Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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LANCASTER* PA.. WEI)NE»y> JANUARY 31. 1872.
NO. 12.
"EXAMINER AND HERALD."
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John A. Hiestand & E. M. Kline,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
ANAOSBESS,
DELIVERED BEFORR  POST  84 O. A. K.
LANCASTER, JANUARY IGTH, 1872,
HV CAPT. JOHK P. REA.
CoilRADES:—In    compliance   with your requeat, according as it does with my own inclination, I tatte advantage ofthis, the occasion of my retirement from the position of Commander of this Post, to address you briefly upon the character and objects of our fraternity. Organizations similar to this, have usually followed the disbanding of large armies of Citizen Soldiery,  who have shared   together   the   hardships   and dangers of active campaigus. Compan- louship on the   tented fleld, on   the wearisome march, amid tlie terrific flre of battle, iu the gloom of defeat, or the rapturousjoy of triumph, unvariahly creates a community of feeliug and af¬ fection. A common pride in a common achievement, is ilself aii unfuiling bond of   sympathy.    Organization    among those partaking of tliis fceliiig to pro¬ mote intercourse among tbeuLselves iu after years, ia  its natural sequence.— When  tbis association  extends  over half a decade,  every hour  of which, has its aigual manifestations of self- saoriflcing patriotism, aud is mariteii by deeds  of daring that would   liave lent   lustre    to    the    fame    of    the fabled heroes of olden agfs—when men have marched side  by side,  tlirough tbe blood of a hundred battle fields, and   togetlier won   tho  grandest   tri¬ umphs in  all history, tbe world nat¬ urally loolis to find the strongest possi¬ ble feeling of fraternity existing among those,  who, encountering  wiili each other aud the dead, tlie toils and perils of these eveuts, bave survived to par¬ ticipate iu their glory.     All havo  a common interest iu events ao grand that even sei/islost in their conlem- platiou.    Such was our association in thefleld—andsueh is the sentiment to the existence of which  we owe the birth of our organization, and  upon which BS a sure foundation its fabric rests.   Uut its object is not merely to facilitate social intercourse among hon¬ orably  discharged soldiers.      It  has uobler purposes ; to organize a system of charity that will soolU the sorrows of distressed comrades; to champion the interests of the maimed and unfor¬ tunate ; to father the orphans of tbe slain; to guard with a jealous care the memory of oor dead.
Conscious of the propriety of its ex¬ istence, of the universality of the sent¬ iment from which its vitality springs, and of the truly wortiij'—and I might almoat say holy—ends it snbaervts, I cau but wouder that a single soldier, entitled to membership, is found to¬ night outside the Grand Army of the Republic. Tbe meagre ranks of this post have been a marvel and a mystery to me.
No true soldier can ever cease to re¬ gard with almost a brother's love, the mau whose elbow touched his own, as they stood together in the serried bat¬ tle line, wheu the leaden hail, on its errand of death, rattled around Ihem; or forget him, whose rifle ringing clear on the night air, inspired confldence aa he atood alone on the outpost, reminding him that faithful friends were guarding even that ex¬ posed position.
The object of our order is to foster this love, and do deeds of charity at its bidding, yet hundreds of soldiera in tills  community   have never  united with it.   As I bave already intimated, the vows taken here are not tbe basis of our fraternity—merely the recogni¬ tion of ita existence.     Our fraternal feeling, the strongest that can link hu¬ man hearts together, was begotten of a common devotion to a commou cause, aud refined in a flro tbat no dross cau withstand; and in  its  strength and purity has given birth to thisorganiza¬ tion  as a medium tbrough which its noble impulses shall warm into deeds of charity and love.   A popular miscon¬ ception of  its  true choracter  keeps many comrades from uniting with the G. A. R.   Therefore, upon this point I desire to be both explicit aud emphatic. It is a Secret Society, composed ex¬ clusively   of    honorably    discharged Soldiers aud Sailors of the Union Army and Navy, united tlius tbat tbey may be the better nble to dispense charity among their  disabled  comrades, and the Orphaus of the slain, and to pre¬ serve the remembrance   of tbeir own achievements,   and   untarnished   the fame, and ever green tho memory of their  dead  comrades.   I   will try  to answer some of the objections urged against it by  those who recognize Its true character.
That it is a Secret Society may be au objection, but surely not a very forcible, oue in a community where tbe aggre¬ gate membership in the various Becret Societies  far   out-uumbers  the  adult male   populatiou.   However, I   admit there are   objections   tliat  may with propriety, be urged agaiust all Secret Societies, and I can readily conceive of tbe world being iu a condition, to be better oft'without tbem, but at present there are prevalent evils wliich sucii Societies are   peculiarly   adapted   to counteract.   Jt were wiser to attack the evils, and until they are removed, tole¬ rate tiieir antidote.   Do away with the former, aud tbe latter will die from lack of purpose to live.   But the G. A.  B. bas no secrets beyond tliose necessary to protect it from imposition ; truo,  its membership is confined to a class, so \ym the original Grand Army of the Repif bile that wrought out tbe Nat Ion's ^edeqiption—but it is (j class wbo bavp ^ special parliplpating interest in its objects, anil these olgects belong as pe¬ culiarly to this class, as do the glory of Vicksburg and tbo Wilderness, and lbo fame oftbe Union arms.   Its purposes are not concealed from the world, nor ils secrets withheld from any entitled to a pluce in its ranks.   Indeed thesub- )ime chaiity inculcated by its precepts, is not confined by tlie limits of the order, but comprehends all Uniou Sol¬ diers and Sailor?, recognizing that the vows here taken are not the foundation of our frateruity, nor its existence the primary   inducement    to    charitable deeds.
It may be said that as the State has provided homes for the crippled sol¬ diers, and schools for the soldiers or¬ phans, as a charitable organizalion the G. A. R. is unnecessary. Words would fail mo to express my apprecia¬ tion of those muniflcentbut very proper Institutions. I kuow the bosom of every comrade swells with grateful pride, for our own old Commonwealth, aa he recognizes, bow extensive and effioient ber nutiiring care has rendered them witbin her border.  '
Nevertbelsss it is a fact, that all the •oldiers homes in  the  Union, can¬
not' apdpinodnte one tentli of ail the maimed, nor the schools a mnch larger fraction of the orptians.-1 speab not thus in a spirit of censure oc criti¬ cism. They are amole for the ac¬ commodation of ali who an .willing to avail themselves of their offiviDg. - A vast mEOo~rity of the men maimed in the Union service', are of that class, who prefer subsisting upon the scant supplies their shattered limbs can earn, to placing themselves where they are dependent upon the charity of the pub¬ lic, even though it be but a slight re¬ turn for their services to the State. We should encourage this manly feeing, and make every crippled soldier realize that be has friends ready and able to extend any aid which his necessities may require. The good results of tbe confldence tbus inspired would be incalculable. Even the dissipa¬ ted and unworthy—and it is sad to know tbere are such—aro waiting to grasp their comrades hands, reached down to lift tliem from tiieir degrada¬ tion. Tiie welfare of our crippled brotliers demands an organization rep¬ resenting tlie cliarity, the fraternal re¬ gard, the moral power of the whole body of soldiers and sailors, to cheer, encourage and stimulate tbem, and nurture a spirit of manly iudependence and projitT aspiration among them. Let the sympathy of their com¬ rades bo made eflieient in their behalf, as it only can be through sucii an organization as this, and easy and honorable employment can be found for them all over the country, and thousands whoni force of circum¬ stances lias made paupers and vaga¬ bonds, will become useful and lionora¬ ble members of society. If properly directed,tbe infiuence of tbeir comrades could fill, besides tlionsands of pri¬ vate stations, every easy position uuder Ibe Government, with a crippled sol¬ dier. All must concede the superiority of tbeir claims, and, while in no sense a political order, I believo we ahould further tbese claims, not as parlisaus, but as meu recognizing the obligations of dut3-.
Beiug composed entirely of dis¬ charged soldiers and sailors, itis feared by some lbo existence of our order will serve to keep alive tbe martial spiiit of
dactive   ultimately    of   incalculable
enduring good. During our struggle for National life, lasting but flve yeara, our people developed more, tboae noble sentlmenU, the prevaleq.q^f whicli moBt anterdfi^ t^e ^ lepqgal^d of'theirotherbood of man, than they could or would have done under the tutelage of sages, in a century of peace.
Thus we believe, tbat the fact tbat this order has a tendency to keep alive a martial spirit, caunot be sustaiued as an objection to it, but must be taken as agood reason forencouragiugitsgrowth, by all citizens wbo love their country and prize her institutions.
It is urged that oar order prevents tbe healing of the nation's wounds, by cherishing the bitter recollections of her late civil war.
I believe I utter tbe truth when I af¬ firm that the Grand Army of the Re¬ public, to a man, is ready to-night to gather, with all American citizens, around the altar of our commou coun¬ try ; and, with hands uplifted to God, and eyes turned to Heaven, to swear elA-nal fealty to the Constitution and the Union; and, then and there, under the folds of tbe starry flag—tbe proper object of a mutual love, BUBY forever tbe animosities of tbe past. But we are uot now, and, God helping, never will be, ready to forget tbe heroic death of tbe meanest man in all that mighty army of martyred comrades. We can forgive the traitors who aimed at the nation's life, but never forget the he¬ roes who bared their breasts to receive the blow, and willingly died that tbeir country might live. This order is not needed to perpetuate their memory. It is ever green in the bosoms of a million liviug men who fought by their side. It was traced iu blood on hills aud mountains, and while tbey stand, it wiil eudure. it was graven upon human hearts aud while they love can never be forgotten.
Wbo asks a soldier to forego tbe fame wbich in face of death he plucked from the fiery cauldron of battle, or forget a comrade whom he left dying on a fleld of blood, knows uothing of lhe uobler affections of llie human heart, and would have his couutry stand alone in stoical iudiirereiice to tbe he¬ roic devotion of her sons.   Ail Nations,
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our people, aud also prevent tbe veil of   ancient and modern, savage and civil-
forgetfuluess being drawn over tiie aro. naof civil strife, in tbe tliroes aud ag¬ onies of which our country began her uew career of freedom. I believe such to be its tendency, but I deny that the results are to be deprecated.
Ruakin says, " No great art ever rose on earlh but among a. natiou of sol¬ diers."      This is not   a mere indivi¬ dual opinion, but tbe verdict   of liis¬ tory.     No practical advancement has ever beeu made in the social or moral condition of its people, by any nation which neglected to encourage the mili¬ tary art; and no nation, however pro¬ gressive in its early stages, bas ever ta¬ ken a forward step afler its martial spi¬ rit died away.     How fully is this il¬ lustrated   in   tbe   fate    of    tbe   old Classic   World!    Afler   all   ita   pro¬ gress lu art, science, social polity   and refined culture, giving mankind poels whose songs ringing through twenty centuries are stiil unrivaled-orators, whose majestic passion, and lofty ap¬ peal  remain   the  admiration   of    all lands—philosophers, who, unaided by divine revelation, attained a perfectiou of reason tbat enabled them to discern with    almost   unerring  truthfulness, the relation of man to man, aud  of the   race to its   God,—works  of   art tbat have withstood the mouldering power   of  ages, as   to-day   in   their preeminence   tiiey   defy   the compe¬ titive skill   of modern bnuds.   Wbo tbat reads the story oftbe Olympiads of Oregian glory,   would dream that such a people could ever sink  beneath the level of the barbarian  whom it spurned ; or traces the slow but syste¬ matic  development  of   tbat   Roman character exemplified by Cincinnatus, Cicero and Marcus Aurelius, would sup¬ pose that the sublime civilization in which tbey were nurtured.would blight so soon at the touch of a savage hand 7 Tho civilization of Greece grew witb tbe growth of the martial spirit of her citizens, aud as llie military prowessof the State advanced; and declined as that spirit languished, and that prowess decaj'ed.   Her story may be writteu thus:   She rose a nation of warriors, ilourisiied amid the clash of arms, aud fell ill enjoying tlie soft sunlight of what muat have  seemed  au   eternal triumph;   tho  victim   of enervating peace.   As sb% fell Rome caught tbe sceptre, aropplng from her hand, and human    progress   went    on.    While tbe spirit of tbose stern old warriors, who in toil and temperance, laid the foundation of Roman greatness   and reared tlie fabric through centuries of blood reigued among the fathers iu tbe Senate, her march was unabated to tbe greatness and grandeur  of  the   Em¬ pire of the world.     Wlien tbat spirit died away   tbe   Coliseum   of   bocial onler aud  human  culture crumbled into  ruius.    Iu   the  eighth  century on the plain iu froutof Tours we behold tbe Saracen from the East, who had al¬ ready hewn ofl" great provinces from three sides of tbe Empire, and tbe un¬ cultured   nortbmen   beneath    whose blows   tho Capitol ilself  bad   fallen, contending   like beasts of prey over well-filled storehouses in which were garnered ail that was great, aud endur¬ ing in the past acbievemen Isof civilized man.   Ob I saddest sight in all history. 'Vet mankind heeded not tbe contest, nor cared wbich conquered.    Neither Abderraliman nor Charles Martel ap¬ preciated tbe   stake iu  tliat contest. Tbe Iwiligbtof the dark ages had settled over the world.    Brigbt scintillations breaking forth from the receding light, flashed like meteors through the gloom, down to tbe very miduight of those dark centuries, lut it waa only asat- tructed by buruisbed arms, and aluug tbe trail of marciiing armies.
I would uot be understood as advo¬ cating war, except wbere war is just and necessary, but as justifying the cultivation of a martial spirit; because by an ajipareut incongruity ju human character, the exiatence of tliat spirit is uecessary In order to secure that true I>eacewhicli can ouly accompauy ad¬ vanced civilization, a bigh order of in¬ tellectual culture and cobfideuce iu the permanence of existing institutions.— We cultivate this spirit not to have war, but to avert it.
Prescolt says " tbat tbe laurel of the hero—alas for humanity tbat it should be so—grows best on the battle fleld." We agree tbat blood is too precious to be spilled for individual glory, but it is not wasted when shed for the good of Nations, or mankind. And we know that all the great schemes of human advancement bave either been born, or have developed into power amid tbe clash of arms.
The French Revolution, that terrible carnival of blood, with all its sicken¬ ing scenes of sanguinary cruelty, was nevertheless the dark gorge through which Europe passed from the semi- mediosval darkness of the eighteenth, to tbe gloclous enlichtenment of the nine¬ teenth centary. Frodacing immedi¬ ately incalculable misery, it waa pro-
ized, liave crowned witb enduring liouors, and immortalized in legend and song the citizens who died for their native laud.
The untaught savage in his forest home takes bis naked papoose iu his arms and Alls liis infant bosom witli patriol- icfire, by recounting the deeds and pic¬ turing the fame of the warriors who sacrificed life iu defending the liberty or honor of their tribes. Switzerlaml, surrounded by powerful despotisms, bas maiutaiued her freedom for centuries, not as we are so often told by aid of her mounlain fastucsses, but by reason of the patriotic inspiration with which her sons aro thrilled by tiie stories of the iieroic deeds of Tell, aud the boundless love of Wiukelried. Tbese stories woven into simple household talcs are Jold on winter nights, around every hearth lu that rugged land.
The spirit ot every Athenian wlio fall iu rolling back the tide of Persian invasion was deified by hia country¬ men, aud their names, engraven on the coiumoa erected by the tribes to their memory.were legible six hundred years afterward. And to-night the Attic shepherd, as he gazes from his cot on the mountain upon the plain of Mara¬ thon below, imagines he hears the din of conflict and sees tbe spectral ho.^t of olden heroes sweeping again, as on tbe morn of battle, over the field that was hallowed by tbeir blood twenty-three 'centuries ago. Did the Americau citi¬ zens who fell on the rugged heights of Gettysburg and Mission Ridge, die in a leas holy cause ? Are they less wortby of renown ? Did they not too purchase an immortality of fame?
From them Liberty received a new and, let us hope, final baptism of blood. From them civilization received an impetus that will not be lost, till the last tyrant Is powerless, and the last bondsman is free. Tbeir impress on tiie world's destiny is already rolling back the gloom 4tf despotism and re¬ vealing in many lands, tbe dawn "Of IjrluUler glories tbau tho Patriarch viow-
eil, as. 'mid tho darllest slcies, He aaw above a ruiued world tho  bow cf
promise rise." Tile millions of tlie ages  to como will only marvel at tbe meagreness of tbe honors we bestow tbem.
Let us work to build up our noble organization that it may keep alive the feeling of fraternity of which I bave spoken; that It may direct aud render effective the noble sentiment of cliarity, so strong in the breast of all true soldiera ofthe Union, for their less fortunate com¬ rades—for the four huudred thous¬ and cripples, who walk our land to-night, maimed and mangled in freedom's battles; and pay the debt the Nation and humanity owes them. No! no! not pay tbe debt! no returu in money or position can compensate tho men who sacraficed limb or health in defence of tlieir country, for the blighted hopes to which their lives are wedded. Tbe tender regard of the unscathed comrades by whose side they sufEired— tbe fostering care of tbe Nation whicb tbey redeemed, the fathomless love warming the great heart of bumanlty,in whose cause tbey toiled and triumphed, may all bo theirs, and the'world remain their debtor.
Let us labor to increase our ranks, aud extend our influence, tbat as a body we may perform our holiest duty; our labor of love to tbat silent army of comrades, tbree hundred thousand strong, sleeping to-night iu fleld aud valley, in gorges an<i ravines, ou hill¬ sides and mountain tops, all over that bloody ground, from tbo Mlssissiiipi to tbe Sea; lulled to rest by the tattoo of mortality, never to wake agaiu till startled by tbe reveille of the angels.— Dying they left us the legacy of their triumphs. Dying tbey made us the custodians ol tbeir fame.
By discharging our duly to our com¬ rades and our couutry, by living lives pure and true, we can preserve for them brigbt aud spotless, an undying time whicb, iucrea.sing through the ages, shall lose no lustre iu the elfu'- gent confines of Eternity itself.
I have Just returned from a visit to. thte'vrello of antiqaity.' The exterior remaina, tbe same;'4he Interior is all changed, aave tbe ten-plate stove at which we warmed In childhood.   The old benches on whicb we used to con our lessons (for it waa here our young ideas were first taught to sprout,) have been replaced by otbers, and even the floor, I think, ia changed.   Iiut, not¬ withstanding all this, the old school house has a green place in our mem¬ ory, and  tender associations cling to every spot around  it.   But, the play¬ mates ofour childhood, where are they now ?    Echo  answers  where!    The Monteichs, the Hawthornes, the GrofTs, the Kuukles, the Hurshes, tbe Myers, the  Eshlemans, most  of them have passed  away.   Some settled  iu   life, aome in death, some in distant lands, some risen to eminence in their profes¬ sion, and some have given their life that their country might live; none in tbe neighborhood of the old school save Mr. Frank Clark and the writer. As we write, how distinctly we remem¬ ber our tild-time plays.    How many miles to Barleybut, Poor Pnssy wants a Corner, More Bags to the New Miii, Ring, i^e.., How we used to do it In the shade of the old grave yard, telling in¬ terminable ghoat atorles, until our Im¬ agination painted almost every object a  spectre  dire.   Our  legends  of  old Jenny Chiles, (living in a cabin on the hill), whom we firmly believed to be a witch throwing her incantations over dell aud hollow.   I well recollect of throwing  a stoue against her cabin when we youngsters were out possum hunting, and being in agony the uext day, at school, for fear I might be be¬ witched. Our fighting grouud, near an old shed belonging to my father (since couverted into the nurseman'a house.) Here we used to retire at noon to settle all disputes; but our combats,aa a gen¬ eral thing, were bloodless, aswebad no shoulder-hitters or muscular Christians among  us at that   time.   One would th_row tbe other down and hold, him there until he would give in, ahd ao ended tbe most of our fights.   An old white oak tree, older, I think, than I am, standing  at   the   corner  of   tbe school bouse, on which were two black Hying squirrels, this was great excite¬ ment   for   us   youngsters.    An    old crazy woman, by the name  of Polly Cambell used to visit our school when uuder a spell, and frighten   us  very much.   And then our girls, where are they now?   I  have a diatinct   recol¬ lection of aome of them yet. It entered into their lieada, at one time, to dream a dream, aud tbat boy of whom they should   dream  they  liked  the  best. Sarah   Hawthorne .dreamed   of   tbe writer,  and, although  almost  half a century haa passed away since its oc cnrrence, it brings back pleasant mem ories of days of yore ;   stirs my heart like an ujolian liarp,andIoften wonder what has become of this, my child¬ hood's idol.
Butof all my recollections of school days, there   is   none   ou   whicb  my memory loves to linger so much aa a teacher by the name of William Froe- man.   He was a noble specimen of a warm-hearted, whole-souled Irishman, generoua to a fault, the best teacher for children I ever went to. But his vivid Imagination, and strong passions led him   into  interminable sprees.   Poor Freeman, may the turf lie lightly on his breast, and God rest bia soul.   He was found dead, dying as he often pre¬ dicted he would,   "Like  a   trooper's borse, with  his   shoes   on."   It was thought by soma he was murdered, and I weli recollect a witticism by a lawyer at the time, that tbe spirit departed from Freeman's body and bottle about the same moment.   Be this as it may, I have heard that man talk more poe¬ try tban ever I read in books, aud be¬ lieve he Instilled in my youthful fancy a love for this flue art, which shall only leave me when death closes tbe drama of life.   Allow me in conclusion to give my readei-s some specimens of his   poetry, original   and   selected, I think.    I  quote   from  memory,  and may not always be correct, as almost half a century haa passed since I heard tbem ; but tbey may interest aome of bis old pupils scattered tbroughout the country. ' Jly name is Wiillam Freeman, I'm a cuttor
of stone, .Sometimes I liave money, but more times
I've nono. It's when I have money IJspeud it quite free, Ot all places In America. Pliliadelphia for me,"
AH OID XAIS'S^^ST.
lam an old maid, gray^'rallow and wrinkled. Doesn't lt..iiui^lse~you? Yet lean look baokrWtiStifIT the diih mists of tweuty years and see myself as I was then—plump and fair, with blue eyes and chestnut curls. I was an only child having always known a mother's and a father's love, and nntll my twentieth year, I never knew what sorrow was. At that period I went to visit my aunt who lived iu a distant city, and it waa there I flrst met Hugh Chamberlain, ayoung law student, and an Intimate friend of my Cousin Joe's. He was one that seemed born to be loved, for he waa very handaome, and then his high sense of honor, opeu heart and winning manners soon made him a favorite with all. Nor was It to be wondered at, that I, wbo had lived in the countryman my life, and had seen but few polished men, should fall in love with Hugh Chamberlain.
At flrst he scarcely noticed me, but after a time my quaint ideas began to attract his attention, and then be stud¬ ied me, and as unmercifully criticised me as he did one of his law books, but he was generous in it all.
There wis not a knotty question that came across bis mind, but tbat he brought it tpjne fqr^my opinion, .e and his own productions ' were laid^ before me for comment, and If he thought he had been too severe In his criticism on my music or drawings, I would flnd on my table, as a peace offering, a rare picture, or flower, or aomething he knew that I should value.
I would have been blind could I not have seen aa the days drifted on that bis feelinga had strengtliened Iuto somelhing more than ordinary friend¬ ship. I sometimes wondered what Hugh could have seen in my face or manner to love, for although I waa pretty and educated, lacked that polish that a life In a city is sure to give. Would
"Ofcourae not, my apple blossom."
" Weil, wear this, then, to remind you of tae,"fla,ld I, unfastening a amall enaineledi cra^ from my watch chain, mttfii^etting It oh'hla own:
"As ifl needed anything tomake me think of you," said he, kissing me again. "You muat take good care of her, Joe, and not leave her until ahe la safe at home. I wish I could go with yon myself, Kittle, but Chatterton'a trial comes off to-morrow, and I could not possibly leave."
" Arn'tyou going to say good-bye to me?" said Irene sweeping out of the door In a dainty white dress witb violet trimmings.
" Of course I must, after you have taken the pains to make such an elabor¬ ate toilet for tho occasion."
"You aro always saying something hateful."
" But it is the truth, ray dear."
"Come, hush quarreling," aaid Joe, aud ho ordered the driver to atart.
" What makes you look so down hearted, Coz?" said Joe, after he had entered the cars. " Afraid Irene will make mischief?"
"Y'es, I know her so well."
" I'll watch ber."
But I knew he was so thoroughly dis¬ gusted with her, now that his eyes wero ¦opened, that I doubted if he would give her a thought, no matter what she had done.
The summer wore ou, but in spite of long weekly letters from Hugh, I could could not feel light hearted as formerly. A faint shadow seemed hanging over me, and I knew not why.
It was a day in early autumn, a slight rain was falling, and everything looked dismal, and it contributed uothing pleasant to my feelinga. It had been two weeks since I had heard from Hugh, and, like most girls who have lovers, I was fretting about it. I had been sitting at the window nearly an hour, thinking over the causes   that
he not be ashamed of me sometimes? '"'8'^'P^vent him from writing, when I spoke to him about It once, and he suddenly I heard the bell ring. I went pulled my curls and laughed merrily,    down to the door, and tlfere stood my
" Tliia applo it Is poison, though pieusinfi: to
the eye. But yondor'a flno Pomegranates tbat grows in
Canaui, New Uoliana is the pretty.place whero Billy
loves to be, ^Vherc tho pretty girls flro plenty and tea
grows on tbe tree."
" Tlie blflckost   crow that evor flew, shall
change bis color white, If over I prove fals. lo thee, bright day shall
tarn to night. Bright doy ahall turn lo night, my love, and
tlio rocks melt witli ll>. sun. If over I prove false to thee, till   all thoso
tilings are done."
" Her curling locks amazing Makes ihousiands stand a-ieazing; Why sliould not I be praising Sly sweet' Culean rve.'"
Strasburg, Pa.
A. E.
The fleshy owuer of acrow-bait span was complaining to some bystanders tbat he did not kuow what was tbe malter with his horses. He had tried everything hecould hear of—condition powders and all otber specifics—but to uo purposes. Tbey would not Im- lirove in flesh. A stable boy of Irish persuasion, whose sympathies were aroused by tbe story, comprehended tiie situation, aud modestly atked: " Did yees iver tr.v eorn?"
At Alabama paper published the following notice; "Married, at Flint- stone, by the Rev. WIndatone, Mr. Ne¬ hemiah Sandstone and Miss Wilhelmi- na Wlietatone, botli of Limestone." Look uut for brimstone next.
A uotorius assassin wlio bad fre¬ quently escaped justice was taken at last, having just commiltud a most un¬ provoked murder. " Why did you kill this man ?" asked the judge; "he had not harmed you, aud the mnrder could doyou no good." "Oh," replied tbe prisoner; " It wasonly to keep up my repulation."
The young mau wbo will distance his competitors is be wbo masters bia busi¬ ness, wbo preserves his integrity, who lives clearly and purely, who devotes his leisure to the acquisition of knowl edge, who never geta in debt, who gains friends by deserving them, aod who saves his money.
Itis a greater. blessing to be cen- tnred when innocent than tahe praised when nndeserring.
Modern Education.—"You are now sixteen years old," said a fond and fashionable mother.to her eldest daugh¬ ter ; ' You are engaged to be married, and haven'ta freckle on your face. I am sure I liave done my duty."
A newspaper, which spoke of "but lered thunder," and was asked by t contemporary if tbat bad any afllnity to " greased lightning," manifested some anger in explaining tbat muttered thunder wns what waa intended.
An attorney with a peculiar malfor¬ mation of bands, explaining an act of Parliament, sprawled his deformed members over tbe page, " Here it is," he cried; "here's the clauae!" "You are right for once," said his opponent; " they're more like claws than hands."
Two little school girls were lately prattling togetber.and one ofthem said: "We keep four servants, have got. six, horses, and lota bf carriages. Now, what have you got7" 'With quite, as much' pride theother answered: " We've dot a akii nk ander our bam."
exclaiming
"Just listen to ICittle, Joe, she says I will be ashamed of her some day, aa If I conid, the littlo apple blossom. You must get such notions out of her little head."
"I shall not try," said Joe, "for you have neglected me shamefully for her I" aud yet he patted me on the cheek, and congratulated me upon having won the love of such a prime fellow as Hugh—adding that the next time he had a friend he hoped uo curly-headed cousin would be In the way.
We had been   engaged   about   two months, when Hujh received  a letter stating that hia mother waa   sick, and asking him to come home Immediate¬ ly.   He did so, and while hs was gone my aunt received a letter from   the husband of an uld friend of bers who had shortly before died, leaviug one child.   He was going to Europe, he wrote.   Would she take his little Irene and be a mother to ber until he return¬ ed ?   My aunt consented, aud lhe next week the father and daughter came, but judge of our surprise when   we found the "little girl" a stylish young lady of eighteen.   From tlie very first time that I looked upon her face, a vague, nameless fear seemed to take posession of me, and wliy,  I hardly knew.   It may have beeu tbat I was jealous, and evading,  and feared her Influence over my lover, but I wassure there was something sinister in those beautiful blue eyes, and, social Ihough she was, I could not trust her.   She was a born flirt.   You could delect it in every  movement, and in spite of every caution, Joe fluttered around her like a moth arouud a candle, aud  for his parns had hia wings siugeil, for he was her hrst conquest.   I shall never forget bow broken-hearted he looked the next morning after she had rejected him.    All  of   tbe  suusbluo  seemed suddenly to have died out of his life; but there she sat, as cool and composed as if nolhing bad occurred.   It  made me angry, and I told her she was the most heartless girl I had ever seen.
She shrugged her pretty shoulders, and said petulantly, "X could not keep him from loving me.'.' "You did not try." "How do you know ?" "I understand you'" "Beally," Said shesarcastically, then turned up her uoso to let me know she thought me very presuming.
"I have some curiosity to see that Hugh you and your aunt are always talking about.   Where is be?" " In Pbiladelphla, with bis mother." "Will he be here soon?" " Y'es, next week." *
" Y'ou won't allow me to have any¬ thing to say to him, will you ?"
" Y^ou would, even if I did not. But you won't flnd him as easy to win as cousin Joe was."
"Won't I ?" said she, going up to the mirror, and smoothing her hair with as much sang froid as If she thought her face beautiful enough to win any one.
And so it would have been, had her mind harmonized with ber face, for ber hair was a purplish black, long and waving, tbo eyes a dark blue, heavily shaded with long, dark lashes, the eye¬ brows daintily arched, tbe nose small, tbe lips thin and beautifully curved, and tbe complexion of a creamy tint that we but rarely see in persons with dark hair. In fact, lier face might have been called xierfect, but she spoiled it all by her vanity. If there was a mirror In tbe room, she was sure to put herself in a position so tliat she could gaze at herself, or in conversing with any one she would always bring up a subject tbat would tend le have a flattering elTect npon herself. I was somewhat amused as I watched her the flrst night afler Hugh's arrival. She sat down to tho piano uninvited, and dashed off a gay wallz. Then flnding she had not gained his attention shosat down at his side and began to ask him questious.
"She Is the vainest creature I ever knew," said he, later in the eveuing, "and I am disgusted witli her."
I think she read hia feelings pretty well, but she was not to be vanquished. You tell that by the gleam of the eye. And theu be was wealthy and hand¬ some, and she was ambitious, wilh no fortune of her own, and she knew Chamberlain was not one to be scoffed at, so sho changed her course and as¬ sumed all the womanly virtues possible. She studied his nature and acted accord¬ ingly. Waa he sad, she was tearful, dumb. Was he gay, no laugh would ring ont merrier than her own. Was there a book he Uked, she was aure to read it, a study Ue preferred, and she would hastily acquire some knowledge of It. Ab, she was a thorough flirt, aud young as she was, she was perfect In all of the requisites.
I do not think Hugh loved mo any the leas, but be was greatly interested in this stranger, In spite of her follies, and it was with many forebodings that I bade' Hugh- good-bye and prepared to return home.
enemy—Irene.
" I am on my way to visit a school¬ mate of mine," s»id Irene, "and found tiiat I would have to stay here three hours, so I thought I wouid run up and see you."
For once in my life I was glad to see her,-for I knew I would Jiear of our Hugh. " How did you leave Aunt ?" "Oh, she is. well.   .So are Joe aud Hugh." "Did he aend any word to me?" "No, wliy should he? the dear fel¬ low has his miud so entirely taken up Willi something else that I do not sup¬ pose he ever thought of it." "He is unusually busy, then?" " No, I did not mean that," said she looking at me shyly, and then put up her bauds as if to hide iier blushing face. " I don't understand," said I. "Don'tyou? How stupid !" and then she came up and whispered in niy ear, " Hugli and I are engaged."
"Are you?" I said dryly, for I did not believe her.
" Yes," said slio, playing witn  her watch chain.
At that moment my eyo caught sight of a small cross among' the charms on her chain. " What a beautiful pin you havo on," said I, going up close and pretending to examine it, so I could see if it waa my cross. Yes, the same! I did uot ask her bow she got it. It was enough to kuow tliat she had it, and I was too augry to inquire into it, or to weigh the truth of lier words, but was salisUed I knew the cause of Hugh's silence, and I was very proud, and resolved I would not give him a chance to tell me of what had hap¬ pened. So, s-fter she left, I went np to my room, packed np his letters, and the pictures and the ring hebad given me, then I wrote a note saying that I.had been deceived in regard lo his character, and had concluded, as I could have no more faith in him, to break tbe engagement. Would he be kind enough to return my letters? Then I directed the package to Hugh Chamberlain. Oh, how I dread to send it, but I determined lo do it if it killed me.
In a few daj-s an anawer came. He was perfeetly ignorant of my Insinua¬ tions, but he would not force me to an explanation. In a few days I might I expect my letters. My crosa had dIsap-1 peared, he must have lost it. Would I not let him replace it ?
It Is only an excuse to keep from telling the trntb, I thought. He is ashamed to bave the trutli known; and yet Hugh was always so candid, so honorable, I can not believe it. I will write onco more. But what if it were true? thought I, the waves of distrust once more sweeping over me. Should I give Irene the satisfaction of know¬ ing how mnch harm she had dono me? No.
Oh, in tlie days that followed, what a relief it would have been could I but have told Cousin Joe; but I knew he was hasty, and was afraid he would want to avenge my wrongs. But Joe, I think, had his suspicions, for,.shortly after, I received a letter from him, say¬ ing: "Somethiug is wrong. Hugh Is about to embark for India. Write, or come and prevent him from going." I believed it a made up plot to work on my feelings, so I wrote back: "Mr. Chamberlain is nothiug to me ; neiiher are his actions."
But Hugh went, and for flve years we beard nothing frora him. Then he wrote to Joe tbat be was married; and in the years that hadiutervened I had lost both father and mother. I had also found that he had uever been engaged to Irene, and bad lived in liopes tUat be would return; but wben I heard that he was married I felt tbat I bad nothing more to live for. Earth seemed but a barren waste of burning sand,and,Iike tbe weary traveler, I longed for rest.
Oh, bow hard it was to live on, year afler j-ear, without any aim or purpoae, to see all othera so seemingly happy around me, and know that my own heart was crushed—dead. The;death of my parents bad left me wealth3',so I gratified my love of traveling; wan¬ dered over Europe and tbo Holy Land, and oh, louged to go to India; but why should I ? He was married, and do ad to me.
So^I came home, settled down in tbe old homestead, and devoted my time aud money to tho wants of the poor, and it served in a measure to make me forget my sorrow, llie years seemed to roll ou at snail's pace, yet time left its mark ; tbe brown locks began to be plentifully sprinkled with gray ; and my cheeks had lost tlieir rosy hue, for I was no longer young. But tbe knowl¬ edge did not pain me. It seemed so sweet to know that by-and-by I should lay down this weary burden, cross the murky river and be at rest. I was con¬ tent to struggle on in the life tbat had remained, aud I resolved It should not be an idle one. So I became more de¬ voted to tbose around me, sought mo^e earnestly to do nay duty, and had my thanks from t^e gratefUl poor, and the
One day I returned home from the death-bed of one of my poor—wet, weary and saddened with the scene I hadjuat left, and, like.*','lone," I felt llkesaylng, "Whypasameby?" The day deepened Into twilight, but still I aat with my face In my handa. There came a gentle tap at my door. I went to It, and tbe aervant handed me a let¬ ter. I rang for llghls, and it was with some curiosity that I looked at it, for ktters were rare Ihings now to me, since I had grown old, and atill more curious was I when I saw that the poat mark was India. I ture It open with a girlish tremor. It waa from Hugh; his wife was dead, and on the nextsteamer be would return, and once more would see me.
Oh, you who bad never had j'our dearest " hopes deferred " can never know what that promise was to me.— I was too old to be sentimental, you think. Yes, so Iwas ; but my life had all been one long blank, and uow that it was to be crowned with tho sight of Hugh once more, could I be blamed? and tbere I sat, gray headed woman tbat I was, and cried like a child.
Once more I heard from Hugh in a brief note, saying he would come some¬ time the following day.
I wandered about tbe house In astate of feverish excitement, first "going lo the door to see If he was coming, then flushing painfully wben I thought how hewouldflnd me cbanged, forgetting that time had left its mark on liim as well as m3'self.
I heard a step on tbe gravel walk. 1 went to the door and saw a tail portly man, with a military air, and gray hair aud beard. I had planned a number of ways to meet him,'but at the sight of tbat dear face that looked so familiar In spite of the changes, the tension of my feelings gave and I ouly knew that he had hold of ray hands aud was look¬ ing dowu iu my face. He spoke uo word, but drew my arm witbin ills own and walked iuto tbe house.
That evening lie told me of his wife. Slie was tbe daughter of an old friend of bis father's. A frail, delicate girl, and her father a consumptive.
"We all knew hia time was sliort here, and as I was stationed near him, I was ofteu wilh bim. 'Poor child, what will become of her when I am gone?' he would often say, ' I have not a rela¬ tive to send her to.' And the nigbt he died he plaeed her iu niy cure. She woo a very lovable girl, and although I did not lovo her, I thought we could mako each other happy. So i proposed, and was accepted. For soineyears we lived very happily, then the cholera began Co make its ravages in India, and Ade- liawasoue of its victims. After her death my thoughts wandered back to you, in spile of your cruelty. Kiltie, why did you write me that letter? How had I deceived you ?"
" I was hasty,Hugh,and consequent¬ ly unjust.   But you had not written to me for two weeks, and Irene said you were engaged to her, aud she bad the cross I liad giveu to you.     I was too proud to ask you for the truth, so I wrote as I thought best." "Have you faith iu me now,Kitlie?" "Yes, Hugh.' "Why?"
" Because I now know thatyou were never eugaged to ber."
" Would you be willing to trust me, even if I never explained ?" " I would."
"But an explanation is due to you. Kittle,"and I will give it. I did uot wrile, because I knew I was coming to see you the week Irene did, and I would not write so I could surprise you. As you kuow how false the story of the engagement with her was, I need say no more about It. But tliecrossi never gave her. It disappeared very suddenly and I thought I had lost it, aud put au advertisement in the paper for its re¬ covery. But we both knew Irene well enough to kuow now thatshe took it, and for tbat purpose. Are you satis¬ fied ?" " Oh, Hugli, will you forgive me?" " Gladly, Kiltie, and now bnve I made tbis journey ail in vain? Are you willing to put yourself in my care, believing and trustingme fortime aud eternity ?"
Tliere was a moment's silence, and then I laid my hand in his, and in the deepening twilight I was gathered once more in his arms, and knew henceforth tbat no matter bow hard the battle of life was, I sbouid not figbt it aloue.
I commenced this story by saying, "lam an old maid." I should have said " was an old maid," for in one hour more I shall have lost that name forever and be Hugh Chamberlln's wife.
LEeAL   NOTICES.
eXEGDTOB'H KOTICE.
Estate of Dr. Jacob Hei3a,.Iate of Lan¬ caster city, deceased, LETTERS Testamentary on aald deceased's estate having been granted to the uuder¬ slgned, all peraons Indebted thereto are re¬ quested to mako Immediate payment, and tuose having clalma against the ealate of the decedent, will make the same known to hlin without delay. J. E. RICHARDSON.
Kealdlng Mo. 271 North Qneen street, Lancas¬ ter city. Jan 3 O'l-S
EXECU'rOB'S NOTICE.
Estate of Thomas Russel, late of Cier- narvon towuship, dec'd.
LETTERS Testamentary   an  the    estate of said deceased having been granled to theunderaigned.ali persons Indebted thereto are requested lo make Immedlato payment, and    tboae   having    claims    or    demands againat the estateof the decedent, wlli make tbe same known to them witbout delay. GKORGE RU.SSEL. OHHISTIAN STAUFFEIt, MARIA RHOADS,
Kxecutora, doc27 6t 7        Residing in Cairnarvon twp.
AD](INI8TBATOB<a NOTICE,
Estate of Jacob   Herr (Saw Miller)
late of Weat Lampeter
townahip, deed,
LKTTERS of Admlulstralion on said estate having been granted lo tho undersigued, all persona Indebted ibereto ure requeated lo make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands agaiust the aame will pre¬ sent tbem without delay lo tbe uudersigued, residing in aald township.
¦   "  GEORGE K. HEUR,
AdialulstraLor. Lanca.sier, p. O.Hox 13S,
FINANGIAL.
FUNDING 5-20 BONDS
OFFICE OP    ¦
JACOB B. LONG,
Lancaster. Pa., Jan. 10,1S71.
Theprnpo^ltloa ma'le our government by O)oke, McCullough &. Co. and tha Mesari-. Kothschllds, namely, *'Por the purctin»e of the remalnlagS per cents and 4*/^ per centH. tn the amount of 9ti0U,UUU000 wlLhiii itienextJti months," Is likely tu be uccepted.
Therefore, tt hehoovos thu holOerfi of 5 2(1 bonds ot thel.ssucHOf'02, 'M, *G5, and '(i7, all due Withiu the next yean to tuke advantHtjeof tti« present high premium at which thene bond.s ure celling,aud the handsome proOt remit¬ ting from an exchange forany of the Popuhir Hall Road BondH now olTerlug, ere the pre-
tinfffroman exchange forany Hall Road BondH nowolTerlu. minm la lost on R<ivernmen)s, whicli wuuld follow a <all In gold; consequent to such a ne¬ gotiation, and the advunce In all approvetl securities, which the lucrea.'ied demuud wIU ha.sten.
To parties contemplating mnklng z.n ex¬ change I would offer my B«r\*ices, lurnlshln^ all advertised HecurlttcK at the market prices frte of commission, and Hllowing full New York price.'J for govarumt*tit Bond.f.
N. B.—After Jauuary 15th, tiie jirlce of Bur¬ lington, Cedar Rapids iiud MiunesuLa Boud.-i wilt be 02J,^ aud interest.
Parties otalrlng these bonds would do woll to purchase befure that tiiue.
BOSTDS,
di3£l (Il G]
NOTICE.
To the Helra and Legal Representa¬ tives of Jacob Baughman, late of Bart townahip, Lancaster County, Pa.
YOU aro iiereby notllled tliat by virtue of an Order of the OrphauH' Court of Lancas¬ ter couuiy lo medlrected, I will hold an In¬ quest-to divide, part or valuo the Real Estnte of Jacub liaughraau, dec'd, on TtlESDAY, tiio llith D«y of Murch, 1871, at 10 o'clock a. m., al the public, houao ofHenry Bacbman,lu the vil¬ lage of Geor{£oluwn, Bart townsbip, Lancas¬ ter county, i'a., wben and wheio you may uttend if vou thiulc proper.
aberllPs Offlce,       IF.MYERS,   SJierim LanciiHtur.Jan. 22. ISTlf   Jau24 4t 11
STOCKS, 001,0,
Wheth<^r ycu wish to buy or .sell.iro to
JACOB B. LONG,
NO. 10 NdUTH QUEEN ST..
Uu Hlairs.
U uov 22 '71
TIEaiEl
Columbia Deposit  Bank,
NOTICE.
DISTRICl' COUBT OF THE
UNITED STATES
KoltTHK
Eastern  I.>tstrict of   Penn-   r   ».    i        .
sylvanla, '^ In llankruptcy.
In liie matter nf ALLEN  GUTHKlE,g
Bankrupt, J
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, m.
A WARRANT in Bankruptcy has been la- sued by said Court against the estate of Allen Guthrie, of the County of Lancaster, und atate of PeunHylvanla, lu said District, who has been du\y atljudged bankrupt upou potlliou of hia creditors, and the payineut of any debts aud th« delivery of auy property belongiug to aald Imnkrupf, to htiii or to Ills use, and tho transfer uf auy property by him are iorbidden by law. A meetingof the creditors ofsaid bankrupt lo prove .tlieir debts aud choose oue or more Assignees of his estate, will be held ata Court of lUukruplcy to bo held at the City of X*an- CM.sier, In said Dlslrict, on the 12th Day of KEimUAUY, A. D. liiT2. at U o'eloek a. m., at the ollice of Amos Slaymaker, oneof tlie Reg¬ isters In Uankruptcy of said DiHtrlct. Juu21 '21 11 JAaiE-S N. KEKN3,
\J. «. Marshal ior said District.
JfOTICE.
TIIE following Is a list of cftse.s to be tried at tlio Adjourued Courtof Oyer and Ttirmi- uer and Ueneral Jail Delivery and Court of Quarter SessIouK, commencing ou MONDAY, tno latli Day of FEIIRUARY. 1&72. M. P. Bristou, Burglary. Frederick Wagoner, Larceny. Anu Mary Flester, Larceuy, Timothy Sullivan, Larceuy. Alouzo Aune, Larceny. Jacob Menge, Receiving stolen goods. .Samuel Walters. Receiving stolen goods, Edward R. L>andis, False Pretense, Edward, alias Charles rfamonstahl, False Pretense. Israel White, P'alse Pretense. I    Tlieodoro Howser, False Pretense and Lar¬ ceny. WllUam Cadwell, False Pretense. i»eo. ti. WeUli, False Pretense. Jostph Slegiemllch, Felouioua Assault. Jolin R. Watkins,Perjury. David .McDauloiB, Assault and Battery with lutent to Kape.
Jacoh ahaub, Assault aud Battery with In¬ tent to kin.
John A. McGinnes, Pat. Bolen, et'al., As¬ sault aud Battery.
Charles P. D. llower. Assault and Battery and Surety of the Peace. Saniuoi Hollow, Assault and Battery. John Lawrence, Assaultand Battery. Heury G. Llpp, Assault aud Battery. Horace Shelley aud C. W. Greider, Assault and Battery. Beuhtmin Reeso. Surety of the Peace, AbraUaiu aud Herman Hirsh, Nuisuuce. C. \V. Greider, ForcihleEniry uud Detainer. J, M. W. Geist, Libtl. William Kirk. Adultery and Desertion. Peter K. Laudis, Foru Icall on, Babtardy and Seduction.
Elem Grofl", Fornication, Bastardy and Se¬ duction. •
Charles J. Bryer. Fornication, Bastardy and Seduction. Calvin ShalTner, Fornication and Bastardy. Horaco Re.vnolds, Foruicatloa and Bastar¬ dy. John Johnson, Fornication and Bastardy. Gideou Wenger, Fornication aud Bastardy. Joseph Eugles. Fornication and Bastardy. Cnristian Snyder, Fornication and Bastardy. Frauklln Zecher, Fornication and Bastardy. Samuel Lockart. Selling without License. Benjamin Heese, Selling without License. Beiijamin Reese, Selling on Snnday. Benjamlu lieese. Selling lo Minors. E. G. Book, Selling on Sunday and to Ml- nors.j Frederick Rommel, Selling on Sunday. Frederick Itoramel, Selling to Minors. Levi K. Browu, ot al., Neglect of Duty aa Supervl(-ors.
All prosecutors, wllncsscs and detendants In the alwvo ciuses aro hereliy notitied to bo and appear in lhelr proper person, in said CourU,on MONDAY, the I9th Day of Febru¬ ary, 1S72. at 10 o'clock a, ra., otlierwlso they will bo atlached and subjected to tho pay¬ ment of the costs thereof.*
OEO. BRUBAKER, Ex-Dlstrlct Altoruey. By order of County Commissioners. Inquirer, Weekly Kxpress and Weekly in¬ telligencer cop.v, ian24 td 11
COLUMBIA. VA.
DIRECI'OIL**:
Edward K. Smith. Daniel H. Detwiler,
Hugh M. North, >^lomon3. Detwiler
Henry N. Kehler,
4^ Who are responsible for all liabilities of this Bunk.
The   Columbia Dopoait Bank
Pays interest on Deposits as follows: For       life 2Months, 4    Percent.
"   3,   4& 5       •* -J^d
"   «,   7 *  8       " 5 '        "
"   9, 10 & 11       " 5^.i
"        12 " (I ••
ON money deposited subject to cli*^ck. Inter¬ est at the rate of 4 per cent, per anuuiu will be allowed on the balauce remaiulug from time to time.
The Busineas of tho Bauk Is to BUY AND SELL    BOND.^,    SfOCKS,    GOVERNMENT
SEcuarjciEs and gold, and discount
PROMISSORY    NOTliS   AND    BILLS,  aud irausact a General Banking Business. augl21y713y      C.E.GRAYBILL. Ca-Shlor
BANKING HOUSE OF
B££I», ]»IcORA]V9r   A CO.,
FINANCIAL AnF\T» OF THE UNITEI> STATES.
HAVINO been appointed by the Govern- inuui, Atjents l()r the celling of the New Loan, arc now ready lo receive sub.scrlptlous.
Bonds aud Slocks of overj' description bought auil sold. We sell Drafts on Ireland, Germany, England, &c., and issuo Pohsage Tickets to aud from the Old Couui ry.
Gold aud Silver oought and sold. Money loaned on Good Security.
Will payintereat on small or large sums ot money deposited Willi us {if sodepositedj: 4   percent, tmcall.   |5    percent. 0 moo ths.- ¦IH      - " 3        '       151^        " 12      ••
an 4 71 ly 8 R miirltl 20
BAIR & SHESfK,
BANKERS
HAVE REMOVED TO THEIR NEW BANK
ING HOUSE, N. E. ANGLE OF CENTBE
SQUARE. LANCAiiTEK, PA.
SPECIAL attention given to llie purchEse oi Government Bonds and Securities. Draw Bills of Exchange on J-Juglund, Ire< land, France, Germany, etc.
Buy aud sell Gold aud Silver,and will make advances on approved securities.
Corporations, Firms, or Individuals keeping tbelr accounts with us, will be allowed lutei- esl (If so deposiled)
4 per ceut. 1 m<inth.|5 per cent, fi monlhs. i'y^      •*      a      '*       |5K     •*    12 Ian25 tf 71 II
MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW GROCERY STORE.
JOBSr  BAKKB,
{Successor to Watson B. Miller.)
IT WILL BE SEEN BY THE .'VBOVE thnt I have taken the WTOKK HTANn lutely occupied by Mr. Watson II. Jllilcr. I would mostreHpectfulIy ask of hlH uumerous custo¬ mers tbut tliey win coutluue the patronage lo me that was HO liberally exteuded to my pre¬ decessor. My deteriuluaMou Is to keep a lull lineof GOOD GBOCEWEa, sucb as: SOGARS,
PEACBE.S, TEAS,
PKUNES, COKFEEB,
RAISINS, MOLASSES,
BBOOMS, BPICES,
BUCKETS, APPLES.
COAL 0IL,4c.,
ALL or which will be sold at the LOWEST CASH PBICES or Short Credit.
JOinr BAKER,
NO. al (SEW), OR, NO. 10 (OLD), KING   STREET,
WEPT marad
L.VNC.iSTEP  PA: tf 19
PKOFESSIO NAL.
D
p. KU8ENMII,I.EB, jK.,
AITORNEY AT LAW. No. 18 North Duke Btreet. -U tr
JF.FKOEArFF, ATTORNEY'-AT-LAW, omco, Colnmbia, Pu. llehll I'y 13
BFKAKK E8III,EIIAjrj A'lTOHNEY-AT-LAW,
OHlce with I. E. Hiester, Btreet, Laucaster, Pa,
No. 'is Norvh Dnke [dec28 Iy 7
LE&AL  NOTICES,
AUDITOR'S   NOTICE.
Estate of Elizabeth Ellmaker, late of
Earl township, Lancaster eouuty,
deceased.
THE undcT.sigoed Auditor, appointed to dla- tiibutu lhu balance rpiuuinluKlu thehands of William Ellmaker, ndiuInlsLratorde bouls nun cuui tcsluineuto auuexo, to and amoug those legally cnlltled to tbe same, will attend for that purpo.'iO ou FKID.-VY', tho3rd'day of FEBltUAltY, al 11 o'clock, A.M.in tiio Library Itoom of l.lu> Court Houso, in the Cily of Lan- cater," wliere all persona luterested in saiil distribution may attend.
a. F. ESHLEMAN, Jan 20 tt III Auditor.
AI.F.XANDEB H. HOOP, AITORNEY AT LAW, Otlice, No. 9 Court Avenue, West side of Court Huuse. Juu 25 t*f 112
DW. rATTERSON. , ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Has removed his omce to No.611 EASt Klng-St, api 16 ly-'68-22
FBED. S. PTFER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Offlce In Wldmyer's Kow. No. 4 Booth Dnke street, Lancaster, Pa.   Pensions and Bounty Claims promptly attended to. [ Jy 19 '66
r\ AST AND STEINltlETZ.
Dr                ATaOBNEY'B AT LAW. Office, No. 1*.! uoutii Duke St., Lancaster, Pa; apD '70 tf	
JOHN P. REA, ATTORNEY AT IiAW. Offlce with O. J. Uickey, esq., No. 21S. Qucse street, Lancaster, Pa. ii-tt
ADIIINISTRATOR'N NOTIfE.
Estate of Sem H. Hess, late of Eliza beth twp., decea.sed.
IETTERS of administration on said estate jliuving been grained to tiie undei-slgned, aii persons Indebted thereto aro requested to make Immediate paymeul, aud thoso having claims or demauds against the same will pre¬ sent tiiem for settlement to the undersigned residing insald towuship.
FANNY HESS, JOHN H. HESS, HKNRY HESS, JanflOtS Admlulstrators.
AITDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Maria Ciallaglier, late of the city of Laucaster, deceased.
aiHEundersicnod Auditor, appointed lo dis¬ tribute the balance remaining lu i be hauds OfHenry It. McCouomy, Adtniuistratorofsaid estate, to and among tiiose legaiiy entitti'd lo lhe same, will sll. for tbat purposo on SATUR¬ DAY, FEBUUARY 10th, lS7i, at 10 o'clock A. ai., in the Library Hooiu uf lhe Court House, in the City of Lancaster, wiiere aii persousjln- terestedlu said distribution may alteud. A. SLAVMAKER, JanO Ct-S Audllor.
AUDITOR'.S   NOTICE.
Estate of Eliza Gallagher, late of tho City of Lancaster, deceased.
THE undersigned Auditor, appointed to dlK- tribule the b'alance remaining In the bauds of Henry R. McConomy, Admlulstralor of said estale, to und among tbose legaiiy en¬ titled xo the same, will sll for tbat purpose on SATUBDAY. KE13RUARY lOtb. 1872, at 10 o'clock A.M., lu the Library Itoom oftbe Court House, In tbo City of Lancaster, wbere all persons luterested In said distribution may attend. A. SLAY.VIAKBR,
JantiGtS] Auditor.
SIMON P. EBX, Al'TOENEY AT LAW. Offlce with N. Ellmaker, esti., North Duke st, Laucaater. Pa. I^ep2I'fl7
WA. WIIiSON, ATrORNEY AT LAW, lately with .«'amuel H. Reynolds, Esq.. baa re¬ moved hlso.nco to ills residence. No. 32 Houth Duke street.  sepiS-tf-it.
U. PUICE,
S. ATTORNEY AT LAW^
Office No. 6, north   corner of Court Avenne near Court House, Laucaater, Pa.        rje2'6y
iChesfnut & 12th Sts., 3eweler$ an6 Siluersmiths,
p^EfJcEj Clocks,
Plated W^f^&
iQwality iBuarantee6. iBoo6s sent by Express on
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approual*
\XrASB(XNGT09iW. HOPKINS,
yV ATTORNEY AT LAW,
iTo. 2S Nortb Dutcb Street, L&ucajnter, Pa. auK 30 tf-40
JOHN It. ZR1.1.ER, SURVKYOB AND CONVEYANCER. Also glvPK particular attention to clerklpg salt>» or real aud   personal property at uuy
diHtiiime within tlie connty.
Office In SprlnevUle.MonalJoytownship Lanruster oo.   AudreBU Bprlne Oa rden, Pa.
BE?IJA.niN F-ROWE, AUCTIONEER,
Ke.ipectruUy Informs the public that he Will attend to Crying Bales of real estale and per¬ sonal property In nny purt of thecounty,
liOttt^rH ttddre.'ised to lilin atSmtthvllleP.O., T^-mcasler connly. will be promptly attended to.
KXEOUTOB'fl   NOXICE.
KstAte of Albert E. Carpenter, esq., late of the City of Lancaster, deceaaed.
LETTERS testamentary on said estate hav¬ ing been granted Ujthe undarslgned.i'll persons Indebted therelo are requested to matie Immediate payment, aud those having claims or demands ugnlnst the eHtalo of the decedent, will m^ike the samu Icnown to him without delay.
WM. CARPENTER. Executor, ResldincInLanca-siertownship. Address,i^o. 13, North Uuke street, Lancaster cily, Jan a Ot-U
You WiU not forget me, Hngb ?" %   Bmiles from  tfae children  who had ask^d as he kiued me. 1 I^i^rued to call me Aantle.
NOTICE.
To the heira and letral repreaentattvea
of Catharine GrotT, late of Xjeacock
township, Lancaster couaty, Fa.,
deceased.
you are hereby noticed ttxat by virtue of aa Order of {he Orphans* Court of Lancaster cocinty to me directed, I will hold ad Inqaest to divide, pan or value the real eslaleof Cath¬ arine OrnlT, dec'd., oa Tharsday, the ISth day of FiitBHirABY. 1872. at 9 o'eloclf A. M.,at the Conrt Uoaaa la the City of Lancaster, when and where yoa may attend if yoa think proper. Sberlff'a Office. Lancaater lJecetaber30,1871.
F. MYEBS. laa 3 6t^ aberite^
Oh Yen Z  Oh Yes!  Oh Yes Z
DAVID BRENNER
Respectfully Informs tho pnblic that he will attend to
CRYING SALES of Real and Persoual property. In any part of the county. Persona wishing bis services will please call at bis resldenoe on tbe Columbia tnmplke road, three miles west of Lancaster, or at Brenner's Holel, West King street.
4arLett«rs addressed to him aiLancasf^r P. O., will be promptly attended to Bep7 '70	
HUGH R.FDI.TON. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Real Fslftte Broker and Conveyancer. Bua¬ iness in thesevcrul Courts faithfully attende,d to.     Keal   Estitte   bought, sold, or   reutecl. DecHls, Wills. Bonds, Mortgages, &c.. written and coHectlonH promplly made.   Offlce, No. 112 East King street, Lancaater, Pa. deo 16  Sly
REAL ESTATE. UPE,  FIRE AND
STOCK INSURANCE AGENTS.
PARTICULAR AtTENTION PAIBTO SELLING
Personal Property, Stocks, dec.
COLLECTION, INTELOOENCE AND  EMr PLOYMENT OFFICE,
Ra. S (SMond floor,) HIBSK'S BUILDIHO COS. N, QnxEN St. Aim Cchtse SotrASC, aog9J LANCASTER, FA. ysm^
BUSINESS COLLEGS,
AtsemUy BnUdinss,
S. W. COR.TENTH AND CHESTNUT STS. : PHILADELPAIA.,
Scholarships good In-iCcoIieRPH In theUuIlPd Rtules and C:i.n]id:i.H. I-'or pitrticuhirn citll or seud for acataloyuo.
au£ '2 Um>38
833     BT. KAMPE it CO.,     S3:t
Having enlarge^and Improved tbclr
FURNITUKE STOEE.
83a MARKET STREET, PHILA.
OFFER their Cusiomeraa complete stock ol uew and elegant Kuruiture ami Beddiuu at the lowest prices. mar22 Iy 11*
WATER POWER OWNERS,
.IDDRE.SS F. GREEK,
Cherry Hill, Cecil Connly, Md.
dec 20 Im 6 Au*i. B. oox. yrtt. hokkowh.   jaoob hxi<ey.
S. B. COX & CO.,
THE OLDEST ANB MOST RELIABLE ES¬ TABLISHMENT IN THE COUNTY, ManufnctnrJDS lhe BeHt
CABRIAOES,     BVGOIES,
ANB
1.IOHT WAOOflTS,
TO BE FOUND IN THE STATE.
Waolalnxtobef&rabeadof all competitors la
BTYLE, FINISH AND DURABILITY
AND CAN SELL
Ten Per Cent. Cheaper   tban
any ottaer efltabllBbment
In tbe Connty,
FOB THE SAME QUALITY op WORK.
Special attention given to Bepalring.
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