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VOL. XXXV. I LANCASTER, PA., WEDpSDAY, MARCH 6, 1861. NO. 15. x>'crBX.xaaitM30 »Tr J. A. HIBSTAND, J. F. flUBKR, F. HBCKBET, uxDui tm vox or ^^_». HIESIAin), HUBER & HEOKHBT, ornoi nr xoktx qitxkk^ gnxsx, THE EXAMINEB & HEBALD It Published Weekly, at Two DoUars a rear. ADVKETISEMKNTS will be Inserted at the ttmot $1 00per aqnaia, of tanilnee, for threa Insaz- tlens or less; and 26 cents per sqtian for each additional Insertion. Advanlaemsnts exceeding tO lines will be ahargvd 5 cents per Una fer tha 1st Insertion, suid S eeaU par Una fot each sabsequent inaanlon. Bnslnsss Advertisements Insertad by the quarter half yaar or year, will ba charged ai foUows: 8 months. 6 monf Af. 12 months OneBquare 93 00 $5 DO $ 8 00 Two " 6 00 8 00 12 00 3£ column 10 00 18 oo ss 00 5 " 18 00 SSOO «00 1 •• , 30 00 65 00 80 00 BUSINESS NOTICES Inserted before Marriages and Deatha, doobla tha regular ratea. E^AU advertising accounts ara considered coUecta- ble at tbe expiration of half the period contracted for. Traneleut advenlsementa. cask "HERE BHEIIES!" "Here she Ues 1" This is the sola InscrlptloQ On the stone— Grey with aga, and weeds, aud moas, and Uehen Overgrown— Yet, I loog to know more of tby atory, Poor nnknown I Teavt bave pasted—aince gentle loving figures Nmaed thy tomb; How, above tbee, bnt the looe bramble Sheda a Rloom; Yet thou wert a flower, percbaoce, and perished In thy bloom. Wert thou a maiden, fair and pnrely crystal ? In those eyea Looked thy lover earnest, hopeful longlog Fot hla prize? Wben death came—broke tba lone heart that uttered " llera aha Ilea I" Weri thoa agenUelwife and loving mother ? From tby bome Passed the euoshine when thy angel spirit Flitted home I Did thy Uttle ones, bereft, imploro thee StUl to come? Tben, perchsnse, the pallid, stricken mournera Dried their eyea. Led tbem bere, when a i>weet soDeet aplendor Draped the aklea, And, while heavens robed thee, whiapered " H«ra ahe lies 1" What Lf onbeloved !—(aud thia were saddest I) If noblest By human ties thy poor aonl wandered lonely, Here a guaatl Then, tha grave's cold armii were klndtkatclaspedthce To her hieaat. And somegenUe beirt thoa mored to pity, Svbo hsd koown Of thy lira's sad trial, carved this record On t>>y atone; And, with the hencdioUon, left the sleeping Here alooel From tby eileot restlog place there cometh No replies ; Eut the wblppor.will lameotetb nightly Witb his cries; And tha broken stone alone repeateth "Hereshe Ileal" OLD MAIDS. My friend, Claribel Languor, is a specimen of the old maid with money. Sfae is oharm- ing in her way. True she haa never been pretty; bat she dresses so elegantly, has snoh a graceful mauuer, and is so thoroughly well- bred, that you cannot help admiring Claribel. Sfae is certainly not lovely. Her face is some¬ what of the pudding caste, though her eyes are expressive; bei waist is refractoiy, and will bave nothing lo do with tight-lacing ; she wears a dress with a train—nolhing less— and charitably sweeps your carpets as sbe moves along ; she has £000 a year, and spends a sixth ofit in dress ; she appears mostly in Balina, which seem to be her peculiar fancy ; she haa a white satin for the eveuing, and a fawn colored satin for the morning; she hires a pony-carriage, with a stout, steady-going boxse, and a diminutive boy behind; she has little mercy on the horse, aud will drive him thirty milea without a feed ; on one occasion Bhe attemj'ted to drive him np a mountain, and sncceeded in getting a certain distance, bnt in coming down again the carriage stucfe; she got out and placed herself gracefully on a block of stone, appealed to the boy to extri¬ cate the vehicle, aud then set to and scrtjam- ed for half an hour witfaoat success; she be¬ lieves herself poetical and delights in poetry, which, however, she never reads; her history ia romantic, but sad, and she ia not at all ashamed to whisper portions of it to you in the thrilling accents of injured innocence ; she is the victim of an unrequited attachment; for yeara her susceptible beart has been beating in vain for William Mactavish, who, if he does not spurn her, as Paris did .^none, can¬ not make np his mind to matrimony and tbe Btont Claribel; not tbat her passion had been feeding in secret on her damask cheek; far from it, nnable to declare it directly to the object of her attachment, she tells everybody abont it, and calls for sympatfay for her mel¬ ancholy lot; sbe tells it to him in her eyes, in the constant invitations with which she plies him, and even in poems whicb ahe em¬ ploys a friend to compose, and aska him to read as her own; shj imagines herself to be consumptive, though, apparently, in as good health as her habits admit of; she ia never np till eleven, and at noon consoles herself with a bighly poetic—and fattening—repast of oysters and porter; then the poor deh'oate flower of five-and-thirty reclines on the sofa till the arrival of "the carriage," and so she pas¬ ses ber weary life. Tha two Miaa Woodpeckers belong to two classes of old maid^r^^Barbara is a malade imaginaire, and, on tbe strength of it, is aa irritable aa she cap he; and Clytemnestra is strong-minded, and a lecturer. Barbara has tried every kind of cure for a complaint which never can be cured by drngaand patties, being nothing elae tfaan temper. Cold water and hot water! vegetable diet and fnll living, complete rest and tfae movement-cure, tfae grape-core, the mud-cure, the open-air-cure, for whicb the patient is lied to a chair, carried ont to a win¬ dy place, and left there foraixhouia ; all have failed to make her more satisfied with herself, or more'agreeable to her friends. She is al¬ waya "a little worse to day,'? and yet never gets to a dying point; she detests sympaihy, yet is angry if you don't offer it; she moves from a sofa to a bath-chair, and from a balb- chair to a sofa, and groans inceasantly ; she Torted her own oook aa to induce her to ezam- ffle the oabbage-hearta before boiling them, letst an nnoonabious caterpiller Bhonid therein b^ boiled aUre. The ecoentrio old maid is not alwaya ofien- fiiVe, unleea having money, rank, or position, she ooDsoIea heraelf for cellbaoy hj indulging in tyranny. Tha country lady ia generally aiJt instanoe of this. TeDants are not quite aerfs at the present day, but when a tenant hlL8 a houae or &nn whioh aults him, which he has improred or famished at a conaiderable outlay, hs will naturally endore a good deal rather thau riak being tnmed out. Still more thepoor man, whose very bread dependa on hla remaining in his parish. Miss Gruffkin, oi Longaores Hall, ia jnst suoh a petty tyrant as one meets among landowners at timea. She is eminently ecoentrio, wears a Quaker-bonnet, and drab shawl, and drives about in a donkey- oarriage. She is good-hearted at bottom, and will do aU kinds of benevolent thinga at timea, bnt her peouliatlties are very troublesome. She haa an especial abhorrence of moustaohea, and turned ont aome friends of mine—her ten¬ ants—because the hnsbaad, in a weak moment, allowed the hair to grow on hia upper-lip.— Then, too, ahe haa fs vehement objection to marriage as Mr. Malthns himself; and when her bailiff yielded to the fasoinations of her housekeeper, ahe paid them both a quarter'a w&ges, and insisted that they ahonld leave the aame evening. There Is a oarriage road on her estate which was of great convenience to the neighbors, till one day a party of yonng men, all wearing moustaches, happened to ride along it,aa sbewas driving iuher donkey- ohair. Tfae next day ahe had a gate put up, padlocked and well seoured, and no entreaties or supplications of the neighbois could in- dilce her to allow them to pass through it. Sfae is said to entertain a belief that she is en¬ gaged to a gentleman whom she has not aeen for twenty yeara; and it ia perhaps, thia which has converted her to a Malthnaian. But it ia in dreas as much aa anything tbat the eccentricity ofthe old maid diaplaya itself. I had the honor of seeing the Hon. Emilia Maskulyne, daughter of Lord Manley, at the watering-place of Shinglebeaoh, of which she is the leading star. She has been a fine woman, though now sixty, and she showa herself off in & remarkable manner. Her gown—generally of a Btriking oolor—has one solitary floance at the bottom thereof. Her boots might have been made for a plowboy, so thick are tbe soles and so fnll of nails. Sfae has a noble contempt for crinoline, and carries an umbrella instead of la parasol. But the quaintest point about heir is the hat, which oertainly measures a yard in diameter each way. She possesses two hats, of the same shape, one black and one gray, and both might have been worn by a cavalier in King Charles' day. They are nn- betit, perfectly straight, and with a huge coni¬ cal crown. Under the hat hor gray hair is curled like a boy's, being cut quite short- In thil! guise she stalks along with tfae stmt of a grenadier, carrying a walking-stick in fine weatber, and a powerful gingham of the Gamp fa'shion when it is rainy. Bat one of the most eccentric old maids tbat I know is Bogenia Lingline. Her family is of no very great note, but sfae is convinced iu her sonl that it ia the oldest in England. When I first knew her ahe had avery oomfortable fortnne to make amends for red hair of the most carroty tint, projecting teeth, and a hog- iik^ physiogomy. Sfae was, however, always amiable and charming, aud had but that one weakness. Well, a few years ago, she .had lefj. herself pennyless. Was it speculation, or peculation by her lawyer ? Waa it charity or extravagance, or self-indulgence, or gambling ? Not at all. It was the Herald's office that had bejigared her,and that of herown free will— Shi) had apent almost every penny in looking for her ancestors, and they were ungrateful an^l unfeeling enough to keep on hiding till alniost her last farthing waa gone. Inul Engenia had a brave heart, and wonld nol; abandon her forefathera. She oame to Lohdon, took poor lodgings, and went daily for eight honrs to the State Paper Office. I shall ne-t'er forget the happiness which beamed on her face, when sbe announced to me one day, ab(!iut two yeara after, tbat she had traced her linlj to Charlemagne. " Well, now, of course, you will be satisfied," said I, bnt she shook hei' bead, and went on. Another year paaaed, anA then she informed me that she had knit thd link to Edward tbe Confessor. "Surely that is enough." " No, no," she answered, enthusiaslioally; "I know we have Danish blood in our veins, and royal blood, too; I will not reat till I have Hengist and Horsa in our treg." Aud of courseshe secured them. Bnt sb^i caugbt a more tangible being than either Hebgist or Horaa at the same time. In tbe office she met with a man who was herself in troWsers, and who was engaged in tracing his orij^in to the Danish Vikings. It waa he who brought her within a generation of Hengiat, while he himself had arrived at the aon of Ilolrsa. Tbe moment waa thrilling. One link moVe and she and be could boast of tbe same ancestor. Bat this one link refaaed to be joiiied. They toiled in vain. All thearobivea of Antiquity were overturned for the one or tfae twJi links. Tfaey were at the brink of despair, wfaBn, it being luncheon time, and they being aloloe in the office, the gentleman dropped on on^i knee and thtis addressed Eugenia: " We haVe failed to unite at that far end, let ns nnite at tfais near one. For the sake of pos¬ terity let UB blend the historic names of Long Iini) and Twaddle. Will yon be mine ?" En- geriia could not resiat the appeal, and thua sa^ed their great-great-great-great-grand-chil- dr^n a deal of trouble. A very oommon kind of old maid is the Cu ¦ rate's Own. She is found in almost every to^rn and village, and the EatabHshment owes mtich to her. It ia she who keeps up its prestige, ahe who proposes the testimonial of th6 silver teapot, she who praises his sermons has a wretched being with her, whom she callsbe^^nnrse.butl^do not remember any | wben others are'dumb, who works his sli^psr^ .-_ _.., ¦, .. when others are cold, wbo sends him offerings nurse who ever staid with her more than three months; tbe place would kill Hercules, and drive Job to the use of bad language ; she ia never satisfied witfa these nurses, never gives them a " thank yon ;" never smiles at them. Betsy, for instance, is aa strong as aman, and aa gentle aa a lamb, and lifts her mistress most carefully inlo tbe chair; abe is rewarded by a ahriek—'* Oh, you awkward, clumsy creature, yon have nearly killed me. There, put that cushion better. Oh I dear, oh I dear, what it is to be surrounded by idiots and foola." An¬ other scream—" Can't yon obey me. Didn't I tell you not to touch the cushion. It was per¬ feot before, clumsy, stupid thing." Betsy mur. murs that she was told to arrange the cushion. "Ohl you dare to answer me; indeed, you dare lo give me tbe lie. Where do you hope to go to, if you lell lies like tbat V and ao on. She is bearable in compauy for a time—aa long as you do not diffdr with her in opinion. Once do that, and abe ia down upon you. Tfaen, too, when sfae haa got an idea into her head, nothing can alter it—" I knew it was the Nea¬ politans who were beaten," ahe insista. You fetch the newspaper to prove she is wrong.— «' Oh, who in tfaeir senses ever dreamed of be lieving a newspaper. Of courae, they have their own motives for saying so," and so on, However, Barbara ia not so obnoxious as Clytemnestra. She believes herself philan. thropio, and subscribes to the Sooiety for the Prevention'=of Cruelty to animals, quite forget¬ ting her orudlty at timea to her own apecies. At one time she deluged me with traota on the bearing-rein ; and I have aeen her mn a halt-a-mUa to catch the driver of a doukey- cart, and rate him on his treatment of Balaam's favorite. At present she is engaged in a cra- sade in favor of poultry, which ahe wishes to have kUIed under the influence of chloriform. She has pensioned six horaes, to save them from the knacker's and would have pensioned' twenty times the number, but that ahe found that horses, like humans, would not die when they had once got an annuity, and so it wag beooming expenaive. She lately; got up a petition to Government for an Act to prohibit oontlnued to be a baobalor. The other aister paased her time at her window, kindly playing detective for the parish, and communicating a regular weekly report to the clergyman. Next came a dear old maid, not so very old either, who literally saorifioed herself to an idiotic father and an insane mamma. Lastly, there was a family of seven—all old—allmaida, but the youngest of whom had not quite jemei^ed from the days of flirtation, and was atill called " the baby." Dear babe of forty-three, what a playfal littte kitten I Then there waa no bachelor, except the young' doctor and he waa aecnred. Tfae otfaers tried to be invalids, bnt conidn't. Their health was robust. I am not vain; but I may say that when I alighted from the coaoh at the little inn of that village, a firebrand waa thrown into the midst of thoae previously peaceful and harmonioua vestals. I only know that long before the summer was over, I fled—fled and left them to fight it ont. Shonid this paper ever meet their eyes—which is doubtful, for they never see a magaiine—I beg to assure them most solemnly that I never had, and still have not, a preference. I love them all-—dearly, but I shall not again visit the quiet little village of Maidenford, while I retein my senses. The poetic old maid and the scientific old maid are rather oommon oases. The former is plain in face, but all soul. She haa her pet poet, and though unacquainted with him, writes him the most charming letters in praise of hia last volume. She berself publishes in provinoial newspapers. She is above low mer¬ cenary considerations, and ao the editors are very polite to her. Her " Ode to a Grasshop¬ per," in heroic metre, haa been reprinted, for private circulation; a sensible restriction bnt quite unnecessary. Sfae talks of love in a Platonic style, and has a spiritual attachment to some author or other with whom ahe cor¬ responds in letters of six sheets. She Is unti¬ dy in her dress, not to say dirty, lives much alone, and weeps over her blighted life. The scentifio old maid, ou the other hand ia all senae. She begau with ferns—maidenhair naturally attracting her—proceeded to botany, soon Blipped into geology, and after hearing a lectnre of Faraday's plunged bravely into chemistry. She wears green spectacles, strong shoes, sfaort petticoats, and an old brown hat, and may be aeen with a geologist's hammer in one hand and a basket in the other. She is quite harmless, and except when ahe insists on explaining the migration of ants, and the formation of oak balls, not necessarily dis¬ agreeable. Tfae mention of oak-balla reminds one of blight, and by a natural transition I pass to blighted beings. All old maids are more or less blighted. AU have loved, and all, in consequence, in vain. Buthowmany blighted themselves, and how many were blighted by the falseness of man is a calculation which I must leave to the Statistical Society. But the real blighted being is the one who deserves our deepest sympathy. I am now engaged iu collecting subscriptions in postage stamps for an asylum for the blighted, and I am convinced tfaat we cannot call ourselves a Christian aud a civilized natiou till such an institution exists among us. The blighted demand sympathy, and they can only fiod it among fellow-blight- eds. Their case is a hard one, and it is tbe duty of every man, still more of every bach, elor, to contribute to their comfort. The cruelest case of blight that I ever heard was that of Florida Smith. An officer of militia had long been the object of her yonlh- fnl dreams, and she looks in vain for the mo¬ ment when be should declare the passion which shewfis convinced burned within him. The moment came at last; the volcano burst into fiame. One morning she received a let¬ ter beginning, "My dear Miss Smith," and couched in unmistakable language. It was brought by a boy, wbo waited for an an¬ swer. She selected the neatest sheet of pink paper, poured forth a modest, yet delightful assent and gave it to the messenger with her own hands. Then she awaited tfae lientenant. She waited that day and the next. He came not. She refused exercise, and stayed at home a third day. He came not. A week passed and he came not. A fortnight and he came not. At last ahe ventured to write and received an answer. " Mt Deab Miss Ssrirn, "It isall the fault of tfaat boy. He took the letter to the wrong house. Deeply as I regard and respect yon, I must not conceal from you that my letter was intended for the danghter of Colonel Smith; and I am sure that you, who in yonr note assured me lhat my happiness was your soul's desire, will be glad lo hear that it is at least secured. I am yours very sincerely. ofiBOwalip tea and gingerbread when others &r(i callous. Without her devotion the curate could scarcely survive on his £30 per annum. The Curate's Own (or, aa we might call her, thil Curate's Aid_) mnst be divided iuto two claaaes, according as the said curate is " big " or "low/' for her own viewa depend on his.-- Sbe has, in fact, well reteined that portion of catechism whiob inculcates submission to apiritual pastors and masters- Very different from the Curate's Own is the faiit old maid, who is less common, and psr- haps leas satisfaclory. She rides to hounds and haa a good collection of " brushss;" meela willt for her. Sho drives a pair of dappled gi^iys and goes ont shooting in a basket phae- toh. She does not refnse a place in a " drag," add ia quite at home on a high dogcart. She vHsite her horae every morning in the steble, arid ia proud of being able to groom him her¬ self if necessary. Sho talka rapid slang. But tbere is no hope for the faat old maid, and one bj'one she sees** the meu "drop off, taking tb themselvea quiet modeat little wives, whose more feminine attraction attach, while ahe can only amuse. The "slow "old maid is, however, not an individual to cultivate. Her natural almos- pliere is that of a oountry village. I waa once condemned by the avenging sisters (by the wiiy, both the Fates and tbe Furiea were old maida, both then so were the Muses) to pass a admmer in an old maid's village. The whole felooale population seemed to have espoused celibacy. There was but one married lady in the plaoe, the clergyman's wife; for no cler¬ gyman could venture there without being miu-ried, for fear of a breach of the peace.— There were positively no young ladies In the place. In one houae lived the two maiden sisters of a retired aldenuan, but they were paat all danger, asd were drawn about, quivering with anUqnity, in two ohairB. In the next were tWo more maidens, far from comely, whereof th's one was a oonflnned inralid, and waa like- I ly^to remain 80 long aathe handaome young tb«.w.sofB«,s; .na.,e i^.ofccon.|a^cta;;i;;r. p,;;;;',,^^^^^^ But there are, as I have said, more good old maids in the world than bad ,* and in a conntry where so mnch good is to be done, it is a great con-=olation to see so many unoccupied women engaged in doing it. I have enlarged on the foolish virgins, because evil in this wicked world is geuerally more amusing than good; but the wise virgiha are not at all in a min¬ ority. How many do I know who give np their whole time, and half thair income, to the improvement and comfort of the aick and the needy. In the present day we have even pnblic instances of the good that a siugle wo¬ man may do. Misa Nightingale and Misa Marsh are not second to oar greatest philan¬ thropists ; and wbat tbey undertake, they do without cant and withont affectation. If I may be forgiven for dragging another name before the public—one scarcely less known, however—I woold mention Miaa Carpenter, the head of tfae Briatol Keformatory, a woman whose talents are only surpassed by her inde¬ fatigable benevolence. These, indeed, are the greatest stars of old maidism: but there are hundreds of unmarried women, in every vil¬ lage, in every town they may be found, who devote tbemselves to doi^ good, and to far¬ thering the great work of social progress.— Would to heaven every woman who has given up the thought of marriage, and a great num¬ ber of those who have not given it up, would do likewise. There ia work for women, whioh only women can do; and married women have their hnabands and their families to at¬ tend to, while young ladies have not tbe re¬ quisite experience. What Nuns and Sisters of Charity do abroad, our old maids do in Eng¬ land ; and I am not joking when I say, tfaat old-maidism is a greater boon to this coantry than is generally supposed. For evey oue who is a gossip, a match-maker or a pedant there are half a dozen who are good, honeat workers in the right direction. It ia with onr old maida that so muoh remains. None oth¬ ers oan undertake the care of our hospitals, the reclamations of those wretched women whoae very exiatence brings a shudder to the Chriatian, and the proper training of the daugh¬ ters of our poor. None others, therefore, can properly replace the conventual establishmente of the Continent. The prison, the workshop, the reformatory, the hospital and the back- slums, all want women to bring them round, gentle female influenoe to recall them to God; and there are none more fitted to the task than old maida. While, therefore, I glory in this British Institution, so appropriale to a Protes¬ tant conntry, I would, in the" humblest spirit of which au old bachelor is capable, suggest to all onr old maids, wbatever their age, to give np morbidness, blighte-l recollections, fast fancies, idle monotony, intense love of guety, devotion to oarales, high or low, and even their scientific purauite; aud since the primary office of woman, aa wife and mother, is beyond their reach, to take cheerfully and heartily to the next best work, the effusion of that gentle spirit with which the Maker has gifted the better half of onr race—decidedly the better half, I aay it, thongh an old I ache- lor. Jael, Judith, Boadicea, Joan of Aroand Charlote Corday, may be very graud scenic speclmena of womankind, but they are unlov¬ able. Let old matds make Tabltha—goodi kind, geutle Tabltha, who worked her Angara for the widow and the orphans—their patron B^nt, ahd call themaelves, not their cats, by ker quaint name. Let St. Tabltha be the ex¬ ample of ereiy single woman who feela wUhio herself the approach of that dreaded period, and she will aoon foi^et false vowa, fond hopei, and the intense longing for conjugal bliaa. Bnt I am not a man who writea withont a motive; and I cannot conclude thia paper wltbont laying ont a acheme. Much as I ap¬ preciate the valne of old-maidlam in modera¬ tion, I look with dread at hia increase, and I aak myaelf if there be no means of stopping it; I believe I can auggeat one. Ifwe inquire into its, cauaea, we find that this Anglo-Saxon phenomenon la confined almoat to one olasa. Among the poor it Is little known; among the aristocracy it Is not so common as matrimony. But among the class of poorer gentry and the so-oalled "middle- classes," old maids are, I fear, even more nn¬ meroua than married women. The fault Ilea not with them, but with the men. Profes¬ sional meu and buaineaa men cannot afford to marry early; aud when they do ao they make the "best match ".they can, which, to your consolation, dear old maids, is of ten the worst. This ia a vile age of cheap artioles. Cheapness and goodness rarely go tegether, unless the demand ia enormous. Now, the demand for wivea is not ao great aa it might be. A wife laa luxury; and a man may give himself up to a Belf-Indulgence—may min himaelf with brandy and gin, or expensive fnmitnre, or dogs aud horses, or what not, before he thinka of indulging in that laat and greateat of luxu¬ riea—a loving wife. A man may oertainly marry on very little ; but before he can riak nurses and doctor's bills, that little must be a certainty. Theu, too, be hia fortnne what it may, that little muat be clear of debt. A good man wilt not marry to bring his wife into anx¬ iety, and the fear of tJie bailiff. Tfae folliea of his yonth muat have been paid for, and even bia tailor dismissed for a ready-money trades¬ man. If a mau marry on £200, £300, £dOO or £500 a year, he mnst be atire that he haa sufficient command over himself to make that sum enongh for a wife and baby, as well as No. 1; he must be ready to give up his clnb, his cigar merchant, his male Boeiety, and to take instead to that ampleaubstitute—agood, dear, little wife. Ho not be surprised at an old bachelor apeaking thus. I have long cursed my fate—but my day ia gone. The old bach¬ elor is a miaerable being ; and I give any old maid, wbo pleases, leave to attack us fiercely in the next number. But how ia it that these oonaideratiouB re¬ garding matrimony occur only to the man of the middle olasa t Let me explain. The aris¬ tocrat has his title to sell, if he has no fortune; and he readily picks up an heiress or a widow. Tfae aristo-feminine, if she has inherited noth¬ ing, haa also her title for sale; but atill more, she has a father or a brcther whose infiuence can oommand a certain number of suitors. The aristo-feminine is sometimes married for her¬ self, but she is more often married for a vote, ora Parliamentary coimexion, or an aggran¬ disement of territory. On tfae other hand, Tom, Bill, or Jim, while they would fain look out for the '' gal of my 'eart," have the natural tendency of selfish tyrannical man, to investigate "oircnmstan- cea." The British workman, as a rule, mar¬ ries early; for he has no inducement to remain a bachelor. The British home of the mechanic rarely contains room for grown-up sons ; and once lannobed they mnst abift for themselves. The charm of a *' home " ia the one bit of poe¬ try that tfae British workman indulges in; and often, too, it tnms ont to be a bitof rery prac¬ tical, calculating proae. The " home " gives comfort to the workman at a cheaper rate tban he can find elsewhere ; and these well-meaning people who establish dining-rooms for me¬ chaniea, aud cluba for their evenings, do not see that thereby they are removing the neces¬ sity of home, and so encouraging celibacy. But how does the British workUian afford to marry when the British gentleman cannot ? The answer la that women of the working classes are in effect richer than those of the idle ones. Tfaey can work and may work, and tfaat is the wfaole seoretof it, A poor man gains by marriage, for his wife can and will make up his income; sfae even does more than support heraelf, she increases his com¬ forts. And this then is what I would say to the middle and professional classes; eltfaer give your dangbtera money or teaoh them a trade or profeaaion by which they can make it. Onr philanthropists and our Quarterly Reviewers write pamphlets and articles about the em¬ ployment of the workingclassea. They scarce¬ ly need them, they do learn to work. But no one thinks of writing for our idle classes. No one sees how foolishly the daughters of bnsl¬ ness and professional men are brought up— to read novels, work crotchet, and paint poti- chomanie ; no one aska whether there be no sphere ofwork for them to fill, and thus make themselves more eligible wives for busineas and professional men. Yet It might be so. The cares of a household, tha education of ohildren are not ao all-absorbing aa to preclude other work. Too often our wivea and daughters dispense with these cares and tbrow this edu¬ cation upon other shoulders. Too often the wife whose husband oau barely support her, declines to nourish, her own child In the nat¬ ural way, or demands a governess for it when growing up. The wives and daughters of tbe middle olass have time enongh to make calls, to gossip, to go to parties, lo work in Berlin wool. Might not this time be given to some oconpa.lion which wonld increaae the husband'a income t I believe there ia an ample one, and lhat the help-meet of man fa expected by tbe laws of life to do something more thau order his dinner, and sew buttons on his ahirt. I believe it is a gross radical error to suppose that woman ia to be the drone and man tfae working bee, thoueh I wonld not see men and women follow the example of the hive farther, where the female labors where the male lies Idle. I have no space to go into tbe qneation of woman's proper work, but I am convinced that in thia conntry it is wrongly confined to the nurture of her ohildren. It onght, I am confident, to include their aotual support, or at least a portion of it. Andif onr daughters were taught to help out the incomes of tfaeir futnre mates, as those of the lower orders are, we ahould have as few old maida and old bach¬ elors in England as elsewhere. I only hope that tbe next generation will marry early, that we shall have fewer young men withering in immoral cellbaoy, yonntt womeu blighted into bitterness, and no Mr. Malthua' ghost throwing his cap up and crow¬ ing over the attainment of hia desires. Meanwhile old maidism is a glorious insti¬ tution of this oountry; but, like atl otur glori¬ ous inatitutious, it wanta reforming. Suppose tbe "womeu of England" undertake it.— IBlackwood.'] <awe» ¦ ¦- ALL'S FOE THE BEST. All's fcr thobest I be saogoloa aod cheerfall. Trouble aod sorrow are friends In dlagulaa. Nothing but folly goes falthlets and fearful, Cooisge for ever Is happy aud wise : All for the best,—if » man wonld bot knew it, Providenoe wiahas us all to ba blast; This is no dream ef the pundit or poet Heaven Is graolona, and—All's for the beat I All's fcr the best 1 set this on your standard. Soldier of aaducaa, oz pilgrim of love Who to tha shores of despair mny bave wandar'd A way-wearisd swallow or baart-stricken dove • All for the best I—be a mau, bnt coafidlng, Provldsnee tenderly governs the reat. And the frail bark of His craatnra Is golding Wisely and warily, all for the best. All for the beat [ then fling awny terrors. Meet all yonr fears and your foss In tba van, Aod in the midst of your daogeis or errors Tmtt like a cbUd, while yoo strive like a man ; All'a for tba belt!—anbtass'd, nnbounded, Provideace zalgos from the East to the Waat And, by beth wisdom and mercy sarroonded, Hope and ba bappy that all's for the best. ESTATE of CHISTIAN HORST, fite of Conoy townthlp, d«e8aMd.-^Z«tt«ra tntamaa- Ury on laid estale baviug been grantad to the nnder-. ilRued, all psrions indebted thereto' ani reqaestad to - make immediate paymaor, and tbosahavlngelaims or demands againat tbe same will preset-them for settle¬ ment to tba undaraigo^d, rasldlog lo said township, feb 37-6»t-t4 BLIZaBBTB HORST. Executrix. ESTATE of JAOOB NJg^COMEE, lata of Manor twp.. de'ieaMd.—Xffllters of admlu- latratlon on satd estate, having bsen graoted to tha un¬ dersigned, aU parsons Indebted therato are raquasted to maka immediate payment, and those havlog claims or demands against the eame will present tham for aatUa- ment to the nnderslgoed, residing In said towhship. CHRISTIAN K. NEWCOMEB, feb 37-8t>-14 JaCOB E. NEWCOMER. ESTATE of JOHN HUBEB late of paqaea township, deceased.—Letters of admlnls- tion on said eatate havlog been granted to the nnder¬ algnad, all paritoDi Indebted thereto are reqaested to make Immediate payment, and those havlcg clMms or demanda against the same will present thsm for settle¬ ment to the nnderaigufld Administrators. LEVI HDBEB, West Lampeter twp. JOHN HDBEB, ) „^„„. ,__ J0KA8 HUBEB {^"^""^''P- feb 20 et.lS ESTATE OF JACOB CHRIST, late of tbe elty of Lanoaster, deceased.—Letters of ad¬ ministration on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all pemns lodebted thereto are reqnssted to miUce Immediate parment. and those having claims or demands against tbe same will present tbem for set¬ tlement to tbe nnderslgned, realdlng in said oity. feb e-et-Il ANN K. CHRIST. Administratrix. ^ ESTATEOF JO'SEPH NEIMAND, late of Boat Lampeter township, deceased.—Let¬ tera of administration on said aatata bavlng been grant¬ ed to the uadarsigoed, all peraons indebted thereto ara requested to make Immediate payment, and thoss bav¬ lng claims or demands against the same will present tbem for settlement to the undersigned, residing in satd township. JACOB NEIMAND. feb a 6«t-H ESTATE OP ROSINA SIEBER, late of the olty of Lancaster, deceased.—Letters of administration on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all peraons Indebted thereto are re- qoestsd to make Immediate payment, and thoee havlog claims ordemands against thesame wtu present tfaem for settlement lo the underaigned, realdlng In said city. jaa 80-6t-lQ SAR^H SEIBEH. ATTBITOB'S NOTICE. ESTATE of HUGH .McCLARIN.— The underelgoed Auditor, appointed by the Or¬ phans* Court ef Lancaster connty, to distribute the bal¬ aoce in the baoda of Samaei Slekom. Executor of the last win and testamfnt of Hugh UcCIariu, dec'd., to and among those legally enUUed tbereto, wUl meet for the purpoae of bis appointment, at the Library Boom, In the CourtHoa8e,Laocaeterelty, oaPBIDAy,lhe 16th day of HABCH, A. D. 1661, at 2 'clock Inthe afternoon^ where all those intereated may atteud If tbey aea propar JOSKPH D. POWNALL, feb20^t-lS Andltor. NOTICE. l^pHE underaigned Auditor, appointed p by the Court of Common Pless of Lancastar co., to distribute the balance in the bands of Levi K. Brown, Assignee of Abraham Hesa and wife, under a deed of voluntary aaalgoment, among those legally entitled tbereto will meet st thepubllc boaae of B.& A. Brogao, at Oak Hlll, in said county, for the purpose of bis ap¬ pointment, on WEDNESDAT, MABCH 20, 1861, At 1 o'clock,P.M.,when aod where all persons Interested may attaod If they think proper. JOHN KIRE, feb 37-41-14 Auditor. ASSIGNED ESTATE of SAMUEL KOHR & WIFE—The osderaignad Aadltor, to distribate the balance in the bauds of Jacob R. Hoffer and Martia B. Peiper, assignees of Samuel Eobr and Wife, wUl meet all persons intereated, on FRIDAY, the Sth day of MARCH, ISSl, at 3 o'clock, P. Hd.. in one of Jury Booms In the Court Houae, at the city of Lancaater. feb 13^t.l2 GEO. M. KLINE, Auditor. IN the Court of Common Pleas of Laoeaeter county: A. Z. Rlngwalt bavlng filed an affldavlt that hebad fully accouuted for all moueya in bis hands as one of the Asslgnesa of Thomas J. BUgwaH, and mored to be discharged from suld trust, the Court grant a role to shew caoBO why he should not be diacbarged. Betnroable on tbe 3rd MONDAT in MARCH uext, at 10 o'clock, A. M. PETER MARTIN, Lancaater, Jaa. Slst, IS61. Prothoootary. feb 6 td-ll NOTICE. TO the Heirs aud legal representatives of DANIEL SCHNEADEB. Iate of East Eari twp., Lancaster coanty. Pa., dec'd.—^Toa are hereby noUfied to be and appear in tbe Orphans* Court of LaocHster County, to be held on tbe ISth da; of MABCH, i&Sl. at 10 o'clock A. M.. to accept or retnee to accept the Beal Eatate of Daniel Schneader, deceased, at the valuation tfaereof, mada by an inqoeRt faeld thereon, aod conflrmed by aald Court, or show causb why tbe soma should not La aold according to law. S. W. P. BOTD. Sheriff's Ofllce, Lancaster, Jan. 26, 'Sl. Sheriff. J&u 30 6t-10 Accounts of Trust and Assigned-Es¬ tates. THE Accounts of the following named Estates faave been exhibited and filed la tha office of the prothoootary, of tbe Coort of Commoa Plaas of Laucacter coanty, to wit: Magdalena Hercbelroth, Estale; Danlel Daoner and Peter Arnold, Commlttae. Jobn Lehman, Treat Estate ; John Keeoer, Trostne. Frederick Sourbeer, Asblgued Eatate; Caeper Hiller, Asslgose. David M. Witmer, Asaigned Eetate; Adam S. Dietrich Bad Daolel Heaa, Asnlgaees. NoUce is hereby given to all persons iotereated In aoy of satd Estates, tbat tbe Court have appointed MON¬ DAT, tbe 18th day of MARCH. ISGI, for the confirma¬ tion and allowance ef the aald Accounts, unless excep- tlooB be filed or cause abown why eald Accoants shonid not be allowed. PETER MARTIN, ProthonoUry. Prothy's Office. Laae. Feb. 18. Ififil. feb 20-4t-I3 I'OB RENT. THE suhscriber offers for rent from the 1st of April next <or suoner Ifdeslred) tfae well known EAOLE HOTEL, rituated at tfae corner of Front street and Elbow Lane, Marietta, Pa., kept for mauy yeara by Oeerg* Petera. The etand Is. ooe of the beat io tbe town, and from] ila locality commanda a large proportiou of the RIVJ^R BUSlDESy, in the Spring. « J3»Tb6 hoase haa been recently refitted with all modern Improvements, aod Is now io first rate order. For farther information apply to GEOKOE W. MEHAFFET. jau 16-tf-S Marietta, Fa. Gheerfulneas in a family ia a positive duty. Thousands of people are every day made mia- eralle by bad temper, uaeleaaly manifeated, without any ulterior benefit. The frame of mind whioh ia ever ready to take oflenoe, to imagine a alight, to be aulky, and te revenge one, ia, alaa I a punishment, not alone to itself but to others. Snoh a temper Bhould at all coate, be repressed. It can easily be cured if we have but the wHL It is, to say the beat of It, conceited and mean. It ia the bane of life. Nothing ia reaUy troublesome that we do willmgly. PEQUEA VALLEY ^NURSERIES.^ WE would call the attention of Nur¬ serymen and Fruit Growers te tbe fact that, being obliged to clear a portion of ear grounds tbls spriog, now occapled with small Frnlts, of whtch we bave an extensive assortmeot, we aro eaabled to dts- poflB at the followiog redoced prices.* Each, per doz. per hau'd. WASHINOTON W. HOfEINS, ATTORNEY AT LAW.—Offiee with TS. Llghtner and Jamai K. AIexander,'Dn^ St., nearly opposite Court Honse. Jnn 13-tf-29 BEMOVAIt. SIMON P. EBY, Attorney at Law, bas removed his oficefrora North Dake straot to No S, in Wldmyer'a Bow,Boatb Duka st., Laaeaiter,Pa. mar 31 tf.l7 DR. WM. B. FAHNESTCOE, Having resumed the Praciice of Medicine, can be con suited at his OM ffanJ, No. ae Weat King street. 93*Dr. P. is also preparad to analyze all kinds of mineral substances, liquor, ftc, and will give botb braaches his atriet personal atteatioa. oot Sl'Sm-41^ THBO. W. HEBB, SURVEYOR, Convejancer and Scriv- eoer. OFFICB—Ho. 2? NoatH Dckb St., opposite tba QouTt Houaa Lairoijrrgn. Px ffi.y ^.VrJ f:\ B. W. SHENK, ATTORNBY AT LAW.—OFFICE with 0. J. Dickoy, SODTH QOBEET STREET. Laa- aster, Penn'a. . dec 14-1 y-B EDWARD BEILLY, ATTORNEY AT LAW.—OFFICE, DCEB STREET, 3 doors North oftbe Coort Hoosa, Lancaster, Penn'a. nov 2-tf-4B PEEDIWAITD B. HAYES, A TTOENEY AT LAW, No. 402, LI- BEABT BTBEET, Eritu' BaUdlBK, PHILADEL¬ PHIA, aprii 13.11-20 ABBAM SHAUK, ATTORNEY AT LAW.—OFFICE ¦Willi D. a. B^hleml^l^ E>q.,Na. 36 HOETH DUKE b'fUiiBr, LmcMter, Penn'iu mar 23-l*y-17 BOBEBT McEISSICK, D. D. S. ALL operations appertaining to the to ths teeth, perlormed la a carefal loaaner. PEN«l*QTOpriLLB, Chester Co.. Pa. mar 2a-3y-18 ¦WM. ATJG. ATLEE, ATTOBNET AT LAW, No. 45 East King street, opposite Sprecher's Hotel, Laacaster, july4-ly.32 WILBEBFOBCE NEVIN, A TTORNEY AT LAW—Office No. f\, S'l Norih Queen street, neari f oppoaite Mlcbael's Hotel, Lancaster, Pa. aprii ¦i-tf-19 Sorivening and Conyeyancing. THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully an. notmcQB to tha public that bo has taken tbe offlee lately occupied by John A.'Hleataud,EBq.,wberahe wilt be pleased to transact all buslnessconnected witb the above profesalon that may ba placed in bis haads, ts- Offlce Ifo. 26 North Dnke Strest, Lancaster, Fa. ftb 16-1 r-12 C. B. BATBS. THE INLAND INSTJBANCE AND DEPOSIT COMPANY INSURE against loss by fire ou Build¬ ings, either perpetaal or limited. Also, on Meicfaao- diae,furalture and other perseoal property, at reaaoaable ratnn. )l3*Sald Companv also receive mouey on depoMt aa heretofore, pay 6 per cent Interest for ooe moath or longer, and &K per cent ou deposit made for a year. H. E. UDULENBEEG, Preaideut. B. F. Rauch, Secretary. mar 2l-tf-17 BEED, McGBANN, KELLY & CO, BANKERS, Old Lancaster Bank Building^ Centre Square Lancaster. VrriLL RECEIVE MONEY on Ve- Y T posit and pay Interest thareon aa follows: 6 percent, forany length of time. 6>j; •* for one year. Collections made in all parts oftbe Uolted States. Mooey sent to England, Ireland, Carmany ,Fraoce, &e. Passage certificates for sale from Liverpool to Kew Tork, or Lancaster. Land warrants and ancurrentmoneyboogntand sold. Spanish aod Mazicao dollars,oia U. S.g'ddaadsllv«r coins bongbt at a premium. Special attantloQ will he paid by Q. E. Heed, to the Negotiation ofCommercial paper, Stocka, Loana and al] marketable secnritlea In New Tork or Philadelphia. Our frieuds may rely npon promptueas, aud our p r- sonal attenUon to their interests in the transaction of any business which maybeiutrOKtedtoas, and we hold ourselvea Individually Itahte for all money Intrastad to oor care. OEO.K. HEED, RlCHiRD McGRANN, PATKICK KELLY, JaneW-tf-30 A. .McCONOftlV, ~~ BANKING HOUSE^OF ' ~~ BEED, HENDEBSON & CO. OM the 26th of March, instant, the nuderbigned, under tbe firm of RESD, HENDEK- SUN ft CO.. will commence the Baaklog BaalaeBS,io Its naoal braacbaa at the o&lce hllherto occopted by John E. Reed & Co., at the corner of East King aod Dnke Streets, between the Court Hoane aod bprecher's Hotel, Laacaater, Pa. They will pay intereat on deposites at the followiog rates: 6)£ per cent, for 6 mouths and longer. 6 " " 30 days and louger. They will bay and sell Stocks aod Real Estate on commlssloa, negotlata Loans for othera, parcbaae aod s<iU Bills of Exchaage, Promissory Notea, Drafts, ftc. ftc, ftc. The aodersigned will ba individaally liable to the extent ofthelr meaos, for all deposites aod other obU gatioos of Reed, Heodersoa ft Cu. March 16, IStiO. JOHN K. REED, AUOS S. HENDERSON. mar2l-tM7 ISAAC B. HIESTER. NEW TORK ADTERTI8BMKNTS. Y^U WANT IT, YOUR WIFE WANTS IT, YOUR CHILDREN WANT IT, JT WILL CERTAINLY PAY, A ND YOU WOULD HAVE IT, IP You only knew ho-w USEFUL, how INSTRUC¬ TIVE, and how entertaining it ia. We refer to that '* first best," that largest, moitiTi' strudipe. most beautiful, and yat cheapest ioaraal In tfae world for tfaa HOTTSEHOLD, for the FABM, and for tfae QABJIBN. vix: The American Agricultoriat; YOU WAMT IT, heoanse it contains so very many new aod osefal directious, hints and sogges- tioDS abont all kinds of out-door work, in tbe OARDEN. in the FIELD, in the ORCHARD, on the litlle plot of ground, about Domestio Animals, etc., etc. Tha^^n- culturist is not a atale rehaah of theoretical stuff, soch as goes the rounds from one paper to aoother, but It is flUsd with useful and new practical information, every word of which la reliable, because prepared by houest, practical WOBEINQ MEN, wbo kuow what they write about. Each volume contaios many hundreds of useful hints, and it is certain that maay of these bints will each be worih to you more tliao a dollar.—As an example, a subscriber writes: "^—I obtaloed fi bashels more per acre on a lO-acre fleld of wheat, (or Inall.&O bushels) simply from a bint abont preparing tha seed glvea in my Aynculturist." Anotlier says bo obtained an fcxtra yield of II buahela of com per acre onalS-acre field, aod witb no extra coKt for culture, by applying ooe hint from the AgticuUurut.-^AnoUter, (a villa¬ ger) says he got $43>£ worth extra of good garden vege¬ tables, which be attrlbntes wholly io tbe timely hints in the Agriculturalist, wbich told him from time to time ti'Aof to do, Aow to do it, and uiAcn to do It. Thou¬ sands of othera have derived similar advaatages. You are invited to try the papera year, at a coat of ooly $l. If yea desire, yuu can have,^ree of charge, foor or flve parcels of clioiC6 seeds, which the Pnhllsher will distribate among bia sobbcribers the preaeat wloter. YOUR WIFE wants the Agriculturist, he- cause It has a large amoant of valuable aad really a«e- fol Infcrmatton about aU klods of HOUSEHOLD WORE, from Garret to Cellar. Give har the beneflt of thia paper for a year. Too will flnd your home made better aod money saved. YOUR CHILDREN want the Agriculturist, for it cootalns a very lnt.irestiag, naefal and eatertalo- iog departmeat for yodth and cqildbev, which wiU be of great valoe to their minds aod henrts. The above are tmttifal statementa, that will be cheerfally attested hy nearly a bundred tbooaaad of the preaaot readers of the AgrieuUurist. You are lovl- ted to try a alogle volume ef the Agriculturist, which will cost only Sl, and abandanlly pav. Try it for 188J (Vol. 20.) ORiNGE JUDD, Publisher, 41 Park Row, New York. feb 13 3m»I2 STEAM to Londonderry, QlaS' gow and Liverpool. THE MONTREAL OUEAN ST EAiU SHIP COMPANY'S FIRST CLASS. faU powered Ol; de buUt ateamers :— Nova S-coriAK.Capt.McMaFter BoBBMiAM " Grange. Nosth Bbito:t, " Borland. Cahadiax " Graham. N. AMEaiCAN, " Aitoo. AsuLO SAio.f, " Ballantloe. H1BBKIA.V, (Now Balldlog.) NoawisaiAH, " " Carryiog the Caoudiao and Uolted Statea Malls. One of the steamers of tbe lioEi will Hull from Liverpool every ThurtiJav, aad from I'ortlaml avary SaiarJay, culling at Iioodooderry to receive on bodrd aod laad mails and passeagerti lo aod from Ireland aad Kcotlaad. (ilaegow paaaeagera are faruUbed wub free yajanaga ticketa to aod from LoodooiJurry. Rates of Passage from Portland to Londooderry, Glas¬ gow, or Liverpool: Ftrut Clasa, (accordiog to accommodation)...$65 ft $80 Siaardge, (fonnd with cooked provUluna,}.., SO An experieoeed Sorgton attacbad to aacb steamer. Return Tickets isaued at Redacad rates. Certificates iaaued for briogiog ool passengera frooi ail lhe prloclpal towud ot Grant Britalo aad Irolaad al tbe fnllowiog low ratea:— Loodooderry to NewYork $^0 00 Glaagow ¦' " 32.60 Liverpool " " asoo From any B. R. stattoa lo England -Iti.tiO From " " " Irelaad 32 50 From Aotwoi p, Bremen, Hamburg and Rot¬ terdam, to New York 45.00 Ticketa lusaad at redoced ratea, per Wa8Bi.voTO.T liitb OP aoiLiHu Packets, leaviug Liverpool for New Yurk, weekly. For Passage, apply at tba Offlce of the Company, 23 Broajway, New York, SABBb ft SEARLE, Geueral Agaots. or J. M. WBSTUEAFFaB, No. 44 North Qaeea street, Lancaster. Pa. dec6 ly-2 fEILABSLPBU, ADVERTISEUENTS.J TO FABSIERS. GABDBNBRS AND TBUGRBBS! A. PEYSSON'S DISINFECTED POUDRETTE, ESPKOULLT UlSUVACTDBSD VOX. CoaV, TOBACGO, Pros, Qxass, Cabbaqb. abd avsar KI5D or CaOP A5D TaaCKIHO. PBICES: $15 and $12 per Ton, or 40 ota. and SO ots. per Bnahel. Also, Pore Disinfected Night Soil, packed in tight Barrels at *1.75, delivered only at A. Peyaaoo's Whar^ Cray's Perry. Liberal Dlacouflt to Dealers. HAKaVACTUaED AT GRAY'S FEBRT BOAD, BELOW THE ARSENAL, AND AT Peysson's Farm, Woodbury Eoad, GLOTJCESTEB, N. J. DEALERS: FRENCH RICHARDS ft CO., N. 4th Street and York Aveoaa. JOHN CRAIG, West end ef Market Street Bridge, OFFICE OF A. PBYSSON, Library St,, Goldamltb'a HaH, No. 12. A. PETsioN & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Noa. » db 4 Goldsmltlt^s Hall, Import to order all klnda of Seade, Fruit Trees, and Ag¬ ricaltural Implenieuts from France. feb 27 3m-14 The Mileage Question. THE Hon. Jobu Sherman's proposi¬ tion to abolish the present arrangement, and anbatituta twenty cents per mile, and to count the dia¬ tance in a atraight geographic Une, will ba a aaving of about $270,0110 a year to the goveromeoU bot will not bs likely to paaa maater in Coagrsaa. We suggest that to make It acceptable to tha members, sod yet lot large profits accrue to theState, each member, at the eloae of tba Maalon, in addition to the allowaaca of tweaty cents per mile, be preseated with acomplete soltol clolbiogfrom UB. CHARLES STOKES' Oaa Price Clothlus Store, ander tha "Cortloeotal," fab 27-t apr 4-14 Philadelphia PHILADKLPHIA ADVBRTISEiiBNTB. B AU GH' S HAW BOSE SUPER-PHOSPHITE OF LIME. xaxorionrBKD bt BAIJOH & BONS. ll'o. ao Sottth Wliarres, Philadelpbla. Cash Price, $1S per 2000 lbs., in stnmg Sacks. FARMERS, REMEMBER [ THIS article is prepared from raw BONES, and eonlains a large amount of farHMslog conatltueuts, embodied In uo othar similar preparation. 1. Itu superior to Peruvian Gnano, prodnclng, in some cassa, 60 per cent more, 2. It costs $11 per ton lesa. 2. It has all the vlrtne of Pare Bone, while yoa lose no lime in waitlag for it,—It acta at once. 4. It farolabes precisely the food reqaired for the grow¬ iug crop. n. It permaaantly Improves tha soli. 6. It produces large crop* of gnias. 7. It prevents tbi attacks of worma. R. It doet nof exhauat the aoll. 9. Tha last reason why yoa shonid nse It, is that then you can make a nractical teet as to the trutb of all tbeae assertions. It wlU cost bnt litUe to uive it a trial. " We alsomanaractnre ao article of "GBOUND BAW BONES," (GDARAHTEED PURE.) Cash Price, $36 per 2000 Pounds. The above manures we warrant entiraly free from adulteration, being inanofactored uoder the personal enperiateadence of one of oor Firm. BAUGH ^ SONS. feb I3.,3m-12 No, 20 South Wharvea, Philada. ALLEN & NEEDLE'S lOIPBOVBD STAiNDABD SUPER-PHOSPHATE of LIME, The old eatabiiabed article, in cooatantuseby ihoa- aaoda of Farmers and flaniera for a nnm¬ ber ot yeare paat. Price $4-5 per 2000 lbs. (2a cents per lb.) GrTTj^xir<:>m PERDVIAN, Keceived direct from the Government Stores. Warranted Genuine. ICHABOE. Tbls la the uld faahloned Feathery Guano, imported direct. D I G IC ' S ACCODNTUNT AND UlSPATCn PATENT. SAMXTEL B. COy & CO., CAEBIAGIE MAH0FACTDRERS AND PRAC¬ TICAL MEGHAmcS, Corner o_f Duke and Vine St. Lancaster, Pa., ~r7"RWP /^rtndfinfJw nn h'(n#l anti mar... i ancea f>T conclOBtons, in accordanca wiiiT ihe end or 1/ Ji Jir eonswntly on Dana anamanu- l ^^j, cenlempliiled in Icwping llie record: rendering il, The Inventor's Claima as acknowledged andprotected by the Governments of Canads, the United Slates, and Great Britain, wilfi, explanaliom. VI/HAT I cluim as my invention is, Y f the contrivaoce of keeplag accounts carreo*, of wbatever klad, description or variety, la prloted form, by keeplag the atalsmeols of the several accounta standing in printers' types, or their ei^alvaloots, tbe type being eo arraoged in form as to admit of belog rea¬ dily and qalckly re-adjoated in aoy particalar part, where ao uccoant may have uodatgone a chaoge, by tbe lapse of time or tba correal of boBioeafl transiaciioaii; so that, when re-aujoaled in oil aoch part« up to any given date, and impreatfioa theo taken from the type shall exblbit, in printed form, tbe true atate of all the accoontit 80 kept, accarateiy ropreaeoting all the hal- Blockborria^—Lawtoo, do Dorchester, Goeseberriea—Hongbton, Currants—White Grape, do White Dutch, do Red Dutch, do Cherry. Saapba fries—Bri Qckl as Orange, 10 do Hudson River, 6 do iOhioLEvflrbearlng, 15 " ¦ ¦ 20 10 ii, $.75 1.00 10 16 06 15 87 1.25 l.on fiO 1.60 1.00 60 1.25 3.00 1.28 3.00 2.00 $?.00 6.26 6.00 10.00 8 00 4.00 10.00 6 00 4.00 10 00 12.00 8.00 12 00 12.00 30.00 35.00 70.00 do Catawlssa, Grape—Catawba, 1 yr., 13 do do 2 a 3 yrs., S*) do Isabella, 2a 3 yrs,. 20 do Coacord, 60 do Dlaaa, SO 6.00 do Delawara, 17r., I.OO 10.00 Strawborriea—Wilson, Albany, Hovey Seedling, Longworth Prolific, McAvoys Superior Hooker Saeilling, fto., ftc, 25 '1.00 Rhubarb—Llooess and Victoria, 1.60 10.00 Asparagus—Giant, 1 yr., 60 0"-&lso, a large aud floe assortment of Fruit, Evergreen, il AND ORNAMENTAL TBEES, ShrubbBry, &c-, &o, Of Large size aud on favorable terms. B^Cataloguea furolfhed gratia. Address, WABFEU ft HERR, Peqnea Valley Naraeriea, Slrasburg, Laoeaeter coontv. Pa. 53-WM. D. SPRECHEK, Lancaster. Pa., isour au- tborliad agent, All orders left with falm will receive prompt attention. WARFEL & HERR. fsb 27 2mM4 a CONESTOGA NITBSEHY. THK subscriber has for sale this spring a geoeral aesortmant of FROIT TREES and -j^m VINES, coneUilng of Apples, (80 varieties,) Cher-ygol riea, (40 varieties.) Peaches, (30 vartellea,) Pears,**^ Ploms, Apricots, Ouocaberrles, Carrauts, BUckberrles, Bospfaerrtaa. Grapes, Strawberries, ftc. Also, CHOICE DOMESTIC WINES, which are warranted pare, ceoaiBl- iog of Grape, Currant, Gooseberry aod Strawberry.— Price £0 cents per bottlo. Wine aad trees delivered in LaocRSier free of chargav Catalogues frae. Addreaa CASPER HILLER, feb 20 tfl.1 Coneatoga Centre, Lancaster co.. Pa. 7ABMEBS AND GAHDENEBS AHENTION! CAKBANZOS,(introduced from Spain) FREE FROU BUGS. Theae celebrnled Spaolah Peaa wore flrst Iatrodaced for cultivation loto the Doi¬ ted States by C. G&RSIA, a native of Spaia, aad bave bean raised In Peouaylvaala, Ohio, lodlaoa, Virgioia, ftc. Tbey have proved to he tbe mopt wholesome Tette- Uhle now in use, and CAN BE USED THE WHOLE y£.dR In a rips state, by soaking them lu cold water for Ibree hours and then bolllug for an boar. It Is a bonch pea, reqnlrsBnopoles, Is plaotad in Uay, aod will prodoca abundantly at aa early day. The uadernlgned. belog sole Agent for Lancaster conu¬ ty, is now prepared to sell thia pea for seed, either wbolesala or retail. Fall dtrectloos occompaoy each package. WM. D. BPHBGHER, Agricaltural aud Seed Warehouse, No. 28 Boat Klog St., two doora tiom tfae Court House. fab S0-2m-13 New Garden Seeds, EAKLY York, Early (Jone, Sngar Leaf, Large Tork, Savoy. Flat Dntch and Drum- baad Cabbage; Sgg Plant, Red aod White?ol)d Celery; Extra Early Feas, Large Bell and Large Sweet Pepper, Early Beets, Early and Late Cauliflower, Beans, Bad- Isfaea, Cucumbers, Squsshea. Onions, and all tbe varie¬ tlea of Garden Seods nanally kepi—Inst received and for sale at CHARLES A. BEINITSH'S Drug and Chemical Store, feb 27-tM4 No. 13 Eaat King street. PEHUVIAN SYHUP, OR PROTECTED SOLUTION OF FR.OTOXIDS OF IRON. THIS medicine is highly efficacious in coring Dyspepsia^ Affections of thc Liver, Dropsy, Seuralgia, Bronchitis and Consumptive Tendencies. Dis. ordered Stale of.the Blood, Boils, Scurvy, Piles, Cuta¬ neous Complaints, St, Vitus Dance, General Debility, and all Dieeases whidi require a Tonic and Alterative Medicine. The proofs of Its efflcacy are so numerous, so well authenticated, and of socb pecollar character, that auf- fereracaonot reaaonably hesitate to receUe the proffered aid. The Peruvian Syrup doea not profeas to be a trurc-oU, bot iuraogalH extenalve, because many dis¬ eases are Intimately related, aad proceeding from oue canse may be cared by one remedy, Tha class of dis¬ eases for which the Symp providea a cure, is precisely that which haaso often baffled tfae hlghoat order of medical Gkm. A farther supply of this valuable medicine bas Jast been received, put upiu larga and small bottles, wllh ample dlroetioos and lecoounaodations accompanying each bottle, and for aale at JOHN F. LONG ft GO'S Drug Store, feb 20-tf-13 No. 6 North Quean streeL Prime Cloverseed, JUST received, 150 bus. prime Clo¬ verseed, at the lowest naiket price, at the Hard¬ ware store of A. W. BDSSEL. (late Sprecfaers.) feb 27-8t-14 North Queen atreet Superior Pequea Iilme for Sale. 3^HE Bubsoriber continuea to sell the .bMt qnilltT of WOOD BURNT UUE. at bis ai,dBa asdabalfmUa soatb of Lampetar Square. ' Otderii laft at Spreeber's BotaL In tba eity of Trimrai- oaatar, wfll ba promptly attaadad to. flsbSaOy-U JOBS H, XA&TIII. facture to order CARRIAGES uTTVER^ DESCRIPTION, made ofi tho beat materiala and by experienced, workman. Having been engaged in the Carriage making busi¬ ness for some years, lhey feel coohdent that the work made by tfaem will be loood fully equal if not superior to aoy other made in tbe ttate,either aa toaiyle, work- mauufaip or quality of materials, aad alao la reaeona- bleoesB of price. They therefore Invite those in waat of Carriages, to give them a call before parchaalng elsewhere. The followiag PREUITTMS bave beeo awarded to this establishment:—A Premiam by the Lancaater Coonty Fairof 1863 for BEST SULKY; also, a Premium and SUver Medal for the BEST SHIFTING-TOP BUGGY— A Silver Medal by .the Hlatorical, Agricaltural and Uechanical lostitnts, in Jane, 1859; and also by the Fulton Institute, iu November, 1859. for BEST SUIFT- ING-TOP BDGGT and TROTTING BUGGT. 53"Person8 wanting carriagea can aelect frora FIFTi' DIFFERENT STTLES, all In one room All work manufactured at thia eatab lishmeut is war¬ ranted. Repairing of aU kinds dooe on short aotice. SAMUEL B. COX, novl4-tf-6l J. G, HESS. H. M. "WHITE & SON, COACH MAKERS, WALNUT STREET, NEAR WATER, I.ANCAST-BB, PENNA. OABBIAGES Of every descrlptloo on band and madeV to order. All work warranted. Repalr-J log promptly atteoded to. June 27-1 y.31 HATS AND CAPS. vr. A. HEITSHU", No. 14 Nortk Queen Street, next door to Baer ^ Sons' Rook Store, Lancaster. PENN'A. CO NST ANTLY on hand, ormade to order, every variety of H ATb, anch as Beaver, Uuskrat, Broab, Casslmere, and Silk Hats. ALSO, a Fine assortment of SOFT HATS, FOR MEN AND BOTS, embracing every, color, shape and qoaUty. CAPS: A FULL AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF CAPS, of every variety and material, for MEN, BOTS. AND CHILDBEN. Also, . FANCY HATS FOR CHILDREN, ol great variety. X3- Please call and axamloe at No. 14 N, Qneeo-Bt. W. A. HEITSHU, (formerly D. Heltaha.) dec 1 ly-l aim'" FBEDEBICK SMITH, ASHIONABLE HAT and Cap MANDFACTDBEB, Ho. llj^ -Weal, King Street. LancBter. P.. de 1-ly-l F a in commercial buulness, a halaiice aheet of the moHt compact aod perfect character, the details of maaa^e- meot helog snbstaollally aa recited io specification, whereio It la shown, that the fact or facts to be record¬ ed, may be represeoled by figurea, aymbols, datea, or cambers, oEed either separately or in combination, or by whatever else will Indicate tbe fact or facta ait desi¬ red; aod fartbermore, baaed on this primary iovea- tlon, I alao claim the device or contrivance of renderlag or transmlttlog accounts In partial or full statement^, wben the atatement or statementa ao aent are tbus, ur aobstaotially thna, kept In type, by the contrlvaacea of my invention be the mediom of traaiimlHslou what ll may; bat the parlieular mode of rendering acconnts by the naed of tbe Dtapatcb Machiaa, conaiUmed of Apron Movement, R^el, and Cutter Stamp, I claim in the broadest and fullest euoae; and also tha machlce Itaelf embraclog aU ila forms aod modea of operallog, && In¬ dicated In describing it, eltber as a simple band latilra- meot, or as propelled by machlaery. Aod In connection with tbese specllic clalma, aod ijoi-ed npoa theoi, I alrto claim all other means and appllaoces unbotaaIlally the aamo as thoae herein claimed or iutended to bs claimed. With theae clalma fally ackoowledged aail protected aa above, this Iuventioa bos already apread itself over Canada, fourteen States of the Americaa Uoioa, and loto Croat Britain, aod Is now used ia mers thaa ooe ban¬ dred Newspaper OtSces. Its Immeaae value to hauklog sad elmilar laetltutlooa will be shown in a ctrcolar, wbleh will make Ita appearance sooo. Meaowbile, ap- pUcatiooB for information, "Deedsof Right," or "Dis¬ patch Machines," will receive duo attention, when ad' dressed either lo REV. ROBERT DICK, Buffalo, N. T., or Fort Erie, C. W. Or to his Agent and Attorney, JOHN J. HAIKES, London, England. t3-ro"LEj;" who in thc Montreal Gazette of 1 February, 1S60, pronounces Hte "idea." of keeping accouTit current "in type," a "gross absurdity," thanks arc hereby tendered, andthe asiurance given, that this grass absur¬ dity is all tliat Mr. Dick lias patented in the domain of keeping accounls. His claims hinder no operationthtrein inlo which this gross absurdity isnot piruttcally smuggled in any manner; neither bodily nor partially; neither dlreclly nor indirectly; neUher explicitly nor symbolically; this ground his claims cover, and nolhing more;the abso- lule monopoly of:hij absurdity and nolhing else, is all he asks ashis claiins, rationally read, fl//ci/.*u* jooelS ly29 ThePeoples' Hatand Cap Store. SHULTZ & BRO., NO, ao NORTH aVEBN STRKBT^ PRACTICAL HATTERS, MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALE AKD BETAIL DBALBBS UT HATS AND CAPS, OF EVERT DESCRIPTION. WE HAVE now in store a splendid assortmeot of HATS AND CAPS of all tbo new- est Fall and Wioler Styles. SILK HATS lo all shapes and qoalitles. A flrat-rate NEW Style of Silk Hata for $3.00 A foil asaortment of CASSIMERE HATS, FALL and WINTER STTLE CAPS In endless variety. A splendid assortmeot of ITnion and Prince ofWales Hats, In various colors, the latest out. And all tba other stylea of i=0FT HATS now worn, from tha finest to the cheapest qnalltles. Ws return our tbanka toa liberal puhllo.snd trnst by strict attention to buaineaa and fair dealiog to all, to merit a contiooaoce of their patronage. Hats aod Capa to salt all, aod at pricas to salt the times. Goods sold to Dealears at a small advauce for cash. SHIPPING FURS bought and tfae highest price paid In casb. JOHN A. SHULTZ, HBNRT A. BHDLTZ, <-apriI4 tf-19. « A WABNING." 1 NOTICE the above heading of an ad- vertleement of a "Premium Farm Mill" so named: Ills a pame been applied to said Uill for aome short time perhaps, with a little fldelity; but the day now is past for sucb an appticatloo to said mill. Thera are Mlllsnowln themarket far eoperlor—but tbe Capital Farm aud Plantation Mill doei aa far excel the said Mill, as does tbe most Improved Thresher to tbat of the flail; and aa to Infringements npon tbe Pateut ofaald "Premium Mill," I challeoge the party or aoy other Metailc Uill Maoufaclorer todare make the asaertloo.or to clalia aoy parts of tbe constraction of tbe *'Gapital Farm and Plaotatlon UID." I claim marlts for tba Capital Uill, that It will grind/osfer and finer, with less power, and Is more durable tban aoy other Metallo UiU In the market. W. H. JONES, ei2 Spring Oardeo st.. Philadelphia. HENRY LANDIS, R. B. Pole agent for Lancaater and adjacent Coootlas. nov 14 em-61 BUILDING SLATE. THE—REST QUALITIES IN THE MARKET. THE undersigned, having made ar¬ rangements with Ur.R. JONES, for all his best qaallty of Peaeb Bottom Slate, fer this market; and a similar arraogemeot with tbe proprietora of six of the priTUdpal and best quarries in York Counfy, ha baa Juat received alarga lot of thece soperior qualltiea of bolld¬ lag Slate, which will be put oa by tbe square, or sold by the ton, on the moat reasonable terms. Also, constantly on hand, an Extra Light Peach Bot¬ tom Slate, Intended for Statijig on Shingle Roofs. As tbese qualltiea of Slate are THE BEST IN THE MARKET, bulldara and others will fiod It to tbelr in¬ terest to call and examine samples, at my ofBce, in WILLIAU D. SPRECHER'S Naw Agricaltural and Seed Warerooms. GEO. d. SPBECHER, No. 33 Baat King et,, two doors west of the Coort Hoiue. ^*TMs ia to oertify- that 1 do not eell mr best qoaUty of Peaeh Bottom Quaged Slate to any other person In Lancaater than Geo. D, gprechtr, as abovo •tatad. , . R. JONES. MaBiifaotnrOTOf Ptaeb Bottom Boofln; Slate Jan 18 tr-a BBANDY AS A MEDICINE. THE following article was voluntarily sent to Ur. H. E. SLATUAKER, Ageot fur Rblgart'a Old Wine Store, In this city, by a promi- n^ai practlatag Phyniclaa of thia couaty, who ba^ ex¬ teusively used the Brandy referred to In his regnlar practice. It la commended to the a'teatlon of thone aniicted with lodlgeatlon or DyHpepula: BRANDT AS A MEDICINE;—Tble now much abuBed alcoholic stimulant wae never iottoded as a bereruge, but woe aaed as a medicine of great poteocy aod relia¬ bility in the cure of some of lbe mout dfeutractWo and viraleot dtaeacea, which swept befure them tbeir aooaal thoueands o( victims. Anide irom the indlspea^able aee of alcohol In the arta and maoufactureB, we, with a purely phllaolhrapic motive, iatead to preaeut to the favoiabM notice of invalids—Btpoeixlly thoKe afllicted with that protean and mii-arable dlMeaae, Dyspej-sia— a specific remedy Is authiog more oor lenii than BRANDT. The aged. With feeble appetuea. aud luort* or lera debility, will fiod thin simple mediciiso, wbfo oesd pioperly, a aoverelgo remedy for all their ilia and achea. Bul bloce we have recommeoded this aa « remedy, he It, however, atrictly nnderhtoud that we pre¬ scribe and oae hot ooe article, and that ia"R£.'f OMifi'^' OLD BRANDY,"—sold by our enieiprlMug yuun^ frleod, H. E. Slatuakeb. ThiH braody haa t-tood tbe teat for years, and has oarer failed, au far uu oor expe¬ rieoce extends, aod We Iherefure give It the preferouci over all utber brandies—ao matter with how many Jaw hreakiog French titles they are brauded. t>ae-(ourtb oftbe moaey that la yearly "hrown away on varioob Impoieot dyapepHlaepecifica,woold BoUlce tobuy all tbs brandy to care any anch cose or cattea. Wo have vftea been advluad by piomloeot cltizuoa ia oar neighbor hood—who are Btrictly temperate—to pabllah tbe vlr tuen of thia braody. In thin all pervading malaily, an It would lo K manner abuliah the hout of wuuld-bo quack remediea, with wbicti Iavalids are au outragaoably bombugged, aud brlog cheer aod comfort to maa? a deaolate firealde. Ia proof of what ReigarVa Old Brandy has accomplished as a remedy, in the oisi^aues to wblcb we have alluded, we caa anmmoa qolte a respectable number of persons, who will freely teutlfy an to the great and laatiog beoefita tbey have derived from ila uee as a medicioe. Several caeeu of tha mout ioveterats from of Dyapepaia—where It proved aaccei-Hful—ahonl.i aloae butaca to convince aoy liberal mind that Old Brandy la infallible. One case lo particalar we wlli cite:—A hard worklag farmer had been aflllcted with an exhaobtlog dyupepula for a numberof yeara; Lia stooQHCb would reject almoat every klndof food; be had aour aractatloos conatantly—no appetile—In fact, be was obliged to raatrict his diet to crackers and atale broad, aod as a beverage ba used McGrana'a Rovt Beer. He Is a Methodist, aod iheo, aa oow, preached at tlmeu, aad in his discourse ofteu declaimed earnestly agalost all kinds of strong drink. When advised lo try Rei¬ garVs Old Brandy In fais case, he looked up with aaton. luhment; bnt after relating its wonderful effects lu the cases ofsome ef hla near acqaalntaoeae, he at last coU' sented to foUow onr advlco. He naed the braody faith¬ fully and stsadily; thc first hottle girlag bim ac appetite, aod bafore the second was all uken be was a aound man,witha atomacb capable of digesting any thing wblch ha chose to eat. He atill keeps It aod uses a littlo occasionally; aod, moreover, aince fae faas this medicioe, ha bas been of very mtle pecuniary beoeflt to the doctor. If aoy are skeptical, or believe tbia is wriilen to benefit any liqaor dealer wacan, if required, glva a certificate eudoraed hy quite a reapectable number of persons, wbo btve been cored by it, and who will at anytime cheerfully leotlfy as to lis auperior healthy virtues in dyapepsla, aud all diseases of a dehlllatlng cfaaracter. Tfaose desiring to use this braody will eblalo full directions of Mr. Slaymaker; bnt aoch as deaire to nae U for Inloxicating parpoeea, we advlae to rather suffer with dyspepala, and let ReigarCs old brandy gst older, or untU thoy can form a roBoluilon to use It as a medicine. A PRACTISING PHTSICIAN- _y="7 ly.47 CHABLES GUNDLABH, DB., Gradnated in Berlin as a firat-clasa Veterioary Surgeon /^FFERS himselfto the honored pub- \_J llcln treatment of all diseases of domes- «n tic animals, eapecially those of the boraa. If/i'^O consulted immediataly, be cures gripes In about^^^^ two honrs, InfiammaUon of tha lungs, quinaey, acute rhaumatlsm In afew days, withont weakening tbe ani¬ mals, uowlll cure homes with raga madoess, or apavla, in two weeks. With the greaUst of pleasnre wm be abow the certificates over his studiaa. Ue Is permanent- i?Li?.*,J*?l.?'^'*- SHOEMBERQKR'B, Ho. 64 NOSTH QUEEN STREST, LancaaUr. Pa. Jan 9.«m-9 WANTED. 9A nnAPo^'^^^of <^l«l Copper, for ^/V/*V\/Vwhieb thi hlghattprieei WUl ba paid. ' SEANXR t 8CHAUIC ibapald -t SCHAUlC^ I7o. 7 Baat Elof atxwt, Uunsttr. TO PABMEES. QA AAA RBLS. POUDRETTE, OV/eV/VyV/ niade b; tha Lodi Uannfaciuriog Cumpaay, for sale In lots to suit paichaaara. Thiu Is tbe CRBAPEST rERTlLlzCB In market. $3 worth will manare an acre of corn, will iocrease the erop from one-third to ooe-balf, and will ripen the crop two weeks earlier, and, nolike guaoo, neither iajure tUe seed oor laod. A pamphlet, with satiafaclory avldsnce and fnll partlcolara, WiUbe sent gratis to any one eeodlog ad¬ dress to LODI MAKUFACTaBINQ CO., ^feb «-J0U14 __l30_Soatb Wharves, Philadelphia. ~ - LILLIE'S ~ Patent "Wrongb,t and Chilled Iron, Fire and BURGLAR-PROOF SAFE, AND COfllBINATION BANK LOCKS, VAULT DOORS. Ac. THE time has arrived when Bankers, Merchaots and hoeinesB meo ha^ia lo feel not only tbe imporlance, bat the necsHnily ol having a thor- oaghly flre aad burglar proof pafe. That tbe sheet- iron or common afo has beeo much Improved aa a fireproof aloce Its first lotroduc- tlon, and that it will preserve the written matter. Under favorable ctrcamittaacos, is Mroca^r admitted; bat lhat ,»_^ „,™^5; . ., „^ , It BtlU ba« ^eriouR ^ CUT-Showing tbe Net Work defects mu«t be=^^""B»'tI'°'^B»"- conceded. Iixliabniiy to bo cra.;bed by tbe fall of WAllB,llmberH.ie.,or by Ub own fall; Ub inability to preserve tbo cona.tanl evaporat'ou of tbe molalora from tho fllliog, aa it Is ncarcely poHsible lo makeur kepp the Taper chamber water-tight in ao frail a slroctore; also. Its entire inability to retain the steam or vapor daring the flre ; Its rapid deterloratloo by rnat and otherwl-e aad ita entire inuecurity againat burglary, will hardly be dealed. It Is claimad that all tbeae defects are totd- edlsd lo the above wrooght aod chUled-lrou safe and lock, and the object of this article la. not only to ahow this fdct, but the why aod tbo wherefore. Todo thih nnderslAudIngly. a short synopals o[ ihe strnctore win be flrat preaented of thia as well as of the abeet-lroa aafo. premlsiog that tha two prloclples comprise all the popular safes now in u^e. Further, that the vaour priocipleia theonly oae now relied upon to make tb" safe flra-proof, hv all ib« aafe-makera htvlop any cele¬ brity, cooaeqaeutly, all oow out laacompoHltlooc'.)am- her fur this object. STRUCTDRE OF CHILLED-IRON SAFES DESCRIBED. The ba^e or body of thia safe Is a box made of bara of wrought Iron. >f lo ?i ol on Inch thick, hy l>ilo2K lucbeu wide, cronuing each other at right angles, aod placed oear each uther, forming a compact network; aboat ^i, Inch holes are drilled near each other throo^u thedO bars,aod coaatar sunk; caat irou la rao betweeu tbeae bara and Into tba'holes, and over the outer Bur- laco, making tha whole tbickoeaa l>.^to2 locbeuof aolid Iron, without Jolnla; the wronght irua bara thorooRhly chiiliog the caat lnm, and waking it drill proof while the two Irona are ao atrongly tied as not to be ueparated or broken by any ordinary power. STRUCTDRE OF SHEET-IRON SAFES DESCRIBED The Bhaet-iroa safe la madaofaheet-irou platea, from one-Bixteenth to one-twelfth o' an loch thick, banded round tbe outer edgea with light bar Iron, the larger safes haviag a baud acroaa the centre. This caojtltaiet lhe whole iroo work, adding the door flaoges and back plate, aod the door-way or froat flaagaa; except in some cafiee a thin plate of hardened utesl ia placed Inside, and tbia Is called a borglar-proof s^fe. Ab ban beeo meatloaed, each of tbe ahove safes have composUlou chamberB, or, more piactically, vapur chan)l'er.t.a3 vapor Is foond abaolotolynecoriuary to uct upoa tbe iroo Uanges that anrrooad ths eompoaltlon chamber, or the heat would be easily coodactoii tbroagh these fiacgoit Lo the loterlor, thoogh the compoeltioo be ever so good a noa-condoetor, as irou Is a free cduductor of heat, aad vapor Is tho only praTeotlve. It must bo admitted that the boat material for this chamber is that which U the greatest ahaorbeot, aod win oot cake or becume bard. Lime may he conceded to bathatartlcle, att moat of the safo-mokeis uBe a compoaitiou havlag lime for a coDallluaot, and this ts tho ouly reliance for the production of rapor ; but as lime is light, it Is In lhe sheet Iron safe adulterated with flre clay, or aome beavy Bubstance togive lhem weight and sulldity. Tbo Chlllfltl Iron Safe has both In theoatar etractare. cooflequontly tfae chamber la fliled wllh Umo uoadul- teraled, piudoclog moch more vapor tbao the cumpoyl- tioo used by sheet irou makera, and while the aheet Iron safe is warplog and twIatlDg at every Joint when healed, allowing the vapor to escape, the chilled Iron prevents thd aprlaglog of tbe Jolota, coneeqnently the vapor canaol eucape. And here lies the great advan¬ tage this Safe has (as a flre proof) over the ^beet Irun. but It has other Importaot advaatages. Thg Btrbcture shows that it caonot be affected by the falling of wallu, timbers, &c., or Us own fall; that there Is no chance for deterioration from rust or otherwise; that In caseof flre ita shape la not affected ; that If It la checked by water, or other cauBa, the check cau ooly reach to tbe wrooght iron bars, coasequently the aafa Is not iojared for uss; tbat the steam or vapor la mainly kept in the vapor chamber, aod dooa uot destroy the blodloge to book)*, or ao lojure the paper as lo require copying, thereby aaving this troable, as well as the expeosa ofa aew Ka(e. As lo Bnrglary, the atructore shows tbia safe to be drill proof all over the Burface, and with LllUe'a cele¬ brated Bank Lock attached, wbicb la drill, r^Iedge and powder proof, It will be aeeo that It ia thorongbly bur¬ glar prouf^wblle tbe Etractare of tho sheet Iron aafe dhows tbat the crowbar, axe, cold cbleel, or drill can pent-trateilin afdwmomeoW, wlthoat much noise oi diuturbancs. Tbe following lale Eevere teat la one of Ihe maoy of a similar character now In my pojiSflsuloo. and pnbliabed in my Reneral circular, fully demoautratlug tha advao- tages claimed for this aa's:— New Tork, Wedoenday, Joly IS. ISGO. Lewis Lillie, Ebq., Tbov New Tobk—ilear Sir:— Wbaa I visited yuar works, la Troy, I became aatiBfled oftheBoperiorily of yoor Chilled and Wrought Iroo SafeB, and, aa I tbeu said, I was determloed to ordnr (.ae oa my returo to Kew Turk; my determlaatluo waa de¬ layed, however, that I -aight iovestlgate the charget which your competitors, ia tbls city, brought agaioat tbe reputation of yoor safes, I did aot du thia however ootll after the algbt of June 16, when my Sbeet Irua ^a^e was blowu opeu aod robbed of $490. I thoa bought of your Acent, Bir. Frank E. Howe, No. 203 Broadway upuo wbuae represeatatlous I entirely relied,one of yuui Nu, 6FIKE ANDBUHOLAK-PHOOF SiFES. altbuORb I was told by tbe came competltorH that lu cabe uf fire Us cootenta woald be entirely deHtroyed. 00 the night orthe 29lh of Jnoi;. ray offica, whicb waa a foor-story halldiog, togethar wilb my H'eam naw mill adjoining, were eiillroly dantroyed by fire. Toai Sar« WiiM In tbenecuail Htnry, aod ^ah entirely surround ed by Ihc holiest Jirc Ihave zvcr known. It fell red-Loi into till cellar, utrlking a bed of rucks opsldeduwD, anu U wiiH ool until tben tliat aay water came In contnci with il, a4 tha noIgbborhorHl was too hot fur the flreuien tu hold the hoae on ibatbuildiag. 1 bad all my houkx and valoatile papers lu tbia Safe together with $.1.).000lu mooey and tolea. aad I am free to eay, that wbeu It waa dragged out of tbe roln* I did not expecLibecooteatB to be saved, as lbe eagl neeru and firemso all assured ma It was ait hot a fire a) iboy over attended. Qalte tha contrary whh the cabs however, aa alt its contents were cnlirehj saved: aod it ii my pleasore, au 1 deem it my doty, to refer those In tererited to the Safe, now lu your possesslou, aod its coiUenln. wblch I will cheerfully show, at my oflica. Toura, ic., J, J. VAN PELT. Agent for the E. K.S. fi MIU. M. C. SADLER, Geoeral Agont, 21 Suuth Seventh Slreet. Philadelphia. 5j"3ea apeelal nollcea. fob 27-ly 14. ALLEN & NEEDLE'S NEW FERTILIZEE. The low price aod saperlor qaallty of this fertUlier Is faat briogiog it Into general uss. Price S;iO per 2000 lbs. (1^ cent per lb.; BONE DDST. Betton-makera Jlne Bone Dust aod Ground Bones. LAND PLASTER. Warranted pure. In barrels. t3^i. liberal dedacllon mode to Dealera ou all tbe above articlea. N. B.—Wa have a large mmher of Diplomas for Pra- mloms awarded by thc VAnoxm Agricuttural Societies, wblch yon are requested to call ana examine. ALLEN & NEEDLED, 42 South Wharves and 41 Souih Water St., First Stole above Chestnut, Philadelphia, feb 20 3ni.i3 EXCKEMKNTUM, OB PURE NIGHT SOIL. H&Tlng beea sppolDled b7 lhe mannfaclarerg SOLE AGENTS For the sale of the abovo arllele, ffo are now prepared to foroleh it to FARMERS B.zi DEALERS Id each qnan- titles as mty bs waoted. IT la DE0D0E1S£D AND PACKED IN TIGHT BARRELS. ^¦Price $2 75 per Barrel.-®! A Lileral DeduetUm made for Large Purcliatet. 53"Thi8 article muat not be cjnfonnded with Poa- dreilo, It being, as elated, simplj the pare night soil the foreat Talne or which is well known thronghont the' world. Mannfactored by THACKARA, SCHAFER & THACK. ARAT. For eale onl; b j ALLEN & NEEDLES, A'o. 42 South Delaware Avenue, and 41 Smtth Water Street, first door above Chestnvt tlreet, FatLiOBLPBU. feb 20 3ni.l3 New Fancy Goods Store and Brush MANUFACTOBY. H. DIXON, No. as South Elghtli at., Pliiladelpiiia, IS selling at very low prioes a complet. assortment of Brashes. Combs, TniTelUnji Bagr Hand Mirrors, Toilet Articles, Parses Port Monaiee* Card Cases, Parasols and Snn Umbrellas. Head Draasea' Neta, *«¦; BEADS ia great Tariety; Paris, Saralom' andother Fancy Fans; Parian, Bohemian, Glaas Terra* Cotta and China Ornamenta. Qood articles at tha low est prices. U-PBACOCK FEATHKES bonght or made into Brashes or Fans, at ttiB FACTORY, 111 NOETH SECOND STREET _?P£i. IMy PHOTOGBAPHY. IN ALL ITS BKANCHES. EXECUTED in the best style known ta tba art, at C. Q. CRANE'S GALLERT, 53a Arcb itTect, Eaat of Slxtb, PHILADELPHIA. LIFE SIZE IN OIL.JIND PJSTIL, STEBEOBCOPIO PORTRAITS, JkHBBOTTPRS, DAOnERREOTTPEa, M tot Cam, AbdaUlans. Ftos, Blnft &t. wTit- ij.ei io $ 8 to $15 It) to 5 to t lo 1 to 1 to 10 to 10 to 6 to 6 to G to fi to 6 to 8 to 10 to 3 to 3 to 30 30 12 12 15 20 WM. FLINT I WM. PLIHT! No. S07 MjiRKET, No. 8U7 M.aRKET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. TREMESDODS SACRIFICE OP §100,000 WORTH OF JEWELRY, All for One Dollar Bncii. ALAKlxK and ISpltindid Assortment of Jewelry, coaai-llng of CHAINS, BRaCKLETS, UA^SO SETS, He, &c, aad till btylea of Preach Plated Ghalas. Oold aad I'lated Jewelry. WedonotkBep or bell aoy gilt, gift or galvanized gooda. Oorn ia what are buld by the beat Jewelers as Gold Jewelry. We receive our goods from the best Gold Jewelry MaDofacturert In the Slates, WHO ARE FORCED TO SELL. The following is oaly a partial lUt of oor immense Btock:— Take Tour Choice for $1 Eaeh. TAKE YOVli CHOICE FOU gl. Large Size aud Spleudld Uamuo ::etd, Qcaeral Retail Prices do do Lava do do Carbaocle do Ladlsa' Eoamelled aad Cuial do do and Gj.rbaucle do do Had Ruby do do Qold Cluster Grape Settiog Seta do do do do VoAe do do do do do Jut Sets do do do Blacic Mosaic do do do Gold Stoiie Mosaic do do do Calico tials do do Rlbboa Twista, with brllUaals do do Boqost Sets, oew style, do do Eoamelled Cluster do do Gold Thimblea, do Uiamood Pointed Oold Peaa and Coses, a doi. Silver Plated Spuooa. 2 allver Platad Magd, 4 Over lOOO other diSersnt styles Ladlfs' Jewelry ; 3fs- daltluos, all stylei, p<itteros and aiZQn; Lockets of every descriptioa ; Gold Ptina, 14 karat, with Silver Extension Holder; Gold PeDCllii, blttsve Baltoas, Studi Ac, ice; Coral, Lava, Cameo nod Baad Bracelets i 0«ats* Vest Chalaa; warranted lo wear for leo yeara without cbaog- lag color, aod wilt eland the acid—ther are usually sold by Jsweters as solid gold chaias—all made ia Faria.— Too can lake yoor choicu fur St eacb Ladies' aod Qeots* Ouard CbalOH, $1 eacb, osaally uold by Jenrelers at from $5 to $30 each; Ladiea' aad Cbildrea's ^'uck Chains, oenatifol patterns; Armlets, briUiaui, enameled aod ruby setiiiigs; Crohded, plain aod euainsisd, for $1 each, retail pncea from $.> to Jitt eacb. Every style aod variety of Jewelry aud dealrable goodsfor $1 each. This sale, at tha ahove prics:i, will coaltuue loog enough to aell off uar Imineaie stuck, whtch was pur- chat^ed at a great uacrlfice from maoufacturers who have failed. TAKE YODR CHOICE FOR $1 EACH. SPECIAL NOTICE- l^-HOW TO SEaU JlO.NEY.-^Sa Isl, Write yuur Nnme, I'lace of Keaideace, Coooty tmd Sta-t^. plain and dislincl, as wa cau moke nolhing oul of Post marks. cjeal alt leitvrs wilh WAX, a-t onvelopea sealed with gum or wafers caa be easily opeaed—Ihecooteats taken out aod re sealed. Atteud to this, aod we will be re¬ sponsible fur yuar muney. I«DU(;t:iIENT3 TO AGENTS, Any person acting aa ageat, who will sead us at ooe time, $lUO,wewlllgivea Gold Uuutiog Cose Watch,exlra. 60, Gold-Lever Walch. 2.'i. " ¦• " Silver Watch. A Watch aod the articles aelected from the above List atOSEDOLLA.REACH. Per&ous orderiog by mail mnst seod $1, aod 12 ceota io postage atamps. GIVE DS A TRIAL. Allcommaolcatioasmublbs addreased to WILLUM FLINT, A*o. 607 Market Street, jaa23-6in-9 Philadelphia, Pa. A Tlirough Ticket to €aiilorula. C. S. COLBERT & CO'S. FIFTH QRAND QDaKTEKLT DlSTHtBUTION' Of 100,000 Articlea, AVortU 8300.000, VXrHiCH Wlil be aotd ior S100,UOO, T Y ^° ^^° purehasars of oar OoLi ex I'£iia at 30 Ct3. per Box. Oor Gulden t'ea Is tha 'jeat evor used, aod is warraated oot to corrcle lo say lok. fivery buaiueis man aod f.tmily sboald ate the Golden pen.— The followiag llsl of 100.000 articles wtu be diatributed amoog oor palroas at $100 uaco, uad o 'Od oot bs paid for until wa laform the purchaser wnich C tbe follow¬ ing articles we will sell him for $l.C.O aod tben it Is optlooal wheatber ha Roods the dullak aad taifsa the uoODd or Dot. AU Goods can be reiurned at our txitens wilhin len days after the Purchaser received them, (un less they ate satisfactory.) and the .Vonet, will be refunded LlBt of Goods IncLaded in the Distribution. Plaooe, Gold Uoutlog Caaed Wairhea.Uold Waiches, Ladiea' .Silrer Watches, Guard, Ve-t aod Cbatelaln ChalOK.Cameo Uroocbes, Mosaic and Jat BroocDea, Lava aod FforuutiuH Brooches, Coral, Eiueritld aud Opal Brooches. Gimeo Ear Drops. Mosaic aod Jut Esr-Urops, Lava and Flor^otiae Ear-Urups, Coral £ar-Dr.ipd, Em¬ erald aod Opal V'ar-Drops, Haudaome Keal Rings, Moaaio aad Cameo Bracelets, Ueots Breasfloe, Walch Keys, Fob aod Rlbboa iJlLdea, Sets of Boaom Stads, Sleeve BottoDB, Flala Rlog', Slooe Set Kinga, Sets Ladles Jewelry. Caaioo Grape Shawls. Moa!is-«llae de Laiues, Cbsllies, Freocb and American Lawua, Bereges, I'oplins, Freuch Calicoes, aud other Ladles' Ureaa Ooods lugruat variety, together with HeadOresa'js, Cobax, Fancy Faot, sod lu fact almost erory dd^icriptioa oT G O 0 1) d usually found lu Ural ciaas Dry Goods Slorea. PLAN OF DlSIKlBDriOX. Highest Premium S'OO, Lowest Premium $2. The articlet are nnuibured, and Certitlcaten Htatlng wbat we will sell each person for dollar are placed in bualed Envelopaa, wtth a Daclmal arraagemuat of Fre- uioma: so 'hat ia xsch haadred CtfrtiBcales there is ooe for a Gold Watcli, aud thera will also be a a spleudld pramiam in uacb tan certificatea. Ladles, if you deslra u fine shawl, or drsas pattern, or a beautifal article of Jewelry, eacloaa as 30 cents for a boK of the goldea peoa, and va will soad you a cartiOcate woioh may eaable you to procura It fur $1. Oa receipt of 30 ceots we will seud you uue bux of our goldea pens aud K fieiled notice of tlie article whicb we sell for $1, ** Try us." PJtICES TO AGNETS, POST PAID. 4 Bi.xss Feus with 4 Gertillcatfis $ l. 9 do do » do 2. ITj do do 23 do 6. 100 do do 100 do 18. N. B.—With each p<ickage of 100 boxes we present the purcbatiDr IUU certihcai(is,oiia uf wliich is guarran- leed tu caulaiuunaortfer for a FISH Waich, or bewlog Machlue, or by ordering 00 buXoa in uue package you aro bura to receive .'iO cenitlcateB cootHiuing Oua urder for a spleodld siLvsa watcb, beaide a Urge nnmber of other very valuably premiomu. Uee certlUcate neat gra¬ tia, npon appllcallun of aoy person uenirioi; to act ati Ageot, wblcb may euable bim tu procure a Valoah.s prrimiuu upun tbepayiuaat ui $1. Pianos, iUelotleona, M uale, Booka,Se«vlii£ Maulilues olo. Boaght aod sold ou uouiminaiua. Aoy article will b« aent to the cuootry at the lowest wbule sale pricas with Lhe additiun ofd per ceut cuuimianion for fornrardiDg. N. B.—Agents wanted in every town. Circulars sent onapplication. Adureas all Cumuiuoicsiioos to C. S. COLBKn.T & CO. Commission Merchaats II Ueneral Agents. 133 SOUTH (¦OUUTH ST., bdow Chesinul. PHWA. S3- For our Integrity aod ability to luldl oar eogage- meats. we bog to reler you lo the lollowing well known gentlemen aud business Urma:— Hla Excalteacy J. Vr. Geakt, Ex-Gov Kansaa„West¬ moreland, fa.; Falmek, KiciiakObOM ii Co., Jewellers, Philadelphia; £. A. WaH-tB. Knq., do. do.; \iu.;A. Grat. Es I., do. do.; Meaara. KE^unasa It, Moube, Water Sl. below Ar< h, do.; Mensra. FsATT Jt KearK, Fifth aod Markel Sta.,do.; J. C. FCLLsa. E^^q , Jeweller, do.; A. F. Waed Ertq., l-obllsher ot Fosiaioua. fic. do.; M. H, Hoa:tK, Cataeuaqoa Bank; Uun. L. M. Bcrson, EoreUa California. «ep 12-ly-43 BROOKE & PUGH, Forwarding & Commission Mercbanls, Ko 1731 MARKET ST., PUlLADcLPUlA. EXCIiUSIVBIiY" COMMlSblON." FOR THESALE OF Flour, Grain, Whiskey, Seeds and COUNXKY VKUUUCE. Sc3"Forwarders of Freight, per A. K. Wltmer's Cars to Paradise, Laoeaster coonty ; Mnaaelniant ^err & Co. Gara to Straaburg. Lancaster connly. Pa. . Jn'r g iy.32 PATENTS. LETTERS PATExNT PHOGUHEDat a moderale charge by K. BROWN, SaglQusr aad l^rao^btsuiaa, 311 Walnut Btrcet. Pkllad'a. Oct 81 _ 6m-ld ALB^RED D. BKIOK'S UNITJBD STATES AJJfD EUROPEAN PATBKT OPPICE, No. 144 So'Uth Fourtli St., PliUadelphia. U B. —CoffliQiuilcatloiia by mail promptly auaaded to. BOP -fl ly.M MOBGAK. OBB & CO., STEAM EMGINE BUILDERS, IBON FODNDBBS AND GENEBAL kACUINISTS AND BOILER MAKEKS, HO. lais oAi,h,oyfuii.ii strxikt. laiS OAI<I.OWHII.I< PHILADELPHIA. may IS lj-2»
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Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Masthead | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
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Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Masthead | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 15 |
Subject | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County |
Description | The Lancaster Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834-1872, patrons are provided with a view of politics and events of this tumultuous period from a liberal political slant, providing balance to the more conservative perspective of the Intelligencer-Journal, which was recently digitized by Penn State. |
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VOL. XXXV.
I
LANCASTER, PA., WEDpSDAY, MARCH 6, 1861.
NO. 15.
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HIESIAin), HUBER & HEOKHBT,
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"HERE BHEIIES!"
"Here she Ues 1" This is the sola InscrlptloQ
On the stone— Grey with aga, and weeds, aud moas, and Uehen
Overgrown— Yet, I loog to know more of tby atory,
Poor nnknown I
Teavt bave pasted—aince gentle loving figures
Nmaed thy tomb; How, above tbee, bnt the looe bramble
Sheda a Rloom; Yet thou wert a flower, percbaoce, and perished
In thy bloom.
Wert thou a maiden, fair and pnrely crystal ?
In those eyea Looked thy lover earnest, hopeful longlog
Fot hla prize? Wben death came—broke tba lone heart that uttered
" llera aha Ilea I"
Weri thoa agenUelwife and loving mother ?
From tby bome Passed the euoshine when thy angel spirit
Flitted home I Did thy Uttle ones, bereft, imploro thee
StUl to come?
Tben, perchsnse, the pallid, stricken mournera
Dried their eyea. Led tbem bere, when a i>weet soDeet aplendor
Draped the aklea, And, while heavens robed thee, whiapered
" H«ra ahe lies 1"
What Lf onbeloved !—(aud thia were saddest I)
If noblest By human ties thy poor aonl wandered lonely,
Here a guaatl Then, tha grave's cold armii were klndtkatclaspedthce
To her hieaat.
And somegenUe beirt thoa mored to pity,
Svbo hsd koown Of thy lira's sad trial, carved this record
On t>>y atone; And, with the hencdioUon, left the sleeping
Here alooel
From tby eileot restlog place there cometh
No replies ; Eut the wblppor.will lameotetb nightly
Witb his cries; And tha broken stone alone repeateth
"Hereshe Ileal"
OLD MAIDS.
My friend, Claribel Languor, is a specimen of the old maid with money. Sfae is oharm- ing in her way. True she haa never been pretty; bat she dresses so elegantly, has snoh a graceful mauuer, and is so thoroughly well- bred, that you cannot help admiring Claribel. Sfae is certainly not lovely. Her face is some¬ what of the pudding caste, though her eyes are expressive; bei waist is refractoiy, and will bave nothing lo do with tight-lacing ; she wears a dress with a train—nolhing less— and charitably sweeps your carpets as sbe moves along ; she has £000 a year, and spends a sixth ofit in dress ; she appears mostly in Balina, which seem to be her peculiar fancy ; she haa a white satin for the eveuing, and a fawn colored satin for the morning; she hires a pony-carriage, with a stout, steady-going boxse, and a diminutive boy behind; she has little mercy on the horse, aud will drive him thirty milea without a feed ; on one occasion Bhe attemj'ted to drive him np a mountain, and sncceeded in getting a certain distance, bnt in coming down again the carriage stucfe; she got out and placed herself gracefully on a block of stone, appealed to the boy to extri¬ cate the vehicle, aud then set to and scrtjam- ed for half an hour witfaoat success; she be¬ lieves herself poetical and delights in poetry, which, however, she never reads; her history ia romantic, but sad, and she ia not at all ashamed to whisper portions of it to you in the thrilling accents of injured innocence ; she is the victim of an unrequited attachment; for yeara her susceptible beart has been beating in vain for William Mactavish, who, if he does not spurn her, as Paris did .^none, can¬ not make np his mind to matrimony and tbe Btont Claribel; not tbat her passion had been feeding in secret on her damask cheek; far from it, nnable to declare it directly to the object of her attachment, she tells everybody abont it, and calls for sympatfay for her mel¬ ancholy lot; sbe tells it to him in her eyes, in the constant invitations with which she plies him, and even in poems whicb ahe em¬ ploys a friend to compose, and aska him to read as her own; shj imagines herself to be consumptive, though, apparently, in as good health as her habits admit of; she ia never np till eleven, and at noon consoles herself with a bighly poetic—and fattening—repast of oysters and porter; then the poor deh'oate flower of five-and-thirty reclines on the sofa till the arrival of "the carriage," and so she pas¬ ses ber weary life.
Tha two Miaa Woodpeckers belong to two classes of old maid^r^^Barbara is a malade imaginaire, and, on tbe strength of it, is aa irritable aa she cap he; and Clytemnestra is strong-minded, and a lecturer. Barbara has tried every kind of cure for a complaint which never can be cured by drngaand patties, being nothing elae tfaan temper. Cold water and hot water! vegetable diet and fnll living, complete rest and tfae movement-cure, tfae grape-core, the mud-cure, the open-air-cure, for whicb the patient is lied to a chair, carried ont to a win¬ dy place, and left there foraixhouia ; all have failed to make her more satisfied with herself, or more'agreeable to her friends. She is al¬ waya "a little worse to day,'? and yet never gets to a dying point; she detests sympaihy, yet is angry if you don't offer it; she moves from a sofa to a bath-chair, and from a balb- chair to a sofa, and groans inceasantly ; she
Torted her own oook aa to induce her to ezam- ffle the oabbage-hearta before boiling them, letst an nnoonabious caterpiller Bhonid therein b^ boiled aUre.
The ecoentrio old maid is not alwaya ofien- fiiVe, unleea having money, rank, or position, she ooDsoIea heraelf for cellbaoy hj indulging in tyranny. Tha country lady ia generally aiJt instanoe of this. TeDants are not quite aerfs at the present day, but when a tenant hlL8 a houae or &nn whioh aults him, which he has improred or famished at a conaiderable outlay, hs will naturally endore a good deal rather thau riak being tnmed out. Still more thepoor man, whose very bread dependa on hla remaining in his parish. Miss Gruffkin, oi Longaores Hall, ia jnst suoh a petty tyrant as one meets among landowners at timea. She is eminently ecoentrio, wears a Quaker-bonnet, and drab shawl, and drives about in a donkey- oarriage. She is good-hearted at bottom, and will do aU kinds of benevolent thinga at timea, bnt her peouliatlties are very troublesome. She haa an especial abhorrence of moustaohea, and turned ont aome friends of mine—her ten¬ ants—because the hnsbaad, in a weak moment, allowed the hair to grow on hia upper-lip.— Then, too, ahe haa fs vehement objection to marriage as Mr. Malthns himself; and when her bailiff yielded to the fasoinations of her housekeeper, ahe paid them both a quarter'a w&ges, and insisted that they ahonld leave the aame evening. There Is a oarriage road on her estate which was of great convenience to the neighbors, till one day a party of yonng men, all wearing moustaches, happened to ride along it,aa sbewas driving iuher donkey- ohair. Tfae next day ahe had a gate put up, padlocked and well seoured, and no entreaties or supplications of the neighbois could in- dilce her to allow them to pass through it. Sfae is said to entertain a belief that she is en¬ gaged to a gentleman whom she has not aeen for twenty yeara; and it ia perhaps, thia which has converted her to a Malthnaian.
But it ia in dreas as much aa anything tbat the eccentricity ofthe old maid diaplaya itself. I had the honor of seeing the Hon. Emilia Maskulyne, daughter of Lord Manley, at the watering-place of Shinglebeaoh, of which she is the leading star. She has been a fine woman, though now sixty, and she showa herself off in & remarkable manner. Her gown—generally of a Btriking oolor—has one solitary floance at the bottom thereof. Her boots might have been made for a plowboy, so thick are tbe soles and so fnll of nails. Sfae has a noble contempt for crinoline, and carries an umbrella instead of la parasol. But the quaintest point about heir is the hat, which oertainly measures a yard in diameter each way. She possesses two hats, of the same shape, one black and one gray, and both might have been worn by a cavalier in King Charles' day. They are nn- betit, perfectly straight, and with a huge coni¬ cal crown. Under the hat hor gray hair is curled like a boy's, being cut quite short- In thil! guise she stalks along with tfae stmt of a grenadier, carrying a walking-stick in fine weatber, and a powerful gingham of the Gamp fa'shion when it is rainy.
Bat one of the most eccentric old maids tbat I know is Bogenia Lingline. Her family is of no very great note, but sfae is convinced iu her sonl that it ia the oldest in England. When I first knew her ahe had avery oomfortable fortnne to make amends for red hair of the most carroty tint, projecting teeth, and a hog- iik^ physiogomy. Sfae was, however, always amiable and charming, aud had but that one weakness. Well, a few years ago, she .had lefj. herself pennyless. Was it speculation, or peculation by her lawyer ? Waa it charity or extravagance, or self-indulgence, or gambling ? Not at all. It was the Herald's office that had bejigared her,and that of herown free will— Shi) had apent almost every penny in looking for her ancestors, and they were ungrateful an^l unfeeling enough to keep on hiding till alniost her last farthing waa gone.
Inul Engenia had a brave heart, and wonld nol; abandon her forefathera. She oame to Lohdon, took poor lodgings, and went daily for eight honrs to the State Paper Office. I shall ne-t'er forget the happiness which beamed on her face, when sbe announced to me one day, ab(!iut two yeara after, tbat she had traced her linlj to Charlemagne. " Well, now, of course, you will be satisfied," said I, bnt she shook hei' bead, and went on. Another year paaaed, anA then she informed me that she had knit thd link to Edward tbe Confessor. "Surely that is enough." " No, no," she answered, enthusiaslioally; "I know we have Danish blood in our veins, and royal blood, too; I will not reat till I have Hengist and Horsa in our treg." Aud of courseshe secured them. Bnt sb^i caugbt a more tangible being than either Hebgist or Horaa at the same time. In tbe office she met with a man who was herself in troWsers, and who was engaged in tracing his orij^in to the Danish Vikings. It waa he who brought her within a generation of Hengiat, while he himself had arrived at the aon of Ilolrsa. Tbe moment waa thrilling. One link moVe and she and be could boast of tbe same ancestor. Bat this one link refaaed to be joiiied. They toiled in vain. All thearobivea of Antiquity were overturned for the one or tfae twJi links. Tfaey were at the brink of despair, wfaBn, it being luncheon time, and they being aloloe in the office, the gentleman dropped on on^i knee and thtis addressed Eugenia: " We haVe failed to unite at that far end, let ns nnite at tfais near one. For the sake of pos¬ terity let UB blend the historic names of Long Iini) and Twaddle. Will yon be mine ?" En- geriia could not resiat the appeal, and thua sa^ed their great-great-great-great-grand-chil- dr^n a deal of trouble.
A very oommon kind of old maid is the Cu ¦ rate's Own. She is found in almost every to^rn and village, and the EatabHshment owes mtich to her. It ia she who keeps up its prestige, ahe who proposes the testimonial of th6 silver teapot, she who praises his sermons
has a wretched being with her, whom she
callsbe^^nnrse.butl^do not remember any | wben others are'dumb, who works his sli^psr^ .-_ _.., ¦, .. when others are cold, wbo sends him offerings
nurse who ever staid with her more than three months; tbe place would kill Hercules, and drive Job to the use of bad language ; she ia never satisfied witfa these nurses, never gives them a " thank yon ;" never smiles at them. Betsy, for instance, is aa strong as aman, and aa gentle aa a lamb, and lifts her mistress most carefully inlo tbe chair; abe is rewarded by a ahriek—'* Oh, you awkward, clumsy creature, yon have nearly killed me. There, put that cushion better. Oh I dear, oh I dear, what it is to be surrounded by idiots and foola." An¬ other scream—" Can't yon obey me. Didn't I tell you not to touch the cushion. It was per¬ feot before, clumsy, stupid thing." Betsy mur. murs that she was told to arrange the cushion. "Ohl you dare to answer me; indeed, you dare lo give me tbe lie. Where do you hope to go to, if you lell lies like tbat V and ao on. She is bearable in compauy for a time—aa long as you do not diffdr with her in opinion. Once do that, and abe ia down upon you. Tfaen, too, when sfae haa got an idea into her head, nothing can alter it—" I knew it was the Nea¬ politans who were beaten," ahe insista. You fetch the newspaper to prove she is wrong.— «' Oh, who in tfaeir senses ever dreamed of be lieving a newspaper. Of courae, they have their own motives for saying so," and so on,
However, Barbara ia not so obnoxious as Clytemnestra. She believes herself philan. thropio, and subscribes to the Sooiety for the Prevention'=of Cruelty to animals, quite forget¬ ting her orudlty at timea to her own apecies. At one time she deluged me with traota on the bearing-rein ; and I have aeen her mn a halt-a-mUa to catch the driver of a doukey- cart, and rate him on his treatment of Balaam's favorite. At present she is engaged in a cra- sade in favor of poultry, which ahe wishes to have kUIed under the influence of chloriform. She has pensioned six horaes, to save them from the knacker's and would have pensioned' twenty times the number, but that ahe found that horses, like humans, would not die when they had once got an annuity, and so it wag beooming expenaive. She lately; got up a petition to Government for an Act to prohibit
oontlnued to be a baobalor. The other aister paased her time at her window, kindly playing detective for the parish, and communicating a regular weekly report to the clergyman. Next came a dear old maid, not so very old either, who literally saorifioed herself to an idiotic father and an insane mamma. Lastly, there was a family of seven—all old—allmaida, but the youngest of whom had not quite jemei^ed from the days of flirtation, and was atill called " the baby." Dear babe of forty-three, what a playfal littte kitten I Then there waa no bachelor, except the young' doctor and he waa aecnred. Tfae otfaers tried to be invalids, bnt conidn't. Their health was robust. I am not vain; but I may say that when I alighted from the coaoh at the little inn of that village, a firebrand waa thrown into the midst of thoae previously peaceful and harmonioua vestals. I only know that long before the summer was over, I fled—fled and left them to fight it ont. Shonid this paper ever meet their eyes—which is doubtful, for they never see a magaiine—I beg to assure them most solemnly that I never had, and still have not, a preference. I love them all-—dearly, but I shall not again visit the quiet little village of Maidenford, while I retein my senses.
The poetic old maid and the scientific old maid are rather oommon oases. The former is plain in face, but all soul. She haa her pet poet, and though unacquainted with him, writes him the most charming letters in praise of hia last volume. She berself publishes in provinoial newspapers. She is above low mer¬ cenary considerations, and ao the editors are very polite to her. Her " Ode to a Grasshop¬ per," in heroic metre, haa been reprinted, for private circulation; a sensible restriction bnt quite unnecessary. Sfae talks of love in a Platonic style, and has a spiritual attachment to some author or other with whom ahe cor¬ responds in letters of six sheets. She Is unti¬ dy in her dress, not to say dirty, lives much alone, and weeps over her blighted life. The scentifio old maid, ou the other hand ia all senae. She begau with ferns—maidenhair naturally attracting her—proceeded to botany, soon Blipped into geology, and after hearing a lectnre of Faraday's plunged bravely into chemistry. She wears green spectacles, strong shoes, sfaort petticoats, and an old brown hat, and may be aeen with a geologist's hammer in one hand and a basket in the other. She is quite harmless, and except when ahe insists on explaining the migration of ants, and the formation of oak balls, not necessarily dis¬ agreeable.
Tfae mention of oak-balla reminds one of blight, and by a natural transition I pass to blighted beings. All old maids are more or less blighted. AU have loved, and all, in consequence, in vain. Buthowmany blighted themselves, and how many were blighted by the falseness of man is a calculation which I must leave to the Statistical Society. But the real blighted being is the one who deserves our deepest sympathy. I am now engaged iu collecting subscriptions in postage stamps for an asylum for the blighted, and I am convinced tfaat we cannot call ourselves a Christian aud a civilized natiou till such an institution exists among us. The blighted demand sympathy, and they can only fiod it among fellow-blight- eds. Their case is a hard one, and it is tbe duty of every man, still more of every bach, elor, to contribute to their comfort.
The cruelest case of blight that I ever heard was that of Florida Smith. An officer of militia had long been the object of her yonlh- fnl dreams, and she looks in vain for the mo¬ ment when be should declare the passion which shewfis convinced burned within him. The moment came at last; the volcano burst into fiame. One morning she received a let¬ ter beginning, "My dear Miss Smith," and couched in unmistakable language. It was brought by a boy, wbo waited for an an¬ swer. She selected the neatest sheet of pink paper, poured forth a modest, yet delightful assent and gave it to the messenger with her own hands. Then she awaited tfae lientenant. She waited that day and the next. He came not. She refused exercise, and stayed at home a third day. He came not. A week passed and he came not. A fortnight and he came not. At last ahe ventured to write and received an answer.
" Mt Deab Miss Ssrirn, "It isall the fault of tfaat boy. He took the letter to the wrong house. Deeply as I regard and respect yon, I must not conceal from you that my letter was intended for the danghter of Colonel Smith; and I am sure that you, who in yonr note assured me lhat my happiness was your soul's desire, will be glad lo hear that it is at least secured. I am yours very sincerely.
ofiBOwalip tea and gingerbread when others &r(i callous. Without her devotion the curate could scarcely survive on his £30 per annum. The Curate's Own (or, aa we might call her, thil Curate's Aid_) mnst be divided iuto two claaaes, according as the said curate is " big " or "low/' for her own viewa depend on his.-- Sbe has, in fact, well reteined that portion of catechism whiob inculcates submission to apiritual pastors and masters-
Very different from the Curate's Own is the faiit old maid, who is less common, and psr- haps leas satisfaclory. She rides to hounds and haa a good collection of " brushss;" meela willt for her. Sho drives a pair of dappled gi^iys and goes ont shooting in a basket phae- toh. She does not refnse a place in a " drag," add ia quite at home on a high dogcart. She vHsite her horae every morning in the steble, arid ia proud of being able to groom him her¬ self if necessary. Sho talka rapid slang. But tbere is no hope for the faat old maid, and one bj'one she sees** the meu "drop off, taking tb themselvea quiet modeat little wives, whose more feminine attraction attach, while ahe can only amuse.
The "slow "old maid is, however, not an individual to cultivate. Her natural almos- pliere is that of a oountry village. I waa once condemned by the avenging sisters (by the wiiy, both the Fates and tbe Furiea were old maida, both then so were the Muses) to pass a admmer in an old maid's village. The whole felooale population seemed to have espoused celibacy. There was but one married lady in the plaoe, the clergyman's wife; for no cler¬ gyman could venture there without being miu-ried, for fear of a breach of the peace.— There were positively no young ladies In the place.
In one houae lived the two maiden sisters of a retired aldenuan, but they were paat all danger, asd were drawn about, quivering with anUqnity, in two ohairB. In the next were tWo more maidens, far from comely, whereof th's one was a oonflnned inralid, and waa like- I ly^to remain 80 long aathe handaome young
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But there are, as I have said, more good old maids in the world than bad ,* and in a conntry where so mnch good is to be done, it is a great con-=olation to see so many unoccupied women engaged in doing it. I have enlarged on the foolish virgins, because evil in this wicked world is geuerally more amusing than good; but the wise virgiha are not at all in a min¬ ority. How many do I know who give np their whole time, and half thair income, to the improvement and comfort of the aick and the needy. In the present day we have even pnblic instances of the good that a siugle wo¬ man may do. Misa Nightingale and Misa Marsh are not second to oar greatest philan¬ thropists ; and wbat tbey undertake, they do without cant and withont affectation. If I may be forgiven for dragging another name before the public—one scarcely less known, however—I woold mention Miaa Carpenter, the head of tfae Briatol Keformatory, a woman whose talents are only surpassed by her inde¬ fatigable benevolence. These, indeed, are the greatest stars of old maidism: but there are hundreds of unmarried women, in every vil¬ lage, in every town they may be found, who devote tbemselves to doi^ good, and to far¬ thering the great work of social progress.— Would to heaven every woman who has given up the thought of marriage, and a great num¬ ber of those who have not given it up, would do likewise. There ia work for women, whioh only women can do; and married women have their hnabands and their families to at¬ tend to, while young ladies have not tbe re¬ quisite experience. What Nuns and Sisters of Charity do abroad, our old maids do in Eng¬ land ; and I am not joking when I say, tfaat old-maidism is a greater boon to this coantry than is generally supposed. For evey oue who is a gossip, a match-maker or a pedant there are half a dozen who are good, honeat workers in the right direction. It ia with onr old maida that so muoh remains. None oth¬ ers oan undertake the care of our hospitals, the reclamations of those wretched women whoae very exiatence brings a shudder to the Chriatian, and the proper training of the daugh¬ ters of our poor. None others, therefore, can properly replace the conventual establishmente of the Continent. The prison, the workshop, the reformatory, the hospital and the back- slums, all want women to bring them round, gentle female influenoe to recall them to God; and there are none more fitted to the task than old maida. While, therefore, I glory in this British Institution, so appropriale to a Protes¬ tant conntry, I would, in the" humblest spirit of which au old bachelor is capable, suggest to all onr old maids, wbatever their age, to give np morbidness, blighte-l recollections, fast fancies, idle monotony, intense love of guety, devotion to oarales, high or low, and even their scientific purauite; aud since the primary office of woman, aa wife and mother, is beyond their reach, to take cheerfully and heartily to the next best work, the effusion of that gentle spirit with which the Maker has gifted the better half of onr race—decidedly the better half, I aay it, thongh an old I ache- lor. Jael, Judith, Boadicea, Joan of Aroand Charlote Corday, may be very graud scenic speclmena of womankind, but they are unlov¬ able. Let old matds make Tabltha—goodi kind, geutle Tabltha, who worked her Angara for the widow and the orphans—their patron B^nt, ahd call themaelves, not their cats, by ker quaint name. Let St. Tabltha be the ex¬ ample of ereiy single woman who feela wUhio
herself the approach of that dreaded period, and she will aoon foi^et false vowa, fond hopei, and the intense longing for conjugal bliaa.
Bnt I am not a man who writea withont a motive; and I cannot conclude thia paper wltbont laying ont a acheme. Much as I ap¬ preciate the valne of old-maidlam in modera¬ tion, I look with dread at hia increase, and I aak myaelf if there be no means of stopping it; I believe I can auggeat one.
Ifwe inquire into its, cauaea, we find that this Anglo-Saxon phenomenon la confined almoat to one olasa. Among the poor it Is little known; among the aristocracy it Is not so common as matrimony. But among the class of poorer gentry and the so-oalled "middle- classes," old maids are, I fear, even more nn¬ meroua than married women. The fault Ilea not with them, but with the men. Profes¬ sional meu and buaineaa men cannot afford to marry early; aud when they do ao they make the "best match ".they can, which, to your consolation, dear old maids, is of ten the worst. This ia a vile age of cheap artioles. Cheapness and goodness rarely go tegether, unless the demand ia enormous. Now, the demand for wivea is not ao great aa it might be. A wife laa luxury; and a man may give himself up to a Belf-Indulgence—may min himaelf with brandy and gin, or expensive fnmitnre, or dogs aud horses, or what not, before he thinka of indulging in that laat and greateat of luxu¬ riea—a loving wife. A man may oertainly marry on very little ; but before he can riak nurses and doctor's bills, that little must be a certainty. Theu, too, be hia fortnne what it may, that little muat be clear of debt. A good man wilt not marry to bring his wife into anx¬ iety, and the fear of tJie bailiff. Tfae folliea of his yonth muat have been paid for, and even bia tailor dismissed for a ready-money trades¬ man. If a mau marry on £200, £300, £dOO or £500 a year, he mnst be atire that he haa sufficient command over himself to make that sum enongh for a wife and baby, as well as No. 1; he must be ready to give up his clnb, his cigar merchant, his male Boeiety, and to take instead to that ampleaubstitute—agood, dear, little wife. Ho not be surprised at an old bachelor apeaking thus. I have long cursed my fate—but my day ia gone. The old bach¬ elor is a miaerable being ; and I give any old maid, wbo pleases, leave to attack us fiercely in the next number.
But how ia it that these oonaideratiouB re¬ garding matrimony occur only to the man of the middle olasa t Let me explain. The aris¬ tocrat has his title to sell, if he has no fortune; and he readily picks up an heiress or a widow. Tfae aristo-feminine, if she has inherited noth¬ ing, haa also her title for sale; but atill more, she has a father or a brcther whose infiuence can oommand a certain number of suitors. The aristo-feminine is sometimes married for her¬ self, but she is more often married for a vote, ora Parliamentary coimexion, or an aggran¬ disement of territory.
On tfae other hand, Tom, Bill, or Jim, while they would fain look out for the '' gal of my 'eart," have the natural tendency of selfish tyrannical man, to investigate "oircnmstan- cea." The British workman, as a rule, mar¬ ries early; for he has no inducement to remain a bachelor. The British home of the mechanic rarely contains room for grown-up sons ; and once lannobed they mnst abift for themselves. The charm of a *' home " ia the one bit of poe¬ try that tfae British workman indulges in; and often, too, it tnms ont to be a bitof rery prac¬ tical, calculating proae. The " home " gives comfort to the workman at a cheaper rate tban he can find elsewhere ; and these well-meaning people who establish dining-rooms for me¬ chaniea, aud cluba for their evenings, do not see that thereby they are removing the neces¬ sity of home, and so encouraging celibacy.
But how does the British workUian afford to marry when the British gentleman cannot ? The answer la that women of the working classes are in effect richer than those of the idle ones. Tfaey can work and may work, and tfaat is the wfaole seoretof it, A poor man gains by marriage, for his wife can and will make up his income; sfae even does more than support heraelf, she increases his com¬ forts.
And this then is what I would say to the middle and professional classes; eltfaer give your dangbtera money or teaoh them a trade or profeaaion by which they can make it. Onr philanthropists and our Quarterly Reviewers write pamphlets and articles about the em¬ ployment of the workingclassea. They scarce¬ ly need them, they do learn to work. But no one thinks of writing for our idle classes. No one sees how foolishly the daughters of bnsl¬ ness and professional men are brought up— to read novels, work crotchet, and paint poti- chomanie ; no one aska whether there be no sphere ofwork for them to fill, and thus make themselves more eligible wives for busineas and professional men. Yet It might be so. The cares of a household, tha education of ohildren are not ao all-absorbing aa to preclude other work. Too often our wivea and daughters dispense with these cares and tbrow this edu¬ cation upon other shoulders. Too often the wife whose husband oau barely support her, declines to nourish, her own child In the nat¬ ural way, or demands a governess for it when growing up. The wives and daughters of tbe middle olass have time enongh to make calls, to gossip, to go to parties, lo work in Berlin wool. Might not this time be given to some oconpa.lion which wonld increaae the husband'a income t I believe there ia an ample one, and lhat the help-meet of man fa expected by tbe laws of life to do something more thau order his dinner, and sew buttons on his ahirt. I believe it is a gross radical error to suppose that woman ia to be the drone and man tfae working bee, thoueh I wonld not see men and women follow the example of the hive farther, where the female labors where the male lies Idle. I have no space to go into tbe qneation of woman's proper work, but I am convinced that in thia conntry it is wrongly confined to the nurture of her ohildren. It onght, I am confident, to include their aotual support, or at least a portion of it. Andif onr daughters were taught to help out the incomes of tfaeir futnre mates, as those of the lower orders are, we ahould have as few old maida and old bach¬ elors in England as elsewhere.
I only hope that tbe next generation will marry early, that we shall have fewer young men withering in immoral cellbaoy, yonntt womeu blighted into bitterness, and no Mr. Malthua' ghost throwing his cap up and crow¬ ing over the attainment of hia desires.
Meanwhile old maidism is a glorious insti¬ tution of this oountry; but, like atl otur glori¬ ous inatitutious, it wanta reforming. Suppose tbe "womeu of England" undertake it.— IBlackwood.']
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