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¦ .- :, ¦ ^ :,'''^Pi- . ¦:: :''- . f TOL XLV. LANCASTEE, PA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12> 187L NO.. 22. KXAlimrER & HEBAXn. PUBLISHED EVEES WEDHESDAT. At No. 9 nottli Qneen Street, Lsseuter, Ft. TF.ItJI.S-8'i.OO A TEAR IS ADTAJTCE. JOHN A. HIESTAND i E. M. KLINE, Editors and Proprietors. THE FAHIIEB'S Sf BI!T(? SOKQ. Tho rod buds nre tinting tlie soft maple trees; The wood-fteepors..chirp wiiere withered vines'cling; Full laden, to-day, is tho breatli of the breeze, With the blackbird's bolhid of welcome lo Spring; Thfi cowslip Is blending lier blossoms of gold, WUh the violet's blue. In shallowand swale. And peewits are piping good-by to the cold. From brook wiiiow branches ttiat awing in llie gale. Come farmer boys now, ¦\Vilb harrow and plow. Turn llio hrown turf in good cheer! Old Winter Is gono— There's dew ou the lawn— Tis limctobesowliiglhcscedof theyear. The rillsso long silent 'ueath deep f.iresL leaves, -¦vre learning lo warhle their gamut agalu; A nd the purpled winged swallows aro search- lug the caves To find a retreat from tile ciillly Spring rain; ITrfreheii of thesnow, earth barcth lier breast; Inviting the toil of the husbandiuau's hand; And ho Ihatsows early reaps plenly and rest; His oerUtin reward from Ihe generous laud, so farmer boys now. With harrow and plow Turn tho brown turf In good cheer! Old Wiuier Is gone— There's dew ou lho lawn— 'Tis time Io be;sovvlnE theseed of Iheyear. While savage December was lashing his team Ot lompcst and snow storm. In lur.v along, Y'ou stoned and sang till rafter and boam stioulc dowu the light eclioes of mirth and ofsoug; I*'or your larders were loaded—bursting your hin.s— Your graneries glowing with Autumn's ripe yield. Uut uow liuj now seasou of lalior begins. And April is calling her plowman nfleld; Ho. fiirmer bo.vs now. With harrow and plow Turn Ihe hrown lurf iu good cbccr! Old Winler Is gone— There's dew on ihe lawn— "Vis time to he sowing the seed of theyear. APBIL SHOWERS. lllcnk and bare, in 1 he morniug gray, l-ie the uulaniis and liills to-day; Over llieir lops the clouds hang low. lilack aud heavy with ralu-^ud suow. Hero and Ihere, by lho sliellering wall, tlrow and briglilen tho grasses small; Here and Uioioon the larch aro seeu Sli-nder tassels of .soitost green. Over the brook the aiders swing Tawny blossoms to greet the spring: 'I'luckly gouiming their branches low, Vellow catkins the willows show. Ileautlfui tokens! all in vain, J^own from tho hlack olond slanis tho ralu; lieep In tho earth, beneath onr feet, _Warm as summer the pulses beat. Vou may count Iheir tlirohbing iu stroains that leap, Willi rush nnd npple from silent sleep. 1 n 1 he Hash of wings Mirough the inaples h.are. And the bluebird's note on the moruiug air. OLD IfEWSPAPEES. ANI) SOME llAXnOM P.EFLECTIONS TIIEllKIN ANI) THEKEOX. We believe we li.ive seeu it staled on sevenil occasions, that the term News liail ils origin in tlie initials of the four (¦aiiiiual jioiuls of tlie Mariner's Com- jiass,—tbnt is, from Korth, East, West und South; and, therefore, that tho, term implies intelligence from these points, or intermediate points, without leganl to the age of that Iutelligence. Aeeordiiij; to thia theory, then, oWricHs is not so ]iarado.Kical as ou a superlieial view it luialit seem, wlien viewed under dill'ereiit ciiciinistaiiues ; aud Iherefore, inlelligencoof the discovery of Sir Johu i^'rankliu would ba news, although the story of llis perishmeut is very old; and liy the same rule, a paper, record¬ ing what transpired one or more hun- tlred years ago, would still be 7!c«'S—or a neu'-Viapcr. Moreover, if iutelligeuce is a t/iousantl years old, it would be Jiciw to the persou who liad uol seen or heard of it before—or iu other words, one who b.id heard or .seen it for lhi first time iu his life. JSut, without further s/iandgism, we will eome baek to the subject of "old iien'.si)apers," ami spin out a discourse oil the "old file" now before ns. At the present moment we absolutely know no more of its history than if it Itad uo Iiistory at all ; sullice it to say, that it came literally inlo our custody ubout a week ago—and not only litcrallt/, but also Icgallg. The only clue to tbe orig¬ iual owuef.ship of this old file consists iu the name of William Bailsman, im- ])rcssed in capital letters on the first page of it. lis title is " T/ie Inlelligen- i:er und Wec/.-lg Advertiser," published bv William and Robert I>ixon, at their "Printing OIBce and Bookstore, North Queeu Slreet, Lancaster," and its lir.st number is dated Wednesdav. July 31, 1701) ; begiuiiing at Ko. 1, Volume I., aud continuing to Ko. iH, Yol. II.— " price six ceuts." It is a folio of six pages—four columns to the page—and is eighteen iuches in leugth and twelve inches wide; priuted ou substantial ])ai>er, darkened by age. ,!,-o much for its pateruity, its locality, and its 2^!i!/siiuc, but we regard these _ as the leiust iiiterestiug of the peculiar fcalures whicii are conneeted with its origin, aud iis continued existence,from (hat day down to the present time.— This old lile of newspapers constitutes the cni6r,yo—the very origin of the pre¬ sent liancaster Intelligencer, and its coutents rellect some of the jieculiar oircuraslauees, and also tho dijicultics, which characterized its feeble begin¬ ning, and whieli accompanied the rise of thei;c»70(;ra<(Cj)c»Y.yin thiscountry, ukliough that name, except as an epi¬ thet of reproach, is uot to be found in its columns ; iudeed, in its third num¬ lier, iu a loug article signed Citizen, it "glories in the name of Bepublican," and labors hard and earnestly to prove that it isno( Dejiocratic, ?jo< Jacobin, and no< Anti-federal in ita political character and tendencies. It must bave originated under uufavorable aus¬ pices, and with feeble patronage, for in ils earlier numbers we lind but three advertisements, ouly oue of which was from a resident of Lancaster, and ho a Mr. Lewis Ve CrcriT-probably a de¬ scendant of " Hans Graff," wbo opened a " circus " and school to teach "Horse¬ manship, Sword and I'istol exercise, in . lhc new aud improved method." Even in the introductory of its publishers— for uo one assumed the responsibilities of its editorship—no special allusion is maile to ils political character, allhough in .snbscquent numhers its columns are employed in advocating the claims of Thomas JIoICeax, (o the gubern.atorial chair of renusylvania. Thatold in/ro- dtictorij, by-the-liye, contained many old-fasiiioned truisms, some of which may possibly have been departed from in the subsequent career of the paper. "II is therefore incumbent on us to avoid, as mueh as possible, the dissemi¬ nation of error, cither in news or policu; to discourage such imrty representations as are calculated, merely, to inflame the publicniind, and to exclude as toe laovtd a viper, all personal catumng"—haa a golden gingle lo us, wliatever may be its "ring" in olher ear.s. Although the publibhei-s iuvite "original es.say3, liter¬ ary, moral, or politieal, in sliort all conimunicatious subservient to general utility," and avow " not a diverging wish," that their paper shonld in auy manner he subservient to other than ils -avowed aim and end—the public good yet so feebly was this respond¬ ed to, that none appeared in the earlier number.^ aud they were compelled to liir up with anecdotes and witticisms- such for inslHiice, ns the following— "Parable addrc-ised to Beport-catchcs" which mag apply to the present times" —" Upon the credit of a clerical sports¬ man, the following reieept was lately given for cateliiug wild-geese"—" Tie a cord to llie tail of an eel, aud throwit in seas, where tliese fowls haunt. One of tliese swallowing this slippery bait, it ruus through him, and is swallowed by a second, a third, aud so on till the string is quite lilled. A person once caught so mauy geese. In tbis manner, that they absolutely flew away with him." lr we had time to digress, we inight ask if there are not geese, at the present day, wbo are caught by baits less unctuous tliana "slippery eel." But to resume the thread of ourcoagitations we are struck with thesingular absence of domestic nnd local news, in all the old papers wc have receutly examined —uut eveu an editorial column, or an editorial eouiinent or opinion, on any subject. It is true, that in 1799 the Ilepublican party had not yet como iuto power, aud it might not have been safe (or Editors to express such "radi¬ cal" opiniona as that party entertained; but this was also the case with papers ou the otlier side, at least as late as 1810; but then "the boot being on the otlier foot," might have made all tho difference seen in them. At the advent of this first number of the Old Intelli¬ gencer, .Washington had retired to tbe rural shades ofMount Vernon; John Adasis was Preaident of the United States;,Thomas Mifflin was Governor of Pennsyl vania, and Mejcico, and nearly all of Boath' Aineiics, was still untler the indisputed dominion of Spain. . Eing Qeorge III. was on the throne of England, and the Dibe(3tory was the ruling puwer in France, but the ultimate ascendency of the " Little Corporal," was rapidly looming up into view, and hence the first and sub¬ sequent numbers of this old file of pa¬ pers, were largely occupied with the "news frora France." In "a chronolog¬ ical list of the principal occurrences of the year 1898," talftn from a "London paper," we flnd the greater nnmber of the items relate tn the "Bebellion in Ireland," the M Bevolution InFranee," and the rigorous measures recommend¬ ed against the latter country, by our ruling President, and the appointment of 'Washington, to the Chieftainship of the American army. Ireland sympa¬ thised with revolutionary France, and so did the Eepubliean party, in the Uui¬ ted States; and in consequence of this sympathy of the latter, the epithets of ""Democrat" and "Jacobin" were thrust upon tbem. It was wouderfui that a name originating as a reproach, should subsequently have become such a tnlis- inau of power in the land. Wheu the politic.ll backbone of the Federal party was once broken, itis astonishing with what facility the members of that graud old party glided oirte into Ui'ini- hlicanism, aud finally into Demoeraev. Not many years thereafter, there were such politieal organizations as Demo¬ cratic Uepublicans, Independent Eepub¬ licans and Federal Ecbublicans—iaileei\ a hitherto Federal Journal, h.ad for ils motlo—"We are aliall Bepublicaus — Weare all I''eder.ali3ls.—We have yet gained little, if we countenance a poli¬ lical intolerance, as despotic as wicked, and capable of bitter aud bloody perse- cutiou,"—(Jeffekson,)—and when the great presidential coutest of lS2i Su¬ pervened, there was not a prominent man in thecountry, who would go be¬ fore tlie people, under the n.ame of/'edcr- alist, as acandidate; for John Quincy Ad¬ ams, William H. Crawford, Henry Clay and Andrew Jack.son, were all, either Democrats originally, or converts to Democracy. There is certainly "some- tiling in a name"—in polilics at least— whether names become popular, or are rendered odious. But to return to 1799 and the old Intelligencer, tliere is much in Us columns uuder the heads of "Do¬ mestic Occurences," "Selected Jfatler," "Foreigu Intelligencer," "Anecdotes," aud "Political Kews," as well as "Bus¬ iness Enterprises," that would no doubt be interesting to mauy an antiquated reader, hut we must forbear, eveu the mosl general allusions to lliem,as to their import. Iu the 13th uumber, October Itjth, sullicient eleclion returns are pub¬ lisheil lo indicale that Thomas McKeaii was elecled Governor by a majority of 7-lSI) over James Ross. In Lancaster county. Boss' majorily was 1073, and in Berks, MuKeaii's majority was 3.iU;i, —aud iu uumber 2i, December IS. irilil, is a proclamation by Gov. McICean, continuing all appointees iu office for three months. All the pages of Ko. 23, December 25, 1791), are surrounded with the usual beavy niaiginal lines of mouruing, for the recent death of Washinglon the great and the good; and the third page is taken up with " General Orders," " Proclamations," " Announeemems," " Odes," and " Complimentary Koti- ces," having reference to bis dealh and burial. The following Message was Irasniittcd to Cougress. tben in session, by the President—" Gentlemen of the Senale—'Vhc letter herewilb transmit¬ ted will iuform you, that it has pleased Divine Providence to remove from this life, our excellent fellow citizen, George Wasliington, liy the purity of his char¬ acter, and a loug series of services to his country, rendered illustrious through¬ out the world. It remains for au allec- tionate aud greatful poeple, iu whose hearts he cau never die, to pay suitable houor to his memory. John Adams. Perhaps, there was no uame iu mod¬ ern history more widely known, and universally respected—and eveu rever¬ ed—than Ihe name of Washington.— However shining bis virtues may ha%'e been, whilst living, yet, it is a fact- hut a fact not more remarkable in his case than iu a hundred olhers—that many of those virlucs were not discov¬ ered, unlil he was out of ollice, aud bis body, subsequently laid in the tomb. Comparatively "great and good" as Washington was,—we uever deemed him a God—he, nevertheless, had his enemies and traducers. Iu all ages of the world there have been men who lind itutterly impossible for llicm lo elevate themselves aliove llieirmvu sordid aud prevcrtcd plaus, in couleinplatiug men aud things arouud them, and separate from themselves. The.se men reason thus: 'I hunger and thirst, I eat and drink, I feel pleiLsure and pain, I love aud bale, Ilie aud steal.' Washington, also, hungers and thirsts, he eats aud drinks, ho feels pleasure and pain, Iherefore, he also loves and bates, he lies and steals. Any beiug that has a pbj'sical faculty iu commou !('M tbeir own, caunot possibly have a mental or moral faculty above tbem. These are the moral and social levelers of our race, butthey never level Ihemselves up lo any standard, because tbey are only iutent ou leveling other people down. Araong them were the enemies .and the traducers of wasliington, aud many of them are living at thepre.ieiitday—aud not Washington only, but of ang one whom they may deem aiming at great¬ ness andgooduess. But let tliicr victim once die, and be no louger in their way, and eveu if he never had a character, tbey will vie with each other in making one for him, aud bestowing upou him fulsome, aud eveu unmerited praise- praise thnt might have assisted him, while living, iu his struggles with the world, but whieh uow is only an idle wind, aud cosla them nothing, or, per¬ haps, eveu this poor pittance to tbe memory of tbe dead, would uever be given. These are moral, social aud polilical paradoxes that we have been trying lo probe and harmonize these forty years, without sucess. We confess we caunot comprehend how a man can be a tyrant, a perjured knave, a liar, a tliief, a de- frauder, and a common scoundrel, as a politici.au, anda" public functionary;" and yet be humane, coucientious, hou¬ orable, fair-dealing, moral, and a genial companion, ns a christiau aud a fellow citizen. Yet those vices are said to characterize their acts while living, and tbose virtues embellish their eulo¬ gies when dead—and these alligations oflen Issue frora the same human throat. The second volume of the "Intelli¬ gencer and Advertiser," is not as free from those " iiillammalory appeals to passion," as it proposed to slart out with, in its lirst mimber. The triumph of tlie Republican party, in the elec¬ tion of Jefl'ersou aud Burr, perhaps made the dillerence. In publisbingthe tables of "relurns," the columus nre respectfully headed Bepublican and Monarchial. As a set-oil' lo this Jeffer- Riiti was ileuomiuated an Atheist, and liurr a Ilell-Cat. Wliatever the bit¬ terness which has characterized polit¬ ical eleclious from that day down lo the present, maj' have been, it is ex¬ ceedingly doublful whelher any oue has been more bitter than tbat which ushered in the advent of the Bepubli¬ can parly of ISOU. Still, the Republi¬ can party, in its collective capacity, professed to revere the name of Wash¬ ington ; for, among their toasts at the celebration of their trium|)h, held in Harrisburg, ou the 1st day of January ISOl, we llnd the following— " T/ie mcmorg of Qen. George Washington; the pattern of due subordination to civil authoritg*¦.—a'mecheers; and aftera •Perhaps llils w.as after all onlv a "nine" at the .admiuislration of.lohn Adams and tho Federal pnrty, who, it was alleged, hnd iiL- templed lo render the military superior lo the civil power, anii Had origlnaled and proinul- gateo the "alien nnd sedition laws." We aro qulle cortain, that when wo* were a boy. and subsequently, these terms of political re¬ proach, as won as many others, were as lillle understood by tholargernumbBr of those who used them, as the problems of Euclid are by tho Hottentots or Patagoniaus. solemn pause—Boslin Castle." With all the asperities, and the bitterness which characterized that famous con¬ test, it is said, that before his death, John Adams became a convert to tbe political doctrines of Jefferson, aud his aon, John Qulncy Adams, also, who held the position of Secretary of Slate, under the Democratic Republican Pres¬ idency, of James Monroe. There are some things in this staunch old radicaiJi^ Republican journal, which would look, and sound very odd at the present day, if indeed they ever could have been in harmouy with real Dem¬ ocratic principles. Such for instance DS this:—" For Sale, a healthy, active Mulatto Girl, about23 years of age. In¬ quire of the Printers." Here Is an other item, that no doubt will .be interesting to those who are the advoeates of "female suffrage," and we confess it'1ia8''BUiBcient an<iaiit(y as ¦ piecedent. to give U aome weight at the present da.v. " Letters from Bor¬ dentown K, J. state that a party of forty ladiea went from one house, to exercise the important privilege of vot¬ ing. Of these amiable patriots, only ien voted for the Jacobin ticket"—fol¬ lowed by the editorial remark, that— "These ten have been, we presume the wise virgius." Of course the Jacobin ticket. Was thatheaded by JeflTerson and Burr, the Bepublican candidates, and who were alleged to havo been in sym¬ pathy with the Jacobins aud Demo¬ crats ot France. It might uot bpjm- pertinent; nor insignificant, -toSaKsk, "What political party in our eoiintry now lineally descending from any party of that period, is in sympathy with the French Bepublicaus of the presen t day'?' Bepublicauism, for tbe last seventy years,-has gone Ihrough so mauy feats of "grouud aud lofty lumbling,"—and thatof France has beoome sodubious in its cbaracter, tbat the whole "model Republic,"oBtbiseontinentrecentIy en¬ trapped itself iuto aclive sympathy aud support of a powerful aud consuliilated Germau monarchy, wbicii claims to rule by a Divine right—hy the special "grace of God," iu total contravention of all '\iieBaoti>ox)ularsovreignty, IMuch here might be said of tbe political "llip-ilops," of the "graud old Federal party," siuee the year ISOO also; font bas, by no means, beeu remarkable, for polilical consistency. We are not sure that wliat politicians call "consis¬ tency" is a political virtue. In it are iu-volved the life or death of the ideas of i^i'ogrcss, of reform, of con¬ servatism, of radicalism, or auy other moral, aocial and polilical ism, that may be developed in elevating and advancing the civilization of the age. Would il have been a virtuo for the Britons lo have remained as Julius Cicsar fouml- them to all eternity, or even to the preseut day'? It is some¬ times absolutely amusing, wbeu we look back into Ihe psist, and see how tliese ideas have been tossed about from side to side, by the'polilical parties of our country—for all the world like boys at a game of "hand-ball," eaeh intent upou runniug up his own particular score. We well remember wheu we were an "Old line Whig," how we were snubbed and twilled by our Dem¬ ocratic associates, about our conserva¬ tism ; claiming, as a distinguishing characteristic of Democracy, that it was radical and progressive, and adapted it¬ self to circumstances as tbey occurred. This doubtless may be true, aud may accouut for ils conservatism, aud its op¬ position to radical ideas noio. There is one distinguishing feature about this old jourual before us, and that is, that from its earliest iucipiency down to the present time, ithas uniformly claimed to be the exponent of the party princi¬ ples which have been'arrayed in oppo¬ sition to tbe old Federal party, ami all other parties, which, it alleged, have descended from that ancient slock. Iu this it claims to have been consistent- and perhaps it woff-whatever may have beeu the measures it has advocated from time lo time. There is, perhaps, not a single newspaperin the city aud couuly of Lancaster that can show such an unbroken series of file.-*, from 1799 to 1S71,—and all purjiorling to be on the same political side—as thatof the Intel- liganeer, whatever virtue there may be in that. And furthermore, if 1S71 knows precisely where it stands now, iu its political relations and allinilies to 1709, then it is gifted with powers of discrimiualiou of a vastly higher char¬ acter than we ever expect to attain.—- Weare the niore i upreasetl with this phase, wheu we loiJk upon all the men and lhemea.sures of the two great po litical parties into which our country is divided. The Democratic ptirty did not imme¬ diately assume that name aa a distinc¬ tive lille. It was one of several terms of reproach, that was applied to it by the then dominant i''edei'al party. Like "Yankee Doodle," wliich became nationalized by adoiuiiui, this name was .i/rafiMn% assumed, for eveu us late as 1819-20 it was onlv a iirelix to the terra Bepublican; nevertheless, " it was a power in the lauil." From the earliest dawn of its polilical ascenden¬ cy, down to ISliO, it would not permit anything moro thau temporary lease of power, by any other party, but then through iuternal disseutioua aloue, the eharm was broken, aud it lias sullered Its political opjionent, under ils own earlier cnguomeu, to rule aud reign tri- umphautly for more than teu years. Are there not lessousof wisdom iu these tilings that muy well bo heeded now by political parlies, whatever their names may bo ? Beware of inlernal dissentions. But we have dilated sulll- cieutly on tliese things, and more than wo at first intended. An old file of newapapers, is, however, too suggestive to resist altogether tbe teaehiuga il fur¬ nishes ou the mutations of men ami measures, in a land ot freedom; and we may safely conclude that thero al¬ ways loill be and ahvays should be Uco parties !it least, iu our couutry, for there is a superior power, above all party, and inherent in tbe people, that we may hope will always develop its jireservative quaiilics, wheu tho con¬ tingency arises. During the period of which we are writing in reference to this old file of the Intelligencer, Laii- etister was theseatof theState Govern¬ ment, aud alLlhe political intrigues and wiae workings euliuiuated here, and that old Jiaper is full of them. We con¬ clude this p.aper by the simple allusion to a peculiarity of that period, iu the uames of voeationa. " Julia Lonan, Jlilliuery and Haberdashery." " 'jolin Biddle, Surgeon, Barber, aud Haber¬ dasher." These lalter terms meant, what now goes by the names of "Ko- tions," " Trimmiugs, &c.," so that we have auy nuniher of Haberdasheries, all aloug Kiug and Queeu sts., iu Lancas¬ ter city at the present day—allhough Surgery, ami Barbery are entirely di¬ vorced. Gbanteli.u.s. the crowds of well-dressed and polished bgures which adorned that celebrated resort. He seemed lo have justeprung Irom the woods; his dresa, of uncouth cut, whieli was made of leather, stood dreadfully in need of re|iair, apparently uot having felt the touch of aueedlefor niany a loug mouth. A woru-o blanket, that might have served for bed was buckled to bis ahoulders; and his heard uncroppod, tangled,au coarse, fell down upou his bosom, as ii to counterpoise the weight of the thick, dark lucks that supported themselves ou his back ami shoulders. This being, strange to the spectators, seemingly half-civilized, half savage, J -..-^ , „.,.f^a xiuu uccil Iiom mented when he spoke to them; short, he was oue whose fame will be "e excia growiug brighter wheu the fashionable.' is cast." wbo laiigbed at him, atul many rauch greater than tbey, aliall have been ' gotten grove, the birds, those blossoms of air, will sing bis name. The little wren will pipeit wilh her matin hymn ; the oriole carol it from the slender grasses of the meadows; the turtle-dove roll it through tbe secret forests; the many-voiced'mocking-bi rd pou r i t along the air; and the imperial eagle, the bird of Washiugton, as he sits far up on the blue mountains, will scream It to the tempest and the stars. He was John J. Audubon, the great ornitholo¬ gist. There is uo trutli more patent than tbat appearances are oflen deceit¬ ful. JOHN'S BAEGAIK. " I don't like you at all, Maidie Boy¬ al. You are a real naughty little girl, and I won't play with you any more— so!" , Maidie looked very much grieved.and began to ory. Mr. Boyal waa aitting at hia desk, writing, hut at John's emphat¬ ic words he glanced up, and aaid to his aon, in a very grave voice : "John, comehere." , ,. , " I wasjust going out into the kilch- en,^<-»tftmmered Jolin, coloring. "I wi(iit'«%peak to Kitty." . , "Butl wish to speak to yon," said Mr, Boyai. So John came alowly up to the desk, with the look of a culprit on his lace. "Whal, .sir?" , " I waut to know bow much you will take for your share iu Maidie?" John looked up surprised. "I don't know what you mean," he aaid. " Wlir," explaiued his father, "since you have done playing with Maidie, I would like to buy your share in her— or your right to her. Kow you may set your own price. How rauch shall I give you for her?" "How much money, do you mean, papa?" "Yes." " I guesa I'll sell her forfifty dollars," said John, afler a few momenta' reflec¬ tion. " Yea, I will—fifty dollars." " Very well; that is quJte reasonti- ble," said Mr. Boyal. "Now you must remember that as I am going to huy all your right to Maidie.you have nothiug more to do with her. You must not kiss lier, nor. speak" to her, nor play with her any more. She is her mam¬ ma's little girl and mine, not youra at all. It is a bargain, is it, Johu ?" " Can't kiss lier good night, when we go lo bed ?" " Ko." "Can't we go out doors together?" John's voice began to sound a liltle un¬ steady. " You kuow our garden, pa¬ pa?" "Y^ou will have to make another, somewhere elae. I will flud you a place. Y'ou must not work in the same garden auy more." "I will have to lead her to school, papa; she will get lost if I don't, just as sure as anything." " I will attend to that, John. You will have to go to sehool by yourself. Is the bargain made?" " Y-e-s, air, I auppose so." And Johu cast a doubtful look at Maidie, who atood close by, wilh her doll in her arms, and tears on her long eyelashea. "Very weil," said Mr. Boyal. "When you want the money you can ask forit. Vou may go uow." "I kuow what I mean to buy," thought John, running to the other end of the room and sittiug on the broad, cushioned window aeat. " I will buy a pony aud a saddle, aud a gold watch and lots of other things I've been a- wauting ever since I was a little boy." The idea of these splendid acquisi¬ tions waa so pleasant that ho wauled to ahare it with some oue; so he cried out: " Oh,"Maidie, you como here, and I'll tell you what I'm going to huy with my fifty dollars." " Stop, stoi)," cried papa; " have you forgotten so soon that you have no right to speak to Maidie? She doea'ut beloug to you at all." A cloud came over John's face, and ho sat very still for a long time, think¬ ing, and by-aud-bye two or tliree tears fell. Maidie and he had played to¬ gether ever since he could remember— such a long, longtime! and she was the on!j' sister he had in the world; a reol lease sometimes, tb be sure, but then, how could he get along wilhout her? and he looked slyly out from under the window curtains, to aeo what she was doing. How pretty she looked, sitting iu a high ehair beside her father, wilh a book of colored pictures open before her, aud her sunny curls falliug over her rosy checks aud while neck! Wasn't she better than a sail-boat, or a gold •.vatch, or eveu a pony? "Y'es, iudeed, a thousand million timea!" thought John, " and yet I've gone and sold her for fifty tiollars, and I almost know that papa won't take it back, 'cause, it was a regular bargain. O, dear, dear!" Here the tears iiegan to How faster and faster, and presently a choking lit¬ tle sob attracted Jlr. Boyal's attention. Then another and another, and then John jumped down from the window seat, runuing up to tlic desk, hid his fsice on his father's arm, and burst into such'a pa.ssion of tears that Maidie was frightened aud began to cry too. "Why, what is the matter, my son?" asked Mr. Eoyal, kindly. "I—I—I—dou't wa—waut to—to .sell luy right to Maidie," answered John, as well as he could for weeping. "Why—not for flfty dollars?" asked papa. "Oh, no," said John, "no indeed, not for fifty million. Will you let me have her backagain, please, dear papa? and I don't helieve I'll ever be s . — be so naughty and erosa again as long as I live." "Very well," said Mr. Boyal, smil¬ ing, "Since you wish it so mucli, I will give up my jiart of tiie bargain, aud you may have your little sisler back again; but I hope you will think, another time, when you are tempted to speak to her as you did today, how you would feel not lo have Maidie at all." " I guess I shall," said John, giving her a good hug and kisa. " I love you, Maidie." "So do I you," eaid Maidie, return¬ ing the caresa. "Kow let's go out in our little garden, John." So away they ran, hand in hand, as merry as the birda that wero aiuging up among the boughs of the old butter¬ nut tree. JUDGIKG BY APPEABAUCE. Some years ago there arrived at tht Cal-aract House, Kiagara Falls, an odd lookiug mau, whose appearance anu acainst oeing seiluceil bv the prevalent deportment were quite iu contrast wilh vices of the age. "I "havo nre.acbed the crowds nf WI^I l-,l ,-oc;aDr1 .in.l .^.,1 id, ,..) „,.,xir,„^ «,-„«. ,.,.... ,..-*., ,^} ... . A clergyman havingpreachedseveral times in a amall town, iu which he had not onee been invited to dinner, said, iu seriously exhorting bis hearers against being seduced by the prevalent vices of the age. "I havo preached against every vice but luxurious liviug, Iiaving had uo opportunity of observ¬ ing to what extent it was carried on ID this town. A lady writerin the Chic.igo Journal, A ,„„,.„ „„i '^''y^/ "Take my advice, ye young trt^ed fl",? . '»""'™' contemplaling matrimony, uiZ\TLlT. i I'?^'^"" ""'"y " ™"'> ¦>vlio is impudent to Iarge;irnifrimT,ron'onc\ide"tanced seTf'to'tV'^'rgLt'liecfiJ'tke'"; aud'hi^'-'heard'uJi^'r'"" Ti "",''}'^"i -"i^es^i'e'und^f flaiS atthftabre ana ins heard uncroppod, tangled,aud or beats his horse carelessly in sudden temper." How does it happen thatall thesmart children are just four yenrs of age? We heard the otber day of a little Eddie, "Just four and uo more," who after be- iit. onnCin^il ,'„-,lr.<.ru oil ...... _-,..- pushed bis steps into tlie sitting-room' I . J""" '""/ ""," ."" more," wno alter be- uustiapped his little burden quietiv ',"*^ confined lu-doura all ouo rainy ' • ¦ or the landloril, andr"^' .B'ahbed hm imt early thenext lookeil around for the landlord, and then modestly asked for breakfast. riie hostat firsl drew back with evident repugnance to receive this uncouth form among his genteel visitors, but a few words whispered iu his ear satislied liini, and the stranger look his place in """ .niau i-ouut, mat ins never so sure the conipany, some shrugging their to I'c wrong as when tho Judges are shoulders, some staring, some laughiug unauimous. outright. Yet there teas more in that ¦ one man than in the whole conipany. " Mr. Speaker, I straddle that blind " He had beeu entertained wilh distinct- was the phrase iu wliich a poker-play- lion at the tables of princes; learned iug Callfornian legislator seconded the societies, to which tbe like of Cuvier motion. belonged, had bowed dotvn to welcome -- — his presence; kings had been compli- A loud wife threw a liottle of hair re ..J, ,3.«—^„ «..- I,.,., c«i,j LUC next jorning, and lold his fond mother but rather strict mamma that he was going out " to L'et tbe holler out of his mouf." The Pall Mall Gazette says of a cer¬ tain Irish Count, that itis never so sure ,.. newer at her husband's head, at which be he exclaimed, "We must part, the die for- When women come to ait in the jury- ,„^„. box, possibly infants may get to be From every hill-top, and deep, shady criers in court -OVn tbo hir.It, ,!.,.-.« 1.1 -*' the The Wish of the Hkabt.—A little deaf and dumb girl waa once asked hy a lady, who wrole the question on a slate: "What is prayer?" The little girl took the pencil and jvrote the reply. " Prayer is tlie wisli of the lieart." So it is. Fine words aud beautiful verses said to God do not> make; real prayer without the:Blncere wish of-the heart. . . y^ The story that John Bright .spends his time in knittingsloekinga proves lo have been oul.v a yarn. An artesian well at Charleston is to he aold at auction—the purchaser to re¬ move it. There's a grave stone in Kew Jersev which reails ; "Julia Adams : Died iif thin ahoea." Virginia, saya tbe Kew Y''ork 'World, reporta Timothy as promiaing a good crop, but aaya nothing ahout Paul. "Ho told me to get out of the ofiice," eaid Artemua Ward; "I pitied him aud went." -^^^i^^'^^^^^^^^i^^'^^^^i^^ A dentist our west had togive in, the other day; a lad wanted a new setof teeth put in a fioe comb. :)'I atn.'nbt mad, biit Incensed," said a daqdy Bmelllng of musk. He was not miuculmr, bat smelt atrong, A SIOBT rOB THE IVITLS EOLKS. niKTS O'^ TABLEA.UX. I propose to give a few plain direc¬ tions by whioh eft'eetive scenes caiL be arranged in any room with but lUUe trouble or exp°nse. , ;- You will ueed 10 boxes of Tatl0us sizes, 2 hall-length picture-frameil,-': 1; wash-tub and board, 1 broom,'SOtfeet anuealed wire, 2 dozen curtain-rings' 12 large lamps of 20 candles, or ajgaa rod 12.feet long wJtli Jo 5-foi.&;Jajjirners uponrlt, Oyarda black tarlatan muslin, costing 50 cents per yard, and 5 cotton sheets. If the room has no folding-dnors you must bave a tliick curtain or bed-quilt contrived to draw on a wire across the room at one end, leaving a space about 15 feet deep for the stage. This space must be draped with shawla oreurtuins by stretching wire across the aides aud back of the stage near the ceiling and hanging them by meaus of riugs firmly sewed upon tbe cloth. You will thus bave a square room draped all around, exceptiufront. Tbenproeure4upfight pieces of narrow board ju.st tbo height of the room for posts, screw them upon the back sides of the frames near the edge, so tbat when you raise them up the frames will staud upright 41 feet from tbe lloor. Cover all the space above aud helow the fiamea with cloth of the same color lUi the black wall, so they will appear to the audience as if they were haugius'upon the wall; put up these frames -l feet apart, and nail 4 strips of board 5 inches wide iu the shape of a large frame between tbem, having the top aud bottom strips which form the franie «} feet apart, which when completed will give you a large frame belween tbe two smaller ones. This large frame will be 4 feet.wido aud 6J high outside. A curtain muat be ar¬ ranged to ruu in frout of the frames in order to cover them when not iu uae. These 3 frames stand at back of the stage (Lbe supporting posts nailed to the floorj 2i feet from tbe wall, so as to give room for the performers behind them. If gas is available, fasten a rod with burners upou it over tho lop of the cur¬ taiu or folding doors. The best way is to make for it a shelf supported upou two posts about S feet high. Over the buruers and behiud tbem tack sheets of commou tin, beut so as to throw the light dowu. If you cannot get the tiu conveniently, fasten behind the burners a while sheet, which will serve the purpose very well. If the curtain does not come to the ceiling you must put a shawl or thick cloth above it, so that the light cannot show much over the curtaiu iuto the darkened room where the audieuce sit. Wheu gas cannot be had, fasten the candles upon the shelf. If keroseue lamjis are used, holes must be made iu the board to fasten tbem firmly in their places. In a very elab¬ orate performance the stage should be raised to a level witu the eyea of the spectators. Bull have had mauy very flne performances iu a parlor wiiere we did uot begiu work until two hours he¬ fore the curtain rose. Kext make a veil of hlack tarlatan musliu large enough to cover the space before the foldiug-doors or posts wliich support your curtaiu. In the programme I am to give you this moutb 1 shall introduce ouly such costumes and appointments aa cau readily be obtained iu any bouse. We will begiu wilh a group of statuary, as this requires more lime for prejiaration than other scenes. Here is a very sim¬ ple oue ¦.—Justice, Mercy, and Peaee. Justice stauds ou a high pedestal made of two boot boxes covered with a sheet; I'eace on one box ; and Jlercy kneels on two boxes placed eud to end so aa to make a long pcdeatal. They are draped in sheela. Peace must be taken iJy achild dressed in a short frock uf while cotton belted around the waist. Justice must he a larger lady than Mercy, ilercy kneels in attitude bf prayer with clasped handa ; Justice stands erect liuldiug a sword aud scales covered with wliite clotli, and having a bandage over her eyes ; Peace standa ou the right of Justice hubliug a stalk of paper lilies iu her rigbt liaud. The faces muat be whitened with lily-white rubbed on dry. In all statuea the hands which are ahown arc covered witli while cotton loves, the arms with stocking-legs sewed to tlie gloves, and the lieads wigs made of laiup-wickiug. Bemem¬ ber to turn down your gaa, or to draw a strip of green cambric before your kerosene lamps ; and if your atalues sland slill, llie eU'ect ia wonderful.— Wheu the audieuce havo seen euough of the statues, lower your curtaiu or shut folding doors. The assistants rap¬ idly clear the stage; draw away the curtaiu whicli hides the picture, and in one miuuie the audieuce behold to tbeir aatouishiucut a setof tableaux. luoue frame Milton, at ihe age of 10, by a girl with a rouud face and light, wavy hair falling upon her liuir iu front, fiat-top eap, poiuted paper col lar, velvet basque; iu the other the Pride of the Marlcet,— a dark-haired yOung lady, rustic hat, white waist, bodice cut out of red flan¬ nel ; she holds ou Iter left arm a basket of apples, and in her rigbt haud the largest apple of all. In tbe centre or large frame we will have Dear and Cordelia, Lear sits proudly hy on a soap-box, Cordelia has lierleftarm over bis shoulder. Throw light trom the left side with a common relletjtor.- Turu the liglit on at top, and llie pic¬ tures look as if they wero painted. Kext we have a comic scene,—ioi'c's Disguises. A preltj' girl in calico is wa.shiug at a tub at the right side of the stage ; a fop ia looking at her through an enor¬ mous eye-glass; heia dressed showily, with white bat and caue. In the next scene the maiden is sitting on a chair iutheceutie, aud a cunning lillle Cupid aims his great tin bow at the fop from the wash-tub. In tbe mean time the active assistant has fllled the frames agaiu and without delay the imdieuce hehohl—Catawba, Little Nell and her Grandfather, and Little Iio peep. Calawba holda a glass half full of vinegar; light flowing hair, white dress, with grape-leaves. Bo-peep,high sugar-loaf hat made of red paper, cali¬ co dress tucked over red petticoat; holds a crooked caue. Kell, calico dre.=s, broad hat. Grandfather leans on ber shoulder, caue iu right hand. ' And then-'I'he Boman Girls al the Shrine of St. Agnes. The Saint, iu white, stands in the large frame; before heron thestage two bo-Kes covered wilh a sheet form the shrine, on which stands a cros? raade of unpainted wood 2i feet high ; one dark Boman girl holds a Avreath of fiowera over one arm of the cross, an¬ olher kneels at the other side, passing to her a liasketof llowers, a tliird kneels iu prayer at front of stage telling her beads, a fourth stsinds in the corner of the stage at b.ack holding a sheaf of straw. Dress,—black, hrown, or red skirts; black brelellesover white waists, long, wliile towels on heads, folded 3 times the longest way, and jilaced fiat upon the head leaving Ihe rest to bang dowu behind. Concealed singers slug Ave Sanctissimr.. By this lime the audieuce will be ready for sumething to laugh at, so we will havo—ijT/norancc is Bliss: a French Peasant Scene. At the left of the stage an old ladyls asleep In a high ehair. She is dressed in black, oriu any plain dress; wears a white apron, and has a white sliawi folded across her slioulders; alsoahigh cap and spectacles, which have fallen upou ber nose. At the right a girl sits at the spinning-wheel. She has on a bright short akirt, white waiat, red or black bodice; on her heatl a cap of lace gathered in a rosette witll very long ribbon? streaming from it; on herarms she has tbree ribbons, one at 2 inches above tbe wrist, next below the elbow the third near the ahoulder. A youtli ia kneeling at her feet holding her left hand. She looka archly at him, regard¬ less of tlie unconseioua grandmother. The youlb has ribbons upon his arms like the girl; he has no coat on, but bright suspenders joiued in front with two bars. In the 2d scene the lovers re¬ main as before, except that the grand¬ mother bas wakened, aud isjnst raising her broom with Ihe intention of wak¬ ing the young man also. In the Sd scene the grandmother holda the lovers apart at arms' length by grasping oue ear of each. The girl is crying at the leftside, and tbe youth at the rightof grandmother looks sheepishly down, with his finger in his mouth. Kext draw away the back curtain again, aud show more pictures which the assistant has had time enough to prepare. In the centre frame stauds a gleaner. In one amall frame a child with a red cape over her head and a little basket in her liand personates Betl Biding- hood; and inthe other & ¦Aiarcltionete, Nexttbe-AngeU'Whitper. tatoot- bed two'Uttle «)hUdnn} Me, jBleeplng.. Oneangellifts the quilt at the right corner of the bed; at the head another angel with clasped hands is smiling upon the sleepiuz babies; behind tho bed in the centre of the stage upon a box Btands'a third angel with hands ex¬ tended in blessing; the fourth angel kneels in prayer at the foot of the bed. Ifi: the 2d scene tbe little child who lay ln=;fl:bnt of the Bed is, kneeling, the bighest angel places her left hand upon the child's shoulder and points iip with tlie right.. The'other angels turn and lopk.in same direction. The children are dressed in lilghf-gowns, the" angel iu white muslin; their winga are made of a wire frame 4 feet long, in rough imitaliou of the shape of a bird's wing, and aro covered with coarse muslin; tho two winga are fastened together by a band of liu flve inchea loug pierced with holes for the eUustio which con- hues them to the shoulders. As by this time the spectators may be tired of stillsceues wu will give them au illuslraled ballad,—"The Mistletoe Bough," "01dBobinGray,"or"Alon- zo the Brave," aud conclude with a burlesque ]Kinlouiime, or "Jarley's Wax worKs." But aa these requirea very full description I shall reserve them for a future article. From what has beeu said this mouth you will understand how to arrange a very .simple hut. ellective exhibition. I shall hereafter explain how to throw coloied lights wilbout fire smoke, or smell, how to jiaiut scenery aud mi." the paints, how to preseut ship aud boat scenes iu a perfect way, yet so simple thata boy i«f twelve cau"mako aud painl them for himself, and give full accounts of elaborate scenes, pic¬ tures, burlesques, and statuary, inter¬ spersed with many aTnusiug adven¬ tures wiiich have occurred iu the trav¬ els of the writer.—Cliu- Young Folks. PROFESSIONAL. JV, I'llUE.VIIFr, _. _ A'rrOU.N'Ey-AT-L.4.W, onice. Columbia, i'a. Ifobll I<y 13 t). Al-l'OKKEY-AT-LAW, omce-Willi I. E. Hlesler, No. iSi Woitli Dulie street. Ijaiicaslor, Pa. [declS ly 7 TTHGIl It. FUf.TON. ±1 A-rrOUNEY AT LAW, OlUce with Wm. Aug. Alice, Ksq., No. 15 East KI ng .St., Laueaster, Pa. octlll tl*mo -IS AI.E-XAlVDEn II. IIOOD, ATTOltNiiy AT LAW, omce. No. 9 Court Aveuue, West aide of Court Uouse. __ Juu 25 t*'f yj W. l-.VI'TEItSO.ir, ATrOaNEY AT LAW, . Has removed his olllcc to No.iiS liasl Klng-Sl. api 15 ly-'Ki-2-2 V. Jf A'lTOUNEY AT LAW, omco in Wldmyer's Itow, No. 4 South Dnke street, Lancaster, Pa. Pensions and Bounty Claims promptly attended to. [Jy 19 '65 &.\sr AXD srKiBT.irETz. Al-rOUNEY'S AX LAW. , Ollico. No. 12 South lluko at,, Lancaster.Pa ap'J 'TO tr F 11 E S II GROUND SPICES. TTOUSEKEEPER.S supplied with FltlSII XJ OllOlIJSX) CINNA.MON, CI.OVI'S. PEPPER. ALLiSriCE. GINGEtt,; MUSTAIIC, COBIANDEIt. MACE, &c., Gronud by ua and Warranted PUUE nnd FUE.SU:. AJso, NOT.\IEGS, SAFFRON, CAYENNE PEPPEil, M.AIUOBAM, PBESH DISTILLED ROSE 'WATEP., OB.\NaE FLOWER WATER, PEACH WATEU, PL.A.VOBING EXTRACTS, COX & COOPER'S GEL-iTINE, COLEMAN'S LONDON MU.STARD, BAKING SOD.V CREAM TARTAR, ' SALAEBATUS, PBABL ASK, S.\LTPETRE, BABBITT'S YEAST POWDER, : MAIZENA, GBOUND RICE, PABIN.\,'SAGn, . • *¦ WASHING SODA, T..VPIOCA, S0D.4. ASH, ) SAPONIFIER. BABBITT'S CONCENTEATED POTA.SH, &c. FOB SALE BY IOUS T. JiOSa & SON, Drugglsis, No. 5 Nortll Queen street, Lancaster, Penna JOHN P. ItEA. -ATTOBNKY AT LAW. OfBce with 0.3. Dickey, esq.. No. 21S. Queen atreet, Lancaster, Pa. a-tt JOIIN Zl, ¦£,t:X.\iT,V., SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER. Also gives particular attention to clericiug saies of real and personal property at auy distance wilhin thecouuty. omco in Springville, Mount Joy towuship, Lancasterco. Address Spring Garden. P.i. O M. PRICE, O. ATTORNEY AT LA'W, Oitice No. 6, north corner of Court Avenne, near Court House, Lanciisler. Pa. IJcS'tM SIMON P. EBY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Olllee with N. Ellmalier, esq.. North Dulio St., Lancaster, Pa. jsep ¦ll 'lir xerA.<iuiN<.ir«Nw. HOPKINS, VY ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. 2.S Nortll DuUe Street, Lancaster, Pa. ang 30 tf-m REUBEN M. lONO, A'XTollNEY AT LAW, No.SSouth Dnke St.. Lancaster. Special atten¬ tion paid to procuring or opposing discharges ofdebtors in banl^rnptcy, a profond presenta¬ tion of claims, reudering professional assis¬ tance to assignees, and all bnsine.ss in short connected with proceedings in voluntary or Involnntary bankruptcy, whether beforo tlie Register or the United States Conrl-s. Parties Intending to Uiko tiio benetit of the law will nsnally lind itadvautageuusto liavea prellia- luarvconsuUatiou. luullt-tl-:ll BESJAMIX V- ICOWE. AUCI'lONEER, Respeetfuiiy luforms tin) public tbat ho wlli attend to Crying Sales of real estale and jier¬ sonal proporty iu any nart of the couniy. i.ott ors addressed to lilin at Slnit IiviUu P.O., Lancaster couuty. will be promplly attended to. B AN K E R S , HvWE UEMOVED TO TIIEIU NEW BA^K- IXG HOUtiE. N. E. ANGLE OF CENTRE SQUAUE. LANCASTEU, PA. SPECIAL atleul Ion given lo tlie imrchaso of iJovGrniueiiL Jtoiids nnd Securities. Drjiw Mills o!" KNcliaii'^c on Eii^lanJ,* Tre- limil. i-'rance. G(;rin:iiiy, e\e. Uiij- HUd sell Gold and Silver, and will make advances on approved xeeuril.ies. , Cori»!)rations. Kirins.or Indivldu^iLsIcceplnK tlxrir nccouniR with us, will be allo^vcd luiei- e-stOfKodfiKisiied): -I per cent. 1 nioiiLli.Io por cont. fl month.'}. Ay. " :( " \-,y. •* J2 '• |;Ui25 ir II BANKING HOUSE OP fitlCSO, McGBAJVX & CO., I'lJfAKCIAT. AOEST.S «V TJIE UXITED STATES. HAVING been appointed by the Govern¬ ment, Agents for the sclllnR ol" Uie New Loan, aro now ready lo reeeive subscriptions. Jsonds and Stocks of every de.seription. bought and snbl. \Vc sell Drafl-s on Jruland, Gi'rmiiny, Ensland, Ae., nnd issue PiLss;if;e Ticltels to and rrom the OM Counlry. Gold and hllver oou-jbt aud sold. Money loaned on Oood Security. Willpjiy interest on small or larj^o sum.s of , raouej- deposited wltb us (if so deposUedj: ¦I percent, on call. lf> percent. U months, ' Ay. " 3 " Pa " 12 " ran-I-7IiyrK Rmar?920 : INTEREST O.^^ DEPOSSTS. THE INLAND INSUKANCE AND DEPOSIT COMl'ANY will pay interest on deposits \\s follows, viz: For 1 and 2 months 4 per eent. *' 3,-land5 " ^J^ " " 0,7,8,9 and 10 montlm 5 " " 11 and 12 months....,.- aj^ " Stocks and lionds bought and sold on Com¬ mission. J. C. MUilLENliERG. nov2(!ra 51 Cashier. LEGAL KOTICES, EXCnCTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Abralmm Howry, late of Boudersburf?, Laueaster county; Pa., decM. T ETTEUS testamentary on said e.siale hav- jlnf; been ufinLed to the undersigned, nil persDnsindebiedLheretoarorequesiodtomako immediate settlement.aud those havin^claim or demands asaiust the same will present them withoutdelay forsettlementto the un¬ dersigned, JO-ildlug iu the eliy of Lancaster, Penna. A.K. HOWRY, marl 6t IS Executor. AI>.1[I \ISTItATOR'S KOTICE. Estate of Benjamiu H. Baehman, late of Slate of Missouri, formerly of Laneasler couuty. Pa. T ETTERS of administration on said eslale Xj having been granted to the undersigned, all persons IndebLed thereto are requested to make immedinte payment, Jiiui those having claims or demands iigjiiiist the .sumo will pre¬ sent tbem for seltlemenl lo lho undensigned, residing in LancasUir twp. MICIl.ti.EL L. TIOOVER, mar4 6*t 16 Administralor. AlkiriNI.STR.lTOR'.S NOTICE. Estate o£ Henry Froelieh, lale of East Lampeter towuship, Laucasler couuty, deceased. XETTEUS of Administration on snid estate J having been granted to tho uudersigned, al! porsons indebted ihereto are reciuesled Io jnalco Immediate payment, aud those having claims or demauds ngninst the estate or the decedent, will malce tbe sunic Uuown to hlni without delny. BENJAMIN WITMEU, Admluistrator, Residing In East L^impeter townwhlp. J, W. Livi.NCHToy. Atty,1 tnmrl5 G*t is AI>»INlSTRATOR-S NOTICE. Estate of Harris Boardman, Jate of Lan- . caster townsliip, dec'd. JETTEUS of Admlnlstralion on said estate J biivtog been granled to iho uitlersigued, all nersons Indebted thereto are rcqueslfd to make immediate payment.and thnse having clalnis or demands agaiust thesame will pre¬ sent them for Hettlcment to the uudersigned, residing in said twp, SAR.YII A. ROAKDMAN. marl fit 1(1 Admlulstrairl:c, W.\t. AITO. ATf.F.K. Attorney. ASSIGNEE'S NOITCE. Assigned Estale of John Pelre and^vife of Paradise township Lancaster. county. 7OIIN PETRE AN D WI'KEoI Paradi.se town- »l ship, having by deed of voluntary assign¬ ment, dated Mareli II. 1371, as-lgoed and transferred all their eatate and effucts to the undersigned, for tbe beneflt oflbe creditors of the said Jobn Petre, he thercftire gtves noilee to ail persous ludebted to said assignor to mnke payment to tbe underslt-ned wliiKui dolay, and tnose having claims to present lhem to LEONAUD PICKEL. Assignee, Residing in Bart lown.ship. J. E, LiviNOSTON, Att'y. ¦ marl8 C«t fi ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE. Assigned estate of Joseph Brcneman and Wifeof Manor twp,, Lancaster countv. Pa. lOWEPn BRENEMAN ftnd Wife, of Mnnor •I twp,. having by deed of voluntary assign¬ ment.assigned nnd transferred nil iticiresuite aud eliV-cts to the uudersluned for the'benetit of tlicrrfdltorsof tho said Joseph Breneman, he I herofore Hives notice to.ftU persons ludebt¬ ed to fald a.svignor, to mnko pnyment to the nndcrsUucd withoutdelay, nnd those baving claims; 10 presentthem to JACOB F. PUEY', Assignee, Residing in Ijancaster City, C. PENinia^cRq., Atty. [n^arS 6t 17 TUJB EXAMUrSB * SEBAKD 13 THE BEST ADVERTISiNa aBtEBT IN KBia POIDKTT. . , MISCELLANEOUS. GROVER & BAKER'S KOCK'STIOn SEWING lAOfflNES, At No. 37 Xorth Qneen Street, mHE GBOVER A BAKEB BEWINQ MA- X CHINE haa through the.laat 18yearn won for Itself a reputation second to none in the market. It Sews from the Heaviest to the Fi¬ nest Fabrics. AVe defy competition In Hem¬ ming, Felling, Sticblng. JtuflUng, PufTlng *-.aUiering. Gathering and Sewing ou.Iiruding, Cording, Iiuilting. in fact anything thnt cau be done on alirst-elns.s Sewing Mnehine. PUICES XO SUIT TIIE TIMES. The improved Family T^dc-Stlch Machine, Plain. 55500; Half Casc.SUO uO. Tlii.s iMachine Is particularly adapted lo Shoemakers, It wilt do Ktiehlng on Leatlier as well ns Family Si'wing. To Carriage and Harness Makers. W*c would invite particular alten¬ tion to our No. (L) Manufacturing Maehiue, which is acliuowledge to hf. the best in the market. Also, to our improved Two-spooti'*l Maelilne, widcb Js the Kasiesi and Easiest Running Machine lu tho Market, and tbe only perfect Kinhrolderiug Machine in n*e. Call aud examine fur yourselves, at Itr N. Q,uon St.. HIiober'H Buildim;. Machines War¬ ranled as Uepresenled, and insi.ructions given Free ol Charge. .1. .M. KEIPEH, apll tf L'O Agt, for Lancaster co. SAM'I. B. cox. --WSt. MO KKOWHr, JACJOE MILK?. S. B. COX (fc CO., THE OLDEST AND MOST REUABLE ES- TABLTSnilENT IN THE COUSTY, Manuracturing lho Best AND ' l^IGHX WAGOXS, TO BE FOUND IN THE STATE. Wc claim to be far ahead of nil competitors in STYLE, FINISH AND DUllABILrrY, AND CAN SELL Tftii Per Cent. Cheaper tliaii au3- otlier establishiucnt ill the County, FOR. THE SAME QUALTTV of WOUK. Special atteutiou given to Kepairiag. JanK U U HAMUEL R. COX A CO. IMI»OllTAAT TO FAR3IER.S. MKCIIAX- ICSAXO OI'ILKKN! SAHiUJGIi ICSEI^EirS LATEST IMPROVED .Si:Kn OKII.I. AND KOCKAWAT^ 4JKAIX FAN FOji 1S7I, Patented May 20 and Sept. 30. ISlii Manunicturod and f<ir Male at S. Kt-uU-r's Ma- chirtii Shops. Corutir of Lfinun and Water Slreeis, Lancaster, pa. This Drill will sow Wheat. Ilye.Oats. Parley, Buckwlieat, Timoihy and Cloverseed, to auy quantity per acre (either behiud or beiore the snovcis, I)y i^liaugiij;; Krass-,se(<dt-r box), lis couslruclton is simple, very durable am) not lial)Ie to gel. out of repair, i'lie feed npunttiiiii of this Drill has Hanged rollers, nutl is tsntlre- ly free from slides, ilio Fan is the lati-si im¬ proved now belbre the puidii*. Ji is so eoo- slnielrd us 10 separate all impure grains, sueh as Cheat, Cocitit;, ,Siiiul, ifcc.ai. tue same ope¬ ration. It will also be iiiaile lo ordrr, lo sepa¬ rate Grnss seeds innn Wlieat, aud wilb wiieels on both sides, if tlesirod. Karnicrs and cleal¬ ers will pitrasoeonsull- their own interesls b> culling and examiuiug them before imrc^JHS- iug elsewhere. Also, Mauufactured and fnrSale, Pralt's Pat¬ ent Horse Ualte, Piu-table Cider Mills, Coru Planiers, Star Corn Hhellei-s, Hor.se und Huud Power. Altso, Spoke.'!, Felloes. Hubs, Bnw.*:. Ptvlos. Shuns, (fee. for Coacliinalcers, on hauii or made to order of tlie bi-.sl Seasoned Malerial, Also, all kiuils of sawiugandPlaniugdnuc. Flooring aud Moulding worked tor carpeulers and others at Low^-r Kules lhan call he hau elsewhere. Warned nt all times. HICKORY LUMBEll. for wbicli the higheat Cash Price will he paid. SAMUEL KEELEK. maris 5m IS " Laneasler. I'a. XOTICE TO FARatBRS. THE nttentlon offarmers Is called to tbe fol- lowiin: low rates chargod by the LANCAS¬ TER CITY ANDCOUNTY FIRE INSURANCE COMl'ANY on Farm Rarns and coutents: 1 yr. 5 yrs. Brick or Stone Barns. 80 ft. or moro from house, per 5100 25c 75c Framo Rarns, KO.feut or more from House, per SIOO.; 35c Si 00 Contents at same rates. Dwellings andcon- ttiuts also Insured. The above system will prove In the end to be eheapor than an In.suranee In mu¬ tual eompanies. NO ASSES.SMENTS ARE UADE, and ample security ts guaranteed in « well Invested capital of e-JOO.OOO, which, togeth¬ er with a large .surplus, is held for the protec¬ tion of those insuring in the company. Losses are settled us soon 45 adjusted—no need to wait until tbe money is collected by assess¬ ments. Ample funds on haud. DIRECTORS; Thos. E. Franklin, R. F. Sheuk, Presideut. Treasurer. Johu L. Alice, M. D., H. Carpenter, JI. D,, Jiicob nausman, J. M. Frantj!, George K. Rood, A. E. Roberts, F. Shroder, Joiin C. Hnger. E. BROWN, SecreUiry, Jul 21 fi9-tf Lnncaster. AliX.£iiV ROOK, SIANUFACTURER Qf BOOTS xsj^ jsiioje:s. No, 90 North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pu. H^VS now on hand a large stoclc of Ladies'. ' Mi.Kses* and Clilldren's Lasting Galter.s, ns fallows: Ladies' Lasting Foxed Bnltoned Gaiters Ladles' LnstliiK Plain Buttoncil Gaiters, Ladies' Lasting Foxed Laceil Gaiters, Ladies'Lusting Plain Laced Gaiters. Ladies' Lasting tip and top Lace Gaiters, Misses' Lasting Foxed Buttoned Gaiters, Misses' Lasting FoXed Laced Gaiters, isilssus' LasMns Plain Laced Gallers, Children's Lasting Foxed Buttoned Gaiters, Children's Lasting Foxed Laced Gaiier:*, Children's Lasting Plain Laced Gaiters. ALSO, Gentlemen's Calfskin Gallers and CfiansH Work,whichlamsellingat.very Low Prlces^^ [mars -iiu 17 WUliamsporl Cily ISou<1s Sale "irrE are authorized to olTer forsalealiml- W ted number of the Ronds of the City of WliUumsport at 85 per cent., includlug ac¬ crued iulerest. Theae bonds have been issued by tlie City ol Wllllanisport.indcnoininationsof Sl.OOO each, bearing semi-annual coupons vt tlic rale of six percent, per aunnm.payable In New Yoric on the Ist ofMarch nud 1st ofSoplt'Oiber. The.se bonds are exempt from all municipal taxation, nud witb the interest accrued totbis date, will cost but K3, beside the prodt of 11% per cent, tbat will euure to the holder nt their maturity. BAIR A SHENK, feba)-tr-lJ Bankers, BLACK IIORSE HOTEI.. liorth Q,ueen Street LANCASTER. Pa. 1 IHE nnderalgned Informs his friends and the ]nit)lle genorally that be has leiuicd the above well known hotel, and IhuL his undi¬ vided attculion wlli be paid to Its mauuge- men». The tnblo will he furnished with tho best tho market alfords, und th» barsuviplied with the best.of liquorK. No elfort wlli be spared to re idcr all guests comfortable. Transient and permiiueut boarders accommodated. janll 3m H. S, KAUFMAN- Ijancaster W^oolen MiIIn. THE HUbRcrlbers keep consijintly on haud ni their WOOLEN MILLS, Norlh Prince street above Chestnnt, a general assorlmeut of CLOTH, SATINET. FLANNEL. BLANKETS, STOCKING YARN, CARPET CHAiN, AC. "Which they will sell for CASH or exchange for WOOL, my 8-tf-2S GEORGE LEVAN A CO. NF.COND-nAHn £N'01N£S ANO BOII.ERS. Ono S-horse Portable Engine and Boiler; One lU-horso Htaltonary " " Ono35-horae Flre Box Boiler: Two Cylinder Bollera. 23 In. diam.. M ft, long; Two " " SI *• " • 25" - ALSO," One new 20.bor8Q Horizontal Engine; One " 5-bor8e " One " 6-horsQ Upright " For sale cheap at tho ¦' - . ^ BEST BOILER WORKS, PHITiADELPHIA ADVEETISEMENTS, PANCOAST & MAULE, Third and Pear Streets, PHILADELPHIA, Plain ana Galranized WBOUOHT IROX TVBES LAP-WELDED BOILEB TUBES, BRASS nnd Iroo VftlvM and Cockn; Fillings for Gnu.auiiim and Waler: Rough and Firi- i«hed Braf^s Worlc; Gas and Ste«m Killers' Tools.elc. SoilPipeaiid Fillings; niiLliTlil}S& KinkK, liiilh Br>iler.s. Enarneiii-d WjisIi Basin Stand.s. ele., Coils of Tulie; Hleam Kellies and Traiw. -Cts- ripe of all Sizes lilled lo .Siieteii, SncceMors lo 3I»RniS,TASKF,K A- <•«.,.-« CONTRAOTOES Fortlie KcalinROf Buildings of nil Glasses Willi SLeata or Hot Waler, Ijyilie most a]>i>roved AIcLiiods. KSTIMATCS ruRNi.siicn aiEATrs. febl ly 12' SILK ALEPODBAS.. Several ca«es neu- Glossv Sillc and Wool Goods, for LadiM'Suils, from 75 cLh. to Si:l>, mostof tiiem fuliy 21) per ecnl, less lliau last year's priees. SIUCl'OPLINS. SILIC SEltfiK-S. SILK ALEPODBAS. S1I,K ALErODRAS. HILK GniSISLLliS. SILK UIIISELLKS. SILK LU.sXKES. BLACK SILKS. BLACK SILKS. MOHAIB LU.STRES. FKENCH CHINTZES, KNGLISH PWNT.-J. PEKCALE ROBKS. JAPA"-EdB KOUE.S, JAPANESE SILKS. LADIES' UNDEftWAni-l LADIES'S0IT.S.- LADIES' SHAWLS. LADIES' SACatriiS. LADIES' WATl'^ll-PKOOF CLOAKS. In point of freshness nttracllTencss, urcat variety and lowness of prices, our sloclc was never so Inlereslliii; as uow. Wo invite you lo look at U. OOOPER <& COWARD, B. E. cor. Sth & Market Sta., i>Hii,A.nEi.i-niA. oc5 701yJ7 RJ,an2810 SI. A. STEEL, lI-iNUFACTUnER OK Bliutls, IVindow Shades nud Ucddiiig, NO. -Ifi NORTH NINTH ST., Four doors below Arch, 1>IIII.ADELPII(.\. GENEB.VL UPHOLSTERING, WMTDOW SIIADES, with fixtures complete, frora £1,00 a pair, up to 31D.0I). WHITE HOLLAND ,SHADE8, at all priees, SIIADES OP ANY STYLE AND COLOB MADE TO OUDEB, STORE SHADES JIADE AND LETTERED. LACE AND DR-iPERY CURTAINS, ALL KINDS OP -WINDOW DRAPERY. PATENT MOSQUITO C^VNOPIES. Gllt, Rosewood aud Walnnt Cornices, Curtain Bauds, Tassels, Ac, . FURNITURE SLIPS CUT AND MADE, STAIR AND VESTIBULE RODS. Spring. H,'ilr and Husk Mattresses, Feather CeJa, Holsters and Pillows. Alattresscs and Bedding Renovated and re-made. rURNlTUKE hF,-UPHOL.STERED AND VARNISHED. CarpeLs and Mattings, oldand new, raado.al- lered and put down, UPHOLSTEREB-"?' MATEBIAI/5 OF F.VERY DESCHIITI.ON AT WHOLSALE, m.ar2a'70 ¦ ly23 Wm. Bailfty, Lang & Co,, No, 54 CLIFF STBEET, New York', Oflers for sale Ihrough REEI), MeGKAXX 4$: CO., COPvNEB CENTRE SQUARE nnd SOUTH QUEEN STItEEP, J.AXC.lS'rillt, llio First Mortgage'7 per cent. Gold Bonds CHiCAfio. i>Aivvir.tE * visr- CKarxES i:. u. AT ST 1-3 Currency and Accrued Iulerest. TnK road ruus Ihrougli <iuenf llio most fer¬ tile Ulld Illicitly Kotilol sections of Illinois. It is the oulyilhect road from Cliletnfio to tile vu-'it coal lields of Indiana, near Dan ville.- , PBIXCIPLF. ANn INTERRST PAYA- III.K IX <i»I.n. Purapiilcls and lull infor¬ muiiou upon applicullon. murJ-;tiii'l!) GEAMBER FURNITURE. Spring Be(l3, Feathers, Spring Cots, Featlier Beds, Spring jrattres.ocs, Bolsters, Pillows, Huir llo Counterpanes, . Husk do Comfortable.'), Straw do Blankets, Quills. CALL AND SEE THE Woven "Wire Mattress, The best Bed ever olTcrod for sale. "VT B. Ourintentlnnlslo treat all customers l^ , so thai lhe.v will liecomo pel mnuenl dea¬ lers with us, aud orders win reeeive llie suiiiu altpntlou, and persous cau buy Just as clieap as if present at tiio store. iuarl:13ni Iil AA^ERILL BARLOW, JIANUFACTURER And "Wholcsnle ftud Rotuil Dealer in SUPERIOR FURNITURE. , o Facinru 1120 and 112S Charlotte St., WAREROOMS, 15 SoutU Sec~ou«l Street, i*iiir.Ai>Ei.pniA. HE makes his Farnitnrc from Tliorou^Iily tieiisitimd I,umber.midKeURitI,.ow€'rlliau Jiiiy olher Ut'iilcr in Philadelptiiu,utid War- rauls it Kive yearK- His I-icsiuiisare Xew and Or!::lniii, and liio Worl£inuii.sliip equal to auy iutlie City. TF-STrMONTAr>«^Tp.QM T^UMREU DEALERS;: jJo ono Itu.vH or us bt'ttur or moro ilmrouh- ly-.srnKoned I,,mnl)er tlian A. Unrlow. F-FiLLS P. MOORK A Co.. Fool of Itrown St. II EN KY, UaYA HI) A Co., RidKe Av. A Master. CHARLES KSTE, ITtli A CaliowliiH. lie IinR also ou hand tlic Finest Assortiueut of CottaKo Furniture in tno City, aud a great variety nf Flrst-CIa Mattre-sst-s. «iJ-Cull ami exaiiiinu lils Htock, and com¬ pare Trices with otiicr E.stabll.shmeut«. . mnr^ .'im 19 THK OM> £STABLINUEn FURNITUKE BEOmXO WAREROOiTIS of H. R. TjEWIS am tlio chenppst In the elt.y. He i.s now selliuK Parlor HnitH in Plush, Hair CUiih. Reps'»r 'IVrry; Waluut Chamher Suits in Uil or Varnish; Coitatjo Kiirniiure, hII stylfs; Beddlusaiid Maltre-.-sos.varluus alzett; cliuuper thau Auction prici*; CAUPETS, every variety. Come nnd see and be convinced. You will save money liy (jiviug us a caU before purcbas lUE elSBWherp. H. It. 1..KWIR. Xo. 1430 and 14:i 1 Marliet Hireet. Next dour to corner ot 15th .St. feb'253iulj SEEDS! SEEDS! HIJXT'S CORA' PliAXTERS, MAMMOTH DENT CORN, NOltWAY ASD SVBPKIBE OATS, HOSES, FLOWEES, PLANTS HOT HOUSE NO. 28 E.\ST KING St, uarUlm 8 V. D. BFBEOHEB, PHILADELPHIA ADVEETISEMENTS J. E, CiDlWELl & CO,, No. 003 Chestnut Street, pnii.Ai>crpniA. TTAVING largely increased their Plated Ware Department, call Speelal attentiou to their Stock of SltVKU rii.lTED tiOOOS, Comprlsins, besides tbcir nsunl line of FINE WARES of hijjli grades, a most complete as- sortmeut of ¦'- TABI.K WARES, PLATED OX WHITJE METAL, reliable in fiunlKy. and olfored at exceedingly low prices. A full line or Plaled SpooiaH, ForkH, IauUch, AND FIXE TAUrR <:iJ'rLKHV, Expressly >rade' for their Reinll Sales, aod furnished in Single Dozens or In complete Sels, put up iu RosG'Vood and \VaImit Cases. All goods sold on tlieirown merits at fixed prieffs.allached in pl^ihi flgure»(ocacb article, JanlS'Tl lyrS s:t» ir. ka:?ipe jl co., ssa ITaviug enlarged and improved their FUHNlTUllE STORE. 803 MARKET STREET, PHILA. OFFER their Customers a coraplete stock ot new and elegaut Furniture and Heddingac the lowtjst prices. mariti ly lit SP18IS« F.4Sn:iOX8 Ji'OW IIKADY. ¦]V,rI!.S. JI, A. mxBEIt, HOI. N. w, coit, KLEVENTU AND CHESTXUT STEEHT3, PHILADELPHIA, IMPORTER A\-I> nENin.tKK OF FASII- IO.>H. Tlie old cslahtished anil only relliiblo DRESS TI1I.MMI^<!, I'Al'Elt rATTEB.V, DKESS AND CLOAK makiug E.MPOIlH;.M. EleKnnlly trimmed Paper Patterns, WHOLESALE AKD KETAIL. Fa-nn, GIovffJ.Ttlbbon.sniitl .SnRhn.«{,Lnce.s Embroideries, Jet, Gilt and Pearl JEWELKY. Evenliiff drcRses and .suits, made In the most fuhhiouitble .slyle ii t .short notice. rerfcet .system of Dre-ss Cutting tauglit, N, IJ,—Order* liy mail, promllu altentled to. febJB Sui 15 SEEDS OATS. Ciciiuiuc ]!auis<lcll*s "iXorway Ouls, KF,.1VI WHITE SURPRISE OAT.S, AT RE.iSONADLE PKICES. C«I,MN.S, ¦n-ETIIEllII,!, A CO., SEEDSMEN, mi * Ilia Market st., PIIIL-VDELPIII-V. C II O I C F. VegcJable :in«l Flo wcr Sc-c<Im. A FULL as.sorlment of onrown GROWTIL <'oi,l.ixs, wi;tiif,rii,i, .v co., Sceil Oroircr.i, uu & Uia Market st., PUILADELPUIA Semi for rrice Catalogue, marj :ini lli Wiudow GIstKS Wareliouse. EENJAMIN iFTsnOEMAKER, , 203. 207, 209, •£ Sll -irll ST-, I'UILADELPUIA, Importer of TnioK FKKACia: pjlate Englisb nnd French Wimlow Olass. Sky-Li«Iit and Floor Gla.ss. Spherlwil Domes. Ornami>ntal Glass. T'lioio(ciapIit*rs'--(Jr.v>:iaI :tiid ilround nin'^n. French and Gi^rnian iionkinj; cibu^s. Forsale Jn lots to snit purchnKcrs.jitumre or cut loany Irregularsu.-ipt;, Mat or ln-nr. lo nuy curve. _ jauy5 3mJl_ WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL Ifcli street Carpet Wareliouse, No. aVJ Arnh .Street, Phlliulclpbhi. TwoDoorri below XUitb, South «idi.-. BRUS.SEr^, Three Tiy. TuErain and Vcne- tiau C:irpelH, Also. Oil Cloths. Ru:;';. .M:il« aud Window Sbades. The styles are iil-w and IiaudBomR. Tbe qualiiy is ihe bi-si. The prlets are very low. Quick salcK at a smuli pruttt is tliu rule. No inaiblo to slmw goods, WM. OErrY.«J2 Arch stirtt. 2S. D—A liberal <li>couut will be mad*; to churches, pulilic Instiuulons and idertryuien. «a-Parllculttr atteutiou paid to cnuntry trade. maris ;hn IS THERE WERE SOLD IX TIIE YE.VR l^t). Of Blatcltley's Ciicnmlier T K A » £ ^2| 'I ARK. WOOD PUMPS, Measuring :!13,5*i0 feet iu lourth, nrBuiIk'ient In theui-'gi*eg;ite for A WELL OVER 40 MILES DEEP, Simple in ennstnietion-Faxi/ in Operat'inn-Givlnf/ notastetothe H'uter-Durable-Jiclittolcand CJteap, These pumps are their own best rocom- inentbiilon, I^OR sale by noalers iu Hardware and Acrl- . cultural Implemeuts, IMumbi.'rs, Pump .Ma¬ kers. &e., tliroughout tlie muntry. Circulars, Ac , furulj-hed upon applimiion by mail or otherwise. Sinfjlo Pumps forwarded to PartU's in towns where J hnve no aiicnls upon the rect-ipt of the reirular retail price. In buylnir. hoearcfnl tbat your Fump bears my triidu-mark as above, aij 1 guarauteu no otlier. CIIAS. G. BI.ATCKr,T:Y, aiau-r OrrrcE a>p WAitEnooai, C2I A 112iJ FILUERT bT.,PaiLADFLPnrA. marl - (Itn lli WIXDOW KMXll.S, LACE CtmTAIK.S, CfRTAIX CORN-ICES, UOLL.\ND SHADES. PAINTED SUADES of the lalest tints. ; nr.INBS PAINTED AXD TRIMMED. STORE SnCtBES MADE nud I,ETTF.KI':i>. PICTURE CORDS, TABSELs! &C. Repairing promptly atteudca to-;...^... B. J. WILLIAMS, Jr.,\ ¦So. IC North SIXTH .Street, Sin 10_ PUILAUBLPUIA. THOMAS MEPUY. " a? SoUTir S^KCOND STRKPTT.ab. Chestuut, PHILAUKLI'UIA, Has Just opeued with a lar};e aud well sRleelcd stock of Foreisn ami DomesI le Carpetlngs, ofcholce styles uutl tiuall- ties. Also, on Clo" lis, Mattlti^s, urutr- Kets, Rugs, Mats, tstalr Itotls. Ac.. &U..11II ofwhlch be will sell very cheaii for cash , s'ep 7 tfm It mar I lli 3 0 0,000! HEDGE ^PLANTS, O.SAGE ORANGE FOR IIEDOF,S. A very .Superior StocU. PEACH TREES, BLACKBERRIES, ClinRAJiT.S AND COOSEBERRIES, STRAWBERRIES AND PHILADELPHIA RASPBERRrES,surpa.sses all other varieties IN lIARDtKE.SS und PUODUCTIVESES.S Stoclc very Larjje and very Fine. j: a a AVE VINES. Foreign and Native, POT.VrOES. EARLY ROSE, And other varieties. IIORSEBADISU SELS. Hot Bed nnd Sweet Potato Plants In th^ir Season. Catalogue on Application, PRICES LOW, H. B. TRIMBLE, South High St., febll 2m 13 W est Chester, Pn. FOU HALE CHEAP. I STEAM FIRE ENGINE i3rd Cliuis.) I 1 HOOK and LAUDER TRUCK, 600 feet of Q-lnch HOSG f Jone*s Coupling,) Address,!. MAOARQE.Jr.. afcllMANTOWN P.O., maris Im 18 PUIadelpIus<
Object Description
Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Masthead | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 45 |
Subject | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County |
Description | The Lancaster Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834-1872, patrons are provided with a view of politics and events of this tumultuous period from a liberal political slant, providing balance to the more conservative perspective of the Intelligencer-Journal, which was recently digitized by Penn State. |
Publisher | Hamersly & Richards |
Place of Publication | Lancaster, Pa. |
Date | 1871-04-12 |
Location Covered | Lancaster County (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Month | 04 |
Day | 12 |
Year | 1871 |
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Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Masthead | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 45 |
Subject | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County |
Description | The Lancaster Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834-1872, patrons are provided with a view of politics and events of this tumultuous period from a liberal political slant, providing balance to the more conservative perspective of the Intelligencer-Journal, which was recently digitized by Penn State. |
Publisher | Hamersly & Richards |
Place of Publication | Lancaster, Pa. |
Date | 1871-04-12 |
Location Covered | Lancaster County (Pa.) |
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Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | English |
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Month | 04 |
Day | 12 |
Year | 1871 |
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TOL XLV.
LANCASTEE, PA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12> 187L
NO.. 22.
KXAlimrER & HEBAXn.
PUBLISHED EVEES WEDHESDAT. At No. 9 nottli Qneen Street, Lsseuter, Ft.
TF.ItJI.S-8'i.OO A TEAR IS ADTAJTCE.
JOHN A. HIESTAND i E. M. KLINE, Editors and Proprietors.
THE FAHIIEB'S Sf BI!T(? SOKQ.
Tho rod buds nre tinting tlie soft maple trees; The wood-fteepors..chirp wiiere withered vines'cling; Full laden, to-day, is tho breatli of the breeze, With the blackbird's bolhid of welcome lo Spring; Thfi cowslip Is blending lier blossoms of gold, WUh the violet's blue. In shallowand swale. And peewits are piping good-by to the cold. From brook wiiiow branches ttiat awing in llie gale.
Come farmer boys now, ¦\Vilb harrow and plow. Turn llio hrown turf in good cheer! Old Winter Is gono— There's dew ou the lawn— Tis limctobesowliiglhcscedof theyear.
The rillsso long silent 'ueath deep f.iresL leaves, -¦vre learning lo warhle their gamut agalu; A nd the purpled winged swallows aro search- lug the caves To find a retreat from tile ciillly Spring rain; ITrfreheii of thesnow, earth barcth lier breast; Inviting the toil of the husbandiuau's hand; And ho Ihatsows early reaps plenly and rest; His oerUtin reward from Ihe generous laud, so farmer boys now. With harrow and plow Turn tho brown turf In good cheer! Old Wiuier Is gone— There's dew ou lho lawn— 'Tis time Io be;sovvlnE theseed of Iheyear.
While savage December was lashing his team Ot lompcst and snow storm. In lur.v along, Y'ou stoned and sang till rafter and boam stioulc dowu the light eclioes of mirth and ofsoug; I*'or your larders were loaded—bursting your hin.s— Your graneries glowing with Autumn's ripe yield. Uut uow liuj now seasou of lalior begins. And April is calling her plowman nfleld; Ho. fiirmer bo.vs now. With harrow and plow Turn Ihe hrown lurf iu good cbccr! Old Winler Is gone— There's dew on ihe lawn— "Vis time to he sowing the seed of theyear.
APBIL SHOWERS.
lllcnk and bare, in 1 he morniug gray, l-ie the uulaniis and liills to-day; Over llieir lops the clouds hang low. lilack aud heavy with ralu-^ud suow.
Hero and Ihere, by lho sliellering wall, tlrow and briglilen tho grasses small; Here and Uioioon the larch aro seeu Sli-nder tassels of .soitost green.
Over the brook the aiders swing Tawny blossoms to greet the spring: 'I'luckly gouiming their branches low, Vellow catkins the willows show.
Ileautlfui tokens! all in vain, J^own from tho hlack olond slanis tho ralu; lieep In tho earth, beneath onr feet, _Warm as summer the pulses beat.
Vou may count Iheir tlirohbing iu stroains
that leap, Willi rush nnd npple from silent sleep. 1 n 1 he Hash of wings Mirough the inaples h.are. And the bluebird's note on the moruiug air.
OLD IfEWSPAPEES.
ANI) SOME llAXnOM P.EFLECTIONS TIIEllKIN ANI) THEKEOX.
We believe we li.ive seeu it staled on sevenil occasions, that the term News liail ils origin in tlie initials of the four (¦aiiiiual jioiuls of tlie Mariner's Com- jiass,—tbnt is, from Korth, East, West und South; and, therefore, that tho, term implies intelligence from these points, or intermediate points, without leganl to the age of that Iutelligence. Aeeordiiij; to thia theory, then, oWricHs is not so ]iarado.Kical as ou a superlieial view it luialit seem, wlien viewed under dill'ereiit ciiciinistaiiues ; aud Iherefore, inlelligencoof the discovery of Sir Johu i^'rankliu would ba news, although the story of llis perishmeut is very old; and liy the same rule, a paper, record¬ ing what transpired one or more hun- tlred years ago, would still be 7!c«'S—or a neu'-Viapcr. Moreover, if iutelligeuce is a t/iousantl years old, it would be Jiciw to the persou who liad uol seen or heard of it before—or iu other words, one who b.id heard or .seen it for lhi first time iu his life.
JSut, without further s/iandgism, we will eome baek to the subject of "old iien'.si)apers," ami spin out a discourse oil the "old file" now before ns. At the present moment we absolutely know no more of its history than if it Itad uo Iiistory at all ; sullice it to say, that it came literally inlo our custody ubout a week ago—and not only litcrallt/, but also Icgallg. The only clue to tbe orig¬ iual owuef.ship of this old file consists iu the name of William Bailsman, im- ])rcssed in capital letters on the first page of it. lis title is " T/ie Inlelligen- i:er und Wec/.-lg Advertiser," published bv William and Robert I>ixon, at their "Printing OIBce and Bookstore, North Queeu Slreet, Lancaster," and its lir.st number is dated Wednesdav. July 31, 1701) ; begiuiiing at Ko. 1, Volume I., aud continuing to Ko. iH, Yol. II.— " price six ceuts." It is a folio of six pages—four columns to the page—and is eighteen iuches in leugth and twelve inches wide; priuted ou substantial ])ai>er, darkened by age.
,!,-o much for its pateruity, its locality, and its 2^!i!/siiuc, but we regard these _ as the leiust iiiterestiug of the peculiar fcalures whicii are conneeted with its origin, aud iis continued existence,from (hat day down to the present time.— This old lile of newspapers constitutes the cni6r,yo—the very origin of the pre¬ sent liancaster Intelligencer, and its coutents rellect some of the jieculiar oircuraslauees, and also tho dijicultics, which characterized its feeble begin¬ ning, and whieli accompanied the rise of thei;c»70(;ra<(Cj)c»Y.yin thiscountry, ukliough that name, except as an epi¬ thet of reproach, is uot to be found in its columns ; iudeed, in its third num¬ lier, iu a loug article signed Citizen, it "glories in the name of Bepublican," and labors hard and earnestly to prove that it isno( Dejiocratic, ?jo< Jacobin, and no< Anti-federal in ita political character and tendencies. It must bave originated under uufavorable aus¬ pices, and with feeble patronage, for in ils earlier numbers we lind but three advertisements, ouly oue of which was from a resident of Lancaster, and ho a Mr. Lewis Ve CrcriT-probably a de¬ scendant of " Hans Graff," wbo opened a " circus " and school to teach "Horse¬ manship, Sword and I'istol exercise, in . lhc new aud improved method." Even in the introductory of its publishers— for uo one assumed the responsibilities of its editorship—no special allusion is maile to ils political character, allhough in .snbscquent numhers its columns are employed in advocating the claims of Thomas JIoICeax, (o the gubern.atorial chair of renusylvania. Thatold in/ro- dtictorij, by-the-liye, contained many old-fasiiioned truisms, some of which may possibly have been departed from in the subsequent career of the paper. "II is therefore incumbent on us to avoid, as mueh as possible, the dissemi¬ nation of error, cither in news or policu; to discourage such imrty representations as are calculated, merely, to inflame the publicniind, and to exclude as toe laovtd a viper, all personal catumng"—haa a golden gingle lo us, wliatever may be its "ring" in olher ear.s. Although the publibhei-s iuvite "original es.say3, liter¬ ary, moral, or politieal, in sliort all conimunicatious subservient to general utility," and avow " not a diverging wish," that their paper shonld in auy manner he subservient to other than ils -avowed aim and end—the public good yet so feebly was this respond¬ ed to, that none appeared in the earlier number.^ aud they were compelled to liir up with anecdotes and witticisms- such for inslHiice, ns the following— "Parable addrc-ised to Beport-catchcs" which mag apply to the present times" —" Upon the credit of a clerical sports¬ man, the following reieept was lately given for cateliiug wild-geese"—" Tie a cord to llie tail of an eel, aud throwit in seas, where tliese fowls haunt. One of tliese swallowing this slippery bait, it ruus through him, and is swallowed by a second, a third, aud so on till the string is quite lilled. A person once caught so mauy geese. In tbis manner, that they absolutely flew away with him." lr we had time to digress, we inight ask if there are not geese, at the present day, wbo are caught by baits less unctuous tliana "slippery eel." But to resume the thread of ourcoagitations we are struck with thesingular absence of domestic nnd local news, in all the old papers wc have receutly examined —uut eveu an editorial column, or an editorial eouiinent or opinion, on any subject. It is true, that in 1799 the Ilepublican party had not yet como iuto power, aud it might not have been safe (or Editors to express such "radi¬ cal" opiniona as that party entertained; but this was also the case with papers ou the otlier side, at least as late as 1810; but then "the boot being on the otlier foot," might have made all tho difference seen in them. At the advent of this first number of the Old Intelli¬ gencer, .Washington had retired to tbe rural shades ofMount Vernon; John Adasis was Preaident of the United States;,Thomas Mifflin was Governor of Pennsyl vania, and Mejcico, and nearly all of Boath' Aineiics, was
still untler the indisputed dominion of Spain. . Eing Qeorge III. was on the throne of England, and the Dibe(3tory was the ruling puwer in France, but the ultimate ascendency of the " Little Corporal," was rapidly looming up into view, and hence the first and sub¬ sequent numbers of this old file of pa¬ pers, were largely occupied with the "news frora France." In "a chronolog¬ ical list of the principal occurrences of the year 1898," talftn from a "London paper," we flnd the greater nnmber of the items relate tn the "Bebellion in Ireland," the M Bevolution InFranee," and the rigorous measures recommend¬ ed against the latter country, by our ruling President, and the appointment of 'Washington, to the Chieftainship of the American army. Ireland sympa¬ thised with revolutionary France, and so did the Eepubliean party, in the Uui¬ ted States; and in consequence of this sympathy of the latter, the epithets of ""Democrat" and "Jacobin" were thrust upon tbem. It was wouderfui that a name originating as a reproach, should subsequently have become such a tnlis- inau of power in the land. Wheu the politic.ll backbone of the Federal party was once broken, itis astonishing with what facility the members of that graud old party glided oirte into Ui'ini- hlicanism, aud finally into Demoeraev. Not many years thereafter, there were such politieal organizations as Demo¬ cratic Uepublicans, Independent Eepub¬ licans and Federal Ecbublicans—iaileei\ a hitherto Federal Journal, h.ad for ils motlo—"We are aliall Bepublicaus — Weare all I''eder.ali3ls.—We have yet gained little, if we countenance a poli¬ lical intolerance, as despotic as wicked, and capable of bitter aud bloody perse- cutiou,"—(Jeffekson,)—and when the great presidential coutest of lS2i Su¬ pervened, there was not a prominent man in thecountry, who would go be¬ fore tlie people, under the n.ame of/'edcr- alist, as acandidate; for John Quincy Ad¬ ams, William H. Crawford, Henry Clay and Andrew Jack.son, were all, either Democrats originally, or converts to Democracy. There is certainly "some- tiling in a name"—in polilics at least— whether names become popular, or are rendered odious. But to return to 1799 and the old Intelligencer, tliere is much in Us columns uuder the heads of "Do¬ mestic Occurences," "Selected Jfatler," "Foreigu Intelligencer," "Anecdotes," aud "Political Kews," as well as "Bus¬ iness Enterprises," that would no doubt be interesting to mauy an antiquated reader, hut we must forbear, eveu the mosl general allusions to lliem,as to their import. Iu the 13th uumber, October Itjth, sullicient eleclion returns are pub¬ lisheil lo indicale that Thomas McKeaii was elecled Governor by a majority of 7-lSI) over James Ross. In Lancaster county. Boss' majorily was 1073, and in Berks, MuKeaii's majority was 3.iU;i, —aud iu uumber 2i, December IS. irilil, is a proclamation by Gov. McICean, continuing all appointees iu office for three months.
All the pages of Ko. 23, December 25, 1791), are surrounded with the usual beavy niaiginal lines of mouruing, for the recent death of Washinglon the great and the good; and the third page is taken up with " General Orders," " Proclamations," " Announeemems," " Odes," and " Complimentary Koti- ces," having reference to bis dealh and burial. The following Message was Irasniittcd to Cougress. tben in session, by the President—" Gentlemen of the Senale—'Vhc letter herewilb transmit¬ ted will iuform you, that it has pleased Divine Providence to remove from this life, our excellent fellow citizen, George Wasliington, liy the purity of his char¬ acter, and a loug series of services to his country, rendered illustrious through¬ out the world. It remains for au allec- tionate aud greatful poeple, iu whose hearts he cau never die, to pay suitable houor to his memory.
John Adams.
Perhaps, there was no uame iu mod¬ ern history more widely known, and universally respected—and eveu rever¬ ed—than Ihe name of Washington.— However shining bis virtues may ha%'e been, whilst living, yet, it is a fact- hut a fact not more remarkable in his case than iu a hundred olhers—that many of those virlucs were not discov¬ ered, unlil he was out of ollice, aud bis body, subsequently laid in the tomb. Comparatively "great and good" as Washington was,—we uever deemed him a God—he, nevertheless, had his enemies and traducers. Iu all ages of the world there have been men who lind itutterly impossible for llicm lo elevate themselves aliove llieirmvu sordid aud prevcrtcd plaus, in couleinplatiug men aud things arouud them, and separate from themselves. The.se men reason thus: 'I hunger and thirst, I eat and drink, I feel pleiLsure and pain, I love aud bale, Ilie aud steal.' Washington, also, hungers and thirsts, he eats aud drinks, ho feels pleasure and pain, Iherefore, he also loves and bates, he lies and steals. Any beiug that has a pbj'sical faculty iu commou !('M tbeir own, caunot possibly have a mental or moral faculty above tbem. These are the moral and social levelers of our race, butthey never level Ihemselves up lo any standard, because tbey are only iutent ou leveling other people down. Araong them were the enemies .and the traducers of wasliington, aud many of them are living at thepre.ieiitday—aud not Washington only, but of ang one whom they may deem aiming at great¬ ness andgooduess. But let tliicr victim once die, and be no louger in their way, and eveu if he never had a character, tbey will vie with each other in making one for him, aud bestowing upou him fulsome, aud eveu unmerited praise- praise thnt might have assisted him, while living, iu his struggles with the world, but whieh uow is only an idle wind, aud cosla them nothing, or, per¬ haps, eveu this poor pittance to tbe memory of tbe dead, would uever be given.
These are moral, social aud polilical paradoxes that we have been trying lo probe and harmonize these forty years, without sucess. We confess we caunot comprehend how a man can be a tyrant, a perjured knave, a liar, a tliief, a de- frauder, and a common scoundrel, as a politici.au, anda" public functionary;" and yet be humane, coucientious, hou¬ orable, fair-dealing, moral, and a genial companion, ns a christiau aud a fellow citizen. Yet those vices are said to characterize their acts while living, and tbose virtues embellish their eulo¬ gies when dead—and these alligations oflen Issue frora the same human throat.
The second volume of the "Intelli¬ gencer and Advertiser," is not as free from those " iiillammalory appeals to passion," as it proposed to slart out with, in its lirst mimber. The triumph of tlie Republican party, in the elec¬ tion of Jefl'ersou aud Burr, perhaps made the dillerence. In publisbingthe tables of "relurns," the columus nre respectfully headed Bepublican and Monarchial. As a set-oil' lo this Jeffer- Riiti was ileuomiuated an Atheist, and liurr a Ilell-Cat. Wliatever the bit¬ terness which has characterized polit¬ ical eleclious from that day down lo the present, maj' have been, it is ex¬ ceedingly doublful whelher any oue has been more bitter than tbat which ushered in the advent of the Bepubli¬ can parly of ISOU. Still, the Republi¬ can party, in its collective capacity, professed to revere the name of Wash¬ ington ; for, among their toasts at the celebration of their trium|)h, held in Harrisburg, ou the 1st day of January ISOl, we llnd the following— " T/ie mcmorg of Qen. George Washington; the pattern of due subordination to civil authoritg*¦.—a'mecheers; and aftera
•Perhaps llils w.as after all onlv a "nine" at the .admiuislration of.lohn Adams and tho Federal pnrty, who, it was alleged, hnd iiL- templed lo render the military superior lo the civil power, anii Had origlnaled and proinul- gateo the "alien nnd sedition laws." We aro qulle cortain, that when wo* were a boy. and subsequently, these terms of political re¬ proach, as won as many others, were as lillle understood by tholargernumbBr of those who used them, as the problems of Euclid are by tho Hottentots or Patagoniaus.
solemn pause—Boslin Castle." With all the asperities, and the bitterness which characterized that famous con¬ test, it is said, that before his death, John Adams became a convert to tbe political doctrines of Jefferson, aud his aon, John Qulncy Adams, also, who held the position of Secretary of Slate, under the Democratic Republican Pres¬ idency, of James Monroe.
There are some things in this staunch old radicaiJi^ Republican journal, which would look, and sound very odd at the present day, if indeed they ever could have been in harmouy with real Dem¬ ocratic principles. Such for instance DS this:—" For Sale, a healthy, active Mulatto Girl, about23 years of age. In¬ quire of the Printers."
Here Is an other item, that no doubt will .be interesting to those who are the advoeates of "female suffrage," and we confess it'1ia8''BUiBcient an |
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