Philadelphia, ^
,,-^   IWITKS  (he   iiUentiou   ol" .'¦
I -     X li.-: ie"d«r.s of the ll^¦l..^L0 to call nnd ,.-;¦,   ¦.
5 j.-.min.-hi.= Iflrpe *:lock of nil  kind,^ of VUDM. I y. ¦,  I ^"KK,cou-i,^tin^;lupart ol DrcsiluK Bure;iu-. ^ .. J -     n:iin Itureaus, Chair" ami Sofas of evorv d.'.s- i    ' :   ,    itipiinu.   SufaTabl.-^, Centre Trthh=. L\l-n-I  .-
3    .-^iou Tablf.--. .^c. (    '
I-;        N. H.—Wardrobi',^. B.-.X-tead-i  and b'MTi H  i   ' • d tb.. \nUn fUW^:  l.ni.tvinb' (;I:l=.--ih and 1;- -¦; ! lai.-«, all or which will Im-  ,^.ild  on   the m-.: i
 lea-.-nablelvrni.-'. p.Tf IT—lv-l-
The German "Washuig Fluid
IS cousitlcred  hv'I'lioH-aiui:,   sUi-i hr,v..t-.-:.d
srjKNTii Entirely   doiub'
nibbia,;thei loin.-. >¦„ - r,„. u .-..u.ii savins; if Tim:'. L:il"'r '.I'd K^tpi'Udu ,V   U.    'i'o i.tci't-d! iV.t'id nud impi^-'iti.- . rtrv trvln;: to p.-iim oii an r.riicb- put up V
rrf.,,t'''^r. I i* llOVr, will put his ¦MTKITTKN Sii: ; > .,.rUi;'.'Vi-rtbeCoKn of every IlOTiLE. Aud he ..... ' ¦% ^itih' lui eniii;iileui'd puliUc not to confound
I " "     Tiie German 'WashiJig Fluid
^ with olh.Ts that aro in The market. j     It Ih put up In Urge pint bottltjs, and sold al lb.  i, ' niinal pi-ice of l2\ c^nt.-J.
; xii- I'rinters will find it greatly to thoir advunti^-e < - }Miivb:.sc this Fluid by Ihu "nUcu. to cl.-m Hi... rVl'FS amlHOLLBItS.bein^ a very superUr ur-i,:. fur that purpose.
.Muniilaclur.d only by I   P. H-.'VT,
nt Ills Laboratory and Frinclral tr;" ' No. 10. :5ouih FIFTH M . Ihi(.itl-ii!' ;< Sold at Retail by Grccets an.l Urupr^l.-t^rr-ii'T-dty   ¦ V librral di.-.cOUBt made and vXEt'i-i*-- nd,- ::h:oA   '   . i\i& ln-i:cQt   of   Ajjeuts     Kemcmh.'r the  i;.,iui'.'-LU -MAN WaSHINu FLUIP.
Alll-ttcr3tobcpw.t p.iil. _   [fel^ 5-t,r.j j-.
EDWARD DUFFY i SON,
Soap and Candle Wauiifacturcrs
No 44 Filbert street, al3ovo Kiatb,
raiLADELPUIA,
Bepi3 l?l'J
n-. Ii.-ii,„' IhL'gr.-itf 1 : WONDLJt (iFTIIK \Vi .rav   , Ith   tli-il   biluiiui*
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