Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              LAl^CASTER. PA., SATURDAT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1865.
NO. 45
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TEE AprLS XESE IH TflE LiHE.
It stood close Iiy wbcrc on leathern hingo
The gale swung hick from the gritssy lane; "\Th::n the C3W3 camo home wben the dusky tro
Its zn.intlc tbrcw orer hill and plain. Its branches, knotty anl gnarled by time,
M'Lved to and fro ia tbo iilo breeze, 1^ ¦:;iu tbo spring days wove a blushing crotrn
Of blossoms bright for tho applo trees. Its sliadow fell o'er tbe crystal stream
Tliat uU tbe long brigbt Eummer days, " Like a silver thread *mid lho waving gias3,
Ileacctcd back the golden rays Of tbe noocday sun that madly strovo
To drink tbe fount of tbe brooklet dry, Dot t^e ligbt clouds sbowercd tear-drops down,
TiU tbo glad brouk laugbed as it gilded by.
If ever wcrj tbo applea balf so sweet.
Guidon russet striped Tritb red. As those tbat full on tbo yioldlng lurf
Wben Ebo shook tbo branches overbcad. A trysting-plnco for yontbful friends,
V."a3 tbo applo tree in tbo days of yore. And oft we've sat beneath its sbado
And tulkcd bright dreims of tbo future o'er.
And ".v'lcn thi w.arin October suti
yhono on the m.iple's scirlet robe, Vre gaibered apples round and fair.
And round as our otVti mystic globe. Tbe attttcly hemlock crowns tlio hill, M Ibo dark pines rl:e nbovo tbe plain— ilut tho ono ffs prize far moro than tboy
Is tbo api-h trjc ia tbe p.isturo lane.
Locg years hive passed, nnd eowa no moro
Come bom^ at nigbt through tho grassy lane Where the gale swung back on leathern hinge
X a;and and gaze on tfao far-olT plain. K0 mora we list to the masic low '   Of the erystil stream as it ripples on, And lb? applo tree in the pasture lano Is but a dream of days by-gone.
aOITALS'S KISTAEE.
A summer evening and Sunday.   The visions and memories of tlio  conibination suggest quiet home pictures, slow, linger¬ ing walks through ple.isaut^lanesto white- steepled  country churches,   or  families g.ithered in parlor or on  porch to chant hymns or talk quietly of grave subjects.— The Sunday evening in early  summer that Rinald   .Shelton  wiil carry in his memory till death stills  his pulses,  was the one that rose to him on the  first of Juae, lSo2, when he lay on  the field of J?nir Oiks, with the life blood rising slow¬ ly io his throat and welling out from  a gaping wound in his breast, where a rebel bullet had gone clashing in late iu  the day's   fight.     There    was   a  dull   pain through  the shoulder   and   arm,   keen shooting panis  that  seemed like knife- thrusts  through  heart   and   lungs;  but worse than ull, was the steady, slow out' pouring of the crimson  tide from breast and mouth, the creeping  faintness  that seemed death's sura forerunner.    lie was dying, he said in his heart, dying in such a ."oene .as might make the bravest heart thrill with a mad horror.   All around him tho moonlight showed the ghastly faces of dead, figures twisted out'of the semblance of humanity by the death-throes ; crushed m '.nglel fornix,  trampled down  by  tha ctvalry charge or onw.ard rush ol regi- mciils.   The summer air came to him la¬ den with a sick ellluvia from the field of cnrmgo.    There seemed no living  thing r^-:-,', for the stretchers had passed over the field while he Uy uncouscious,  and he had been left for burial  among  the dead.   As he lay, trying to feel resigned, yet battling with all tho energy of youth against tiie growing faintness, visions  of his New E:igiand home, with its cool, sea breezes, ils circle of loving hearts, its ten¬ der memories, came crowding upon him. AVas he indeed dying?    Was the kiss  his mother, pressed upou his  lips when   he Eiiouidered his musket,  indeed the last ehe oould over give her  boy ?    His  lath¬ er's hand had trembled  when it pressed his  in welcome ?      Iiis sisters crowded round hira,  tearful  and  sobbing—could tbey ever see his faca again ?     Oh,  for li.'e!     How he prayod to live!    There was no shadow upon his past; every mem' ory Wiis full of lovo, kindness and  hoppi. ne!i-, and the future had seemed so bright iC'H'y a few thort hours bsfore.    Upon his broj'l .-ihoulders, as he lay there, glittered tho straps his gallantry had won. He had left home a boy, shouldering the musket of a private, resolute to do his duty in any •capacity, ar.I give all that ono young life could give lor hh country ;   should he never go  homo again,  with  his hardly earned straps, his sword and belt, to prove that through hardship and suffering, toil- Korae murch and dangerous service, oold and heat, short rations and bitter expo sure, he had proved himself fit for an offi¬ cer,   by doing with steady obedience and unsK'erving fidelity the duty of the soldier AVould tho long night never pass? Every moment, in tha maddening sights reveal¬ ed hy tho moonlight, and far-away sound of the camp he dared not hope to reachs ^-ho sickening air and slowly advancing i".ntness seemed an eternity of misery.— Ue could n ,t move;   all the left side seemed crushed, and even the motion ot . breathing brought up the life current in dangerous floods lo the lip and tho open, wound.
Tramp ! tramp ! tramp ! far off yet, as the d:iy seemed in its first gray dawn, yet Eteadily adv.ancing, came the tread ofsol- diers' feel, aaj by the faint light Eonald could see the small body of men detached for the purpose of burying the dead com¬ ing towards him. He dared not cry out, with the leaden murderer lying in his breast, but a new hope sprang up in his heart as he saw his comrades move from ono part of the field to another, engaged in their mournful duty.
At last a well-known voice shouted nea^ him—"Boys, here! Quick 1 Here is Eo nald Shelton, alti-e !" and a hand raised his heavy head, his friend and comrade's ^faoibent over bim, an earnest "Thank God, Eonald, we've fonnd you," and then
ths death ie had seen face to face all night seemed to grasp bram and heart, and .he knew no more.
It was many weary days before consci¬ ousness came back to the young lieute¬ nant. The surgeon's discouiaging verdict fell upon deaf ears; the ambulance, joR. iog over the long, weary' road, carried a form nnmbed to suffering; the dreadful operation that set the crushed shoulder and arm, and tried in vain to extract the bullet, was unfelt under the bewildering effects of other, and while slowlytha body waa resuming its life functions, the brain was dull and torpid. The iSrst ray of rea¬ son came back in a military hospital, and dreary months knew no variation of ths long wards, the suffering, the weary monotony of painful sights and sounds. At last the day oame when the invalid was able to be up, and then the recovery was more rapid, till from up to out, from out to comparative health, were events that crowded fast upon each other.
He had begun to indulge in visions ofa return to his command, of promotion, fu¬ ture distinction and glory, when down upon his young heart nnd high aspirations fell a blow, only second to the one he had believed his death warrant- Ho was de¬ clared unfit for service, transferred to the nvalid Corps, and assigned a command of this corps in a military hospital. The surgeon had declared his life precarious, and death almost certain, if he again sought the field, warning him that the bullet, still in his chest, was at any hour liable to move and end his life, and his whole chance of mere existence lay in an ontir.i absence of excitement, fatigue, or exposure. Tke /tope was that tha bullet might work its own way from the'resting placo in the lungs to the surface of the body, whore the surgeon's knife could reach it and rid him of the unwelcome in. trader.
He was an ambitious man, this hero of mino, who had left his quiet country home with the will to grasp the highest honors of his chosen profession. He had enlisted with a pure patriotic desire to serve his country in her hour of need; yet, when ho saw thojladder to fame and distinction lying in his route, he had grasped its rounds with an eager hand, planted a firm foot upon its upward path, and lifted his head with a proud desirg to Teach its highest bounds. By his own merit he had won some of its gifts, and now—now only twenty.three,.full of high hope, youthful fire, manly energy, and laid hy on the shelf—an invalid, unfit for service, outof the line of promotion, with no future befora him but the dreary mo- notooy of hospitsil life, and the command of men doomed like himself. Who will wonder if the cup was bitter to his lips? Thero seemed no sunshine on his path, as, with a sad, sick heart he entered up¬ on his new duties; yet with the high prmciple of a noble mind he turned to the distasteful task as true a purpose, as unswerving a fidelity, as he had ever giv¬ en to the congenial duties of 9. more ac- tive life. His men were his charge for comfort, discipline, and usefulness, and the same rectitude of purpose that had won him his first promotion, now won him the love of those under him, tho es¬ teem and confidence of thosa over him. And with all this long preamble, I come to the story of Eonald's mistake.
He had been but a few days in his new position when the postman brought him a letter from home, in which occurred tho following weighty paragraph :
"As soon as I heard, dear Eonald, that
you wero in P , I wrote to your Cousin
Susm, and begged her to go and see you I^ow I know you aro wondering who your Cousin Susan may be, for I doubt if sho was ever mentioned to you. She is the widow of your father's cousin, Hugh Les¬ lie; really no relation, but your father says a very lovely woman. Her husband's death left her in reduced circumstances, bul she can at least give you the smile and kind word of a friend. Sho has one daughter, an evory-day sort of a girl, I believe."
The result of the letter is best given in Eonald's own words:—
" De-\k Mother—Yours of the inst.
was lollowed within an hour by a sum¬ mons from tho mess to quarters to see a lady. 1 went at once, though I suppoaed it was some disconsolate relative seeking a wounded hero in Ward X, Y, or Z, who would have to give the * officer of the day' a long account ofall dear Sammy's suffer¬ ings, or beloved Johnny's aches and pains. Instead of this, I fouud in my room a tall lady in deep mourning, with the sweetest face in the world (save your own), encir¬ cled by a widow's cap. Large blue eyes looked kindly in my face;- a voice, whose melody was deepened, not jarred, by its tone ol sadness, said—'Lieutenant Shel¬ ton?' I bowed. 'My dear young cousin then.' And in two minutes I felt as if I had known her all my lifo. The next day I found her house, by invitation, and was so cordially pressed to stay all day that I willingly assented. The household consists of an elderly aunt of Cousan Su¬ san's, the 'every day s'rtof a girl,', and a contraband, whose brilliant appellation of Seraphina is reduced to Pheeny for daily use.
" As to ray Cousin Mabel, I will say that if such girls are to be met cvmj day, the world is better off than I thought it. She is not handsome, hardly pretty, though thora is a something very ' taking in her soft brown eyes and sweet smiles; she is small and lively, with a fund of ready wit, a voice full of music, and I am sure has a warm heart and a',aincere, frank nature. My position in the family seems to be that of 'baby in chief,' an interesting invalid, who must have tbe best the houso affords. Cousin Susan, with a smile and a tear, produced a half worn wrapper and pair of slippers, which Mabel whis¬ pered were ' dear papa's and insisled upon my donning them and lying on the sofa till dinner time.a command your lazy son was only too glad to obey. Mabel sat near me, and chatted at a 2,40 rate abont vereything and anything, looking all the time at me with a wistful pitying look, rather^hard to bear sometimes, spite of my resolves. 1 am to go again to-mor¬ row, and will write you further of these winning relatives."
A wistful, pitying look, Eonald had said was in Mabel Leslie's eyes as they rested upon his handsome faca and tall figure ; oould he have looked into her heart, he would have seen a pily that was pain, an earnest prayer for his well-being that would have moved him deeply. To Mabel, in her seclusion and ignoronoe of lifo, persons so prematurely blighted, was an impersonation of the whole war. The country's struggles had been to her a pain¬ ful, far-off misery, hard to realize, harder still to bring home. Wounded soldiers mot in her daily walks had brought ready tears to her eyes, a throb of pain to her heart; but she seemed far removed from all this world of suffering. No father brother or very near friend had left her side to join the ranks of defenders of the old flat, and this new cousin, of whom shehadnever heard, was the first who who had come to her for sympathy, in hjs patriotism, pity for his suflTering, and ten¬ der cars for his feebleness.
It was not long before a rough confi¬ dence existed between theae young hearts —such confidence and friendship as broth¬ er and sister feel—free, frank, and affect, ionate. They were Eonald and Mabs-lto each other ina week, arid it was riot a month before Eonald's thick bair was ac- quamted with -the touch of Mabel's fin ^
gers,and she had learnedhow he best lov¬ ed to rest after a long valk or day of duty with Cousin Susan's lap to pillow his head, and Mabel's fingers " mussing" his hair, or pulling his moustach or teasing his eye¬ lids by way of variety. Then the long, long chats, now grave, now nonsensicah for Cousin Susan had as ready a fund of wil as the young folks. Eeparlee, jest or quotation ono hour; deep, earnest dis¬ cussions another ? sometimes a scrap of newa read aloud, sometimes music, for Mabel's fingers were as expert on the piano keys as they were in hair pulling or the soothing touches that could charm a headache into a quiet aleep. He had found a home, this wanderer for his coun¬ try's sake ; what wonder if he loved to lin¬ ger there whenever duty permitted; and cousin and Mabel had found a new object for sympathy and affection, the one dear¬ est treasure to the true woman's heart, " Something to pet."-
A whole year glided away, and the strength of youth had triumphed over pain and feebleness. The old bouyance had come back to Einold'a step, the ring to his voice, and the light to his large grey eyes. Sometimes the aad, weary look would creep there, but more fre¬ quently there was merry mischief or bright animation in their expression. " What are you dreaming about?" He waa lying on the sofa, lazily enjoy¬ ing the air from an open.window, when Mabel put the question.
" I WPS thinking that it was two years to-nightsince I was wounded. Thinking," he added, bitterly, " of the blow that threw me from my ambitious longings to a position in the Veteran Eeserve Corps, out of the line of promotion."
" Out of the line of promotion," repeat¬ ed Mabel, thoughtfully. "I wonder if anybody is ever out of the line of promo¬ tion ? Of course there may be one path, and sometimes the ons wa ars most anx¬ ious to tread, closed to us; but true pro motion—the inner life—where are the limits? What hand shall dare close the aspiration of brain and soul, and say, ' You go no higher.' God's promotion is wailing for all of us."
There was a silence fell upon both. Hs drinking in the full comfort of her words, sha trembling lest she had said too much. They were still musing there when with a sad face and heavy step Cousin Susan came to them.
"May, dear, she said, "can you and Aunt Jana spare me for a few weeks?— Uncle James is—has—" and here the brave voice broke, and " very ill—brain fever, they fear," came in sobbing tones. " Oh, mother I" Mabel's voice was full of grief. " Dear Uncle James. Of oourse you must go—now—today. Eonald will find out about the trains, and get you a carriage, while I pack up for you."
The next hour was full of tearful bus¬ tle, and then the carriage carried Cousin Susan far away to her brother's bed of suffering, and left Aunt Jane and Mabel to the anxious watching for tidings that those left behind are doomed to bear.
I havo said but little of the household affairs of the Leslies, but the time has come to explain them somewhat more fully. > Hugh Leslie had been a professor in a university, living within his salary, .and devoting much of his sparo time to the education of his only child. His death was caused by over exertion of the brain, and his widow was left with an income just sufficient to keep her in moderate comfort without earning her daily bread. It h.id been a sore trial to her to think of leaving the home where she had passed her whole married life, and when her aunt. Miss Jane Stiles, had proposed to come and live with her, payingasum that would more than cover the rent of the desired residence, the offer was gratefully accepted. Still, even with this addition to her narrow income, it was necessary for tha widow to exercise close economy in her expenses, and Mabel early learned that if she would see her mother rest at all, she must become expert in domestic duties, and a good needlewoman. She was no wonderful exception to ths aver age of young American girls, this little heroine of mine, but sha possessed in a very high degree that power of adaptation that is so marked a characteristic of her countrywomen. With no great genius, with talents by no means remarkable, she had a clear head, sound, warm heart, and a pair of pretty little hands to which no¬ thing came amiss. Her light rippling laugh vvas as hearty over a domestic mis¬ hap, as over the choicest wit of modern literature; she could turn from making a pudding,, to embroidering a collar, or bringing one of Bethoven's sonatas to lifo on the piano keys, and show herself an adept at each and all .of them. Eonald showed an equal capacity of appreciation; ite would eat the pudding, and listen to the sonata, while his foot was cased in slippers of her manufacture, and a dainty necktie ot her needle-work was knotted by her fingers round his collar, and he acknowledged her pre-eminence in each acquirement.
" About this time," as the almanacs say "look out for cloudy weather." The first cloud cama in the shape of a
letter from H , where Unole James
was slowly recovering.     For   two   long months Cousin Susan had been away from her home, and Mabel's hands had guided tho domestic machinery.    It was early in the afternoon ofa hot aummer day. Aunt Jane was nodding in her chair, Eonald^ lazy figure was extended on the sofa, and Mabel was busily sewing, when Pheeny brought up the snowy missive.   Eonald was looking with halt closed eyes at Ma¬ bel, waiting for the scraps of news she usually gave him fiom her mother's let¬ ters, when he was surprised to see that aomething on the page before her moved his cousin deeply.    Her' face grew very pale, the brown eyes grew grave and sad, while the little figure trembled with emo¬ tion. Involuntarily his eye glanced to the page she had just turned, and he saw— " An old friend of your dear father's, who will, I trust, prove to you a kind and lov¬ ing''—here the words went over  to the next page, and the interruption  awoke Eonald to the consciousness of what he was doing.    He looked again at Mabel.— Lirge tears stood in her eyes, when catch¬ ing his glance, she rose hastily and left the room.   It was nearly an  hour before she returned, and then all the even com¬ posure, whioh was one of the charms of her manner, seemed to have deserted her. She was reatiess and nervous. Sometimes sitting quiet   for   a moment, her hand would wander   caressingly through her cousin's curls, but after a moment cease their trifling, and ahe would, fall into a, deep revery, from which she would start toa fit of unnatural gayety.   After tea Eonald was rather surprised to see her glide away and return in anew dreas. He had never seen her wear anythingbui the half mourning she atill retained in mem¬ ory of her father, though five years had passed since he waa taken from her.   On this evening she   oame down  in a aoft white muslin, trimmed with fresh white ribbons; her brown hair was more el&bq-,. rately dj-easeS than waal, and she had
evidently bent he
evening—to^see-
: energy tb looking her prettiest.   Suceeaipfully too,:he owned, as she stood blushinf | before him. "You expect 001 opany ? "he asked.
'my father's, Dr. Clarke
" An old friond o Mother has written that he will call this
-me"—and  away  she
drifted into another fit ot thoughtfulness. They were still in the little family sit¬ ting room, when j?heeny announced the visitor, and Eon ild noted how Mabel's took the card, and how ae when she went down rly two hours before he 'Eonald,   please   oome
band shook aa she pale her lips becai stairs.   It was ne heard ber  call' down."
Now, one ot   I selfishness was a
n aid's little traits of lislike to exert himself for (he entertainment of miscellaneous company. Some of the indulgence grant¬ ed to invalids may be extended to cover the fault, but excusable or not (here it
waa, and formed
weapons for satire and oritioism,
On the present
one  ot  Mabel's  chief
occasion, however, cu¬
riosity prevailed over shyness or laziness which ever it wae, and Eonald smoothed his hair, donned his coat and went down.
A tall, preemi lently handsome man of about fifty, ao'cnowledged Mabel's in¬ troduction as Dr. Clarke, and gave the young officer a oc rdiat grasp of the hand. All the worry an 1 aadnesshad gone from Mabel's bright face, and a look of perfect content nested there. It was a new rev¬ elation to Sonaldl to see his little cousin the object ot such loving respectful atten¬ tion as Dr. Clark j now offered her. She an ever ready entertain¬ er, petting him when he felt ill, plauging him when he was well. He had fallen into a sort of habit of accepting servioe and attention froiin her, firat contracted when his really feeble health and frequent suffering threw hitu upon her kindness for soothing and comfort. She had pet¬ ted him aud scalded him, treating him like a spoilt, but;a dear brother, but from this intruder she was accepting courtesies that implied a velry near and dear tie be¬ tween. Eoland ibegan to grow sulky. Tele a tcte theae (two had spent two long hours, and now Mabel's music was being turned by skillful fingers, and a pair of great black eyes rested upon her little fig¬ ure with an eiprsssion of contented own¬ ership that was very provoking, to say theleast of iL
The next day the^loud grew bigger. Mabel was out riding with Dr. Clarke when Eonald calliid, and when she return¬ ed late in the diy, there was a perfect oarriage load of dry goods accompanied her. Pretty colored silks, bright ribbons, soft thin materialii and other indications of anewwardrobs'. -As before. Dr. Clarke was all attention. He sang . with Mabel^ he paid her courtly compliments, he made allusions to future shopping expeditions, and when atlast lie bade her good night, Eonald was almost certain he saw theta|i form bent till the iloctor's lips rested upon Mabel's forehead.
One more day ot cloudy weather and then Eonald was aware of tha state of his own heart.' He had come into the sitting-room unpercoived, to ae e Dr. Clarke take some¬ thing white from Mabel, saying as he did so "Put by world, my little darling. Ee- member you aro to rest in the future 1"
"But," she pleaded, laughingly, "that is ai hankerchiaf for the - trousseau. Do allow your bride something to wipe away her teats."
" I do not moan, to let her shed any."
"Oh, a weddinj; without tears will  be I assure you I mean to weeping." 3U  promise  all   amiles
very hum-drum, do mi/ thare ol the
"You may, if y afterwards."
" Thatdepends upon how much you will let ma have my own way."
" If your own wa.y will be to take rest an d happiness from my hand, so be it. But remember, you are all mine now."
There was no tragic and frantic dash in Eonald.s manner as he Jient, still unnoti¬ ced from the room. The'pain at his heart was too crushing L'or that. He had looked upon Mabel with,' he thought, the eyea of a fond brother, bil t he knew now tbat she had won in his heart a closer place than that. Now, when ho was to lose her, he realized that ahe was to him the very light of his life. He loved her. All the winning grace, all the pretty, dainty expertnesa of
her busy fingers, all the loving melody ol her voice, all her frank affection seemed doubly dear, to him as he took his path to the hospital to try in the routine of duty to forget her.      [
Long days, sleepless nights, and n sad aching longing tar the home he had loved so well, followtd (;he blow he had experi¬ enced, when another change came to him, that one little week before would have filled his oup of hgppioess. The ball which had threatened to cut ihe thread of his existence, had verified thei surgeon's hope and lay under the shoulder blade, accea- sible to the knife. A painful operation was before, a fewi weeks of quiet, then re¬ stored health, and a new start in life's race.
He resolved to go home, and applied for a leave, thinking he could better hear the oruel operation and irksome confine¬ ment in his sea side village, than in the crowded hospital. But before he went, he would write to Mabel and tell her why he left. I
In the meantime, how was it with our
heroine. Dr. Clalrke had returned to H	
and Aunt Jane aud Mabel were busy over the many purchases made during hia visit- Long pieces of linen took shape under their active fingers, pretty ribbons became tasteful bows, piles of collars and sleeves began to fill empty drawers, while every day the seamstress, milliner and dress¬ maker poured in their contributions.— Cousin Susan wiis not to come, home any more, for the wedding was to be from Uncle James' hi3use, and Aunt Jane was aiding in the formidable task of breaking up the preaent   eatabliahment, packing
what was to go to H , selling mucb,
and getting all in readiheaa for a atari from the old house. |
But Mabel wiis growing very jjale and very ead as day after day glided by and Eonald did not pome to her. She too, had let her heart go unsearched in their pleas' ant intercourse,, content to drift down the smooth tide of I friendly feeling, without looking for any change. But now her longing for a eight .of the familiar face grew to positive pain. Was he ill? Was he angry ?   Why did he not come ?
At last his letter came, a letter in which he laid his whole heart before her. Her answer was characteristic, with a face full of sunshine, lips parted in a brilliant smile she wrote:
" You absurd! boy:
" You have made a moat ridiculous mis¬ take. Come in this evening and I will ex¬ plain. {
"Yqur's lovingly. Mat." If the demure orderly who saw the pdlid, sad face -go up stairs, and the beaming one oome down, who saw the despairing eyes of him who sent the let¬ ter, the joy-lighted ones that scanned the answer,: drew any conclusions, that is his •ffiir. Oars is' to tell how the lummong tf«s obeyed.
May was alone in the parlor, whon the firm military step sho listened for, rang out on the pavement. She was in the doorway when he entered, her white dress and becoming coiffure making her face look pretty, as its glad, loving expression made it dear to him who gazed upon it.
"Oh, Eonald," she said, blushing and smiling, as she let him fold her ina long embrace, "itjs mamma^fWhq, is going to marry Dr. Clarke. I love him with all a daughter's devotion."
"But me," he whispered jealously, "how do you lovo me."
She would not give him too many sugar plums at once, however, and he had to turn wooer in real earnest before she granted him the position he craved.
There was ajdouble wedding in H -,
for Mabel would tiot consent to allow that fearful operation to be performed with any lesa loving devotion than a wife's to tend the sufferer. Dr. Clarke'a skilful hand guided the knife that freed Eonald from his burden, and his care, wilb Ma¬ bel's nursing, and "Cousin Susan's soups," Eonald aaya, effected a speedy cure.
The cruel war is over; but on the- list ot the regular ^rmy we find Eoland Shel- ton's real name, in, we trust, the full line of promotion, while developing and be¬ coming each day more earnest^ and true, the inner Eoland ia gaining the promotion sweet Mabel asserts is open to all.—La- day's Friend for October.
A DEMOCBATIO PJELOTEST.
Petroleum V: Nasby protests, as a coa- fiistent Democrat, against tbe nomination of soldiers by his party.   He writes:—
" I object to nominatin em for tbe fol- lerin reasons:—
" 1. Taint honist. In 1862 I called the soljers ' Linkin purps,' and the orfisers ' ahoulder-strapt hirelina,' and Imeant it. They wuz wagin a crooil and unholy war agin Dimocrisy, they was redoosin our magorities, in the suthern states at the rate uv sum hundreds per day, and now to nominate em is a flop I'll never make
" 2. Twon't pay. These fellers aold ub out,whon they took commishuns.theysold out the Ablisbniats when they flopt back to us, and what guaranty hev we that they won't sell us the next turn of the wheel ? Ef we cood git sum decent wuns, it mite do, but, good Lord I the soljer who wood do this wood be lower down than we is, which wood bother a man. All the votes tha* sich men cood controle, we hev alluz owned in fee simple.
*3. Taint justis 2 us original copper¬ heads. We endoored the heat and.burden of the day J we resisted drafts, we dammed taxes, we wuz Fort Lafayeted and Fort Warined, twas us who died in our door- yards. Where wuz these ofFisers then? All thedamage they dun theguvernment wuz in drawin pay and rashens.
' 4, The reconstructed dimocrisy uv the South wont like it, and to them, after all, we must look for sucoess.
"5. They acknowledge nigger equality by allowin niggers to fight with em,
" 6. Wo hev gone too far to try the sol¬ der dodge. We opposed-the war, we op¬ posed ther votin, we opposed-the Abliahun in voting pay and supph'es, we opposed Aid Society, and laft at Sanitary Commis- hns, we opposed diafts at a time when they needed help and to go back on eich a record is ruther renchin, and I won't do it.
7 " Ef we undertake the sojer we com mit ourselves to payin his penshuns, et sattry. How would the southern Di- mdcricy like that.
"S. Ef we nominate men who served, we disgust the deserters aud them ez went to Kanady for the sake ov the coz."
Mr. Nasby appends the following advice to his party:—
*' We have cappotel enouff in the Nig¬ ger. Let us Resolve that Godlemity wuz rito in makin the Nigger our sla-ve, tho he made a mistake in plantin in his heeven buzum a chronic desire to run away from his normal condishn. Let us hang out our banner and inscribe on its flods,' No marry in Niggers I'• No payin a debt in. kurd in a Nijrger war!' protect us from Nigger equality!' and sich other precepts escum within range uvtheDimekraticin- tellek, and go in and win.
*' May the Lord hasten the day.
" PETROLEUM V. NASBY,
" Lait Paster uv the Church uv th© Noo Dispensashun.
A SOLDIBB'S LBTTffla TO HIB FATHBB.
Home, dcarfotbor, we're comicg homo, "We're marchiog toward tho polar star. Wo leave the Soathcrn Oioss afar,
And peace lights up the azuro dome.
You're heard the tale of vielory won. You knotr how treaaon lies in dust. How Frosdom*8 soldiers kept.their trust
Bight nobly till the strife was dono.
And many thonsandB bravo and true, Ilavo folded up their whito winged tout And on thoir homeward march arobont,
Charlie and I aro marching, too.
But on the hattle-fieia, at rest, Our dariing Willio waitelh, till Shall eoand the buglo loud and shrill,
That calls the armieB of the blest.
He fell in tho first blaah of spring j When violets and apple blooms Loaded the air with' rich perfamea,
Mid battle's din his soul took wing.
Por bim a soldier's grave we made. And thore, all marble pale and cold . "With dark stains on his emls of gold,
Ourbeautifal, young brother laid.
And now my heart-Etrings throb with paio, And war's dread horrors summon diead When I remember him as dead,
And call his namo, and call iu vain.
Sut this sad war at last is done, And oomiaghome, yoa'Umoum to soe Only two boya instead of throe;
Father, yoa will not grieve alone.
For many hearts bavo lost their all Of hope and love in these dark yeara And many oycs are dim with tearsj
And many voices vainly call!
And in that bright and golden land Whero Willie'd gone, sweet mother's waitj I know that past the poarly gates
She was tho first to clasp his hand.
And when our march of Hfe ts o'er. Whether it cod in calm and peace. Or mid tbo dim of battle cease,
Wo, too, shall c3E:p on that blest shoro.
So let us tako our broken chain Of homo and lore, ond keop it bright, Till the lost links are fonnd ia light,
d,nd angels weave them in again.
But father, dear, you're growing oldj I saw you in a dream last night, Aod thought jour hair was ailrory white;
Tho dream is (TUo, I have boen told.
Xet peoce, I trust, will bring you rest; Gharlio and I will mind the farm. And sister NelL with boart so warm
Will lean her head upon your breast.
And such sweet winning words will tell. You'll look iuto ber azuro cyos And think ber mother in the skies Was Eoarco moro fair than little Koll.
And, now, bye, byo ! net long we'll roam j But ere you reap tho golden corn Wti'll sharo your eve, we'll share your mornJ
Homo, dearfjithcr, wo'ie coming homo!
her, his  thoughts had gone back over leagues of blue water, to a green grave in old Ireland, guarded by a simple cross, emblem of the sleeper's faith. "I'm bidding you along faiowcll. my Mary,kind
and (tuo, But I'll not forget you, darling in the land I'm
goiog to.. :      ¦ Tboy say thera's brcal, and,work for all, and the
sun shines always there* But I'll not forget old Ireland, were it fifty times
aa fair.*' Bread and work he had found; fame and riches, too; but he had not forgotten old Ireland, nor the love, faithful and unselfish, that had blessed his early man¬ hood. Years might come, and a fairer head lie on his breasl where hera had lain, but no other could ever bo to him just what she had been—-not even Lou, tenderly-beloved though she was, for that early happiness had come to him in the brightness and freshness of youth, and that—ah, me ! never comes again to any of us. And when the song was ended they wentback to the parlors, to the light and,the mirth, and the gayety tliere, and among all the revellers none played their part better than the man who had just been face to face with hia dead past, for peacefulunitiesof outward life must be preserved, audit is not well, I think, for any of us to oarry our hearts in our faces.
CARKIAGE S.'^b'u G gTh^";     T'^T
I'HiLADELPniA   ADVERTISB^IENTS
ESTEY'S   COTTAaE   ORGAIff
APtE  not oaly unexcelled, but they ftra a'jsolatftlj vjicq^alUd, hy any othtir Keod la- Btrnment  in the   coantry.    IJasIgncd   exprssslyfor Chntches and ScIiooIb, tbey are fonnd to ia eqna.ly weii a(t:vptod to Iba parlor &nd drawfag room- For aala only by                                                 E. -M. BEtlCS, No. 18 Uorth Seventh Streat, t'hUtdoIphia. iXS* ALSO, BEADBDKY'S PI.VNO, asd a complete asiortmast of the PERFECT MKLODEON. Jjgptlll- lyr-44
LEGAL   NOTICES.
. McKEOWN,
6"^S. SKOOP SRKUTS. GiS
HOPKINS' "OWN MAKE"
OF   HOOP   sivIRTSj ARE   GOTTEN  UI* e?:prcAsly to meet the wants of
T ^ FIRST  CLASS TRADE.
HEY embrace a complete assortment 1 flf f^T^^I r.eward d«Mr<tbI« styleH, *Iz,fl and length, or Ladlop, filiaaep, »nd Chlldrua. ^v.d .Te%upc- rlot to aU othi-ra made in point of symmetry, finish and dnr^bUity; being m^de of th« ar,«t iVmpcrvd EngllBh Steel Spring", TTiih T/nen flaiahad cavrrlne Md having all ili»mataUc fiBteningB Immovably bI- cnrad, by improvad mschlnny. Thay rttafa thalr shape and elaallclty to tha last, aad ar« warranted to give eo'ire BstiBfacticn.
ALSO, constantly in receipt of full lioes of good Eastern made BKIETa, at very low j-ricos. SalriB made to nrdar,altered and reptfred.
Wholesiln and Kettil, ac   .lUnu fao lory aad Sa'aa Boom. No. 6.8, Alt'JU Straet, abore Sixth, PHILA- Ul^LHBIA. JJ-Terms C£6h—0o» Piles Oaly I
aa^lL'-tmo-SS
ADDITOR'S NOriCE.
THB undersigned appointed Auditor, hythe Orphaaa'Coart of Lancaster coaoty, to dlfttribnte the balanro remalnlog In (hn i*and3 of Robt. W. Morton, Esq , Admiaistralor of WiUiaoi Ammon, late of Salisbury totrnstilp, daeeaEed, to and amtisg tLa ciodl'orsand h«ir« of said decaiHJiI, or dthors lii,;allT fntltlsd, will attend for thft parpose of bis aptiolnt- ni«nton Wodnevlay tho25lhdayotOclob3r,lSS5, Rt2 oMocS:. P. M., at tho Libr«ry Beam In the Coort IlouiP, in tba City irf LancJ8tBr; when and whore .-.!! person: latorastcd may attend it thty tblale proper. J B. GOOO, ¦Iop23 4tU Auditor.
EXECUTOE'S NOTICE.      ' Estate of Joseph O. Groff, late of Weat Lam' peter township, deceased.
LETTERS testamentary ori said eatate having baoix granted to tbo nndanlzned, all petaonaisdebtod thereto sra reiueatod to makd Imma diate paymont.Hcd Ibone havtog clalma or; demaoda agalnEtthe fsamairni presaat thom for aattlement (o the nnderfigeed, re;iding in na'd MwnKhip.
Dr. GEO. W. MILLEB, B3pt 2Mit-44 ExKcntor.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE."^ "' "^ Estate of Dr. Samael Humes, late of the City of Lancaster, deceased.     ¦   .. ., r
^~^HE uDdersigned Auditor, appoiated to diBtributa thebiUnra rpmtlning la ibeVscde of Dr. ll»nry Garpeater, rxscnter sf tfaa laat .Will and Tt;bt<meot of Raid deceased, to and among tbo33.1ei{i£Uy •niitled to th^^-tme, will attand for that''pnrpoaa'on ThurRday, tht.' 2Sih day of ttentimbex. A. J)., 18C6. at "i o'cloeb, p m , to tbe Library ^oom of the Court Home In tbe Glty of Lancaster, whera all persona ioteroat^d in said dUtrihation may atteod.
P. a. ELOLEJUN, B7pt6 4t4l- Andltor.
ONLY AN EPISODE
Xb was one of those delightful parties which Mrs. Lane had the happy faculty of getting up, where the music, and the supper, and the decorations were aln-ays perfect, aud one was sure of meeting just the people one Qared most to see. Not a "grand crush" of broadcloth and French toilettes, nor a levee of newly-made mil¬ lionaires—Mrs. Lane bad a horror of shams and parvenues, and turned her back on Mr. and Mrs. Shoddy and their diamonds, in ladylike disdain. A very attractive woman herself, this "Lady of the Manor" always drew the best people about her; so it chancetl that in the company to-night there was an author, a traveller, and a fa¬ mous painter, "solid" men and brilliant women, gay belles and g.tUant cavaliers, here and there the blue uniform and gilt shoulder straps of an ofScer at home on furlough. No military dandies these, bnt mell who had seen hard service and faced death a score of times under Kilpatriok and Sheridan.
SAHUEI. B. COX, WM. <J
JACOB MIt-EY.
BABTOEL B. COX & CO. CASSIAOB MANUFACTURERS AtTO PRAC-
TICAL MECHANICS,
Comer of Dtike and Vine St. Lancaiterj Pa.j
~   EEP constantly on hand and manu
„  fiietoTA to order   OABBIAGES OFIVEET DESGEIPTIO;!, made ofl tbe be?t materlali and by experiencedB irorkmen. ^
Havlngbaon engaged In the Oarriage making buil- nees foraome yeara, they fsal eoafidoattbat tha vork made by tbem will bk foaad folly eqnal If not snpsrtoi to any other made In the ^tcte, either as to atyla, worlc- uanship or qnality cf materials, and alas Is reasaca- bl8nc::-i of price, Tbey tberafore Invite those In want of Carrlftgai, to give tbem a «all before pnTchaElc^ elsswhora.
Tua followiag PAEUIUUS barabaen awarded to tMi •atabliahsient:—APreminraby tho Lancaster Coauty Fair of 1&53 fer £SST SULKY ; also, a Premlnm and Silver Medal for tbe B3ST BHIifTING-TOP BDGOy,— A Sliver Uedal by the nutortcal, Agrieoltnral and Mechanical Inetltnte, [a June, 1S69; and alao by tUa I^lton Instltnte, la NoTamber, 1363, for BEST SHIFT* ING-TOP BUGarand TSOTTISG BaOGT.
tS-Persona vraoting carrlagea canaeleot rom IflFTT DIFPSESNT STTLES, all In ono room
AUwork manQfaetOTCd at thlsestahllabment )s wa nots'J. Sapalring ofall binds dona oa. ihurt notice,' an   vl4-tf-iH SAUUEL B. GOS & GO,
CABRIAaS  HAHITPACa?OBY.
ALTICK J{ McGINNIS. (Formerly  Deriker, Altlok  & Co'a.)
Extensive Caniage Manufactoiy,
W,"ORANOE ST., HBXT TO THE COR. OF PRIXCE.
KEEP constantly on hand, and manu¬ facture to order CAREIA.a SS of every descrlp- tiuu, made of tba best material, by ex- c^=^ m perienoad aud competent trorkmec.—g^^S^jftL^ lliTlcKbeen extenHlve'.jergsgedln the^^Ss^^S* aboT4 biudnKBafor many years, th-tyare t>*t iw^^fiu ¦ cooSJent that the TTurk laracd out l>y them w'.U be fjoad eqaal if uot inferior to any other malo in the couuty, either aa rotfarls STSLE, WOltKANtiUiP, Qualityo'' Materials or Price. Thoir etoek sf naw and aecoad hand carriag-a Ih th'! mo^rt extenhlV:) iu lho Co. £3" Persons In want or anything in thalr lloe will piBiiBe call and I'xamlae thnlr trcrk .tod arcartaln tbeir prieaa belore purc^afilni; elarwhsre. AU work m^nu- factursdat thia eatabl-ehmdat warranted, l'<irt'colir attention paU to all kladti of rapairlog.      ang ;il ly 9
~ COAL    ANd'T^U^' EB^
J. STEWART DEPUY, S53 SoutU Second Streci,
PIXILADJiLPBU.
KEEPS constantly on hand a Hrg'i assortment of UAut'F.TS,
OIL GL0TH3,
MAT7II?0S,'
W/NDOM'SHADES,
PIANO, MaLODEOS, and TABLE COVERS,
Ac., &e.
To wbich ha Incites the atlonJion of thoae who wish to purchaEo anylblag In hla
line.
Bspt. 6 Sm 43
ADMIN13TAT0ES' iXOTiCS. Estate of George Koch'.er,  late of Efzabath toBnstiip, deceased. ' '
LETTERS of administration on snid Estate baTtug b'jan Rrantol to tL« att'lerjistei, aij p^raaanlndabtfli tli^reto a:e reqce-itcJ to niit'- Ini- moilate >ottlement, end thoee barlcg'clalma' or- de- minds RgaluHt tlie sime will presi-nt thoai without delay for eettlement to'the Tinde''rigned. I
JaUK ja. KOEHX.EIL
re»IdlBgla l-t-nntv*.,' GKO. M. KOBIILBp,  - Espt 13-5:"4J- retldius in Hiiz.hab twr>,
JldmiDUir«torK.
ADMINOTUATOR'S   NOTICK
Estate of fanny Kurtz, late of Ephrata twp., deceased.
LETTERS of Administration on said Instate baving boen granted to the Qnd&rtpl^^nc'd, aU persons Indebted thereto at« requeateiJ tn make ttn- mediate setUemeat.and tho^e havicg daloia or de¬ mands agalaat thesame irlll pr-eent tbem witb'ont<:'!- lay for settlameot to the nnderalgned, ra>l(ltB(; in «ald towDFhIp. JACOKB. HUtTZ,
' jsept i:s 61*43 /.d trio ibt rator.
C5UGC«3SOU3 TO) Y A R N A L. L.   &   CJ G-1) U >T,
A'O.    17 2   KORTH   THIRD   STfifLT,   PHIVA
Wholesile De^ltirs in Ccal Oila, Alcjbc-1, Bcczloo, Naphtha, Turpentine, &c.
Have constantly on hacd DOWaE'3 SPINULE or IJOHT MACHI.VKBT OIL
nswr OIL.
Thf 33 are pare nnmised ParulSne Lnbrlcitor, free from
all tr:i03 of aclJ, and d-rti warra>ited n"t t^ " :jum np."
13" The Trade sapplled on H ea^o.-iable Terma l-tj
£ep 6 Cm 42
,EXECUTOR'S KOTICE.
Eatate of Susanna Eby, lata of Upper Le.^icock
twp., deo'd-
LETTERS testamentary on said estate hiving been granted to th't nudr-s gned, all p^r- eouK Iridebiei Iher-'toaTe ricqaosred to mittia. linmedl- hLahattleraunt, aid thc&e bavjcj; cl?im» or uemaii>i.( AfCtinst tho nam; wilt prudent thom withcut d-1^. for aetclemuat t^ the naderslgiiail, reaidtnis i^ t^ari 'wp. DiMELO.<ii:0!F, HeptZGLMl Ixrcalor,    .
COAL, SALT, &c. 'I^HB   subscriber   having   taken   the
S   COAIi VARU   nnd   WAKK£lIOUSE os the
eonth aide of tbe OJneatrs^ neir Orasti'tt Landing, Utuly occupUd hy Geor^-j Calder, will Keep on lund a tail supply of
COAL, WOOD AND SALT.
AIsD, Eangi'E K»= Bins SUeKIlIOS PttOal'H.VTB and OUJUSD I'L.ISTEK, tojttiiarnitU Polte, rails. FiilM aud FeQciurt Dateriald goat-rally, all of which will \a
Hold at the Teiy lovrifsl niarkut ratt-s.
A Cheap and Good SuoKE-nonsE.— A Western New York farmer publishes his plan of a smalls cheap and good smoke- housB.which, as it nnyjooataiasome prac¬ tical hints for our own readers, we ap¬ pend it:—
No farmer should be without a good smoke-house, and such a one as if ill be fire proof and tolerably secure from thiev¬ es, Fifty hams can be smoked at one time ina smoke-house seven by eight feet square. Mine is six by seven, and is large enough for most farmers. I first dug ail the grouud out below where the frost would reach, and filled it up to the surface with small ston es. On this I laid my brick floor, in lime mortar. The walls are brick, eight inches thick, and seven feet high, with a door on one side two feet wide. The door should be made of wood and lined with sheet iron. For the top I put on joists, two by four, set up edgewise, and eight and a half inches from centre to centre, covered with brick, and put on a heavy coat of mortar. Ibuiltasmall chimney on the top in the centre, arching it over and covering it with a single roof in the usual way. An arch should be built on the outside, with a small iron door to shut it up, similar to a stove door, with a hole from the arch through the wall of the smokehouse, and an iron grate over it. This arch is much moro convenient and better to put the fire in, (han to build a fire inside the smoke-house, and the chimney causes a draft through into the smoke-house. Good corn cobs or hickory wood are the best materials to make a smoke for hams. The cost of such a smoke-house as I have described
is about $-0.
 ><—I    .
The Tables Torned.—The following ex¬ tract from a private letter written m Beaufort, S. C, to a gentleman in Phila¬ delphia, is atones suggestive, and a pow¬ erful evidence of the effects of the rebel¬ lion, on those who were duped into up¬ holding it:
Dr. Sams, who owned "Oaklands" (our former residence on St. Helena), has come back, and lives in one of the deserted ne¬ gro cabins. One of hLs formeralavea lives in the mansion house, which he bought of the United States tax commissioner ¦ the doctor tried to get a room in the house, but Harry would not eufier him to occupy any part of it. The building is a poor one; but the cabin whgre Sams now lives ia not as habitable as many Korthern pig-pens. Can retribution go further than «hisV The former owner of a hundred slaves now lives in an abandoned hovel oiu the plantation which be owned. That pjatttatiou has been divided into small tncts, sold, and occupied by his former ollattels. Dr. Clarence Trippe asks the patronage of the people of St. Helena; his card (written by himself) says: " He will be found from 10 A. M until 5 p. M. at the house ot John Major, Ejq." That John Major, E;q, waa formerly his slave.
Tho grave buries every error, covers eve¬ ry defect, extingmahes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but tender reoolleotions. Wbo can look down upon the grave bf an enemy and not feel a compahctiouB throe tbat he shonld have warred withthe jxior handful of earth that lisamouldering before faim? - .
apl 2i tfiJ
SAMDEL HBaS.
EBMOVAli
HAVING disposed of my property on the CODB^toga Navlf^^tlon to ' Satoncl EasB, ttu.,. 1 liaTctemoTad my bunlaass to my yard
Corner qf Fenn'a liaitroad and Water-st., "Whera I will continue Baslnes? aa heretofore, and ¦woald respKctfully eall lhe atteiitlon of n'y old _custo- mcrs and tho public to my slock of
COAX
And as the hours wore on, the tide of music, and talk, and tinkling laughter flowed around and out to tho cornera of the rooms, ivhere little groups of congeni¬ al friends discussed matters interesti.ig and pleasant to themselves, out into the hall, where two or three couples were promenading; on, to the library, where Captain Dennis Adair sat alone with Ldu Haynes.
" Sho has a stately. Juno face,
"Who has promised to stoop to bo my wife; A calm, nnfaltcriDg rolco, nnd tho graco That comes with knowledge of life."
And Captain Adair ? One glance would tell you what he was. Thirty, good-look¬ ing, brave and rich—what more could any woman ask, unless it were love; and thai Dennis Adair gave as he gave everything else, freely, generously, as he would have given his life, had the need arisen, for this woman who held his heart in her keeping —this woman, who had said that she lov¬ ed him ; whose warm broath on his cheek fevered his blood and thrilled his pulses like wine.
The gas was lurned down till only a tiny tongue of flame remained, but in the grate a fire burned cheerily, casting a pleasant glow through the room, and through the open door and along the halls from the parlors beyond came the souud of gay voices, ripples of light laughter, and frag ments of conversation. There was a hush presently, as some one began to sing, and Captain Adair said quickly—" Thai's SIc- Clennan's voice."
A good voice, just touched with a soft Celtic accent, and the words were the words of that aweetestsong ever sung,'*The Irish Emigrant's Lament." Pid its tender pathos touch any longpast experience in his own life, that the singer's voice trem¬ bled BO over the lines? And what was it that made Dennis Adair's face change as he listened ? " I'm EittiDg on tho atilo^ Mary, whero wo sat side
hy sido, On a bright May morniog long ago, when first
you wero my brido. The corn was springing fresh and green, tbo lark
sang loud aod high, And tha red was on your cheek, Mary, and tho lovelight ia your eyo."
Hearing it, the coils of lustrous blonde bair, thick sown with pearls; and the per¬ fect face lying against the soldier's breast, passed out of his mind as if they had never been, and he stood on the green shores of another land, with the blue skies of spring above his head, and beside him a fair young girl, with dewy blossoms in her hair, and in the tender eyes a look tbat no other woman's had ever worn for him. Ah, me 1 Ten long yeara lay between that time and the present, but it all came back to him as McClennan sang—the young, wistful face, the clasp of a gentle hand—" The lark's loud song," and all the glory and brightness of a day long since passed away. "'Tia buta stop down yonder lano, tho little
church stands near, -     •
Tho churoh whero wo wero wed, Mary—I see the
spire from here; But tho gravo-yard lies  between, Mary, and my
step might break your ro3t Where I*ye laid yon, darling, down to sleep, with
your bahy on your hroiat." Home, and wife, and little child. Strange memories these for the courted man, the gallant cavalier, whom women delighted to honor. But I think that in the lives of most of us there are some passages which tbe world never reads, some pages forever sealed even from the eyes that love us best/-  And iso Iroa^aynea never gdeased
apl 15-tf-2l
SALT,
PLASTER, &c.,
will Bill Bt the lowo£t mulcet pricea.
GEO. CALUKS, Jb., Office, No. 2, Eut Oraase Street.
SALT.      SALT.      SALT
LIVERPOOL AKD J)OMESTIg"sALT,
Wholaule sod BetaU at Lower' Prices, than can he forctiaaBd eUawhore;  '•.'¦'-
ALLEN & NEEDLES'
IMPROVED
SUPER-PHOSPHATEOFLIME
MANUFAC-TUREJ) Oilli/ liY THE5I AT TUKIR
AGRICULTURAL   WORKS,
rHILADELPHIA.
"We give Ihg assurance to tii? pnblie, that nin'. wiil ba HtiL or tijfered for mte by us but
OVR .p^yN MANUFACTURE.
I'ackcilin new Ear/s,'V.OO lbs. eacli.
PrloE,SSOper 2000lbs., 2i cts.perlb.
ALLEN  &   HEEBLES'
- ikrnovED'
F ERT I LIZ EE.
• We desire to impress upon farmers and daalerf, tbat we m ikii no eoucealmest of its priucipal compotttfnia, T.'z;
Animai Matter, Hair, Wool, Acid, And Finely Ground Bones.
£rery ilsy hrlfige na vldilicnkl evIdancoH of ilie sufeiijr fxCfUcncf. of Ifala arllcle. Thnse who hiire' lifif d it fur n<. arly asTen yearj kaow ita good qaalitie? sud
This is the bcit proof wficsntAva ai to its Talae.
Packed in nao Bags, 150 Ih. each.
Price, $35 per 3000 lbs., l:] eta per lb.
fi^* A trade discount allowed to dealers.
ALIiBIT & NEEDLES, A-IS. Ddaicarc Avenue and -11 S. Water St.y (First Store ahove Chestnut.) PIlILAI>ELPinA.-
We icll no articles hut such as ice cansafdy recommend. ¦
ju!jl9-3m-3S.
KXEcuroa'S notice.
Efitato of Henry Hershey, Iato of 2Ianor twp., deceased.
LB T TEn S Testamentary on said aB'Ste haviccb-'sn Eran'ed t'> the nnilcir"lg-ieil, jUI pfiTBOoaiadAbleil tbsrdto » e nqn^.stod tomifk-; iui' m dl&te paymaac, Aad ibuaa baving cl.ifniB or dfmai:dii BKaiiut Uie b3.m-: wiil present tbem t^iihout du ^y for teltlement lo tbe nn^ersIgaeJ, ro»id;nif In Eaid toifU- Hhlp. J J IX liOH-i^..
EEj JAMIS nSK3nEV, Sep C-G'l-J2 . >s«cnu:rn--_
ADMINISTUATOR'S  NOTICE. Estate of iJrUtow Wilson, lale  ot  Little Bri- Ifiin twp , decM. ITTEUS of administration  on said
 EsUte baving boEB gianiwd to Iho undcriijfia--!j,
.111 pflr4oii»-Itf'Ielited tbereto nro r"In;^:fl:l tomatt^ !»'.• mndUtJi pityineal, and LboFO bav>n^ cla'tasr-riitrCiAiiud agiirs*. Ibo famu will prea^nl tbem withpjnt dflsy Sn: Bt:nl^mout to tho uud'ira-satd rC'.-<Ir.'Er;: tn tul'a> twp.
Eejt. 6 61-12 /d^lilpi^ti8t.¦;r.
tal
Tor wile hy
a. OALDER, Jb.
OFFICE  WO. 2 EAST  oa ANO E   BT%-EBT, I.AMCASTEB., PA. -^-^
OONSUMEB-S     OF
COAL,
*3* ^€L D^ £i     3Xr g> TK? X O 32!
BLIiWLAKER'S
GOAL    YAED,
Sim al the Old Tlaee.
Cor. of Prince and Lemon steets, one Sqnare
Korth of the Bailroad.
THB most oonvenient yard in the Citj tor Coanlrr Trida, balof; oat ofalsht of tht csri fiad frontlag on twj atreeU.
OOAL OF ALL KINDa ¥0K FAMILY,
FOUNDRY, i
SfEA?!.
LIME BUUnKlt.
AND m.iCffS.lIfrfl'S fsf 07 THS ESST QBALITIXS ALWATf '- HAKD. K^ Clear. Coal and fall wdl/IU giun'ar.i^^il lo aU. «rr n-lT-JI LEVI ELLlIJKr.E.
HA'Xb,    CArS,    &c.
HATS      HATS ! :     HATS !! I
THK   undersined,  Proprietor  of  the old
WEST KINO STREET BA T STOIIE,
No. 113^ Weit Kins street, Lancaster, ra.
Hu klTrays oa haod or tuftaofactured to order sa
excellent varlbt; of Hete adapted to Spring, Sammer
aod Fall wear,   la his usortment trill be foand
SILE, CASSIMEEB & SOFT HATS,
Of every Style and Qtialilij for Oentlemen'e and Boy.* 'near. I take the opportanlty to retnrn thmlcB to my old ea'tomel. la both city and coanty. for loos contianetl patronage, and trnnt that by paying prompt altrntlDn to hasinesB as heretofore, and aalling'^Dods at reasona¬ ble prices, to glre satisfaction. Pleaec call and esais- laemyBats. TIIED£EICK liMITH.
may7-8m-24
SUMlttEB  HATS! 'I'^HB undersigned have just received
JL beantlful aBGorcicent of all stylos of
FELT AND STRA W JTATS, which we arc prepared to sell at the
HOST REASONABLE TEEMS.
Onr friends in the city and coanty are invited to call and examine our assortment.
BIKS. WICHOtiL,
TRIMMINGS & HOSIERY,
1810   MARKET   S TU jGBT, PHTTi ftPEIipglA.
(^1 fcta vtinnlet Kalk/rom Pcnn'a. R. R. Station.
Trimminga,   flmbraitlcrics,  Ifo^iery,   GIotcSi
Cur»i>ts,   Pcrfumrry.   Combs,  Untslies,
hhiriE,   CollarM, Bosom's, Neclc-
tics. nin»Iiam». iUukIIub,
FlucueU, &c., A:c.
Tha goods boidg pnichased for oibb itIU bo Bold £t the
LOWB&T CASH FRICES. dec 10-
HATHAW/VY, lEACII & STEARJS.S,
417   AECH  STREET, I" U 11. A D E L r III A,   1" A .
DEiLBK3 IS
EK'GIMS, MilCttiSERY & BAIIROAD StIPPllES,
Aad .igeats for the eale of
MACHISBSTiS'   TOOLS,
2AXI7FACTtrBED Bt THE.
KEW   VORK   STEAIl ENGINE   WORKS.
July 8 3m 33
may 20-tf
SHULTZ & BSOIBEB, Nortli Qaeen St., Lancaster. a2S
ITATIOITAI.    THOVBTSINQ   HATS.
A BCAnnPCL AaaOilTSIEHT OP ROTT THB 8TTLK lit LABaB CmEg—
Can be had at the Cheap and Popular
IIAT AND CAP STOEE OF
SHULTZ & BROTHER,
Nortb Qneen St., Lancaster, may 20-lf n29
CHEGABAY INSTITUTE. Tti-,-. —T -i d-a-i.. fixtca.    E'l-on.cSa.
BOARDING AND   DAY SCHOOL FOR
Ko. 1527 and  1529 Spruoe Street,
rmLiDELl'HIA, Will re open on Wedn03day,'September 20tb.
French ia the langcspe of the family, and is con- atantli-niiokcola the lastitntlfn. F.,r CircalsrB and p-.ctlcnlars apply to MAliiJlB D'UEIlTILLY;
«nsS-3m'o7
ADMlSISTRiTOK'.? KOTICE.
Edtate of f-amnel Millar, late of Jlirlic twp.,
decsaacd.
LETTBES of adminiatration on suid ;e8t:it8 haviaj; beoa gr«Dted lo tlis mi"i'rt-ig5cd alisernoaslDdehted tbereto irs rc-q'^'atf)-tn ciaV-s tiaQudKlu sotLlemeztt &r.il thfireh^vtci; c'A.m!>OL- (Ie- Rian-le ssi'ns* tho ?:im9 will prpij-nt Shi-m withnat -ie- li.ytot sottl^tmeAt to tlii- uui-Tiiii:;:?,', rtmldiafc' iu buii townfhip. MiiiOAlCE'? Mirjl.KB.
8dp iJ-3»:-li Ailu.lotr;triif.r.
g   Jt w
ESTATE NOTICE. Estate of James Kenariy, late of Dait tTTp. deceased. TTEKS of aoministratioa n'itli tho
  WlU aniKK'd oa'eaid e=Uto hivrins ljo»a frraoled
to tiiij ondtTsifc'aetl, ftU psTfir.-; indalsid ih'-r<io :.r3 reqasrtsd to m^.]£c tmnie^i&to BFttMiociit, nml it:c^j hdvla^ clAirQ"! or dDnr.Tiii.i cgtiiitt iht; i-atr.e will t re¬ sect tbem wlthoTit d^hiy ri)ri.o:tl'n)ent 10 the nmltr- fii:,'DflJ, uelJlng la riri.LlJst'jiirine. (.UosNt Cutty, P». JOili-iA DATIH.
ang SO 6i -11 iJiii'K. with tiio V,-iil juut-xfti.
ESTATE ^'OTXCK. Estate of Dani&l llagey, lale of iVyst Coealieo
township, decjr.Eed. T-KTTERSTescawcntiry cm said estate
3_^,hftVinKhrBn grsored to liio u-jdiT&igiieJ.sHpsi- Bna» Indtjbled thereto nre rei'i-fstK^l to maho itBm>"!I- ttt: aettUmunt', HDd tltC£9 tuvl^j; ckiiutH or d<iui»t:au ai;ftinstthy gRna wiH prasatit thcni withr.ut dabiy !it &Qtt!eiScni to tf-e aDdBrh!;:a['(I Ese:a!'j;'-.
JOHN  If. H\OHr, West CcciHcc f:7i:. KOl.aoN II. lUGLiT.    J:.  . (Jo
P£TEK MALtXr:-', Ej hret^ to-.riicIif:>.
ADMINISTIIATOR'S InOTICB. Eatata of Aadrow Murray, doccased.
LilTTERS of Aduiiijiitriitioa un tlo Ketato Gf AEdren^Mortay, lite cf f asca^tar n..2itlr. dfceas-U, who wa.:: a momber cf Co. fi, iS.ti I'.V.. and who Ifl believed to havo dii-Jstthe Slillijtr? ilospl ftl, at JfilfarsonTilli*, Ineiana—hivlngbi-pii gr;;n''d to tha tabst-rlhorrwidttgia LuntisIerti-wjEbip. AHrtr-t'na ind<:bttdtoi>alJ ttiiate are r. q<.ii]ntEd:.i tua'^eliuiu'>lii.Cii payment, and thn^e baviEg tlii!;>!i vrill pie-aot tlieai without dolay, proi erly iiiiliie.iiic.iled lot s-lilimeo!; to t; U/GSU, ant; S3 61* JO Auniiautiator.
EXECUTOR'S  NOTICE.
Eatate of Henry Jlartin, late of ]-:a£t E?.rl toffu-.iiip, de-jaastid.
LKTTEKS Testrimeutiiry ou faid IT:^- talt;hMrlB[;bepn i;r»na-il ttHiK- GBcorfi ficod, ;iU pci^ns inilebtt>d thtr'-to an rfiiuuitnl ly niika 'la- mnilU'a p:tyinrat,t!nd th s.> hs%'<ui; dr-ui'ii'lM tt^uust thu t-smewillprfMut tli dm far »fltLl«iJioa& to tha iin dersl^ued, re.-tldlsg in aiid toWn>hip.
Gi.ORGH MAltTIif tn^ ce 6L«iO JOii.N Wi.AV=.I:,
ADMINlSTRATOa'S   NOTICE.
Estate of Janiyi Qaaniaa, l.T-te of Cadinr.rTOii
tovrnship, dtcea r-d.
LETTEKS of adiuiuiatrati-;u on raid KftatehwlDRheon SFia'ci'o thn nod-ir.'iKscJ. ail pcreoBS Ir-deh«d xhoxKXo nre reqi-'-te i lo make lic- meilUto-ait'omwiit, aud iliote Imvicg riaimfc oi dt- rjands eS'ii^-tho samo ¦will priFOit tl:ani wl^i-out delay for sitllomoat to tho nadersigacd, lerldiLg is. aai-J township.
DATIO STTEH, atp 19-Ct-j- Adm'Dla lator.
"     EOO'ES AHD SHOES Tj'Oiv die beat Boats, go io
BKEh'aHAS'6, W. Kins
^:
I-rlatlnal,
For   Coiisfort,   Couvejiicuce, Ecouonij'  and   Uurability,   liiie
T 3K: O IVE S O KT ' s
Xro23.ca.033.   i4-itcll.033.OX'    O-V
BUBOPEAH    HAHGEI
THE   BEST    r.ASOK     EVER    INVENTED.
solcl. lay
CHASE, .^HAHEB & THOMBBO]!!
No. 200 N. Second St,  Philadelphia.
Iron FancdiJrs ard Msnnfsctarers of Bto%-C8, llrattr.-
Tiiibi-d aad i^nemelled V.'sres, ic, ie.
ang 19-6m ^^
ES.    ^B ¦FL O "XfC JUT ' mt Flrc and JAfo Insurance Agency,
40J '£Mt King Street, Lancaster, Pa.
Springfield Pire & Marine Insurance
Company, Springfield, Mass.
OBQABIZED 1849.
Cash Capital $300,000. Assets $a7G,~S'.h
THE Annual Beport of tliis Company is on file ia Aadltor's Department at Harrisbnrff, and tba Compiny is oaciaily anlhorized lo talierisltB against Loss and Damsfe hy Fire tbronghoat tbo Key etone Btate. All claims for Loss will b., promptly and libsr.tlty adjasted, aad piid In Philsd-IpbU or tiew Tork foads.
Rates of la^nrance as low as thoss of any other firtt class and reliahle Company. sapt IO-3ui-43
WAHTED!
CANVASSING AGKNTS,  in  every toirnshlp la Laaeaster County, to ssll ths inosL popular l»nrt.erer .pohllshed., MothinjE like it ever sold.   Old Canrassers and discharged soldiers, now ia yonr time'. QrMt Indncementa.   Bend with stamps for .     . ¦ , .,   ,¦,,-      , .     -    ,.   ..      t«rais»c..to BiUTLESON, t Oo.-
how J eren wmls ner loTern arm waa about 11. »ep is-sm-is eu oinetnnt si. min. •
FUKNITUBE,
EESI QUALirr.
.T.  McGUIN-,
I23I CHE3TJJX7T STSEBT,
FUILAllELPntA,
lavilcs persons in want ofj
P;iBST-CI.AS3 PUBWITTJ.HE
At modorato prices to esamino hla
STOCK
Previous to purchasing elsewhere, apl 5 Iy 20
Tor tbo heet Women's Slices, 50 to
BBEKStUa'S, T-r. irirj Streri.
?ar t'js htst Children's Slioss. jo to
EK?.:fSaIA^''5, W Elsg Ciretl,
FCT the moil KafortrMe St. go to
Bas;ifii!AK'e, w. irios ^^tr-st,
rar won- tho! will not rlp, fio to
CHEMBUAB S, W.S!iB!Jtr=f..
?cr Bcote thai-fflil not Ut In water, R-> lo
EBEasJIAN'S, W.Elnj.5;:t;L"
11 ia Traat of Scots acd Shore, tro to
BBEMSIAH'S, TT. Kit; aiHCl
ETflThoiy ixthfi csEStrv 50 to
Cp9ft6lteC'!r,E">7's R.-til
O A N D L M     WICK. TIE YARN AKD COTTON L.'.T'S.
FOB   SALE  AT CONESTOGA ETEAl! KILI,, XO. 1 r,.»XO-l£T?:n, fi
F. siiiioDER, t co.->iri.>y,
LIHBEir EALL,
j,'Oi!AVi.i.ysi;.ui:i-AJii-roil you.w
LADI!¦:.¦!,   JT  LITIZ,
LA-NXASTEB  COUNTY,   PA.
[FalindzdSqit.ll^.i,']'
AFFORDS snperior • advantages   fcr thorongh and a-coiapllahad female edni-atloR. ' .VU.ilCtiufilitl.y,/Ira(c'ats Pr.-'ffpjora. and itecch, (lerinfln. and Italian, by a L«dy from abroad, tha ^Snd annual term opens >>ondby. Augnst 'Jl, ISsj. For circulars nnd Inforjration. anply to-
iiEV. w.u.jiBic;ir.i,
jnly 4-3m-33 Principal.
WIEfB MILLS ! HYDKAITLIC EAMS! 'T^HE  cheapest and  best powers  for
« pcmaiDi:. irrigation, chnralrg, grlndluK. md other Ffcrmpurpo^ea. AIi^o. Ltff; »otl Fore-* PuTpfof bran or Irou j L«ad. Gut bndWro'ight Iroa I'lpec; BtthiDRTnfeii, Wash BaHlne. and all othor articl. s Iq th.9 trailQ, of tlie best muken and fair pnceii.
WorlcinB Hod<-lfl ofour Water'^heela and UyJranllc Rbup, can be BP^a tbrowi'g wtttsr atnarStijrd. Alto, pflir-rfg'ilailog Wicd Mlll», Klgjir**! patent.
Onr Terra Cotta Water Whoels nod Oraln Plpeitt are uasurp&ased ta chespacHsand dorablllty. CaUandbxamlDf.
McCOLLIN 4 BnOlDS'.
PlamberanU Om Filters, ITo, 1221 Market Strett.FUIadtiiptU*. '. apl 5 6m SO
ATT C EJS ET-AT-LAW, KO. 29 KORTH DUKE STREET,
kASCAHrSR, VA.
sus 33
iwa
AUMY L^DTION.
DB. ECHTBHISACH'S
AKJIl' LOTION' comns to you ns a VefSing. IthasLseneslen-!vuiyu»Bd; lu "Ir- tno .ttsited by th.insandi o' irdlridoaia or tte bli be-t. standlatin every prefessioesl ollioc end. wslk-«l life, andls wlltoot a donbt tno STeitti.t hea l»s Veill. clue tn t.i( world. It wil) po'i-l'^'y "^" ^«.'-",r:?'!"e- worin It-b, Polso.1, Bnrr.i. ofoh Sore.. Chappo,! hf.nd«. ;,,«,,,..riona Jtl» pnr.'e»"y ™I'tons», bas eo un- pl«;"n?/. o"«"wlirnot irjnre IV, .kin For ga.red ?bonTd°r>,«or' backs, and open screa on iior.o^. It Sr.rdsh'S'ri Iks wo.ld wll'cont a rl.il r.r co.i.rehlor, r,.rifllll£nu>a;:c acd cores alarming c=«3s io afeT/ Siv.li.ll'!nat!on cannot eslst nor I't'-nJ Oj^b ,!row wlJ-r'«ltH«PI>li»tl- ThehsirwlU In all ca.ea grow oBtitsorittlnalculoron horses where It i^ ns-d. ^o f.inlly or horJO-owner will do without 11 that plrea U .,00 r»lt tilsl-a ftw ajpllCAlions i>i:l canvineo Ibo most skeptical. ',,.,,,
.•<oia hy Drngglsts and Storeteep-r.', and by all drng- giatatn iiancaster. At wholesale aad retail b; LbaS. A. aeialt*h, Lancaster, l'a. , .    «   ....
.¦.mith & Shi«maker, wholerale Brus-isti, No. MJ; N. Third St., solo Jgsnts lor Pbi Isd.lphli ,
tlllBTANDi CO., rtoprlelort.     -
aprll IS-Sm-Jl ^'Unt Joy,Pa.