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VOL. XXXIX. LANCASTER,: PA., WEpESBAY, DECEMBER 21, 1864 NO.5. fancHsttt ^maaa ^ ftra^ la PabUsbea overy Wedneaday, The ExaTTiiner and Herald and > fancasttr ISimm, la Publislied owopy SatordaT-* AT S2J A YEAR. OR S2 IN ADVANCE. OFFICE llo.SliillOSTU QVEEN STREET. J. A, HllSTAND, i MLiKB, k 11. filRTMAN, . Editor*, and Proprletorm- 49~ AU badneag letters, commtmlcatlons, Ao., ahonld bjBddreiBcdtotho ** 33:sie*,yn i yi or,^^J Lancnitery Fa. ABVEUTISINQ DKPABTMEST. £t/E3SK83 AsTsaTtaEsca-tTS hy the year, or fractions of a year, to be oharg-^d aC tbe rate of $12-00 per Bquare often lines. Tca per cent increase onthe yearly rata for fractions of a year. 3 montlis. 6 vumths. 12 monftt. Oie Square 3 l.'* $ 8.tJ0 «12.00 T*o Sqoarei B-'X) 12.00 W).00 Three Bquares 12.00 20.00 25.00 PsiL EnatK, L'sasoxAL PaoFsaTT and GciEau. Adtke- TUCtQ to ba charged at tho rata of Saai cents per ' liue fbr the flntt insertion, aod J'our cents per Une for erery subsequent losertbn. PiTETT MjcoiCLifEs. UiiTEKs, 9ad all Other AQTZBTiei- ^ itEJnB, by tbe cslnmn, half, third, erquartercolamo: • 1 coinmn, yearly, $1U0 00 1 >f column, yearly, $1000 14 columa, jearly. CO 00 \ 14 column, yearly, 30 00 BbSfxus Cards, yearly, not exoeeJluKtej; lines, $10 00 EttJlneSB Cabds, 6 lines or Irss, $5 00. L£oiL Notices to be cbargi^d as follows : Krecutore* Notices, $2 CC i Asslgneoe' Notioec, 2 00 Adm'ra* Notices, 2 00 | Audltora'Notice.^, 1 60 Atl Notices of^n Unes.orles8, or fArw insertions. 1 &0 I Local Nonces to be paid for at tbe rite of len cents per line for the first insertloa, and jTm ueutB per line for *.very sabsequeot Ihaertion. Blii^oPs, oaSpEai.\L Norica-.—All advertisements pro- cediag tbe .M'«rrKgfl.'!or Maiketa to be charged the Mme rates sh Locil .Notlc«. Dc^TH .Vori3M In^fted without cbar^'p, THinnriffloy ItrspKOT, EeoOlutiom, tc, to bo charged 10 cents per Una. CoJfUtTiciciTioziB settiag forth the clalme of IndiTidoals fjr otQx, Ac., to be cbzBc«d lO oents per Uae. THE VASISHEES. Sweetest of all cbildliko dreams In the simple Indian lors StiU to me the legend seems Of tbo EItcs irho flit before. I'litting, pissing, seen and gono, Is'evor reaclied nor found at reet^ Bafliins soarcb, but bcckonins on II To tbo Sunset of the Blest. From tbo clefts of mountain rocks, Throasb the dark of lowland firs, riasb tbe eyes and flow tbe locka Oftbo mystic Vanisbcrj! And tbo fisber in hia skifl^, And tbo Imntnr on tbe moss, Hoar tbcir call from capo and cliQ*, S03 tbeir bands ths blrcb leaves toss. Wishful, longiog, through thc grcca Twilight of the clustered pincf. In tbcir faces rarely seen Beauty moro than morlal shines. Fringed with gold their oanOos flow; On tbo alopes of wc:tering knolls; In tbe wind they whisper low Oftbo Sunset Land of Souls. Doubt wbo raay, 0 frlcn'd of mine! Thou and I havo seen tbem tooj On before with heck and sign Slill they glide, and we puriuc, ^ More than clouds of purpla trail In tba golJ of setting day ; More than gleams cf 'wiag or sail Beckon from tbe Eca-mtst gr.iy. Glimpses of immortul youth, Gleams and glories seen and lost, Far-hoard voices sweet wilb truth Ab tbo tongues of retitecust— Beauty that eludes our gnup. Sweetness that transcends our ta£lo. Loving hands ¦we may not clasp. Shining feet that mock our haslo— Gentlo eyes we closed below, Tender voices heard once more, Smilo and call us, as they go On and onward, still before. Guided thus, 0 friend of mino! Lst us walk our little way, Knowing hy each beckoning sign That 'WC are not quito astray. Chase wo still with bafilod fett Smiling eye and waving band. Sought attd seeker soon bI.dII incet. Lost and found, in Sunset Land! . A CHRISTMAS STOM. XrirCIE GODFHEY. I. TODJIORTEX RECTOKr. It was tae day beforo Christmas-day, and the Rev.- Mr. Latimer was busy fin¬ ishing his Christmas sermon, or rather, if we must confess it, " heeltapping" an old one. Tho reverend gentleman had just set¬ tled the Coal club accounts, and that ex¬ cellent work of ch.'jrity had warmed his heart, and mado him at peace with all the world. 'I'ho frost w.is feathering tho win¬ dow-panes ; in tho ruls of the Todmorten lanes, the ice l.-iy like fragments of shiver¬ ed plate-glass; the twigs of thc laurel bushes at tho rectory window wero furred with crystals; and the robin, pufling out his littio crimson breast till it loookcd like an alderman's waistcoat, sat on tho standard rose-tree at the study-window, • j^ watching, with inlerest, lir. L'jtimer as he put the new pieceintothe old garment. The sermon completed, Hr. Latimer went headforemost inlo the Blanket club ac¬ counts, and soon discovered the pleasing faot, tbat there was an overplus of seven 'pound ten. AU this conduced to mako the worthy young rector extremely cheer¬ ful, and in a propsr Christmas framo of mind. He hummed a carol 'to himself, and prepared to go out losuperintend tho clerk, who wasbusydccoralingtbechurch with holly. But young rectors with largo families, if they havo Iheir pleasures, have also their alloys. The monthly wash had just begun, and a largo screen of steaming sheets is by no means aconduotorofhcat, especially when pl.iced between yourself and the fire; nor does tho necessity of turning these square acres of linen at Bt- .4 ting intervals, coaduc2 to the concentra¬ tion of mind that accounts require. A cook must have unceasing pleasure in the savory chemislry of his profession; but to watch a largo saucs pan, and stir its contents every quarter of an hour, un¬ der pain of your wife's indignation, is not consistent wi'.h any ateady mental labor. Yet all these sm.-ill rainoyances tho Rev. Frederick Latimer boro like a Christian and a lamb, for he v.-.\i r. good, kind-heart¬ ed, domestic man, who rcppccted the sav¬ ing of the family wash, in.l knew that tho kitchen firo was fully occupied, and that what he did was no trork of supere¬ rogation. That slipping and shaking noise in tho kitchen was, he knew. Sirs. Latimer fold. ing and that sound po:tended a busy day, Ml and in that busy d.iy he was willing to make himself useful. Tho children wero out sliding—rgelting fiery red by tumbling o'n the baok oftheir heads, and performing the "cobbler's knock" on tho village-pond. They had been busy cutting hollyboughs for the church that morning, and the sliding was their reward. " Jane, my dear," cried tha Kev. Mr. Lat¬ imer to his wife, as he put oa his great coat and hat, aad seized his blackthorn stick, "I'm just going lo see old Martha Hacker; and then I shall step up to the churoh, and seo how Payne gets on with the decorations. I shall be back to lunch at one. Those sheets in my study are quite dry, and the sauce-pan bas beeu on the boil ten minutea." " Stop a momont, Frod,"tcried Mrs. Lat" ' imer; "I want lo speak to you before you co out." ' ' Mr. Latimer was raffled. "'Well, now what u ir, my d«ar? I cannot »top now; i must be off." Mrs. Latimer appeared, and remonstra- ed. " 'Why, Fred, how impalient you are. AU I want to ask is, if you wrote yonr usnal invitation lo Unole Godfrey for Christmas' Ot course, he won't come; but atill we oughn't to forgethim." " Yes, I wrote dn Monday. Did I ever forget to write to him—the old selfiish hunk! Goodbye, darling. Send down for the children, if they are not in, in half an hour; it is now just eleven." II. THE ELEVKS-FOETr TKAIS. Todmorten waa a pretty village in Dor¬ setshire. It lay in a little valley, sur¬ rounded by wooded hills and sloping fields, and was intorsecled by a railway. Tho eleven-forty train slided out ofthe distance, and stopped, with bragging pus's of smoke, at tho Todmorten alstion. It took up its load, and slid off again, with jerks of white vapor, and disappeared in the direction of Poole. The atation grew again lonely; and tho only sounds, the rattling of the tight cords of the signal- post, and the murmur of the winds against tho telegraph-wires. Ten minutes after the solitary arrival, an old fashioned man, with a wooden leg, stumped slowly up Todmorten Hill. The butcher saw him, the grocer saw him, the blacksmith saw him, the guests at the bar- parlor of the Peal of Bella saw him, to be ."aregular old guy," evidently oome by the train, and bound to the neighboring villago. Tbe ohildren from the rectory windows saw him—for the rectory was on a hill, and commanded the village—and marvel ed at his wooden leg. j The eldest girl, Dora, her goldon fleece of black hair tossing in the air, ran to de- scride him to Mrs. Latimer. " 0, mamma, she cried, " there is such a funny man coming up the hill—ho'^otawooden leg! George says he moves it as if it was a compass, and ha was drawing a circle. Oh, it'a such fun. Do come and see." Mrs. Latimir allowed hersif to.be drag- into the parlor by Dora, George, Wily, and look through the window. The wooden- legged man was only thirty yards off. She had no aooner seen him, than she gave a hysterical scream, and exclaimed: "Unel-i Godfrey! Run, Dora, and tell cook to go and take the sheets and'the sauce-pan out of thestudy; and George, go and Susan too put on a clean apron, and go to the front door. Dear me, how unfortunate papa not being in!" The next moment, there was a strange sound on lhe rietory gravel walk, and a sharp, curt knock at the door. Susan was a long time answering the door; when she did so, sho received a rebuke that she did not soon forget. "Young woman," said the old gentle¬ man furiously, " is this the way you are taught to attend to your master's visitors? Nice weather to be kept in the cold. Ugh ' it bites one's nose off. Lucky you're not in my service, br out you'd go this day month. Is Mr. Latimer in 7" "Nasty crosa old thing," IhoughtSusan as sbe replied : " Xo, sir; Mr. Latimer is out in the parish." "'Who oares whero he is. II he's not in, Where's your missus V "Upstairs?" " Vory well, then, toll her to como down slairs." " llVhat name, if you please ?" "Godfery Dodson." Susan swept out ofthe room. She never saw such a cross, unmannerly old " thing" in tho whole courae of her life; and so sho told Ellen thc cook. Uncle Godfrey was ashort, irascible lit¬ tle man, who wore a brown spenoer, a low crowned hat of the old hour-glass shape, popular some twenty years ago, and long drab gaiters. He was an old-bachelor re cluse, who lived in the Adlphia, in rooms whioh ho never allowed anybody to enter and which were stuffed full of pictures, etchings. Buhl cabinets, snuff-boxes, and old china. Early in life he had been a drysalter in Liverpool, and since then had devoted himself laboriously to doing noth¬ ing, and exciting the expectations of his poorer relations. Mrs. Latimer had only seen her uncle once since she was married. Godfrey Dodson was one of those old oonnossseurs who arc to bo seen nny mor¬ ning in the show-rooms of Messrs. Chris¬ tie and Manson, examining etchings suspiciously through huge glassess, open¬ ing and shutting with half delight, half distrusl, remarkable agate snuff-boxes walking backwards from spurious Ra¬ phaels, opening and shutting the draw¬ ers of inlaid cabinets, and looking for the maker'slname nnd date of lustrous msjolica plates. They know the very year every picture was painted and where tho original of it is, and what it fetched. They know every alteration that Hogarth made in his engravings, and fall into rap¬ tures over what other people would think a defect. They eye the auctioneer^ with a magpie look of expectancy and cunning, and tbe dealers with glances of hostility and distrust. They hoard and accumulate with the craft of ravens and the industry of ants, anrt enjoy the pleas¬ ant reflection that when they die, the sale of their effects will be held in the same room, as that in whioh they have spent so much of their time, and will give extreme delight to a great many collec¬ tors, their old rivals during life; for the finest collection is, after all, like a heap of leaves scattered in a field, that must sooner or later be blown apart, and scat¬ tered to the four winds. Still, no doubt, in spite oflhis unpleasant reflection, there isgreat pleasure in amassing, and'there will be collectors like Uncle Godfrey as long as the world goes on spinning. Uncle Godfrey had a keen wiien face ^ cold, keen, suspicious eyes ; short, stub, bly whilo hair; overhanging eyabrowa, and a projecting lower lip that expressed a sour contempt for all he heard and saw. Ue wore the frilled shirt-front of a past age, and the littlo scarlet under-waist- coat, with just the edge showing, such as was the fashion forty years ago. Alto gether one's impression of him was, that ho was a shrewd, cynical old hunks ; ac centric, dogmatic, ricb, and arbitrary. When Mrs. Latimer, not waiting to change her dress, but jusl adjusting her cap, and making herself neat, glided into theroom, half pleased, half frightened ; Uncle Godfrey was staoding witb his back to the door, examining a print of "Bolton Abbey in the olden Time" with a malici¬ ous contempt. He turned round as his niece entered, and withont g'reeting her, and just as if he had been an inmate of the house for twenty years, said with a sort ot grunt: "This is the sort of rubbish people in the oountry hang on their walls, instead of having one oi two good pictures. Ugh! It is only fit fora poulterer's parlor." "But, dear uncle, Frederick and I can¬ not afford picturea. But how are you j Why don't you come oftener!" Andall the time she kept aaying to heraelf: "On¬ ly to think of hia coming I" Uncle Godfrey watched her from under. hia terrier eyebrows for amoment or two in suspicions silenae; then ho took her hand, andilookbg.her searohingly in the face, he said: . "Jane, you areja, sensible girl; you didn't keep me waiting while you put on a lot of finery. Don't thank me for com¬ ing down to see you, for I oily did it be¬ cause I thought you didn't m3an it, and I thought it STOuld teach you a lesson; and as to pictures, I suppose yoa cin't afford them. I knowl can't. Isollmina as fast as I buy them—'j^h! and at a good profit too, Whero are the children? plenty of them, I suppose; tho poorer a man is, the mora children Providence al¬ ways sends them. Ugh! Where's Liti- mer ?" "Gone put, dear.uuole, to see the poor, and how to diatribute tho Christmas char- ities; and I ought to be out with him S but, you sea, we poor people havo to wash at home, and do many things." "There; no ostenlatijn of poverty and economy. Staff about at Christmas! Why give away more than usual at Christmas 7 Is a man more hungry at Christmas, or colder, or poorer? Aren't there other timos to giva? Bih! I hate Christmas- all one's bills come in then." "Ob, there's Frederiok coming—I'm so glad!" said Ifrs. Latimer, looking out ot the window. "Oh, how glad he will be to Boe.you uncle!" "Not so sure of that, though I am rich. Now, mind, I'll have no fuss made about me—no extras. As for wine, I've brought down somo of my own. Don't like port that'a half oitohup, and the other half logwood. No, don't go; I'll opsn tho door." Away stumped the strange being to open the door. Mr. Latimer stared hor¬ ror-struck at the wooden-legged appari. tion. "I thought it would knock you down," said Unole Godfrey. "Never ask a man again you don't want to see." "But I'm delighted. My dear sir." "There; no flummery. Here I am, and you must make the best of me for a week. You're quite right to ask me. Tho Fi(2- aimmonses asked me too, and I generally go there. Confound Christmas ! I wish it was abolished. Festivity, indeed! Why, I'd rather be eating my chop alone at the liainbow or the CacIc, in Fleet Street, than share the best Christmas dinner in Eng¬ land." Mr. Latimer did not know whether to-| be ofl'ended or not, but, as be had expec - tations from Unole Godfrey, ha thought, on the whole, he had batter boar it, so ha amiled, and took him by tha hand. In rushed the ohildren, but when they saw the stranger, they drew back. Dora seated herself in shy stale on a distant aofa; George came coaxingly up to his father, and took his hand; whilo Willy, the "tot," nestled up to his mother, and half hid himself in her gown. "George used to be your favorite un¬ cle', said Mrs. Lalimer. Undle Godfrey lookod at him, and' growled : "Tims ho went to sea. Ugh! Dj you send that girl to school ? Why don't you cut her hair shorter? She'll be bald at thirty." Mrs. Latimer was indignant; but noth¬ ing made any impression ou the rich un¬ cle, who turning hia back on her, procee¬ ded to question her husband. "Well, Latimer," taid he, "still grubb¬ ing on as a curate, I suppose. Nics pro¬ fession ; ils priz-.-! ao eagy to get, and so evenly distribute I ! Bishops so humble and active—no pride. Ugh ! Sixty years work for a curate, and a hundred a year the end cf it. Every one on you for alms, and obliged to give more than the squirss with ten thousand a year, Oatter bo a laborer. Ugh! Any head clerk in a mer¬ chant's offioe could buy up three curates. Ugh!"' Mr. Latimer, deprecated TTncle God¬ frey's severity. "Our life," he said, is humble, but it is happy, and free from any temptations.— There is timo for study, and quiet for do¬ mestic happiness. Grand peopio are too busy for domestic happiness ; houses loo full to enjoy the society oftheir wivesand children. Your clerk might buy me up, but he could not buy my happiness." "Good—something in that. But eup- pose you live above your income, and debts press. Responsibilities of the rich wilhout their means; too proud lo put your children into trade. Strange pride. Ugh! I thought Christianity taught hu¬ mility. You oiergy preach it enough, but Where's tho practicing ?" "My dear sir, you do me wrong. I would willingly get Georgo into a ban¬ ker's oflSce when he is old enough, but even city situations are hard to get." "Take you at your word. I'll get the boy into a house in Mincing Lane. Aim low—that's the way to get on ; better than your beggarly profession, and bring up your family paupers." Mr. Latimer overflowed with thanks. "There; no trying to please the rich old uncle, just because he is rioh. And BO you have been' arranging the Christ¬ mas charilies. Ugh I all folly; makes the poor people mendicants. Who'll work, when he can get more, begging ? Got a night-school in your parish?' " We have—a flourishing one." "There again—puffing up tho poor.— Teaching servants to read one's letters, and forge and anindle. Stuff! When do you dine 7 I'm hungry. Shouldh't ob. ject to a glaas of wine—my own, though- Tho porter's brought it up from the sta¬ tion by this time to mo. Where's my bed¬ room? Hike a fire at night. I'llju.'tgo and wash my hands, and take my spen¬ cer off, while you get me a crust and a glass of my own port-wine. Ugh I how cold this place i». Get oat of tha way, ohildren !" " What a horrid old creature!" thought Dora. George was secretly examining his wooden leg, and wondering whether it moved by clock-work. Uncle Godfrey waa not softened even by dinner. "Jane," said he, " never have-soup lill you havo a cook that understands it.— This is paste, not soup. You girl, keep the door shut—tho draught com33 to my hack; and keep tho firo up; it is all in one corner. I don't like stale bread.— Haven't you got some new, and no crust! Can't you see I've got false leeth ?" "Jane,"eaid he, a little later, "the mutton hasn't hung long enough. I sup¬ pose you pky on the piano, and let the cook do as she likes. Take my advice- discharge that woman; the potatoes are as hard as bullets. . Over his wine, Mr. Latimer—hia wife being gone with the children—ventured to lament the ascetic loneliness of Uncle Godfrey's life, and to wish he lived nearer to them. " I like it," said the amiable anchorite of the Adelphi. " Every one to his tasle. Some people like fidgety chiidren, that break and spoil everything, ani some don't. Ugh 1 Latimer, when I was young, I had a disappointment lhat in one da tarned my heart into ajar of vinegar my blood since that is cold and sour. I have my own fancies, and I follow, them. I'd Hither die in a ditch, than surroiinded by legaoy.hunlers—oounting'^the sand in my-honr.Klaaa as it ran out, pampering me, encouraging my follies, agreeing with me, and all the time longing to see the hoarse cryme and fetch mo to tho nettly damp corner of some respectable .ceme¬ tery. Ugh ! I know them, I know them ,' but they shall wait a bit—they shall wait a bit. Puss the bott[e. Why doean 't that slut bring the coff.o ?" That night, Mr. and Mrs. Latimer, whon thoir pleasant guest hsd gone to bed, and all the house was quiet, disouss¬ ed Uncle Godfrey. Mr. Latimer, with all his amiability, was much irritated at the brutality and rudeness of the rich, suspicious old boarder. "But, my dear Fred," said Mrs. Lati¬ mer, " remember the children, and bear with uncle. Remember we have expec¬ tations ; and do think of thoso dreadful bills, and how little we have to meet them." " My dear Jano," said her husband, "I could do anything for your sake and for the children's; but I rosily cannot bear this man's insolence. Every kind word he attributes lo our bopes of his money —bother his money!" " Fred !" " I tell you, Jane, I cannot and will, not bear this mean suspicion. My ideal may bo somewhat blunted by poverty, but still I am not all earth yet, and bear it I will not. If I am civil to him, re¬ member, Jane, il is because ho ia your relation." The next day was Christmas-day, and Uncle Godfrey was led to church trium¬ phantly by Mrs. Latimer and the ohild¬ ren, and ensconced in a bower of holly, and under au emblazoned rural monu¬ ment to the memory of General Runa¬ gates, a hero of an old war. At dinner, that day, Uaole Godfrey was severe on counlry cburcbes. "Too much coughing,"he eaid. "Ugh! Why do you allow that chorus of cough¬ ing old women in the aisle? They are all deaf; they only come to advertise themselves, as wanting new shoes and fresh oloaka. Ugh ! I know them. How the ducks quacked when you were read¬ ing, aud how that donkey brayed when you read thoso bans, as if rejoicing at an¬ other fool's marri.age. Latimer, you shoot over the people's heads. What on earlh do your chawbacons caro about the Anti- nomian sect, and Iho errors of the Welsh Pelagius. Bih! Follow them into their daily life; they don't know how to live on earth yet; make lhem fit for that, be¬ foro you go further. You,girl, don't grin there, but give me some beer. Jane, do you teach Dora to eat with her knife, and George to throw bread crumbs at Willy ? Thank Heaven, I'm a bachelor!" At whist, his favorite'^game. Uncle God¬ frey was still more terrible. He always re¬ fused lo tako dummy. He stumped wilh hia woodon log jr his partner forgot the Ihirleenlh card, or lost a trick by any momentary absence of mind. If tho gamo went well, and there was'any long se¬ quence of success, he grew malicious, and openly iiinted lhat his; opponent was losing on purposo lo pleaso him—an in¬ sult to his play ; ami Mr. Lalimer resent¬ ed the accusation. " They always do it at the Fiizsimmon- ses," replied Uncle Godfrey.; "I'never lose there. They lot mo win shillings, in hopo, some d.ay, they'll turn .to]guineas ; but I'll outlive them yet. ThatlFilzsim- mons is weak in his chest. By-lbe-by, how's your chest, Latimer? I thought your voice weaker than it used tobe.— George, do'n't make that noise with the humming-top. Jane, Tdo; ydu ever flog that boy?'' C '::":' ; ' " Unole," said Mrs. Latimer .' at break¬ fast on the sevenih;day of¦ jthejVisit,"1 havo arranged with Mrs.* Benson to gO; to¬ morrow to see Melcoine'-it'is one of our show-places—you-ihustFiaotHreturn'with¬ out seeing that." V.' v:!;;.';:; ^;:^"; " Hate show-places:; cold damp rooms, fussj', pompous housekeepei's; lob proud to tcll you anything; willing .enough to take large fees; hurried, and see nothing. No, I go back to morrow." "Tomorrow !".oried Mr. and Mrs. La¬ timer in a brcith, for they had grown ac¬ customed to the old bachelor's Inisqvcrk, and began to be amused with his shrewd honesty and caustic frankness. "Tomorrow—said to-morrow when I came—and monnt wbat I said. Sponge on you no longer ; poor'peopio. Besides, all my port's gone—can't drink catchup and logivood. I and my wooden leg go tomorrow. Glad of it, ain't you," Dora? George, come here and polish my wooden leg. Willy, give uncle a kiss, and go lo bad ; it is getting late. You'll be a happy family to-morrow, old Uncle Godfrey back in his den." The morrow oame. Somehow or other the Litimers were sorry'to part with the old Tartar. The children liked ¦ his old stories, and tho tricks he showed them with cards; his ventriloquisms, and the droll drawings he did for them. The train came sliding in, curving like a great jointed blaokserpent. UncleGod- frey mounted into asecond-ciass carriage, and shook all the Latimers by the liand. "You won't see me again," he said; "I shan't see many more winters. Ad¬ miral Death has already hoisted Ihcslorm- signal for me. Good bye. Don't let the children eat to much. When I die, I shall leave you a aot of china, just to re¬ member me. Good-bye, Latimer; good¬ bye, Dora, dear; good 'oye, Jane my love; good-bye, Willy, pet; good-bye, George. I liked my visit, though you did let me win at whist. The train slid off. " Well, somehow, or other, I miss him," said Mrs. Lalimer. , Uer husband did not assent very warmly to his wife's remark. An odd thought had struck him, as the children ran laugh¬ ing and bounding on beforo thoir father and mother. " How strange it would be, Jane," said the good thoughtful man, turning on the frost-bound bill to watch tho train, now a mero swift black calterpillar in the valley —" how slrange it would be if, instead of dying with a struggle and a wrench, or in slow puin and decay, aa wo do now, when men wero to die, a myst- rious sum¬ mons should come in a black letter, warn¬ ing us, on a certain dpy and hour, to be at the nearest railway station. Then, that we ahould go, after a oalm but still inef¬ fably solemn farewell, and at tho appoin¬ ted hour, a mysterious black train, spirit- driven, should arrive ; and an irresistible impulse should force us thon to mount into the carriage, and be born off swiftly, into the inscrutable far distance." "Oh, Fred, how ean you think of suoh horrid things," said Mrs. Latimer.— " Well, do you know, somehow or other, I llo miss Uncle Godfrey." " And so do we," cried the children. "Poor Uncle Dodfrey," said " Tot." " Will he ever come to see us agaia 1" asked George. • "Not if I oan help it," thought Mr. Latimer, clenching his teeth, and looking [ aa sternly as he could. Ill THE CiBRIOS CEOWis. Exactly twelve babhtfi'from the date of that visit. Uncle Godfrey was found dead in his arm chair, in hia solitary chambers J at the Adelphi. It is probable that he had been dead several days, for though the laundress had neglected to inform the neighbors, no light had been seen in the room for three nights. Singularly enough it was remembered that the deoeased had latterly shoirn some deaire to be more social, and even appeared spectrally one night in full-dress at the door of the gen¬ tleman on the first floor, who was, how¬ ever, just starting for a party, and could not see him. _ The rooms were found to be an inch deep in a snuff-like dust, and orowded with china, pictures, furniture, and port¬ folios. The inner room resembled an immense mouse-trap, for it was strewn with pounds of bacon and sections of cheap cheese. A miser and a millionarie —^Nebuchadnezzar driven from men, and Sardanapalus grown carefully, aeemed to have inhabited these chambers together. Oh ! what misery, and deadnoss of henrt, and deprivations of sweet home-pleasures! —what acorn for, or insane blindness to, love and: home, were evinced in that sor¬ did solitude, in that voluntary prison, in that splendid Bastile I It was too lale. The hoarder bad boen torn from his hoard by no murderer or thief, but by the great severer of all du¬ ties. After Godfrey Dodson's funeral, his will was read at the -ofiico of his lawyers, Mesars. Fox t Shekell. No one was present but the Filzsim- monses, but they were all there—Mr. F., a fribble of a man ; Mrs. F., « vulgar, strong minded woman, who was alter¬ nately smiles and tears ; and the three Misses F., all apparently of the same age, and only distinguishable apart by the graduated redness of their noses, and the eomparitive hardness of their spinster faces. They were all in black, and laoked Uke the Fates, and wanting only the wheel, the distaff,'and the scissors. They ffere all shrouded, in crape ; th^y, all woro coarse black kid gloves too big for them, and with great black poddy fingers an inch too long. If grief could be expressed by crape, lbe Flt3ocamor.a0B wpre heart brnlran,— They were swathed in crapo; there wsj a top-heavy banner of crape on Fitzsim- mons's hat; there were wisps of crape on Mrs. F.'s bonnet; they gloried in crapo. They looked like tho family ofa young undertaker who hasjust secured a small funeral, and was proud of the business. The room was one of those diab-colorcd. dingy lawyers' rooms, walled in with deed-boxes—the black sarcophagi of ex¬ tinct fortunes; the oeiling black with smoke; the cobsonut matting dirty, and splashed with ink. After a good deal of whispering with clerks ond running in and out wilh law papers, Mr. Fox sat down, chuckled sol¬ emnly, opened the will, rubbed his hands and began to read it. It was very short. The deceased had left five thousand pounds to the Fitzjim- mohses, all his china and pictures alao lo them ; and nothing to tho poor Latimers' but'his wooden log, to be sent to them as a remembrance. The Filzsimmonscs thrilled with de¬ light; the black forest of crnpe rustled with satisfaction. Every one got up, and shook hands with the lawyer. Mr. Fox poured them each out a glass of sherry, and then poured himself out one, and drank their health. Then there wasauniverssl eulogy of the " dear deceased," aud aome unnecessary wiping of eyes, lill they look¬ ed red and unnatural. " Depend upon me, my dear friends," said Mr. Fox, rubbing his hands as un¬ dertakers'do after a successful funeral— " depend upon me, this matier shall be selled as soon as possible. I will set all my clerks upon it Parker, mind .jou begin this matter early tomoraow morn¬ ing. I shall pack up our poor friend Lat. imer's legacy tonight. Ha, ha! Oh dear, oh dear, what an eccentric being!" The Fitzsimmonses sniggled maliciously. IV THE I.EGACV. It had been a hard year for the poor Latimers. Georgo had gone to achool, and that was expensive. A needy brother raturning from Canada had dr,ained off the rest of worthy Mr. L.'s ready money, and now it wanled three days to the time ot paying the intorest on his life-insurance for his wifo, and where to turn to for a spare ten pounds he did not know. When a masier is sad, if there is any sympathy or love in a family, every one is more or less depressed. So it was that cold March eveuing the Latimers^ as they sat around the firo after dinner discussing not" the catchup and logwood," but soilie humble mulled elder-wine, were silent and sad. George held Dora's hand, and Willy nesiled on the footstool. Sud¬ denly tho door opened, and Susan came in. " If you please, sir, there is alarge hamper como from tho station ; aix-and- twopence to pay." " H-ow jolly !" said George, leaping up and clapping his hands. Mr. Latimer, as he counted out the money, looked as if he thought p.aying six and twopence was by no means jolly. " What can it be?" said Mrs. Latimer. The hamper came in. It was tied round tho card with red tape, and sealed with blaok. On the card was written: In tc Godfrey Dodson, deceased. Wilh Messrs. Fox & Shekell'q compliments." The Latimers had long ceased to enter¬ tain any hope of a legacy, but hope now rose again in their eyes. " Hurrah ! here's my knife, papa," oried George. " It's china !" said Dora. ' " Give me aome of it," cried " Tot," whose head had not yet grown above tho level of the table, and therefore could seo nolhing of tho interior of the mysterious hamper. Mr. Latimer cut tho rod tape. The hamper was full of hay, and on the hay wos a sealed letter in Uncle Godfrey's handwriting. Mr. Latimer tore it open. The contents run thus : "De.ir L.iTiMEK—I found out the tricks and humbug of the Fitzsimmonses. My visit'taught me to respect and love you and Jane. I have been a fool to live os 1 huve done, but it is too late to alter now. The keepsake I send is rather ourious in its mechanism. Think of old cross Uncle Godfrey sometimes. Farewell. (Signed) GODFREY DODSON." In a moment, Mr. Latimer's hand plun¬ ged into the hay, and drew out, not a casket nor a box of gold, but Uncle God¬ frey's wooden leg. For a moment Mr. Latimer romained as if turned to stone, and grasping the wooden leg in his hand. Thoa the color mounting to his face, he oried sternly— " George, run and asked cook for tho bill-hook from the wood-house." George ran, Mrs. Lalimer seized her husband arm, " Don't Fred, don't; it ia cruel. But what could we expect ?" '; Selfish, heartless, old-miser 1" cried her husband, stanipi'ng his; foot, "What right had he to come and mopk and.tempt ns, and insult us with hia vile thing ?— Was ho not hard and frozen, an,d useless enough in his lifetime, but 'must he rise from his very grave to strike a pang inlo our hearts, at sueh a moment, too, of pain and anxiety?" Georgo ran iu at thia moment with a heavy, sharp bill-hook. " Thus," said Latimer, with a cleaving blow, "do I doom his cruel presont to its only real uso—to feed tho fire and perisIi, as the memory of all useless, selfish men will perish. As ho said this, Lalimoi lopped off tho peg-end of the leg, and thrust it into the fire, where it instantly broke into a rejoic¬ ing blaze. At lho second blow, the bill¬ hook stuoTc deep in tjiewood, and refused to go further. Tukeu out and restruck thero was a metallic sound, as if it had reached some iron screw. On looking, it was ovidentthatasmal! flat box had some how or other been slid into tho centre of tho block. The astonishment and excite¬ ment grew tremendous. Georgo ^an for the meat-saw, .and two skillful cross outs disclosed a small flat, tin-box soldered down. What coulditbe? Mr. Latimer got a sardine, knifo; and rid- ping it open; discovered that it was full of paper. .A furthor searoh disclosed fivo thousand pounds in closely-wedged bank¬ notes. One thousand pounds -vorth wero labelled "Jano;" another thousand, " Frederick ;" a third thousand, " Willy;' a fourth thousand, " Dora ;" a fifth thou- sanp, " Tot." Ou many of them, there were crumply blisters, as if a tear or two hrd fallen on the paper. How can I describe tho joy and grati¬ tude of the good people: how Mr Lati¬ mer kissed Mrs. Latimer, then all the ohildren; and how the children danced for joy, and blessed dear Uncle Godfrey. V. AX IHPORTAXT AFTEE TnOUCnT. Two days after this, a lall,neatly-dres3- ed skeleton of a man presented himself at the olBce of Me.ssers. Fox & Shekell. He was shown in to Mr.jFox's private room. " Mr. Fox," said he, "I am File, of the firm of File & R jsper, Clements Inn. Lat¬ terly, we did the greater part of the late Mr. Dodson's business, as I dare say you know. I havo here a will of the deceased three years later than the one in your possession. It was properly signed and at¬ tested in tho presence of myself and part, ner. 11 io UntcU, jou aee, the February of¬ last year. The deceased died in October In this will, so tardy^in fuming up, the deceased had left all his money to the Lat¬ imers; ond all his china, etching, itc, lo the Fitzsimmonses—subject, hovrever, to a payraent of ten years' arrears ol rent for the chambers in the Adelphi, and several large donations to orphan asylums The residue—£14, Ss. 4il.—w.as; onl}' paid lo indignant Mr. Filzsimmons, who heaped his foeblo spite upon the memory of the late Godfrey Dodson, Esq. VI. EA suiir,. "My dear Jane," said the Rev. Mr. Lalimer, the other night, laying down a book on 27k! Cfarc(-CoiiH^jT/ lhat ho had been reading, for he has given up catchup •and logwood now, and is curious in iiis wines—"Ihave found out an exc?IIen, simile for uncle Godfrey. Whon a vine¬ yard proprietor wants to get specially gond Clos Vougeot, he plaoes the wino out night after night in-the frost. 'J'his liy degrees, crystallizes all the watery parts, of the wino in the outer crust, which is daily removed and thrown away. Tlie real soul and essence of the wine, how¬ ever, remains in the centre, in an un- frozep kerni 1, which is highly valued. In Uncle Godfrey's heart, my love, thoro was hoarded up, in lhe samo mannej', tho purer essence, far, far from the outer crust of ice." LEGAL NOTICES. ESTATE KOTICE. ' Estats of Elisatieth M. Long, late of lancaa¬ ter coaaty, decoased. LETTEKS of Administration on said estata havini; bt'en gt&ntedtotbn i-nacrBtgnsd, ull p:>rhuna icdebt-d tli«reto artt'Tcilue-wd to mak- lia- ci-,iia'« IV tl.inipnt, nod tbnpe havins claim!, or a,.maa'is Bza!;iEt the nni"* r.YlX presont thoia witbout dolaj for s^lUsnidnt to tho uoJortisHad, at EncKoprlnc, Cccll Connt.r, Mil. • Bavid bbow.v. ila.i U Ct • IT AdmUlEtrMor. "3IILI, BHS KEEPS EOOKIHG HIill." Still she keops roc'-ing lim. Ever cirossing liim, • Brasliiog tho liair frcm Uis colorless brow-. - ¦ Softly tliey'ro whiape.r'J licr, "Life has gone out of liiiu." Gently fho answers,; "How sliu h6;is now!" Elill sUo keeps Tocliiag.biul; As tiioagh sbo would stialio frolnjliini Tho cold liaoil of death,'::. Lilco tbo weights'from his eyes: Itoeliiog tbo clay of bim Whilo so.'lly tho soul of hiia Angels oro rocking ^ • Far up iu tho siiics. What Is Politeness?—AYorkshiro far¬ mer had a niece visiting him from alarge neighboring town, in which her parents were in rather needy circumstances, but proud as well as poor: they never could express their need to the jovial, counlry brother, whose open heart and well-filied purse woulil havo boen at their service.— Annie enjoying the comforis and abun¬ danoo of lhe flourishing farmhouse, longer to send a tithe of her enjoyment in the form of a preseni to her mother ; so out of tho varioua Iitllo inc mies allowed hor from the sale of small articles of farming produce to purchase her clothing, Annie denied herself many a necessary and ma¬ ny a litlle ornatuent in dress, witb which her uncle liked to see her beauty adorned. Tbe good aunt discovered Annie's self- denial, and imparted the information to her husband. Tho worthy farmer w.as much affeoted; as quickly as his portly framo would adniit of procedure, he went to his niece's apart¬ ment, and laying a well filled purse u pon the table before her, exclaimed: " Dang tho lass, why dunnot Ihee nsk for what Ihee wai test, and not go pinch¬ ing theoself in the midst o' plenly ?" Annia was dismayed, but, prompted by her innate delicacy and tact, she saw tbat to refuse this unwelcome gift would griev¬ ously pain hor blunt, but kind-hearted re.ative. Wilh crimson and distessed brow, sho look up the purse and thank¬ ed hei uncle, but from'that titn.i half the pleasure in the anticipation of her gift vanished. Who can.deny the kindness evinced by the bluff Y'orkshireman? But as lo po liteness, thero was ten times more shown by Annia, who pocketed her wounded feelings with the purse, ralh?r than hurt the sensitive heart of.her uncle. A lawyer once pleaded wilh great abil¬ ity the cause of his client for nearly an hour. When he had done,hia antagonist, with a supercilious sneer, said he did not understand a word the olher said, who merely replied, " I believe it; for I was speaking law." The question was reoently proposed to a "down East" editor: Are hoop-skirls dangerous? He immediately answered that they are always very dangerous when they have anything in them! The Louisville Journal, commenting on the fact that a number of Cincinnati ycung iadies have been married and car¬ ried away lo olher places, says no city has a belter claim to supply spare rilis for tho immense West. Mast a woman would rather have a tub¬ ercle in her lungs than a pimple on her nose. ' ABJimiSTRATOR'S HOTICE. Estato of Solomoa Myer, lateof Upner Loacook township, docoased. LETTERS of administration on said e.tato having beon granted to tho iDd-sraljoM-l, all peroo-JS iB'Ieblod thero'.6 are reqopBted to make iTQiiietllato Eottlomeat, and those having clalma or doinan-.o acainst the name vlll prffBeot thom uith- ..n! .ioiay for .otllemeat lo lha nadersignsd, leoldliw i-j Eald low-asblp. ** BESJA.MIIT HTEB, , . AdmlnlstratT. d<c 10 6:'3 ADM1SI3TKAT0R's"'n0TICE^ " Estato of Abraham Cole, late of Laacaster City, Lanoaster Coaniy, deceased. T ETTERS of administratioa on said a i eetata having been grantea to tbe naderMgaod, all persons ladeUod thoruto ara rtqnoniod t<i msko im¬ mediate eetUanient. aad those baring claims or da¬ mands agalnet the e*nie will preheat lhem without do¬ lay loreettl.mejt ti iho uaiof.lieaod, residing In oaid dtjr. ' cuKiijriAn Oast, dae 10 St 3 AdiaiDlstralor. LEGAL NOTIBCS. EMMA JOSEil POWBLl,) Allaa 8np. for Dirorce lo TS. 5 Hot. Term, 1664. DAVID H. POWSIit, ) Ho. 0). TVrOTICE — DAVID H. POWELL, jj% yoa are haroby cotnia»niIed lo bo asd appwr In joar proper rerion bafor* our Juigv at Ls^iof it«r, at thfl CoaolT Coart of Com jiod PJeoa, to b* b«ld on tb* THIRD MOM>aT op JAHDaKT, A, b., ISM, at 10 o'ljlock, A.M., to ahow eaoM,U aay you bavo, wby tha laid Emma J. PoWf'U, ¦ball BOt be dlvoresd from thd bsads of lE&trimosy coatrcaUd with yr>a. v. SMIIH, ShtriCf, Sherira CCcc, Hie. 3,1S64. deo 3 -It 2 JfOTICE. WT^HERSxiS, Oq motion of D. W. 7 V' PattBrH'in, E8r[.. Altorcey tor PetUlDnern, an spiilicatloo had beBU mide to tba 0 nrt of Common Ploan of i.nnea'^ter Couaty, to grant au'l dMreoaoal- terrtiioa or am sad me at of tbe ttntU "htUclt ofthe ArliclHi of [ncorporalioQ ofthe '' Nbw Jurusilflm Soci¬ ety of thoCi:y o[ Lioca^ter," Lhn Kame buioi; oow a Body C'Tporate. Ue it kaown tberofora that thc w.l'i Ccnrt will on the 3rd Monday In Jannary oex% 1665, at 10 c'clock, A. .H., iruuaoIBciiDt cacBi bo bhtfwu to tbe cODtra'y; d^erup,darlKre and f^raot that tbe alteration or amsiiilment. so tai fnitb and applied for. Eb^ill be aod become anl takin, to Yu a p:irt of tbe Articles cf la- corporation cf the uaid Socit-tv. JOHN SRl.POUBIDOE, dec O-td-3 Prolhonatary. Kotioo to Creditors, rriiiE undewignedj Lhs made applica- E tioQ to tha Court of Common I'tess of L^metiftter Hounly, for the Icuffi^of thts lasolvunt laws of thla C'jmniuowea'ib, and baid Court havt* appointed lbe :ird Mimd-i" tf Jauu-tiy, lt6.'i, (tba I6tb,) ac tbn Curt IlttU'tt) ia the Cily of Lnucanter. at JO o'cloik, S. M , lor bfariu; moMU'l 017 crcditurs, when and nhira^oumay attt;na ifyon think propar. f FCIPIO RItEKN. [Week'y Expresa and Volkafr^jund cjpj ] dec 16 - 3t -1 D AUDITOR'S N^^TICE. Estate of Batn oca Sehner, late of ^he borougii UI Washingioii, deceozcd. 'l^fiE undersigned Auditor, appointed V to distribute tbe balaacd ramilalas lu ibe bands of Jacnh B. Shuman, to and amooff tbr'se ivg^liy ^ntl- titid 10 tba mtae, wtil sit far tk-kt purpose oo Wedner¬ day, lha 2lBt d»y of D-ccmh«r, *.D.. iS6(, at'.O o'cl-.ck a. m , in the Uoraiy Koom of tb4 C'lUrc IIoub", Id the CUy of Lancaster, where all persuiib Inttrdettd In iiatd diBtribution na; nttend. r>. a. KSHLEMAN, nor ;o-Ifi Auditor. EXEU0TOR'S NOTICE. Eatate of Emauuel Scliaeffsr, Iato of the City of Laucasler, deceased. LETIERS Tesfeiinentaiy on said estate having been granted lo thu noderal^ned. aH per- hoDPindeblrd thereto are requestbd to luatiB Immedl jtie tetlK-iiient, aoil tho-.a b«viDg rlalina or demao"!! aR.ilnnt ibH t^^tate cf eald dt>,:edADt nf reqaedted to make knows tbe bime z.t bim witlioat delay. ]i. M. r'CH\LFFSl-.ll-cutor, nov '23 6t '2 rebiJiog Jn the city at Lancaster. ADM1NI3TRAT0R-S KOTICE. Estato of Jtlia KesBlsr, late of Providenco township, deceased. LETTKUS of administration on said fiBtJit- hiivinxbPBn g-aata-i to iha undrr.=.'SQ«d, RU t «-t>ocg itidetxtt J ihorfeti' ara r. cin. vjed to m*ka Im- iu-diate MJtlWmest. and thotte b.aT<[ig t-Ultna 01 demfiods aKuin^t Lbe uamu will preaeni them witbitiit delay lor patUement 1" lha unifcr.-igntJd, n-tldinirln Wt-at Lam- paler townehtp- h.vVID liUB£K, u«v -s-i la 1 cf Vt'set Lhmpwer, Aoro'r. liXKOUTOR'o NOTiUfcl. Estate of Ll onard'.Hilior, late of Salisbury lowusliip, dtCflEBOd. I ETTEKS Tcitumeiitarj cn said Es- J ci-te havlnc heca s-.Hutfid to ifce nn-'erbigoeJ, all puTSOS^i Indebted ifaLiniuare raqnottiAd to nmkc immedi¬ aio stfitJem-tnl, aud tbo^a bav;;:^ elaimsor demandn *.::r.ln.-ttlie«:in!a will pn-f-at theia w'.ltioot dnUy for saliieinant lo ibo undcralgiKi'I, resi :Uc lu fald t*r- £I^KV lULLEII, OT :;y 6t * 1 1 xscntiir. ABMlXl.STlLv T0ivs~K0TlCE] Estate of Jcseph VT'en^or Uto of East Earl tu\7uslilp, deceased. I ETTKKSuf ndministration witll the 8 Jw:!l annexed oa s-ld e.itato liavln-.- bf-n granted ttl t.e underdlguod.all ver-innb indebted Jhe reto are riqa^'r.s;l to n-ake Imniediat-,' ccltlment, and tboae liavtagclaimi'or dem nds agalnnt the famo will pre- bent tham without <lelay for lettlomeut to tba nsder- blsced, residing in Knrl tovrDhhtp. caill^TlA^* ZlMMBItHAIf Admlaibtriror witb Lh>; will aan«xo'. ro7-^n B'«" ESTATE NOTICE. Estate of Isaac E. Kuans, Iato of liloaut Joy towusiiip, deceased. LETTEBS of Administratioa on eaid futati bavio'^ beon (rrinit'd lo tbe undnr5ignt;d, nil cerB'jiii inflebtwj therfUi jtre n-quesied to make ini- meJiate fcttlemen:, and those baTing clalniB or de- mandsi ajjitoKt tne a.ime will prnfi^'uC Ib^m withont de¬ Uy, f'T KHitlemt-n' to tbe nn'tt^rntgaed, reHldini! In bald tottubhip. A^N^ It- KUUNd, JxillX M. KUUSy, noT -S-6t-l U Admiuistratur EXEC0T0IV.S NOTICE. Estate of Sarali L. Watson, late of Strasbirg Bor., Lancaster County, deceaaod. LETTEKS of AdraiDiijtrutioii ou said Kaiate bnvinff bi us gra ite-) to tbo undereiKnad, all pu'eims iiidxbledlbeiHio *i(>rri|iiai.ird lomake immedi- r.i» flttttlemenl, and tboKe l.><.viQt: cl>imn or demnnds s^eiOHt the MEinn Mill ]»e-erit tUcm wiili^ut delay Ior i<ntcl<'mfnt tothe' uu>:.:r-ti;i>»"l, tefiult-g lu £h>1 Naut> mei! to*u=blp, Cb-msr cjqb y. JE3SE V-VXH?, ¦ noT21CL*lU Kxecutor. AD.MINISTEATORS' NOTICE. Estato of "Wm. Laaf, lata of 2i»pho townsbip, Lancaster county, dsc'd. LETTlUKS of administration on said «»t.n;p having beituxranted tothe nad(-ral.:n'-d, all p-rf-ona Indebted thereio tire requested to n:ake tmmft- (liate Huttlement. anl tbui^ bnviog olaims or demandn againctlbd fame will preHont tbem without delav for Bellloment to tbe csderbigDcd, rpsiding In R.tpbo twp. KIKHBY COOPf.K, HOT 23 fit 1 Admiaffitrator. Kotice to Creditors. fpUE uudcrsignci has made applica 9 titn to the Court of Oommon P)es" of LaucahUt Conntr, jor tie hiocflt of the ioeolrent Iaw«, mud ttf y have appolatfd tbo- Hd M»ud«y of December, cvxt, ISd-l.ac lbe t^our'^ Ilo'ine in the cily of Lauca<tT, kt lu o'clock, a. m., for hearing me acd my crodltor", when and wbero yon may attend ifyou thmk proj^er. WASHl.NUTON FEY. UCT S3 4t 1 ASSIGNKK'S KOTICE. Assigned Estate of A. Or. Groff, ol Lancaster City, Lancaster County. AG. GUOEE ofiiaucaaLcr City, liav- i&gb? dfed of volnntary a•t^igJment. dntt-d No- Teuiner ll'b Ibli-l BH^tigned and trnDcferredatl biK ee tate and efficts 10 tbe on J'.TBlirne'*, for toe b-notSt of¬ tha crs'llcura of tbe eaid A O Grolf, ne ihrreriira yivps notice toall persona indehied to raid ashi^nor, to make pnyjient tn tho undeiKlgned without a»Iay, aud thLSo barinj claims 10 piciienl Ibf^m to AD^MOnOF/.ABBigata. North Q30''n Ftreer, Lancd>.i<-r Citv, cr to b.s aitoiney, Samuel U. KaynoUs,l!:ui. nor.19 fil9,-0 . ADMINISTRATOR'S KOTICK Estate of Elibaljstli Brubaker, Iato of TTppez Leacock township, deceased. LETTEJIS of aduiiuistratitin on said entato having ba-n granted lo ibt» nuderblgneil, all p-rxons incfbwl tbariti are reqas-Ued ti make Im- meaiate BettiFmaot, und tbo>-e haTing dt^meor d>- maodti egaluft thtt H»me will present tieji without drlis.7 for Btttlcmetit to the nnderalgned, residing in the toTTuthip cf Eirl. , THOilPSOX IlKUBAKKB, nev V2 6t • m Adminiairattr. ADMINISTEATOR'S NOTICE. Estato of Mary Prichett, late of Providence township, dec'd. ' LETTERS of Administration on said estate havin? been granled to the underaltjned, all peikont inilablMi thAr4>toare r*i|U««TeJ to make im- niaditte aettlemeat. asd tho"* having elaimi or de¬ mand* agaiaat the Fane n'.ll pr<-Raot thau without de¬ lay for eettlemeul to tue no<l«r6l£i.ed, E«i.|din(c in taid townuhip. CIlAKUisD. I'RICHBT. niiT 16 Ct ••£! Adiulaiitra tor. ADNINISTSATOR'S NOTICE. Estato of Honry D. Good, Iato of Mariic twp., dec'd. T ETTERS of administration on said ^J estate barldg bfen granted to U»m undersigned, all per*ona inddlited thereto sre ri-queiied to make im¬ mediate niittleuiont, ami iboN^htvlag claims or demands et^alnst the yarae will present them witbout delay for Settlement to tfa<*yuder»iKr.ed SAMOEL CUARLS3,Vcqu?a townihlp, nnv16 6r. 62 u ^i'mlal-tr^tn-. Estato Of James Whitehill, late of tho Bor., of UarietU, decoased. LETTERS teatameutarj on said estate baTlngbeen granted to tha uoderBtgned, Kxe'rB.all peiBonBlndabted thareto are re<iaasted to make Immo- diate )<'i>nient.and tboKo hATlng claimB or demanda acaluBl tbs same will pranent tbem for aottUmont t3 the nDder;)ignad, residing in .".nid boroucb. Altli.\»A>l\V. CA?SEL, M.iRV WUITEUILL, dec 7 UtS EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estato of Henry C. Printz, late of lho City of Lancastsr, Pa, dec'd. LETTERS Testamentary on said estate h&vlo)^ been granted to tbo uod.rsli^od. nil per- hull, jodabtotl tbflrtitu aropqneslBj to make Immedi¬ ate setclemeat. aad those linviug daimn or demaods agaiost the eame TTiU rresonllhem wllboat delayfor eettieuent to lbe andtrB!sotd.ree1d\''r ] ..id cily. J. 1). LiTisaaroB, dec3 6t«J Biecuwr. llAEn-V MILLEB, Altai '¦op. for DlToree to Sot. T=rm, IS61. Ho. J». 5DS.V!1HA. -W. DA-7IS, lo, i'lll.. Snp, for DlTorce lo "«"OTICE-LEVI DAVIS, you are i.t hereby commandel to be and .ppear In your propar pereon before ont Jnd<.e at Laocaater, al the Ooaoty Court of Common l-li.e.lo b. bold on th. TaiEU MOHDAT OF JiSDAHT, A. D., 18C5. lil 10 o'cioclr, A. M , to sboir cause, ifany yon haTe, iihy the fiald jjn^anna W. DaTii, ic, ehall not be dlrorccd from tbe bonda ol matrimony contracted with you. y. aaiTH, aherlC. Sherire Ofice. Dec. S, 1S?4. dec 3 4t 2 MBDICAI. OATUABINE MENTZtlt, ic, Alisa Snp. for Divorce TS. 10 Not. Term, li:6J. DAXIEL a£SIZ2H. ) Ho. 1^6. " U"OTIC>] — DANIEL MBNTZER, X,'i y*'* are hereby commanded to be and appear in ^wur propit pereon bt:f.<re onr Judgea at Lancistrr. at the County Conrt of Commou Haap, to ba held on tha TIUliD M0K1>AY OF JANUARI, A. v., ISf-o. at JO 0'cl.iClE. A. M, to abow cauee, if .iny you baTe. »hy the bai'l L'.-tlliailna Jlaalz ir. &o , Khali nut bo dlvuiced Crum tha bouds of mattimuny coctrjioted with you. S. dMITU, fansHff. Sbeiirs omce, Dec. 3, ISSl. deo i it S FINANCIAL. AMANDA MILLKR. ~rCrOTICE—AMANDA 31ILLER,you J_^ are hereby commanded to be and appear In yonr proper peraon before our Judg" »t Lanciater, at lhe <;onnty Conrt of Common t'laaa, to ba beld oo tbe THIKD MONDAT OF jaNUAttY, A. P., 1865, at 10 o'clock. A. Jd., to show causa, if any you hare, why the said Martin Miller, ebail not be dlroroed fiom the bonda of zaatrimony contiaated with yon P. SMITB, Sheriff. ¦ Bheriri Office, Dm. ?, 1861. ^ d«fl 8 4t 3 Turnpike Eleetion. npHE Annual Election for Officers of JL The LacciBter itn.i Kuwi-.^hanna Turnpike -Sosd C..mpM.y. ivill bh h..l.l at the OiSce of lhe Tro«.urer, in the Uty of Lanc^s¦e^ on Monday, the 2d day of Jan. usry, n^st.at 10 oc'l...ck, A. M. . ..... W. P. BSIKTOy, 'l«Wat4D TrortBuror. Turnpike Election. A N Election will be held pn Jlonday, ri. lbe -21 d.y of J«u»ry, next,at the houK^of A'exinder D Re-"/, .Mount Joy, batween lha houra of 12 and I o"c:ocJ(, fur a Preeid-ut, P^a Miuajters and Treasurer, of lh*» Lancatter, Elizabethtown ano Middle- town Tuiiti-ike ii;ad. J. M. LOSO, drcH3t4 D TrMHornr. First Uatlonal Bank- EraABBijao, I'a., Dec. 0,1S6J. THE Annual Meeting of the t'tocli:- holiers of this UanV, ^or the election of Directora. will ba hold Bt th** llankla j Houbb ou Tneuday the I0:b dav of Januarv, IB69, betwtea tbe houra ol 11) i. vl. aiid^P M. S M.EUKKMA5. dec 7-IU1.3 Caabiar. NOTICE. FAUUEtta* NATIONAL BANK OF LANCASTKR,) Derember etb, 1864. { XJY a Resolution of tho Board of Direc- Tj loro. ib« r-^ular Dlsrount day of tbis Uank will beuit MONDAY' < f tach week. EOW. n. liROWN, dec"3t3U •' Ca^hle^. Farmers' . Mutual T.nEurtnce Com¬ pany. : AN Election of Oificers to conduct ths baalneBBofthe abore Cjmpanj-, f.tr tbo enaninn joar, win be beldat the pnb lc honee of riolomon Pprech ni (tixshanire Ho:e)) in tfae rity of Lancaater, on bat¬ urday the Slai aay of b«rci;mliir, betwean tha houra of OQ4 and lour o'clocit, 1'. M. JOU*. STUOHM, d.c 7-.t d Hfcretary. FARMEKS* NaTJON'AL BANK OP LAXCA9TEK.) December 6tb,]R6t. { A N Election for Thirteen Directors of j_jL th*' n»nk, toa^rrarir tbee-'BuIud jear. wlUbe belj At rhe Kinking IIau>^e. ou WKDNKRDtY, the llth of .lANL'ARl' next, bot«eou tbe LourFOf lO and 3 o'cl.ck. EU^V. II. BltOWN. d«c T 4t S U Caabier, I.ANCi6TF,K COUNTY HAXK,) Utcambar Itt, IStil, S AMEKTING of the StockhoLlcrs of Ibla Ba^^k, wll! be b-Id at tbe Ba.-kl- g llouia on Mun-ity. IhelUrb dav Ol I.'.c#!'iher, IpH, at 12 o'clcck, m., to decide whether thie Itti.k ehall l>«>»im9 an aeao- ciniitin for tbe porpoEuot BaaMiijc under tbe Iswt <f tbe United .-^tale?, and wfaother it hhaii exerciae powers cou'errcd 'ij Ib« t^ccLf tbH A.'it-emb'v ot thf Common— wealth of l'eniiiry|r«aia. entitled •• an Act enabling the Binke of ibin Commipn^wslih to become aeeocla- tionx for tbe puipaaa t)( BinlclnR nndar tbe lava of the Unltpd Statoa '* npproved lte '2ii day of August, 16t)4.- and to take any furlber actt. u tbat iu3t be expedient. W. L. PKIffia, dec 3 tfl OaPbinr. ilLECTIOM-. FIRST NATIOJTAL BASK,) LxnCider, D-C.3,1£84. J THE Annt-al Election for. Kine Direc¬ tors of this Bank, to eerve 'be ensuing year, will baheld at ih- Itankmp House, ou Tne=d«y, the 10 h day nf Jauuary next, between lbe houra 1.1 IU and^i c deck, of aald day. HORACE RATHVOS. dec3oL2 Caahler. Turnpike Hoad Eleotion. 1 N Election for President, Managers L"d Treaonrer, of lbe Mew Holland Turupike Koad Comjisuy.for lb» ensnlog yetr, wiil bo held at the puhdc btiune of L-vi W. Kemper, on atid road, on the tlifct MnndftV, beloif tht KECund day Cf January, Is05 at I o'cbck ia the alternOon. l.OLAND j ILLEK, dec :{ ::t 3 Treasnrar FIRST UmUl BiSK OF UARlETTi, PA.. Designated Depository and Einaneial Agent of the United Slatet. xc—ao x*o.^i»cr- BY instructiona from the Secretary of the Treaaury, dated Uaich 26th, 18^4, tbia Bank lb anthorized 10 recelre enb^criptiona for tbe National 10-10 PiT* per coc(. Loan, In Coupon or Begieterad iiouda. Tble Loan, Principal and IatBr«at,'ia payable In gold. Qn Bunde of $500 and ' upwards, xemi-annnallj, (let of March and beptember) acd on thoba of lev denoml- uatioufi annnaliy, (IhI of .Ma.'cb.) KubeCflbare can recelTe Bonis with Conpona from UarcU 1st, by puying be acerned IntereKt in o tin, or In lawfnl mone; by adding Cd per cent, lor preminm; or, if preferred, may deposit the principal only, and reeelTa Eondb wllb Conpona from date of eobBcrlptton. Kl gieleted Bonds will be Ipened of lbe denomloetlona of t&O, $100, $60ii, Sl.ix.fl, 46,W0. $10,000, and Conpon Bouds of ^6d, $LUU, £iiUO and «1,<I<JU. .Forthe trreaier coureaieore of eobscrlbera, tbe dif. ferent Banka and Bankera Ihronghunt the conntry are authorimd to act aa agent for lha Lo^n. As only $'JO0,UUu,Ouu of lhl« Loan can be luaned, we wonld urge npou per<4ni> havlug aarpinn money, to oubficriba prompUy aod aecure tbe IdTei-tment at pat. The Secretary in prewentlng thla new Loan to tha pnbiic Ihruugh the ^atloual Uankx, relies upon tha lluer;;Ilty and patriotistn of our p«>opIe to nse all bon- orable meuna and to make erary exertion for Ub aale. Itia booed that Lanoaalar cunnty, harlng done ao weHtn tbepaetinfurUahing tbe Oorarnment meana, WiH be equally prompt at ihla tima. 'ap9.tf. AMOtS BOWMAH, Caahler. BEED, HEITDEHSOI? & CO BANKKKS, Corntr j East King and Duke Straett^ LANCASTKR, PA. STOVES AND HEATERS! o o c Q Q CO SAXFORD'S HEATSR FOR BRICK, BOYNTOS'S HEATER FOR BRICK, SAKFOED'S rORTABLE HEATER, VULCAiS'S PORTABLE HEATER, IMPKOVED FIRE PLACE HEATER, COOKlXa nAXGES OF TJIE HOST AP¬ PROVED PATTEP.XS! A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OH C06E,-PARLOR AND mm BOOX -&TOVES AT THE lOWEiT CASH PRICES. za- P.Tllca1aT .tt.ntioD pftll to IlcpsirlDg Hutera aoa iUDfitie, at A. 0. Tt.INS'i", nonM PurniiihlDg Stora, cet2Q tf 49 tT Nn. 11, North (^ae,-n iHi..t. »A»UI2I, B COX, W.ll. C. .tlcKEOWN JACOB MILEY. SAMtTEL B. cox & CO. CARKIAUB MANUPACTUBEKS AHD PRAC¬ TICAL MECHANICS, Corntr of Duke and Vine St. Lancatter, Pa., XT'EEP constantly on hand and mann IX fMtop. to order OABEIAOIS — OP BVSEt DKBOEIPTIOK, uada oil tho b««t matoriaU aod by .ipoil.iiMdf workman. .— HaTlB|;b«aoasgasftdio tb. Oarriag. making boil- aesi for soma ysan, thi y ThI cojjlldaat toat tha worl mada by th.m will bo loaud tallj oqaa] If not aapcrloi to any othar mado la tha buta, .Ithai aa to stylo, work, manihlp or qaallty of malarial., and alao In raaaona- hlanea. of prlca. Th<y thorolora laTlM thoia In wanl of OarriagM, to glT. iham a .aU bafora purehaalni alaawhar*. ^ , . Th. foUowlag PBIMICTHS haTO baan awardod lo thla •Btabllahment:—A Pr«mlom br tha Laneaatar Goanty Fair of 1868 for ES6T aDLKT ; alao, a Premlam and surer Modal for tho UKST BHIPTIMO-TOP BD007.- A surer Hedal by tho Hiatorieal. Agrieaitaral and Sfachanlcal InBtltote.ln Jan., 1869; and aleo by the Polton laatltata. In Norember, ISfig, for BKST 8H1PT- LNO-TOP BDOOT and TSOITnia BDOOT. r}-Pereona waatlng earrlage. eaaeelaet rojanPTT DIPPBBBNT BTTLKS, aU la oae room AUwork manafaetaied at thleeiUbllahment le war raatod, Bapalrlag of all klnde doa. on ehort notiee. nor 14-tf.41 SASIUBL B. COX & CO, J, ROHRER. BECTIFYIJJG DISTILLEB unt VHOLKSALX DXALKU IV FRENOE BRAITDIES, HOLLAKD QIH8, ECOTCH AND IBISH WHISEIKS JAnAlt;A KUU, VOREIQN AND DOMESTIC WINES, ^e So. BS, Kabt Kibq Bt&zit, hiaounn. Pa. Conatantly OD hand^Coppw DUUUed Old Bye WhU- kty Apple Braodr. &•• The peculiar taint or infection which wa call ScHOFLXA lurks in the constitutions of mulUtudes of men. It eitlior produces or ij produced by an en¬ feebled, vitiated sLtle of tlio blood, wherein thr-t fluid becomes in¬ competent to sustain the vital forces in Oicir vigorous action, and leaves the system Ut _ full into disorder and decay. Thc scrofulous contamination is va¬ riously caused by mercurial disease, low living, disordered digestion from unhealthy food, impure air, iilth and filthy habiti, tho depressing vices, and, above all, by the venereal infuction. AVhatevcr be ita origin, it is hereditary in thc constitution, descending "from parents to children unto the third and fourth generation;" indeed, it seems to he the rod of Him who says, "I will visit llie iniquities of the fathers upon their children." The diseases it originates tiike varioua names, according to the organa it attaclcs. In thc lungs. Scrofula produces tubercles, and fm.illy Consunii)lion; in tho glands, swellings which suppurate and be¬ come ulcerous sores; in the stomach and boivcis, derangements which produce indi- postion, dyspepsia, and liver complaints; on thc skin, eruptive and cutaneous affections. These, all having tlic same origin, require tho same remody, viz., purification and invigora¬ tion of the blood. Purify tlie blood, nnd these dangerous distempers leave you. Wilh feeble, foul, or corrupted blood, you cannot have health; with that "life of the flesh" hcahhj-, you c.innot have scrofulous disease. Ayor's Sarsaparilla is compounded from the most effectual anti¬ dotes that medical science has discovered for this afllicting distemper, and for tlic cure r^t Uie disorders it entails. That it is fur supe¬ rior to any other remody yet devised, is known by all who h-ivc given it a trial. That it does combine virtues truly extraordi n:iry in their effect upon tliis class of coniph-iints, is indispuUibly proven by tho great nmltilude of publicly known and'remarkable cures it Iia-s made of the foUowing diseases: King'a Evil, or Glandular Swellinga, Tumors, Eruptions, Pimples, Blotches and Soxes, Erysipelas, Kose or St Anthony's Eire, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Coughs from tubercnlons deposits in the lungs, Whito Swellings. Dehiiity, Dropsy, Ueuralgia, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Syphilis and Syphilitic Infections, Kercurial Diseases, Female Weaknesses, and, indeed, tiie wholu series of complainu lliat arise from impurity of the blood. Minute reports of individu:il c.ises maj' be found in Ayiiu's A.Mt'niCAX Alsianac, which is furnislicd to tlic druggists for gratuitous distribution, wherein may he learned the directions for its use, and some of thc remarkable cures which it has made when all other remedies had failed to ailcrd relief. Those cases arc purposely tnken from all sections of the country, in order tliat every reader may have access to some one who can speak to him of its benefits from personal experience. Scrofula depresses the viLil energies, and thus leaves its vjclims far more subject to disease nnd its fatal results than are henlthy constitutions. Iicnee iC tends to shorten, and docs greatly shorten, the average duration of human life. The vast importance of these considerations has led us to spend ycars in perfecting a romedy which is fadoquate lo its cure. This wc nov.- oflor to the public under the name of Ateii's Saksai'auii.la, although it is composed of ingredients, some of which exceed the host of Sarsaparilla in alterative power. Wy its aid you may protect yourf cif from the siiflcr- ing and danger of these disorders. Purjio out the foul corruptions that rot and fetter in the blood, purge out the cause: of discate, and vigorous health will follow. By its pecu¬ liar virtues lhis remedy stinmlates tlic vital functions, and thus expels the distempers which lurk within thc system or burst out on any part of it. ^Vc know thc puhlic have been deceived - by many compounds of Sarsaparilla, that promised much aud did nothing; hut they will neither he deceived nor disapjiointed m this. Its virtues have been proven by abun¬ dant trial, and tlicre remains no question of its surpassing cxeelicnee for thc cure of the afllicting diseases it is intended to reaeh. Although under the same name, it is a very difl'erent medicine from any other winch has been before thc people, and is far more ef¬ fectual than .iny other which lias ever been available to them. CHEURT PECTORAL. Tho World's Groat Eemedy for Coughs, Colds, Incipient Con¬ sumption, and for the relief of Consumptive patients in advanced stages of tho disease. This has been so long used and so uni¬ versally known, that we need do no more than assure the public that its quality is kept up to thc best it ever lias been, and that tt may be rcHcd on to do al! it has ever done. Prepared by Dn. J. C. Ayer & Co., Practical and Analytical Chemists, Lowell. Mb««. Sold by all druggists every where. OHAELES A. HSIHITaH'B. Bo.lSEutEIosStrtat, And all the Droggtsta in Lancisler. Alao,fey dwlar la UedlelD* avenwhera. Jnly 16-l7-fM)w-.^l IT ITEVEH FAILS TO OUKEI DR. iCT¥RNA0H'5 ARMY LOTION I THE Pro| rietor of this INVALUA¬ BLE MEDIC rSB, after matnre dallbirallon and havlntr practlealiy toelnd ita Tlrtaea and efflcacy for % nnmber of yoan Loth at bome and In the UNITED BTATES ARMY, bus no henllatlo t In offerlog It to tha pnhlle and T'^nmiu.-iiding It e tbe bent tt alia;; .Medicine latbe world, for lhe cnre ol" tbe dlaesa-.B for wblcb It i^ racom'nead-'d. ils dcea oot claim lbe great marit of cnrloft a-1 dlnea^e* incident to man aa-l beist, a« aome uediclfian arerecconiended io do,but gaarauleesit tu cnre OALLED ¦'SROULDERS, SADDLE GALLS AND OPEN SORES of all l(lDdfiqB=e«t»Uhan any medicine e.'er off-r^d to th» pnM'c. it ba^iirovea lu<t,lf an aiuoel infallible remedy for Tetter, Itch, Poison, Chapped Hands, Eingworm, &c., &c. The price Is ao low Ibat all peraona, poor as well aa rich can e-Joy IU alvant-ge No one wUl h.Mt«t#toglTeUa trial aa It c3j,u> bat M Ci.ST6 A BOTTLE. Vrepared only by SR. ECU rER?IACU, Monnt Joy, Pa Ker Sale by the prli.:lpal Drncfcletsaad oonatijr atorea CAVTJOS—Bew.re oj rpuri-m-K iml'ilioru. h'lir^ Bead the UHoffttg from John Breneman, Veteri¬ nary BarwoP, near yoant Joy, Pa. Ua. EcuTEitACa—I ear Sir:—I h»Te med yonr Army Lotion In my prratli B for some time, and certify tha: it waa on:* of ibe aaf. nt iredlclaes 1 ever aB«-d. It Is not only KOod for wbat yoa tecommead it for. bnt la a cer¬ tain cnre for Uauj^e. and many disetaea tbat perhaps you are not awcr- ot It In trnly a v.iloabltf medicine, and no horaeovnrr abould do withrat It. All ll wania la atrial to proTe t» valna. Touri> respeclfolly, JOHH BUKKWA-V- H E aT 0 N . SfBl.tOTlLLS.Pa., April 18, Ififil. Da. ECRTEB5A0B—i ear Siz-.'-I ceriKy on honor tbat I had the Tetter all 01 er my lace and body for flfteea yea.ra, and ci aid not get It carod I tried the moiit ekiUfal Phyalclane, lnt nolhiig would do ma g.K)d untillprocnreiaboltleofyoarAnoy LoUoo, wblcd acted like muglc, and. ored me In aaveral weeka. Such moilciaea aa yaura ahoald be Iu tvery^mlly. WK.bAlLCR. H. B Dealera can be anppUed at manafactnrera nrken at lit* followlag named pieces: SMITH A SHOE- MaKBK, No. INS. S.1 bird Btreat, Philadelphia; A.O. GOOD. >r>.^. U.&th aueet. Beading, Pa.; SAMUEL frCUttOFP, Balubrldg-, Pa.; DE. A. M lilBbTAND AlooEit Joy, Pm ; 0. A UEINITSU, Lancaater, Pa. Jaae fl-fim-'.-S BB. PETJQHS, FROUI THB EE}rrORS LVJSU INSTITUTE, TJ AS taken Kooms at the Cadwell f I llooae. Lancaeter. wberv be propoa^e to Treat hy InbaUtionefOlTBPrilied Air.8lllii^ea»wof tuaUEAb, TllflOl,andLUNi]3,t.(tctht:rwlih ALt* DiaKASKB arlblng om ioii'ure (Uood. Tbe oxygen is broathed directly Into tbt) I.UDK<i, and through tbem Is carried Ititn tbe Hlood. Tbu*. w mod an the hlood vlll carry it. It leaeheaaU pariB of thfl Fjatt^m. de'umpOBlng the impurem«tt«r la trie blood, aod expels It throngh the pores. By thi" treatment you do not ha^e to be doc¬ tored for months to eradicate disease. Relief is had from the time of breathing the oxygen and In any cu¬ rable ca«—on'y a few application* aro required. Con- aultat'ona free. O^ce hours from C toS. Ladlea par¬ lor up ataira. aept 10-tf 4-Jn. WANTED. 20,000 Wanted for wbich the Higheal Market Piloe will be paid in cash. SOAP FAT, nr otlcA lit Biehat trice icOt te paU ci niBBAM tILLDS'B, CxuBun Stou«. ^ No. U Nortb QisMO StiMt, nni Mo.n Xut KUg St.
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Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
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Volume | 39 |
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Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Masthead | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Volume | 39 |
Issue | 5 |
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. XXXIX.
LANCASTER,: PA., WEpESBAY, DECEMBER 21, 1864
NO.5.
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THE VASISHEES.
Sweetest of all cbildliko dreams In the simple Indian lors
StiU to me the legend seems Of tbo EItcs irho flit before.
I'litting, pissing, seen and gono,
Is'evor reaclied nor found at reet^ Bafliins soarcb, but bcckonins on II To tbo Sunset of the Blest.
From tbo clefts of mountain rocks, Throasb the dark of lowland firs,
riasb tbe eyes and flow tbe locka Oftbo mystic Vanisbcrj!
And tbo fisber in hia skifl^, And tbo Imntnr on tbe moss,
Hoar tbcir call from capo and cliQ*, S03 tbeir bands ths blrcb leaves toss.
Wishful, longiog, through thc grcca Twilight of the clustered pincf.
In tbcir faces rarely seen Beauty moro than morlal shines.
Fringed with gold their oanOos flow;
On tbo alopes of wc:tering knolls; In tbe wind they whisper low
Oftbo Sunset Land of Souls.
Doubt wbo raay, 0 frlcn'd of mine!
Thou and I havo seen tbem tooj On before with heck and sign
Slill they glide, and we puriuc,
^ More than clouds of purpla trail
In tba golJ of setting day ; More than gleams cf 'wiag or sail Beckon from tbe Eca-mtst gr.iy.
Glimpses of immortul youth, Gleams and glories seen and lost,
Far-hoard voices sweet wilb truth Ab tbo tongues of retitecust—
Beauty that eludes our gnup.
Sweetness that transcends our ta£lo.
Loving hands ¦we may not clasp. Shining feet that mock our haslo—
Gentlo eyes we closed below, Tender voices heard once more,
Smilo and call us, as they go On and onward, still before.
Guided thus, 0 friend of mino!
Lst us walk our little way, Knowing hy each beckoning sign
That 'WC are not quito astray.
Chase wo still with bafilod fett Smiling eye and waving band.
Sought attd seeker soon bI.dII incet. Lost and found, in Sunset Land!
. A CHRISTMAS STOM.
XrirCIE GODFHEY.
I. TODJIORTEX RECTOKr.
It was tae day beforo Christmas-day, and the Rev.- Mr. Latimer was busy fin¬ ishing his Christmas sermon, or rather, if we must confess it, " heeltapping" an old one.
Tho reverend gentleman had just set¬ tled the Coal club accounts, and that ex¬ cellent work of ch.'jrity had warmed his heart, and mado him at peace with all the world. 'I'ho frost w.is feathering tho win¬ dow-panes ; in tho ruls of the Todmorten lanes, the ice l.-iy like fragments of shiver¬ ed plate-glass; the twigs of thc laurel bushes at tho rectory window wero furred with crystals; and the robin, pufling out his littio crimson breast till it loookcd like an alderman's waistcoat, sat on tho standard rose-tree at the study-window, • j^ watching, with inlerest, lir. L'jtimer as he put the new pieceintothe old garment. The sermon completed, Hr. Latimer went headforemost inlo the Blanket club ac¬ counts, and soon discovered the pleasing faot, tbat there was an overplus of seven 'pound ten. AU this conduced to mako the worthy young rector extremely cheer¬ ful, and in a propsr Christmas framo of mind. He hummed a carol 'to himself, and prepared to go out losuperintend tho clerk, who wasbusydccoralingtbechurch with holly.
But young rectors with largo families, if they havo Iheir pleasures, have also their alloys. The monthly wash had just begun, and a largo screen of steaming sheets is by no means aconduotorofhcat, especially when pl.iced between yourself and the fire; nor does tho necessity of turning these square acres of linen at Bt- .4 ting intervals, coaduc2 to the concentra¬ tion of mind that accounts require.
A cook must have unceasing pleasure in the savory chemislry of his profession; but to watch a largo saucs pan, and stir its contents every quarter of an hour, un¬ der pain of your wife's indignation, is not consistent wi'.h any ateady mental labor. Yet all these sm.-ill rainoyances tho Rev. Frederick Latimer boro like a Christian and a lamb, for he v.-.\i r. good, kind-heart¬ ed, domestic man, who rcppccted the sav¬ ing of the family wash, in.l knew that tho kitchen firo was fully occupied, and that what he did was no trork of supere¬ rogation.
That slipping and shaking noise in tho
kitchen was, he knew. Sirs. Latimer fold.
ing and that sound po:tended a busy day,
Ml and in that busy d.iy he was willing to
make himself useful.
Tho children wero out sliding—rgelting fiery red by tumbling o'n the baok oftheir heads, and performing the "cobbler's knock" on tho village-pond. They had been busy cutting hollyboughs for the church that morning, and the sliding was their reward. " Jane, my dear," cried tha Kev. Mr. Lat¬ imer to his wife, as he put oa his great coat and hat, aad seized his blackthorn stick, "I'm just going lo see old Martha Hacker; and then I shall step up to the churoh, and seo how Payne gets on with the decorations. I shall be back to lunch at one. Those sheets in my study are quite dry, and the sauce-pan bas beeu on the boil ten minutea." " Stop a momont, Frod,"tcried Mrs. Lat" ' imer;
"I want lo speak to you before you co out." '
' Mr. Latimer was raffled. "'Well, now
what u ir, my d«ar? I cannot »top now; i must be off."
Mrs. Latimer appeared, and remonstra- ed.
" 'Why, Fred, how impalient you are. AU I want to ask is, if you wrote yonr usnal invitation lo Unole Godfrey for Christmas' Ot course, he won't come; but atill we oughn't to forgethim."
" Yes, I wrote dn Monday. Did I ever forget to write to him—the old selfiish hunk! Goodbye, darling. Send down for the children, if they are not in, in half an hour; it is now just eleven."
II. THE ELEVKS-FOETr TKAIS.
Todmorten waa a pretty village in Dor¬ setshire. It lay in a little valley, sur¬ rounded by wooded hills and sloping fields, and was intorsecled by a railway. Tho eleven-forty train slided out ofthe distance, and stopped, with bragging pus's of smoke, at tho Todmorten alstion. It took up its load, and slid off again, with jerks of white vapor, and disappeared in the direction of Poole. The atation grew again lonely; and tho only sounds, the rattling of the tight cords of the signal- post, and the murmur of the winds against tho telegraph-wires.
Ten minutes after the solitary arrival, an old fashioned man, with a wooden leg, stumped slowly up Todmorten Hill. The butcher saw him, the grocer saw him, the blacksmith saw him, the guests at the bar- parlor of the Peal of Bella saw him, to be ."aregular old guy," evidently oome by the train, and bound to the neighboring villago.
Tbe ohildren from the rectory windows saw him—for the rectory was on a hill, and commanded the village—and marvel ed at his wooden leg. j
The eldest girl, Dora, her goldon fleece of black hair tossing in the air, ran to de- scride him to Mrs. Latimer. " 0, mamma, she cried, " there is such a funny man coming up the hill—ho'^otawooden leg!
George says he moves it as if it was a compass, and ha was drawing a circle. Oh, it'a such fun. Do come and see."
Mrs. Latimir allowed hersif to.be drag- into the parlor by Dora, George, Wily, and look through the window. The wooden- legged man was only thirty yards off. She had no aooner seen him, than she gave a hysterical scream, and exclaimed: "Unel-i Godfrey! Run, Dora, and tell cook to go and take the sheets and'the sauce-pan out of thestudy; and George, go and Susan too put on a clean apron, and go to the front door. Dear me, how unfortunate papa not being in!"
The next moment, there was a strange sound on lhe rietory gravel walk, and a sharp, curt knock at the door. Susan was a long time answering the door; when she did so, sho received a rebuke that she did not soon forget.
"Young woman," said the old gentle¬ man furiously, " is this the way you are taught to attend to your master's visitors? Nice weather to be kept in the cold.
Ugh ' it bites one's nose off. Lucky you're not in my service, br out you'd go this day month. Is Mr. Latimer in 7"
"Nasty crosa old thing," IhoughtSusan as sbe replied : " Xo, sir; Mr. Latimer is out in the parish."
"'Who oares whero he is. II he's not in, Where's your missus V
"Upstairs?"
" Vory well, then, toll her to como down slairs."
" llVhat name, if you please ?"
"Godfery Dodson."
Susan swept out ofthe room. She never saw such a cross, unmannerly old " thing" in tho whole courae of her life; and so sho told Ellen thc cook.
Uncle Godfrey was ashort, irascible lit¬ tle man, who wore a brown spenoer, a low crowned hat of the old hour-glass shape, popular some twenty years ago, and long drab gaiters. He was an old-bachelor re cluse, who lived in the Adlphia, in rooms whioh ho never allowed anybody to enter and which were stuffed full of pictures, etchings. Buhl cabinets, snuff-boxes, and old china. Early in life he had been a drysalter in Liverpool, and since then had devoted himself laboriously to doing noth¬ ing, and exciting the expectations of his poorer relations. Mrs. Latimer had only seen her uncle once since she was married.
Godfrey Dodson was one of those old oonnossseurs who arc to bo seen nny mor¬ ning in the show-rooms of Messrs. Chris¬ tie and Manson, examining etchings suspiciously through huge glassess, open¬ ing and shutting with half delight, half distrusl, remarkable agate snuff-boxes walking backwards from spurious Ra¬ phaels, opening and shutting the draw¬ ers of inlaid cabinets, and looking for the maker'slname nnd date of lustrous msjolica plates. They know the very year every picture was painted and where tho original of it is, and what it fetched. They know every alteration that Hogarth made in his engravings, and fall into rap¬ tures over what other people would think a defect. They eye the auctioneer^ with a magpie look of expectancy and cunning, and tbe dealers with glances of hostility and distrust. They hoard and accumulate with the craft of ravens and the industry of ants, anrt enjoy the pleas¬ ant reflection that when they die, the sale of their effects will be held in the same room, as that in whioh they have spent so much of their time, and will give extreme delight to a great many collec¬ tors, their old rivals during life; for the finest collection is, after all, like a heap of leaves scattered in a field, that must sooner or later be blown apart, and scat¬ tered to the four winds. Still, no doubt, in spite oflhis unpleasant reflection, there isgreat pleasure in amassing, and'there will be collectors like Uncle Godfrey as long as the world goes on spinning.
Uncle Godfrey had a keen wiien face ^ cold, keen, suspicious eyes ; short, stub, bly whilo hair; overhanging eyabrowa, and a projecting lower lip that expressed a sour contempt for all he heard and saw. Ue wore the frilled shirt-front of a past age, and the littlo scarlet under-waist- coat, with just the edge showing, such as was the fashion forty years ago. Alto gether one's impression of him was, that ho was a shrewd, cynical old hunks ; ac centric, dogmatic, ricb, and arbitrary.
When Mrs. Latimer, not waiting to change her dress, but jusl adjusting her cap, and making herself neat, glided into theroom, half pleased, half frightened ; Uncle Godfrey was staoding witb his back to the door, examining a print of "Bolton Abbey in the olden Time" with a malici¬ ous contempt.
He turned round as his niece entered, and withont g'reeting her, and just as if he had been an inmate of the house for twenty years, said with a sort ot grunt:
"This is the sort of rubbish people in the oountry hang on their walls, instead of having one oi two good pictures. Ugh! It is only fit fora poulterer's parlor."
"But, dear uncle, Frederick and I can¬ not afford picturea. But how are you j
Why don't you come oftener!" Andall the time she kept aaying to heraelf: "On¬ ly to think of hia coming I" Uncle Godfrey watched her from under.
hia terrier eyebrows for amoment or two
in suspicions silenae; then ho took her
hand, andilookbg.her searohingly in the face, he said:
. "Jane, you areja, sensible girl; you didn't keep me waiting while you put on a lot of finery. Don't thank me for com¬ ing down to see you, for I oily did it be¬ cause I thought you didn't m3an it, and I thought it STOuld teach you a lesson; and as to pictures, I suppose yoa cin't afford them. I knowl can't. Isollmina as fast as I buy them—'j^h! and at a good profit too, Whero are the children? plenty of them, I suppose; tho poorer a man is, the mora children Providence al¬ ways sends them. Ugh! Where's Liti- mer ?"
"Gone put, dear.uuole, to see the poor, and how to diatribute tho Christmas char- ities; and I ought to be out with him S but, you sea, we poor people havo to wash at home, and do many things."
"There; no ostenlatijn of poverty and economy. Staff about at Christmas! Why give away more than usual at Christmas 7 Is a man more hungry at Christmas, or colder, or poorer? Aren't there other timos to giva? Bih! I hate Christmas- all one's bills come in then."
"Ob, there's Frederiok coming—I'm so glad!" said Ifrs. Latimer, looking out ot the window. "Oh, how glad he will be to Boe.you uncle!"
"Not so sure of that, though I am rich. Now, mind, I'll have no fuss made about me—no extras. As for wine, I've brought down somo of my own. Don't like port that'a half oitohup, and the other half logwood. No, don't go; I'll opsn tho door."
Away stumped the strange being to open the door. Mr. Latimer stared hor¬ ror-struck at the wooden-legged appari. tion.
"I thought it would knock you down," said Unole Godfrey. "Never ask a man again you don't want to see."
"But I'm delighted. My dear sir."
"There; no flummery. Here I am, and you must make the best of me for a week. You're quite right to ask me. Tho Fi(2- aimmonses asked me too, and I generally go there. Confound Christmas ! I wish it was abolished. Festivity, indeed! Why, I'd rather be eating my chop alone at the liainbow or the CacIc, in Fleet Street, than share the best Christmas dinner in Eng¬ land."
Mr. Latimer did not know whether to-| be ofl'ended or not, but, as be had expec - tations from Unole Godfrey, ha thought, on the whole, he had batter boar it, so ha amiled, and took him by tha hand.
In rushed the ohildren, but when they saw the stranger, they drew back. Dora seated herself in shy stale on a distant aofa; George came coaxingly up to his father, and took his hand; whilo Willy, the "tot," nestled up to his mother, and half hid himself in her gown.
"George used to be your favorite un¬ cle', said Mrs. Lalimer.
Undle Godfrey lookod at him, and' growled :
"Tims ho went to sea. Ugh! Dj you send that girl to school ? Why don't you cut her hair shorter? She'll be bald at thirty."
Mrs. Latimer was indignant; but noth¬ ing made any impression ou the rich un¬ cle, who turning hia back on her, procee¬ ded to question her husband.
"Well, Latimer," taid he, "still grubb¬ ing on as a curate, I suppose. Nics pro¬ fession ; ils priz-.-! ao eagy to get, and so evenly distribute I ! Bishops so humble and active—no pride. Ugh ! Sixty years work for a curate, and a hundred a year the end cf it. Every one on you for alms, and obliged to give more than the squirss with ten thousand a year, Oatter bo a laborer. Ugh! Any head clerk in a mer¬ chant's offioe could buy up three curates. Ugh!"'
Mr. Latimer, deprecated TTncle God¬ frey's severity.
"Our life," he said, is humble, but it is happy, and free from any temptations.— There is timo for study, and quiet for do¬ mestic happiness. Grand peopio are too busy for domestic happiness ; houses loo full to enjoy the society oftheir wivesand children. Your clerk might buy me up, but he could not buy my happiness."
"Good—something in that. But eup- pose you live above your income, and debts press. Responsibilities of the rich wilhout their means; too proud lo put your children into trade. Strange pride. Ugh! I thought Christianity taught hu¬ mility. You oiergy preach it enough, but Where's tho practicing ?"
"My dear sir, you do me wrong. I would willingly get Georgo into a ban¬ ker's oflSce when he is old enough, but even city situations are hard to get."
"Take you at your word. I'll get the boy into a house in Mincing Lane. Aim low—that's the way to get on ; better than your beggarly profession, and bring up your family paupers."
Mr. Latimer overflowed with thanks.
"There; no trying to please the rich old uncle, just because he is rioh. And BO you have been' arranging the Christ¬ mas charilies. Ugh I all folly; makes the poor people mendicants. Who'll work, when he can get more, begging ? Got a night-school in your parish?'
" We have—a flourishing one."
"There again—puffing up tho poor.— Teaching servants to read one's letters, and forge and anindle. Stuff! When do you dine 7 I'm hungry. Shouldh't ob. ject to a glaas of wine—my own, though- Tho porter's brought it up from the sta¬ tion by this time to mo. Where's my bed¬ room? Hike a fire at night. I'llju.'tgo and wash my hands, and take my spen¬ cer off, while you get me a crust and a glass of my own port-wine. Ugh I how cold this place i». Get oat of tha way, ohildren !"
" What a horrid old creature!" thought Dora. George was secretly examining his wooden leg, and wondering whether it moved by clock-work.
Uncle Godfrey waa not softened even by dinner.
"Jane," said he, " never have-soup lill you havo a cook that understands it.— This is paste, not soup. You girl, keep the door shut—tho draught com33 to my hack; and keep tho firo up; it is all in one corner. I don't like stale bread.— Haven't you got some new, and no crust! Can't you see I've got false leeth ?"
"Jane,"eaid he, a little later, "the mutton hasn't hung long enough. I sup¬ pose you pky on the piano, and let the cook do as she likes. Take my advice- discharge that woman; the potatoes are as hard as bullets. .
Over his wine, Mr. Latimer—hia wife being gone with the children—ventured to lament the ascetic loneliness of Uncle Godfrey's life, and to wish he lived nearer to them.
" I like it," said the amiable anchorite of the Adelphi. " Every one to his tasle. Some people like fidgety chiidren, that break and spoil everything, ani some don't. Ugh 1 Latimer, when I was young, I had a disappointment lhat in one da tarned my heart into ajar of vinegar my blood since that is cold and sour. I have my own fancies, and I follow, them. I'd Hither die in a ditch, than surroiinded
by legaoy.hunlers—oounting'^the sand in my-honr.Klaaa as it ran out, pampering me, encouraging my follies, agreeing with me, and all the time longing to see the hoarse cryme and fetch mo to tho nettly damp corner of some respectable .ceme¬ tery. Ugh ! I know them, I know them ,' but they shall wait a bit—they shall wait a bit. Puss the bott[e. Why doean 't that slut bring the coff.o ?"
That night, Mr. and Mrs. Latimer, whon thoir pleasant guest hsd gone to bed, and all the house was quiet, disouss¬ ed Uncle Godfrey.
Mr. Latimer, with all his amiability, was much irritated at the brutality and rudeness of the rich, suspicious old boarder.
"But, my dear Fred," said Mrs. Lati¬ mer, " remember the children, and bear with uncle. Remember we have expec¬ tations ; and do think of thoso dreadful bills, and how little we have to meet them."
" My dear Jano," said her husband, "I could do anything for your sake and for the children's; but I rosily cannot bear this man's insolence. Every kind word he attributes lo our bopes of his money —bother his money!"
" Fred !"
" I tell you, Jane, I cannot and will, not bear this mean suspicion. My ideal may bo somewhat blunted by poverty, but still I am not all earth yet, and bear it I will not. If I am civil to him, re¬ member, Jane, il is because ho ia your relation."
The next day was Christmas-day, and Uncle Godfrey was led to church trium¬ phantly by Mrs. Latimer and the ohild¬ ren, and ensconced in a bower of holly, and under au emblazoned rural monu¬ ment to the memory of General Runa¬ gates, a hero of an old war.
At dinner, that day, Uaole Godfrey was severe on counlry cburcbes.
"Too much coughing,"he eaid. "Ugh! Why do you allow that chorus of cough¬ ing old women in the aisle? They are all deaf; they only come to advertise themselves, as wanting new shoes and fresh oloaka. Ugh ! I know them. How the ducks quacked when you were read¬ ing, aud how that donkey brayed when you read thoso bans, as if rejoicing at an¬ other fool's marri.age. Latimer, you shoot over the people's heads. What on earlh do your chawbacons caro about the Anti- nomian sect, and Iho errors of the Welsh Pelagius. Bih! Follow them into their daily life; they don't know how to live on earth yet; make lhem fit for that, be¬ foro you go further. You,girl, don't grin there, but give me some beer. Jane, do you teach Dora to eat with her knife, and George to throw bread crumbs at Willy ? Thank Heaven, I'm a bachelor!"
At whist, his favorite'^game. Uncle God¬ frey was still more terrible. He always re¬ fused lo tako dummy. He stumped wilh hia woodon log jr his partner forgot the Ihirleenlh card, or lost a trick by any momentary absence of mind. If tho gamo went well, and there was'any long se¬ quence of success, he grew malicious, and openly iiinted lhat his; opponent was losing on purposo lo pleaso him—an in¬ sult to his play ; ami Mr. Lalimer resent¬ ed the accusation.
" They always do it at the Fiizsimmon- ses," replied Uncle Godfrey.; "I'never lose there. They lot mo win shillings, in hopo, some d.ay, they'll turn .to]guineas ; but I'll outlive them yet. ThatlFilzsim- mons is weak in his chest. By-lbe-by, how's your chest, Latimer? I thought your voice weaker than it used tobe.— George, do'n't make that noise with the humming-top. Jane, Tdo; ydu ever flog that boy?'' C '::":' ; '
" Unole," said Mrs. Latimer .' at break¬ fast on the sevenih;day of¦ jthejVisit,"1 havo arranged with Mrs.* Benson to gO; to¬ morrow to see Melcoine'-it'is one of our show-places—you-ihustFiaotHreturn'with¬ out seeing that." V.' v:!;;.';:; ^;:^";
" Hate show-places:; cold damp rooms, fussj', pompous housekeepei's; lob proud to tcll you anything; willing .enough to take large fees; hurried, and see nothing. No, I go back to morrow."
"Tomorrow !".oried Mr. and Mrs. La¬ timer in a brcith, for they had grown ac¬ customed to the old bachelor's Inisqvcrk, and began to be amused with his shrewd honesty and caustic frankness.
"Tomorrow—said to-morrow when I came—and monnt wbat I said. Sponge on you no longer ; poor'peopio. Besides, all my port's gone—can't drink catchup and logivood. I and my wooden leg go tomorrow. Glad of it, ain't you," Dora? George, come here and polish my wooden leg. Willy, give uncle a kiss, and go lo bad ; it is getting late. You'll be a happy family to-morrow, old Uncle Godfrey back in his den."
The morrow oame. Somehow or other the Litimers were sorry'to part with the old Tartar. The children liked ¦ his old stories, and tho tricks he showed them with cards; his ventriloquisms, and the droll drawings he did for them.
The train came sliding in, curving like a great jointed blaokserpent. UncleGod- frey mounted into asecond-ciass carriage, and shook all the Latimers by the liand.
"You won't see me again," he said; "I shan't see many more winters. Ad¬ miral Death has already hoisted Ihcslorm- signal for me. Good bye. Don't let the children eat to much. When I die, I shall leave you a aot of china, just to re¬ member me. Good-bye, Latimer; good¬ bye, Dora, dear; good 'oye, Jane my love; good-bye, Willy, pet; good-bye, George. I liked my visit, though you did let me win at whist.
The train slid off.
" Well, somehow, or other, I miss him," said Mrs. Lalimer. ,
Uer husband did not assent very warmly to his wife's remark. An odd thought had struck him, as the children ran laugh¬ ing and bounding on beforo thoir father and mother.
" How strange it would be, Jane," said the good thoughtful man, turning on the frost-bound bill to watch tho train, now a mero swift black calterpillar in the valley —" how slrange it would be if, instead of dying with a struggle and a wrench, or in slow puin and decay, aa wo do now, when men wero to die, a myst- rious sum¬ mons should come in a black letter, warn¬ ing us, on a certain dpy and hour, to be at the nearest railway station. Then, that we ahould go, after a oalm but still inef¬ fably solemn farewell, and at tho appoin¬ ted hour, a mysterious black train, spirit- driven, should arrive ; and an irresistible impulse should force us thon to mount into the carriage, and be born off swiftly, into the inscrutable far distance."
"Oh, Fred, how ean you think of suoh horrid things," said Mrs. Latimer.— " Well, do you know, somehow or other, I llo miss Uncle Godfrey."
" And so do we," cried the children.
"Poor Uncle Dodfrey," said " Tot."
" Will he ever come to see us agaia 1" asked George.
• "Not if I oan help it," thought Mr. Latimer, clenching his teeth, and looking [ aa sternly as he could.
Ill THE CiBRIOS CEOWis.
Exactly twelve babhtfi'from the date of that visit. Uncle Godfrey was found dead in his arm chair, in hia solitary chambers J at the Adelphi. It is probable that he had been dead several days, for though the laundress had neglected to inform the neighbors, no light had been seen in the room for three nights. Singularly enough it was remembered that the deoeased had latterly shoirn some deaire to be more social, and even appeared spectrally one night in full-dress at the door of the gen¬ tleman on the first floor, who was, how¬ ever, just starting for a party, and could not see him. _
The rooms were found to be an inch deep in a snuff-like dust, and orowded with china, pictures, furniture, and port¬ folios. The inner room resembled an immense mouse-trap, for it was strewn with pounds of bacon and sections of cheap cheese. A miser and a millionarie —^Nebuchadnezzar driven from men, and Sardanapalus grown carefully, aeemed to have inhabited these chambers together. Oh ! what misery, and deadnoss of henrt, and deprivations of sweet home-pleasures! —what acorn for, or insane blindness to, love and: home, were evinced in that sor¬ did solitude, in that voluntary prison, in that splendid Bastile I
It was too lale. The hoarder bad boen torn from his hoard by no murderer or thief, but by the great severer of all du¬ ties.
After Godfrey Dodson's funeral, his will was read at the -ofiico of his lawyers, Mesars. Fox t Shekell.
No one was present but the Filzsim- monses, but they were all there—Mr. F., a fribble of a man ; Mrs. F., « vulgar, strong minded woman, who was alter¬ nately smiles and tears ; and the three Misses F., all apparently of the same age, and only distinguishable apart by the graduated redness of their noses, and the eomparitive hardness of their spinster faces.
They were all in black, and laoked Uke the Fates, and wanting only the wheel, the distaff,'and the scissors. They ffere all shrouded, in crape ; th^y, all woro coarse black kid gloves too big for them, and with great black poddy fingers an inch too long.
If grief could be expressed by crape,
lbe Flt3ocamor.a0B wpre heart brnlran,—
They were swathed in crapo; there wsj a top-heavy banner of crape on Fitzsim- mons's hat; there were wisps of crape on Mrs. F.'s bonnet; they gloried in crapo. They looked like tho family ofa young undertaker who hasjust secured a small funeral, and was proud of the business.
The room was one of those diab-colorcd. dingy lawyers' rooms, walled in with deed-boxes—the black sarcophagi of ex¬ tinct fortunes; the oeiling black with smoke; the cobsonut matting dirty, and splashed with ink.
After a good deal of whispering with clerks ond running in and out wilh law papers, Mr. Fox sat down, chuckled sol¬ emnly, opened the will, rubbed his hands and began to read it.
It was very short. The deceased had left five thousand pounds to the Fitzjim- mohses, all his china and pictures alao lo them ; and nothing to tho poor Latimers' but'his wooden log, to be sent to them as a remembrance.
The Filzsimmonscs thrilled with de¬ light; the black forest of crnpe rustled with satisfaction. Every one got up, and shook hands with the lawyer. Mr. Fox poured them each out a glass of sherry, and then poured himself out one, and drank their health. Then there wasauniverssl eulogy of the " dear deceased," aud aome unnecessary wiping of eyes, lill they look¬ ed red and unnatural.
" Depend upon me, my dear friends," said Mr. Fox, rubbing his hands as un¬ dertakers'do after a successful funeral— " depend upon me, this matier shall be selled as soon as possible. I will set all my clerks upon it Parker, mind .jou begin this matter early tomoraow morn¬ ing. I shall pack up our poor friend Lat. imer's legacy tonight. Ha, ha! Oh dear, oh dear, what an eccentric being!" The Fitzsimmonses sniggled maliciously.
IV THE I.EGACV.
It had been a hard year for the poor Latimers. Georgo had gone to achool, and that was expensive. A needy brother raturning from Canada had dr,ained off the rest of worthy Mr. L.'s ready money, and now it wanled three days to the time ot paying the intorest on his life-insurance for his wifo, and where to turn to for a spare ten pounds he did not know.
When a masier is sad, if there is any sympathy or love in a family, every one is more or less depressed. So it was that cold March eveuing the Latimers^ as they sat around the firo after dinner discussing not" the catchup and logwood," but soilie humble mulled elder-wine, were silent and sad. George held Dora's hand, and Willy nesiled on the footstool. Sud¬ denly tho door opened, and Susan came in. " If you please, sir, there is alarge hamper como from tho station ; aix-and- twopence to pay."
" H-ow jolly !" said George, leaping up and clapping his hands.
Mr. Latimer, as he counted out the money, looked as if he thought p.aying six and twopence was by no means jolly.
" What can it be?" said Mrs. Latimer.
The hamper came in. It was tied round tho card with red tape, and sealed with blaok. On the card was written: In tc Godfrey Dodson, deceased. Wilh Messrs. Fox & Shekell'q compliments."
The Latimers had long ceased to enter¬ tain any hope of a legacy, but hope now rose again in their eyes.
" Hurrah ! here's my knife, papa," oried George.
" It's china !" said Dora. '
" Give me aome of it," cried " Tot," whose head had not yet grown above tho level of the table, and therefore could seo nolhing of tho interior of the mysterious hamper.
Mr. Latimer cut tho rod tape. The hamper was full of hay, and on the hay wos a sealed letter in Uncle Godfrey's handwriting. Mr. Latimer tore it open. The contents run thus :
"De.ir L.iTiMEK—I found out the tricks and humbug of the Fitzsimmonses. My visit'taught me to respect and love you and Jane. I have been a fool to live os 1 huve done, but it is too late to alter now. The keepsake I send is rather ourious in its mechanism. Think of old cross Uncle Godfrey sometimes. Farewell.
(Signed) GODFREY DODSON."
In a moment, Mr. Latimer's hand plun¬ ged into the hay, and drew out, not a casket nor a box of gold, but Uncle God¬ frey's wooden leg.
For a moment Mr. Latimer romained as if turned to stone, and grasping the wooden leg in his hand. Thoa the color mounting to his face, he oried sternly—
" George, run and asked cook for tho bill-hook from the wood-house."
George ran, Mrs. Lalimer seized her husband arm,
" Don't Fred, don't; it ia cruel. But what could we expect ?"
'; Selfish, heartless, old-miser 1" cried her husband, stanipi'ng his; foot, "What right had he to come and mopk and.tempt
ns, and insult us with hia vile thing ?— Was ho not hard and frozen, an,d useless enough in his lifetime, but 'must he rise from his very grave to strike a pang inlo our hearts, at sueh a moment, too, of pain and anxiety?"
Georgo ran iu at thia moment with a heavy, sharp bill-hook.
" Thus," said Latimer, with a cleaving blow, "do I doom his cruel presont to its only real uso—to feed tho fire and perisIi, as the memory of all useless, selfish men will perish.
As ho said this, Lalimoi lopped off tho peg-end of the leg, and thrust it into the fire, where it instantly broke into a rejoic¬ ing blaze. At lho second blow, the bill¬ hook stuoTc deep in tjiewood, and refused to go further. Tukeu out and restruck thero was a metallic sound, as if it had reached some iron screw. On looking, it was ovidentthatasmal! flat box had some how or other been slid into tho centre of tho block. The astonishment and excite¬ ment grew tremendous.
Georgo ^an for the meat-saw, .and two skillful cross outs disclosed a small flat, tin-box soldered down. What coulditbe? Mr. Latimer got a sardine, knifo; and rid- ping it open; discovered that it was full of paper. .A furthor searoh disclosed fivo thousand pounds in closely-wedged bank¬ notes. One thousand pounds -vorth wero labelled "Jano;" another thousand, " Frederick ;" a third thousand, " Willy;' a fourth thousand, " Dora ;" a fifth thou- sanp, " Tot." Ou many of them, there were crumply blisters, as if a tear or two hrd fallen on the paper.
How can I describe tho joy and grati¬ tude of the good people: how Mr Lati¬ mer kissed Mrs. Latimer, then all the ohildren; and how the children danced for joy, and blessed dear Uncle Godfrey.
V. AX IHPORTAXT AFTEE TnOUCnT.
Two days after this, a lall,neatly-dres3- ed skeleton of a man presented himself at the olBce of Me.ssers. Fox & Shekell. He was shown in to Mr.jFox's private room.
" Mr. Fox," said he, "I am File, of the firm of File & R jsper, Clements Inn. Lat¬ terly, we did the greater part of the late Mr. Dodson's business, as I dare say you know. I havo here a will of the deceased three years later than the one in your possession. It was properly signed and at¬ tested in tho presence of myself and part, ner. 11 io UntcU, jou aee, the February of¬ last year. The deceased died in October
In this will, so tardy^in fuming up, the deceased had left all his money to the Lat¬ imers; ond all his china, etching, itc, lo the Fitzsimmonses—subject, hovrever, to a payraent of ten years' arrears ol rent for the chambers in the Adelphi, and several large donations to orphan asylums The residue—£14, Ss. 4il.—w.as; onl}' paid lo indignant Mr. Filzsimmons, who heaped his foeblo spite upon the memory of the late Godfrey Dodson, Esq. VI. EA suiir,.
"My dear Jane," said the Rev. Mr. Lalimer, the other night, laying down a book on 27k! Cfarc(-CoiiH^jT/ lhat ho had been reading, for he has given up catchup •and logwood now, and is curious in iiis wines—"Ihave found out an exc?IIen, simile for uncle Godfrey. Whon a vine¬ yard proprietor wants to get specially gond Clos Vougeot, he plaoes the wino out night after night in-the frost. 'J'his liy degrees, crystallizes all the watery parts, of the wino in the outer crust, which is daily removed and thrown away. Tlie real soul and essence of the wine, how¬ ever, remains in the centre, in an un- frozep kerni 1, which is highly valued. In Uncle Godfrey's heart, my love, thoro was hoarded up, in lhe samo mannej', tho purer essence, far, far from the outer crust of ice."
LEGAL NOTICES.
ESTATE KOTICE. ' Estats of Elisatieth M. Long, late of lancaa¬ ter coaaty, decoased. LETTEKS of Administration on said estata havini; bt'en gt&ntedtotbn i-nacrBtgnsd, ull p:>rhuna icdebt-d tli«reto artt'Tcilue-wd to mak- lia- ci-,iia'« IV tl.inipnt, nod tbnpe havins claim!, or a,.maa'is Bza!;iEt the nni"* r.YlX presont thoia witbout dolaj for s^lUsnidnt to tho uoJortisHad, at EncKoprlnc, Cccll
Connt.r, Mil. • Bavid bbow.v.
ila.i U Ct • IT AdmUlEtrMor.
"3IILI, BHS KEEPS EOOKIHG HIill."
Still she keops roc'-ing lim. Ever cirossing liim, •
Brasliiog tho liair frcm
Uis colorless brow-. - ¦ Softly tliey'ro whiape.r'J licr, "Life has gone out of liiiu." Gently fho answers,;
"How sliu h6;is now!" Elill sUo keeps Tocliiag.biul; As tiioagh sbo would stialio frolnjliini Tho cold liaoil of death,'::.
Lilco tbo weights'from his eyes: Itoeliiog tbo clay of bim Whilo so.'lly tho soul of hiia Angels oro rocking ^ •
Far up iu tho siiics.
What Is Politeness?—AYorkshiro far¬ mer had a niece visiting him from alarge neighboring town, in which her parents were in rather needy circumstances, but proud as well as poor: they never could express their need to the jovial, counlry brother, whose open heart and well-filied purse woulil havo boen at their service.— Annie enjoying the comforis and abun¬ danoo of lhe flourishing farmhouse, longer to send a tithe of her enjoyment in the form of a preseni to her mother ; so out of tho varioua Iitllo inc mies allowed hor from the sale of small articles of farming produce to purchase her clothing, Annie denied herself many a necessary and ma¬ ny a litlle ornatuent in dress, witb which her uncle liked to see her beauty adorned. Tbe good aunt discovered Annie's self- denial, and imparted the information to her husband.
Tho worthy farmer w.as much affeoted; as quickly as his portly framo would adniit of procedure, he went to his niece's apart¬ ment, and laying a well filled purse u pon the table before her, exclaimed:
" Dang tho lass, why dunnot Ihee nsk for what Ihee wai test, and not go pinch¬ ing theoself in the midst o' plenly ?"
Annia was dismayed, but, prompted by her innate delicacy and tact, she saw tbat to refuse this unwelcome gift would griev¬ ously pain hor blunt, but kind-hearted re.ative. Wilh crimson and distessed brow, sho look up the purse and thank¬ ed hei uncle, but from'that titn.i half the pleasure in the anticipation of her gift vanished.
Who can.deny the kindness evinced by the bluff Y'orkshireman? But as lo po liteness, thero was ten times more shown by Annia, who pocketed her wounded feelings with the purse, ralh?r than hurt the sensitive heart of.her uncle.
A lawyer once pleaded wilh great abil¬ ity the cause of his client for nearly an hour. When he had done,hia antagonist, with a supercilious sneer, said he did not understand a word the olher said, who merely replied, " I believe it; for I was speaking law."
The question was reoently proposed to a "down East" editor: Are hoop-skirls dangerous? He immediately answered that they are always very dangerous when they have anything in them!
The Louisville Journal, commenting on the fact that a number of Cincinnati ycung iadies have been married and car¬ ried away lo olher places, says no city has a belter claim to supply spare rilis for tho immense West.
Mast a woman would rather have a tub¬ ercle in her lungs than a pimple on her nose. '
ABJimiSTRATOR'S HOTICE.
Estato of Solomoa Myer, lateof Upner Loacook
township, docoased.
LETTERS of administration on said e.tato having beon granted to tho iDd-sraljoM-l, all peroo-JS iB'Ieblod thero'.6 are reqopBted to make iTQiiietllato Eottlomeat, and those having clalma or doinan-.o acainst the name vlll prffBeot thom uith- ..n! .ioiay for .otllemeat lo lha nadersignsd, leoldliw i-j Eald low-asblp. **
BESJA.MIIT HTEB, , . AdmlnlstratT.
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