Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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LANCASTEE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1858.
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When midat the wreck of fire and amoke.
When cannons rend the akies aannder. And fl<>rce dragoonii with fiulckeotng stroke
Upon tbo reeiinr; reglmput thnnder. The raatCK cloae op to aliarp ciimmaod.
Till hamlet's leather touchoa ffiather; Compnct the furiouy f^hock they ataud,
Aud comioflr: 'or they atick togethor'.
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Ctittie the black lei^inua of dianster, Sball we preaput a wavering l>and
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FAMILY  SECEEXS.
IIV AKIA   ASULA>-p.
CONTISOKD.
CHAPTER VII.
Siltiut aiul ctutlen ^at the dootor for gome minates after Sntton retireii. To one or two observation:*a'iiire33ed liim by Mr. Ashley he voochsafHd only nionosjllablo replies. I knew tbat liis keen gray eyes were fiistened ou my face with oflendeii look, itnlicating an outbreak of Uis deep displeasure. I fully ex¬ pected a sotiii'l rating, and prepared myself actiordinuly. Nor did my espeutatious fall sbort of the reality.
"Yon biclily jlaiter bothsmyt^Rlf and Miles, Margaret," \vas the ^urcastic opening. "Wlier-'in?" I asked, iDuocent Iy. ."In preferring the attendance of a villian and fool to tbe concert to-morrow night."
"My dfarsir! Wliat terribly slanderous epithets !"
"Kot al all slanderous ! Judging from bia own aduissious, Sutton is avillaiu, and none lint fools proclaim and boost of their base actions. In Heaven's uame, Margaret, tell me what has become ofall your moral percep¬ tions, that you do not see that man as other's see Lim, and despise him as he deserves to be despised ?"
"You really alarm me, in briuging up theae dark accusations against Mr. Sutton ! Wbat crime bas be been committing ? I surely ought to kuow. He is not guilty of forgery— he has not robbed his employers, has he?';
Ireful was the face turned towards me as he answered:
"You to ask the nature of his guilt, when it was to you—for your special entertainment, that he related the contemptibli^ details of his conrtship. Tbere is nothiug mean in the deception used to blind the girl's father, was hero ? Nothing inexpressibly base in the im¬ position practiced upon the sick cousin, whose trust iu him, aud whose affection, were heartlessly riciculed ? Any man with the least spark of honor would be ashamed of snch an act as that. One destitute of all honor might boast ofit among menof similar stamp, but none except a fool would rehearse it to a virtuous, right minded woman. I hope you will have the sense and discretiou to not ap¬ pear in pablic with tbat man, Jlargeret. I shall request him to take his child away, and then he can have no pretense for intruding here. I wish most heartily that I had refu¬ sed him when he first requested me to take the child."
"Poor Fanny is certainly guiltless of the vileness which you impute to her unlucky sire. And in truth, my dear fatber, you make Mr. Sntton to appear in rather a had light. Are you sure that dislike—a slight predudice, in fact—doea not lead yoa toesag- gerate his faults ? I hear that, in genera], he is well liked, and his society sought in the village. I dare say a score of ladies will look with envious eyea npon iny portly bean to-morrow evening."
"And after all my dissuasion yon persist in going with him ?"
"Pardon me—yes. My word is passed, you know. Were it not, I Lave other special and urgent reasons for being civil and obliging to Mr. George Sutton."
"Incorrigible ? After all I have said, after hearing what yon did from his own lips, to still encourage his particular attentions !— Talk to her Aahley. You know eveu more of Sutton than I do myself. If she has not lost every particle of sense and discernment our united opinion must convince her of his utter worthlessness. Just speak what you know to be his true character."
"Entirely unnecessary for Mr. Ashley to spend his breath for naught. I am now qnite as mnch eulighteued respectiug Sutton's character as he can be, or yourself either."
"An apt scholar, to learn so much in so short a period.' I bt^Heve it is ouiy about fivo months since your first introduction to this person," was the sarcastic rejoinder. Then, in a more wrathful tone: "What is to be the end of this afl'air ? I command you to tell me, Margaret!"
"Thatlam quito willing to do, so far as from present circamstances aud appearances I am enabled to prognosticate the end, I think and hope that it will terminate as such an affair usually doea—in a declaration and pro- sal."
"You hope it will eud in a proposal! Tben has my idol of pure gold turued to worthless clay. The daughter I have reared and loved as if she were in reality mine own child, dis¬ regards my aflcction and scorns my counsel. Margaret, this Btr.iuge infatuation will not last forever. You will awake from it, to * learn how deplorable is the fate of a womau who is bouud, soul and body, to a selfish and gross sensualist. The blow falls heavily enongh upon me uow, for I forsee the miser¬ able lotwhich you wilfully apportion to your¬ self. But let me tell you the blow will strike you with yet more terrible force when you come to realize the evils that will attend yott as that mau's wife."
Now he spoke more in sorrow than anger, and the ready tears sprang into my eyes. I forced them back, and went up to htm with a smile on my face.
"My good father, don't strip your idol of all its gold," I said, kissing him ou eitber cheek. 'Leave just a Uttle, to gild the unsightly clay."
"I wish there were no 'unsightly clay' abont it, Margaret."
"There is dross in everything. But that is not what Pcame here to say. I can stand the wbole battery of your anger, sharp- shooting and Sll, without fiiucbing; bnt when you reproach me with coldneas I am completely routed. Now, as to the matter in hand, you judge of it qnite too seriously.— I know very well whal I am doing, and what I intend to do. Let me beg of you, dear father, to just shut your eyes to—to my in¬ fatuation, as yon are pleased to term it. Yon do not see that I am playing a game, in which the stake is worth tnore to me than silver or gold. Once before has the game been played, and 1 was the loaer. Now I will risk ererything, even your displeasoro, to be the winner. Trust me. Do trust me, father, to manage the matter between myself and
Satton, without interfering. Even If you censtire trie in the ehd^ you will be dbnipelled to say, 'If Margaret has acted nhworthlly of herself, under the oircamstanoes, I oan hard¬ ly blame her.'"    .
My stepfather silently regarded me with a bewildered, half doubting loot. Mr. Ashley's expression was more keenly observant and diaoeming, as his eyes steadily sought miue.
«I despise an intriguing woman," aaid the doctor at last, slowly. " But I can be recon¬ ciled to anything, even to yoar degrading yourself to flirt with Satton, provided it doea not end in y;our marrying him. Bnt I should like to know how long this state of thiugs is to continne f how long I am to be annoyed by witnessing yonr acceptance of Sutton's coarse, fulsome proofs of attach¬ ment ?" ^
" Have patience while the aunoyance con¬ tinaes, and I promiae to do all in my power to expedite the term of your probation. To tbis end I will signify to Mr. Satton that Fanny's removal has beoome necessary. The littla gipsyl jnat look at her, coiled up in the •orner of the sofa fast asleep. , I wonder if I can carry my pet up to her crib without wa¬ king her?"
*' Stop, Maggy, she is too heavy for you to carry up stairs.   Let Miles take her."
Mr. Ashley oa-ne forward, gen tly raised the little sleeper, and conveyed her to her nest, I lighting him ou the way.
He had reached tbe door on his way back when he hesitated, turning slowly towards me with his rare smile spreading over his dark features.
" I think I have guessed your secret, Mar. garet," he observed. " If it is as I believe, I give you my best wishes for success in win¬ ning your stake."
" If you have indeed truly guessed my se¬ cret I own you my superior in sagacity."
" Why so ?"
"Because I have seeu and knowu that there was a mystery of sotne kind connected wilh you and Miss Hale, aud though knowing this for two years, I am as far from guessing yotir secret ad in the beginning."
" Do you wish to know it?"
" Being a true daughter of mother Eve, I answer yes."
Thtt pleasaut smile had faded, and the old look of gloomy abstraction came back to his face. But at last he spoke, thongh reluc¬ tautly, and withont looking up.
evening's entertainment iu a cold and hoars- picture, but taken many years ago. But on ness to-morrow." ^7 »*«. I «">'* imagine how you got posaea-
"Nor wonld I have you thus pay for it for   sion of it, my dear." worlds, my dear Mias Hogg I    Health.the best       "Inspect the  remaining contenU of   the of blessings, is too preciona to be trifled with,   package if you wish to be enlightened on Be careful of yours, my love, for my sake,"   that point.'*
he concluded, inflicting a heavy squoeze upon ' He took np the letter, glanced at its cou¬ my poor wriat, as it lay passively across hia tente, and then tumed quiokly lo the ad- arm. ' dress.
" Is   that   supplication   Ptereotyped, Mr. ;     " Margaret I  MarKaret Hughes I   That waa Sntton?" ! the name of my wife's oousin, the sickly girl
" I don't quite take your meaning.   If yon ; who oame visiting Eva the spring before we
will be so kind as to explain '*
"Not worlh an explanation, I assure you. Only one of my random speeches. And here we are almost at the t;ate; bnt my father and Mr. Ashley have got home before me. See, there Is a light in the stndy, and one alao in Mr. Ashley's room."
"Doea he, Ashley, live with you since hia return ?"
"Yes. His own house is shut np, and the honsekeeper, Miss Hale, has been gone ever since tbe death of her inaane sister, last November."
" Ashley, is a strange fellow. I knew him, though not intimately, six years ago, when he practiced law for a few montha at M .'*
" Practiced law 1 I did not know tbat he had any profession whatever.
" Indeed I Well he was oalled a first-rate lawyer, if be could be made to work, but somebow he never seemed to hare any am* bition or euterpriae.   A strange rumor got
afloat at M concerning hira and the Hales,
who lived in the adjoining coauty.    Did yon ever hear tbe report, Miss Hogg ?"
Stroug, keeu, almost irrepressible, rose within me tbe temptation to answer "No, but I should like to hear it. The conflict between temptation and an intuitive seuse of right was short bnt desperate. Right triumphed. I would not meaningly pry into a family secret which my good step father thought best to conceal from me ; and so I answered carelessly that if I bad heard the report to which he allnded I had suflered it to escape my mind, as such rumors were generally un¬ founded and not worth remembering.
We had couiH to the gate, which he held open for itie lo pass through.
" My littlo girl is probably abed and asleep, so I will not go in," remarked Mr. Sutton.
'I dUpposB you will soon betaking Miss Fanny away?" I aaid, tnrning in th** path to address him.     "My father was saying ouly
" It is a wretched lale, this secret, so full of , yesterday that her little ladyship's health was shame and suffering that I have  promised j <l^^***^*^^'ored, aud he should resign his charge
myself never to^speak of it, and have bound my brother to alike vow."
" Can you not fling the hateful thiug aside aud forget it ?"
"Alone and unaided I have not strength to do it,"
"Can I help you iu any way? If I can, just show me how, when and wbere I may be of service, and yon will see me work with willing heart and hand."
"What wonld move you to the work? An¬ swer me that, Margaret."
" What ? why the—the wish to help a friend out of trouble. Yon spoke as if you needed aid, and I wished to ofler you a friend's aid to get yon outof this mysterious strait."
into your hands immediately."
"What! must Fanny leave? leave you, my dear, who have been a second mother to her ?"
" The little witch, with her pleasant ways, will always find friondd whereyerahe goes, Mr. Sutton.   Never doubt that."
" I hoped—that is, I expected—ahem 1 My dear friend, will you give me a few minutes' conversation in the morniug ? If I call at ten can I flnd you alone and disengaged ?"
I bowed withoat speaking, and was almost overwhelmed with a torrent of incoherent thanks. It was very late that night, I re¬ member, before I fell a-sleep. Excitement made me wakeful. The morning promised lo bring me revenge, for whee Ir-had been
" It requires more thau a friend's aid to do 1 ^''^*'*^^'^ ^^^ ridiculed I possessed ample it.    Good night, Margaret." ! power to retaliate.     Not an amiable spirit
More than a friend's aid to do it. What ¦ ^^^^ ^^ retaliation, but I havo before con- under the light of the sun did the man \ ^^^^ed my lack of that kind of amiability mean? I thought, while listening to the j ^^'^*^ passively endures both injury and sound of his retiring steps.     What did he
were married."
"Very true, Mr. Sutton. And you doubt¬ less can remember yonr assumed fondness for Margaret Hughes, the feeble, simple girl. If your memory is at fault, juat read certain tender passages in tbose letters, and you will be convinoed that yon professed to love thia aickly consin of Eva's with your whole heart."
" That was to blind Eva's father—to throw dnst in his eyes. But I am anxious to know how yon come to have these letters and the picture. Mips Hogg? Did you ever know Margaret Hnghes ?"
"How oame I by the letters, do you ask? They were written to me, and given to me, years since, when I was a young, foolish girl Can you uot see that I am Margaret Hnghes? —not the drooping, suflering creature whom you and Eva so cruelly deceived; bnt Marga¬ ret grown to womanhood, with a full percep¬ tion of the low selfishness, the gross sensn- ism, which are tbe most prominent traits of your character. Doctor Hogg, whose name I bear, is only my stepfather. My own fatber died but a few weeka before you and my cousin concerted to make me your dupe."
He stood looking at me inqniringly, and alao with hia usual careless eff"rontery of ex- pre BBion.
" I dou't realize that you are Eva'a cousin, you have so changed in look and manner.— But let bygones be bygones, Miss Hogg. Yon owned once that you loved me- Let me en¬ treat of you to forgive and forget the past, and own thai you love me still; for my affec¬ tion for you now is true and honest, as I call Heaven to witness."
"Aud I feel ouly unutterable contempt for you. Take that as my answer to your pro¬ posal, and tbe last words I will ever consent to exchange with you."
" As you please," he muttered, turning to¬ wards the door. " It isn't every old maid wbo would refase a man in my ciroumstances just to gratify an old grudge against him for what at the worst was only a pardonable deception."
As the door closed upon his portly flgnre the doctor turned to me with a taunting laugh.
"Well, Maggy," be said, "you occnpied more thau the promised ten minutes, and did not quite take the conceit out of the man, as you threatened to do."
" No, for nothing on earth could do it. Ho really spoke and acted as if he were the in¬ jured party."
And so, this is the end of the romance—the finale of my girlish folly. I have rejected my first, last, only offer, and now, like a discreet old maid, I will invest in a parrot and poodle the fondness that still remains in a corner o^ my arid heart.
expect of me or others ? Impossibilities, it aeemed, for how one could give more thau this waa beyoud my comprehension. And he kad guessed my secret—correctly guessed it, donbtless, while the mystery that enshroud¬ ed him continued as unfathomable asever. Of one thing, however, I was fully convinced. The Mr. Ashley who had just spoken was different from the Mr. Ashley who had left us six months before. Wherein lay the differ¬ ence I should perhaps find it difficult to ex¬ plain. Yet it was perceptible both in his \ manner and look.     It was as if some solid ¦
insult.
On descending, at our usual breakfast honr, I heard the doctor remark that he was going iuto the next town on business, and should not return till late iu the day.
" Bnt indeed my dear father, I wish—"
" "Wish what, Margaret ?"
" That you would delay going till after tea."
"For what reason ?"
" Mr. Sutton is coming to tea, 'for a few minutes' private conversation with me,' to repeat his mysterious entreaty in his precise words. I consented to aee him and hear what ho bas to say, without the preseuce of
substauce had crushed htm to the earth— : „ ,,- . „   . j. , j ,.
f„„   I   „« T T> . XI        , a third party.     Bnt I own myself very, very
formerly so, I mean.    But now the substance !        .       .,   ^ ,     ,, , ,
, ,        -,      ,    . i anxious that you should hear my answer and
seemed amoved, and only ..3 sreat   Wicfc   ^.^,^^^^ j^^ ^^^^j_„
!     Mr. Ashley looked up, as he sat near me at the table.     His peculiar smile, so rarely j seen, was lighting his dark eyes.
"As a matter of accommodatiun, I am wil-
shadow remaiued.
CHAPTER VIII. A sad thing it is that all the poetry and romance of life must be exploded in early youth- Then hope holds her kaleidescope before our dazzled vision. Then we revel in the happiness of a rose colored existence, where all is new—all fresh aud delightful.—* Life's pilgrimagp opens brightly, and we see not tbe snares aud pitfalls tbat beset the way. Heedlessly we trample the flowers iu our path, and enjoy the perfume of their dying breath, till only dry weeds aud thorns are left. And now our way leads into the des¬ ert, with only here and there a green spot where our weary feet may rest and gather strength to pursue the rugged path. Loug ago I left the pathway of buds and blossoms and entered this great desert. My course lies over the burning sands, and my tired footsteps falter on the way; but, thanks to a kind ProTidence, there is always an oasis in sight where I oan lay me down to rest and gather strength to pursue my journey-— Such was the veritable homily which I dis¬ coursed to myself after returning from the concert in company with Mr. Sutton.
Just sixteen years before, on as  balmy a spring uight as this, I had walked iu my un-
I
ele's grounds attended by George Sutton, remember lingering with him in the shaded walks till the cool twilight came on; and viv¬ idly do I remember his drawiug my shawl round my slender frame as ho wispered, "Be careful ofyour precious health,/or my sake, dear girl. "   His tender look and fond words had thrilled to the core of my foolish heart.— How grateful I was for his loving care !   He, a strong man, with  tho flush of exuberant, healthful life coloring his cheek, rendered himself an afl'ectionate guardian, over a puny feeble girl.   Young aud inexperienced, ab« trusted confidingly in his honor aod affection, Alas Iforthepoordupe—he had neither honor nor affection forher: only the semblance, as shfl learned at last.   And so, after the lapse of sixteen years, the deceiver aud decieved had met again, and agaiu walked in the mild starlight of au April evening.    But time bad wrought :i great change in both Satton  and myself.   He had changed from an animated, handsome youth, to the man of middle age, exceedingly corpulent in person, heavy featu¬ red, aud hifi once glossy  brown hair grown thin and gray lined.    What used to be deli¬ cate flattery now escaped his  lipg in coarse expressions of admiration.    Selfishness, the substratum ofhis character, lay beneath the surface in early life, but it had gradually forced its way to  the exterior, and became his most prominent   characteristic. I   had changed also—changed from a feeble invalid, craving the kindness and sympathy of the strong aud healthful, to the maturity of wo- manhoodt   No longer a weak, timid,   depen¬ dent creature; but firm, perhaps obstinate, in opinion and purpose, self-reliant, and with thorongh experience of life's manifold cares and datiea.    Bach  experience   strengthens and hardens  the heart.   It had hardened mine.   Girlish romance and tender feeling were numbered with past things.   They had been replaced by womanly perception  and opinion.   Now I could perceive the grossness, selfishness and shallowness of  Sutton's na¬ ture.   How utterly I despised him as he con¬ tinued to pour iuto my ear a coarse repetition of ti:e expressions  of fondness which once had power to touch my heart.
"Thenight air is qnite chilly," I remarked, with a desire of interrupting his strain of ailly, vulgar flattery, with which he sought lo entertain me. "It has certainly grown much colder, or else I feel the change from the warm air of the concert room qtiite keenly. If you please, Mr. Sntton, we will proceed at a brisker pace.   I don't wish to pay for the
ling to act as a substitute for the doctor, pro¬ vided he cannot be present on that occasion," he said.
" Thauk you, Mr. Ashley, but I mast de¬ cline your services. It is ray father whom I particularly waut as a witness to the event. Do you consent to remain ?" I asked, turniug to look at his inquiring yet puzzled counte¬ nance.
" I don't comprehend this business at all, Maggy, but I will atay if you wish it, only I hope you will dispatch matters aa speedily as possible."
" With the greatest dispatch, I assure you. Now that I have got Sutton fast I shall make short work of the affair. Ten minutes will afford me ample time to take the conceit out of that man, rnd ascertain if natnre was in¬ deed so niggardly as to withhold from him the least particle of shame. Don't ask me a siugle question, my good sir. You will know why I have so obstinately braved your cen- anre, aud that right soon, for my cavalier ia even now approaching, some fifteen minntes before his time Evidently he does not like being kept in suspense," I added, running from tbe room to meet my visitor.
Mr. Sutton entered with a fine glow upon his features, in part the effect of his rapid walk, as his panting breath denoted. Hope and anticipated triumph lent an unusual animation to his massive Gountenauce. That tbe possibility of his suit's being rejected had not entered his mind was evident from his air of open exultation. After w.iiting a minute to recover breath, he opened his sub¬ ject—certainly with sufficient earnestness to satisfy the most exacting mistress, and also with his usnal broadness. Before I anawered him the question "Would I marry him ?" was twice repeated; the laat time with a clause added to this effect, namely: "tbat Mr. George Sutton loved me devotedly, and would make any and every sacrifice to win me, so I need not feel diffident about confes- Bing that his affection was retumed. He wanted me to apeak out frankly."
" I have no desire to keep you in suspense; but indeed, Mr. Sutton, I much wisb to have ¦ray father sanction the decision I am pre¬ pared to make. If you will oblige me by going to hia study I will promiae au immedi ate anawer to tho proposal wherewith you have but now honored me."
" Oh certainly my dear! It is quite prop¬ er and respectful to consult him, and I don't in the least object, provided he doesn't op¬ pose our wishes.**
1 weut to the table aud took from beneath a ipile of books a small parcel. Theu wo descended, not to the breakfaat room, where I had left the dootor, but to his study, for it was there I felt quite sure of finding him.—¦ Wben we entered the doctor scarcely glanced I at Sutton, bul his penetrating gray eyes sought mine with a sharply interrogative expression.
" My dear father Mr. Sutton has this mom¬ ing made me a proposal of marriage," I said, determined to take the affair in my own hands now. " For certain reasons I wished you to be present, and learu a little secret of my past life, which is involved in the anawer I am prepared to give."
After placing tho parcel, which I had bronght with me, into Sutton's baud, I went straight to my stepfather, and atood beside bis chair, with my hand resting on his shoalder, "What is it,Miss Hogg?" asked Sutton, looking at the package. "ShaU I examine it?"
"Yes, open it.   It contains something you will re^ly roeognize." "%hy here Is-yes, it must be, mj own
CHAPTER IX. I lost my merry Httle companion. In his wrath, Mr, Sutton removed Fanny wilh such haste that I had scarcely time to give her a parting kiss. He placed the child with Mrs _ Crafts, the gay widow mentioned in the first page of this narrative.
" Straws show the direction of the wind," aaid tbe doctor, laughing, wheu he heard with wbom Fanny was left. " You cau aee, Maggy? that the disconsolate widower had our fair neighbor iu reserve in case you refused him. My word for it, our little pet will have a step, mother before mid-summer."
And so she had. Sutton was no laggard in matrimonial projects, whatever be might have been iu affairs of less importauce. Only one short month intervened betweeu his making proposals to me and his marriage with Mrs. Crafts. On the whole I was glad to have him marry aud settle near us. Glad because it afforded an opportnnity to see Fanny often, aud also becauae I felt a lively interest in her welfare. My little cousin aeemed quite attached to me, and I sincerely loved her, notwithstanding the deplorable insincerity of her nature. She appeared absolutely unable to see ber way, practically, between truth and falsehood. As she grew older, I hoped that right counsel, combined with her own shrewd sense, would show her tbe danger aud folly of an utter disregard for truth, even thougb she could not be made to love truth for its own sake. Mr. Satton held himself aloof, greetiug me only with a formal bow when we chanced to meet. But be graciously permit¬ ted Fanny to spend whole days at our house, perhaps because he aaw that Ihad the child's iuterests more at heart thau the gay Mrs, Sutton.
As the montha  sped ou, and the worldly minded woman become more and more at¬ tached to society and its frivolous amuse¬ ments, she  used  to seud her youug step daughter over to stay with her owu "rela¬ tions," as she termed as, until Faauy passed, more than half the time at our house.   This gratified my stepfather as well  as myself. His health was gradually failing.    I could not blind my eyes to the sad truth,    A list- lessness and languor seemed to have paralyzed his energies.    He no longer eujoyed out-door exercise, except in very fine weather, when he would aometimes go  into the  village to call on an old frieud.   Staying in the house aa he did nearly all of the time, he aud Fan ny became th= very beat of frieuds.   She amused withoat wearying him.    When dis¬ posed to listeu to ber prattle, he had only to speak to set her tongue in motion.   And then, also, a simple " Hush, my dear," would make her slill as a mouse.   I cau look back to the period of which I write, and recall mauy fa¬ miliar scenes, but none  so  vividly  as my mental picture of Fauuy and the good doctor. He seated in hia great arm-chair, perhaps oc¬ cnpied with a book, wbile his little pet took up her chosen position,  kueeliug on a low stool beside him, her arms crossed upon bis knee aud supporting her head.    Thus they would remaiu  until Fanny often fell asleep, with a thin,  wrinkled  baud   unconsciously threading   and   caressing   her  bright hair, while its owner was absorbed in reading.
Mr, Ashley lived witb us, though he was often absent, making short excursiona to one and anothei attractive point of our flue New England scenery.   But he was never long away.    I knew that anxiety on  aceoant of the doctor's declining health often brougbt him back to our quiet house.   Some  would have called it a dull house, but it did not seem so to na.    In the breaking down of his physical ayatem, Doctor Hogg still retained hia fiue mental characteristics  unimpaired. The tone ofhis conversation was salient and piquant aa «ver.   If he waa apprehenaive in regard to himself, be studiously concealed hia apprehensions under a cheerful air, and did nol permit his wasting features to reflect the brooding anxiety which he muat frequently have observed on Mr. Ashley's face, as well as my own.    During the autumn aud winter months his health aeemed neither to decline nor amend ; but with the approach of warm spring wealher we remarked in hira an un¬ favorable cbange.    His appetite failed, his strength was quite gone, and some daya he appeared altogelher too weak to rise from his bed.    Up to this time Mr. Ashley or I had not suffered onr lip's to echo the sad fear that occupied all our thoughts.     Together   we nnrsed and tended the beloved invalid, with¬ out sayiug what our eyea muat often hav« expressed—the   mournful   belief   that our charge muat soon pasa beyond the reach of our loving oare.
It was a warm day, the very last of ApriL Sisoe early laomlitg Z had been conitantlj in
my etep-father'B room; but now he slept, after many hours of pain and restleflsneas. The sun was abont setting, and I went out inlo the porob to get a breath of fresh air, and watoh the gorgeoas appearance of the olonds. While I waa stauding thna, I heard Mr. Ashley oome out of tbe doctor's room, and oall Mary from her work.in tbe kitoben. Then he came out andatood by my side.
*'A tum in the garden will do yon good.— Come," aud he drew my arm within his own.
" Bot my father will wake "
" Marj is with him."
We went down the atepa and paced baok aud forth over tbe graveled walka, avoiding tbe pools of water left by the afteraoon shower. I thought how often my dear step¬ father had trodden the familiar path; then that be would never set fool in it more, aud the tears welled up from my aching beart.
"Ton find it hard work to be resigned, Margarel," said Mr. Ashley, kiudly, "and I feel for yon. A partaker wilh yon in thia great aorrow, I sympathize with you in your feelings."
" Bul your loss will not be like my loaa, I anawered, still weeping; "for when my aec¬ ond fatber is taken from me I lose my last and only friend."
"He is alao tbe laat and only friend which an adverse fate haa left to me," answered Mr. Aahley, with emotion. " I wiah that he migbt be apared to us, my kind and noble brotherl Bat—God's will be done. The sacred heart learna to bear its burden of griefs. It is a flrat great Borrow that cnta like a two edged sword; yet the wound heala I and hardens. We can learn to bear aifiiction, Margaret, after having been tried in its dread furnace I"
" I have been ao tried in tbe death of my dear parents; yet I am none the better pre¬ pared to bear anotber bereavement reaigned- Iv. It ia only tearing open the old wound aud making it to bleed afresh. You may bave gained resignation in affliction—I have not. My whole aoul revolts and rebels when I think of the desolate future. Trials yon may have exptrienced. I do not donbt but that you have encountered many, hard indeed to bear. But to sympathize fully iu my feel- ings,yoa must have seen the grave close over one after anoiher of your kindred, till you are left Uterally alone."
Withoat replying to my excited worda, Mr. Ashley dropped my arm and walked alowly once arouud the garden. Coming baok, he led me to a garden seat aud sat down beside me.
" SbaU I tell you the trials I have encoun¬ tered ?" he aaked. "Not long since you spoke a wish to know the mysterious tie that exiated betweeu myself and Maria Hale.— Have you the same wish now ?"
"Yes, only like all other former wishes, it is crushed under my heart's constant prayer to Heaven to spare jny dear step-father.— What is or waa this strange tie, Mr. Asbby?' "Jane, Maria's Bister, and also my wife." I atarted to my feet and stood looking iuto bis face iu unspeakable astonishment. Amid all tho conjectures that had arisen iu my ac¬ tive braiu, I had never entertained a suspic¬ ion of the truth.
"Jane! Jane Uale your wife ! I pity you. In my inmost heart do I greatly pity you, Mr. Ashley. Such a life as hers, and sueh an awful death, alsol"
Coldly and sternly be spoke: " Margarel, spare your pity till you know in what manner her wretched life wronght tbe utter ruin of miue."
" How wrouglit it ?" I instautly asked, my mind intensely aud painfully awakened by this strange intelligence.
"Ask my brother, and spare me the pain of narrating the shocking details. He has long wished to tell you. Now go in, Margaret,— Tbe night air is growing too cool for you to stand here."
[to be costixded.]
I. NEWTON PEIRCE, Editor^
To whom all cotuiniinications intended fur tliid de- partraent may bo uddresacd.
[Original.]
PFJn:SHMENTS IK SCHOOL.
rR03I tbe FIRST of AFKU^ NEXT, A PIHST-RATE MILLSB. (aslagleman prAferred) wtll) citn give the her>t xatlafd^tion oo couutry and luer- obaut wurk ; be muitt be Koher, honent and lDdn«trioua and oiuie well recommeuded, aoue other ueed ai piv. .T. M. ftJ. HBTBEROBR. Hook MillH,{Bartvllle P. 0 ) Bart Towuhhlp, Anc \A- |*t-3 Laucaeter co., Pa.
Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co.
LITTLE    LUCY.
She took up life aH easily
As ifit were oot uew,— Beached for the nQUiihiDe ou the gratsii.
And dabbled la the dew:
And grew aciiuainted with the ro»a Wbeo Sprlsff bad trlmtnod bor howere.
Aft ll iiba coma to dwell with ua From out & wurld of dowers.
She thonght that by ao uneeen hand
Tbe little hlrdK were fed, Aod tbat her blind lamb teuderly
Aloug bis path wa.s led.
She fimiled at uightrall, and she nmiled
To fiaa tbe ntorm a.stlr : Ah If withiu hur father'ti hon^e
No harm conld come to her.
Sho only learned the uames of things Tbe hrlghteet aud most (iTr<>et,
For era ehe stayed here loug enough The leason to complete.
Death kissed her eyelids, and she fell
Ahlni'p without a fwar, Trustiog our lovo to keep her safe
Till moru ahould re-appear.
Timely Advice.
Tbia subjeot is receiving some atlenlion among teaohers, at thn preaent time. It is well tbat it is so. Tbere are many practices resorted to, iu the aohool-room, aa puniah¬ ment for offencea, whioh savor more of tor ture, thau legitimate penalties,and should be numbsred with tbe barbarisms of the past.— We will partioTilarize a few of tbem : Staud ing on one' foot for five or ten minntes 1— Holding ont a book alarms length for several minulea 1 Pointing with a ruler at arms length at some spot overhead! Remaining down on the kuees with the head under the ohair or benoh I Rapping on tbe ends of the finger-nails with a ruler! Raising a child off of ita seat by the ear, and shaking it aronnd by the same member 1 Set up in a comer and made to keep hold of the toea of ita ahoee wilh ita hands I Stauding on lip toes to hold ita fingers agaiust a mark made on the side of tbe wall almost out of reach 1
These cruelties torture the bo ly without haviog any connection with the ofiTencea that msnally occur in a achool-room. They may I operate ou the child's fear, so as to cauae il to remember for a time, not to commit tbe I offence again, but tbe general effect is to har¬ den the child, arouse its evil passions, and cul¬ tivate iu it a diaposition to be as annoying and troublesome as possible. As it sees no legitimate connection between the offence and ila punishment, it takes for granted that the pauishmeut had aome "spite" init. Tbat the teacher baa a " spite " at it, and haviug a "grudge" against it,''is not disposed :to give it juatice.
Tbere is another^ clasa of puniabments tbat do not produce physical pain, yel are very deleterioua in their moral effects. This olass may be mentioned: Standing iu the corner with a paper fools cap on tbe head I— Standing before the teacher's desk with a card suspended from the neck wilh the word Dunce, in large letters upon it! Sittiug on the teacher's desk, with a cap or bonnet of the opposite sex upou tbe head I Calling the atteution of the scholars to the offender by calling it a stupid dunce! a numsknll! a blockhead ! a rogue ! a liar! a candidate for the gallows I &c. We know of no excuse that a teacher can have for making use of thi.-f claas of punishments, for tbey are not, aud we will
not call thetn correctives.
We are glad to be able to say that those schools are inoreastng that are governed on more philosophical principles. Yet in the course of our achool visitations we fonud many of the above practices yet in vogue in aome schools not over 15 miles from ourcity. We would therefore call the attention^of aome teachers to this subject, in the hope that their reflections may result in good.
An eminent teacher iu this county remarked in a late discourse, that punishments shoald be awarded, corresponding to tbe nature of the offence, sud that the teacher should be firm, unyielding, unwavering in his adminis¬ tratiou of justice, aud meeting out tbe legitimate punishmeut for each and every offeuoe. Tbat the school-room should be as a court of justice, aud that the pupils should feel that the peualty tbey receive is not from the teacher, bnt from a violated law. Tbat the culprit at tbe bar does uol thiuk of fiuding fault with the judge or executioner, for it is the law he has violated, and not the judge or jury that be haa offended. Tbis is all very well iu theory, but not quito so clear in its practical applicatiou. The school-rnom should be compared lo a good family government > not to a heartless, merciless court of justice. It is little specimens of untrained, uneducated pieces of immortality that are placed iu the hands of the teacher to be educated and trained. Tbeir little foibles or misdeeds are often the result of their ignorance, cnriosity or imitation, and not often of malevolence.
Not haviug arrived to matarity bat onlyon the road, they can hardly be accounted re¬ sponsible beings. With a loving heart and hand, not quick lo punish, bul ready to for¬ give, the true teaober will lead the little child away from error; and with
*' Little deeds of kindnerij. Little words of love:
JUnke their earth as £deu. Like the heareii ahove."
The true mother or father does not lay down the law, aflix its penalty and cooly ad¬ minister the " condign punishment," but with gentle accents, teaoh the child to love the right and shun the wrong.
We would not, however, be nnderstood, to favor the idea, of di.'ipeusing witb the use of corporal punishment in onr schools. Some teachers may possess au inherent tact for governing witbout its nse ; or may for some¬ time be so sltaated as not to fiud it necessary? and these may be led to think that it is use¬ less, or worse tbau useless, and perhaps a change of circnmstauces may place them like their fellow teachers, and tbey be compelled to use it to some extent.    But let it always
\ N 1-]LKOTION FOR OFFICERS of
 the *' FarmtTt*' Mutual Ineurauce Company" wtll
be held at the houHe nf Jnco^ Leamau. lonkeepnr, ia the city of LancHHter, on SATDKDAY, the 2.1th InHt, al ona o'clock. P. M.
Menihitrif of the Competoy ara respectfully Iuvited tn attend.    By order ofthe Boaid of Directors. December 10th, 185S.      JOBN STROHM, Secretary dec 16 2t-R
}plvlabel}jl)ia  ^JJuertiscmcntB.
J. W. SOOTT,
(Late ot tho firm of Winchester & Scott,) GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
AKD
SHIRT MAHUFACTOEl,
814 Chestnut St., nearly opposite the Girard
House, Philadelphia.
JW. SOOTT would respectfully call « lbe attentlou ofhis former patrons and fridnds to hlN i,ow kUkb. and Is prepared to fill orders for SHIRTS nt hhort uotlre.   A perfect St gusrautefid.   GODNTRT TK.^DE riuppliad with FINE SHIRT-^ aod COLLARS. ^f[i( 16 lyr-42
HAVING received the Agenoy for the MEMOIH OF THE LIKE Op J. Q » DAMS r.<r Uaupblu aud Lancaster countien, wa will k'^" "lUfiloy- ment to a number of Ageuts to cauTafs for Hnhi«cril>arrt Active and iudUHtrions m*:u cannot fail to mukn guud WAgeii with thU book, at this time particularly, whtm the views »u<l oplDioni* of the great meu of thn nation on (he Kuject of Slavery are comiuandiog hu mnch at¬ tention. Apply to ELIAH BARR .\ CO.. dec 16 tf-ii]        No. 31 East King nt., Lancastor. I'a.
JlljUalJclpIjia '2lliii£rti0cni£nts/'^
PUBLIC NOTICE
Is hereby given that a general ineeting of Stackboldera of tlie Mouut Joy C^r Maonfucturiog Company will be held at the public bonite of Honry Shaffner, lu the Borough of Mouut Juy, ou the Int MON¬ DAY of JANUARY, A. D , 18.')9 (being the M dny of tbe month) betweeu the hourx ofl aad 4 o'clock, K M. at which time and place. Five Directors, a ."Secretary nod a Treasurer sre to be elected to serre for the ourtulug yuar. By order of the Board of l)irectorn.
H. SHAFFNER. P^ef.id--nt Attest : SAM0EL M. MYEKS, J^ec'y.
Mount Joy. I'enna.. Dec  IjUMSSS. [dec ir>-.lt-3_
Iiancaster and Susquehanna Tum pike Election.
AN eleetion for officers of the Lancas¬ ter and Subqnehanna Turnpike Compsny, for the ensuing year, will l-e held at Cooper'¦• Uotel, In Lancas. lar city, on UONDAY. JANUARY 3. 1359. ai 10 o'cloclc A M. H. R. HEED, Trea^urtr.
dec 8 :ii-2
A
Turnpike Election. N KLliCTlON will be hold on JION-
 DAT the ;M day of JaNOARY nuxt, u.t the hooiie
of Henry Shaffner, in Mount Joy, hetween tbe hourf of 10 and 12 o'clock, for a President, ten Managers and a Tresnrerof'be Lancaster Eilzabethtowu ami Middletown Turupike Boad. J. M. LONO, Treii».
dec 8 3t-l
BAIL ROAD MEETING.
TIIE Stockholder.s of thc Washington and Maryland Liue Ball Boad Co., are reqiuented to mt>et at tbe publlo house of Frederick Cooper. In thecity ofLancaster, on TUESDAY, the -ttb day of JANUARY, next, at 2 o'clock, P. M., for the parpotie of electing a Freriideut and Twelv«} Directors for the ensuing year, JEREMIAH B. HAINES, President J. Brow.v, Jr , Secretary. dec l-5t-l
" Tbtck DarknoHS carers tbe Earth, And Grot's Darkneas the People."
Country Merchants, and all Others, will take Notice I
T/iat they can tupply themselves, in any quantities wilh
JONES' FAR FAMED PATENT
Is'on Explosive Kerosene or Coal Oil Lamps,
AttheiVlwIesaleand Rttail Head Quarters,
88 Sourh Second Htreet, Pblladelphia. SS
t>iiE OXLY PLACE where exclusive A>/enclets can he obtained for tho States of Penusyl¬ vauia, Sew Jer-'.'yand Delaware.
These L'vmpsgiTe alight equal In IntenHity of flame, and similar in nppnaranco to n&u, aud are claimed tu be superior to u- all other portable lightB. now lu use. No fe"ir of Explohlon.—No offensive odor—So smoke — Very easily trimmed.—As easily reguUtud an a Oan Light.—Can bo adapted to all purpoHsa,—And belter than all for apo»>'man,—50 percent cheaper tbau aoy othnr portable ligh! now iu common u«9. Sole Agency also, for
KNAPP'S Patent Rosin aud Coal Oil Lamp.
JI3="Lamps, Oils, Wicks, Shadan. sodevery anicle In the hue. >. E. SOUTHLAND   Agant.
No. 33 South recond Street, Philadelphia. hep I'j 3m-42
UPON EXAMINACIOrf OF THE
OF  ALL COLOSS ;
WINDOW GLASS feWHITE LEAD,
which cau aiways be nad of
ZIKGLER & SMITH, WHOLESALE   DRUGGISTS, Corner of Secondand Green-sts , Philadelphia. g3*Erery body will he convlnCrrd of the  Muperioriiy in iiuality of tbose articles over all others In tbat mar¬ ket.   The prices submitted are at all times popalar. oct 20 _„_^_^ '^ ¦*^
TdXyto^Tsolis, importer of furs.
622 ARCH .STREET. ABOVE SIXTH. PHILADELPHIA. FURS I PUKB!! 3PURB1!!
DAVIDH. SOUS has removed his Fur Store to No, 622 Arcb Street, above Sixlb, and has made up a choice assortmonf ofFursof all kiodii, t'lwbich beiuviiestheatteutlonoftheLadies. HU style and make are wel' kauva. All goods boughf of him are warrauted, and bis facilities for procuring goods from Europe, en- ables bim to sell at sucb prices as will suit all. Store always closed uu the Seventh Day.      [nor IO-3m-f»0
FOR KENT.
TH15 BELLEVUE  HOUSE, iu Columbia, I'a., corner of Front and Walnut streets, lormerly kept by Franciw Boggs,
Johu Barr aud Mrs. BAKAH HAINES.   There is	
hydraut water and ;;ns throngbout the house, aad a Beslaurant In the basement. The bouse Is partly far- uinbed. FosBesslon can he band ou or before tbe 20lb of Marcb next.   For further particulars apply to
JOQN BOGGS, Agent. dE>c 8-3t-2 re&idiDg in MariPlta. Pa.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
OP
FAITCY DRY GOODS.
L.   J.  LB^Y   &   OO.
AuQounce to the Pahllo their Intention to REDUCE
THB PEICES of the balance of tbelr PALL IM-
POaTATIOHS AND PDRCHASEs Op
FANCY    DRY     GOODS,
(including all their Auction purchases) to LEas tbas tub COST OP IMPOBTATION. the sales to commence
ON THUKSDAY next^ and continvk
throughout the mouth of DECEMBER. Their object is to SULL OUT, as nearly a-i por^sible, tha
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
which remain In ntock; and to accomplish It, they offer
lo tbe public, and tbelr cuatomenj, tbe Indacement of
VERY   LOW  PRICES.
FRI;NCU EM8K01DEKIES AND LACES
are very mnoh beddobo w ptticEi>~-many to half theik
0UI(JI5AI. COST,
FANCY   SILKS,
which bave been sold, ijnri&g the F.U, at $1, ars uow
75 CB.iTa: $1.50 quality, to $1 aad $I.fi.
All dencriptloDB of WINTER DKESS OOODS ARB
MAKSKD DOW-t BBLOff THE COfff Of IMPOttTATIO.t.
SHAWLS, CLOAKS, MOnsSELINB DE LAINES AND
OASHMEEES; MEKINOES, PLAIDS, SATIN DE
CBINES, ENQLIbH mo FKENCH CHINTZES,
tViU ali be Seduced in Proporiion lo Ihe GOOD.'i enumer-
aledabcjve.   SUSarutsncUEHtlUTSTREET PHIL-
ADEJ.PHIA. llae 8-tt-2
CHEISTMAS BAZAAB.
The Greatest and Finest Seteclion of FAxN'cy AKTICLKS  A.VD TOYS,
SUITABLE   FOR  CURIST.MA!!   I'KKSENTS, iB Qow oa Qxliibitloo Itt,
MABXSENT WITTE'S, Importers, Masonic Hall,  No, 713 Chestnut
Street, PHILADELPHIA, where all goodB are marked at luocti lower priced thaa they caa be eold for at aayeliailar eiit.bliHbiaeut ia the Uaited Statee. dec7.1m.2
Coal, Kerosene, and Carbon Oil,
VSmVAULED IX BK.ll/Cl    iI.tli-LUJITr H.VD
EcOiVo.iiy; A POETABLE LIG-i.T,
E(ioal luinteuNltyui UaTneaud Mtnilar in n,   -arauce to OaS, atotte-thlrd the price.
Side, Hanging and Ctiandeiier LAMPS,
FITTED UI* AT THfci aHUi;rE--T NOriHE. 53"^Dy wiohiofj to try thn 'simp, by end .sius $3 Oij by mall, will be iurni.'<hed witb a Laiup, uue .^^1 uu <•! Oil tu Can, half duzttn  Wicks, aud iwo Ohimutiys, n^- carety put up in ouh packaijM. raauy fur «xi>fa-a. F. F   HOLT. AKBul. No. 56 Soulh Second Street, four doora above Ch- Unul, flapl 22-ly-12 PHILAUELr'HlA.
FURS I FtJRS !! FURS !! 1 M.   GETZ. ; Chestnut St., below Seventh, Philad'a.
I'OB KENT.
FROM the 1st of APKLj^ next, un ele¬ gantly flulahed three-story BKICK DWEL- MSA. LING BOUSE, having all the modern improve- H||| mentH of gan, bath, furnace, Ac, situate ou Eaft JtilL Orange-Bt .bntweeu ijhlpppu and i'lum-sts.,in thlscity. The premises occupy a full lot of ground, bavlng a large aud well paved yard, with hydrant, pump und cistern ; au HKcelleut gardsn, witb choice frnit trees; and ou tho roar, openiog on a 14 feet wide alley, a first-rate Stable and Carriage HouKD. with lucloieJ yurd, bydrant, kc Rant reasonable. Enquire at the oQlcs uf rbo under' Higned iu West Orange-st. FUS. KEENAN.
nov:i  _ _ tf-49
LEVI W   GROFF,
NEAR   BAREVlLLt:. LANCASTER COUNTY. PA
Manufacturer on the Old Process siuce
1842, of
DOUBLE DISTILLED
PTJEE BYE -WHISKEY.
a3-WarrantPd 10 Im  I'DHE. "WITHOUT   CORN  OK DROG. and dihtlllod outof tlm BE.-T UF RVg  OSLT Jnue 2 ';»in-27
HENKY "W. OVKRJiAN,
No. 14 (Old No. 6)  South Third  St., below
Market,   Philadelphia.
LEATHEE   DEALER,
CALF .SKINS, MOROCCOS, LI.MNGS, BINDINGS.
RED AND OAK SOLE LEATHER, ^c.
N. 1}.—Rough Leather buagbtor takeu iu exchange. S^ar3   ly-U
H. B. PENNOCK, Jr.,
No. 47 North  Water St., Philad'a. MANUFACTURER OF BROOMS,
AHD DEALER IN BROOM CORN. BKOOM HANDLES
BROOM WIRE AND TWINE, A.ND ALL
KINDS OF TOOLS USED  BV
BROOM MAKERS.
AI.30, CO«aTASTl,y 0.V HA.1D A GESEHAL ASSORTMENT OF
WOODEN WARE, ROPEn, DOOR MATS. BRUSHES, fyc, fyc.
All ofwhich will he offered to Counlry Trade at lowest
Market Rates. {CJH Orders by mail will receive prompt attention octiJ_ _^  lyr-lfi
WESTEEBTHOTEL.
CHANSE  OF  PROPRIETOR
No 826 Market St., between Eighth and Ninth,
2 Squares below Penn'a Hailroad Depot,
PHILADELPHIA.
J3»This Hotel la Rehniit and Hefuroishel. Every attention paid to Guests, and Medicine and Medicil at¬ tention alwayti ou baud.
TERMS, ONE DOLLAR PER DAY.
Jnly l4-tf-a:l J. H. KUHTZ.
LL  WANTINU  to  eiui^mte   to :i
 mihl cLiiDstu, good soil, aud flne market, sbo nd'
v<:rttsemmit of Hammoaton Lands. o-t 2lJ-;hu -17
A':
WANTED.
S2.500r.S
We aball doubtleas render many of our readera a favor by copying the following ad¬ vice as to winter shoea, from " HaWs Jour¬ nal of Health.-"
" Like the gnarled oak that bas withstood tbe storms and tbnnderbolts of centuries, man himself begins to die atthe extremities. Keep the foot dry and warm, and we uay snap our fingers iu joyous triumph at dis¬ eaae and thtt doctors.   Pat on two pairs of
tbick woolen stockings, but keep  this to j be uaed aparJngly, and then used wben otber yourself;  eo to some honest son of Saint   „      „   „..,j„, n      „    ^   i     *¦ ii.     .     i ir.    .     '  °, , » 1.     r meana,  unner the   control  of the   teacher,
Crispin, and have your meaaure  taken for a i ' 4*^    c v. ^*,
stout pair of winter boots and sboea ; shoes j ahould fail. In meoting out pauisbment be are better for ordinary, every-day uaa aa tbey j ahould consider well the nature of tbe caae, allow the ready escape  oflbe odors,  while j the organization  of the child, its  pecaliar
83,000 on Mortgage on
  .     _    _    _        Farm worth  §25.000.    For fur
ther pHr'ucnlsra apply to      JOHN A. HIESTAND. nor 24-tf-S2 Examiner OtEce.
Lancaster Mercantile College.
Incorporated by the Legislature of Penna.
North West Corner of Centre Sqnare.
OPJ'aV dav and KVENING- through- uut tbe yaar.   Individual instruction.   Students may outer ac any time.
Tho ColleRlate Conrse. embraces Sinele and Donble Entry Book-keeping, as applied lu the various depart¬ ments of Trade, March andliiDf, Steam boaling. Banking. kc. Mercantile Arithtnetic, I'eumausbip, Commercial Law, kc
LADIES DEPARTMENT. A separate room lt> appropriated and fitted up for the ijpeclal a^coiumodation of ladies, who-m y desire in¬ stmctiou iu any of tbe branches tanght.   They may also enter at auy time^ay or evenlog.
N. B. Assistance given In opening, closing or adjust- ing Books.
Fur circnlars coutaiuing full particulars, specimens of Fenumanf nip, kc, address
T. H. I'OLLOCK. Pres't. nov l7-fim fit Lancaster City, Pa.
GUKAT IJARtxAINS,
At Wilson's Wholesale and  Retail
Houskeeper's General Purnisli-
ingWare Rooms.
No. 2)2 South Second St.. below Dock, I'hilauelpuia.
Wlil'^KK is always on hand or made to order. Furniture of every ,^ - if--i'iifilfc d9.-crlptlon, snch as Walnut and Ma- >*-^^ ^tSMszWrnt. hoganyj^ofat*. Wardrobes, Book-cat^ob " Fine Dreaaiog nad Cummon Bureaus, Bedsteads, Tables, Wa-th-SIands, Exten^'ion Diuing Tablea, French Tete-a-Tete«, Wliat Nots, French Spring Seat, Cane, Windsor, Office and Arm Chairs, Reception Chairs, ¦'^ofa and Cane ^eat Rucking f^hairi, Louoge.s, Cottage Furuituro of every htyle. Feather Buds, Spring, Hair, Husk and Straw Mattreshe^:
ALSO, On hand a heavy stockof LOOKING GLASES. Gilt, Rosewood, Walnut and Mahogany Frames, kc, of every descriptiou: all of whicb will be disposed of on the most accommodating terms.
Country merchantK and others Tisiiing the city are solicited to call and see and pries '>ur stuck huTore purchasing eUewbere. T. K. WILSON, k CO.
S. D. McCotKgY,   Salflsmau. sep 32-6m-43
HAS OPENKO his beuutiiul Store ou Chestnnt Street with oneof (he largest and bani selected assortment of Ladles Fancy Furs, Imported tll- rsct frotn tbe European Markets, and muaufactured nu¬ der bis own supervlHlou, to which be wonldcall the at¬ tention ofall who wiah to purchase—
RuMulau Sable, Stone Martlu,
Mink      do Ermine,
GhtnchlUa, Fitch.
Bodson Bay Sable, French Sables, &i:.
Siberia Squirrel, .Mauntactured iuto Cardinals, Capes, Circulars,- Victo¬ rines, Muffd, Cuffs, kc. Being a practical Furrier and haviog obtained tbe newest patterns from Paris,he can assure those who viblt the ciiy that he ean supply them with the fiueft articles at the verf lowest caab prices.— A fine assortment of Carriage Robes, Gent's Caps. Gloves kc. M. tiETZ,
oct^2U-3m-l7]   62S Chestnnt Street, helow Seventh.
WINCHESTER & CO. GENTLEME.VJi..FDliNISIlINU STORB,
A.fD
Patent Shoulder Seam Shirt Mannfactory,
AT THK OLD HTA.vn,
Oppositel/ie Washington House, No.lOG Cheat¬ nut Street, PHILADELPHIA. AWINCHESTKll will give, as here- a tofore, his personal supervision to tbe Cuttlna andJlaDnfacturingde;iartmeuts. Orders forhis cele¬ brated styleof Shirts and Collars filled at theshorteat notice.
Peraons desiring to order Shirts, caa ha supplied with the formula for measurement, on application hy mall. Constantly un band, a varied and select stock of Gen tleman's FurnlshlDg Quods. S3*\Vbolesa!e ord-rs sujipUed on liberal terms.
T. W. MA-YHEW,
NO. 12 EAST KING STREET,
LANCASTER, PA.
2.V0 STOKT OroBK k Co.'d New BainiiA'a EIousR.
AGENT  FOR THE SALE AND EXHIBITION OF
PATENT RIGHTS, PATENTED MACHINERY, fyC.
april 28 lyr-22
tbey strengthen tbe ankles by accustoming | tbem to depend on themselves. A very; slight accident iri sufficieut to cauae a sprain- \ ed ankle to an habitual boot-wearer. Besides, ! a shoe compresses lesa, aud bence admits of : a more vigorous cireulation of tbe blood. ! But wear boots wben you ride or travel. | Give direction, also, to have no oork or India i rubber abont tbe shoes, but to place between j tlie layers of the soles, from out to ont, a j piec^ of Btout bemp or tow liuen wbich has I been dipped in melted pitch. This is abso- ; lutely imperviima to water—doea not absorb j a particle—wbicb we know tbe cork doea, I aad after a while becomea "30ggy"and damp ; for weeks. Wben you put them ou for tbe ; firat time, tbey will feel as easy aa an old shoe, and yon may atand on damp placet for hours witb impunity."
temperament. It may be a few words aptly spoken will bave more effect and produce more reformation thau all tbe torture that conld be adminiatered.
[to ue costixued.]
Observations on the Comet.
9 P. M.—Saw the comet over widow Smith'a chimney—round luminous body, with au appendix—very well got up, but a little bit too much tail to look well—drank oomet's health in widow's cherry bounce.
10 P. M —Inorease in size of comet, as viewed from window of Franke'a lager beer saloon. Franke quite a philosopher -^ays that cometa invariably foretell tbe approach of a sickly aeason, and that lager is the most healthy drink extant.
12 M.^More lager—two comets perceptible, witb a third one coming up in the diatance— stars and cometa on a fandaugo, and dancing like blazes.
2. A. M.—Officer Baker bas chained some of tbe comets, and is taking them to the lockup—concluded to go witb them— quite a family party—lager ia not intox	
At tbis point tbe MS. ceases. It is but just to the attache's of this paper to aay tbat the writer of tha above waa an extraordinary reporter, fromtbe kingdom ofNew Jersey) and not a regular employee.
SIGNS! SIGNS!! SIGNS I!!
OtlAS. E. WISE & CO.,
SIGNAND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS,
North East Corner of Centre Square,
over  Hubley's   Grocery Store.
Entrance in North   QueenSt., Lancaster Pa.,
WHElllil THEY are prepared to do all kinds of Military Flags and Banoers, Flre Eiiulpments, Plain aud Fancy Sign Lettering, Gilding, lillding oa Glass, by an entire new process, and also mannfactnre Block Letters of Plain and Unique Styles, xt the shortest notice, aud oa the most reasouablo terms.
REFEilBXCES—Johu Oyger k Co., Bankers, East Klngstreel; Elias Barr dc Co., Booksellers, East King street; M. 0. Kline, Laucaster Locomotive Work.s*
CHAS. E.WISE, nov 10-tf 60  W.M. ROTE.
GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDATsT" BAR])   &   SON,
HAVE just received direct from Auc¬ tion one of the Largest and Cheapest lots of
EMBROIDERIES,
ever offered In Lanoaster, and will ba sold at "half their
original cost," viz:—
GAUSTLET Sets at      a7^ Cheap at      7.5
An Earnest Word.to young Men and Ladies !
THOUSANJ)S and thousands suffer from tbe evil eETects of Self-Abase. The conse¬ quence of this crime agalust nature are so dreadful tbat If not prevented iu Ume, the victim has to resign for¬ ever all hope of happlnesn iu this life.
Having cured tbonsands.aud restored tbem to a happy and Duefnl Ufa. I hereby ofi'er my services with the aasarauce that any confideitce pat iu mo'will not he betrayed
The medicine will he sent to auy part of the United States aud is pat np in packages, each coutaiuiug suf¬ ficient to elTect a cure.   PRICE $5-
Dr. FELIX uftCNON. N. E. Cor. of CALLOWHILL St., & YORK AVENUE.
PniLADELPHiA.
S. 6. All other diseases of both seses of a private or delicate nature saccessfully treated on personal ap¬ plication or by letter, staUug full particulars of symp¬ toms, oct 6-ly-45  ¦
 $1.10
 1-31X
" Sleeves "      27
        31,-i
      atSi lo so.
LAD1R3' COLLABS"           9
        00
"     "       85
"           "     " $1.00
"     •'    1J7J^
 '    1.60
Ehusotdebed RiSDSEBLCatern at 36, 31JX
"    "    1.62«
"     "     200
"    •'       60
••    ••       62}i
"    "       75
•'    "       lS3r
"     "       62«
••   •¦     S1«
"     " $1.00
"   •'   l.37;(
"     '*    2.00
"     "    i.Z.'i
371^ and .lOc.
Thought a Beautifyer.
'Education' in Indiana—SeUing Schools at Auction!
Out on the Salt Creek hills, in Lawrence County, tbey have an original way of em¬ ploying teachers. Tbey keep achool there about six montha in the year, or say two quarters. Wben tbe time about arrivea, the achool ia pat up at publio auction; and sold out to the lowest bidder for the quarter Re cently great trouble exiated in one of the dis¬ tricts out there aa to who sbould teach dnring the fall quarter of the school. The wire-work ing amouK tbe natives was spirited. WhHn tbe day arrived, a goodly number of bidders to " teach tbe young idea how to shoot' were present. When tbe Trustees put up the school it waa started at $100, aud down, down went tbe scbool uutil it was knocked off at S74 for tbe qaarter. Aud when the name of the bidder waa called for, the tall form of L. Q. Hoggart was aeen arising out of the crowd to claim the prize. Looah ia now, with birch in hand, fulfilling his contract i with the Truateea, bnt swears it ia the last I teaching he wonld do, as tbe grammars, arithmetics, geographies, and every book has changed aince he went to school way down in Carolina.—INew-Alb. (Ia.) Ledger."}  <^.)»»	
A Mode of Computing Interset,
Multiply the sum by the number of dayaf ihat prodnct, being divided by six, will give the interest in  mills;   then atrike off  the right hand figure—for example: 200 dollara, 12 daya.
6)2400(40[0] cents. If 7 per cent, is required, add to 6 per cent, one-sixth.
DRIED PRTHT.
250 Bushels bright NEW DRIED APPLES. 50       " " « "       PEACHES.
30       " " " BLACKBERRIES.
FOB SALE BY
TUSTIN & SHEWELL, Noa. 32 & 34 Sonth Water St., Puiladelphi/ .
_BCpt I-'i lf-13
STOVES! STOVESirSTOVES!!! " INDUSTRIAL STOVK WOKKS.
No. 33 North Second Street, opposite  Christ Church,  PhilaiVa.
TUK subscriber respectfully informs his frlunds and the pnhllc generally that be has takeu the Store, at rfo. :;3 Nurtb Second Street, wbere he will ba pleased to see his old customers and friends.
Ue has now ou hand a t<plendid assortmeut ^m^ of Parlor, Hall, OJfice, Store aud Cooking E^T STOVES, of tbe latest and most approved^^S kinds, at Wholesale and Retail. *r^
WM. C. NEMAN, N'o 33 North Second Street, Philadelphia. N. S.—Your particular atteution Is  invited to  ME- GEEV Patent Gas Burning, Warming and VentUatiiiy iTOf£S,forParlors, Offices, Stores,  Halls, Cars, kc, whicb for economy, purity of air, and ease of maoHEe- ment haH no equal.                                        W. C. N. S:^ Odd Castings for all kinds of Sioves,on hoTid. Bept 15  ^mos-ja
Design of Education.—The real object of ! education ja to give ohildren resources tbat
A writer in the Home Journal thinks that mental activity tends to keep the body young:
We were speaking of handsome men the otber evening, and I waa wondering whv"K.      .„      , , i-*       ^ *   ^_.
had BO loat the beauty for which, five years ' '^^^ «"'^°^® *^ ^**°ff, *^ *^^ endures ; habita ago, he waa famoaa. "0. its becauae he never ! that time will ameliorate, not destroy; occn- did anything," aaid B; "he never worked, '< pationa that will render sickness tolerable, thougbt, suffered You must have the mind | ^^^-^^^^ ^l^^s^ut, age venerable, Ufe more chiseling away at the features, if yoa want    ,.    .^ ,      ,       * ,       ^ ^     t_ . ...
handaome middleaged men."   Since UeariaR I dignified and usefnl, and death teas ternble. tbat remark, I have been on the watoh at the t     /^        ~^       I     ,' ',"y      7- theatre, opera and other places, to see wheth-!     ^^^^"^ ^^' ^^^°* ^'^^ solitary towers in er it is generally true, and it is.   A handaome   the city of God ; and secret passages running m in who does nothing but eat and drink,   deep   beueath external   nature, give   their
admirable sculptor at work, keepiug his fine ; ^*"°^ strengthens and consoles tbem, and of lines in repair, and conBtantly going over his \ whioh the laborers on the Borfaoa do not face to ImproTe th« original dei^. ' dr«aia.
SHAWLS!   SHAWLS!!
BnichoSbttwls warranted all Silk and Wool at $10.1)0; Btillbeiterat$l250, Sl-i.OO, $16.00, and Chaine Laine at $20.(K). Blanket, Bay State, Long and S<]nare Chenille and Plnnh Shawls, at excsedingly low price.-*.
a^-CLOAKS, HAGLANS and TALMAS of tho latest styles.
millinkrT goods.
Keady-made Winter Bvanata af $l.r,0, whicb is Jnot about one-half the original cojit of tha material— Lsdies call aud see tbem. Handsome Silk Velvet Bon- nols, at $3.50, and stiUmore so at $.1.00. Flue Silk Velvet Flowers at 16 cents a spray, worlh 26. Splendid Silk Bonnet Velvet at $1.50, wortb $2.-i5.
JC^The ahove mentioned arilcl«» jir'^fome among our large and varied etock of Dry and Mllliaer goodw, which were bought at Anction, aud are ut least 20 per cent cheaper than cau be bought elijewbertt.
LADIEii, Call aud examine oar stock uf Goods, as we taka great pleasure to show them whether you wish to purchase or uut.
BARD & SON'S NEW STORE,. No. 37 rforth Queon st., National House Balldlng.
decs  tr-2
1 A HHD'S Kxtm Syrup jlohises.   Just
XV/ Keceivfld and for nale hy    JOH.V ft. SKILES.
15 Hhd's Brown Sugars. Jast Roceived .ind for sale at 6,7 and Sets., per ponod. 26 hbl's White Sugars at 9cts., per pound.   Just Received by
JOHN U. SKILES
250 Boxes Bunch and Layer Raisins.    IOO
oae-bair, one fourth aud oue-elgtith  Boxot*  Kaisins.— Just received and for sale. Wholesale and Heiail. by JOHN D. SKILES.
5 Bbla., Prime Cranberries; Minced Meat by the jar and p'>UDd; Homminy, Shaker Corn, Cookiug Prunes, Figs, kc, kc   Just Received hy
JOHN D. SKILES.
New Crop New Orleans Baking Molasses. Just Received by JOHN D. sKILSS.
200 Sacks «. A. Salt. Juat Received and for Sale cbeap for cash by JNO. D. i^KlLES.
dec 8-tf-S No. 18 Easl King st.
DENNIS   &  JONES,
MAJttlFACTIIKBBS A»D CEALBRG I.V
Sperm, Lard, 8ea Eiephaut, Whale,
TANNERS' & MINERS' OIL, SVEKM, SOLAR SPKRM,
AND ADAMANTINE CANDLPS.
WAREHOUSE—NO. 21 SOUTH IVHARVES,
Manufactory, Chriatian Street, below Seventh,
PHILADELPHIA.
nov 3 3m-49
HERR & WAGNER,
WHOLESALE  GROCERS,
No. 615 Market Street, North side, above 6th,
PHILADELPHU. JOSEPH C HERR,                              L. A. WAGSEE. of Lancaster.                                       of Readinjr. ftpril 11 tf2l
CARDS!   CARDS!!   CARDS!!!
PRINTERS
SHiilET AND GUT O^VRDS,
BEST AND  CHEAPEST IN TUE  JIARKET. Cards for Mounting Photograph Pictures of
superior guality and at low prices. Metallic Paper for packing Teas, Coffee, Spices &c- &c., Constantly on band and made to order. Blue and Whlteand Hne White Paste-Boards, Straw- Boards, kc. kc, on hand and for sale by
A.M. COLLINS Paper and Card War.'house 506 Minor St. Pbiladelpbla.
Julyai ^_ fiw-31
To Milliners, Mercliants, and Others.
WE have uow iu stock, aud eoustaut- !y receiving from New Yokk and PiiiLADEL- PBIA Auctions, and of oar own Impurtations, gouds of tbe latest Paris Fa-bion; In Bonnet Silks, Plaid Velvets, Satins, Velvets, Plain Silks, Marcellines, Fiorences Bon- net Kibbons, Plain, Sa'lu and Mantua do.. KncbeK. (Quil¬ lings. Blonds, Lacea' llla-lona, ic, whicb we offer much belowthe usual prices S3-A liberal discount lo t;.ii.h bnyers. WAKBUkTON.
A'O. 30B SouthSecond Street, (second dry good xiorc tieloio Spruce, and 1004 Chcstnut-st., id door above Tenth, PUILAUELPUIA.
sop 29    _ _ :im-41
TSOMAS ALLMAS, Jt. ELAM WK.NliER
ALLMAN & WEN GE R,
FLOUB, GRAlNy SEfiDlj. PHODUUE, COMMISSION AND FORWARDINO
MERCHANTS,
NOS. 207 AND iOU BKOAD >T, ABOVE RACE,
PHILADELPHIA.
S^* Liberal advauces mailu on contiJgumeDls. strict
attentlutis glveu to sales, and retarn>> quickly made.
nov It* ^ 3m-60
"PREMIUMS
Awarded to Schomacher fy Co.. fortheir i
PIANO FORTES, ¦ By the  following Institutions.
IS45,   Franklin Institute. First Prts.i.mm-aiivdr il.td^] Americau Institate, Netv Yurk    Silc^r Me Ml. By the Committee oo t^cieuce and tha Art». c-m Btltutedby tbe Franklin In^-tituie. a •jiecirtj dtmi most favorable repuri, «1tb a dipLiiim American Inniiiuie, New York, bent t'i.tijii Li-> Medal,accompauied  witha bKrtUiifui dipi'Uua By tho Maryland  lur'titute,  Haltimoru, for  tbti the best Piano.   First Premium. By the Frankliu Institute, Sliver Medjil. At the Crystal Palace Exbibitiou of ladu'-try of all nations, a Prize  Medal, accumpKUjed w.ib ^ handsoma Diploma, hearing the pariiculdr mark, best tune. We  respectfully inform onrfriends and ibe  public tbat we have removed  to our splendid i-tor«. .\o.  lOil Cbestnut st.. next below tbe Acairmy  of Flue  An.., where we wilt keep constantly ou   baud au a-i-ortiut-ut of Orand, Parlor Graud, Squar.- and Upright I'lauon, m which we invite particular atteution.
J. II. iJCH()M.\CHEH k CO. uovl7^1-ly  Hu. 10^   Cberiuut t.t,. I'hiU
The  Golden Ostrieh MiUmery^and Straw Goods Emporium,
FANCY GOODS,
TOYS, DOLLS, BASKETS, &c.
CHINA DOLLS,   VASES,  FIGURES AND  FANCY
ARTICLES,
TOBACCO BOXES, aud PIPES. SEOAR CASES. 4c.,
Paper Dolls, Gamea, Tin Toys, Crsring Babies^
and A great variety of other goods.   The best assortmen aod lowest prices guaranteed.
S:;^ Cases of Aesorted Toys $5, $10, and QHQ.
W. TILLER, Importer,
nov a-2*m-)9       No. 24 South Fourth St., Philad'a.
ORIENTAL DPTEKSIVESOaPI
HOUSEKEEPERS ATTENTION!
MONEY, TIME AND LABOR SAVEDI I
IN using it, clothea require no boiling or rnbhlug on wash-board. One ponnd will go as far as three pounds of common rosin soap. Warrauted to. give perfect hallsfactlon, or money refunded.
It has proved itself decidedly the cheapest and bett Washing soap ever offered to the pahllc.   Wa goaraa- teo that il will not Injurs clotbes In the least. Manufactured only by Van Uaageu k MclCeone. For sale by all reepactable urocers In the city, aud wholesale only br THAIN k MCKEONE,
No.S2SouthWharvnsbetween Market and Cheatuul-sts., PHILADELPHIA. uov 10 .1m-&0
1S4H. 19-17.
1843 1&18.
1S51. 16.13.
No. 54 N. Sth St. I-'IIILDELPHIA.
below Arcb St.,
PUILUELPIIIA.
JAMES K. ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.—Office witb I. N. Llghtner, Duke Htreet, nearly oppoKlte the Caurt H.        July 2-r^
WM. AUG. ATLEE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. 45 East King Street, oppoxUo Sprecher's Hotel. Lancaster l"*- [nov I0.6m-6Q
TTTM.  W.  Jt
T T     AT L.tW, ba DURE STBEET, ^tt
•prU 21
BEMOVAL. BKOWN,  ATTORNEY
M remoTed bin >>fflce to NORTH duorb Bortboflbe Coart Hoasa.
tr2i
EDWAHD MoGOVEBBT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW—No. 5 North Duke Street, near tha Conrt Bouse, Lancaster Pa^      april 'Mf-l^
SIMON P. EBY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.    OFHCE, No. 38 North Duko Street, Lancaster, Pa. may 13    lyr-24
MORE GREAT BARGAINS. Now opening from the NEW YOBK AUCTIONS.— Juflt recaived great bargains, wbloh we are rushing off for tbe holidays.
Hplendld Zephyr WDBIA3 from 37 cts. to g2.l>0.
MagDlflcent OPBKA CAPS from 12 cts. to Sl.UO.
Woolen Gauntlet GLOVES.
hilic do do
Buck        do do
Children's GLOVES.
Splttudld Double SBAWLS, round corners and revers¬ ible.
Erench MERINOES and VALENTIA8, now Belling at great bargains, at WBNT2 BROS
de I.Vtf-« Eaat King st. and Centre Sqnare.
TO ALL WANTING  FARMS, see ftdTfrUtamrat of Hunfflonton Lftndi.
P. GAtrSHAN,
WHOLESALE TKUHlilM} STORE,
ALSO, ha.^upacti;keh oy
Matches and Oil Pasta Blacking,
No. 7 Strawberry Street,
(Bnlweea Market aad Che»tDat, nad Sod aod.ird Streuta,}
aept 22.3ta.42 PUlLADELfUU.
CLOTH   CLOAKS. REDUCTION IN PRICES.
FURNER & CO.,
Arc now offering their entire Stockof
"Winter Cloaks at very low Prices
AS FOLLOWS:
Fine Cloth Circulars from $5,00 Do.    do.    Raglans   *' 7,00
Frencli Beaver do       at      9,00 Fine Blfc. do.   do   from   10,00 A splendid variety of FANCY FRENCH CLOTHS, all eqnally low.
They 'espectfully invite attentlou lo the following Goods:
French Embroideries, (a full line.) Imitatiou and Real Laces,    do. French Lace Veils from 87 cts. Real Thread   do $3,50
Fointe dn Gaze Handk'f's at ¥12,50 worth $25,00.
do.       do. do. do $15,00   do.
$30,00.
do.       do. Collars from $5,00
Thb .vbwhst srlLsa i.** Lace and Lace Mcanx Sleeves.
LA COMPAGNIE FKANCAISE,
810 CHESTNUT ST., PHILAOELPHIA.
dec IS  t(-3
Steam Dying and Seonring Estab¬ lishment. MRS.E. VV. SMITH, No. 2S North Fifth St. bet. Market and Arch, PHILADELPHIA.
PIKOK GOODS of every description dyed to any color. Ladies Wearing Apparet of every description, dyed lu the most fashionable aud permanent colors, and flalshed tu a superisr style.— Meriuo. Cashmere and Cnpe Shawls, Tanle aud Piano Covera. Carpets, Kugg, kti., kc, Bcoured. Pongea and gllk Ocesses Ea-Dyed all oolora, and watered equal to new.
N. B.—Q«aU«m«n*t Clothsa GltAoiid, or Dyed on xaa- •oQfthlA taxioi. oet IS^ly-iS
BONNETS! BONNETS! BONNETS!
WK are prepared to lurnisb at tbis now well known etitablit-hiueut, superior Bonnets iu every particular, for tbe mousy, combiuiug comfort, faahion and service. Also, Kibbons, Flowers, Feathers, Uand and Machine Kucbe>'. Fitted Frames, Children's and Misses'Goods, French CbeaiUe Bounets, itckn. No. 54 North EIGHTH Street, below Arch, west f-lde,
(THE OOLDEN OSTRICH,) PHILAD'A. N. E.—Wholesale Rooms, up stairs.       sepf23-aui-4'J
L'ADIES' PTJ^S NOW OP FN.
THB LARaKoT ASD   BE.«T  APeORTHE.ST IN THE CITY OF
RICH SABLE MARTEN,
MINK MARTEN, STONE MARTEN,
SIBEBUN KQOIRREI,, FITCU,  &c.,   &o.,
ALSO—A CHOICE SELECTIOS OF CARRIAGE  ROBES. FOOT MUFFS, FUK COLLARS,
GLOVES, JIC., Ac. All ofwhich win be Sold Kt Qreatiy Redaced Price.;. CHARLES OAKFORU j£ S0>', ImporterK and MiiuDr>ictiirtcg Farriere, Ko 624 CItealnut SI. Ptiiliidtlphia. decs           Im 2
FanoynFirrS^I'or Ladiea & Children
JOHN FAKEIIIA & Co., No. SJS, (iiew no.) Marltet Street, above Eighth, I'hllad'a.. Importers, Maoufacturersand Deatorolu FANCY FURS, for Ladies a>id Cliildreu; also, Oeot'it Furs, Fur Coilerp, aud Gloves. The uamber of years thai wo bave been engaged Inthe furbUhiuess,and tb*> general character ofour furs, both fo-- qualily and price is so geoeraUy kuowa throughout the country, tbat we thiak it Is not uecsMiaryforus to uay any thing more thau tbat we have uuw opened our a»si>rtmeai of PUKS, for tha Fall aud WinterSaleit, of the largent aad moxt bsaattfnl assort¬ ment that we bave everoffered before lothe public. Our fura haveall beealtnporied dnring Ihe preoeot tieaauu, wheu money was nc^rce aud furs much tower thau at tbe present time, aud have beeu manufactured by the most Competent workmeu ; wa are iberafore determiued tosell them at snch prlcea aa win couUnne to give u^ thu reputation we haveborae for years,that is to»t)llagoud arUcleforavery smaUprofX.
titorekeepers will do well toglve us a call, as they will find the largest assortment by far to select from lu the city.and at manufacturers prlcea.
JOUN FAREIRA k CO.. No. S18 Market Sireet, ahove Sth, Pbilad'a.
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"^      GROVEH & BAKEH»S^
CELEBRATED
FAMILY SEWliXO MACIUXKS. A New Style.    Priee ^50.
495   BROADWAY,  NEW   YORK.    130  CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA.
TEESE .Macbines sew Irom two spools, and form a seam of unequaled straugtb, beauty, autl elaiitlci'y, which will jror np, ev«n if ev«ry lourth iitltch be cut. They are nnqaeaiionably the beot in the market for family use.
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OPINIONS or THE FEESS. They are the beat in use.—Gation Democrat. It is Certalnlya labor saving uiacbioe.—Piedmont Ind. This machine flnlnheu its w-urk.—Horthampion Uaz The sewing will not rip.—German Refurmed .Hetaenger Does Uot get out of order reaoily.—Gei mantoian lel. A llghtener of maoy labois.— Tennessee tiaplut» Cotton Is used aa purchased ou spoola — U^Oi rcnUanocrat These machines poasess no e^ tai.—Char es an Btipliat Sewa Hllk, linen,or cotton thread —i't(r:(£(U'£r Advocate The hest in tise.—Cambridge Jijfersonian Tbe best manufactared.—Cannetllon Rrporttr. We recommend them ubove all uibcu-fl.—KnoxvUle Whig. Nona have givnn better aatlBfaciioo.—Springjiatd Jour. Makes a seam that will nol np—DanavUte Herald. The very beot of the kind.—Poriimouttt Tribune. Can not imagine anythiug luore perfect.—Alb Jour. Is simple and eaeily kept In order.— Watertown Sent. The very best la ase.—Hamillon Intelligencer SveryliunUyshauldheproTidad trith OUH.-ij/ujfloni/iin. The but for tkmHy us%.—GecTg9town Messenaw. oatU tf-M