Lancaster Examiner and Herald

              VOL. XXIX.
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1855.
NEW SERIES, VOL. XVII-NO. 18.
PUBLISHED BT
EDWAKD C. DARLINGTON,
ornCE I!t KOEtH QUttW STKLtT.	
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OITR CHILDHOOD.
nv c. D. rnESTlcE.
'Tis sad—yet swcot—to listen
To tho soft winds Kcntle swell, .\nd think wc heir the music
Our childhood know so well ; To gozo out on the nvcn   »
Aud tbo boundIc.>iS fields bf air. .\nd feel again our boyhood wiili
To roam liko an angel there !
There ure manydreams of gladnes.'S
That cling around the past— .Knd from the tomb of feeling
Old Iboughts como thronping fo.".! — Tbe form.s wo loved so dearly,
In llie happy days now gone, The beautiful.and lovely,
So fair to look upon.
TIioso bright and lovely maidens,
Who Fccmed f o formed for bliss, Too Rlorioua and too hoavcnlv
For such a wnrld as this. \Vho.-:c foTt. dark oyes .¦•comcd .<^wimnilog
InascaoTliquidlipht. And whoso locks of gold were ftreamlof,'
O'crbrows so sunny bright.
¦\Vhose smtles were like the ixiu-'Iiine
In the fr-pring time of tlic year- Like the changeful gleams of April
They followed every year! 'f h(^ have pasM-il—likn hopc!- awuy—
AU their Ioveliue.'i.= has Ucd— Oh! manv a benrt i.= mourniuK
That Uiey arc with tbe dead.
Like the bright buds of Fummer Thev iiave fHllen from the stem—
Yet oil—it is a lovely death To fade from earth liko tbem:
And yet-the thoupht i-i t^addeulug
To muse oa such ns ihcy— And feel that nil tho beautiful
Are passing fast away! That Ibc fair onep whom we love
Grow to each loving breast, Uke tendrils of the clinging vine.
Then polish whero they rest.
And cau we but ililnk of those
Tn the soft and gentle Fprlng. ¦\VhPu tbo tr.e.s are waving o'er us,
Aud the liowers aro blo.'iSDming. For we know that wiuter's comiug
With hi." cold nnd stormy sky— And thf glorious l>cauty round us
Is I'loBsoming hut to die I
Frr.ui Arlliur'd Home MaKaiinofor April.
LIGHT AND SHADE; OR.CONTENTSlENTTnEFRlilTOFRESIGPfATIfliV,
BT MBS.M   A. DESISOS. PAUT riRBI.
CftEpar Fontaine, the son of a naturalized Freochman, anU a mechanic in one of the New England cities, mairietl, when he became of age, a sweet young creature of eighteen eumr mers. Thoy wero both beautiful, in high hsalth, energetic, and true-hearted. 'A love-- ly Bight, indeed! a handsome couple,' whig-- percd one and another in the gaping crowd that, on such occasions, generally fills the house ot ceremony ; and tbey -were not mean¬ ingless remarlis.
Aa abe appe.^reti at church, on the nest Sab¬ bath ; she with hei-kirtle of pure white, and her sweet, innocent face just glimmering through her suowy veil, and he with liis brown homespun (which his mother, good woman, bad made with her owu bunds) fitting his tall and really elegant figure ; everybody wished Ihcm a loug life of happiness.
Not oue of Caspar's rivals hated bim; none of tbeui but lorgfive Luda in his heart for pre¬ ferring one nbviou^jl}' superior iu all respects, although eacli would bave run a gauntlet (sd they said, at lca.--t) for tbe prize of tbat fair baud, which, though the fingers were hooped neitberwith jewels uor gold, waa as pretty a hand as one would wish to see.
Both, tben were happy, and, what is bettor, both were resolved, come wbat would, to keep happy. To be sure, each had faults of which the other was aware time and petty trials .would discover.
Here, then, was tbe secret of their depend¬ ence on happiue-ss for all future time. Tbi-y liad estiiuatnl each other's faults and virtues, and cooliy tr.muluded that ueitber waa an an¬ gel; tbat they wore yet morlnls, not even deifi¬ ed by the rhapsodies of love, and prone, conse¬ quently, 10 all the liabilities of thie mortal state.
So, wbeu Caspar stroked the rich golden hair of his youug bri<lc, and calmly blessed her as hia wife, sbe Ielt that name to be a ho¬ lier one than all the faucy titles which human¬ ity in general—married humunits, in partic¬ ular—is pone to bestow on its objecs of afi'ec- tion. Behold them, then, in a new settlement, ¦where Casper had determined to mako his for¬ tune. Their cottage waa situated back on a pleasant road, encircled by graceful trees ; a very paradise around it for verdure, u very gem of neatness within; a very Edeu where tbe angels of love and harmony held its inmates in their holy keeping.
Caspar prospered eveu more than bis heart had desired. He began to increase in wealth; his lands were fruitful; he waa honored with titles; and the villagers doifed their bats as they met him, and paid him that true homage which the great by nature always command.
Built brought uo change to bim, save that, if possible, he was more devoted to Uis Creator, kinder, and yet more gentle, to bis lamily, aa, one by one, new ties bound him to earth.
'Caspar,' Muid hia mother, when he left her to tread an unu-ied path, 'whatever you do, whatever you beoome, bear a lowly heart, my son 5 for they in whose soula spring tbe violent humility are always blessed, llemember, Cas¬ par, theae are your mother's partiug worda: be low in spirit.'
And he was a son worthy of such a parent. A few years j-asaed, and two beautiful chil¬ dren blessed bis lot, making his home voca*^ with their morry music. Lucia was nearly idolized by those who knew her well; and even thoae who conid not aspire lo her companion¬ ship, felt her iuHucuce through the sphere she threw around others.
Caspar's wealth rapidly increased, and he lived now iu the 'squires' mansion, a large handsome frame building, &ituaied on a beau¬ tiful knoll, and comma<tIiog a glorious proa¬ pect of mouutaiu, vale, and river. Furnished with taste and elegance, it waa a rare retreat for choice spirits; for those whose soula were kindled at tbe alter of genius. Attached to this waa a liuo conservatory filled with brilliant plants aud flowers, about whose mingled hues sang the mockiug-bird and the golden-breasted canary; and the wee humming-bird flittered among the liowera, revelling in sweets congre. gated from liic lour quarters of the globe.
Lucia moved among her servants their supe¬ rior, yet equal, if 1 may use terms so contra¬ dictory. They venerated her as a mistressj Vihile they loved her with a touching love, as if ahe had bet^u a aiaier. Lucia, indeed, gov¬ erned well. Guided by her perfect will, all thiuga look the shape and sound of harmony. Her household might be likened to a sweet aud golden harp, on which she was the rare and always faultless perrormer. No harsh notes, ! no jarring discord, discomposes the order of her governing system. Gentleness was her ¦ wand of love, gentleness her rod of correc¬ tion, tjmilea in the sunsbine of her presence seemed playing over even inanimate things, and the goodueas and purity of her lovely spir¬ it bound all lugoiher as with a mystic chain.— Kven the 'stranger within their gates'was drawn into the charmed circle, and left it loving and wondering.
Oh • the beauliful order in families where hearts arc truly united, and 'pure religion and uudtfiled before the Father' cements the boud of union. Stay thy ruthless hand, fierce re¬ former I Pause before a scene like this, where angels in human form, linked to Heaven by virtues stronger than adamant, make of home the ark of aafety, th^biding-placo of love.— AU may be thus, if they will but listen to tbe dictates of conscience, and culiiyate, with ftssiduoQs care, the tenant of this frail taber¬ nacle, the soul. So may wo mako our Heaven; and wo to us, though it is in our power, if we create for ourselves condemnation.
Certainly aome were envious. Is it not al¬ ways theoaae? Some, wbo by bad thrift, and minds unequal to cope with those adversities that prove men, as fire proves gold, said it was no wonder they were so hsppy, loving, good, and all that * -But let the squire oome down/ tliey croaked; 'let him be pinched with pover¬
ty, or lose, even,- the..elegemciea. gf life to which he has been aooustomed, than where will be his constant happiness; his serenity of mind, which, he boasts, never forsakes him?— Onr word for it with the things that Were Or let trouble, sore and bitter trouble, como upon him, believeuB, he will change like all others.' And, alas.' sore trouble did come; came in awful guise; fell like a thick cloud, charged with ruin, upon the happy household. Their only and beautiful daughter was sought for in marriage by a young man of good family, and one every way worthy of her. Tbey gavo him their child with many but happy tears, and kissed hor pure brow, ns sho stood upon their threshold, in all tbo gentle loyeliness ofa timid bride, just leaving tho dear halls of her father for another and a distant homo. She was fra¬ gile and lily-Iike in her beauty, but her health bad been perfect from infancy. A few short months fled swiftly by, and the gentle girl returned; returned alas! to die in the arma of her parents. They laid her down with hearts heavy with sorrow. Thcy saw the young hus¬ band, who bad loved her witb intense devotion mourning like a stricken child U>at refuses com-, fort. She was the first, ns yet, the only occu¬ pant of tboir family tomb. Crushed, indeed, were their spirits, as thoso only can tell who have started back panilysed with the firat atom glanct* of Ue.ith. But tbey know he had no power over that fair orcnturfl beyond the por¬ tals of the invisible home; and though their einiles wero less frequent, and sadder, when given, yet did they grow holier by this great affliction. The silver chord loosened from her gentle spirit, seemed restored in their bosoms, binding, their bleeding hearts together.and tbey lived on.
Their strong afi'ection centred moro entirely upon tbe only one left them now, the son of their declining years.
Great promise did his bright manhood give; nor was it unfaithful in the fulfilment. Doring- ly tbe strong intellect shot heavenward, like su eagle, panting f>r tho purer atmosphere of tbe upper skies. The death of his sweet sister cliasteucd his aspiring soul, spiritualized his lofty thought; and as ho gazed down into the early tomb, the homo of beauty amid corrup¬ tion, tbo words, ' I am the resurrection and life,' throbbed in hia burning brain.
'I will from this hour devoto myself to Heaven,' he resolved ; 'Hewhowas crucified, ani rose again, that the sweet spirit, once en¬ shrouded in this mortal clay, might arise also, and join Him in the heavenly inheritance.'
Ho became a preacher of righteousness, and again tho hearts of his parents rejoiced. But alog I Death has been envious of the great and tbe good from the beginning. The brighter and moro shining tbe light, the more eagerly hi.-? pale lips blow out the flame.
Again his unerring shaft sped upon its fatal mission; ond the eon, too, wearied with con¬ stant thought and mental toil, laid bis bead upon the maternal bosom, never to lift it again in life.
' Lovely in their lives,' murmured the doubly bereaved aud dctjolate ones, as thoy turned from the silent church-yard towards their al¬ most deserted home; 'lovely in their lives, and in tbeir deaths not divided. We made Ibem our idols ; they were gently loosened from our ai-ms, and He bath our jewels in His keeping. Tbe tomb-door was closed, and with linger¬ ing steps they tottered away, while the good old minister walked by their side, comforting them with mauy a well-chosen and tender word,
TART   SECOND.
' Ah ! now the Fontaines know what it is to suffer!' cried the envious. 'Now their pride will comc down ; now heboid their boasted cheerfulness!' But ah ! how many a true and pure heart bled for them! and what tears ran down furrowed cheeks, aa clasped hands were hold towards Heaven, and fervent supplications lifted to the Throne of God for tbe suffering.
' Whom have we now to love V they exclaim- j cd. as they passed the threshold of their stato- '¦ ly bome, and saw its splendor mockingly but dimly shining through tears. How spread the anguish of that loncliuess over their mourn¬ ing souls, aa they murmured again, * Whom have we now to love!'
' God and each otber" was the noble reply; 'yet more devotedly, more tenderly than be¬ fore.'
And they grew sweetly resigned aa years sped on. They forgot not tho poor ; they min¬ istered to the stricken; they blessed little children. Happiness had again spread her shining wings above them, when a speculation iu which -Casper had invested largely, fell to the ground, and carried with it nearly all the possessions.of the good old man. It had been deemed so secure, that Casper Fontaine stood bondsman for several parties involved; but for that, he would still have retained a compe¬ tence.
One little cottage, the only one left of hia money, Cfor Casper was honorable to tbo pay¬ ment of the last farthing,} wan n«o*iy, yet scantily, furnished, »^d tliither the aged pair prnnooded. They would not accept the many pectiniary gifts which many, who loved and revered them, were willing, nay anxious, to bestow upon the venerable 'head of tho town.*
' Our Father intends to draw us nearer him¬ self, by loosening and sweeping away all earth¬ ly props,' said Casper, while a benign smile still played over his noble features "Tis well; let ua bow in sweet submission to Hia gracioos will.    We atill have each other.'
' i'cs we still have each other,' echoed his wife, on whose yet lovely face his patient smile waa reflected.
To toil with his own hands, tbe old man now went. His weekly wages, and the little he had saved from the wreok of his property, enabled tbem to live frugally, yet with comfort.
A winter day, with ita wailing wind, had passed into eternity, and left in ita stead a calm, glorious night, guarded by millions of stars, tbat were almost mirrored in the smooth and dazzling snow. The town lay hushed as if in caliA slumber, nestling amid tbe old moun tains that lifted themselves in solemn grandeur towards Heaven.
In the cottage of Casper Fontaine the work- stiiiid stood before a cheerfal"fire, and the great family Bible, that had descended through many geiierutiuns, laid with its huge covers open, and the heavy claspa fallen upon tbe clear linen beneath.
The old man had been reading in the holy volume, as waa his wont, before retiring, and the good wife had laid by her knitting on the stand beside them, and, with folded hands, sat gazing into the face of her venerable partner.
Thought was very busy with him; he was reviewing the pages of tho past, that, some¬ times luminous, at others covered as with a thick veil, were slowly unfclded before his mind's eye. There was no record of crime there; so tho old man's face wore a cbgerful but subdued expression. Suddenly he looked up. The calm, clear eye of his wife met his own glance, and ho started from his reverie.
' Lucia, my love, wo are getting very old,' he said.
* That was what I waa just thinking of, my husband,'she replied; while I endeavored to call back the feelings with which I first heard yon call me wife; bnt I found them already in my boBom, and they have been thero ever since that day, increasing in depth and strength as we draw dearer the grave. It tore my heart to part with our lovely and only ones, Casper; but it would have broken it had I been called to lay you in the grave, my hnsband How white your locks orel' she continued, fondly stroking them back from his lofty yet mild brow; but, to my mind, they are more beauti¬ ful, curling in pale waves upon your shoulders, than when they fell over a ruddy cheek in ringlets of jet'
'Those were happy days,' murmured Casper, partly to himself.
*Andarewenot happy now, oh! my hua¬ band V
*Happy while we are together; too happy,' he whispered baok, as the quick tears sprang to his eyes; *there is only one tiling that mars ray preient en^o^ent, aod, I fear, in thAt I
distrust the goodness which has led us from joy to joy.'
'What is it, Casper?'
* The fear that I may be taken, and you may be left; you, alone in your old age, with none -nearer than friends and acquaintances.'
Lucia was silent for a moment. 'Let ua put oar traet in God!' ahe at length eiclajmed; ' if I am left, Casper, it cannot be for long.'
' And then we shall be reunited in eternity,' whispered Casper.
'Yes, to love on forever and ever.' 'Shall we love each other more supremely up yonder?' and in the old man's eyes shone a holy light.
- ' Next to God, I firmly believe ; for are uot our souls in perfect unison?'-
' Yes,' said Casper, as he gently clahped the hand of his wife; 'perfect, for ours was a true marriage. Word, thought, and deed have grown in sirailitnde, till tbe soul of one is as tbe eoho to that of the other. Pam is almost sweet when you are near to minister to me, and plea¬ sure I enjoy not to fulness unlesa you are a sharer. Yes, my love, we are going to the grave together, and we shall soon be joined to those precious pledges who took their fiight heavenward so long ago. I regret not now, neither, I nm aure, can you, that we laid them 80 eariy in the arms of Death. They were not sinless; but oh! we deemed tbem very near perfection.' ^
'I did not see till uow, Casper, that your •yes arc heavier than usual;' exclaimed Lucia, after some moments of silence, dttring which they had sat, hand in hand; 'have you felt ill to-day V
< I canuot evade your question, tny wife. In truth, the racking pains in my head, which I have suB'ered since morning, led rae to muae upon what I bave told yon.'
* And I too have felt a strange sensation in my head all day; but T thought if Ispokoof it it might alarm you.'
'For that very reason I have kept silent; but we shaH both be better, perhaps, after a night'srest. Let ua perform our family devotion and retire.*
After prayers the red coals on the hearth were carefully raked up and covered with ashes and in a few moments the lights were put out, and the good old couple slept.
Day dawned again. Earth smiled in its crys¬ tal beauty. It was a brilliant morning Casper and Lucia were awake with the first glimmering of light. Indeed, tbey had sleptimeasily, and had often spoke to each other in the still watches of the night.
' Lucia !' exclaimed Casper, feebly, 'you are burning up ; how hot nnd feverish your hand is.'
' And you, too, husband; your forehead is like a coal of fire, and your eyes glare fright¬ fully.'
'So do youra. It would be strange if we were both sick together.'
'Oh! lom not sick,' responded Lucia, at¬ tempting to rise; but ahe fell back heavily on the bed.
* My poor wife, what shall we do ? I too can¬ not rise.'
' I had hoped to make you Romethiog re¬ freshing to drink = but my brain reels and throba so suddenly, nnd tbe shooting pains fly from limb to limb.'
Higher rose tbo sun, glaring on tho forest of snow, yet no smoke came from the chimney of Casper Fontaine.
The neighbors wondered, and thought tho old couple had overslept themselves. Broad noon ! and atill no signs of life from the usually busy inmates,
' Mary, just run over there,' said a farmer, who lived near, to his ruddy-cheeked daughter, 'and see if any thing haa happened ; it is very strange all seems ao still; they are usually up before we are.' (
Mary came flying back in a few moments.— ¦ Her cheek had lost its rose, and h^r eyes were overflowing with tears. '
'I knocked  atthe door, father; everything] was silent.    I crept round  to the  east room^ where thcy sleep,  and I heard  Mr.  Fontaine groaning dreadfully.    Do go there, father: I know they must be sick.'
The farmer instantly accompanied his child back, while his wife hurried the meal, that she might have some warm drink for them should either be sick. The door was fastened: but through a low window Mary crept, and cau¬ tiously nndid the bolt, and both together moved to the sleeping apartment.
Flushed high with fever, their eyes glassy and glaring, their gray locks in disorder, the two laid aide by side. Casper was wandering through other scenes; but his wife was sensible and her eyes were fastened upon the dear de" lirious one.
* Oh! neighbor,' she faintly moaned, 'I be¬ lieve you find, us very near death; but what¬ ever you do,' she continued, placing her hot hand on his, 'don't separate us, will you 1 Let us t>e together to the lost, na we havo been through life. Don't let them separate us, will you?'
The warm tears ruahed to the farmer's eyes,
'No, no ! Mrs. Fontaine, donot fear,' he half sobbed as he left the apartment,
A physician was summoned. Ho shook his head. Theirs was malignant fever; thcy were very old; they might go at any moment. He advised their being removed into different beds ; but Lucia would not for a moment listen to it.
' No, no ! let us die on the same couch; I cannot be parted from him now, even for a moment.   We shall not survive each other.*
Before noon of the next day, both slept the sleep tbat, in this world, knows no waking.— Casper died first. He had blessed his wi:e be¬ fore departing. Lucia, with her failing, trem¬ bling hand, closed his eyes, and then calmly composing her own limbs, awaited tbe time of the Eternal.
Two coffinB, aide by side ; two meek, placid brows, met the eager oyes of many who had assembled to behold the solemn scene.
' How mournful that both should be taken !' sighed one.
Could he have listened to the glad burst of rejoicing with which, hand in hand, they entered Heaven, clothed in oternal youth, blessing the Almighty for a reuuiuu which was to last for¬ ever and ever, hewould have said, 'Howsweet aud beautiful that they thus lio down in the loat sleep together!'
They are resting quietly,Caspertind his Lucia, in nn ancient church-yard, bjineath the sleeping bows of a waving willow tree. But above them a snowy monument has been erected, whereon their virtues are emblazoned in golden letters ; a tribute of love and reverence paid them by the inhabitants of tho town they had so long benefited; and go to-day into the humblest cot¬ tage or the loftiest mansion there, and you will hear the story of the good and virtuous couple, Caspeb .\sd Luci.\ Fontaine.
BiiKEDiKC TuRKXYS.—Evcry turkcy breeder is not aware of it, but it is a fact that of either sex, one old turkey is worth two yearlings for rearing young ones. A turkey does not arrive at its growth and maturity till the next fall after two years old, and of consequence, to its full strength and vigor for breeding in the best manner. The continual repetition of keeping young gohblers.and pullets for breeding, as some people do, reduces the size of their young till they arrive at scarcely half the weight they should do. Besides this, the young of these immature birds are exceedingly tender and much more difficult to raise than those of old birds. We have tried this thing thor¬ oughly and are oouvinced of the difference.
WHY THE GAT SOH'T SWEAT-
« Pa, does the cat ever sweat?' 'No, my sou.' 'Wliy, pa?' Tme enongh, thought I, why ?    The carniv- erous animals have no perspiratory pores, as ; it is said; but this only helps over the first why, nnd we are  stopped again by the next ! one.    If it had been necessary for them  to I sweat, God wonld have given them an appara- i tuB, as he  baa given to horses and cowa, in i fheir skins.
* I think,' said I, ' it is because thoy eat so rauch lean meat.'
Strange as it may seem, all animals tbat perspire get into a sweat to keep cool. When an ounce of water is converted into vapor, whether it has been sprinkled on the floor on a summer's day, or put on the fire in a green forestick, or spread on the surface of tbe earth in a dew, or exists in the form of perspiration on our bodies, or exhales invisibly from our skin, or comes outof our lunga in breath, tbat ounce of water appropriates to ilself, and des¬ troys for all other purposes, a certain amount of beat. If animals sweat to get rid of excess of warmth, is there auy connection be'.ween tbis process and the character of their food.
If we designate the aurplua carbonaceous matter io the food, ?teat, and the nitrogenized matter, motion, we have in beer. 1 lb. motion to 3 lbs. heat; in oats, 1 lb. motiou to 15 Ibu, heat; in hay, 1 lb motion to 18 lbs. heat.
Nuw, observation shows that animals cannot use of the oue of these elements, wtthutit dis¬ posing, in some way, ofa corresponding amount of the Olher. Stage horses hard drived, if the weather be warm, grow poor—in common terma they sweat off their fat. It is equally true^ too, that animals in low fiesb are weak.
Aa the food of herbiveroua animals contains five or aix times the amount of heat-producing materiala—starch, gum and sugar—that exists in animal flesh, so thia class are more sluggish in tlieir habita than camiverous animals.— Lions and tigers, thongh they have been con¬ signed to a warm latitude, and covered in furs by a kind Providence, must roam to keep warm. It is for these natural reasons that they canuot brook the condition of captivity. Poetry bas nothing to do witb their tcstleas habits when in cages; they are chilly from i.he inaction of the domestic condition.
Doga and cats are very sensitive to cold. — How Carlo shivers when becomes out of bis house on a cold morning, and whines at the door ; and puss, notwithstanding her fur dress, never lies down to take a nap in a cold place. Neither of thtm can keep still in the cold.— If shey were to be atabled like cattle, and oould be kept aa still, it would kill them ina few days.
ilthough the horse, when fed on hay, has, but one pound of motion to dispense of for every eighteen pounds of heat, he must work that off in order to enjoy warmth. Aft*!r drink- ,ug on a winter morning, wheu he finds him self ahivering, he prancea and kicka for the fun of tbe thing, and by dispoaing of a Httlc motion, is enabled, so to speak, to use eighteen times its weight of beat. How ho auorta the blaatof his furnaces!
When we notice tbe alight dijlercuce that is ahown iu this table between tho aualyals of bay and oata, and when wo reflect on the difference in the performances of a hay-fed horse and oue fed on grain, and when we compare tbese two items to tbe composition of flesh, we arc led to conclude that horses could never be brought to feed on boef—and that we must put the flesh-eating horses of mythology in the aame stall with centaurs.
But, on the other hand, if it horae is fed high, and confined in cold weather, ami the carbon of his food is uaed to keep him warm, the nitrogen will accumulate Houiewlifci-o. Ho will get the gout from high living. Let him have exercise every day, if it is only liy run¬ ning in the yard.
The horse sweats becauso there is so much starch, gum and sugar in his food; while tho cat docs not, because there is so little in her's. The starch, gum and sugar in the grass, go to make fat with grass-eating aninmls; the cut gets but little fat in her food, and so God gave her furs, and lets her wear them all summer to keep her warm.
' Will yon take this womau to be your wed¬ ded wife V asked an Hlinois magistrate of the mascnline of a couple who stood up before him. 'Well, squire, you must be a tamal green hand to ask me such a question as that ar. Do yoa think that I'd be suoh a plagaey fool as to go to the bar hunt, and take this ar gal from the qniltin' frolic, if I wasn't conflcriptnonsly sap. tain and determined to have her ? Drive on with your bofiinesB, and don't ax foolish ques-
Is IT IN VAi.v?—The beauty of tbis world, can it be in vain? The sunrise, when the clouds that heralded tbe sun, ahook out the first drops of his light from their broad pinions of amber aud of rose ; when the long, clear ray stole across the shadows to seal in our hearts tho assurance that life and light are one ; the bright, full day, that stood nnd looked upon us, ahaming ua out of fear and faithlessness ; the sunset and the twilight, that came and went BO softly, leaving the deep spiritual night to brood over us, and to look upon ita thousand starry eyes the promise that death sbould be more glorious tban life ; have we looked upon them ouly to forget them forever ?
The clusters we have gathered from tbe overarehing vines of science end art, at once slaking and stimulating our thirst for tho nec¬ tar of god-like wisdom, were they but decay¬ ing fruit ?   Did they contain no immortal seed ?
And these humane affections that quickened our eyes to see the beauty, and our minds to gather the wisdom of earth and heaven, have they warmed our mortal lives but to smoulder away to dead, cold ashes, or to disappear in oblivions vapor ? Is there no spark of Prome¬ thean flame in the fire that burns on the heart's hearthstone ?
Let the dark and wicked soul doubt; let the soul who has put out the light of holy faithful¬ ness, that truth and beauty might he murdered in the gloom, assert that his own existence is a bootless, unaattsfying gift.
But let not the good man say tbat aught he has knovro, enjoyed, and suffered on earth, can bave been a vain experience to him.
No ; infinite love has not made us phantoms and cheats to ourselves, living in a phantasmal world. Beauty is real, and truth ia real, and love is real, and what ia real is immortal; and the love whioh is dropped into our hearts here, ia the key to the wide universe of beauty, glo¬ ry, and wisdom. If on earth we refuse to use the key, shall we not find some door, closed to us in Heaven ?
To see the beautiful, to understand the true, to sympathise with the good; this is the earn¬ est of the spirit's future in a sinless realm, when earth's flowers shall prove themselves, by a fuller blossoming, to have contained the seeds of a heavenly vintage.
Then live, learn, truat! The beauty of tho world, like the life of the faithful, is ita own proof that it cannot be in vain-
WiT OP A German Lawyer.—A youiig man of Nnremberg, who had no fortune, requested a lawyer, a frieud ofhis to recommend him to a family where there was a handsome daughter, who was to have a large fortune.
The lawyer agreed. But the father of the young lady, who loved money, immediately asked what property the man had?
The lawyer said he did not know, but would inquire.
The next time he saw his friend he asked him if he bad any property at all!
*No,' replied he.
'Well,' said tho lawyer'would you suffer any one to out off your nose, if they would give you twenty thousand dollars for it?'
'Not for the world,* said he.
•It is well,' replied the lawyer, 'I had rea¬ sons for asking.'
The next time he saw the girl's father he said—'I have Inquired about the young man's circumstanceB. He has indeed no ready mo¬ ney, but he has a jewel for which, to my knowledge, he refuaed twenty thousand dol¬ lars.'
This induced the old man to consent to the Biud marriage, which accordingly took plaoe thongh it is Bud in the seqnel that he shook his hiad when he thoaght of the jewel.
Undertakers are very juBtly euBpected of raamng tti«r bauaMi into th9 groaad.
Gnrions Beoei|)ts of the Middle Ages.
The household books of the middle ages, amongst many things that'ftje really valuable, contain much that bears the impresa of the superstitions which tho people then, and even till a comparatively recent period, currently believed. Tho Harleian, the Aysoough, and Ash- molean collections in the Britiah Museum offer numeroua examples of what were, at ono time, articles of faith in domestic economy; and from the receipts preserved in these 'still room' re¬ cords, we have selected aome of the most curi¬ ous, wbich we offer for the entertainment of our readera: |
To Ske bv NinHT as by D.^y.—Anoint your : eyo with a bloud of a bache (bat?)
To MAKETUATNoDoasBABK AT You.—Take ' an herbe called serpentine, and they shall not bark at you.
To S^K Strange Siquts.—Make an oynt- ment of the galle uf a bulle aud the fatt of a heune, and anoyntyour eyes.
Foe Sure Eyes.—Boil a red snail till it bo thoroughly dono, then akim off the fat, and anoint the eyea when you go to bed
FoH AN Aotie.—Take  a cruat of bread, and write theae three worda foUowing, and, 'after they bu writ, eat tbem :—Calinda, Calindan, . CUliudauC. ^ I
To See Wonuebs.—Take anti' eggs and tbe bloud of a white heun, anoyntyour face there¬ with, aud you shall aee wonders. (We wonder what?)
A perfume made of hemitaeede, and of the < flea-wort aud violeit-roota, and paralie and smalleih, viakcth to see things to come, and rs available for prophesie. j
To make Polkb seeme Black,—Pat oyle oliffe into a lamp, aud put thereto fine powder of ground glass, and light it; and all that be about wiU aeem black as Egyptians.
To MAKE THE Face Fair.—rTalte the fresh fat of a pig, and the yolk of a half-boiled egg; mix these well together with a little dried bay or laurel leaf, powdered, and apply it to the face,
CUAEME i;-OR THOSE THAT ARE MaD,   MaN OR
Beast.—The haire being cutt off, lay be- 'ony to the mould of the head; thon write these words in a piece of cAfMC-"Antanbra- gon, Tetragrammaton " Aud givo the party so diseased.
To Prevent the Hair fkqm Falling off.— Take the ashes which you have obtaiued by burning the skin of a serpent; mix them well with the fat of a bear, and anoint the head.— Item : Boil leeches in a new pot, and collect the scum, anointing what part yrfu please.
To Make Money Spent to "jBeturne.—Make a purse of mole's skinne, andwrite in it Beeize bub, Zectus, Caiplias, with the bloud of a batt; and lay a gooil pennie in the high waie for tbe space of III days and ill nights, and after put it in the purse ; and when you will give it, say, 'Vade et vine.'
•    The Grumblw.
Wliat a social nuiaance ia your grumbler!— What a shadowy spirit of discontent he carries with him ! How infectious, at times bis pres¬ ence ! You canuot live long with him, without imbibing aomething of bis miserable tempera¬ ment. Hera is a good portraiture of the class taken from an exchange. We commend it to those who are in danger of fulling Into the hab¬ it of carping aud fault-finding, that bane to all happiness.
'.Vt home they gi umble at thoir meals, at the noise ol'the children, and at the espsnues of housekeeping, -\broad they grumble at their clerks, at their partners, at customers who won't buy, at employers who don't pay h'v^h emiugli, at the hard times wheu nothing will sell, at the easy citncfi when thero is so much competition, at low .ffa^M twoftuse thoy can't earn enougli at bigh wages because thcy are urged to work tuo Iiard—at everything.— They grumble at winter weather ns too cold or sloppy, al tho summer for being so hot, at au¬ tumn aa changeable, at spriag as rainy. They ¦grumble if tbeir wife wishes to go out of. an evening, grumble sometimes quite us much be¬ cause she stops at bpme. Tlicy grumble at old clothes for looking seedy, and at new ones for being too tight. They grumble, if sick, because tb^ doctor don't cure them quicker, and when Ihey get well, grumble nt the bill be h;is Eent in. In fine, next to the bread thcy eat grumbling seems to be their chief ali¬ ment,
'This spirit of ditaatisfactton is a curse alike to the grumbler and to his friends. No family can be really happy whose head belongs to this class. The wife is always in dread of the hus¬ band's disapprobation, aud 4&e children lest they should do something to vex the father.— Constraint succeeds to freedom aa soon as the grumbler iippcara. The servants tremble at his coming, and often, witb natural reaction, grow surly under his faultfinding. Hia inti- msitca suffer in a leas degree, but still euff«r from bis diaposition. Even hia ocquaintaucee suffer annoyance. To himaelf, however, he is the worat enemy. The practice of grumbling, long indulged in, becomes fthubit ruinous to happiness. Everything isseen througha jaun¬ diced medium. Nothing affords the aatisfaction that it should. Even when tbe grumbler would fain look on the bright side of things, he finds it to be almost impossible ; for he has been ao long complaining, that hope itself has deserted him and disappoidtment is expected of course. The sky of Ufe, thai was so sunny when be was yonng, and tbnt ia still genial and blue to all healthy minds, seems, to his morbid vision, but one vast black expanse, heavy with mephitic vapors and portentions of coming evils.'
Death of a Remarkablb Firb Dog.—Died, in Charlestowu, Mass., reoently. 'Jack Ham,' a large and vnhlable dog heTonging to engine company No. 2, of that city. ^The history of this dfig is very interesting, and worthy of nole. He was one of four dogs owned by a gentleman aome years aince, who was accus¬ tomed to harness them to a little wagon, con- structed for the purpose, ia which they drew him about the country a/a torse By some means, about four years ago^ he was induced to dispone of this dog to Mr, Ham, living near the No, 2 engine-bouse. In tbe family of Mr. Ham he made himself u.«eful in a voriety of ways, rocking the cradle, taking the baby out in a little wagon for an (ttriT3>fou pleasant d;jys j &c. The firemen of No. 2-beoame very fond of him, and won his confidence by feeding him in the engine-house and at their tables, till at length he 'joined tho company,' assisting, by his well known bark, in spreading the alarm in case of fire.
The engine-house was his home, and he was always the first ono to seize the rope and assist in dragging the machine to the fire. He at¬ tended all the celebrations of the company, dressed in a uniform whioh the company, had made for him ; eating crackers aud cheese and drink coffee with as much apparent relish as the best of them. At ona timo he was by ac¬ cident locked up in a building near the engine, house, and an alarm of fire being given in the night, Jack sprang through the window with his well-known bark, and took his place at the ropes with the rest of them.
He was a general favorite with ths whole neighborhood,and always.reoognised his friends in the street, saluting them with a good-natorcd bark and a wag of the tail. The company have his daguerreotype, besides hHving him painted on canvass, and will have hifl skin ttaffed and placed in the engine house. His disease wai old age, though it is not known exactly how' old he was.
To Mrt. .
Loving and loved, ebe treads the path of life,
Oalling ita roMS, hoediog not ita thorns. Her waj-Blde with its choicest flowers rife.
As freah sa vhen on tbem the'sun fint dawoj. Sorrov h&B sever elooiled tb*t *ir bioir.
Nor e'en a piBiing Bh*dow dimmed thine eye. Oh ! be it ever, lady; hright aanow,
AndatiU ths ind«x of thy parity. Memory will point tu Ibea ia future years,
Ae ona vhon Inutfe cannot be too cherished : And in thattsmple r*qoUectioa rears,. . . Tby form winUager tho'bU else haB periibed. It was cotbom to vinlih-'tlflvntwined Via with ei[rlMUtfMH»HfcRff ftva^ HuhriMO,
FACETIA nr SKALZ. PABCELS.
The course of fashion in costume and man¬ ners approximates to a circle; that is, it starts from a given point, and in due process of time comes back again. The following is an illns- tration:—An old farmer came into town the ( other day, costumed in one of the shanghae (as it is termed) overcoats, with the skirts prepos¬ terously long. A friend came up to him a^d exclaimed, 'Why, how is tbis, you who disre¬ gard the fashions, now wear au overcoat which tho veriest fop might envy.' 'Why, bless your soul,' replied the farmer, laughing, 'this very coat I am uow wearing belonged to my father, ' and was bought bran new twenty yeara ago.*
Jollybones soys that his wife is the beat trav- i elling trunk ever possessed by poor mortal man She is not only always packed and ready for a go, but frequently goes on her own hook —visiting the neighbors, gossiping, and doing various other feminine amusements, thus sav¬ ing much time which otherwise would be requir-, ed to teturn compliments, &c.^ and never needs looking after, and never gets jammed by bag¬ gage smashers. She never costs anything for porterage, never needs repairing, and lastly, not only has a shirt button in her poaaeaaUtu, but fingers and thread to sew it on.
'John, what ia a gentleman?' 'Stub toe boots, long tail coat, aud a high shirt collar.' *What is the chief end of man?' 'To borrow money, to eat large dinners, to attend the op¬ era, and to "petition forau office.' *What is a gentleman's firstduty towards himself?' To buy a pair of plaid pantaloona, and to raise a huge pair of whiakera.'
A missionary, writing from the Crimea, com¬ plains of the profanity of the army. To over¬ come the habit, he proposes a cargo of tracts.— Theae are good, but to produce effect, they should be preceded by flannel shirts and whole boots, Aa long as men are uncomfortable, they will awear, trncta or no tracts,
Mr. Heraud, author of the 'Descent into Hell,* was annoying Douglass Jerrold with im¬ portunate questions at an unwelcome time. He queried—'By-the by, Mr. Jerrold, did yoa ever read my 'Descent into Hell V ' 'No, .sir,' replied the infuriated dramatist, 'bul I should like to see it!'
One of our Western villages passed an ordi¬ nance forbidding taverns to sell liquor on the Sabbath to auy persons except travelers.— The next Sunday, every man in town was seen walking around with a valise in one hand and two saddle-bags in the other. Ingenioua peo¬ ple, those gin and sugar imbibers.
A friend of acorreapofident ofthe New York Spirit ofthe Times remarked a day or two since, that ho had a story of. great interest to relate. 'What is it?' 'I know of fifty dollara being loaned atfive percent, a month, nnd forty dol¬ lars of it left with tho lender as collateral!'
Children are raiaed in Japan with a pulley. Some of the grown folka are occasionally raised with a rope—round the nrck. For children and grown folks, Japan bolds out inducements that should not be alighted.
' Dad, yo« alwaya act so strange.' 'Why, Billy?' 'Because, whenever mam geta sick, you always have to fetch a baby here, to squall around and make sucb a noise.'
'Bob, did you settle that business with Simp- kins, yet?' 'Yea—he kicked me off tbe stoop laat week, and aince that he has atopped both- eriflg me.' Bob's ideas of 'bothering' are cer¬ tainly original.
They are very part cular in Scbeuecludy. Beforea merchant takes a ceut, heruns through the 'detector' three timea io see if it isn't a counterfeit.
Of all the terrible pictures that hang upon memory's wall, that of a darned old valentine is tho darndest of them all.
It is humorously aaid (hat there ought to be plenty of women in the cump, for each night the Russians como out with a fresh -Sally.'
Remember, that the human constitution ia oue that cannot be amended by a two-thirds vote.
Virtuea go fast after the iudividual ceases to be. There's Pumpaby was quite an unheard of body before collapsed into tbe coffin. Now hia 'eminent qualities of heart,' hia 'disinter¬ ested and exhaustless patriotism,' hia 'rare hu¬ manity and prudence,' are the burden of his whole neighborhood. To bring the duublo- breasted virtues out, a man must fir^t take himself out.
Utility ahould be the chief aim of all inven tions. A friend of ours is about tu bring out a saw-horse that will load itself, keep uut of the way of the womeu folka, and help Patrick get in the coal. Tho rest of the weel; it is to be employed in trotting out the baby-cariiage. A patent will be attached to il. The saw-horse with utilitarian wrinkles is a full sized insiitu tiuu.
Tbe wiftj of a sexton belonging to one of tbe churchea in Strasburg was last week interrupt¬ ed in the middle of a harangue about the hard¬ ness of the timea, by a person wbo offered to sell her a couple of ducks. 'Ducka 1' exclaimed she, 'how cau I buy ducka or anything else- we have not buried a living aoul these six months.'
An iron-horse on one of our principal railways having been ailorned with the title, 'I still live,' a wag noticing tho inscription, re¬ marked, 'That ia what the paasengers sbould be labelled at the end of theirjourney.'
Mrs. Partington wants to know if it ia not inhuman, and contrary to the Maine Liquor Law, for tbe Allies to insist on the Czar's tak ing four pintsP 'Only think i the poor man has to take two quarts at once! I don't won¬ der that he has resisted and fit so long about it'
Gustavus was a youth of eighteen. 'Gusta- vua, do you lovo me now aa ever?' 'My dear can you doubt my affection ? I would make any sacrifice for you T -Then do, Gustavus. please cultivate a nice pair of whi:>kcrs. They would be so becoming., -Aw, love, for your sake 1 will try.'
Gentility covers up much. Our friend .^jlk- fozzy Uvea on five crackers and a cup of lean tea to enable him to sptrt a ruflle ahirt; while Mias Showao boards at a seven ahilling bouse, juat for the gentiliiy of appearing uu the prom enade ou Suuiluy aiteiuoon, iu satiu and fluun cua
' MAniNE Defences.'-A writer from Pcnaa- cola describes the navy-yard near that place as being 'enclosed on two sidea by heavy brick walls, and open on the waler, defended by huge sharks of whose voracity frightful atoriea are told.'
The pleasure of a turn-out ilepends upon whether you have a horao before you or a foot behind. Gentlemen who have doubts sbonld experiment. *,
Like colored bottles in a chemiat'a window, rouge on the cheeka of a maiden atlracts pas- sets-by, but nobody is taken in by it.
The paupera oonnected with the Syracuse alms-houso struck for better fare on Monday last. They insist that during Lent, pickled herring should be crossed now and then wilh salmon trout.    Progressive generationi^is.
Dick Tinto says that money will obtain any¬ thing in England, except the letter H. Rather a hard rap at the Cockneys, that.
A deserted husband iu this city, advertises hiB wife as having left hia bed and board,.and offers a reward of fifty dollars to any man tbat is white, and has never been convicted of steal¬ ing, who will marry her, and take her to Cali¬ fornia.
A Virginian of twenty-three was lately throw¬ ing out aome affected sneers at matrimony, whan a grave friend in company observed, tbat marriages were made in Heaven. 'Can you tell me, sir,' rejoined tho sly nymph, 'why they are so slow in coming down V
The surest wheel of fortune ia a wheel-bar¬ row.
A teetotaller is a person who eats hia toast, ftBd doM aot drink it.     ^
S^-The old man was toiling through the burden and beat of the day, in cultivating his field with his own handa, aud depositing the promising seeds into the fraitful lap of yield¬ ing earth Sudilcnly theie stood out before him, under the sbatle nf u huge linden tree, a vision. The old man waa struck with great amazement.
I am Solomon,' spoke thu phantom, in a friendly voice, 'What are you dbiug here, old man ?'
Ifyouare Solomon,' replied the venerable laborer, 'how can you ask tbis ? In my youth yon sent me to tha ant; I saw its occupation, and learned from that insect to be industrious, and to gather. What I then learned I have followed out to thia hour.'
You have only learned half >'our lesson,' reaumed the phantom. "Go again to tbe aat, and learn from that insect to rest in the win¬ ter ofyour life, and enjoy what you have gath¬ ered up.*—fferman Allegory.
A soldier on trial for habitual drunkenness was addreased by the President. 'Prisoner, you have heard the proaecutioa for habitual drunk¬ enness, what have you to say in defence?'— 'Nothing, please your honor, \ivd.hahitual thirst.'
A fool in high station is like a man on top of a monument—everything appears amall to him, and he appears small to every body.
A wag observes that he looks under the mar¬ riage head for the news of the weak.
JOB  PRIJVTiNG
OF ALL KINDS,
Prom the Largest Poster to the Smallest
Card,
DONE AT  THIS OFFICE,   in   the BEt) T STlfLK,Witt great dispilch-aoil u; ttie LOWK!(r pmcK.s.
.fl^ II.ANDUILLS for the .^hIb of Rkal or PERsOTtAL fi.grBKTv. printed oa from ONK to THllK.K lIOLliS N0'1"1CB__ DOT l&-tf.5u
FOK SAtE.
AT the Office of JOHN K. KEED & CO., comerof Eaat Klngr and Dake streets, Lan¬ caster. S9 Shares Farmers Bank Btock. 70   do.    Lancaster '¦ 40   do.     LancoslerGas Co. Stock. l:i   do.     Laa., Peteraburg aud Mnalielm Plank Boad. 25   do.     Coneatoga Steam Mills Stock.. 20   do.    Girard Bank Stock. $100 Mortgage Bonds Conosloga Steam MLIU. $2500 Phil. & Sum'tt. K. Co. 7 per cent. Coupon Bouds. 4 Shares Lau. and Ephrata Turnpike Stock. 30   do.    Lan., Eliz. & iliddletown Turnpike Slock. $C0O .Morth Leb. K. R., 7 per coat. Mortgage Bonda. mar 28 tM7
SHOE StAKER^
ARE informed that the subscriber haa nagaeed a flr?t-rat« KIT CDITEH—«nd Is prap»r- edtomannfacturtaraUBrSHos Mamks' Tools tt tha ¦hortaat noticB.
l,,.^™".?'"'^^? '''* *' No. n^ West King >trB9t, wUl be promptly aUendad to. M.HLOCHBE.
Jan 24 tf.9 ¦
nnrn.   S^P'^ FACTORY.
rpHE  -VVhip Factory in East Orange
.T^rat7y'Jru:" '''-' ^"'^"•"^^^^ -d*^^l2l''n%r Tbia ifl tho pine* .Fijere Whipa la made «prill2-l7.I9 G-TWlrJISO.
IHIIIwrlglitB IVanted.
TWENTr-FivE MrLLwaroHTS will find Steady and constant employment for nine ortwelve monthn, by an early application to the subscribers, re- ¦Idlng In Ihi borough of Etraabnrg, Lancaster county.— Liberal watf«8 will ba given to competcut and steady men. -MATTHEW BAltTHOLOMEW,
feb 14-12«t-ll JOHN McCARTNET.
Tothe Farmers of Ijancaster Co.
I WOULD call your attention to Man- ny'a Reaper and Mower with Wood's ImproTement which is considered thebest machine out; and baring also received a new Lot of Pituburg Iron PIoMhs, which have given groat sRtisfacilon.
Please call and examine for yourBelvfl.^, at my Hard¬ ware Store in Ifotth Queen street. Feb. I4-tf-Il GEO. D. .SPHECHEB.
BVJIiDIIVG SLATES, T^HR subscriber having taken the agcn-
X ^y '"jr Brown's BoUdlng SUtea, is at any time ready to furuiah Slate by the ton, or put on by the square, al the shortest notice and On the most reaionabie terms. Apply at my Hardware Store in North Queen fltrcet. (3E0. D. SPRECHER.
Feb. 2l-tM2
JAUIES  BLArsi,
ATTORNEY  AT   LAW.—ihv,-.-
/m.   Eaat King Street, tWu<Ioiit-3 al.i.v-; u,- i.i.,   .. Connty Uotel.    _ [m-i 11 i. i
I. N. ELL.MAIiS:R.
ATTORNEY AT LA\\^—Oku. i North Duke St. dlr.-ctly«.ii[ifii(.-til.  -•¦¦¦¦ l House. Lanca-tter. Pirnn'a i.'.'' I  f.'.i
CARPETS AND WALL PAPER.— The subscribers having this Treek received large additions to their stock of CAitpETdAyDPiTEiillANOisus, their ussortment ie now very complete and will be of* fered ut the lowest prices.
rani28.lM7J     HAGER & BROTHERS.   :
AS CHEAP AS XUt; VitMiAi't^^^.
AND AS GOOD AS THE BEST !
NEW SEGAR & TOBACCO STORE.
JUST OPENING—a large assortment of Pound, Half Pound,Ping and Fiue Cut Tobacco. Spanish, Hali' Spanish, and Common Segars, Sic B^Selectcd witli the greateat care, to which the ai- leuilon of the public and dealers ia reapccuully rcquei- ted. J. /.lAII\lEK.^iA^¦,
raar25-3t-J7 No. 7S >'orth Quoeu st., Lanur.
PAPiiBl n AUEUOUSE.
WALL PAPEK, BLANK BOOKS AND STATIONERY. 'pHE L-AMARGO Manufacturing COiM-
J_ p.isY, have opened a Paper Warehouse at the cor¬ ner of Ea«l Kiug aud Duke hireeU-, opposite the Xew Court House, Laucaster city, where may be louud a coiii- plcteand WtfJlBelcctedad^iorimeut of i^APzn HANui.viij, Br.A>-K Books and Statiosebv, all of which they will 60ll at siuch prices aa cannot fail to suit the purchuaer. Paper Hangings,
We would call panlcular attention of lhe public to tliis branch. As our Block is entirely new and ui the lute^jt designs, consisting of overy style of Common, Gla¬ zed aud out Paper.
Blauk Books and Stationery.
Persons iu want of Blank Booiia or Stationery will find it to their interest to call and examine onr noclt be¬ fore makln(f purchaats elsewhere.
"Wrapping Paper.
A largo slock of ali kind* of Wrapping Paiiei ulwayd on hiind al the lowest pricea.       C. H. Bi{EXEMAX,
inar 26-tr-17 AsffUt.
LANCASTER \'OUx\« LAD£i:.S' J1I%STHUXE.
'I"^H.E   next   Sessiou  ol this Cseiuiuur^
1_ will commence on JUOXDAY, April ihe IGth, aud will continue 14 weeks. The lustitute Is both a board¬ ing aud^ay school, and is prepared lo give thorough la- Btnictionin all useful aud ornameuUl branches of Fe¬ male education. JCj^Circulars may be ohiaiucd at lho, bookstores of Spangler, of Jturray & Stook, nnd of ihe Principal. UliV. W. E. LOCKE.       ,
inar28 ___£!i-^''_
Wew York Conference Seminary.
CHARLOTTEVILt, SCUOHAEIE COUXTY, ^¦. Y.
UliV.  AJ.ONZO  Ki.At-K,  A.  .»!.,
IVILIJAM  L.. U(*OL», A. M.,
PRXNCJPALS. f* I'^HE next term ot this well-kuown In-
J_ stltulion will commence April 30, 1655. The Board of Instruction is complete, consisting of 22 Pro- fassora and Teachers, Superior advantafea are oliir. ed in Music, Civil-Engineering and the Languages both Ancient and Uodem, those departments being uuder thu direction of Professors of the finest attainments.
The buildings are new and will accomraodat* nearly GOO students, with good rooms and cloihoa-presee*.
Young ladies who become qualified at ihia Institu¬ tion, will be furnished If desired, with good alluationa to teach.
Students win be conveyed free, from and to Albany atthe commencement and close of each term, tlie fare being remitted on tho tuition for the quarter.
Students will be conveyed through in ouo day wilh covered stages, leaviug itanwis Hall In Albany. At 4, 5 and 6 o'clock, A. M. on the 27th aud U8th ol April.
Whole expense for hoard, washing, fuel, inddeuials and tuition In common Englisih. per quarter  of wluvou weeks, §20.   To engage rooms or  for circulars  addru: either of the Principals. mar2&-6*in-n
IVniTE UALK. ACAUfclilll.
THREE MILES WEST OF HARRISBURG. ^I'^IJE niuth KCSsioQ ot" this   Uourishiug
ML Institution, will commence on MONDAY, the ^^U of Jlay udxt. The attention of pareuis and guardians is respectfully invited to the ndvantagus which It ailoras. Being bituated lu a pleasant, retired aud healthful part of the country, and the facilities fur btudy and luatruc- Uon bclnsoxtensive.it is thought it cannot fall lo givo !*tififaciioE to thoso who may patronlje it.
TERMS.—Boarding, Washlug and Tuition lu the Eng¬ lish Branches, aud Vocal Alusic, per session, 6 months,
360 00
Instruction in Instrumental Dlusic, 10 00
do " Ancient or Modern Lang., each,       5 00
I[3"For circulars and other Information address D. DE^•LI^'GEK,
mar 14-2*m-15 liamabnrg. I:
GREEN  LAWK, Boarding; School ror CtiilEi,
WILL commence its Summer tica- siou ou the Ii Hit day of fifth month next, and continue twenty weeks. The usual branches of a thor- ugh English Education are laught. together wiili Draw¬ ing and the French Language No exims, oxcep: (¦.¦': French, which wiU he five dollars per term. Charge for Board, Washiug, aud Tuiiion, $30,00, one half payable in advance, the remainder at the close ofthe Session.
Boys from the age of navca, to eleven, are well accom' odated duriug tho summer, and care will be taken to preserve the health, and guard the morals ofthose ?!&¦ ced in charge of the Principal.
This school is handsomely situated, near Uuiouville, Chester county, Pa., whore dally acocis may he hud by
Sublic   stages  from   Wilmiugiou.   "Wosi Cheater, und ochranvllle.
For Circulars, addrosa EDITU B. CHALFA^TT, Priuci' pal, Unlonvltlc P. O. Chester county, P^fUBsyivania. march 21 lG-2m*
iXOTlCE.
'1'^HB Annual Exhibition of the GoE-
jL TBEAX Ln-EBABY SOCIETT of FEAXKLIX i MAKf:HALL COLLEUE Will be hplil iQ Fultoa Hall.ouTL-ESUiY EVE- NIMG, April 10th. TliC cxorclBes ttIU coutjsl of foui orations, a poem aad a debate.
The question for debate iH ;—"Is tho spirit of Young Americanism beneficial to the interests of our couu- trjr"?
Tho Friends of Literature aro reapectfully Iuvited to attend. F. .\. GAST,       1
J. A. PBTEHS,
J.W.HETBICH, I   Commitlac ot J. AULT, f Arrajigaments,
J. W. SIL VIS, L. J. Moyer, LaXCA-jTEK, March 26, 1855. ^ 2t-n
noi/SEKEEIPER TTAKTED.
ARESPECTABLli; middle aged via- man, active and energetic, and capable of taking entire charge of a household In the country. Corapauiia- tion llbenil. Good reference required. Enquire of lha Editor. march 2l-3-t
ALL personB indebted to THOMAS SNODGRASg, by note, book account, or othor- wise are hereby notified that their accounts have bean placed in the hands of HughJIobaffy, Esq., for collection and that prompt pavmcnt 1g required.
SMITH, MURPHY & CO. march 2l-4t-16 Tranaf«rMS
Clycerine Cream,
OR the curing of all  Uoughness   of
the Sldn, Chapped Hands and Lips.   Excoriatlona,
' t5-Prep«rfld at CHaBLEH A. HElSlTSE'S
Drug find Chemical Store, No. 13 East Klug street, mar 14 tf-lin_
F
JG.  MOORE, SuROEoN Dentist, • continuea to practice hia profesaion in Us vari¬ ous branches, on the mont approTOd princiitle.   Ofilt-e S.E. Corner of Notth tiueen »nd Orango strrets, N. B.—Entrance 2d door on urangc street, dec 27 Ij-J
FOB REIVT,
TT'KOM the first day -of April   next—
_¦/   The House occupied by the late Wiujax  ^*- HiE»TEE, dec'd, io tho TiUllSe of New HollMid.      fi^ EJ-Applyto JUIIL
teb 38-t^l3 I. E. HBITEB.
Patent medicine Store.
IN East Oranqe 8i b e e t , next to Kramph'a Clotblo; Store, Laaoaater, (FOEUEELY J. GISH'B.)
Olt hand, a large aaiortmsnt of all tha ^pular Fami¬ ly Medicines, at maatifactureia' pricee. JanM ¦ ly.8
FOR SAE^.
AEIKST-BATE KOCKAWAy, for one OT two horBes.   Snqolr* &t LMma&'t Tavern. Wut Einf It., Lancuter. ABK. Q. BRRJfKSR.
]an24 tf-S
EARLY GAROEN SERDS.
EARLY YORK, SUGAR LOAJF, I Dutch SaToy. Dwarf. Bed PlckUng anl Dmmhtad Cabbages; Extra Sarly, Early Waahi^ton and Cvdo a-alll Peu ; Furpl* Egg Plant; Bed Tomatto; LorjT* Sweet and Bell Peppers ; Early CanilllQprer t B«d B^et; Celeries -. tocether with a fall aiMrtment of Garden Seeds. JCf^For sale at CHASLSB X. HSUnTSH'S
Droff * Chticical Stor«, No. Jt East Sing atrwt, Ob Ift*^ 11 tuo«it«i
IVOTICE.
TflE co-partnership heretofore existing bctwpiju thd riubscribard, trading and doing bo-^i- nessunder the name and firm of G. DAVLS i CO.. ban been dis.iolTed hy mntnal consent, and Uke this melh- od of returning their thanka to all those who haTe fa¬ vored thom with their patroaage ; and respectfully ra- qneEt all who are indebted to them oither by Bond, Note, or Book acconnt, to call at their OLD STiND IK XEW HOLLi>'D. and settla without delay, and all hav- lURClaims will preaent the.-iftme for -¦settlement, cn the fubscrihers are anxious to have their bnsiues.* closed by the fiiet of April next.
GABRIEL DAVI9, JOHN PEIRSOL, PHILIP BRUBAICER. fib 7 2m-10
liancaster Co., ExclianiTC Office.
ON tlie first day of March nest, the under-ilgned, under the firm of JOHN K. REED, it Co., will open na offlco nt thn corner of EAST KING it DUKE ht., (near tha Court House) Lancaster City, for the purposo of receiving deposUes, making loan;; aud purchases,buying and felling real estate, stock?, itc, for others, cuilecting clalrah, iic, ic.
The ca-sh capital of th.- flnu is $20,000, and th*- p.irties are indivldmtlly liable for itn obligations.
Tlie usual rales of interest will  bts  paid bv  .-^p.-uial agreement ou depcaitea for more than 30 days^ JOH.\ K. UEED. AMOS S. HENDERSON, DAVID SHULTZ, jan 31 ly.9]  ISAAC E. HIESTER.
TAU^VESTOCK
TTASjust opcucd, the cheapest Goods
\_ I.   ever brnut'ht to this market.
30O0 yatds .'.olid Plaid Ginghams, at |2>i worth 'JSei-i.
2500 yards Do Bege-, at I2i^ worth 25 ceut.'i.
500 doifu Linen Cambric ilandkcrcheif:!, at 10, IS'a, 18?i, 25 Hiid 3i;i cont3, plaiu aud embroidered, very cheap.
One Lot plaid Droae Siiks, at 44, wanh 75 ceuts.
Oud Lot White plaid JlusIIns, at I2,y wi^rth 16',^.
One Lot yard wide English Chintzes, gay and .second mouruiug, at 12^ worth 25 cents.
All the above Goods, with a variety of other Cheap Lo/s,jH'-t(,tpeued,which we are runuing offai unusual lr}\rprico=. Also, afull assortment of Spriug Sliawls, EiDbroid'.'rie'^, Kid Gloves, Ho-iiery, itc. &c.
FAjINEiTOCK-^ CHEAPSiTOiJE. S. W. c.-.rner of >'. uueen and Orauge «ts. Lanca:,lt;r Pa.
ni:irch-17 if.
JOHZV A, HIE.STl.VflJ.
ATTOBNEY  AT  LAW.—Oiiicv   in Ka«t King street. nt^H rth.-,V<-,% ( .^uri n',n .. __ma.yJ7  ¦¦( -M
JCTKIUS B. KA8/FinAi\,
ATTORNEY AT LAW—!i:t.s ro.=nniL-<I the proclict^of hlnPrnfe^^i'iji- 'iKI-I-:-h. '.•.'. . my^r'fl Building. South Duk-  Stn-'-t. ii-n   ih- N   -
Court IIOUJ^I*^ li-:l  11  'ii^l   1-
D. W. PATTERSON, A TTORNEY ATLAW.—West Kin.
XJLSt..Lancaster. ALSO:—CnmmiESi.nwr.';. : :- Bnd to tak« Depositions forthe Stat-i-of lii,.. -, < Delaawate. jsn :i>i l=r:/:i
JOHN B. LIVINGSTON,
ATTOKNKY AT LAW.—iJfiic- wiiit .VathaDielKIIni:ik.t-, K-"i.    N.Tth   ;mi:;-     '.-¦ IjancaFter, Pa. il.h'.i ¦.!  !.>
EVTEIVDED UEIUOVAB..
_!__/ nouncealo hldfriend.siind th'-puMir in t-.j^,-!.,:. that having abandoned his intention; i>l'lt;;iv.ii;( hm cajter, he designs removing his ofttce iiit ih- 1-t oi .\prii. halfa Mtiuare farther north, ia lh'* :.^n}r) ^ir-n, :¦< tii ¦ house directly opposite Pinkerton .V =l,-iyjiKil;;r - ll.i,;.l warestore, which is uow occupied by P. .1. Kf.;,;;.:r. Rsti., as ft dwelling, Tvhere he will !<-* Ijappy tu V. ,.: i;, ou all who may faror bill! irilii their p;«tr«uii;-''
Iu rtftnming hiB grateful atkntiwItdKeii-'iiii-'" lii   n meroua patrons and friends, for  ih'i gr^-Mt  .¦iiL.Jiir.'-'/j ment heldout tohlm to reDiriiu..andiil>tJ  Tt  iii--   ¦/•ry flattering tfjitlmonjali olfftri'd iu rei,'aril t'. if..- :U!.;^it ;• aod beanty of hlfi work, he takes pi^!i>iir.'iil   -niin'c i- lho public that hehas taktn into lii- iir:iiii>-; .. n ¦-.¦.'.xl ImprovedmethodofMoUSTiNGTEKTlI       .   .. upon Atmosph-ric Pltilci of HJth'.-r (i..|il, ^'^•£?7--':i Plflliua, or Silver, prices  varyint'  ¦'''-'-"U/fpF?^f^ cordiugiy. to suit the want-i .imlcirL-tnu- ^^-'-^ ¦, Tr htauces of the pati'Mit.
This modri of opt>ratiug siiriii'iiiulv mmiv .¦m!...;[-., - IngdilllcuUienauddis.iav.-cit.jgc-, wilii k].\,:). ,.'¦ .(-.r: have heretofitru boeu ohlig'.-.l t-j cou:-u.l.i;i .i'l' i .¦ i--; d«r tli'ilr work perf-ictly cui.il'urt.hl.l-. —i-....ii-l ¦ ,i;iJ pb;x-HUt I.) th'^=<: whu ani oblig-d tu \\::ai- ;iL-;i v.. \:i\ i ••¦¦!'. Plcas.1 call ftl thft otace of Dr. S. \V.lch.-:.-. ia Kr.ini;.;/ buildiugs, and i-xamlue.spefiuifQ., of lji.-