Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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VOL. XXXI.
LANCASTER, PA;, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1857.
No. 26.
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EDWAED 0. DABLINGTON,
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from tbese abundant materials a snperb cha-
ttaum Eipognf, bttt this, was Annie's last
edforourmolWr-nufbldedtous the whole   night at home tor a year.   Our evening hymn
affair. A manufaoturing oompany, at whoae i had nevw sounded so sweet nor ao sad as it head was Mr. Dntlon, a leading mai in o&rldidthat night. The sweetest voioe ofall TiUage, had utterly faUed. Mr. Button bad ! would be mlaslDg henceforth I In apit« of borrowed money of every one who had it to
I OWE NO KAK A DOLLAB.
Oh, do not eUTy, my own dear wife
The wealth of oar next-door neighbor. But bid me bUll to be etout of heart,
And cheerfully follow my labor. Ton mnat know the laat of thoae little debts
That hftve been our lingering sorrow, It p«ld tbla night!   So well both go forth
Wllb Jiappler hearta to-morrow. Ob. the debtor la but a abame-raced dog,
With tbe ctvdUoi'a Qftine ou bla collar; While I'm a king and yoa ara a queen.
For we owe no man a dollar! Our neighbor you eaw ia Ms coach to-day.
With bta wife and bis fiauotlug daughter, Wblle w« sat dowu at our coTerlesa board.
To a eraat and a eup of w«ter. 1 aaw that the tearnlrop stood In your eye,
Though you tried your best to conceal it— 1 knew that tbe contrast reached your heart,
And you conld not belp hot feel It; But knowing now that our Kcanty fare
Has freed my ueck from the collar. Tou'll Join my laugh, and help me sboul,
Tbst wa owe no mtu a dollar'.
This neighbor, whose show bas dazzled your eje:^,
In [act li a wretched debtor; I pity him ofl from my very heart.
And I Irish tbat bin lot were better. Why, tbe man Is tbe Teriest ulave alive.
For his dashing wife and daughter Will live In atyle thongb rulo Khould come- So he goes tike a lamh to the tilauf:ht«r: But be fealb it ihe lighler every day,
That terrible dchtor'o collar.' Oh, what would he give could he say with Un,
That he owed no mau a dollar: Yon aeem ama«d, bni J'Jl tell you more;
Wllhln two hours I met him Sneaking away with a frightened air,
Af if a fiend had beset him; Vet he fled from a very worthy man.
Whom 1 met witb the greaiest pleasure— Whom I called by name and forced to ntop,
Thongb ho paid he wbb not lei»ure. Ua fat^Id my lut note: so I bald hlui faxt.
Till he freed my neck from the collar; Then I shook hiu hand aft 1 proudly said.
" Kow 1 owe no man a dollar!"
Ab! now you smile, for you feel the (orct"
Of the truth I have been repeating; I knew tb»t a downright honet-t bean
In tbat gentle breast was heating 1 To-morrow I'll rii"». 'wUh glant'a Klrength,
To follow my dally labor; Bttt, ere we bleep, let uh humbly pray
For onr wretched next-door neighbor: And we'll pray for the time when all tiball he free
From tbo weight of .the dobror's collar- When the pooreal will lift up his voice and cry,
" Now. I owe no man a dollarT'
, lend, among others of my father, and now
with a
THE LEONARDS.
Annie andi sat brtbeffre. Wehadestin- gtiished the lamp, for onr work being all done there was no longer need of it. Wo had lately come to regard such little economies. "There is the stage, Annie!" We hastened through theback gate and the orchard, jost aa we had done every night for the last ten, Sunday excepted, and knocked at Mr. Colvin's kitchen door. Miss Colvin opened it heraelf.
" I was sure it was yon," she said, with a pleasant smile; " and here is the letter at last. Better late tban never, Miss Annie."
We jnst said "Thank you," and hurried back. The lamp was lighted; the letter, so nice-looking with its red waveu seal,was open¬ ed and read. The contents were just what we had been hoping for, but tears dimmed Annie's eyes, and her voice choked a little while she read it, and I had to try hard to keep from sobbing outright.
" I am so glad they are asleep," we said, meaning onr father and mother. We went to our own little room directly, and then, as we had often done before, we talked over the past and especially the future. In one year, if we aboald all live, and if Annie's health ahonld endnre the change of climate—Annie laughed then — the debt incurred by onr lathers long illness wonld be paid ; tbe dear old home place would be freed from incum- branoe, and tben it would he an easy thing for two atrong, well educated girls like ns to sup¬ port two persons of so simple and easily sa¬ tisfied habits as those of our father and mo¬ ther, God bless tbem 1 and then sis hnndred doUars a year was really a magniScent salary fora girl of eighteen.
'But only think, Annie, I sball be doing nothing, only making expence, while yon are earning this I*
*You must not look at it so, Milly; don't you see that I conld not go away with half xny present courage, if yoa were not to stay with them ? and you will cheer them, and write me anch long, dear letters ; and yoa will be preparing to do a great deal more for them, perhaps, than I can. Oh, we have a great deal to be thankful for!'
And we knelt down in the little bedroom and prayed silently. And then, though we had been unusually excited, we aoon fell aaleep with our arma around each other.
Barly the next morning Annie aivoke me to the recollection that we were maids of all work that day, and that I was cook. So, dear reader, will it please yoa to sit down with UB ? This snowy table-linen I ironed myself. Are not the damask figuras brought out finely ? I have charge of the old-fashioned silver. Is it not bright ? And the fragrant cofiee, and light, white biscuits, I made my¬ self. In truth I am a little proud of my housekeeping, as people are apt to be of new acquirements; and besides I have so little else to he prond of!
This lady, so fair aud pale, is my mothHr; the kindest, gentlest, best mother that ^^rer subdued a rampant romp to demure deco¬ rum. Pale and thiu she was ever since my . recollection; but her hair is not so dark as it was ten years ago, when I nsed to tangle it with pretty little thorny rose buds. She says always that sbe is well; and weil I be¬ lieve she is as any one who b'ves, moves and has her being in three olber lives. Fonr years ago, xny father—be who sits on the so¬ fa, to which the breakfast table has been drawn—was thrown from bis gig, and hurt in some dreadful way, so that he has never since been able to ride or to walk without assistance. She then relinquished all occu¬ pations that would separate her from him, and since then ha.** rarely been absent from him a single hour.
Annie was fourteen then, and I exactly a year younger. We did every thing iu our power—I ihrough Annie's influence—to give our mother perfect freedom from household cares. We left school, but our education waa not, therefore, intermpted. After the first few months it seemed rather a pleasnre than a toil to onr father to instruct us him¬ aelf. And how mnch better we got on than in school 1 Difficulties vanished, or were snrmoanted. Even algebra and geometry lost their formidable knottiness. I have heard Aunt Effie say that my father was very quiok tempered when a boy. I know that he was patient as an angel with ub, and I know that at least one of us mast sometimes have tested his power of endurance. Our mother taaght us what she knew herself of music and drawing. French and Italian we learned to read and write with ease, but there was no one to give as the right pronnnoiatiou.
When we had been our father's pupils. for more than two yeara, there came a letter from Miss Strong, principal of a sohool of high standing in one of the Eastern cities, claiming the right of discharging, in part, an old time obligation by receiving one or both of as into her establishment for as long a time aa we oould be spared from home. After much oonsideration the result waa that Anuie went for a year and a half. Before her return, I began to feel that we used to be, and my busy brain had already devised and rejected aa impracticable a thonsand schemes for im¬ proving our oondition.
Annie came home. How lovely sbe seem¬ ed to me I how beautiful, with her clear ha¬ zel eyes, and her rich chestnut hair, that wiien fllw let it down feU in bright coils to her very.feet. And her head sat ao daintily on her neok—ft Uttle proudly, bnt she was not proad In the leaat^the sweet, earnest look of her eyes xoade yon see that. I luUl nther feU thjin seen olearly. Vhat
tremulons, and so was our father's Toice . when this money waa required to meetother'! when he read the evening service. If there ; demands, it was not forthcommg. A mort- ; ^as weephig that night, it waa aU in secret» i gage of the premises we Uved upon had been ; ^r each felt the neceasity of upholding the. ¦ effected, which had averted the immediate   ot^^^-
The next moming, while the stara were yet winking through the maples, with hasty loving kisses, Annie said good bye to UB,and entering the atage coaoh whioh was to convey her to the railroad atation at ICeene, she waa lost to our view.
I oame near feeling desolate. My inother would have had me oome aud lie down on the sofa in her room, bnt I feared I should betray how aadly I was feeling, and went to our little bedroom instead. When I had knelt and prayed to God to unite us again In safety and happiness, I was comforted. It began to grow light. Thera in a little crys¬ tal vase, was a bunch of late violets that Annie had gathered the night before. Tbe room was fall of their fragrance. ¦ There were the volnmes of Mrs. Browning's poems which Annie would leave, becaase, as sbe said, sbe knew tbem almost by heart, and I loved tbem so much. There was her prajer- book, which she had exchanged for mine; aud her writing desk, prettier than my own, but which sbe would leave because it stood alwayi) in one particular place, and the room woald look more natural with it tbere.
Sunrise brought witb it Hannah Wheeler, our new servant; no flaunting young maiden but a demure matron. Tidy, dexterous, deft, ahe took so readily to the ways of the house, that my office was well nigh a sinecure. In addition to her other exceUent traits, she was an incomparable gossip. Arrivals, depart¬ ures, weddings, ftmerals, quarrels, aud recon- eiliatious. Hannah was au fait to all; and being not chary ofher treasures she kept me also very well informed.
A fortnight after Annie's departure two letters arrived, of which this is one :
" Dkae Madam,—Circumstances require my presence in your vicinity early the ensuing week. Tho route through Claremont will be qnite as convenient to me as auy otber. I will call at your residence on Tuesday or Wednesday, and will then make the neces¬ sary investigation.        Very reapeetfnUy
i pressure.    Bnt our mother told us,
aad smile, that we mnst hold ourselves  in ; readiness, if need were to remove to the farm ': in Surrey.    We would willingly Uve therei ' we said.    We were young and strong, and ' could and would earn money.   And that same night, after we went to  bed our plan waa formed.   Annie would go Soulh   and teach; Miss Strong would aid her in obtain¬ ing a situation : I would stay at bome,  and with Hannah Wheeler's assistance would re¬ lieve ray mother of domestic cares.
The very next day a letter was written  to
Miss Strong, and it waa the final arrangement
' of the affair wbich we so eagerly looked  for
. on every arrival of the mail.
;     And this brings me back to our breakfast.
'¦¦ Our father praised the coffee and the biscuits
and when the meal was over, which  accord-
. ing to onr wont was cheerful, I removed the
; breakfast thiugs, and left  Annie to  unfold
j her project.    She came out half an hoar
afterward, looking  happy,  though a  Uttle
tearful.
¦ " Will they let you go ?" I asked, t     •* Yes, they will let me go.    Miss  Strong's
letter has done us good  service.' Sbe teUs
¦ our mother to have no f«arfi. She knows the I people to whom I am to go, -and altogelber, , Milly, 1 think Providence means me to go.'' ! " And now, Annie, there is stil! on thing [ more to wish for.
" Yes, and I have a bope of providing for j that even."
" Is it possible ? and how, Annie ?" j     " By and by, Milly, you sliaU go  with  me to Mr. Poole's."
I uttered an exclamation. I had not thoaght of that. Anuie would .sell her pretty watch and chain, llisR Strong's parting gift, to ob¬ tain for our father the means of procuring better medical advice- Sbe had strong faith that his restoration to health was not impos¬ sible.
We went together to Mr. Poole, the watch¬ maker. Mr. Poole was a Uttle man, old and shrewd, but uot void of honesty or good feel¬ ing ; yet a little close in a bargain.
" Good moming. Miss Leonard ! good morn¬ ing Miss MiUcent! what shall I have the pleasure of seUing yon this morning? a pretty bracelet f a cameo set iu pearls ? one of these new fashioned shawl pins ?"
Ko, Annie aaid. She came rather in the hope that Mr. Poole wonld himself be the purchaser. And she showed him the pretty enameled watch with its delicate chain, aud ahe wanted him to buy them of her.
" You wish to sell me these ? and so pretty and suitable as they are for yourself I And what do you expect me to give you for tbem V
"I happen to know that they cost a huu dred doUars. Aud I want you to give as near that as you can."
'* That,of course, was when they were new, Mr. Poole said.
" They have been in my possession just three weeks, Mr. Poole. Yoa may judge for yourself whether they have been injured at aU."
Mr. Poole wished to inquire if her father was aware. Aoinie informed him that, on tbe contrary, her father knew nothing what¬ ever of it.
I had observed a gentleman standing at the other end of the counter, apparently oc cnpied in reading a newspaper. I waa sure, jnat at this juncture, that some telegraphing occarred between himself and Mr. Poole, for the latter after looking at him a moment, excused himself to us and approached the stranger. Presently he retamed and resum¬ ed his coUoquy with Annie. " I think I will take the articles at your price," said he, "un¬ less you would prefer that I should lend you the money on them.
" Oh no I not that," Annie said, with heightened color. She had never borrowed money. She would not Uke to do that.— She waa greatly obliged to Mr. Poole. And with the five twenty-dollar bills in her little portemonnaie, we recrossed the street and went home.
" Annie," said I, " I do beUeve it was that gentleman who made Mr. Poole give you the fall price, for he was going to offer you less.'' Anuie thought it was a good thing, how¬ ever it came about, since we two little miser's had the money. "A hundred dollars! Oh Milly! what a world of comfort may come to us from that!"
The day approached when Annie was to go. What a lovely day was the Sunday pre¬ ceding ! There had been a Ught frost dnring tbe night, and the two maples wbich grew in the yard were changed, one of them to fla¬ ming crimson, and the other to a deep, rich orange hue. The firs were greener than ever and clusters of scarlet berries were thick on the tall mountain ash. The dahlias juat outside the window had been sheltered from the frost, and were glorioas ; and a group of brilliaut roses had burst into bloom within- And then how intensely bUie and serene the sky was!
We went to church that moming, Annie and I. It waa half a mile thither, so Annie would not wear her uew gaiters. She said her shoes must not wax old for a year to come, she would not even treat herself to a pair of gloves iu that time. But how lady- Uke she looked ! I fell behind her a Uttle on purpose to observe how nicely her brown- gray traveling dress fitted her little figure.— Everything about her was so simple and ele¬ gant. Her bat was ao light and pretty, so suitable for travelUng too. But then it must indeed have been a very ugly hat which could spoil that sweet face, with the rich brown hair around it. Even after we were in church, I could not help secretly compar¬ ing her with the Misses Mellen, who were heiresses, and the acknowledged fashionables of onr viUage; and though they were mag" nificently arrayed in gorgeous brocades, and no end of jewelry and embroidery, yet inmy eyes, Annie bore the undisputed palm o f lady¬ hood.
There was a gentleman in Mr, Mellen's pew, a atranger, and very fine looking too.— I wondered if he were not a suitor of one of the young ladies, and I wondered if he would not see Annie, and think her prettier than either of them. I caught his eye once- grand eyes they were—but he did not look around much, and indeed I began to think my own mind was wandering too far, and I tried a while^to control it. In vain I Parson Emerson seleoted for hia text the passage which commemoratea the durabUity of the wearing apparel of the children of Israel during their wandering in the desert, and I remembered the text, bnt nothing else of tbe disooarse.
When the services were finished, as we left the chnroh, I aawthe dark eyed atranger assisting the Misses MeUeninto their carriage. When we had oomeaUttle waytoward home, I recollected that I had left my prayer-hook in the pew, so I hafltened back for it. Iu my hurry I almost ran against some one in the pew—the sti&nger gentieonan 1 and what liad he iu his hand but xny prayer-hook, and open at the fly-leaf where m;^ uAme was written! Then he hud.ohsiirred inole, and hftd taken
' KnwAun Tbmplk.'
And this was the other:
"Dear ones at liome, think of me as safe, well, and kindly cared for. Every thing, eveu to the umbrella, arrived safely at ita destination. Mr. Kinnaird waa awaiting me in Charlestown so that I was not detained there at aU. When we reached here Mrs. Kinnaird was at the door watchiug for ua.— She is very quiet and gentle, and wears habit¬ ually a patient, sorrowful look, which made me snre that some trouble lay at her heart. It is this: Her eldest ohild, a girl of fourteen, is incurably affiicted with spinal diaease. I did not see her tUl the third day after I oame, for she dreads to meet strangers. Wben at Ust I went to her bedside—she rarely sits up —there was so much saffering apparent in her white, emaciated face, and the pale Ups which, in a paroxysm of pain, ahe had com¬ pressed with her teeth till they were bleeding, that I could not say a word. She looked at me a little while, and tben said, "You are sorry for me, are you not ? I could only say " Yes," and kisa the thin little hand. My heart went over to her at once, and I am sure tbat she, too, is learning to love me. Her name is Lily, and it fits her well, ao white ahe is aud ao fragile. The next two children are twins. May and Flora; and the other a boy of seven, wboae name is Temple. Mrs. Kinnaird tells me tbat the Dr. Temple, from whose skill we hope so much for yoa, dear father, is her half-brother. He is coming here in tbe spring to viait poor Lily. I shall not need lo wait till then to know what he can do for you. God grant it may be all we hope! I think of you all so mnch it is hard¬ ly Uke being away from home. Courage, little aister Milly 1 one week, two, are already gone. A thonsand blessings on yon, dear ones all Askie."
Now this letter from Annie gave me courage to preaent tbe other to my father When he had read it he said :
" Do you know, Milly, that the opinion of a phyaician in Dr. Temple's standing is an expensive afiair ?"
I assured him that I waa provided with abundant means, and then, of conrse, it came out all abont the watch. I saw my father look at my mother with a tremendous kind of amile; oneof those looks which I think the angels sometimes give each other.
Well the very next day was Tuesday.— The whole day loug I could scarcely withdraw myself from the window. However Dr. Temple did not come. The next moming, a Uttle after our late breakfast, there came a ring at the door. lopened it myaelf. It was the same gentlemau—I knew him in a mo¬ ment—whom I bad met in the church. He gave me a card, and when I saw on it "Dr. Edward Temple," I suppose I must bave gone quite white, for, with the thought of how much waa depending on thia visit, the room darkened aroand me. But he—to put me at ease, 1 think—took no notice, only making some inquiries about my father, and present¬ ly wben all was ready, went into his room. I looked at the clock on the mantle-piece.— It was ten. I would wait patiently half au hour, I said ; and I walked the fioor, for I could uot keep still. In less than half an hour he came oat. I had sat down then, for I could no longer stand. As well as 1 could) for I shook from bead to foot, i asked him wbat he had told them.
"I am their daughter," I said, thinking he hesitated.
"I know it," he replied, with a smile that had a wonderful power, for it aeemed to calm' me. "I told thom tbal there waa hopo of amendment. But, Miss Leonard," he added, "I shall remain here aeveral days, and unless joa are careful I ahall have two patienta on my hands instead of one. Besides," he con¬ tinued, "your father requires freedom from ! excitement."
The words fell on my sense distinctly enongh bat I could not altogether take their' meaniug. I repeated to myself what he had said- Ho had seemed as if going, but again hesilwMd.
"Mias Leonard," aaid he, "wiU you get your bonnet and oome ont with me! I want to ai'k yon some qnestiona."
He made me give him, ao far as I knew, &U the partlcnlara of my father'a injuries, and spoke of his recovery even more confidently than before. This hope growing strong in my own mind carried away before it all my self-control. I burst into tears. He was there,'a stranger, but I did not care. He waa silent; I did not trouble myself abont what he thought. I aoon grew calm again, and then I tried a little to excuse myself. ; . "It ia tbe beat thing that could have hap¬ pened," said he, gently. "It haa probably saved you a aerioua illness."
Until my heart was thus lightened I did not know what a weight had been on it.
What letters I could write to Annie now! In a few days it was evident that our father waa improving under the new treatment.
Dr. Temple waa the kindest, most aasidn- ons of attendant. Duringthe week or two that he remained iu ouf neighborhood he came to the house several times each day. How grateful I felt to him for what he had done 1 His whole demeanor, too, took one's reapeot and confidence entirely. Before ma¬ ny daya I had told faim of Annie—how gen¬ erous she was, howlovel/ everyway. Thad shown him her pictmre, and told him that even that had not a tithe of her aotaal beau¬ ty. I had ahown him. a treia of her hair, and made him remark its axeeecUng length and golden, wary liutre.   T told hin of th*
thereby to make ~good to. film the losa he sus- tafced in her absence.
Three times iu the ooarse of the winter. Dr. Temple was !n onr village again. My father continaed to improve, ^ud in the apring hia ameudment was oomplete. When he aaked for his bill, its amount was so inaignificant in comparison with what he had expected, tbat if we bad not always most carefully kept our poverty to ourselves, we should have thought Dr, Temple had, perhapSj been . aware of It. But then we reooUeoted that he did not at first come to Cl&remont. expressly to see my father. Perhaps he had never oome express¬ ly forthat. I had seen him with those rich but common-place Melliens. Was it possibly one of those young ladies that drew him here f   I did not like this idea at aU.
" Miss Milly," said Hannah Wheeler, one evening in April, as I entered thfi hoaae with my hands faU of snowdrops and white and pui^le crocasea, " that Dr. Temple is come again!"
"Is he, indeed !" aaid I, with undisguised pleasure.    " I am glad of it."
"Idon't see why yon shoald be glad," re¬ joined Hannah, alittle tartly. "They aay he is going to he married to that red-haired Mias Melen, or else the cross-eyed one. If, I was such a wonderful dootor, I would cure her first. Bat he Is going to marry one of them this summer." " Oh, Hannah!" f exclaimed ; impoasible!" Farther dlscasaion of the question was precluded by the appearance at the front gate of Dr. Temple himself. I waa glad it was a little dusk, for I dare say I ahonld have looked confused. One always does when the person of whom one is speaking comes unexpectedly.
" My father and mother are gone away to¬ night, " I said by way of conversation, as, declining the chair X placed near the fire, he seated iiimself beside me on the aofa.
" I know it," he said, "I oame_to see you, MiUy,"
" Indeed ! then you shall ba rewarded." And I gave him tho flowers I waa atill hold¬ ing. He took them, and the hand that gave them.
" X have been many times beforo to see yon" he said. " What shall be my recompense for that ?"
" Jlfe?" I gaid, aimply because I did uot know what to say.
"Yonraelf, MUiy ; none otber. Did yoa not know it ?"
I answered honestly that I did not. And then, in the pleasaut spring evening, he told me how I had never been abaent from hia mind since the moming I saw him in tbe church. He had never had a thought of the Miases Mellen. Hta visit there had been alto¬ gether professional.
My life had always beeu a pleaaant one, but I had never dreamed of such happiness as I felt that evening, when Doctor Temple, so good, so wise, so endeared as throngh his kindness ho had become to ns all, told me that he loved me, and aaked me to be bis Ut¬ tle wife. And when I did not at first answer becaase I coald not, only I drew his hand to my lips and kissed ft, he took me in his arms and beld me olose, close. He laid his cheek against my own, and told me of the quiet, bright future that, wilh God's help, lay be¬ fore us.
And tben I understood how it is possible to love another better than iife, and yet be unaware of it. We talked of father and mother ; he had thetr entire consent to win me if he could. With health fully restored, zay father waa not likely to be strailened again.
We talked of Annirt. Next week Doctor Temple wonld go South. Would I not go with him, and aee Annie ? I would dearly love to go! If Aunt E£o would come and stay with my mother during my absence.—• Only my wardrobe—bat that was no matter. How long would he be away ? Less than two weeks, he said. Bat did I uuderatad t—it waa as his wife I was to go.
And poaitively, then and thero. Dr. Edward Temple made me see clearly how his life, which had been so poor and lonely, wonld be made rich and beaatiful by my compliance ; how inhnman and unUkemyaelf it wouldbe to withhold my consent; how much better for a thousand reasons, it would be that I ahould yield an unhesitating acquigence to any proposition whatever, and however pre¬ posterous, he might ohose to lay before me, that I finally then, and ever after, allowed him to arrange all important points according to his own sovereign pleasare—a mode of procedure wbich, from its peaceful reaults, I would cordially recommend to all my mar. ried sisters.
The fairest and brightest of spring morn¬ ings shone on our wedding. As I tied on my traveUng hat, little brown gipsy that I was, I could not see, not then or evor since, what it waa that won for me Kdward Temple's love. I only know that it haa been unwavering, the glory of my Ife.
We did not take Annie by surprise so ranch as I had thought. She affirmed that my lottera bad prepared her for jaat auch a denouement ! We would fain have taken her back with as, now that the neoessity for her absence waa removed, but she would not break faith with the kind Southeraera. Ea- pecially she would not leave the poor suffe¬ rer, LUy, for whom, my husband said, was no earthly help. So we left her there, brave and cheerful as ever, ani aU the happier for our happiness.
Before the summer was through, poor Lily had gone to rest. She died blessing Annie, whose loving cares had Ughtened muoh of her pain, and whose gentle piety had led faer to trust in God.
Tbe autumn brought Annie home. Our birthday, the aame for both of us, the laat of September, we kept in the old homestead.— And when Annie, awoke in the moraing, there in ita Uttle morocco case on the bureau, lay her watch with its chain—once more a gift, and this lime froni my husband, who had been its real purohaser when Mr. Poole so won our gratitude. A happy day that wa3, sunny and calm oat of doors and jast BO within. My father's health was perfectly restored. My mother, too—the dearest mo¬ ther in all the world—happiness had brought increaaed atrength to her.
Annie did not go South again, neither does she live at home any longer. She is the wife of my muoh respected brother-iu law, Frank Temple, Esq., and my own next door neigh¬ bor.
[From tb» Ifrw Tork Ledger.] LI NEB.
AsdlBtantUndHheym-d Ihe «e.H.
WhsafrleodHgo Ihence, draw olpi,, So HaAVfln. when frienda Iiata Ihlihtir ^uue.
Drawn nearer rrom the i-ky
And lift thuH* landu ibf dear«r grow.
When frl«ndii are l<'ng an-ay, Ko Heaynn ItfWlf, throogh lored oni-H d^ad,
Grows dearer da; by day.
Haarea la uot far Trom tlliMiS who »•««
Wtth the pure Hp'rlt's idght, But uear, aud In tba vary hearts Of tboBB who xeo tiright. January, 1837. C. D. STCIART.
THE ISIAND PRnSTGESS.
A BOMANCE OF THE OLD AND NEW WOELD.
BY   BUUA   n.   E.   N.   SOnTHWOBTE,   .
Aulhorof "Tbe I'Oit HfllroM,". "The Deserted Wife,"
"TbeMlflslBg Bride," " Retribnllon," etc'
TEE THBEE CALLEBS.
*' Kom calleth fondly to a fair boy straying
'Uid golden meadowa rlob with clover dew; Sbe cftlla—but sill] be thlnka of naught eare playing;
Aad so ehe sidUab, aad wav^s him an adl«u 1 While be, still merry witb Ma flowery store, - -Dbeaa not tbat Horn, awavt Horn, returaii no more'. "Noou eometb;—bat tba boy. to manhoGd growing,
Beedi not,tb0 time—be aees but one kwmi form,' Oae young rktrf»e«, frum bower of jesamlne gloving
Ami all bt« lovlug luart with blfos In warm ; So Uoon, unnoticed, seoke the weiiteru abore,
Aad man forgets that Noon returus no more.
" Night tappeth gustly^ at a c«asm«nt gleaming With. tb« tbin firelight, flickeri&g faint and low,
By whicb a gray haired man Ix ntdly dreaming O'er pleaaurea gone—an all LlfeV pleasurfc gn,
Nlrhteallc him to b«r—and ba leavn bU door Silent and dark;—and he returas uo more."
CHAPTER I.
AN IKTBHBCPTEI) WSnDINa,
It was the first of May, the marriage day of the Yiaoount Montressorof Montressor Castle, Dorsetshire, and Eatelle, only daughter and lielress of Sir Parke Morelle, Hyde Hall De¬ vonshire.
A glorioas moming I the cloudless, blue sky fluuled down upon the green hila and dewy dales and deep woods of Deron; and the psj-k around the Hall was alive and musical, with the joyons songs of birds,and the merry laughter of yonng men and maidens gather¬ ing to celebrate their May.day festival, aud^ to do honor to the marriage of their landlord's daaghter.
The elm-shaded, winding avenae that led from the highway to tbe hoase, was arched at each terminns by a mammoth wreath of flowera, and many were the carriages that pasaed under them, on their way to aasist at the wedding; and these contained only the bridesmaids, and the nearest frfeada and rela¬ tives of the family, whose f^lation^bip or poaition gave them the right to attend the brideto church;—for a stUl more numerons party had been invited to meet her at the altar. The villagers and tenants, grouped about under tbe shade of the great old treea, or wandering over the greensward on either aide the avenne, watched these equipages as they rolled on, commenting as nsual on auch occasions.
" Oh—dear me! the weddingers won't pass till nearly twelve! and here we are tq wait two mortal hours!" said a young girl .to the gamekeeper.
" Hush I Toy darling look, here comes his Lordship's oarriage, itself, as snre as you're the prettiest lass in the country." It was Lord Montressor's oarriage. Early that moming a note from his affianced bride had been put in bis hands summoning him to a private conference with her at the Hall, before they should proueed to the church. Surprised and filled with vague un¬ easiness, his lordship lost no time in obeying the behest.
Within the moat secluded of her suite of richly famished apartments at the old Hall, half-buried in the depths of a cushioned cbair, reclined tbe bride expectant, In bridal array.
She was alone, her attoudanta having, by her own deaire, withdrawn.
Estelle Morelle—or " la belle Estelle," " Beautiful Stella," *'the Midmght Star"— aa, for her reiipleudont dark beauty, she was poetically named—was at thia time twenty- Ove jears of age, and more lovely than a poet's or an artist's ideal. Uer form was of mediam height, and very slender; thongh well-rounded, with a graceful head, over which fell rich masses of jet-black silken ring¬ lets, shading a face of pure, pale olive com¬ plexion with larga monrnful dark eyes, hab¬ itually veiled by the long, drooping laahes, and delicate, though full, carved lips, ever patiently closed as in silent resignation.— The prevailing expression of hor dark, bril¬ liant countenance was a pro found melancholy. The anouncement of Miss Morelle's ap¬ proaching marriage with the Viecount Mon- tressdr had created a profound sensation in the faahionable circles. Apeerlesa beauty, tbe only child and heiress of the oldest, wealthi¬ est and haguhtiest baronet in tbe TPest of Eugland, her heart had been as much the ob¬ ject of aspiration tothe youthfnl and ardent, as her hand acd fqrtane had beeu to the mercenary and ambitioua.
At the early age of seven years, Eatelle had been placed at une of tbe first-class fe¬ male institutions of learning at Paris, theu as now, considered among the very best of their kind.in the world, and there had been left to remain until her slxteen^th year, when the sudden ;ind calamiteds breaking up of the institution, and her own severe iilneaa, had occasioned her removal. That illness had been attended with marked changes in the constitution and temperament of ihe young girL
Eatelle, previously the most careless, light- hearted and oapriclons of children, left her chamber of convalescence asubdued, thought¬ fal, melancholy woman! The laughing lipa of girlhood closed in patient sadness; the sparkling eyes sheathed their beama under long, shadowy lashe3,now seldom lifted; the silvery, elastic voice, sank into deep and thrilling tones; tbe free, glad motions were measured and controlled.
She never entered another school, but com¬ pleted her education nnder the best masters, at home. To dissipate what was considered a transient melancholy, her parents traveled with her over Enrope, pausing at each capi¬ tal and chief town, to show her all that was intereating and inatructive. But though their daaghter repaid their attentions with the sweetest gratitude, and obeyed them with the gentlest docility, ahe showed no interest in the paasing scenes. Aud though every¬ where her extreme beauty and sweetness of dispoaition, not leas than her fortune and po¬ sition, drew around her many friends and admirers, Estelle remained alone in her iao- lated thoaghta and feelinga. Every most distingaiahed physician id Europe had been consulted upon her case, 'dtid^ the reault of their wladom waa a decision that tbia melan choly was not the efl'ect of ill health, still leaa of secret sorrow, but that it was a constitu¬ tional phase that would probably paas away with maturing years.
They retumed to England, presented their danghter at oonrt, and introdnced her into all tbe gaieties of fashionable life. But with no happ7 efl'ect npon the spirits of Estelle, wbo remained profoundly unmoved amid the eclat that greeted herdebut. Her picturesque beauty waa the theme of all tongaes—her mournful glance was fascinating—her deep tones thrilling—her touch magnetic; all felt her power,yet she who couldmove all others, remained uaimpressed. Sho who songht no conquests, for that very reason perhaps, made many. A peer and two commoners, in- anc¬ cession, laid their fortunes at her feet, and were In turn kindly and firmly rejected.
So pasaed her flrst seaaon in London, at the close of which her parenta took her down to their seat in Devonshire. Here, in her thoughtful, quiet, unostentatious manner, she engaged in works of benevolence among the villagera and tenantry. And her father, hoping muoh from this employment, gave her fnll liberty of action, and smiled to see that she seemed less pensive than before.
At the beginning of the parliamentary term, tbe family went up to London.
And It was here iu her second season in town that Estelle formed the'acquaintance of Lord Montreasor, a young nobleman bnt late¬ ly acceded to his titlea and estates, but al¬ ready known as a man of tbe most high-toned moral and intelleotnal excellence, aa a righte¬ ous, as well as a rising statesman, and as one, who in the event of a change of ministry would be likely to fill a high official position in His majesty's cabinat. Aside from the glare of rank and wealth and pow er, Chariea Montressor waa a glorioas specimen of tbe Creator's workmanship. Above the average height among his countrymen, broad-shonld- ered and deep-chested, with a noble head, and a face full of wisdom and goodness, his appesu^nce truly indicated the warm benev¬ olence, clear intelligence, and pure spirit of the man. Hia presence aoon inspired Estelle with a faith that ahe had not been able to feel In auy other tbat approached her. He drew nearer to her than any other had been permitted to come; he crossed the magio circle of ber isolation, ¦ and conversed with her as no otber had been allowed to do.— The worid looked and aaid that the heautifal Stella had at last met her master and was oonqnered.
At this stage of afiaira, the parliamentary' term being over. Sir Parke Morelle and his family left London for Hyde Hall.
Lord Montressor asked and receired per¬ mission to follow them, and in leas than a month availed himaelf of the privilege to do so.   Thna it was in the home of her ancestors
THE CHUJ) AND THE ANOELS.
"The Sabbatb lun waa Betting slow
Amidst tbe clouds of ereD ; ' Our Father*—breathed a voice below,—
' Father, wbo art io heaven!'
"Beyond the earth—beyond tbe oloud—
Those infant :words wera given: * Our Father'.'—angelti eang aloud—
* Father; wbo art Id neaven •'
"'Thy kingdom comaI'-^tUl from the ground
Tbat cbUd Uke voice did pray; ' Thy kingdom come !*—Ood's hosts resound
Tar np the st^TT way!    '
" 'Tby.wlll be done!'—with UtUe tongue
Tbat'Uspipi love implores; •Thy wUl ba doBer-^the angelic ibroDg,
BiJtg froia^MtBplilc ihorea 1
" TowvwV-r*^ thoae Upa nipeat, . - VmIt idoug'vnaiBf pny cr;
~t^Bi»»i«*tkibmrii thM*r
jection, which yon have certainly a right to make without assigning any reason for the aot. And atter having reoeived thiB repulse I may not In honor distress yon by a renew¬ al of my suit. Bnt tbia, in parting, I must say to yod—that thoogh I go hence, I ahall not go Ont of the reach of yoiar friends ; I shall uever address another ¦ woman; ao if evor inthe eonrae of fature weeks, or montha, or yeara, however long, you may think prop¬ erto review the decision of thia evening, Stella, I implore you to let me know! Write bnt one word, "Come" and'l will return to lay an unchanged heart at your feet!" Eatelle was weeping too bitterly to reply. '' Stella t will you promise to do thia ?" " Lord-Montreasor, 'beat and dearest friend! do not aeek to bind yourself to one who can give yon nothing in retum 1 - Try to think of that melancholy girl that you have pitied and loved—only aa a shadow tbat fell for a moment across the aunahine of your path, and then pasaing away forever!—and so for¬ get her I"
"StellaI Ihave pledged my honor never to renew this suit,- unless you reverse in my favor tbe sentenoe yon have prononnced up¬ on itj .bnt,'inspired by the deep and death¬ less love I boar you, and .'hoping against hope,' I feel impelled to implore before leav¬ ing you,'that, iu the event of a favorable change of sentiment or parpoae towards me, you will not heaitate to give rae leave to re¬ turn, Stella, will you promise me so much as that ?",
" Noblest friend that I have in the world ! how gladly would I promiae, but I must not, Montresaor. Were I to do so, you would feel bound to wait the changes of my mood, and ao, for a most undeaerving love, might miss, in aome nobler woman's afi'ections, the hap¬ plneas in store for you !"
" Stella, will you raiao your aweet, monrn- fnl eyes to mine, one moment, that you may read my aoul while I apeak ?"
Eatelle lifted ber dark orbs to meet the clear, bine eyes bent with ao much love and candor upon bers, and read tbe deep, un¬ changing truth of the constancy of his soul as he said—
" Stella, in the presence of the heart-?Haroh- ing Qod. who sees and hears me, I assure ynu that I shall never love another womau a^ I love yon, and, therefore, of course, can never wed another; so that whether you give me thia slightest of hopes or not, X am equally and forever bound I Now will you promise, Stella ? Remember, it is only to lot me know in caae of a change in your seutimeuts."
For an instant the light of an unutterable love aod joy broke onber beautiful, dark face, and her smiling lipa parted to spoak—when —aa if a andden memory and warming had gripped her very beart—ahe uttered a low, aharp cry, turned paler thau before, and then said—
" No ! no! my Lord 1 Stella cauuot ovun give yon that! She is poorer thau the poor¬ est, iu gifts to you! She can only pray tbat you may forget her and be happy."
lie looked profoundly disappointed aud troubled. But soon mastering his despon¬ dency he said hopefully—
"Well, dearest Stella, althougb you reject me withoat appearent reason, and refuse to give me the slightest promise or the moat distant hope, yet / repeat—should you in the long future, change your purpoae, and write to me one word—'Come,' I will hasten to lay at your feet an unchanged heart I Qood bye .' Qod be with you !" and raising her hand, he bowed over it, pressed it to his lips, tumed and left the room.
Some momenta after Lady Morelln, wlio oame to aeek and congratulate ber daughter upon what she imagint^d to bu tho only putisi- ble result of the interview—fouud Estnlle lying in a swoon upon the floor! It was followed by a long and terrible illness, tt-r¬ minating in a tediously protracted uonvalea- cence. The town seasoa waa at hand before Estelle was alle to re-enter aociety.
They went up to London, and once more the "star of beauty" arose upon ita world. — And tbough the cloud upon hor life settled darker and heavier, day by day, she was more followed, flattered and courted than before.
Thus three yeara bad passed away, wbeu one moruiug, while tbe family, then occupy¬ ing their town bouse iu Berkely Square, were seated at a late breakfast, aud Sir Parke was engaged in reading aloud from the London Times, an account of ihe saving ofthe French Ship—Le Due D' Anjou—wrecked off the coast of Algiers—Estelle uttered a low cry and sank fainting from her seat.
Thia attack waa not, as the otber had been, followed by illness; on tbe coutary, from tbat day, the cloud seemed lifted from her bead, and eveu those who had most admired her face in its shadow, wore enchanted to see how briUiant was her beauty in its sunshine !— Her health and spirits daily improved, yet in the midst of all tbis flowing tide of new life, Estelle astonished her friends by suddenly, in the height of the London season, retiring to her father's country seat, wbere she re¬ mained in'strict seclusion from the world for eighteen montha.
At the end of this period, Lord Montressor, who had never left Kngland, or lost trace of hia beloved Stella, and who was now staying at his castle in Dorsetshire, was one day seated at breakfast wben the moming mail was bronght him. Among a score of letters tbe first that attracted his attention was a dainty white envelope superscribed in a de¬ licate handwriting. He took that up first and opened it—it contained but one word— " Comb."
The light of an ineffable joy broke over hia ace I Oh! hehad waited, patiently, hope¬ fully, years, for that word, and at laat he received it! Thanka to heaven in the flrst instance! and then pnshing all the other let¬ ters unopened aside he sprung up, rang for his valet, and ordered his valise packed and horses put to the carriage.
In tweuty more minutes ho had reached th6 railway station just as the cars were about to atart, aud in three houra he was at Hyde HaU and standing in the presence of Estelle!—sbe looking so beantifnl and happy! With the old chivalric enthusiasm of devo¬ tion, ho dropped, at once, opon knee, and raised her haud to his, saying—
" For four years I have hoped aud waited for one word from yon, and at last, beloved, you havo written—'Come,' and I am at yonr feet, as I said, with an unchanged heart!"
" But I," she said, deeply bluabing, while she held both hands to raise him, " I, my Lord, have not au unchanged heart! for longer than fonr jeara I bave loved you more tban woman's tongue may tell—and uever more, than at the hour in which we bade farewell, as I thoaght, forever I"
" I know it, beloved! knew it then! know it always! I never doubted it! Could I be deceived iu the dear heart of the woman I loved ! No! and tbat was the secret of my patience!" be replied, taking hia seat on tho sofa by her side.
" And yet you never inquired and do not even now inquire, why, withont explanation and without hope, I sent you from my pres¬ ence, and why now, without apparent reason, I summon yon back I" she said, as a shade of the old sadness fell upon her beautifnl face. " Yonr motives, dearest, were, and are your own. Not until your spirit moves you to do so, sball you give them to me I I havo fnll confidence in yon, beautiful Stella!"
" Confidence ! oh my God.'" she exclaimed in a low, deep, thrilling voice-
" Why, what is the matter, doare.st:" She looked up suddenly, a smile- of wor¬ shiping love, breaking likt> sunlight over ber dark face, and eaid—
** Nothing, nothing, my lord ! hut that all year thoughts and feelings are so elevated beyond your poor Estelle'a ! And yet she conld almost chooae it so! for conld she be an angel, abe would wish you to be some¬ thing far higher—a god f"
'* Sweet enthusiast! moderate your aspira¬ tions, or the world and its people will disap¬ point you I Be not an idolater; worship only God, my Stella." Snch waa their meeting! Yet, occasionally, throughoat the inter¬ view, a audden shadow like the recurrence of a painfnl thought, wonld fall upon Iter bright face and then pasa aa it came.
They were engaged, and within a few days the marriage was annoanced to take place on the flrat of May.
. Butit was observed by tbe nearest friends of the bride, that from the day of her be¬ trothal, her spirits had been marked by the strangest finctuations. Sometimes with her beautiful dark face illumed with a deep, still, almost religiona joy, she moved abont, as it were, on " winged feet," or sat brooding in a happy trance. At other times, she fell into deep gloom and anxiety, as inexplicable as it was alarming to her friends, who greatly
    feared her relapse into tbe deep melancholy
after having obtained the cordial sanction of • that had so loug overshadowed her, and tbat her parents, and believing himself sure of they had grown to dread aaa serious conati- the affections of their daughter, Lord Mon-! tutional malady. Bat they hoped evory- treasor oflered hisheart and hand to the lovo-1 thing firom her approaching marriage with Iy Eatelle, and was to.hia profound astonish- j the man ahe loved. Lord Montressor obaerv- ment inatantly and firmly rejected I In thua ; od with the deepest Intereat the .uncertain rejecting hia suit ahe wept long and bitterly, \ moods of hia betrothed; bat with the high- praying his fo]^veneS8, that the happinesa 1 toned sentiments that distinguished him, re- she had experienoed and exhibited inhis ao-! frained from inquiring, and awaited her oiety should have betrayed him into making   voluntary revelations.
this deolaration, and beseeching him never' At last the flrst of May, the marriage day, to renew his suit; but to leave and forget' upon which I have preaented the paities to her. There was aomething in the tone of ber '. the reader, arrived, and all the haut ion, as I refusal whioh confirmed and deepened his said, were gathered at the Hall or at the previona conviction that—even in rejecting Church to do honor to the aolemnities. him—ahe loved him I Bat with hia high- And the expectant bride, in her bridal robe toned senttmenta he wotild not in the leaat and veil, waited within her boudoir the arri- degree. presume upon that knowledge. Ta-: val of the bridegroom, whom she had aum- Idngher'-hand with ^deflTereutial tenderness, moned to a private interview before they he said— should proceed td the ohnroh.   She had not
^^Stellal a man nayerbnt onoe, in his lo'ngt^irait. ' He-who qoiokly responded tb whole«xiat«iioe,.loT«8: A: wbcoau. aa I lore herslightMt iodlination, immediately obeyed yo«I  iwfUnotiimaira^tli* omwofthtt re- haroalL
Yet when abe heard hia Crra elastic step approaching,
'* Now God have morcy on me !" ahe pray- O'l, and covered her face with her hands.
He entered, unaimouuced, and saying,
" My bpautjful Stwlla ! I am here, ynu per¬ ceive, by your commands I"
She (Iruppod her hand.s, aud rMvenliui; :i face palo with nusery, spoke in a thrilling, deep, impassioned tone—
" Yoa aro here liy my supplication, niy hini! I havo uo right to command."
"We will waive that I What i-s; your will, my dearest Stolia?"
"My prayer^ my lord—is fir.-'t, for yonr for¬ giveness."
"Forgiveness?—my Stella!"
" Ay ! my dear lord ! you fit-e befiiri- ynu a penitent and a suppliant, who may soon be something far moro wretched!"
"My Stella! what mean you ?"
"Come to the window. Lord Montnui^orl" she said, rising and prececlhii; him. "Look ont," she oontinued, puitiiie .i.-tide thH ro.-;e- colored hangings, and revHiiliny a vit,w of tlie park below, alive with its rpRtlei^fi mnltitude. "What are all theae pe»»fil,* w.iitintr for, my
lord T"
" What are they waiting for. my Stella ?— for that, for which I uho wait, with hnw inuc-h more impatience!" ho auawered, while a deep flush of love an'l joy, for an instant, supplan¬ ted the anxiety <m his faoe,
"They wait to see a bride pass, wliere a bride may never go !" she said, in a solemn voice.
"Stella? great Heaven! wliatsayyou!"be exclaimed, gazing on hor with profound as¬ tonishment!"
" That tbe bride they expect is unworthy to ataud before God's lioly altar beside Lord Montressor!"
" Unworthy, Stella ! You !" " Mn.'it unworthy, my lord I" .'ihe said, drop¬ ping her arras, and dropping ber head in an attitude of the deepest misery- "I should have made this confession long ago, Lord Montressor; bnt I have deceived you—I havo det-Hivtul you I"
"In what respect, Stella? My God! It caunot he ! No, it cannot bo! that while be¬ trothed to me, you do not love me!"
*' Not love you ! Oh ! my dear lord .'" sbe murmured, in a voice of thrilling tenderness tbat carried, conviction of her truth to bi.-i deepest hca^^.
" What mean you tben, dearest one? if in¬ deed you return ruy deep love."
" Oh! I do, I do, Montressor; whatever hap¬ pens, wherever you go, take that assurance with you I I lovo you, my lord! shall over love yoa, oven though even after wbat I shall have told you, you repulse and bate me, and go to our friends aod say,—'That woman whom I was about to wed, is bnt .a whited sepulchre, whom I bave proved, aud whom I uow reject'—and so leave me to the suorn of mon, still I say—ever rfhall say—I lore you, Lord Montresaor! I love you, and the cona- ciousneaa of being uoworlhy of your love is the bitterest element in my punishment," she said, in a voice of such profound misery, tbat Lord Montressor conld scarcely continue to believe her agitation nnfounded or e.vag- gerated.
Ho dropped upon a seat, and sitting atill and whito as a carved image of stone, gazed upon ber, waitinj; her further conimunica- tiuns.
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Ei^erioK.
AN KLKCTION FOR ONE PKKSI- DENT ttnd ^Ix DIRECTORS of tha Laocaitar lit- Oi.mpany. lo fftrre for the ennulog year, wlll ha h*Irt at th« officB of thn Company, oa MUNDaY, tho Sth of Jan«, between thft honrs of 9 o'clock, A. M„ »nd 3 P. M. C. HAGEK, I'FBBldent.
Wm. OLEta, '^c'y. may 20-31-25
Election in Sadsbury Township.
NOT I (.' K is hereby given tbat the Court q( QuMTter ^eniioas at tho April term, in compU- nui^e n-ith n nnrnnrocnly xlffned petition of clttzen» of S.iil>l(ury tDwuflhlp, Liinca.Hier cunty, for the roinoTul i>r the pinCfl (>r hiddin;; plectiooN Id f&U towDabip from the public boiinoot John Smttcker or S D, fimncker to thtt public hoQno of Miranda Roland, In xald towoBhlp, h)tvn ordemd Hn olection to ba beld at the pablio hoDMo i.f Maid Miranda Roland, on FRIDAY tbe 12tb of JDNE, IS67, during thn hoorm fixed by lair for holding geneml olcutloD:*, to di-termtne whethf^r mild electioa poll shsXl he rHin.iwd from nald SmuckerV to Haid Roland's tav* tru. »r not.           Alteat, D. FDLTOff,
may 13 .''1^24       Clerk of Qoarter Sensioua.
NOTICE. .MBKTING   OF   THK   STUCK-
 holderKofthe Wabank Hodho, on the hanki of
til'] (.'onu^togo.io Lftucaxter connty,will be heldatlheir offlce. on .HONDAY AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, Jnne 1, \S'tl, to adopt noma mode of llqnidating the indebted- ne^n of the Company, or to authorize the Directora to )te11 the pprrional and real estate for that pnrpow. mn? 20-ld-2.'. Q. K, REED, Sec'y.
PhUabdpljia ^ftocttisentents.
John Stone & Sons,
No. 45   iiouih  Second  Sireet,  Philadelphia, THPTT? 0*0^??,^ ^^'^^¦^-'¦'f*
THEIR   Sl'KlNG   IMPORTATION
SILK
AND   MILLINERY
COSBWnsO IJ* PART OP
A
IN THE MATTEB
Of the proposed annexation qf parts of Clay and West Cocalico io Ephrata township, in Lancasier County.
WHKllKAS a petition hu.** been pro- MBnted to the Court of Qaarter SeaalonB of Lan¬ caster Connty. praying for the annexation ofthe foUow- iuK pa^^^ of KUy nad Weet ly'ocalico to Epbrata town¬ ihip, to
GOODS,
Faucy, Cap and Bonnet Ribbons; Satin and
Mantua Ribbona ; Glace and Plain Silka ¦
Marcelinea   and Florences;   Black
Modes;   French  and  English
Crapes; Tarlatane; Maline
and Illusion Laces, &o.
ALSO. JL rCLI. ABSORTME-VT OP
FRENCH AND AMERICAN FLOWERS •
which  thoy offer   t»  the   trade on  favorable   teriflj. .-'.'^".I^.J^  _ __ 2m-n
Leather! Leather!! Leather!!!
HENEY W. OVEBMAN,
IMPORTER OF FRENCH CALF SKINS
AND GENERAL LEATHER DEALER '
No.   6   Souih   Third   Sireet,   Philadelphia.
AOKN'ERAL assortment of all kiuds of LEATHER. MOROCCOS, ke. RED AND OAK SOLE LEATHER.
BKOIJI5ISO al H stone, In crOBft-roadu leading to Halla- cher'wand Klloe'H Mllla, on the preHeat line betweea OUy aod Ephrata towniihipx, near Jacoh liolllngar's Tenant Houno; thence throngh landf* of «ald Jacob BoUinger, Jacob Longenecker, David Sahm, Renben Mohler, Mariin Bentz and John R. HecH, respect'Tely, u'tnh forty-^ir degreea aatt, fonr hnndred porches, to a I'ost. on the n-irlh aide of tha Downlnglotrn, Ephrata and lUrtihborg turnpike; thence throogh lands of John W. <ir«K>^, ficorgft Becker.Htchael Keller. Widow Keller and Gt.irge Keller, reBpecllvely, north soventy-Beven defi'-eeiiuant.i'even huadred and twenty-fonr parchsBto a Stone, ina Una of nald Oeorge Kellet'rt and John Red- dix'it land, (the lust dlRlance ciotwing the line o.' Clay and West Cocalico townshlpH at Indian orTroni Creek); Ihence Ihrough land of Haid John Reddig, BouLb flfty> throe degrees east, nlxty-Hlx porchcH, to a While Oak. a coraer q( EiLxt <^cnllco und Epbrata tuwnshlpK; and thence along thn preiieat dlTiitloa Una between Ephrata and West Cocalico and Clay townnhlpM, r-sBpectively, to the place of BKiii.sMlStr.
Auil lha nndemlgned have beau ippolnled by the baid Coart CommlBHlonent to inqnlre iuto the propriety of granting the prayer of t<aid petition, and to make re- p'lri of thoir opinion relative thereto, and Ihelr pro¬ ceedings thoreon :
Notice i» bereliy k'i^eu that the undersigned Coniml.-*- wionerH will allend fftr the parposes of their appoint- Qienl ai the pnbllc houNe of  ChrisUaa Herchelroth, ia the vlllrti;R "f Kew Ephrata, on Thurnday, the lltb day of June unxt, nl 9 o'clock, A. H., theuce to proceed to view the partn of towuhhips proposed to bo annextd, kc ; and ult piirhoni Interesied are invited to meat the f:»iiitni..-,iiiii»rr. ill ih*; lime and place uiontioned. WILLIAM WEIDMA>', JOi^EPH S. LEFEVHE. MARKCONNKLL. sr. May 19.1857. may 20-21-25.
Farmers, Mutual Insurance Comp'y,
TKK MH.MBKR8 of the above (.'om- pauy *ro hereby nuli&ed lhat a tax of ona-teuth of one per (.-eni, or uae duilar ou each thoar^and dollars of the valuation of the proprtrty injured, hti.-i heeu an- sest-ed hy the Direclor.i, to pay the loxa tinstuiued by Benjamin M. Slanlfer, of Ponn lowuahlp. In the bnrniuB of his MiM. on Ihe flth of April iaat. fall Duplicatiis will lie kept by .Toseph Clarkson, at tho Bankiug Hon.-'o of Uytjer k Co., lu the oity of Lancxster. liy John Roh- rur, Trua^urar. at hii* reaidence iu Wer,i Lampeier towu¬ Hhip, aud by .Tohn Slrohra, Secretary, at hU resldeace in I'rovtdeuce towni-hip, at either of which places uuy in«imher of tl\n Company can pay hiK i|Uola. A p^riial duplicate containing the nama-t of rocinberii re'^iding In the t-iwnsliip- of Eft.-'tand West Donegal, Conoy, Mount Joy, Eaph" and Penn, will he kept at Uie Hardware Slore of Mr. MyerH, in Mount Joy ; and anolher parltal dupllcuto, coutatnlng thc oameB of menihers residing la the townshlpH of Earl, Ea»t Earl, Ephnita, Brecknock. CaruHrvou, Clay aud Salisbury, will he kept by David Witmer. at bis renidence uear the Blut Ball, in Ea^t Earl lownahip, where metabertireKidin^ iu Ihone lownr^hipH respectively, CdU pay their lax.
The Buokx will be kept open at the above places until the liTHt day of .luly next, after which lime dupllcales of the las then remaining nupald will be placed in the handa of proper persons, and ten per otnt. will be addnd to tho uinonut to pay the expuu^^:' "f rollection.
Bv urdtirof tho Hoard of Dir«cti)rn,
may ;>ii-4t-i5] JOHK llOHREK, Treasurer.
DIVIDEND.
Columhia Bank, May tj, IS-iT.
nircctor.s of thi.s lorititution have
            day declared a ilividenil of five per cent., pay¬ able ten daya aftar dale.                    SA.M'L SHOCH, may I3-3t-2j      Ca-hler.
^        FINE "WATCHES,       ^^
J^^^-   ^- f^'^OPER. CHA.S.   PEODSHAM S^^b
vsiMiO AND DENT. OF" LONDON. B&x'jg
tt3- TIME AND QUALITY GUARANTEED -£S Imported direct.    An asKortnient alwaya on handand
for Bile by BAILEY k CO.
jmar Il-Sm-IA^ 156 Ch^hnat Slraet, Philada.
HOVER'S LIQIJIDHAIHDYE.
THIS HAm DYE needs ooly a trial tit hatlsfy all of ita perfection as a Dye, and the fol¬ lowing testimonial from that eminent Analytic Chem- Irtt, Professor Booth, of tha U. S. Mint, will only confirm wbat thouAaods hava previously bome teaUmony to " LABORATORY FOR PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY 1 Ht. fiTEPHK.v'» Placb.    } Philadelphia, February, I'lh. las". ) "Beiug wall  adqualnted with the -nhslance  compo¬ sing//ot'er'aLi^id/fair D(/(>, I am satibfled that by following the simple directions given forita use, it wlll not tujare tbe Hair or Skin, bnt will give a natural and durable color to the Hair.
JAMES C. hOOTB, Analytic Chemut.- HOVER'S WRITING INKS, inclading Hover's Fluid. Aad Hover's Indelible Inks, Kre too-well kaowa and in¬ troduced to require any additional teaUmony of their character. The sales havebeen IncreaBing hince their flrst introduction, giving avldeaee that the articles truly posHMB lhat Inlrinnic merit claimed at first for them by lho Manufaclnrer.
Orders, addressed to the Mannfactory, No. 416 RACE streei, abovo FODRTH, (old No. l-M.) Philadelphia, will receive prompt attention hy
JOSEPH E. HOVER, iWanu/ac/urn-. ._^pril 15 •'     ly.20
BOYS' CLOTHING.
THE   undersigned   respectfully   invite the atteotioa  of thefr cnstumers and tha public lo  their large  and handsome Slock  of*^ Keady  Made
YOUTHS' AND CHILDRENS' CLOTHING, And a well selected and choice ascortmant of CLOTHS and CASSIMERES. from which to order, Bailable for Ilia Spring and tjnmmer ucasons, and espedaliy adapted to BOY'S WEAR.
M. C. THACKRAY k CO. 102(> CHESTNUT STREET, above Tenth.  St. Lawrence HotBl Bnildiug. may 6-6m-25
GIFJ
TUK
TUK clan-i
DIVIDEND.
K.VRMBRS' Bank nr LAXrAsrKii, i May 5lh, 1857.     i
J)irectors of this I^aiik huve de-
      lari-d a dividend of Tbree Dollars per uLar-*. pay¬ able to the Stockbolders on demand.
may |J-:!I-'J:; HENRY R. UEBU. Cashier,
DIVIDEJiTD.
LA.VrASTKR C^L-XTV   Ba>'K.   )
May .-lib, 1857.    (
'"f^lIK    I)irectoi"s   of   this   In.stitutiuu,
I     have this day declared adividendof Fiva per cent. '  ¦ " "     ""     ' "     laNt six  monihs,  payable  on wat L. PEIPER, Caiihier, ;1l-23
F<ir the Examiner & Herald THE NEW JDESK.
Hv  Ja.MKS McCACFKKTr.
Tt-e following lines were written lo the c-trpeuter aa a token of respect, on the author receiving a n^w wri- ting desk in tbe blue dye room, in tba Cone»logo Sleam Mm, No. 2, Lancasier, Pa., May Uth, IR'">7.
Wllb advancing a lie. aa I'm now going to dye, Dou't impeach yonr poor J^ervant, tba popi;
Though niystoryuaemsstrange.llmay passforacbange, On ihft world at iarge I'll boalow it.
Since I dyed, (tho' not dead) forty samnler^ have fled, Aud my locks, like the enow drops, are growiog,
Ab 1 frugally ctlmb up tlie pathway of tima,— Tho dall chnrl or miser not knowing.
Afler conning Ml^^s Chance, when 1 tried to advance.
Aud eat out on the world's broad highway. It seemed mighty nueer. If Jlit-s Fortune was near,
Thera was something slill brought her in my way.
For to shun tha young jade hy attention to trade,
In -eclnsion I lingered my time; Til" dreary day long 1 dabbled and buiig,
Mringing np the loose fragments iu rbymu.
Tiil at longlh in this coll, where but vermin do dwell, Whpre the roach and the spider do nestle,
For eight yoars, I confess, but four days of recentf.— With tbcdauie I bad dally lo wrestle.
In thiscavorn I lulled, dipped, wrung, washed and boiled. Until chance gave a few momonts leisure,
When the JInsa I implored, my old mstic board Bove the weight of my elbow with pleasure.
That old relic of pine round my memory will twine.
As adhesive as Lamped and Labrfter, For how oft by Ub side have I pondered with pridf
On ths timos of a Clay and a Webriler.
And llgrlove^ me, I vow, for fo part wiih il now. Although cheered by the t<hapo of a uew oun,
Si'b'-tantial aud sound, of a beanUfn! brown, Hui loo gaudy by half fur a bloo-mau.
ll would far bellar dt, eome expounder of wit.
Say the scrivener, parson or lawyer. Than to stand in this cavB, a living man's* grave,
And hu Blaincd by the band of thf dyer.
11 rellecls on that hand,sir, first sketched out the plan, sir, A Inslro more bright ihun Ibe snoshine,
Thougti for nu other sake than Improvement l.i inaKf Ou the aspect and hne of tbe dnngoon.
'Tih lla iiffrtpriuR of skill, thatV my si>nlimoiii rtill, Au improshiou that ne'er nhall be blotten.
Till Jacob and me, and ihe brown desk, (ail tlnv",) Are absorbed lu the past and forgottt*n.
Its form is rare, of an octagon i-nuare.
White its neatness cummandit udmiraliou; Il ought to ombellish some man.-tou or piilitce.
Ami not tha gray rals'hAbilalloji.
fn its painting alone, pri'fuund gruln^ ik shown
By the artist. In choosing the shauo: By ils varnisb Ihcgronud is lr»n-i'ari;iil, though bn-wn,
And delight to the vi;<i(iu'ri convoyed.
Rur<>, in skill nf the druDtrhtr^mau.lhH joiner aud crafts¬ man.
Great Hirem of old it FfurpaaFes, Aud anthems of praise to his memory will rHiM\
From the tall lowering peaits of Farnassc^.
May bis saw never fall, nor bis plane strike a uuil.
Nor his chisel refuse penetration; May bis hand uerer - hake, may his head \k-vct nclie.
Till the dyer becomes a phyt-tctan.
It is hard to say whal may be yet wrote on Mint;
¦A few linen from ib" snrface may flnd yon hiil'loring, perchance, tbnt ynu would men'lviftn",
Wben tlie helm of State is consigned yon. For yonr gift, if lis called one. I ["WCHr U no huia'l 'Mib
Whatgralitod** falls (y my .-hitr", I will freely bcMvW yon, ami mnch iii"n; I .jw.> yi.n,
Bnt pay you, I must, inmy prayor.
May tbu j:»nl nftvr-r?fii^i'yoii, tho cronp inivrtr I^a^-y-H.
And fre" iVoin <!!.>case of llift liver; May yonr fsui" KiiU iucrease, and  whan tim*.  soems to cew" —
You («!;*• irliarffp of tho Joiners for ever.
oul of tbe prolits of th' demaud. . may 6
BEDFORD WATER.
Tfi I'i sub-scriber has in;idc arraugemonts to be constantly supplied with the much esteemed BEDFORD Water, fresh from the Springs, and will be ahle to furuinh It in quantities to nail purchaseni. CHARLES A. HEINITSH. DrugBlsl, april 29-tf-22 Ho. IS East King street.
$40,000 WORTH
OK (iOLD AKD SILVKR WATCHK.S,
JEWELRY, SILVER WARE,
And T'WO PARMS to be given away.
'"       T liOT .SAIjK.—An opportunity
w offered fur any pen^n to becoma the owu- f a flne Building Lot in Camden connty. Ne^ Jer- pey, at the very low price of Twenty-Jive Dollars, ;.ayable in weekly inbialmeats of One Dollar, with the chancu of e-t(lng lo addition a raluable FARM OF FORTY ACRES, with flmc-rale building), and improvemeuts. valued at .Vci-cn Thousand DoUars; also, A FAHM OF TEN ACRES, vnluod ut Three Thousand ItoWora, and ft certainty of a valuable GIFT, to be determined and dlMiribuled according to the following plan:—The nama of eacb shareholder, the number of eacb lot and name, nud doscriptiou uf each gifl, hhall be written or printed on sieparute cards or sllpa of paper aod depoi^Ued iu three separata boxe», and arter being thoroughiy mixed or )'haken up, shall b« takpn from the boxes as follown . Three pereona vhall be ^eltjcted by tha .shareholderfi, one shall take oul of lho Imx cuotalniDg the names of th-j tjhareholder.«,a card,and annuunc*) thd name which shrtll be at once rei-orded, then the other two persoL-* rihull take out of the other boxes ibe numher uf a lot and dei'criptiou of a gift, which ishall he put opposite tbfl name, and be the lot and gifi lo which be is en¬ titled, and so uu lilt all the nnmbera are taken from lha boxes. The gifts consist of the abova described Farmu and Forty Thousand DoHar:i' worth of Gold and Silver Watches. J«wclry, Silver Ware, driver I'lated Ware and Fancy Goods. A plan of iha Lots, descrirtion of tha Farms and thc varions other gifu, may ba seen by calliug at the Watch and Jewelry Store. No, 4S and -*0 Soulh Second Etroet. AU personn inclined to pnrchas-* are Invited to call ami secure fihare''. Orders from a distance will receivo prompt attenlion by addressing LEWIS R. BHOOMALL. 4Sand &I Sonth Second Street, PHILADELPHIA- maj ti ly-'2:i
J. iPALitEB & CO.,
MARKET STREET WHARF. PHILADELPHIA.
Dealers in Pish and Provisions ;
HAVE cdiistuiitly on hand an assori- mettl of Mackerel. Shad, Herrfog, Cudtlnh, Beef, Pork, Lard, Shoalders, Hams, i:=iden, Cheese, Rice, kc mar IS. 3mort-lti
FOB SALE, f)/i A SIIARH8 of Stoek, in thi
may 6-tf-23
JNO. K. REED i CO
¦Wanted Immediately,
AY(HJ-\'G -MAN AS SALKSMAX In a Dry fioods Store, In this city. -\Uo a lad to '    baHii,e.t«.   Apply at this ollice.
lf-23
 a Dry floods Store, in this city.
leam the baHii,e.te.   Apply at this ollice. mays 	
5000 Agents 'Wanted. SKl.L  TWO   NFAV  and  UNE-
   QUALLED   ISVESTIOSS. ivanted   and   selUnR
everyiThere. Sly Agents have cleared over $15,000 aelliag one or thsm. Put in four stamps, and 1 will Bend yoo, gratis, 40 pages particulars of the best igea- cy in the country.    Lowell, JIoss.
aprll 22 81.21 El'HKAlM BROWS.
TO QU
iM.
JOB PEINTIWO OFALL KIBDS,
Fromthe Iargeatfosterto thesmallost Card
DONE AT THIS  OFKICK,  in tl.e BEST STYLE, will,  (.Tc.nl Oe-palch, and  at the lowest prices.
J3-HANDB1LLS fur tlie sale of KSAL OB PtHsosai. PKorp-BTT, printed on trmn ONE to THREE llour.S MO" ICB. nor l.ttf-SO
Kotioe to Tax Collectors.
TIIK (!OLI-K(JT()K.S ,,(¦ L:inc™tor county will proceed lo collect nnd pny over llu> Taxea Tor 1S.57. Theahutemeutof liv** per tem. will l>.> alloved on State Tax., np to July ].i.
CHARLES M. UOWELL, may 20-31-2.0 Treasurer of Lancanter county.
Valuable Store Stand for Eent.
Tliiil subscriber ofTers tor rent tbe well known STORE STAND, l'l tnata in the fionth weft corner or Centre Sqnare, in the borongh of
Slniabnrg, for many years kept by himHelf and,	
latterly by McCloy k Blacit.    It Ie every way calculated for doing a good business, and ixone of tbe beat staado in the connty.   There la a commodionB warehonae at¬ laehed, and two rooma and an attic above the store. 53-For fnrther particulars apply to
war. SPEXCKR,
mar 4-tf-U Straftburg, Ta.
FOE SALE.
TIIAT uow two and a haU-.story JUIEGK DWELLING HOUSE on "College Place" JttS> north Limo Slreet, Lancaiiter clly. Thisi is one Biiij of the inoKt completely flnished houKex ofl tt^claiiP,JEl2L with water and gM flxlnres of approved style—large ahado lree« bifore tbe door, and all necf Enary convent- encet for a fa>ihiouable and comroriahle ie>sidence.— PoBfe^'hion given iinmedialely. feb 25-IM.-1 JOHN WISE.
POE SALE.
ADKSiKAULE PKOKERTY situii- led in the town of Mt. Joy, Lancaster county, friinilogon Lancaster pike, Lamber and Jacob ^ttentx, conhUfing of T'WO LOTS, on which Is a large FRAME HOUSE. WITH STOUE ATTACH-
 ED, Frnit Trees, kc   Clear of all encumhrouces.
JC^For fnrther partlcolapi addref'rf,
A. MINTZES, Xo. -122, North 7tli St., below Hrown. ¦ may 20 :i*l-*i'f Philadelphia, Pa.
New and Fashionable Millinery.
MRS. 11. 0. MOHMOII, MILLINER, Ko.SOt..;. XOKTir (llfEEaV Slreet. North bide, neanhHraii road, has* just returned  from! Philadelphln.  witb  a large as-ortment of the' LATEST STYLES  OF   GOODS   In   her line, where sbo win he ptea.«(ed to have her friondri, and tho ladlPK in poiieral. to call and exitmlnfi for theinpelvort. Hjtril 16 __ _ •'*"''^'
LABIES' Bonnet, Eibbon, and Millinery Store.
AS tbu aea.son is now appruaeliin.ir ibr general  Spring Millinery and  Stniw Ooml:', Ac,
JOHN   BOTTGH,
A'. Queen st., opposite HoweWs Marble Yard, h&a Huppiled himself with a large and fresb block, of the same, and nnw invites, the ladiei of IblH city and viciuity to intpeclhU stock.* An enliro new pnrcbase of
Ladies* Pashionablo Straw Bonnets, WITH A i,ARUE fiurrt-Y oy
WHITK   AND   COLORED   RIBBONS,
FLOWERS, WRE.ITH.W QVILLING.W
Buahes, Head Dresses, &o- EMBROIDERIES, viz:   Swi6-s Jaconet and N*inpook Flonnclngn; Sleeves. Collars, Kerchiefd, Infants' Bydie«, EdglngHand InHortlngp.
LACES—comprising Blatk, Wliite and Colored Silk Lace«, Fronch do., Thread do., Lintm Bobbin do. rat¬ ion, do.
Black and Whito English Crapu.-.; cob-r^d do.
Black Silk V«il«, with Vail TIbmim and Berfgec, Ac.
II3-J. K. has bonghl bU g.».drt thi- reason on the mo^t favorable lerm", and h-^pe'* lo be abl.i to Bell Ibe name as cheap a« UMial.  3^ il^^.:'? ..
SLATE EOOFING.
rplIK   subscriber.   Agent tbr   llumpb-
I reyf' k iJo.'s Roufinj; Slate, manufactured at Stale illll, York ciMiuty. Pa.. relnrB» bis thanks for the liber¬ al patronage hcreiofore exteoded to him, ftnd renpecl- fully informs tho citiicnH of Lanca-tter city and county, that bo la prepared to pnt on roofH in the best manner, hy the very best workmen, on sbort notiee. He Invilex Uiuie wishing roofs pnt on. to call aod examine the unallty of the Slate fiirnltihed by htm.
WILUAM WRIGHT,
fob lS-6ni 12 South I'rince Blreet. Lsnca-ter.
DETJG,   PAINT   AND   GLASS WH0LK8ALK "WAKKUOU.SK.
Cornerof Tenth and Market Streets ; (Offce in  second   story,)   PHILADELPHIA.
WK invite uttention to our onhir<reJ stock of iJRL'CS-, PAINTS, OILS. VARNLSII- ES, §x-, selected expres-ily for our sale-*, and comprifini? ono of the finest assortments in the United Slates, whicb we otfer :tt low prices, for cash or approved credit. WE MANUFACTVKE VERY EXTENSIVELY:
Premium Pure White Lead, (best,)
Kenfilnglon Pure White Lettd,
Pearl Snow While Lead,
"Vielle Monfflgne" French Zinc, (beat,}
Pure Snow White American Zinc,
Philadelphia Snow While Zinc,
Silver's Plastic Fire and Woatber-pruof Palm-,
Chrome' ireena, Yellows, and colors generally. AGENTS FOR:
Porter's superior Alkaline Window Glass.
Genuine French Plato Glas.s, (warranted,)
The New Jersey Zinc Company's products,
Tllden and Nephew's N. Y. VarnisheH.
Brooklyn Preminm Pure While Lead.
Hampdeu Permanent Greens,
Pure Ohio Catawba Brandy, Ac, kc. IMPORTERS OF:
French and English PUt« GlaHK,
Frencli and English Cylinder GlasH,
Colored and Engraved Window Gla-is.
Dagnerreotype Glass,
Hammered Plate for Floors aod Sky-Llgbt.-.
DmRB. Chemicals, Perfumery, kc. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN:
Druggists' ArticleH generally.
Painters' TooIh of alt descrlptioun.
Hydraulic and Itomaa Cement,
Calcined and Land Plaster,
Paper Maker's CUy. Salin While, k ¦., kc.
FRENCH, RICHARDS k CO., Store—N. W. cor. Tenth and Market streets. FirroRV—Junction York Avenne, Crown and Callowhill
iitreeli>, Philadelphia. apr 8<]m-1()
The Welcome Visitor.
The Cheapest and Handsomest Periodical in
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THIS elegant and fascinatin<; LITER- AUY AND FAMILY MONTHLY MAGAZINE do¬ les its first volume in Jone ne.tt. Dnring the few brief mouths nf ilR exl)<tenca li had attained a popularity uo- e<iuaned In the annals of the Pres»!.
The publisherv having otfered Uhxral premioms for choice literary e^ortR, the t^ioriei^, Romances, Essays, Poetry, and other sparkling and interesting readio); were commenced In Jaauary liut, and are being Hiilt published in ibe Vi-jitok.
Tho new volnme will be commenced in July, 1P5T, greatly improved and enlarged. Each nnmber will contain ibirty-two extra large ciied royal octavo pagt:", maldng a uiagnidcenl volume of nearly 4U0 pafces fui tbeyear—or preHnnlingan amonnt of the choicest readloR on all aubjoct:!, c<{ual to what would co-.i In the book i-lores at least tlvo dollari-—the whote for flfiycenl*. payable lavariably In advance.
Some of the mont popular and brilliant male am) ramalecoutribnlurs are regular contributorft.and the pub- lUhers will sp:ire no pains or expense to render the " Welcome Visitor" every way acceptable lo a reflned aud inlflUgeot commuuity.
The publicalion is adapted to all clasfe.s of people— the yonnct and the old—and wherever tieen and {lemsed meets with universal acceptation.
Ej^Now ia the lime lucubscrihe lo tho Noxe Volume,
•»* The back tminbern may be had (to complete set") for 3 ceniB each, or thewbole ^-cries of 12 numbers fur TWK.\TT-F1VR CR.VT-*.
Libtiral induceiiientn to C(nb:i and Canvassers
Kj" Remember, our lerms are Fifty Cents for On^ Year, for a single copy, or three copies will be sent nn der one rover or nddretis for Ono Dollar.    Address
COSDEN & COMPANY, Puhlhhery. Xo. SS North Seventh n., (up stairs,) PHILADELPHIA
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«50  REWARD!	
,L BE (Uyl:^MJ,y tbe IWrd nf Slate! Slate!!
any ¦infofmail^Mrw^fn;:i'';t''he^ rvTciL^i'S   T^^^^ sub.scHbei^ respectfull.v .noounco
the person or persom*. wbo.on  the  oiphtof ihu2d of     _L   that thoy still continue to furnish and put on
May. iS67. set fire to. anU  burnt down the Rhiing Sun 1 SLATE ROOFING,
School lIouHo, in said jownHhJp.  j with Slate from the celebrated York  Connty  Qnarric-
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Br ORDER OF THE PRESIDEST. ilATHua Shtbk, Secretary. maj 20-St-
AW OWlfBE WANTED.
ABUNDLK OF CL()TM1N(;, posed to be stolen, waa loft at tho house of the    ,  'nar-
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which are uufarpaiiied by any other Slate In  the  mar- „__ . *J*'-   Onrworkisdoneby the most experienced  work- i men, and warranted to givB natlsfaclion.
RDSSEL k BAKR, ant). I Hardware Merchantu.No. S EastKingsl..
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Lanci»«t*r
subscriber, on the Ulb ln>l., by a w.imaa The arllch ara 1 n«w Delaine Drsi'snK, I Calico Drtnuf, 1 pelalup Cape, 2 Aprons,2 New Skirts,'^ Chemise I Qlnghaio Bonnet. :J pair of now Slockings, I pair of Cloven, 2 Collara, ] Shawl, Dreiu Triipinlogn. Tbo owner la ra- que«ted to prove property, pay charges and take them away. Inqnlr* at Gisb'B MUI, In West Donegal town- ship, near Elizabethtown. may 20-?t-23 JOIIN 8. GISH.
NOTICE.
THK undersigneil will make application to the Govornor of the Commonweallh, for the pardon of her husband, Martin Beaa, who was convict¬ ed of the offence of " conspiracy to commit a larceny." at the Quarter SeHslons of Xancaster County, Pa., in Jaauar7,ilB57, and sentenced to 15 months imprison* ment in the couaty prison. The hearing will take plaee al the ExecoUva Cbamhers, HarriHbnrg, Pa., on the IDtb day of JUNE, 1^7. JANNETTE  BESS.
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Puper-Phospbat© of Lime.
JUST received and for sale by the Bub- Bcrlbfirs a lot of Ui« abov* Taloable CertUlzer, to BorraU. OEO. CALDEB A CO..
Offlca Sut Onu* at, naw Nortb Qomb, and OruPi LoAdlnc on UmOaMtof*. liiB4f
BUILDING SLATES.
THE subscriber baving taken tbe agen¬ cy for Brown's Bnllding Slates, Is at any time ready to funilnh Blate by tbe ton, or put on by tha aqoAte. at theKhortest noticeand oathemoatreaaoaabli tBrms. Apply at my Hardware Store in North Qnean itreet. HSO. D.gPBECHEB.
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Great Bargains ia Furniture, at the
Housekeeper's Emporiuml North   Queen Street, near Orange,   Lanc'r.
WB shall receive a large addition to oar stock, onor about th« first of Kovambe next, and to mak« room for tt ws will sell onr presant asBortuent for ready cash, at prices. coathl«Eably. lowar tban our former"rat«8.'Our
fireaent atook embraces tfray'SLXtltHo lu tbo honpekeep- ng line, )b perfectly &esh, ajid oa good aa con ba pro¬ duced in tancaster or PhUadelphla. Coll. then, ladlea and gentlataau, befora th* first of November, and yoa
K. B.—Jait r««lTad, oom* i(pl«ndld mU of eottoga tap 17-l/-i2 K. A T.
WM. B. TAYLOR'S Men's and Boy's
Clothing Store, South   iVest cornerof Secojid and Dock Sts.,
PUILADEtPHIA. rpO TIIK (UTIZKXS OF L^VNCAS-
i nASTEi;:—You are re,-pectfully invited to exam- Ine Ihe cjctenriire and Varied a.-'snrtment of .Vcn'J and Boys' Clolhing, at the btore of the suhscriher, whera may always hi* fonnd a full supply of Ready-Made Clo. thing, of all sirert, made by experienced workmen and of tbe very bCHl material, lho make, 31, and appearance ¦nrpasfed by no establifihrnent In thecity. Pleai-e pro- servo this notice, and give me acall, and fit out yonr- flolves and sonn in a mannerworthy of yon and theiu.— Remember tho Soulh Wehtc-truer of Second and Dock Streels. WM. B. TAYLOB
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Paper Hanging Warehouse.
J. E. VAN METER,
South East  Corner Sixth and Arch  Streets I'HILADELPIIIA,
Ol-i-KUK FOR SALK a iarge a.ssort- meni of WALL PAPERS, at prices tangiog from ulx cents per piece and upwards, of choice palteruD comprlMn^
Cheap Sdttn Papers, I Fire Decorative Papers,
Fire Board Prints, \ Fine Gold Papers,
Bordirsand Moxddings,      I Ftne Satin Paper. Marble Paper. \ Oak Papers,
0"New Styles Window Curtains, in great varlety.-&o
Dealer), ^applied on most favorable terms.
march 4  3m-U
PREMIUM IMPROVED
STTPBR-PHOSPHATE OP LIME.
THE ONLY SILVER MEDAL
YKT AAYAIIDKD by Agricuitural Societies, was given lo THIS SUPERIOR .iRTL CLE, at the last PennsYlvaniaStateFalratHarrlKbursf, as a FEaiiLiZKa of tha best qnaUty for
Wheat, Corn, Oats, Grass and Potatoes,
Raising HEAVT CROPS, and greatly IMPKGVINO th« BOIL.   The subscribbr respectfullv Informs FARMERS and DEALERS tbat he In prepari>d to •opply the »prinif demand with this superior and woll tested article. It3-AgenU wanled—A liberal di-count allowed.    Al«u.
Wo. 1 Peruvian and Mexican Guano,
Poudrette and Land Plaster, OILS   CANDLES, SOAP, ic, of the best quality, at
'°'""'"°*""'"'"- JNO. t. POMBHOY.
9 and 10 South Wharves, below Market St.,
pmiADElPBIA. E3-P»nn«rB cad loaa on two PEIVATE. All.yk, and »ro!d the croirdgd Wharf. march 4-3m.U
^JOSEPH FOBSBia., TTmbreUa and Parasol Manuftoturer, No. 2N. Fourlh tt., N, W. Cor. Market, paiLAI)ELPHl.a, 1 I AS now on  hand au eitenaiya  ai¬ i'l   aorUnent of tbfl Qeveat and moat dastrabla kind., laclaala« many SEW STYLES not hsntofora tot. had la uia mariut.   An oTamlBatlon of oar atock la aolldtai} Inrore purchaalng alarwhu*. ' mar < .   'ts-U